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Taking Lydia E.Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Sabattns, Maine. "You tnM mo (o
tike Lydia J:. I'luklumi's Vegetable
H'ompounu 8na
LiviT Tills before
child-birth, and vie
are nil surprised to
see now much pond
it did. iMy j'hy.si.
nan said ' ltnnui
doubt it was the
Compound that
helped you.' J
thank you for youi
kindness in advising
me and give you full
Iperniission to use
my name in your testimonials. Mrs.
11. W. Mitchell. !ox 3, Sabattus, Me.
Another Woman Helped.
Graniteville, 't. "I was passino
through theClianpeof Life aiidauflered
from nervousness and other annoying
symptoms. Lydia E. l'inkham's V ego
table Compound restored my health and
strength, and proved worth mountains
of gold to me. Tor the sake of other
Buffering women I am willing yo-i
should publish my letter." Mr.
Chart.ks Uajiclav, IM'.D., Granite
Ville. Vt.
Women who aro passing throneh
this critical period or w ho are MiflVr
ingfrom any of those distressing ill--
peculiar to their sex should not lose
nijrhtof the fact that for thirty years
Lydia E. l'inkham's Vegetable Com
pound, whieh is made from roots and
lierbs. has been the standard remedy
for female ills. In almost every com
munity you will find women who
li:j.ve l)f en restored to health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Influence of the mother
Well to Remember That She Is Ever
a Model of Behavior to the
Children.
"It Is hard for a young mother, who
has not yet overcome the wayward
tendencies of her own youthful nature,
to realize the influence Bhe exerts
over her little one. She Is constantly
surrounded by critical Imitators who
copy her morals and manners.
As the mother is, bo are her eons
and daughters. If a family of children
axe blessed with an intelligent moth
er, who Is dainty and refined In her
manner, and does not consider it nec
essary to be one woman In the draw
ing room and an entirely different per
son In her everyday life, but who is a
true mother and always a tender,
charming woman, she will Invariably
see her habits of speech and perfect
manners repeated In her children.
Great, rough men and noisy, busy
toys will always tone down their
voices and step quietly and try to be
more mannerly when she stops to
give them a kind word and a pleasant
smile. For a true woman will never
fall to say and do all the kind, pleas
ant things she can that Will in any
way help to lift up and cheer those
whose lives are shaded with care and
toll. The mother of today rules the
world of tomorrow.
He Came by It Honestly.
"Lend me your pencil, Johnny." The
mall boy handed It over and teacher
continued to correct the exercises of
the class. When she finished she suf
fered a sudden lapse of memory and
laid the pencil away In her desk. As
she stood up to excuse the class Bhe
encountered the scornful gaze of John
ny's eyes. Rising in his seat he flxeJ
her with an accusing forefinger and
uttered the single word "draft!"
Johnny's father writes for a current
tnagazlne.
Consulting the Playwright.
"My star can wiggle his ears and
whistle through his teeth."
"Um,"
"Now, can you build tne a flrst-clnss
romedy around that?"
It Is a shame for people who have
In their lives a consciousness of love
and character and courage, to fall In
to the wasteful folly of unhapplnesa
bout the unimportant. Margaret Do
land. Indication.
"I might know this conservatory bo
longed to a baseball enthusiast."
"Why?"
"Because it has so many pitcher
idants."
DAME NATURE HINTS
When the Food I Not Suited.
When Nature gives her signal that
something is wrong It is generally
with the food. The old Dame Is al
ways faithful and one should act at
once.
To put off the change Is to risk that
which may be Irreparable. An Arizona
man says:
"For years I could not safely eat any
breakfast. I tried various kinds of
lireakfast food, but ,hoy were all soft,
f.tnrchy messes which gave me dls
trofslng healaches. I drank strong
"?Too, too, wh'ch npp-jnred to benefit
tr.o f.t tho tin e, but added to the head
ficheij afterwards. Toa;:t and coffee
vc-o no bi-'lr, for I found the toast
erj constipating.
"A friend persuaded me to rpilt tho
tdd coffee and the 6tarchy breakfast
foous, and use I'ostum an I Grape-Nut ii
1"Stead. I slnll never regret taking
Mt rdvlce. I began using them three
months pgo.
