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HE tale Ihnt some western
farmers had been seen wear
ing high hats and full dress
suits wiille at work in the
may not have been stretched so
2ctq after all when we learn from
SSerecent government report that 1009
3s to be such a great year for crops
Hn Jaet never before have the fields
f America yielded such bounteous
Sarrests as they are going to this
32srt it being estimated that the total
Szize of farm products for the first
Ifoein the United States will pass the
183000000000 mark Corn alone will
xesSo the American farmer not far
ffitzro SuO0O0O00O richer this year than
2 was last
The wheat crop this year will be at
Ttat means S720000000 worth of
Biieat will soon be on the way to the
efircntTs Last years harvest was
Z350000000 bushels and it brought
3G20000000 so the American wheat
3araccr will have 109000000 more to
up Mid from that source than he did
b year before
The reason wheat is worth more
fan a dollar a bushel which used to
p a price that the farmers dreamed
oC vi not because the crop in this
wintry is especially short It is but a
rivL
S TimASEETG EIIGISE AT WORK
IStle below the record crop of 190G
Bat there has been a shortage in the
Jrtteat crop all over the world for the
Ssst two years and it looks as if this
jrars yield was going to be scant also
ntside of America Europe depends
Tfegely on the vast wheatfields of
-Argentina for her bread Thirty per
eat less wheat was sown there this
Tar than last and it is estimated that
Sj yield will be 50000000 bushels
Sks All this benefits the American
Sinner
The American farmer will get over
i500QO000 more for his crop of oats
fins year than he did last In 190S the
jield was 7S9000000 bushels and it
35d for S321000000 This years es
timate is OG3000000 bushels which at
ffce minimum price of 40 cents a bushel
Trould bring in the huge sum of 3S3
10000 Only about a million and a
2alf bushels of oats are exported Not
the rest goes to feed horses and
rattle by any means The 200000
automobiles in this country have cut
sown the number of horses and the
erasumption of oats correspondingly
liSis decrease has been more than
utafle up however by human beings
anting more oats than they used to
jSany of the cereal breakfast foods are
sarnie from oats and their consump
tion in that way cuts a big figure
To recapitulate the way the record
runs in this years increase in the
Talue of the four great staples so that
ilie eye can take it in at a glance here
are the figures
Strtton S200000000
Sot ton byproducts 27000000
fcrrn 500000000
Oats 04000000
Theat 109000000
Tirtal 5900000000
Beside these the crops of hay alfal
ia potatoes tobacco and the other
protracts of the soil are either no less
or else far greater than usual Ex
pprrS estimate that the added wealth
that these will stow away in the pock
ets of the American farmer this year
Trfil be not far from 100000000 Add
ibis to the total of the three great
ecrrals and cotton and the total is a
iousand millions of dollars the vast
sam by which the national wealth will
Mr Increased this year
Tife farmer will not get it all Ho
TTfTfFay out vast sums for labor for
saciiinery with wliich to plant new
crops for new buildings in which to
arose them and his other belongings
ir luxuries and comforts which he
2ts gone without when crops were
3Prc and prices low
Getting the crops to market will
Stinr the railroads and steamship lines
js tremendous flood of added revenuel
ter the leaner years The farmer no
finger stores his grain in the fields as
to years ago He sendsit
-Sot to the elevators that rear their
Szge bulk beside the railroad tracks
yMere he holds it until he gets theJ
zdec he thinks it ought to bring In
Sfcrwants to borrow money meanwhile
fe sllp of paper that the grain ware-
Zbvse gives him Is good collateral for J
bj he wishes Then when the flood
fteasafeftfoSaft
f wheat ad cotton mover eastward
ml southward to the ocean gateways
where the great ships are waiting to
lake it across the seas more money is
put into circulation millions of it
Against this time when the endless
trains -will begin to journey to the
grain ports on the lakes or to the
cotton cities en the gulf the money
for the moving of the crops is being
heaped up now in the great financial
centers of the country
Last years crop of cotton -was 11
581S29 bales The average price wai
a little under 10 cents a pound and
its total value a little more than
000000 The indicated crop this year
according to the governments experts
reports will be at least 12000000
Hast GU300OO0O bushels and experts I it is likely from the present
ssj that it is not likely to fall below outlook that this crop will be mar-51-10
a bushel for a long time to come keted at not less than 13 cents a
pound 03 a bale 7S0000000 over
200000000 more than last year with
but a small increase in the yield
Throughout the country every line
of industry feels the quickening im
pulse of good crops and good prices
It touches impartially the little sod
house far out on the Dakota prairie
and the palace of the millionaire The
