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Irrom .terroarlllh , eOI'lrlsht , bl Underwood .t Underwood , N , Y.
L tcst portrait of one of the most famous women In America , taken at
her home at Newport , R. I.
HAS THE' OLDEST PULPITo
DESK AT ALBANY , N. y" WAS 1M.
PORTED IN 1650.
to--
Is Property of First Reformed Church
Built In 1793-Preoldent iI Mem.
ber While Governor of
the State.
Alhany , N. Y.-'fhls ell ) ' has the
honor oC ownln ( ; the oldest 1IIII111t on
the contlnont , alou/ / ; with thal oC bolnJ. ;
the oldest ohm.tor ll clly In the Unlled
Stutes. 'rho Jlulpll RtnndH 111 the First
Hoformell chllrch , which WUH bllill In
the ) ' 0111' of lho blllhllnJ ; of the old Cnll.
fornla mlsslonH , 17n3 , bill , ul1l11w them ,
It Is aa 1I11'0l1g un 11 In us good I'e I 111 h'
us It wns whcn the bnlhlOl'H loft It.
' 1'ho (1II1111t ( was hl'OlIght o\'er Crom
. 1I01lnnd hy the Dutch In 1GfiG to stund
In their now chnrch , which wus just
bulldl lg. 'fwollt.l1vo heaver tllth18
Moro sent to Hollaml 1'8 Jlal't payment ,
but they lJCcnlno dnmaed ! In t1'l1nslt ,
\10 the 1I\IIIIIt was d011l\led hy the Dutch
West India COm\H1I1Y. 'l'ho Imlhllllg
erved as It fort aa well ns n church ,
cannon belllg mountClI UJlon the roof ,
LUul whllo the son'lco wus going ( In
fvllhln senUuels wntched fOI' IIlgns of
'n foe.
'ro.day the 0111 hour gluss nnd an.
clent Dutch lltble nl'e still In theh' nc.
'Customod pI act's , whllo In the oldea
tlmo the pows In front of It wel'o oc.
cupled ' b ) ' Col. Peter Schuylol' , AI.
'ban"s ' first mnyor ; the 11l1tron8 oC
the Van Hensselael'B , who m..ned 11'\111
Inlong both shol'es of the Hudson rl\'er
m' 2.miles. \ . ulId Gen. Phlllli Schu'ler.
( Jno of the first three majol' generals
rin the rovolutiollnl'Y al'll1) ' . u1Io firHt
11nlloll Stutes sonatol' Crom Now YOl'le ,
Within Its shndcTw the CIUlHHlII Iro.
quols chloftaln. King 1I011llrlclt , who
.wlth Sif William .Tohnson defenled
the li'roneh and Indlnns In the hl1ttlo
of l.alw George , wus convorled to .
Christianity nud Col. Anr < lu Burr.
Unltoll States senntor from New York
and vlco III'eshleul. undol' 'I'homull .Tof.
forson , WIlS murrled to 'l'hoodosla Pro.
, os I
President Uoosovelt sat hoforo It
uull IIstenel\ \ tllolreacllCl"S wortls
ns IL memhol' of this chmch when gOY'
< H'nol' of New YOI'le state.
' { 'he old Ilulpit Is rich In ) 'ollrs anll
hOllers ; Its hlstor ) ' I ! ! Albl1n"s hlstor ) ' ,
the church' ! ! IIHHUhol'S hl1 vlng talwn
Jlart In all lho evmll ! ! oC Interest thllt
have hnl11ICnod In "yo oldo towno"
IJlnce Its founding ,
FEELS PAIN IN BURIED HAND.
Rellcf Comes When Flngcrs Arc Ex.
humed and Straightened Out.
GalllllOlIs. O.-'rho calle of Hobort
\VoU oC Couch. W. VI1" III anothol' IInle
In the thool'Y that the several mem.
bel's of the huml1n body do not rest
IHllnlessly In the grave unless put
away In a 110rfectly nlltmlll position.
