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i. - . ' - ts--.. ! : . ---v;,! ft, L L' " aaaaaaaaaaw a aa awajaw mm a a FWPPlP-iyPigFrTH3B SBS? f. ! I - 'i, Ym WnM Not Accept Counterfeit i lfeoejr, Why Accept Counterfeit , Good nosey Is mace ly the Govern neat In which you have implicit faitk and confidence. Good goods are made by manufnctnrers who are willing to stake their reputations oh the quality of the material offered to you through the medium of their advertisements in this' paper. Counterfeit goods are not advertised. The reason for it is' they will not bear the close scrutiny to which genuine advertised goods' are subjected. Counterfeit money pays more profit to the counterfeiter. Coun terfeit goods are offered to you for 'the same reason. - Insist on the Genuine Reject the Cornterfeit, ' t. AN EXPLANATION. "Why didn't you answer your teach er when she spoke to you in the arith metic class, Ethel?" "Cos mamma told me I muthn't thpeak durin' thcool hourth." Beware of Ointments for Catavri that Contain Mercury, a Bcieitr wiu aorely dectroy the sea;c of ssiell asd conplatelr deramce tbe whole system when eatarlsg ! wronga the macoas anrfacoa. Baca artielea ahoold aerar be need except oa prescrip tion from repatabla pbyitclat. ai the damace tbey will do la tea fold to the good you can possibly de rive from them. Haifa Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.CbeaeyCo.. Toledo, O., contain no mer cury, and la taken Internally, acting directly upon tfio blood and aiacoaa aurfaccs of tbe trttem. In buying; Hall'a Catarrh Cure be aure you get the eenalne. It la taken Internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, ty F.J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free. !&byDracKlsta. Price. 75c. per bottle. , Taka Ball's Family Pills for cotuUpattoa. Willing to Be Convinced. A sturdy tramp one day went into a suburban garden, where the lady of the house was engaged in attending to the flowers. He took no notice 'of her refusal to give coppers, but continued his importunity until a bull dog ap ' peared, growling ominously. The lady seized it by the collar and held it, calling out: "You had better go away at once; he may bite you." "You ain't got no right to keep a savage dorg like that." replied the tramp in outraged tones. "Perhaps I have' not," was the cool answer. "If you think so, I won't keep him III let him go." The latch of the gate clicked vio lently, and In 20 seconds that tramp had vanished into space. Stray Stories. BOY KEPT SCRATCHING. Eczema Lasted 7 Years Face Was All Raw Skin Specialists Failed, But Cuticura Effected Cure. "When my little boy was six weeks old an eruption broke out on his face. I took him to a doctor, but his face kept on getting worse until it got so bad that no one could look at him. His whole face was one crust and must have been very painful. He scratched day and night until his face was raw. Then I took him to all the best specialists in skin diseases but they could-not do much for him. The eczema got on his arms and legs and we could not get a night's sleep in months. I got a set of Cuticura Reme dies and he felt relieved the first time I used them. I gave the Cuticura Remedies a good trial and gradually .the eczema healed all up. He is now seven years old and I think the trou ble will never return. Mrs. John G. Klumpp, 80 Niagara St, Newark, N. J, Oct 17 and 22, 1907." A GOOD COLD. rVja-iV - -- "That seems a very bad cold vou'vt got, my little man!" "It's a very good cold; it's kept me away from school for two weeks now! Sheer white goods, In fact, any fine wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was .given to "starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient Strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. When you are dealing with a man who continually Insists that "business is business" you had better examine all the documents carefully. Puck. important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of C ASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants aad children, and see that it Bears the Signature of la Use Tar Over SO Years. The Kiad Ton Have Always Bought Anybody can launch a national par ty, but to keep it afloat requires finesse. Philadelphia Ledger. Chocolate Pie! Chocolate Pie! The more you eat the more -you want If they are made from "OUR-PIE" Prepara tion. Try It and tell your friends how easy It la to make delicious chocolate pies. Three varieties Lemon. Chocolate, and. Custard at grocers, 10 cents a package. "Put up by D-Zerta Co.. Rochester, N.Y." The true test of greatness is .the ability to wear the same size hat con tinuously. Puck. Ijevtris single Binder straight 5c cigar good quality all the time. Your