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DRINK HOT WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST Says you really feel clean, sweet and fresh inside, and are seldom ill. If you are accustomed to wake up with a coated tongue, foul breath oi a dull, dizzy headache; or, if your meals sour and turn into gas and acids, you have a real surprise await ing you. Tomorrow morning, immediately up on arising, drink a glass of hot water " :th a teaspoonful of limestone phos phate in it. This is intended to first neutralize and then wash out of yoiu stomach, liver, kidneys and thirty feet of intestines all the indigestible waste, poisons, sour bile and toxins, thus cleansing, sweetening and purifying the entire alimentary canal. Those subject to sick headaches, backache, bilious attacks, constipation or any form of stomach trouble, are urged to get a quarter pound of lime stone phosphate from your druggist or at the store and begin enjoying this morning inside-bath. It is said that men and women who try this become enthusiastic and keep it up daily. It is a splendid health measure for it is more important to keep clean and pure on the inside than on the outside, be cause the skin pores do not absorb im purities into the blood, causing dis ease, while the bowel pores do. The principle of bathing inside is not new, as millions of people practice it. Just as hot water and soap cleanse, purify and freshen the skin, so hot water and a teaspoonful cf limestone phosphate act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. Limestone phos phate is an inexpensive white powder and almost tasteless.—Adv. Your neighbors haven't any more use for you than you have for them. GIRLSIGIRISITRY IT, BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR Make It Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur iant and Remove Dandruff—Real Surprise for You. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus trous and beautiful as a young girl’s after a “Danderine hair cleanse.” Just try this—moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through you? hair, taking one small strand at a time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil and in just a few momenta you have doubled the beauty of your hair. Besides beautifying the hair at once, Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; deanses, purifies and invig orates the scalp, forever stopping itch ing and faJling hair. But what will please yon most will be after % few weeks’ use when you will actually see new batr—fine and downy first—yes—but really new hair—growing all over the scalp. If you care for pretty, soft bair and lots of it, surely get a 25 coat bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from any store and just try it. Adv. The Cnited States produces SO per cent of the oil of the world. LOOK! RESINOL HAS CLEARED THAT AWFUL SKIN-ERUPTION AWAY Every day, thousands of skin-suf ferers find that the moment that Resi nol Ointment touches their tortured skin the itching stops and healing be gins. That is why doctors have pre scribed it so successfully for over 20 years in even the severest cases of eczema, ringworm, rashes, and many other tormenting, disfiguring skin dis eases. Aided by warm baths with Resinol Soap, Resinol Ointment usu ally makes a sick skin or scalp heal thy, quickly, easily and at little cost. Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap also greatly help to clear away pim ples and dandruff. So'q by all drug gists.—Adv. A new electrical process makes charcoal from sawmill waste. IF BACK HURTS CLEAN KIDNEYS WITH SALTS Drink Lots of Water and Stop Eating Meat for a While If the Bladder Bothers You. Meat forms uric acid which excites and overworks the kidneys in their efforts to filter it from the system. Regular eaters of meat must flush the kidneys occasionally. You must re lieve them like you relieve your bow els; removing all the acids, waste and poison, else you feel a dull misery in the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue is coated and when the weather is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment; the channels often get irritated, obliging you to get up two or three times during the night To neutralize these irritating acids and flush off the body’s urinous waste get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kid neys will then act fine and bladder disorders disappear. This famous salts Is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithla, and l}as been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys and stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts is inexpensive; harmless and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which millions of men and * women take now and then, thus avoid ing serious kidney and bladder dis eases.—Adv.______ Brazil produced sugar commercially es early as the sixteenth century. NEWS OFTHE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. 