Ttt Birn a Press-Jmroal
uuisoi,
MMRASKA
tiood roads -talk is again in order
everywhere.
It's a wise urm tbat slays under
rover and deprive the early bird of
bi breakfast.
It may be tbat matches are made
only in heaven, because tbe fire never
goes cut in tbe other place.
It's almost as difficult for a medium
to predict what is going to happen as
M im for a historian to record what has
happened.
Brigadier Jenkins of the Salivation
Army bays tbat the saw buck is an
unchristian device. We have hold tbat
opinion for forty-odd years.
England has a club fur koujcu
railed the Stay at Home Society, it
would be perfectly safe to waer that
tbe uicu approve of this organization.
Somehow the Panama republic's dtv
lar.it ion of ii.d -pi n Jeiice isn't quite so
eloquent as the one siloed by John
Hancock and other eminent gentleiut n.
Ueports of climatic and social con
fiitiotis !u h oj-.-ti- reiyns. are si
ways of the most discouraging nature.
And yet explorers are invariably anxi
ous to go back.
It appears that the uiau who was
arrested f.r trying to kii! President
Diaz of Mexico was only celebrating
and bad no thought of luurder. The
btcldiiit Is now closed.
XL we is not as much satisfaction in
knowing that the uiillhnalre of today
Ik the pauper of to-morrow, us there
would be in some assurance of reci
procity in the transformation.
The Russian press broadly intimates
that the United States may talk of its
rights In China, but can't enforce
them. "Can't" is a word which this
country has yet to h-urn when it comes
to enforcing rights.
A French writer is advlsm,,' hi
country to abandon all projects to con
quer th? Sahara Ucsirt, which he nuiia
commercially valueless. M by nut move
the Sahara to America, and irrigate It
along with our own deserts?
Mias Frances Pcttit, of Galway. X.
T., has been awarded 13.000 for 1.230
klases which the says a man of the
name of Tin more pressed upon her
rnby lips. She must have been a busy
gkrl If she kept count by cutting a
notch In her umbre!l:i handle every
tae Tlttuiore smacked b.-r.
Thete'a a certain Lrand of joke that
joar wife does not enjoy. Such for
fcartauce as the tne worked out with
hrihilte pains by the Yonkers States
atan humorist. TbU joke was aliout 'i
nan who all his life had been think
ing up Lis "last words," but wh.-n he
tame to die, his wife talked so much
tbat he couldn't get them off and so
went Into the other worhl lastwordleas.
We are thankful we did not spring this.
It was unkiLd.
Cattle-keeping in Hawaii used to be
a hazardous business. Pools of un
wholesome water abounded; so did the
take, a tiny animal that lives in the
grass, and when swallowed by a sheep
r eow speedily finds its way to the
vital organs and causes death. Four
years ago a consignment of frogs from
California was taken to one of the
islands, whence they and their pro
geny have been introduced to all the
group. The frogs are cleansing the
water, exterminating the fluke, and
fattening In the process.
N.'n teen hui dr.d and three will be a
notable year for stain? collectors. It
ha teen a new series of United States
pout age-si amps and three designs for
th two-cent stamp: the design with
the profile- of Houdon's bust of ;ish
ington, which had been in use for
thirty-two years: the nearly full face
of the Stuart portrait of Washington,
draped with the nag, which has just
been abandoned because the engraving
was not satisfactory; and as its suc
cessor, a larger head in the Stuart
pone, framed by a shield. It Is not
often that collectors can get three
patterns of a stamp of the same de
nomination issued within twelve
months. Yet coin-collectors will re
rail that three different kinds of five
cent piece bear the date 1883.
The young men of to-day are too
Inicky too much given to selfaualy
ia, too elf-pampering. Their shoes
and neckties cost more each year than
MA the entire wardrobe of their grand
fa then. They feel a sense of degra -4attoa
la small beginnings and plod
dings, tod they wait for success ready
Bade to come to them. There Is not
young man In tbe country who
Sroald imitate Ben Franklin and
march through tbe streets munching
loaf of bread while looking for em
ploy meat. He dares not, indeed, be
ans society baa become also finicky,
and he would be arrested as a tramp.
