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SHE HA ) HIM ON THE nOOK. Maiden Vs, ell Knew Lover Could Not Reaist uiinary Bait She Had -o Cleverly Cast. .'Ttiet hr 1 molded the domestic nf | fi• l**i* of tue family with whom she lived for f many years that the news , of her Inr.-m’ed marriage had much ! tlie effect it an earthquake. "Hava ><»u ami I'avid been engaged long?" ventured the mistress of the house hold. "One week when next Sabbath 'Comes," str’td Janet briefly. And ar.’ had you any thought of marrying b» ure that?" asked her mis tress. I imen I had and times I had not." J#d the Imperturbable Janet, "as any person will. But a month ago when 1 gave David a wee bit of the cake Id been making and he said to me: Manet, have you the recipe firm In your mind, lass, so you could make It if Mrs. Mann's book would be far from your reach?' I knew well the time was drawing short. "And when," said Janet, closing her eves at the recollection. "I said to him, 'David, lad, the recipe is copied in a little book of my own.' and 1 saw the glint in his eye I reckoned ’twould be within the month he'd ask me." TOLD TO JJSE CUTICURA. After Specialist Failed to Cure Her In tense Itching Eczema—Had Been Tortured and Disfigured But Wa3 Soon Cured of Dread Humor. “I contracted eczema and suffered Intensely for about ten months. At times 1 thought I would scratch my self to pieces. My face and arms w ire covered with largo red patches, so that 1 was ashamed to go out. I Was advised to go to a doctor who was a specialist in skin diseases, but I received very little relief. I tried every known remedy, with the same results. I thought I would never get bet ter until a friend of mine told me to try the Cuticura Remedies*. So I tried them, and after four or five applications of Cuticura Ointment I was relieved of my unbearable itching. I used two sets of the Cuticura Remedies, and I am completely cured. Miss Barbara Krai. Hlghlandtown, Md., Jan. 9, ’08.” Pottur Drug & Chum. Corp.. Sole Props., DosUttL THAT FROZE HIM. “I suppose,'* he said, ingratiatingly, “you often get. spoken to by men?" “Yes," she replied, “and by monk eys. Hut to-night there don't seem to be any men about!” Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine wash 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 ti>e goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of youi work. Encouraging. “Tell me frankly, sir. what do you think of my daughter's voice?" "Well, madam. I think she may have a brilliant future in water-color painting.” In It. “I tell you what, I like a friend who Is a friend in need.” "Then you ought to love me. I'm always in need.” Kansas City Star. PERRY DAI IS’ PAINKIL1 ER Fnrn mhMimi t-ln 11 urn.Id i in strait of whiskey) nm p iinniiliT. Ki.r«-uiu- ilisirrbi-u ami Miuimi'ri-oiiipiaiut tills uinih-luc ui'Vtr lulls. :.v oraOc buttles. Life lias one great purpose, the growth of character.—Wesley. It’s the judgment of many smokers that is' Single Hinder 5e cigar equals in quality most 10c cigars . Only a putty life is afraid of being worn out. Nebraska Directory pSTAFTiOENTALROOMS gl/JJ 1517 Douglas St.. OMAHA, NEB. Reliable Dentistry at Moderate Prices. TYPEWRITERS MAKES '« j Ml r's |»rI«•»». i 'tt«!i ->r time |«v lucn.o. Honied. rent applies. We nldp »uv* here fur free examination. \.j de J... t Writ.-fi.rbi* li»r»HU h.-a" t If-r HP *»»»«n»i>n«Uouilman HMir llmikt. Dain Hay Tools are the Best Iu4Utouhav!utrtb«‘m. As,k your local dealer.or JOHN DEERE OMAHA M. Spiesberger it Son Co. Wholesale Millinery The Best in the West OMAHA, NEB. The Roof with the Lap All Nail Heads Protected CAREY’S ROOFING Hail and Fire Resisting Atk your dealer or SUNDERLAND ROOFING & SUPPLY CO. Qniah... : : : : : Nebr..*k«. i -- —. ___-___—-r jios Mwhy _MAYOR CZAR OF DENVER __ "Robert \V. Speer. Municipal Socialist anti Mayor of Denver." That is the way the cards of Mayor R. W. Speer of Denver would read if he put his full title on them. He—or. rather, the city of Denver under his direction- runs a public bathhouse, where soap, towels and other accessories of a bath are fur nished fret? of charge; an electric fountain, which runs for the amusement of Denverites every night in tht? summer, while they listen to the music of the band employed by the city at City park; a free hand concert every Sunday after noon and evening during the winter at the Audi torium, one of the largest halls in America, which was built by the general taxation of the Deliver ites; ft weekly newspaper oiBlFlDUiea iree iu uia payerg a museum kept up by the city. Also, the city has a system of driveways and parks and is Just