STRANGE FEAT3 OF RATS.
arv Committed on a Breadbox
Supposed to Be Secure.
; A man who was graduated from
Tale in 1884 Is now a bachelor. Ha
lives In a very old house on upper
Broadway, says the New York Sun.
The few attentions his house receives
come from a charwoman of great age
and little activity. Hence there are
rats on the premises.
vThey are remarkable rats, and
when you are told of their achieve
ments by their landlord you are In
clined to be incredulous. Yet you
can't deny the evidences of their in
telligence. .
' In the kitchen is a large cupboard.
On Its broad shelf rests a rather
heavy tin breadbox. Generally it con
tains bread.
For a long time the tin cover kept
rats out. .Then the rats held a coun-,
cil of war, appointed a committee on
ways and means and lived on potato
peelings until the report came in.
The committee did its work well.
It decided that as rats were poorly
equipped to cope with tin breadboxes
In an upright position it behooved
them to proceed against the box,
push it off the cupboard and allow
the well known laws of gravitation to
do the rest.
'he plan was a success. Morning
after morning when the owner of the
breadbox came into his kitchen he
found the box on the floor in confu
sion. The bread was gone to the last
crumb.
Successive falls dented the poor
old box out of shape, and while tle
owner Is a mild mannered person he
can't afford new bread boxes every
week. So he drove two large staples
Into his cupboard, fastening them
against the box. Since then the rats
have had no bread.
Another feat the rodents accomp
lish handily is even more remarkable.
The owner of the house keps his
flour In a large cylindrical can. The
top fastens on snugly.
The industrious rats have succeed
ed In removing the top from the can
on a dozen' different occasions. The
opened can Is tipped over and the
flour is consumed, presumably with
great rejoicing.
It requires quite a bit of strength
to remove this cover with the Angers,
and how the rats succeed, using their
tough little noses and paws, Is beyond
any explaining. But the evidqQces
were there and the Yale bachelor is
an honest man.
serle
child
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Perhaps We Don't Really Miss It.
The total and permanent eclipse of
some of the knowledge acquired in our
school days is perhaps no great loss.
At one time I could repeat with fluen
cy and accuracy a list of the kings of
Judah and Israel. That knowledge
has gone from me. At Cambridge I
had to pass an examination in statics,
amongst other subjects, before I was
allowed to take a classical degree. At
present I have not as much knowledge
of statics as would lie on a three
penny piece, as the cookery-books say.
I can part with these things with ease.
But there are other subjects on which
I wish that I were as well informed
as I was 20 or 30 years ago. There la
a chance - here for any enterprising
publisher who would bring out a
series of handbooks for middle-aged
children like myself, telling them the
thlnes thev onirht to know. I should
lad, for instance, to purchase out
of ryy scanty savings a little work on
municipal matters, written in words
which I could understand and without
party prejudice, giving me the facts
and leaving me to form the opinions.
There is no such book at present, and
newspaper articles are either, written
by experts for experts or are too .vague
to . be helpful. London Black and
"White.
Tips Paid to Waiters.
Do you know that the American
people give over $5,000,000 a year in
tips?
This estimate, astounding as itvmay
seem, is probably too low. Think of
presenting $13,718 a day in tips for
services that you have already paid,
for. Take pencil and paper and figure
it out the result is surely startling.
ThaPullman car porter is the chief
of the tip grafters. There are 8,000
of them in the United States, and the
one who does not collect a dollar a
day would be considered useless.. The
company pays them low salaries with
the expectation that they will make
it up from the traveling public. The
8,000 porters must take in at least
$6,000 a day, and that would be $2,-
iau.uuu a year.
i igure out, me waiters pronts.
Several years ago a waiter .in one
,of the large New York restaurants
brought suit for $10,000 because he
had been so badly injured that he
could no longer serve customers. He
testified that a good waiter in New
York would average $10 a day. Les
ser lights would fall much below this,
but taking the thousands of good, bad
.and Indifferent the country over, it is
easy to show that they get $5,000,000
a year.
MORTALITY REPORT
CONSUMPTION . AND PNEUMONIA
HEAD DEATH LIST.
Statistics Show That the Greatest
Number of Deaths From Lung
Trouble Occur in Winter.
The Bureau of Census has published
a report presenting mortality statistics
for the United States for the five cal
endar years 1900 to 1904.
As Bhown in the table, tuberculosis
of the lungs and pneumonia were by
far the leading causes of death. The
greatest number of deaths from lung
trouble occur . during . the winter
months. Colds are so prolific of lung
trouble that they should not be neg
lected. Persons with weak lungs
should be especially careful.
