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    HIS LIMITATION.
Mrs. Praise—Your husband Is a
wonderful man In many ways. Noth
in* seems to escape him.
Mrs. Diggs—That’s so, my dear. He
Htma to observe everything but Lent.
His Preference.
A distinguished eye surgeon tells a
good story of his hospital days. Three
Other young, newly fledged oculists
and himself were chatting In their
gnarters In the hospital when the con
versation tur;:- 1, as was natural in
poung men, upon the beauty of dlffer
•nt colors of eyes. One championed
;the superior brilliancy and sparkle of
the blue eye; another the depth and
jflre of the brown, while the third was
'all for the clear, cool light of the
lhaiel. After they had exhausted their
eloquence, with the usual effect of con
'Armlng themselves In their original
loplnlons, the fourth young sawbones
suddenly broke In:
"I don't care a hang about your blue
Hayes, or your brown eyes, or your gray
ayes! Just give me sore eyes and
plenty of ’em—and I’ll be happy!”
(sunshine.
Surround the children with every
'possible cheer. . . . Smiles and
,‘leughter cost nothing. . . . Let the
children have music, let them have
'pictures, let them have laughter, let
Ithem have a good time; not an idle
itlme, but one full of cheerful occupa
tion. 8urround them with all the
Aaautlful things you can. Plants
jphould be given sun and air and the
■due sky. Give them to your boys and
girls. I do not mean for a day or a
taonth, but for nil the years. Wo can
VM>t treat a plant tenderly one day
fend harshly the next day; they cannot
■Und it.—Luther Burbank, In “The
graining of the Human Plant.”
Such lb Life.
Dugan—Oh, my, oil, my! Isn't Casey
put'n on g-rand airs wid his new auty
itooblleT An' over In the ould counthry
t dare say he went barefutted.
Ryan—Faith, not bo his own ac
counts. He says he had a turnout
•ver there thot atthracted great at
tlntlon.
| Dugan—Av coorse; an eviction al
hrsys does.
( Sad Case.
"I hear your husband has lost his
publlo Job.”
“Yes."
“What does he expect to do now?"
“Well, he told me this morning
that unless he could got reinstated
pretty soon he would have to go to
(pork somewhere."—Chicago Record
Herald.
Recalling the Fight.
| "He has his father’s eyes.”
"That’s queer; I thought I was
blacking his.”
An old toper is satisfied If he can
keep his head above water.
V SHE QUIT COFFEE
And Much Good Came From It,
' It Is hard to believe that coffee will
Pot a person In such a condition as It
Aid a woman of Apple Creek, O. She
Sails her own story:
"I did not believe coffee caused my
.trouble, and frequently said I liked
tt ao well I would not quit drinking It,
Wen If It took my life, but I was a
miserable sufferer from heart trouble
and nervous prostration for four years.
"I was scarcely able to go around at
alL Had no energy, and did not care
Cor anything. Was emaciated and had
• constant pain around my heart until
I thought I could not endure It. I
Celt as though I was liable to die any
time.
"Frequently I had nervous chills and
the least excitement would drive sleep
away, and any little noise would up
set me terribly. I was gradually get
ting worse until finally one day. It
eame over me, and I asked myself
what la the use of being sick all the
time and buying medicine so that I
can Indulge myself In coffee?
"So I thought 1 would see If I could
quit drinking coffee, and got some
Postum to help me quit. I made it
atrlctly according to directions, and
I want to tell you that change was the
greatest step in my life. It was easy
to quit coffee because I had the
Postum which I like better than ]
liked the old coffee. One by one the
old troubles left, until now I am in
splendid health, nerves steady, hearl
all right, and the pain all gone. Nevci
have any more nervous chills, don't
take any medicine, can do all mj
housework, and have done a grea
Aaal besides.
“My sister-in-law, who visited m<
this summer had been an invalid foi
some time, much as I was. I got be:
to quit coffee and drink Postum. Sh<
gained five pounds In three weeks
and 1 never saw such a change in any
one's health.”
