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J1 senate of tho United 'kC'
JSSSi ate8 is a !aw unto B
lib,-a in mailers of procedure, und so lt 'TSfv. ' ' -1 ? '
it la. The senate does thing as no 4 iV l
bther legislative body In the world II ' fJ 'U.' ' 'fiS. C.TV k' V,
hoes them. The senators pride them- V- "V CHV ; ll
teives upon the dignity of their body rMiVJljO4
land they take no little pride appar- $ Nj4 VribJl ll
tently in the un.quencss of the rule- lylWy1, fejl7 J
which govern them aud In the ac- "5S5i-fSt Vt?4V p1
Upted method of doing things with- MW . f4
but absolute governing regulation. "-T -fc? VJ i' ""A
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Over in the house members draw for Beats. A
tnan Just elected Is as likely to get a first-class
beat as a man who has been In the service of the
kiouse for years. The leader of the majority and
Ihe leader of the minority and the oldest mem
ber in point of service in the hall are allowed to
Select their own seats. After they have made
their choice all is a lottery. In the senate the
thing Is different. A newly elected member of
Ihe upper house take3 such a scat as ho can find
Vacant, and his first duty to himself Is to "file"
on the seat of some other member so that he may
feet It when the other member dies or retires.
I At times there are five or six tilings' tor me
name seat. ror instance, it some senator nasi a
hoice seat and he is aged and in the ordinary
course or mines mav be expected to die soon, nis
Beat is certain to be in renuest by several sena-
ors provided that those lower on the list of ap
plicants think that those above them like the
holder of the seat himself, are likely to die. or
to be retired quickly from the service by their
constituents.
Some of the old senators do not like the way
In which the younger members file for their
eats. Then there are some senators who are
hot old who do not like to feel that others think
that their seats soon are to be vacated. When
b senator in the prime of life finds that his seat
lias heen "filed" on he takes it as an Intimation
that the senator who does the filing thinks that
the seat's occupant is nearlng the end of his
itether because his state has disapproved of his
services, or that the political party opposing the
tone of which he Is a member Is likely soon to
become In the ascendant.
Senator Dolllver, who died recently, had one of
the best seats In the senate chamber, a com
manding place from which he could always catch
the eye of the presiding officer. The Iowan'a
successor In the senate will not get his predeces
sor's seat, for notwithstanding the fact that Mr.
Dolllver was apparently In good health and was
only fifty-two years old, thrre were three appli
cations on file for his seat when he should va
cate It. Of course it must be understood that
Ithe seats of the Republicans and those of the
ilVniocrats are separated and that no man of one
!party ever files an application for the scat of a
knan of the other party.
' Senator Heveridge of Indiana was In the upper
louse for years before he succeeded In getting a
ifieat to his liking. Early In his service he had
(filed an application for the seat occupied by
Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, a vigorous man
lth apparently a iong lease of earthly and sena
torial life ahead of him. Unexpectedly Senator
fapooner resigned, and Beverldge moved to what
hs perhaps the best seat In the house, one on the
(middle aisle midway between the front and rear
kf the chamber.
J Klihu Uoot, who Is accounted one of the fore
most men In the upper house In point of ability.
Is obliged to Bit In what la known as the "Chero
kee Strip." There are so many Republicans in
the present senate that tliey more than fill the
eats allotted to the majority on the left side of
the center aisle. There are not eno-igh Demo
crats to fill the seats ullolted to them. The va
na:it Democratic seats are away uroun 1 near the
wall to the extreme right of the vko -president,
who has to turn his head to see the seats of the
occupants. In this "Cherokee Strip" sit? tha
"overflow" Republicans and one of them is Kliriu
Root.
