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PAULINE ASTOR TO MARRY
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Pauline Astor, daughter of Will iam Waldorl Astor, is engaged to he
married to Capt. Henry Spender-Clay. Announcement of the engagement
comes from London. Capt. Clay resigned from the British army two
years ago on account of a ‘‘ragging" scandal. He has much wealth.
ARMY OF JUVENILE TOILERS.
Chicago Newspaper Points Out Evil
in Economic Conditions.
An economic condition that compels
a single child to toil lor its daily
bread Is deplorable. Human sensi
bility is touched by the thought of
children of tender years being con
signed to industrial bondage in a
laud of plenty. If the sight of a few
score children toiling in a factory
arouses the humane impulse and
evokes vigorous protest, what shall
we say of an arrpy of 1,750.178 juve
nile toilers, all compelled to work for
a living?
This is the number of children now
working for their daily bread in the
United States, according to a special
report of the census bureau just is
sued. They form more than 6 per
cent of the total number of workers
in this country, the boys outnumber
ing the girls three to one. When it
is remembered that children are
largely employed in the more menial
forms of unskilled labor it will be
seer, that they are much more apt
to he exposed to unsanitary and un
healthfu! conditions than are the
adults. They are also less able to
enforce demands for more favorable
conditions in the few instances where
they arc intelligent enough to see the
necessity for them. They constitute
a helpless and pitiful army of toilers,
poorly paid, robbed of childhood and
stunted in physical, mental and moral
development—a reproach to our civ
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The figures showing women's inva
sion cf the business world, while his
heartening to those who are most fa
miliar with the conditions that make
breadwinners of them, may be con
templated with more patience. Ac
cording to the report 55 per cent of
all divorced women. 32 per cent of
the widowed and 31 per cent of the
“single women’’ are pursuing gainful
occupations. That American married
women arc confining their energies
to the management of homes is
shown by the fact that only 6 per
cent of them are in the gainful pur
suits.—Chicago Record-Herald.
Have Valuable Railroad Device.
Joel Arnold, engineer, and George
E. Kelley, brakeman, employes of the
Delaware and Hudson Railroad, have
invented an automatic coupler for air
brakes and steam pipes that may
make them both independently rich.
The device is very simple and can be
attached to any car. By its use the
air-brake pipes, the steam-heating
pipes and the signal whistle are auto
matically coupled as the cars bump.
The coupling of the cars is regulated
from the platform of the car by the
name lever tjiat governs the draw
head. Railroad officials have become
interested in the device.
Sets New Coior for Blondes.
Among women It has been almost
axiomatic that only brunettes can
wear red and none save the mo3t
courageous blonde ever dared break
the unwritten law. Mrs. William E.
Carter of Philadelphia, a beauty of
pronounced type, has. however, been
startling Newport with flaming cos
tumes. In a", accordion plaited Eton
suit of red and with a red hat, red
parasol, red slippers and silk stock
ings of the same shade, her Dresden
china coloring seems even lovelier
than wbca she wears less striking
costumes.
Missouri’s Farmer King.
David Rankin of Tarkio, Missouri’s
farmer king, was given a handsome
leather couch by some of his em
ployes oa his 79th birthday, which ar
rived last week. “Boys," said the vig
orous old man, ‘ I’ve got a lot of
these things in the house, but I never
have time to use them.” Although so
near an octogenarian, Mr. Rankin
drives day after day over his 23,000
acres, telling his men how to do
things and seeing that they mind. He
is still as tough as a pine knot and
seems good for many years yet.
“Postage Mission” Good Idea.
The man behind the new “postage
mission” idea is Rev. Walter Reid
Hunt, pastor of the First* Unitarian
enurch of Orange, N. J. His church
has a “cheerful letter department”
which conceives as Its work the writ
ing of letters and sending of litera
ture to the ‘‘shut ins” in all parts of
the country. The chief idea is to
reach those who live in the remote
and sparsely settled country districts
and who couid not, even if they de
sired. attend regular place-* of wor
ship.
CADETS TO BE ASSIGNED.
Secretary Taft Makes New Ruling for
Good of the Army.
