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A Montana judge advocates a cudgel
for a masher. A horsewhip would do
just as well.
The matrimonial lightning has miss
ed King Alfonso so far, but it has just
struck his sister.
Morocco promises to be prominent
as a trouble-producing center for
some time to come.
Airship chauffeurs are not yet nu
merous, but they are destined to form
a valuable class in society.
Borrowing money from one sweet
heart to buy gifts for another is apt to
lead to the opportunity to search for a
third.
Champagne was discovered in the
seventeenth century by a monk named
Perignon. The price is a modern in
vention.
Happily for the youngest member
of the Romanoff family, he doesn’t
know what a serious time his royal
father is having.
The new $20 gold certificate is said
to be hard to counterfeit, but this is
a problem that does not come home
to the average man. '
C. W. Schwab—our Charley—is to
have a $150,000 dinner service, but no
guarantee goes with it of improved
digestion to the diners.
The fact that a San Francisco man
was shut up in a folding bed and killed
goes to prove that sleeping in a folding
bed is not altogether a joke.
Any one who thinks there is noth
ing in the superstition should consult
the prisoner who was convicted on
the jury’s thirteenth ballot.
And now the Prince and Princess
of Wales are going to India, where the
shawls that Queen Victoria used to
give for presents came from.
New Jersey proposes to have a law
making it a penitentiary offense for a
jag to run an automobile. This is an
indirect blow at Jersey lightning.
There are now two vacant seats in
the Academie Francaise, but the aver
age American would rather have a
seat on the New York stock exchange.
Fifty people were killed in a recent
riot at Santiago. Chile. The Chileans
should stick to revolutions. They are
less likely to be attended by fatali
ties.
The bishop of London says race sui
cide is a sin. He must be getting so
old that he doesn’t care to be invited
around to fashionable places any
more.
We wish the national purity con
gress would get after the rascals who
spoil our pumpkin pies by selling the
baker ground and colored horseradish
for ginger.
* One of the lady college presidents
says educated women have ceased to
be frumps. She does not, however,
intimate that they regard woman as
naturally man’s pet.
Sir Thomas Lipton has won some
distinction as a mariner, but his re
cent experience before the king makes
it evident that he was never connected
with the horse marines.
How tame prize fighting seems in
comparison with a game of football,
where a player is almost instantly
killed by a “butt in the stomach."
Rarely is prize fighting fatal.
Dr. Wiley says most of the Scotch
whisky sold in this country is Ameri
can corn juice. There has not as yet
been anything like a unanimous ris
ing on the part of the golfers.
The Hon. Christy Mathewson may
occupy elegant apartments on Easy
street for a season or two yet, and
then he will follow the procession of
Has Beens into the land of Oblivion.
^A republican daily newspaper is
to* be started at Birmingham, Ala., by
a gentleman who evidently shares
Mr. Carnegie’s view about the dis
grace of dying rich.—Washington
Post.
The really remarkable thing about
the man in France who says that
during the last thirty years he has
smoked 800,900 cigarettes is that he
has reached the age of forty and is
still alive.
During the year ended June 30,
1905, 886 people were killed and 13,783
injured in railroad accidents in this
country. It would be interesting to
know how many of them tried to get
on moving trains.
A Detroit man is suing for divorce
because his wife threw a seashell at
him, but, upon examination, it ap
pears that she is entitled to a divorce
from him on the ground of cruelty.
He used to insist upon reading aloud
to her.
Lord Charles Beresford has taken a
seat on the water wagon aqd is en
thusiastic in his declarations concern
ing the benefits of total abstinence.
Now if he can continue to be a jolly
good fellow his achievement will be
worth more than naval victories.
The new steamship Amerika is ten
stories high and has an elevator, a
gymnasium and the highest priced res
taurant in the world. If it only had
crowded, dirty street cars its patrons
might cross the ocean without notic
ing that they had relinquished any
of the advantages of city life.
Prosperity, the national treasurer
thinks, is what caused the demand for
tills of small denomination. We do
not know how it works with others,
hut the more we prosper the bigger
the bank notes we demand.
Sum®
The Rose of Remembrance.