"Tlo chang. they bavo worked In
ir.o is wonderful. I now have no more
nt the dlntresBlng sensations In my
stomach alter eating, and I nevsr have
headaches. I have gained 12 pounds
la weight and feel better In every way.
"Grape-Nuts make a delicious as
well as a nutrUious dish, and I find
(hat rostiim is easily digested and
never produces dyspepsia symptoms."
"There' a Reason."
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PUZZLE OF DOVETAIL JOINT
3imple But Very Ingenious Example
In Joinery I Shown In Illus
tration How Done.
A simple but very Ingenious rx
ni'iple In Joinery Ih Illustrated. In tho
linished piece, Fig. 1, the dovetail ap
pears on each side of the square, stick
)f wood, the Illustration, of course,
shows only two sides, the other two
ir Identical. The joint. Is separable
niil each part is solid ami of one piece,
says Popular Mechanics. In making,
A Dovetail Joint Puzzle.
alp two pieces of wood, preferably of
contrasting colors, such as -herry and
walnut, or mahogany and boxwood,
ibout l'a Inches s(iiare nnd of any
length desired. Cut. the dovetail on
Dne i ii.l of each stick as shown In Fig.
2, drive together and then plane off
:he triangular corners marked A. The
end of each piece after the dovetails
are cut appear as shown In Fig. 3, the
lines marking the path of the dove
tail through the stick.
LIFTING MAN WI1H FINGERS
Experiment as Instructive as Astonish
ing Illustration Shows How It
Is Done.
This experiment Is as instructive as
It Is astonishing. Two persons place
the Index finger of both hands under
tho soles of the feet of the man to be
l operated upon. Two more place their
outstretched lingers, as shown In our
Lifting Man With Fingers.
Illustration, under the elbows, and one
of these places his finger under the
man's chin. .At a signal they all lift,
and, to everybody's astonishment, the
person will be easily raised above tho
ground.
BCYS
PLAY "LAST ACROSS"
Juvenile Game Cause London Police
Authorities Much Trouble Three
Lad Arrested,
The Ixmdon police are having their
own troubles In endeavoring to break
up the Juvenile game of "Inst across."
It exists In New York city, though
possibly under another name. When
King George recently visited the Lon
don hospital he chatted with a small
boy In one of the wards, and, showing
his accurate knowledge of the youth
of today, asked tho little patient If he
was there as the result of playing
last across."
The ganio with which drivers of
spirited horses, cyclists and automo
billsts are painfully familiar Is very
Btmple. A number of boys select an
approaching vehicle and deliberately
get In Its way. The boy who crossed
before it and Is the last to step aside
wins the game.
Three Grantham youngsters tried to
add a novelty a few days ago by play
ing It before a passenger train on the
Great Northern line. The engine driv
er blow tho whistle frantically, but
as the lads did not move he stopped
the train. Then the boys took to
flight, but they were caught. The
magistrate took a hand by Imposing
on each prisoner a fine of seven
shillings and six pence, at the same
time regretting that he could not add
an old-fashioned birch whipping to
sach penalty.
Toyland.
There Is no country In tho world
where there are so many toy shops
as In Japan. In all the towns and In
most of the villages there Is a chil
dren's bazaar, and the neighborhood
of the principal teiiples Is crowded
with stalls containing things to
amuse children. At the great relig
ious festivals even tho poorest aro
to be met with their arms full of
toys to talio home, and tho number of
men and women who earn a livelihood
by Itinerant Btreet shows got up sole
ly to amuse the children can be
counted by hundreds. These enter
tulnraeuts Include theatricals where
nrave deeds aro performed by heroic
'ar.brs. story tellers, song singers
and conjurers.
Teacher Wa Ignorant.
Visitor wu questioning John.
"Well," she asked, finally, "now that
you go to school, how do you like
your teacher?"
"Not much," replied the boy.
"I'm orry for that. And why?"
'Cause she don't know nuffln'
Why, do you know, she even asked
ma who discovered America."
LIFTING TABLE WITH HAND
Done by Means of Broad Ring With
Slit In It and Small Nail In
Object Lifted.
A most weird stunt Is Mint of lift
ing n tnblo, or similar object, with
tin; pnliii of tlio hand, simply placed
on the smooth ton. The trick la
I'nsily pcrlormed by takiriK a plain
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Lifting a Table.
band ring, and with tho edge of fl
thin tile, make a narrow gilt hall
way through it.