1 BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Other Matters in Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. WAR NEWS. Four people dropped dead from heart failure in one of the towns in England visited by the Zeppelin as the raiding airship appeared. * * * The Swedish foreign office informs the Associated Press that a warning against embarking on armed mer chantmen has been issued to Swedish citizens. • • • The German commerce raider Moewe eluded British patrols on her return to a German port by cruising north ward around Iceland. First Lord o£ the Admiralty Balfour told the Brit ish house of commons. * * • Four German steamers which had taken refuge in the port cf Lourenco Marquez, Portugese, East Africa, have been seized and the Portuguese flag hoisted on them. The crews of the vessels were interned. * • • Emperor William of Germany has received the commander of the Ger man commerce raider Moewe and per sonally presented him with the Order Pour Le Merite, accciding to a dis patch from Amsterdam. * * * Germany, in her Verdun drive, has taken approximately forty square miles cf positions held by the French, or more than four times as much as the French gained in the entire Cham pagne offensive last fall. * * • Germany has declared war cm Por tugal. Thus thirteen countries are en gaged in the international struggle. The declaration of war was made by Germany chiefly on account of the re cent seizure of German merchantmen interned in Portuguese ports. • * * The L'nited States has asked Great Britain for a copy of the confidential Instructions to commanders of British merchant vessels, which Germany claims prove that merchantmen armed ostensibly for defensive purposes have orders to act offensively against Ger man and Austrian submarines. r * * The French ministry of marine an nounces that there were nearly 4.000 men cn board the French auxiliary cruiser Provence when she was sunk Supposedly by a submarine in the Mediterranean on February 26 and that more than 2.000 lives were lost. The sinking of the French auxiliary cruiser Provence is said to be the greatest ocean disaster of modern tlmee. GENERAL. A prairie fire devastated thousands of acres in four counties in Kansas north of Dodge City, and caused the death of a boy and the severe burn in of a woman. * • • Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, v.-ho is now at Trinidad, British West Indies, in a statement given out through the New York Mail, emphatically declines to be a candidate in the primaries of Massachusetts on any other state. * * * It was announced at Chicago that the vote of 400.0(H) engineers, firemen and trainmen of American railroads overwhelmingly favored authorizing union heads to enter into negotiations with the railroads for an eight-hour day. * * * The soft coal agreement, which will add from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000 to the incomes of the mine-workers of western Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, was signed in New York subject to referendum vote of all the bituminous miners in the United States. * * * Francisco Villa, outlawed Mexican bandit, attacked Columbus, New Mex ico, with 1,500 men, killed seventeen Americans and fired many buildings. He and his followers were driven back across the International border by American troops. Villa's total losses In the fight were estimated in excess of 100 killed and twice as many wounded. • * • Local option won over prohibition in Vermont at an election held recent, ly, by a margin of 13,164 votes. Every county in the state, with the excep tion of Orleans, gave a majority in favor of local option. • • • Seven thousand and twenty-eight Texas boys, in agricultural clubs, last year showed that they are better far mers than their fathers. The corn boys average yield per acre was 35.6 bushels, while the fathers’ was only 24.7. The boys also led In many other products. • • • The Kansas democratic state cen tral committee at Topeka decided to hold the state convention, at which four delegatee-at-large to the national convention will be chosen, in Hutch inson, April 11. • • • Observance of a "swat the fly” day in Iowa schools some time soon has been proposed by W. B. Barney of the Iowa Dairy and Food commission at Dos Moines. Every fly which escapes death Id the spring has 5,000,000,000, 000 descendants by fall, according to the commissioner. * * * A permanent organizatiofl of Ameri can mayors to promote the cause of national defense was effected at a meeting of mayors and their repre sentatives from eighty large cities at St. Louis. Will H. Orpet, University of Wiscon sin student, was indicted by a Lake county grand jury in Chicago on a charge of murdering his former sweet heart, Marian Lambert. * * * Three soldiers were killed and two seriously injured in a fire that de stroyed the main barracks and ammu nition houses at Fort Gibbon, occupied by Company B, Fourteenth infantry, at Fairbank, Alaska. * * * More than 50 per cent of the Uni versity of Wisconsin co-eds are affect ed with goiter in a moderate form, ac cording to Prof. W. J. Meek, of the university facutiy, in a lecture to a health and disease class at Madison. * * * The Greek government has called to the colors ail men of the classes of 1896 to 1905 of the navy and also all those formerly called who did not re spond, according to word received from Athens by George Cosmos, acting Greek consul in Omaha. * * * The Iowa