I bloom for all, says the fragrant rose;
1 bloom for the grave and gray,
I bloom for the loved one In repose,
I bloom for the young and gay.
On one and all does my blessing rest'
In this fleeting life of mine;
On the north and the south and the east
and west
Like a message of love divine.
—Washington Star.
Big Trees of the Sea.
If you ask most persons what the
world's biggest plants are they will
probably mention such growths as the
giant trees of California, the wonder
ful eucalyptus of Australia or the huge
banyan tree of Asia. But they would
he wrong. All these mammoths of the
vegetable world are mere pigmies com
pared with the true monsters which
have been seen by a very fe^v.
In the deep sea, hidden away from
man except when fierce storms tear a
few of them from their secret beds or
when the deep sea dredges of some ex
plorer wrest them from the abyss,
grow plants that are 1500 feet long.
They are grown seaweeds, with their
roots in the sunless ocean bottom,
where never a spark of light filters
down, and their stems reaching up
through a full quarter of a mile of
ocean.
The greatest of these plants has a
stem only about a quarter of an inch
thick, and at the end of it has a leaf
or a leaf-like growth that is 50 feet
long; surely the longest leaf In the
world. This leafy end is beset with
great bladders, each as big as an egg.
The bladders are full of air and this
buoys the vast plant up so that it
stands upright In the water.
On our own northwest Pacific coast
is another weed that grows to be more
than 300 feet long. At its upper end it
has an air bladder shaped something
like a cask, and from this again there
grows a tuft of 50 or more leaf sprays
which are 30 feet long.
A BEAR AND A BOASTER
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At a place called Georgetown, which
lies in a narrow valley, apparently
shut in by mountains, were a great
many bears, but these were much
smaller and less fierce than the griz
zlies. Still they were savage enough
when they were provoked, especially
if the}- were hungry; otherwise they
would often choose to run away rather
than fight.
One day news was brought that a
bear had been seen on the hills above
the town, and was prowling about
there. Just then there happeneu to
be staying in the town a somewhat
conceited person, who thought he
knew how to do everything. "Dear
me,” he said, "how fortunate that I
am here just now. I will rid you of
the bear very speedily. Only look out
to-morrow afternoon, and you will see
me come down with the skin over my
shoulder.” The people rather thought
that this was brag, so they watched
him; but, sure enough, the next morn
ing he started off to shoot the bear.
Though he had talked so grandly,
he was really somewhat uneasy, and
as he climbed higher and higher up
the lonely mountain he began to like
bear hunting less and less. On he
went, looking cautiously about him on
every side, and thinking every heap
of stones was his enemy, and eyeing
anxiously each cluster of brown
bushes, and so he slowly neared the
top of the ridge.
Meanwhile the bear was shuffling
easily up the other side of the moun
tain, not thinking at all about hunters
or guns, but enjoying the sunshine
and wondering what he could find for
dinner. Suddenly the man and the
bear met face to face. The man gave
a shriek and the bear a growl. For
a second they looked at each other.
Then both turned and fled, each down
the side of the mountain which he
had so lately ascended.
i TICKs With the Hand.
Hold your hand in a horizontal po
sition, palm downward. Place a
piece of paper, about two inches
square, directly under and against
the crack between the first and mid
dle fingers and blow through that
crack Instead of flying away, the
piece of paper will cling to your hand
without support. This is because the
current of air carries away some, and
the force of the outside air pressing
on the paper makes it stick to the
hand.
Press the finger tips of one hand
forcibly against those of the other
hand and open and shut the hands
slightly. Shut your eyes and do this
several times, and the feeling will be
such that you can easily believe you
are holding coins between the finger
tips
Hook the fingers of each hand, hold
ing them far apart, and shake the
hands swiftly, freely, and forcibly
from the wrist for several seconds.
The air currents between the fingers
will give a sensation as if the hands
were full of cotton of some woolly
substance.
Look closely at the inside of the
fingers near the tips. You will see
furrows running in curved lines. They
appear like mere lines, but if you
look at them through a magnifying
glass you will see they are really
slight furrows. Or rub chalk of pow
der over them, and they will be out
lined in white.