“There’s a reason.”
Ever read the above letter! A net
ene appears from time So time. Tb<
are genuine, tree, and fall of burnt;
la teres t. _
Idle Fund.
"That man has a vast fund of in
formation.”
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghpm;
“but he can't put a dollar mark In
front of it and use It for a campaign
fund.”
“ECZEMA ITCHED SO BADLY
I COULDN’T STAND IT.”
“I suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by lit
tle pimples breaking out. I kept
scratching till the blood came. It kept
getting worse, I couldn't sleep nights
any more. It kept Itching for about a
month, then I went to a doctor and
got some liquid to take. It seemed
as If I was going to get better. The
itching stopped for about three days,
but when It started again, was even
worse than before. The eczema Itched
so badly I couldn’t stand It any more.
“I went to a doctor and he gave me
some medicine, but didn’t do any good.
We have been having Cutlcura Rem
edies In the house, so l decided to try
them. I had been using Cuticura
Soap, so I got me a box of Cutlcura
Ointment, and washed off the affected
part with Cuticura Soap three times a
day, and then put the Cuticura Oint
ment on. The first day I put It on, It
relieved mo of Itching so I could sleep
all that night. It took about a week,
then I could see the scab come off. I
kept the treatment up for three weeks,
and my eczema was cured.
“My brother got his face burned
with gun powder, and ho used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Tho people all
thought he would have scars, but you
can’t see that ho ever had his face
burned. It was simply awful to look
at before the Cutlcura Remedies
(Soap and Ointment) cured It.”
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrkl, For
rest City, Ark., Oct. 16, 1910. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
a sample of each, with 32-page book,
will bo mailed free on application to
"Cutlcura,” Dept. L, Boston.
Troubles Laid to “In-Law.”
“The cause of moro than half the
family scraps that are scrapped to a
finish,” says an exchange, "is the ’In
law.’ A man or a woman marries
some ono absolutely antagonistic to
all the other members of the family,
and then, putting this person on a
pedestal, demands that all shall do her
or his will. For the sake of courtesy,
often a whole family will yield many
points, and gradually the ‘in-law’ be
comes more and more insistent, and
so things drift along, always the one
side giving in, until some straw, some
trifle, will prove tho drop too much,
and after that the fracas. With the
air cleared, a beginning cun be m ide
over again on a basis of equal rights,
or else all intercourse can cease.
Either way much has been gained.”
Measure.
Uncle Ezra—Then you think tho
battle of Wounded Knee was a great
er event than the reformation?”
Uncle Ebeu — Certainly. I've seen
them both, and I'll bet the "battle"
took at least a thousand more feet
of 111m.—P,uck.
An Objection.
“lie gave you some sound advice.”
"That’s what he did. 1 would have
liked it bettor without so much
sound."
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EASTER IN THE LAND I
OF THE DIPLOMATS
From the Washington Star.
Easter In foreign lands Is the gala
day of the entire year, and is celebrated
with a zest that is rarely found in this
country, where the chief features of
the occasion are choral services and
Dame Fasnion’s parade of Easter finery.
In the embassies and legations at
Washington are representatives of these
lands In which the Easter festivities are
elaborate to (he extreme, and marked
by many unique customs and ceremo
nies At no time In the year, it seems,
do they feel their voluntary exile from
their native lands as keenly as during
the Eastertide, though, be it empha
sized, they in no degree imply dissatis
faction with the American celebration
of the day of the risen Eord. It is but
natural, however, for them to look back
across the seas and picture the celebra
tions now transpiring in their own
lands.
To the Baroness Hengelmuller von
Hengervar, wife of the ambassador
from Austria-Hungary, Easter brings to
mind a picture of the quaint and im
pressive ceremony, centuries old, that
still marks the observance of the day
in her country, and especially the
scenes of her father's castle on his es
tate In Galicia.