MI' . WoU. whllo out hunting , shot his
rlJ.ht IlI\nll , mangllug It balll ) ' . Doc.
tOt'1I from Point Pleasant were aum.
monoll nnd nmputated the hand above
the wl'llIt. 'rhe memher WIlS burled ,
hut fol' some tlmo aflerwllI'd the In.
jured ml1u was restless and could uot
slcell , and was wOl'l'led. 110 did not
complnln abput hit : ! arm hurting him ,
but auld thl1t hili hl1nd IlIllned him
vel' ) ' much. lie showed hi ! ! rclatlves
with his left hand the IIhapo his right I
huud wus In when It Wl18 hlll'led. i
The pain Increalllng , IUlII 111'Volf I
still C01l1111ulnlnl , 1\11' . Phillip Wolf , a
hrothm' . und I1nothel' went to the pll1Co
where the hand wus burled , dug up
the 1I0x. I1nd found the hand CI'IUUllCd
In exactly the Ilosltion descrlhed b ) '
1\11' . Wall' . 'I'he I1ngers were carofull ) '
stl'nlghteued out nnll the hnud Illaced
hucle In the box In such mannel' that
thOl'o , ' 1111
was no lreSSIll'o nnywhoro a
reburied. 'l'ho Injured 11Iau nt ouco
hecamo en81el' aud snld that his hn\1l1
did not hUl't him OXcollt 1'01' a slight
feollng nbove the thull1h.
Physlclnn8 eXllll1ln that the sensa.
tlon oC a lIo\'erod arm or foot being In
)1ll1ce ) , when lu fact It Is cut err and
burled Is cl1l1ti)11 hy the norve8 at the
end of the wouud. 'l'he ) ' .do nol ex.
plnln , hOWOVOl' , how a ml1u 111 a ) ' thlnlt
his ' hurl him whou ho
ngel'l : ! no longer
has the11l.
1111 For a New State in the Northwest. '
Idaho , Washlnoton and Oregon May
Be Asled to Contribute Counties.
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1101mno. 'Wash. Uesillents all ever
'Cas lorn anll cOlltral Washington ,
110rthol'l1 IIll1ho. Includl1l1 ; the Pnn.
1mndlo and northeastern Oregon , ( \1'0
"Ovlnclng Intor08t In the llI'Oposnl to
ronto a new slate by tnltlng 2G coun'
ties , with IL popnll1t1on of 400.000 In
the tOI'rltory boundell on the west 11) '
the Callcado range , on the cnst by
tbo Hlttor Root mountains , on the
north by the Intornatlonul holltlllnry
! lllil on the BOllth by the Blue 1I10UII'
tahl" . [ 11u ] , jlldglng from the heart ) '
oupJort uecordol , there Is every rea.
Mllnble Ill'OSllcot thnt the Ilroject wl1\ \
bo carrlml out succossfn\1 \ ' .
C , Herbert Moore , ehl1lrmnn qf the
city hoautlful commltteo of the SIlO'
Imno chamber of commorco. who Is
at tilO hend of the movement , mgoB
the aHsombllllJ ; of a cOII\'ontion at an
early dnto , nt which the now stllto
vIall cnn bo thoroughlY dIscussed by
l'oprcHonlutivo mon of the three In.
torostoll stntus.
The proposed aotloll to cruato tbo
now , I\luto hy tnl.llI ! ; 1IIII'ts of three ad.
jolnl" , ; commonwoallhs If ! without n
llrocodont In the hlstOl' ) ' of lho null on ,
An 'I1PII1'Onoh to It , however , wns fur.
nlshed In Wesl'Vlrglllln.'guulzoll III
cOllsUlntlonnl manllor In 1861.
1'romlllont. Il1wyors In the northwest
declare that provision Is made In the
conlltltutlon of the Ullitod Stales Cor
the croatian of now stut08 , and they
llOlnl to section 3 , arUclo 1. as the
. The text rol.
of proceduro.
JnQtbod . . , . . . . " , . . . .
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10\ 'f. " ' " , 1/ / : . " " " " . . - , I" ' . . . .f' '
" IItatos ' bo b '
"New mn ) admitted )
congrcss Into the union ; but 110 new
state shn\1 \ ho formed or el'ected with.
In the jurisdiction of un ) ' olher state ,
liar all ) ' state bo Cormell b ) ' the june.
tlon of two 01' moro stales or parts of
slateH , without the eonsenl oC the leg ,
Islntul'os or the stntos concol'nod , as
wol1 as of the congress. "
ThIs wl1Invol'o \ n lot of worle. It
means also that II "c0111mulllt ) ' 01
sontlmont , " ununlmous a1l10ng th (
people , must ho cronted In the thre (
state log slatures to secure tholl
united uctlon ,
Heir to Vast Mexican Wealth.