complet ing the Cherry Creek boulevard, a driveway about 12 miles in length, and a civic center is being planned, which will be a gathering place for the popu lace for open-air meetings and will have a sunken garden, with novel elec tric features to it, or a stadium for athletic sports. Tlie latest feature of municipal socialism the city of Denver is entering into under Mayor Speer’s guidance is the purchase of its own water plant. The city of Denver is one of the few cities of any importance in the western states with which the legislature or governor has nothing to do. It has a charter which gives it absolute home rule and makes the mayor of the city supreme in the city’s affairs. The government of the city, under the charter, is a one-man government. Mayor Speer is a firm believer in municipal ownership of public utilities. He would have the city of Denver own and operate all the public utilities; but, failing that, he thinks that the corporations using the streets for their cars or to string their wires over or run their pipes under should pay a rental to the city for this use. Along these lines lie forced the Denver Tram way Company to pay $00,000 yearly into the city treasury for the use of ♦ he streets and the Denver Gas and Electric Company $50,000 per annum. MR. HITCHCOCK’S AID George W. Reik. who has been appointed prl vate secretary to Postmaster General Hitchcock, has been In the government service about in years. He was originally appointed a temporary employe at the headquarters of the department of Cuba at Havana In August, 1S99, but was com pelled to resign on account of illness in Febru ary, 1900. He was appointed to a clerkship in the war department in August, 1900, and resigned to ac cept a position at $1,400 In the postoffice depart ment. December 1. 1905. He steadily rose in rank through the various grades to be the assistant chief clerk of the postoffice department, a post from which he was promoted to be private sec retary to the postmaster general. Mr. Reik was born in Delaware, but was ap pointed from Baltimore. Prior to his appointment 10 me c uuau service lie was in a law oflice and later with the Standard Oil Company at Balti more. He was educated in ttie public schools at Frederica, Del., and at Delaware college, Newark, Del. Mr. Keik attracted the attention of Mr. Hitchcock when he was first assistant postmaster general. It was at his request that Mr. Reik was trans ferred from the war department. MAY TAKE WILSON’S SEAT ] Prof. Willet M. Hays, said to be already select ed for the portfolio of agriculture when Secretary Wilson leaves the Taft cabinet, Is the present assistant, secretary. He is known as the "expo nent of the new agriculture," for no man, per haps. has so successfully harnessed science to the plow as he. He came to the department from the University of Michigan, after graduating from the Iowa Agricultural college, and he has devoted much time and effort to the study of the art of breeding as applied to crops. By scientific methods he has increased the yield of standard varieties of grains from 13 to 23 per cent, and he has greatly improved the quality as well. Prof. Hays was horn on an Iowa homestead farm in 1839 and with a brother took up the man he was 12 years old. He was thus from the outset trained to deal with farm problems and his opportunities for the study of the science of farming in the schools later received at this time the excellent foundation of practical experience. KNIGHTED BY A KING Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, who has just been knighted by King Edward Vll., in honor of the official royal birthday, is generally conceded to be the greatest of living English playwrights. He began his career as a lawyer, but when clients failed to recognize their opportunity he gave up his profession and became an actor. Thence it was a short step to play-making and his suc cess in this work lias been pronounced almost from the outset. The Pinero plays are of infinite variety, but his greatest popular successes have been his lighter works, such as “Sweet Lavender,” "Tre lawney of the Wells,” “The Amazons” and “Prin cess and the Butterfly.” Perhaps his real repu tation as a play-writer may be said to rest upon tnat rainer reiiiarhuum stmis m buciui siuaif's wlilrh began with "The Second Mrs. Tanqnerny” and continued with "The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsintth." "The Gay l.ord Quex," "iris" and "Hetty.” His latest big success was "His House in Order.” He is of English birth and descent, in spite of his odd name. MINISTER FROM SPAIN The Marquis of Villalobar, who succeeds