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5iPmPWPmPfSMiSiPiimi Si IVSTWy j " ??-v A --. -Tj ;L. -v i-fi'-Tjfc'f- .-v'. -2r.tt-. ? V v- TV v- -. - t "r ? ST" art-. - is t V , ?- ?rV .Til tt L !' feg L .. j n iii iiw i J masum A HCMARKAM.C MAN. Kstfock. of 44 Walaee 8U J N.J., is a remarkable mi at the age of ft. For 4' yean he was. a victim at hUBwy troeblea aaa doctors said he woald be cured. 1 trying says Mr. KoOock, -was lame aad weak. ama emy eaerOoa aeat a sharp twiacs tbroaak me. I had ta get ap aereral tiiaea eack aJsht aaa the Ida- aecretloas coatalaed a heavy eedl- Keceatly I begaa asias Ooaa's KUacy, PfUa. witk lae xeaaKa. They have aivea warn eatlre relief SoM 1 aU dealers, it ceato a box. Vtaetor-Milaara Co. Batala. N. T. f A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE. SchoolBwater Do you wish your eon to learn the dead languages? Mr. Koffin Certainly, as I shall re quire him to asist in my- business as an undertaker. DEEP CRACKS PROM ECZEMA Ceuld Lay Slate-Penci! in One Hands in Dreadful Stats - Permanent Curs in Cuticura. I had eczema on my hands for about seven years and during that time I had used several so-called rem edies, together with physicians' and druggists' prescriptions. The disease was so bad on my hands that I could lay a slate-pencil ia one of the cracks aad a rale placed across the hand would not touch the pencil. I kept using remedy after remedy, and while some gave partial relief, none relieved as mush as did the first box of Cuti cura Ointment I made a purchase of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my hands were perfectly cured after two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and, one cake of Cuticura Soap were used. W. H. Dean. Newark. DeL. Mar. 28. 1907." GLAD TO HAVE HIM GO. Toil-Gate Keeper Thought He Had Visit from His Satanic Majesty. . This is" not the only age in which motor cars have created excitement aad disturbance. In 1802 such appari tions were few and far between; at present they are. too freaseat to at tract attention. Mr. Joseph Hattoa, in "Old Lamps aad New." tells of the fright caused by one of TrevitbJck's steaat locomotives, made to rua on aarailed Toads ia the early part of the last century. Now and then oae of these extraor dinary vehicles would be encountered, snorting and pufing oa the highway. The countrymen regarded them as the evil oae in disguise. Oae of the cars, coming to a toll gate, stopped for the gate to be opened. .The toll-man came hurrying out He flung the gate open with trembling hands, and teeth which chattered audibly. The driver asked him how much toll there was to. pay. ' . "O. nothing, dear Mr. Satan, noth ing! r hastily assured the man. "Go oa as fast as you like; there's nothing to pay.' Youth's Companion. OrifiH ef the Elevator. The elevator originated ia Central Europe. The earliest awntkra of the elevator is made ia a letter of Na poleon L addressed to his wife. Arch duchess Maria Louise. He writes to her that whea in Schoenbrunn, then the'saamer residence of the Austrian emperor, near Vieana, he used the ''chaise volute" (lying chair) la that castle which had been constructed for RmjPrees Maria Theresa. It consisted of 'a saudl. a.aare,room, sumptuously furaished with hangings of -red silk aad suspended by strong ropes with counter weights, so that It could be palled ap or let down with great ease la a abaft built for the purpose HAPPY OLD AGC Mast Likely to Fetlew Proper Eating. .As old age advances, we require less food to. replace waste, and food that will not overtax the digestive organs, while aapplyiag true nourishment Seen aa ideal food is found in Grape Nuts. BMde ef whole wheat aad barley by teag baking aad acttoa of diastase ia the barley which changes the starch tatoaagar. The phosphates also, placed up un der the braa-coat of the wheat, are in cluded Ja Grape-Nuts, but left oat of white leer. They are necessary to the building of braia and aerve cells. "I have used Grape-Nats." writes aa Iowa aua. "for 8 years aad feel as good aad am stronger thaa I was ten years age. I ant over 74 years old. and at tend to wtj bnrtaean every day. "Among way customers I meet a "un every amy who is 92 years old aad at tributes bis good health to the use of Orape-Nats aad Postum which he has eel far the last 5 years. He mixes Orape-Nats with Postum and