Loup City Northwestern
J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher.
IX)UP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
What an opportunity for another
cot of war paintings yerestchagin has
missed!
With Japan and Russia holding" a
gun at each ear, how can China help
being neutral?
If you want to retain your faith in
a critic you ought never to see the
things he criticises.
Judging from the way the czar is
acting, there is nothing in that story
of its being a borrowed boy.
There is a shortage of 40,000 servant
girls in New York. Verily the police
man's lot is an unhappy one.
Now that he has a son and heir,
the czar will be affectionately referred
to by his faithful subjects as the old
Nick.
The New York World says that “the
poor consumer can never strike.”
Down this way he strikes many a
snag.
How these flying machine inventors
mult wish that they could hitch their
aerial wagons to the soaring price of
wheat.
The man who is fool enough to Jiunt
1 rouble is scarcely man enough to
face it alter his search has been re
warded.
One of the leaders of Newport soci
ety has just given a "bal blanc;” It
is now up to her hated rival to give
a colored dance.
It is quite evident that there is no
meat strike in China, for we read that
the dowagei1 empress is reducing her
household expenses.
The prehistoric animal whose tracks
have been found leading out of New
Jersey was probably trekking away
from the mosquitoes. -
During a fire in a NewT York hotel
a wojnan dressed herself in less than
fifteen minutes. The record will doubt
less stand for eternity.
If the report that credits the sultan
of Turkey with the ambition to out
live all his predecessors is justified, it
may explain some things.
And now Mr. Charles M. Schwab
comes forward with a declaration that
he wants to die poor with significant
and emphatic emphasis upon the
"poor.”
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Realizing that a woman climber set
upon a mountain top cannot be hid,
Miss Peck of Boston shows no dis
position to hide her light beneath a
bushel.
Now that he has taken up smoking,
it is up to Edward Atkinson to invent
a tobacco consumer that will give
three times the smoke with half the
material.
It was kind of the kaiser to give his
American-built yacht Meteor, of which
he is tired, to the crown prince; but
will she be fast enough for such a
speedy youth?
Venezuela has entered suit against
an asphalt company for 50,000,000 bol
ivars. The exact value of a “bolivar*
is unknown to us, but we are always
willing to learn.
A deaf and dumb man wants to be
Mayor of St. Paul. It might be a
good thing for St. Paul to have such a
mayor. The grafters would have to
put their demands in writing.
In New Jersey a young woman is
suing her guardian because he has not
bought her a new hat in three years.
It’s certainly scandalous to keep a girl
from going to church all that time.
King Edward would doubtless feel
flattered if he could know what wride
attention his double-creased trousers
are attracting in the editorial columns
»>f the newspapers of the United
States.
A man has been discovered in the
routh of France who remembers see
ing Napoleon cross the Alps. Some
body will turn up some day who re
members seeing old Russell Sage
“come across.”
Hazel Belle Melvin of Hudson, N.
H., boasts of a hydrangea which was
planted the day she was born and
which now has 129 blossoms. But
that doesn’t give away the secret of
Miss Hazel’s age.
The Newport society leaders who
are setting the fashion of short skirts
for fall suits are probably indifferent
to the fact that at last they are doing
something that will meet with gen
eral popular approval.
The young Count von Arnim. just
killed in battle with the natives of
South Africa, once threatened Bis
marck with a challenge to a duel, but
as Bismarck was sensible the young
man lived to die in the battle with the
Hamakari.
Still, the action of the czar in issu
ing the manifesto providing that in
case of his death before the czare
vitch attains his majority, the Grand
Duke Michael shall become regent,
does not prove conclusively that the
emperor is going to the front
Lillian Russell’s pet spaniel has
been presented with an $1,800 collar
•by one of the lady’s admirers. Curi
ously enough the dispatch fails to give
the name of Miss Russell's new piece.
Another indubitable evidence of the
hygienic properties' of pure whisky is
the discovery that the oldest man in
the United States lives in Kentucky.
Hungary is becoming suspicious of
the American prune. The hungry
boarder has looked askance at it since
boardinghouses were established.
A Day on the Farm
New York Society Frolic.
A New York society woman recent
ly gave a clever home entertainment
which she called a day on the farm.
