WHY THE FIFTH MAN LEFT He Wore a Wig and the Other Four Men at the Table Were Bald —and Talkative. In the smoking room of a west bound ocean liner two days out from an English port, live men sat at a "small game" of poker. When the chips had been cashed in the men re tained their places, and presently one of the party said: "This Is funny; four bald heads out of a possible Ave," and then there was a discussion as to the causes of baldness, In which all took part except the unafflicted man, who was a good listener for a while. He then bade the others good night. When he had gone the young est of the group, who was less bald than the others, said: "Do you know why Mr. Blank made the getawayT He wears a wig, and Is probably as He wears a wig, and is probably as bald as any of us." And for the rest of the Journey Mr. Blank's head was the object of study—at a distance — for he never again appeared In the smoking room. RINGWORM ON CHEEK Somerville, N. J. —"My daughter's ringworm was quite obstinate. First a red spot appeared on her and another just behind the ew, running into her scalp about the size of a dime. They were hot and itching. Scales formed and caused her to scratch, which made it inflamed and sometimes drew the blood. I tried but it kept growing. I had to cut the hair from the ringworm that ran in the scalp. It must have been of two ■weeks' standing as it had grown to a good size, when I got my husband to get me a sample of Cuticura Scap and Ointment I washed it with hot water and Cuticura Soap, then applied the Cuticura Ointment. The first appli cation benefited her. When my sam ple was used I saw it was not so large and angry, so I bought a box of Cuti cura Ointment, and a cake of Cuticura Soap and applied them three times a day. The constant use for four or five days checked its growth and in two weeks more she was entirely cured. Cuticura Soap and Ointment also cured my son in two weeks of a case of ringworm." (Signed) Mrs. A- E. Neville, Dec. 19, 1911. Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold throughout the world. Sample of eaoh free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post-card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boaura." Adv. HAD ALREADY LEARNED. "I hear your son's at college learn* In' to be a author. Do you expect he'll soon learn to write for money?" "Humph! He don't do nothin' else now." Sailing Ships in Demand. In consequence of the better outlook for sailing ships, values have gone up considerably during the last year or two. For instance, a four-masted sail ing ship of 2,750 tons register, which was sold in January last year for $32.- 500, is at present in the market for sale, and the owners have refused a definite offer of $45,000; they are ask- i ing $50,000. IT'S THE FOOD. The True Way to Correct Nervous Troubles. Nervous troubles are more often ; caused by improper food and indiges tion than most people imagine. Even doctors sometimes overlook this fact A man says: "Until two years ago waffles and butter with meat and gravy were the main features of my breakfast. Finally dyspepsia came on and I found myself In a bad condition, worse in the morn ing than any other time. I would have a full, sick feeling in my stomach, with pains in my heart, sides and head. "At times I would have no appetite, for days, then I would feel ravenous, never satisfied when I did eat and Bd nervous I felt like shrieking at the top of my voice. I lost flesh badly and hardly knew which way to turn until one day I bought a box of Grape-Nuts food to I could eat that. I tried it without rolling the doctor, and liked it fine; made me feel as if I had some thing to eat that was satisfying and still I didn't have that heaviness that 1 had frit after eating any other food. "I hadn't drank any coffee then In five w<>eks. 1 kept on with the Grmpe- Nuts and In a month and a half I had pained 15 pounds, could eat almost anything I wanted, didn't feel badly after eating and my nervousness was all pone. It's' a pleasure to be well ugaln." Name given by Postum Co.. Battle CV-ek. Mich. Resd the book, "Th« itosd to Wellvllle," In pkgs. "Thers's a reason " Rvrr rrmd «b« (km * ■»»> apfteitra frum tin** t* lint. Til" mrr arraala* Int. umd tall ■( kniiwi latarcal. *4v. SNAPSHOTS AT STATE NEWS All Pennsylvania Gleaned for Items of Interest. REPORTS ABOUT CROPS GOOD Farmers Busy In Every Locality- Churches Raising Funds for Many Worthy Objects—ltems of Busi ness and Pleasure that Interest James Baus, of New Berlinville,' raised a pumpkin 5 feet 4 inches in length and 5 feet in circumference. John Stockdale of Norristown is in Jail charged, with pawning his wife's clothing to get money for drink. Help is so scarce about Kennett Square that farmers are paying four cents a shock for cutting corn. Quakertown is having great difficul ty in procuring a sufficient number of day laborers for street work. Kane has captured another large in ! dustry, the Moser Machine