Too Jin eh Exercise.
Hop LI had bought a cheap bu
"warranted" clock. At the end of i
week he returned to the shop fron
which he had procured his time-piece
with no expression on his face , bu
ftfitb evident bewilderment of niind.
"She go , click , clack ! click , clack ! al
light , tree day , " he announced to thi
young woman who waited on him. " .
-wind all light , samee you say. Nex
day she go click , click clack ! click
.click ! clack !
"I shake her up so ! down so !
' * ! lound so ! no good. She stop click-
stop cluck only go when I slake.
1
"I say give me one less slake , more
.click , clack ! "
Brutal Criticism.
"So you have been to the musical e.
Don't you admire Miss Faddy's execu
tion ? "
"No , madam ; I am opposed in all its
shapes to capital punishment. " Balti-
imore American.
Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup for cnilclrea
teething ; softens the gums , reduces Inftnmms-
' tlon. allays pain , euros wind cell < v&o & bottle.
' WOMEN IN HOPI LAUD.
. .Remarkable State of Affairs Due to
Feminine Rule.
"Hop ! Land comes very close to being
-a woman-governed country , for the
-'status of woman in this little republic
has as much freedom and 'dignity as It
possessed ages ago in other tribes governed -
-erned as communes. Hop ! society is
'based upon the gens ; that is , upon the
tie of blood relationship. It is a so
ciety of equals , where help is extended
- and received In the true communal
spirit How long this will last , now
'that the touch of civilization threatens
'to fall upon them , can easily be
tguessed. Among the Hopi the women
. are excellent specimens of primitive hu-
unanity. The young women are well-
formed and strong , and of irreproach
able character. They own the-houses
as well as build them , and all family
; property belongs to the woman , who is
. acknowledged as the head of the house-
jhold. Inheritance , therefore , is always
-through the mother , and descent is
reckoned through the female line.
In spite of the liberty and impor
tance enjoyed by the Hop ! women , their
reserve and modesty is surprising.
They are as quiet and shy as if their
I livas had been passed in the utmost se-
- elusion and subjection to the dominance
-of man. Their whole lives are devoted
-to the care of their children , and the
- .matrimonial customs of the Hopl are
- of a grade which , if generally understood -
- stood , might make civilized lawmakers
and writers of civilized customs stop
and think. It is marriage from the
viewpoint of the woman , not of the
' man. It is a striking example of the
'principal ' effect of woman rule , and it
: must be admitted , says a writer in the
Craftsman , that it is dominated by
: the highest order of purity as well as
< -of common sense.
! . . Distinction.
"Who is that handsome , military looking
ing- man on horseback ? " asked the fair
passenger in the "Seeing Chicago" auto-
; mobile.
"He's one of our most distinguished
vcitizens , ma'am , " said the chauffeur.
"What is his name ? "
- ' "I don't know , ma'am. He's one of the
-mounted policemen. " Chicago Tribune.
Some Hope for Baby.
* 'Have you named the baby yet ? "
"Not yet. Uncle Theophilus has been ,
plunging heavily in wheat , and we're
waiting to see bow be comes out. "
COFFEE COMPLEXION.
Ladies Have Poor Complexions
from Coffee.
"Coffee caused dark colored blotches
on my face and body. I had been drink
ing it for a long while and these
Jblotches gradually appeared , until final
ly they became permanent and were
.about as dark as coffee itself.
"I formerly had as fine a complexion
.as one could ask for.
"When I became convinced that
coffee was the cause of my trouble , I
changed and took to using Postuni Food
Coffee , and as I made it well , accord
ing to directions , I liked it very much ,
and have since that time used it in
.place of coffee. %
"I am thankful to say I am not nervous -
vous any more , as I was when I was
drinking coffee , and my complexion is
now as fair and good as It was years
ago. It is very plain that coffee caus
ed the trouble "
Most bad complexions are caused by
some disturbance of the stomach and
coffee is the greatest disturber of digcs-
tion known. Almost any woman can
Lave a fair complexion if she will leave
off coffee and use Postum Food Coffee
and nutritious , healthy food in proper
-quantity. Postum furnishes certain ele
ments from the natural grains from the
field that Nature uses to rebuild the
nervous system and when that is in
.good condition , one can depend upon a
, good complexion as well as a good
-healthy body. "There's a Reason. "
"The Road /Wellville , " in pkgs.