The arrangement of the room was
planned to represent a farm. The
floor had been carefully sanded, the
carpet being removed. Elaborate
furniture had been replaced by chairs
of rustic build, and one corner of the
r^om was fflled by a plain wooden
bench, on which shone half a dozen
dazzling milk pails. Chickens and
ducks of toy shop variety strutted and
waddled, or rather seemed to do 60,
here and there over the sand.
Each guest on entering received a
little program decorated with water
colors. The decorations were minia
ture scenes sketched in country places,
such as a farmet* at the plow7, a hay
stack with a moon behind it, a milk
maid carrying pails.
Each card gave the order of the
evening, which was as follow*:
A Day on the Farm.
1. Driving the cows to pasture.
2. Drawing water from the well.
3. Loading the hay wagons.
4. Supper.
Driving the cows to pasture proved
a fascinating bit of nonsense. The
might become even more absurd.
For this feature a huge wooden tub
in the center of the room, labeled in
large letters, “The Well,” was filled
with water. Two diminutive buckets
from a doll house outfit were brought
out by the hostess. Each player in
turn was obliged to take the buckets,
fill them at the well and then run
around the room holding a bucket in
either hand. The farmer who spilled
the least water in his progress won
the point.
The egg hunt followed. The eggs
to be searched for were small, oval
bonbons, and were hidden about the
room. Some were red, some white and
some blue. The red egg counted one
point, the white two points and the
blue three. Fifteen minutes were aL
lowed for the search, and little baskets
were presented in which to put one’s
spoils. At the end of the time allotted
the eggs found by each searcher were
counted. The counting was done not
according to numbers, bpt according
to color values.
The haymaking contest was herald
ed by the sudden appearance on the
scene of a toy hay cart rolled in by
the hostess. Some soft, sweet clover
The Hay Harvest.
cows were wee brown creatures be
longing to the baby’s barnyard set.
Each player was given three cows to
drive. The driving had to be done by
sundry little taps with a stick, not by
a long, steady push. The route over
which they were driven was the cen
ter line of the room. If in her prog
ress any cow fell, the driver was
‘-‘discharged.” The object of the sport
was to see who could in the shortest
time drive his cows to pasture with
out having any of them meet with an
accident.
Drawing water from the well, the
second number on the program, was
no less laughable and could not fail
to embarrass the most self-possessed
compet/tor. However, as all the farm
ers were subjected to the same labor,
no one considered it wise to jeer at
the efforts of a fellow laborer, as he
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hay had been previously shaken cut
by the hostess in the center of the
room. Each guest vu given an
oyster fork. A lady and a gentleman
were made partners and told to load
the hay on the cart. This was done
by means of the oyster forks. The
hostess, watch in hand, timed the con
testants.
This bout decided the prizes, which
were charming little pins in the shape
of farm implements. There were, be
sides, some amusing boobies, which
took the form of little farmhouses of
edible chocolate.
Naturally, the refreshments was a
farm supper, simple, well cooked and
abundant. There were steaming corn
meal mush, with country cream and
maple syrup, roast chicken, apple
dumplings, cake and other good
things.
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Hard to Feaze Him.
That New York is a big city, which
the stranger seldom learns well, was
quite forcibly impressed upon a cer
tain well-known Californian a few J
days ago. He was rushing about in
the downtown business district and
suddenly remembered that he wanted
to telegraph to a friend whose offices
are at No. 195 Broadway. The Califor
nian dashed into the nearest telegraph
office, wrote out his dispatch and cov
ering it with the necessary coin
passed it through the wicket to the
receiver. The latter glanced over the
message and smiled.
“What is the matter?” asked the
Californian.
“Why, this is No. 195 Broadway,”
said the receiver, “and your man is up
just two flights of stairs.”
The Californian had his nerve with
him, so he calmly said:
“I know that. Let it go anyhow. I
guess I can telegraph across the
room if I want to. We do that sort of
thing frequently in ’Frisco.”—New
York Press.
Alabama Editor Honored.
Major W. W. Screws, the veteran
newspaper man, chosen president of
the National Editorial association, is
editor of the Montgomery, Ala., Ad
vertiser. Major Screws was born in
Alabama sixty-five years ago and has
passed all his active life wdthin that
state. He has been postmaster of
Montgomery and thrice served as sec
retary of state.
