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h«rt*i«4 Salea of Raaora Indicate
That More MpA Than Ever Bo
fore Stoat e y hemaelvea.
“There are sold in this country to- j
t»y.’* said a cutlery man, according to
the New York Sun. *V hundred times
as many razors as wefce sold hers 40
gears ago.
“Some share ot this Increase is due,
at course, to the advance in population, i
but the greater part is due to the large
Increase in the proportion of men who
■have themselves. More men than ever
before now possess this polite art.
“With a greater number of Individ- j
aal users of razors there are, of course,
many more razors now eold. And, of
course, plenty of men own more than
one razor; everyone ought to own two,
■t least, as many men do. One good
razor properly cared for might serve
Its purpose dontinuously and well for
a long time without regrinding or hon
ing, but an accident might happen to
It, and against that a man guards by
having at least one extra razor.
“Many men buy sets of seven razors,
ene for each day In the week, and there
ars men who have eetz of 31 razors, one
for every day In the month. And trav
elers going to distant countries and Into
regions where facilities would be lack
ing buy cases of razors to taka with
them. A traveler starting out with a
ease af half a dozen razors In perfset
condition would kava a razor outfit
■bat, with such cars as h# could be
stow upon It himself, would serve him
well for yearn
“The best razor that cab be made
can be bought with a plain handle for
two dollars; anything more than that in
the cost of It would be in the mounting
—in pearl handles and so on. You can
buy a case of seven fine razors, slm
v ply mounted, for $12, or you Gan pay
$50 or more for a case of razors with
the same blades, but with fine mount
ings and In a finer case.”
WE CAN'T EAT CELERY NOW.
Seetora Hare Cat Off Another Article
•f Diet—Vegetable Said to Carry
Typhoid Oerane.
Now the physicians are said to have
forbidden another relish nearly as pop
ular as oysters at this time, says the
Washington Star. Celery has eome
■nder the ban of the doctors, who say
that It is equally well adapted to trans
mitting the poisonous elements of the
raoll and carrying the germs of typhoid.
The disease can be acquired only by
Introducing the microbes into the sys
tem in food or drink, and for that rea
son advice against certain kinds of food
Is always likely to be regarded. But
to what extent this may be carried la
wen understood by the proprietor ot
none hotel, who has seen oysters during
the past three weeks disappear almost
entirety rrorh the orders' ot his guests.
Borne weeks ago a well-known man died
at typhoid fever. He had lived at a
large hotel, and the report went about
that he had got his illness there. “What
ever you do, don't eat oysters at that
hotel," was the advice that one friend
was giving another, based on the belief
that this man had died of a disease con- j
traded In the hotel dining-room, where
the chances were Immensely in favor
®f his having got the fever somewhere
eise.
If they keep on there will be nothing
left for us to eat except fish and frit
ters. and the latter will probably be cut
•ft soon and pills substituted.
SOLD HER HUSBAND’S GRAVE.
Ion a Soothers Woman Made a Prof
itable Speculation on a City
Cemetery Lot.
•'One of those things which go to show
that where there is a will there Is a way
Si well exemplified by a happening in a
certain southern city," said a weft
known former railroad man in the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. "A man be
fore his marriage had purchased a
beautifully located lot in the city cem
etery and paid $100 for it. After awhile
he married and some ten or twelve years
afterward died and was burled in the
aforesaid beautifully located lot and hia
grave was carefully attended for awhile
hy his widow.
“When the big show came off In Chi
cago and all the world was en route to
that mecca the widow took a notion she
must see the show. As a result oi
long cogitation over ways and means
she had the body of her deceased hus
band exhumed and railroaded 50 miles
away and reburied at a cost of about
$75, when she sold the cemetery lot for
$600 and had a good old time at the big
world’s fair. Somewhat of a financier
wasn't she?”
Glaaa-Mafeinw la Japan.
The art of making glass was Intro
duced Into Japan about 150 years ago
by a Hollander, who settled at Osaka.
For several generations the knowledge
of the processvwaa confined to a single
family, and it was not until about 1879
that the employment of ooal instead of
charcoal, and the construction of brick
chimneys, enabled the manufacturers
to introduce improvements which
placed the industry on a substantial
basis. Osaka has continued to be the
center of the industry, and now manu
factures for export beside* supplying
home demand.
tare to Bo Flood.
Some butchers of Frankfort, Ger
aoany, evidently find U cheaper to be
fined 'small sums for using boracio
acid in the manufacture of Frankfort
sausages than to be haled up for sell
ing meats affected with trichinae or
allowing the dearer meats to spoil in
other ways. John Klein, a butcher,
yellowed the example of many others
recently and was fine*! only $2.36. If
this sum were paid every day In fine*,
the loss caused the bu -?r would not
loss from
BRAIN JASLEEP KEEPS TIME.