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THE ART OF CONVERSATION.
people so greatly change ? Is sprightly con
versation a lost art ? Was there a time
when everyone In society was gifted ver
bally ? One of the chapters of the revised
edition cf "Manners and Social Usages" is
devoted to "Society's Small-talk , " and con
tains the observation that while there are
persons who gain a reputation of being most agreeable
people , because they talk sympathetically to anyone with
whom they are brought into juxtaposition at a dinner or
other social function , "there are others , deficient in this
gift who can only say 'Ueally , ' 'Indeed' and 'Oh' people , "
the writer affirms , "are the despair of the dinner-giver. "
But these people do not constitute a new species. Loru
Edward Bulwer-Lytton , In one of his essays , more than
half a century ago , complained that "Humming , hawing
and drawling are the three graces of our conversation. "
To prepare for talking , one must begin thinking. A
man or a woman who is interested in people , In events erin
in books , should have no difficulty in finding subjects of
conversation or in making observations likely to be well
received. The best talkers naturally , are people of cul
ture , but culture may be acquired out of College as well
as in. The days of the French salons are gone never to
return. The habitues of the salons were men and women
picked for their brilliancy of mind and speech , or for
some other trait that made them interesting in society.
But not all of them were equally gifted , some of
them were better listeners than talkers. There
is a refuge for the individual addicted to society ,
but without hope of succeeding as a talker let him lis
ten sympathetically to others who talk , and he will not
lack appreciation. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
PLAIN SENSE FOR ATJTOMOBILIST3.
HE automobile is not going to be regulated
by persecution. It has come to stay. It
may be largely used for pleasure just now ,
but its practical value is manifest and in
sures its permanence. When a business
man can cover twenty to thirty miles in an
hour or two and do in that time work that
it would take him a day to do with a horse and buggy ,
! t Is just as idle to attempt to suppress that advantage
by legislation as to attempt to suppress the introduction
of railways or any other labor-saving device. The more
reasonable the law and by that we do not mean the
more lenient , but the greater the liberty allowed consist
ent with the rights of the rest of the community the
more satisfactory will be the results to the nou-automo-
billng portion of the community. An excessively high
speed ought not to be tolerated where it endangers any one
but the occupants of the automobile ; but what consti
tutes amgh speed ought not to be measured by the per
formance of some broken-down cart horse.
On the other hand any autoinobilist who habitually
and unnecessarily puts in jeopardy the lives of others ,
who runs at high speed over narrow roads where the
shying of a startled horse may cause an upset , who
dashes through crowded thoroughfares or past cross
streets where the approach of another vehicle is ob
scured , ought not only to be dealt witu by the courts
much more severely than is customary , but to be made
to feel that he is an outlaw among representative auto-
mobillsts. An enlightened selfishness dictates such a
course no matter how disagreeable it may be ; for the
conduct of those a-utomobilists who do offend is so out
rageous and so inexcusable that unless it is clearly dein-
> INDIAN GIRL'S "COMING OUT. " }
"In the early part of one September ,
announced among the Apaches that
my daughter , Eva , having attained wo
manhood , should put away childish
things and assume her station as a
young lady , " says Geronimo , the fa
mous old war chief of the Apaches , In
the story of his life. At a dance of the
tribe she would make her debut , and
then , or thereafter , it would be proper
Cor a warrior to seek her hand in mar
riage.
Accordingly invitations were issued
to all Apaches and many Comanches
and Kiowas to assemble for a grand
dance on the green by the south bank
of Medicine Greek , Hear the village of
Naiche , former chief of the Chokonen
Apaches , on the first night of the full
moon in September. The festivities
were to continue for two days and
nights. Nothing was omitted in the
preparations that would contribute to
the enjoyment of the guests or the per
fection of the observance of the relig
ious rites.
