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1 s 1 at A A' i i HjOV Meddlers . Often Spoil AliairS Matches By HELEN OLDFIELD IT AXVl'.OUVS luisincss if a ntloinau should dioose II To wait upon a lady, if tin I n,- t i- ., ,. l. ,;... wt, iu ;-H(llY il llltll ili:iu, mill l I it. Ill tilling nil niiwii lis it anybody's business if a lady lias a Inau?"' It is a pity, but t!.iri ar- many people' who, whether from contemporaneous liunum interest or from import inont curiosity, manifest a jm-at with tliat wliich is none of fo llioir neighbor's, nll'airs. the affairs ""arc those of the heart; nothing so much attracts these busyboilies as an incipient love atiair. If Johnny Jones, on two or (hive successive Sunday nights, goes to church with Susy Smith; if Edwin at reception or lawn party shows a preference for the society of Angelina above that of the other damsels of their set, forthwith tongues begin to wag, an engagement is taken for granted, and knowing looks and open comment freely are indulged in, to the greater or less embarrassment of the young couple, who in all prob ability merely were enjoying each other's congenial society, with no ulte rior purpose of matrimony in view. Of course it may be said that the young folks ought not to mind a little teasing and that they arc foolish to care. Hut sometimes the teas ing is more than little, and for the folly, is it not among the saying of sages that all men, still more all women, especially in the days of tlrir youth, are prone to folly as sparks that fly upward ? The woman who is capable of a genuine platonie friendship may he willing to run the gantlet of small talk so long as she and her friend thoroughly understand each other, but always there is the haunting doubt as to whether he really does know that she is not in love with him. Ami when, as so often happens, the friendship glides into love she never can be altogether sure that her suitor is not asking her to marry him because he is in love with her but because other people have persuaded him that she expects him to do so. Yet this situation less is to be dreaded than that vague connection, a little more than friendship, a good deal less than love, where neither quite is clear about the feelings of the other, where the woman is fettered by conventions and the man, who could make matters clear, is satisfied with undefined relations. It is one of the many eases in which men fail in candor to women because they dread a scene. For the rest, it is not to be wondered at that the world at large does not believe in platonie friend ship between men and women; the point in which it is at fault is that it will not leave such affairs to ripen into love or to fade and fall at leisure without interference, which almost invariably does harm rather than good. Good Fresh Air Cure for All Maladies By L 0. HENDERSON cool. I slept on the ground. The third dat out (or was it the fourth?) at the Boar creek crossing I shot a deer with my revolver and began to eat its flesh; my appetite increased and after a week I wag hungry nearly all the time. Bacon, baking-powder biscuits, black coffee and wild game made up my bill of fare. From Gordon I traveled for three weeks south into the sand hills, my only company being a saddle horse. Sun, soil, air, wholesome food and all the physical exertion I could perform cured me completely. Xor kas there been any return of the malady. I am now past 50 and in perfect health. The cost of my cure was less' than $100, and it need not hava cast as much as it did. The thing o do is-to.go out on the dry, sunny western plains, sleep on the ground, keep moving and don't stay long enough in any place to die. Eat simple end wholesome food, sleep on the ground and nature will take care of tuberculosis. Ask your physician if my prescription is not a perfect one sun, soil, air, food, exercise to the limit can your doctor add anything to these? So Advice to Mother of Girl of Eighteen him their I find By ELIZABETH McCULLEM the approval upon affection without giving some just and definite cause. When a girl hiw attained an age of fairly mature intelligence "because'' is not enough of a reason to give her for anything. But it is the girl's place to listen to what her parents have to say and to be just. Possibly her mother's dislike upon some circumstance that can be it is best to bow to the division made In any case meetings upon avoided. Appointments of that kind the right to ask it of her. But 1 would like to write a little ... .i t . . remind tliem uiai n is a i way a oeuer ior a young gin lo sec tin man she insists upon seeing in her own home. Streets tad purki uru b.:d place Judy lmt refuse? i,.,. ,i... ,.,..,,;,,. .,n i.,.,u- disposition to concern tlienisrlvesJ their business ami solely pertains Ksptiially is this noticeable when . There is a euro for consumption; I found it by accident 25 years ago. I had