MAKINGJ BLUFF WELL-MEANING CITIZEN8 WHO WORK ALONG WRONG LINES. KNOCKING THE HOME TOWN Her Commercial Clubs Fail in Work Undertaken for the Improvement of Local Conditions. In a western town not long since a General Call was issued to citizens to hold a Meeting for the purpose of or ganizing a Business Men's Association, or as the papers announced, a Com mercial club. According to the News paper Reports of the event the meet ing was a Grand Success, and some 40 or 50 prominent citizens enrolled their names as members. Thus the Com mercial club was started on its Career. Among the active citizens and those who were foremost in advocating the Club as an Important Thing for the welfare of the Town, were a Minister and a Lawyer. The good clergyman was made the Secretary, a Banker of: the town was elected President, and the Lawyer Treasurer. As is usual with such clubs, a Constitution and By-laws were adopted; an Executive Committee appointed, and also a Hus tling Committee to add Push to the club. It was outlined that by harmony and co-operation the town could be Boomed and made much Better. One of the Things desired was a Public Library. Among the other Things were Manufacturing Enterprises, a Creamery and another Elevator for the town, to compete with the one Eleva tor already located there. Six months of careful labor on the part of the Commercial Club devel oped the fact that the efforts towards securing any of these Things were without results. There was no Library, the Creamery Proposition was consid ered unfavorable, as the farmers could secure more by shipping their cream out of Town than the Creamery could afford to pay, and as to the Elevator, only a part of the Stock necessary for its start was subscribed. An investi gation revealed that out of this very same town each day an average of more than $200 was being sent to Out side Cities for Goods that might as well have been purchased at the home stores. It was discovered that the Minister, who was the Secretary of the Club, all the while he was Advo cating Town Improvement, was quiet ly Working among the Members of his Flock to secure Orders for Groceries and other goods to send to a Chicago alleged co-operative concern. He was receiving five per cent, commission on all Purchases made. The Lawyer of the town, who was made the Treasurer of the Club, was sending away for the Clothes he wore, and even the Banker could not find Carpets sufficiently good in his heme town, and sent away the money to a foreign place for rugs, and also a Piano that ornamented his home. These misled Enterprising Citizens were working all along the wrong lines. While they were Anxious to Im prove the Town, to start the Creamery —that, perhaps, would keep a few thousand dollars a year in the town— an Elevator that was almost unneces sary, as the one already located in the Town was capable of handling all the grain produced in the neighborhood, and would result in no saving or the bringing in of greater income, they overlooked the importance of devising means of retaining Business to the Town that was going away from It. The very ones intrusted with the Buildihg Up of the Industries of the Place were foremost in turning over to other communities the Dollars that should be retained to improve the Home Trade, and make Wealthy the community. Moral—It would be well for mem bers of Commercial Clubs to take heed that the most important action for the Club to take is to Devise Means of Protecting Enterprises already estab lished instead of gaining new Enter prises of Doubtful Utility. FOR MAIL-ORDER TRADE. Factories Where Adulterated and Mis branded Goods are Put Up. A visit made a short time ago by the health officers of Chicago to a fac tory where canned goods were pre pared for the mail-order trade, dis . closed the fact that it was a rank artificial food factory. Tomato cat sups were made from pumpkin pulp; fine strawberry and raspberry jam was made from glucose, starch and the only evidence of fruits were a lot of | dried apple peelings and cores, which ** were used as a base. The seed sup posed to the berry seeds, was grass seed; the natural coloring was coal tar dyes, and in the whole thing was a fraud factory from start to finish. Several thousand cans of fruit were found. These were old, several years perhaps, and the labels dirty showing their age. From these the gabels were removed and new ones put on. These goods were dead stock on the manufacturers’ hands, until bought for a mere song by the mail-order con cern. Musket of . His Ancestors. A resident of Wilton, Vt., has an old musket which is said to be a relic of the days when the settlers devoted a few hours to an Indian hunt as often as occasion required. The bar rel is four feet, nine inches long, and the whole weapon stands over six feet I. Charter Two Centuries Old. Andrew M. Camp, town clerk of Durham, Conn., is in possession of the original charter of the town, dated 1708, and signed by Gov. Saltonstall, which was recently found among some old papers in the garret of one of the ancient houses