law giving cities the power to regulate jitney busses was held constitutional by Judge George Jepscn in district court at Sioux City, but the clause requiring jitney bus operators to file an indemnity bend with the city clerk was held in valid. • • • Dwelling houses and sites for stores are in demand at Gary, Ind., as a re sult of the announcement made by El bert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corporation that the steel industries in that city are to lie en larged by the construction of a $25, 009,000 tube plant. * * • Sixteen nations are participating in the big second year of the San Diego Panama-California exposition, which will be formally opened by President Davidson at San Diego on March 18. When the 1915 exposition closed De cember 31, it had established a world’s record for expositions by remaining open for an entire year. SPORTING. Bennie Leonard outfought Johnny Dundee in a ten-round bout in New York, thus becomig eligible for a match with Freddie Welsh for the lightweight championship. * * ♦ A bill to legalize fifteen-round box ing bouts in Kentucky parsed the low er house of the state legislature by a vote of 48 to 27. Friends of the bill claim it will pass in the senate * • * Frank C. Zehrung, president of the Western league, announces that the city having the largest opening at tendance in 1916 will be presented with a silver loving cup, presented by Governor Capper of Kansas. * * * President Wilson will open the At lantic Coast Bowling tournament in Washington April 2 by rolling an en graved ball down the alleys. The first night will be known as “Woodrow Wil son night," in honor of the president • • * Final approval for football games on Thanksgiving day, with the stipula tion that such games must be played in the afternoon was given at a meet ing of the Missouri Valley Conference Governing Board at St. Louis. Post season games were forbidden. * • • Frank Gotch and Joe Stecher were offered a purse of $40,000 by John H McIntosh representing the Copper City Athletic club to wrestle for the world’s championship in Butte, Mont., at the State Elks’ convention in July. This is the largest bid yet made for this match, the highest previous offer having been made by a Chicago club. WASHINGTON. The senate, after four weeks of debate, passed the Shields bill to pro vide for development of waterpower in navigable waters by private capital. The vote was 4 to 22. * * * The senate passed a bill appropriat ing $825,000 for throe new coast guard cutters from New York harbor, the Pacific coast and Alaska, and $240,000 for three river steamers to relieve flood sufferers on the Mississippi and its tributaries. * * • Despite the perils of submarine war fare 400,000 persons crossed the Al lantic between American and Euro pean ports as passengers last year. Figures assembled in the bureau of navigation show that 250,000 of them traveled on vessels owned by the bel ligerents. * • • Rates of the Colorado & Southern, and other roads on coal from South Canon, Colo., to Wyoming, South Da kota, Nebraska and Kansas were found unjustly discriminatory by the Interstate commerce commission in so far as they exceed rates from Walsen burg, Colo., to the same points by more than 25 cents per net ton. • * * Manufacturing plants in seven lead ing industries of tlie United States have increased their working forces an average of 15 per cent within the last year, according to figures given out hy the department of labor. • • * Three dreadnoughts and four battle cruisers added to the American fleet, built and authorized, would make it the equal in fighting strength of the present German fleet. Admiral Fletch er, commander of the Atlantic fleet, declared before the house naval com mittee. • « • The house of representatives by a vote of 276 to 142 killed the McLe more resolution to warn Americans off armed merchant ships of European belligerents, thus giving President Wilson a free hand In the German submarine controversy. Representa tives from Nebraska voted solidly for the resolution. ' * • • Orders approved by president Wil son restore to entry 113,348 acres oi public land In Wisconsin, 188,338 ac res in eastern Utah and 10,988 acres In western central Montana. CANADA'S PUNS FOB WARREVENUE So Wisely Distributed That Tax ation Will Affect Farmers to a Degree Practically Unnoticeable. So many rumors have been circu lated regarding war taxation In Canada that the statement made by Sir Thomas White, Canadian Minister of Finance, of the Government’s plans for raising war revenue should be giv en the widest circulation. Sir Thomas made it clear that the revenue will be raised by taxing the protits of incor porated companies whenever those profits exceed seven per cent, and the profits of unincorporated firms or part nerships when the profits exceed ten per cent. On all such excess profits these companies or firms will have to contribute one-quarter to the Govern ment. Transportation companies, banks, mining, milling, and other com panies will be subject to this taxation, but life insurance companies, and com panies with less than fifty thousand dollars capitalization, and companies, firms, or individuals engaged in agri culture