THE AYRSHIRE
AND fHE IRON CAR
How a Newfangled Invention Saved 200 Lives
By C. H. CLAUDY.
; (Copyright, by Rldgway Co.)
I EMORIES of a horror are
usually more highly col
ored than descriptions
written at the time. One
might discount the story
of the storm of January
12, 1850, if it came from
eye-witnesses, recalling at this far- |
distant date the blinding snow and the ;
mountainous waves, but when the so- !
ber encyclopedia and the local histo- ;
ries both speak of this tremendous
blizzard as of "unheard-of violence” j
and "beyond the power of words,” it j
is a fair inference that it really was
remarkable as a storm, even an At
lantic winter storm.
The snow wae both thick and
whirled in great clouds by a terrific
gale. which parted the white flakes
• one minute for a gaze far to sea, only
to hide the waves themselves from
those on shore the next. The cold
was bitter, and the wind such that
men had difficulty standing in it. To
walk with a long coat or oilskins was
impossible. The sea, according to de
scription, was "such that no boat
vould live, no matter what brave
i.earts her crew might carry-”
In this storm the British 6hip Ayr
shire, carrying immigrants to this
country, foundered and struck, two
hundred yards from shore at Squan
Beach. New Jersey. Government life
saving service there was none at that
time, such wrecking service as was
done being managed by individuals
and charitable organizations. The
government had not yet awakened to
the need of coast protection for its
shipping, nor were life-6aving devices
perfected then as they are now. Of
self-baling, self-righting and buoyant
life boats there were none. No one
had ever heard of power life boats.
But—luckily for the two hundred
and one people on the Ayrshire—one
James Francis, who invented corru
gated iron, had made what he termed
a "life car,” which was stored in a
shed near the beach, waiting some
such opportunity for demonstration
The Ayrshire and the "Crazy” Car.
The life car was not looked upon
with favor by those stout hearts which
had been accustomed to brave the sea
in open dories, doing what rescue
work they could with inefficient equip
ment and depending on high courage
and strong arms to snatch live bodies
from wreck and sea: it was “new
fangled;” It was a “foolish idea;” it
was “not strong enough or big
enough” to do the work.
But on thiB twemn or January noi
the stootest heart that ever beat conld
take a dory through the breakers, nor
any strength in human arms beat out
to sea against such wind and waves.
So that when John Maxon, “wreck
master.” proposed using the iron car.
there were willing if incredulous help
ers in plenty to try the forlorn hope.
The car was dragged from its shed,
the mortar made ready—the Lyle gun
had not then been invented—and the
round hall with its slender line
rammed home. And if those on the
shaking hulk six hundred feet away
caught glimpses of activities on the
beach, it is donbtful if they had either
tiope of rescue or comprehension of
what was being done, for it needed no
mariner to say this was no ordinary
storm. The most ignorant of immi
grants must have known that hi3
chance of reaching in safety that new
country he had come so far to seek
was small, though hut a short distance
remained of the ayersea journey.
As for knowing what they were about
—no one had ever heard of a life car
at that time.
But they knew on shipboard what
to do with the ball and line when it
came aboard, which it barely did, after
several trials. It seems a peculiar co
incidence that the utmost strength of
powder they conld exert was just so
balanced by wind that the ball should
fall directly on the deck of the Ayr
shire and not short, or beyond; yet
so it was. as after events proved.
The light line yielded a heavier one.
the heavier one hauled out a cab*e and
a whip. LnckTlv the Ayrshire was
stout and strong, and had struck too
far in and with too much force to
pound. She was safe enough for a
short time, strongly built, and deep
enough In the sand to form a firm sup
port for the car and the ropes.
One can imagine the joy of the tgno
rant at having communication thus es
tablished with the shore, and the
r.dded horror to captain and crew,
who knew well enough that neither
breeches buoy nor boat conld live in
that sea, cable or no cable. Nor would
there be time for breeches-buoy work
There were two hundred and one pas
sengers and crew, many of them worn
en and children, and the breeches
buoy takes one at a time.
An Aerial Bean Pot.
