t
SUFFERED 30 YEARS.
But Chronic Kidney Trouble Was
Finally Cured.
Charles Von Soebnen, 201 A St,
Colfax, Wash., says: "For 30 years 1
euffered from kidney trouble and was
laid up for days at a time. There was
a dull ache through
the smAll of my
back and I bad rheu
matic pains In every
Joint The kidney
accretions passed
too freely and X was
annoyed by having
to arise at night. I
could not work without Intense suf
fering. Through the use of Doan’s
Kidney Pills, I was practically given a
new. pair of kidneys. I cannot exag
gerate their virtues.”
Remember the name—Doan’s.
For sale by all dealers. 60 cents a
box. Foster-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
It Revolted Him.
William Ix>eb, Jr., at a dinner In
New YoVk, referred with a smile to
the harsher penalties, even to lniprla
onment, that are now to be Inflicted
upon smugglers.
“They take it hard, very hard, these
smugglers,” said Mr. Boob. "Revolted
at the size of their fines, they make
me think of George White, the chick
en thief.
'“What!’ George shouted reproach
fully on hearing his sentence. 'What!
Ten dollars for stealln’ that chicken?
Why, Judge, I could ’a’ bought a
smarter hen for 60 cents!’”
BABY’S SCALP CRUSTED
wui mue uuuguier, wnen mroa
months old, began to break out on the
head and we had the best doctors to
treat her, but they did not do her any
good. They said she had eczema. Her
scalp was a solid scale all over. The
burning and Itching was so Bevere that
■he could not rest, day or night. We
had about given up all hopes when we
read of the Cutlcura Remedies. We at
once got a cake of Cutlcura Soap, a
box of Cutlcura Ointment and one hot
tie of Cutlcura ilosolvent, and fol
lowed directions carefully. After the
first dose of the Cutlcura Resolvent,
we used the Cutlcura Soap freely and
applied the Cutlcura Ointment. Then
she began to Improve rapidly and in
two weeks the scale came off her
head and new hair began to grow. In
a very short time she was Well. She is
now sixteen years of ago and a pic
ture of health. Wo used the Cutl
cura Remedies about five weeks, reg
ularly, and then we could not tell she
had been affected by the disease. We
used no other treatment after we
found out what the Cutlcura Remedies
would do for her. J. Fish and Ella M.
Fish, Mt. Vernon, Ky., Oct. 12, 1909.”
^ 4 BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
r'_— ———————————ii
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Doctor Slick Then, sir, I must
charge you $20 more for sterilizing
your system.
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Randall.How did she cure her
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Rogers Bought her a hobble skirt
/^ • / _ WHAT THEY MEAN—
" .. Their Flower Emblem,
Sentiment, Famous People
y That Bore The Name, The
/V/ zf'W Name In History, Litera
cy T ffl tore, Etc.
BY HENRY W. FISCHER.
| Copyright by Henry W. Fischer,] ^
BARBARA. l!
__ i <
Barbara In the feminine of a Greek
Word denoting "stranger,” which was
bodily adopted by the Romans and,
then as now, the word proper signifies
either "cruelty,” "outlandish ignor
ance" or "111 adapted splendor."
Tho first known Incumbent of the
name of Barbara was a native of Asia
Minor and the reputation of “barbar
ian" became attached to her when she
lived at Heliopolis, Egypt.
American starwort is Barbara’s em
blem and “Welcome” her sentiment.
Barbara on the Tongues of the Nations.
Our English forefathers used the
more correct form of the name,
substituting a “y" for the final “a.”
Barbary, now as then, is the popular
form of pronunciation among the
country people, but few girls will de
part from the custom of making their
signature Barbara.
Rather misleading is the Scotch
form of the name Ruble, but the Eng
lish abbreviation “Bab" sounds smart
enough.
The German and Latin people spell
and pronounce Hie name the same as
we do, except the French, who say
Barbe. The German pet names, Bar
bel and Babehchen do not recom
mend themselves to American girls, but
the German Babette does, when the
final "o" is not sounded. Possibly some
girls may favor the Slav, Varvara, or
the Illyrian, Vara.