Secretary Taft has introduced a re
; form at West Point which he claims
i will be of benefit io the service, but
; which will stir up some feeling among
army officers, ami especially among
the cadets. In future the latter arc
not to be allowed to choose which
branch of the service they will enter,
but will be assigned to their places
by a hoard. The custom has been
to allow the first few high-standing
cadets in the graduating class to go
into the engineers, the next group to
the cavalry and those who remain to
the infantry. This gave the cadets
an added incentive to take high rank
so that they could have some choice
as to their future. But the secretary
states, and plausibly, that this sys
tem often threw men into a branch
for which they were not fitted and
the result was a detriment to the
army.
MAKES NEW CHURCH RULINGS.
Pastor Plans to End Unruly Scenes
at Weddings.
Dr. Charles H. Armstrong of St.
Mary's Protestant Episcopal church.
Philadelphia, has issued a new set
of rules to govern weddings celebrat
ed in that edifice. This is the result
of circumstances attending the recent
marriage there of Robert Goelet and
Elsie Whclen. They did not ask per
mission to use the church, but
swooped down on the place with dec
orators and florists before Dr. Arm
strong, the rector, had any idea of
their intention. They did not even
invite him to assist in the ceremony.
After the wedding party had gone the
church was almost torn to pieces by
a crowd of sightseers who were let
loose in it. Dr. Armstrong and the
vestry have therefore taken measures
to prevent such scenes in future. .
Orranizer of Charitable Bazaar.
I»ndon is applauding a young man.
Wilfred Stopford, who has shown a
wonderful talent for organizing char
itable bazaars, and his management
is almost as necessary to the success
of one cf these philanthropic affairs
as the patronage of the royal family.
Mr. Stopford devotes a large part of
his time to arranging the details of
these indoor fairs and is a prime fa
vorite with the fashionable leaders,
who lend their names and some of
their energy to them. Young, blond
and of distinguished appearance, he
is an idol of the older women, al
though the young girls, as is their
w'ont, incline toward men who have
conquered in other fields.
Youthful Jap Wanted at Home.
Tamo Yachamitsu, a youthful Jap
anese globe-trotter, at present em
ployed as chef on one of Uncle Sam’s
battle-ships, is wanted at Tokio,
where he has fallen tyeir to a fortune
of $30,000, left by his father, an of
ficer in the Japanese army, who was
killed in battle with the Russians at
the Yalu river. Tamo ran away from
home five years ago. He was then
15 years of age. His sole purpose in
departing surreptitiously was to grat
ify his desire to see the world, espe
cially America. The last relatives
heard of him was that he was en
gaged as chef on board an American
wrar vessel. Lawyers are now hunt
ing for him.
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Quiet Fourth in Biltmore.
According to George W. Vander
bilt's orders there was no Fourth for
the villagers in Biltmore, his estate
in North Carolina. Mr. Vanderbilt
shut down on any kind of a demon
| stration. Those who wanted to cele
brate had to go out of the village. Mr.
Vanderbilt ordered that no fireworks
should be shot off, and prohibited the
sale of fireworks in the village stores.
All the Biltmore stores were closed.
A large number of the Biltmore vil
lagers and Vanderbilt employes went
to Asheville to celebrate.
Americans Lose English Trade.
Frederick J. Martin, a Londoner
now traveling in the United States,
says that American-made shoes are
not nearly so much in vogue now
adays in his country as formerly.
Footgear from this side of the At
lantic enjoyed great popularity for a
time, but manufacturers over there
took the neater and more graceful
lasts found in this country. Before
long they were able to put upon the
market shoes as good-looking as those
made here, of better leather and for
less money.
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WELL LIKED BY SUBORDINATE.
Former Business Associate of Secre
tary Morton Thinks Much of Him.
Tom Lee, the giant general passen
ger agent of the I^ackawanna railroad
and commodore of its fleet on the
Hudson, used to work under Paul
Morton, now secretary of the navy.
