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REAL ROMANCES OF THE SEA Ay GEORGE JEANNATHAN [ jj % * _ uricn. sr tlM RJ4c'*>r I'vKptiT l TRIED away fcj The records {—“■-BiK of the American Sea t, B^J men's society, ’be writer recently discovered n re port made by the Cap .''*■ J* tain of the bark Anjou ^ il.Kf tons I upon his ar t I rival Is Marseilles aboard the liner Ernest Stmoe* In IMA Af'.r a myrerto -r <i:?3n earance t- orn ’t.e face of the ^^rth tor a period of many months, te reappeared. Dur irC ’bis time not only had all trace af the captain bitnseU been lost. but. as. of the Anjou with her crew and • ec.tr Sve passengers. The scant. sceaarto-Uke report, una dorned farther. loiiowa la the can tain s words: "The An Jon. while on a voyage from Sydney to Falmouth, was wrecked on «f the Auckland group In the Ps hc. We tad -aft Sydney on January X*. and daring a thick fog and rough weather on Feh nary * the chip •truck on a reef. The masu fell and sstashed some of the small boats, and there was a panic on board “Fortunately ail escaped in tbe bents that remained whole, but many were only partly dressed and some not at al. After a terrible eaperience in a i-oavy gaie. lasting for almost a whole day. we reached the shore of one of the deserteu tsasds the following aft ernoon and. alter a battle with the heavy sea. managed to drag oar bodies up o* tc the land. -Naked and wounded, for what cloche* »» had had been npped off. osr bodies tors and bruised by being battered around, we looked like a band of phantoms marching on to the con v-est of tame Infernal island -Almost starved, we lighted a big Are with Bint and attracted seme sea birds which we captured and ate. Mak ing clothes for ourselves out of long gras* and leaves, we started out to ea I lore the Island. After a search that lasted three day*, some of our party discovered a rude shelter, showing that shipwrecked people had been there at name time before. “On the following days we killed, with rocks, a number of albatross and caught a Quantity of thellAsh. on which we subsisted. Also, we captur ed a small aeocow. which proved to to decent eating A» a cauc* oi su.es war iu»vr Cam knows. *t caugtt three albatross cifve and aet them free with bark 'ard» 'Jed around their Backs, slating nor plight In French and,English But Cij after day passed aad help failed "We resolved to mahe the best or oar eoodKim. becaase we feared—aad rightly so—that we ought be '.eft oo the Island for months, eves years, be fore ws could la some way or other a'trart the attention at a passing ves sel. The vessel*, ws knew, gave the purtiralar stand we were cm a very wide berth “So »e gut op a little government uQ of oar own and called ourselves tbe ffhlp-wrecked Kingdom" Wo bad a sort at king, or boas. a cabinet of ad visors aad all that sort of thing Oar "army"—or exploration party—was dis pn'rhed Into tho Interior of tbe island and the 'army.' consisting of eight men. discovered some wild sheep “On May after we bad been on the Island Kingdom for oxor three months, the New Zealand government •teaser H comae rescued na This vessel fas* on board the two daughters of Mr Mills, tho New Zealand Minis ter of Commerce, who superintended moot of the work of helping as back to our natural civilized state and. as a token of our gratl: ode. we gave them the cat that had been saved from tbe wreck of the Anjou and that bad gone through ail oar troubles with os as mascot of our Bttle Kingdom" At the cad at tbw captain's report there Is the simple statement that tec large vessels before the Anjou bad Iwm wrecked at the same spot during fifteen years, erne.* them tbs Gen eral Orman with u las* of seventy-five lives And there are scores of tree tales like this that have a**er come to tbs ryes of the groat reading world, actual in ii os and dramas at the deep that rival the attempt* of fiettaa Two Voyage a* the Kerosene Laden *T Worn I tehank.** A ship s fight against n storm, made more earning bp tbe fact that some dynes, 'e happen* to be Included in Use cargo- M one at the favorite aad •Url devices of the seu-fictlou wrfiera. What won'A you think of a story roe tern :&g s leaking dipper ship, u lu eigt'y wta lA-msacd cases of kerosene and bets:oe aboard, that went through I wrecking storms, that was on the point of be: eg smashed to pieces every oth er minute, and that was finally brought | to port eight thousand miles away? She was saved only through the sleep 1- -i efforts of her starved crew, who ■ for two and one-half months guarded the shifting cargo against expltions night and day. The clipper Thornliebank. of Glas gow. Captain Smith, left Philadelphia bound for Wellington. New Zealand. July 1. 