It is said that no two persons have
these markings exactly alike, and al
so that the markings remain the same
through life in each individual. You
may test this by taking a print of
your own. Spread some ink thinly
over a piece of glass or paper. When
the Ink is nearly dry, press the fingers
on it lightly, and then on a piece of
clean white paper. A few trials will
pive you some very good prints.
Another way of taking the print is
to drop a little heated sealing wax
on paper, and before it hardens to
wet the finger, so as not to burn it,
and press it on the wax. The im
print of all the lines will be clearly
marked or “sealed” in the wax.
Plucky Sparrows.
A pair of sparrows built a nest in
a tree in Hoboken, N. J., and one of
the young sparrows with which the
nest was afterward equipped fell out
before it had learned to fly and fell
Puttering to the sidewalk. The parent
oxrds followed it, but an alert cat was
already after the young sparrow. Noth
ing daunted by the size of their oppon
ent the parent birds made a rush for
the cat. They fluttered about the cat's
head and pecked at its eyes, and kept
it so generally busy that it had no
time to look after its intended prey.
While this was going on more birds
flew down, and in some way supported
and upbore the young sparrow until
they carried it to a fence, whence it
made a short flight on its own ac
count and succeeded in reaching the
tree from which it fell. By that time
the cat had been p-c to flight and the
parent birds flew back to the tree,
where they and the other sparrows
twittered and chirped for half an hour,
as if they were holding a political con
vention.—Golden Days.
Two Card Tricks.
Take the pack of cards and separate
all the kings, queens and knaves. Put
these all together into any part of the
pack you fancy and inform one of the
company that he cannot in twelve cuts
disturb their order, after each taking
the pack cut from and placing it on
the pack cut. The cvauces are 500 to
1 in your favor. This trick may be
rendered more surprising by placing
one-half of the number of court cards
at the top and the other half at the
bottom of this pack.
The second trick tells you how to
find a certain card after it has been
shuffled in the pack. As you shuffle
the cards, note the botton one, being
careful not to shuffle it from its place
Then let any one draw a card from the
middle of the pack, look at it and
place it on the top. Let them cut the
pack. The card in question will be
found immediately to follow the one
which was at first the bottom card.
Something Every Day.
Every day a little knowledge—one
fact in a day. How small is one fact
only one. Ten years pass by. Three
thousand, six hundred and fifty facts
are not a small thing. Every day a little
self-denial. The thing that is difficult
to do to-day will be an easy thing to
do 360 days hence, if each day it shall
have been repeated. What power of
self-mastery shall he enjoy who seeks
every day to practice the grace he
prays for. Every day a little happi
ness. We live for the good of others,
if our living be in any sense a true
living. It is not in great deeds of
kindness only that the blessing is
found. In “little deeds of kindness,”
repeated every day, we find true happi
ness. At home, at school, on the street,
at the neighbor's house, in the play
ground, we shall find an opportunity
every day for usefulness.
Quaint Queries.
Do you know that the custom of lift
ing one’s hat dates back to the age of
chivalry? Knights then never appeared
in public without their full armor.
When they entered an assemblage of
friends they removed their helmets.
This action signified, “I am safe in the
presence of friends.” Thus the custom
of gentlemen of to-day means the same
thing, that he is in the presence of a
friend.
Do you know that the three generals
who never knew defeat are Alexander
the Great, Julius Caesar and the Duke
of Wellington (the hero of Waterloo)?
Do you know the reason the hour
was divided into 60 minutes? It was
because no other small number has so
many divisions as 60. It is evenly di
vided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20
and 30.
Do you know the origin of the
phrase, “Up Salt River"? Before
steam, navigation along the Ohio was
carried on by flatboats which were
rowed up stream. This was particu
larly hard work, especially up Salt
River, a dangerous, crooked branch of
the Ohio River in Kentucky. When
slaves were to be punished this was
a common method employed by their
owners. Hence, at election times, peo
ple refer to sending the defeated can
didates “Up Salt River” as a penalty.
Do you know how many blue beans
it takes to make five white beans?
Five—if they are peeled.
Do you know that the word “dude”
comes from the English word “duds,”
which means clothes? Hence, a dude
is one very fond of clothes.
For Children’s Party.