at Durham. Hard on the Pig. A western man has succeeded in breeding what he calls a fenceless pig. This pig has only one eye, which causes him to travel in a cir cular direction, and thus ^ssures bis owner that he will always come home and does away entirely with the neoes LOCAL PRODUCE MARKETS. How Agricultural Towns Can Assist in Preventing “Corners" in Produce. Now and then complaint is heard of how the large packing houses and handlers of produce manipulate prices of eggs and poultry. These concerns are enabled to do this through their facilities for extensively handling goods and preserving them in their mammoth cold storage plar ts. Their system is to buy in the lowest market and hold the produce until the demand is such that prices reach the top notch. It is evident that were the business men of small towns to follow out to some extent the plans of these large houses, the home market would be ma terially Improved. In the agricultural towns merchants are the most exten sive handlers of farmers’ produce. This business is incidental to the mer cantile business, and few merchants have proper facilities for the storing and proper care of perishable goods, therefore, immediately upon receiving supplies from the farmer, consign ments are made to the commission houses in the large cities, and thus are the large commission men enabled to obtain control of the markers and to manipulate prices. Each agricultural community pro duces enough poultry and eggs and miscellaneous dairy products to sup port a prosperous exclusive produce house. But when the articles that the fanners have for sale are distributed among a dozen or more stores, each acting independently, it is evident that highest market prices cannot be paid. The plan proposed for the organiza tion of co-operative produce companies in each town has many desirable points in its favor. At small expense a coldstorage plant of adequate capac ity to handle all perishable products of the commcnity can be put in order. A plant of this kind, if rightly man aged, would greatly improve the con ditions of the local markets and higher prices could be paid for produce than the merchants could afford to pay for the same. A number of towns in the middle west have adopted this system, and with success. Not alone have the home markets been greatly improved, but a greater volume of trade has been brought r.o the merchants. Should this plan be universally followed, in agricultural districts, it woulc lessen the opportunity for the manipulation cf prices of produce, and the “corner ing of the market” by the large com mission and packing houses. THERE MUST BE MERIT. Drawing the Line in the Matter of Patronage of Home Institutions. ’W hile it is the duty of every home loving and patriotic citizen to encour age and support home enterprise, it should be part of the principle that the home enterprises should be such as to merit support. The matter of service and of competition are important. It must be a public spirited citizen, in i deed, who will willingly pay home mer j chants exorbitant prices for what is i needed, when the same goods can be purchased in some nearby town at lower prices. The local bank should j patronized, if well conducted, and j those in charge of it men of integrity ! and enterprise. But ofttimes there j are illustrations of local industries be | ing conducted in such unbusinesslike : ways as to not win the confidence of j the people in the community. Under I such circumstances little censure can | be given those who will seek foreign j institution when they have money to deposit. I While it may be true that the small er towns and cities do not afford un principled schemers the chance to con duct business, illustrations sufficient, now and then, present themselves to the people to make them cautious and perhaps prejudice them against pat ronizing some home institutions. Too often it is found that insurance I companies, investment concerns, tanks I and mercantile establishments put forth the plea of being home institu tions and thus should be patronized, while in fact their methods of conduct are such as to not win the confidence of the people. Merit is an important factor in the home trade matter, and no argument can be made that will justify the people of a community giv ing support to institutions that are un sound, or which are managed in a way as to impose upon the residents of the community. HELPING ALONG THE TRUSTS. Sending Money Away from Rural Dis tricts Assist in Making Them. It appears as if the trusts are in Ae country to stay. The legislative ac tion of the government seems to merely mean a little more regulation. Trusts generally have their starting point in Wall street It is to Wall street that the money earned by them goes. Each trust industry means so much more for the coffers of the mul ti-millionaires. It is a sorry fact that the people of the country have bt>en for years bamboozled by trust mana gers, and unknowingly have been compelled to donate toward their sup port. That Ae great mail-order con cerns in Chicago have been backed up by Wall street capital has just be come evident. Within the past few months Wall street financiers have decided to build up even greater in the mail-order business, and one con cern has hid its capital increased to $40,000,000. It has been toward such a monster enterprise the people of the west have been turning their trade the past several years, and by so do ing have kept western communitiije from advancing. The Reason. "In this settlement,” said Ae Blil vllle farmer, “we call all Ae literary fellers we kin ketch ‘leadin’ ’ auAorn, because as a rule they’re powerful handy at leadin’ mules to water.”