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If You have Fine Poultry,
Thoroughbred Hogs or
Fancy Stock for Sale, an
Attractive Circular or
Pamphlet will bring
You Business
Will,
Mr. and lira. Joe Nelson drove to
Silver Creek Wednesday to attead the
wedding of Mrs. Nelson's sister.
The iee cream social at Andrew Pear
son's last Thursday evening was largely
attended and all report a good time.
Mrs. Freak Sholles aad two children
from Goancil Bluffs, la., are visiting at
Wm. Gilliapie'e.
Several of the West Hill young peo
ple attended the B. T. P. U. rally at
Battle Creek Saturday and Sunday.
OMtrtu eh.
A fine rain fell Monday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gertseh, gave an
ice oream party to friends aad neighbors
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller and Mrs.
Henry Brook of Kurten, Texas, visited
with Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Oaten last
week.
Quite a number of young people spent
Sunday at the home of Wm. Streblow.
George Gearing had his winter whaet
threshed last Friday.
Mr Fred Fittje and father, Sundayed
with Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Oaten.
SMrmum Township.
Frank Wardeasan shipped a load of
hogs to Omaha Monday evening.
George Kopps visited at the Sasotks
home Sunday.
Oesar "Lueschen parohaaed a new
top baggy at Preston one day last
week.
Herat G. Laesehen reports having
threshed 40 bushels of fall wheat to
the acre by wagon box measure.
Willie and Herman Oattaa visited
with Louis Robert Sunday.
Oar ball team met their first, de
feat on the hme grounds Sunday,
fie score being 11 to 13 in favor of
Oreston. A return game will he
played in the near future. Also a
game was played at Tattle Creek in
Bisamark. the soon being 41 to 31.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wardemaa en
tertained a aamber of their friends
Sunday afternoon.
District 44 nan Tieinity.
The electric and rain storm that
passed this way Saturday morning be
tween four and five o'clock did some
damage, the lighting set fire to a grain
stack of J. E. Hayes oae mile northeast
of the city but several buckets of water
and a few pitchforks in willing hands
aaved a portion of the stack. The light
ning also struck a wheat stack for John
F. Schriber eeven miles northeast of the
city and on what is' known as the Mar
tin Burk 80 and the neighbors turned
out with buckets aad water. They also
got a long strong rope which they
passed around the burning stack aad
about twenty strong men sneceeiled in
putting the stack over so they could get
at-the fire, when they boob had the blase
under control saving the etaeks which
were in the same group.
During the storm one and three '
fourths inches fell which includes one-,
half iaeh from local shower at 5 o'clock
p. ra. allot which puts. a stop to thresh
ing from the shock for a few days. .
Amsther Otti Mam OensWrsng.
He neglected to take Foley's Kidney
Oare at the first sign off kidney travels
hoping it would www away, aad he
was sow a yiceim of Bright's disease.
There is danger in delay, ant If, Fo
ley's Kidney Oars is taken at once the
symptoms will diaapssi. the kidneys
are strenlgthened and yon are soon
sound aad well and' A R. Bass of
Morgantown. la ,,had to get np sen
at twelve times in the aright, and hsd
n severe, baokache and pains 'in the
kidneys, and was cured by. Foley's
KldnerOnre. Ohaa-H.
Don't ferget the
ir
effort paid, land
Dr. Mark Tl
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Palestine.
Mr. and Mrs. George Mahood visited
at John Cherry's Sunday.
Nets Peterson and Ruth and Paul
Greig attended the B. Y. P. D. rally at
Battle Creek Saturday and Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nelson
Tuesday July 31, a daughter.
Harry Larson and Nets Johnson visit
ed at August Hedland'a on the Skeedee
Sunday.
Mrs. Andrew Pearson and Miss Flor
ence Berlin of Genoa spent Friday at
St. Edward, guests of Mm. Nels Berlin.
Mrs. G. Stengel died at her home Sa
turday August 4 at eight o'clock a. m.
Mrs. Stengel had been ailing for some
time but was confined to her bed but a
few days. She was born in Germany
June 2nd 184L Came to America when
nine years of age was married to G.