section hand putting in new ties -on
the railroad feels it the toilers in fac
tories the clerks in cities there is no
life so remote that it is not affected
when the crops are abundant
FLYING MACHINE TARIFF
A New York Lawyers Discovery About
Payne Bill
To prevent the same trouble in the
customs service whicli grew out of
disputes over the classification of auto
mobiles imported into this country
when those vehicles first became of
general use the attention of congress
has been directed to the failure to
provide in the new tariff bill a classifi
cation for flying machines which have
come into such prominence through
the work of the Wrights Glenn Cur
tiss M Bleriot and others
The work of the Wrights and others
engaged in aviation and especially the
feat of M Bleriot in flying across the
English channel said Harvey T An
drews a lawyer of New York re
minds me of the trouble and confusion
that arose over the classification of
automobiles when they were first im
ported 1 was then attached to the
force of the appraiser of the port and
we had great difficulty in arriving at
any definite conclusion because no pro
vision had been made for these ma
chines in the tariff law Now congress
has just agreed upon a rate for auto
mobiles in the new bill which will
be of benefit to importers and will
not hurt American manufacturers but
it has overlooked the most modern of
all inventions
Mr Andrews sent a telegram to
Chairman Payne of the ways and
means committee calling his attention
to the fact that no tariff wall against
flying machines had been erected
NO GRQUMD FOR COMPLAINT
Husband Not Obliged to Buy Wife
Seven Peach Basket Hats Per Month
It had to come Anybody who thought
it out mast have known that sooner
or later the freaks worn by women
freaks that were billed as hats the
sort that women have been induced to
wear for the last few months would
land in the courts A Chicago man
was haled to a temple of justice on
complaint of his spouse The man
swore that the rumpus was precipi
tated by his wife when she grabbed
his hat The court replied that one
hat should not cause a family disturb-
THE GIEIi AND THE TEACH BASKET
ance The poor husband begged leave
to demur He said it was the only
hat he had He thought he was enti
tled xo one when he had bought his
wife seven in thirty days This inter
ested his honor who leaned away over
the woolsack and- asked in a pitiful
way You dont mean to say you
bought your wife seven hats in thir
ty days Sure was the worldly
answer And then the husband added
that every time his wife got mad at
him she seized her hat and tore it up
and then he had to buy another to get
her back to the pleasant post The
jcourt mused And such hats as they
pre wearing Yes replied the man
Ithe peach basket variety Seven
ifojits in one month said the court in a
sorrowful way and of the basket va
riety Well madam continued his
honor turn hag to the woman In the
case there Is no ground for complaint
hpre The prisoner is discharged
iaSEL
A Womafis Ags Forget It
Man has no right to question wo
mans age to even think about it A
woman bless her is as old as she
3iakes out or makes up and not a
lay older Man is out of his latitude
when lie begins trying to locate wo
mans age longitude It is her privi
lege to conceal her age hi any form or
manner she may choose and it is
mans prerogative to assist her as
much as possible rather than hinder or
juestion her in any way Man owes
It to himself to see hat she is rap
plied with every means of concealing
her age or any new wrinkle which she
chooses to keep from the gaze of tu
Dvercuriuus public Man is not sup
posed to be young or beautiful lie
wouldnt be if lie wanted to be ind
tvouldnt be if lie could With woman
t is different She wants to be and
an be and is whether she wants to
be or not and it is a whole lot better
for her and for her admirer or admir
rs as the case may be that her age
be carefully guarded under that
harming veil of mystery which should
ver be hers by right of possession
Forget that she has an age brother
md you will be happier and so will
she but dont foi heavens sake for
get that she has a birthday Boston
ITerald
The Fighting Editor
The fighting editor is no joke in
Paris There if a paper calls ji man a
liar or a thief the man takes it se
riously and visiting the office he de
mands a retraction or a fight It is
the fighting editor who receives him
The fighting editor sits in a Louis
Seize study smoking a cigarette and
reading a new novel with a yellow
cover He is faultlessly dressed In
Jeep black the duelists color The
ribbon of the Legion of nonor is in
his buttonhole II is brilliant eyes and
clear skin proclaim his perfect condi
tion His alert supple carriage shows
his military training The lighting
editor never writes a line but is re
sponsible personally for every word
in the paper every day On a plain
DUtspokeu sheet like Le Matin Avliich
keeps him pretty busy his salary is
very large -10 a week or so A con
servative journal like Le Temps hav
ing little use for a fighting editor pays
