Too Kupld Grorrtli. The minister's 0-year-old son js Of a tery critical , literal turn of mind , and InJs father's sermons sometimes puzzle him sorely. He regards his father as the embodiment of truth and wisdom , but he has difficulty in harmonizing the dominie's pulpit utterances with the rworld as it really is. Ills parents en courage him to express his opinions and clear up his doubts as much as pos sible. So one Sunday at dinner , after a long period of thought , they were sur prised when 'he said gravely , "Papa , you said one thing in your sermon to day that I don't think is so at all. " "Well , what's that , my boy ? " asked the clergyman. "Why , papn , you said , 'The boy of to-day is the man of to-morrow. ' That's too soon. " Pittsburg Post The Uaual Experience. "When I was flush , " said Arclluk , "and had more money than I know what to tin with , I wjis always receiving friendly 'offers of financial assistance from loan agencies ; and now that I'm flat broke and can scarcely keep soul and body to gether , every mail brings me a circular from some trust company that wants me tto put my suplus funds in gilt edge bonds. Blame it , that's what makes poverty so hard to bear ! " Family Pride. Tommy My papa's automobile is a nicer one than your papa's. " Dicky Bern * nice ain't nothin' . You can smell my dad's machine a mile away. Chicago Tribune. To be on good terms with human na ture , Be Well ! Garfleld Tea purifies the blood , eradicates disease , regulates the digestive organs and brings Good Health ! Manufactured by Garfield Tea Co. , Brooklyn , N. T. Sold by druggists. J. Talk Los * to the Horse. A horse which has always been made to obey quicklj' will respond to com mands from anyone , whereas the crea ture which has been petted and talked to accords , unless hungry , scant atten tion to anyone. We talk to horses al together too much , and it is a silly and dangerous custom. "Whoa I" should -mean but one thing , and slip , slide or fall , should meet with instant obedi ence. Not another word should ever ; be' used , beyond possibly the order to "stand over" in the stall ( although even that is best unsaid ) , except the " 'click" of the tongue for increased peed. The animal's attention is kept tlf you are silent he does not know what you will do next , and as he 'dis trusts and merely tolerates you , even sis he fears you , his anxiety is always to find out what you wish done , or what move you will next make. Outing Magazine. PEOPLE -MADE STRONG AND ENERGETIC BY DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS. -General Breakdown Caused by Defi jdd cient Blood Quickly Corrected by tnai This Tonic Remedy. A feeling of general weakness , poor tvas 'appetite ' , loss of breath after the slight the est exercise and broken sleep are some feai of the symptoms of general debility. You may think that they have no relation the to each other and that yon will worry along , hoping all the time to feel better my soon. This is a mistake , for every one jot of the symptoms is caused by bad blood , Uen which must be made pure and new before health will be restored again. A bop tonic treatment is necessary and for this beai purpose there'is no better remedy than " Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mr. J. G. Havey , of 95 Willow St. , In Chelsea , Mass. , says : ' 'I was sick for a chil number of years from general debility and indigestion. I was never free from ' stomach trouble and my nerves were so ' shattered that the least excitement nn- . fitted me for any serious work. My sleep was restless on account of terrible pains in the small of my back. These quit pains would sometimes last for a month life. ' or two. My sight grew weak , there seem ' ing to be a blur constantly before my eyes. I couldn't concentrate my minden irald on my work , and the attempt to do so "J completely exhausted me. the "I was finally forced to give np a position I liad held for twenty-eight tuy years. After trying several medicines Bay without help , I read of Dr. Williams1 flow Pink Pills and gave them a trial. They goin made me feel so much better and so put much stronger that I started in business : mitt for myself here in Chelsea. I have never had n , return of my former sick- der iiess and cheerfully recommend Dr. Wil look liams' Pink Pills as an excellent nerve goin and blood tonic. " glas Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have long wit : ! been recognized as an excellent tonic remedy in cases of indigestion and gen eral debility , where the stomach and like other organs of the body are weakened and and disordered simply through lack of tail I proper nourishment. They have also pens