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3f9elMM5sHR3B2IM "5 " '4. - ", v ' a "' - p ;.-,; , - s- - s- i v--. ,K - l ' - k . - -'. 1 N L ii kr- - i BrMhn(ffir By better cultivation get better " crops this year. The surplus suckers in the berry patch must be treated as weeds. Cut .them out. Mix brains with the manure, and pains taking care with j-our cultivation and farming will pay. -. Keep your eye on the orchard. Thin ' out the fruit so that no branch will become overweighted and snap off. Corn for fattening,.but not for bone making. Get the frame -of your hog .built first before crowding the corn feed. to three and one-half feet wide and long enough so that the animal will not have to stand in the gutter -for comfort - Improved methods of cultivation .will do wonders, sometimes almost 'doubling the yields. Good cultivation more than pays. Have extra plow points, cultivator teeth, and duplicate bolts on hand. They may -save you vexatious "delay and serious loss. . As a general thing the farmer neg lects the root crops." Valuable as '" food for livestock. Be sure you pro vide a supply for next winter. The ration for. a work horse should be about two pounds for every 100 " pounds of weight. Ten to eighteen pounds should be grain, oats consti- tuting a large part. Sunshine has a money value for the 'farmer, not only when it comes to crop growing, but also as related to stock keeping. The dark stable never ". yet put thrift and health into cattle. The "first few days' warmth counts more than feed with the little chicks. When they are hatched in the incubator , " the brooder must be watched with the . greatest care to see that the right icuiperaiure is proviueu. iot too not to weaken, not too cold to chill. .. Don't waste your manure. It is worth . money. The farmer who applies either barnyard manure or chemical fertil izers without a very full knowledge of how much is really needed is wasting a product that has a money m value. Applying fertilizers is a science that is just beginning to be studied by many of our farmers. . It is reported that State Senator Russell of Oklahoma is pushing a .-. movement for the organization of "acre clubs" in every community in the state. The plan is that each mem ber of the club is to plant an acre of some product, and the scheme is likely 1 to prove a practical school for the . education of prospective farmers. Here is a good idea for other states. Cleanliness is absolutely essential in the handling of the milk utensils. When the milk cans come back from the factory clean them at once and place them on a rack especially pro vided for that purpose. Do cot make me mistaice many do in having this rack under the shade trees or on the north side of a building. Old Sol will prove your best friend in aiding you to . keep the milk cans clean and sweet. : The -value of tiling is coming more and more to be apperciated by the farmer. Heavy soils especially need this seemingly expensive treatment, but when it is considered that the productive capacity will be doubled it is not hard to figure out how tiling . pays for itself in a very few seasons. To get the surplus water out of the soil makes it warmer and thus pro vides the "conditions needful for vig orous growth. " A fox farm -in Prince countj-. Prince Edward Island, is proving that occa sionally peculiar types of farming can be made to pay a handsome profit. The parties who run this fox farm have their farm divided o'ff. into sec tions, each section under the care of one person, no one else being allowed to approach it In this way the ani mals become accustomed to the per son In charge and grow very tame,' but if a stranger approaches they will hide "and not be seen for a day or two. As most of the skins from the farms first" referred to were invoiced and certi fied at this consulate for shipment to the United States, it can.be stated that many of them In. their green condition were valued at $200 to $250 each, one or two .reaching $450.-. Peas that a affected by the weevil will float on water and the sound seed sink. Plant only the latter and burn the former, and you will have taken one step towards eradicating this pest from ycur garden. Where peas are used in large quantities for seed, such as field peas, the weevils may be- killed by fumigation -with car bon bisuliftfe. Place the peas in a re ceptacle .which is as nearly air tight as possible and put on top of them some shallow dishes. Pcur into them car bon bisulfide at the rate of half an ounce for each bushel of peas. Close the receptacle and let. it remain for some hours. The fumes of the gas will kill the weevils. This gas Is very explosive and fire of any Jclnd, wuuuuiB piit cuiu cigars, must oe kept away, or serious results will fel- low. " I - Proper care of breeding stock In J sures neauny. vigorous cmcra. . Thinning fruit gives larger and bet-, ter fruit, and niea'ns greater profit. Grow more silage corn and then get it into Che silo so that it will keep. Stable manure reinforced by hard wood ashes makes the best orchard fertilizer. ; , ' It pays to spray is the declaration of those who have tried it. Do you begin this year? t Give the horse his heaviest feeding at" night after the day's work is over and when he has time to digest it. - Where alfalfa is not grown cowpeas make excellent substitute for fall pasturage for sheen. Plan for such a crop. There are a thousand and one ways of waste on the farm. Be on the watch for them. Stop the little leaks. The farmer who is making the busi ness of hog raising a matter for scien tific study is the man. who is mak ing certain of his profits. The dirt road becomes a good road under the faithful application of the split-log drag. What kind of a road have you alongside, of your place? A cow's digestive system is never improved by drinking from the mud puddles in the pasture. Drain all such places and provide clean, pure water. Ideas, like seeds, are no good when laid up on the shelf of-the mind and not used. Sow your ideas in the soil of farm experience, and reap the har vest of- better things. 