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The most curious book in the world IS AN ACCOMPLIEHED FOAGER, , ‘ gs _Wef alloy: usatr (119:? aihe it I’Oi't 11035111, (3010-. has a favorite who
is neither written nor printed. Its, . (num 9.1 (i 3.1.159 0d_ a E5 h“ 1C ‘ has contracted the bad habit of indulg-
Dages are composed of the finest qual- Can wine Two Different Sentences at the give {:58 gfseltlou? 15:35:83 Ht, 5.1“ ing in the flowing bowl, and when in
a ma 9r 0 ac . a ms “43’ “CUP-1' the vicinity of the canteen—about the .
ity-of vellum, and the letters were
with infinite pain and trouble cut out
of the materialwith a sharp pointed
. knife or pair of delicate scissors. It
i§ interleaved with blue paper, and the
letters can, therefore, be read as easily
as any print. It formerly belonged to
the Prince de Ligue, and is now in
the library of a noble French family.
The title of the book is “Liber Pas-
sionis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi, cum
Characteribus Nulla Materia Compos-
itis;” in English, “The Book of the
Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, in
Characters, Without Materials of
Composition.” The matter is a hom-
ily probably composed by some mon-
astic preacher of the middle ages. A
remarkable circumstance connected
with this book is the fact that, al-
though it bears the royal arms of
England, no mention of it can be
found in any English writing. The
book is believed to have been made
some time in the thirteenth or. four-
teenth century. In 1640 the Emperor
Rudolph II. offered for it 11,000 du-
cats, which in the money of our time
would equal about $66,000, and the of-
fer was refused—St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Faithful to the Captain.
That was a loyal if not very gentle
answer once made by a private soldier
to Frederick the Great of Prussia, as
the story is told in Harper’s Round
Table:
During a campaign in Silesia the
king made it his habit to stroll through
his camp in disguise at night, to come
into closer relations with his soldiers.
One night he was stopped by a sentry,
but giving the proper password, was
permitted to proceed. Instead of do-
ing so, however, he endeavored to
tempt the sentry into accepting a ci-
gar, saying that a smoke would solace
his long watch.
“It is against the rules," said the
soldier.
“But "you. have my permission," said
Frederick.
“Your permission!" cried the soldier.
“And who are you?”
“I am the king.”
“The king be hanged!" said the incor-
ruptible sentry. "What would my
captain say?"
Perhaps.
Father Downey (at the confirmation
class)—Maggie Donovan, what is mat-
rimony?
Maggie (getting her answers mixed)
—“A state of torment into which souls
enter to prepare them for another and
_ a: better world.” ,
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WITHl/‘il
“El c
lie is now Cured, and He Thanks God
= and P. P. P., Lippman’s Great Rem-
edy, For It.
Mr. George Briggs. of Moore, 0kla..,
suffered almost indescribable terment
for three long years. Neuralgia held
him captive. The right side of his face
was so badly affected that the slightest
touch would cause the unfortunate
man intense agony. For several weeks
he could open his mouth just wide
enough to be fed with liquid nourish~
ment, and in this manner life was sus-
tained. Read the following extract
from his letter: “Truth is stranger
than Fiction.” '
NEURALGIA, CATARRH AND RHEUMA-
TISM COMPLETELY CURED.
George Briggs, of Moore, Oklahoma,
writes that P. P. P., Lippman’s Great.
Remedy, cured him of catarrh, facial
neuralgia and rheumatism, after three
years of intense sufiering. The pain
lay in his cheek bone and temple, down
the right side of his face, along his
upper lip, and from the slightest touch
he suffered agoniesfor weeks at. a time.
Could only open his mouth wide enough
to admit a. teaspoon, and any acid in
his food would put him in torture. He
had a. consultation of the best physi-
cians in Texas, but; all to no purpose.
Catarrh and rheumatism were also
causinghim much trouble, until he
tried P. P. P. He says he is well and
will swear that there are no cases of
neuralgia, catarrh and rheumatism,
no matter how chronic or how old the
cases are, that P. 1’. P. will not make
a. total cure of. -
Mr. Briggs winds up his testimony
by saying he thanks God and our med-
icine, P. P. P., Lippman‘s Great; Rem-
edy, for the great cure. _ '
Kidney troubles, if neglected, bring
about serious and painful and very
often fatal results. P. P. P. removes
the irregularities, and cures the dis-
eased parts. .
Dyspepsia and indigestion, skin and
blood diseases, can be speedily removed
by P. P.‘P., Lippman’s Great Remedy.
Ladies, take P. 1’. P. and rid your
face of' pimples, blotches.‘ freckles,
yellow or muddy skin, wrinkles and
vulgar redness. ' -
Sold by all druggists. "
UPPMAN BROS., Apothecaries, Sole Prop'fl,
Lippman’s Block, Savannah, Ga.