Helrells allllllrent to $200,000,000
Sonom Creel , wlCo of the 1I0W l\Iexlcm
IIl11hallsndor , Is the richest wOlillUl 0
the dlmplomatlc sot In Washington
where n1l\ny are rich. Enrlquo C
Creel , the nmbasalldor , Is far Cron
pOOl' , but his $21,000,000 dwindles tl
palll' ) ' Inslgnlficl1nce when 1'I\nsed b (
side his wlfo's hugo Cortune. She I
the dnughter of Gen. l.uls Terrazaz u
Chlhunhun , owner of gold mlnos nn
brolld ucros.
Send Music by Wireless.
Now YJrle.-'l'hrough a slight acc
dent to IIn oleclrlclan In the oll1plo
of the Do l orrest Wlrolos8 ' 1'010g1'l\11
c01\11mny on the roof of the YlIlo clu
It boca1l10 known that Dr. Do li'orrm
18 att01l111t1ng to t1'l\nsmlt lI1\1sl
through the IIII' without the use (
wireR 118 ho now t1'l\nsmlts me sage :
110 Is working In connection wllh tll
Cahill . . 'l'olohnl'monl . CI11\I\n \ ) ' , whle
, U l9 lUuslc by wlro to .au ) ' , 110lnt ,
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HAULI G fARM CROPS
FIGURES ON TRANSPORTATION
BY WAGON.
Interesting Statlstlco Prepared by Department -
partment of Aorlculture-Average
Cost of Carrying Wheat 19
Cents Per Ton Per Mlle.
WUllhlnglon.-At nn ( Jnr y dulo the
United Stlltes dopllrtment oC agrleul.
tlll'o will Isslle Bulletin 4n of the bu.
relll1 oC Htntlstlcs , prepared by Prnnle
Andrews , lrnnllpOl'lation export oC the
division oC fOl'elgn 1I11lrlccts. 'rhls
bullotln I ! ! lL report on the cost oC haul.
Ing crops from neal'1nOO \ counties
nnd covel' Ill'Ilclically the enUro fllrm.
hlJ. ; area oC the cOl1ntry.
'rho ILvernge cost to the farmer of
hauling wheat. from fnrm ! ! to ship.
Illng points 18 given ns 1I1ne cents per
100 Ilol1nds. the a vorago dlutanco
hauled Is U.4 mlloll , ILnd the avel'age
wugon load oC wheat weighs 3.333
1101111(8 ( , thus contnlnlng about 65 bush.
els. 1"01' cotton the uverago load Is
1.702 l10111111s , dilltance from shipping
IlOlnl11.8 miles , ulId cost of hauling 16
cent ! ! lIel' 100 1101Ind8 , Ue uced to
torma of cost 1101' ton lJOr mlle the
ruto rOl' wheat I ! ! 1 n cents and for cot.
ton 27 cents.
'l'ho hlghollt cost of haul Is for
wool which Is cnl'1'lod
, on an nverago
: lf.8 ! miles Crom fllrm or rauch to ship'
Illng llOlnt ut a rate of .J.I cents pOI' ;
100 1I01111d8 for the on tlro distance.
'rho lowest cost for uny one product
Is for hemp , which Is hauled froll1
farms to shlplling Ilolnts at an aver'
ago cost of six cenl ! ! Iler 100 pounds.
the dlstanco hnulell being 5.2 miles
and the Ilvorngo load of hemp weigh.
Ing aan3 IIOIll1l1 ! ! .
} 1'or the ontlro distance from farm to
ahl11111ng 1)Jlnt ( corn. oat8 mid barley
111'0 each hauled at an nverngo cost oC
8even cent8 pel' 100 11011nds ; hay , fiax.
Heed , I'yo and timothy seed. eight
centa ; wheut. Ilotatoca and beans. nine
cents ; tobaccu und ltve hogs. ten
cents ; rice. hop8 and bucltwheat , 11
cents ; ullples and \Ieanuts. 12 cents ;
vegetables ( other thnl1 potntoes ) Ilnd
cotton seed , Hi cents ; cotton and fruit
( olhOl' thUl1 npilles ) , 16 cents ; and
wool , H cents ,
Excollt In the cllse of wool. practically -
tically all costs rcpresent the expense
IncUlTed b ) ' farmers In hauling their
own produce , Wool Is hnuled In the
Hocl _ ) ' mountains largel ) . by regular
freight wllgons , and the wool growers
pay for the hauling at vllr'lng rates
lieI' 100 Ilolllllls.