Manufac turing Company, to give employment | to about 100 men. Frank Horn, Frank Pathron and ' Emil Schug, of Phiiadeihia, were caught on freight cars near Weather ly and sent to jail for 10 days. i A field day meet'ng of the Pennsyl- I vania Beekeepers' Association was | held at the apiary of John S. Shope, ! [ Annville, and was largely attended. The Alpha Portland Cement Com- | ! pany has announced an increase of 10 j per cent, in the wages of employes of I the Martins Creek and Alpha mills. Because of a large cabbage crop, I more sauerkraut is being made by 1 farmers up*the Schuylkill Valley than j for years. Estimated to cost $3,500 when first | I proposed, the annex to the Pottstown ; High School building will cost double j that amount. Jonas Hendershot was badly scald ed through the bursting of a steam pipe in the Masters' slate quarry, Pen Argyl. Young Ralph Meyers, who robbed a hardware store in Norristown, was sent to the Reform School at Glen Mills. The Rev. Philip H. Mowry, pastor |of the First Presbyterian church, i j Chester, has begun his fortieth year J as pastor of that church. The Diehl Pottery Company has | $150,000, and will reopen the old pot- ! [ been reorganized, with a capital of I teries, near Quakertown. A Bloomsburg company recently j j made a shipment of 40 freight cars to ! ; Brazil. The cars are shipped in crates ; and then rebuilt after they arrive in i that country. James Hopkins G years old, thrust a stick into a fire alarm box near his i home at Forty Fort, Wilkes-Barre, and j the stick carried sufficient current into j the boy's body to kill him. For fishing with a dipnet in Hulme ! ville dam, Andrew Marjave, of South Langhorne, was arrested by Special Fish Warden J. Leon Wells and fined SSO and costs. The cost of living being too high i at Doylestown, the Bristol school ! teachers will this year travel back and I forth by trolley during institute week, I 25 miles. Thieves stole 30 turkeys from the j Walters farm, just south of Kennett Square, Friday night. A few nights | before they had stolen all the chickens on the farm. Reuben Hook, of Wagi.er, Decatur' township drove to Lewistown and transacted business at tfie court house. Mr. Hook is Bt> years old. He writes a legible hand and enjoys a good appetite, and is almost as agile as a young man of 20. John Osier has returned to his home at Bernice, after being a patient at the Robert Packer Hospital at Sayre since March, 1911, having completely recovered from injuries sustained by being caught under a fall of rock in a mine at Bernice. Both thighs were i bady crushed and the flesh was torn. After the bones had Unit together it was found necessary to graft 22 inches of skin on his thighs and this opera tion proved successful. He gained 50 pounds during his stay in the hospital sixl added four inches to Ills stature. Louis D. Davis has resigned his po sition as clerk In the Franklin post office, after being in the service for 22 years. Mr. Davis was first a car rier, in which capacity he continued for 15 years. The Scranton Electric Company Is •rying a new experiment for the pur pose of filll.ig old mine workings and thus making the surface safe and pre venting* cavlugH. A ten-inch bore hole Has b«»eii driven Into the miue work ings, and through this the coinian) *lll flush the ashes froui its plant. tfERE AND THERE IN THIS BUSY WORLD Miss Helen Taft qualified as a marksman by making a score of 49 out of a possible 50 on the government rifle range in Gloucester, Mass. T. J. Ryan, promoter of amusement resorts, committed suicide in Philadel phia because of financial entangle ments. The oval painting of the Madonna for which J. Plerpont Morgan was re ported to have offered $20,000 has been stolen from St. John's church in Piscenza, Italy. THE MARKETS. (New York Wholesale Prices.) MILK.—Tho wholesale milk price Is a quart in the 26c. zone, or sl.Bl per 40-quart can. This rate goes into effect October 1. Butter. Creamery, Extras @32 Firsts 29 ®3l Seconds 26V&&/28 Thirds 24>2^25H Creamery held, extras 30 l / 2 (fi 1 31 Firsts 29 gj.3o Good to prime 29 (U<3o State, finest 29 @3O Good to prime 26 (ji 28 Common to fair 23 $25 Eggs. State, Pa., and nearby hennery white, fancy and new 1aid....41 (&43 State, I'a., and nearby, selected white, good to prime 39 @4O State, I'a., and nearby, selected white, common to fair 33 ®3B Brown hennery, fancy 34 @35 Gathered, brown, mixed colored.2G (a) 34 Western, gathered, white 29 @34 Fresh Killed Poultry. CHlCKENS—Broilers—small boxes. Milk fed, 24 lbs. to dozen and under 26 @.. Milk fed, 26 to 3® lbs. to d0z....24 Corn fed, 24 lbs. to dozen and under 22 @23 CI 11CK ENS—Barrels. Phila. «&. other nearby squab broilers, per pair 60 @63 Phila. L.l. broilers, per 1b...25 l'hila. & I J. I. average chickens.2o @22 Penn»i. broiler*; 22 @23 Virginia, milk fed, broilers 20 @24 TL'HK K VS.— i Old hens and toms, mixed 16 @l7 FOWLS-Dry Packed: I Wn. bxs. 60 lbs. Sc over to dz a p i:V2@iß | Wn. bxs., 48 to 55 lbs. to doz dry picked fancy 17 @l7. OTIi I.olv POULTRY.