Varlnka (Russian) has a good sound”
and Borbola and Borla (Hungarian)
have the merit of the unusual.
Barbara In Religion,
uririsuan literature dealing witn tne
saints recounts many noble and as
tonishing deeds on the part of St. Bar- 1
bara, martyr, who is called the repre
sentative of "artistic devotion." The
daughter of a wealthy noble, who firm
ly believed In the ancient gods of Rome
and Greece, she was beheaded by her
Own cruel parent when he found out ■
that she had become a Christian. Her
name day is December 4th.
Among the miracles ascribed to St. i
Barbara pry "conversations with
Christ.” It is nlso reported that she i
was carried to heaven by angels.
St. Barbara is the only saint pic- <
tured with such modern warlike lmple- l
merits as cannon—tills owing lo the
fact that in Europe the artillerists I
regard her as their patron. She is 1
ulso the patron of miners and in Get- j
many and France little children pray
lo her for protection during thunder I
storms. i
Barbara and Airships. j
Nowadays French aviators rontem- i
plate making St. Barbara the patroness
for airships, particularly those used in i
war. This would not bo much of an t
Innovation since the arsenal of French ;
EM
Emma is a precious name, but fow 1
girls will be likely to favor the mean- '•
lng given it by thg best F.ngltsh au- ,
thorltles, namely, grandmother.
Bnby's first ltspinga are said to i
souml to the initiated something like t
Aninte and as in ancient Germany, as [
Indeed now. Grandma took charge of
young children, grandmother-Amino
Emma became synonymous.
The defenders of the above theory i
also remind us that the Spanish for }
housekeeper is Amu, which may have i
metamorphosed into Emma. I?• • that \
as it may, I prefer the signification |
given to the name by some learned i
German, 1. e„ Emma: the Great. I
Ho explains that Emma is a chll- i
dish contraction of Elina; “great." |
Why this opinion is preferable to the ,
other will he seen In tile paragraph «
dealing with the first royal bearer of i
the name Emma. i
The white rosebud is Emma's cm- l
blent, and "I love you,” her sentiment.
Emma is the female of Hermlnus, i
which latter was the name of a Sabine
clan, whose wives and daughters fell (
prey to the warlike Romans, as 1m- <
moralized by Rubens’ great painting
In the I.ondon National Gallery, by da
Bologna's groupe at Florence and by ,
Giordana’s canvas at Dresden. ,
tmma on the I ongues ot the Nations.
In remote English days Emma was l
considered Saxon anil when Emma of !
Normandy became the wife of an I
English kfhg she was compelled to i
change her given name of Aelfglfn.
Only long after the conquest it became i
popular In the British Isles and then
In the original Norman form "Emma" i
and "Emr.” Indeed ancient English i
birth records have more "Emms" and
"Enirs" than "Emmas" or even "Em
mes."
Emmy and Emmeline are English ;
diminutives. The Germans use pet
name Emm, pronouncing it the same 1
as our Emmy.
American girls of English extrac
tion who delight in the unusual might ;
call themselves Emmott, at one time '
extremely popular in the north of Eng
land.
The Italians retain the original form !
Ernilna, and the French Krminie.
With the ancient Welsh, Ermtii v. as a
girl’s name, evidently as abbreviation
of the Italian, hut they dropped it for
Emma long ago.
A comely French form is Hermlnc,
IRE
Irene is Greek for “PoRee.” Thyme is
Irene's emblem and •’Watchfulness”
her sentiment. The ancients worshiped
Peace ns a divinity. She is represented
ns a matronly woman with a baby on
her left arm, the right hand leaning on
a sceptre.
It is a remarkable fact that the first
Greek empress named Peace, i. e.,
Irene, was one of the eruelist and most
warlike of female rulers. She was the
empress of Leo IV and ruled the j
Byzantine realm for 10 years as regent
from 7S0 to 790. Wh at her s<>n eame
to the throne she made war upon him,
conquered him and condemned him to
the awful punishment of blinding. The '
five brothers of her husband .suffered
the same fate at her hands.