To make ready for the dancing , the
grass on a large circular space was
closely cut When the night came the
singing was led by Chief Naiche ; and
Geronimo , assisted by his medicine
men , directed the dance.
First Eva advanced from among the
women and danced once round the
camp-fire ; then\ accompanied by an
other young wTman , she again ad
vanced and danced three times round
the camp-fire ; the next time she and
three other young ladies advanced dnd
danced four times round the camp-
fire. This * ceremony lasted about an
hour.
' the medicine-men entered
Next , - ,
stripped to the waist , their bodies
painted fantastically , and danced the
sacred dances. They were followed by
clown dancers , who amused the audi
ence greatly.
Then the members of the tribe join
ed hands and danced in a circle round
the camp-fire for a long time. All the
friends of the tribe were asked to take
part in this dance , and when it was
ended many of the old people retired
and the "lovers' dance" began. "
The warriors stood In the middle of
the circle * and the ladies , two and two ,
danced forward and designated some
to dance with them. The danc-
onstrated that automobilists as a class will not protect
the offenders the demand for restrictive legislation will
become even more general than it has been. The autist
needs to exercise common sense as well as the authori
ties. St. Paul Pioneer Press. t
THE COST OP WAR.
VERY century lives are wasted in war at
the rate of 20,000,000 in Europe alone an
average of 200,000 every year. Two and a
half million men fell on European battle
fields during the first half of last century
alone ; and this slaughter cost Europe the
colossal sum of $0,850,000,000. Each victim
cost § 2,000 to kill.
In the Boer war each Boer killed cost England $25,000.
The dally expense of the Russo-Japanese war amounted
to more than $1,000,000 every daymen the Japanese side ;
while the Russians had to foot a bill for $2,500,000 every
day and this for a period of eighteen months ! Now
j try to figure out what'this war cost Russia and Japan.
To the actual cost of carrying on war must be added
the expense of preparation. The greater European na
tions every year spend many-hundreds of millions of dollars - .
lars each , preparing for war. It costs $5,000,000 to build
a modern battleshipr A hundred-ton cannon costs $75-
000 a single discharge of these monsters burns up
$1,500 , and they can be discharged only a few hundred
times , then they are worn out. ' i
Is this not an insane waste of both human lives and
money ? Why do nations go to war , anyway ? Because
of jealousy , mostly. The great commercial nations , es
pecially , are mutually distrustful , always afraid that the
other will gain greater wealth and territory. Japan is
looking with jealousy upon America , since we have ter
ritory ( the Philippines ) near its doors. England is jeal
ous of Russia. Germany and France are always ready to
fight should one or the other extend its influence in
Africa. Illustrated Home Journal.
THOUSANDS FIGHT AND TRIUMPH.
ARDLY a day passes that the newspapers
of this city do not report one or more sui
cides or attempts at suicide. In the vast
majority of cases "despondency" is given
as the cause. That one word eloquently
sums up the story
But all the despondency that triumphs In
this way over the weakness of the few is infinitesimal
compared with that which is dominated and beat down
by brave hearts every day of the year. Those who want
to take their own lives have no monopoly of this feeling.
Thousands and thousands of men feel it come over them
at tinies7 The causes of it are infinite. But they do not
yield to it because they canot afford to. The husband
with a wife and children to provide for bravely puts it
aside for their sake and his own. The woman whose
life Is often a mere mechanical routine fights it down
that those whom sbe loves may not be infected with her
cheerlessness.
These are the silent wars of which we do not read In
the newspapers , but in which men and women reach the
supreme height of heroism. The other kind of war
has more of noise and pageant and music. But in real
grandeur it cannot compare with the vietory of a single
human soul over the weakness that leads to despon
dency or the despondency that ends in death. Chicago
Examiner.
ing was back and forth on a line from
the center to the outer edge of the cir
cle. The warrior faced the two'ladies ,
and when 'they danced forward to the
center he danced backward ; when they
danced backward to the. outer edge he
followed , facing them.