declined steadily for more than two yers and was so weakened on account of the disease that I could not walk two city blocks without stopping to ret. The phy sicians assured me that I could not live to exceed three months. I sold my business and went to Val entine, Xeb. There I contracted with a ranchman to take me to Gordon on a bed of hay and blankets in his wagon. We were oix days going through the sand hills. The days were hot and sunny; the nights many girls that write to me for advice tell me tUr are in love with a man of whom their mother does not approve. They dislike to deceive their parents, but they care for the man too much to give him up. They therefore go on meeting clandestinely, somewhere outside of own home. When a girl tells me a story like this it difficult to advise her. Speaking generally, older judgment is best, but on other hand 1 do not believe that it is a parent's right to place the seal of din for the man of her heart is founded explaiued away. If it is not, tlien ot older judgment. street corners and in shops should be cheapen the giri and no man has note of warning to the mothers and i . . i . . . NINE ALMOST LOST TONGUES Statesmen of Europe Hold That the Extinction of Small Languages Is Desirable Politically. Thore are no less than nine almost forjrotlen tongues which since the bc KlnnliiK of the nineteenth century liavo retaken their places, politically and In literature, among the lan guages of modern Europe. The nine are (irec'k, Houininian, Iiulgarian, Senian, Magyar, Czech, Finnish, Norsk mid Flemish. 'Ire list does not include Gaelic, whic h Is i:o wexporlencinj', resuscita tion In soir.e parts of Ireland at the hands of tlit Coolie leagao, nor Pol ish, which achieved a political and literary revival in (lalicla. The ni.li- languages lirst named are now u.icd by fifty millions of people a fact which does not suggest much likelihood of the approach of a uni versal lnni;iinge." At the beginning of the nineteenth rentuiy the statesmen of Europe, al most without exception, held that the extinction of the smaller languages, which had already ceased to hold a place in courts or general literature, was desirable on political grounds. In Europe, French, English, Ger man, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Russian. Turkish, Dutch, Danish and Swedisli were the only languages rec ognized as European, either In an of ficial or literary sense. The last live wero almost unknown outside of their own lands and even there they were nearly without literary use. GOOD PRACTICE ON DUMMIES Motorists Try to Dodge Obstacles, Moved by Pulley, Suspended Across Race Track. One of the features of motor life at Brooklands, England, Is the monthly Moving Figure to Be Dodged. bogey competitions. Obstacles are suspended along the race course and kept moving across the track by means of a pulley, says Popular Me chanics. It Is the object of the motor ists to dodge the figure. AMUSING MAGIC WITH SUGAR How to Put a Lump of Sugar In a Bowl of Water Without Let ting It Get Wet. Can you put a lump of sugar at th bottom of a bowl filled with water without wetting the sugar? Of course you can that Is, provided you know how. Here's the way to bo about It: Fill a large, bowl about half full of water. ' Take a goblet and cut a piece cardboard Into circular shape, so .that It will fit closely Into the . top of the goblet. Place a lump of sugar on the piece of . cardboard. Then 'force the card board Into the glass. Lower the glass, In a vertical position, Into the bowl ot water. The lump of sugar now reposes upon the piece of cardboard at the bottom Place a Goblet'Over the Sugar. of the bowl. Still It Is dry, for the air In the upturned goblet keeps the wat -r from entering. See If You Can. Sit on the groeo4 with your legs crossed u ne'er you, fold your arms, and get up without unfolding them. Place the tips of your fore fingers together and press them against your chest. Then ask anybody to pull them apart by pulling your wrists. So long as you keep your fingers touching your chest they cannot do It. Stand sideways close to the wall, with your ana raised flat against the wall, and the rest of your side touch ing the wall. Th?n try to ralae tho legs ou the other side without fallltiK over. Hold up your hand, and try to bend each finger separately, leaving tin oiher straight. You will And that when you bend the third finger the fourth, or llttlo finger, will bend with it; or If you bend the fourth, the third will bend a Nik I BOYS' OBSTACLE WATER RACE New Wrinkle for Swimmers That fords Much Fun for Participants and Spectators. Our readers who are at summer re sorts where there Is bathing or who nre fortunate enough to live In the country, where swimming is a com mon sport, always have a nearly per fect pastime at hand. Hut, after all, the best of everything grows monot onous after a time, and a little spicu of