- Old cocks, per lb 13 Spring diicKS, L.l. east'n. .15^ Spring ducks, Pa 18 Sqbs., pr white 10 lbs. to dz per dz 4.00 Sqbs., dark per dozen 1.75 Spring guineas, per pair 60 @9O Vegetables. Brussels, sprouts, per quart.... 6@ 10 Beans, southern. p«r basket..., 50@ 75 Westrn N. \., per bskt or bg. 00( 50 N J 75®WJ i_lve Stock. BEEVES. —Common 10 prime steers bol.l at *.V U !> 20 per 100 lbsj bulls, *3 50© &.jU; cows. 50. Dressed lieef at 11 for native sides; yflj-lP" lor Texan beef. . . . ~ CALVES.—-Common t r choice veals sold at 12.50 per 100 lbs: culls. ss.so(ie 750 grussers and buttermilks at $4 DOW 5 50; culls. |».&Of|i4; fed and mixed calves at *s.7s@T.tjO; Westerns at «'ity dressed veals at 13til8Vic; country dressed at 11 Sow 775 culls. *41(5 lirest-ed mutton, bVjc; dressed lambs. llWlSc; hog dressed, 13S<\ lioiiS Market Arm to lOc higher, with saUs at *8 «(>«».20 per 100 lbs; pigs at *ti 75 dan ger of frost and some of them kept j fires burning on their fields. One far- ; mer housed a dozen tramps during ] the rainy weather of the preceding week on condition that they would help with the harvest; then they all I lied and"lit out." Wage Increase for Linemen. Hazleton.—The linemen of the Har wood Electric Company, the big con cern that is supplying current from i here to towns in this section of the I State within a radius of 40 miles, re- | ceived notice of a wage advance. I Heretofore they got $2.50 a day and had no limit of hours. In the future i they will be paid 33 cents an hour, j They work no fewer than eight hours a day. There was talk of a strike in case the demands had been turned j down. Slides Ear Almost Off. Huntingdon.—Doctors used twelve ! stitches to place the left ear of Chas. ! Omo, baseball player and track ath- 1 lete, back on his head. Omo was warming up on the Juniata College elndor path when he was thrown and slid about thirty feet on the left side, tearing his eaa* almost ofT. Man Hurt Saving Women. Shamokln.—George Stelnhart was badly injured here while saving a number of women from a frightened horse. The women were standing near a huckster's wagon close to the Penn sylvania Railroad track -when a train drawn by two engines approached. The horse grew scared and plunged In every direction throw!,ng the women into a panic. Stelnhart tried to subdue the animal. The wagon was backed onto tho tracks by the horse and the trtin collided with the conveyance. Mbmtional SuNMrSaiooL LESSON (By E O. SELLERS. Director of Evening Department, The Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.) LESSON FOR OCTOBER 20. MIBSION TO THE GENTILES. LESSON TEXT-Mark 7:24-30 and Mat thew 8:5-13. GOLDEN TEXT—"Him that Cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."—John f:37. Chronologically the incident of the centurions servent precedes that of the Syrophenician woman, though we will look at them in the order sug gested. The one Incident occurs near the border of Tyre and Sldon, prob ably about May or June, A. D. 29, and the other in Capernaum during the summer of A. D. 28. Both are inci dents in the life of Jesus that have to do with his ministry as the Hebrew Messiah to those who were outside of the pale of Judaism. At the beginning of Mark's record (v. 24) we have a wonderful sugges tion as to the strain of Jesus, ministry and the accompanying lesson that true righteousness cannot be hid, it speaks for itself. There are four uses of the word I "answered" in Matthew's record of this incident (Matt. 15:21-28) that are suggestive. Let us first, however, get the setting. This woman was a Greek —a Gentile; by race she was a Sy rophenician, that is, a Canaanite. 'Jhus she was a descendant of that race whom God, by the hand of Josh -1 ua, had driven out to make room for ! the Hebrew nation, and as such is under the ban of God. See Eph. 2:12. Yet this woman reaches Jesus, her trouble being that her daughter is possessed by an unclean spirit. At her approach she takes a lowly place at Jesus' feet and requests that he heal the child. She calls him the "Son of David," and"He answered her not a word." Matt. 15:23. She had no claim upon him as the Mes siaht" This was the wrong footing, for she was not a child of the kingdom. It was her need that drove her to him. How she had heard of him is suggested in Mark 3:8 and 7:24, cf. Rom. 10:17. There are some ques -1 tion that silence will not Answer. A wrong conclusion will be reached, as in this case the disciples came to a wrong conclusion and desired to | "send her away." Contrast Jesus' . patience with the disciples' impa ; tience, "she crieth after us" and em phasize the danger of external judg ment There are many great moral issues today that are demanding an other answer than that of silence. The Answer of Law. Jesus then made a second answer, the answer of law, Matthew 15:24, in which he accepts her estimate of him as the Jewish Messiah. His