Wrapt In Slumber Han Du Bettnr
Ideal of Hoar Than When
f Awake.
That a man may have a better idea of
the time of night when he awakens
from a good sleep than he would have
•f the time of day, provided he were
working unusually hard, with unusual
intentness of purpose, is one of the odd
facts connected with the operation of the
human brain, says the Chicago Tribune.
But on the other band, if a man may
work with such Intensity of purpose as
to forget the lapse of two or three hours
of daylight, so he may sleep with a
soundness that prevents the little time
keeper of the brain from making sub
conscious note of the hour hand of the
clock in the night. As between the two
conditions, however. It is the opinion of
Dr. O. A. King, professor of nervous dis
eases in the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, that the awakened sleeper
usually has a better idea of the flight of
the night than the other may have of ths
flight of the day.
“Under ordinary circumstances the
person who is In normal sleep is not
asleep," said the doctor. 'That one nook
in the brain which takes cognizance of
time is alert to an extent not appreciated
by the. layman. Awakening at any time
in the night the person In good health
and condition knows pretty closely
whether it is midnight or after, or
whether it be nearer two o’clock in the
morning than it is to four o’clock. Many
persons have the faculty so cultivated
that they know within the quarter hours
of the exact time.
"On the other hand it is a common ex
pression with persons in all line of work
suddenly to look at the clock and' ex
press the keenest surprise that it is so
late in the afternoon or the evening;
and occasionally one who has been work
ing to poor advantage and winder dif
ficulties will be surprised on looking at
his watch that it is so early..
“That the brain In sleep keeps this
tally upon the time Is proved by the in
fluences of anaesthetics. A person who
has been profoundly under the influence
| of any drug used for the purpose will be
as utterly unconscious of the passing ol
ten minutes as he will be unconscious
of the passing of an hour. He may he
forgetful of all conditions leading up to
the state of anaesthesia and for the time
being he may have forgotten the day ol
the week.
“As to the time measurement in sleep,
it is best represented in the person used
to travel and to the catching of trains in
the night. Many of these persons will be
able to awaken at an hour giving them
just the margin needed for preparation
for the train.
“One of the peculiarities of a person’s
waking for a train, or for any such emer
gency, is that the awakening always Is
sudden. There is none of the prelim! *
nary yawning, and stretching, and slow
ly returning sense of luxurious rest and
comfort felt by the man who has slept
a full sleep. In this awakening to a
certain time the person frequently feels
that impression of a sudden sound which
he knows cannot have been made or
uttered. Not Infrequently he has the
sense luai sunie uue uas caur.uuia utuua
He may be almost certain that he. has
heard his first name—‘George?’—called
with the characteristic rising inflection.
In almost any case his awakening is
without any premonitory symptoms. It
Is with a sort of jolt that he comes into
full fledged consciousness. In such cases
as those where the sleep is profound be
yond any consciousness of the time, tUe
dream period of sleep is left far behind;
the sleep has approached the depth of
anaesthesia.”
One of the oddities of sleep was referred
to In which a person may lie down foi
rest without Intending to sleep. It may
be morning or afternoon, but the fatigue
that prompts the person to lie down
overcomes him, and, after a sound sleep,
he awakens without any knowledge ol
time in any sense. He does not realize
whether It Is morning or afternoon;
whether he has had luncheon, or wheth
er he may not have slept through a day
and a night, and awakened Into another
day. It is the opinion of Dr. King that in
such a case the person experiencing the
sensations probably is not in a normal
9tate of health.
As an example of sleep that should be
natural and close to the design of nature,
and of an awakening that should be
normal without the effect of an artificial
civilization crowding it, the babe which
has rested to the full and begins to
arouse itself from slumber is an interest
ing study.
Chloroform for Plants.
Albert Maumene, in the Review Scl
entilique, Paris, referring to experi
ments of M. Johannsen, of the Agricul
tural school of Copenhagen, gives It as
his opinion that by the use of anes
thetics, such as ether and chloroform,
early forcing in plant development by
present methods will all be superseded,
since the anesthetizing process makes
possible the flowering of these plants
four or five mouths earlier than the or
dinary methods of forcing.
DMerlptlTe.
“What is that nickname you have
given your boy?”
“Fly ing machine," answered the farm
er. “You see, he’s very interestin’ and
promising, but he won’t work."—Lon
don Answers.
Throwing Dos Off the Scent.
If a layer of stiff, brown paper is glued
to the sides and soles of the usual shoot
ing boots, a dog will not follow Its mas
ter’s tracks, but when the paper gets
worn through at the heels so that It
touches the ground, the scent is caught
at once and speedily followed.
Tobacco for Cigarette*.