From water color paper cut out and
decorate Noah’s arks three or four
inches long, and on the tack of these
paste an envelope to contain the in
vitation. Inclose the whole in a large
envelope for mailing, says the Wo
man's Home Companion. The invita
tion may designate the kind of animal
each guest is expected to represent,
or that may be left to the individual
choice, merely asking them to come to
the party in costume. These costumes
are to be as simple as possible, only
expressing some characteristic feature
of the animal. To represent the ele
phant a loose domino of gray muslin
may be used, and a close fitting cap
with huge flapping ears attached. For
the lion a tawny colored domino with
a fluffy ruche for the neck and shoul
ders made of tissue paper fringe.
FISH AS A BRAIN FOOD
There are many men of many
minds, and many fish of many kinds;
therefore there must be a fish adapted
for each particular mind.
For instance—For the schoolmaster
he should prescribe whale, and for his
pupils blubber.
For the critic—Carp.
For the soldier—Swordfish and
pike.
For the offlceseeker—Plaice.
For a shoemaker—Sole.
For a carpenter—Sawfish.
For a smoker—Pipefish and whifT.
For a blacksmith—Bellowfish.
For lean persons—Chub.
For a sculptor—Sculpin', of course.
For a cheese manufacturer—Smelt.
For the basso singer of a minstrel
troupe—Black bass.
For a sea captain—Skipper.
For dwarfs—Minnows.
Then there is the archerfish for
archers, the drumfish for drummers,
the pilotflsh for pilots, the skate for
skaters, and the houndfish for hunters
In Case of Bad Bleeding.
“I know one thing,” said John; “if
you cut an artery the blood is red and
spurts; and if you cut a vein the
blood is bluer and flows.”
“That’s right; but in real accidents
you generally have both; and so there
is a mixture of blue and red blood.
If the bleeding is very bad, tie a large
handkerchief around the injured arm
or leg. with a knot over the artery
about an inch above the cut. Slip a
stick through the place where the
handkerchief is tied and twist it until
the knot is pressed deeply against the
artery. It would be well to tie a
string around the arm over the other
end of the stick to prevent its unwind
ing. In this way you compress and
close the walls of the artery between
the cut end and the heart, and thus
you stop the bleeding. Cold or heat
in any form also helps to slop bleed
ing, for they both help to clot the
blood; and, of course, when the blood
clots it acts like a stopper in a bottle,
and so the blood ceases to flow.—From
Dr. E. E. Walker's “First Aid to the
Injured,” in St. Nicholas.
The Blind Mouse.
One day while sitting under a shady
maple tree by the roadside, reading a
book, the soft, rustling sound made by
the wind blowing through a field of
tasseled wheat caused me to look up.
To my surprise I saw two large field
mice slowly crossing the road to the
wheat field.
One mouse had his eyes tightly
closed, and seemed totally blind, while
the other mouse was cautiously lead
ing him along by a small stick which
they both held in their mouths.
A COMPOUND PULLEY
Three cents for a half dozen screw
hooks is all the money you need for
a compound pulley, and any boy or
girl can make one. Two large spools,
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two small spools, four strips of wood
seven Inches long, one inch or a lit
tle less wide, and half an inch thick;
four small blocks of wood and a heavy
cord, are the neses6arv materials.
Cut or saw each spool quite near
the shoulder, as shown by the dotted
lines. Put a pin through the two
ends of each spool, letting the ends
project for an axle. This gives you
a very neat wheel. Be careful to
make the four wheels of equal thick
ness.
The four blocks should be each a
trifle thicker than the wheels, as
broad as the side strips are and about
one inch long. Make two holes In
each side strip two and a half inches
from the ends and the size of the
axles.
Now you are ready to Join the parts.
Take two side strips, one large and
one small spool, place the axles in the
holes, put a block In position at each
end and fasten it firmly by means of
glue or screws or nails. A screw hook
In each end completes one part.
Make the other part In exactly the
same way and put in the cord as
shown In the drawing.
To use the pulley fasten one block
to the ceiling or some other high
place. Attach the lower block '.o the
object you wish to raise. It will seem
surprising how heavy a weight can
be lifted with but little strength.