Saw Little Chance for Reform.
Judge Foster of the general sessions
court sentenced a young man to two
years in the penitentiary the other
day for robbing his employer, a man
ufacturer. The prisoner’s sweetheart
[leaded for him, saying she intended
to marry and reform him, but his
honor did not believe in that kind of
reformation. Said he: “If I permit,
ted you to marry this man I would
only make you miserable for life and
I certainly do not care to assume any
such responsibility. Later you will
be ready to thank me for refusing to
grant your request.”
Forbidden Books.
A Swiss journal relates that the two
sons of the German Emperor who vis
ited Zurich happened to see in the
window of a bookseller a number of
volumes marked “Forbidden in Ger
many.” They promptly went in and
bought copies of them.
Good Pay for Teamsters.
San Francisco team drivers receive
$3, $3.50 and $4 a day for driving one,
two and three-horse teams, respective
ly
Wag Certain There Was One.
‘Til admit,” said a prominent Phil
adelphia club woman, “that club life
has its lighter side, and here's an in
stance:
‘ Not so very long ago a misguided
man was trying to address our club
upon the topic, ‘The Ideal Woman.’
By way of introduction, he asked:
‘Who among you has ever known the
ideal woman yourself or known any
one who has ever been intimately as
sociated with an ideal woman?’
“There was a depressing pause,
which seemed to Indicate a distress
ing lack of ‘perfect woman, nobly
planned.*
"To render his oratory more effect
ive the speaker repeated the ques
tion, and the eyes of the audience re
flected surprise when a meek and
badgered looking woman in the rear
lifted a hand above a rusty bonnet.
“ ‘So you have known an ideal
woman? questioned the gentleman.
“‘No,’ faltered the woman; ‘but I
have known one intimately associat
ed with her. She was my husband's
first wrife.’ ”
Perhaps True to Life.
They have a story in London of an
Oxford don who was induced to speak
into a phonograph. Some time later
the machine was set going again and
he was asked to listen to his own
voice. He did so and after the sound
had ceased he said to the assembled
company: “It is strange that this
machine makes me speak in a bump
tious and affected manner.”
Festivities for Prince Henry.
The prospective visit of Prince Hen
ry of Prussia will furnish occasion
for several high social events at New
port. He will travel as a private citi
zen, but the Vanderbilts and the Goe
lets will take occasion to return many
of the countesies shown them by his
highness’ brother, the kaiser. Apro
pos the emperor’s new Herreshoff
yacht will be built at Bristol this win
ter.
Belgian to Tour United States.
Baron Sloet Von Oldruchenburgh, a
Belgian, is in this country for the pur
pose of visiting the St. Louis fair, but
will make a tour of the United States
before returning home. The baron is
extensively interested in American se
curities and he will take advantage
of his presence here to study existing
conditions with the view of Improving
i his investments.
Kuropatkin Devoutly Religious.
Gen. Kouropatkin, the Russian com
mander, is one of the most devout of
Russians. When at home he never
misses a service and has a chapel in
i his owa home.
Why?
Why leave for the evening shadows
The duties of early day?
Why grudge until bleak December
The kindness we owe in May?
*Tis time for the bud and blossom
When skies are serene and blue;
Who soweth in chilly autumn
Reaps harvest of bitter rue.
Thy frown or thy harsh unkindness,
Aa bitter as draught of gall.
May sing thee as scourge of nettles
Ere lowers night's sable pall;
Beware lest thy tardy kisses
Fall madly on lips of clay.
Or heart thou this morn couldsi com
fort
Bs pulseless ere close of day.
Be kind while Life's morn still lingers;
Thy love and thy helpful hands
Shall be as the founts of water
To wanderer o'er desert sands;
A word from the heart, in kindness.
May pierce the gray mists of pain,
And arch o'er the hills eternal
The rainbow of hope again.
—Mary E. Killilee, in New York Sun.
NEWS OF THE LABOR WORLD.
Items of Interest Gathered from Many
Sources.
Th® Switchmen's Union of North
America will meet in Indianapolis in
October.