or stock raising, are exempt, and pay no part of this taxation. The only other additional taxation pro posed is an increase of fifty cents a barrel in the customs duty on apples, and one-half cent a gallon in customs duty on certain kinds of oils. It will be noticed that this taxation is being applied in such a way that it does not affect farmers in the slight est degree, except, perhaps, through a small increase in cost of apples and oil. The war revenue is to be paid out of the profits of the big firms and com panies with capital of over fifty thou sand dollars, and even these are al lowed seven per cent in some cases, and ten per cent in others of clear profits before they have to pay any part of this taxation. It will be seen that the whole policy is to place the war expenditure taxation on those who have been making big profits and are able to pay it, and to encourage farm ing and stockraising by exempting farmers and stock-raisers from the tax ation. This ought to set at rest every rumor that the farmer or the farmer’s land is being taxed to pay the cost of the war.—Advertisement. Her Reason. "Women,” remarked the mere man, "are seldom capable of reasoning,” "Don't you believe it.” replied the female of the species. "Why not?” he inquired. “Well—because," she answered. OLD PRESCRIPTION FOR WEAK KIDNEYS A medicinal preparation like Dr. Kil mer's Swamp-Root, that has real curative value almost sells itself. Like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited to those who are in need of it. Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root is a physi cian’s prescription. It has been tested for years and has brought results to count less numbers who have suffered. The success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact that it fufills almost ev ery wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder diseases, corrects urinary troubles and neutralizes the uric acid which causes rheumatism. Do not suffer. Get a bottle of Swamp Root from any druggist now. Start treat ment today. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper.—Adv. Blocked by Her Think. “I once thought seriously of marry ing for money.” “Why don’t you, then?” “The girl in the case did -ome think ing, too.” RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR. To half pint of water add 1 oa. Bay Rum, a small box of Barbo Compound, and H oz. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week until it becomes the desired shade. Any drug gist can put this up or you can mix it at home at very little cost. It will gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair, and re moves dandruff. It is excellent for falling hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy. It will not color the scalp, U not sticky or greasy, and does not rub off.—Adv. The Inexperienced One. Belle—Is he a man of affairs? Anne—Mercy, no! He never had a chance. The first girl hi proposed to accepted him.—Judge. Mill FOBS! CHILD “California Syrup of Figs” can’t harm tender stomach, liver and bowels. Every mother realizes, after giving her children “California Syrup of Figs” that this Is their Ideal laxative, because they love Its pleasant taste and It thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels with out griping. When cross, irritable, feverish, or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless “fruit laxative,” and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bow els, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, Indigestion, colic—remem ber, a good "inside cleaning” should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep “California Syrup of Figs” handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a sick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50 cent bottle of “California Syrup of Figs,” which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-upB printed on the bottle. Adv. Six children in England claim the Prince of Wales as their godfather. AMERICAN ARMY ENTERS MEX ICO IN PURSUIT OF BANDITS. FUNSTON DIRECTS EXPEDITION Orders Are to Take Villa and His Band, Dead or Alive—Seventeen Killed in Columbus Raid. Washington.—American troops, by orders from President Wilson, have crossed the Mexican border to take Francisco Villa and his bandits, dead or alive, as the result of the recent raid by Vililstas on Columbus, N. M., when seventeen Americans were kill ed and a score or more wounded. Under the direction of Major Gen eral Funston, who ended the Philip pine insurrection by taking Aguinaldo single-handed, American columns consisting of about 5,000 men moved across the international boundary to meet about 3,000 guerrila troops in a mountainous region, from which Car ranza troops have fled. Whether this lorg-dei'erred action, which begins purely as a punitive measure to clear northern Mexico of menacing bandit bands over which General Carranza has no control, shall grow into a gen eral armc-d intervention or occupaicn in Mexico depends in a large measure upon General Carranza and the Mex ican people. After a brief cabinet meeting, at which the president tvas described as being as determined to eliminate Vil la, as he was to eliminate Huerta, Secretary Baker