Afterward a pulley with six or even
eight wheels may be made, and their
working compared.
Lackaye's Beginning.
In the Theater Magazine that ex
cellent talker, writer, and player,
Wilton Lackaye, entertainingly re
calls his stage beginnings.
“When I went upon the stage,” he
says, “I was 17, and had encounter
ed the usual parental obstacles and
the change from what found relatives
had thought was a predestined career.
I had wished to be a priest, had even
begun studying for the priesthood.
My father was the only one who dif
fered from my view that I had such
a vocation. A vocation, as we regard
it, is different from a call. A call is
an opportunity to get all you can, but
a vocation is giving up everything
you have.
“My father thought I was not adapt
ed to the life. I believe he had al
ready concluded that the vow of
celibacy would be my chief stumbling
block. But it had been arranged that
I should go to that school for young
priests, the Propaganda, in Rome, and
we had gotten as far on our journey
as New York and engaged our pass
age to Havre. But we lingered for
two weeks in New York and went to
the theater every night. I contracted
that disease which every one acquires
at some time. Often it does not last,
but every one has it at some time or
other. I was stage struck.
“The germ entered my system the
night father and I went to the Madi
son Square theater to see ‘Esmeralda.’
Annie Russel was playing in it, I re
member, and Eben Plympton. While
watching Plympton act I decided not
to go to Rome. I would remain in
America. After all, I had a vocation,
but it was not what I had at first
thoilght. My vocation was the stage.
After convincing myself I endeavored
to convince my father. He said:
‘Your vocation is the padded cell.’
And back we went ingloriously to
Baltimore and mother.”
Hard Luck to Hit.
Harrigan, the "tramp juggler,” tells
this story of his first appearance as
a vagabond, doing tricks and singing.
It was in his very early days—some
thing like twenty years ago—when he
was earning a small salary with a
juggling act. Receiving an invitation
from the Baltimore Press club to
spend a day at their camp, he was
troubled as to how he could raise a
little money for the contribution of
fruit, cigars, or some other gift, that
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friendship of the late Queen Victoria,
to whom she frequently sang during
the last year of her life.
Chas. E. Blaney’s melodramatic
novelty, “For His Brother’s Crim%”
was written especially for the her
culean Adonis and strenuous ro
mantic star, Robert Gaillard.
Channir.g Pollock has received two
offers for the English rights to “Na
poleon the Great.’’ Thomas E. Shefts
new play, in case Mr. Shea decides
not to reserve them for himself.
Lawrence D’Orsay, the English
comedien who made such a success in
“The Earl of Pawtucket,’’ has a new
play this season by Augustus Thomas.
It is entitled “The Embassy Ball.”
Henrietta Crosman during her New
York engagement in "Mary, Mary
Quite Contrary,’’ will make a series
of revivals of the old English com
edies for special mid-week matinees.
“Cleopatra” was the fourth piay
written by Sardou for Sara Bernhardt.
It was preceded by “Fedora,” ‘Theo
doro,” and “La Tosca,” all of which
were played in this country by Fanny
Davenport, as well as by the great
French actress.
Louise Galloway, a member of Hen
rietta Crosman’s company in “Mary,
Mary Quite Contrary,” originated the
character of Kate in “Way Down
East.” Miss Galloway has “created”
eleven inguene parts during her pro
fessional career.
Martin Sabine, an actor w’ho is well
known in London as a member of the
Beerbohm Tree and George Alexan
der companies, has been engaged by
Henry B. Harris to originate the role
of the Hon. Fitzroy Bagley in “The
Lion and the Mouse.”
Dorothy Sherrod’s share of the suc
cess which has come to Tim Mur
phy’s production of the Rev. Cyrus
Townsend Brady’s “A Corner in Cof
fee,” has encouraged a firm of New
York managers to announce her forth
coming tour in “His Best Girl.”
The company playing “The College
Widow” in the west is making a tour
that approaches the triumphal. ' Mr.
Ade’s comedy has every chance of
being the leading attraction on tout
this Season, the two companies visit
ing very nearly all the large cities.