Stengel in 1861. To this union twelve
children were born, eight of whom are
living to mourn her loss. Only five of
the children were present at the funeral
the others living so far away they could
not reach here in time. The funeral
services were held at the Baptist rhurrli
Monday afternoon, Rev. Benjamin for
mer pastor of this place officiating.
Hon. J. E. North of Columbus was in
our city Friday on business.
Mrs. H. J. Hill and daughter returned
home Friday from Dennison, la. where
they have visited relatives for several
weeks.
Frank Croshow drove down from his
farm near Primrose arriving here about
noon Saturday. He says the crops get
better the nearer be came to Monroe.
The Hord Grain Co. are having a new
scale put in at their elevator here the
old one having been found on test to be
defective.
The rains of the past week assure us
a bounU-ous corn crop.
Walter Gili'spie was brought home
from the hospital in Columbus Tneeday
afternon and hopes of his recovery are
very bright.
O. ELCole of Broken Bowls here
looking after the welfare of his wheat
crop.
Sunday closing seems to be the war-
cry here, from an unofficial source we
learn that two stocks -of merchandise
will be set out in the street in a few
days unless the owner's bow the knee to
one of our Sears k Roebuck natrons.
who want things closed on Sunday's.
W. E. Cole left Monday for Ottawa.
Ohio to Join hie family, who will accom
pany him home in a short time.
Fred Sacrider of David Citv cama in
Lra Tuesday and is shaking hands with
inia many friends.
Misses Velma Truelove and Grace
McWilliams returned Tuesday from a
two weeks visit with relatives in David
City.
Never before in the history of Neb
raska has politics been of such vital
interest to the masses as the contest
now being waged in this state The
people are entitled to know the whole
truth about all the men who are seeking
office and about the principles that'are
being advocated. A paper having some
personal or private interest in the out
come of sach contests can rarely be
relied upon to print the news from an
absolutely unbiased standpoint Has
the thought orourred to yon that The
State Journal is the only Nebraska state
newspaper whose proprietor is not sa
office holder or office seeker? This may
be some explanation of why The Journal
is so especially interesting these days.
Its attitndt- upon all absorbing topics of
public interna is in behalf of the people
and not for office' getting.
. For bloating, nelohinc.
oh, had breath ssakssiaiiiation of
food, and ail srmptons of iaaJgostSon:
bag's Dvapeprta Tablet, ara a prompt
and efficient corrective. - Sold bV
TOILET OF THE DIYEB
OPERATION OF PUTTING ON AND
TAKING OFF HIS COSTUME.
of the BteawJeMcs C the Dfvec
Platform b am Oil Tte
at la the Art at Taklaa
Taiagi Kmmr Weeeaaltjr Fer Care.
' " To watch a diver while he Is dressing
or divesting himself of his professional
sppsrel Is not only to be taught a les
son in the art of taking things easily,
but also Impresses one with the. tact
that the diver's Is the only occupation
under the sun In which a tin can la a
toilet requisite.
The can hi question 'Is not an orna
mental object, such as a silver backed
hairbrush Is or a set of manicure In
struments, but the diver's valet needs
It In his business as much as' any fop
needs either of the silver Implements,
for It la la this battered old tin that
.the valet drops the thumbscrews that
keep the rubber cloth of the diving
suit confined In place between the
outer and Inner plates of the cuirass
like shell the diver wears over his
shoulders and across his breast. There
they remain until the diver is ready to
dress again, when the valet carefully
picks them out of the tin and screws
them back In" place.
The operation of dressing a diver re
quires two distinct movements, one
taking place on the deck of the vessel
or platform from which he is working,
the other at the head of the ladder on
which the diver descends to the depths
below. It is a business that requires a
good deal of time, for the diver's life
depends on Just how carefully each of
the several tilings are done, and no
one sacrifices thoroughness to speed.'
The diver always has a comfortable
place to sit on before he begins remov
ing his shoes, after which he draws on
a long pair of heavy woolen stockings
over the legs of trousers. Over these
agsln he pulls on another pair of
trousers, and then he draws on the
lower part of his diving suit proper.
After that Is done he Is In the hands of
his valet, who Is also the man who
tends the air pipe and signal rope after
the diver has descended to the bottom
of the sea.
