THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA. After the Years J X Py France J i i Elizabeth Lanyoo Ccpyr!g!,t, IMC, by W. O. Chapman.) "Cone!" uttered Alton Merrill, and la lienrt sank within 1.1m. ' 1 "Y'e, sir, a week ago. It was at rang. Inexplicable, l-'or a !:iy Miss Iliirrn deti moped an. mill the house, lonkhn: Mrickcn Is the word as tlionh she liad received liml news that cruhc(l her. We foiinj a letter mi the iimiitcl of her room. It wast addressed to Joll." 'lllve It t me, quick!" ordered the young m:n bivnthlessly. ''My wife lias It. Ill get it for mi, Mr. Mer;'.!l." T!ie caller tore open the Ii-I tcr ,i'l flressed to him In feverish haste. He ftlligcrcd at the. p.:;i--:il of the iiulo miri) like a ku-'jii ; i.ian nailer h ln-:ivy lhev. ' ,i's Impol'ilo Increilialile !" he gu.Vr,!, .-mil vmt from the spot Ix-w il ticrcd, i' .1, heartsick. "Mr. J! ! ; ill," so the letter ran. "I have clisc.iv !"'! your cruel aicl viclo! duplicity. Yo.i i never see me pilii. i:sii:i.i.i; ;:.r.!:.ii:v AJten Merrill hud la i.is p.M-ket the ling provided ft.r his muiTii'ge. lie had more than that, lie had a pr v yttago fund -lied with every com: It ml urnam. nt at the cdv of the to'...: Tor n year he had cnuried the pretty vhooltemln'r. The iipp.iii.lod wedding tiny was le. than forry-oltjil hours ahoi'.d. What luNadvei.uire had siiil tieidy, mysteriously blighted his find ti'earu of happiness? He could net tell uud did not find out J'lst then. He recalled a rival In the Inst, Liuce Wyaut. lint ho had not liecu seen In I'.roetoii In six months. He expended time find money la arching for his missing love. It was In vr.In. Kslello ILirrndcu had disap peared us effectually us though the earth had opened and had swallowed her up. 1 So Alton Merrill, v. hen he came to the sad conclusion that INtelle narra tion, from f;v::k, fancy or plotting, was beyond r-call, m-.-i-pti ! his cross d mm "I Have Suffered Deeply for My Wicked Action." Bilelll'y. lie (VliM Lever forget, never Cense to love this woman. He kept Ihe wedding ring In a little packet next 'to his hear;, lie vent to a friend In tho town a: 1 arranged that oiee a month the 1!':'. cofage he had worked so h.-inl to J os -ess I furnish dioiihl he dusted mi'! i:ir. end repainted once a J ear. 'i'tieu, with ti heavy 1,'irt, Men-ill Klart'al out ei,. .. ; :r.. ou his wander ing role cf a -. e' a; s.u,-nian. H" pplied himself t,. it J made n.wiey. I l:: da", while s.v'. I la a railway fetation a Laggard, s!.; !.! .:y dross,..) voma.-i si a -d opposite, to hiai came tevi r to hi::.. IL r face bore the traces t' fi rmer 1 v. v. le-r inanuer showed a ccrlaln r, I. i.;. "You are M" Ai;. n Merrill," she k;x Vp. "Am I r'.h: :" That is !i:y I. a:.,," iis-elitod Mer rill. "J m ynu four years hgo in E mo ton 'i al remeialiered you. Mr. M-rrill. ... i-.... ,. : ! .s ,1 ; ! u 1 , , S Hf ,1 . J I'll 1,1 J V ' 'US, Jill' e, beca ,se you are too good a man to go thr' tie' vn-M saddened by the mystery of the disappearance, of the Vfoim-.n j-ih; li.v-,1, I urn about to make ft Cimfessii.il. I was the cause of Miss J-'-stolie Iiarraiieu having I'.roetoii and you." "Voti!" :xe!;,im...l Merrill, lueredii loasly. "At the behest of mother, Hnice Vyatit. That other was the man who s. ore that you sko'ihl never voJ the woman he coveted. lie led me to pose as one yor bin! already imtrrle. end di-scrtcd. He furnished me with forged ffoi.fs to suslnin the tlction. I did my wt.ri.; because he claimed lie hought only revenge. Pecause lie prom Ised to mako m bis wife if I would, IIo followed Miss Harraden, but she iTJired Lira with scorn. He failed In h.B promise to me. He was killed In quarrel in a gambling den and I " she uttered a low plaintive moan. "I I;ave suffered deeply for my wicked notion." ' "You have no Idea whom I'.stelk Aliss Harraden went to?" eagerly lu Quired Merrill. "None," was the depressing reply. wTou will curse m.. but I had to re lieve toy iflir.d," ciid, despite his gen Ho words of forgiveness, his proffers of money nld, the poor civuturc van ished In the throng. It was then that Merrill renewed LI quest for Ltol. lie advertised la the papers, he even employed de tectives, but no trace was fonnil of missing or hidden Kstelle Harraden. Ills grief was the more poignant, how ver, now Uuit he knew that a lilot, . I BkwhlI' I WMt k i lie had driven from his side the lovely girl imil prohahly destroyed her faith In all mankind. lie had a miraculous escape In a rail