AMERICAN BOYS LIKE THE SCOUT MOVEMENT
A RARE SHEEP OPPORTUNITY
Enormous Receipts at Market Farm
era and 8heep Feeders Can 8took
Up at Bargain Prlote.
THE boy scout Idea, adopted from Kngiand, where It was started by General Baden-Powell, has "caught on" In
the Vnlted State!) and the movement Is spreading rapidly over the country. The American Boy Scouts are or
ganized In many places and their numbers are Increasing. The lads llxo the work and their elders are quick
to appreciate the Immense benefit the boys get out of the training and drill thnt keep them oft the streets and
out of mischief. At several national affairs of recent date In the East the American Boy Scouts have taken s
very creditable part In the program.
SMARTEST ARMY DOG
Accomplishments ' of Cupid Are
Many and Increasing Rapidly.
..Little Barton Terrier, Owned by Capt.
O-f J. Charles. Knows All
.bout West Point Docs
Many Tricks.
New York. Capt. Oscar J. Charles,
. Seventeenth United States Infantry,
adjutant of the United States Military
academy at West Point, Is the owner
of the smartest dog In the army.
Cupid Is the dog's name and Boston
terrier his breed. What he does not
know about the army In general and
West Point In particular is not worth
telling. To tell the truth about Cupid
-would fill a book, for certain it Is
that this little Boston terrier can do
more tricks and understand more
rtr II.
tie, the army has known.
When Captain Charles was married
a little more than a year ago, a friend
' in Chicago, his home city, sent him
Cupid, and straightaway Captain
Charles started to educate him as no
other dog was ever educated before.
Cupid's accomplishments are therefore
already many and varied.
"Now, about your education, do you
.want to 'go to Harvard?" Captain
Charles will ask.
Cupid merely wags nls stump of a
tail and looks disgusted.
"How about Yale?" Captain Charles
aaks. Still no reply. .
Captain Charles suggests In turn
Cornell, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Chi
cago and several other Institutions.
Cupid only Indicates his mild disapproval.
Well, then, how about Annapolis?"
. Captain Charles asks, and Cupid
growls, to show that he is insulted.
He knows that West Point's greatest
"All right, we'll cut out Annapolis,
thea. Will you go to West Point?
How does that "
Captain Charles does not have a
chance to finish the sentence. Cupid
wags his little tail and barks so joy
fully that he can be heard in the Of
ficers' club, half a mile away.
Then Cupid proves that even a dog
can master the drill regulations.
"Walk your post," commands Cap
tain Charles, and Cupid, his tall rigid
and head to tho front, marches sol
emnly back and forth on the porch.
" Tention," orders Captain Charles,
and Cupid stops in his tracks and re
mains as rigid as a Btatue until Cap
tain Charles Bays "At ease."
"Double time" is the next command,
and Cupid does a hundred yardp in
about five seconds.
"Take your post, sir," is the final
command, and the dog marches sol
emnly across the room and seats him
self on the discarded sofa pillow that
serves as his couch.
"Now, Cupid, show them how you
act when you are on the train," says
Captain (jharles, whereupon Cupid
sits up and tries to look like a drum
mer reading the sporting edition of
an afternoon newspaper.
Then slowly Captain Charles calls
off the names of the stations between
Weehawken and West Point
"Englewood, West Nyack, Haver
straw, Iona island, Highland Falls."
Cupid pays no attention.
"West Point?" shouts the captain.
Cupid jumps up, emits a loud bark,
and runs down the steps into the yard
just as he would do in alighting from'
a train.
Of course, Cupid can walk on his
hind legs, fie can play "dead dog," he
can beg for his food, and do all the
other tricks which smart dogs are
supposed to do. He is learning new
ones now, some of them so far be
yond the capabilities df the ordinary
run of dogs that it would be foolish
to Indicate what they are, if you want
to keep a reputation for telling the
truth.
PRINCE IS COMING ONsVISIT
Tour of Young British 8on of Royalty
Recalls Tour of King Edward of
United States.
London. Plans are making for the
expected visit of the young prince of
Wales to the United States, a tour
that recalls the travels of the late
King Edward, then prince of Wales,
to America.