One of the curiosities of this opera
tion la the immobility of tbo man who
Is being dressed. He sits perfectly still
with his hands clasped between bis
knees, rarely speaking, his eyes fixed
on some distant point as though ho
were absorbed In considering some
weighty problem.
Meanwhile the valet has been draw
ing the rubber suit up on the diver's
arms and part way up over his chest,
and then he slips down over his head
the steel cuirass that keeps the pres
sure of the water away from his chest
and also serves to support the weight
of the copper helmet on his shoulders.
At this point In the operation the tin
can comes Into use, and the valet takes
from It the brass thumbscrews that
confine the upper edges of the diving
suit between the -cuirass and the four
steel bands that are fastened outside
of It Then the valet puts a black silk
skullcap on the diver's head, and the
diver waddles over to the bead of the
ladder after a-"pair of heavy rubber
bands are slipped over the rubber cuffs
of the suit, for the diver works with
bared hands.
Then come the final touches of the
costume, which are always made as
near the head of the ladder as possible,
for these operations consist of putting
on the weighted shoes, the weighted
breast belt and the copper helmet. The.
diver slips his feet Into the shoes of
cast iron, and his valet and another
helper buckle them around his instep.
Then he bends down, resting bis arms
on the bead of tbo ladder, while the
belt, on which are fastened great, thick
squares of Jead, Is buckled around his
breast and across his shoulders.
The signal cord Is fastened to the
breastplate with leather thongs, and
then the signal Is given to the man at
the air pump to "work lively." which
means that he Is to send the wheel
around at a much faster paco than he
does when the diver is at work, this
being done to get n good current of air
passing through the pipe. Least time
of all does It take to put the helmet
on, for It Is dropped Into place, and
after one half turn the thing Is done.
Down goes the grotesque figure be
low the surface of the water, up from
the helmet comes a constant stream of
air bubbles, and If the diver is not
working at too great a depth you can
presently hear the click of his toos
ringing away at work. New York
Press. .
The Printer's Devil.
Why Is the printer's errand boy
sailed the. "printer's devil?" Accord
ing to Moxcn, writing at the end of
the seventeenth century, because
"these Boys in a Printing Ilonse com
monly black and !uvl themselves
whence the Workmen do Jocosely call
them Devils, and sometimes Spirits,
and sometimes Flies." It Is related,
however, that Aldo Manuzlo. pe great
Venetian printer of the fifteenth cen
tury, hod a black slave boy, who was
popularly supposed to have come from
below. Accordingly he published a no
tice: ' Aldo Manuzlo, printer to the
doge, have this day made public ex
posure of the printer's devil. All who
think he ts not flesh and blood may
some and plnca him."
Peaa Swift em Astral?.
Dean Swift predicted the death upon
a particular date of Partridge, the
chief of the astrological almanac mak
ers, and followed it with the announce
ment of his demise on that very date.
Poor Partridge protested In vain that
he was still alive, for the brilliant au
thor of "Gulliver's Travels" assured
him by the logic of his own pretended
science that he must actually have
ceased to exist
Case "With His.
Mrs. Henpeck They cant punish
bigamy too severely. No one should
have any sympathy for the man who
takes one wife too many. Mr. Henpeck
The Idea, Maria! Do you think I
should be sent to jail? Philadelphia
Press.
AM la.
"How did you feel when you found
yourself overboard?"
- "As If I were all In," gasped the re
suscitated joker, gurgling merruyT
NATURE'S WORD.SYMBOLS;
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" VeM Iat.Weeda.
Colors, sights and sounds of nature
pent hi words shrivel and lose'their vi
tality. Odors of the forest breezes
from the sea, delicate aromas of the
dawn, exhalations from dew laden
fields, entrancing pure breath of Infan
cyhow can we find among dumb, in
expressive human words any 'fair
equivalent ' any Just translation of
such rare' effects and sensations In tha
world of nature as these? How shall
we Interpret myriad shades of ono
color In the few words at our com
mand? How shall we put the feeling
and the ecstasy of .nature Into the for
mula of mental apprehension and into
the terms of literary expression?