road w reck at a little tow iv In Iowa and was compelled to remain there owing to a hruised limb for several day. It was the first day he had heon tilde to walk readily tslnce flu; accident, and he was turning a corner when an auto mobile came whizzing around the cor ner. A little child passe.l directly In Its path. Merrill sprang forward. He drew the child aside In safety and held her In his arms us fclie sobbed with fright. "Don't cry, dearie," spoke Merrill soothingly. "Hut my books, look ! they are all In the mud." "We will soon fix all that." promised Merrill i-ncourugiiigly and he gathered tip two hooks held by a strap, un loosened them and with his haudker chii f rulihed olT the damp dirt that had gathered on them. "Von see. Miss I'.artlett gave me the books," explained the little one. "She's taimht me the alphabet and soon I can read words I'm to go to the school." "Here they are, all nice and clean," said Merrill, but in handing the books back to the child one of theni chanced to conic open. Merrill started, stared, his breath came (pjlckly, for across the fly leaf was written in a dear fa miliar hand the iiiime: "L'stcllo liar radon." and after It the date of ihe y.-.ir she had disappeared. "Child: child:" he uttered eagerly, "you say a lady gave you the books. Where, who Is she?" "Miss I'.artlett? oh. everyone knows her," prattled the little one. "She Is a niuMc teacher." "Vcsl yes!" "She lives wlih the school princl : -'I's family in that gray house see ' . J st beyond the church." 'i Merrill tried to control him sell'. A ..!:ie at last oh, surely: for li-telie had been a musician along with her oilier accomplishments. So abruptly did le- leave the little child that she stood .-.Ullng woiideringly after hlm. Merrill approached tie- gray house beyond the church. Could he be mis taken was he chcrislrlllK false hopes? oh, surely not : for as he appr .n-'i d the front steps of the bouse, awe. i, mellow, reminiscent, the notes of a piano sent out an old song Lstclle had often sung to him. The strains drew him up to the screen door. His range of vision took In a neat little parlor. At the Instru ment sat a girlish form. Her face was half turned towards him. His famished eyes feasted upon its rare beauty. "I'si.-ib' :" he spoke simply. She tinned, her being athrill. Ilei hand sol, Jit her throbbing breast as she rocognhvd him. "I have found you after the years, and oh. heaven has opened to me," he uttered In a Jo fill, thrilling tone. She came slowly towards the door, iter eyes scanned his face. Truth, love, were there. (h, she could not mistake it 1 Her eager hearing drew in the rapid word, he spoke, a voice as from a lost paradise. H was she who pushed open the screen door. It was she who reached forth her arms towards him with the weary, yet heartsonie cry. "I'll, nli; did I ever doubt you?" "It matters not." he spoke, for love, happiness have come back to us af ter the years :" Smithsonian Institution. The tir-t great scieiititie institute lt America, the Smithsonian institution in Washington, was founded "0 years ago. James l ewis Made Stnitlisoii, who beipieathed the funds for the founding of the institution, was a natural sou of the third duke of Northumberland. He was a distinguished scientist and freethinkiiig philosopher, mid on his death in ls'J'.i b-ft his fortune of about S.V. m i.i h h I to his nephew, with the pro viso that If his heir died without Issue the money was to g. to the 1'nited States government and to he us.-d in establishing nu institution for the In crease and diiTiision of knowledge. His nephew died in is".", without heirs, and the property accordingly came into possession of the government. The in sii'utioii was fori, i. ill organized ou August s. ls.;, !:h,l ,aeefl under the cnirol of a board of trustees, consist ing of the pn si, lent and vice president of the ("nited States, the cabinet mem bers, the chief Justice of the Supreme court, and other oilieials. The Smith simian institution has played an im portant part in the scieiititie re searches of the last half century, and lis publications have added vastly to human knowledge. The remains of .Limes Smithsoti, buried id (leiioa. were brought to America in I'.'ii-l and burled on the institution's grounds. Women's Speeches. I have never heard a woman make a really had speech; on the other hand, when I think of the men I have heard on platforms, nt dinner tables In the pulpit a dunfb feeling of des.;i!r over takes