Same Time—As Slump Speaker, He
Seems as Though inspired “’heu Ad~
dressing an Audience. '
There has been in the, State coal
mines of Alabama Nicholas Said, one
of the most remarkable negroes that
ever felt the sting of a lash.
drifted into Choctaw county, Alabama,
in 1371', at a time when Ku-Kluxism
was at its height. It was during the
days when Ben Turner, a former slave,
was attempting to'carve out a slate
of society to his own liking.
The day following the assassination
of the entire family of Blakely Bass
at. Bladon Springs Said appeared upon
the scene. .
Somehow or other he quickly won
the confidence 0f the whites. Intol-
leciually he was so vastly superior to
the others of his race that. they at
once became his willing listeners.
Said was master of ten languages.
His English was perfect, and tested
in Spanish, French and German. it
was found that he was equally as
good in these.
01’ his life prior to his
Bladon no one in that
knew anything. His own story was
that in early boyhood he had been
captured in Africa by Captain Simp-
son, who belonged to the British army.
and that he had been made body-ser.
vant to the Captain and had followed
him over all the civilized world.
He knew something of political
economy; had studied the principles of
law: possessed a smattering knowledge
of physic and had read much on relig-
ious topics. I well remember the con-
spicuous part he played in the cam-
paign of 1876. He took the. stump in
behalf of the Tildcn electoral ticket,
and preached to his less ignorant fol-
low men that the road to safety and
harmony between the races lay in vot-
ing the Democratic ticket. It was de-
termined to test Said‘s influence. S0
in that election there was a fair
count. Of the 2,000 negro voters in
the county less than 500 voted for
Hayes. On the stump he seemed as
one inspired. I-Iis sentences were
short. clear cut and logical.
Said had more accomplishments
than those mentioned above. Heawas
an expert penman. He could write
two different sentences at the same
time, one with his left, the other with
his right hand.
in the art- of writing one's name so
much like the owner of it that got
him into trouble—New York Sun.
arrival at
community
A Belle at Eighty.
Some years ago there was an‘old
lady in one of the southern capitals
who not only were decollete ball
dresses at eighty, but actually pos-
sessed the lovely neck and arms which
they require.
She had a curious way of preparing
for a ball. which our modern fashion-
able women with their multitudinous
engagements would find diliicult to
emulate.
posed appearing in full regalia she
would take a brisk walk. and return
in time for a midday dinner. after
which she remained quiet with her
work until about 3 or 4 o‘clock, when
she would retire to her bed (Dartaking
of some light refreshment at the tea
hour). until it was time to dress for
her ball. Then she would get up. take
a bath and make the most elaborate
toilet. All the household regarded
these preparations in the light of sol-
emn rites. and would never have
dreamed of laughing at them in any
way. Her appearance was a triumph.
never falling to excite the greatest ad-
miration and adulation—New York
Ledger.
Cheap Labor.
There are factories in Mexico where
the highest rates of wages given are
from iii‘ty to sixty-five cents a day for
boys and girls: from
cents to one dollar a day for women,
and from eighty-seven cents to one dol-
lar and twenty-five cents per day for
men. The hours of work are from five
in the morning to eight at night, so
that, The wages paid are very low as
compared with our own. especially
when We consider that their dollar is
worth but half the value of the United
States dollar. Which proves that it is
not necessary to go so far from home
as lndia. China or Japan to seek the
possibilities ,of cheap labor with Ameri-
can factories.
14:.“st Medicine.
A traveller who has returned from a
visit to Persia says that the Persians
still believe that human tears are a
remedy for certain diseases.
At every funeral the bottling ol
mourners' tears is one of the chief fea-
tures of the ceremony. Each of the
mourners is presented with a sponge
with which to mop his face and eyes,
and after the burial they are presented
to the priest, who squeezes the tears.
into bottles. for use as medicine.
This custom is one of the oldest
known in the Ease and has probably
been practised by the Persians for
thousands of years. Mention is made
of it in the Old Testament.
. In 3 Desperate Strait.
The Editor of “The Ashland (Mel
Headlight” makes the following an-
nouncement: “Trout, tongue, salmon
Whitefish or chubs taken in payment
for. subscriptions at this office. We
haven’t yet decided to take suckers on
‘hornpouts,’ but may be driven to it
later on.”
“That‘s the third tack I have step-
ped on," complained Wheeler, the
night after the new carpet had been ;
laid. “I don’t believe I could pick ’cm
up any faster if i had pneumatic feet."
~From A nswcrs. er:
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Said.
It was his adeptness.
The morning before she pro- '
sixty-seven ‘
tion has some ailment peculiar to it-
self. A doctor can always tell if his
patient is a baker, for instance, by the
state of his teeth. The flour dust col-
lects on the teeth, becomes acid, and
gives rise to a special kind of decay.
