The Hoiwon.
F A. Busse, Chit ;hm' new mayor,
had ben complimented by a report
er on the direct, terse quality of a
statement he had given out.
"I am a believer In brevity," said
Mr. Busse, imlllng. "The fewer
wordi you say a thing In, the strong
er and more striking Is that thing'
effect.
"Chios I knew a man who hated
the Swiss.
" 'Why. Jake,' I said to him one
day, 'you nstound me. You hate
the Swiss, yet here you are mar
ried to a Swiss wife.'
" 'Yes,' said Jake, 'that's the rea
son.' " Washington Star.
The ways of foxes.
Their Habits and Mfc Annoying a
Herd of Cows.
The milk pans are quickly cleaned
and rid of all greasy "feel" when
washed In borax and water In the fol
lowing proportions one tablespoon
ful of borax to a quart of water.
We meet some people with pleasure
and pnrt from them with gtnunlo
satisfaction.
AWFUL EFFECT OF ECZEMA.
Covered With. Yellow Sores Grew
Worse Parents Discouraged
Catlcura Drove Sores Away.
"Out- little girl, one year and a half old,
was taken with eczema or that was what
the doctor (aid it was. V took her to
three doctors, but by this time she was
nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. One
morning we discovered a little yellow pim
ple on one of her eyes. Doctor ho. 3 said
that we had better take her to some eye
specialist, mil it was an ulcer. So we
went to Oswego to doctor No. 4, and he
said the eyesight was gone. We were near
ly discouraged, but 1 thought we would try
the Cuticura Treatment, so I purchased a
set of Cuticura Remedies, which cost me
$1, and in three days our daughter, who
had been sick about eight months, showed
great improvement, and in one week all
sores had disappeared. Of course it could
not restore the eyesight, but if we had used
OuticuiPin time, we are confident it would
have saved the eve. Mrs. Frank Abbott,
B. P. D. No. 9. Fulton, Oswego Co., N.
August 17, 1006."
Conveniences.
" 'A place for everything and
everything In Its place' might be
paraphrased Into 'a toag for every
thing and everything In a bag,' for
the family declare I use those con
venient receptacles for every Imagin
able article," said the house mis
tress, laughingly. "But, certainly,"
she continued, "they are wonder
fully convenient, and few women
realize their possibilities as an aid
tp comfortable living.
"In the first place, they are the
best possible preservutors of valu
able clothing. Every dinner or ball
go.wn should be kept In a glazed
paper mnslln bag, which is a perfect
protection against moisture and air,
as well as dust. These are made
large enough to allow the skirt to
hang straight, and are then hung
on a hook with a waistband.
"Toymake a mothproof bag for
coats' ot cloaks, line the paper mus
lin with over-lapping newspapers on
the inside; if the material Is light
In color, the newspapers should be
covered with another sheet of paper
muslin.
"No moths will penetrate a news
paper, but to take extra precaution
a few moth balls may also be thrown
Into the bag. To keep housemaids'
necessities bags are Invaluable; one
for window and the other for floor
rags. A felt broom bag should be
given to a maid to brush up her
parquet floor with, as It takes up
the dust as well as the refuse, and
Is better In that respect than hair
brooms. It Is made of felt, to go
over a common broom, and can be
pinned together at the top around
the handle.
"Wooden floors brushed up with
a broom rag look much brighter
than when swept with a hair broom.
It goes without saying that each
member of the family should have
his or her own clothes bag for soiled
garments; It saves work and keeps
rooms tidy. My greatest comfort In
the way of bags, however, Is my
own especial set, as I have about a
dozen, all labeled, and consequently
I always know where to find what
I want. In short, I cannot say too
much for the comfort and conveni
ence of plenty of bags, and every
housekeeper should study their pos
sibilities." Indianapolis Sunday
Star.
QsnlMi
But In the fullness of time there
appeared the super-leopard.
"I can change my spots," quoth
he, with supreme -faith In himself.
His relatives and friends were
horrified.
"Hush," they whispered. "The
world will lthlnk you are dotty."
Being a genius is by no means the
easy thing some Imagine It. -New
York World.
MEAT OR CEREALS
A Question of Interest to All Careful
Persons.