Th yeamg man of to-day wants capi
tal Treats and combines and corpor
iaaa ftgfraM bias. Ho cannot be
, rrUart of a bank or radge of a court
M waa mm m irwim nm, iih
, 1 CxU, Kirn th fajnooa Eli Pnoaley,
tut
I Z-tz3 a C worU know- not
JCtCZ ttKfwtk." Tb
ulail.m of India is almost three biin
ilrcd millions. A careful estimate If
Sir Itolert Ciffen put the aggregate
annual income of all the people at four
hundred and sixty-eight million Miinds
sterling. That would make their av
erage earnings seven tlollars and
eighty cents a year, or two and one
seventh cents a day. Another author
ity, a writer who presents reason for
his opinion that Sir Robert's estimate
is too high, puts the gross income of
the people of India at two hundred and
ninety millions jkiuikIs sterling, which
works out at one ent and one third
a day. . It should be borne in mind
that the population of India is agri
cultural, that the people live for the
most part on ibe pnidui-e of their soil,
and that their need of clothing and
fuel is small. Visitors to the country
do not find that they are in abject
poverty.
The "hoy problem" is unu h older
than any other priblein. It therefore
follows, naturally, that we have a vns;
literature on the subject of it solu
tion. Since the days of "Tjiii Itr.iwn
at Itugby" 'bat llleiature has multi
plied with gn at rapidl'.v. As the j
are very few jmtsoiis of ordinary in
telligi-liee Who are innocent of ..lens
regarding the bringing up" "f a 1
the average parent need not suffer f i
lack of counsel on tills subject. 'H.-'
boy Is the crux of the cdueali.mal prob
lem, lie is the interesting and del'.g'i
fully micertalii jn:in. Ity in tin- h.i.ue
life. .Iui how the girls n il 'It; I,
out" does not appear to ciiiieer.i the
parents or the educa.'ors. l-.vi-rs ixi.i v
knows they will develop into a no
manhood that will reflect crei'i; :;;:
the family name. Hut Imw .' :
hoy? What are you go:1- t.i :' j
this bundle of lively and !:. '.:" t 'ii
potentialities? P.efure the ("::. . .-
Union of Liberal Sunday i; ' i
Hull House Mrs, Milton I-aii..r";tii
in discilHsifi'i tlie "Imy prolileiu." el: :
"lietween tin1 ages of li :ind
curs the crisis of the feeling in .-.
lioy's existence. His life shuts tip. I!
loses liis ohl frankness and Iw.-oiin
secretive. Happy the father or uiothc:
or teacher who. when the Isiy's If
shuts tii. i shut up inside." 1 1 r
we have the pathos of the Ihiv p:ob
letn. as well as the parental ob!:g:i
t!on. pictured in a few words. Peda
gogical treatises, based Ulton theories
or upon experience, may be more i!
luminatlng than this, but they can .Kb!
very little ti the impressivcliess of
the truth that when a boy "shuts op"
the parents should be shut np wi'l.
him. All of which is one way of fay
ing that "the heart of a boy" is the
important thing to reach after all. In
the education and training of boys
personality is the tiling that counts.
The pursise of ttaining a tsiy is t.i
save him from himself and to fit Mm
for useful "itlzeuship. The father who
fcolishly permits a teacher or some
one else to reach the heart of his hoy.
while he himself remains outside the
boy's life, is committing a per!loiti
blunder. (Ireek verbs and algebra
eanuot make a good man or a useful
citizen out of a boy. There unst !w
direct and confidential contact with
personalities that exemplify all th
sturdy virtues that are needed In th
boy's life.
POOR DOG M'GINNIS' DAY.
A boat to Find Home, He I Killed by
thr i arc
MeKJinnlns was a yellow dog thf
scrawny, worthless kind tbat no tn,
owns and no one wants. The sort jot.
often find in a.lcya hunting "round ball
starved for scraps and bones so few
Metlinnis was a homeless dog. ile
ginnls knew It, too.
