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When a man fails In business, some
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When a boy goes on a visit, his good
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A man imagines he is misunderstood;
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A boy gets an orange so dirty when
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gallant. /
Times are so hard since the financial
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Arter a widow has read the lovely
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vanish.
In the savage countries, as soon as
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killed. _ _ _
From the Baltimore American.
"You don’t hear any more of that slx
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have you?”
The largest lightning conductor In the
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to a lake.
"Do you think that smoking conduces to
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He Knew.
An Irishman out of work applied to
the "boss" of a large repair shop in
Detroit. When the Celt had stated his
sundry and divers qualifications for
a "Job,” the superintendent began
quizzing him a bit. Starting quite at
random, he asked:
"Do you know anything about car
pentry?”
“Shure."
“Do you know how to make a Ven
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“Shure.”
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From the Somerville Journal.
Hicks—Did you ever succeed In per
suading your wife when she gets angry
to count ten before she speaks?
Wicks—Yes, but she Is a very rapid
counter.
Kn, WlMlowf boothixo mup nr Ohlldna
(••thing; BofUnB th« gun*, mducM inflgwmnUog. »*
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Got What He Asked For.
From LJpplncott’s.
A distinguished professor of bacter
iology, wishing to study Infected meats,
went Into a butcher shop and asked
the butcher If he had any measly pork.
“No, no, sir!” answered the indig
nant man. “All our meats are fresh—
first class.”
“I'm sorry Could—couldn’t you In
some way procure me some?"
“Why, yes; If that’s the kind you
want.”
A few days later the professor
stepped Into the shop.
“I cairn In to see if you had se
cured that measly pork for me?”
“Why, yes, sir. Didn’t you get It?
I had it sei.? up for your dinner last
night.”
CASTOR IA
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From the New York Press.
In these days they sugar-coat the
catechism as well as liver pills.
Bather a criminal that gets caught is
In Jail or he runs a corporation.
When you see a woman having a
good time out in the rain it’s her own
complexion.
A girl blushes when you kiss her be
cause it wouldn't be right not to when
,you do.
Heaven will be a very satisfactory
place for women if the fashions there
cult both the fat and the thin.
Borneo holds the record for mos
gultoes.
6IOUX CITY P’T’G CO-, 1,219—49, 1907
Misted His Vocation.
From Success Magazine.
Reginald de Koven, the composer,
tells of a grocer and a druggist who
attended a Wagner concert. As the
program did not please them, they be
gan talking on music In general and
on Wagner In particular.
“Another example of the fact that
every man wants to do something out
of his line," said the druggist.
"That's right," assented the grocer.
“Now I'm a grocer, but I’ve always
wanted to be a banker.”
“You'd probably fall,” added the
druggist. "Look at me. I'm a success
as a druggist, yet I've always wanted
to write a book. This man Wagner
tries his hand at music. Just listen to
It. And yet we all know he builds good
parlor cars!"
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Eight Flights Up.
From the Bohemian.
When the first fire company. In re
sponse to an alarm, reached the long
row of tenements, the fire captain at
once jumped from his engine and en
deavored to locate the fire. When he
had Ineffectually hunted through three
or four structures for It, he descried an
old woman sticking her head out of a
window of the topmost floor of an
eight-story tenement, a little farther
up the street.
“Any fire up there?” he yelled when
he had reached the pavement beneath
this building.
In answer, the old woman motioned
for him to come up.
Accordingly, the captain, with his
men lugging their heavy hose behind
them, laboriously ascended the eight
flights and burst into the room where
the old woman was.
"Where’s the Are?” demanded the
captain, when no fire or smoke became
visible.
“Oh, there ain't none here,” replied
the old woman, flashing an ear trum
pet. I asked y’ up ’cause I couldn’t
hear a word you said ’way down
there.”
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In the Wrong Flock.
From the Youth’s Companion.
The temperance society was to meet
that afternoon. Mrs. Phllpots dressed
in a hurry and came panting down
stairs. She was a short, plump woman.