This lasted two or three hours , and
then the music changed. Immediate
ly the warriors assembled again in the
center of the circle , and this time each
woman selected a warrior as at part
ner. The manner of dancing was as
before , only two instead of three
danced together.
During this dance , which continued
until daylight , the warrior , if dancing
with a maiden , could propose mar
riage ; and if the maiden agreed , he
would consult her father soon after
ward and make a bargain for her.
Upon all such occasions as this ,
when a dance is finished , each war
rior gives a present to the lady who
selected him for a partner and danced
with him. If she Is satisfied with the
present , he says good-by. If not , the
matter is referred to some medicine
man or chief , who determines the ques
tion of what is a proper gift. For a
married woman the value of the pres
ent should be two or three dollars ; for
a maiden the present should have a
value of not less than five dollars.
Often , however , the maiden receives a
very valuable present.
During this "lovers' dance'5 the med
icine men mingle with the dancers and
keep off the "evil spirits. "
WIVES WHO LIVE IN FEAR.
If Tlieir IIi.suaud.s Are Engineers
Tliey Are Always Uneasy.
When railroad wrecks occur the fire
man may jump , but the engineer , if he
is faithful to his trust , must stay by
the throttla. To do this means death
ininauy cases. No one knows this better
than the engineer's wife. The engine
men say that they become indifferent
to danger and lose all dread of acci
dents and death. Their wives , h
seems , are the ones who live most Is
fear.
Engineers' wives are not happy if
they love their husbands. Many of
them will admit that a shadow rests
on their lives if you ask them in con
fidence. Their husbands , perhaps , do
not know It.
"I do not careto make my husband
miserable , what little time he is at
home , complaining of his profession , "
said an engineer's wife ; "I never knew
of an engineer quitting the business for
his wife or anyone else but once. I
heard of a man who gave tip the road
at the solicitation of his sweetheart.
But after they had been married a few
years he went back and was killed in
a wreck. "
"My husband has been an engineer
on a fast mail train for nearly thirty
years , " said a woman with an unhap
py face. "Ihave found that being an
engineer's wife is kind of semi-widow
hood. The only time that I am abso
lutely sure that I am not a widow is
the two or three days out of each week
that iny husband is at home.
"When we were first married he ran
a switch engine in the yards and was
at home every day. There wasn't so
much danger of accidents in that. I
hoped that he would always run one
of these busy little engines with a
headlight on both ends.
"But my husband was ambitious like
other engineers. He was not satisfied
with work in the yards. I shall never
forget the day that lie came home and
told that he had been promoted to the
road. He seemed very much pleased.
I hid my feelings and made an effort
to share his pleasure with him. He
ran a freight engine for a few years.
Then he was advanced to a fast pas
senger engine. "
The woman stopped talking for a mo
ment and looked at the clock.
" ' ' let's . He is
"It's 3 o'clock now ; see.
near the town of L now. A few
miles this side of the place is a bridge
across a river. I am always afraid
of that bridge during high water. "
She said that she had learned her
husband's schedule by heart. Every
hour of the day she knows just where
his train should be at that time. She
has been over his run many times and
knows the location of every bridge ,
every high embankment and every dan
gerous curve.
' The life of an engineer's -wife is
made up of many sad farewells. Each
time that I see my husband leave it is
with the thought that this may be his
last trip. I believe that T owe my
gray hairs to those hundreds of times
, that I have had to say good-by. " Kan *
sas City Star.
A man never cares a great deal for
the pictures taken of him when hewas
a baby.
A fashion hint Is about the only ttad.
some women will take.
rrtCWEEKtY
1429 English defeated by Joan of Ar <
at Patay.
1407 Cornish rebels defeated at Black
heath.
1505 John Fisher beheaded for deny
ing the supremacy of Henry VIII.
1G43 Ilampden killed at battle of Chal
grove.
1G75 First stone laid for St. Paul's
cathedral in London .
1812 War between England and th <
United States commenced.
1813 Wellington defeated King Josepl
of Spain at Vittoria.
1815 Power of Napoleon I. crushed al
the battle of Waterloo.
