WANTS HER LETTER PUBLISHED For Benefit of Women who Suffer from Female Ills ' Minneapolis, Minn.—“I Was a great Bufferer from female troubles which caused a weakness and broken dowh condition of the system. I read so , 1 muchofwhat'Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg etable Compound had done for other suffering women I felt sure it would help me, and I must say it did help me wonderfully. My 1 pains all left me, 1 frew stronger, and within thr€e months was a perfectly well woman. “I want this letter made public to show the benefit Women may derive from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.”—Mrs. John G. Mob® an, 2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis, Mina. Thousands of unsolicited and genu lne testimonials like the above prove the eflSciency of Lydia E. Pinkhana’a Vegetable Compound, which is made exclusively'from roots and herbs. Women who suffer from those dis tressing ills peculiar to their sex should not lose sight of these facts or doubl the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham’a Vegetable Compound to restore theii health. Ifyou want special advice write to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass, She will treatyourletterasstrictly confidential. For 20 years she has been helping sick women in this way, free of charge. Don’t hesitate—write at once, - Tips you get are almost as worth less as those you give. Dr. Pierce’s Pellets, small, sugar coated, easy to take as candy, regulate pnd invigorate stomach, liver and bow els and cure constipation. Quanity Not Quality. Teacher—Willie, have you whis pered today without permission? Willie—Yes, wunst. Teacher—Johnnie, should Willie .have said “wunst?” Johnnie (triumphantly)—No, ma’am, he should have said twist. AN INSURANCE EXCEPTION. “Now,” said the chronic quoter, "a man is known by the company he keeps.” “Say, I’m an insurance policy hold er! Please don’t class me with the company I keep.” Judges’ Wigs. The wig is only worn by English barristers to give them a stern judi cial appearance, and no one can say that it fails In this respect. The cus tom was originated by a French judge in the seventeenth century when, happening to don a marquis’ wig one day he found it gave him such a stern and dignified appearance that he decided to get one for himself and wear it at all times in court. This he did, and the result was so satisfactory from a legal point of view, that not only judges, but bar risters, also, took up the custom throughout Europe. Hungry Little Folks { find delightful satisfaction in a bowl of toothsome Post Toasties When the children want lunch, this wholesome nour ishing food is always ready to serve right from the package without cooking, and saves many steps for mother. Let the youngters have Post Toasties—superb sum ! mer food. “The Memory Lingers'* Postum Cereal Co., Limited. Battle Creek, Mich. HI/ A BUNCH OF GOOD STORIES. Japk’s Bear Story. From the St, Paul Dispatch. Senator Boles Penrose, at a dinner at the Philadelphia stub, said of a move ment that he opposed: "It promises incredible things. In fact, it makes me think of Jack Travers ef Pike county. "Jack is an old man now. He remem bers tie time when bears were as plenti ful on the barren mountain as rattlers still are. Once, when I was flsMng at Port land lake, I asked him If he ever had any remarkable adventures with bears. “ 'Well, no, senator,’ said the old man, as be filled his pipe with cut plug: ‘1 can’t say as I ever had mueh to do with the bears hereabouts. Wunst, In my sparkin’ days, me and a bear got together—‘twan’t nothin’, though. * ‘It all oome about over old Sukey, our sow. She had a bad habit of stayin’ out late at night. Then I’d have to go to the woods and fetch hetj home ta the milkin’. " ‘Weil, one dark night when I wanted ta ga sparkin’, Sukey was late ag’ln, and It certainly rlz my dander. I started out after her, casein’ a blue streak, and In about an hour I heerd her saorln’ and puffin’ In the thicket. "I’d missed my girl by that time, and I was riled clear through. I out a sapplln’ and wont for old Sukey. It was teo dark to see, but I knew her snuffle, and I grabbed her by the ear and began to lay on with my stick just about proper. " ’The old cow 'showed fight. She wrestled me around considerable. But I was mad—mad all over—and I half pushefi and half drug and half carried her to the t)arn, and there I tied her up tight and fast, and I milked her In the dark. After wards I went to bed. “ ‘I certainly did have to laugh, though, when I came down the next morning. (Josh durned If I hadn’t fetched and milked a big she bear.’ " Hat Off There! “Mark Twain,” says a New York mag aciBe editor, “liked to tell, as an Illustra tion of persistence and push, a story about a Sheepshead Bay race. .tie said that at the end of an Important race a young man shouted so savagely ‘Hats off! Hats off these!’ that every one In hearing distance obeyed him and stood bareheaded. “A moment later the young man hastened toward an elderly gentleman, shouting as he ran: " 'You oan put on your hats again, now! It's all right!’ “Seme one asked him later on why he had made ail the people take their hats off. “ ‘Why,’ he replied. ‘I’d bet fifty with a bald headed man, and I had to find him, hadn’t IT*’ A. Not Any That Night. The young roan who had taken the de butante In to dinner was talking art. "Are you fond of etchings?” he asked. "As a general thing, yes,” she answered, looking into his eyes with an engaging frankness that threatened havoo to his heart; "but,” she added, hastily, as he started to say something pretty, "not any tonight, thank you; It Is rather late. A small piece of Jelly will be sufflclent. Cheering Up 'Thuse. James Whitcomb Riley was going up the steps of the state house In Indianapolis one day when he mSt his friend, Warren G. Sayre. The two had been close friends for years. "Good morning, Mr. Riley, said Mr. Sayre in greeting. “Why, hello, Warren!” Mr. Riley re replied. "How are you?" "Never felt better in my life. You're looking well.” I don’t know,” said the poet; "I some times feel the weight of years, for you know I’m getting old.” "Nonsense! nonsense!" Mr. Sayre re marked with emphasis. “You don’t look old. In fact, you don’t look a bit older now than when I first saw you.” "Perhaps that Is true, but I feel age coming on. I was Just thinking, as I came up these steps, about old Methusa leh. I Imagined I could hear him driving along the road in his big wagon. He met an old friend who was sitting on a rail fence at the side of the road. 'Why, hello, Thuse!’ Bays the friend. ’How are you?’ “ ‘Oh, pretty fair for an old man,’ said the patriarch. ‘But I’m getting along In years.’ “ 'Oh, bosh, ’Thuse! you don’t look old. How old are you, Thuse, anyway?’ •’ 'I'm nine hundred and sixty-nine,’ he answered. “ 'Well, well, I never would er thought It! said the friend. ‘Why, ’Thuse, you don’t look a day over nine hundred and sixty-eight!’ ” One Woman Has Her Rights. Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Rafferty were ex changing ideas across the shabby fence which separated their respective domains. The conversation turned on the subject of woman suffrage. “Are ye taking much stock in this attempt that a lot Iv th’ wimmln are making to get th’ vote f’r us, Mrs. Rafferty?” “I ain’t bothering me head about It," de clared Mrs. Rafferty. ‘Tm satisfied to let Dinny and th bys do all th’ voting for me family. But I do think that a lady shud get a man’s pay.” “Well,” replied Mrs. Kelly, “all I kin say Is, Mrs. Rafferty, that I get one man’s pay, or know the reason why, Ivery Satur day night.” Irish Only Dare Tell This One. Thomas A. Daly, of Philadelphia, the clover delineator of Italian dialect stories and poems, although a thorough son of Erin from tip to tip, put this one over on one of his fellow countrymen at a recent banquet of book publishers at the Hotel "In a hew Jersey city thq Irish, had Of ganiaed a branch of the Holy Nafiid so ciety, whose object Is to discourage the use of profanity and the name of the Deity In vain. On their patron saint day they were marching through th® 'Streetq In the business section of th® city five or six hundred strong. " -What'B all this?’ Inquired an awed spectator of an Irish street sweeper who had lifted his hat on the comer as the procession was passing. ’’ ’Them? Why, that's the Catholic Holy Name society—a dandy folne bunch of Irishmen—as good as ever walked the cob blestones.’ ’’ 'Gee! I didn't think there was that many Irishmen In this section of the state. How did they get here?’ •• 'Ah, go along wld ye, ye heathen! Didn’t know they were that many here? Why, this is only the bunch that don’t swear. You ought to see the other big mob that do.’ ” Police Intelligence. A gentleman one day asked a Dondon shoeblack who was cleaning his boots if he ever read the newspapers. The boy promptly replied. ’’Oh, yes, sir, I reads the paper." "What do you read, my lad?" asked the gentleman. "Oh,” retorted the boy, “I reads the House of Commons news, sir.” A policeman standing near, who had heard the conversation, strolled up to the lad when the gentleman had left and said, ‘‘Do you ever read the police Intelligence?” "Gam. They ain’t got none I" curtly re ■ponded the youth. Tea Testers Not Tasters Boston, Mass.