It is as hopeless a task as If one stood
as Interpreter beside some charming
poet of alien tongue and could catch
only here and there a word and could
render that word only by some uncouth
paraphrase or by some term of remoto
or unaccepted meaning. What charm,
what coherence even, could we find in
such Inadequate transference to anoth
er sphere of what was so beautiful In
its own? So to say that the sea Is
blue does indeed give a certain Impres
sion of one color rather than another
and In a crude way suggests a general
tint to our mental vision. But how
opaque ny dead Is the one word "blue"
when held up as the reflecting mirror
to our minds of that world of translu
cent sapphire c giory let down from
heaven upon earth, air and ocean that
suffusion of azure from cerulean reser
voirs which drenches nature .on rare
midsummer days! We have seen such
flooding molten turquoise - Ught liko
gems liquefied and poured over sea
coast, mountain and plain when It has
seemed as If the chalices of the angels
of the ether and' the sun kept pouring
down new tides of graded sky tones on
the glorified landscape. We have seen
rock and flower, cloud and tree, hill
and valley, swim and seem to float in
every gradation of the great monotone
of .color around us, while bar after bar
of indigo, violet blue, lay far upon the
sea, reiterating in a thousand changing
shades that end of the rainbow gamut
of color In the endless enchantments
of Its tremulously sliding, blending,
ever overlapping, -Infinitely shaded
scale.
Oh, again, take the word silence as
the Image of that great, full breathing,
resonant stillness of the forest far from
the dwelling of men. How flat and un
responsive and echoless Is the word
symbol when hung up as the silvery
sounding board of what nature calls
her stillness. The term silence Is but a
dumb Interpreter of the serene, sound
less, on going life In the deep woods.
In that silence there IS speech of thou
sand tongues. Inaudible and voiceless,
complex and Intricate, as the flexured
Interweaving of leafy branches over
head or the gray and gold green tints
that sift down upon the ragged roots
and Hcbened rocks that roughen her
forest aisles. Christian Work.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
A man isn't beaten as long as he Isn't
discouraged.
Most family skeletons refuse to stay
in the closet.
Be sure that you have an aim In life
before pulling the trigger.
Never do any worrying today that
you can Just as well postpone until to
morrow. When a man gets a chance to dispose
of his troubles he always heaps up the
measure.
Yes, you may draw the salary, but
your wife earns half the money; don't
forget that.
Of course It's all right to be born a
leader, but the man In tbo rear has a
better opportunity to get away.
Many a city chap laughs when he
hears of a farmer buying a gold brick.
Then he, goes to the race track and
hands over his money to the book
makers. Chicago News.
Aalatala Tall.
Though most animals possess a tail,
either In the full or the Incipient stage
of growth, few of them use It to the
same extent as the kangaroo, the scor
pion, the horse and the giraffe. What
was Its destined use? That It was not
destined for ornament Is shown by the
fact that In certain vertebrae It is
proved to be an extension of the verte
bral column. A satisfactory solution
Is to be found, I think. In the hypothe
sis that the tail In animals Is nothing
else than the taproot of vegetables,
which has become obsolete or useless
owing to the fact that the living being
has long since adopted another method
of struggling for existence. Brooklyn
Eagle.
A Fo-werfal Writer.
The lflte Rufus E. Shapley. the bril
liant Philadelphia lawyer, wrote "Solid
For Mulhooly," which had an Immense
success. Once nt a dinner an editor
congratulated Mr. Shapley warmly on
"Solid For Mulhooly." The editor said
It was powerfully written. Mr. Shap
ley replied: "Yes, I suppose I am a
powerful writer. The other day I
wrote a letter of condolence to the
widow of an old friend, and I under
stand that the lady no sooner read my
letter than, changing her black gown
to a pink one, she went to a matinee.
Argonaut
Beth Fi aerea la Ceaaeaaeaee.
Father-in-law Extravagance, ex
travagance! You offer me a fifteen
cent cigar! When I was your age I
couldn't afford anything better than a
fiver! Son-in-law (who has Just got
a girl with a fortune) Exactly: other
wise I could not afford anything better
now myself. FMegende Blatter.
Plata.
Lecturer on Woman's Rights Wo
man has risen. We will no longer be
the slaves and playthings of the tyrant
man. Am I plain? Unsympathetic
Male Voice You are. London Maga
zine. .'They Beat Sneak M
Jess He hasn't got sense enough to
propose to a woman. Tess Is that so?
Well, he and I are engaged! Jess
Well? Cleveland Leader.