In temperament the two are much
alike—open, genial, cheerful, magnet
ic, receptive and responsive. When
Lee was sought by the Lackawanna
at a big increase of salary he sent his
resignation to Morton, who indig
nantly rejected it. Lee resigned
three times, and Morton at last un
derstood that he really meant it.
Finding lie could not alter his as
sistant's determination, he wrote as
follows: “If you've got to go i've
got to let you, but I think you are
making a damned fool of yourself.”
Lee is still t> feet 4 inches and has not
lost flesh. He regards Morton as a
big man.
HONOR FOR SECRETARY HAY.
Prized Decoration Granted Statesman
by President Lcubet.
The Legion of Honor, the Grand
Cross of which is to be conferred on
Secretary John Hay by President
Loubet, is a French order of merit,
founded by Napoleon in 1802. Tlio
Grand Cross is the highest grade, and
is given only to persons signally hon
ored. The emblem of the order is a
five-rayed star of white enamel, edged
with gold. On the obverse is the
image of the republic, with the in
scription, “Republique I'rancaise,”
and ou tlie reverse two flags with the
motto, “Honneur et Patric.” Since
1872 the order hap been composed of
five classes—chevaliers, officers, com
manders, grand officers and grand
crosses.
WEDDED TO HIS VIOLIN.
Sarasate Has Followed the Advice of
His Teacher of Music.
Sarasate—Pablo Martin Meliton "De
Sarasate, to give him hi3 full name. :
so rarely heard as to be almost for- j
gotten in the single title that is so!
famous—Is fiO, and he has been play- j
ing his wonderful violin since he was
12 years old. It is just thirty years
since he made his first public ap
pearance in London and was hailed
' as a new Paganini. Bern in Pampe
luna. in Navarre, he became at the
Paris conservatoire the favorite pu
pil of the renowned Alard. It was
Alard who exhorted him, “Wed thy
violin. Sarasate. my aon, but never a
woman,” and to his violin he has
been faithful ever since.
Mary Anderson Not r.n American.
Mary Anderson’s love of England is
inherited. Her father. Charles H.
Anderson, was a cultured, scholarly
Englishman, who. cn finishing his
education at Oxford, came to the
United States. Her mother was of
German exfraction. Mary’s full
name is Mary Antoinette Anderson
De Navarro. She is 45 years old and
there isn't a drop of American blood
in her veins, notwithstanding Ken
tucky proudly claims her. Sho was
born in Sacramento. She, her hus
band and their little son live in the
old-fashioned vill^e of Broadway, in
Worcestershire, a hamlet which has
been described as the most beautiful
in all Great Britain.
Croker’s Son in Wall Street.
Richard S. Croker, son of the for
mer Tammany boss, has becoino a
member of the Wall street firm of
Cammann & Co., his father having
given him $75,000 with which to pur
chase a partnership. The firm of
Cammann & Co. has long been con
nected with the Croker interests. It
always was a well-known fact that
Croker. the leader of Tammany, was
a successful Wall street speculator.
In November four years ego he was
known to have cleaned up at least
$1,000,000 in a bull campaign in west
ern railroad securities, and people in
Wall street remember that much of
his investments at that time were
made through Cammann & Co.
Sarah Bernhardt’s Many Suicides.
Mmo. Barnba dt has had what is
probably the greatest experience of
all tragediennes in the simulation of
suicide. Her deaths by self-adminis
tered poison total up roughly to 10,
000; she has jumped into the scenic
artist’s Seine over 7,000 times; she
has sent over 5,000 bullets into her
head from a revolver, and nearly the
same number of daggers lias the
great actress, to the inexpressible
sorrow of intemrerately sympathetic
spectators, plurg*d deep down into
the chiffon at the side of her bodice.
King Edward Tires Out Subjects.
King Edward attended a recent
function at the mansion of a titled
subject and remained standing until
many of the other guests were lmost
exhausted, for of course they could
not take scats until his majesty had
done so first. It is noticeable that
the king, like his father, is practical
ly tireless. He can keep constantly
on the move from morning till night
and ia never In a hurry to sit down
and rest. Ha gets through a great
amount of routlaa work, too, and
seems to lik» It.
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Little Prisoners.