—At lanta Constitution. Wise Parson. “Parson, somebody dared us to get married, and we never take a dare. Here we are." “Well, my young (Mends. I dare you to go home and ^ WORN TO A SKELETON. A Wonderful Restoration Caused a Sensation in a Pennsylvania Town. Mra. Charles N. Preston, of Elkland, Pa., says: “Three years ago I found that my housework was becoming a bur den. I tired easily, bad no ambition and was failing fast. My complexion got yel low, and I lost over 60 pounds. My thirst was terrible, and t there was sugar in the kidney secretions. My doctor kept me on a strict diet, but as his medicine was not helping me, I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped me at once, and soon all traces of sugar disappeared. I have regained my former weight and am perfectly well.” Sold by ail dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milbum Cci., Buffalo, N. Y. Statue Finally Completed. When Alfred Stevens designed the noble monument to the duke of Wel lington in St. Paul’s cathedral, Lon don, he intended that his work should be crowned by an equestrian statue. But Stevens died before his design was carried out. Now, 32 years after his death, the equestrian statue has been completed and before long will be placed in position. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually neces sary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wear ing quality of the good3. This trou ble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its great er strength than other makes. A Foine Bird. An Irishman who wasn’t much of a hunter went out to hunt one day, and the first thing he saw to shoot at was a blue jay sitting saucily on the top of a fence. He blazed away at the bird and then walked over to pick it up. What he happened to find there was a dead frog, which he raised care fully at arm’s length, looking at it with a puzzled air. Finally he remarked: “Well, begobs, bun ye was a devil of a foine looking burd befur Oi blew ther fithers off o’yers!”—Judge’s Li brary. A Hopeless Case. “Yes,” said the business man, “I have given up trying to collect that lit tle bill from Bilkins. Ycu see, he is a big, muscular fellow, and he used to throw my collectors out.” “Then why didn't you employ a woman collector?” inquired a writer in Spare Moments. “He couldn't do that to a woman.” “That’s what I thought, so I got one and sent her round, but she never came back.” “Why not?” “He married her.” Why Advertising Pays. “You will be pressed for money cftener because you have no advertis ing bills to pay than because you have,” observes the Buffalo News. “Big advertising bills and big bank balances grow, together, out of the same publicity campaigns.” The mer chant who holds down his expense ac count by cutting out advertising saves money just the way the railroads would if they should stop buying coal for their locomotives. Without coal the wheels won’t turn; without pub licity trade comes to a standstill. It pays to throw silver out of the window that gold may come in at the door. A Horse’s Good Fortune. A spiritualist came to our house some time ago and claimed to be able | to locate cur lost friends if we de sired. We had an old horse which we tad sold years ago and my mother wanted to know where he was. Moth er began: “We had a very good friend who al I ways did all our work. He passed from us several years ago and the last we heard of him was that he was in Los Angeles. I would like to know if he is still living.” The spiritualist made certain mo tions and knocked on the table and then said: "Your friend is in Los Angeles and is married to a rich young woman.”— Judge. FAMILY FOOD. Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No Cooking. A little boy down in N. C. asked his mother to write an account of how Grape-Nuts food had helped their fam ily. She says Grape-Nuts was first brought to her attention on a visit to Charlotte, where she visited the Mayor of that city who was using the food by the advice of his physician. She says: “They derive so much good from it that they never pass a day without using it. While I was there I used_the Food regularly. I gained about 15 .pounds and felt so well that when I re turned home I began using Grape-Nuts in our family regularly. “My little 18 months old baby short ly after being weaned Svas very ill with dyspepsia and teething. She was sick nine weeks and we tried every thing. She became so emaciated that it was