"Easter is not observed with as much
ceremony here ns in Catholic coun
tries," said her excellency. "Easter in
Poland is a great occasion. All Holy
Week we eat no meat. Good Friday,
dressed in mourning, our women go to
church and pray for an hour. The grave
of Ctirist is always represented at the
church, and it Is before this that the
prayers are said. Saturday, too, is
spent in fasting and praying.
"Easter Sunday the great luncheon or
'Swieceny,' as we call it in Polish, takes
place. At my father’s castle, I rememJ
her, we always prepared for more than
100 hundred guests. The table was
laden with cold meats, pig roasted
whole, various kinds of sausages and
great cakes, or ’baba,’ which are always
eaten at Eastertide. During the after
nooh visitors cafi. It is the custom for
the host and hostess to meet their
guests at the door with a plate of eggs,
when each takes a small piece, and the
greeting of the day, ‘Halleluiah,’ is ex
changed.
"On the day preceding this luncheon
the food has been blessed by the priest.
As the castle is usually the center of
the community, the peasants, or farmer’s,
ns they wouid be called here, bring
their food there. When the priest
blesses the castle luncheon ho also be
stows a blessing upon the food of the
servants and peasants in the lower hall.
During tho entire week following Eas
ter Sunday visitors are invited to par
take of tho cold dishes on the Easter
luncheon table, which is replenished
from time to time, of course.
"Being a landowner, my father re
ceived gifts from tho peasants at Eas
tertide. One might bring his best calf,
another his fattest pig, and a woman
her largest chicken or duck. They, in
turn, would be given presents of money,
a cow, etc.
"The children play with eggs on Eas
ter Sunday In somewhat the same fash
ion they do In Washington with its
egg rolling. In Austria-Hungary the
same ceremony is observed with the ex
ception of the great luncheon, and al
ways on Good Friday the emperor, with
Ills court, attends divine service for an
hour.
"I miss this Easter ceremony very
much indeed," concluded the baroness,
"as in the 1G years I have been in
America I havo returned to my home
but onco In time for that ceremony. At
the embassy on Easter we, too, have a
luncheon, but naturally it is on a small
scale.” v
Easter In France Is primarily a floral
one, with the flower market along the
Selno redolent with the perfume of lilies
and other as fragrant though less state
ly blooms. Every one wears a blossom
at Eastertide, and poor indeed Is the
household that does not display a floral
symbol of "the resurrection and the
life."
"It Is not one of the great celebra
tions of France.” said M. de Perretl de
la Rocca, llrst secretary of the French
embassy. “It Is decidedly a children’s
day. Of course. It Is a legal holiday
and the banks, government buildings
and schools are closed. There are the
usual religious services to bo found In
a Catholic country. The Parisian child
makes merry Indeed with his Easter
eggs, which are generally painted a
vivid red. For the richer children are
eggs of chocolate and sugar, either solid
candy or hollowed out so as to conceal
pretty favors In the form of small toys.
Flowers, of course, are to be seen
everywhere."
In Italy, Easter Is quite the most Im
portant religious festival of tho year
and a time of public and private re
joicing. At Rome on Easter day and
for several days afterward, religious
processions are to bo seen on the
streets. Dignitaries of the church, clad
in gorgeous raimnet, march from
Church to church, blessing the baptis
mal fonts and rekindling the altar Arcs
that were extinguished on Good Fri
day in memory of the death of Christ.
A most unique cuSlom marks the ob
servance of holy week in Florence.
Italy. The chances are that It will be
discontinued in a few years, for re
cently It has been marred by the
deaths and painful burnings of several
of the spectators.
"At noon on Saturday of holy week,"
said one of the secretaries of the Italian
embassy, "a ceremony called tho ‘scrop
plo del carro’ (the explosion of the
car) takes place in the Ptuzzo del Duo
mo Just in front of the Battlstero. It
is In fulfillment of a provision in the
will of the de Pazzi family, an ancient
Florentine household, certain members
of which brought flints from the Holy
Land with which to kindle the lire on
the altars at Easter.