"Addie run up to my room and get
my blue ribbon rosette, the temperance
badge,” she directed her maid. ”1 have
forgotten It. You will know It, Addle—
blue ribbon and gold lettering.”
"Yas’m, I knows It right well.” Ad
tile could not read, but she knew a blue
•ribbon with gold lettering when she
saw It and therefore had no trouble
In finding It and fastening It properly
on the dress of her mistress.
Mrs. Phllpots was too busv greeting
hou' friends or giving close attention to
the speakers at the meeting to rote
that they smiled when they shook
hands with her.
When she reached home supper was
served, so she went directly to the dln
Jng room, where the other members of
J.he family were seated.
"Gracious me, mother!” exclaimed
tier son, "that blue ribbon—have you
neen wearing that at the temperance
| neettng?”
’ A loud laugh went up on all sides.
"Why, what Is It. Harry?” asked the
good woman, clutching at the ribbon
in surprise.
"Why, mother, dear, didn't you know
that was the ribbon X wore at the
show?”
The gold lettering on the ribbon read:
"Atlanta Poultry Show. First Prize.
Bantam.”
Tableau With a Moral.
Dr. Albert E. Palmer, who won the blue
ribbon at the recent Chicago Husband
show, was talking to a reporter about mar
riage.
i "Marriage will grow happier," said Dr.
Palmer, "as men learn to regard It more
unselfishly. Men are still too much like
the Ravage. They still Incline to consider
their wives too much tn the light of serv
ants.
• "Why, not long ago at the seashore, do
you know what 1 saw? I saw a little
tableau that revealed to me In miniature
the chief cause of unhappy marriages.
"A little boy and a little girl were dig
ging In the white sand with toy spades
and buckets. The little boy laid down his
tools and said:
“ ‘Clara, do you want to be my wife?’
’’ ‘Yes,’ said tho little girl, with a happy
smile.
“The boy sat down on the sand and put
up his feet towards her.
" ’Then,' he said gruffly, ’take off my
shoes and stockings.’ ”
Lecturer—And what man Is most apt to
reach that elevation whence the earth
may be viewed "as one vast plain?"
Smart Student—The one that works tn a
gun-powder mill.
Seven hundred British subjects are
borti at sea every year.
SORES AS BIO AS PENNIES.
Whole Head and Neck Covered—Hair
All Caine Oat—Cured In Three
Weeks by Cuttcura.
“After having the measles my whole
head and neck were covered with scaly
sores about as large as a penny. They
were Just as thick as they could be
My hair all came out. I let the trou
ble run along, taking the doctor’s blood
remedies and rubbing on salve, but It
did not seem to get any better. It
stayed that way for about six months;
then I got a set of the Cuttcura Rem
edies, and in about a week I noticed
n big difference# and In three weeks
It was well entirely and I have not had
the trouble any more, and as this was
seven years ago, I consider myself
cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion,
Neb., Aug. 25, 1906/’
U. S. Made Him Famous.
A correspondent of a London. Eng
land, paper, who has been staying al
Stratford-on-Avon, relates that he one
day asked his landlady, “Who Is thlB
Shakespeare, of whom one hears sc
much In the town? Was he a very
great man?”
“To this she replied: “Lor, sir, he
warn’t thought nothing on a few years
ago. It’s the Americans as 'as made
him wot he Is."
Prodnctlve Power of Western Can
ada Soil.
Winnipeg oorre»pondence:
Tliere has never been any who have
doubted the productiveness of the soli
of Western Canada, but there are some
times found those who question the fact
of Its superiority. During the past
season It has been shown that In grain
raising qualities It possessed the very
best. The late spring prevented grain
being sown In many cases before the
middle of May. Yet, a large percentage
of that sown at that time produced ex
cellent yields. Had It not been for the
frost early In August, which visited
most of the north half of the continent,
there would have been a magnificent
yield in every district in W’estern Can
ada. Throughout the Southern Alberta
district, where about 100,000 acres was
sown to winter wheat, the yield will
be enormously large. There are vast
tracts of valuable grain-growing land
In Western Canada that are available
for homesteads, the Canadian Govern
ment giving 160 acres free, and entry
may be made by proxy, by any near
relative, thus saving considerable cost
to the American who may have entry
made In this way. Any Canadian Gov
ernment Agent will give you the par
ticulars.