Don Ramon I’ina os minister to the United States from Spain, has been secretary of the Spanish embassy in London for several years and is a great favorite of King Kdward VII. He Is highly accomplished and It is expected that he will be a valuable addition to the social life of the na tional capital. The marquis is 42 years old, is handsome, a bachelor and the possessor of one of the oldest and noblest names in Spain. The marquis Is not unknown in Washington, for he' spent a year there ns attache at the ministry In 1KS7 and another year as second secretary in 189.7. For the last 10 years he has been first sec retary at the embassy in London. He also served as a diplomat in Paris before going In London. His recreations are painting and the study of literature ami history ana lie Deiongs «> several oi me most exclu sive clubs of London. He is a chamberlain to King Alfonso, whose close per sonal friend he is, and he is a grandson of the Duke de Rivas, one of Spain's most famous poets. He possesses decorations from several European gov ernments. Ambidextrous Painter. People pause to watch John Taber paint a sign whenever they get a chance. Of course there’s a certain fascination about even a common sign painter at work, but this Interest is increased a hundredfold when John Taber is the man on the sign paint ing job. He is one of the few ambidextrous sign painters in the business. He can paint with equal artistic effect wheth er it’s his right hand or his left hand | that he’s using. When he gets tired 1 lifting one hand he uses the other. Sometimes when he’s hurried he uses both at once, and the fact that he’s dividing his attention between the two doesn't cut down the quality of hia workmanship in the least.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Chinese City Wants Fire Brigade. The native community of Canton has proposed to organize a volunteer fire brigade, and has submitted a set of regulations to the viceroy for his 1 approval. THE GUMWI USE ORIEFS RECEIVED FROM JUDGE ALBERT AND C. O. WHEEDON. TWO QUESTIONS DISCUSSED Primary Ob'cct of the New Law in Not to Protect Depositors, But to Prevent Panics. The legal department of tha state ha9 received briefs from Judge 1 L. Albert, who. with C. O. VVhedon, is de fending the recently enacted banking law. which temporarily has been en joined by the federal court. Judge Albert discusses two quet? tlons only in his brief—the right of the state to limit the banking busi ness to corporations, and the right of the state to cause the payment of a levy for the creation of a fund to pay obligations of the banks to their de positors. In discussing the latter point. Judge Albert says the primary object of the law is not to protect depositors, but to avert, panics, by some guaranty to depositors that their money is safe. The fact that depositors are incident ally benefited by the act does not ren der it void, the brief says. The pas sage of the banking act. he says. wras the result of the financial disturb ances some months ago. and it has for its object the welfare of the pub lie I he brier calls attention to the enactment, of a guaranty act in New York in 1829 and in Vermont in 1831. A search of the records fails to dis close. the brief says, an attack on the constitutionality of these laws. In discussing the right of the state to limit the hanking business to cor porations. Judge Albert said the issue of notes and bills was a part of the hanking business tinder the common law. and yet this had been regarded as a franchise. This, he said, shows that what is called a common law or natural right may pass to a right that may be enjoyed only by virtue of a sovereign grant. A private bank, the brief says, goes out of existence with the death of the owner, while the corporation bank is exempt from the accidents of diserse and death. In his conclusion Judge Albert said: •Legislative acts are presumably valid. They are not to he set aside on light or trivial grounds. The act inay not have been conceived in wis dom. but it is easily traceable to a desire to serve the public good. Its wisdom or Its lack of it does not con cern the court, so long as the legisla ture acted within the limits of its constitutional powers. It was de signed to allay distrust of the hanking system at times when such distrust spells panic and commercial disaster. While it may not he the best means of serving the end. it cannot be fairly said that it will not serve it in some measure. It is the will of the people, expressed by the supreme legislative body of the state, and as such, comes before the court attended by the pre sumption of validity.” Questions