^ hr-n mother's gone away to work, us
kids is just as good—
\N e never do a single thing 'cept what
she said wo could.
Sin* gives us all a good-by kiss, an’
_ locks the door up tight.
So’s to be sure to find us here when she
gets home at night.
She leaves the key with Mrs. Drown,
who lives next house but one.
An’ if there'd ever be a tire. why. Mrs.
Brown would run
An’ let us out. for mother’s work is
’most a mile away:
We know, 'cause once she took us. but
they wouldn't let us stay.
We see the school kids goin’ by. an'
then we know it's noon
An’ time to eat our dinner, which is
always ready soon.
’Cause bread and cheese Is all we have;
an' then we play around.
Or little brother goes to sleep an' we
don't make a sound.
We watch the funny postman, an' the
wagons rollin' past;
The streets get dark, the lights come
out. an' pretty soon, at last.
Somebody taps the wir.dowpane, the
doorknob turns—an’ then
You'd ought to hear us shoutin', ’cause
it's mother home again.
—Newark News.
Soap Bubble Fountain.
A fountain that spouts soap bubbles
is one of the novelties shown in the
Palace of Liberal Arts at the World’s
Fair. It is about 25 feet high, and i3
surmounted by a statue of a fairy.
Millions of soap bubbles pour out from
the top basin, over the sides and into
a larger and lower basin which, in
turn, fills and overflows, the bubbles
being carried off at the bottom.
The effect is much more brilliant
than a water fountain, for each of the
tiny bubbles reflects all colors of the
rainbow. To add to the brilliancy,
electric lights are concealed in the
lower parts of the two basins, throw
ing beams of light of all colors up
through the bubbles and producing an
electric fountain whose effects is mag
nified by every one of the globes of
water.
The bubbles are produced by special
ly built machines which agitate the
soap in clear water and under pres
sure force it up to the top of the foun
tain.
A Dovecote for Your Lawn.
If any of yon boys or girls are think
ing of putting up a dovecote or bird
house out on the lawn so as to attract
the birds tc your place, here is a beau
tiful model for you to copy.
If your father happens to have a
tree on the grounds that he does not
wish to keep alive, it will be just the
thing for your purpose. Saw it off
about ten feet from the ground, or
as much lower as will leave a clean,
straight trunk. (A pole set in the
ground will serve the same purpose,
but will not look quite so well at
first.)
If you can, at the top of the trunk
leave three or four portions of
branches, sawed ofT clean and level
at the ends. (If you can't, then nail
three or four wooden supports to the
top of the trunk.)
A platfoim thirty-six inches square
should be nailed on top of the sup
ports.
Then on top of this platform set up
a house with inclined sides. Measure
ments: 24 Inches square at bottom.
20 inches square at top, and 40 inches
high (42 inches if measured along
the Inclined edge.)
Cut five windows in each side, and
underneath the upper tiers of win
dows fasten little shelves for the
birds to perch on.
On top of the house set up a tall
attic roof, with the ridge lines a little
curved instead of at might. (Thu*
makes the effect more graceful.)
Leave the eaves nutflelently wide to
protect the birds from the rain.
Tha Disunited States.
A guessing contest which seems
easy to most girls and boys when they
hear of It, but proves more difficult
than they* supposed, Is the Disunited
States.
Make an outline, nothing more, of
each state in tho Union. Theso must
be drawn on separate cards or pieces
of paper and be exactly like the out
lines on-the map. Have each card
numbered and its number placed op
posite the name of the state on a
separate piece of paper, which is cot
shown until the contest is over.
You will be surprised at the mis
takes made, for even those who have
studied geography for years find it
difficult to decide which state the out
line stands for when it is all alone.
Bach player writes his name on a
slip of paper bearing the number he
ventures to guess. The one who has
the most correct answers should re
ceive a prize. This is a simple game,
hut it affords amusement to school
boys and girls and to older people,
having le?t school before many of the
new states were added to the Union,
find it no easy task to guess the state
by a mere outline.
Sometimes a river or a mountain
sketched through the state in its prop
er place will give the guessers a
better chance, but even then many
funny blunders are sure to be made.