'rho total tonnage oC farm products
hauled on country rends In the United
States Is not Imown , but oC 12 leading
111'oducts It Is estimated that l1earl '
50,000,000 tons were hauled from
farms durlns. the crop year 1905.6. at
n cost of aboul $85.000,000 , 01" more
thl1n five IJCr cent. or their yalue at
local marlccls. Of this traffic. 40.000 , .
000 ton8 represent the weight of corn.
wheat and cotton , and the cost of
hauling these thrw products was
$70.000,000.
CURFEW LAW HITS WOMEN.
Indian Territory Teachers Rebel : at
Nine O'Clock Order.
1\1uslwgee. I. 'l'-"Wo won't stand
It ! Lut them go and get 0111 maids
If the ) ' wnnt old maid school teach.
ers , " lIald a ) ! etlto 'oung school
teaehOl' to n grou ) ! oC her fellow tench.
ors , a 1\11 she stamlwd her foot when
she said It.
'fhls WILS all because the school
board has alllilled the curfew law to
school teachers of l\1uskogee. 11'1'0111
'l'ulsa and McAlester comes Informa.
tlon that the school board at each
\llaco \ hus mndo I' slmlrar order.
The hoards of educntlon In these
towns hn\'e decided that the teachers
In the Il\1bllc schools must cut society
11\0 nights out of the weele at least.
'rho hoards hnvo given It out that they
do not expect to sco the teachers out
uCler nine o'clocl. ILt night through the
school weele. nnd they do not add that
the teachers are at liberty the other
nights.
'rhls order h s created a storm In
the towns mentioned. Some of the
teachers 1'1'0 In open rebellion , and
say the . wl1go \ whore the ) ' please
and when , nnd some oC them have
llano so , but It Is noticed the ) ' arc
waiting with some al1prehensloa for
the next meeting of the board.
GIRL BARBER IS BUSY.
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Young and Old Men of Ohio Town
Are Acting Real Giddy.
Hamilton , O.-Artor completing n
course of stud ' In a tonsorial acad.
omy 111 Cincinnati. 1\lIss 1\1Innio
oone , aged 23 , a ) ! repossesslng
) 'oung woman of Maud's Stntlon , But.
IeI' count ) ' , ro\urned to her native
\'l1\ago \ Inst week nnd opened up a
neat tonsorial Imrlor In the staid old
nulloI' county hamlet.
Success marked the first da"s busl
ness , und 1\IIss Doono hI's mndo a ton
atl'lI\O. It Is oven hinted that UII ]
men oC Maud's Statloll love to IIngot
111 the comfort of the barber chair. .
and the run 011 hnlr tonics made h
some of the bachelor residents 11fi
beellL / mntter oC commont.
Sea foams are all the rage , n.nll UI (
old tlmo shampoo Is being rovlved
l'nclnl massngo Is ILl so growing 11011\1
Inr , and Instoal1 of the hlthorto wcolt
' ' aClol'nooll . . . .Isit
I ) Sntul'Iluy to UII
mnll burber of the \'l1lago of Maud'i
It la 81'111 that some of the ; > 'ouths atu
"old buclts" Il1\vo tn on to havlnj
thoh' faces sll1\vOlI 1'1111 whlskor :
trimmed two and 0\011 three tlmos I
week : " ' . . ' . , r > ; t , . ' , ! . :
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MAIL-ORDER W Itl )
A DAD ADVERTISEMEr4T FOR
CATALOGUE HOUOES ,
AT SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE
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Sooner or Later It Te lcheB Every Mall
Order Patron the Error of
Sending Hla Money
from Home ,
The methods of the mall.order
houses are tholr worst advertisement.
Sooner or later there wl1\ \ como n tlmo
In the oxperlenco ot every purchaser
of their goods when he will wish "ho
hadn't done It , " when he will wish ho
had spent his money with his homo
merchants. This Is not only because
ho will see the ruin wroughl In his
own community by the neCarlous prac.
tlco of sending the money of the com.
munlty to the city , but also because of
the prnctlces of the mall order con.
corns.