Mctiiinnls ofien used to wish that ht
could have a home where he could sta
and never more through alleys haveu
roam. He used to watch the poolle a
tbey trotted 'long the street, and wih
he wore a ribIon, too, and looked sc.
clean and neat.
But no one seemed to care for him
One dJiy he thought he'd try to niak
a friend and follow home a well dre
ed passerby. Hut, though he wagged
his timid tall and barked liked poodle
do, a cruel kick wag all be got, a kick
tbat hurt him, too. Another time hs
trotted with a carrige for a mile,
a-watchlng with an eager eye for jui-t
die kindly smile. Hut whfn the barn
was reached the driver drove the dog
away. "This ain't no place for worth
less curs," AletJinjils heard him say.
A half a dozen times he tried a hu
man friend to make, but ev'ry time
'twas kicks or stone that followed in
his wake, and so at Jawt he gave it
up and kept out of the way. A hack
man gave the dog his name whllt
ki k ng him one day.
T.,c wind i f fall bi gan to blow. Me-tiin-.iis
felt them keetk. for bones wer:
far from plentiful he'd grown quite
weak and lean. November's blast
went through his hair like watet
through a sieve. McClnnlns longid
again to have a place where he might
live.
One day MeCJIni.ls saw a chance, 1(
thought, to make a friend. An oppor
tunity came round his fervlces to lend.
A little girl had lost her hat. It n.ll.d
before a car. Mc'JInnis ran and pick
ed It up e'er it had traveled far. lit
started towards the little miss. 8ht
clapped her hands In glee. "Oh. moth
er, see the dog," she said. "Ill taki
him home with me." A doggish heart
beat fast with Joy. "A borne at last,'
he thought. Jnst then there came ai
otber ear beneath It be was caught.
The car was stopped. They pnllid
him out. "It's Jnst a cur," they fald
McGlnnlns didn't bear It, though. Th
bomeless dog was dead. And this If
where tbe story ends there's no mor
to relate. McGinn la bad one chance
'tlo trao but gave It op to fate. Kan
mi City Star. ,
A man seMen knows when h
wa off natll bt hi awiy off.
NO BIG RUSH FOR THE LAND.
Krlllar Are Not SrrWiim Home
A mun z kall la tbe Desert.
If the interior department official
expected a great rush for the l.Ust.isO
acres of land in the Mojave and Col
frri dese-rts thrown oen to settle
ment in June last, they have been
oiv!y disappointed. This land should
be let alone, and for good reasons.
There is a good deal of talk alut
'ma king the desert blossom as the
rose." Some deserts blossom, but not
ibis one. Nolmdy will ever do inure
for this desert than Mother Nature has
lone. The only blooming that nature
has brought about there is that its
freckled bosom blossoms with lart,e
ilkali pustules, or pimples, punctual
d with sage-brush and cactus. This
sums up the flora of the new promised
land. The fauna includes Jack rabbits,
homed toads, lizards, ;ila monsters
mid venomous snakes. The soil is
coarse gravel, and on top of the coarse
gravel there is a tine alkali powder
which, when the wind blows and the
wind blows often sweeps over th
scorching and barren laud like the
dreaded sanilstoims of the Sahara,
which, by the way. tbey much re
semble. Kveu far to ihe southwest.
across the lofiv mountain ranges, these
di-sert sandstorms souk times swetp,
reaching the favored dweilcts in south
ern California in the tnii'si of !h ir
orange groves. Kven this d slant touch
of the desert winds causes trees to
wither, grass to n-orcb. and men ui.d
animals to surjfir "Keenly. liver iii.K
dreadful desert the siiii moves like a
ball of tire across the sky of hnis.
and prdul:ig nothing but pio."a:.iiy.
of its pitiless lays.