me, especially when I think of the s. rmons that are listened to every Sunday which, Indeed, the majority of our population refuses nowadays to Msten to. Something like Iiid.ihhi men preach eveiy Sunday. .Many of them ought never t speak In public r,t all. There are not. in fact, enough men to go nro aid. We compel tens of thou sands of men, devoid of the gift of elo ipienee, to pour themselves out two or three times a week to the huge detri ment of religion, because we will not allow on crpml number of women to use their beautiful gifts and woman's gift of spool h has a peculiar ipnillty and power, a special grace, and a point of view different from a man's. It Is as If we refused ti have any but bass and tenor voices In the church music and tilled our choirs up with men who could not sing In tune rather than use the loveliest soprano Voice. Manches ter (England) Guardian. Polite Boy. "I womb r which of us will die first I" said n lif.le boy pensively to his sister. "You will," said the little girl brisk ly, " 'cos yml are the eldest." "No," answered her brother, not anx ious for the privilege. "Ladles first I" London Answers. A Usurper Rules the World By REV. W. W. KETCHUM Vlrector of th Practical Work Court, Moody Bibl InitiiuU, Chicago TEXT In whom the nod of this world hath blinded the mlnda of them which believe not, lent tha light of the glorlouf Qoiipel of Christ, who Is the linage of (toil, should alilne unto them. II Corin thian 4:1 When our Lord was about to leave the world, he said to his disciples: "The prince of this world cometh and hath nothing In me." (John 14: 30.) Shortly he fore this he, had said: "Now Is the judgment of this world, now Is tho prince of this wurld cast out." (John fJ:31j 10: 11.) Undoubtedly, he referred to the judgment and victory of his own cross. The Usurper. However, the execution of this Judgment has been delayed and during our Lord's ab sence, the one whom he calls the prince of this world Is "the pod of this age." He Is none other than Sa tan himself who is also called "the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh In the chil dren of disobedience." (Kphes. 2 :'2.) Our Ideas of Satan have been gain ed largely from the way In which man has depicted him. According to the Scriptures, Satan the usurper Is not that hideous monster man so often portrays him to be. On the contrary, he is a being of great dignity, so lofty , that when Michael the Archangel "disputed with him about the body of Moses, he durst not bring against him a railing accusation, hut said, the Lord rebuke thee." This Age. Now we should expect. If he Is the f..d of this age, that the age will In character he like Its pod. This Is precisely what it Is, for he Is "the evil cue" tid the age over which he n igns Is called nn "evil age." (!.il. 1:4 It. V.) To ::. this, as the Scrip tures do, does L. i necessarily Imply that the age Is gro.--.ly Immoral. In' fact, we believe It is the most ethical age the world has ever seen, and that it suits the god of this age to hide as far as possible its vice and crime. Its Progress. To prove the evil character of the age. It Is not necessary to deny Its progress. Its achievements, Its civili zation. In these the wtirld has made giant strides, hut they do not. of them selves. Indicate that the world Is near er God. Indeed, to these a self-satts-fied, self-centered, godless world points with pride, and they tiro the very things with which the pod of this age would have us occupied. He hates the cross mid the crown, the atonement of our Lord and his coming glory, and nothing suits his purpose better than to obscure them both. Blinded Eyes. We are told that "the pod of this age hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lost the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ should shine unto them." And It does seem as If he were succeeding very well; for we hear In these days loss and loss of the cross, nnd very little of the crown. The age, like Its pod, Is utterly and abso lutely opposed to the purpose nnd plan of God to redeem mankind by the blood of his cross, and the world by the coming of Us king. It Is satisfied w ith Its own self-rlghteousuess uud Its own self-sufficiency. Christ Not Enthroned. Whatever we may think of the char acter of this age, It Is very evident from the facts as they are, that our Lord Is not now .reigning over the earth as the Scriptures predict he shall reign. "All kings do not fall down before hlm;" "all