1817 Waterloo bridge , across tlK
Thames at London , formally opened
1837 Hanover separated from Greal
Britain by the accession of Queen
Victoria.
1838 James K. Paulding of New YorL
became Secretary of the Navy.
1842 Shanghai captured by the British. .
1848 Isaac Toucey of Connecticut be
came Attorney General of the United
States.
1849 Russians defeated the Hungarians
at Pered. .
1856 Republican national convention at
Philadelphia nominated John C. Fre
mont of California and William L.
Dayton of New Jersey.
1864 The Alabama sunk by the federal
gunboat Kearsarge.
18S7 Steamer Champlain burned in
Lake Michigan ; 22 lives lost
1SS8 Republican national convention at
Chicago nominated Benjamin Harri
son and Levi P. Morton.
1SOO Mary Anderson , tbe actress.mar
ried to Antonio Navarro .City efFort
Fort de France , Martinique , nearly
destroyed by fire. England ceded
Heligoland to Germany.
1893 Lizzie * Borden acquitted of the
murder of her parents at Fall River ,
Mass.
1894 Many persons killed by an earth
quake at Yokohama and Tokio ,
Japan.
1895 Harlem sbip canal , New York
City , formally opened Jury in
the Laidlaw-Sage case returned ver
dict for the plaintiff for $40,000
Baltic canal opened by Emperor Wil
liam The Rosebery Liberal min
istry in England resigned.
1897 Queen Victoria began the- celebra
tion of her jubilee.
1898 Thirty-seven spectators drowned
at launching of the British battle
ship Albion.
1900 Republican national convention at
Philadelphia nominated McKinley
and Roosevelt First attack on
the legations at Pekin by the Chi
nese Taku forts in China captur
ed by the allies Baron von Ket-
teler , German minister to China ,
murdered by a mob in Pckin.
1901 Gen. Cbaffee appointed military
governor of the Philippines.
1902 Serious riots at the strikeof silk
dyers in Paterson , N. J.
1903 George White , a negro murderer ,
burned at the stake in Wilmington ,
Del. . . . Great strike of textile opera
tives at Lowell , Mass. , ended. ,
1905 Eight persons killed in wreck of
the Twentieth Century limited train
in Ohio.
190G United States Senate approved of
the lock canal for Panama King
Ilaakon VII. and Queen Maud of
Nonvav crowned.
American Landlordism Curbed.
The village of Rhinebeck , N. Y. , near
Poughkeepsie , has drawn attention to a
certain tendency toward landlordism on
the part of tbe wealthy idle class in
America by taking action to limit the
private estate of John Jacob Astor. As-
tor's estate , which already comprises
2,500 acres and touches the village boun
dary on two sides , was about to be ex
tended by the purchase of another large
farm , when a wealthy resident of the
town bought the farm , with the avowed
purpose of checking tbe further extension
of Aster's property. The purchaser has
'formed a Lome-building syndicate , with
the intention of placing the contested
tract of 360"acres at the disposal of small
homeseekers , part of it to be reserved
for public use. In the last few years Mr.
Astor has destroyed at least twenty-five
dwelling bouses , has exterminated one
village , and disposed o several public in
stitutions , in order to create an exten
sive private park , or hunting ground.
The property is known as Fernclifr. and
Astor's intention is to extend it to 10,000
acres. Much of the land bought up now
lies unused , awaiting the perfection of
the larger scheme , thus tending to restrict
the increase of taxable land values.
Western Oil Combine.
The incorporation of the Barnsdall Oil
Company in Delaware with $10,000,000
capital , is understood to be the beginning
of a big syndicate of western oil pro
ducers and gas companies to fight the
Standard. It will be headed by Theodore
N. Barnsdall , president of the Pittsb rg
Union Gas Company , who has large inter
ests in Kansas.
Telephone operators in San Francisqo
have formed a union , chartered by the
American Federation o Labor. " *
MRS. DE PASSE
OF NEW YORK CITY
" / Consulted Several Physicians ,
they Did Ale No Good. I'c-ru-na
and 2Ian-a-Kn Helped Ifc. "
MRS. ALINE DePASSE.