There's nothing makes a man mad
der than to know he has made a fool
of himself after having his own way
PASSING OF THE LION.
ace hUchty
atSr Cl-rilh-aUeau -
The'lton. like the other great cats, is
a relic of a dlaUnlshlng'race and do
minion. 'In the early stone age the
"cave" Hon roamed throughout- the
southern half of Europe, and It Is be
lieved that along the Mediterranean, al
least, its extinction was due to prehis
toric man.
The battle'has gone on ever 'sluee.
Long ago lions', were exterminated
from Afghanistan, Baluchistan .and
northern Persia. A century ago they
were more or less prevalent on north
western India, but now none remain
save a few In the Gbeer, -a wooded
hijly tract of" Kattlawar, where they
are "to some extent preserved by the
nawaltt of Joonaghoor;" Farsjstan,
where tbo marshes about Niris lake af
,ford shelter and the hosts of pics
feeding on the acorns of the oak forests
furnish' subsistence.
Similar 'conditions enable a few lions
to maintain themselves along the lower
Euphrates and Tigris, but they Averu
long ago exterminated from all Asia
Minor, Syria, Arabia, Egypt and Alge
ria. From Abyssinia and the. southern
Sahara southward to the Orange river
lions still exist except in the iint pop
ulous districts, and In some places are
very numerous.
There seems never to have been moro
than one species, nor. In spite of the
former belief, in the "maneless lions; of
Guzerat" and the "black uiancd" ones
of other places. Is any variety well lo
calized. Lions with full manes have
been shot in India as well as those
with hardly any, and "out of fifty nialo.
lion skins scarcely two will le found
alike In color and length of mane."
Ernest Ingersoll's "Life of Mammals.
THE FLAQ REVERSED.. ,
A Flahenaaa'a Kbahleat That Telle eff
Pltrre aal fleae.
One of the frequent . sights in the
ports along the eastern coast Is that of
a fishing schooner coming into the har
bor with an American flag hoisted at
the mainmast head In Its reverse osi
tion. To the Interested spectators that
flag always brings a pang of distress,
for it means that one or. more of the
crew are "missing" through some calam
ity of the sea. But to the uicmlwrs of
the craft Itself the signal is not always
an emblem of woe. The tlag Is hoisted,
from their' viewpoint, to notify those
concerned that the complement of the
ship Is not full, and they live on hope
for a long tune before they acknowl
edge that the men who have disapiiear
ed are really lost.
A stranger to seafaring ways asked
the skipper of one of these fishing
schooners the other day what the dis
tress signal meant, and' lie was set
right by the cnptuln, who remarked in
the most cheerful way In the world:
- "They're missifinout of th crew, of
course, but we haven't given them up
by a long sight Ye see, they may
have leen picked up by some other
Iwat an -carried off to th other side.
Oh, no, we dont give them up just le
cause we've missed them! It's more
than likely they'll turn up yet." New
York Tress.
Eleahaat Power.
now many men would be needed to
pull a weight hauled by an elephant?
Fifty. The answer Is the result of re
cent investigations' made to determine
the respective pulling power of horses,
men and elephants. Two horses,
weighing l,t00 pounds each, together
pulled 3.730 pounds, or 550 -tounds
inorc than their combined weight One
.elephant, weighing 12,00ft pounds, pull
ed 8,r0 pounds, or 3,200 pounds less
than his weight Fifty men, aggregat
ing alwnt 7.500 pounds in weight, pull
ed 8.7.V) ponnds, or Just as much as the
single elephant But, like the horses,
they pulled more than their own
weight. One hundred men pulled 12.
000 pounds.
.Pro-rerha off Antu-a-u
Here are some rather clever proverbs
of Assam: "The best crops groAV on
others' fields, but the best sons are at
home." "A bird Is a little thing, but
It builds Its nest on a lofty hulling
tree." "Buy land which slopes to the
middle, nnd marry a girl who has a
good mother." "The biggest Jack fruit
always hides under the leaves." "If a
man slips down it Is always his eldest
wife's fault, but if his youngest wife
makes a mistake he says he wlJI see
about it." "A hasty cook, a hasty
broom, and the husband goes fasting;
a slow cook, a slow brootu, and the
husband eats three meals a day."