nations do not serve hlm ;" "all enemies are not under Ids ff-et ;" "he does not execute judg ment nnd Justice in the earth;" "the kingdoms of this world have not be come his;" "he does not have dominion unto the end of the earth." It Is also true that wrongs are still unrlghted; that poverty and riches dwell side by side; grinding competition and servile toil are the lot of many; the earth Is not free of famine, post Monro, nnd earthquake; Europe ll wet with blood and there are wars and rumors of war on every hand for swords are not beaten into plowshares nor spears In to pruning hooks; Iniquity and vice abound; the love of many waxes cold; many are departing from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, and many false p-achers are bringing in damnable heresies, oven denying the Lord thnt bought them. These facts are so pal pable no one can deny them. A Ray of Light. Hut In the midst of all this dark ness there is a ray of llidit, for Christ Is coming to the earth to reign and rule. The earth which was the scene of his humiliation Is to be the place of his exaltation; bore where he was crucified,' he Is to be crow nod. The usurper litis only a short time to reign for "Vet . little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry." (Jleb. 10::'.".) Then "the god of this age" shall be dethroned, and the world shall have Its rightful and biwful king to n-lgn over It. , Una of Herrings In Japan, About four million tons of herrings are caught In Japan every year. This enormous quantity Is not used only for human consumption ; about four fifths of It is used as a fertilizer for the rice fields. Really Simple. "Why Is It that truth will rise again when crushed to eyth?" "Uocauso of Its elasticity, of course. Don't yon know how easy It Is to stretch the truth?' Boston Transcript ( : . J t M A MlMONAL suiwsaiooL Lesson (By E. O. SKl.LKHS, Actlnr Director of Sunday Sellout Course, Moody Bible In Htltutn, Chlcaxo.) (Copyright, 19U, Wntwii N-wppr Union ) LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 19 FROM MELITA TO ROME. I.KBHON TKXT Acts 28:11-31. GULDEN TKXT I am not ashamed ot Ihe froHpel; for It Is tho powor of God un to milvatlon to everyone that bellevcth. Horn. 1:10. In tljs lesson we see somewhnt of the human side of l'mil's character. No man appreciated fellowship more than he. Look up Acts 17:lo; 1S:!; I Cor. 7:0; I Thess. ;:1, 2; II Tim. 4:1. I. The Sea Journey (vv. 11-14). Taiil left Melltn (Malta) probably Feb ruary, A. V. liO. From there to Syra cuse was a distance of between 80 and UK) miles. ' From the island of Syra cuse (now a part erf Italy) to Khcgluin was one day's sail. From Khegliim to I'uteoll was 1SI) miles, l'utooli (mod ern I'ozzuoll) Is In the Itay of Naples, eight miles from the modern city of Naples. 1'uul and his band who had done so much for the Maltese were specially honored with many honors. (v. 10.) In these verses we have a picture ot Faul seeking out Ids brethren wherever he wont, thanking God and taking courage as they came to meet with him and converse with him. It Is a picture upon w hich we ought to ponder deeply and be grateful that It reveals to us a side of I'mil little known and appreciated. II. The Land Journey (vv. II, 1."). At I'uteoll, 1'aul and his companions began their march to 1 10 miles to the city of Home. After u march of CO miles they reached the famous Appll Forum, 1. e., "The market of Applus." Here I'uul Is met by the first dele gation from the church at Home, who were waiting to welcome him and Luke and escort them to the capital city. A second delegation met them at the Three Taverns, or "The Three Shops," as we would call stores In the modern sense. These Christians had come at no small cost, ns they had to walk 4t! miles to the Appll Forum ami u.'l to the Three Taverns, and then walk the same distance back to the city. Thus It was that the sight of these friends cheered 1'aul and lit thanked God. We can well Imagine the joy of those souls, the comiiiunlim enjoyed by those pilgrims as they Journeyed toward the imperial city. We can see In the letters w hich Paul v r"te from ltome plain signs of his I'Migir.S for sympathetic friends and can in.: Mm how he must have felt upon being thus greeted on his journey. We can, also imagine something of the blessing and inspiration which must have come to lhose Christians who met this famous soldier of the cross anil had the privilege of escorting hlm to the city. III. In Rome (vv. 10 