“The ’car’, which resembles nn altar,
and is nearly as large as a small frame
house, is drawn to the square before
the cathedral by a team of white oxen,
where It is filled with flreworks and
decorated with flowers. A wire is
stretched from the car to the altar In
the cathedral. At the conclusion of the
service, a wooden device known as a
'dove,' traveling over the wire on a
wheel and bearing a slow fuse. Is
lighted from the sacred lire on the al
tar. It rushes down the wire to the ear
tilled with combustibles. The explosion
that follows Is a wonderful pyrotechnic
display. Tho peasants in und near
Florence attach considerable Import
ance to the explosion of the 'car' and
especially to the uninterrupted descent
of tho 'dove' down the wire; if every
thing transpires without a hitch, they
consider It an omen of plentiful crops
tho rest of tho year.”
Abounding in quaint customs and
Btrnnge ceremonies, Mexico upholds her
reputation in her unique Easter cele
bration. The day Is a day of ven
geance—not upon the living, but upor
the numberless Images of Judos Is
cariot, the betrayer of Christ. All ovei
the country countless eltlgtes of Judas
1 are made, generally .in peasant clothes
and ropes are fastened around theli
necks. Amid the hoots and Jeers ol
the crowd the linages are swung alof
and hung. As they swing to and fro
| stones and knives- are hurled at them
’ set In the provinces the ilgurea an
riddled with bullets until they are lit
erally cut to ribbons. Sometimes an
Image Is stuffed with confections, clg
areis and trinkets, strung aloft and ex
ploded from a fuse running to the
ground. The contents are scattered in
the explosion, of course, and the grown- j
ups, as well as the children, scramble
for the flying gifts.
“The ceremonies really begin w-lth
Thursday evening of holy week." said
a secretary at the Mexican embassy,
“when the ‘vista de la slete casus,’ or
the calling of the seven houses or
churches, is held. The populace on this
occasion visit seven or more churches
—there must be seven at the lowest—
and pray. All the churches are deco
rated and there Is considerable rivalry
as to which has the most gorgeous al
tar. On the afternoon of Good Friday
there Is a service called la slete pala
bras,' or the sev^n words, referring to
the seven word3 of Christ on the cross.
All women attending this service are
dressed either in mourjilng or in som
ber colors. In the evening, attired In
the same manner, they attend a service
called ‘pesame,’ a service of condolence
and mourning.
“Op Saturday morning the 'Gloria’
service Is held, after which
comes the hanging of the effigies of
Judas In the afternoon the people at
tend the theaters or a bull fight if the
weather Is not too warm for the latter.
On Easter day proper, the celebration
is almost entirely religious one.
According to the Baroness de Bode,
a sister of Colonel Baron de Bode, mili
tary attache cj the Russia nembassy,
Easter Is the holiday of holidays in her !
country.
"This is partly due to the fact that
Easter Is the first celebration of the 1
spring season,” said the baroness, “and
the warm weather naturally draws peo
ple to the out of doors.
“On Easter evo In Russia there Is a
church service held, which begins a
few minutes before midnight and con- j
tinues for half an hour. In the coun
try, even among the peasants, where i
th ecustoms are more strictly followed,
the people wear their best and lightest I
clothes, |
. servlce comes the Easter 1
kiss. I riends kiss three times, first on ■
one cheek, then on the other, and the j
I last time on the other cheek again. This
represents the joy they feel on account j
of the Savior’s resurrection. The cus- \
tom is sometimes continued for sev- I
| ftral days, and the peasants often kiss j
those whom they havo Just met.
‘•Following the half-hour service
there is a night mass held, the only ono
during the year. This is not usually
I over until 3 o’clock in the morning.
From the church the people return
j home and have what Is really an early
! breakfast, but which is more like a
feast. They eat hard boiled eggs,
pa sc ha and ‘coolitch,’ which form the
features of the repast. ‘Pascha’ is
made principally from cottage cheese,
while ‘coolitch’ is a special kind of
bread. Of course, other things are
served as well, as the Lenten fast Is
joyfully .broken. And In regard to the
Lenten fast we are also more particu
lar than in some countries, for, besides
abstaining from meat, we do not eat
eggs nor drink milk.