been especially successful in curing clcai anaemia , rheumatism , after-effects of the 1 grip and fevers. A pamphlet on "Diseases ofthe 1 Blood" and a copy of our diet book will muc be sent free on request to ] anyone interested - bo ) ested , they Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by And .all druggists , or sent , postpaid , on receipt -of ' price , 50 cents per box , six boxes for cons 3.60 , by the Dr. Williams Medicine of apany , Schenectady , N. Y. , Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. PSBTEXTS FOE DIVOECE. HE St. Louis judge who has just expressed a judicial degree of impatience with the silly pretexts for divorce which are often brought before him , expresses one of the most profound facts of the grievous situa tion which is called by courtesy the "divorce problem. " That there is such a thing as a divorce problem in tlie world is not to be denied , but It is not raised in one case out of twenty which are brought Into the courts for settlement. The statutes of nearly all of the States leave judges with little or no discretion. The word "incompatibility" is a very broad and inconclusive one , and can be made to cover , or at least is made to cover , a multitude of acts , either mutual or on the part of one member of an unhappy pair to ward the other , indicating perversity , obstinacy , selfish ness or other things which may be aggravating , but which raise no problems for judicial settlement The Biblical ground of divorce , cruelty and improvi dence are the only ones which the courts should be called to consider. It may be safely assumed that a husband who drags his wife into court on trivialties which a real man could easily compose with a real woman , lacks those elements of manhood which would make living with him desirable or even tolerable. This is equally true of , a woman in the sense that a woman capable of such an act has lost that feeling of regard a wife should hold toward the partner of her joys and sorrows. But divorce is another question. Let those who cannot live together live apart , but let them feel that the marriage tie Is something more binding than a shoestring. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. AMERICAN WASTEFULNESS. | T is a frequent statement that the family of" a European working man can live on what the family of the American working man throws away. Whether this be true or not , it is certain that French-Canadians , Italians , Russian Jews , Germans , Swedes and many other for eigners who arrive in the United States with barely enough money to enable them to pass the immigration Inspectors , are soon found to have bank accounts and to be owners of real estate and proprietors of businesses. The national neglect of small ways to save is the result of the great natural wealth and resources of the country. But these are not inexhaustible , and if any one thing has distinguished the industrial progress of the last quar ter-century above other things it is the discovery of the possibilities which lie in waste and by-products. Streams are no longer clogged with sawdust and slabs from saw mills ; there Is no refuse from the modern slaughter house ; every scrap of leather left from a hide cut in a great shoe factory is saved and made useful. In personal life progress has not advanced so far. The old fashion of a "best suit" and best shoes and hat is disappearing ; and so is the habit of a "best room. " The papers used to print stories of the employer who re warded his office boy for coiling up aud preserving twine and folding up bits of wrapping paper. Now they tell of the employer who scolds the boy for wasting time that is worth more than what he saves. Very likely it la to the employer ; but to the boy the value of the habit of saving was worth much. No one would wish to encourage niggardliness ; but wise self-restraint , the rejection of luxuries which add little or nothing to well-being , the disregard of senseless conventionalities and the cheerful acceptance of the less expensive thing if it serves its purpose these are not only sure steps toward prosperity , but constant and im portant accessions to strength of character Youth's Companion. DHUDGES NOT NEEDED. OUNG John D. Rockefeller in a published interview the other day , urged young men "to zeal and industry" as the pathway to "success. " This philosophy has been preached so often from the depth of sleek waistcoats , that the general public accepts it almost as axiomatic. But the young man with his career to be carved out would do well to stop and think that zeal and industry do not necessarily mean drudgery. The fellow who vol untarily makes a drudge of himself is apt to be taken at his own estimate as low-grade ore. The virgin stuff doesn't have to be ground to powder to get out its value. The man who is most valuable to his employer and the one who is apt to rise to the top in any business is the one who is careful to get all the sleep that nature requires to replace the tissues burnt up In the day's work , who makes time to get Into the open air and draw strength and inspiration from nature , who finds relaxa tion with his domestic joys , and who returns to his work with a clear brain and a steady nerve , ready to meet emergencies , capable of giving valuable meutal .effort to _ the matters that come up , and of rising once ? 