Iirive a shingle nail Into the tor
of nn old table until only about one
quarter of an Inch of It sticks up.
Now, while passing your band over
the table, find the nail, and. Flipping
the silt In the ring over the head of
the nail, lift up with arms extended,
and your audience will be astonished
ORIGIN OF "SUCKER STATE'
Farmers Followed Example of Variety
of Fish Went Up Stream in
Spring, Down In Fall.
"The 'tucker State" this is tht
nickname of Illinois, as all Wide-
wakers doubtless know. Hut the cur
ious circumstances out of which the
appellation grew are now probably
forgotten by oven the oldest, residents
of the state. The record left by the
early settlers of the origin of the
name Is as follows:
It was In tho southern part of the
state that the earliest honieseekert
built their villages and laid out thelt
little farms. Here the land was sc
rich that with slight labor an abund
ant crop was yielded each year. Hut
one great drawback confronted the
people. Although they were able to
raise great quantities of grain and veg
etables, they could find no way to car
ry to a suitable market this wealth of
produce which they wished to ex
change for a wealth of silver. The
distance to the nearest market of any
size was too great to be covered by
wagon, and there were in those days,
of course, no railroads.
Many articles which these brave
pioneers needed bndly could be pro
cured only for money. Accordingly in
order to save a little cash for times of
need, all who were nble would leave
their farms every spring and go to the
Galena lead mines, where they would
work during the rummer. Then In
the fall they would return to their
farms.
Now this custom of the Illinois
formers reminded tho people of the
habits of a variety of fish called suck
ers, which always go up stream hi the
spring and down stream in the fall.
Accordingly, by the freakish law
which governs tho choice of nick
names, the Illinois settlers began to
be known as "suckers." The r.ame
stuck, as nicknames usually do, and
finally mo state itself came to be
known as the Sucker state and Its cit.
izens as Suckers.
OLD GAME IS INSTRUCTIVE
Boys and Girl Given Opportunity tu
Display Their Talent in Acting
and Guessing.
One of the best of Uie old games,
giving opportunity to display talent
in acting and Ingenuity in selecting
words difficult to guess.
The players are divided into two
parties, one-half going out of the
room. In their absence the others
choose a word which those outside
are to guess. When the absent party
are recalled they are told some word
with which the chosen one will rhyme.
It Is then their business to act. In
dumb show, the word which they
guess may be the chosen one. For
this purpose they go out of the room
again to consider and decide upon the
word they think it may be nnd plan
how It shall be acted. This may be
performed by the whole party, or by
one or two selected from the number.
For Instance, If the rhyming word
is "speed," the players imagine the
real word to be "seed," and mny come
In and go through the motions of
sowing seed In a field; or "read,"
when they may all take books and
pretend to be deep In study. Neither
party may speak, but If the word acted
Is not the right one the spectators
hiss, and the players retire nnd de
cide upon another word and illustra
tion. Should they guess correctly
their success Is greeted by clapping
of bands, and tho parties change
places.
Do You Know
Who built ono of his war vessels
In twenty days from trees growing on
the banks of Lake Champlain?
Commodore Macdonough.
Of whom it was said, "Providence
left blm childless that his country
might call him father?"
George Washington.
What Is known as the "Monumental
City?"
Baltimore, Md.
What Is known as the "Garden
City?"
Chicago. 111.
What Is known a the "Half
Moon?"
Tho exploring vessel of Henry
Hudson.
Not th Answer Expected.
A rather pouipouB looking deacon
was endeavoring to impress upon the
young minds of a clas 0f boys the
Importance of living a Christiun life
"Why do people call me ChriBtlan
children?" he asked, standing very
erect, and smiling down upon them.
A moment' paue, then hrUJ Jij.
tie voice wa heard to say
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The Poi tor What do you think of this
claim made by certain men that thev can
locate vein of water by wtilking aroui
with a forked switch in their hands? I
th ro anything in it?
I tie iTotessor es ; i know one o
them that get $10 every time ha gueaaea
runt.
tfnrlor Itoaarfna.
The merry little aprlling boa
We knew when we were young
Is, as it were, quite up a tret,
And, ao to njieak. Is stung.
New York Evening Mail.
CASSOWARY A GOOD BOXER
His Kick Is Powerful and Hi War
Dance Over Object That Attract
His Attention It Remarkable.