1903. It carried a cargo of eighty-six thousand cases of benzine and kerosene. When the vessel reach ed latitude 41 south, longitude. 13 east, off Cape of Good Hope, on Sep tember 9. it encountered a cyclonic storm of such ^ abating fury that for days the Thornliebank threatened to go under. As the an.-: zj worked its havoc, the men were compelled to lash them selves to one another, after the fashion of Alpine climbers, to prevent their be ing sent overboard. Let ut quote now from the plain, unvam.sbed record of the Thornlie bank’s perilous trip. "In ths evening the ship gave a sud «en lurch, plunged Into the seas and for a moment was submerged from stem to stern Kver> one on board thought she was foundering and the sailors dropped'on their knees and prayed. While the vessel was sub merged. everything movable was wash ed overboard “After a fine struggle on the part of j the men. Captain Smith succeeded in keeping the ship off before the gale for safety, using oil from port and star board and idea diminishing the force of ’he gigantic waves. After a day filled with awful dread, the weather be gan to moderate and the ship was put on her course again. The officers no ticed soon after she had resumed her j course that she was moving sluggish ly. so the wells were sounded and it was found that there were eleven Inches of water below. "After successfully battling with a terrific hurricane, to realize that death by drowning was still a matter of pos sii .Iity nerved the crew to redouble their efforts to bring the vessel to a safe harbor. Slowly but surely the water was gaining When the ship took the heavy p.unge that carried away her deck-hcuse and smashed sev eral skyllgh’s. she started some of her rivets. X.'itb the donkey-engine gone there was no other alternative than to use the band pumps, and from that day. September 10, to November 23. they were kept going night and day— two and a half months’ of incessant pumping "Not for an Instant whre the pumps allowed to remain Idle. With half the crew below decks working to keep the water down, the other half was labor ing above decks to bring the vessel tc safe harbor. On November 6 the Thornliebank rounded the South Cape and the course vu shaped for New Zealand." In other words, the sieve-like Tborn lfebank was brought by tireless and fighting seamanship to her destination after an eight thousand mile struggle with death Here is another real tale of the sea In actual sailor lore, they characterize the story as that of "The Fire XX'om an of the Sea." The latter, concretely, was—or rather for they say she is ft ill alive at the age of eighty-four and living in Massachusetts—Mrs D. B Bates, the widow of a well-known American sea captain She later mar ried Lieutenant James F. Hyde, of the Cc.ted States army. For years there was a superstition among American < K-amen that whenever Mrs. Bates wen’ to sea a hoodoo fire was sure to break out on the vessel that carried her. According to the chornicies of the _-J American Seamen's so ciety. Mrs. Bates had more narrow escapes from the hoodoo fires that pursued her than Kate Claxton ever oieamed of. Mrs. Bates always went to sea with her captain-husband. JThelr first trip was made in 1850. when her husband was in command . the Boston ship Nonantum. On July 27 Mrs. Bates left Baltimore on the Nonantum forSan Francisco The ship's cargo was a thousand tons of coal and a huge quantity of provisions listed for Panama When the Nonan tum reached the latitude of the Rio de la Plata flames broke out in the hold and for twelve whole days Mrs. Bates, her husband and the rest of the crew stuck to the burning bulk and. by fighting desperately with the fire, final ly managed to bring the vessel to the Falkland islands before the flames ate through its sides. A mile from shore the fire conquered the fightefs and the Nonantum began to fall apart as all hands got clear in 1 the small boats. After weeks of waiting, the party on ; the barren island were picked up by ihe Dundee ship Humayoon. bound ! from Scotland to Valparaiso. The cargo of the Humayoon was also coal. and. when the vessel reached Cape Horn, the “Bates hoodoo"—as sailors always ! called it—got in its work again and the ship went up in flames. Mrs. Bates and the others on the ship were com pelled to take to the small boats. The Liverpool ship Symmetry, bound i to Acapulco, rescued them. It was i learned that the Symmetry was laden with coal, as the other two ships had been, and Mrs. Bates and the