in luiul ttlnil d ilainti? I Hill1 (I lldNS. I III! cn tt iror w( Wilt I nil m 'ti.'IIK' lliriaf 1,1 1 ) a email 0(1 do w, . ff ln..J u m handle. 'I point ""0 "It,,,,, If t ""'I i r!'" """-) hv I..'...... ' (U ii i. .. 'i li.it ,U;ir.- j to Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. n m n c fhe WEALTH OF THE STATES Kirtie or ABSOllTEiy PORE n.i love. rio VOU lser .....1 enm0 ...41 .111" uiiv J-..,- jlli" v.ai.d grandma anu ..i..mt a uozen oi fdit:.tivf!y)- jo to nui wonder any for J Ls Cannot De i-urcu .. .,. hh thy cannot . .. . iN.rtin oi me rai. i.w.ura rl.-uftleHl. ..fi KHt l ....w t i i .... ,n8titutioni riu-ui Ltd bv nn iuIUmtxi ;on jueius lining oi me VV'hn ih'B tuue in L .... rum Jl 112 BWUU'i w htei. . - . ... am ln 11 1 1 I'M . - J D'HfnB ifl Ili8 reeuu, ami .mmation can I uuteo out rfUirel to it normal ., out "I 'n r uaui u Ihich in no'hinif but an in- lion ot the mucous iur. IT mA ration. nf IWi.ws (caused oy L-annot I curt-J by Hal ' . - a , f ir circulars; free. I EN" EY A'' .. Toledo, O. I)rU uifH', i J.'. PupularHiuriy. hack "Now wot' th' use Is all these new-fangled it pood is this 'ere astron study in'?" 'Why, uncle, It s delifrht Ul about on moonlight s point out Venus, and mz man says sonieiumg ,hen See that, ring? Can Tou Find Krmr lrllilil. Iha Worrt? . wwk. winch him no two woia lie word. T lie mine in true o( nuitetnne wrh veok. frm the Micine Cu. Thin Iioiimj pine tverythlnt ihejr malte ana Pn lt. wnil them the name of the will n-Lurn run HOOK. HKAUTI JlAi'lliorsAMI'I.Ko FKKK. hW'liat! Do you mean to during your wedding tour your husband's clothes? Vliat could hats possessed Dear me! What's the mat- "You foolish girl! Xow he'll to keep on doing it." NT TO FLESHY PEOPLE. notlred a pace article in the be on reducing weight at a expense. It will pay our knd two cent stamp for a lina Circulating Library, 3'i ton Street, Chicago, 111. A Ituftlnefta Head. wish to get a birthday Imy husband." low long married?" en years." pargin counter to the right, Ihe (ountrr I i. v lrlY lhan .llwi I The detailed fl-ur.s of the iis fJ",,t Man-g. in the census hul ; let. n just i-su.-d, shows how unevenly wealth is distributed in the d. Cere n't : sections of this country. Of tolnse , these totals are not rrect for pur i poses of omiparisoii, as the assess ment laws differ in the various. States, I but the Louisville Courier-Journal na.ws uiui aitn a lew provisos they serve well nou-h to five one a fair idea of the relative relies or poverty of the sectioii-v me of the most im portant of the jrovisos is in regard to Illinois, where the State Hoard of hiUa!iwttion estimates that the 11(0 assessment represents onlv one-fourth the true value of the property. This estimate is upheld by the fact that the assessment r.f lllin.i la !... Il.il. .sues readin a iierfum d letter more than oiip.HmkI ti.-.t ,.t J ---. .....x inui i flint, yourinsiile vest-pocket.", and is eousiderabh less than that of Indian you Worse tiian Kvrla. Father (impatiently) 'Where your mother?" Little let-"l'p stairs, reading.' nun: jjwtii n . novels, I when she to be -" Wo, she found in iim. lell h-r I'vd her some new novels. A t ouderful Sou, Fussy Old OeuUeman "-Have any children?" ''Yes, fir: a son." "-h! Does he smoke?" 'Xo, sir; he Las never touched -iga ette." 'I oes lie frequent the clubs?" "IIe has never put his foot in one ""Does he com home late?" "He goes to bed directly after aer." A model young man, madam, jld is he?" "Just two months." din- How suppose, gone out to buy Have You Ast ma? Dr. H. .Vhikfmann, St. Paul, Minn., will ninil s trial packngeof Schiffmann' ARthaia Cure free to any sufferer, dive instant relief m worst cuts, and cu en whro others fad. Name this paper and oend mMress. window) Whafi Ki-iTjr-Iljr Lire. Mrs. D'Avnoo (at front "Officer!" Policeman - "Yes, ma'an wrong ma am?" Mrs. )'Avnoo Nothing's wrong: but I wish you'd t?p into the kitchen and tell the cook not to burn the meat as she did last night. I'm afraid to." Not an accident has happened on the Holland railways since women were appointed switchtenders, it is stated. Women seem to take naturally to the switch. Hagley - nd Mr. J'essin called in th doctor just before he died? Why did he wait so long?" Winks "Well, he wou dn't take chances until he saw there was no hope, anyhow." "Then the guests went home and the neighbors went to sleep," is the way a local weekly winds up its ac count of a lively party given down town. When Nature NeKl-WLFeistnn it may Ia host to ran. der it promptly, hut one should remem ber to use evn th most perfect remedies only when needed. The best nnd most simp1 and gsn'M remedy is the Syrup of Fu, manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. Implaing of sore throat should use "ISrown TrorhcK " Ti e effect is ex paiticularly when used by sneakers for clearine the only in boxen. H can tell a poet the mo im." Ilow?" He never looks like one. khapp-"Mlss Jteaull does l,o o warm fr end ui A U1--N-0. 1 believe sue mm hurt nme sort of a quarre. ere girls." show your fere girls lyou don't J?" have Jd-";. . .Tm T Bible." 