Iiefore the new senate office building wa
completed It was the effort of the senate to pro
viso a separate room In the Capitol for each sen
ator. All of these rooms were called eommlttre
rooms, but In order
to dignify them as
such it was neces
sary to create sev
eral committee)
which really were
nothing more than
committees In name,
for they Beldom held
meetings and It Is
said that In one or
two cases no rueet
lngs ever have
been held. The sen
ators as they were
assigned to rooms
were made chair
men of the commit
tees which were sup
posed to meet In the
assigned chambers. This gave the minority sena
tors chairmanships, but it can bo taken for grant
ed that the majority always saw to It that the
committees presided over by minority men were
not of a kind to havo any great influence on legis
lation. Now that the senate office building Is occupied
and each senator ha3 a general office, a private
office, a reception room and a bath, it Is not nec
essary to provide separate rooms in the Capitol
for all the upper house members. So It Is that
before long it may be that the farce of naming
committees which never have anything to do
may be done away with.
Here is a list of some of the practicaily use
less committees of the senate: "Transportation
and sale of meat products;" "Revolutionary
claims;" "Transportation rates to the seaboard;"
"Investigate trespass upon Indian lands;" and
last. "Disposition of useless papers in the execu
tive departments."
There are to be many changes in committee
chairmanships in March next and in fact there
will have to be a general shaking up in the
committee memberships as a result of changes
In the senate's roll call. Senator Dolllver who
died was the chairman of the committee on ag
riculture and forestry, one of the most im
portant subsidiary bodies of the United States
senate. Senator Frances E. Warren of Wyoming
Is the ranking member of the committee now
that Senator Dolllver Is dead, but Warren is the
chairman of the committee on military affairs, a
position which he would prefer to hold to that
of the chairmanship of the agricultural body. No
member holds two important chairs and so some
one besides Senator Warren muBt be selected to
take Mr. Dolllver's place at the head of the com
mittee which looks after the bills In which the
farmers of the country and the forest enthusiasts
are particularly interested.
. Eugene Hale of Maine will retire In March. He
is at the head of the committee on appropria
tions, a position which next to the chieftainship
of the committee on finance is the most Impor
tant chairmanship in the gift of the senate. No
body knows yet who will succeed Mr. Hale as
committee chief, but It can be taken for granted
that If the Republicans hold control of the sen
ate and the so-called regulars hold control of the
Republicans, Mr. Hale will be succeeded by a
man of what in these days the country is given
to call the old school of Republican thought.
Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch of Rhode Island, the
Republican leader In the senate, Is the chairman
of the committee on finance, which corresponds
to the committee on ways and means of the
house of representatives. It was the committee
on finance which considered the Payre-Aldrlch
tariff bill and which reported it to the Henate.
Every bill which has to do with the raising of
revenue goes to Mr. Aldrich's committee. Under
the constitution all such revenue measures must
originate In the house of representatives, but
frequently the United States senate takes house
bills and strikes out everything In them except
the enacting dame, thus gets around the con
stitutional question, and frame.- revenue bills
much as It wishes to. Of course these hills hive
to go back to the house for agreement, hut the
senate despite constitutional inhibition does Just
about ns much original work in revenue meas
ures as the house Itself
Who Is going to succeed Nelson W. Aid rich as
chairman of tbo most powerful committee In the
senate of the United States? Nobody Kiiowb.
Sen-itor .lulliis ('. I'.urrowH of Michigan ranks
next to Mr. Aldrlch on the finance committee and
in the natural order of things he would succeed
to Mr. Aldrich's place as finance chair
man. The difficulty Is thnt Mr. Rur
rows has been defeated in the pri
maries for re-election to the senate
and like Mr. Aldrlch ho Is to retire
in March. Roles Tenrose of Pennsyl
vania comes next on this all power
ful body, but It Is more than whis
pered that chairmanship preferment
ia not to be given to Mr. Penrose.
Next In order conies Eugene Hale of
Maine, who Is to retire in March, and
thus is out vf consideration. Then
comes Shelby M. Cullom of Illinois,
w ho will not accept the chairmanship
under any circumstances, for his
age preciuaes nis uuuei mniuj
hard work connected with It. No one knows yet
who will succeed the powerful Senator Aldrlch of
Rhode Island as the chief of the finance committee,
a position which carries with It ordinarily the Re
publican leadership of the Benate of the United
States.