hurried to the War department and as his first act in of fice sent orders to the border troops. Soon afterward the army general staff assembled and conferred over the plans, long drawn and perfected since the Mexican situation loomed up as a disturber to the peace of the United States. General Funston telegraphed urging utmost secrecy of the armv plans. The, border is honeycombed with Mexican spies, and it was agreed that the ex pedition will be pushed to success by keeping Villa and his men ignorant of its movements. It is possible that no correspondents will be permitted to accompany the columns. At any rate a strict censorship will be imposed. State department officials declined to say what their attitude would be if General Carranza took a hostile posi tion. They said the United States would settle that question when it arose. If an offer of co-operation of Carranza troops is made, they said, it could hardly be refused. Secretary Lansing announced that no matter how far into Mexico it wa. necessary for American forces to penetrate, or to what numbers it be came necessary to increase their force, the United States would con sider the expedition a punitive one one purely for the suppression of out laws. For such action there is ample precedent in international taw and, in fact, in the relations of the United States with Mexico. In sharp contrast to the stirring scenes in congress two years ago when President Wilson ordered the fleet to Vera Cruz, the president’s ac tion was received with marked com placency in both house and senate. Mexicans Kill Rancher. Bisbee, Ariz.—An American ranch er was killed when a band of approxi mately 200 Mexican bandits crossed the border southeast of Osborne Junc tion, Ariz., according to reports reaching here. Many head of live stock were killed or driven off by the bandits, it was stated. Tension High at Columbus. Columbus, N. M.—Residents of this town are in a state of high ten sion as the result of the killing of seventeen Americans by Villa and his band of outlaws in last week’s raid. Many buildings that were fired by the raiding bandits were almost total ly destroyed. Bryan Says Plan O. K. South Bend, Ind.—William J. Bryan on his arrivel here gave out a state ment in which he expressed approval of President Wilson’s course in send ing troops into Mexico after Villa. Many Non-Combatants Killed. London.—The number of non-com batants killed by Great Britain’s ene mies since the beginning of the war aggregates 3,153. Premier Asquith an nounced just recently. Refinery to Resume. Philadelphia.—The Franklin Sugar refinery in this city, which has been idle for more than a quarter of a cen tury, will resume operations at once, giving employment to 800 men. . Women Declare Boycott on Sugar. Cincinnati, O.—The national house wives’ co-operative league has de clared a ‘ boycott” on sugar and sent out communications to all branches of the league as well as to other wom en’s societies urging co-operation. The high price of sugar is the reason. Many Britons Made Homeless. London.—Hundreds have been made homeless and thousands of acres of farm lands In southwestern England have been inundated as a result of the overflow of rivers caused by snow. Cornered by Police: Kills Self. Lincoln, Neb.—After taking a negro girl. Hazel Holcomb, from her escort and keeping her prisoner in a barn over night, Earl King, negro, took the girl to his home, held police at bay for two hours and finally blew out his brains. Must Pay for Killing Man. Webster City, la.—Mrs. Agnes Alve stad was awarded $1,500 damages in the district court here against Dr. E. W. Slater for running over and killing Alvestad with his auto. HIS SHARE OF THE HORSE Interfering Individual Evidently Was Not as Important as He Thought He Was. A newly admitted member of a big co-operative society boasting sixteen thousand members met one of the so ciety's vans laden with coal, with the driver sitting on the shafts. The new member, full of the im portance of belonging to such a big society, considered it his duty to re monstrate with the driver on his want of consideration toward his horse by adding his own weight to the load in stead of walking. The fault-finder wound up by saying: “I'm a share holder in the society, ;.nd therefore part owner of your horse and van.” “Shareholder, are you?" responded tne coaly, pulling a hair out of the horse's tail and handing it to the as tonished member, with the remark: "Here's your share of the animal, mis ter.” He then drove on. Soon Settled. Father and mother were having a little chat by the fire before retiring for the night. The future of their little ones was the interesting topic of their conversation. “Then what about Harold?" said fa ther presently. "Ah, Harold,” sighed mother. “I sometimes wonder what will become of Harold! He seems to take a fiend ish delight in hurting his brothers and sisters!” “Is that so?” said father promptly. “Then we'd better make him a den tist!” _ Everything in Stock. A general merchant from Havre, Munt., is in New York this week learn ing the latest wrinkles in the art of selling corsets. The merchant’s line of goods at home includes lightning rods, chewing tobacco, crackers, hoe han dles, rope, molasses, rat traps, canned goods, matches, calico, assorted nails and corsets. And it is a good bet that if the truth were known, prunes, sheet music and bustles may be ob tained at his store—or if he didn't have them he could order ’em for you. Rough on the Water. The hobo had just been forced to have a bath before being allowed to lodge at the municipal lodging house. "Well, wThat have you to say now?” inquired the attendant as the previ ously unkempt individual emerged much disgusted. The hobo glared. "Water,” ho remarked solemnly, "is the curse of bathtubs.” Willing. , "Why don’t you take something for that cold of yours?” “What would you advise me to take?” “Quinine.” "Nothing doing. I was in hopes you were going to say rock and rye.”