The District of Columbia legalized
Labor day by act of congress approved
June 28, 1894.
After periods of irregularity two cot
ton mills in the Blackstone valley
started up on full time, employing
1,200 hands.
There was a big boom in the rail
road telegraphers’ union in July, 12,777
new members having been initiated
during that month.
Builders and laborers to the number
of about 1,500 are on strike in Toronto
for an increase in their wages from 25
to 28 cents an hour.
The headquarters of the western
federation of miners, now in Denver,
is to be removed to Lead, S. D., ac
cording to information from the west.
The Girard Coal company of Spring
field, 111., has closed its mine, locking
out some 300 men, owing to trouble
between the superintendent of the
mine and the miners.
A. F. of L. reports that seventeen
new local unions, nearly all of which
have withdrawn from the American
Labor Union are now affiliated at
Butte and Anaconda, Mont.
A curtailment of production because
of the condition of the market has
been announced at the Lancaster cot
ton mills at Clinton, Mass. One thou
sand operatives will be laid off.
Forty-six local unions of the United
Garment Workers of America in Illi
nois have sent a protest to Gov. Yates
against placing a clothing-making fac
tory in the Chester penitentiary.
These locals have 30,000 members.
The custom of lining contractors for
any violation of agreements or work
ing rules is in vogue in St. Louis, and
the unions are powerful enough to en
force the payment of any assessment
made by them against a contractor.
Two thousand cloak makers went
on strike at Cleveland, Ohio. Increase
in wages, recognition of the union and
“closed” shops are demanded. Own
ers of a number of factories were will
ing to grant the increase, but declined
the “closed" shop demand.
The blue paper “union label” of the
Brotherhood of Leather W'orkers on
horse goods was abolished at the re
cent convention, and in its stead a
steel stamp of appropriate design will
be stamped upon the product of the
members of that organization working
in union shops.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers is agitating the abolition of or
a change in the present system of
mail cranes by which sacks of mail
are caught while the train rushes
through a small town. number of
engineers have been struck and killed
recently by the device.
The cost to the unions of holding a
convention is from $5,000 to $50,000.
It is believed by the anti-convention
ists that the large amount which could
be saved by reducing the number of
conventions—or by abolishing them
altogether—could be used to great
advantage in other directions.
The stagnation In the coal fields
along the Norfolk Western railroad in
West Virginia is rapidly disappearing.
Last week more than 500 new miners
were put to work and this week will
see double that number of men given
employment. The chief increase is
in the Thacker and EJkhorn fields.
Perhaps the most important busi
ness transacted during the Interna
tional Longshoremen and Marine
Transport Workers’ association con
vention was the adoption of a resolu
tion instructing the executive board to
issue charters to bodies of marine en
gineers which may apply for affilia
tion.
The United Hatters of America*
which, together with the American
Federation of Labor, have been sued
for $24,000 damages and their proper
ty attached for boycotting tthe prod
uct of Connecticut hat-making con
cerns, because nonunion workers are
employed, have lost the first case in
court.
Two hundred coal miners went out
on a strike at the United States coal
mines at Sturgis, Ky. It is said more
may follow. The company is making
efforts to install nonunion labor. All
the coal mines at Sturgis have been
strictly union. The United States
mine closed down on account of the
strike.
Word comes from England that
Peter Curran, the well-known English
labor leader, who represented the
British Trade Union Congress in the
American Federation of Labor as a
fraternal delegate, some years ago,
will be present at the international
peace conference which will convene
in Boston in October.
Cardinal Satolli, who ‘returned to
Rome last week, has been investigat
ing the labor movement in this coun
try, it seems, by order of Pope Plus
X, who is deeply interested and de
sired to secure information regarding
labor conditions here, also data re
garding the treatment of employes by,
employers, especially great corpora
tions.
Judge Humphrey, in the federal
court at Springfield, 111., overruled the
motion of the striking miners and of
ficers of miners’ unions to dissolve
the temporary injunction which he
had issued restricting the strikers
or officers of miners’ unions from
picketing the Ziegler Coal company’s
property, or in any manner interfer
ing with the operation of the mine.
All the boilermakers of the N. Y.,
N. H. & H. R. R. system who struck
sixteen weeks ago returned to work.