Edward's swing around the Yankee
circle was a continuous march of tri
umphs, his democratic ways winning
plaudits and friends In every city In
which he visited.
The coming travels westward of the
boy prince are exciting great Interest
in England for the reason that al
though his father. King George V.,
"saw" America, he did not get so in
timate a view of the land of the free
as did Edward.
King George was entertained In
America as the prince of Wales also,
but he had arrived only on Its east
ern shores in command of the Eng
lish fleet participating in a Canadian
celebration and did not go Into the
interior. In fact, he did not leave
the fleet, as he merely took part In
Boston and New York receptions to
members of the fleet and then sailed
away.
Gets Record Swordfish.
Avalon, Cal. Fishing from a launch,
Col. John E. Stearns of San Francisco
caught the season's record swordfish,
weighing 292 pounds, after a battle
which lasted 45 minutes.
Before the struggle ended all on
board were drenched to the skin.
BLUE HEN'S CHICKS MASCOTS
Delaware People Pull Off Unique Gift
to Battleship Named After
That State.
Wilmington, Del. When the battle
ship Delaware was presented with a
$10,000 silver service by the citizens
of this state on October 5, a blue
game cock and hen, emblematic of the
"Blue Hens chickens" were likewise
given to the warship. Miss Jennie
Cunningham, a patriotic young wom
an of Wilmington, donated the game
chickens. They will be the vessel's
mascots.
v Recently Commander Gove of the
Delaware requested the Wilmington
board of trade to secure "Blue Hens
chickens" for the ship because this
type of fowl were carried in the Revo
lutionary army by Delaware troops.
The soldiers were known as "Blue
Hens Chickens."
CAU8E8 OF THE RUN.
100,000 sheep and lambs received In
three days such, in round numbers,
Is the record-breaking run thus far
this week on the Chicago market!
This enormous over-marketing of
sheep Is the result of temporary and
peculiar causes, and offers a rare op
portunity for farmers and sheep feed
ers to stock -up at bargain prices.
This great rush of sheep to market
comes mainly from Montana and ad
Joining western range country, and
cannot last more than two or three
weeks longer. It Is no evidence of
over-production. Its principal causes
are the recent drought, which so
burned out the grass that there will
be very little winter feed on the range,
and which prevented the putting up of
sufficient hay to carry any consider
able number of steep over winter,
while last winter was a very severe
one and hay was so closely fed that
there Is no old hay left over for the
purpose. The consequence Is that
sheep owners are forced to market
the bulk of their sheep this fall, or
else lose them In the fierce storms of
winter.
The most serious cause of the pres
ent general liquidation, however, Is
the restriction of the range through
occupation and fencing by dry farm
ers, who are grain growers, and not
live stock raisers. The tremendous
rush of these settlers upon the range
within the last three years, and espe
cially within the last twelve months,
Is hard for eastern people to realize.
It Is not alone the area actually en
closed by these settlers, but the break
ing up thereby of vast regions of
rrazlng lands Into such small sections
that they are no longer available to
stockmen for grailng their flocks,
which is one of the main reasons why
the sheep supplies of the western
raijge country are being more closely
marketed this year than ever before
In the history of the trade.
This means an Inevitable shortage
at market later on and next year, and
with a constantly growing demand for
both mutton and wool, It would Beem
that future good prices are assured.
The western range country has
heretofore been the chief source of
L iheep market supplies, but unless the
rarmers of the corn belt begin at once
to raise many more sheep than they
have ever done before, there will be
a great scarcity of both mutton and
wool before long in this country.
Moreover, there Is a world-shortage
of live stock of all kinds. All Europe
Is short of sheep, and even Australia's
supply is declining with rapidity. The
same general causes that exist in this
country are operating in other coun
tries also. Populations are growing
rapidly everywhere, while grazing
areas are being reduced. As 'pasture
land is turned to production of cereals,
sheep raising declines.
