GENEEAL WEAKNESS AND PEVES
DISAPPEAB TOO.
Bow a Wonmn " " .Van I'roril from Troubles
Tlmt IJud Mn ! o Jif.5 Wretched for
JUiinyVurs. .
The imraediato causes of headaches
vary , but most of them come from poor
or poisoned blood. In amcmia the blood
is scanty or thin ; the nerves are imper
fectly nourished and pain is tho way in
which they express their weakness. In
colds tho blood absorbs poison from tho
mucous surfaces , and the poison irritates
the nerves and produces pain. In rhcu-
'jnatism , malaria and the grip , the poison
in the bl x > d produces like discomfort. In
indigestion tho gases from the impure
matter kept in the system affect tho
blood in the same Avay.
Tho ordinary headache-cures at best
give only temporary relief. They deaden
the pain but do not drive the poison out ;
of the bl wxl. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
on tho contrary thoroughly renew tho
blood and tho pain disappears perma-
nently. Women in particular have found
these pills an unfailing relief in head
aches cnu.sfd. by anunnia.
Miss Stella Blocker recently said : "Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills did me a great deal '
of good. I bad headache nearly all tho
time. Aft r I had taken three boxes of
these piHs i became entirely well. "
"How long had you suffered ? " she j
was askc'l.
j "For several years. I can't tell the
exact dato when my illness began for it
'came ' on by slow degrees. I had been j
( going down hill for many years. " '
j "Did you have any other ailments ? ' '
' "I was very weak and sometimes I had
fever. My liver and kidneys were af-
'fected as well as my head. "
' " How did come take the
you to rem ,
edy that cured you ? "
J " I saw in a southern ucAvspaper a j
statement of some person Avho was cured
I of alike trouble by Dr. Williams'Pink
,
'Pills. ' My physician hadn't done me any
good , so I bought a box of these pills.
After I hail taken ono box I felt so much
ibetter thnt , I kept on until I became eu-
'tirely ' well. "
j
, Miss Bloelror's home is at Leander ,
Louisiana. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are
sold by all druggists. Besides headache
they euro neuralgia , sciatica , nervous
prostration , partial paralysis and rheu
matism.
Grateful Change.
Clara Did you have pleasant weather
at the springs this summer ?
Dora No. It was hot , dreadfully so.
' Really uncomfortable , was it ? "
"Awfully. Why , the weather was so
mirni that when a man with n cool mill
ion propped to me I accepted him. al
once. "
Investigation of the Packers.
Very general interest has been mani
fested in the government investigation
DOAV in progress into the mode of con
ducting business by the large packers
located in Chicago and elseAvhere.
Much has been written upon the al
Ieged and improper modes of
business procedure connected Avith the
packing industry ; but it seems that so
far no definite charge of any kind has
been sustained and no proof of illegal
or inequitable methods has been dis
closed to the public. While a wave of
severe criticism of this great industrial
Interest is now passing over the coun
try it might be Aveil to remember that
She packers have had as yet no oppor
tunity to make specific denial , the
many indefinite charges of wrong-do
ing having never been formulated so
that a categorical answer could be
made.
The recent report of Commissioner
Gariiold , which embodied the results w
af an olficial investigation undertaken gi
by the Department of Commerce and in
Labor of the United States. Avas a vin cl
dication of the Western packers , but Sl3
this result haA'ing been unexpected at 11)
tempts in many quarters to discredit it
is
tvere made.
In view of the situation as it HOAV
jtands , however , attention may proper
ly be called to a few facts that owing
to popular clamor are now being ap
parently overlooked. Fair treatment
in this co-tntry has heretofore been ac
corded to all citizenwhoe affairs as
sume prominence in the public eye and
some of the facts that bear upon the
relation of the packers to the com w
merce of the country may at this time IE
be brielly alluded to. It would be IEVi
aiflicult to estimate the benefits gained Viki
by the f armors of the country result- j kiOi
Ing from the energetic enterprise of , Oin
the packers , for whatever is of benefit n
to the farmer is a gain to the entire
commerce of the country. And con si
, '
nected wifh their continuous aggres sift
sive AvoiTc HO feature perhaps has been } ftre
more important than their efforts in rehj
Becking outlets all over the world for
the surplus products of the farmer.