0f you- - Jtout t v, - kind of soup will you plain. t.i .. ...iliere ja " nrifhout any thumb in It." tore (U I e pie "You oueht to get . Oldehapp." Jchapp earnestly "I have "f times lately that I had a illue delighted "Have you U4pp-"Yes. If I had a f probably have a sewln-m i-sewing-machine would "jean, and I could take it V oflloe chair. It squeaks Clara "Why did you break youi engagement with (ieorge? He used to bring you such delicious candy! Dora "Yes, used to, but since 1 accepted him, lie's been bringing me thotwen'y flvecent kind." IJoutton "i dic'n't meet Jack Good- heart at the restaurant today." T'nton "" ' Jade is a married man now, and its three days since pay-day." Friend ' You took your son into your establishment some months ago.to teach him the business, I understand. How did it turn out?" Business Man wearily J-"Great sac ... . ti cess, lie s leacuiug iu " Old Editor "Where is Scribbler?" Assistant "(Jone off to get married. . act) the Old Editor "Well, I'm glad of that, exceeds He won't kick so about staying here nights now although Illinois has the great city of Chicago within her bor ders and possesses a population nearly double that of Indiana. In Massa chusetts the assessment is li,:ely to he a little hih as compared with that of other states as property there is rated at pretty nearly its true value. The figures indicate that the wealth of the country lies more large ly in the East than had even been generally supixised, although it was universally known that the East, be cause of greater age, was tne richer section. Massachusetts, though one of the smallest, States in size and but the sixth in population, is the third in assessed wealth, falling less than 20 per cent, behind Pennsylvania, while New York, with a population ncaily three times as great, exceeds her only liO per cent. Her assessment is greater than that of Ohio, more than four times that of Kentucky, six timea that of Tennessee, more than fourteen times that of South Carolina and nearly three times that of Missouri. More than one-third of the assessed wealth of the. United Stales is In the three states of Now York, Pennsyl vania and Massachusetts and nearly one-hnir or it is in the live states or New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu setts, Ohio and California. The as sessment of California, though that State is only about forty years old, exceeds that or any other state except New York, Pennsylvania, Massachu setts and Ohio, though Illinois would lie far ahead of her if property there were properly assessed. The six New England States, with about one-thirtieth of the popula tion of the Union, contain one-seventh of the assessed weilth, Massachusetts with one-thirtieth of the population having one-eleventh of the assessed wealth. The fifteen States that were formerly slaveholding contain about 22 per cent of the assessed wealth and about 3G per cent, of the popula tion of the Union. What was the old Northwest Territory, which Great Britain endeavored to hold, now the Ave States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin, contains 2 1 per cent of the population and 2j per cent of the assessed wea th, Illinois being given her proper assess ment, about equal to that of Ohio. Some of the far western States, be sides California, are rising rapidly in the scale of wealth. Thus the as sessment of Was-hington or Colorado is larger than that of South Carolina or West Virginia or Arkansas. In assessment of Washington that of Nebraska, but we A Wi.-ked SuggeitUoil. Beporter-"lf you will allow me to have the sermon which you are to de liver on Sunday. I will copy it and print it in Monday's paper." Beverend De (ioode "I cannot allow my sermon to go out of my hands if you will come to church on Sunday, you can hf-ar it and take notes." lieporter (with dignity) "I do not work on Sundays, sir." A Poet With a C'liirh. "Who is that long-haired young fellow who seems to have nothing to do?" inquired the casual observer. "That's our poet," said the village clerk. "The village clubs together and pays his board and clothes." "Where are his works published?" "Ain't never published. lies arranged to have 'em printed after lie's dead. That's why we are trying to keep him alive as long as we can." Thins Them Out. Appleton "I think the Spanish bull lights much perferable to our prize lights." Plumpton "Goodness! Why!" Appleton "Sometimes the bull lighters get killed." you killed this sura- Nervous Lady "Have many snakes around here iner?" Farmer Hayseed "No, I allers leaves em for summer boarders to kill. You'll find plenty o' sport mum." Old Lady (po nting to elevated rail road) "Where do them cars go to?" City Man (hurriedly) "Almost any where you want ma'm." Old Lady-"Land sakesl I thought they had to stay on the rails" u'iii nm M ur-ilon. 197 Third St., Albany, N Y. gives it the meed of praise, as follows: "I have used Dr. hull's Cough Syrup and hnd it has no equal. No lamny snouiu m wimuu. it" ' Miss Forundred-'This fashion of having Hired smg " I'm going tostop iu x,. has gone now. Mrs. F Gone wnere.