Arguments on iood are Interest
ing. Many persons adopt a vegetar
ian diet on the ground that they do
not like to feel that life has boen
taken to feed them, nor do they
1 fancy the thought of eating dead
! meat.
On the other hand, too great con
sumption of partly cooked, starchy
oatB and whoat or white bread,
pastry, etc., produces aerloua bowel
troubles, because the bowel digestive
organs, (where starch Is digested 1,
are overtaxed and the food ferments,
producing gas, and microbes gener
ate in the decayed food, frequently
bringing on peritonitis and appendi
citis. Starchy food is absolutely essen
tial to the human body. Its beBt
form is shown in the food "Grape-.
Nuts," where the starch Is changed
tnto a form of sugar during the pro
cess of its manufacture. in this
way, the required food la presented
to the system In a pre-digested form
and Is immediately made Into blood
and tissue, without taxing the diges
tive organs.
A remarkable result In nourish
ment is obtained; the persou using
Grape-Nuts gains quickly In physical
and mental strength. Why In men
tal T Because the food contains del.
lcate particles of Phosphate of Pot
ash obtained from the grains, and
this unites with the albumen of all
food and the combination is what
nature uses to rebuild worn out cells
In the brain. This Is a scientific fact
that can bo easily proven by ten
days' use of Ornpe-Nuts. "There's
a Reason " Read "The Road to'
IWeilvllle." in pigs.
A letter, from Will W. Chrlstman.
of Delansnn, N. Y., sent to Forest
and Stream by John Burroughs, says:
"My occupation as farmer has
tended to familiarize me with many
things of which you write. This Is
especially true of the fox. I have
fought them with gun, trap and
poison, and have had some Interest
ing and amusing experiences. Every
summer, usually In early morning,
they lurk In a piece of woodland,
near the barn, and whenever hen or
chicken ventures too far from the
buildings, It is pounced upon and
carried away. Such a long proces
sion of Plymouth Rocks has gone
In that direction, year after year,
that I make no truce with reynard,
but .take hls life In season or out,
whenever opportunity offers! v "
"Have you ever heard a fox bark
In tho daytime? One wintry Morn
ing I saw one, a quarter of a mile
away,, sounding hlB 'wood-notes wild.'
Again, while plowing last Novem
ber, I heard one barking about 4
o'clock In the afternoon. One night
I heard one barking In the pasture
lot. I took my gun-and hurried out
to Interview him. They had been
In the habit of crossing the creek
about a hundred yards from tho barn,
and I selected this place for our
meeting. While getting In position I
could hear him barking at intervals,
each time a little nearer. There
were a few Inches of light snow, but
no" moon, so that It was rather hard
to pick out his foxship from the few
small evergreens that grew near the
ford. I stood behind a large elm,
steadying my gun against the trunk
and covering the road I felt sure he
would take, perhaps seventy-five
yards away. I did not have to wait.
He came out of the protecting ever
greens almost as soon as I was ready.
It was too dark to take aim. but
when I felt sure I had him covered
I let go. It was such an unusual
time for an ambush that he was un
doubtedly the moBt surprised fox
recorded In the annals. He paused
Just long enough to locate his enemy
and disappeared in the neighboring
woods. I took a lantern and fol
lowed. I had wounded him, for I
found an occasional bloodstain on the
snow. He led nearly straight away
for half a mile, then circled back
within a hundred yards of his ad
venture before making a final plunge
into the wilderness. I Hiink be must
have gone daft with his wound and
flight and did not know exactly
where he was going. If he still sur
vives, he must be regarded among
his wild associates as a most .vorthy
veteran, p.fter having run the gauntlet
of such a midnight ambuscade.
"Hardly a season passes here with
out someone locating a den and mak
ing captive the whole litter. Two
years ago I accidentally discovered
one, and with a neighbor's help dug
them out and made them secure In
the corn crib. At times they were as
playful as kittens, but they often
fought like dogs over their food.