After her dethronement she entered a
nunnery in the Greek church and she
Is in the Greek calendar as a saint.
Irene, the daughter of the Greek em
peror. Isaac Angelos, was forced by the
German emperor, Henry VI, to adopt
Tosep
Tho male form of Josephine—which,
of course, i*. Joseph - was scarcely
ever used before the pop© fixed a fes
tival day in honor of the husband of
the Virgin, at the beginning of the
seventeenth century.
The Hebrew word, from which the
name is derived means “addition,"
Warships was formerly called "Saint '
Babe," It being assumed that the saint ■
protected the explosives. j1
No Royal Barbaras.
Probably owing to the fact that no
royal lady would like to be regarded
ns a “stranger" In her country, the
name Barbara has never figured In
courtly annallsm, the objection to Bar- i
burn being the most emphatic because *
most royalties are of German stock
and the Germans derive the name from j
B rba, the heard. Barbara would be , c
‘the bearded.”
Beautiful Barbara. ! j
Barbara Vllllers was the maiden t
name of the famous beauty of Charles ■ r
Il.'s’ court, both during the king’s exile J ^
and while In power. She was Imper
ious. bold, dazzling and scornful, often r
insolent and made the king ridiculous j i
by her relations to the stage, yet she ]
was created Duchess of Cleveland and | j
vastly enriched by Charles. In her i
old age she paid for her follies when In 1 c
1705, she married the handsome Beau f
Fielding, a gTOd-for-nothing who ill ; j
treated her and compelled her to appeal j,
to the police. In the end Fielding was ; j
exposed as a bigamist.
Roan Barbary was the famous horse't
of Richard II., son of the Black: f
Prince and King of England for nine j c
years (1,389-1399). LSJtQ Edward V. he j c
and ills brother Were probably murder- I *
cd while Imprisoned In the tower. 1{
Shakespeare pays tribute to Roan i a
Barbary In this fashion: ' j
O, how it yearned my heart when I
beheld C
In London streets that cornatlon day,
When Bolingbroke on Roan Barbary;
That horse that thou (Richard II.) so
often hast bestride,
That horse that I so carefully have
dressed.
Barbara In Literature.
iHU UUIU II i? \ I U 1 IO VJL me: y
very old 'Rngllsh ballads found In f]
Percy's Reliques. It would hardly t
please modern girls since it Is a tale t
of hard-hcartedness and remorse. j,
A most pleasing Barbara Is that of ti
Charles Dickens’ Old Curiosity Shop. '
“The Slavery." tidy, demure and ex
ceedingly pretty catches a good hus
band In the end.
“Lady Babble,” In The Little Minis- ,
ter, helped to Increase Maud Adam's ®
fame and was a favorite with theater- t
goers during the run of the play. ^
“I/ rly Bab" Is an amusing character
In the comedy High Life Below
Stall's." Kitty, the housemaid, im- q
personates her ladyship and causes i
much confusion. L
The Bab-Ballards say that William ,
S. Hilbert's talents are not restricted
to comic opera librettos. The Babs
are full of quaint humor.
MA.
_ b
but the Germans recognize Hermine 11
as the female of Herman. —
Emma Hamilton, beloved by Lord *
Nelson, was one of the most fartious
beauties of the period of the French u
revolution and after. Her portraits ^
still rank among the types of Eng- p
lish beauties, though she was of
humble birth. She died in 1815, 54 O
years old.
Royal Emmas. s
‘ l love you” was the motto of the j\
first royal Emma history mentions. T
Sho was a daughter of Emperor
Dharlemagne, and secretly became the T
w jfo of the famous historian, Einhard. -*1
During the winter months Princess
Emma carried Einhard nightly on her t
bark to the wing of the palace where
she lived, and brought him back to e
bis lodgings in the same manner in
order that his foot prints in the snow A
should not betray him. The emperor
caught her at her wifely task and, ^
moved by so much generosity, gave his _
blessing to the couple. * T
Another Emma was the wife of T
Richard the Fearless of Normandy. E
Nearly all the Norman barons that e
came over with the conqueror had A
daughters called Emma.
r* . • . . . D
— L.uci,uurc.