says they gb tee together. "Par many years before I begaa to eat Graps-Nats. I could not any that I eajoyed Ufa or knew what it was to be able to say 1am welt I suffered greatly wlthaeastipatioa. aew my hab its'are as regular, as ever la my life. I make-extra efert I ea Grape-Nuts food and tt just I aaa thiak aad write - ' J t a annua. Name gi by Ce. Wattle Creek. Mtea. nSii i MBMk. BapSsmannnmr eg BsbubbufM' "bat my baek AhHHHb HHHFflRaAflHT ar vBrS9Bb mfK MJBfcp .lagsSsi-. AlH( to WanvQlar as " 1 aammaaaaamaaa . BBtVal mur Clean out the aest boxes often. Hogs like variety as well as other animals. Teach the calves to driak from the pail from the start Careless, shiftless methods yet produced profitable pork. never Oil .meal is worth about two-fifths more than bran as feed for cows. Loosen up the mulch on the straw berry vines, If it has become packed down. Variety of feed Is essential to vigor ous growth in sheep or other farm animal, for that matter. Know exactly what it is that you want of the hired man and then be sure that he gets your idea. As a rule, make it to the boy's inter est tq stay on the- farm and he vill stick. Of course there are exceptions. A fourth of an acre of good land planted with a variety of. small fruits will keep a large family supplied throughout the season. The dirty stable, the dirty cow and the dirty milker is a triple combina tion of filth which is sure to tell on the quality of the milk. Does your soil need any special fer tilizer? Be sure the commercial fer tilizer you contemplate buying con tains elements which your soil lacks. The most profitable gains with pigs is made when allowed a good run of clover or peas. The habit of shovel ing corn out to-pigs is too prevalent in the corn belt. Don't letthe low prices of hogs dis courage you. There will come the swing in the circuit and again they will bring better prices. You cannot keep a good thing down. Of course you have not forgotten that you promised yourself a garden for this year. Have a good generous variety of the vegetables you like. My, how good they will taste when the time comes. It does seem as though it was im possible to get time to drag that road when the other work is pressing so herd at this season of the year, but if you will only take the time, before the summer is over you will feci that it paid. As a rule farm tenantry works ill to the country school. The renter cares little or nothing about local improve ments and the land owner takes ad vantage of the town school and to les sen taxes is disposed to have the country school run as cheaply as pos sible. Be careful and not lay out more work for the spring than you can suc cessfully do. This does not mean that you should cut "but the garden which your wife has been asking you for these many years. Stick to your prom ise aad give her a good one. You will enjoy it as much as she will when the time of harvest comes, i When a boy labors on the farm all through his minority and comes to manhood's estate and feels that he has nothing that he can really call his own it is no wonder that he has. a yearning to get out into the world and shift for himself where he has the chance to work for himself and has the chance to know how money of his very own feels. Care has to be exercised with the mare ia hot weather while a colt is suckling her. because overheating her often gives a colt the scours. By hav ing the colt come In the fall the mare suckles him while she is doing no work, and she can 'give him a much better start than when he Is born in the spring. Farmers interested in forestry and who is there who should not be interested in tree growing win watch with interest the results of the series of scientific reseeding experiments which the government has planned on several of the national forest ranges this spring and summer to determine under what conditions and ia what manner those portions of the range which have been seriously damaged by overgrazing may be restored to their former productiveaess. Seed frauds still continue, and it is not always the farmer who gets caught W. G. Fitz-Gerald tells in Technical World of a rascal who was found to have made a small fortune by chopping up palmleaf fans aad selling the stuff! at a dollar a packefcontain iag a pinch or two of the precious dust which was said to be the seed of a rare exotic