The first morning after their cap
ture I saw the old fox nosing around
their prison. One of the young died
In a day or two, and my boy carried
It to the woods. The next afternoon
when he returned from the pasture
with the cows, he informed me that
he had found a young fox dead near
the scene of the capture. I thought
at first that it might be one that
. had died in the nest, and wo had
overlooked It when we destroyed
their roof tree; but after investigat
ing we found it to be the one that
I had died in captivity, as the one
couiu not ne lounu that iny young
ster had disposed of. We concluded
that the mother had carried it back
1 to the old home, a quarter of a mile
or more. How unconquerable this
mother love! I must confess that I
felt something like remorse at finding
such a human trait In my enemy,
i "I have a neighbor who has
trapped skunks for twenty yeurB. I
think he knows every' woodchuck
hole within three or four miles. I
conferred with bin:, and when April
I came again we kept a sharp lookout
I for another den. We spent the
greater part of one forenoon In vis
iting the most likely holes in the
neighborhood. Oh our way back,
and when only a quarter of a mile
from home, we crossed a farm that
had been abandoned by Its owner.
Every summer some one cuts the
'hay on shares' and picks the apples.
Except for the commotion on these
occasions it is desolate and alone.
As wo entered the dooryard I found
a muskrat hide, freshly skinned, on
the grass; a little further on some
bunches of rabbit's fur. 'Have we
a fox den here?' I thought. 'Here
are the usual ear-marks, but it
seemed a moBt unlikely spit.' At the
corner of the house we found a hole,
probably ' opened by a woodchuck,
leading directly into the foundation.
Scattered about were hen's feathers.
and a small pig had been poked Into
a crevice In the crumbling founda
tion. The pig was one tliut a neigh
nor nau loBt a few days before, and
had been consigned to the manure
heap. Now it was evidently held
in reserve as a choice morsel for
some wild gourmand. After a care-
mi examination of the hole, and of
uie cellar for the
locked we plugged the opening with
stones promising the tenants a call
iuier in me day.
"That afternoon I was called away,
"eignnor. after waiting some
time for me, itarted aloife for the
prise, a large Btrawstack stood nea
the hoitrTA ilnriln .
, .,,..,.. , ..imiuiiv qown
' uiacnine had stood In
threshing time. As he nenred the
place he saw the old fox on the top
of the stack. From this 'coign of
vantage sue couia overlook the sur
luuuuiug neius lor uair a mile. This
was undoubtedly her 'crow's nest
u irienu or enemy could approach
unseen. She took to her heels as my
friend approached. The cellar had
been lathed and plastered, and far
down In a remote comer behind the
plastering he found them, three lively
little fellows, about half as large as
a iKu-Bizeu car, unu two yery small
ones dead. Probably sonYe hound
had given her chase shortly before
tbelr birth. This would account for
the mortality among them. (Since
then another neighbor Informs me
that he found two of the young dead J
In a hole ) We kept them In th-
corn crib as we had kept those of he
year before. I think the old fox came
nightly and prowled around the
buildings. One of my hens had
hidden her nest In some berry bushes
between the corn crib and wagon
house. One morning I found her
limping around the barnyard minus
her tall. Every tall-feather was
pulled out and scattered In a bee
line from her nest to the yard. Her
eggs were cold and she seemed to
have lost all interest In them. I
looked again next day and several of
the eggs had disappeared. I took
them all away and at night took a
fresh erg, and after putting a little
strychnine Inside I placed It in the
nest. That, too, disappeared, but it
was several days before I knew that
my experiment had been successful.
Then my boy found the female fox
dead In theedge of woods, less than
a hundred yards awayT
"A few days after this event my
boy and I were witnesses of a most
remarkable fox play. My youngster
was starting out to get the cows late
one afternoon when I saw what I
thought at first, was a' shepherd dog
among them, and the cattle seemed
to be taking turns at charging him.
They were perhaps 250 or 300 yards
away. As I looked, the dog made
an unusually nimble leap to avoid
being gored, and I grew suspicious.
I called the youngster back and told
him to go cautiously along the ridge
and take a look at them without be
ing Been. In a few minutes he re
turned excited and out of breath. It
was a fox, as I suspected. I took out
my gun and we hurried along the
ridge to witness Jhe sport and Inci
dentally to have a little fun ourselves
at reynard's expense. We crept up
within fifty or sixty yards of them.