The original heroine of the famous 1 *
ballad. "The Nut Brown Maid,” was
I.ady Margaret Percy, but when Prior S
modernized the piece, he rebaptized the T
luuy and called her Emma. Since then
Emma , has been much used In Eng
lish and American romance, but in lit
erary vogue is now on the wane.
One of the,earlier of Jane Austin's
novels is called Emma. r;
Scott Introduces Krminia In his e
novel, "Fortunes or Nigel.” “Ermlnie" a
is the title of a comic opera that P
served to Introduce such old favorites u
a:; Lillian Russel and Francis Wilson c
and was long tlm rage on Broadway b
ami all over the United States. n
Tasso made Ermtnia popular In Italy
by calling the heroine of “Jerusalem t<
Delivered” by that name. s
Emma was the wife of Othe, the b
god and the mother of the famous T
Tattered. 3
Queen Emma of the Netherlands Is a
tin mother of the reigning Queen Wil
heiminn. She acted its regent for her s
daughter. b
The Emm ■ mine which yielded many h
fortunes in silver is perhaps the best v
known silver mine in the world. It Is r
.■stunted some 30 miles from Salt Lake
City.
fNE.~ h
_ h
th. f’atln lit* faith and was rsba.pt i zed I
Maria. she married his brother Philip, ;i
•i Suubla, and died young.
Old Ohnstian records toll of a pious a
it 'Tit- who revived St. Sebastian after v
his first martyrdom, and the maid ,
iivm* ura.loiw t ■ 11 martyrdom some time J1
' i 'i’ togeih. = • • with his sister. Agape, \
which means love. *
The Germans sp 11 the name as we j!
do but sound every letter, the initial
i" lik•» our "e” and the "e’s” like]
a s.' " be wife of Prince Henry of J
Prussia, brother cf the Kaiser, was J
Princess Irene of Hesse, grand-daugh- 1
ter of Queen Victoria. The Germans
pronounce her name “Krana.”
Irene is the heroine of one of Sam- *
uel Johnson's tragedies, produced by :
< i&rriek in 1745b Voltaire also wrote a L
tragedy named ‘’Irene."
Irena in the Faerie Queene stands for
j the impersonation of Ireland, sup
pressed by the tyrant Grantorto.
iTTneT ,
from tho fact that Rachel’s son meant
an increase in the family.
The hornbeam is Josephine's emblem
and ‘‘ornament” her sentiment.
English. German and French spell |
and pronounce the name practically the
same. In Spain and Portugal, Peplta!
s the most popular abbreviation of
losefa.
In Italy It's Gluseppa or Gloseffa,
Feppa and Beppa for short. A similar
orm Is used In Austria, Peppi, applied
>oth to men and women.
Marie Antoinette had a sister named
Harla Josefa, and a number of minor
■oyaltlos have borne the name, partic
llarly in Austria, but the only famous
rosephine the average reader cares for
vas the first wife of the great Napo
eon, with her" baptismal name Marie
iosephe Rose.
She was a Creole, the daughter of
: landed proprietor and French official
it Martinique.
At the age of 1G she married Vis
ounte Beauharnais, whose head was
lit off by the guillotine In 1794. Jo
ephine herself was marked for the
xecutioner’s ax, but escaped on ac
ount of the general amnesty, and two
ears after her husband’s death mar
led Napoleon.
PAULINE.
Paula means "little one." Pauline Is
■ 3 diminutive. Humbleness Is her sen
Iment and forget-me-not her emblem.
W hile five popes and a great many
ings and princes have borne the name
f Paul, history does not recall a sin
le royrfi Pauline, nor does the name
gure largely in the religious annals
f the time. St. Jerome had a feml
ine supporter named Paula, with
’horn he corresponded.