A good deal of historic Interest centers In some
of the committee rooms of the senate. The pres
ent senate wing of the Capitol was not completed un
til the year 1S59, but there are several committee
rooms still located in the old part of the great build
ing. Even in the new section there are two or
three rooms which have witnessed stirring scenes.
In the room of the committee on territories for in
stance, a body of which Senator Heveridge of In
diana Is the chairman, there were held the hearings
on the Kansas-Nebraska bill- and on other "free or
slave soil state" matters. In the room of the com
mittee on privileges and elections, of which Sena
tor Ilurrows of Michigan is the chairman, many
senators have had what might be called grand
jury hearings on the question of their right to their
seats. The Utah cases have been heard here, and
It was here that Senator W. A. Clark of Montana ap
peared through hlB counsel to try to prove that
ho did not. use wrongful means to secure his seat
in the senate.
In the room of the committee on military af
fairs hundreds upon hundreds of problems were
worked out during the days of the civil war. Since
the United States has become a world power Sena
tor Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the commit
tee on the Philippines, has had many puzzling
questions on bis hands, and the hearings which
have been held In this room at times have at
tracted crowds and nearly always have been of
deep Interest. In the Philippines room the "antl
lmperiallsts" have argued on behalf of Indepen
dence for the lilipplno, and there have been met
in debate by men who have maintained that the
day of liberty for the "little brown brother" must
be postponed until he Is qualified for Its privi
leges. Memories of men pass quickly. While the
United States government as a government Is only
M-
MAD KING OTTO'S LIFE
Some remarkable details relating to the mad
King Otto of Bavaria are puhllshod from a dip
lomatic source by the Olornale d'ltalla, the London
Chronicle says. Though shut up for forty years
In castles, now at the Castle Furstenrled, and
though sixty-two years of age. Otto Is still a fine,
handsome figure, with a magnificent beard and
flowing gray locks.
The stories about his periodical fits of fury are
quite untrue. His court Is presided over by Mar
shal Ilaron Redwiz apd consists of a few trusty
gentry belonging to the most ancient families of
the Bavarian aristocracy.
King Otto suffers terriby from Insomnia and oft
en Bits up In bed half the night staring toward the
door, as If expecting somebody to enter. He, how
ever, rises punctually every morning at 8 and mute
ly allows himself to be dressed by his valet. He
has a holy horror of soap and water, and of hay
ing his hair and nails cut, so that servants have
to await patiently a favorable day for these opera
tions, when the poor patient Is In a state of com
plete apathy. King Otto smokes incredible quan
tities of cigarettes and Is always puffing away saye
when he Is absorbed In his favorite pastime of
studying the operatic music of his pet composer,
Verdi. Often he causes the castle to resound all
day long with the melodies of "Rigoletto."
The diplomat relates that the first symptom of
brain decay In the young prince, till then so
bright, forceful and courageous, was manifested
during the Franco-German war. Just before the
selgo of Paris Kaiser William summoned him to the
headquarters of the general staff and kept him un
der observation, In company with Bismarck and
Moltke, the reason being that King Otto had called
out a squad of cavalry and ordered them to charge
straight at a ftone wall, which, ho Inslsfr'd, was a
body of the enen y's Infantry.
Ho bcfan preaching everywhere the stern neces
sity of concluding peace with France at any prlci.
Soon after Intercepted letters were brought to the
Emperor William which the Bavarian prince had
heen dispatching secretly to the enemy. It was
then that the old kaiser sadly sent for the demented
prince, decorated him with the order of the Iron
cross for Birvlce rendered In the campaign and
packed him off under a medical escort for a pleas
ure trip In Spain and Italy.
about 111 years old, few men can be
found today to Identify without look
ing at the names, the pictures and
the busts of men high In official gov
ernment position or of great fame in
their time In contemporary history.