The cassowary Is a natural boxer
nnd the only bird, except perhaps the
ostrich, whose method of defense nnu
attack In warfare Is the forward kick.
The fashion of the cassowary's kick
straight out. like a man Is calculated
to arouse envy In the breast of any
save a crack athlete. Another pecu
liarity of this bird Is his ability to per
form a sort of war danco over any par
ticular object that attracts his atten
tion. This recently happened at a
zoological Institution when one of the
assowarlcs lighted upon a gaudy
piece of ribbon, blown lnslilo tne oars
from the hat or dress of some woman
l.ltor.
Ho was one of the smallest of the
ollectlon, but he was of a martial
emper. After having carefully exam
ined the ribbon, bo started his war
dance, which was maintained with
great vigor for some minutes. While
he was ar the height of his enjoy
ment a larger cassowary came up and
interfered with hltn. Tho smaller bird
endured this for some time, but when
the other attempted to oust him from
he spot In order that he In turn
might prance about the ribbon, tho In-
ruslon was resented In no uncertain
style.
The larger cassowary, thinking, ap
parently, that he could treat the dem
onstration of the lightweight with con
tempt, began hustling his antagonist.
The two were very Ill-matched in
height, one of them being about five
feet, high and the other a foot or more
shorter, but the battle that ensued
showed that weight and height will
not always tell. Forward kicks were
tho main feature of the light. At first
the blows were delivered chiefly on
the breast, and did not hurt much, but
eventually the smaller bird knocked
tho other one out with a masterly
stroke delivered by the long, sharp
claw of the Inner too on tho wattles of
his antagonist.
No fatal Injury was done, but the
6hock must have been terrific, for tho
big bird uttered a peculiar cry and re
tired in confusion to his corner, while
the victor resumed his war dance.
Restless Boy Goes to Church.
A restless boy of ten went to
church not long ago with a determina
tion to keep awake. He also tooK
with him two small pinwheels made
of yellow paper. His view of the
pastor being Interfered with by an
enormous puffed and ratted coiffure
of a young woman who sat in front
of him, he felt that he was legally
left to his own devices.
Whereupon he cautiously brought
forth his yellow pinwheels, and care
fully inserted the stick of each of
them in the coiffure that baffled his
view and every time the decorated
maiden bobbed her head the paper
wheels merrily revolved.
Well, when tho pastor saw those
whirling decorations he choked for a
moment, and the basso In the choir
gave a laugh and then tried to con
ceal it with a highly unnatural cough.
The boy's mother Is quite near-sight
ed and didn't notice the outrage, and
tho boy pretended ho didn't notice it
either.
Well, it was decided after the serv
ice that the boy mustn't go to church
until he can behave better and be
feels very badly about it. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Insisted on Lower Berth.
In the early days of the Philippine
insurrection, Capt. M.'s company had
been for some time garrisoning a
small town in Mindanao, where the
social life consisted mainly of evad
ing tho festive bolo knife wielded by
the little brown brother. Therefore
ho seized upon the occasion of his
birthday to vary the monotony by
brewing a punch, and Invited his two
lieutenants to assist in its consump
tion. At a late hour the party broke
up, and after Bome maneuvering
Captain M. piloted his Junior subal
tern to his roofln, whe.-e he found the
first lieutenant peacefully sleeping on
the floor beneath his bunk. Shaking
him violently, he roused him at last,
and said:
"Get up into your bed."
The senior subaltern shook his
head, looked very rrave, and an
swered, indignantly:
"No, sir! No, sir! You let shecond
I'tenant take upper berth. I'm a first
l'tenant and I get lower one," and he
peacefully turned his face to the wall
again.
Original Meaning of Cholera.
" 'Cholera morbus' is a term with
a curious history," says the London
Chronicle. "To our forefathers 'chol
era' meant not necessarily a disease,
but one of the four 'humors' present
In every human body, as the bilious
humor, excess of which made a man
'choleric.' 'Cholera' ami 'rholer,' in
fact, meant just the same thing. So
the comparatively mild ailment which
we know as 'Knglish' cholera was re
ferred to as 'tho disease cholera,' or
'rholera morbus,' in order to distin
guish It from the other sense of the
word. Much later, when Asiatic chol
era was Introduced to the alarmed
notice of this country, 'cholera' got
transferred to It."