The fox behaved 1 exactly like a
strange dog among the herd. When
one of the cows would charge him he
would run a little way and 'side step,'
then another would lower her head
and take after him. The fox appar
ently enjoyed the excitement, but
there were seven cows In the herd
and they kept him busy dodging
them. His conduct was extremely
aggravating. He would sometimes
stand till one almost caught him,
then he would run and turn and pro
voke another to the chase. I tried
several minutes to get a bead on him,
but the cows pressed him close.
Finally they separated far enough
for me to take aim without endan
gering my Jerseys. 1 must have fired
too soon, for he turned and gave us
what I thought was a very reproach
ful look before he disappeared In the
neighboring hard-hack."
CO VI RY NEWSPAPER WORK.
Why It Is the Representative Jour
nalism of America.
A pleasant feature of country
newspaper work which Is unknown to
city men, says the Journalist, Is the
favorable recognition one receives
from his friends and acquaintances,
and the readers of bis paper In gen
eral, when he does apartlcularly clev
er piece of work, such as a news
scoop, a readable report of a public
function, or a bright article of any
kind. In the country the people, as
a rule, know pretty well who writes
the stuff for the paper, and soon be
come acquainted with a man's style.
This causes the editor or reporter to
"be constantly on his mettle, ever
striving after the best results In his
writings and endeavoring to be im
partial and accurate. Accuracy is
absolutely necessary In a country
newspaper. In a metropolis accuracy
Is not a prime requisite, especially In
these later degenerate days, even If
nil the editors are supposed to Insist
upon It which they don't. To be
accurate one must spend time and be
painstaking. The disciples of the
new journalism never have the time
to be accurate. No matter if names
are misspelled and facts distorted
and faked. They must get the story,
get It quick, and if It Is not spicy
enough make It so.
If the city reporter wns to be
called to account the next day by his
fellow citizens for what he had writ
ten he would find time to be accurate
thereafter. The country reporter Is
constantly meeting and coming In
contact with, for the most part, the
people he writes about. This Is a
itandlng Injunction for him to re
strain his pen when he finds It get
ting on dangerous ground, or make
in extra effort to ferret out. the truth
when he is tempted to Blur over the
factB. In fact, the country reporter
writes not only for his weekly salary,
but for his own standing In the com
munity as well. If he Is to be
thought well of. If he Is to be kindly
received in society, and If he expects
advancement, he must prove himself
worthy of trust and confidence. He
must not let his pen and Imagination
run riot for the sake of a story or a
sensation.
It has been said that the country
press la the representative journalism
of America, and when one knows the
inner doings of metropolitan journal
ism he Is inclined to this view.
John Rukin s Sacrifice. j WOMEN WHO CHARM
IT P.LEW SHOES.
I'.nt
Only One of Each Variety
Freighted the Air.
Fenlon H. Pierce, a shoe drummer
for a Chicago house, recently re
lumed from an interrupted Southern
trip. When he arrived In this city
he was incumbered with nothing but
the clothes on his back and a story.
His suit case and sample trunks were
whirled Into the upper air with the
other contents of Heasllp'8 Hotel
when the tornado struck MacGrew's
Ferry In its disastrous course through
Southwest Arkansas a few weeks
ago.
The personal property distributed
over k wide area was enriched by
Mr. Pierce's sample shoes, and In the
days following the storm the entire
colored population was busy probing
for bluchers, patent leathers and con
gress gaiters In the piles of debris,
sifting vlci kid oxfords and Turkish
slippers from the drifted sand, and
picking moosehide moccasins, arctics
and Mackinaw legglns like fruit from
the higher branches of trees.
One shoe of a pair, right or left.
fulfils the purposes of a sample In a
shoe drummer's trunk. Thus it was
that the harvest of shoes industrious
ly gathered by the colored folk was
entirely made up of odM ones.
The local printer, whose press and
type has escaped the general flight of
things, saw an opportunity to profit
by the general disadvantage. He
began the publication of a twice a
week sheet of shoeB exchange adver
tisements. In the eager way the odd
shoe .:. ... paid for space in its col
umns his resourcefulness was re
warded. Advertisements like the fol
lowing describe the situation in and
about MacGrew's Ferry:
Homer Peabody has a left fur
trimmed lady's Juliet size 3. Will ex
change for right tan oxrord size ll."
Or: "Aunt Glorlana Turner will ex
change a setting of turkey eggs and a
possum hide for left lady's blucher
oize 8 or over."