Railway Eoard’s Power. The Union Pacific Railroad company has answered a complaint under the Hartos telephone act by challenging the jurisdiction of the state railway commission to act under paragraph 5 of the complaint of Representative George Barrett, who complains that the railroad company has failed to provide telephone service in its de pots uc Gibbon and Shelton. Para graph 5 of the complaint alleges that the railroad company lias failed to pay the bill presented by the telephone company for a phone at the station of Shelton and that if the hill is not paid the telephone company will dis connect. Its phone in the depot, and thus deprive all of Its subscribers of service to the depot. The company admits most of the allegations in the complaint. Pardoned Convict a Guard. Jacob Frahra. who was pardoned by Gov. Shallenberger on July 4. after having served fourteen years of a life sentence, will not leave the prison. Warden Smith has made him a guard and he now walks the east wall. Frahin did not care to leave the place which had been his home for so long. Will Ask for Rehearing. Arthur Mullen, state oil Inspector, who defended the nonpartisan judi ciary act before the supreme court, will file a motion for a rehearing of the case. Mr. Mullen is not satisfied with the decision of the court nnd is anxiously looking for the opinion in tile case. Three Regents to Elect. The resignation of Fred H. Abbott as a regent necessitates the election of three regents this fall and the nom ination of candidates at the coming primary. So far only Regents Allen and Whitmore have been talked about as candidates. Dope Treatment Successful. Warden Smith of the state peniten tiary Is still treating his dope patients and he has had such success that one hatch which he has confined, taking the treatment, has quit asking for the poison. Every prisoner taking the treatment, the warden said, seemed anxious to quit the habit The dope fiends were separated from the other convicts and gradually they are losing their desire for morphine When he started treatment I he warden found one prisoner was using a dram of morphine a day. No Increase in Nebraska. The Wells Fargo Express company has Increased rates on the return of empty Ice cream receptacles, hut its new schedule just issued shows that, the Increase does not apply to busi ness within the states of Nebraska Missouri or Texas. The company is now trying to evade the Slblev act In Nebraska, an act that provides Tor a reduction of 25 per rent In rates, and the managers evidently do not rare to ask the Nebraska railway commis sion for permission to increase rates on ice cream empties. CHANGE GRAIN RATE Becomes Effective On and Aflsr August 10. (An and after August 10 the Missouri Pacific. Burlington. Union Pacific nud Northwestern railroads arc authorized by the state railway commission to apply the wheat rate on all flour ship ments In the state and the corn rates on all shipments of mill stuff. This order is supplementary to a recent order allowing the roads to raise the rates on Hour to a parity with the wheat rate between about 10 per cent of the mill stations in the state and Omaha. These stations had enjoyed for many years a low flour rate, rates which were put in many years ago to encourage local industry. This order followed on a complaint of the Updike Milling company As soon as this order was tiled It was found that the Missouri Pacific had been left ■>ut of the complaint The commission thereafter avoided a discrimination by pulling the Crete-Omaha rate on he Missouri Pacific up to the wheat *ate Tho railroads then filed a peti tion asking that other mill products besides wheat flour he put on the same basis as corn, the general con tentions being that the stations which bad the lower rates were not entitled :o discrimination as against 90 per 'ent of the stations in the state and hat the finished product should, as a general thing, take as high a freight rate as the raw material from which t i8 made. Several hearings have been held in 'he cases After referring in detail ;o the reasons justifying the order on flour rates tho commission in the order 'ssued says: “Mill stuff, which con sists of bran and shorts, bears the same relation to corn as flour to wheat. Both are more valuable than •orn and. if anything, more bulky, and lo not move in the same quantities. The commission, for the reasons fully set forth In tho case of the Updike Milling company vs. Union Pacific Railroad company (formal No. 61). no special reasons being developed to the contrary, finds that the rates on flour should not be less than the rates on