painful to handle her and we thought we were going to lose her. One day a happy thought urged me to try Grape-Nuts soaked in a little warm milk. t “Well, it worked like a charm and she began taking it regularly and im provement set in at once. She is now getting well and round and fat as fast as possible on Grape-Nuts. "Sometime ago several of the family were stricken with LaGrippe at the same time, and during the worst stages we could not relish anything in the shape of food but Grai>e-Nuts and oranges, everything else nauseated us. "We all appreciate what your fa TOLD HIM THE TRUTH. Dad’s Indignation Got the Better of His Judgment. An old German farmer, who resided in one of the rural districts of the state of Iowa, was the father of a half-witted boy, whose lack of intel lect was the cause of no little anxiety and solicitude on the part of the pa ternal parent. “Dot poy Sbon,” he was heard to re mark in the course of a conversation with a neighbor of like Teutonic origin, “he iss not ferry bright, aber I ton’t vant you to tell him because I ton't vant him to know it.” Meanwhile the young hopeful was driving through the barnyard with a load of hay, which in attempting to turn a sharp corner he unfortunately upset. The old man immediately became highly indignant. “Shon!” he bellow ed in a voice of thunder, “you iss a plame fool, you always vass a fool, you always vill pe a fool, you not know noddings.”—Judge’s Library. Opening Lower Brule Indian Reserva tion in South Dakota. Parties wishing full information as to the character of the land, how to reach it and how to take part in the drawing in October, also information in relation to the opening of Tripp county, in the Rosebud Reservation, can secure same by sending One Dollar to Chas. H. Burke, Pierre, South Dakota, formerly Member of Congress and author of the Lower Brule and Rose bud legislation. Had a Cheer Coming. Years ago, w hen the G. A. R. annual department encampment was held in Boston, as the veterans were marching along one of the avenues a lady, who had secured an elevated position on a wagon in a side street, became con spicuous by the enthusiasm she dis played, and was dissatisfied with the lack of it in the by-standers. “Cheer!” said she. “Why don’t you cheer? I guess you’d cheer if you'd lost two husbands in the war as I did.”—Life. Sheer white goods, Li fact, any One rash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Tripped. Gunner—So you think the DeBlow ers are faking about their extended European tour? Guyer—I should say so. They said there were so many Americans in Ven ice that many had to walk in the mid dle of the street. Gunner—Well? Guyer—Why, the streets of Venice are canals._ How’s This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Regard for rny case of Catarrh that cannot; be cared by Hairs Catarrh Care. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, J. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 rears, and bellere him perfectly hon orable fa all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walbino. Eimir & Martin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of tbe syetem. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Speaking of Faces. Nurse—You must not make such a dreadful face when you take your medicine, Tommie. Tommie—Why not? "Because that dreadful face might grow on you, Tommie.” “Did you used to make dreadful faces when you were a little girl and took medicine?” The extraordinary popularity of fine white goods this summer makes the choice of Starch a matter of great im portance. Defiance Starch, being free from all injurious chemicals, is the only one which is safe to use on fine fabrics. Its great strength as a stiffener makes half the usual quantity of Starch necessary, with the result of perfect finish, equal to that when the goods were new. Sapphire Mining Revived. Sapphire mining in Kashmir is be ing revived by a new company, com posed of Europeans of high standing and wealthy natives. Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease. It cures painful,swollen, smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores. Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Sends Emigrants to Canada. The Salvation Army in England is sending emigrants to Canada in batches of 600 monthly. No Headache In the Morning. Krause’s Headache Capsules for over-in dulgence in food or drink. Druggists, 25c. Norman Lichty Mfg. Co., Des Mcines, la. It is proof positive of a man’s es sential soundness if he improves as he grows old.—James Parton. Guns, Traps, Decoys, Etc. Trust than man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything „ **■. Winslow's Soothing Syrep. For children teething, soften* the gums, redaces la* ftemmetlon. sILay* pain, cores wind oollu. 