The story In the catalogue sounds
wel1. It sounds IIko you would get
the Identical thing you wanted and at
a much lower ) ! rlce than you had 1m.
aglned It could be bought for. and you
order It. 'rho purchase arrives and
when opened you ( eel that some mistake -
take has been made. that the concern
has sent you the wrong goods ; It Is
not what 'ou orderell.
Ah. but It Is ! The dlCference Is boo
tweon the way It actually looks and
the way It sounds In the catalogue.
You explain that the goods you 1'0'
celved Is not what you ordered and
Bsk for an accounttn , and are told
that It Is ) 'OU that Is In error. that
you got just what you ordered. and
then If you are wlso you buy of the
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bettor to calll on our local dealer
and Joole OVO'l" his slock where wo cnn
see the goods beCoro buyln , There
are then no error9 In change or 1'0.
funds to bo hagglClI ever ncross a 300.
mlle stl'etch.
Yes , It Is b'ltter to trade at homeo ,
Our homo morchant's guarantee upon
an artlclo means somethIng , ns ho
wants our good wl1l. Keeping the
money at homo benefits homo Indus.
tries and thUD. Indirectly , us. 'Vo can.
not expect to sell our products to the
local merchant and do our trading In
Chicago. It Is all one.slded and sarno
tlmo wo would hl1vo no local merchant
to do our buying.
Catalogue houses , I have Cound from
biller experiences , are trlcley. It these
who are dealing with them will watch
tholr lUrchases , the ' will find It so
sooner or later. Our last deal , had It
occurred hero at home , would have
been straightened out In five minutes
and without foellng , but with you It
talees me all winter to get my money
baclt when the goods are not satlsrac.
tory. and even then I get only a credit
card which Is lost through studied
carelessness upon the part of someone
In your concern so that I have noth.
Ing to show for my claim.
Every man should trade at home It
condltlonB admit of purchasing 11 good
artlclo at reasonllble prices. It nnt.
then ho had hetter trade at the next
town or city thllt his money may go
to build up the country IlrOlmd him.
Ho sends It to Chicago that It may go
Into profits of some big mall.ordor
house until there , Is enough suclter
mone ) ' to build and endow some great
cll1\rltable Institution as a monument
to the greatness of the mall.ordor man
and the guIllbleness oC the easy pub.
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I ha\'e alread ' asked that you adjust
the matter of our last deal. I want
my money returned without further
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The one sure method cf : : ! : : : th malllrder : gimt Is to bind him with
the thongs of hem patrcn.g _ Ar you h l ; = ing in thIs work ? Are you
spending your money at hem : and hI ; = in'3 your town to grow , or are you
lending it to the city to S"Hen the fc-un.s of th maillrder : man ?
home merchant next time. a..d I o-.r
what you get when yea pa.ss ovct1l
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money fo' : ' IL HI : maj ; : at 00 abt ! : to
sell you what } -OU tlK > ugM JOO ; ; ro-e
buying from the mall-oderhousp. at
. the catalogue price. but he can Sp.U
you , If he bas It , the same goo 13 jOt ]
gel tram the mail-order houses at an
equal or less price than they sk to : '
It , and what Is more , he can sell you
what you really want at as reao able
, a price as ) 'OU can get It tor el o-
where.
The ( ollowlng lelter. written by a
Michigan Carmer , oxplalns In a clear
and unmistakable way the danger of
buying of mall.order concerns. It was
nddressed to one of the largest of this
class of Inslltutlon In this country :
Baldwin , Mlch , . Jan. 12. 1907.
nentlemen :
I hl1.vo your favor of recent date ,
ILnd also your catalogues and accom.
panylng circulars offering premiums
for distribution of the same among my
friends , I have no doubt lhat , aH you
say , I will thereby confer It great fa.
VOl' upon you. but I am compelled to
take Issue with you on the statemonl
that I will also confer 11 fa"lor upon
my friends.
In 111) ' dealings with you , extending
over some tlmo pnst. I have received
no Ca..ors from you-I paid for all I
got , and the length of tlmo I traded
with ) 'OU , Instcad at establishing
friendly relations and gaining me ad.
dltlonal fnvor as It would In a homo
store. gave you the opinion that. un.