3 a while above the level of ordinary things and routine matters. There are millions who can tread the mill , but com paratively few who can devise ne / machinery. Phila delphia North American. THE QUESTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY. EVERAL of the most influential newspapers of Paris are urging the restoration of the death penalty in France. The Gaulois thinks "the abolition of the death penalty has done nothing but cut the sinews of justice and en courage crime. " "It is incontestable , " de clares the Intranslgeant , "that the convic tion that those sentenced to death will neverbe exe cuted has brought the bludgeon , the revolver and the dagger Into such prominence in the police reports as to menace public security. " These journalistic views are the echoes of like opin ions uttered by French officials and social critics which the Literary Digest has collected. M. Goron , ex-Chief of Police , thinks the experiment of going without the guillotine has gone far enough and has been disastrous. M. Marcel Prevost argues the right of man to destroy human creatures that menace life even as he may de stroy noxious vermin and dangerous animals. New York World. "Tiieoore I see of human nature the der it seems to me , " observed the in m the tan flannel waistcoat. "Jt wouldn't be human nature If It isn't odd , " remarked his friend with e full beard , profoundly. "We are irfully and wonderfully constituted. " "Thafs what , " agreed the man In j tan flannel waistcoat "Now , there's r father , for Instance. I haven't quite fc over feeling afraid of the old gen- man even now. " "That's natural enough , I should pe , " said the man with the full ird. . 'I ] should say so. He didn't believe sparing i the rod and spoiling the ild. Not that he used a rod to any sat extent. Ever feel his 'hands ? " 'I don't believe I have. " 'I have. Next time you shake hands th him you notice how hard the Im is , and the size of it. It made Ite an Impression on me in early 5. " 'My father used to reason with me , " d the man with the beard. 'So would mine , " said the man with flannel waistcoat "He'd appeal to reason nearly every time. He'd : : 'William , It's wrong to smash wln- vs with hard rubber balls , and I'm ng to tell you why. Windows are into houses for the purpose of ad- bting light and sunshine and in or- that the inmates may be able to outdoors without the trouble of ng out themselves. When a pane of ss Is shattered it doesn't interfere h this purpose , I admit , but at tb re time it lets in drafts , which : u. ely ! to cause colds and bronchitis pneumonia , which in their turn en- doctors' bills and even funeral ex- ises. You understand all that quite arly , don't you , William ? ' 'Yesslr. ' 'Very good. Now , I know It's too eh to expect a boy of your age to very careful. As they grow older learn to think before they act to take probable consequences into islderatlon. Why ? By experience consequences unpleasant conse- If the result of any foolish or Ill-considered act was In every case pleasant a boy would be doing foolish and inconsiderate things all his life. That stands to reason , doesn't it ? ' " ' ' 'Yessir. ' "Exactly. Then the result of this particular piece of mischief will be a licking. Not a perfunctory paddling , but a thorough licking that will make you stop and consider carefully in fu ture every time you throw a ball In the direction of a house. ' "Then the performance would begin and I'm bound to say that I did stop to think what I was throwing at from that time on. He laid on good and hard. Mother used to tell him he was too severe , but he couldn't see It 'Non sense ! ' he'd say. 