Your correspondent has Just received
the following letter from Cralk, Sas
katchewan. which bears out the state
ment made In the first part of this let
ter :
“Craik, Sask., August. 1007.
“May 24th we planted a Dahlia root,
"which we brought with us from Min
neapolis. Aug. 12th, 80 days later. It
“was In bloom. The plant is now 4>4
“feet high and covered with blossoms.
“We uover got half as many flowers on
“it in Minneapolis, even during Sep
tember and October, although we had
“more time to attend to It there.”
I mention this only as an example
of the great productive power of tbs
■oil here In Saskatchewan, Cixjix.
He Meant It.
From IApplncott's.
There 1s a western politician, r.ow
serving his state in the halls of con
gress. who Is well known for his disin
clination to admit that he is ill, ps well
as for his circumlocutory method ol
expression.
One day a friend asked after th«
great man's health.
"Thomas,” said the conservative rep
resentative cautiously, "l am not well,
but I am better than i was when I was '
worse than I now am.”
NIGHT SWEATS,
NO APPETITF
USED PE-Rt-NA
ISmmSSmBMwSi
I*|r$.
IuzieIoh^
Mrs. lizzie lohr. 1133 w. 13th
St., Chicago, Ills., writes:
“I take pleasure in writing yoa
these few lines, thinking there may be
ether women suffering the same as 1 did.
"I had my complaints for over a year,
night sweats «'■ winter and no appe
tite. I was run-down so far that I had
to ait down to do my cooking, 1 was so
weak.
“I tried many different medicines and
doctors also. Nothing seemed to do me
any good. The doctor* wanted to oper
ate on me.
“At last I wrote to Dr. Hartman. I
told him just exactly how I was, and he
told me what ailed me and how I should
take Peruna.
"1 did as he told me for four months,
and now I am all cured.
“No one can tell how thankful I am
to him, ns I had given up all hopes of
ever getting well again.
“I ant a widow and the mother of six
small children who depend on my sup
port. I work all day and seldom get
tired.
“I took live bottles of Peruna In all.
“Any woman wishing to know more
about my case may write to me and I
will gladly tell all about It.
“I thank Dr. Hartman for wbat he
has done for me.”
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MNew and Liberal
Hameslead
Regulations
Western^Canada
NEW DISTRICTS
Now Open for Settlement
Some of the choicest tends In the grain growing
belts of Saskatchewan and Alberts have recently been
opened for settlement under the Revised Homestead
^®fui8t*on8 °* C*0*^*- Thousands of homesteads of
160 acres each are now available. The new regula
tions make it possible for entry to be made by proxy,
the opportunity that many In the United Stateahave
been waiting for. Any member of a family may make
entry for any other member of the family whchmay
be entitled to make entry for himself or hbrself.
Entry may row be made before the Agent or Sub
Agent of the District by proxy (on certain conditions',
by the father, mother, son. daughter, brother of sis
ter of an Intending homesteader.
"Any even numbered section of Dominion
Lauds in Manitoba or the North-West Provinces,
excepting 8 and 26. not reserved, may
•taaded by any person the solo head of i
or male over 18 years of
oae-euarter section, of 160
The fee in each case will be $10.00 Churches,
Schools and markets convenient. Healthy climate,
splendid crocs and good lawn. Crain growing and
cattle raising principal industries
For further particulars as to Rates. Routes, Beal
Time to Go and Whsre to Locate, apply to
W D Scott. Superintendent ot Immisra'ioa,
Ottawa, Canada, ot K. T. Holmes, 315 Tacksoa
St..S( Pam. Minn.,J. If. MacLachlan, bos 116
Watertown. South Dakota, aud W V Bennett,
801 New V ork Lite Building, Omaha. Nebt*
Authorized (Government Agents
Fmmum awl where yen ««this
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