dealer or Lewu' Factory, Peona, III. Even, a poor wall-paper hanger may put up at good hotels. Thosa who await bo gifts from chance havo conquered fate. Richter. tcBaaBBBBaaBBaBaBBBB9BaaKBfe'J aavaBH JbbbbbbbbbbbY. s w-'V Jwn UCAH&GCu . SYNOPSIS. Burton H. Barnes, a wealthy American touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng lish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Austruth er. and his Coraican bride, Marina, daughter of the Paolis, from the mur derous vendetta.TmderBtandlng that his reward Is to be the hand of the girl he loves. Enid Anstruther. sister of the Eng lish lieutenant. The four fly from Ajac cio to Marseilles on board the French steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur sues and as the quartet are about to board the train for London at Marseilles, Marina is handed a mysterious note which causes her to collapse and necessi tates a postponement of the journey. Barnes and Enid are married. Soon after their wedding Barnes' bride dis appears. Barnes discovers she has been kidnaped and taken to Corsica. The groom secures a fishing vessel and is about to start in pursuit of his "bride's captors when he hears a scream from the villa and rushes back to hear that Anstruther's wife, Marina, is also miss ing. Barnes is compelled to depart for Corsica without delay, and so he leaves the search for Marina to her husband while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be fore Barnes' boat lands on Corsica's shore Marina Is discovered hiding in a corner of the vessel. She explains her action by saying she lias come to help Barnes rescue Ids wife from the Corsi cans. Barnes and Marina have unusual adventures in their search for Enid. , In seeking shelter from a storm the couple enter a hermitage and their to their! amazement they discover Tomasso. the foster father of Marina. Tomasso learns that Marina's husband did riot kill her brother. Many wrongs are righted. Barnes Is surprised in the hermitage by Rochinl and Romano, the two detested bandits, who have been searching for him to murder him for his money. The bandits attempt to take away Marina. Barnes darts out the door. The bandits start to pursue, but as they reach the door both are laid low by Barnes' revolver. Anstru ther arrives to find Marina and learns that she has been lured away by the telegram which had been sent by another without his knowledge. The two start in search of Marina. Barnes and Edwin take different roads in their search. Edwin is trapped in a tower where he is made prisoner. In endeavoring to escape he opens ,a trap door where he finds Emory, the detec tive, who had been imprisoned there pre viously. In another secret chamber To masso is found imprisoned. Edwin In climbing down a wall sees upon the porti co of a farm house Marina and Count Danella sitting and talking together. Barnes arrives and finds the bridge swung preventing his crossing over. He hears the voice of Marina crying for mercy. He examines his revolver. Cipriano Danella threatens to light a fuse that would blow up the tower and kill her husband unless Marina surrenders herself to his passion. Enrico is ordered to light the fuse. Be fore he can apply the torch there is a sharp report and Enrico falls dead. Dan ella attempts to light the fuse and meets a similar fate. Marina rescues the im nrlsoned ones from the tower. The bridge J.i swung back and Barnes crosses over. It is learned that it was his pistol snots that killed Enrico and Danella. Enid who has been hunting Barnes, appears and all are happily reunited. CHAPTER XVII. Continued. Barnes, sheepishly muttering to himself, "Our' first row," follows his wife into the shrubbery of the .ver andah, where they are quite apart "The lady who was substituted for me?" asks his bride- haughtily. "Sally Blackwood," answers Burton boldly. "La Belle Blackwood! Good Heav ens! What brought her there?" sudden tears springing up in Enid's blue eyes. "She said she came to Bccognano to save my life fromvthe vendetta. You remember she had warned me before, the other evening in Nice." "Yes, 1 remember," she sighs; then adds more brightly, "I, remember also, that ycu told, me." She gazes at him anxiously, but only for a moment the awful lines about her husband's face proclaiming his unremitting pursuit of her for three merciless days and nights soft ens Enid's tender heart. She slips one rounded arm about his neck and whis pers: "I shall never question you about this. If you feel you can kiss me, Burton, kiss me!" and for this gets a kiss whose longing ardor makes her blush. "Ah, that was an honest husband's kiss," she says rapturously, and for the speech receives another that makes her tremble with joy. Running to Marina, she cries: "Fancy, it was that awful La Belle Blackwood, who wanted to save Burt on's life." "I am very glad she didn't want to save my husband's life," laughs Ma rina. "The superb Madame Blackwood." cries Rodrigo Bonelli, .who with ex cited exclamations has with his broth er been examining Barnes shots, "has received my great uncle's favor and is about to become his spouse. Let no one mention Jher name lightly." "The great bandit's bride!" half shrieks Enid. "The wife of the grand Antonio!" ejaculates Marina. "Aye, and that is why we must soon take our leave. To-morrow Is their nuptial day in Bocognano." Then the ladies get to discussing this wondrous news, and Barnes, lead ing Edwin aside, whispers: "We must get the girls out of here quick. If we vamoose now, probably the explosion of the tower and those bodies will be attributed to the riotous 'Luchese.' " The American's tone is awed, he re flects that till this last dire episode of his life, no human being had ever falUB to his fatal pistol. "By gum," remarks the detective, who is gaunt with much fasting, com ing out of the house, "there was a fine supper for two setting there, with white flowers and champagne. I fin ished it all." Marina's face flames. She knows for whom the nuptial dinner was design ed, and a3 Edwin suggests leaving, cries: "Yes, quick, from-this awful place!" "You're quite right now get away smart they may think it was bloody Italians," observes Emory, and makes himself useful helping the ladies down to the sea, to which some steep steps on the further side of the cliff lead them. From a little, jetty Barnes hails a boat that is apparently In ' waiting from the fishing vessel. To the captain of the craft whoJs in the boat's stern, he cries: "The 'Lucchese' are making a row all along the coast. We must leave at once." "Yes. tne rocks that, fell about us from the explosion told as that," an swers the captain, anxious -to leave this dangerous anchorage. But as the party board his boat, he mutters: "Count Cipriano and his nephew?" , "They are trying to protect their vines and crops from the 'Lucchese.' We ari not to wait for them. You re member, the count said a lady would .be on board. Your charter money." "Oh, yes," cries the captain, pocket ing some bills, as his .men row them to the fishing vessel, where he orders his sails set. Barnes tells the skipper to steer to Villefranche harbor. As he turns away Emory edges beside him and whis pers: "This is the infernal felucca, in whose hold I banged about from St. Tropez." The two Bellacoscia have assisted the ladies to the deck. "Now, gentlemen," asks Barnes ot the young bandits, "what can I do for you for bringing me my wife?" "You can give us the pistols that make incredible shots' answers one of the young men. "By them we" will kill many gendarmes," whispers the other. "Sorry for the gendarmes, but the pistols go," laughs Barnes, and passes his weapons to these nice young band its, who, after kissing the ladies' hands, take their leave" with many words of gratitude and thanks. "I fear I'm leaving murder behind me," sighs thev American. "Yes, nothing will cure this country From a Little Jetty, but half a dozen railroads," remarks the detective. "Then you're able to get about and handcuff a man." The vessel is soon under way,, leav ing the Corsican coast. The ladies, worn out with fatigue, are asleep la the little cabin, where there is only room for two. , . , As their husbands seated on the deck are smoking languidly their cigars, Barnes whispers to Edwin: "I rather imagine this vendetta is set tled for good. Marina is again beloved by the peoplo of her commune, and you will be honored when you go back with her to visit her estates." "And the Danellas?" "Oh, I don't, think there will be much said about them. The 'Lucchese' have been raising the devil in the last few days. Anyway, Cip had to be plant ed; he was the dangerous one; he was the money of the affair. You and I will be now able to walk down Pic cadilly or Fifth avenue and not squint over our shoulders and if our brides disappear we'll seek for them at Del monico's or the Langham, and not at some Baxter street rendezvous of the Black Hand or some Whitechapel haunt of foreign stiletto gentlemen." On the following noon tbe felucca is anchored at Villefranche. As the party disembark at the pretty landing stage, Maud, running down the path greets them with: "My, you are scarecrows!" "Happy scarecrows!" cries Enid, as Barnes tenderly lifts her from the boat. Then they all go up to Lady igr Bees Mark Man's Coming. All the honey, bees in, this country having originally been imported from Europe or Aisa, there is no racial dif ference between the wild ones and the domesticated; those that live in trees