A noted authority on lung trouble
advises that as soon as a cold is con
tracted the following simple treatment
should be given. The ingredients can
be purchased from any prescription
druggist at small cost and easily pre
pared in your own home. It is said to
be so effective that it will break up a
cold in twenty-four hours and cure any
cough that is curable.
Take one-half ounce Virgin Oil of
Pine (Pure), two ounces of Glycerine
and eight ounces of good Whisky.
Shake well and take in teaspoonful
doses every four hours. .
Be sure that the Virgin Oil of Pine
(Pure) is In the original half-ounce
vials, which are put up expressly for
druggists to dispense. Each vial is se
curely sealed in a round wooden case,
with engraved wrapper, with the name
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) guaran
teed under the Food and Drugs Act,
June 30, 1906, prepared only by Leach
Chemical Co., Cincinnati, O. plainly
printed thereon. There are many rank
imitations of Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure)
which are put out under various
names, such as Concentrated Oil of
Pine, Pine Balsam, etc. Never accept
these as a substitute for the Pure Vir
gin Oil of Pine, as they will invariably
produce nausea and never effect the
desired result.
Preparing Him.
"It certainly is raining hard," said
the dear girl. "I'll just get an um
brella and have It handy for you."
"But surely," protested her favorite
beau, "there Is no great hurry."
"But you can't tell when you ma
need it. Father's home to-night."
To Complete Her Collection.
"No, George, I can not marry you."
"Then I start for Siberia to-morrow."'
"Always thoughtful! I haven't any
post cards at all from Siberia."
Admired Statesman's Stature.
German journalist visiting: in
Washington, himself a man of stal
wart proportions, was rather inclined
to look with something like contempt
on the many undei sized statesmen he
saw in the national legislature. But
when Secretary Taft bore down upon
him he gasped in wonder. They were
Introduced and after a short chat the
secretary departed. Just as he disap
peared from the German's admiring
gaze the towering form of Congress
man Sulloway hove into view. The
German looked at the New Hampshire
man long and earnestly. "He is big
ger than any man in his imperial ma
jesty's Uhlan guards," said the for
eigner in a tone of .chagrin, "and I
shall write one whole letter about
him."
Where It Hurt Most.
"Young gentlemen," said the college
president, notwithstanding the fact
that he was addressing the students,
"young gentlemen, hazing must be
stopped and stopped at once. It has
injured the college more than any
of you ever could guess. Only last
week a gentleman declined to give
us $1,000,000 because there was so
much hazing. Hazing is a bad thing
financially."
"How about morally?" asked., the
student.
"Aw-aw, really, there may be some
thing in that, but aw the the point
has never .come up, and I aw am
not prepared to answer. But the point
Is worth considering." Chicago Jour
nal. , ' . , '
The Mugger's Attendants.
While clambering up I noticed what
looked like the hulk of a ship, about
400 yards away, says a writer in the
London Field. It turned out to be a
monster crocodile; it must, without
exaggeration, have been 27 or 28 feet
long, and in its close vicinity were five
or six small muggers, looking like a
bodyguard. I was afterward told by
an old Cawnpore resident that they
actually act as such, and give warn
ing of any approaching danger to their
overlord. . .
TWICE-TOLD TESTIMONY.
A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
How to Find Relief.
The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinp.ry disorders
and other kidney ills,
will find comfort in
the words of Mrs.
Jane Farrell, of 606
Ocean Ave., Jersey
City, N. J., who says:
"I reiterate all I
have said before in
praise of Doan's Kid
ney Pills. I had
been having heavy
backaches, and my general health was
affected when I began using them My
feet were swollen, my eyes puffed, and
dizzy spells were frequent. Kidney
action was irregular and the secre
tions highly colored. To-day, how
ever, I am a well woman, and I am
confident that Doan's Kidney Pills
have made me so, and are keeping
me well."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Mr. Window's Soothing; Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces tn
Semination, allays pain, cures wind coUu. 25c a bottle.
South Carolina Game Cocks to Mexico.
Mr. S. M. Pickens is now shipping
12 game cocks to Mexico, for which he
receives eight dollars each, says the
Anderson Intelligencer. He has also
an order for 100 at five dollars each,
and 50 at eight dollars each, aggregat
ing $996. Mr. Pickens has a large
number of fine chickens at different
walks in the county, and is getting to
gether the 150 for the $396 order.
Tie breeds raised by Mr. Pickens
are the Ginn grays and the Warhorse.
They are excellent pit cocks and se
lected and bred to stand steel.
Proof of Merit.
The proof of the merits of a plaster
is the cures it effects, and the volun
tary testimonials of those who have
used Allcock's Plasters during the
past sixty years is unimpeachable
evidence of their superiority and
should convince the most skeptical.
Self-praise is ns recommendation, but
certificates from those who have used
them are.