sailors gathered on deck and offered up pray ! er that the “Bates hoodoo" wo">ld pass : them by this time. During the first three hours that Mrs. Bates was aboard nothing hap pened. But the crew of the Symmetry were so positive in their superstition j that a fire would surely break out If I she remained on the vessel, that Mrs. Bates and her husband were persuad ed to transfer themselves to the Flan chon. that passed the Symmetry on its course to San Francisco. The Flan chon, Mrs. Bates learned to her hor | ror, was also laden with coal. On Christmas night, several days ! later, when the Fanchon was twelve hundred miles from land, the usual j hoodoo-fire came about as sure as fate. Half of the crew was quickly ordered ! i° 8° below and fight the flames and Mrs. Bates, donning sailor's clothes. 1 gave the men her assistance, remain j mg below on watch for two days aft j er fhe fire had been extinguished. Fire j days later the Fanchon struck the ; rocks of the Galapagos islands and Mrs. Bates was one of those who was ] hurled overboard by the shock of col I lision. Three hours after she reached the shore—her life having been saved by the merest chance—the flames burst out on the Fanchon once more and one hour later the vessel was a black ruin. After living for weeks as Crusoes on the island, the shipwrecked colony was rescued by a passing bark. Mrs. Bates was then transferred to the steamship Republic, carrying four hundred pas j sengers. Five days out, the old hoo | doo again asserted itself. Another | fierce flight w ith fire was in order, but i this time with little damage. In short, fire followed Mrs. Bates | .is a shadow, not only for years on sea, I but on land as well. Shortly after her j arrival in San Francisco that city suf l fered one its greatest conflagrations. Six months later the hotel In which Mrs. Bates was stopping in Marysville ; was destroyed by fire and Mrs. Bates narrowly escaped death. Mrs. Bates, “the fire woman of the sea," Is regarded by American sailors ! as the most extraordinary escaper from death that they have ever en countered. “He has very low tastes." I “Yes. and among them is one for 1 highballs." WAS LAST OF THE FLOCK Engagement of Last Daugh ter. Even Though She Is Mar. ry.ng Millions. Sir Shrewdly to Hi* WHe—lay. Ml- j rand*. 1 bavo beet looking up that j friSf Hi adrrono. kx.1 U our Elbe: can ! land feun dbe'd better do It I been j ywg him «g and Hmdstmrt kai Lis , titfcct down lor a round mtl!)OE. and bo boa n turboier ancle rto is <towc lor two Mllwn* »ure. and fcu m-xher j* one of o-d mu Ssiitheraas's girls, and old l 1* rated at foar millions. Veldt m k MMt -'me to when it raina. and _ __1 * MM tries, tine's -ads and It will toot be a case oI tfco MM ear wit* ber. so you letter toll ber so hx It up with Headers>r ns onon ss sbo tan He a sac* easy fruit girl «in run tuci In U s t Mob not- getter bare night and and leave IlMUdMt. Two i want to f-Lk# ibe only birdilng left in our borne nest. Co you. boy? Well. I don't know about that. My wife and 1 have been hop ing that the last of our four girls would stay on with us. and this comes as a great surprise to both Ethel's mother and me. I'm afraid I'll have to talk It over with her mother first. You can't understand what It means to a tuber and a mother to hare the last one of th^ir children leave the home nest. Excuse my emotion. 1 suppose that I am a foolish and selfish old father, but the tears will come when 1 think of our little Ethel golcg trom us. even with the man she loves and who loves her. It Isn't that I have anything at ail against you. for I ha-e always regard ed you as a man of character and one sure to make his mark in the world. Heigho! What sacrifices we parents are called upon to endure! Well, my boy. I will talk It over with Ethel's mother and you come to dine with us tomorrow evening and I guess we can fix tt up all right, even It It does give our heartstrings a rearful tug. God bless you. my boy! 1 am grateful that U our little girlie must go away from , us that she goes with one whom her ! mother and 1 have learned to love and esteem as we do you. I hope you don't think these tears unmanly. See you tomorrow evening, dear boy.