20). Having entered Into the city the centurion Ju lius, who had become a friend of 1'aul, delivered the prisoners to the capt;:!:i of the guard. This ollicer we are told was a liberal-minded man, one of the few good people In the corrupt life of the city. 1'aul was probably first taken to the forum, which was the center of Imperial power and magnificence nnd near which was the "house of Caesar." (I'hll. 4:22.) I'aul was not sent to prison for it was against the law to put a Roman Into prison without a trial, hut he was permitted to dwell by himself In "his own hired house." Of course, there was a soldier who guarded him. Tills was the city where I'aul had so long desired to preach the Gospel. (Kom. 1:1-1-1(5.) As In other places, he first turned to the Jews, for he loved his own people no matter how much he had suffered at their hands, lie pot them together that he might preach unto them Jesus and sought to conciliate them. In Paul's preaching he always em phasized that a Messiah was risen from the dead ns a guaranty of all other resurrections. In Ids day, as In this present one, there wore those who spoke against this, ami yet that resurrection was to conquer the world and to save It from moral ruin. Those present had had no word out of Judea. (v. 21.) At a later and a public meet ing (v. 2.1) there came unto him, that Is, Into his lodgings, great numbers to Whom I'aul sounded the Gospel of the kingdom and gave his personal testi mony. He proved out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets, com mon ground for"them nil, that the Mes siah hud truly come, the prophecies of the kingdom of God had been fulfilled, ami that Jesus by his life and death and teaching had shown the Jews how perfectly the latter were fulfilled. This I'aul did from morning till evening, following the same line as In his speech before Agrlppa and In other places where he had be-n testifying. All of his explanations nnd testimon ials centered In Jesus. It was no ab stract mental theory for an Improved order of society hut a definite reign of a definite person, Jesus of NimirrMh. I'aul is a groat example for any Itlble student to follow. As on so many other occasions, Paul's preaching caused u division, (v. J(5.) And again he turns to the Gentiles, (v. 2S.) Paul told them plainly what lay at Ihe mot of their unbelief (v. 27), and though they refused the' salvation It va none Uh less ot God. Species of Blackmail. We have discovered that It Is pos sible to get a lot of attention around home by threatening to sing. Toledo Blade. Set the Example. No longer talk at all about the kind )( man that a good man ought to be, but be such. Marcus Aurellus. But Few Do. It Is a wise man who knows when be has made a fool of himself. Lift. MAINE VINDICATED. -Poverty. , A common trick of tho liquor ad vocates la to claim that prohibition promotes pauperism. In order to prove this they select a few southern states, where conditions are very different from those In New England, nnd con trast them with Maine. As a matter of fact United States census reports show that Maine has fewer paupers la her almshouses lu proportion to her population than any other New Eng land state except Vermont. Maine has 127 per .100,000 population. New Hampshire has 2J10 per 100,000. Business. The statemeut la sometimes mado that prohibition Injures business nnd drives away capital. Hut In tho ten years covered by the last census re turns while the grent manufacturing state of Massachusetts Increased the amount of capital Invested In inanflfac tures, CM.M per cetit, the prohibition state of Maine showed an Increase of 77.4 per cent. The per cent lncreaao In Maine w as larger than In any of tho pther New England states. Crime. ' The Hoston bartenders marching In a parade carried a banner upon which they proclaimed the startling news that 'Prohibition produces crime." This w as Intended us a fiing nt Maine by tho representatives of n so-called business that last year (1910) caused the arrest of 08,385 persons In Hoston alone, and 10(5,14.1 In tho commonwealth, under the high license regulation system. Hut United States census reports prove tho falsity of the liquor claims. Contrast ing Maine with her sister states wo find that In liUO she had for every 100, 000 population, 98 prisoners In her penal Institutions, the smallest pro portion of all the New England states. And thus the slanderers of Maine are once more refuted by the olllelnl facts. Prohibition, even