Allcock's are the original and gen
uine porous plasters and have never
been equaled by those who have
sought to trade upon their reputation
by making plasters with holes in
them. Avoid substitutes as you would
counterfeit money.
Expect Contest Over Will.
A contest is expected over the will
of Mrs. Isabelle Beecher Hooker, sla
ter of Henry Ward Beecher. Mrs.
Katherlne Burton Powers of Brook
line, Mass., granddaughter of Mrs.
Hooker, is expected to contest the
will. .The bulk of the estate which is
estimated at about $70,000, is given to
the son of Mrs. Hooker, Dr. Edward
B. Hooker of Hartford. Mrs. John C.
Day of New York, daughter' of Mrs.
Hooker, receives nothing "because,"
according to the will, "she and her
daughter are so amply provided for
by the estate of her late husband."
Starch, like everything else, is be
ing constantly Improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and Inferior to
those of "the present day. In the lat
est discovery Defiance Starch all in
jurious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient, In
vented by us, givti to the Starch a
strength and smoothness never ap
proached by other brands.
Company Withdraws from Canada.
Consul John , E. Hamilton, of Corn
wall, Canada, states that the Ameri
can company which has been erecting
a $3,000,000 tinplate and iron-works
at Morrisburg, has abandoned the en
terprise because the Dominion govern
ment refused to grant any protection
la the new tariff schedule.
Many a man's idea of hospitality is
to bring other men home and have his
wife cook for them. -
You Jiave missed the best if Garfield
Tea, Nature's laxative, has been over
looked; take it to regulate the liver and
to overcome constipation. ,
To Tint Lace.
When one desires to color lace for
enwn nrocure a tube of oil paint
the color desired and squeeze it into
a cup of gasoline and stir until dis
solved. Then your into a larger ves
sel. .
Dip a small piece of the lace into
ir nn.l If too deer), add more gasoline
until the shade desired is obtained.
When it is the right color, put ail
the lace into it, take out, shake gently
and dry in the open air.
When thoroughly dry, expose it to
extreme heat for a few minutes, tak
ing care, of course, that it is not
near a fire or blaze, where it might
ignite. This exposure to the heat will
remove the odor of gasoline.
Lace which has been used and will
not wash well can be given this treat
ment, if first dry-cleaned by being
sprinkled generously with fuller's
earth, then rolled up and put away
for a few days. Upon taking out,
shake well and then proceed with the
tinting as above.
Minds of too many men are filled
with useless knowledge.
Some good story tellers don't seem
to be good for anything else.
Wine Cake.
Rub into a light cream two cupfula
of sugar and a cupful and half of but
ter; add three eggs, one at a time,
beating five minutes between each;
sift together two cupfuls of flour and
a teaspconful of baking powder and
add to the butter and sugar mixture
together with one gill of wine; m'a
into a medium firm batter, turn into a
square, shallow pan and bake about 40
minutes in a moderate oven; frost
after taking from oven.
Interest that Is the secret of abol
ishing the drudgery notion. -
Luxury in this world makes us for
get another. Bartholomew.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES produce
the brightest and fastest colors with less
work and no muss.
The more a man wants to borrow
the harder he shakes your hand.
A woman can hurl defiance more
sffectively than she can throw a stone.
Efforts of a homely girl who tries
to look pretty are very often vain.
Panthers and Grizzly Bears.
Ship Furs Pelts McMillan Fur & Wool
Co., Minneapolis, Minn. Write for prices.'
If you have knowledge, let others
light their candles at it. T. Fuller.
PILES CUBED IN a TO 14 SAYS. '
PAZO OINTMICNT Is guaranteed to cure anr case
of Itohtnir. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Files in
(i to 14 days or money refunded. 60c.
A woman may be afraid of the cook,
but a man isn't unless she's his wife.
Garfield Tea, an absolutely pure and ef
fective laxative! Made of Herbs. Take it
to purify the blood, to overcome constipa
tion and to eradicate rheumatism and
chronic diseases.
Idleness and pride tax with a heav
ier hand than kings and parliaments.
If we can get rid of the former we can
easily bear the latter. Franklin.
jhnffiiwBffl fry I l f njj
AVfcgetable Preparationfor As
similating IheFoodandRegula
ting the Stomachs andBowels of
To prevent that tired feeling on
Ironing day Use Defiance Starch
saves time saves labor saves annoy
ance, will not stick to the iron. The
big 16 oz. package for 10c, at your gro
cer's. Prolific Playwright and Novelist.
W. J. Locke, the new secretary of
the Institute of British Architects, is
a writer of plays and novels. His first
book appeared in 1894 and each year
since then he has completed a book.