wheat., and that the rates on mill stuff should not be less than the rates on corn between the stations herein named." Senator T. J. Majors, appointed by Gov. Shallenberger to a place on the new state normal hoard, has filed a demurrer to the petition of the attor ney general challenging the right of Majors to accept the appointment be cause he is a member of the legisla ture. The demurrer alleges that the amended petition of the attorney gen eral does not state sufficient facts to constitute a cause of action and that the two causes of action are improp erly joined in the information. The validity of the new law authorizing the governor to appoint a new normal board Is involved in the suit. Old Soldiers Are Safe. Members of the Soldiers' Home at Grand Island, who have exposed the management of that institution, are now getting fearful that they will be removed from the home and not per mitted to coine hack. A letter to this effect was received by a member of the Board of Public I^ands and Build ings. The hoard has assured the old soldiers that none of them will be let out for telling what is going on. The ’>oard has supervision ovei admission and discharges from the home, and the superintendent is powerless to act in the matter. For Historical Society. The state historical society has re ceived a large framed portrait of Wil liam H. Russel of the old freighting firm of Russel, Majors and Waddell, who were the most prominent freight ?rs on the plains in the early pioneer days. The portrait was the gift, of Charles R. Moorhe»ad of El Paso. Tex. who was on the plains as a young man ind knew and worked for Mr. Russel The Nebraska state historical society ias never had a portrait of Mr. Russel ind has been anxious to get one. Prize Packages Under Ban. Food Commissioner Mains will test ►he pure food law, which provides that here shall be no prizes in food pack iges, by arresting ,1. R. Burley, a grocer here. The grocer sells food packages in which are library slips which entitle the holder to books for i certain number of slips. City Attorney Stewart Resigns. City Attorney John M. Stewart has resigned and so has his deupty, T. F A Williams. The resignation of both are to take effect any time between now and October 1. Hospital Needs New Engine. Attorney General Thompson. Land Commissioner Cowles and Secretary of State Junkin visited the Hospital for the Insane at Lincoln and decided on the immediate purchase of an en gine and the construction of a stand pipe. The present emergency engine is 2(5 years old and of little value, while the present reservoir would be of little help in case of tire. Bullard Takes Vacation. S. Bullard, head janitor at the state house for a number of years, left for a visit to Boulder, Co., where Ills soc resides, Warden Needs Guards. Warden T. W. Smith still insists that It is a bad venture for the state penitentiary to raise sugar beets with convicts. As evidence of the bad ef fect of working convicts in the hoet field lie recited on his monthly report that four convicts escaped during last month. The best field is a mile or more from the prison and the convicts have to be taken through a bottom country across a stream, well wooded At the time of the recent escape ot the four trusties, the warden had guards working fifty convicts. Normal Training High Schools. Eighty-two high school districts of the state have made proper reports to the superintendent of public in struction and the auditor of public accounts has been authorized to draw warrants in their favor for $-b'0, which is the amount allowed every high school district that meets the require ments of the law. Under the provis ions of this act the state superintend ent is required on or before the second Monday of July of each year to appor tion the money earned to each of the high school districts of the statu. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPDN Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The democratic state convention will be hold in Lincoln July 27. A teat case of the eight-hour closing law ia being made in Omaha. The new German M E. church at Harvard haa been formally dedicated. Landlord Thompson of York la look ing for a man for whom he cashed a $35 bogus check. Joseph Pop of Weston, whir was shot in the hand with a blank pistol July 3, died in an Omaha hospital. Madison citizens are investigating the proposition of a sewerage system. Albert Thomas, a farmer residing eight and one-half miles southeast of Edgar, shot and fatally wounded him self. He was of unsound mind The body of Perry Jeri.ian was brought to Beatrice from Itawllns, Wyo., for interment