In the senate chamber placed In
niches about tho gallery walls are
busts of tho vice-presidents of the
United States. Only the guides of the
Capitol who have their lessons letters
proof, ran tell the names of those
men without reference to the prlntod
list or tho printed Inscriptions.
When the house cleaning days were
over only a season ago two pictures
were replaced on the walls of tho
corridor o( the senate. One of them
was u picture of Patrick Henry and
the other was that of Thomas Jef
ferson. For weeks the fact that Jef
ferson's picture Iirs been labeled
Patrick Henry and Patrick Henry's
had been labeled Thomas Jefferson
wont undetected. Finally a visitor
noticed the error, called attention io
It and had the change made.
Perhaps the most striking picture
In the senate corridors Is that which
shows Commodore Perry standing .'n
the row boat to which he went from
bis sinking flag ship Lawrence to the
ship Niagara at the battle of Lake
Erie. Perry Is pictured erect In tae
boat while a small boy evidently a
"mldKhlp-mlte." also standing tryt)g
to pull the Commodore down to a
seat so that he will bo less exposed
to the furious rain of the shot of '.he
enemy. The boy who Is trying to in
duce the commodore to take the nec
essary precaution to save his life wa
a nephew of the great sailor, and It
was he who Inter opened the ports
of Japan to the commerce of '.he
world. So It is that In the painting
are the portraits of two Porrys, both
of whom are famous In tho naval n
nals of the United States.
Curari a Queer Poison I
Curarl. the vegetable poison w.h
which the Indians of the upper Ami
r,on tip their hunting arrows, remains
a mystery In its composition after a
hundred years of Investigation by sci
entists. The Indiana, will sell It for
Its weight In silver, but will not reveal
the plants from which It la derlvfld.
Not long ago a professor In a German
university was sent to the Amaon
wilderness for the express purpose of
discovering the secret, for curarl, Vjr
urarl, as It is otherwise called, Is ndw
thought to be of grent value In mctM
clne. The professor, lived two years
In Indian villages, and whllo he was
permitted to witness the boiling of
the "witches' broth," which lasted sev
'eral days, he could not tell what
plants went Into the brew. Returning
from his baffled quest down the Ama
zon with a quantity of the poison, the
professor was met by another traveler,
Dewey Austin Cobb, who had got pos
session of a native blowgun. The lat
ter tells In the National Geographic
Magazine how he put some of the pro
feasor's curarl on some of his blowgun
arrows, which are like toothpicks
feathered with cotton, and tried It on
a buck deer In the forest.
"After a deliberate -aim our hunter
fired," says Mr. Cobb, "If I may ubs
such a word for the little puff, scarce
ly heard by us, and entirely Inaudible
above the rustling corn leaves at the
distance of the deer. The animal gave
a slight start as it felt the prick of
the arrow on Its flank and turned part
ly around, sniffing the air for a Bcent,
and looking about as If searching for
the Insect that had bitten or stung It.
Detecting nothing. It stood still and
unalarmed. At the end of a minute,
or a minute and a half at most. Its
head dropped a little, as If tt was
sleepy.
"When the hunter saw this he arose
and stepped out In plain sight. The
deer turned his head and looked at
him, and moved forward, not away
from him, a few steps, and stopped. It
showed no fear, but simply curiosity.
After another minute the professor
and I arose, and all three walked
quietly to within reach of It. It made
no movement to run away, but watch
ed us Intently, and shifted Its position
a little. Its movements seemed per
fectly easy and natural. Absence of
fear was the only observable change,
until at the end of three minutes
more; then It lay down, not falling,
bui as naturally as a cow or cheep
when ready for sleep.
"We all approached Its side, and
the hunter laid a hand on Its shoulder.
It looked up at him, but showed no re
sentment or fear. Even Its breathing
seemed easy and natural, which sur
prised me, as I had heard that death
resulted from paralysis of the lunfi
when caused by urarl."
Homo Town
3- E2c!ps -E
BOOMING THE HOME TOWN
Cltltens Must Work Unceasingly and
Ptrsittentty to Build up
Their City.