Thousands of American farmers can
tnrn this situation to their benefit,
through increase of both soil fertility
and money profit, by beginning right
now each to keep a small flock of
sheep upon his farm. And by taking,
advantage of the present opportunity
to buy healthy, thrifty, growing west
rn range sheep at bargain prices up
on the heavily supplied Chicago mar
ket, they can stock up at minimum
cost, whether they want foundation
stock for breeding or the growing kind
to fatten for market.
f
MAN MARRIED AT AGE OF 96
Aged Swain Secured Shooting License
by Error and Walked Twenty
Miles to Change It.
' Baltimore, Md. The Stevenson
Methodist Episcopal church. In the
Green Spring valley, was packed to
the doors the other night, the occasion
being the marriage of William Boyd,
ninety-six years old, to Mrs. Eliza
Daniel, aged fifty-nine. It was Boyd's
first venture in matrimony.
After his return from Towson, the
county seat, with his license, Boyd
discovered that the county clerk had
gi bn him a shooting license. Straight
he hiked off again to Tow6on,
hich is ten miles from Stevenson,
Touted out the clerk and got a proper
license., He walked both ways and
reached home about 11 o'clock In good
shape.
Squirrel Gives Fire Alarm.
Greensburg, Pa. Scampering in the
front door of the home of William Alt
man at Radebaugh Station, a little
gray squirrel led 'Altman and -Boz
Henry in a chase to the upper part of
the house, where the men came face
to face with flames that were fast
gaining headway in a bedroom. The
- fire was extinguished, but trace of the
rodent was lost.
Makes $50,000 Washing Clothes.
Sharon, Pa. Sam Sing, who has
conducted a laundry at Sharpsville
for thirteen years, returned to his
native country. It is ntlmated that
his wealth is close to $50,000,' and
he saved it all at the washtub.
DEAD ON THE FROZEN HILLS.
Eskimo Custom, Centuries Old, Comes
From Impossibility of Dig
ging Graves.
Port Hope, Alaska. The Interment
in the Episcopal burying ground here,
under the direction of Bishop P. T.
Rowe, of the skulls and bones of an
estimated number of 1,200 Eskimos,
picked up on the surface of the ground,
where they had lain for years, and
perhaps centuries, has aroused un
usual interest.
All along the shores of the Arctic
this apparently heartless custom of
leaving ,the dead a prey to wolves and
half wolf dogs has prevailed from time
immemorial.
There is nothing that more im
presses the Arctic traveler than these
ever present skulls as they stare out
from their dark moss beds on the
frozen bills of the northland. Some of
them have kept their long vigils
through centuries and crumble at the
touch like chalk. Others are startling
ly fresh .from the framework of the
living.
The custom of leaving the dead on
the Arctic hilltops to be the food of
savage beasts is natural and unavoid
able. The digging of a grave in the
tar north, even in summer, with the
tools possessed oy the Eskimos was
next to impossible, for even in July
the ground immediately beneath the
moss that covers the surface every
where is frozen as hard as granite.
Even where no underground ice is
found the Eskimos would consider the
making of a grave a cruel proceeding,
for the thought of having to lie in icy
water is unbearable to an Eskimo. So
the dead are left on the dry hilltops.
Although the dead are left on their
mossy beds underneath the unpro
tectlng stars, it must not be thought
that there is no sorrow when death
visits an Eskimo village. There are
no more affectionate people in the
world, but their grief, like that of chil
dren, is acute and is soon over with.
Men, women and children sob when
the eye of the sick one no longer re
sponds to the peculiar death test, and
in the old days their sorrow was
doubly intense when, at the request of
the patient, the end was hastened by
a friendly knife thrust, and the help
less sufferer was put out of pain for
ever, for half an hour the weeping
may continue.
Poor Prospects.
"Yes." said MIbb Pusrhv "I found
a very nice boardine house tndav. but
the only room they had to offer me
had a folding bed In it, and I detest
those things."
"Of course," remarked Miss Pert,
"one can never hope to find a man
under a folding bed." Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
An Admission.
Fred I proposed to Miss Dlngley
last night.
Joe Don't believe I know her. Is
she well off?
Fred Yes, I guess so.' She refused
me.
News to Her.
He Concerning . love,- everything
possible has been said and thought.