— New York World. Wise Provision. “Beauty is "nly skin deep.” “1 consider that a wise provision »if nature.” “Why sc ?” “With that limitation, the girls are kept busy en'ugh.”—Kansas City Jour nal. The city of Copenhagen is daily con suming about 25,000 pounds of Ameri can salt pork. A widow can be as much interested in a man as if be were interesting. STRAIN ON THE IMAGINATION Company Was Willing to Believe a Lot, But Longbow's Story Was Too Much for Them. Mr. Stretcher—Yes, it’s cold, but nothing like what it was at Christmas three years ago, when the steam from the engines froze hard and fell on the line in sheets. Mr. Cuffer—And yet that wasn’t so cold as in ’87, when it froze the elec tricity in the telephone wires, and when the thaw came all the machines were talking as hard as they could for upwards of five hours. “Well, gentlemen," said Mr. Long j bowr, “the coldest year that I can re | member was in the Christmas week in ’84, when the very policemen had to run to keep themselves warm.” But that was too much, and with silent looks of indignation the other two left to his own reflections the man who treated the truth so slightly. Safety First. A missionary in a slum district pre sented a ragged little urchin with a new suit of clothes. More than a week passed away, and the mission ary met his little friend again. Being well acquainted with the con dition cf the boy’s home, and the drunken father, who pawned every thing he could lay his hands on, ha was surprised and pleased to find that the lad still wore the suit. “Still wearing your suit?" he asked, and there was a word of pathos in the lad’s reply. "Yes, sir; I've slept in it.” Enough Evidence. Two rustics in the old country were discussing, one day, a newly erected postal pillar box in a village street. For a long time they were unable to think of its use, when suddenly one said: “Ah knaw; it belong® to the Salva tion Army; that's why it’s painted red.” But after a little consideration the other replied: “Na, na; ye're wrong, lad; it can’t belong to them, because it says, ’No collection on Sunday.’ ” Habitual With Him. “Loogy yuh, Br udder Tump!” se verely said good old Parson Bagster. "What makes yo' beat yo’ wife?” “Uh-well, sah,” replied the wretch, “dis lady am muh •ou’th wife. I fawmed de habit years ago o’ beatin' muh fust wife uh-kase she needed it, and I’ve sawtuh been beatin' muh wives in rotation ever sinct, out ’o custom. Yo' knows yo’se’f how hard it is to break off a habit when it’s don got its claws socked on to yo'.”— Kansas City Star. Not So Much. “My name is Jones and I’m from New York,” announced the traveler to the keeper of a hotel in Minot, N. D. “That’s funny,’’ remarked the land lord. "I know a man by that, name out in Butte, Mont.” Whereupon the New Yorker realized that this is indeed a small world and that he was about the smallest thing in it. Couldn't Forget Him. Uncle George—Come here, Willie! Don't you know who I am? Willie—You bet I do! You are inn's brother who stayed here two month9 one time and never offered to pay a cent for board. Oh, yes; I’ve heard pa speak of you often. • The camelia was carried from Japan to France by a missionary named Ka i mel. A Leading Food Expert stood before the big battery of milling machines in the Grape-Nuts factories at Battle Creek, Mich., and after inspecting both the wheat and flour said to the miller: “That’s selected wheat, and no ‘patent flour’ stunt, either. That wheat comes out of the rolls as honest and unrefined as it went in. Where did you ever make flour before that retained the true mineral content of the grain?” And the wise miller replied: “I have worked in a good many mills, and 1 am no youngster, but let me tell you, 1 never made whole wheat flour like that until I came with this company.” The truth is, white flour is wofully lacking in certain essential mineral elements which are thrown out in the milling to make flour white and pretty, and its use frequently results in impaired health and activity. The famous pure food, Grape-Nuts is made of honest whole wheat and malted barley; and supplies in splendid proportion all the brain- and nerve making, bone- and muscle-building elements of the field grains, including their mineral elements. Rich, nut-like flavour, ease of serving, and quick digestibility have made Grape-Nuts a household word the country over. “There's a Reason” for Grape-Nuts Sold by Grocers everywhere.