flower. He adver tised widely and numbered profession al florists among his victims. True, he disclaimed responsibility for the germinating .power of nis "seed," but this is a eemmea warning even oa toe wares, of reputable, seedsmen, so that the bayerapbutodl watched aaa watered with. pathetic seal until at leataaaagry lady mid the swindler by the heels. U to a sarnie, to bay aeteary steek'Sad needs oaty'fram re-, liable aaa oteeatabUebed Arms. Mnaiiw Lv " mt ' TJm3nanjyjPnEaarf umkmutriaurV Bmnmmmmmmmmmr&anmmue2??nl BBaxmBBHjaj mmmmJMnWummmmmumiHHH9PrPTJ m Little plg3 should1 not 'have cera ineaL -" ,. The thoroughly halter-broke coltv-ia, more than half "broke. ' " ,, A saarbathfor the early spring calves is about the proper thing. Hogs are by nature grazing animals For this reason provide pasturage for them. Fruit trees mean added value to the farm. Set out a few this spring. Not too late yet Treat the cow kindly and keep bee clean and she will give yoa more milk aad of a better quality. Put in just enough pop core for your owa use next, winter when you are gathered about the fireside. Clean off the cows and doa't forget the tail. If covered with dirt a slight swish will send lots of dirt into the paU. 4, The man who has won failure by his shiftlessness is not so much in need of sympathy as. he Is of a course in the school of privation. Don't be so wise in your own ways that you cannot learn from your neigh bors, or find a helpful thought or hint in Meadowbrook Farm Notes. Being ready is half, the battle. More than half the failures on the farm are due to the fact that we'are not ready to do work when it ought to be done. Remember with the return of spring weather that the keeping quality of milk depends more on cleanly meth ods of handling than upon weather conditions. Dip the sheep this spring after shearing, even though you do not no tice any ticks. Remember about the ounce of precaution being better than a pound of cure. From two to three hogs can be fat tened if allowed to follow a bunch of steers, with the use of a very little extra corn. Most corn-belt feeders count two pigs ier steer. Labor-saving machinery for the farm is all right, but 'the owner of the small farm must remember that unless the expensive machine can be kept busy it is hardly profitable for his farm alone. When paris green is put up in small packages the weight of-the package is often included with the green. Thus a pound package may contain only about 15 ounces of green. For this reason, if one uses large quantities of poison, it is cheaper to buy it in bulk. The arm ration for horses consists of 15 to 20 pounds of hay dally, with 10 to 12 pounds of good oats. When doing extra heavy service a larger amount of grain is allowed. Atthls rate a ton of hay will feed a horse about 90 days, allowing for ten per cent waste. Soil that because of its nature and location can be used for but little else than pasturage land can be. im proved by the sowing of blue grass and red clover seed. Even if the land is scattered among rocks and stumps it can be improved by dragging a har row over the thin spots and scattering on chemical fertilizers and seeds of mixed grasses. The permanent pas ture is the most neglected part of our farms. It is worthy of attention and improvement. It has been demonstrated by the ex periment stations and by practical tests of innumerable farmers that crop rotation not only pays in better crops but that where properly carried out actually increases the productivity of the soil from year to year. Have you given this matter any thought? Have you considered that with this coming season you ought to begin some sort of crop rotation and prove to your own self by practical test that the system pays? The wonderful advancement which has been made in farming methods in the last 50 years encourages a poetic dreamer to indulge -in a vision of what yet another 100 years will bring forth, and he breaks out into song as fol lows: Oh, it's ho! for the days of the dear old farm, when we plowed with gasoline. And the cows were fed in the dewy morn through the butter and cheese ma chine; When we lit the meadows and pasture lots with glaring electric light; And used the wireless telegraph for call ing the cows at night; When the gardens grew on a grand old plan, and pumpkins and grapes and tea Were gathered by