Although the advertisements were
Inserted In the twice a week sheet
at a low figure, 'the printer made
quite a little bit, of money, while at
the name time performing a public
service. Chicago Record-Herald
Only n Window-Pane.
A pathetic figure In Richard
Whlteing's new purpose novel, which
deals with London's working woman.
Is that of a young glii who, asked
to name her vocation, says that she
Is only "a window-pane!" Which
curious Cockncylsm translated Into
English means that she earns her
living by exhibiting herself and In
cidentally some new hair-restorer or
quack medicine In the centre of a
show-window.
"I've known what It is to be a
window-pane before now. It's a very
genteel life, I assure you, but It
doesn't lead to much. Once a window-pane,
always a window-pane
till you are turned thirty, and then
you're done. . . . Yes; I've gone
through that figuratively, of
course," she added with a certain
meditative stress on the polysyllables
that hardly bespoke a mind at ease.
"You mightn't think it, but I've
been In the window with the other
goods eight hours a day, at the
fancy shop nearly opposite your
street."
The other still looked puzzled.
"You sit there, see! and work some
new Invention Palace of Truth, or
the Lady in the GIsbb House; that's
the idea. But there's no hiding any
thing, from top to toe fine points
and patent leather, and do your hair
three times a day."
Prue gave a little shudder; recov
ered herself, reflected; seemed to
hear as from some pit of doom the
cry for the "a-pence;" shuddered
again.
"The young person that took my
berth Is leaving Saturday to get mar
ried. She saw him for the first time
through the plate glass, and felt It
was her fate."
Then Prue stole out stealthily to
the fancy shop, got the place, and
with a lighter heart, hurried to the
shorthand school, and did her tale
of work for the diiy. From LIT.".
A Selfish Man.
He regarded his children as nui
sances.
He did all his courting before
marriage.
He never talked over his affairs
with his wife.
He doled out money to his wife
au if to a beggar.
He looked down on his wife us an
inferior being.
He never dreamed that there were
two Bides to marriage.
He bad one set of manners for
home aud another for society.
He never dreamed that his wife
needed praise and compliments.
He never made concessions to hie
wife's judgment, even In unimpor
tant matters.
He thought the marriage vow had
made him his wife's master, Instead
of her partner.
He -thought he had a right to
smoke and chew tobacco and drink
liquor aud be us boorish and brutal
to his family us he chose regardless
of the effect on them. Surely such
a man needs regenerating to be lit
to live with anybody. Word iiud
Work.
California Olive Oil.
The sale of olive oil coiisiuu.im
one of the largest Items of revenue
to California. Although olives have
been grown there for more than half
a century, the quantity of fruit sold
outside of the State before 1900 wbb
Insignificant.
Forming themselves into an asso
ciation a number of the large grow
ers have taken steps since then to
compete with Italy and France In
selling their product, and have suc
ceeded to such an extent that they
manufacture a large proportion of
the 250,000 gallons of olive oil at
present produced In this country.
One ton of olives usually yields
thirty to thirty-five gallons of oil.
For the Eastern trade tho Califor
nia association has established an ex
tensive bottling plant in New Eng
land to which the oil Is actually
I shipped by the carload in tanks, like
so much petroleum. One of the large
I blive orchards alone coutalns no less
than 120,000 trees, which will give
an Idea of the magnitude o( oil'
growing. Moody s Magazine.
The fish population of the Nile Is
said to present a greater variety than
that ot any other body ot water. An
expedition sent from the British Mu
seum not lone ago secured no o
specimens.
The Drain Upon Italy.
During unit;. 417,573 emigrant
I left Italy and 132,190 former eml.
. grants returned. In 190fe the ebb
whs 350,331 and tho Inflow 102,889,
, so that the emigration for 1906 was
'greater than that tor 1906 by about
J (7,000. The greater number went
to the United States, the Italian rec-
ord showing 287,090 persons so de
I parting. A total of 114,818 went to
Argentina, 13,143 to Brasll, 1097 to
! Central America, 1148 to points east
of Sue and 177 to other countries.
The United States also contributed
the largest number ot returning fortune-seekers,
the total for 1006 being
1)4,445, from Argentina 24,602. from
Brazil 11,861 and from Central
America 671. -From a Consular Report.