Those credulous ler-ons who may
believe that this is the kind of dese. t
which, by it rg.-it'on. may lc turned
Into a garden are doomed to disap
pointment. There Is no water on this
desert strip. The waters of the Color
ado may tie led to Jhe lands of the
Yuma desert, but that is far lower in
level than are these. .Much of this
Mo ave strip is at an elevation of '2.(H 0
or .'i.("ii feet, ending in igneous rock
and producing nothing but porf.ntlty.
The hist hope for the set iter on thU
barren land would be the discovery of
the precious metals. They may exist
there. We do not say they cannot I
found. Hut we know that the land has
been prospected by experienced miners
for half a century. If a tend-rfwt
can find a gold mine where an old
Californlan miner fails, he is a smart
tenderfoot. Hut we doubt ids succej-s
We warn all eastern people not tj
be deluded by false, even if well-mean
lug. representations concerning thi
strip of land between Mojave anil (If
Colorado river. It is strewn with the
skeletous of piospectois. the belies ,J
animals. It is a place of sriiIIs.
Mr llolan's Carriage.
Mr. I loin ii. through the agency of
buCor and eggs, had r-.i'hed thai
stage of prosperity w ln-re he w as abie
:o set up an establishment with I
horse and carriage, ami nobody be
grudged him lii success.
"Hut what's the reason your wif
drives around in a carriage wlih thf
etter C on It?" Inquired one of Mr
I Milan's friends. "You've not changed
your name. Terry?"
"Naw, man." said Mr. lio'an. gay ly
"me name has stood me fifty years
an' It'll last out me toime. Hnl th
carriage was a great bar-rgaln. at sic
ond-hand. man, and the C was on ir
'Twud cost a bit to change it to a I,
and 1 says to Mary Ann. 1) is a koinJ
of a broad-Iuking letther, w hoile C U
more dilh-ate and ornamental. 1 says
'And besoide that, it's the very next U
D In the alphabet, and more thau all,'
I says, 'it stands for "contluted." and
that's what ivery I'olaji that roido in
the carriage will be so let it stand,'
and Mary Ann agreed wid me."
A Polite Prisoner.
Tbe lady who was vislilng the jail
had hern much impressed with the ap
pearance and behavior of the prisoners,
and she took occasion to express lift
approval to the warden.
"They so-m as courteous as any
iKKly," she said, enthusiastically, "even
If they don't say anything."
"Yes. they're polite enough." assent
ed the jailer. "Hut I'm a little snpl
clous of too fine manners."
"I don't see how you can be!" ex
claimed the Inly.
"Well. I am," declared the warden
"and I have been ever since one of thf
smoothest of them broke out of Jai
and left a nice for me In which h(
write, "I hope you will pardon me foi
the liberty I'm taking.' "
Mark or Appreciation.
The widow was taking; her first look
at the bust of her beloved htislinnd.
The clay was still damp. "Pray exam
ino It well, madam," said the sculptor.
"If there Is anything wrong I can al
ter it."
The widow looked at it with a mix
lure of sorrow and satisfaction.
"It is just like him." she said: "a
lerfect portrait his large nosci tin
sign of goodness." Here she burst In
to tears. "He was so good! Make Hit
nose a little larger r Tlt-Bitg.
Relieved la Skilled Labor.
"The organist's wife told me thil
morning," said Mrs. Thornton, "that
several of the p!esi on the organ wert
jvt of order."
"Well," replied Mrs. I lad ley, "I hojx
they'll get Mr. Jones, our old plumber
to fix them, and not those new plumb
era tbat have Just set up on the cor
ner."
Cotton in Rhodesia.
It ba been found, through extended
expert Bents, tbat K bodes la can pro
doce ftrst-cUua cotton, wlilch will c n
sand tb highest pr'ee In Liverpool.
doings orwonm
W hat n oman C to Xmn.
Mrs. ('migie. known to tbe literary
sorid as John Oliver Hob!ex, may
make herself disliked by the advan-ed
wo:nen if she is not careful about her
public utterances. At a reitnt dinner
Jiveti by the Lord Mayor of I-ondon
!o the Society of JournulUts she re
jlie to the toast of "The Ladies." In
the course of her reply she said many
banning things about the accomplish
ments and the achievements of wom
an, and then dll'led the edge of her
prai.? by declaring that woman owes
all she knows of the arts, and nearly
everything else, outside of do;iiefii-iiy,
o men. citing Angeliea Kaiif:naiin.