rollicking, frolicking girls from the limbs of the self-same tree! How we lily-fingered fanner boys loved to spend the day in sleep. By the murmuring motor that ran the mill that sheared the complacent sheep. How we loved to loaf by the alcohol stills that stood in the billowy corn. Till called to the farm hands' ten-course meal by the notes of a Gabriel's horn. Ah! then was the chance for the true romance! Ah! then there was genu ine charm And unruffled joy for the trouble-free boy who lived on the dear old farm! It is an interesting experiment which Buffalo Jones, the sheep man of Arizona,. has tried in crossing Per sian sheep with Merinos and Cots wolds. The cross with the Meriao -produces probably the best sheep for wool as the Persian wool is coarse and not so dense as it might be and taking it all in all. this animal which has been named the Persiarino, is of great promise. The exact grade that will be best has not yet been determined, but the one-half, five-eighth and seven eighth Persians are aU right The weight of the sheep is nearly doubled, the meat is unlike mutton ana has none of the sheep on wool taste about it The flesh is as white as chicken's breast, and the flavor Is more like that of the reiadeer. which is the best meat produced.. All grades of these hybrids are fertile. The cross with Cotswola aad coarse wool sheep makes the fleece of the offspriag rather light ia weight but the else of tike wool aaa Us rapid growth yield two dips annually. This crass has beea named the Persiaeot "J: ".? i-Vs'r.j:iH;'jLi-"ri i. - ' "" f A- . ati r 1- T3fc ' NED FOUND THE COWS. Western Ranch Boy's Adventure with Cattle Thieves. It was a warm' atorniag in June whea Ned Wilson's father approached him and said: "Ned, you know those cows I bought of Farmer Buckley? Well, they wandered away mat night and I wish you could go aad find them.' Do you think you could?" "Why. yes. father. Why aotr "All right then; get Lightning and go along the river. That's where I think they went" "Yes, sir," was the quick reply. Soon Ned was at the barn where his pony was kept ' He unfastened the strap, jumped into the saddle and was soon hidden from view by some bushes that grew by the river. Ned Uved with his father on a large cattle ranch in Texas. The night before they had lost three cows, which Mr. Wilson felt sure went down by the river that was a few miles from his house. Lightning was a swift runner and Ned was soon down by the river. As he came toward it he saw footprints in the sand near the water's edge. "Those footprints don't look like cows'. I wonder what they can be?" he thought. He dismounted and, ex- Ned Drove the Cows Home. amining the prints, discovered that there was a man's among them. Just then the constable, on horse back, came around a curve in the road. On seeing Ned he left his saddle and asked: "Have you seen anyone with some cattle around here?" "No," answered Ned. "I am look ing for some cows we lost" "Well, there has been a man going around taking cattle from different farms," said the constable. "How did yours get lost?" Ned told him he thought they had strayed, and they decided to hunt together. On riding half a mile far ther, they saw something stir in the bushes. "There are some cows now," said the constable, as ..he dismounted. Ned sprang to the ground and they went in among the bushes where they saw Ned's three cows and also a hut not far away. "Let us go up to the hut," said jthe boy. The suggestion was accepted and both went up to the hut, only to find it deserted. "Looks like some fisherman's hut" said Ned, after looking around it "Guess you are right there, boy," answered the constable. "But I think the cattle thief has been here and has probably gotten frightened and has left the premises. I was in hopes I could 'round' him up." Ned. too, was disappointed in not having an exciting adventure, but he felt grateful for finding his cows safe and unharmed. He drove them out to the road and home, leaving the constable at the crossroads. When Ned arrived home he turned the cows over to one of the ranchmen while he went in and got his dinner. His fa ther was so pleased at getting the cows back that he gave N.ed a holiday the next day. Carl H. Schulte. in Detroit Free Press. AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT. Try This with Your Spring. Bicycle This