"TVin puotnm a# l.t_t_,
• The custom of kissing is also ob
served In the court. Easter day the em
peror receives the members of his
household, his bodyguard and represen
tatives from the officers and soldiers
of the regiments stationed in and near
St. Petersburg. These he greets with
tiie Easter kiss, while they greet the
empress by kissing her hand. The em
peror also presents small favors in the
shape of eggs to those present.
“Easter day is a pleasant occasion for
the children. For two or three days
preceding we dye eggs for them, much
as is done in this country. Easter the
children roll and play with them. It
is also the custom to exchange eggs,
and many people carry a few with them
to present to their friends after the 1
church service. The children play with
their eggs for a week after Easter and
the customs are more strictly followed
sometimes longer. The 'pascha' and
‘coolitch’ are also eaten during the week
after Piaster, and always served to vis
itors who may call. It’is also a custom
to greet friends Easter day with 'Christ
is risen from the dead.' To that the
friend replies either in tho same wav
or exclaims, 'Yes, verily. He Is risen.’ ’”
Another phase of the Russian cele
bration of Easter is to be found not in
Russia, but in Palestine. Thousands
upon thousands of pilgrims, chiefly
from Russia, but also from other parts
of the world as well, assemble on the
banks of the River Jordan on Easter
morning to bathe in the same waters
in which the Christ was baptized. As
the rays of the rising sun gild the tops
of the mountains of Moab a shout of
“Hosanna” bursts forth with one ac
cord from every throat, followed by the
cadence of sweet and solemn song. Bap
tismal robes are donned and more like
a crowd of pleasure seekers, they rush
Into the stream. The Russian govern
ment has erected hospices for the pil
grims all along their line of march.
Easter In Jerusalem is a great oc
casion at the Church of the Holy Sepul
cher. The day before the ceremony of
the descent of the holy fire is cele
brated. All lights in the church are ex
tinguished at a certain hour and the
worshipers stand praying that the holy
tire be sent down from heaven. Two
high priests go down into the sacred
sepulcher; suddenly lights appear in
the tomb and other priests hand down
candles which are returned to them
lighted. These candles are then carried
to the various churches in the citv to
light their altar candles, qnd, In fact,
there have been instances of their hav
ing been carried all the way back to
Russia by pilgrims, for have they not
been lighted from the holy fire sent
down from heaven! On Palm Sunday
a vast service is held in the church at
the conclusion of which the worshipers
stream forth Bhouting "Hosanna!" and
waving their palm branches.
Easter In Germany is a solemn but
happy occasion. Elaborate choral serv
ices are rendered in the churches and
in tho homes as well. Indeed the sing
ing of the Easter carols is a matter of
grave concern, for they have been re
hearsed for weeks before.
"It is a children's day,” said the
Countess von Bernstorff, wife of the
ambassador from Germany, “and in
familios where there are children a
party is usually given for them. If
Easter falls during warm weather the
eggs are collected and hidden for the
children out of doors, or. If the weather
is too cold for that, indoors. Egg
shaped boxes are made in Nuremberg,
aiul Inside of these come all manner
of toys for children.
“Among families Easter Is generally
a day of reunion, and while there is
no visiting among friends, the family
gathers together. Sometimes friends
send floral greetings in the shape of
Easter eggs entirely ot natural flowers.
While this is the custom in the greater
part of Germany, there is a solemn
ceremonial performed In Bavaria, when
' the prince regent, who is a Catholic,
i washes the feet of 12 old men on Good
, Friday.”
! “The observance of Easter in Costa
L Rica is entirely a religious one,” said
. Jd'le- Marla Calvo, daughter of the min
is,ter from Costa Rica, "and there are
s few customs of Interest, outside of those
connected with the church. On Palm
Sunday morning, when the celebration
begins, there is a procession formed of
the dignHiaries and congregation of the
church. Along the line of their march
the way has-been strewn with palms.