The Italians and Russians spell the
ame Paola, hut Paula is used both
a Germany and Spain.
Paulette Is a pretty diminutive. The
taliaus vse both Paoletta and Paolina.
Paulino Bonaparte, youngest sister
f Napoleon, and a great beauty, pro
r rred to be known by her diminutive
’aulette. Her first husband was Gen
ral Leclerc. Latei she married Prince
'orghese.
She was the only one of the family
3 accompany Napoleon to KIba, and
er magulfleer t diamonds were in the
mperor’s carriage at Waterloo when
aptured. Siie had sent them to him.
faring he did not have enough money
f carry on the campaign. These di
rnonds are now the property of the
russian crown.
Pauline was the model of the fatnous
anova's marble statue of Venus.
URSULA.
Ursula means ''She-bear," being the
diminutive of ursus, bear.
Of the famous English St. Ursula,
we know little save the date of her
death, 237, and that she was the daugh
ter of a British king. Her father be
trothed her to a continental chief, a
heathen, but Ursula consented only on
the condition that she be allowed to
preach the gospel for three years.
She was accompanied to Germany by
10 noble maidens, each like herself, at
tended by 1,000 virgins. These 11,000 vir
gins made a pilgrimage to Rome, and
were returning to Germany when, near
the town of Cologne, an army of Huns
full upon them and put them to the
sword.
The bones of the "11,000 virgins” are
still shown at the Church of the St.
Ursula In Cologne.
The popularity of the name Ursula
In Swabia and other parts of south
German Is due to the fact that many
ancient German tribes worshipped the
goddess Hoersel or Ursel. who was the
Venus of Teutonic mythology.
The star of Bethelem is Ursula’s em
blem and “joy of heaven” her senti
ment.
Timothy Mackessy, Cop Number One.
Timothy Mackessy. Cop Number One!
Good-natured, round-f’atured son of a
gun!
Always a-smilin’ at fr’ind an’ at foe—
If the last named he’s anny, not one do
I know.
Old folks an’ young folks, the fat ones an'
slim
Shout whin they see him: "Begorra,
there’s Tim!”
All of thim like him, this rev’ler in fun—
Timothy Mackessy, Cop Number One!
Timothy Mackessy, Cop Number One!
It’s more good than harm our Timothy’s
done.
Down at the depot with smiles on his face
He p’Ints all the strangers to Monument
Place.
He hunts all the babies the mothers have
lost
An’ holds np the cyars till the ladles have
crossed.
It’s only the blackguards that Timmy will
sh un
Timothy Mackessy, Cop Number One!
Timothy Mackessy, Cop Number One!
D’aler In jokes that are all Irish spun.
He bosses the Tunnel an’ calls it his cave
An’ says whin he dies, shure he’ll make it
his grave.
But thim that knows Timmy just laugh
an’ reply:
“Begorra, Tim, lad, you’re too jov’al to
die!”
So live on forever, Apostle of Fun
Timothy Mackessy, Cop Number One!
—Indianapolis News.
Increasing Railroad Fatalities.
From the Literary Digest.
“Killed, 3,804; injured, 82,374"—on the
railroads of this country during the year
ending June 30, 1910; this Is pretty discour
aging news “for those of us wTho had sup
posed that all the recent talk about meas
ures and devices for the prevention of ac
cidents and the safeguarding of life would
by this time begin to show effects," re
marks the New York Times. Not only la
this record terrible In itself, but it is more
terrible than that of the preceding year,
showing an increase of 1,013 in the num
ber killed and 18,464 in the number injured.
The Times believes, too, that most of these
deaths and injuries come in the “avoid
able" class. We read:
“For them somebody was responsible in
some degree, and for many the responsi
bility was heavy. In hardly a single case,
however, has it been fixed in a way that
was either really punitive or really deter
rent.