novelty often doubles th fun in a pastime to which you have become so used that you take It us a matter of course. Here Is a new wrlnk1 for bathers and swimmers, wM.h, besides being great fun for those i-.tt.lng pail In It, . ... ,n ;- -"' i ' ' M'. Diving Under Board. will furnish amusement for crowds and crowds of grown-ups, its well as young folk of your own ege who nro not expel t swimmers, but who Till wish they were when they see you taking part In It, says a writer In Good Literature. One of the best of waler sports to watch as well as to take part in Is a water obstacle race. Of course, you know all about the obstacle races on land, In which the racers crawl through barrels, over boxes and fences, run up and down inclines, Jump over hurdles and nil that sort of thing; but In the water, well, It le finite new, and you cannot possibly Imagine what fun It is until yon try It. Two or three boys enn furnish lott of sport, although It is very much better to have five or six, or ever more racers. The race Is not alwayt to the fastest swimmer, and the mort racers there art- 'he more chance th less expert on- have. The race should be held l ater not more than shoulder deep. that In case of any one's becoming Ired out, he wtl' not have to over 't t himself In go ing ashore, or spell the race by reqi..rlng the asslstnncti ' the other racers. The swlniiiiPi start at a given nal, as In any o her race, and then i fun commetiei-h The leaders soot, come to a board or a pole across tht course, under which they must dive swimming under water and rising on the other side. Then for five yard or so they have clear sailing, but then they come to a more serious obstacle. Two posts stand up In the water, their tops a few Inches above the sur face. Across them Is a pole or crosa bar. This must be climbed over, and any one who has ever tried to cllnib; out of water knows how difficult and; slow a task It Is. It Is easy enough If one goes about It very slowly, but that Is just what our racers may not do. The crossbar safely past, the swim mers come to several logs tied by thin cords to a pole driven In the Getting Over an Obstacle. water. v Each racer must untl o:.e of these logs, climb on It and paddle It with his hands' a matter of five, yards or so. If he- be not very careful and steady on bis perch, the log will roll over and he will be dumped (ntb the water. In that case he must again' climb on his log and paddle after the others, who will have gone on down the course. The foremost racer, astride of his log, comes to a little flost anchored at one side of the course. On the float are a lot of small paper begs, each one filled with dry scraps of pa per. Here he abandons his log and grasping a paper bag holds it high above the water with one hand and swims to "the finish line ten yards away. He must not get the bag wet, under penalty of losing the race, and In case of every one getting more or less water on his bag, the paper in side Is examined and the Judge con siders the dryness of It In deciding who has won the race. Many laughable mishaps occur at almost every new obstacle In the race, and. the result can never be foretold. You may Invent many new obstacles and make the course as long as may be desired, but you must remember that swimming Is much more exhaust ing than dry land sports, and be care ful not to overdo it, and especially careful to hold your rate In shallow water. There Are Lots of Him, "Does your husband never come home smiling?" "No, he's nfrald of hydrophobia." "What in the world has that got to do with it?" "If he was to come home smiling tho dog might bite bltn before it recog nized him." ' V.o-s ---- - DEEP SEA TALK. The Porpoise I hear that tho sporty old lobster went all to pieces In bis last days. The Tortoise Well, I should sny he did po to pieces, and small pieces. He ended up In a lobster salad. cuticura" cured" him. Eczema Came on Legs and Ankles Could Not Wear Shoes Because Of Bad Scaling and Itching. "I liavo been successfully cured of dry eczema, I was inspecting the re moval of noxlouc weeds from tho edge of a river and was constantly In tho dust from the weeds. At night I cleansed my limbs but felt a prickly sensation. I paid no attention to It for two years but I noticed a scum on my legs like fish scales. I did not attend to it until It camo to bo too itchy and soro and began getting two running Bores. My ankles were all lore and -scabby and I could not wear shoes.' I had to use carpet and felt slippers .for weeks. I got a cake of the Cuticura Soap and some Cuticura Olntmontjj , In less than ten days I could put on my boots and in less than three cfe,ks I was free from the con founded itching. Capt. George P. Bliss, Chief of Police, Morris, Manitoba, Mar. 20, 1907. and Sept. 24, 1908." Fotur .Viufj t'tom. Corp Sola Prop., Bortoa, A Useful Baby. Speaking of tricks to win the sym pathy of Juries In