By NLXOLA ! R E K L E Y -SM IT i I .
John Ruskin. author of "Sesame
and Lilies." "The Seven Lamps of
Architecture" and other works which
many persons of discernment rave
over and some others leave respect- .
fully alone, was not half so original i
In his works as In his life.
He had several love affairs of very I
pastel coloring before the great ro- j
mance of his life began with his mar
riage to Euphemla Chalmers Gray ,
and ended with her divorce and sec- '
ond marriage to the great painter,
Mr John Mlllals.
The most Important of his prelim- !
inary love affairs was best told by
Ruskin himself. The heroine, Char
lotte Withers, "a fragile, fair,
freckled, sensitive slip of a girl about
sixteen," wai on a visit to his par
ents' home." "kw-
"She was." Ruskin wrote, "grace
ful In nn unfinished and small wild
flower sort of a way, extremely In
telligent, affectionate, wholly right
minded, and mild In piety. An alto
gether sweet and delicate creature of
ordinary sort, not pretty, but quite
pleasant to see, especially if her
eyes were looking your way, and her
mind with them. We got to like
each other !n a mildly 'confidential
way In the course of a week. We dis
puted on the relative dignities Of
music and painting, and I wrote an
essay nine foolscap pages long, pro
posing the entire establishment of
my own opinion, and the total dls-
comflture and overthrow of hers, ac- I
cording to my usual manner of pay- i
ing court to my mistresses. Charlotte
Withers, however, thought 1 did her !
great honor, and carried away the I
essay as lf4 it had been a school
prize. And, aB I said, If my father
and mother had cboaen to keep her
a month longer, we should have
fallen e:Ite melodiously and quietly
In love, and they might have given
me an excellently pleasant little wife,
and set me up, geology and all. In
the coal business, without any re
sistance or furthe- trouble on my
part. When Charlotte went away
with her father, I walked with her
to Camberwell Green, and we said
good-bye, rather sorrowfully, at tho
corner of the Now road; and that
possibility of meek happiness van
ished forever. A little while after
ward her father 'negotiated' a mar
riage for her with a well-to-do
trader, whom she took because she
was bid. He treated her pretty much
as one of his coal sacks, and In a year
or two she died."
Though his first love was a child
for whom he wrote ponderous essayB,
Ruskin married in 1S48, when he
was twenty-nine years old, the girl
for whom he devised his first fair.
story. Euphemla Gray was an extremely
statues-iiie beauty whom he : et at a
ball and whom he admired about ns
much as he might St. Paul's Church
or' Lincoln Cethedral. Soon after
the meeting he proposed, nnd she
accepted him, though the feeling on
neither side was stronger than
friendship. Marriage did not
strengthen it, and when Ruskin
brought, the handsome young pre-
Raphaellte painter, John Millals, to
his home to paint Mrs. Rurkln's por
trait, the result wus swift and inev
itable. The artist and his sitter fell
In love, and being honest and un
conventional, they told Ruskin about
it. The latter met the situation as
few men have ever done, lie prompt
ly secured the annulment of his mar
riage, aud at the wedding of his ex
wife and Millair, which followed im
mediately, he gave the bride away.
This action was as bizarre ns that
of any Bei.iard Shaw hero anl has a
prototype only In the astounding ro
mance of Richard Wagner. New
York Evening World.
Health Is the First Essential Toward Mailing a
Woman Attractive.
M15S HULDA KUGHLER
There 1 a beauty and attractive
ness in health which is far greater
than mere regularity of feature.
A sickly. Irritable, and complaining
woman always carries a cloud of
depression with her; she la not only
unhappy herself but is a damper to
all joy and happiness when with her
family and friends.
It is the bright, healthy, vivacious
woman who always charms and carries
sunshine wherever she goes.
If a woman finds that her energies
are flagging and that everything tires
her; if her feminine system fails to
perform its allotted duties, there is
nervousness, sleeplessness, falntnesn,
backache, headache, bearing -down
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where other treatment may have
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8th Avenue, New York City, writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
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MISS ELIZABETH WYNN
Miss Ilulda Kughler, of No, 1J,1
West 15th Street, New York City,'
writes :
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that bearing-down feeling, dizziness,
indigestion, or nervous prostration
may be restored to perfeot health and
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Mrs. Plnkhaai's Imitation to Women.