Our tofnl exports of agricultural prodt E
nets have gained but little in the past , P
twenty yearsand leaving out corn , the j
total of ull other farm products was i c
far less in IDOo than in 1SU1. But in
packing house products there was con
P
siderable gain during this period , be "
cause an organized and powerful force
has been behind them seeking new 5ci
r
In ' ] and broader markets. ci
i Besides the benefits reaped by farm
ers on account of the enterprise and te
energy exercised by the packers in at teh
taining commercial results by foreign ui
trade. lh great development in the
manufacture of packing house by-prod
ucts has added enormously to the
value of all live stock raised in the
United States. The waste material of y
twenty years ago , then an expense to m
the pucker , is now converted into ar fr
ticles of great value and. as an eco 81
nomic fact , this must correspondingly 81W
increase theilue to the fanner of
every head of cattle marketed at the
d
numerous stock yards of the country.
Let these facts be remembered while &
now it is so popular to regard the TV
great packing industry as deserving of TVb
condemnation. At least it must be ad- b >
milted tluil , so far , there is no ade
quate reason for the almost unani m
mous ho\vl that may be heard every
/ I where in ( he face of the C-artield re
port above alluded to Avhich practical
ly exonerates the packers from the ob al
scure and Indefinite charges that hava ci
been for some time past made the sub
ject of popular comment ,
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Strain of Modern Living.
'
LL kinds of rubbish is being written about
the awful strain of modern life and its dis
astrous effects upon those who are forced to
dwell within the limits of a busy civilization
instead of flying to a lodge in some vast wil
derness. In fact , there has been so much said
,
by one person and another about the degen
eracy that is certain to follow life lived in the thick of
things that any number of men and women are beginning
to feel sorry for themselves.
j ! i Feeling sorry for yourself , it is worth while saying ,
'
'can invest more time and sympathy with less profit than
any other occupation a man can take up.
If a man drinks cocktails before each meal , highballs
between meals , tea and coffee at regular intervals , smokes
numerous strong cigars , oaN ioo much , is out in the open
air not at all and ends his d. y with a bottle of wine and a
midnight supper , something disagreeable is corning to him
If he will only keep it up long enough ,
But he need not lay th1 re.Mill of his own gluttony j
abuse of alcohol and tobacco ai : l other habits of the sort
to civilization or to the awful strain of life in the twen
tieth century.
The proof of it lies in a decreasing death rate all over
'America and Europe. A really degenerate race begins to
die out it does not go on living longer and longer.
It may be true that there are more men and women
In rest cures than there used to be but as there used to
be no rest cures for them to iro to it is reasonably clear
that there are lives being saved now that had to be given
up heretofore.
It is also said that th ° re are more insane persons than
formerly. Insane persons used to die in a comparatively
short time , and comparatively few of them were ever re
stored to health and usefulness.
Many more used to die
before insanity showed itself , who are now preserved. Sta
tistics of that kind are generaliy misleading , since they Like
only one aspect of the case h.io account.
Men who do not eat and drink to excess , who make play
a part of their work and who ? tiek to life in the open
whenever they get a chance , need not worry about stress
and strain in rnc < Ie-n or any other life. Chicago Journal.
The Rod b School.
CHOOL principals are naturally divided over
the restoration of corporal punishment in the
ischools. but the majority in favor of the rc-
jquest is very large. That ought to be con-
sivo with the Hoard of Education , for the
saoSy. Jsimple . . reason . . . that . the principals . who do not
behove in whipping , or who can govern with
out It , will not have to resort to it because the board per
mits it. It is a matter of discretion , and every tendency
toward reposing a larger discretion in the principal , and
then holding him accountable for the results , ought to be
encouraged. Some men can govern boys without the rod ,
and any man eaa govern soir.e boys indeed , most boys
without the rod. I ut ihoro are exceptional cases among
boys and among principals , and The rules should make
allowances and give authority for those special cases.
The fact is that our schools have run mad over the
Idea of uniformity. The tendency everywhere is to seek
to turn out children as muoh alike as two patent rockers
from the same factory. Now. children are not alike by
nature , and the chic value of education is to train a child
to use advantageously those faculties in which he is
strongest. The moment the fact is discovered that a cer
tain percentage of children can do so much work in a
certain time , the course of study is gauged up to that
speed , and the teachers are expected to spur up the dullards
toM it so as to make a good showing of ' ground covered. "
Most children be
can governed without corporal punish
ment , and the srnno effort to adapt nil children to this ma
jority rule resulted in prohibiting flogging. Undoubtedly ,
flogging used to be overdone , but the effort to get along
without it is as mischievous as tiie overdoing , because , it
gives an ugly boy an undue sense of his own power and
importance , a trait which is sure to lend him into mis
chief : in the outside world. Neither parent nor teacher
should Hog a child in a temper , but it must be remembered
that tho offense which t nds to rouse the teacher's temper
not committed in the presence of the principal. He
TIME fOR PLAIN SPEECH. |
A clever insurance agent had la-
jored long to close
a contract with a
vcallhy merchant whom he wished to
nsure for $100,000 , says the World's
ft'ork. The merchant was what is
mown among agents as a "tough prop
osition , " and the solicitor's eloquence
an from him like water from a duck's
wick. The agent , with all his profes
sional pride roused , redoubled his ef-
"orts. At last the merchant swung
ouml in his swivel chair , and fixed
lim wvith a cold , gray eye.