Small floats are carried and a figure of
Christ. The floats show angels, and the
prettiest children to be found are al
ways seen in the procession; they are
always beautifully dressed, their silk
robes and shimmery wings and crowns
forming an attractive picture. The pro
cession ends in front of the church,
where hymns are sung.
“On Good Friday there is another
procession. This time, however, there
are no children in it. The entire spec
tacle is one of somberness, as every one
is dressed in mourning. Then on Easter
at dawn we have the last procession.
At its head are two women dressed to
represent the two who discovered that
Christ was risen. After them come the
priests. A figure showing the resurrec
tion of Christ Is also carried. There
are none of the customs concerning
•Easter eggs and rabbits such as there
are here, and Easter Is not considered
a day for the children at all.”
Good Friday in Spain, especially In
Seville, is the day on which the various
guilds and societies and the monks ar-'
ray themselves In fantastic garb and
parade the streets as “mummers.” They
bear before them huge standards,
crosses, images of the Virgin Mary and
queer symbolic devices. In other sec
tions of the country the parade takes
the form of a carnival of flowers;
queens of the carnival are chosen, and
they are feted with all the homage
usually rendered a real sovereign. Vast
sums, secured by popular subscription,
are expended upon the parades, and the
images of the Virgin, especially, are
garbed In robes and jewels that cost
thousands of dollars.
TL>e beautiful service in St. Mark’s
cathedral Is by far the chief feature of
the Eastqr celebration In Venice. The
worshipers comS'foTjxe church In gon
dolas literally covered with flowers. The
entire scene is a riot of colors and
blooms. In the afternoon every one
bears a supply of food to the square In
front of the cathedral and scatters It
broadcast to the countless flocks of
pigeons that fly about the stately edi
fice.
In Cuba an old ceremony Is enacted
each Easter day. A huge waxen figure
of the Chtjst, showing the gaping
wounds, Is borne upon the shoulders of
monks through the open doors of the
cathedral. Followed by a procession of
priests bearing candles, the figure is
carried down the main street until it
meets a similar figure of Mary Magda
lene, supposed to be hastening to the
tomb of Christ after His resurrection.
When the two figures meet, the one
symbolic of Mary turns and rushes
away to a third figure, which represents
the Virgin Mary. These two figures
pause a while, as though communi
cating the news of the resurrection.
Then they turn and rush to the figure
of Christ, bowing in adoration as they
follow Him back Into the cathedral
amid the huzzas of the populace and
the singing of sacred chants.
Where Is He Risen?
["And go quickly and tell His disciples
that lie is risen from the dead.”—MittheW
xxviii, 7.]
Lift your glad voices In triumph on high,
For Jesus hath risen, and man cannot
die.
Vain were the terrors that gathered
around tilm,
And short the dominion of death and
the grave;
He burst from the fetters of darkness
that bound Him,
Resplendent In glory to live and to save,
Loud was the chorus of angels on high,
"The Saviour bath risen, and man shall
not die."
I like to think that bud and bloom
And grass and leaf
Are symbols of the empty tomb,
Of ended grief.
I like to think of Him that He
Is risen here,
And that His presence we may see
Each waking year.
For heaven Is so very far;
We cannot roach
The neaiest little guiding star
By sight or speech—
But when the day Is gladdened by
This clearer blue,
Then heaven is not far and high
From we and you.
I fain would think He breathes above
The grass and trees;
His heart that throbs with human love
Awakens these;
And lilies pure as acolytes
Their censers swing,
While all the moadowlands and heights
Are worshiping.
So In this thought of mine I find
In stone and clod
And hedge and lattice blossom-twined.
The breath of God.
And yonder in the growing wheat
And fallow lands
I see the path that knew His feet—
Work of His hands.
And so from every bird that sings
I hear the voice
That one supernal message brings:
"Arise! Rejoice!"