George SjiiiiI. (Ji-orge Kliol. Clmriotte
i'.ronle and others as examples. She
even went so far as to iis-crt ilmt
woniu would not go into the inte.lec
tilal professions and public life but
for the supiKirt and praise of men.
Warming up with her subject. Mrs.
(YriiLjie iihserlisl that "the reign of
freat ipiecns have aiso beeu liie epoch
ftf great statesmen. Tbe famous la
dies of gr-t historical crises ewe their
releb-ity to :lie classic des, r i i 'oii
ivriiteii of tlieiu 'iy men. lireat ac
tresses, great players ou uct-ieai in
itni.ncnts, great sin -crs. grcit scliolnrs
Inii great writers were nil. Without ex
ception, first trained and t.iuglit by
men." And then, worst of all. in her
peroration she said as to woman's po
rtion in the world: "We do not under
itand half of It or nearly half of it
We think of other things. Hut we Iu
s a rule as we arc told, mid when we
tre commended for doing it pretty well
we are Just as happy us though we
were masters of the situation. We
know we are not, which is .-lever of us
nil we do not w isii to lie. which Is
Cleverer still."
It would take a buld mull In utter
BUeh sentiments as these, mid he
would lie tuiul'd over the coals more
effectively thun was Hurtle Massey liy
Mrs. I'oyser. Fortunately. It was not
a man in this rase. It remains to b
seen how the emancipated women, the
advanced women, the club women, and
martial spinsters, will accept this fem
inine definition of the feminine rela
tion toward the masculine tyrant. Of
course, there are women who will
agree with Mrs. Cralgie, but they are
the women In humble life, the old fash
ioned women, the domestic women, the
time spirited women, who usually do
as they are told and are glad to have
some one tell them what to do. They
are the vines clinging to the oaks. Hut
on the other hand, there are many
who are not dingers and who are rev
eling in the Joys of freedom, the pleas
ures of Hie rlubroorris, and have a door
key of their own. They are not the
kind that rest patiently under the ac
cusation of doing as men tell them.
Chicago Tribune.
Nearly t'rownetl Their eH:her.
They said Miss h'rllne Sinclair was
s brave girl when, at the age of Hi,
she accepted tile position of teacher in
the "Ciilncky Thir
teen Schooi" In
, Cass township. Sui-
i Ii v h ii County, I ml.,
! for El l .ilte of tlie
toughest In the
county. She got
along very well,
however, until the
inestion arose ns i
to what Christmas
treat she (imposed
to provide for the
pupils. It has been
MISS SINCLAIR.
the custom for the teachers to provide
such a treat. Miss Sinclair promised
to observe the custom, tint declined to
explain what 'he treat was to be.
When she refused to satisfy the curhrs
Ity of the pupils the latg'-r girls, rang
ing from II to Hi years of age, over
powered her. tied her feet to a trough
and carriisl her to n pond in a neigh
boring field. There the boys cut a
hole in the Ice and the girls put the
teacher in the hole. The water came
only to her waist and the plucky teach
er refused to yield. Then they carried
ber farther out on the Ice. cut another
bole and again plunged her Into the
ice-cold water. This time the water
came to her neck. There they left her.
The trough tied to her 'eet prevented
ber getting out. but finally when she
had almost perished ber screams
brought aid. She afterward suffered
greatly from pneumonia and shock.
The !cret.
The more conveniences we have
around us, the more tact shown In our
contact with others, the lietter our sur
roundings, the better do we enjoy our
selves and get along In the world.