“Presumably the railways have dis
charged a few careless men—to enter the
service of other lines—and many coroners
have held inquests that ended in verdicts
harshly worded, but w'here the intention
to kill is absent. w?e are reluctant to pun
ish, and the slaughter goes on, keeping
pace with the increase of population, and
a little more
"Not as much attention is paid as should
be paid to the fact that these accidents
are much more numerous on some roads
than on others, while a few roads do not
have any at all for long periods. There
must be r< asons for this difference, and
the reason is not entirely luck.”
From the Associated Press dispatch
which summarizes the Interstate Com
merce commission's report we glean the
following additional details:
“There were 6.861 collisions, killing 433
persons and injuring 7,7(55 and damaging
railroad, property worth $4,629,279. In the
year's 6.910 derailments 340 persons were
killed and 4.814 injured. During the last
i three months of the year the total killed
I or injured was 20,660.’’
No Latitude.
From London Scraps.
I An Irish school inspector was examin
ing a class in geography, lie had pro
pounded a question regarding longitude
1 and received a correct answer from the
I lad undergoing the ordeal.
! “And now," he Hald, "what is latitude?”
j After a brief silence a bright youngster,
; wijh a merry twinkle in his eye, said:
i "Please, sir. we have no latitude in Ire
land. Father says the British govern
! meat won't allow us any."
'POPE AN EXPONENT
OF THE JUTDOOR LIFE
! Holy Father Interested In Van
nutelli’s Story of America’s
Athletes.
Rome.—Cardinal Vannutelll, who
represented the pope at the Eucharis
tlo congress In Montreal, Is back again,
and he has delighted him with his re
ports about the United States. The
venerable head of the Roman Catholic
church probably knows more about the
American republic than any other man
of exalted rank In Europe. He was es
pecially pleased at the delegates' re
ports about the Catholic school chil
dren, who joined In the demonstrations
In his honor in New York and Brook
lyn.
Incidentally their meeting brings out
the fact that the pope Is a great lover
of healthy outdoor sports, and that
when a boy and a youth, too, he ex
celled as a runner and a swimmer. A
story that pleased the pontiff Im
mensely was told of the altar boys of
St. Francis Xavier’s church In Brook
lyn, N. Y. The youngsters, who are
a numerous body, have two football
teams, a baseball team and othe?
kinds of athletic clubs. While the car
dinal was visiting a Long Island sum
mer resort, £lose by former President
Ro6s5Veit’'3 home, he was visited by a
delegation of the boys who alftiounced
that they had elected him protector
of their club, which position Is, of
course, purely honorary. ‘ He told the
pope that he had promised the lads
that he would tell him about what
thejr were doing to build themselves up
by field sports. The pope listened with
much interest to the narrative about
the youngsters, and said he wished
the boys of this country would follow
uica cAampic.
Pope Pius is a lover of clean athletic
sports of all kinds. There are many
athletic organizations composed oi
Catholic young men in this city. On
one occasion, about a year ago, 1,000 of
the members joined in a tournament;
Just before the Journey began the'
holy father delegated one of his house
hold clergy to tell the young men that
they had his blessing. One of his pho
tographers photographed the array as
they were drawn up on the field, and
he has a copy of the picture among his
personal possessions.
Every now and again permission is
given some of the Catholic football
players to play in the papal grounds.
And whenever this happens, the pope
goes to a quiet corner out of range td
see them at the game. He has been
known to show the enthusiasm by hard
clapping a good play. One of the con
ditions upon which he gives leave for
the use of the grounds is that there
shall be no rough play nor massing
that might result in the injury to any
of the teams. Preference is given ta
working boys and grown-up school
boys.
When the pope was a young country
priest he was noted as a walker; ho
was accustomed to walk 20 and 30
miles a day on pastoral work, for hid
parish was a big one. Even when pro
moted and long after he had reached
the rank of bishop, he continued his
walks. He might have traveled in
state, but he preferred to jog along
country roads. To his outdoor exercises
he attributes his vigor, which remaind
with him, although he is now an old
man. When patriarch of Venice the
pope frequently indulged in cross coun
try walks.