The settlement calls for the nine-hour
workday, an increase of wages of 1%
cents an hour, and the establishment
of shop rules desired by the union.
All the strikebreakers were removed
from the shops by the road officials
and every man was given his old job.
The Carnegie Steel Company served
notices on all the clerks in the South
Sharon office that their services are
no longer required. The reason given
is that the blast furnace construction
is completed and no other department
of the big works will be operated.
This w’ill mean the closing of the
open-hearth steel department, which
employs 2,500 men when running full
time.
Joshua A. Leach was the founder
and. first grand master of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen. He
built the bridge over wrhich more
than 54,000 men have found their way
to the benefits derived from belong
ing to a labor organization. Mr. Leach
was born in Negay, Ireland, May 8,
1843. Soon after his birth his parents
came to America and settled in New
York.
Tho Amalgamated Association of
Iron, Steel and Tin Workers declared
a strike against the Carnegie Steel
company. Three large plants—two at
Youngstown, O., and one at Girard, O.
—are Involved, and several thousand
men are affected. The strike is a
protest against a reduction in wages
and the declaration of the company
that its mills will be run on the "open
shop" principle in the future.
The international -socialist and
trades union congress at Amsterdam,
Holland, at its final sitting adopted a
resolution calling on all socialists and
trades unions to organize annual dem
onstrations in favor of an eight hour
day and to stop work on Miay day. A
resolution in regard to trusts, which
was also passed, set forth that social
ists ought to direct their efforts to
ward the “socialization of produc
tion.’’
Pipe coverers and workers in asbes
tos material held a convention in
Cleveland and formed an international
union, which will affiliate with the A.
F. of L. and National Building Trades
Council. International Association of
Heat, Frost and General Insulators
and Asbestos Workers of America
was the name chosen. Another meet
ing will be held in Pittsburg Oct. 31
The new organization has a member
ship of about 5,000 throughout th6
country.
Four hundred miners, employed bj
the Chicago Virden Coal company ai
Virden, walked out on the order of
James Maxwell, president of the loca’
union. The miners claim that the op
erators are violating the law by al
lowing the fire boss to examine the
mine after each working day instead
of each morning before the miners
enter the mines. The walkout fol
lowed a fruitless conference betw-een
Manager F. W. Lukins and a commit
tee of the miners.
The convention of the International
Brotherhood of Stationary Firemen ad
journed to meet in Omaha in August,
1906. Officers were elected as follows:
President, Timothy Healy, New York;
secretary and treasurer. C. L. Shamp,
Omaha. Amendments to the constitu
tion were adopted fixing the terms of
officers at two years and providing for
biennial meetings instead of annual.
A motion by Delegate Barrett of Low
ell, Mass., declaring it to be the sense
of the convention that the delegates
go on record as opposed to the “open
shop,” v as carried unanimously.
The management of the steel hoop
department of the Carnegie Steel com
pany has issued orders that the men
in the eight-inch department of the
plant must repdrt for duty at once,
otherwise the mill would be declared
open and other men employed in their
places. A meeting of the conference
committee of the Amalgamated asso
ciation has been called to discuss the
situation. The ultimatum issued by
the steel trust is a direct blow against
the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers and is be
lieved to be the first step toward non
unionizing all its mills in the Mahon
ing and Shenango valleys.
There seems to be a growing senti
ment among the trades unions of the
country against the holding of annual
conventions by their national organi
zations. Necessary changes in the
laws of the organizations are more
satisfactorily made by referendum
votes, and, if reports of officers are
printed and mailed to local unions,
nothing of importance is left to re
quire a national convention—at least,
not every year. The molders and the
granite cutters hold conventions only
on demand of the membership. The
cigarmakers are supposed to meet
once, at least in eight years, but it has
been nearly ten years since they met,
because the membership decided to ex
tend the time without date just before
the date for holding the last conven
tion arrived.