Threading a Needle.
This is not so much a trick as it is
a test of limberness and agility. Every
boy. unless he be a very stout boy, or
has very short arms and long legs,
should be able to do it easily after
a little practice, although at first it
looks very startling.
Get a thing stick, about three feet
long. Hold it before you with both
hands and, jumping into the air, try
to pass the stick beneath your feet
without letting go of it with either
hand. It is not so easy as it looks in
the picture, and at your first attempt
you will probably strike your ankles
or toes against the stick and knock
it out of your bands.
As the Trick Should Look.
On your second or third try you
may get your toes just over the stick,
when, to your surprise, you find it
torn trom your hands and Io! you
are standing with both feet on it!
If you keep at it, you will soon learn
the knack of it, which is in moving
your arms just far enough to pass the
stick beneath your feet at just the
proper moment. Then, when you are
an expert at this, try it backward,
holding the stick behind you and
bringing it beneath your feet to its
old position in front.
When you cart do both these with
ease, try the feat on some of your
fiends nnd when, at their first at
tempts, they pronounce it impossible,
surprise them by doing it both for
ward and backward.
Can You See?
Try it in this interesting game,
which any number of persons may
play. The objects to be seen are
placed on a table in a separate room,
or they may be the ordinary articles
of furniture in such a room. One of
the players should prepare the room
or the table. The more articles there
are the better. Each player is admit
ted to tne show room the same iength
of time, say a half minute, or, the
whole company may file in slowly and
keep in line as they pass around the
room and out again, looking carefully
ut every object. Then all write down
as many articles as can be remem
bered. Each player is allowed the
same length of time to think and
write.
These lists are then read aloud by a
leader and checked by a correct and
complete list previously prepared. The
points a player makes equals the
number of articles he names correct
ly. If he names an article that was
not in the room he loses a point. The
prize goes to the player who has the
most points at the close.
The same game may be played out
of doors, and each player be given
three minutes to write down what h?
hpos from the piazza or wherever !■;
may be Bitting.
Japanese Game.
A favorite card game of the Japa
nese la played as follows: One hun
dred well known proverbs are select
ed, each divided Into two parts, an 1
each part printed on a separate card.
The host of the evening has the hun
dred first halves, which he reads aloud,
on© by one: the hundred second halves
are dealt to the other players, who
place their hands face upward on the
"tataml," or thick mat of rice straw,
on which they sit. As the first half of
mi) proverb Is read, the holder of the
second half throws It out, or. if he
sees It unnoticed among his neighbor's
cards, seizes It and gives him one of
bis own. The player who is first “out”
wins, It Is a very simple game, but
It affords great entertainment to the
players; for the quick-sighted and
keen-witted are constantly seizing the
cards of their duller and slower neigh
bors, and this leads to much laughter
ami many good-natured sureasms.
Girls Now Run Chalk Race.
Hoys have their many games, and
now here is a novel pastime for the
girls, although there is no reason
why the boys should not play it, too.
If they can tear themselves long
enough away from their marbles,
baseball and other boy sports of the
season.
It is a chalk race; that sounds as
if It might be exciting, does it not?
Well, so It Is, and the beauty of it Is
that two or any larger number can
join in—that is, as many as can find
bits of chalk or anything else which
will make a mark on a stone pave
ment.
Each girl arms herself with a piece
of chalk and stands at the starting
line with her back toward .the finish
line, which may be any distance
away, although sixty feet is quite far
enough for an ordinary race.
At the starter's signal the racers
are off, each girl placing her chalk on
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the starting line and drawing a cir
cle. This circle may be as large or
as small as the racer pleases, but it
must be a complete circle; there
must be no gap in it.
Now the racer draws another circle,
beginning at the farther edge of the
first, and joining that, a third circle,
and so on, taking a step backwatd
each time until the finish line is
reached. The first one to draw a
circle one edge of which touches the
finish line wins the race, provided
her other circles form an unbroken
chain to the starting line.
If one of a racer's circles should
be separate from another and not
touch it at all, that girl is out of the
race, although the circles may over
lap as much as you please.