'When I was a boy my father used to lick me , and I often think I didn't get half enough. ' That's the way my father raised me. " "That's natural enough , " commented the man with the beard. "I suppose we all think our children ought to be raised the way we were. We know we came out all right" "I wouldn't go so far as to say that , " said the man in the flannel waistcoat "I don't think that I'm a perfect specimen , but I do think that there's a good deal of bosh about this moral-suasion business for children. Children need a licking every now and then. It does 'em good. I'd give mine a good deal more than they do get if it wasn't for one thing. " "What's that ? " "Well , their grandfather won't stand it Pie seems to think they ought be allowed to do what they like and he says he won't see 'em abused. Of course I don't like to hurt the old man's feelings. " Chicago Daily News. Sen Gives Up Its Wealth. "Californians have solved the prob lem of the alchemists and are making gold out of sea water , " says William Briggs , writing in the Technical World Magazine. "The Golden State has taken golden treasure out of her mountains , has made her valleys yield millions of dollars' worth of golden fruit , has amassed tourist gold In exchange from her sunshine , and now turns to the great lazy Pacific and ransacks its cof fers. "There is no rush of prospectors to the new field , however , as the gold Is coming out of the sea in the form of salts of potassium , magnesium and bro mide , which would elude the pan and the rocker of the prospector. "Of several 'diggings' of this nature , one at least Is active and prosperous and one Is approaching activity. The San Pedro Salt Company , which recent ly entered Into the field , has succeeded in manufacturing a quantity and qual ity of salt which has found a ready market and has already assumed a place among the exports of the port of San Pedro. The fact that San Pedro is a lively and thriving port , with al most no outgoing cargoes , makes the development of this trade both easy and Important Since the first of last year the coasting schooners returning to the northern coast have taken away over a thousand tons of this sea salt. " VIENNA TO SELL COAL. City Making Radical Experiments in Municipal Ownership. There would seem to be no end to Vienna's new experiments fn the field of municipal ownership , says the Pall Mall Gazette. Only within the last few days negotiations have been com pleted for the purchase by the city of the business of the two largest under taking companies , and now comes the news that the City Council is serious ly contemplating the establishment of a gigantic municipal wholesale coal business to counteract the manlpula- tions of the coal trust It was at first suggested that the city should acquire coal mines , but as that was found to be impracticable , the project of buying direct from colleries outside the trust was mooted. Vienna consumes yearly from 1,200- 000 to 1,500,000 tons of coal , nearly a third of which is taken by the munici pality for the gas works , electric light ing , tramways , heating of the schools and public buildings and other pur poses. It is proposed that after sup plying Its needs In these directions , the city should sell coal to small dealers , thereby saving the public from the fre quent Increases in price made by the trust dealers. Besides getting its coal cheap at the mines , the city expects that the govern ment would make special freight ratia for sending coal to Vienna. Text from Brother Dickey. "Never tell a man ter go ter de dev il , " says Brother Dickey , "fer It may be de devil don't want dat very kind of man1' ! Atlanta Constitution. IHCWEEKLY 9 1264 English barons victorious at Lewes. 14G4 Yorkists victorious at Hexham ( War of the Roses ) . 1509 Louis XII. defeated the Venetians at the battle of Rivolta. 1525 Anabaptists defeated at Franken- hausen. IG10 Assassination of Henry IV. of France and accession of Louis XIII. IG42 Montreal founded by Maison- neueve. 1783 St. John , N. B. , founded by U. E. Loyalists. 1791 Lord Cornwallis routed the army of Tippoo Saib. 1795 Alliance of Paris. 1796 First vaccination by Dr. Jenner. LSOi Lewis and Clarke started up the Missouri river on their trip of ex ploration. ISOi Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed Emperor of the French. 1809 British took possession of the island of Anholt. 1811 Battle of Albuera , between French and British. j 1S39 Caroline Murat , sister of Na poleon I. and ex-Queen of Naples , died. 1840 John M. Niles of Connecticut be came Postmaster General of the United States. 1841 Fall of rock from Cape Diamond , Quebec , killing 25 people. 1848 Insurrection in Vienna. Emperor fled to Innsbruck. 1853 First railway train left Toronto. 1856 Queen' Victoria distributed medals to the wounded heroes 'of the Crimea. I860 Republican convention at Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin 1861 Adelina Patti made her first ap pearance in London. 