—Fuck. Bernard Shaw a “Good Fellow." At a luncheon of the Women's Mu nicipal league in the Hotel Martinique the other afternoon, Annie Russell, the actress, told of her personal experi ences with Bernard Shaw. “Mr. Shaw is a man of extreme kind liness,” she said, “and free from ego tism, detaching himself from his work while it is being rehearsed." To bear out her statements she read letters from Mr. Shaw written to her while she was rehearsing a part in “Major Barbara.” In one letter he told her she could show him more about the part than he could show her. Again he wrote: “Do as you like and do not think of the author. He will get more than his share anyway." She said the keen sense of humor al ways was In evidence when a rehearsal was in progress. BIRDS THAT LIVE CENTURIES Average Life of Australian Cockatoo Said to Be Hundred Years. Melbourne. Australia.—Among the wild birds of tropical countries whose average life is said to be close to one hundred years are said to be the cockatoos of Australia, a handsome bird belonging to the same family as the parrot, and a species of bird which is readily tamed and taught to do tricks which many domesticated birds and animals are unable to accom plish. The cockatoo, particularly the yel tow-crested bird, is one of the most intelligent of the birds of the world, and while it may seem strange to some, it is a fact that by kindness and excellent treatment a cockatoo can be w Australian Cockatoo. taught to accomplish almost any act that its owner wishes. The birds are naturally fond of play and to combine play with instruction is said by Edward Montague, an old New Englander, to be the best meth od of training. Montague’s ancestry dates back in 166S. when Richard Mon tague settled in Hadley, Mass., and all of his descendants, of whom there are more than five hundred In the United States, take pride in displaying the 1 Montague coat-of-arms. In addition to being proud of his ■ ancestry. Edward Montague is ex tremely proud of his flock of trained cockatoos and some of his birds, doubtless because of his training, dis play almost human intelligence. The cockato is found in immense flocks in the wild regions three hun dred miles west of Melbourne. Aus tralia. and there they are easily , caught in traps. There are several species, but these with the yellow crest are the most beautiful as well as the most intelligent. It Is a strange feature of the breed ing of the cockatoo that the mother bird hatches her young in a particular : ly torrid climate and then immedi ately flies aVav to some colder clime, where the young bird quickly attains its growth. Another feature of the bird is that the crest is a barometer of : feeling. When incensed, the crest is percep tibly raised, while when the bird sulks, the crest is correspondingly lowered. Naturally the bird is of a vicious nature and one pick from the sharp bill is sufficient to sever the end of a finger. Training of the birds is an interest ing vocation and usually extends over a period of two years. The individu al bird must first be taught to per form and then similar instruction has to be given to the flock. The birds can be taught to dance, engage in I chariot' races, do stunts on the hori zontal bars, perform on revolving balls and lastly to talk and swear. The birds strangely pick up profane words much more quickly than words af any other type, and some cockatoos know more profanity than anything else. They live to be more than one hun ired years old. and some birds are in captivity which have exceeded the century mark. They do not require any more treatment to sustain life than a human being, and if they are fed regularly and kept ont of draughts 1 they contract no illness. Rut they dis like extreme hot weather, and those in captivity always grow restless I when the hot sun shines upon them. Tried to Return Marriage License. Vincennes, lnd.—After Herbert Smith had pestered Miss Mamie Neiss to marry h'm for three years past, she finally consented, and they obtained a license. She balked before the cere mory took place, however, and the couple tried to have the license re turned. She says she does not love him and never will. Deepest Hole in the World. Slaughters Creek. W. Va.—What will be the deepest hole in the world ! is being drilled by W. E. Edwards on his oil fields. Its purpose is to de termine the geological character of the earth. The depth now is 5.230 feet. The world's record depth is 6.001 feet, attained in a South Ameri can well. Need 7.000 Steel Workers. Pittsburgh. Pa.—Seven thousand men are needed at the various steel mills here. There are unfilled orders for about 25.000 steel cars. Canvas sers are on the streets looking for workmen, and wages have advanced 50 cents a day. Guilty Man Pleads for Son. Brockton, Mass.—When sentenced to seven years in prison for counter feiting, Patrick J. McGrath pleaded with the court to spare his son. who is to be tried. He said the boy acted only under his orders. Paint Figures in Divorce. Pittsburgh, Pa.