Interest in the lockout qf the build
ing trades and the strike of the butch
ers has, during the past two weeks,
overshadowed the strike of the cloth
ing cutters of New York, which is now
rounding out, in an atmosphere of
peace, a six weeks' contest. Both
sides are claiming the victory—the
bosses because the "open shop” sign*
still hang in their establishments, and
the union because its men are back at
work under conditions as favorable as
when the rupture occurred, with good
prospects ahead. Here’s the way the
week’s bulletin of the Clothing Trades
stated the case for the ULlon: "All
union cutters are paying their dues
and assessments. All their names are
on the union roll, as usual. The shops
are organized, with their chairman, aa
usual. Union rules and regulations
govern the shops, as usual. The open
shop notices lit some shops hang ox.
the wall, as usual. The men pay no
attention to them, as usual. ' 'me
clothing cutters still have strikes op
in Boston and Chicago agaim.t tlia
open shop.
Undoubtedly.
“You’re a queer looking thing to
want to fight with me,” said the
young bull dog, contemptuously,
“you’re not in my class.”
“Perhaps not,” replied the porcu
pine, quietly, “but I think I can give
you a few points.”
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The Natural Inference.
“Who is at the telephone?’’
“Your wife, sir.”
“What does she want?”
“The only word I can understand is
‘numskull.’ ”
“Let me come there. She prob
ably wants to talk with me.”—Topeka
State Journal.
Easy Mark.
Cleopatra was sailing down the
Nile with Antony.
“Don’t call me Antony,” said the
great man, as he gave her another
pearl tiara.
"I think,” said Egypt's red-tressed
queen, “I shall cal! you Mark, and,”
she added sotto voice, “an easy one
at that.”
Temporarily Closed for Repairs.
McJigger—Small told Bigger yester
day that he was a crook; said he
knew he was a thief because Bigger
couldn't look him in the eye.
Thingumbob—That's true too.
McJigger—Yes, but it’s also true
that Small can’t look himseif in the
eye this morning.
A Wise Partner.
Senior Partner—What’s the new
cashier’s name?
Junior Partner—John P. Johnson.
Most people call him “Honest John.”
Senior Partner—They do, eh? Well
you just hand him two months’ salary
and ask for his resignation at once.—
Houston Chronicle.
Financial Stringency.
"I was in a little friendly poker
game yesterday afternoon," began
young Sportlcigh, “and I regret to say
I am-’
“Sorry I can’t oblige you, old man,”
interrupted his friend Goodwin, "but
I attended a church social last night”
Closed Season.
Yeast—I see a dispatch from Ma
lone, N. Y., says a man has already
been shot who was mistaken for a
deer.”
Crimsonbeak—Why, I thought the
law wouldn't allow a man to shoot
another man for a deer, yet?
Sorry He Spoke.
Reggy—Bah Jove, there are a lot
of people who sing songs these days
and don’t even mean what they sing
Miss Rose—You are right, Reggy.
Last night you sung ‘Good-by, My
Lady Love’ at 10 o'clock and didn’t
leave until 12.
Blissful Ignorance.
“What is the prevailing cult In
Cleveland now?” asked the Cincinnati
girl.
“Really, I can't say,” replied the
maid from the village by the lake.
“As far as I know we haven’t had an
epidemic of any kind for years.”
Good and Hard.
"What did papa say wuen yc
asked him for my hand?”
“Gave me his foot.”—Rochester
Democrat Chronicle.
Willing to Oblige.
"No malaria about here, I suppose,"
said the prospective summer boarder.
“Not enny,” replied the rural land
lord. “We ain’t never had no call fer
it; but ef thar’s enny tew be had
deown tew th’ village I reckon ea
heow we'll git it fer you.”
The First Flirtation.
Aphrodite had just risen from the
waves.
“How’s the water?” queries Mer
cury, thermometrically.
“Cold,” responded the goddess.
This is the first seashore flirtation
an record.—Chicago Journal.
Not Pressing.
“Ah!” he cried, “now that we’re en
gaged, let me press you to my heart
n-"
"Don’t lose yourself,” said the sum*
ner girl, pushing him away. “This is
10 pressing engagement."
—
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To Control Runaway Horses.
An Austrian has Invented safety
reins for runaway horses, by mean*
; of which two small rollers can bo
made to press the horse's windpipe
when desired. The animal must stop
at once for want of breath.
Allen’s Foot-Ease, Wonderful Remedy.