I like to think of Him that He
Is risen here.
And that His presence we may see
Each waking year.
—Wilbur D. Nerblt.
Winter Magic.
Beside your warm hearth's Sybaritic glow
Through a rose-tinted glass,
You watch the days, frost-stilled or wild
with snow.
And shiver as they pass.
But firmly grasp the nettle of the cold—
With all' its icy spears—
And And how deep the winter's heart of
gold.
How kind her frozen tears.
Beauty Is hers, austere or exquisite.
And on the brink of speech
Tremble strange joys, the winged delights
that Alt
Swiftly beyond our reach.
She brings the rapture of her dawning
The after'radiance of setting suns;
Through the nude grace of branching
traceries
Subtly her message runs.
O Winter, while the poets pipe your praise
Because you bring the Spring,
One lowly worshiper with joy would raise
A song of thanksgiving.
Not only for the secrets locked in stone
And hidden in the tree.
But for the charm, the wonder all your
own—
Your breathless ecstasy.
—Ada Foster Murrav in Harper's Weekly.
Some interesting experiments show
ing that the yield of plants may be In
creased by electricity are described In
a recent official report published in
Berlin. Success was also achieved in
hastening the ripening of strawberries
by several days, thus enabling the
growers to command the highest prices
at the beginning of the season.
In writing Spanish It is dangerous to
slur over the endings of words, as the
majority do in writing English. A be
quest of $00,000 in New York hinges on
the question whether the testator, a
Spanish ship owner, meant to write
“h’ljo" or "hija.” They are much alike,
but one means son and the other
daughter. _
The man who proposed to make a
million in a hurry by raising cats and
rats, feeding each to the other, is beat
en by an Oklahoma farmer, who has
added several hundred dollars in value
to his cotton crop and raised 1200 worth
of turkeys besides, by simply turning
some young turkeys into his cotton
field and letting them go to it.
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Ail in the Same Boat.
My aunt has a beautiful parrot,
which, like many others of its species,
is addicted to profanity. To break
the bird of this habit, my aunt would
“duck” him in water every time he
would swear. On an April day he had
been profuse in profanity, and had re
ceived the accustomed ducking. Now,
it happened that a brood of newly
hatched chickens had been drenched
in a shower of rain and auntie
brought them into the house and
placed them in the kitchen to dry, be
neath the parrot, who was drying his
feathers. He seemed much interested
and gazed intently at the little chicks
for some time, and then exclaimed:
“D-n’d little fools; been swear
ing, too.”
Baking Economy.
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 a bak
ing powder, therefore, care should be ex
ercised to purchase one that retains its
original strength and always remains the
same, thus making the food sweet and
wholesome and producing sufficient leav
ening gas to make the baking light.
Very little of this leavening gas Is pro
duced by the cheap baking powders, mak
ing it necessary to use double the quan
tity ordinarily required to secure good re
sults.
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 care
lessly they are never uniform, the quality
and strength varying with each can pur
chased.
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 Calu
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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 the pur©
food laws, both STATE and NATIONAL.
The goods are moderate in price, and any
ladv purchasing Calumet from her gro
cer' if not satisfied with it can return it
and have her money refunded.
Noisy.
Gerald—What do you think of this
suit?
Geraldine—It is a regular sound of
revelry.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe anil sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 11
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
For people to live happily together
the real secret Is that they should not
live too much together.—Sir Arthur
Helps.
If You Are a Trifle Sensitive
About the size of your shoes, you can
n ear a size smaller by shaking Allen’s Foot*
Ease, the antiseptic powder, into them.
Just the thing for Dancing Parties and for
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Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
Malice is more easily disarmed by
indifference than by conflict or retalia
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Many a bride Is self-possessed, even
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To restore a normal action to I.lver, Kid
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Theory alone never accomplished
anything worth while.
“Pink Eye" Is Epidemic In the Spring.
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relief.
Some of the charity that begins at
home isn't up to the standard.
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