—Because he had his automobile painted red without con sulting her, Charles H. Bunting’s wife deserted him, according to the story told by the husband in resisting her appeal for divorce. Schoolgirl Selects Pall Bearers. East Sparta, O.—After selecting six schoolgirl friends, to act as pall bean ers at her funeral, Eva Teeple, aged SEVERAL IMPORTANT FACTORS IN SECURING SUPERIOR HOGS Too Much Stress Cannot lie Laid on Selecting Breeding Swine From Sound, Healthy Animals — Cream Separator Has Greatly Reduced Scours In Pigs—Balanced Ration Best. Excellent Brood Sow and Litter. •By B E. I*ARA.) The farmers of Denmark secure the best prices for their fancy bacon for the reason that they have established tmall packing establishments where they can haul their hogs and get their pay for the hogs according to their actual worth. The man who has a lot of thrifty August and September pigs and gives them rational care until grass comes and has them ready for the market j by the middle of June will make bet ter money for his feed than he will on any bunch of pigs that he feeds during the year. On each and every farm there should be some provision made for dipping hogs. This not only proves to ! be an easy and effectual way of disin- i feeling animals which are brought onto the farm but it also keeps them free from lice. Possibly there is no other farm ani mal that can offer as poor an excuse for his existence as the scrub hog. He is an unprofitable animal any way you take him. As an economical pork producer he Is a failure. Even his ability to shift for himself does not recommend him to the people within the limit of his j range as he has the reputation of! I preying upon neighboring corn fields i when food is scarce. His build naturally adapts him to his manner of living since he is long-: legged, narrow in the chest, has a long, narrow snout. This adapts him to his manner of living. With the scrub hog it is "root hog or die." hence the long snout. His narrow body aids him in getting through small fence cracks and if he fails to find a place large enough to go through the fence he can soon dig un der tt with his long snout. There is no standard of excellence for the scrub beg since he may pos sess almost any form except a beau tiful one; he may be of any color. He has the reputation of being able to stand all kinds of rough treatment and still survive. He is regarded as being able to re sist disease better than the improved breeds of hogs. We very much doubt whether this quality attributed to the scrub hog is true since we have no ticed that hog cholera takes the renib as well as the well-bred hog. One thing is sure—that the scrub hog can consume more valuable feed and give less in return than any other animal that we know of. A farmer who owns a herd of scrub hogs seldom needs any other corn j crib than his hogs, i He never gets rich selling pork and hi fact if he depended upon his hogs to make him money to buy better bred bogs he would never own better ones. The scrub hog usually keeps his owner so poor that he is not able to buy better stock. In fact, this is the excuse usually given for his existence. Poor farming and scrub hogs are usu ally found associated together. They are near and dear compan ions. Both make a rapid retreat be fore a progressive spirit and there is not a better evidence of the general progressiveness of a people than the j absence of the scrub hog from a com ] munity. Too much stress canont he laid on selecting breeding swine from sound, healthy parents. Animals that are not strong in constitution cannot with stand disease as well as those which are strong in that respect. In case hogs are troubled with disease it is almost impossible to give them medi cine or anything else that will prove very helpful. About ail we can do is to feed a ration that can be easily di gested and keep them in clean quar ters. thoroughly disinfect the pens and let the disease run its course. Whole milk is one of the best feeds for hogs that are suffering with disease of any kind. It is an excel lent feed and has often been of great assistance in bringing hogs through spells of sickness. There is no disputing the fact that corn is an ideal hog feed, but every practical feeder admits that better re sults' can be brought aoout by feeding a ration that is composed of less than two-thirds corn. It is a mistake to think that we cannot afford to buy other feed to mix with the corn. Ordinarily it ia & mistake not to feed the hogs the liquid before the solid food. Hogs will make from 10 to 12 pounds of