Gold Soup in Jersey.
Sheriff William Harrlgan drifted
Into "Jake the Barber's" for lunch re
cently, and surprised the husky Ger
man proprietor when he called for a
plate of gold soup.
"Don't know the meaning, sheriff,"
said .lake.
"Well, then. It's time for you to get
out of business. Jake," was the sher
iff's response.
"Can't help It, sheriff; It ain't on my
bill of fare."
"Come here, Jake, and Hi tell you.
U'b soup with 14 carrots In It"
So don't be surprised if it Is on the
ncnu card dally. Newark Star.
A Deadlock.
"You two gentlemen should knot
each other." said the hostess. "I un
derstand that you are both Interested
In a universal language."
"I am sorry." replied Professor 111-
brow, "but we w.il not be able to con
verse without an Interpreter. Ha ad
heres to Volapuk and I Insist on Es
peranto."
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SAID BY THE YOUNGSTERS
Some Bright Remark Worth Pr
serving, That Have Fallen From
Childish Lips.
A little girl, after listening to the
hymn, "In heaven thero stands au
ever open door,'' remarked that there
must bo two heavens, "'cause grand
nia'd never have any open door where)
she Is." And a dear little country
laiblie, visiting a city Sunday school
and hearing about tho "many man
sions" of the better land, later ex
plained that they had been "studying
all about 'Paradise Flats.' "
Ecclesiastical modes and matters
frequently are puzzling to the little
ones. A small Chicago citizen was ta
ken to a fine church, where the music,
windows, furnishings and all acces
sories were as impressive as th") build
ing. The minister, living up to his
enviable reputation as an orator, in
dulged in a brilliant rhetorical flight.
"I know," ho declared, "who gild
the sun and silvers the stars and
paints the flowers and tints the sky
and lends to the rivers their beauty,
to the ocean its glory, to the skies
their perfect light" and so on through
long and effective periods. Finally
came the interrogatory climax: "Who
Is It, my friends, who performs all
these wonders? Who is it? Who?"
From the front pew where tho baby
listener had been all eager attention
came a shrill, disappointed pipe:
'You said you knew!"
Trouble m the Troupe.
"They've had a frightful time in the
So. 5 Tom Company. Hear about it?"
"Nope."
"Busted an' walkin' back. That's
right. Went to smash on the Vln
cennes circuit. Utility feller they
picked up at Sawville got mad 'cause
he was doubled as Marks an' a blood
hound, an' sawed the legs off the lad
der, an Eva fell out o' heaven an'
landed on Tapa St. Clair, an' Simon
Legree landed on Unc' Tom, an' the
real dog bit a hole In Aunt Ophelia,
an' there was merry hades to pay un
til the local manager called the patrol
wagon and had the whole bunch
dragged up the pike and dumped In
the woods. An' the worst of it was
there was a record house, with nine-
:een good dollars In the box!"
Queer Questions.
Queer questions come over the tele
phone to the newspaper offices. Her
was one that the man who chanced
to answer the phone had put up to
him the other day:
"Say," began the unknown seeker
after the truth, "do you do you re
member who it was that killed Abel?"
"Why, Cain, of course," replied the
newspaper man, who put in several
years at Sunday school. "Who'd ju
suppose?
'Well," observed the man at the
other end in an annoyed tone, "doggon
If I ain't gone and made a fool o' my
self. Course It was Cain, now that
you mention it, but I made a two to
one bet with a fellow that 'twas
Goliath, and now I'll have to go with
out a new overcoat, I reckon, this next
winter." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Simple Expedient.
An American student at a German
university tells of a professor who
was reading aloud in a classroom pa
pers on a celebrated living German
novelist, who had been written by
the members of the class. After read
ing one he commented upon its ex
cellence. "You show an exact com
prehension of the matter," he said.
addressing the student who had writ
ten the paper; "tell us what method
you used."
"Oh," replied the student, "I Just
wrote to X , stating what I wanted
to know, and that was what he sent
back."
If it had not been for his lantern
and the tub he lived in, probably
Diogenes would never have been heard
of.
Toasties
A bowl of these crisp
fluffy bits served with
cream or milk is some
thing not soon forgotten.
What's the use of cook
ing breakfast or lunch
when Post Toasties, ready
to serve direct from the
package, are so delicious?
"The Memory Lingers"
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