He was drowned last September at that place and the body was not found until recently A telegram was received in Beatrice from Los Angeles, Cal., announcing the death of W. E. Buddy, a former resident of Beatrice, which occurred at that place after a year’s illness. The Alma state bank ia the name of a new banking company chartered by the state banking board. The bank will have a paid up capital stock uf $15,000. The incorporators are J. B. Idlings and A. A. Billings. The barn on the farm of George Col lett, near Pickrell, was destroyed by lire entailing a loss of about $1,200, Two valuable hores and a lot of ma chinery and grain were consumed by tha flames. County Attorney J C Cook of Dodge county and Sheriff A. Bauman by express were made recipients of two handsome leather canes as tokens from Oscar Gardner, a life convict at the state penitentiary. The Union Pacific has filed an an swer w’ith the state railway commis sion in the complaint of George Bar rett against the company for not main taining telephone service in Its depots at Sheldon and Gibbon Andrew' Meyer of Lyons was taken to Tekamah by the county sheriff for safe keeping, as there hail been talk of a public whipping. He is the man who is charged with whipping his wife on several occasions. The 2-year-old child of Mrs. Myrtle Troyer of Lexington, which had been lost in the hills twenty-six miles northwest of Lexington, was found af ter a search of forty-two hours. The child was in good condition. The oatmeal machinery in the Saw ara cereal mills is to be taken out and alfalfa lulling machinery installed with a capacity of tw’enty tons a day. Mrs. J. W. Cook. Omaha, attempted suicide by shooting herself. Her chances for recovery are slim. A telegram from ’“.else. Idaho, to an Auburn citizen states that all the complaints against Edward Neal who was charged with forgery and enter ing false entr'es in a hank in that city, have been dismissed on the mo tion of the prosecution. Mr. Neal lived in Auburn several years ago. George Fendrich. a prominent ranch man near Hemmingford, hail a run away with a team hitched to a mower and caught in one of the wheels and dragged several hundred rods. He was dragged through the Niobrara river twice and was terribly bruised and one leg was broken in three places. Christ Meyer, a farmer, aged about 55 years, living three miles northeast of Berlin, met with a serious accident. He was cutting wheat with a hinder, driving four horses, and in some way the horses became unmanageable and ran away with him. throwing him off the seat in front of the sickle bar. He was badly cut. Omaha continues to be the fourth grain market of the United States. The comparative government report for May shows Chicago. Minneapolis and St. Louis ahead of Omaha, and Kansas City. Milwaukee. Cincinnati and other grain centers trailing off be hind The relative standing for the month is the same as all through this vear. Washington dispatch: The abstract of the condition of the national hanks of Nebraska, excluding reserve cities at the close of business on June 27 as reported to the comptroller of cur rency shows the average reserve held at 10.44 against 10.53 per cent April 23. Loans and discounts increased from $50,282,051 to $.->1.001,575; gold coin from $1,686,455 to $1,740,747; law ful money reserve decreased from $4. 127.920 to $4,112,836; individual de posits increased from $52,635,427 to $52,721,353. The Beatrice city council went upon record as opposed to skating rinks by passing an ordinance which imposes what Is supposed to be a prohibitive tax upon rinks. A curious feature discovered in Broken Bow after the Fourth of July celebration was the partial demolition of the Drake store roof by rockets. It seems that the rockts shot from the fireworks stand were so aimed that a portion of them fell on the building and punched holes through the tin roofing. One of the sticks penetrated both the roof and ceiling, and was found on the inside ot the store. Dr. F. K. Paine, deputy state veter ; inarian for the Fairbury district, says the farmers are very much interested in the hog cholera serum which lias recently been discovered by the gov ernment. and which will 1>:> distributed for free use by the hog raisers of the state, through the veterinary branch of tlip state university. Dr. Paine says several farmers in his district have already applied for a supply of the st rum, but that it cannot he furnished until the latter part of August, owing to time required lor making experiments. WHY PEOPLE SUFFER. Too often the kidneys art* the cause, and the sufferer Is not aware of ILl | dick kidneys bring backache and aide ; pains, lameness and stiffness, dixil* | ness, headaches, tired feeling, urinary UOUOies. 