Ruch condltlonsdo not come without
effort, nor do they come to the Indiffer
ent and weak hearted. To get along,
to make a success of the place In which
one Is situated, is to be thoughtful,
tactful and unselfish. Why does some
one seem to lie liked by nil. to have
so much Influence, to le a general fa
vorite? What has she done? Really
nothing but smile, (teaming good hu
mor nil tbe time. Not sill), but help
ful; a little thing here and a kind
word or look there. This is all of ber
secret. It Is only the one who thinks
of the trifling act, that la prepared to
aot and bt ready for tbe great act of
lor or help when tbe time for It
lid you ever stop to think what a
great difference a word or two at the
breakfast table makes, whether it is a
snarl or whether it Is word of corupli
nient for the nice breakfast prepared,
and if there is not n successful effort
at the meal getting, how much more
then is the kind word in-ednl. It the
days U-gln with sunshine in the soul,
and let a giwsl part of it out o reflect
uimiii tlio.se atsiut you.
These are days that leave their
murks on one's character. Ilxehange
fo-nperal i ve llntl rtpinu.
Tin- ( nie;i of Ootaiii, Cil., have for
seme- lime past be -n i o.'d.leting an e
eihiiiiit In o-i.M r itive !iet:sekis piii
;iiid have met with s,u Ii tint
the., lime fornud a .- pi r.. live fan :!.'
cu'l
Alo'.it a ib . i iHin ii of ihe : ;!
selit;.l;ie il .. i s ,.f ihe ! !:ic- inw
uiiiied. r iiinl a lai.t -r pil-.i'c ns.-dene-
.ue I i--t.ibi:-i,i-il a J.ii'H ln.'j-.-kecj'
n; .hi. i j.e;i.i V in cmployi-,
.n Lwlll g a eH il.'i'c-s, t'i.' I.'ofk ii
III" c-.t;lUls:.!,J nt. Si p; 1.. Illg II. Hlls ill
Cie full., time p. r who malic i
ill d z ii f,in lli--s. T'i ir o, I ed w -ii.-;
in', Oiil ) a m in I ."hi ;i m..ii Ii -is
aa..st i lie i i. nl .' a month wl I -1
yol 'oils j, ml g i -t il h ii-. w oi k r
in the 1 1 ice ilem.'i, d. .il d v liii-h c.ti li
family has hiritoforc b sn ob.igid to
pay when It was possible to se.nie
i In in
11. o i, family l as Its own laid hi tiie
e i iijiorame house, wltli in:iv i.h::il
s'ii,pri!ini of linen. i-iUer and tie ir
ilon. Iliery month the ex;, ii i i.ie
eiiiefnlfy ail'Ii isi by the -i:b' c timi.;-tei-s
aid the amount iisi-m. io nit;
anions the dub memlii rs. chlldn n pin
p' Ti ,i,li;itc)y tier- ring to 111 ir ng s
Mb vi ii ct lit s er no nl per p' r-on i
th - imfage ci. si. the lnl of food be i g
proiidiil. The women of iln dub inl:
turns in making out the miiiil. and i'l
this way Ihe tastes of nidi family 'if
Coll-lilted.
The iii.dcttakliig Is very similar to
that of Iongwood, near Chlcngo. and
others that have been tiled In oiler
place.
t'onrrmiiig Women.
Miss Maggie J. Wulz. of Calumet.
Mich., is the only Finnish newspapi r
publi-h r in America. She is sol.- own
er, editor and publisher of the Niilsti-n
I'hi, or the Ladii-s' Journal. The mag
azine Is the ofllcial organ of the Finn
ish Indies' soclclhs of Ainerha. mid i
lead by the Finnish women Ihrougli
out the wor d.
The Annrlcin weimm In Herli i pays
about $1..V a month for a str.i-t car
ticket. This hi ars her photograph ai d
must be shown on demand. The buiier
can heard n car as often us she j leiisi s
and at any point in the city wheie the
ears pass. The ticket Is gisxl for the
month. If she docs not take $l.fi
worth of rides it Is her own lookout,
and If she takes more it is all to
the railroad company.