"i'oung man , " he said , "if you can
satisfy me on one point I'll take the
)0licy. < "
The agent braced himself for the en-
jounler. "I guess I can , " he said.
"Well , then. " said the merchant ,
Minting a big finger sternly at him ,
'how 1 much do you get out of this first
14,000 which I am to 'invest' as you
rail it ? "
"I have no objection personally to
elling you , " said the agent , "but I
uive agreed not to give the exact fig-
ires. "
"Is it half ? "
"Yes. more than that. "
"More than half : And will you kind-
Inform me why I should pay you
nore than $12.000 ? Do I get anything
i-oin It ? What reason is there for
uch an absurdity ? " The merchant
vas angry , insulting. Iriumplmnt.
The agent rose. lie felt that the
ieal was off anyway , and thnt he hnd
earned the luxury of a few plain
vords.
"Well , I'll tell you. " he said. "I've
een here twelve times , have I not ? "
"I can well believe it ! " snapped , the
nerchant.
"And 1 have spent hours and days
ou know nothing about finding out all
.bout you and your affairs , ami laying
rut my facts so they'd appeal to you. "
"Well ? "
"Well , if the world wasn't full of
meets the offender in a cool and unbiased stnte of mind ,
like a court of appeals. Under such circumstances the
chance of a principal's Hogging a boy unjustly to gratify
either his sense of power or his own brutal nature is very
slight. If a principal flogs ii such a spirit and Avithout
enure , he ought Co be tried and dismissed. Because one
man in a hundred misuses n power is no reason why the
other ninety-nine should be deprived of the power when
they need it to maintain discipline. The principals say
they do need the liberty to Hog in emergencies , and they
are the best judges of the situation. Brooklyn Eagle.
Electricity en the Farm.
j utilization of Avindmills for the production
| iof electrical energy for farm lighting and farm
ii work has been one of the dreams of those Avho
have been watching the development of electric
j lighting and electric transmission for inechan-
IjSsS I - Jical purposes. The hope behind this dream
ing has been strengthened by the introduction !
of the telephone in rural communities , Avhere sometimes the
wire fences are utilized for lines of communication.
Windmills are now generally used on farms for the lift
ing of AA-ater for the stock and for fire protection. They
have been so improved by inventive genius that they are
noAv almost as efficient as steam engines for the purposes
for which they are installed. It is therefore not extrava
gant to believe that some day farmhouses Avill be lighted
Avith electricity developed by the Avind , and perhaps in
some instances certain light farm machines may be op
erated by electric currents from storage batteries Avhich
are replenished Avhenever the u'inu is strong enough to op
erate the dynamos.
The Danish government has been experimenting in this
direction , Avith satisfactory results. It found that the
dynamo could not be coupled direct to the motor with good
result , but that a regulating device Avas necessary. This
was provided by the use of a belt whose tension Avas kept
constant by a movable countenveight. A switch Avas in
terposed between the dynamo and the battery , to open
and close automatically and keep the charging current con
stant. A Avriter in the Canadian Engineer explains these
experiments and states that a small plant installed in this
way has been operating at Askov and supplying the in
habitants of that place with light. The plant has a gaso-
line engine as : i reserve , for use when the Avind is light.
It is said that this plant has brought in a net revenue o *
122 per cent on the original investment.
The use of gasoline vapor power as an auxiliary in this
ease is inteiv-sting. It Avill strengthen the belief that the
utilization of electricity in rural communities and on the ,
farm is not far distant. The gasoline motor is being deI I
veloped to a high state of efiiciency by the demand for
speedy automobiles and auto-boats , and eventually these
engines may be utilized with profit on railways as well as
on boats of commercial size. Electricity Avould reduce
the danger of fire on the farm , by enabling farmers to
light their barns without the use of lanterns , and to do
away with matches and lamps in other wortc in the neigh
borhood of inflammable materials. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Christianity in Japan.