T hen Imperfectly en forced, tends to tho reduction of crime. Insanity. While there are many causes of In sanity, the study of which shows it to be a very complex problem, and while conservative estimates by scientific au thorities like Doctor IlosanolT of Clark university find that drink Is the cause of about 25 per cent, It has remained for saloon supporters to discover that prohibition Is largely responsible for insanity. How placing the liquor traf fic under the ban of law can make peo ple Insane Is one of the mysteries which only the brewers and distillers ami their associates can solve. Cer tainly there has boon lio prohibition In the District of Columbia up to the present time (191G), yet the census re turns show that on January 1, 1910, the number of Insane lu the hospitals there was 2,S'.t0, or 872.9 for every 100, 000 of the population, the largest pro portion reported anywhere In the coun try. How does Maine stand In.thls re spect ns compared with other New Knglnnd states? If prohibition pro motes Insanity Maine ought to be well up nt the head of the list. We find, however, from the oillcial figures that Maine has the smallest proportion of Insane ltid per 100,000 population. Massachusetts has 344 per 100,000. Drunkenness. Opponents of prohibition nre fond of referring to the city of Bangor, Me., as an example of the results of prohi bition, and holding up tho Dumber of arrests for drunkenness as proof of the complete failure of the prohibitory law In that state. As a matter of fact Hangor Is a striking proof of the fail ure of tho regulation system. Under the Hunger system of nullification of law, liquor sellers have been brought Into court and fined, thus setting nsldo the Intent and purpose of the law and setting up a local llcens.0 system. Un der this plan the number of arrests for drunkenness has been large, not on ac count of prohibition, but because or. the treasonable action of Hangor oili eials. Any attempt, however mild, to enforce the law has always resulted In a diminution of arrests for drunken ness, thus proving conclusively tho failure of the Hangor regulation method nnd showing tho efficacy and value of prohibition. Prof. John A. Nlcholls. WARNING TO BEER-DRINKER. Tho beer-drlnkor Is much worse off than tho whl&ky drinker, who seems to have more elasticity and reserve power. He (the whisky driuJier) will even have delirium tremens; but after) the fit Is gone you will sometimes find good material to work upon. Good management may bring hlm around all right. Hut when a beer-drinker gets Into trouble, it seems as if you have to re-create the man before you can do anything for him. I have talked this fur years, and have had abund ance of living and dead Instances around me to support my opinions. Dr. S. H. Hurgen, Toledo, O. RUNNING TO COVER. Sixty-eight new "temperance" bev erage productions have recently been put upon the mnrket by the breweries. Twenty-four of these drinks contain no alcohol at all. The remainder con tain from 0.22 to 0.48 per cent of al cohol, except one which cot. tulns 1.44 per cent. BAN ON BOOZE. Science, Industry, medicine and war have put tho ban on alcohol. Greed Is the only thing which bolsters up booze. Concerning the Venus of Mllo. It is said that tho base of tho Venus of Milo, with the name of tho sculptor upon It, was destroyed for the purpose of deceiving u king of France into the belief that it was more ancient than it really Is. Improbable. Sympathetic Stranger "Hullo I old ohap-rf alien in?" Unfortunate Ang ler (sarcastically) "Well, you don't suppose this la perspiration, do youJ" I'asslng Show, JUVENILE CLUBS' GOOD. WORK Their Operation Can Be Tremendously Effective In Keeping the Country Boy From the City. An Illustration of the great Jmpor ta nee of the attitude of parents toward the work of members of the Boys' Ag ricultural clubs, which have been or ganized throughout the country by the department of agriculture, Is found by specialists lu co-operative demonstra tion work In two cases reported from the same state. The Incidents are ac cepted as showing the value of paren tal sympathy and consideration, par ticularly In the solution of the problem of keeping the members of the younger generation on the farm. In one case It was found that the boy of the family was helped and en couraged from the time he first Joined a corn club. Ills father permitted the use of one of the best acres on the farm, gavo him barnyard manure, ami allowed the use of tho uecessary horses and machinery. The young club member produced more than a hun dred bushels of corn on his single ucre the first year, and has been consistent ly successful since.