She (coyly) But not to me. Flie
gende Blaetter.
a. Wlnslow's Soothing Byrop for Children
fethlnfr, softens the mim, reduces influmtna
Ion. allay patn. cured wind collo, Sic a boitl"
A critic is a man who by the light
of his own experience explains to
others why they, too, have failed.
CONVINCING PROOF
OF THE VIRTUE OP
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
What is the use of procrastinating in the face of such
evidence as the following letters represent? If you are a
sick woman or know one who is, what sensible reason have
you for not giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound a trial ? For 30 years we have been publishing such
testimonial letters as these thousands of them they are
genuine and honest, too, every one ot them.
"IthinkLvcllaE.
PinJdiaiu's Vege
table Compound
is the best medi
cine in the world
for women and
I feel it my duty
to let others
know the pood it
has done for tno.
Three years ago
I had a tumor
which the doctor
Said would have
to be removed by nn operation or I
could not live more than a year,
or two, at most. I wrote Mrs. rink
ham, nt Lynn, Mass.. for advice, nr.d
took 14 bottles of Lvdia E. rink
ham's Vegetable Compound, and to
, day the tunnr is prone and I am a
perfectly well woman. I hope my
testimonial will be of benefit to oth
ers.' Mrs. S. J. Uakber, Scott,
Mrs. E. F. Hayes says:
"I was under the
doctor's treat
ment for a fibroid
tumor. Isulered
with pain, sore
ness, bloating,
and could not
walk or stand on
my teet any
10113th ot time. 1
wrote to Mrs.
I'inUhara for ad
vice, followed her
Jdirections and
if
T A
r ' V
t.-wlt Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. To-day 1 am a well
woman, the tumor was espelled and
r.iv wholo system strengthened. I
ndvise all women who are afflicted
with tumors or female troubles to
try Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound." Mrs. E. F. Hates,
1S90 Washington bt., Loston, Mass.
For
A7.
Mrs. George May says s
"No one knows
what I have suf
fered from fe
male troubles,
neuralgia pain3.
md backache.
My doctor said
'ie could not give
me anything to
cure it. Through
me auvico ot a
friend I began
to use Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege
table Compound, nnd the pain soon
disappeared. 1 continued its use
and am now in perfect health.
L;'dla E. Pir.kh.inr a Vemstablo Com
pound has been a God-eend to mo
as I believe I should have been in
my pave if it had not been for Mrs.
Piiikhani's advice and Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegctnblo Compound."
Mrs. tlEop.Qis May, 80 4th Ave.,
Paterson, N. J.
Mrs. W. K. Iloush Fays V
"I have been
completely cured
of a severe fe
malo troublo by
Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetablo
Compound, nnd
want to recom
mend it to all suf
fering women. "
-Mrs. W. K.
IIoush, 7 East
view Ave., Cia
ctnnatl, Ohio.
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Uecause your case is a diilicult
one, doctors having done you no
good, do not continue to stiller with
out giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound a trial. It surely
has cured many cases of female ills,
BiicliasinfUimmatlon, ulceration, dis
placements, fibroid tumors, irregu
larities, periodic palns.backache.eto.
0 yenrs Lydia E. Finkliatn's Vegetable
Compound haa been the standard remedy for
female ills. No sick woman docs justice to
herself who will not try this famous medicine.
Made cxclasively from roots and herbs, and
hns thousands of cures to its credit.
RfejTJJ Mrs. Pinkham invites nil sick women
fefSyj to write her for advice. She lias
guided thousands to health free of charfre.
Address Mrs. I'inkliain, Lynn, Mass
W. L. DOUGLAS
3 '312 & S4 SHOES VSJSSt
BOYS' SHOES, (2.00 S2.50 AND $3.00.
VALDouttfas $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 shoo
are post lively tho boat matio and most not'
ulan nhoos for ihoprlo0lnfimorlca,andara
tho most economical shoes for vou to buv.