Women suffering from any form
of female weakness are Invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynu, Moss. From the
symptoms given, the trouble may be
located and the quickest and surest
way of recovery advised. Out of her
vast volume of experience in treating
female ills Mrs. Pinkham probably
has the very knowledge that will
help vour case Her advice is free
and always helpful.
Mysterious Eire In Tree.
New York had a mysterious fire
the other day, which attracted the
attention of a multitude of people,
and for n short time blocked travel
and traffic on Broadway. 1 An old
linden tree near the Rector Street I
side of Trinity Churchyard began to
emit volumes of smoke, and In a
minute more a tongue of flame shot
up out of the hollow trunk and Ig
nited the scant folige and old twigs.
What started the tree to blaze up
Is a matter of guess-work, but no
doubt It wus caused by spontaneous
combustion. The old tree, or what
is left of the original trunk, is only
12 feet high, and long ago all tjse
but the trunk and what remains of
the old roots under the ground have
disappeared.
HICKS'
CAPUD1NE
CURES
ALL ACHE8
And Nervousness
Trial keNl Ml Aldruistsfss
The Truth Of It.
Anthrax Germs Destroyed.
A discovery which. It is claimed,
will secure for woolen workers Im
munity from anthrax, the deadly dis
ease to which they are now liable,
has been made by Harry Hay, tech
nical chemist and professor of dye
ing of Uewsbury.
Mr. Hay was experimenting In
processes for the destruction of col
oring matter In woolen "rags, and
found that the cotton or other vege
table fibre was destroyed by immers
ing the ragB in an electrolltlc solu
tion aud passing a current of elec-
trlcity through them. He f.fVther
discovered that this treatment also
had the effect of sterilizing the ruga
and of killing anthrax germs. The
discovery was submitted to various
eminent authorities, who have so far
reported In favor of Mr. Hay's con
clusions. By the new process foreign wools
can be rendered Innocuous at the
port of Importation ut slight expeiiBu
and without injury to the wool.
London Dally Mall.
The Lightning Rod.
The lightning rod was invented
' by Benjamin Franklin In 17."2, to
I arrest the electricity of the thun
der. When the Information of the
discovery reached Rabbi Saul K:it."
nellenbogen, of Wilna. he said that
the theory was not flew, because It
was already known In Talinu.lic
times, and he showed a passage in
the Tosefta (third century) where It
says that "On Sabbath It Is permit
ted to place an Iron near the hen
nery to safeguard the fowls from
thunder ani lightning strikes." The
Talmud vouches (bat "there Is noth
ing superstitious about this belief."
"Who's the man who just sneak
ed awny when he saV us?" asked
the newly arrived shade.
"That," replied the old habitant
of the Elysian fields, "Is Diogenes.
He always avoids me."
"And who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Just an unknown contem
porary of hlB, but I have positive
proof that he swiped the lantern
with which he went hunting for an
honest man." Philadelphia Press.
FITS.St.Vitus'Danoe:Nervons Diseases per
manently cured by Dr. Kline's Ureal Nerve
Restorer, trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. II. R. Kline. Ld.,081 Arch St.. Pima., Pa.
It Is unlucky to meet thirteen of
your oreditore on Friday.
A FRANK STATEMENT.
Petroleum in Italy.
Even tho Italians, It la said, are
not generally aware that important
petroleum deposits have been dis
covered In their country, in the
Apennines near Placeuza. The dis
covery was made about 1 s a a , and
four years ago a second syndicate of
French capitalists was formed to de
velop the field. About nlnety-flve
wells are now in operation, but
seventy of them are already nearly
exhausted, and new oues are being
bored. The production lu 1905
reached 13,200,000 pounds, and it In
thought that for 1906 It will be about
22,000,000 pounds. The wells reach
a maximum depth of 1300 feet, but
engineers say that by deepening,
those which have nearly ceased flow
ing may be made to yield again. An
Interesting feature In the working ot
these wells lit the use of a central
motor, which, by means ot cablet,
pumps all the well.
From u Prominent Fraternal Man of
Rolla, Missouri.