criminal cases, Judge Wllliard M. McEwen, In a re cent address before the Illinois State's Attorneys' association, said: "I know ot four cases where a baby played a prominent part In getting the acquit tal of the defendant, and I later learned that the same baby had been used in each of the cases, although the supposed mothers In each case were different women." Law Notes. It's the iudumpnt of mnnv smokers that Lewis' Sinple Hinder 5c cigar equals in quality mont 10c cigars In Madagascar everyone wears silk, which Is cheaper than linen. CinllDtlon nttiwn and siimrAtrn tnanr nerlnni dl-M.. H In tburuuKhlr rurral hr Dr. I'loro fleMtaot Pellet. Tba Iuni Uuillf laisuv Woman thinks she w ill be man's su perior when she gets her rights. . " Do you know of any woman who ever received any benefit from taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound?" ... , If any woman who b suffering with any ailment peculiar Jo her sex will ask her neighbors this question, she will be surprised at the result There is hardly a community in this country where women cannot be found who have been restored to health by this famous old remedv, made exclusively from a simple formula of roots and herbs. During the past 30 years we have published thousands of letters from these grateful women who have been cured by Ljrdia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never in all that time have we published a testimonial without the writer's special permission. Never have we knowingly published a testimonial that was not truthful and genuine. Here is one just received a few days ago. If anyone doubts that this is a true and honest statement of a woman's experi ence with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound write and ask her. Houston. Texas. "When I tint bgan taking- Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound I was a total wreck. I had been sick for three years with female troubles, chronic dyspepsia, and a liver trouble. I had tried several doctor's medicines, bat nothing; did me any good. 44 For three years I, lived on medicines and thought I would never get well, when I read an advertisment of Lydla E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, and was advised to try it. MMy husband got me one bottle of the Compound, and It did me so much good I continued Its use. I am now a well woman and enjoy the best of health. "I advise all women suffering from such troubles to give Lydla K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. They won't regret it, for it will surely euro you." Mrs. Bessie L. Hicks, 810 Cleveland St., Houston. Any woman who is sick and suffering is foolish surely . not to give such a medicine as this a trial. Why should it not do her as much good as it did Mrs. Hicks. LOW COLONIST FARES TO TH5 WEST AND NORTHWEST. Union Faclflc Passenger Depart ment announces that Colonist Fares will bo In effect from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, 190!), to all points In the West and Northwest. This year the West looks more promising than ever. Now Is the time to secure land at low prices, and, at the same' time, to visit the many Inter esting points In the WcBt and North west, at which liberal stopover ar rangements may be made. A better estimate of raw lands can be mndo now than formerly, because these lands are In proximity to new farms that are producing wonderful crops. For descriptive literature, write to K. h. Lomax, O. P. A., U. P. R. R-, Omaha. Neb. , Women in Postal Service. The distinction of first appointing a woman postmaster does not belong to America, nor is tho employment of women in the postal service a new Idea. As early as 15 IS n woman post master was appointed to look after tho malls of Ilralne lo Comte, an Im portant town of Franco. In tho try ing times of tho Thirty Years' war, the principal olllce In tho postal serv ice of Europe was held by a woman, Alexandrine do Hue. From 1C28 to 1U1G she was In chargo of the mails of tho German empire, the Nether lands, liurgundy and, Lorraine. She was known as a master general of the malls. In America, Elizabeth Harvey was tho first to hold a place In the postal department. She had charge of the letters In Portsmouth, N. II., in the beginning of the seventeenth cen tury. A half century afterward Lydla Hill was placed In charge of the post ufllce In Salem, Mass. Not Qualified for the Job. Father (Impressively) "My son, I want you to be very attentive to your new teacher, who Is a man of wide and general information. He can teach you everything you need to know." Small Hoy (derisively) "He? He don't know nothin'i Why, he can't even tell who's pltchln' in the league teams." The "Black-Hand" Business. Mrs. Dart My husband got a letter to-day saying something dreadful would happen If he didn't send the writer a sum of money. Mrs. Smart My husband gets dunned for his bills, too. i C30K)dtf i for young peoplu.