But meanwhile the life car was bent
into the whip and willing hands
hauled it out. Nor was there hesita
tion about opening or getting Into the
queer contrivance—the little, flat
topped, round-bellied, corrugated iron
pot, that looks scarce big enough for
one, yet in which seven grown people
can be packed through the tiny hatch,
to be shut in helpless, sardined
against the iron walls, chilled to the
marrow and all but suffocated with
little air. Ye{ there, those who use
the life car are safe from drowniug,
for though air can get in, water—in
quantities, cannot For this is the
merit of the life car: suspended from
a cable and hauled back and forth by
hand, it rides either over the waves,
on top of the waves, or through the
waves, and at times all three, one
after the other. The breeches buoy
drowns a man who is dragged through
too much water, killing while saving
him To be safe over a bad sea, the
breeches buoy must be hung high
And here on the Ayrshire, with no
masts left and a two-hundred-yard pull
to shore, there was no way to hang
the cable high.
-o the little life car made its first
trip under the water, invisible and
smothered in foam. You can be very
sure it was quickly opened when it
came to the beach at last, and the
cheer they gave for the seven who
were hauled out, almost frozen, stiff
and pale w-ith the pallor of too close
an approach of death, has left an
echo wherever the iron car 16 used.
Two Hundred Saved.
Not seven only, but over two hun
dred, did this, the first, life car save
that day. Twenty-nine trips it made
through the impassable waves and the
indescribable storm. For every trip
John Maxon tallied seven lives saved,
save once only.
That was when some man—hero
who gave his place to a woman or
coward afraid to wait his turn, who
can say now?—mounted the top of the
car after the metal hatch was closed
and left the Ayrshire clinging to the
hatch. No one saw him go nor knew
how long he clung, buffeted and beat
en, on the perilous perch. The car
dime In as before, with seven within.
who told of the man who could not
wait.
The crowd on shore pulled and
hauled on the ropes until their hands
were blistered and sore: fast, fast, for
the wreck was breaking up and the
mass of immigrants seemed scarcely
diminished on the low decks when a
rift in the flying snow showed the Ayr
shire’s white, shrouded form to those
on shore. To drag a heavy car six
hundred feet out, and then haul it
home again, laden and low—no won
der their hands got sore and their
arms gave out! Then John Maxon
brought his oxen into play and the
two plodding beasts walked uncom
plainingly back and forth, back and
forth, all day long, until the car had
made twenty-nine trips and every last
man, woman and child on board, save
the one who could not wait, wer9
pulled by main strength from a watery’
grave and set on shore, cold, shaken,
frightened, but safe!
A Record Rescue.
The life-saving service has many
brilliant rescues In its history and
many a hero on its rolls. But never
before or since this time have so many
people been rescued from so bad a
wreck in so terrific a storm. And
this fact was recognized at the time:
that here was a happening which was
likely to stand unique for hundreds of
years So the little life car, no longer
new and shapely, but dented and buf
feted by wave and sand and many
heavy loads of human lives, was re
tired from active service, its honors
won in this one day’s work, and now
rests, an object of curiosity and of
veneration, in the United State* mu
seum at Washington, for all to see
who look.
The sand buried the Ayrshire, as if
the ocean, cheated of its human prey,
would at least take what it could.
Thirty years after, the tide—perhaps
the ocean forgot its vengeance!—un
covered the bones of the Ayrshire,
and in them was found the ball which
fell on deck, bringing the light line
! which spelled life for two hundred.
| That ball, now suitably engraved, Is
1 one of the most, if not the most, cher
. ished possessions of the life-saving
; service, which grew with the yeare
I and necessity into its present huge
i proportions.
There are still life cars in the sta
j tions of the service. For many years
I after this demonstration they played
■ a big part in saving life, and probably
I will again. Of late years improved
; life boats, better facilities for erecting
! and ueing the breeches buoy, and finer
; life-saving methods have made its use
less common. But it is always ready,
; the last resort of the crews when all
. else fails, and no matter what the con
; ditions or how bad the storm, there is
always the memory of this story and
the Ayrshire—which every surfman
knows—to prove that, be conditions
: what they may, while there Is life 10
save and the life car to save it with
i there is still hope.
i The Spirit sf |
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Sooner or later every stranger who
visits Boston invariably announces: ,
“I must see Bunker Hill.” June 17 is
tbe ideal day to gratify that wish; to
correctly entertain my guests a supply
of luscious chicken and ham sand
wiches should be packed, with plenty :
of pickles and a few pieces of pie. i
for Charlestown—accent on the
"town.” and pronounce it clearly,
please—is’ within tbe “pie belt." We
climb tbe -stately pile an Bunker Hill:
attend tbe exercises held by some
historical association; listen to the
strains of that old ode sung at the
dedication of the monument in 1843, J
when Daniel Webster delivered his
famous oration; behold the parade
sweep in majesty about, the foot of the
historic pile, and watch the sun flash
in golden gleams on the renowned '
“Sword of Bunker Hill.” Like many ■
another historical landmark that oth
erwise would have been obliterated.