Justice of the Peace A. M. Light,
of Rolla, Mo., Major, Uniformed
Rank, Knights ot
Pythias, Third Bat
talion, Second Reg
iment, Missouri
Brigade, says: "I
am pleased to en
dorse the use of
Doan's Kidney
Pills, a medicine of
great merit. Hav
ing had personal
experience with many kidney medi
cines, I am In a position to know
whereof I speak and am pleased to
add my endorsement and to recom
mend their use."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Bnff, N. Y.
! itn- oldaat .ltd tint huiitwu cotlev; in Vs. to own it, buM
'?" , ? H "tt No "fsooss Ladata and CilUaw..
llookaceping. Shorthand. IVnmimhip, Trpawnung. TJ
graphs, oic. Thrc bra lauahl by mail .ho.
Usdln builneu college joujh ot tha Poton..
ftvsr. fhlla. Slrroo.o.w AdAeal
G. M. SMITHDEAL. President. Richmond.V.
B" SPra hi SJBJI a convince sny
" . 1 M woman that rax-
fiac K pa Sa f
BS SB ""I HIT Ill'Altn
j-'d 00 all we claim
senu bar absolutely 'free a Unas Mai
bra of Paxtine v.ifh book of bistnir
tions anil p-nuiiie testimonial s.-nd
your r.amo and address oa a postal card.
PAXTINE!!
fecllnna. sucbos nasal catarrh, pelvlo
nitHrrli nnd Inflaaim.itlon caused by femi
nine Ills ; sore eyes norc throat and
South, hy direct looal treatment. Its cur
ative po. r oer these troubles Is extra
ordinary and gives Immediate relief,
t nou-iaiids ot women are using and rec
mimen.ilng it every day. to cents at
uniwiMsorhymall. Hcwi-mbcr, however
IT CUNT Vf)lT NOTHINC1 TO TBI XT.
THK 1U PAXTON CO.. Huston, sii.
Inc reased Coal 1'imnn ilou.
Statistics compiled for the Geolog
ical Survey by Edward W. Parker,
coal mining expert of the survey,
show a remarkable Increuse in the
totul production of coal tu the I'nlted
States during 190U over the pre
ceding year. ,
The production In 1906 was 414,
039,581 short tons of 2.000 pounds,
valued at $512,610,744. In 1905
the output amounted to :92, 919,34 1
tons, valued ut $476.756.96.1. The
Increase In quantity was 5 per cent.,
and In value 7 per cent.
West Virginia supplanted Illinois
as the State second to Pennsylvania
In coal production, attributed chiefly
to the almost complete suspension
of mining In Illinois during til ot
April and a part of May, when the
miners and operators were In con
flict over the wage scale. Washing
ton Post.
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BVNC
LARD
US. GOVERNMENT- INSPECTION
SIMDAI2D6fTh5S0iiTi
THE soirniEN-tmTnNoncn.
I
THE,DVr,Y FLY KILLER .,. .n it.
tUil wluroa comfort to. vary bow. mdiiium r.Kir
Compensations.
"Are you happier now that you
own your own home?" aaked the so
licitous friend.
"Of course," answered Mr. Meek
ton, "there la a proud satisfaction in
having my own place. But occasion
ally 1 can't help longing tor the, time
when my wife kicked to the landlord
for repairs Instead of coming to ne."
Washington Star.
Rescue Chamber In Minos.
The "rescue chamber" Is a safety
provision of some of the large Aus
trian mines. It Is a strongly timber
ed retreat, and Its single entrance
has a door that can be made tight
against air and water by means of
rubber nttingB. It bus three cylin
ders of oxygen, sufficient to enable
30 men to breathe three days. In
halation gear Is at hand for par- ,
ties leaving the chamber for re
connaissance or signaling, and can
ned food, medicine and flrst-ald ap
pliances) ire also kept In the plare.
The stmndard room will accommo
date 2 4 men for a reasonable lime
for rescue. ,
'o7 l or Publication.
Convict 717 What are you going
to do with that poem you wrote,
Bill?
Convict 989 I'm going to sub
mit It to the prison editor. I'm hop
ing he'll throw me out, Ally Slop
er's Half-Holiday. ,
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rou wish lo know about PAY and BOUMTYf
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