—Do you know tea when you smell It? You do? Mo. you don’t. Not unless you aro the one Bos tonian of 10,000. fn other words, there are some BO men In the city who can distinguish teaB by the odors, and these are Boston’s BO tea testers. Scarcely a taste of tea do they ttvke, however, and the old term "tea taster," Indicative of the older method, Is fast being ousted by the ftewer title, “tea expert.” It Is by the sense of smell alon'e nowadays that the subtle differ ence between tea that Is fine and tea that la superfine Is determined. The olfactory nerves of th'ese 50 or so experts have been sandpapered— metaphorically, of course. By their wonderfully delicate sense of odors they are able to tell to a fraction of a penay how much a given brand of ten Is worth, and they can tell to a fraction of a penny how much more or less the tea is worth than another grown on the same plantation and Identical, as far as the layman can see or smell with the first. Before a round table with revolving top the tea expert seats himself. In front of him are packers of tea and a row of white china cups, the latter all of a size. Behind them Is a pair of scales, very small and sensitive to the leailt touch. Near at hand flames a gas heater, with a steaming kettle perched on It. Stfch are the tea expert’s tools. Here are his methods. With carrful hand and calculating eye he measures Into the scales Just enough tea to turn the balance—the weight is equal to a sil ver half dime. He slides It Into the little white cup and weighs out another palmful from a second package. Per haps he dips Into a third. His Idea Is to compare the unknown tea with one tea or several the value of which Is already established. When the water bolls—and It must boll hard, not near boll—he fills the cups, and for two minutes watchee the leaves unfold and stain the water yel low. At Just the proper moment he dips Into the cup with his little silver spoon, catches a pinch of the grounds, drains the liqjild off and raises the hot, fragrant leaves, not to his lips, but to his nostrils. He sniffs them a second, drops them back, tries the next cup and the next, compares them both with the first—and the test is over. In those few moments he has been I 1 HE FELT STRANGE. “How did you sleep last night?" asked the proprietor of the Bummer hotel. "Not a wink!" groaned the guest. "I was too surprised and shocked. I found the bed comfortable and I missed my old friends the mosquitoes!" Lines Written in Early Spring. I heard a thousand blended notes. While In a grove I sat reclined. In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran; And much It grieved my heart to think What man has made a man. Through primrose tufts, In that green bower, The periwinkle trailed Its wreaths; And 'tis my faith that very flower Enjoys the air it breaths. The birds around me hopped and played, Their thoughts I can not measure— But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The building twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breesy air; And I must think, do all I can. That there was pleasure there. If this belief from heaven be sent. If such be Nature's holy plan. Have I not reason to lament What man has made of man? 1798. —Wordsworth. Better Part of Valor. From the Boston Traveler. Bishop William H. McVlckar, of the Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island, has hundreds of Boston friends who will be Interested In a story they are telling down In Providence about him. The bishop Is as big physically as he Is taentally. On a certain occasion some years ago he preached a sermon on the need for missionary work in the back towns of his state, and especially pientloned the town of Foster, which certainly deserved as much as he said about It. There are a good many fighters in Foster, and the worst of the lot an nounced to all who cared to hear tliat when he came to Providence he would ODD AND CURIOUS FACTS Although agriculture Is the main oc cupation of Haytl, neither plows nor epades are used. For 100 years or more the ground has been tilled by scratch ing the surface soil with a knife. There are over 170,000,000 of acres under wheat cultivation In the world. About (130,000,000 was received In premiums by British Are Insurance of fices In 1909. Between the years 1879 and 1908 in clusive, 8,028 new streets and squares were formed In London. There are 144,000 boys and 34,000 girls of school age regularly employed |n England for money. Thera are now 1,600 societies and groups for the propagation of Esper anto situated In all parts of the world. Members of both houses of represen tatives In Japan are paid about (1,000 tor each session, with traveling expen ds. Although the population of western Australia Is not 300,000, the govern ment spends about (260,000 a year In connection with Its hospitals. The record attendance at a foot ball match In the United Kingdom Is 121,542, at the England vs. Scotland contest of 1908, at Hampden park, Glasgow. Switzerland has one postofflee for every 862 Inhabitants; Germany for 1,696; England, 1,873; Belgium, 5,119; Austria, 2,965; France, 3,008; Spain, 4,148, and Turkey, 18,316. Wild dacks are estimated to fly 90 miles an houF; swallows fly rather faster, and the swift tiles above 200 miles an hour. Sunday and fixed holidays excepted. It is estimated that $100,000 