Bunker Hifl has been preserved to
posterity by the devotion of women.
Where today are well-kept turf, a
stateiy monument and joyous sight
seers. in 1775 a bare summit scarred
hv cannon-shot, a raw, half-sodded
fieldworks and low redoubt overlooked
the burning churches and houses of
Charlestown. Beyond from the Charles
river, the British men-of-war joined
the land batteries on tbe farther bank
In the unceasing thunder of artillery,
hurling death upon tbe men of Massa
chusetts Bay. Vermont and Connect!- j
cut.
Due north to the very verge of the j
Mystic ran a weak breastwmrk across
pasture lands and meadows, with here '
and there an orchard abloom with the
delicate pink and white of apple, pear,
cherry and quince: fields of yellow
hearted. white-petailed daisies swayed ;
in the vortex of cannon shot and the |
mad rush of furious charges.
Anon the orchards were full of red
coated, whitegaitered infantry; the
snow-white daisies were marred by
great splashes of life-blood, and the
pastures strewn with patches of scar
let. where soldiers in their gay uni
forms had fallen to rise no more. To
the left a h?.lf-seore of hrass howitz
ers, posted amid brick-kilns and clay
pits, sought to enfilade and sweep
away the Baymen who kept the hill.
Farmers, sailors, fishermen, trades
men, clad in everyday garb, armed
with their homely weapons of the
chase, with scarcely a flag to fight un
der, suffering hunger, thirst and weari
ness under the broiling sun. coolly
trained across the Bunker Hill breast
work the long, rusty tubes which had
already heaped windrows of dead and
dying men upon the fields below,
where the new-mown hay still lay dry
ing. The British lines continued to
charge. “Don't fire until you see tie
whites of their eyes’” The word pass
ed down the line of set faces, and
levelled guns; a moment later hoarse
cries, "Fire! Fire!” rang out; a crash
of triple volleys and the rattle of dead
ly file-firing followed. The powder
failed, the provincials broke away pur
sued by Pitcairn's marines—for the
moment, our fathers” hope of victory
was over.
Yes, visit Bunker Hill; look upon a
monument erected to cherish the
memory of a defeat that brought suc
cess, for Victory clowned the van
quished that day. The day set apart
to commemorate the battle of Bunker
Hill is exclusively a Charlestown holi
day, but far wider than Boston's “tri
mountains" spreads the spirit of
Bunker Hill throughout a great nation
christened on that day in the red
blood of American freeman.—Joe
Mitchel Chappie, in the National Mag
azine.
Really Not Up to Her.
A girl forced by her parents into a
disagreeable match with an old man.
whom she detested, when the clergy
man came to that part of the service
where the bride is asked if she con
sents to take the bridegroom for her
husband, said, with great simplicity:
"Oh. dear. no. sir! But you are the
first person who has asked my opinion
about the matter.”
KNEW EVERYTHING WAS SAFE!
Tennessee Mountaineer Understood
the Joke and Enlarged It With
His Own Humor.
Tom Jernigan. my driver, had been
explaining to me how the eastern Ten
nessee mountaineers hated revenue
officers who were on the lookout for
moonshine stills, and gave some local
color to his story by pointing out
places where at least two had been
shot. Tom knew that l was what I
pretended to be. a mining engineer
looking for coal outcrop. But we
came upon a "covite,'' who eyed me
and my dog. which ran by the buggy,
with a suspicious stare.
"You-all aimin’ to git some birds?”
he asked "There’s a flock of
pa’t'idges in the bottom over yon. But
you-all is goin’ the wrong way.”
"Nope." answered Jernigan solemn
ly. " This man’s a revenue officer.
That dog’s a new dog. he is—a whisky
dog. When we come to a creek that
dog smells it. and if there’s a still
far as Hve miles up, he’ll p int.”