1872 Pere Marquette and party started from Michilimackinac to trace the course of the Mississippi. 1885 Louis Biel , leader of the rebellion in Northwest Canada , surrendered. 1886 Britain took possession o all Bur- mah , annexing it to India. 1892 Great damage caused by flood at Sioux City , Iowa. 1895 Count Kalnoky , premier of Aus- tria-Hungary , resigned. 1897 Turkey agreed to an armistice with Greece. 1898 Battleship Alabama launched at Chester , Pa. 1899 Edward Everett Hale resigned pastorate of South Congregational church , Boston , after forty-three years of service. 1900 Gen. Buller occupied Dundee , South Africa. 1902 Coronation of King Alfonso XIII. at Madrid. Hate of Forest Destruction. According to a bulletin issued by the forest service of the Agricultural De partment , every person in this country is using over six times as much wood as the individual consumption in Europe , and the country as a whole consumes over three times what the forests of the United States grow during the year. The consequence of this policy is an inevit able timber famine. It is pointed out that the increased population since 1880 is barely more than half the increase in lumber cut , so that the increase of for- est destruction cannot be explained en tirely on the theory of increased popu lation. The Northeastern States have passed their maximum production , and the Southern States are near their max imum , while the State of Washington now ranks first in the volume of timber cut. At present one-fifth of the total for- est area is owned by the government. Q The average age of trees felled for lum ber this year is not less than 150 years. The Nesro and the Kciv South. Ray Stannard Baker , in the second of bis series of articles for the American Magazine , dealing with the negro prob lem , condenses his observations i to this phrase : "They want the new South , but the old darkey. " He said he had the experience of being told that no north erner can understand the negro as well as those who have lived with them all their lives , and then of finding "that these men rarely knew anything about the better class of negroes , those who were in busines or in independent occu pations , and who owned their own homes. " On the other hand , the best negroes did not know the higher class of the white people in the South , and based their suspicion and hatred upon the acts of the "poor white trash. " To this he attributes the danger of the present sit- * t uation. . ft Sparks from the "Wires.- Esther Carter , daughter of E. R. Car ter , Newark , Ohio , while picking flowers along a canal fell in and was drowned. Gor. Folk granted respites until June it 27 to John and Ameleck Brooks of Iron county and Tom Clay of Boone county , Missouri , all under sentences of death for murder. Counsel for the plaintiffs in the suit for an accounting of the estate of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy filed at Concord , Its N. H. . affidavits' declaring that the orig ins I charges are true. A Bold Step To overcome the well-grounded and reasonable objections of the more Intel ligent to'lbc use of secret , medicinal com pounds , Dr. E. V. Pierce of Buffalo , IT. Y. , some time ago , decided to make a boldj departure from the usual course pursued , ' by the makers of put-up medicines for do mestic use , anise has published broad cast and oBCHly to the whole world , a full and compfoie list of all the Ingredients entering inw&he composition of his widely celebrated fedictfes. Thus he has taken his numerous outrons and patients jinto his full/onfUJence. Thus too ho has re- movedyuis/aiedicines from among secret nostr/m of doubtful merits , and made thcm&Rcmcdlcs of Known Composition. v tMs bold steriDr.JPfcrgg has shown to su Inoat scjniyy. iot only does thewraprter of every bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. th < > famous medicine for weak stomach , torpid liver or biliousness and all catarrhal diseases wherever located , have printed updn it. to -plain English , a full and complete Ust of all the Injri-edicnts composing it. but a small book has been compiled from numerous standard medical works , of all the differena $ i < ; schools of practice , containing very numer ous extracts from the writings of leading i , ' practitioners of medicine , endorsing in the n strongest possible terms , each and every inere- dient contained in Dr. Pierce's medicines. One ofJthese little books -will bo mailed free to anyone sendinff address on postal card or by letter , to Dr. K. V. Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y. . and requesting the same. From this little book itwill bo learned that Dr. Piercc's med icines contain no alcohol , narcotics , mineral agents or other poisonous or injurious agents and that they are made from native , medici nal roots of ffreat value : also that some of the most valuable ingredients contained la Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak , nervous , over-worked. run-down.r nervous and debilitated women , were employed , long- years ago. by the Indians for similar ailments affectinsr their squaws. In fact , one of the most valuable medicinal plants entering into the composition of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre scription was known to the Indians as "Squaw-Weed. " Our knowledge of the uses of not a few of our most valuable native , me dicinal plants was gained from the "Indians. As made up by Improved and exact pro cesses , the "Favorite Prescription " Is a mosb efficient remedy for regulating all the wom anly functions , correcting1 displacements , as prolapsus ; > anteversion and retorversion. overcoming painful periods , toning up the nerves and bringing about a perfect state of health. Sold by all dealers in medicines. * Windmills were introduced in England by the Crusaders , who had seen them ia use among the Saracens. BABY ITCHED JERRIBLY. Face and Jfefife Covered \vltb. In- J flamed Skin Doctors Ifo Avail . Cored by Cutlcnra Remedies. "My baby's face and neck were cov ered with Itching skin similar to ec zema , and she suffered terribly forever over a year. I took her to a number of doctors , and also to different col leges , to no avail. Then Cutlcura Remedies were recommended to me by Miss G . I did not use It at first , as I had tried so many other remedies without any favorable results. At last I tried Cutlcura Soap , Cuticura Oint ment and Cuticura Resolvent Pills , and to my surprise noticed an improvement. After using three boxes of the Cutl cura Ointment , together with Cuticura Soap and Pills , I am pleased to say she is altogether a different child and the picture of health. Mrs. A. C. Brestlin , 171 N. Lincoln street , Chicago cage , 111. , Oct. 20 and 30 , 190G. " Shamrock Used for Food. According to old Irish historians the shamrock was a staple article of food hi Ireland before the introduction of potatoes ? , and its free use Is responsible for the strength and fleetness of foot that has always distinguished the sons of that "tight little isle. " Campion in his "History of Ireland , " dated 1571 , says in speaking of the food of the common people : "Shamrocks , water- cresses and other herbs they feed upon ; oatmeal and butter they cram to gether. " - Lovbel , the Flemish botanist , who- was the first botanist writer to mention the plant , after enumerating the vari ous trefoils , purple and white , says of the latter : "The Irish grind the flow ers and leaves Into a meal , which they knead with butter when vexed and maddened with hunger. " The nourish ing qualities of the plant are alsot fathered from the statement of the- Earl of Antrim during the siege of Munster by the Duke of Argyle , to the effect that as long as shamrocks were available there need be no apprehen sion regarding the food supply. While authorities differ as to whether the edible shamrock of those stirring times was the wood sorrel , the watercress or the little Irish sham rock , trifolium repens or trlofolimn minus is immaterial. The fact remains that something in the national diet has contributed to give its women complex ions of roses and cream and its men daring and strength. DB. TALKS OF FOOD. Prea. of Board of Health. "What shall I eat ? " is the daily In quiry the physician is met with. I do not hesitate to say that in my judg ment , a large percentage of disease Is caused by poorly selected and improp erly prepared food. My personal expe rience with the fully cooked food , known as Grape-Nuts , enables me to speak freely of its merits. "From overwork , I suffered several years with malnutrition , palpitation of the heart , and loss of sleep. Last summer I was led to experiment per sonally with the new food , which I used in conjunction with good rich cow's milk. In a short time after I commenced Its use the disagreeable , ii symptoms disappeared , my heart's ac tion became steady and normal , the functions of the stomach were prop erly carried out and I again slept as soundly and as well as in my youth , "I look upon Grape-Nuts as a perfect food , and no one can gainsay but that has a most prominent place In a ra tional , scientific system of feeding. Any one who uses this food will soon be convinced of the soundness of the prin ciple upon which It is manufactured and may thereby know the facts as to tme worth. " Read , "The Road to Wellville , " In pkgs. "There's a on. "