- He has even established a reputation as a breeder of flue seed corn. During the four years of his membership lu the corn, pig and other clubs, he has won more than $400 In prizes, and, with his profits, has acquired ownership of seven head of purebred Duroc Jersey lings, six head of well-bred cattle and a horse. The home Is safd to be Ideal, the father and son being reported ns "chummy as schoolboys." The boy has no thought of taking up lire in the city, but Is planning a constructive' future on the farm. In the second case the results have boon wholly different. The young son of this family Joined a kaflr club, but when the crop was gathered tho gruln was placed iu u general farm bin and he received no value from It. The following year he Joined a pig club, and when his father called attention to the lack of food, he hired himself to a neighboring farmer to secure funds. The money which he earned was, how ever, pocketed by the father. Wholly discouraged, the young boy shortly afterward ran away from home, nnd Is now working In a cMy of a neigh boring state. The incidents have been used by the state demonstration agent of the state In which they occurred ns the text for an urgent appeal to all pnr enls to encourage their children In the constructive work they are undertak ing In the clubs. One factor which will be helpful, it is pointed out. Is permitting the young people to receive the full financial, profits of their In dustry. Small Screw Made Trouble. A diminutive screw worked loose In one of the big steel safes In the treas ury department of Cincinnati recently nnd dropped Into the mechanism op erating the combination. Thereafter there was trouble, says tho Popular Science Monthly Magazine. The screw tool: Its tumble on a Thursday night and It was not until the following Tuesday that the safe was opened. On I-rlllay morning, when .100 persons wore standing In line waiting for ?2.",- 000 iu pay envelopes reposing behind 10 Inches of stool, the paymaster dis covered that something wns wrong. He asked the people to wait until he found n JlmmyValentlne. ( After several men who admitted that they knew uncanny things about opening safes were tested, the big safe was Just as obdurate as ever, and the line of wntchful waiting ones was dismissed. Friday night the safe was ordered drilled open. A crew of four men worked from that time until Tuesday morning before they undid tho mis chief caused by that one little screw when It dropped out of Its nllotted p'ace. The additional work cost the city $73, besides the patience of 500 citizens. Curtis Builds "Zep" Chaser. A Zeppelin destroyer has been test ed nt thc.Curtlss Aeroplane company's flying grounds In IUiffiilo. Reports of Its performance, remarks the Philadel phia Lodftor, sii- It is the most remark able machine ever built for pursuit and airship chasing. Victor Carl strom, the long distance record holder. was the pilot and tested the aero plane under all conditions, remaining In the air for more than an hour and landing with ease. Tho aeroplane Is a tractor trlplane, nnd was developed In answer to the demand for an aeroplane which could leave the ground, overtake and de stroy a raiding Zeppelin. The new machine made a maximum speed ot 120 miles nn hour nnd throttled down until It made 45 miles an hour. The chief feature of the new trlplane model Is Its ability to climb. At the trial Jt ascended 10,000 feet at the rate of 1,000 feet a minute. Endurance of Marines. In a test of endurance conducted by Lieutenant Kingston of the United States marines in Haiti to determine the staying powers of his men, 118 men, ranging in age from nineteen to fifty-two, and carrying the regulation Held equipment, were given the test of ascending a steep mountain path, ap proximately eight miles, within a two- hour limit. Fighty-four men accomplished lie fenjt In the prescribed time, and of those 20 lier cent were veternns of 44 years and over. The average age of those who succeeded was twenty- nine yours, while the percentage of tenderfoot recruits among the losers reduced their average to twenty-four years. Club Has Unusual Rules. Unusual rules have boon adopted by the Thimble Hoe club of 20 mouthers, of Florence, Pa, Any member who is a musician and does not bring her fa vorite Instrument