The reason why some towns grow
Is because there are men of push and
energy In It who are not afraid to
spend their time and money to boom
their town. They erett substantial
buildings, organize stock companies
and establish factories, secure rail
roads, work for public Improvements,
and use every means In their power
to locate people In their city. Wher
ever they are, they tell of the ad
vantages of their city; they write
about them In every letter, they send
circulars and newspapers to all they
think they can get to visit the city,
and when anyone visits them, treat
hJm so kindly that he falls In love
with them and their city at once. It
Is enterprise and everyone pulling
together that makes a progressive
town, and don't let the fact escape
your memory.
To hear every person saying some
thing pleasant about Its people and
Its Interests Is the surest, quickest
way to make a town attractive to a
stranger. Ono of the best ways In
which to make a town attractive
with that sort of attraction that will
draw other icople to It Is for every
man and woman to have a pleasant
word for the people and the town
generally. Talk up your town If you
would have It do well. Talk up your
town If you would have others come
to you. Talk up your town If you
feel an Interest In It, and would have
Its people feel an interest In It, and in
you. There Is no better way to do
It. And many a time one little word
of unpleasant reference to something
thnt does not exactly suit you, and
does not particularly concern you for
that matter, will turn some good
man's Influence away from your
town and oven drive him away. At
your own fireside talk up your town.
Among your neighbors talk up your
town. The right kind of talk Is the
most potent agency ever set In mo
tion for helping your town. Welling'
ton (Col.) Sun.
ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO
Civic Improvement Must Not Be Al
lowed to Become Spas
modic, Civic improvement, even in a small
village or really rural community,
should mean more than an annual
arousal (we almost wrote "carousal")
of civic life and pride. A live society
should be ever on the alert, and ac
complish something each month In the
year. The meeting (the directors at
least) once or twice a month through
Out the years of tholr existence. Noth
ing worthy can be accomplished with
out well-directed, zealous co-operation
and such civic spirit does not work by
annual or semi-annual spasms of
awakening; it muBt be kept alive and
fostered by constant activity. Have a
decided aim a goal toward which you
fight, step by step. Do not yield or
olse an inch but see to it that all that
is gained Is well preserved and pro
tected before taking up a new task.
Such a well-ordered or programmed
society will be constantly adding to its
numbers so that though the tasks
multiply as you advance, the up-keep
of territory conquered, will be easy
through the accretion of a correspond
ing membership. Let each of our so
cieties determine to accomplish more
and better work during the coming
year.
PESSIMIST RAISES A WAIL
incidental' Gives a Hard Jolt te
Time-Honored Conception of Now
England Thanksgiving.
"Oh, yes; the New Englandors make
a great time of Thanksgiving," said
the insurance man as the subject was
under discussion. "Yes, they are great
on Thanksgiving."
"All the relatives gather for a big
dinner, don't they?" was asked.
"Yes. My Uncle Ben, ot In Ver
mont, gathered thirty of os at Dia
house last Thanksgiving. "
"What a visit you tiust have had!"
"Oh. es."
"And the banquet. 1 can picture It."
"Can you?"
"There was turkey, goose, duck.
chicken, roast pig and sparerlb.
There was mince pie, pumpkin pie
and cider. There was a big cottage
pudding and cranberry sance. Ah, it
must have been a royal feast."
"Yes, It was." dryly replied the In-
turance man. My Uncle Ben killed
eff four old roosters, his wife made
four or five apple pies, and stewed
up a peck of prunes, and we sat
down to tho feast."
"But but If. was Thanksgiving."
"Sure, Mike. If it hadn't been we
fiouldn't have got the prunes."
"And and that was all?"
"All except that after dinner mr
Uncle Ben took up a collection for
the heathen, nnO we chipped In 50
cents apiece. My Uncle Ben was the
heathen, yon knot. Oh, yes New
England Thanksgiving. I've been
there."
Putting In the Time.