meat, live weight, for each bushel of corn eaten, but because of this too many farmers feed too much corn. The cream separator has greatly re duced scours in pigs because the skim milk can always br fed while sweet. When the sow of good type has proven herself a prolific breeder, an economical feeder, and a good mother, it is a good plan ts keep her several years. The mature sow requires only food for maintenance, while the growing one needs food for growth. Further more the older one will have an appe tite for waste that a young one would not care for Exercise will help make that streak of lean and streak of fat that is sired. SUPERIOR OAT SEED ESSENTIAL Good, Plump Variety Will Germi nate Rapidly and Get Vijorons Start—Best Land Needed. (By W. M. KEL.LT.) There is more light and inferior oat seed plpanted than any other causes a of small grain. Poor seed causes a low yield of oats every time. The actual cost of improved seed is very low compared with the increased yields that come from its use. By good seed I do not mean ex tremely high-priced seed that is ad vertised to produce 100 bushels of oats to the acre but good plump seed that will germinate rapidly and get a vig orous start early in the spring. We seldom see a large crop of oats threshed from a field that makes a poor start in the spring. I have found that it pays big re turns to select one acre of the best land to grow seed oats on each year and to keep this crop for seed only and to buy new seed every two or three years to plant on this acre plot. Under ordinary conditions I believe that we should change oat seed every three or four years, for there is no farm crop that will thrive better when moved from one locality to another than oats, or that will deteriorate faster when grown on the same farm year after year. Of course proper seed selection'will help to overcome this tendency, but few farmers take that precaution. Closely linked with the good seed question comes that of selecting or planting healthy seed, and I have found it a good plan to treat all oat seed with formalin before sowing, to kill the smut spores and insure healthy seed. Origin of the Potato. The potato, which was already cul tivated in America when the continent was discovered, is spontaneous in Chile. It was introduced to Europe in 15S0 and 15S5 by the Spaniards, and almost at the same time by the Eng lish, who brought it from Virginia, where it had appeared about 1550. The sweet potatto and the Jerusalem arti choke are also supposed to come from America. DIFFICULTY IN GROWING MELONS Leaf Blight. Is Most Common of Canteloupe Troubles— May be Checked by Spraying. When blight attacks the cantaloupe then the hopes of the grower wilts, as well as the leaves of his plant—it is usually a hard case to cure. Leaf Might is the most common of | cantaloupe troubles. The leaves be ! come covered with light, to dark : brown, generally circular spots, which i increase in size and finally coalesce, resulting in complete wilting and curling of the, leaves. The spots commonly show fine and rather indistinct concentric markings such as are found in the common alternaria blight of the potato. The ie&f stalks and vines are so affected. The blight la caused by a fungus which may at least be checked by ■praying with bordeaux. when the vines are from 12 to 18 inches long and then every two weeks during the season. The bordeaux mixture should be of the usual strength—six pounds of blue stone and six pounds of lime to 50 gal lons of water. The greatest care should be taken to get down on the under side of the leaves with the spray. Use a hand pump on small plots with a fine spray. If this does not save them nothing will. Watch for San Jcse Scale. Watch the trees carefully for San Jose scale. This pest comes like a thief in the night and is so small that it is hard to detect at first. Under the magnifying glass, it looks like a clam shell, with a. tiny little insect underneath, but it is hard to tell this insect from the Palmer scale. Horse Axiom. A horse axiom: "‘Long muscles for speed, short muscles for power;” to which should be added: excessive fat yutttauuyitmii —■——m CANADA’S PROSPERITY. — The New York Times of March 23. 