the man 150 more than 20 Exchange
Buttered Bread With His Thumb
Cats meat is the only survival of a
way of serving meat that prevailed in
this country before the introduction
of forks for it was the custom in
mediaeval times to serve roast meat on
a spit and to pass it around the table
for each guest to cut off what ho
liked a method that did not allow one
person only to secure the carvers tit
bits In France one still finds chicken
livers and bacon served on small spits
and to the Britisher it always suggests
at first sight the food of the domestic
cat It is probable that many people
continued to prefer fingers to table
utensils even after these were perfect
ed and in general use for knives were
invented at the period when
Charles XII chose to butter his bread
with his royal thumb London Chron
icle
A Wave of Water
There is no necessary connection be
tween the advance of a wave and the
forward movement of the Avater com
posing it as may be seen by running
the fingers along the keys of a piano
An inverted wave travels along but
the keys merely move up and down
Similarly a wave may often be ob
served running along the ripe ears of
golden grain while the stalks are firm
ly rooted in the soil The onward
progress of a sea wave is easily per
ceptible and by watching some light
substance floating on the surface the
fact is revealed that the water is not
moving with the same velocity
Chambers Journal
A Hint and a Hump
A woman there was and she wrote
for the press as you or I might do
She told how to cut and sew a dress
and how to cook many a savory mess
but she never had done it herself I
guess but none of her readers knew
She told how to oomb and dress the
hair and how out of a barrel to make
a chair twould adorn any parlor and
give it an air we thought the tale was
true Oh the days we spent and the
nights we spent with hammer and
saw and tack in making a chair in
which no one would sit in which no
one could possibly sit without a crick
in the back Economical Housewife
A Legal Query
Tired ot the long winded oratory
of the attorney for the defense the
judge interrupted him
Mr Sharke he said may I ask
you a question
Certainly your honor What is
it
Language said the judge we are
told is given to conceal thought or
words to that effect Inasmuch as you
ilont seem to have any thought to
conceal I would like to know why
you are talking
Not Misfits
Mrs Crimsonbeak It seems strange
to me if matches are made in heaven
that there should be so many uuhappy
marriages Mr Crimsonbeak Oh you
forget it is the matches that are made
there not the misfits Youkers States
man
The Fall
Satan wuz once a angel In heaven
wuznt he
Yes but like de rest of us he des
couldnt stand prosperity Atlanta
Constitution
Its tho easiest thing In the world to
point out the proper course for others
to pursue
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FERNANDA WANAMAKER
Granddaughter of Merchant Princo
and Her Coming Marriage
A coming international marriage
which will attract wide attention will
be that of Miss Fernanda Wanamaker
to Arturo Ileeren son of the Count of
Ileeivn of Paris and Biarritz which is
scheduled foi the early autumn Miss
Wanamaker is a daughter of IJodraan
Wana maker of Philadelphia whose
marriage in London to Miss Violet
Cruger of New York was a recent
event of interest in soial circles here
and abroad Miss Fernanda is a favor
ite with hei grandfather the famous
merchant priwe John Wanamaker
and has resided much abroad
Itodman Wanamaker since the death
of his first wife a daughter of Charles
Ferdinand Henry Ins spent much of
his time 111 Europe lie has a beauti
ful home in Paris as well as one in
Philadelphia and it is said that he
carries the heaviest insurance on his
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MISS FERNANDA WANAMAKEIt
life of any man in the Quaker City a
sum considerably over a million As
a memorial to his first wife he erected
the Lady chapel of St Marks Episco
pal church Philadelphia and made it
one of the most beautiful bits of ar
chitecture in the city He has since en
riched its interior with many costly
gifts the most recent being a solid
silver gem incrusted altar
Miss Wanamaker was presented in
society about three years ago She is
a charming girl and possessed of many
accomplishments
ART BY SQUARE FOOT
Edwin A Abbeys Objection to Down
ward Revision of Painting Bills
The idea of downward revision so
much talked about now in connection
with the tariff does not always work
to perfection when applied to other
things for in
E A ABBEY
stance art This
was illustrated re
rently in the case of
1 he mural decora
lions made for the
Pennsylvania state
capitol by the
noted mural paint
er Edwin A Ab
bey There has
been a good deal
of discussion over
downward revision
of the graft con
nected with this
structure but opinion is general that
the principle should not be enforced
too rudely with respect to its artistic
features
When the order was given for the
four circular decorations for the dome
representing art science justice and
religion a dimension of fourteen feet