A gentleman was engaging a gen
eral man and telling him what he
wanted him to do. "You will have to
clean the windows and the boots and
the knives and go messages, chop
wood, cut short grass, mind the horse
and pony, look after the garden and
koep the house supplied with vege
tables and do any odd Job that Is re
quired and If suitable you will get
ten shillings a week."
"Is there any clay rn the garden?"
asked the man.
"What makes you ask that?" asked
the gentleman.
"I was thinking I could make brick
In my spare time," said the man.
Gaunt House of "Vanity Fair."
Writing on the original of Gaunt
House In Thackeray's first novel,
"vanity rair." c. Van Noorden con
eludes that this was Harcourt House,
Cavendish Square, and not, as most
commentators Incline to believe, eith
er Hertford House, Manchester
Square, or Lansdowne House, Berke.
ley Square. Harcourt House, says Mr.
Van Noorden, corresponds almost ex
actly with the novelist's description
in "Vanity Fair."
'The vast hall, tho great gateway,
etc., all aro here, whllo the equestrian
stntuu resolves itself Into that of tho
Duke of Cumberland, tho 'Butcher' of
Culloden, which was removed In 18HS
ostensibly to bo recast, but has never
reappeared. This figure appears In
inacKeiays own illustration of tho
arrest of Capt. Crawley when leavln
Gaunt House, affording another proof
of tho correctness of thu localization
Harcourt House has now given way to
a block of residential fiats." London
Graphic.
It Was An Unequal Afatch
A Story Which Proves That the Odor
of Jenks' Car Was Stronger Than
That of a Polecat.
"Polecats," said the suburbanite,
"are animals which I do not at all
mind, that Is, when they keep their
distance and I keep mine. In fact. I
think there Is something er sugges
llev and almost romantic In the far
.or odor. Especially on moonlight
nights, toward autumn. I really mean
It," lm went on ns his friend smiled
incredulously, 'but that Isn't what we
wern speaklnij about. You said you
could never surprise a polecat because
he always got there first, so to speak.
But just listen.
"This happened on an autumn night,
too," said the advocate of the wood
pussy "I wad riding with Jenks In
KiU ne nomot)lle last fall Its ou
the Junkheap now. Jenks liked to
rldo nt liiKbt, and as that wbb about
the only time 1 could go, he used to
take me and i ft wife a good deal.
"One nlglit we were coming homo
down Aubon road, when all of a sud
den, sitting In tho middle of tho high-v-y
right ahead of us, directly vnder
tlrt glare of the street light, we aw,
scratching Its left ear with Its foot,
a ,ilce little polecat."
"O my," began his friend, "you don't
really"
"Absolutely true story," said the
other. "The wind was against us, and
the little chap didn't hear. Anyway,
tills is what happened. Jenks was
going so fast you know there Is a
ten-tnllo limit on Auhon rood that he
couldn't ntop In time. The little beaBt
never moved. We shot straight over
It, and prepared to stop our noses.
But Imagine our surprise! When we
got by we looked back, and saw that
Idiotic little chap just concluding Ito
scratching operations. We stopped,
and the squeak of the brakes weke
It up to stern reality. It stopped
Old Pete's Little Joke.
Foolish questions and funny answer
were under discussion in the Trenton
avenue and Dauphin street police sta
tion the other day, and after listening
for a while to come amusing Instances,
Sergeant McCay told the fallowing:
"Old Pete Flood was the attendant
In the Franklin cemetery some year
ago, and It became the ctretom to ask
him how business was, Just to hear
his reply. It came in a heavy base
voice;
" 'Ain't burled a living soul today.' "
Philadelphia Times.
Ancient City Modernized.
Tarsus, the ancient city in Asia Ml
nor, where tbo apostle Paul was born,
Is now illuminated by electricity. The
power Is taken from the Cytinus river.
There are now In Tarsus 450 electric
street lights and about 600 Incandes
cent lights for private tree.
The coldblooded are hotheaded
when you hit their pride.
VERY DECEMNQ.
Trees of French Cities.