The mountaineer understood. But he
showed by no twinkle of his eye that
the humor had lodged in him.
“That's right interestin’," he com
mented. "But I was jest musin'
whether he was an applejack p’inter
or a sour-mash setter. Will you gen
tlemen buy as much as a quart?"
«--—
Still Much Room in Brazil.
Brazil can accommodate many mil
lions of people without overcrowding.
Oriental Traveling Courtesies.
On the railway journey from Alex-!
andria to Cairo we passed a constant
stream of men, women and children,
walking along the canal banks, or on
donkeys—occasionally a whole family
on a dcnkey! At the railway sta
tions men and boys in great variety
cf flowing robes of many colors and
gaudy skullcaps or turbans came to
the carriage windows with fruit, su-,
gar-cane and cakes of all sorts. Eggs j
were also popular. A man sitting oj»- j
posile me bought two eggs and a lit-j
tie salt. He offered me some salt,
which I declined, and all the rest
of the way to Cairo he kept glancing
at me as if he thought me a very ill
mannered person.—Christian Herald.
House Cleaning Time.
Wife (awakened by noise)—Oh.
Tom. I hear a burglar downstairs.
Hub—Well, don't bother about him.
By the time he falls over the mops. |
buckets and stepladders as 1 did when
1 came in he'll wish he was some
where else. j
Then Some One Prayed.
A number of clergymen were die
cussing the character of a venerable
woman whom they esteemed to be
wise in her generation, but a young
man who was present said it struck
him that she showed great lack of
wisdom in one respect.
“What is that, pray?” inquired an
elderly gentleman.
“Why." said the young man, "she
always puts out her tubs to catch bo ft
water when it is raining hard."
And silence fell upon the assembly.
HIS iRSE NATURE
It Is Each Man’s Double and Be
comes Harmless When
Conquered.
By ALTON EDWARDS.
Nobody except the Governor knew
that he had a double—not even the
Governor's wife, who knew him, per
haps, better than anybody else. The
two men resembled each other so com
pletely that it would have been impos
sible for their most Intimate acquaint
ances to distinguish them. If there
was any distinction, it was that the
expression of character and sincerity
upon the face of the state's chief ex
ecutive was replaced, upon the face of
the other man, by a certain furtive
cunning.
From his earliest years Governor
Haines had been engaged in a con
stant fight against this man. He had
intruded into his life, had placed him
in invidious positions, had, in general,
committed actions which had needed
all the governor’s ability to nullify.
And he had followed him even to the
executive chamber, blackmailing him.
offering compromises, threatening.
The executive mansion was totally
unguarded. In that sleepy litle capital
town formalities had not come into
favor. The double strolled quietly
across the lawn, entered the mansion
and made his way to the Governor's of
fice. His secretary, nodding at his desk,
bowed to him, unconscious that this
could be anybody but the Governor
Haines be knew.
:nr. oearies uas leiepnuneu ma; ue
will be here in half an hour, sir,” said
the secretary. The double Dodded,
passed into the executive chamber and
sat down at his desk.
That he had an intimate knowledge
of all the Governor s business was evi
dent, for he began scrutinizing papers
and emptying pigeon holes and read
ing memoranda. But he was await
ing the arrival of Searles, the state
boss, with ill-concealed impatience.
He knew that the man was interested
in the proposed street railroad fran
chise, that he had been pestering Gov
ernor Haines for weeks to sign the bill
now awaiting his decision. And he
had not omitted to threaten. It meant
the Governor's political future, the de
cision which was impending.
The secretary looked in. "Mr.
Searles is waiting to see you, sir,” he
said.
The state boss entered, He was evi
dently ill at ease, for he held his hat
tightly and sat down nervously in the
^ '
“I’ve Finished With You."
chair which the double offered him.
The double swung round in his own
chair and faced his visitor.
"You have called with regard to that
railroad franchise bill?" he asked.
Searles cleaned his throat and nod
ded. Then, placing bis hat down on
the Governor’s desk, he began:
"Now, Governor Haines, we have
, threshed this matter out. among otb
! ers. for a long time. I have tried to
j ally you with the better interests of
| the state, but I have failed. 1 have
pointed out to you that—I may speak
; plainly?'