The sketch reproduced here illus trates an interesting experiment which can be tried with any bicycle. The cycle is placed on the ground with the pedals in ther position shown, with a cord attached' to the lower pedal. If the cord is pulled from the rear of the cycle, one would naturally expect to see the machine go for ward L e., away from the hand. The reverse action happens, how ever; the cycle moves backwards and the pedal forwards, in the opposite di rection to which it is being pulled. The explanation is that the whole ma chine is being pulled backwards and the rear wheel drives the pedals, in stead of being driven by them, as in riding. Her Guess. During the course of a geography lesson recently the teacher asked the following question: "Who can tell me what useful ar ticle we get from the whale?" "Whalebone," promptly replied a boy. "Right. Now. who knows what we get from the seal?" "Sealing-wax!" shouted a giri. Harper's Magazine. little The Disobliging Sear. There once was -a awn who said. "Oh, Pleats, good Mr. Bear, let me so: Doa't you think that your caar"; ear waked at the man. SBBBBBBBalSSBBBBBBBfeSpVstaBBmaImBBBBBBBBBmm calaaly responded: "Why no!" Carolyn Wells. -"5-.;? CMAM&ED HIS IflNDL i -i-ww - Nobody loves me; I doa't care; I guess I'll go away. I'll pack this satchel full of things Because I'm goto to stay. I'll have to take my Sunday suit, . " But, oh, dear! I don't know The way to pack a satchel right Or where things ought to go. My stomach aches a Uttle. too, Or maybe it's my heart; The supper things look awful good I kind o' hate to start. It's pretty dark and cold outside, An' mamma looks so sad. I b'lieve I'll go an' tell her that I'm sorry I was bad. Marie Louise Ward, in Detroit Free Press. HE FOUND A FRIEND. Kindness, of a Country Lad Marks Turn in His" Fortune. A thinly clad young man was walk ing along a city street one winter morning, eating peanuts from a five cent sack in his coat pocket, in lieu of a breakfast, when he saw a number of boys trying to attract the attention of a flock of hungry pigeons in the street by tossing cracker crumbs at them. He stopped and joined in the fun by shelling some of his peanuts, breaking the kernels into small pieces and throwing them on the pavement near the birds. Recognizing a new benefactor, they flocked round him, eagerly picking up his offerings, but keeping an eye on him meanwhile, prepared for in stant flight in the event of his becom ing too familiar. Long experience had taught them to be suspicious of strangers. Stooping down and holding a tempt ing morsel between his fingers, he called the birds gently. At first they shrank back, but pres ently an old bird, having first inspect ed him critically with one eye and then with the other, stepped forward gingerly, plucked the titbit from his fingers, and darted away. Not find ing the experience so very terrible the old bird soon came back, and was rewarded with another choice bit of peanut. The other pigeons speedily followed the example. "That's more than they'd do for any of us," said one of the boys. The young man gave the pigeons about half his stock of peanuts, and then straightened up. "That's all I can spare you this time," he said, starting away. A middle-aged man who had been watching the performance with con siderable interest tapped him on the shoulder. "Young man." he said, "are you looking for work?" "Am I?" was the response. "I've been tramping over this town for a week, hunting a job." "What can you do?" "I'm a sort of jack of all trades. I can- carpenter a little, run an engine, repair bicycles and " "Can you take care of horses?" "Can I?" said the young man, his face lighting up. "I was raised on a farm." "Well, came along with me. I need a coachman, and I'm not afraid to trust my thoroughbreds with you. I'll take the recommendation the birds have just given you. Will you work for me for $30 a month and board till you find something better?" Would he? Well! ' The young man is now his middle aged employer's trusted man of all work, with a wage to correspond, and the pigeons have never had occasion to retract their recommendation. IMPROVISED PLATE SUPPORT. Three Forks and a Napkin Ring Do the Trick. The soup tureen is burning hot; the question is to improvise, on the spur of the moment a support there is no time to lose. Take your ffork