There Is a fruit grower In Southern
California, a Mrs. 11. W. It. Strong,
who owns HVl acres of walnut trees,
besides growing many olhT kinds of
fruit and mils as will. She recently
read n paper before the State Hoard
of Trade on the value of pampas grass
as a crop, and also on Ihe cultivation
of the pomegranate In Southern Cali
fornia, which showed a comprehensive
grasp of the details of the work. She
herself makes a eonsid ruble amount of
money from these rrops yearly.
A livable (M Woman.
Vou sometimes see a woman whose
old age Is as exquisite as was the per
fwt bloom of ber youth. Yon wonder
how this has come iilsmt; you wonder
how it is ber life has Is-en u long and
happy one. Here are some of the rea
sons; She kept her nerves well In ham
and Inflicted them on no one.
She mastered the art of saying pleas
ant things.
She did not expect too much from
her friends.
She made whatever work came to
her congenial.
She retained ber Illusions and did
not believe all the world wicked and
unkind.
She relieved the miserable and sym
pathized w ith the sorrowful.
Hhe never forgot that kind words
and a smile cost nothing, but are prh-c-less
treasures to tbe discouraged.
She did unto others as she would lie
done by, and now that old age has
come to her and there is 'a halo of
white hair about her head, she Is loved
and considered. This Is the secret of
a long life and a happy one. Rich
mond Palladium.
Boas Facta A boat Wldnws.
Tbe State of New York has 320,000
widows and tbe city 106,000. There
were by the last federal census 2.720,
000 widows In tbe whole United
States, of whom, 'It Is worthy to re
mark, H8.000 were In Indiana and only
8.000 In Utah.
There were 128.000 In Msssachu
setts, less than tbe total number In tb
two States of Alabama and Mtsslssfp
pi, though the rlew pretty generally
prevails that tbe number of widows ia
disproportionately large throughout
New England.
There art nearly ZJXXt In Hawaii and
1,100 In Alaaka, a proportionately tart
er mmbor than In tb etty of CUuaan.
(Ajtl.p.rt ir -Mrs.
P. Brunei, wife of P. Bninaai
Mock dealer, residence 3111 Ciraod;
Ave, Everett. Wash., says: "For tf-
teen years I sufferea
with terrible pain in
my back. 1 did not
know what It was to
enjoy a night's rest
and arose in tbs
morning feeling tired
anri mi refreshed. My Ifrn
suffering sometime
was simply indescrib
able. When
t he first
I kian s Kidney Pills I
felt lit a different
woman. I continued
nntil I had taken five
boxes. Iran's Kidney I
lively, very promptly, relieve th ach
ing pains and all other annoying diffi
culties.
Foster Mllbum Co., Huffalo. N. T.
For sale by all druggists. Tries SO
Tents per box.
KJREhTALLINO HIM.
"Now, Mi. Hctfy," coiaU Mid tba
handsome widow who was doing ber
dwd marketing, "wbllel urn fully
conscious of the honor you wish bt
:onfer n ine, 1 must tell you tout
t have no present Intention of marry
ing again, and am therefore, compell
ed to refuse the offer t.f your hand."
"Hub-bub-' ut, mum," stammered
the astonished butdier, I have never
Dflered you my band, and ah "
"Then why are u tijlng to wclah
It on the acalrs with the meat, lr?"i
I aitar
Olnlm lil lor falarrk that
I onikin erciirj-.
aiffeurv will uo.ly l-trny the sen it
neeii ati.l ro!iitii-'fl i erHuL-p 1 1 suole M.tsru
iiII enlrrilif il ll:liH;t-tl lit liCM-OiC, urllt''.m.