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I IIko a. now customor. to whom 'ou
give your . . . .ery best , so they will como
Ilgnln , I was 11 steady comer and any
old thing would do for me.
Our last deal opened my eyes and
convinced mo of 'our pollc:1' : . Your
catalogues orrer some apparently great
bargains. But let us draw up our I
chairs Ilnd see If there are not a few
things . . . .ery essentlill to the rural cllI. .
zen that are not mentioned wlthla Its
voluminous built.
For Inst.1nco , there Is no reference
to paYing cash or exchanging goods
for wheat , oats. corn , beans. butter.
eggs al1l1 ha ) ' .
How much will ) 'OU pay ror cattlc ,
sheep and hogs , f. O. b , . at Baldwin ?
How much will you pay to sU\1lwrt \
the Lal\O count ) ' schools and educate
our cl1l\dren \ ? How much Cor Imllro\ "
Ing our roadR and bridges ? POl' sup.
porting the pfor ? For the general
public oXllCnse ?
On what Imge do you orrer to con.
trlbuto U1one ' to the support of our
church os ?
What lIne oC credit will you extend
to mo when my ! Donoy 18 low because
of slclme8s. or poor cro\ls \ ? What do
fOU llrovhle In the way of entertuln.
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mont for the \1I\bllo \ and In the wny
. of pro\'ldlng these thlngR thnt mnlto n
town deslrnblo ! lnd thus Iwoll UII the
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\'nluo of my Jlroporty ?
1 I As a matter of fllCt , do you do IIny.
thing to hel11 locallr. or do ) 'ou 1I101'ely
Ilalw the mono ' out of com1l1ul\1ty \ ,
B
roturnlng nolhlng wlmtovor , be'ond
11 , I the yalllo of the goods Jlousht ? Thlnle.
. Ins It ov'Cr carofully. I bollo\'o it Is
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dde-f : = g a..d t : = .Iess I get It I shall
c " ; ! ' ! 'ry- get f"t..3 equf-aJ.ent In a.dver.
tl.3t : . ! ; yet : af : ! : YOt : = ' methods amons
e ) ; < ' : : c k c. ( Mr CO'tltyo
. \ waU ! : : y re-plT. I am ,
Yours truly ,
CARL SCHULTZ ,
WaIf Lake , ! lfchlgan. P. O. Baldwin.
lIcb.
Can you , Mr , Per-chaser. not profit
by the . ! Jxprrirnce ot others and turn
your monry Into 110me channels by
trading with home merchants where
you wIll get a dollar's worth for II dol.
lar. or mURt you follow the mall-ordor
man's lead to trouble tor yourseIr and
dostructlon Cor your community ? Do
not walt for that evil day when you
have learned wisdom In the exponslve
school of Ilersonal experience , but
Ilront by that purchased by other8.
You wIll find It far cheaper and maI'o
satlsractory In the end.
A Turkish Hcalth Report.
'rho French govern mont , wishing to
obtain dellnlto statistics on polnt& relating -
lating to certain 'l'urklsh provinces
recentl ' sent hlanks with questions
latlng to certain 'rurklsh pro..lnces.
to bo answered to the ProvincIal gOY.
ernors. The replies recelvod from
the Pasha , of Damascus are worth
quoting :
Qucstlon. What 18 the death rata
In your provlnco ?
Answor. In Darnascl s It Is the will
of Allah that all shoulll dlo , Some dlo
I young and some dlo old.
Q , What Is the annual number ot
hlrths ?
A , God alone can sa-I do not
Icnow , al1ll hesllato to Inqllire.
Q , Are the sUP1111e ! ! of waleI' Buf.
ficlent and ot gooll quality ?
A. Ii'rom the ron10tcst period no
ono has died In Damascus oC thirst.
General romurlts ns to the local san.
Itatlon : Man should not bother him.
self or his brother with quesUQns
that conco\'l1 only God.
A Squelcher.
"I gave that oliious Mrs. Dough.
purse somethhll' ; to think of this arter.
noon , " says Mr8. Bankfull to her hus.
band , who was amusing hlmsolf by
10sRIng $ : ! O gold Illeces Into the nrtlll.
clal lake In the drnwlng room for the
IllImsuro oC hearing the gold pl ces
plunk as they sunk.