THE BURGLAR WAS WELCOME.
Insomniac Is Hoping for the Return of
His Night Visitor.
From the Chicago News.
Nathaniel Mountjoy, of Germantown,
was a patron at a Michigan avenue ho
tel the other day. Mr. Mountjoy was
returning from a 60-day visit to the
Pacific Coast and fell to discussing the
pros and cons of the position taken by
a Chicago man in opening his house td
any thief who might care to enter in
the dead of night.
"I have a business associate in San
F'ranclsco who is almost a convert to
that view,” said Mr. Mountjoy. "Fol
lowing the earthquake on the coast he
was stricken with insomnia, from whieli
ho has never fully recovered. One night
when he was fretting about in a vain
effort to get to sleep he made out the
outline of a man in his room. He knew
it was a burglar, but he was so weary
with the struggle to rope and tie Mor
pheus that he felt no resentment or
fear. Even such suspicious company'
he thought bettter han none at all and'
he shouted:
“'How are you my friend? Make
yourself right at home.’
"However, his caller was not so cor
dial. ‘Dry up, or it will be a lead pilfj
for you,' muttered the intruder in a
threatening voice.
“My friend sighed. 'I’m glad to give
you anything you want here,’ he said,
’and as for stocking me up with lead
pills, why, go ahead. I don’t know that
that would be any worse than not being
riVtlr* to
"This touched a chord In the visitor’s
heart. ‘Say. pal,’ he replied, ‘Is that I
your trouble, too? I’m a victim of the
same complaint. Now, I’ve got some
dope right here in my kick that may |
fix you out all right.'
"‘For heaven's sake give it to me!
There isn’t a tiling in the house as val-'
nable as a little sleep. Let’s taste your'
dope and then you go ahead and help
yourself to anything you want.’
"The housebreaker brought out
powder and placed it on his host's
tongue- ‘Thanks;’ murmured the sit
ter, and he was sound asleep five ifln
utes later.
"The burglar helped himself to a lot
of jewelry and all the money he could
find laying around, but he was thought
ful enough to leave another of the
powders, for my friend. For several
weeks he was able to sleep as soundly
as a child and his friends compli
mented him on his returning health. He
refused to admit that he had any griev
ance against the man who had robbed
him. saving that, if anything, the bal
ance on the sheet was to the intruder’s
credit.
When T left the coast a few’ days age
mV friend was beginning to suffer from ,
j the disease again and was imping thnl :
' the midnight caller would drop in or.
him the first dark night that happened
along”__
A New Mark Twain Anecdote.
Mark Twain was once a publisher
and the sum he paid in royalties on s
single book was a record in its day
1 William Dean Howells tells somethin!
of the matter In his recently pub
lished book of reminiscences called j
"My Mark Twain.” The book wai
General Grant’s “Memoirs." Mr. How- j
ells writes: “It was his proud joy to !
tell how he found Grant about to sigr. I
a contract for his book on certainlj!
very good terms, and said to him that
he would himself publish the book and j
I give him a percentage three times
large. He said Grant scented to doubt
whether he could honorably withdraw
from the negotiation at that point, hut
Clemens overbore his scruples, and It ,
was his unparalleled privilege, his -
princely pleasure, to pay the author a, |
far larger check for his work than had .
ever beer, paid 'to an author before.” j
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THE HIGH COST
OF LIVING REDUCED
Much has been said about the high
cost of living, its causes, and the possi
bilities of its reduction. But little has
been said about the most costly leak:
the false economy existing today In near
ly every household.
Much foodstuffs are bought rith but
one point in view: “How cheap can I
get it" without a thought of quality or
“after cost." One of the most serious is
baking powder.
By the use of perfect baking powder
the housewife can derive as much econ
omy as from any other article used in
baking and cooking. In selecting the
baking' powder, therefore, care should
be exercised to purchase one that re
tains its original strength and always
remains the same, thus making the food
sweet and wholesome and producing
sufficient leavening gas to make the
baking light.