Sfexleaa Cacti.
Mexico has a cactus -Ahich grows
toothpicks; another, ribbed and thick
ly set with toothpick spines, which fur
nishes the natives with combs. There
Is another cactus, the long curved spines
of which resemble fish hooks. There Is
another whli-h Is an almost perfect imi
tation of the sea urchin. Still another
resembles a porcupine. There Is anoth
er covered with long red hair which
Is nicknamed the red headed cactus."
Mere eff Hla-.
Miss Mugley The Idea of bis calling
me homely. I may not be very pretty,
but I'm certainly not as homely as he
Is. Miss Pert No. dear, but that's
imply because he's bigger than you.
Philadelphia Ledger.
e Weat.
Like most men," be said, "I have
my shortcomings, I suppose, but"
"Oh, It Isn't your shortcomings father
objects tor Interrupted the glrL "It's
your long staylngs."
la Fatal Blaader.
'-Why did yon think he had been
drinking? He didn't show IV
"Not until be went out of his way
to prove that he hadn't." Philadelphia
Press.
Every form of distresiiBg ailment
known as Piles originates internally.
The real cause of the trouble is in
aide. MaaZaa is pat np in collapsible
tubes with nozzle, so the medicine
can be applied where it will do the
most good, and do it quickly. If you
are snffering with piles yon owe your
self the duty of trying MaaZaa. Sold
20th Century Drug store, Platte Center
WAY UP is used by all who desire a
fine quality of patent Hour. The Co
lumbus roller mills makes it . .
animals in cuba:
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Throughout Cuba- game is abundant.
Deer, though not native, have floor
iahed and multiplied greatly. Rabbits
are plentiful; also the wild boar, so
called, the wild pig. the wild dog and
the wild cat of tbo Island. Wild fowl,
especially .ducks and pigeon, abound,
the former crossing from the southern
states during the whiter season, while
the latter remain on the Island the year .
round. Pheasants, quail, snipe, wild
'turkeys and wild guinea fowl are also
.numerous, with several '.varieties of
game birds, such as the perdiz,- tojosas.
rabiches and the guanarosC
'. The only distinctive native animal hi
the Jutia or hutla, ratlike In appear-
ance and 'black. - It grows to a length '
of -sixteen, or. -eighteen Inches, not in-
eluding the" tall,- While eatable, it is -
.not especially; palatable.. -.
Cuba has more than 200 species of
native birds, including those already '
'mentioned as 'game birds. nnny.. pos
sessing the most beautiful plumage,
but those .with. song are rare." '
In swampy localities crocodiles and
American, alligators .'(caimans) -are
found, and, -although these frequently
grow to an. enormous size, but little.--
attention Is p'aid-te them by the na-
tires.;. ;-. : "
Chanelebns small lizards, tree toads
and similar .harmless. Silurians. of dl-.
mlnutive'size are very common, while
occasionally the iguana and other largo -.
varieties "of the lizard species are seen.'
Few varieties ".of -.snakes .exist" In .
Cuba. One of ..these, the .niaja. from;
ten" to. "fourteen; feet In length.- Is m
seml-domcst 'cated; reptile, If such" a . -term
msy be used", "for- it Is most' fre--
qucntly.. found-.about. the huts, farm
houses and small Tillages; Its favorite '
living-place being In the palm thatches .
of. the old bnlldfngs, while Its favorite
food is poultry. Another snake, named :
the julto. is more vicious In. disposition" '
than the'maja. although never reach-;-. .
lrig more than ohe-third Its size. It.-1'-.;
"not poisonous .The other varieties are.;
still smalloc'in size, are" seldom seen:.,
and not venomous. Havana Post. -
PASTED HIS OWN BILLS..
The-.' Meat .Mea-traMe-.Eaa-aB-ei
rat
Edwla Beolh E-rer'PM-red. '.-'
Edwin Booth. otice told a little. "com .;
pany of his intimates that "the most ro-v
mantle, memorable and -delightful cn-'A
gugement that he ever..Jl;iyed In his, fj
life was one ij which he was obllged'tb--pasto
his own bills. . . - - ".-.
It was In 'the early." years of "his ca-
reer, .lomi before, his" fatuous hundred. '
nights' run -of -riaiiile"t" at the Winter '.