"Whnjja say to her ? " asked Mr.
Banltfull , ro11lng hhnsolf a clgaretto
In a hundred-dolinI' bill.
"Sho was hOI1Rtlng about the Bolld.
golll rudlntol's the ) ' 1'1'0 having } Jut Into
their now houso.Lnd / I told her wo
thought sleum hent watl so old.rash.
lonell that wo were goln ( ; to heat our
hou80 with rnillum horc.'lrtQr.-Judge.
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Minister Discovers Comet.
1\l\nlsterlal \ lIulios do not 1I1'0..ont the
Rev , Joel II. MotC'alf , oC Taunton ,
1I1a8s. , from \Hlrllulng astronomical In.
veullgatlons. 1118 slud ) ' or the stars
hnK resulted In the dlsco\'e11' of a now
cOll1et , which Is now bolng closely ob ,
served by 118tron01l10rl1 throughout the
worill. It 1IUs boon named l\lctcalt's
I comot.
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Cure the Kidneys and the Ptln Wilt \
Never Return. \ I
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Only ono sure way to cure an nchlng
ba.ok. Cure the cause , the 1d neys ,
TllOusands toll of '
cures mndo by Doan's \
Kidney Pills , John C.
Coleman , : L l1rom1
non t merchant of
Swa1nsboro. Ga. .
says : "For several
yen I' s my kldnoys
were affected , and
my .back ached daj
. nnd night. I WI S
. languid , nervous and lame in the
morning. Doan's Kidney PHIs hOlpod
mo rJght away. and the great rollef
that fol1owed 1ms been permanent. "
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents : L box
Foster.\Ulburn Co. , BuCCalo , N. y ,
Burro Drivers Carry Candles. '
In Moxlco al1 vehicles , bo they )
handcart , automobile , or anything between - I
tween , must carry n. l1ght at night. I
ThIs rule or law Is rigIdly onCorced.
E\'en the drivers of the poor lIttle
burro or mule carts , on tholr two
wheels , must carry a light. . - :
So. rather than buy lanterns , whlcb
cost money , they take a dip candle , )
nnd wrapping It In a bit of newspn.-
per to shield It from the wind , carry I
It In their lert hand as they drlvo
along homeward Crom work Ilftor
evening has Cllllon. The effect Ie \
strlldng , as the light , Calling strong ! ) '
on the Indian driver , throws the face
of the man Into strong relief against
the durlmess. II I
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Clover & . Grass Seeds. )
Everybod ) ' loves lots an lols of CIO\'Cl I
Grns eB for hogs , cows , sheep /lnt ! swine.
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'Ye are known as the largest growers ot .
Gr.\sses , Clovers , Oat ! ' ! , Hnrlcr , Comb Po.
tatoes and Farm Seeds in America. pel"
ate o\'er 5,000 acres. \
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Our mammoth 14S.pagc catalog if ! mailell
free to all intending bu-ers ; or sen
Be 1 6TA\U'S
and l'ece'c sample of "fJerfcet balance ra.
tion gm s seed , " togethcl' wilh "Foddcr
1)1.-111ts , Clover , ete , . etc" an big 1)ll1nt
nnd Sced Catalog frec.
, Tohn A. Salzer Secd Co" Box 'V , loA
Cl'Ossc. " 'is. ,
Pcstage Stamp Papel" .
AU the paper for the millions or
postage stamps used In the United - - j
States Is manufactured at : Mechanlc
Falls , : \10. Once a month the firm I'e.
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: : el\'e8 a requisition for 1.000.00G
sheets of the paper. and each sheet _
will make 361 stamp.'J.
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Espec alh' worlhof notice iil Garfield
Tea. Xature's rcniedy for constipation.
sick-hea aclw , ! i n ! I' aIll Ihlncy demnge-
mcnts. U i" ma e wholly of 1Iel'bs.
Affection consIsts not In use of
carefully prepared utterances.
I.ewis' Sintle ; mnller Rtrai ht 5e cigar 3
good lJuality all the lime , our dealer or
Lcwil I ncto1)e Ill.
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when expressed with Corce.
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For chUdren teethln , ootleDS tbe gurao , reduce. In-
IlAmwaUoD. 11110)0 paIn , curc wln < 1c01lc , 25c I/o bolUe.
All thy virtue dictates , ojare to do.
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