Bakers, owing to their irregular life,
sleeping in the day and working at
night, and because of the hot air and
dust, are great victims to consumption.
Blacksmiths, strong as they are, very
often suffer from paralysis of the
whole right ride from the continuous
shock of hammering, and their eyes
become weak from the glare of the tire.
Athletes, strange to say, do not, as a
rule, enjoy long life. Professional
boxers, wrestlers, gymnasts, cyclists,
are short lived, and suffer from eu—
largement of the heart and diseases of
the lungs. Boilermakers get deaf from
the continual loud noise. Brewers and
brewers' drivers drink beer in such
large quantities that they ruin their
livers and generally die young. Bric :-
layers and plasterers are very healthy.
and they are said to resemble asses in
never dying. Butchers are very strong
and healthy. but-they suffer in health.
through eating little pieces of raw
meat. Politicians are the greatest suf-
ferers of all. the constant dram-drink-
ing giving them indigestion, jaundice.
and nervous diseases, killing them at
an earlier age than members of any
other profession. The sedentary life
of lawyers, artists, students, and liter-
ary men gives rise to gout, which is
said to kill more wise men than fools:
dyspepsia, which made Carlyle‘s life
such a torture, and apoplexy, which
carries off hosts of great men.
“'om' ii Less Susceptible Than high.
A Sl‘i ics of hypnotic experiments just
rompli trd :lcnmnstl'ates the surprising
rat-r ihzsi, women are less susceptible to
lij.']:1ioii>'1n than men. Inasmuch as
man is surpassed to be the stronger of
she two. bill: in mind and body, it is
imrd to iind ( ither a scientific of.a phy-
sical explanation of what seems to be
:xn undouimd truth. It is claimed by
illuse who conducted the experiments
«the scene thereof being Nancy.
France—411M man is at least a third
easier to throw into the hypnotic state
than is woman—New York Herald.
llIaking Pens.
Pens are made by machines which
seem almost to think. The steel is
cut into ribbons as wide as the length
of one pen, and these are fed to ma—
chines whichcut out the blanks, then
fashion, stamp them, split the points.
and place the maker‘s name on the
backs. The pens are now complete
save the annealing, and" this farms :1
separate operation. After being an—
nealed they are counted and placed in
boxes. A machine has been invented
for performing both these operations.
—-Chicago Inter-Ocean. '
time of pay day especially—he is sure to
get more or less intoxicated on the of-
ferings of the doughboys who like to
share with their favorite the good
things of the day which comes but once
a month. Jerry Simpson is a private
in the ranks, and is a total abstainer,
never going near the canteen except
when ordered there on duty to escort
tothe guard house those who are un—
able to pick their way to the barracks.
011 ,such occasions it is not an uncom-
mon thing for Jerry to find Colonel, his
famous retriever, prone on the floor
in the highQst stage of inebriation,
chewing the last remnants of a good-
sized jag. Colonel is kept by his mas-
ter for his usefulness on hunting
fields. His boon companions keep him
vccll fed and supplied with tobacco—-
for the Colonel likes a taste of the herb
nicotiana when he is in the dumps af-
ier soaking his head in the stable
buckrt on the morning following a de-
bauch. He is a troubled specter when
in his moods after recovering from the
good things of-the night before, and
acts very much .like one of the two-
i'ootcd revelers who enticed him from
the sedate quarters of his Owner.
Need'l‘hit Fear to Eat Grape Seeds.
There is a popular and false notion
s . . . .
that appendicms is caused by a grape
seed, an orange seed or some other for-
eign substance getting into the vermi-
i'orm appendix. The true cause is the
setting up of inflammation and con-
sequent gangrene iii the tissue of the
appendix, usually due to insufficient
circulation of blood in the part itself.
In thousands of operations which
have taken place—-—many in time to
save the life of the patient, and many
' too late—there is not one authenticated
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case of a, foreign substance. Such as a
seed. being found in the appendix. This
will be more fully realized when one
has in mind that the interior of the ap-
pendix is only big enough to admit a
medium-sized darning needle. Its
great liability to disease is due on-
tirely to its low order of vital resist-
:incc.—-—.\‘ew York Journal.
State Colleges.
There are forty State colleges in the
' United Stair-s. some States having more
.than one, and the number of students
in 1896 was $3,000 which is about 'one—
fifth of the total number of students
in all the colleges in the. country. Min-
nesota educates the largest number,
3,014, at State expense. Michigan be-
ing next with 2,575, then California
with 2,400, followed by Wisconsin wth
1,600, Nebraska. with 1,505. Iowa with
1,300 and Iillinois with 1.100. Tuition
fees are charged in only six states, the
fee in North Carolina being $60, in
South Carolina $40, in Iowa $25, in
Missouri $30, in Oregon $10. and in
South Dakota $9.—New York Tribune.
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