"Surely,” answered the double, smil
| ing, and something in the double’s ex
j pression sent new hope into Searles'
heart. Hitherto he had always been
up against an impermeable barrier of
character and rectitude. Now—this
man seemed almost to cringe before
him. Searles had not ruled men for
thirty years for nothing. He knew
that this was the moment to terrorize
—to bully. These means would suc
ceed where others had failed.
“You got my letter, Governor?" he
asked, his lips parting in a wolfish
smile. “Well, it amounts to this. If
*vu uuu t ludi uiii yuu null i Uc&vt*
j the renomination next year. That, of
course, goes without saying. But I’m
going to do more than that. I’m going
to drive you out of public life alto
gether. Twenty-five years ago. when
you were a young man, you were in
volved in a scandal. You know what
I mean. The people of this state won't
stand for anything of that kind ir.
their chief magistrate. Will you sign
the bill or will you be exposed ?”
"The man who was involved in that
scandal was not I. It was a double of
mine,” thought the double; but of
course it was not to his interest to be
tray himself. He merely looked at
Searles with a faint smile. And
Searles understood that smile.
"Let us come to the point. Gover
nor,” he said. “It’s no use shilly
shallying or beating about the bush."
He drew a paper from his pocket bear
ing the Governor's signature. "This is
your obligation for five thousand dol
lars,” he said. “May I tear this into
pieces and throwr them into your
waste-basket?”
It was strange, the extraordinary re
vulsion that came over the double. He
had his enemy at his mercy, this
Governor Haines who had hated him
since their boyhood, and on whom he
could now take effective revenge. Sud
denly he felt that his whole mental at-1
titude was changing. He thought of
the man, bravely and silently fighting
down the scandal of his past life, of j
; his uncompromising battle for purer !
j politics He stretched cut his hand
! impulsively and took his pen, and in
I
large letters wrote at the bottom of
the bill ‘vetoed.’ He held it out to
ward Searles.
Searles seemed completely non
plussed. For a whole minute he
stared at the vetoed bill. Then he got
up and stretched out his hand.
"Governor Haines,” he said, "I think
the world of you. You have won the
fight and I'm man enough to recognize
it. You’ll have the people on your
side now—and 1 don’t kick against the
pricks. You’ve bested me and you'll
have the entire Searles organization
with you when we offer you the nomi
nation.”
He shook Haines by the hand and
walked slowly out of the office, shak
ing his head. The double at the desk,
however, was even more disconcerted
than Searles. Why had he done this
thing, he whose whole life had been
dominated by hatred of his enemy?
He must have dozed, for some min
utes later, when he looked up, he saw
his enemy before him. Governor
Haines was looking steadily at him,
but he evinced no surprise.
“Let’s fight this thing out right
now,” he said “I’ve finished with you.
1 shall never temporize with you
again. 1 have compromised and
feared you; henceforward it is war be
tween us for ever.”
“If you had toid me that twenty-five
years ago I should never have troubled
you at all,” answered the double, hum
bly. rising.
Governor Haines did rot answer
him, but watched him leave the room.
The sleepy secretary outside did not
notice him pass. Nor would he have
seen him even had he looked for him.
Each man has his double, his worse
nature. But when he has conquered
him the double becomes a harmless
wraith, transparent as a breath of,
marsh air that is dispersed in the sun
light.
(Copyright, ISIS, by W. Q. Chapman.)
LOVER OF GRACE DARLING
Jimmy Giles of Ipswich, Eng.. Once
Courted Famous Life-Saver—But
She "Wouldn't Leave Daddy.”
Jimmy Giles of. Ipswich, Eng,, who
for nearly HO years was dock gate
man and assistant engineer, is a link
with (he past, inasmuch as he was the,
sweetheart of Grace Darling.
Listen to the following conversation
with the old seaman and live over
again the memories of that braive ex
ploit near Longstone Lighthouse that
I made immortal histoiy^,
"When a young man I took a cargo
| of salt from Ipswich to Sunderland,
i While there I left my brig and was
made coxswain of a coble that sup
I plied Longstone Lighthouse with pro
; visions.
"This was in 1839, and as Grace's
j great deed took place the previous
; year I was anxious to meet the famous
girl. On my first trip in the coble I
saw her standing at the lighthouse
door, tut, although I tried to drew her
attention, she got behind the door.