or song to the meet ing is to be fined. All. must have their fancy work, the membership of the or ganization being limited to young women. Optimistic Thought Pnnnlsos may g'it friends, but per formnncoj keep them. A REMARKABLE STATEMENT Mrs. Sheldon Spent $1900 for Treatment Without Bene fit FinallyMadeWell by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg. etable Compound. Englewood, HI. -"While going through the Change of Life I suffered iwiui neaaacnes, ner vousness, flashes of near, ana I suirered so much I did not know what I doing at times. I spent 1900 on doc tors and not one did me any rood. One day a lauy called at my house and said she had been as aiclc as I was atone time, and Lvdia E. Pink. ham's Vecrprnril. Compound made her wcll.so I took it and row I am just as well an I ever was. I cannot understand why women don't ee how much pain a,nd suffering they would escape by taking your medicine. 1 cannot praise it enough for it saved my lifo and kept me from the Insane Hospital." Mrs. E. Sheldon, 6C07 8. llalsted St, Englewood, 111. Physicians undoubtedly did their best, battled with this case steadily and could do no more, but often the most scientific treatment is surpassed by the medicinal properties of the good old fashioned roots and herbs contained in Lydia E, I'inkham's Vegetable Compound. If nny complication exists pays to write tho Lydia E, Pink linm Medici no Co., Lynn, Muss., for special free advice. Don't Persecute Your Bowels Cut Out e.lthlirfir and nurfrntlvM TkM CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS Purrly vegetable. . Kentlv on Ihs live eliminate bile, tnd soot he t he delicate j membrane of the bowel. Curt. Ctnitipition, Biliotitn, t. Sick Hrd cht tai lodittilloa, it million, know. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE. Genuine must bear Signature A Kirl is pretty mife In marrying a ynini' man whose mother cannot conk. Fore Eyoa, Blood-Phot fcyea. Watery V.jrt, Sticky I.n, all htulxl promptly with nln.i ly ayullcutluna of iiomun Eye JJaliam. AUv. Natural Tendency. . "I see soft coul Is piliig "p." "What did you suppose It was going to do when It Is put on a fire?" Dr. Pierce's Ficnsnnt TelloU are the orig-' in.il little liver pillii put up 40 yean ago. They regulate liver and bowela. Adv. Runabout Way. "I see where an aviator contrived to have the Inst word with his wife." "How on eiirlh did he do It?" "He didn't exactly do It on earth." "No?" "He rose 1,000 feet In the air anil dropped her a message." I5lnnlii;liiiiii Ace-Herald. Dr. Peery'a "Dead Fhot" not only ip1, Wcrini or Tflnrwnrm hut elrnna out lh imii-iii In which thy brd and ton., up the dlgcatlon. One dose autllclrnt. Adv. No Precedent Little Thomas, aged four, has a will of Ills own which doesn't unbend eas ily. One day It took about five minutes of argument nnd appliance of the nl by his mother before he was finally In duced to obey In a smntl matter. Kvi-n then It was not easy. "I'll do it tills time," he Informed her with a lordly sir, "but I won't do It next time!" Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle o! CASTOU1A, that famous old reaiec'y for Infants and children, and see Unit it Bears the Signature of i In Use for Over 30 Tears. Children Cry for Fletcher's Custom Would Seem So. , Mniltilcne Was Jack's sickness ratal ' Kathleen I guess so, he died. Orange 1'eel. Compulsory education most of the things we learn from experience. Tell a plump girl she's getting fat and see what happens I Feel Achy All Over? To ache all over In damp weath er, or after taking a cold, Isn't nat ural, nnd often Indicates kldaey weakness. Uric arid causes many queer aches, pains nnd disorders of the organs. Well kidneys keep uric acid down. Tired, dizzy,- nervous people would do well to try Dona's Kidney Fills. They stimulate the kidneys to activity and so help clear the blood of Irritating poisons. A Virginia Case Mrs. I C. Nnlls, 6 S. Patrick St., Alexan dria, Vu., suys. "MV back wu o weak and ore I could hardly St around and It wua al limat ImposMbla fr me to atralluen aft" llnoplng. I cnuldn t rest well nnd moriitnKS felt Hunk and tire 1. Mv kidneys were, lr-r-Kiilnr In notion ami my bend ached. Hoan Kidney PHI" ampP'"1 the backaches and my kldiicva haven't trou bled nia since. Cat Doan'aalAay Star. BOcaBiw FOSTER-MILBURN CO- BUFFALO. N.Y. IIIIIIIIIII I fart' J Ipl mm r. J v'JL.flklrWSI e.v i'v ii : " ' r h ve.k Jia-1
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