and those of two of your neighbors, v and run them through a napkin ring, placing' the handles 'on the table in such a manner that the prongs form an equilateral triangle, as indicated in the cut. . On these points place a plate it will be quite secure and on this the servant can set down the hot tureen in perfect confidence. Our plate support will be none the less symmetrical for having been made in an instant, the forks thus grouped having a certain artistic re semblance to the Delphic tripod. Magical Experiments. Disaster Ahead. "in my school days," said a story teller who was trying to illustrate the absurdity and futility of unfounded tears, "we used to have a lecturer every Friday afternoon. One day the lecturer was a geologist, and chose Niagara falls for his topic. "He told us about the geological formation of the falls, described the different periods to be traced in the gorge, and then went on to say that the- falls were slowly wearing back toward Buffalo, and that in the course of some 200.000 years they would have wore back to Erie, Pa., aad that town would be left high and dry. Suddenly oae of the girls In class began to sob convulsively. "What is the matter?' asked the teacher, in alarm. "'Oh,' walled the girl, 'my sister Uves ia Erie.'" I && TO lliyKl6sEPAal0iltr,STATtj Be Plaosa to National Capitol. Rtehmoaa. Va. The Virgmla legis lature has just appropriated flt.Mb for-the purpose of making a replica of the'Hoadoun statue - of - WasMagtoa, now ia the rotunda of the' state ca itol. to tails city, to be. presented, albag with a statue of-Gen. Robert E. Lee, to the national statuary hall, to the capitol of the United States, at WMhiaatoa. Both statues are to occapy space ia the akhe reserved for Virginia. The work Is to be either a replica or a modified copy, bat the state does not obHgate Itself to take the risk of haviag a cast msde of the Houdoun Statue of Washington. Ho'udoun statue. If such a step shall be found to jeopardize the beauty or safety of the precious bit of marbl a modified copy of the work will be made. Experts will be requested to make a careful examination of the fig ure and make a report on what is best to be done. The Houdoun statue is said to he the finest piece of art work in the United States. It is supposed to rep resent the exact lineaments and fea tures of the greatest of all Virginians and Americans. It is said by experts to be a better likeness of Gen. Wash ington than any photograph. The statue is one of the principal attrac; tions of Richmond. The statue stands alone, surrounded by an iron bains trade. Every care Is taken to pre serve it intact from the ravages of time. It could not possibly he re placed should any accident happen to it. Only once has it been taken from its place in all the years that it has stood there. Two years ago certain at tists. working under bond, were em powered to take the statue down and clean it. This was the first time that the Father of His Country had had his face washed In an hundred years. The statue was then cleaned and ren ovated and replaced intact. It will now stand for another hundred years. WILL SOME DAY RULE MEXICO. Ramon Corral Natural Heir to Presi dency of Republic New York. Ramon Corral is the natural Heir to the presidency of the Mexican republic. President Diaz, though nominally elected president by kM&rOXB4 a free people, is in fact a dictator and could name any successor when he de cides to retire to private lire. Corral, who stands in his favor, is the vice president of the republic and. barring accidents, will succeed him some day. Constructing the Mecca Railroad. The Mecca railroad is being con structed rapidly, solidly and method ically. Foreigners are employed in positions of leadership and manage ment By imperial orders it is now proposed to complete the line from Medina to Mecca, a distance of 280 miles, before the . next pilgrimage (i. e., in about a year), also to cou- . fctruct a railroad from Mecca to Mount Arafat, a distance of 11 miles. Mount Arafat and the religious ceremonies annually conducted there, during each pilgrimage, possess such an impor tance in the eyes of the pilgrims that they all endeavor to reach that moun tain of sacrifice, last year the nnm ber of Mecca pilgrims was officially estimated at 280,000. Consular Re ports. Cleveland in 1814. Incredible as it seems, Cleveland, the present metropolis of the state and one of the great cities ef the country, was not incorporated as a village until 1814. and had then a pop ulation of not more than 00 people. though Its location made it prominent la a small way. The entire commerce of Lake Erie up to 1812 was carried on by six small schooners. 