"The next time I visited the light
house I took a silk handkerchief full
of grapes and gave the lot to Grace
v hen I saw- her. She thanked me,
and we got cn well.
“Grace was not handsome, but she
was passable, with dark eyes and hair,
and 8 face bronzed by the sea air. and
conveying a sense of purity and Inno
cence that I have never beheld in any
other.
“She wore very short skirts and a
daTk blue Scotch cap. which suited
; her we?!. She was as good as any
j sailor, and could set a sail or pull an
car with the best of them.
"Her father, an old man, nigh 70,
was a very old-fashioned man. and al
ways wore drab knee-breeches and
1 buckled shoes, with a sparrow-taii
! coat, big waistcoat, and a round skull
| cap trimmed with fur. He didn't think
i Torch of my carryings-on with her.
"She showed me her presents, In
! eluding a gold slipped in a scarlet mo
; rocco case, which the Czar of Russia
j wait her. She was often asked to go
to London, but she wouldn't leave
' 'Daddy.' And. although 1 became her
! sweetheart, that was the reason she
' gave me for not marrying, and so we
j drifted apart.”—Stray Stories.
j No Damages for Uncaught Fish.
A suit for damages for the loss of fish
cme might have caught was before the
1 courts of Maine in an injunction ac
tion against a canning company‘for
■ unlawfully dumping into Passema
j qnoddy bay a lot of decayed sardines
, in cans. They had been swept by the
i tides into the plaintiff's weir and pre
i vented fish from getting into it until
the iefr.se matter was removed. The
j s”preme court awarded him damages
■ for injury to his nets and for the ex
j pense of hiring men to remove the
j dead sardines to permit live fish to en
ter the weir, but gave him nothing
j for the fish he might have caught in
I the meantime.
I
Carried Out Hunger Strike.
Hunger strike records were broken
seme years ago by a Frenchman
named Franie, who was arrested for
murder in circumstances which left
no doubt as to his guilt. He deter
mined to starve himself to death in
order to escape the guillotine, and
from the day of his arrest refused to
eat in spite of every effort on the part
cf the prison authorities, who first
tried tempting him to eat by placing
the mest dainty meals in his cell, and
when that failed attempted forcible
feeding. Granie held out for sixty
three days, at the end of iwhich time
he died.
Heckler Heckled.
The late Dr. W. R Thomas, who
was Pierpont Morgan's rector at High
land Falls, did not believe in Social
ism. and in Socialist arguments be
often exercised his trenchant wit to
advantage. A Highland Falls man
once interrupted Dr. Thomas In an
address to shout: "If we all had equal
opportunities-” But here Dr.
Thomas, in his turn, interrupted, say
ing quickly: "We should not all be
equtl to them.”
Bitkina’ Flop.
“Here Is Bilkins, a Republican all
his life, as his father and grandfather
were before him, turns Democrat in
the hope that he's going to get a post
office apeintment.”
"Yes; be has Eold his birthright for
a mess of postage. ’—Buffalo Express.
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REFUSE TO MEET STRANGERS
Peculiar Method of Trading Indulged
in by New Guinea Tribe Who
Keep to Themselves.
No European has ever been able to
meet in their own dwelling-place the
Kukuhuhus, a shy, yet ferocious tribe
of New Guinea. Other tribes of the
country, while they have a great fear
of the Kukuhuhus, manage to do a
bartering trade with them. They bring j
salt, earthenware, dried fish, etc., and
deposit them in a certain indicated
place. They then retire for a few
hours, being notified to do so by a
curious cry from the distance. The I
mountain dwellers then descend to
view the goods offered for sale. If
they want them they put down other
goods, such as skins, feathers, and
other jungle produce, next to those
articles wanted by them. Then they
retire in turn, and when the way
seems clear the coast dwellers ap
proach again. If the latter are satis- j
fied with what is offered in exchange,
they take the goods put down by the i
mountain people and go away; if not
satisfied they retire again as before
with —
If you cannot afford 10c cigars, smoke
LEWIS' Single Binder straight 5c—made
of extra quality tobacco Adv.
I know of no such thing as genius;
genius is nothing but labor and dili
gence.—Hogarth.
I
Hrs. Winslows Sootumg Syrup for Cblldrw
; teething, softeus tee gum;*, reduces inflamma*
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His Confession.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, of
j Chicago, confesses that he once
worked as an usher in a theater.