IIEUK is nothing very remarkable in the report
from Japan that a movement is on loot , sup
ported by many eminent men. to found a
church pro-Christian in character but inde-
in its lines. When Buddhism Avas dis-
established and disendowed in the early
ties"of the last century , owing ro the momen
tary ascendancy of Shinto , which is merely vague ancestor
and nature worship , it was prophesied by acute foreiun
observers that Japan would either adopt Christianity or ire-
'
come frankly materialistic. It will not be owing' to any
lack of energy on the part of European and American mis-
sionaries if the former course is discarded. Here is one
forecast published just fourteen years ago : "To make all
Japan Christian by edict some fine mornini * Is not on the
program of the Japanese statesman of the hour. But thnt
something of the kind should happen within the next tweii- j of
ty years i-s not nearly so unlikely as many things that ii
have actually happened in this land of realized iuiprobn- !
bilities. " London Chronicle. I
*
obstinate idiots like you , who have to
have n good thing hammered clear
through their skulls before they rec-
ogniza it , my company wouldn't need
to employ men of intelligence like mo
to do the work. "
The merchant looked apoplectic for a
moment ; then as the humorous side
of it struck him he began to chuckle.
His chuckle grew into a laugh , and
with his good humor restored he saw I
n new light on the agent's figures. The
solicitor was as surprised as his A-jctim
when he went away with the signa
ture he had been working for.
Caught by the Cry.
"Goo-o-e" is tho curious cry that was
one of the signals of the native blacks
of Australia. The cry was speedily
adopted by the invading whites. Thejc
final "e" is a very high note , a sort of
prolonged screech that resounds for
long distances through the bush and
thus enables separated persons to as
certain their relative positions. On one
notable occasion this peculiar cry was
heard in London. A daring bushran
ger made his appearance one morning
in front of a bank in Ballarat and
coolly posted a notice on the door to
the effect that the place would be clos
ed for an hour.
Entering , he terrorized the officials
with his revolver and got clear away
with $ . ' ! 0OvO. Some time afterward
the authorities received information
that the man had been seen in London.
One day a detective thought he espied
his man in the Strand : but , not being
quite sure , he hit upon an expedient.
He uttered ai piercing "Coo-e-e. "
Passersby stood fixed in astonish
ment , but the Australian , acting on the
spur of the moment and recognizing
the familiar sound , hastened to the per
son who uttered it. lie Avas promptly
arrested and AV.IS taken back to Aus
tralia. Chicago News.
After a woman dies , her husband
usually makes a trip back to his old
home , causing the suspicion that he
remembers a sweetheart he used to
hav .
MEDIAEVAL RELIGIOUS WARS. i
'at '
Indiscriminate Slaughter and Pillago fe
Justified by Holy Writ. fa
On both sides of the great contro bn
versy which took such fearful shapo hii
in the middle of the seventeenth cen re
tury , but especially on the Protestant he
hem
side , the minds of men Avere devoted , m
not to seeking that peace which Avas fa
breathed upon the Avorld by the N fam
Testament , but to finding wnrrant for if
war and especially the methods of the I
chosen people in the Old Testament. Se
Did any legislator or professor of law- to
yield to feelings of humanitj * , he AA-as so
sure to meet Avith protests based upon SCJ
authority of Holy Scripture. Plunder dis
and pillaire Avere supported by refer
ence to the divinely approved "spoiling
of the Egypt ian.V by tho Israelies. The
Sti
ricrht to massacre unresisting enemies
five
was based upon the command of the in
Almighty to the Jews in the twentieth fa
chapter of Deuteronomy. The indis
gii
criminate slaughter of Avhole
popula scl
tions Avas justified by a reference to It
the divine command to slaughter the tion
n.-Jions round about Israel. Torture
and mutilation of enemies
was sanc wL
tioned by the conduct of Samuel
jjc
against Aung , of King David against gp
the Philistines , of tho men of .Tudah
against Adonibezok. Even the slaugh- '
tor of babes in arms was supported by
ities
a passage from the Psalms "HappyItie
shall he be that taketh and dasheth
thy little ones n gainst the stones. "
Treachery and assassination were sup-
ported by a reference to the divinely CdLi
approved Pkinehas. Ehud. Judith and
Jael ; murdcrinir the ministers of un-
npproved religions , by Elijah's slaugh vai
ter of the priests of Baal. Atlantic the
Monthly. lee
How Sheoii Out. =
( I lady s I'apa says you're a loafer ,
Jack. |
Jack What reason has he for enter- , (
taining such an opinion of me as that ? ! bei
Gladys H < ! pays you spend , three orj so
four evenings here every week wlthi stars
out having any apparent purpose In. flaj
coming. Chicago Tribune ,
v _
Self-government is gradually devel
oping In the Philippines. In 1902 Con
gress passed a law Avhich provided
that a census of the population of the
Islands should be taken , and that with
in two years after the completion of
the census a representative popular
assembly should be elected. The cen-
sus Avas completed on March 27th of '
the present year , and on that day Gov
ernor Wright Issued a proclamation
fixing March 27 , 1007 , as the date for
the first general Filipino election. The
legislative body to be chosen Is to
contain between 50 and 100 members ,
elected by popular vote , and is to
form , Jointly with the Philippine Com
mission , the two-chambered legislature
of the new government. This legisla
ture , besides making IIAA-S , is to elect
two commissioners to represent them j
In Washington. It is expected that '
these commissioners will be allowed to
sit ! in the American Congress much as
the territorial delegates now have seats '
there.