Boyd Putman, the leading man for
Henrietta Crosman in “Mary, Mary,
Quite Contrary,” is a descendant of
Israel Putnam, and the family head
quarters were originally at Danvers.
Curiously enough, Mr. Putnam plays
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Firmly established in the favor of lovers of the stage.
It was customary to offer to t'oe camp.
An appeal to the manager of his com
pany for salary In advance did not
meet with success, so he was reduced
to pawning his stage dress suit. At
night, therefore, the situation was de
cidedly awkward. The manager storm
ed, and the young juggler hastily bor
rowed odd garments from the other
performers, made his smooth hair in
to a tangle, put on a half-inch beard
with a handful of burnt paper, and
rushed onto the stage as a tramp;
His turn made such a hit that he was
greeted by She manager, on coming
off, with the emphatic words: “If you
get that dress suit out of pawn I'll
shoot you!” So he has remained a
tramp—behind the footlights—ever
since.
Personal Mention.
Eleanor Robson has revived Brown
ing’s “In a Balcony” in San Francis
co in connection with her appearances
there in “Merely Mary Ann.”
All the members of the German le
gation in Washington had box parties
at “M’lle Modiste,” out of compliment
to their compatriot, Fritzi Scheff.
Eleanor Robeson’s return to New
York will be made about Christmas
time, and Liebler & Co. will present
her in a new play at Daly’s theater.
A musical comedy with a “squash
and pumpkin” flavor is what Billy
B. Van claims for "The Errand Boy,”
the two acts are laid in the country.
Richard Bennett, who has been late
ly identified with comedy character
roles, will play in “The Lion and the
Mouse,” his first straight juvenile
role.
The directors of the Drury Lane,
liondon, have re-engaged Arthur Col
lins as managing director for five
years. The coming pantomime will
be “Cinderella.”
Charles H. Clark, the Seth Perkins
of “The Old Homestead” is one of the
veterans of the company. "Charlie”
admits that he is over 50, but draws
the line at three score.
nftal Scheff is one of the few pub
lic singers who enjoyed the personal
1 the part of Danvers in Miss Crosman's
comedy.
Grace Elliston, who began her
career in Hoyt's musical farces, re
cently refused an offer to return to
that field at the head of her own com
pany. Miss Elliston preferred the op
portunity of creating the role of Shin
ley green in “The Lion and the
Mouse.”
Miss Martha Morton’s play, “The
Truth Tellers,” pleased a large audi
ence at the Grand opear house, New
York, on its first appearance. The
audience was specially appreciative
of the work of Miss Maude Fealy,
once Henry Irving’s leading lady, who
has the leading part.
The scenic equipment required for
Sara Bernhardt's production of “An
gelo,” “Adrienne Lecouvreur,” “La
Tosca,” “Camille” and “The Sorcer
ess” is said to be so great that it will
occupy six cars, making up the larger
part of a train which is known as the
"Sara Bernhardt special.”
“Napoleon the Great” is not the
first play with scene laid in France in
which Thomas E. Shea has appeared.
The first was “Sydney Carter,” a
dramatization of Charles Dickens’
“Tale of Two Cities,” which he pro
duced before Martin Hawley made his
success in England with “The Only
Way.”
Blanche Weaver, who is playing
with Henrietta Crosman in “Mary,
Mary, Quite Contrary,” tells with
great pride of a tribute once paid to
her by Joseph Jefferson. Mr. Jeffer
son, after attending a performance
of “The Country Girl,” said of Miss
Weaver, “she has the most infectious
laugh I have ever heard in my life.”
A theatrical novelty in London this
winter will be the appearance there
of Fuji-Ko, one of the leading act
resses of Japan. She will play in
English, and one of her pieces will
be “The Vampire Cat of Nabeshina."
This is almost a monologue and is
written about the belief of the Jap
anese peasants that the souls of sol
di^-3 killed in battle visit their homes
in the twilight when the bugle calls.
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Elephant Struck by Traiin.
Says the Shanghai Times: “Ran'
goon papers record the rare event ol
an elephant being run over by a train.
It happened at the 106th mile on the
Irrawaddy section of the railway. The
elephant was straying on the line. The
front portion of the engine was. ot
course, somewhat damaged, as is only
to be expected, but nothing else oc
curred. There was no derailment of
carriages.”