work was primarily to the Jews (John 1:11, 12). But her need was great, and identifying herself with the need of the child Bhe "worshipped" Jesus. He is more than the Messiah, he is a Saviour. Not yet, however, is Jesus ready to grant her request. His third answer (v.25), the answer of mercy, ;is literally that first the children must be fed, and she replied, "Yea, Lord; even the dogs under the table j eat of the children's crumbs." For ! this saying, viz., that she did not pro test against the words he had spoken, but accepted the proper estimate of him as being the Jewish Messiah and herself as outside of that covenant, I he made a fourth answer, the answer to faith. He answered: "O, woman, great is thy faith," v. 28, and grants ; her carte blanc (v. 28), "be it unto j thee even as thou wilt." As outcasts, ! we must cast ourselves "at his feet." Let us now look at the account of ; the centurion's servant. Once more Jesus is appealed to by one who is outside the Hebrew covenant and on ! behalf of a servant. In the other in i cident there was the Interruption of j a seeming refusal and here the Inter ruption of an instantaneous granting of the request. Again we need to read the parallel accounts given by the other evangelists. Verse ten of j this section is the key to this whole j Btory. What are some of the marks of a "great faith?" First, it is ! tested. The servant was "dear unto the centurion," Luke 7:2. Second, it ! Is progressive "when he heard of Jesus," Luke 7:3. Third, it will be recognized by others, Luke 7:4. The Great Faith, j The protest In v. 9, and the remark | able commendation of Jesus thereon, I is a solemn warning to all who are in : covenant relations with God and his Son whom he has senti Jesus had there a glimpse of that great coming day when all Gentiles would be gathered unto hlin, v. 11 (cf. Rev. 7:9). The centurion received for his faith com mendation, und healing for his servant as well, v. 13. Why should there be such a differ ence in the treatment of these two when we read of that they had great faith?— Matthew 15:28 and 8:10. Tho difference can be explained only by the fact that the Master knew all tho facts about both and he adopted such tactics for each as were best suited to the case. This impresses us with the truth that personal worl" cannot be done by any rule of thumb: Indeed, the Master seems seldom t< tinve ueed the same method twice. 1' here then no common factor In them wo Incidents? Th* yielding of faltl 'lw&ya Kslns that which U sought. LASTING ALMANAC. *»•« ~- i 'ill" The Agent—l'd like to Bell you • farmer's almanac. The Rube —Land's sake, mister, I bought one la 1905 thet ain't wort out yet The Greatest Woman, Who was or la the greatest woman In all history T Two hundred teach ers answered the question and with enthusiasm and unanimity the judges awarded the prize to the one who made this reply: "The wife of the farmer of moderate means who does her own cooking, washing. Ironing, sewing, brings up a fwntly of boys and girls to be useful members of so ciety, and finds time for intellectual Improvement." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that It Bears the s/t? * I Signature of In Use For Over 30 Years. ! Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Of Course. "Her husband is a self-made man.' - "She's sure to insist on altera | tlons." Mr*. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for Chtldrr* teething, aoftena the puuis, reduce* Inflamma tion, allay* pain, cure* wind colic, 25c a bollla. ; Adv. At the age of forty a man begins to ! live and unlearn. , | BACKACHE IS DISCOURAGING Until You Get After The Cause Nothing more di»- couraging than aeon- \ slant backache. A V Lame when yon awake. Pains pierce j you when you bend fWIA \ or lift It's hard to "Y work, or to rest pH* wr M You sleep poorly g|i J ni and next day is the t|B I lE same old story. Em j j yT That backache in- ' a I i dicates bad kidneys lu fl V , and calls for some "-*( ft good kidney remedy. _lj ft None so well rec- LSeif Jr ommended as Doan's ■ ' V -, J__„ TSMI„ "Evtrt, I'LClUrt Kid»ey Pills. relit a aiury- Here's A Maine Case— Mrs. Albert Taylor, 6 Elm St.. Fairfield, Me., says:"For years I had kidney trou ble. There was Agonizing pain In my back, a sort of burning pain. Nothing helped me until 1 took Doan's Kidney Pllla. They helped my kldneya and th® burning pain left. Others In my family have been benefited by this remed-v." Cat Doan'a al Any Drug Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S WAV FOSTER.MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. Ufiittemore, if Shoe'Polishe FINEST QUALITY LARGEST VARIET They meet every requirement for cleaning ai polishing bboeaof all kinds and colors. OUT EDGE, the only ladles* shoe dress tbat positively contains OIK Blacks and Polls ladles' and children's boots and shoe*, sliii Without rubbing;, 25c. ••French Ciloss." 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