State Lands Sold.
Minnesota in 1912 has sold 2.200
acres of state lands at prices ranging
from five to twenty-one dollars an
j acre.
Carry Flint.
j The Norfolk peasants always regard
| pointed flints as thunderbolts. So con
i sistent are the simple folks that they
\ will often assnre you that they picked
them up red hot. They carry flints and
; stone arrow heads about with them in
the belief that this custom will pre
j vent them being struck bv lightning.
Now They Are Making Cowless Milk.
Cowless milk is being made in Lon
don, where a factory with a capacity
of 40,000 quarts a day was opened re
cently. The '‘milk" is made from
vegetables, principally soy beans. It
is said to be scarcely distinguishable
from the real article and has the ad
vantage of keeping longer and being
free from disease germs. It sells for
six cents a quart.
Saloon Closed for Cat.
‘‘Closed on account of the loss of
Scotty's cat ‘Nigger.’ ”
This sign on the door of Scotty's
saloon at Ninth and Elm streets, Cin
cinnati, caused much comment. Two
days ago the cat disappeared.
When the cat did not put in an ap
pearance, Scotty hung out a sign
draped in green tissue paper and bor
dered by carnations to tell his custo
mers that he had closed the saloon
in mourning for his pet.
I In Summer
When the body needs
but little food, that little
l should be appetizing and
nourishing.
Then about the best
and most convenient thing
one can have handy is a
1 package of
Post
Toasties
This food is fully cook- |
I ed —crisp, delicious and |
ready to serve direct from
the package.
Post Toasties with fresh
I strawberries and cream
are hard to beat.
“The Memory Lingers”
;
Sold by Grocers.
Poetnm Cereal Company, Limited,
Battle Creek, Mich., U. S. A.
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Not to His Taste.
“Why did you put me at dinner be
tween thase two women? They nearly
talked me to death.”
"Why, I thought you were so fond
of tongue sandwiches."
Poison Oak or Ivy Poisoning
is quickly relieved by bathing the af
fected parts in a solution of two tea
spoonfuls of Tyree's Antiseptic Pow
der to a pint of water. 25c. at all
druggists or sample sent free by J. S.
Tyree, Washington, D. C.—Adv.
Wherever tne tree of benevolence
takes root, it sends forth branches
above the sky.—Saadi.
Red Cross Bail Blue will wasli double as
many clothes as any other blue. Don’t
put your money into any other. Adv.
The average man fears a storm al
most as much as he fears his wife.
THOSE RHEUMATIC
TWINGES
I Much of the rheu
matic pain that
comes in damp,
changing weather is
the work of uric
acid crystals.
Needles couldn't
cut, tear or hurt any
worse when the af
fected muscle joint
is \ised.
If such attacks are
marked with head
ache, backache, diz
ziness and disturb
ances of the urine,
it's time to help the
weakened kidneys.
Doan’s Kidney
Fills quickly help
sick kidneys,
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John H. Matthews, ,17 East First St., The
Dalles, Ore., says: “Mv back ached so 1 could
hardly stoop or straighten. The kidney secie
, tions became profuse, obliging me to arise
1 many times & mght and the passages were very
painful. My kidneys became aodisordered that!
thought l was done for. Doan’s Kidney Pi lit how
ever. went right to t he seat of the trouble and fof
over three years my cure has been permanent.**
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ALBERTA
THE PRICE fit
BEEF
IS HIGH AND SO
IS THE PRICE OF
CATTLE.
For rears the Provi ace
pf Alberta (Western
t anada) was the Big
Kanchi ngCountry.Man?
of these ranches uduv
_are Immense gram field’s
ouu uk idi i ;r iu. v
given place to the cultivation of
wheat,oats barley and flax: the
change* has made many thousands
of Americans, settled on these
plains, wealthy, but it has in
creased the price of live stocc.
There is splendid opportunity
now to get a
Free Homestead
of 160 acres (and another as a pre
emption) In the newer district;:
and produce either catlleor grain.
The crops are always good, tbo
climate Is excellent, schools and
churches are convenient, markets
splendid. !n cither Manitoba, Sas
katchewan or A lbena.
Send for literature, the hOert
information, raiiway rate*etc., to
w. V. BENNETT,
Bee Cuilding, Omaha. MM*.
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