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' of Immlarattea, Winnipeg. Dear Sir: It hi with pleasure that I reply to your request Some years agm I took ap a homestead far myself aaa alao oae far my bob. The half secttom which we owa Is situate beti Rouleau aad Drlakwater, the Moose Jaw creek, ia a low level aaa heavy land. We pat ia 7S acres of wheat to stubble, which weat M la to the acre, aad 30 acres ef mer fallow, which weat 2S bushels to the acre. All the wheat we harvested this year is No. 1 hard. That means the best wheat that can be raised oa theearth. Wedidnot sell any wheat yet as we Intend to keep oae part far our owa seed, and sell the other part to people who want first-class seed, for there is no doubt if yoa sow good wheat you will harvest good wheat We also threshed .vtt bushels of flrst-class oats oat of Iff acres. 8t seres has been fall plowing which yielded 90 bushels per acre, aad 8S seres stubble, which went 39 bashela to the , acre. These oats are the best kind that can ha raised. We have shipped three car loads of them, and got 53 cents per bushel clear. All our grata was cut In the last week of the month of August before any frost could toach tt Notwithstanding the fact that wo lave had a late spring, aad that the a-eather conditions this yer were very adverse and unfavorable, we will make more money out of oar crap this year than last For myself I feel compelled to say that Western Canada crops cannot bo checked, even by unusual conditions. I am. dear sir. Yours truly. (Signed) A. Ksiteabiunaer. Just mere shadows ef their former selves. One Woman's Wrongs. Mrs. Smallpurse (who found oaly a few dimes in her husband's pockets that morning) I am just sick of this plodding along year after year. Why' don't you do something to make money? Mr. Smallpurse I can't make any more than a living at my business, no matter how hard I work. Mrs. Smallpurse Then do some thing else. Invent something. Any American can invent. Mr. Smallpurse (some months after) My dear. I've hit it. and I've got a patent. My fortune is made. Mrs. Smallpurse (delighted) Isn't that grand! What did you invent? Mr. Smallpurse I have invented a barbed-wire safety pocket for hus bands. New York Weekly. Strenuous Method of Saving Life. Two officers who were hunting wolves on the Dry mountain in cen tral Servia lost their way in a fog. After wandering for 14 hours one of them lay down in the snow and speed ily became unconscious. His comrade bound him with cords, placed him in a sitting position aaa then rolled him down the mountain. He glided down the slope at terrific speed and reached the bottom safely, being found an hour later in aa exhausted condi tion by a peasant. He is bow in the hospital being treated for the lacera tions he received in bumping over tbo rocks during his descent. His com panion is unhurt. Giving It the Acid Test The clairvoyant was swaying back and forth under the severe strain of her mental connection with the realm of spirits. "Now." she chanted, "call upon any soul yon wiU and I will make it speak to yoa yes, even visible to you." For she was up to date in the bis. - "Bring me," asked the masculine skeptic. "Brevity, the soul of Wit" Right here the seance ended. Cin cinnati Enquirer. Gather Wisdom. Wisdom will enable you to overcome the most difficult problems and fre- auently fate Itself; therefore gather wisdom wherever you may find it: let the past teach thee lessoas for the future. Loth. Lrwis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Tiour dealer or Lewi Factory. Peoria. III. He surely is in want of another's patience who has aone of bis own. Lavater. riLKS craxc MSTOMPATB raso outTMSjrr u locinut em of Itckiac BUad. mmmUwm or Pmtrasias Fuas la w it wjiacagHV mmn. am. Many a man gets left by stickii to the right eiaiosE-Bsoi B -BSOUe OOieMKBT IsIXATIVBMOMOOOllUilk. Laafe Sat Si wttf?Yi. t taCawaOatt laOaafiay. It Isa't idle curiosity that prompts to look for work. 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