are simply the descendants of those that from time to time have taken "French leave" from their owners' hives and reverted to a state of na ture. The vast bulk of the wild bees are of the German or black race, while the standard domesticated bee is the Italian; but that, however, is only be cause the Germans were the first to be introduced here. Just when the Germans came is in doubt, but it was some time in the seventeenth centu ry; certainly it was not until near Chartrl8' villa, followed by old To masBO,'contentedly smoking a pipe, and Emory in consultation , with Barnes and Edwin as to silence in re gard to the slaia; Danellas and bring ing Graham and the Seagull back. la her parlor they are received with many sighs by Lady Chartris, who says mournfully:- "I'm going back to London. Do you know that after that night yon left, that wretched Cipriano has never visited me?" To, avoid discussing Danella, Enid and Marina run upstairs to get on civilized clothes, the former says. "Oh, mama," cries Maud breaking into the room with the Nice morning paper in her hand, "that detective is eating up everything in the house, and old Tomasso is chuckling over this telegram from Corsica: 'Salicetl, the vendetta man, is defeated for the chamber of deputies' and here's bad news for you, Barnsey La Belle Blackwood is being married this morn ing in Bocognano to the great bandit who kills so many, the one they call the Bellacoscia." "Hush, my child," shudders her mother, "don't mention that horrible creature's name." ' "Oh, I can speak of her now, mama, dear," remarks Maud, naively; "Blackey is now an honest wife." "You bet Sally will make Bonelli a thoroughly honest wife," sneers Barnes in a whisper to Edwin. "No flirtatious glances at other mountain cavaliers, or the dagger in the back for both, biff! I reckon that kiss I gave Sally tbe other night in Bocog nano is Sally's last outside kiss for a deuced long t-t-time." The careless words gurgle in his throat. Enid standing In the conserva tory, dressed in some light white car riage costume, looking like a fairy bride, cries sweetly but possessively: "Burton, I'm going to take you with me into Nice,, shopping!" "Oh, good Lord, now I know I'm married," laughs Mr. Barnes. "Gee, you'll never be married really Barnes Hails a Boat. till you give me that bridesmaid pres ent!" pouts Maud savagely. Exquisite blushes rise to Enid's face. "Right you are, Maudie," cries THr. Barnes excitedly. "We'll get you the finest kind of "gift this very morning." "Oh, it must be something very handsome," answers the bride en thusiastically. -"We're going to be so happy." Burton leads his wife to the victoria, puts her carefully in, seats himself be side her and says casually to Lady Chartris, who has come to the door with them: "By the bye, we shan't be back for a week." "Oh, mercy, I I have no baggage," falters Enid. "Sent on ahead with Tompson." "Where are you going to take me, dear?" "To a nice little Swiss canton where there are plenty of mountains, but no bandits or vendettas'. By the lord Harry, I'm tired of taking separate wedding tours," he adds savagely. "Y-e-s, Burton." His beautiful wife snuggles a little closer to tbe ardent Barnes. Then she starts up with a lit tle scream as an old slipper thrown by Maud nearly knocks off her hat. and Edwin and Marina from the win dow above are laughing and showering rice and flowers on her. The sun is shining very brightly as Mr. and Mrs. Barnes of New York drive into Nice. FINIS. the close of the eighteenth century that any bees were found west of the Mississippi. The Indians used to say they could mark the advance of the white man by the appearance of bees in the woods. The Italian bees were first imported irf I860. Better temper ed and more industrious than the Ger mans, Nthey have become popular with apiraists; but as many still keep the German bee, and others have the hy brid formed. by the crossing ofthe two races, while countless Italians now have taken to the woods, there to breed more hybrids, it Is clear that there is no sure way of distinguishing between the wild bee and tbe domesti cated. Outing Magazine mrm ttAfM YAUM M&r Plant a tree on arbor day. The safe bull is the one you want to look out for. The lambs should have free access to salt, also good clean water. Trouble with some people Is that they have more wishbone than back bone. To keep the rats and mice from gnawing harness rub a little castor oil over it If you did not cut out the borers from the peach, quince or apple trees last summer, do it now. A simple form of filter for the cis tern can be provided by building a partition of porous brick through the cistern. Funny how the cattle seem to find the weak place in the fence