Moroccan affairs continue to hold an
important place in viiternational dlsk
cussion. The desire of Germanj" , as
stated. In a memorandum to the United
States , is for the maintenance of the I
"open door" in Morocco , for the preserb !
ration of the status quo , and for the
protection of the commercial interests
of all trading nations. It is pointed j
out , however , on the other hand , that t
the Anglo-French agreement of April ,
1904 , expressly declared for the princl- f
pie of commercial freedom. April Gth , !
King EdAArard , on his way to join
Queen Alexandra at Marseilles , paid a
brief visit to President Loubet at
Paris , and the Incident , following so
soon upon the call of Emperor William
at Tangiers , was Interpreted by the
French press as a reaffirmation of the
Anglo-French agreement.
A reduction in freight rates on the
,
Panama railway was suggested to Sec
retary Taft by the ministers In Wash
,
ington of the republics in Central
America and on the Avest coast of
South America. They said that it cost
much more to ship goods to New York
,
by way of this railway than to send
,
the same goods to London by the '
Straight of Magellan. _ They also asked
that equal facilities be granted to
goods shipped by all steamship lines ,
and charged that under the old man
agement that Is , before the United
States gained control of the road
various lines were discriminated ,
against Secretary Taft promised that
tho discriminations would cease at
fie
once ,
_ _
The President has , by proclamation ,
im-ited "all the nations of the earth
to take part in the commemoration"
of the 300th anniversary of the first
English settlement In America , at
Jamestown , "by sending their naval
vessels to the said celebration and by
making such representations of their
military organizations as may be prop- '
er. " The festivities are to last from
May to November , 1007 , and are de
scribed as "an international naval , mil
itary and marine celebration. " Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee , the president of the
managers of the exposition , at the time
his death , was engaged In persuad
ing the various States to be represent CO
ed at the exposition in some official
AAay. la
- : - : -
i er
John Hay , when an undergraduate j w.
Brown University , assisted in de-
fending : some lower classmen from tinas ;
fair treatment in a hazing episode ; I
but when a classmate recently wrote j fa
him about the Incident , he humorously - '
replied ; , "I remember nothing of my fo
heroic conduct in the Gordon case. B" *
my : recollection of eAerything In tho-
far-off days is dim , and heroism was AVI
my : daily habit. I couldn't sleep nights
I hadn't saved somebody's life. Now
only save a nation now and then. " is
Secretary Hay , just before he replied
the letter , must have been reading bej
some Washington correspondent's de F.
scription of how he had prevented the
dismemberment of China.
In the Sunday schools of the United th
States there are fewer pupils by about co
millions than the number enrolled hv
the public schools. Putting the ! <
fact < In another form , of every three sei
girls and boys who attend the day Fo
schools , only two go to Sunday school. lie. :
would be a delicate task to appor fai
the responsibility for this state of un
but it is fair to suggest that
wheff-children stay away from the pub
schools their parents are held re an
sponsible. (
. . . * -
Persons who are close to the author his
at Washington assert that no at
tempt will be made to change the lo
cation and general direction of the
Rocky Mountains until the Panama
canal job is out of the way.