Flays Free Use of Water.
Dr. K. Beerwald of Berlin is opposed
to the free drinking of water, so often
advised. He says: “Excessive water
drinking not only produces temporary
disturbance, it also creates direct or
ganic disorders; the heart and kidneys
are particularly affected by the excess,
and in these cases the vascular system
is overcharged and the heart and kid
neys overworked.”
Suggestion to Motorists.
It is suggested that English motor
ists might save trouble, time and ex
pense by each carrying a supply of
live chickens and geese on his car
to replace, on the spot, those he kills.
Ask Your Neighbors.
Gelatt, Pa., Nov. 6th (Special)—
Mrs. H. W. Sterns, a well respected
resident of Gelatt, tells in convincing
words, what Dodd's Kidney Pills have
done for her. She says:
“I was a great sufferer from Rheu
matism, caused through my Kidneys
being out of order. I was subject to
it for years. It would take me with
out warning, and while tht* attack
lasted I was so lame I could not get
around. So I had to send for Dodd’s
Kidney Pills. I took them for three
days, but didn’t feel much benefit, but
on the fourth day I noticed a great
change, the lameness in my back was
gone, and the pains I used to suffer
were less. I kept on with Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills and now I am glad to say
I have no lameness nor pain of any
kind. I feel as if I didn’t know what
Rheumatism was. I shall never be
without Dodd’s Kidney Pills In the
house, and I bless the day I first heard
of them.
A Biq Claim.
I have all my life been made aware
when death has seized or danger
threatened those I love. Thus no fear
of evil things ever disturbs m?. so
certain am I that if the worst of all
calamities befel, 1 should know it on
the instant of its happening, without
the need of any human agency.—Hel
en Mathers in the Daily Graphic.
Startling Method of Protection.
Dr. Barnardo, the London philan
thropist, had a startling way of pro
tecting the papers upon his desk from
the devagtatingly tidy housemaid. In
a waste paper basket under the study
table basked two snakes. This “work
ed like a charm.” according to a per
sonal friend of the doctor’s.
Brides Remain Hidden.
At a Yezedee marriage the bride is
covered from head to foot, and when
she reaches her new home she hides
behind a curtain, where she stays for
eight days, and no one can see her. At
Druse the bride is hidden with a red
veil, which is first removed in the
bridal chamber.
“Ah, There’s the Rub!”
If the victim of unrequited love can
only manage to hold out until the girl
has been married nine or ten years and
is trying to raise a family and do her
own housework, he is almost sure to
be able to get over it.—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
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Hot Biscuits, Griddle-Cakes, Pies and
Puddings.
The food that made the fathers
strong is sometimes unft for the chil
dren under the new conditions that
our changing civilization is constants
bringing in. One of Mr. Bryan s neigh
bors in the great state of Nebraska
writes:
“I was raised in the South, where
hot biscuits, griddle-cakes, pies and
puddings are eaten at almost every
meal, and by the time 1 located in
Nebraska I found myself a sufferer
from indigestion and its attendant
ills—distress and pains after meals,
an almost constant headache, dull,
heavy sleepiness by day and sleep
lessness at night, loss of flesh, impair
ed memory, etc., etc.
"I was rapidly becoming incapaci
tated for business, when a valued
friend suggested a change in my diet,
the abandonment of heavy, rich stuff
and the use of Grape-Nuts food. I fol
lowed the good advice and shall al
ways be thankful that I did so.
"Whatever may be the experience
of others, the oenefleial effects of the
change were apparent in my case al
most immediately. My stomach,
which had rejected other food for so
long, took to Grape-Nuts most kindly;
in a day or two my headache was
gone, I began to sleep healthfully and
before a week was out the scales
showed that my lost weight was com
ing back. My memory was restored
with the renewed vigor that I felt in
body and mind. For three years now
Grape-Nuts food has kept me in prim*
condition, and I propose it shall for
the rest of my days.
“And by the way, my 2% year old
baby is as fond of Grape-Nuts as I am,
always insists on having it It keeps
her as healthy and hearty aa they
make them.” Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a
reason.
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Wellville” in pkgs.