1912. in an article dealing with Cana da’s progress, says: “At the present moment eight ship loads of European immigrants are afloat for Canada, while there are signs that the outward movement which is customary with us during labor troubles will be marked this year. There is no such startling rec ord of our loss to Canada. Our citi zens quietly slip over the border in groups or trainloads, but their going is not advertised. “There is no mystery why Canada is the ‘good thing’ the United States used to be. It is because Canada is following in its neighbor’s footsteps that it is repeating the fortunate ex perience which its neighbor is envy ing, even while deliberately turning its back on the teachings of the past. A fortnight ago the Dominion budget speech reported the unprecedented surplus of $39,000,000. and on Thurs day the Government passed through the Committee on Supply credits of $38,000,000 for railways and canals. ; With this assistance the railways themselves are both enabled and com pelled to increase their facilities. Ac cordingly we find a single road allot ting ten millions for work of its own. ' Naturally the Canadian newspapers contain announcements calling for fifty thousand men for construction work. This influx is apart from those Americans who go with money in their pockets obtained by cashing in their high-priced American lands. “A St. Paul dispatch says that with in a fortnight two thousand carloads I of farm animals and machinery have passed toward Canada, the property of men who expect to pay for their farms with the first crop." “Snent Actors” Not Silent. Ten-cent grand opera is fast near ing a reality. A patent was granted last week to ‘ C. Milton of London. Eng., for com bining a phonograph and a moving picture machine, so that they will op erate in absolute harmony. As soon as this patent is placed on the market, it will in all probabil ity mean that moving picture shows will soon have phonographs In their houses, and will reproduce the words or songs of the now "silent actors” at the same time that the film is be ing projected on the screen. The Sham Battle. The militia was going through its spring maneuvers and many women had come out to witness the sham bat tle. “Come out of that bush and surren der.” yelled the captain to a private. "You are technically wounded." The private shook his head vigor ously. “I may be technically wounded.” said he. “but I can't come out. I've torn my pants on these pesky thorns.” When Caesar Crossed th; Rubicon. Julius Caesar was about to cross the Rubicon. “In an extreme case like this." he said, blithely. “I wouldn't mind going through the Hudson River Tube, even if I had to pay seven cents for the privilege.” The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston, Mass . will send a large trial box of Paxtine Antiseptic, a delightful cleans ing and germicidal toilet preparation, to any woman, free, upon request. The Flat That Failed. Howeli—How do you like your new hornet Poweil—It is r flat failure. - A wouis^t can remember how a max once ma<U love to her long after she has forgotten his name. More Important than the choice of Presi dent is the selection of Garfield Tea as the remedy for constipation and biliousness. Perseverance may be the mother of success, but the offspring isn't always , just what it should be. i No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It’» a pinch of blue in a large bottle of water. Ask i for Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that’s all blue. But a man who leads a, double life I never does two men's work. WOMEN SHOULD BE PROTECTED Against So Many Surgical Op erations. How Mrs. Bethune and Mrs. Moore Escaped. Sikeston, Mo.—“For seven years I suf fered everythin?. I was in bed for four ui uvcuajfaobu uiiiu every month, and so weak I could hardly walk. I cramped and had backache and headache, and was so nervous and weak that I dreaded to see anyone or have any one move in the room. The doctors gave me r ’ 1 medicine to ease me at those times, and said that I ought to have an operation. I would not listen to that, and when a friend of my husband told him about Lydia E. Pinkham’s Veg ! etable Compound and what it had dona j for his wife, I was willing to take it. | Now I look the picture of health and fee) like it, too. I can do my own housework, hoe my garden, and milk a cow. I can entertain company and enjoy them. 1 can visit when I choose, and walk as far as any ordinary woman, any day in the month. I wish I could talk to every suffering woman and girL”—Mrs. Dema ! Betheke, Sikeston, Mo. Murrayviile, 111.—“I have taken Ly dia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound i for a very bad case of female trouble j and it made me a well woman. My j health was all broken down, the doctors said I must have an operation, and I was ready to go to the hospital, but dreaded it so that I began taking your Compound. I got along so well that I gave up the doctors and was saved from the opera