“Have tried ALLEN S FOOT-EASE, a. I
find it to be a certain cure, and gi-. es c= m
fort to one suffering with sore, tender ar I
swollen feet. I will recommend ALEE;. ~
FOOT-EASE to my friends, a3 it *
certainly a wonderful remedy—Mrs. N.
H. Guilford, New Orleans, La.”
Men like to think they can attract
the notice of women generally.
To the housewife who has n t yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and
who Is reasonably satisfied with the
old. we would suggest that a trial of
! Defiance Cold Water Starch be made
at once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers t” be su
perior to any other brand, but L-cause
each 10c package contains 1«» ozs.,
, while all the other kinds contain but
12 ozs. It is safe to say that the lady
who once uses Defiance Starch will use
no other. Quality and quantity must
win.
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God will not fill your heart because
you empty your head.
Unresisting Victims of Button Trust.
Why are there two buttons, or even
, one, on the sleeves of a coat? The
writer took a census of his buttons
and found that 60 of them were un
! necessary. He is particularly anxious
as to the two buttons behind on a
| frock coat. Taking a survey of the
whole human family he finds that
there are. 800,000,000 buttons worn, ail
; of them useless.—Philadelphia Led
ger. ___
University Celebration.
The University of Freiburg had a
grand celebration recently—proces
sions, fireworks, Illuminations, ad
I dresses, the occasion being the round
ing out of the number of students to
! 2,000. One of the speakers referred
to the fact that the number 1.000 was
reached In 1886, and he was much ap
plauded when he pointed at a babe
in the arms of a nurse as the future
four-thousandth student.
Of Interest to Builders.
Prof. Charles L. Norton of the Mae
rachusetts Institute of Technology
rays that a great deal more care
should be taken in protecting eteel
j work and wrought iron work from cor
j rosion. Concrete is a far better safe
guard than stone or terra cotta against
j fire, he says. The Boston skyscrapers
are viewed with suspicion by Prof.
! Norton.
Wife Drove Pests Away.
A Yorkshire man whose poor rela.
tions pestered him continually, mar.
ried the worst scold in the county in
order to have a guardian who would
protect him from the importunate
i legacy hunters. The .venomous and
I incessant vituperation of the woman
lad the desired effect.
Elephants Long for Freedom.
In captivity elephants always stand
up when they sleep, but when in the
jungle, in their own land and home,
they lie down. The reason given for
the difference between the elephant
I In captivity and in freedom is that
! the animal never acquires complete
confidence in his keepers, and always
longs for liberty.
Men take delight in telling how sel
dom they indulge in a holiday.
Women rarely express a fair and
honest opinion of men.
BUILDING FOOD
To Bring the Babies Around.
When a little human machine (or
r large one) goes wrong, nothing is so
i important as the selection of food
' which will always bring it around
again.
“My little baby boy fifteen months
old had pneumonia, then came brain
fever, and no sooner had he got over
these than he began to cut teeth and,
being so weak, he was frequently
thrown into convulsions,” says a Col
orado mother.
“I decided a change might help, so
took him to Kansas City for a v1siL
When we got there he was so very
weak when he would cry he would
sink away and seemed like he would
die.
“When I reached my sister’s home
she said Immediately that we must
feed him Grape-Nuts and, although I
had never used the food, we got some
ard for a few days gave him just the
Juice of Grape-Nuts and milk. He
got stronger so quickly we were soon
feeding him the Grape-Nuts itself and
In a wonderfully short time he fat
tened right up and became strong
and well.
“That showed me something worth
knowing and, when later on my girl
came, I raised her on Grape-Nuts and
she is a strong healthy baby and has
been. You will see from the little
photograph I send you what a strong,
chubby youngster the boy is now. but
he didn’t look anything like that be
fore we found this nourishing food.
Giape-Nuts nourished him back to
strength when he was so weak he
cculdn’t keep any other food on his
stomach.” Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
All children can be built to a more
sturdy and healthy condition upon
Grape-Nuts and cream. The food
contains the elements nature de
mands. from which to make the soft
gray filling in the nerve centers and
train. A well fed brain and strong,
Bturdy nerves absolutely insure a
healthy body.
Look in each pkg. for the famous
little book. “The Road to Wellville."