Slu-li urtt'-i.Tv sli'.,il. i.i-vi-r ini ii. e.1 eit-eiSoui
preM-rue' -'i. imtn rei't.tat'ie puuii Iaiu. Utu"
CSItili4- 9 i Will 1il t ll ICfil l In II. e vtt (v
r-sii s. ,v ili-t.te triMn It.eiu ItuJl t mitrra
( lire, wiiiiulaeturisi l-y F J i lu-ney & I , 'lote
rto. II.. coiiliiia lei mi-n-iiry. hD-i U Isk.-n intr-li.-iily,
kruiit tiins-lly iiwii lu. I'iist hikI ino-riMi-C
mii1 e ftt wl-in. In lnriK Upli ft
I stnrrli ( me lie n:f a.i rl Ihe u'-iiuiih.. il la
tUo-ll UlrlUiltl'.. all. I lliwltl in I illu, Htlo, bf
K.J rfii'V ( 'J. I r-.lllifilil;il-. In-i.
Soul by I irii;iriu, iin.-H;.. jr iwtla.
1 1 a I ' ' a t-'muPy I'll are tin- li.M.
:kti:km-:i his monkv.
From To u TopicJ.
Here is a stmy going the rounds..
It is very )rr veu nt, rather linlc-j
rant, quite hhnckitc;, very naughty,'
but it lilustMies well the public rial-1
eule created lytlie "saving" rich.,
The sii.ij guts that a fjluilously rich
oian, who was quoted fi r bis econo
mics, died. He apprcd at the gjtes ,
if lieaveu. He was met by St. l'elcr. !
babrle', as n conler of duds, sat mar
by. St. IVtei said: i
"What have you done that yon
think jou shiili come to heaven V"
"Hell," s,ild tbe applicant timi
dly, "I un-t a crippled child and guvo
hiru 2 ceols."
"Uni-tn," replied SL Peter "that
was some lulu,;. Is that right, Gab
riel" "Yes-?," rudplngly answered
Gabriil
"That is not enough anything
elst?" asked hL 1'etcr.
"Yts, 1 met a rewsboy. lie a
crying because be was stuck with ln
evening papers. I bought a p.ijer."
"Uui-iii," f'ald St. Peter, "Uiat.
was g :od-!s that all rlbt, (Jabricl?"
;abtl(?l uferied to bis books and
answeied Id the aftlimatlve.
St. Peter thought an instant, then
walked over to Gabriel. 'Ihencon-
tulted In lew toi.es. Finally Gabiic)
eh scd bis records with a bang, and
said, impatiently:
"Oh, give nim back his 3 tents and
till him to go to bell."
Tbe average marriage age for men
does not differ materially in those
countries where the? keep accurate
mirrlage re cods. It Is highest,
Ihlrly-one years In Sweden, and low
est In the United Slates, twcoty-sli
and one half years. Among woiuib
It Is also highest In Sweden, twenty
eirfbt years, and lowest In Russia
twenty-two years.
It's queer what a splendid effect
on tbe brain spunking tin an entirely
different place has.
KNOWS NOW.
Doctor Waa Fouled Uf Ilia Own Cn.e
for a.1 Ime.
It's eosy to lindeintaud how ordinary
people get fooled by coffee hen doc
tors themselves sometimes forcet th
facts.
A physician speaks of his own ex
perience: "I had osed coffee for yciri and
really did not exactly believe It was
Injuring me, although I had palpitation
of the heart every day.
"Finally one day a severe and al
most fatal attack or heart truuhl
frightened me and 1 gave up both tea
and coffee, using Pout urn luitesd, snd
since that time I have had absolutely
no heart palpitation except on one or
two occasions when I tried a small
B nan t Ity of coffe which caused sever
Irritation and proved to uit 1 must
kit It alone.
"When we began using Post urn h
seemed weak that was because w
did not make It according to directions
bnt now we put a little bit of butter
In the pot when boiling and allow tb
Postura to boll full la minutes, which
glvaa It tb proper rich flavor and tb
deep brown color.
"I have advised a great many of my
friends and patlenta to km ve off eoffe
and drink Poatum, in fact, 1 dally giv
tbla advice." Nam given by Postuia
Co., Battl Croak, Mlrb.
Many thousands of physician as
aoatam la place of tea and eoffs tn
Oair own bora and proacrlb it la
Httaat. Tbarts a rsaaoa."
A iMMrkaM Uttla booh. Th Band
It WaBia,Meaa to found la aaaft pfc
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