worth of fish Is dally dragged out of the sea by British fishermen. Frederick Moore, ex-coxswaln of ths Scotland lifeboat, who has Just died, helped to save 150 lives and hud many narrow escapes from death. Coffee made of burnt turnips, milk colored with coal tar and pepper which Is ground olive stones are three of the exhibits at a faked food exhibition in London. Gelf balls coated in luminous paint have Just been tried by two members of the Old Trafford club, Manchester! In a moonless and cloudy night the ex periment was made. The balls sbond bright In the darkness and wore eaoiiy found. They oan, It Is said, be used la dry or wet weather, and each ball, ac cording to the inventor, Is good for several hours’ play. An Italian engineer. Signor GabeUtni, has Invented a process for the building of ships In artificial stone, and a vessel of this type Is working with so mgU success on ths Main at Frankfort that several more are In course of construc tion In Italy and Germany. The great advantage of the system Is that ships built of reinforced conorete are free from barnacles. As compared with ordinary ships, the weight of a vessel Is less by a fourth. able to rank the new unknown tea with absolute accuracy. But he has dona In a few moments what It requlrad years to learn. And not only was constant application necessary, but also a naturally keen sense of smell and ar» analytical mint!. Tho work Is c«aet Ing; it demands astonishing precision; and persistence. Those are some of tha reasons why only 50 tea expert's are to be found In Boston. Within a few months there will be 51. All the experts now la the city are ^working for private firms. Soon Bos ton is to hnve an official expert who will work for tho government. That is because Boston Is such an Inveterate tea drlhker. In tho last two years tho Importation of tea Into tills port has doubled. Boston now receives at Its wharves 4,000.000 pounds annually—1 not a huge amount when compare^ with New York's 45.000,000, but yet quite a respectable shipment. The corps of experts In Boston af present are grading teas for thetr particular business houses. The United States expert will test all the toon brought In here to determine whether any Is too poor for admittance. When, Boston obtains her own expert she wttl be added to the list of American cities which are regulrtr ports of entry for tea. Therb are as yet only five ports In the eountry where tea In large quantities mdy bo brought In. The right Is granted to New York—by far the greatest Importer In tho United, States—Chicago, Tacoma, San Fran cisco and St. Paul. So Boston looms up Ul'etty well, especially considering tho treatment she gavo this herb at the memorable tea party. Theso ports were decided upon by; tho United States board of tea experts and It 1b the same board which now grants an expert to Boston. All tea things are In the hands of this com mission. They decide Just how low' grade a tea can be and still enter tha eountry, and that Is not very Inferior, either. They allow tea to he handled by only a few large ports for the rea son that It Is easier to control six ex perts than 600. Before the pure food law—even away back In 1897—tha United States board of tea experts, comprising seven members, was es tablished. Tea Is thus the only article of human consumption which has In the United States a special law to pro tect the consumer. make It his business to chastise the bishop. He didn’t happen to visit the city until a month or so ago. On his return he Joined the crowd about the stove In the village postoffice. “Well, HI," said one of the gray beards, “Did ye lick this here Parson Vickery when ye was down to Provi dence?” Hi spat deliberately before he re-' plied. “Lick him!” he said. “Say, he’s 8 foot tall and 4 feet broad. Lick him?' I ’saw’ him.” Nick Will Appreciate This. Norman E. Mack's National Monthly, Some months ago, In one of the many beautiful park spaces In Wash ington, a statue was erected to thOi memory of the poet Longfellow. In late afternoon, while the unveiling! ceremonies were in progress, two washerwomen of the colored persua sion passed along the street, rolllngi their baby carriages containing the “wash” of their patrons. As they, drew near the large crowd of specta tors, the admirers of the poet's work, took off their hats and bowed thelrl heads for a moment, during some part of the proceedings. “Hey, whut’s dis?” asked one of the colored wash ladies. “Why, dey's a-unveilin’ a statute to Cunnel Longfellow,” replied her com panion, with an air of familiarity with public events. “Huh, I reckon I'se lgn'ant, but who Is Cunnel Longfellow?” asked the first. “Why, don’t you ’member?” said the wise one. "Cunnel Longfellow Is de man whut married Cunnel Rusefelt's daughter.” "O, yes,” said the other, “an’ is dat why dere glbln him a statue?" 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