RS.
lMtfaa»t Bale* of Baser* ladlrala
That More Mon Than Ever Be
fore Shave Themselves.
“There are sold In this country to
day," said a cutlery man, according to
the New York Sun, “a hundred times
as many razors as were sold here 40
years ago.
“Some share of this Increase Is due,
of course, to the advance in population,
but the greater part is due to the large
increase in the proportion of men who
shave themselves. More men than ever
1 before now possess tbis polite art.
“With a greater number of Individ
ual users of razors there are, of course,
many more razors now sold. And, of
course, plenty of men own more than
one razor; everyone ought to own two,
st least, as many men do. One good
razor properly cared for might serve
its purpose continuously and well for
a long time without regrindlng or hon
ing, but an accident might happen to
it, and against that a mau guards by
having at least one extra razor. t
“Many men buy sets of seven razors,
one for each day In the week, and there
are men who have sets 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 take with
them. A traveler starting out with a
case of half a dozen razors in perfect
condition would have a razor outfit
that, with such care as he could be
stow upon it himself, would serve him
well for years.
“The best, razor that can 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, sim
ply mounted, for $12, or you can 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.
Doctors Have Cat Off Another Article
of Diet—Vegetable Said to Carry
Typhoid Germs.
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 come
under the ban of the doctors, who say
that it is equally well adapted to trans
mitting the poisonous elements of the
soil 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 is
well understood by the proprietor of
one hotel, who has seen oysters during
the past three weeks disappear almost
entirely from the orders of his guests.
Borne weeks ago a well-known man died
•f 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
tracted in the hotel dining-room, where
tne cnances were immensely In favor
of his having got the fever somewhere
else.
If they keep on there will he nothing
left for us to eat except fish and frit
ters, and the latter will probably be cut
off soon and pills substituted.
SOLD HER HUSBAND'S GRAVE.
How a Southern Woman Mode 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
is well exemplified by a happening in a
certain southern city," said a well
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 buried In the
aforesaid beautifully located lot and his
grave was carefully attended for awhile
by 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 of
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?"
Qlaaa-Makinir In 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 pnxffess was confined to a single
family, and it was not until about 1879
the* 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
basla Osaka has continued to be the
center of the industry, and now manu
factures for export besides supplying
the home demand.
•■re te Be Pined.
Some butchers of Frankfort, Ger
many, evidently find it cheeper 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,
’ollowed the example of many others
scently and was fined only $2.36. If
Ms sum were paid every day In fines,
a loss caused the butcher would not
-o great In a year as the loss from
, yndoctored with the chemical,
tht
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BRAIN ASLEEP KEEPS TIME.
Wrapt la Slumber plan Hns Betta*
Idea of Hoar Than When
Awake.
That a man may have a bettor idea of
the time of night when he awaken*
from a good sleep than he would have
»f the time of day, provided he were
vorking 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 hand, 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
I the night than the other may haveof the
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 thei 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 under 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 of
ten minutes as he will be unconscious
of the passing of an hour. He may be
forgetful of all conditions leading up to
the state of anaesthesia and for the time
being he may have forgotten the day of
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 aw-akening always is
sudden. There is none of the prelimi
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 that some one has called'his name.
He may be almost certain that he has
U«ai u ui<3 in o i uauio vjuoi . vunvu
with the characteristic rising inflection.
In almost any case his awakening la
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, tVie
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 for
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 of
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
state 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 Plant*.
Albert Maumene, in the Review Sci
entifique, 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 months earlier than the or
dinary methods of forcing.
Descriptive.
“What Is that nickname you have
given your boy?"
“Flying machine,” answered the farm
er. “You see, he’s very Interestin' and
promising, but he won't work."—Lon
don Answers.
Throwing Dog Off the Seent.
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 mu.
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 light colored tobacco destroy
Ue discriminating sense el the palaUa
A ‘‘SHOWERPROOF!" CLOTH.
Germans Treat Ordinary Materials
■with Petroleum—Curious Aquatic
Displays in Tailors' Windows.
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It lias usually beeb thought
that rubber was about 'the only
substance which would render
clot*h 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 i^ 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. Thecom
I position used is so alloyed with
other waxes and chemicals that-at
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 of
I the duck’s back. Wool, cotton,
silk, linen, velvets, braids, and
even sails, awnings and tent
cloths are thus wrapped in an in
visible film of rock oil.
PHYSICAL CONSCIOUSNESS.
The Brain in Certain Statee of Activ
ity Can Act on the Organic
Functions.
“Cenesthesia” is the name given
to the general feeling we have of
the existence of our own bodies,
says the London Globe. This
| sense of existence is chiefly owing
to accidental and local impres
sions awakening or stimulating
the sensibility, but it is completed
by a certain obverse conscious
ness of the exercise of the organio
functions, for example, respira
tion. It is by this sensation that
me spiritual n,go perceives itselt
existing locally in the limited ex
tent of the organism. In perfect
health this feeling is continuous,
uniform, and equal, and therefore,
not special or local. In order to be
remarked a certain exaltation of
well-being or distinct uneasiness
is required. In the hypnotic state
certain subjects have a more or
less distinct perception of their
internal organs and can exert cer
tain action over them. In fact,
they can modify at will 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 from
the brain to the organs there is
also, perhaps, a contrary current
from the organs to the brain. Dr.
Cromer, Liebault, and others,
maintain that some hypnotic 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 least
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 are
brought to the markets in their
natural condition, and the yellow
blossoms are dyed green, red and
white, and woven into wreaths by
special workmen in readiness for
All Saints’ and All Souls’ days,
when all good Parisians visit their
relatives’ graves. On these “fetes
des morts” the gates of the ceme
teries are beset with crowds of
dealers in immortelle wreaths,
wire crosses and bead crowns.
At Pere la Chaise alone more than
200.000 persons are calculated to
visit the cemetery, and the sale of
immortelle wreaths varies from
20.000 to 25,000.—Golden Penny.
The Stingy Kan.
It’s an easy matter for a stingy
man to get rich—but what’s the
use?
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Time Tells
THe Story.
There is a big difference be
i tween the cost of making a first
class sewing machine, embodying
the best materials and workman
ship, and one which is made in the
cheapest manner. The buyer of
the cheap machine soon pays the
| difference of price in the constant
; cost for repairs, to say nothing of
its annoying inefficiency.
Singer Sewing Machines_do
good work during a lifetime.
Sold on Installments.
Old Machines taken in exchange
Liberal Discount for Cash.
Oils, Needles, Attachments and
Repairs for all makes of machines.
.The Singer Manufacturing C o.
“The Sewing Machine Makers of the World. ”
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