every time. One weak spot may make a mile of fencing useless. If the horse has not shed off its winter coat and shows lack of thrift he should be clipped before being set to work in the field. The man who has learned how to grow good crops in dry weather has laid hold of one of the secrets that will help him, to make money. When planting a new orchard place the later and hardier sorts on the out side rows, as that is where the frosts jfirst strike and are the severest. One load of manure finely and even ly spread is worth two spread uneven ly in the lumps. This is another good argument in favor of the i manure spreader. A mortgage, like a porous plaster, is a good thing if properly placed, but remember, it is easier put on than taken off, and the latter process is apt to be painful as well. Start with the breed yoa think you want and then stick to it. The stock raiser who snuts every tew years to a new breed never gets anywhere in his operations, except nearer to the poor house, perhaps. It is mixed farming which brings the surest results. Special crops in favorable seasons may net larger profit, but when the losses of bad years are deducted, the balance of the account will be found to favor mixed farming. You get sick sometimes through carelessness and injudicious living,. and 'then you take steps to get into condition again. How about your soil? Have your methods put it out of condition? and arc you doing noth ing to restore it to its old time vigor and productiveness? What folly. Shingle .your turkeys and keep them from flying off. The method adopted by one turkey raiser is to bore four holes in a shingle and through these holes pass strong tape under the wings close up to the body. Tie the ends of the tape securely. Sounds easy, but would tbe turkeys thrive and grow under the restraint? The old farmers of a generation or so back used to plant their corn when the white oak leaves were as large as squirrel's ears, and it is said they raised good corn, too. This suggests that the farmer of the old days was a closer student of nature, carrying out the farm program in closer harmony with the season's development than does the farmer of to-day. The method pursued on a big straw berry farm in Michigan is to grow on the land first a big crop of field or cowpeas. This is rolled down in the fall, covered with about IS tons per acre of stockyards manure and plowed under. The land is plowed again in spring and worked until it is as fine as an ash heap. This land is then ready to receive the young strawberry plants. The farmers are slow to take ad vantage of all the government agri cultural department and the experi ment stations of the various states are doing for them. Every farmer should at least get the bulletins from the experiment station of his own state, and he would find it greatly to his advantage if he received the govern ment bulletins as well. These are all mailed free on application, and a pos tal card with the request that your name be placed on the mailing list will do the business. If you do not care for all the bulletins and only those which deal with certain features of agriculture you can so state and only these will be sent you. In setting asparagus enough room oust be given to allow for root de velopment, for It is through the mass of fleshy roots that the plant is able to furnish sufficient nourishment to produce shoots for two months or more. If "-we attempt to crowd the plant too close together we Interfere with nature in Its effort to develop a strong root system. Plant in rows 5 to 5 feet apart, 18 inches between plants in the row. By this method 5,000 plants may be set per acre, and with rows 5 feet apart it will be found that the tops nearly meet late in the season. vBTaaaBBi '- '-?BTaia."-'-':--;L f. tr.-jSjaajBafcawfiJ- aTaT' i'j-''-. J - -BaM-BBaaiiTC HlialaVTaBaPaaaaaa ""IJ I a Plan your work and then-work your plan. The waste places oa the farm should be put to work. Trust the bull by putting a ring in his nose and keeping in a safe .place.,, - A few cows on the farm Is fall warrant for the purchase of a separat or. Keep the lambs growing from the start. The dairy cow which Is fat and at the same time good is the exception to the rule. Rolled oats, stale bread, corn-bread, cheese curd, wheat and table scrapr make good feed for little chicks. Five points to remember if yop would have a productive orchard Fertilize, cultivate, spray, thin, prune. The hair of the horse that has been well fed from birth is as a rule finer and softer than that of the horse not so fed. After the breeding season Is over separate the roosters from the hens. Better for both sexes and the egg? will keep better. ' A better living can be made by care ful, thorough