His plays have been very successful
and his latest effort in that direction
will shortly be brought out In London.
Promotes Digeslion,ClWrful
ness and Hest. Con tains neither
Srium.Morphine nor Mineral,
ox "Narcotic.
Krape of Old ArSAMUEL PITCHES
Pumpkut Seat'
' 4lx.Senna
SodMItSJlt-
Ctanhsd Sugaf
Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa
tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions .Feverish
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
- Tac Simile Signature of
NEW YORK.
For Infants and Children. ''
The Kind You Have
Always Bought J
Bears
Signati
m
In
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
EXACT CORY OF WRAPPER.
Ml
P
III!
ft
thc octmuin cssfm mew mm cttv.
Defiance Starch Good, hot or cold
the best for all kinds of 'laundry work,
16 oz. for 10c,
25ESl . Thompson' Eye Water
W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 10, 1907.'
The General Condemnation of SoCalled Patent
or Secret Medicines
of an injurious character, which indulge in extravagant and unfounded pretensions
to cure all manner of ills, and; the-.
National Legislation Enacted to Restrict Their Sale
have established more clearly than could have been accomplished in any other way u
The Value and Importance o! Ethical Remedies. '!
Remedies which physicians sanction for family use, as they act most beneficially an,dj.
are gentle yet prompt in effect, and called ethical, because they are of
Known Excellence and Quality and of Known Component Parts.
To gain the full confidence of the Well-informed of the world and the approval of
the most eminent physicians, it is essential that the component parts be known to and
! approved by them, and, therefore, the California Fig Syrup Company has published for many
years past in its advertisements and upon every package a full statement thereof. The per
fect nuritv and uniformity of nroduct which thev demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical
, character are assured by the California Fig Syrup Company's original method of manufacture
known to the Company only.
There are other ethical remedies approved by . physicians, but the product of
the California Fig Syrup Company possesses the advantage over all other family laxatives
that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts, without
disturbing the natural functions or any debilitating after effects and without having to
K increase the quantity from time to time.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name or
Syrup of Figs, and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of
family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well
known to physicians and the Well-informed of the world to be the best of natural
laxatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of
Senna, as more fully descriptive of, the remedy, but doubtlessly it will always be
called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs; and to get its beneficial effects,
always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company California Fig Sywip Co.
plainly printed on the front of every package, whether, you simply call for Syrup
of Figs, or by the full name, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna - is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Company, and the same heretofore known by the name, Syrup of Figs, which
has given satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists
throughout the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price
of which is fifty cents per bottle. ' ;
Every bottle is sold under the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the
Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, D. C., the remedy is not adulterated or mis
branded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906.
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CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
Louisville, Ky.
San Francisco, Cal.
U. S. A.
London, England.
New York, N. Y.
X IF YOU WANT WHAT YOU WANT WHEN 1
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A ALWAYS KEEP A BOTTLE OF 2
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PRICE 23c AND 50c 0
W. L. DOUG
$3.00 AND $3.50 SHOES THK WORLD I
W. L. DOUGHS $4.00 6ILT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE EQUALLED AT ANT PRICE.
SHOES FOR EVERYBODY AT AH PRICES t
Men's Shoes, S5 to 1. 50. Boys' Shoos, S3 to SI .25. Women's
Shoes. S4 to Sl.flO. Misses' St Children's Shoes. S3.2S to Sl.OO.
W. Li. Douglas shoes are recognized by expert judges of footwear
to oe ine Dest jii sty le, ni ana wear proaucea in mis country, jaea
part 01 tue snoe ana every detail ot trie making is looKeu alter
and watched over by skilled shoemakers without regard to
time or cost. If I could take you into my large factories at J
Brockton. Mass.. and show von hnw carefuTlv W. L. Douglas 1
shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better.
wear longer, ana are 01 greater value xnan any ocner maKes.
W. I.. Douglas name and price is stumped on the bottom, which protects the wearer against hish'
prices and interior shoes. Twite Ufa Substitute. Mold liy the best shoe dealers everywhere.
Fast Color Eyelets used exclusively. Catalog maitett fret, , W. JIU U Jar0clt.tou.JMln.a4s.
Eyes
The Ills peculiar to women, take different forms. ? .
Some ladies suffer, every month, from dark rings round their eyes, blotches on their skin and tired
feeling. Others suffer agonies of pain, that words can hardly express.
- Whatever the symptoms, remember there Is one medicine that win go beyond mere symptoms, and
act on the cause of their troubles, the weakened womanly organs.
' Mrs. M. C. Austin, of "Memphis, Tenn.. writes; "For five (5) years I suffered with every symptom
of female disease, but after using the well-known Cardul Home Treatment,. I was entirely well."
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