The government of P.razll has ele
if !
vated Its legation at Washington to
rank of an embassy , and has se 3
lected its Minister at London , Sonhor ; j
Nabuso , as Its first ambassador to this
country. 3
I
Congress did not increase the nur * 3
of stars on the flag , but Its failure
to do was not because of a lack of
nor of a lack of room on the
Led All the Guoats.
In the days of King George III. of
England the Persian ambassador to hlg
court demanded , but AAMS denied , prece
dence over all other foreign representa
tives. He refused to go to court , caus
ing It to be reported abroad that ho
was ill. He met the Prince regent at
the house of the Lady Salisbury of tho
time. "I am very sorry to offend your
royal highness by not going to court , "
he said. "Now , sir , my sovereign , ha
tell me I go first ; your people say I
must go last. Now , this very bad for
me when I go back to Persia. " So say-
ing , he made a significant pass toward
' his head , expressing decapitation. The
prince tried to appease him. "But , sir ,
you still angry with me. You have not
Invited me to your party to-morrow-
night. " The prince explained that It
was only a children's party , but the
ambassador might come if he chose.
He did choose , for he went and , being
the only ambassador there , led all tho
guests , thus scoring heavily for Persia ,
which made him comfortable about the
neck again.
HAPPY WOMEN.
Mrs. Pare ,
wife of C. P .
Pare , a prom-
i n e n t resi
dent of Glas-
g o AV , K y. ,
says : "I Ava.sc
sufferings
from : a coin- |
plication o f J
kidney trou-s
bles. Besides
a bad back ,
j had a great
deal of trou
ble with the
s e c r e tions ,
which Avere
exceedingly ; variable , sometimes exces
sive and nt other times scanty. The
color was high , and passages Avere ac
companied with a scalding sensation.
Doan's Kidney Pills soon regulated tha
kidney secretions , making their coloz
normal and banished the Inflammation
which caused the scalding sensation. I
can ! rest well , my back is strong and
sound ( and I feel much better in cverj ;
way. "
WP For sale by all dealers , price 50 cent *
per < box. FOSTEK-MILBURN CO. ,
Buffalo , N. Y.
Paste Jewels.
Bookworms spin gold for publishers.
Advertising makes authors.
An unprejudiced critic never reads a
book until after he reviews It.
Most of the rose-colored dreams of
romance < are yelloAA'-backed.
The only effective place for a heroine
to faint is In a hero's arms.
In novels , as in real life , there.'s
many a slip betAA'een the engagement
and the wedding trip.
Many a spring poem has been punc
tured with a blue pencil.
It is better to have your hero born
great than to thrust greatness on him
lr the last chapter.
lrcl A good press agent is rather to bo
chosen than a great plot. New Or
leans Picayune.
Private Uar Liiiies.
The railroads seem very willing to
have the private car lines brought un
der ( the jurisdiction of the Interstate
Commerce ( Commission. A railroad
president is authority for the statement
that lines are paid mileage , without
discrimination , and the question of ex
cessive charges is a matter for the
shipper to settle with the car lines , so
long as there is no law to govern their
rates. Car mileage paying has been de
cided to be as legal as the payment ol
rental for property.
A Dry Country.
A practical illustration of the cur-
re t saying , "as broad as it is long , "
comes from the Denver Republican.
A man who drove across the country
last summer to a little town in West
ern Kansas met a farmer hauling a
wagon load of water.
"Where do you get water ? " he
asked.
"Up the road , about seven miles , " tba
farmer replied.
"And you haul water seven milea
for your family and stock ? "
"Yep. "
"Why in the world don't you dig a
well ? " asked the traveler , excitedly.
"Because , stranger , " the farmer,1
said , calmly , "it's just as fur one way
the other. "
I find Pico's Cure for Consumption the
iestmedicine for croupy children. Mrs.
Callnhnu , 114 Kail street , Parkers-
itirg , V , ' . Va. . April 1 J , 11)01. )
Hissing in the Theater.
Formerljthere Avas no hissing in the
heater. < The benevolent audience were
content ; to yawn and fall asleep. The
nA'cntion of hissincr is no older than
' , H ) and took place at the first repre
sentation of "Aspar , " a tragedy of ,
"ontenelle , so we are told by the poet.
oi in his "Brevet de la Calotte. " A
arce AVP.S produced in Bannister's time
mder the title of "Fire and Water. "
"I predict its fate , " said Bannister.
"What fate ? " Avhispered the anxious
tuthor at his side.
"What fate ? " said Bannister. "Why ,
rh.it can fire and water produce but a
ilss ? "
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