cultivation of 20 acres than from five times that amount of land poorly managed. The best way to market your crops In on the hoof. Feed to your stock, keep the fertility on the farm and drive your stock to market. Grow enough fruit for your own use. Not a bad idea to have some to sell. These little extras from the farm can be made to aggregate quite a sum. After all the pig has more wisdom than some people. He is content to stay in the pig class while many a human wastes life in trying to seem what he is not. No wonder the poultry business is growing each year. There fire more than 5,000 poultry shows held annual ly in the United States and Canada. Surely the hen is the American bird. Here is the method of one dairy man who believes in the economy of arrangements. He has a small pas ture handy to the dairy barn in which the cows may be kept at night, where they may feed and where they are ready for milking in the morning. The four points are made in favor of the portable hog house as follows: It is easily and economically construct ed; it can be easily moved and lo cated wherever desired; it is useful both to the general farmer and to the breeder of pure bred stock, and of all systems for housing" swine it is the most natural and sanitary. The rule observed by a successful hog raiser in selecting the brood sows Is1 to pick the long-bodied ones that are rather coarse and long legged. Thej make the best breeders and have bet ter constitutions than the small ones. By. selecting a male that has good quality you can get larger hams and shoulders from the pigs of a largo sow than from a small one. Not now but soon the farmer wi! find it practicable to make his owi alcohol. Secretary Wilson has taken up the study of the problem in a practical way and will set up a small plant in one of the buildings of the department of agriculture and experi ment on making alcohol out of de cayed fruit, coiy, potatoes, etc. After the department has worked this out satisfactorily it would be a good plan for the experiment stations in the dif ferent states to install similar plants. It will also be an excellent plan if the department or some of the members of the agricultural college faculties would have such a plant in practical operation during the different short courses held at the agricultural col leges and at different points through out the states, and at the various state fairs. As the result of experiments, the Massachusetts station has demon strated that for some crops sulphate of potash is the best sort, while for others muriate of potash is superior. The yield of asparagus where the inu iiate was used was more than 50 per cent, greater than on the sulphate, but with rhubarb the yield of sulphate was 80 per cent greater the past year than on muriate. For raspberries and blackberries the sulphate has invaria bly given better results than the muri ate. Particularly noticeable has been the difference in the degree of winter killing. The canes from the plot on which muriate of potash was applied seem to have been less hardy than those where sulphate was used. Sul phate of potash also gave best results with potatoes and with soy beans. With hay, however, there was little difference between the two forms, al though sulphate seems to give the best results where clover is used. Three remedies for chicken cholera which have been used successfully by poiiltrymen: The first is burnt corn. When any chicken shows the least sign of the cholera, burn some corn on the cob and leave where the chick ens can have free access to it at ail times. The corn mu3t not be burned to a crisp, but scorched. Keep this kind of feed before tbe flock until ail signs of cholera disappear. Second Shut the sick fowls away from the rest of the flock. Whitewash the hen house and nests with hot whitewash con taining a liberal supply of carbolic, acid. Put one teaspoonful of carbolic acid In two quarts of water and give the fowls to drink. Give some kind of good poultry food according to di rections. If fowls are too sick to tat, put some of the medicine in a teispoosful of sour milk and pour down the throat of the fowl. Third Get some red oak bark and boil it, giv ing the tea to the chickens to drink In stead of water. Trim the rough outer bark off. out the inner into a kettle and boil until very red. Drench (he j rick ones, but don't give much food. AT A CRmCAL TIMr. Woman Are Likely to Suffer with gereua KMnay Disoraora, Mrs. John Kirk, R- P. D. No. 2, De troit, Mich., says: "Five years ago at a critical time or lifo I was oa the verge of a collapse with kid Bey troubles, back ache, dizziness, puffy dropsy swellings aad urinary irregularities. I lost flesh and felt languid, nervous or unstrung all the time. As my doctor did not help me I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. In a few weeks all these symptoms left me. I now weigh 163 pounds and feel in ex cellent health." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-SIilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. VERY O. T. Stork I see you've got the gout. Flamingo. Flamingo Wrong. Hear of centi pede being caught scorching? Stork Yes. Flamingo Well, I put my foot on him and got burned. ' COMPLAINTS ABOUT PAINT. The .time to complain about paint Is before the painter applies it. The man who puts up the money should not shirk the responsibility of choos ing the paint. True, the painter ought to know paint better than the banker, the professional man or the merchant. The trouble is, tbe house owner too often deliberately bars the competent and honest painter from the job by accepting a bid which he ought to know would make an honest job impossible. Secure your bids on the basis of National Lead Company's pure White Lead and pure Linseed Oil and see that you get these materials. No one need be fooled by adulter ated -white lead. A blowpipe testing outfit will be mailed to anyone inter ested in paint. Address. National Lead Company. Woodbridge Building, New York City. - Ready to Pay Fine. "I know where $3,000,000 In cash lies concealed," said a New York law yer. "This vast sum lies concealed in the inside vest pocket of the 30.000 automobilists of New York state. Each man carries $100 of It in one crisp note, ready to be paid out in a fine. If he should be arrested for speeding. Fines, though, don't appear to stop speeding," he continued. "Perhap3 the rich automobilist regards them much as the Suabian wood thief did. The thief was arrested. The magis trate said to him: 'You are brought up on the charge of stealing wood. This, charge has been proved against you. But you are old and poor and you shall be let off this time. Only don't do it again.' 'Nonsense! retort ed the thief. 'Let U3 not have any false sentimentality here. I steal my wood, I pay my fine, and there's an end of it,'" Economical Physician. Ambassador Wu Ting-fang was once, it is alleged, telling about a cer tain selfish politician. - He said: "The man reminds me of a doctor of Shang hai. A mandarin came to this doctor for advice. He could not sleep, bad no appetite, suffered a good deal from depression and nevertheless was tak ing on fat at an alarming rate. 'We'll soon put you in condition again.' said the physician. 'What you need is ex ercise, good, hard exercise. Four times a week you can come here and put In the morning polishing my floors.' 'But why not ray own floors? the mandarin Inquired. 'Mine, said the physician, 'are larger." How He Got Rid of Rats. A farmer describes his method of clearing the premises of rats in the following manner: "On a large num ber of old shingles I put a half-tea-spoonful of treacle each, and on that with my pocket knife I scraped .a small amount of concentrated lye. I then placed the old shingles around under the stable, floors and under the cribs. The next morning I found 10 dead rats, and the rest left the farm for parts unknown. I have cleared many farms of the pests In the same way, and have never known it to fail." CHANGE IN FOOD Works Wonders in Health. It Is worth knowing that a change. in food can cure dyspepsia. "I deem it my duty to let you know how Grape Nuts food has cured me of Indigestion. "I had been troubled with it 'for years, until last year my doctor recom mended Grape-Nuts food to be used every morning. I followed Instruc tions and now I am entirely well. "The whole family like Grape-Nuts, we use four packages a week. You are welcome to use this 'testimonial as you see fiL" The reason this lady was helped by the use of Grape-Nuts food, is that it Is predigested by natural processes and therefore does not tax the stom ach as the food she had been using; it also contains the elements required for building up the nervous system. If that part of the human body is in perfect working order, there can be no dyspepsia, for nervous energy repre sents the steam that drives the engfne. When the nervous system is run down, the machinery of the body works badly. Grape-Nuts food can be used by small children as well as adults. It is perfectly cooked and ready for instant use. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgsl "There's a Reason." Ever read the above tetter? A new one appears from time te time. They are genuine, true, and full of humaa interest. BBBBafBWaW JmWMmmmmmmmmmmWI rmmwmm " i: ttY'l JhS1 WI tVi ZA r x& , VI n 4 J r.S 'm i I i y p ft .i: S -i. J3tZter'7 i ,.- WatrJ 4 J" Sffej. ML&J.. affiSL-j i. 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