-George-"Did you sell your horse foi i , noi.l when voll bought na roucti a " - ' him?" ... .. , , I ti, "Well er i s'u "IIU lor much as he was worth when I bought him?" Bilkins "Jimson must have built that fine house ot nis under a mortgage dn't he?" Wilkins-"Yes. How did you now?" Bilkins "I notice his shoulders ar beginning to look like a Mansard roof." Bad Noticed It. Mr. Kichfello Isn't Miss De Murt pretty when she blushes?' Miss Beautt les. 1 noticed it the other day. It was the first time I evei iw her face color. "Indeed. What was she blushing over." "Over a plate of hot soup." Mrs. J. Brown Stone-"After all, the plumber who was working for us is a very satisfactory man." Mr. Stone "Yes; he fills the b .11." 1 iafrinf musi take into consideration that values arc placed .on a much higher I scale in trie new and Western States than in the old and Eastern States. It is safe to say that the newer a State is the more inflated its assess ment is. There is also another im portant item to be taken into con sideration in estimating the relative wealth of East and West A large portion of the West is owned in the East while very little of the East belongs to the West. The smallest State in the Union is by no means the poorest Little lihodc Island, with her 1,300 square miles, has a higher assesHiient than those of twenty-six States and Ter ritories. Of the strictly Southern States only Virginia, Georgia, Ten nessee, and Texas exceed her in as sessed wealth, and her assessment is more than three-fifths that of Ken tucky. Delaware, the next smallest . State, has an assessment le-s than one-fourth as large as that of lihodc Island. The highest assessed valua tion per head is in Massachusetts, where it is about $!H5, and the lowest is in the three States of North Caro lina, South Carolina and Mississippi, where it is about $l'io each per hu man being. In Kentucky t.nu aver age ls about $2i5, In Ohio about $.'00, in New York about $i:j.0, in Pennsyl vania about SHOO, in lihodc Island about $1)20, in Michigan about $440, in Virginia about $2:i,', in Tennessee about 200, and in Georgia about $205. On Tho Way. The day when a boy puts on his first pair of diminutive trousers is in deed a time of importance. Two children, one in a boy's sailor suit the other in a little checked woollen frock, were accosted by a n in terested passer-by one day, as they played together on the sidewalk. "Good morning, children," said the lady, addressing them with a smile, as she stopped a moment to watch their game of "hopscotch;" "arc you hmther and sister, playing so nicely together, or," as she saw a somewhat distressed and aggrieved expression on the f'icc of the ch id in the fro.k. "are you both boys?" "Wo aren't relations," replied the other child, "and I'm a boy now, and Tommy's going to be one next week, when ho ftc-ts bis new suit!" , Bilkins "Did you ever notice how much money butchers have in their pocke's when they are picking out your change?', Wilkins "No-o but I've often noticed how little I've had in my pockets after I got my change.' "McWatty wasn't elected, was he His campaign seemed to be struck by l irhtnintr. "Well, it was. 'ihere was a big blot." Country Cousin "I think these ele vated railroads are just lovely? City Hostess "Do you really." Country Cousin -"Yes. indeed. They keep off the sun." Mrs. Dwentioff "Vy you admires dot man so, Rachel?" Daughter- "He pought dose glothes rait our store, and he pecomes dem so beautifully." St. Peter "You were an editor of a nolitical orcran. I ses Didn't you do a good daal to help the devil'" Shade of Editor "No. sir no, sir- never! He was never nominated by our party." Ted "He's full of impracticable ideas." Ned "I should say he was The only one of his schemes that didn't go up a flyipg-machine." Church Worker -'And how did you like the singing of our choir?" Visit ing Stranger anxious to be poiite- "Well. the members didn't allow their tfforts to be diverted by the mere me chanical accuracy of the organ." When a fly lights on a piece of sticky paper he realizes that he is better off Doctor "Do not expose yourself to the heavy dews of the night air while in the country, my dear?" Daughter "Why, pa where did you learn so much about bangs?" la oLutli in. J udge you say you ant a divorce for cruelty." ."ad Mar. ' Yes. y'r honor." Judge "Now, see here! How could a little bit of a woman like that be cruel to a great big fellow like you?" Sad Man"! gut-ss, yr honor I'll withdraw the suit aud wait a few years." Judge-"What for?" Sad Man "I'll wait until you've been married a little while y'rselt" it liquor that -"No, sir, it was house -cleanin', M issionary -Was brought you to this?" Imprisoned Burglar house -clean in' spring sir," Missionary "Eh? House-cleaning?" Burgular "Y'es sir. The woman had been house-clean in", and' th' stair carpet was up, an' th' folks heard me." Mr. Gotham "So you think Scribbler has rather a crude literary style?" Miss Backbay (of Boston)"Horribly crude. One can understand everything he says." He "Shall I steal a kiss?" 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