25c * bottle. And occasionally a soft answer gen erates wrath. JUST A GENTLE HINT. One Remedy Appearances Indicated Nobleman Had Never Tried. The earl of Surrey, afterward elev enth duke of Norfolk, who was a no torious gourmand and hard drinker and a leading member of the Beef steak club, was so far from cleanly in his person that his servants used to avail themselves of his fits of drunken ness—which were pretty frequent, by the way—for the purpose of wash ing him. On these occasions they stripped him as they would a corpse and performed the needful ablutions. He was equaliv notorious for his horror of clean linen. One day. on his complaining to Dudley North at his club that he had become a per fect martyr to rheumatism and tried every possible remedy without suc cess ,the latter wittily replied: “Pray, my lord, did you ever try a clean shirt?” IN THE SUPERLATIVE DEGREE. Little Son’s Explanation Seemed to Cover the Case. Little son, aged seven, whose train ing has been of the most painstaking and conscientious, rather took away his mother's breath in describing the dog's game of ball. He ended with: “And, mother, Tnpsy caught the hall in her mouth, and then just ran like h—!” “Like what?” cried the startled mother. “W’y, like h—, don’t you know, mother?” innocently. “No, I don't believe I do. Just how is that, dear?” she asked faintly. “Well, I don’t know jus' what it means, myself,” he confessed, “but it’s a whole lot faster than ‘lickety-split!’" CASE OF ECZEMA IN SOUTH. Suffered Three Years—Hands and Eye Most Affected—Now Well and Is Grateful to Cuticura. “My wife was taken badly with ecze ma for three years, and she employed a doctor with no effect at all until she employed Cuticura Soap and Ointment. One of her hands and her left eye were badly affected, and when she would stop using Cuticura Soap and Ointment the eczema came back, but very slightly, but it did her a sight of good. Then we used the entire set of Cuticura Remedies and my wife is en tirely recovered. She thanks Cuticura very much and will recommend it highly in our locality and in every nook and corner of our parish. I. M. Robert, Hydropolis, La., Jan. 5 and Sept 1, 1906.” Tom Ochiltree's Moon. After Tom Ochiltree, that able con gress raconteur and laugh generator for the afflicted rich, settled in New York as the amuser of the John W. J.Iackay family, he effervesced in a thousand different directions, and was as good in some ways as Sam Ward. One night he escorted John Mackay's friend, the Count de Biscout, down to the Battery to show the sight of New York. The moon was grand, and the count went into raptures as “her maiden reflection rippled over the pearly waters.” He cried: “Eet iss grand! Eet is grand! Dair iss no such moon in all Italy!” “Count,” said Ochiltree, solemnly, as befitted the occasion, "you just ought to see the moon in Texas!” Starch, like everything else, is be ing constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the lat est discovery—Defiance Starch—all in jurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, in vented by us, gives to the Starch a strength and smoothness never ap proached by other brands. Better Still. Professor (coming from his club, holding up triumphantly his umbrella to his wife)—You see, my dear Alma, how stupid are all the anecdotes about our absent-mindedness; you see, I haven’t forgotten my umbrella. Mrs. Professor—But, my dear, you didn't take your umbrella with you; you left It at home. Smoker* appreciate the quality value of Lewis’ Single Binder cigar. Your dealer or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 111. When life’s all love, ’tis life; aught else, ’tis naught.—Sidney Lanier. m A Pardonable Fault. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, discuss ing a rather finicky attack that had been made on certain recent state ments, smiled and said: "But who or what is blamelesss? It is like the case of the Scottish hen. An old Scottish woman wished to sell a hen to a neighbor. “ ‘But tell me,’ the neighbor said, ‘is she a’thegither a guid bird? Has she got nae fauts, nae fauts at all?’ “ 'Awell, Margot,’ the other old woman admitted, ‘she has got one fault. She will lay on the Lord’s day.’ ” That an article may be good as well as cheap, and give entire satisfaction, is proven by the extraordinary sale of Defiance Starch, each package con taining one-third more Starch than | can be had of any other brand for the | same money. Every man who rises above the com- ■ mon level receives two educations— the first from his instructors, the sec- I ond, the most personal and important, j from himself—-Gibbon. 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L. ]>oiiglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer and are of greater value than any other make. "y ann >o too/o erc;r?r? ^noes cannot no equal! etr at any price. CAUTION! Ike genuine have W. L. Douglas name and price stamped on bottom. Take r»o Substitute. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he cannot supply you. send airec^ to factory. Shoes sent everywhere by mail. Catalog free. WJLDouglas. Brockton, Mm* This Is What Catches Me! ICO*.—One-Third More Starch. I f A FULL POUND for lOc No premiums, but one*third more starch than you get of other brands. Try it now, for hot or cold starching it has no equal and will not stick to the iron,