1AI.UI a ix lu* ney Pills euro the cause. Mrs. N. E. 3'raves, ViUisca, Iowa, says: “I suf fered from kidney trouble for years. The secretions were disordered. there were pains in my back and swellings ef the ankles. Often l had smother ing spells. 1 had to be helped about Doan’s Kidney Pills cured me ttvo i years ago and 1 have been well since. I They suvcd my life.” Remember the name—Doan’s. For I sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. | Foater-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. KNEW SOMETHING OF IT. Williams (shaking his fountain pen)-*-You have no idea how easllt these pens run! His Neighbor (applying a blotter his trousers)—Oh, 1 have an inklli A Case for Sympathy. Two matrons of a certain west city, whose respective matrini' ventures did not in the first ins prove altogether satisfactory, n a woman’s club one day, whet first matron remarked: “Hattie, I met your ’ex,’ dot - Tom. the day before yesterday talked much of you.” “Is that so?" asked the otlu»| tron. “Did he seem sorry wher told him of my second marriage “Indeed, he did; and said so m frankly!" * „ “Honest?" “Honest! He said he was extremely sorry, though, he added, he didn't know the man personally.”—Lippln I colt’s Magazine. No Need of Interference. The two neighbors who were pass ing the little cottage heard sounds at* if a terrific conflict Inside and stopped to listen. Presently they heard a loud thump, as If somebody had fallen to the floor. "Grogan is heating his wife again!” they said. Bursting the door open, they rushed Into the house. "What's the trouble here?” they de manded. "Ther’ ain’t no trouble, gentlemen,” calmly answered Mrs. Grogan, who had her husband down and was sit ting on his head. "Gwan!” Spoken from Experience. It was the grammar cluss and the teacher had usked for words ending with *‘ou8.” "Can any one," she said, 'give me a word like ‘dangerous,’ meaning full of danger, hazardous/ full ot hazard?" There was silence for a moment. 1’hen a boy in the hack row put up his hand. "Well, Bobby, what Is your word?’ "Please, Miss," came the reply "pious, full of pie!" Fully Realized. He frowned In perplexity on hearli she was out again. "I wonder, .Timmy, If your sister i alizes," he said bitterly, "that I ha treated her to three taxi rides ai four open-air concerts this month?” "You bet she realizes It,” said tj small hoy, grinning. "That's wl she’s koepin' her engagement to Jt Johnson a secret.” _ -ym.-, Saving Her Blushes. "I have here," said the young In ventor, "a device that will be a boon to the typists.” "What is it?" asked the manufac turer of typewriters. "It's an extra key. Whenever the operator can't spell a word she presses this key and it makes a blur!" numt i tgimu A Sure and £asy TeBt on Coffee. To decide the all important ques tion of coffee, whether or not it is really the hidden cause of physical ails and approaching fixed diseases, one should make a test of ten days by leaving off coffee entirely and using well-made Posturn. If relief follows you may know to a certainty that coffee has been your vicious enemy. Of course you can take It back to your heart again, if you like to keep sick. A lady says: "I had suffered with stomach trouble, nervousness and ter rible sick headaches ever since I was a little child, for my people were al ways great coffee drinkers and let us children have all we wanted. I got st) I thought I could not live without coffee, but I would not acknowledge that it caused my suffering. ' Then I read so tpany articles about Posturn that 1 decided to give it a fair trial. 1 had not used it two weeks in place of coffee until I began to feel like a different person. The headache and nervousness disappeared and whereas I used to be sick two or three ilavs out of a week while drinking cof fee I am now well and strong and sturdy seven days a week, thanks to Posturn. "I had been using Posturn three months and had never been sick a day when I thought 1 would experi ment and see if it really was coffee that caused the trouble, so I began to drink coffee again and Inside of & week I had a sick spell, l was so ill I was soon convinced that coffee was the cause of all my misery and I went back to Posturn with the result th?.i I was soon well and strong again and determined to stick to Posturn and leave coffee alone in the future." Read the little book, "The Road Wellville.” in pkgs. "There’s a Reason.** Fiver rent! the ntmve letterf \ »rn one tippolira from time to time. They | nre KiMiuiutk aud full UtCfMU