Very little of this leavening gas !®
produced by the cheap baking powders,
making It necessary to use double the
quantity ordinarily required to secure
good results.
You cannot experiment every time
you make a cake or biscuits, or test the
strength of your baking powder to find
out how much of it you should use;
yet with most baking powders you
should do this for they are put together
so carelessly they are never uniform,
the quality and strength varying with
each can purchased.
Calumet Baking Powder is made of
chemically pure Ingredients of tested
strength. Experienced chemists put it
up. The proportions of the different
materials remain always the same.
Sealed in air-tight cans, Calumet Baking ^
Powder does not alter In strength and
Is not affected by atmospheric changes.
In using Calumet you are bound to
have uniform bread, cake or biscuits, as
Calumet does not contain any cheap,
useless or adulterating Ingredients so
commonly used to Increase the weight.
Further, it produces pure, wholesome
food, and is a baking powder of rare
merit; therefore, is recommended by
leading physicians and chemists. It
complies with all pure food laws, both
STATE and NATIONAL. The goods are
moderate In price, and any lady purchas
ing Calumet from her grocer, if not sat
isfied with it, can return it and have her
monev refunded.
Mc'Lean Met His Match.
John R. McLean stepped In front of
ft lurching Irishman, one evening, and
obstructed the sidewalk so that the
Irishman was obliged to stop and
look at him. McLean said:
“Here’s that half dollar I borrowed
of you. Now you must quit telling
the neighbors that I never pay my
debts.”
Half drunk, and wholly dazed, the
Irishman took the silver piece, looked
at it intently, and then said:
"Be dad, yez can't get off thot aisy.
It wor a whole dollar thot yez bor
ryd; so fork over.”
And he forked over another half
dollar, and went his way, laughing
heartily at the quick wit of the Irish
man.—Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
No Union.
Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, at a lunch
eon at the Colony club in New York,
urged on women the necessity for
union.
"If we are to get the vote,” she
paid, “we must stand together. Too
many women face this question as
they face all others—like the elderly
belles at the charity ball. \
“ 'What a flatterer Woater Von Twil
uice?’ said the second.
“ ‘Why, did he tell you you looked
Ice?’ said the second.
“ ‘No,’ was the reply. He told me
you did!’"
NO MEAT IN THEM.
wmm’
Dr. Emdee—You Bhould eat meat
very sparingly.
Mr. Joax—I avoid It altogether. I
eat nothing but lunchroom ham sandr
wiches.
NEWSPAPERS TAKING IT UP
Metropolitan Dallies Giving Advice
How to Check Rheumatism and
Kidney Trouble.
This is a simple home recipe ncrwi
being made known in all the larger
cities through the newspapers. It is
intended to check the many cases of
Rheumatism and dread kidney trouble _
which have made so many cripples,
invalids and weaklings of some of our
brightest and strongest people.
The druggists “verywhere, even in
the smallest communities, have been
notified to supply themselves with the
ingredients, and the sufferer will have
no trouble to obtain them. The pre
scription is as follows: Fluid Extract
Dandelion, one-half ounce; Compound
Kargon, one ounce, and Compound
Syrup of Sarsaparilla, three ounces.
Mix by shaking well in a bottle. The
dose is one teaspoonful after each
meal and at bedtlmo.
Recent experiments in hospital
cases prove this simple mixture ef
fective in Rheumatism. Because of
its positive action upon the elimina
tive tissues of the kidneys, it compels
these most vital organs to filter from
the blood and system the waste Im
purities and uric acid which are the
cause of rheumatism. It cleanses the
kidneys, strengthens them and re
moves quickly such symptoms as
backache, blood disorders, bladder
weakness, frequent urination, painful
scaling and discolored urine. It acta
as a gentle, thorough regulator to the
entire kidney structure.
Those who suffer and are accus
tomed to purchase a bottle of medi
cine should not let a little incon
venience interfere w!:T> making this
up, or have your dr ur° do it, for you.