diameter was specified for each By
a blunder of Joseph M Huston the
architect however the spaces for tho
paintings were made only a little more
than thirteen feet hence when the
work was put up about a year ago
each painting had to undergo down
ward revision with a pair of scissor
Mr Abbeys contract called for pa
ment at a rate of o0 per square foo
and he should have received for GloT
square feet a total of 307SS But in
paying him the board of public build
ings and grounds decided to deduct
the space cut off and allowed 27T0G
for 55412 square feet Mr Abbey de
murred and his claim for the full
amount was upheld The deputy at
torney general of the state took the
ground that although the capitol of
ficials had a right to trim the pictures
they had no right to extend that proc
ess to Mr Abbey
Jce and the Senator
Although the hot weather has been
severe on the statesmen at Washing
ton during the tedious weeks of the
special session it has not spoiled the
temper of all of them
Joe the best known and most pop
ular of the newsboys about congress
woke up one afternoon from his siesta
on the sun baked steps of the capitol
to find that while he slept it had rain
ed pennies and nickels all over his
small person
He doesnt know yet that Senator
Wintlirop Murray Crane of Massachu
setts happening to pass by while the
child slept sprawled on his back in
the sun with outstretched arms and
legs spreckled him all over with the
small coins and then with others
stood at a bit of distance to see what
he would do when he awoke
STCOC fc n WtV
Np r
Not Sisters
Now and again you see two women pass
ing down the street who look like sisters
You are astonished to learn that they arc
mother and daughter and you realize that
a woman at forty or forty five ought to be
at her finest and fairest Why isnt it so
The general health of woman is so in
timately associated with the local health
of the essentially feminine organs that
there can be no red checks and round
form where there is female weakness
Women who have suffered from
this troubls havo found prompt
relief and euro in the use of Dr
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Samples Shown and Prices Fur
nished on Application
The Ruling Passion
Goldsmith somewhere tells of an old
lady who lying sick unto death played
cards with the curate to pass away the
time and after winning all his money
had just proposed to play for her fu
neral expenses when she expired
His Only Chance
The young man leads his bride to
the altar but thats as far as he goes
in the leading business Meddler
A Song of Finance
Sing a son of finance
A pocket full of chink
Four and twenty lambkins
Hover on the brink
When the market opens
The lambs begin to bleat
Come ye kings of finance
And share the dainty treat
Judga
The Arriving Hour
In Edwins home there is a clock
which strikes with a soft chime much
like the ringing of a silver bell The
other day he thoughtfully listened to
its stroke then said solemnly Mam
ma another hour is ringing to get in
Womans Home Companion
Widow Grimes
Old Grimes is dead that good old man
We neer shall see him more
He used to wear an old gray coat
All buttoned down before
But Mrs Grimes who still survives
No longer wears the black
But sports a gay and festive gown
All buttoned down the back
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Happy Family
Mr Scrappington Only two weeks
ago I paid for a new spring suit for
you
Mrs Scrappington Yes I know you
did and you screeched as loudly as
if you were paying for a lawsuit
Puck
Retort Pert
If I should lend a ten to you
And youd keep every cent
That would be a lent sacrifice
And also keeping lent
Nay I would call it neither one
Though you may think me dull
If youd lend mo a ten Id say
It was a miracle
Kansas City Times
To Be Sent
The Bride I want you to send me
some coffee please
The Grocer Yes maam Ground
The Bride No third floor front
Womans Home Companion
Whats the Use
None can be all he wants to be Th
man
Who would be strong some fatal weak
ness grapples
I posed once as a vegetarian
Then found that I was eating -wormy
apples
Cleveland Leader
Uncle Allen
If I was a doctor said Uncle
Allen Sparks It would puzzle me to
know whether I ought to thank the
Lord or not when I prosper in my
business Chicago Tribune
Dr Abernethy the great English
physician said Watch your kidneys
When they are affected life is in dan
ger Foleys Kidney Kemedy makes
healthy kidneys corrects urinary ir
regularities and tones up the whole
system A McMillen
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organs of womanhood It clears tho complexion brightens tho
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No alcohol or habit forming drugs is contained in Favorite Prescription
Any sick woman may consult Dr Pierce by letter free Every letter is
held as sacredly confidential and answered in a plain envelope Address
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association Dr RV Pierce Pres Buffalo NY
Makes Kidneys and Dladdcr Right
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