Garden in Xew York," and at m -titno V
when romance mid enthusiasm Wrrti- .
still young hi hi- heart: He had played "
with Varying stu'eess lu many" pirts of
the country. Journeying even to San:.
Francisco and the few cauipt in tha"-""
gold bearing country that we.-e. !.n-go ."
enough to supply him wiih audiences.' '
Here he had done sa well that he felt". -J
encouraged t try his fortune la still - .'
remoter clinics and accordingly eui-.:.
harked from the (Jolden Gate-for tho."
Hawaiian Islands, where. In the liono- -lulu
theater and under tlie direct jut- "
ronage of the dark, brown royalty that -
then hold sway, he played an ens-age-" "'
ruent to which he looked back In after.".""
years -with much pleasure ahfl satis
faction; ' . . . "
-But "after the play "was over." said
Booth, '"I found it necessary to climb . -.
down from the high plane of art. to -common
ground, and take- steps to an- "
nouuee my repertory to the public.
This was done almost entirely by way -of-
posters, and I could not trust tho
Job to the native boys, because they al
ways ate the paste and threw away
the bills. My actors would not do It."
because, they were such eminent' nrtlstH
and thoroughbred gentlemen. I had.
to do It myself. Many a time have I
taken off the costume of Iago or Ham
let or Othello and gone out with a- -bucket
of paste and a roll of paper to
bill the town,' as we say hen- in. Amcr-" , -lea,
for my next nppearance.,-
The nehla aad the Caterpillar.
Tho robin hops along In the furrow
and picks np worms as thw farmer
plows, which it eats Itself or carries to .
Its nest as food for the youn robins.
The robin prefers smooth coated
worms, such as the common earth- -worm,
but if such food Is scarce It does
not disdain the fuzzy cirterpHlur. it Is
an evil day for the caterpillar when- a .
robin strikes it. TheroWn picks It up.
and shakes It nnd .slinke It until. It
shakos tin spines out of It the fn-v a
the children call the caterpillar J"""J"y"
coating lejvluac the oatcr-ll.ir lwro-tu .
patches and o met hue- all t-:or..and.
.shaken all out of shape TIien the.,
rubiu eats it or carries' .It cflf.to Cooii It"
young. " ,-.:
Bor-rn-a-lKa- 1 latlta.
mala la a tuition or pnwnUops. ac-- - .,.--..
cording to an Eugllsh nutlmrtty." The " ";"r:f.--"V-V I
peoplo think the cleverest man Is he- " "..-".-"":". "" I
who devises the largest number cf " - "-"- ;-"""- -i
ways by whlrii to lwrrow money. -They .. ;.. , v.
put In pTedce their lands, oxen. Jew Y: .".,"-" y
elry, themselves, their -children, ah'd; 'l-V,-. "J
their .grandchildren,, and .eases have-""C -;"" ".
crcn been "known where a .father, to ."...-.?
obtain morivy to defray.tke t'XinsVM.':""?V..Jv..f"-:-. ?
of his daughter's wedding, -"has pledged' .-".: f.""V.-.
as collateral the first child to be born'
of the union. " '. ." " ""
People who make puns "arevlikp wari-'-'ii." i" .
ton boys that put coppcrs'on th rail--"-.- i.--ro:id
tracks. Tliey amuset then ".selves" ":"".-
and other children, but theliilittle trick y'.y "
may upset-a freight train of cot 1 versa-;,". "".
tlon for .tho sake of a battered wittl-....
ctem. O. W. nolmes. . ". ' .-- . """ .
A great ma'n" win make great oppor
tunities even out of. the commonest
and meanest- situations. Success". Mag-".
azlne. ..-." "-.--.-
A hundred- years ago, 'the beet
physician would. give yoa'a medicine :
for Your heart '"without stopping to '
consider what effect it .might nave
on the Hver. Even to this goon dew
congh and cold aeedicines. 'invariably
bind the bowels. This is wrong.'
Beczs Laxative Syrup with Honey
and Tar acts--on 'the bowels drives-'
ont the cold clears the head, relieves -
all coughs, 'cleanses and strengthen
the mncoas ateartranes of the throat
chet. lungs and aeonchial tube.. '
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