One of the chief beauties of the
larger French cities, and second only
In their edifice and monuments, are
the trees. The almost Interminable
vistas of chestnuts and acacias
stretching along the broad and well
paved avenues as far as the eye can
reach, their bending branches almost
touching ono another In an endless
arch of verdure, form not only a de
lightful perspective for the eye, but
serve to add beauty to cities already
beautiful, and grace and symmetry to
whatever might be harsh and forbid
ding. This, however, Is not the re
sult of nature's handiwork alone, for
science and art have lent their aid.
The planting, as well as the mainte
nance, of the trees In French clllos Is
an item of no little Importance In the
annual budget prepared by the muni
cipal council, which does not look
upon the preservation as of less con
sequence than the repairing of the
roadways or tbo lighting of the
streets.
Novel Idea for Boosting City.
The suggestion has been mado by
Prof. Joslah Morse of Nashville.
Tenn., that a clearing house of ideas
for Nashville's advancement be estab
lished. The suggestion Is somewhat
novel In the way of boosting titles
and Is meeting with comment and ap
preclutlon.
Mero Coincidence.
A farmer of Washington county,
Maryland, who had had many chick
ens stolen, set a gun In the chicken
bouse that would be discharged the
minute the door was opened. The
other night the gun was discharged
and the next day three men in 1 1 :i
ijerstown wero reported con fine J to
heir homes by "rheumatism."
scratching and skipped Into tho bush
es. Now, the fact that It hurbored
no er resentment toward us has al
ways Inclined me to "
bliucKs: exclaimed IIio other. "If
you want to know the real reason why
It skipped, I'll tell you. Jenks's wat
a gasoline car, wasi't It? Well,
then "
"You're quite right." said the story
teller, suddenly, "And as I said at
the start, I never minded the odor aa
much as I do some other er
smells " Youth's Companion
DldSlot Knew Him.
Wadtlghter (who has just been
asked for the price of n night's lodg
lug) 1 wish those beggars would
leave me alone!
Mclntimntte They would if they
knew you ns well as I do.
Healthy New Englard.
New Zealand bas about the lowest
death rate In the world.
Call for Gentleness.
The sick mind cannot beat'
thing harsh. Ovid
any
The Preacher We tried a phono.
graph choir.
The Sexton What success T
The Preacher Fine. Nobody knew
the difference till a deacon went to
the loft to take up the collection.
MIX THIS FOR RHEOMATISM
Easily Prepared and Inexpensive and
Really Does the Work, Says
Noted Authority.
Thousands of men and women who
have felt the sting and torture of that
dread disease. Rheumatism, which la
no respecter of age, persons, sex.
color or rank, will be interested to
know that It is one of the easiest af
flictions of the human body to con
quer. Medical science bas proven it
not a distinct disease in itself, but a
symptom caused by Inactive kidneys.
Rheumatism is uric acid In the blood
and other waste products of the sys
tem which should be filtered and
strained out In tho form of urine. The
function of tho kidneys is to sift these
poisons and acids out and keep the
blood clean and pure. The kidney
however, are of spongo-llke substance,
the holes or pores of which will somtr
tliues, either from overwork, cold or
exposure becomo clogged, and falling
In their function of eliminating these
poisons from the blood, they remain
In the veins, decompose and settling
about the joints nud muscles, cause
the untold suffering and pain of rheu
matism and backache, often prodncing
complications of bladder find urinary
disease, and general woaknesa.
The followirs sivj.'o prescription la
said to -hIIivo the t cases of
rheumi dm becrtvre t f 's cirect ac
tion up. die blc.oij h.-..'. kidneys, re
lieving, too. tho incst revere forms of
bladder and urinary troubles: Fluid
Extract Dnndellon, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, ono ounce; Com
pound Syrup Sarsaparllla, three)
ounces. Mix by shaking well In a bot
tle and take in teaspoonful doses after
each meal and at bedtime. The In
gredients can be had from any pre
scription pharmacy, and are absolutely
aannleM and safe to we at aa time.