Mrs. Aliuo DePasso , 770 E. 105th St. ,
Ne\v York , N. Y. , writes :
"It gives me pleasure to testify to the
curative qualities of Peruna and Mana'
lin.
lin."I
"I was afflicted for over seven years
with-caterr/J of tlis head , throat and
digestive organs. 1 coiisuited many
physicians , but they did me no good.
"One day I happened to read some tes
timonials in your Peruna almanac. I
decided to try Peruua and Maualin. I
bought a bottle of each , and after taking
them for a week I noticed a change for
the better. So I kept it up , and after
using twelve bottles I was perfectly
cured.
" medicine to children
1 also gave the my
dren and they had the' same beneficial
result. I would never be without thesa
remedies in the house.
"I highly recommend Peruna and
M&nalin to : ril my friends , and in fact
to everybody. "
Miss Mildred Grey , 110 Weimar St. ,
Appleton , Wis. , writes :
"It gives me pleasure to recommend
Peruna for catarrh of the stomach. I
had this disease for a number of years ,
and could not enjoy a mouthful of food
that I ate. It was indeed a great relief
when I hit upon Peruna , and obtained
uecided results from the first. I took six
bottles before I felt entirely cured of my
trouble , but I had an aggravated case. "
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takes tbe sting outof corns sod bun
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. _ . not accept any snbntitntc.
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use Allen's r-g prrj TRIAL PACKAGE
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World's Tallest Tree.
The highest tree In the world is said
to be an Australian gum tree of the
species Eucalyptus regnans which
stands in the Cape Otway range. It is
no less than 415 feet high. Gum trees
grow rapidly. There is one in Florida
which is reported to have shot up 40
feet in four years , and another in
Guatemala which grew 120 feet in
twelve years.
THE STORY OF A WISCONSIN
IN WESTERN CANADA.
*
Three Years Ago Worth Only $2OOO ;
To-day Is Worth $13OOO.
The following is a copy of a letter ,
of which the agents of the Canadian
Government throughout the United
States receive similar ones many times
during the year :
Caylay , , Alta. , Dec. 7 , 1906.
Agent Canadian Government , Water-
town , S. D. :
Dear Sir Your letter dated Nov. 27
at hand , and was very glad to hear
from youI see that you are still at
work persuading people to move into
the Canadian Northwest. I must tell
you that I owe you many thanks for
persuading me to come out here ; am
only sorry that I wasn't persuaded
sooner , and there is still plenty of good
chances for many more right at the
present time. I hope that you will be
able to induce more to make a start out
to this part of the country.
Now I must tell you what I have ac-'w
complished since I came out here , and
it won't be three'years till the 1st of
July next. I shall shortly receive my
patent for my homestead ; the home
stead cost me $10.00 in all ; to-day it
is worth $30.00 per acre , but it is not
for sale. Then a year ago last May
I bought 320 acres at $7.00 per acre
and sold this fall for $20.00 per acre
and cleared a profit of $4,100. How
is that for the Northwest ? I now
have 320 acres of land and all paid
for , 15 bead of horses , 30 lieid of cat
tle , 22 pigs , 2 sheep and about 150
chickens and other poultry , and all
new machinery , and everything irf paid
for. We also bought S lots in Cal
gary and 7 in Uigh River. We gave.
$470 for the 15 lots and they are paid. .
for. At present I consider myself
worth $13,000 , and when I left Wis
consin less than three years a-o I r
bad about $2,000. This year I
' I
threshed a little over 4.000 'bushels
of grain , have- about 1,000 bushels of
fine potatoes and about 000 bushels of
turnips. Mrs. Beisiegel sold about
5200 worth of garden truck and poul
try this fall.
Now there
are lots of
others ia this
community who did as
vyell as I did in the same length of
time. ,
The family and
myself are all w
n' 7ritiDg and h ° P > is letter
nril . nnd
you the same. Yours very
truly ,
( Signed ) PHILIP BEISIEGEL ,
Caylay , Alta. , Canada.