Some may like to make a lot of
small circles, for they can be drawn
very quickly, while others prefer
large circles because one covers so
much ground. Whichever method
you try, you will find* that it takes
quickness, good judgment, and a
steady hand to win. Try it; you will
find a chalk race lot3 of fun.
Diamonds Are Charcoal.
Is it not strange to think that the
precious diamond is only a crystal ol
the purest carbon? That is the rea
son it is not fusible and cannot be in
jured by acids or alkalis. The “fire”
in a diamond is brought out in the cut
ting. Rough diamonds are cheap, foi
the cutting takes so long and is such
a delicate business that it costs a
great deal. And yet they must be cut
to attain their brilliancy. Diamonds
come from India, Brazil and South
Africa, and are found in all colors
white, orange, }ellow, red, brown,
pink, blue, green, black and opal
escent.
The pale yellow and brown shades
are more common, but the decided
hues are extremely rare. Indeed, just
one deep red diamond has thus fai
been found. The most popular colors
are pure white, blue-white and a deep
golden yellow.
Death of the Sun.
Among the Ojibway Indians, who
once occupied the lands about the
great lakes in Canada, the sun, mcon
and stars were all objects of worship;
for the redman was, in his own way,
a decidedly religious person. At dawn
the old chief and warriors chanted
the praises of the sun, and at night
fall they thanked him for the light
and heat with which he had supplied
them during the day. An eclipse o 1
the sun filled them with dismay; that
event was looked on as his death,
and they wrere then very anxious
about his safety. They used to fasten
bits cf live coal to the points of theii
arrows and shoot them up into the aii
in order that the expiring sun might
be relighted. As for the moon, it was
equally precious; they reckoned theii
months by it. Their children were
forbidden to point at it with their
finger lest it should be bitten off.
Eskimos' Arithmetic.
The Eskimos count by their finger?
—one. two. three, four. five. Above
five and up to ten they use the second
hand: this, six is "the first finger oi
the other hand.” Above ten, they cm
ploy the toes. Thirteen, for instance
is "three toes upon the one foot.” and
eighteen "three toes upon the second
foot.” Twenty they describe as "a
whole man.” Thgy seldom go furthei
than this, but 4hey can do so if neces
sary; for example, they expres?
twenty-two by saying "two on the
second man;” thirty-seven by tw'c
toes on the second man’s second
foot;” forty is "the whole of a second
man.” According to Dr. Nansen the>
cannot, or do not count beyond 100
which is "the whole of the fifth man '
Pindertcy.
The pindertoy is a very simple and
amusing toy, which can be made in
two minutes. Cut out the pieces, and
with one pin fasten all together. The
head piece belongs in front. If you
have a cork to pin it on the result
will please you.
How to Make a Doll’s House.
To furnish a doll’s house collect as
many corks and bungs as you can get,
a few ounces of colored beads all one
size, with two or three dozen big
ones, a packet of pins, and you have
all you want except a small skein of
wool. Slice up the corks crosswise
to make the seats of the chairs and
the table tops. The bungs will do for
the sofa seats. Slip half a dozen ot
the beads on a pin. putting a big one
on first of all, and dig the points into
the slices of cork to make the chair
legs. The chair and sofa backs are
made with plain pins and the wool
laces across them from side to side
If you want the furniture te be very
grand the cork may be painted witfr
enamel or gilded.
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Ban on American Dentists.
The Supreme Court of Germany has
rendered an opinion that the title of
doctor conferred by American dental »
colleges Is not to be recognized In
Germany, constituting a violation of t ‘
the German law against unfair compe
tition and Is therefore prohibited to be
used. Three hundred and twenty den
tists In Germany, who heretofore held
the title of doctor from American col*
leges, are affected by this decision.
■ ■ ■ ...I.—
When Wrestlers Oiled Bodies.
In Grecian and Roman wrestling
bouts the bodies and limbs of the
wrestlers were plentifully anointed
with oil and grease. The object of
this was to prevent a hold being se
cured by an opponent. Modern ar
ticles of agreement, however, state
explicitly that no oil or grease shall
be used._
Immensity of Alaska.