Do jron rmllze that inj Klioei have been the lumlard for orer '
80 yenra, that I mako and tell more .1.00, D.'i.AO anil K4.no
thopft than nnr oilier marinrnctnrer In the V.H., and that. DOL
LAR ITOIt DOM.AIt.I OUAItANTKK, MVKIIOKS to hold their .
lhaiie, look and lit better, and wear lonitrr thnn any other J.HI,
3..10 or 4.(M Mine von rnn bar? (.'""KIT rnnnU. It ha j
unite mrilioMTHE I.RArtRlui OP ThlK n'mil.ll. I
You will be pleaned when yon bar my iihoee bernntte of the fit and appearance,
and when It cornet time for yon to purchano anothur pair, yon will be more than
plenaed beeanV the last onee wore to well, and rnve yon so mneh comfort.
CAUTION! K,:iTWaSTAKENOSUBSTITUTE
If your dealer caunu.uppjy ym with w. I. otik1mi SIkm. write for Mailorder f'aulmr.
L.. 1IOUU4.AH, 1S aimrk alu-eel, Jlrwcktoa, Mm
STIADVdEk
vmiTiV-eViK
Th Rayo Lamp i a high fra.de lamp, told at a low prica.
There are laropa that coat mor, but therel a nnhetterlampmadeatanr
price. (!oniroctrd of anlld braaa; nlo.ol platen-earn 17 tVJt ln aa
ornament to anr room In anThtiuae. Therela nothing known to the art
ttm5-'naklngthat ran add totheTalne of the KAYO I-amn aa a llght
a , ?rTlc?- T"y dealer ererrwhere. If not at youra. write for
deaorlpUTeclmilartotheneareatagenorofthe
ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY (Incorporated)
iUK
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inSTEiilFER
CATARRHAL FEVER
AND AIL NOSE
AND THROAT DISEASES
Cnrea the altln and nets as a prerentlve for other. liquid plren til'
thetongue. Hafeforbrooilnmreannclnllotlierfi. Best kidney remedy ;60
cents and fl.00 a bottle; to.OOand $10.0(1 the dorrn. Hold by all drue?lte
and uorae gooda buuaeH, or sent expreaa paid, by tbe manufacturers.
SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemi.ta, GOSHEN, INDIANA
A FLAVOR that la Tmed the same as lenfoa
or Taullla. By disHolvtns; granulated sugar la
wnter und adding Slnpielne, a delicious B.vrup la
made anil a syrup better thnn maple. Maplein
Is aolil by grocers. Mend 2c atnmp for snrapla
aud recipe book. Crescent Hlg. Co.,- Seattle.
How can a woman be expected to
have any regard for the truth when
she is-obliged to promise to obey In
the marriage ceremony?
We once beard of a man who loved
to pay his debts, but we have forgot
ten his address.
Hobble Skirt Race.
New York. Mrs. Sarah King of
Brooklyn will shortly receive a tall
silver cup as the winner of the "100
yard hobble skirt championship of
Greater New York." A race for the
trophy was the result of a seashore
outing at North Deaah, L. I., the other
day.
The promoters announced in their
program to the contestants that wom
en desiring to enter "who are not
equipped with hobble skirts will be
hobbled with ropes until they are fully
as uncomfortable as if dressed in tha
height of fashion." Mrs. King wag the
winner of ,the 100-yard hobble with
only seven tumbles. No time was
taken.
No Man is Stronger
Than His Stomach h W
A strong men is strong all over. No man enn he
strong who is suffering from weak stomach with its
consequent indigestion, or from some other disease
of tbe stomach and its associated organs, which im
pairs digestion and nutrition. For when the stomach
is weak or diseased there is a lor of tho nutrition
contained in food, which is the source rf ail physical
strength. When a man " doesn't feel junt riht,"
when he doesn't slcCO Well, has an unrnmfortnhln
feeling in the stomach after eating, is languid, ntrvous, irritable and despond
ent, he is losing the nutrition needed to make strength.
SucA m man thould use Dr. Pierce' a Golden Medical
Discovery, it cures diseases ot the stomach and other
orians ot dldestlon end nutrition. It enriches the blood,
tnvliorates the liver, strengthens the kidneys, nonrlshes
the nerves, end so GIVES HEALTH HXD STRENGTH TO
THE WHOLE BODY, .
Yon can't afford to accept ttcret nostrum as a substitute tor this non.
oloobolio medicine op known composition, not even though the urgent dealer
may thereby make a little bigger profit. Ingredients printed on wrapper.
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