It is said that all the great cigarette
smoking people invariably smoke cigar
ettes made of dark colored tobacco. Pro
fessional wine tasters say that cigarettes
made of jight colored tobacco destroy
A “SHOWERPROOF” CLOTH.
Germans Treat Ordinary Materials
with Petroleum—Curious Aquatic
Displays In Tailors’ Windows.
It has usually been thought
| that rubber was about the only
substance which would render
cloth waterproof, although oil silk
is coated with another one, a prep
aration of linseed oil. However,
“showerproof” cloth is known as
that which repels water very
largely and yet remains porous*
appearing in all respects like or
diary wetable cloth. The methods
of treatment of such cloth are
often trade secrets, and even the
patent specifications do not di
vulge all that must be done to
achieve a satisfactory result.
“Petroleum,” a German period
ical, says that the oil to which
that paper owes its name is one of
the most successful showerproof
preparations. It says that the
only reliable shower proof is ob
tained by impregnating the cloth
outside and in with a fine film of
waxes. Paraffin wax is the staple,
but owing to its low melting point
It is not fit for use alone. The com
position used is so alloyed with
other waxes and chemicals thabat
the boiling point of water the wax
stands firm. A rather elaborate
preparatory form must be gone
through, and after the wax has
been applied a finishing process is
required. The interesting fact re
mains that it is petroleum that
keeps out the wet. In tailors’ win
| dows in Germany many aquatic
displays have been arranged to
show that cloth can mysteriously
be made to exhibit the power ol
the duck’s back. Wool, cotton,
silk, linen, velvets, braids, and
even sails, awnings and tenl
cloths are thus wrapped in an in
visible film of rock oil.
PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Ths Brain in Certain States of Activ
ity Can Act on the Organic
Functions.
“Cenesthesia” is the name givet
tb the general feeling we have ol
the existence of our own bodies
says the London Globe. Thy
seniW ;
to accidental and local impre !
sions awakening or stimulatig |
j the sensibility, but it is complex ;
by a certain obverse conscicfa*
ness of the exercise of the org^io
functions, for example, resj/ra
f i ATI T+ la Kw fVtia nnnoof Iati Q t
; the spiritual Ego perceives /self
existing locally in the limityl ex
tent of the organism. In nfrfect
health this feeling is contfiuous,’
uniform, and equal, and therefore,
not special or local. In 01 u/r to bo
remarked a certain exalt/tion of
well-being or distinct uneasiness
Is required. In the hypnotic state
' certain subjects have a -more or
i less distinct perception of their
internal organs and can exert cer
tain action over t^em. In fact
they can modify at wftl all the
functions of the "vegetative* life
for Instance, the beating of the
heart. The fact shows that the
brain in certain states of activity
can act on the organic functions
If there is a nervous current froit
the brain to the organs there is
; also, perhaps, a contrary currenl
i from the organs to the brain. Dr
Cromer, Liebault, and others
maintain that some hypnotie sub
jects perceive their internal or
gans, and even those of other per
sons with whom they are in hyp
notic relations.
Immortelles.
The manufacture of immortelle
wreaths in Paris occupies at leasl
1,500 persons. The immortelles
are gathered about the beginning
of October, and come chiefly from
the arid hills in the middle and
south of France. They ard
brought to the markets in they
natural condition, and the yellojr
blossoms are dyed green, red ai
white, and woven into wreaths h
special workmen in readiness m
All Saints’ and All Souls’ daji,
when all good Parisians visit their f,
relatives’ graves. On these “fef«
j des morts” the gates of the ce® ^
teries are beset with crowds of j
dealers in immortelle wreath, I
wire crosses and bead croirni. J
I At Pere la Chaise alone more tiao j
200,000 persons are calculated to J
visit the cemetery, and the saieof I
! immortelle wreaths varies from I
! 20,000 to 25,000.—Golden Penny, I
The Stingy Man. j£
It’s an easy matter for aitingyB
man to get rich—but whatfi the!
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,n the good old Summer 1
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The St-ry
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Ther'is a big diff^<?ce be
; tween/be cost of mar^ a ^rst"
1 class fiwmg machine, bodying
S the tyst materials an orkman
ship^nd one which i a(le in the
chePest manner. buyer of
thf heap machij' Pays the
diPrence of prj,, e constant
cyt for repairs nothing of
i/annoyin gir cy
/Singer Sev achines_do
/>od wbrk di 6 lifetime.
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' liberal Ftp for Cash.
OiJi, Nee, :tachments and
es of machines.
ufacturing C o.
Makers of the World.”
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ie best grease on the
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d tin buckets. For
p-to-date merchants,
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■Granitoid and Stone W alks,
Ming, all kinds of Brick Work*,
Ut fail to get my figures
■re contracting.
ly Work Talks For Itself
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Jo Walks apply to me.
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