Few people realize the immensity of
the area of Alaska. With its 577,390
square miles, it i? larger than the
three largest states in the Union, name
ly, Texas, California and Montana, the
total area of which is only 570,220
square miles.
Of Wide Interest.
Breed, Wis., July 18—Special—
Charles Y. Peterson, Justice of the
Peace for Oconto Co., ha3 delivered
: a judgment that is of interest to the
whole United State3. Put briefly, that
judgment is, “Dodd’s Kidney PilU are
the best Kidney medicine on the mar
ket to-day.”
And Mr. Peterson gives his reason
for this judgment. He says; “Last
winter I had an aching pain in my
back which troubled me very much.
I the morning I could hardly straight
en my back. I did not know what it
was but an advertisement led me to
try Dodd’s Kidney Pills. After taking
one box I can only say they have done
more for me than expected as I feel
as well now as ever I did before.”
Pain in the back is one of the first
symptoms of Kidney disease. If not
cured by Dodd’s Kidney Pills It may
develop into Bright’s Disease, Dia
betes, Rheumatism or some of the
other deadly forms of Kidney Disease.
Grain-Eating Songsters.
Fine voices, it is said, are seldom
found in a country where fish or meat
diet prevails. Those Italians who eat
the most fish (those of Naples and
Genoa) have few fine singers among
them. The sweet voices are found in
i the Irish women of'the country, and
not of the towns. Norway is not a
country of singers, because they eat
too much fish; but Sweden is a coun
try of grain and song. Carnivorous
birds croak; grain-eating birds sing.
Where Most Wheels Go Around.
There is no place in the world where
the wagon or cart traffic is equal to
that of Newchwang. During the win
ter months, when the roads are firmly
frozen, there are not less than 2 "00
carts, each carrying two tons per day,
coming to the port, each drawn by
from four to seven mules or ponies;
some of these carts are from thirty
to forty days on the road in ord^r to
reach the market.
Longest Convention.
The longest convention in our polit
ical history was the Democratic na
tional convention which met at
Charleston, S. C.. in 1860. At the end
of ten days it had accomplished noth
ing, and adjourned to meet in Balti
more. Even when the majority of the
delegates reconvened in the last
named city they needed four days to
nominate Stephen A. Douglas.
BACK LICK
Settled the Case With Her.
Many great discoveries have beet*
made by accident and things better
than gold mines have been found in
this way, for example when even the
accidental discovery that coffee Is the
real cause of one’s sickness proves of
UiWDfc UCUJUUUUUS VttiUtJ DOCBUBO II IV
cates the cause and the person has
then a chance to get well.
“For over 25 years,” says a Missouri
woman, “I suffered untold agonies In
my stomach and even the best phy
sicians disagreed as to the cause with
out giving me any permanent help,
different ones saying it was gastritis,
indigestion, neuralgia, etc., so I
dragged along from year to year, al
j ways half sick, until finally I gave up
all hopes of ever being well again.
“When taking dinner with a friend
one day she said she had a new drink
which turned out to be Postum and
I liked it so well I told her I thought
I would stop coffee for awhile and use
it, which I did.
“So for three months we had Pos
tum in place of coffee without ever
having one of my old spells but was
always healthy and vigorous.
“Husband kept saying he was con
vinced it was coffee that caused those
spells, but even then I wouldn't be
lieve It until one day we got out of
Postum and as we lived two miles
from town I thought to use the coffee
ire bad In the house.
‘ The result of a week’s use of cof
fee again was that I had another ter
rible spell of agony and distress, prov
ing that it was the coffee and nothing
else. That settled it and I said good
bye to Coffee forever and since then
Postum alone has been our hot meal
time drink.
My friends all say I am looking
worlds better and my complexion la
much improved. All the other mem
bers of our family have been benefit
ed. too, by Postum in place of the old
drink, coffee." Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days trial of Postum in place of
eoftae or tea la the wlae thing for
every coffee drinker. Such a trial
talla the exact)truth often where cof.
fee la hot suspected.
Bole Book. “The Bead to WaUTiUa.*