'Crab grass which proves so trouble some in the corn fields during the late summer may be pastured off by the sheep or rather the lambs, for the latter are not likely to trouble the corn. The matter of first consideration in planting an orchard is that of per sonal taste. Plant what, you like. Other matters which must be consid ered are soil and location. Select trees which will thrive under the conditions you can provide. Partial paralysis in pigs may be ksuccessfully treated in some cases by dosing with epsom sain, one ounce to each animal, following this physic with one dessertspoonful of cod liver oil, ten grams phosphate of lime and two drops nux-vomica given twice a day for several weeks. Like the gun that isn't loaded the bull that isn't dangerous is the, one that generally goes off and does dam age to some one. Don't trust 'too far the most docile appearing animal. In an instant some time his temper may change and some one be killed or in jured before he can escape, or the bull be conquered. Take no chances. Hatching muskmelon seeds under a sitting hen is the method of a New fork market gardener in getting early melons, for says he "it is all in getting the seed to sprout" He puts the seed to soak over night in a rag and the next day puts them under the hen, where the heat starts the seeds in three or four days and they are ready ,to put in the ground in the cold frame. The medium-sized hog at the pres ent time seems most in favor. Hogs weighing from 300 to COO pounds or more were once thought to be ideal, but it became apparent to swine grow ers that every day a hog lived over one year it was losing money for its owner. Now hogs are so managed and fed that in 'eight or ten months they are large enough to meet the popular demand. The margin between the cest of the feeders and the price received for them when finished is one. factor which decides very largely whether a profit can be realized. If the mar ket price for all grades of cattle is lower when the finished animals are to be marketed than it was when they were bought this narrowing of the margin will often result in a less dan ger of loss when feeds are cheap. A farmer who has had considerable experience with kicking cows tells us his method of handling them. He takes a piece of inch rope seven or moie feet long. He makes p. loop in one end, and through this loop runs the rope after passing it around both legs above the joint of the middle .of the leg, the rope being ciossed between the legs. This arrangement will pre vent the rope or loop from slipping down over the legs of the cow. The loop through which the end of the rope is passed should be on the side of the leg and near the milker, as this brings the loose end of the rope in his lap. This end he holds between the .pail and his left leg. When the cow kicks she will be able to push her foot for ward but a few inches. The Union Stock Yards at Chicago together with the big packers and the University of Illinois are interested in a project for the establishment of a new veterinary college at Chicago. It has been agreed definitely that the stock yards is to furnish the land on which the packers will erect' and equip a building, giving $250,000 for the purpose, and the university will provide the running expenses, $30J00 being available at the present "tfife?. Thiswill certainly prove a fine thing, as there is no place on earth where such thorough demonstrations in clin ical work may be made as at the Chi cago yards. It is the intention to equip the new college with the best educators it is possible to procure. The physical appointments of the school will be most elaborate and up-to-date. The University of Illinois, controlling the school in every way and shaping its' policies and destinies in the enlightened manner predicated by the success of its officials in the great field of education, will have an opportunity hitherto unequaled to of- fer veterinary training to an almost unlimited number of students; jprniSsMiTr wmm SYnMT ?A5VG OF ASSOUAN DAM EXTENDS FEJ1TLE -FIELDS BUT 'MMM AWEMT E7FLEQ.f In reaching foi the prize of fertile I fields, which- mean present prosperity, Egypt bids fair to wreck, if not com pletely lose the priceless archaeological treasures which have been her peculiar possession through the centuries, for the raising of the great Assouan dam has increased the height of the over .flow waters until many of the ancient temples are completely submerged, while others are partly so. This an nual encroachment 'of the mighty wa" ters of the Nile upot the sacred places of Egypt is undermining the.. vast piles of stone and absolute ruin is inevit able. Thus must Egypt take the bitter with the sweet Thus for her fruitful fields she must pay the price of her ancient monuments. The Assouan dam, 850 miles above Cairo, was only completed a short time ago, apd now the height of the structure has been raised so that the waters of the Nile spread out over a larger area of country. This dam is of solid masonry and is penetrated by 180 gates intended for regulating the flow of water. Constructed from gran ite blocks brought from the old quar ries at Assouan, it runs directly across the river for a distance of 2.150 yards. Rising 130 feet above the foundation, the thickness of the dam varies from 23 feet at the top to 98 feet at the bottom. The additional masonry on the dam has raised Jit nine feet so that the stored water may reach a height of 23 feet above its old level. The ISO sluice gates include 140 lower sluices 23 times 6 feet for the distribution of water and 40 upper sluices 6 "A times 11 feet to permit tfie escape of surplus water. The Iron gates of the sluices are regulated by the help of electrical winches stand ing on top of the dam. The total ,lei.gth of the immense dam is 14 miles; the height 'from foundation about 130 feet; the difference of level water above and below 67 feet and the total weight of masonry over 1,000,000 .tons. To the west of the dam has been constructed a navigation canal by "means of which boats are "locked" up and down stream. The same length as the big dam, it is provided withi .four locks each 230 feet long and three feet wide. The two upper gates of the :Iocks are 63 -feet high, and the others 49, 39 and 36 feet' high. , When the Nile begins to rise, usual ly at the beginning of July, all the 180 'sluices are opened. After December' '1. when all the suspended mud has .passed through and the water has be come comparatively clear, the gates are gradually closed, one after the other in regular order. The lake upon the dam becomes quite full about February 1. When the want of water in Egypt begins to be quite noticeable, which is about the end of April, the quantity ..required for cultivation is drawn off gradually from the reservoir until it is entirely empty. This occurs usually about the middle of July.' The original plan forrthe Assouan dam was worked out by Sir William Willcocks at the Egyptian ministry of public works, under the superinten dence of Sir William Garstin, under .secretary of state. The carrying out of the plans was intrusted to a firm of .English contractors, Messrs. John Aird & Co. Two months. after the signing of the contract the permanent works "MM THE OLD MAN And His Good Wife Always What Bait He Used. Knows "The ol' man's been a-fishin' right frequent sence prohibition, said, the ol' woman, "anM kin tell by his ac tions atter he gits -home what sorter bait he fished with. When he cusses put the whole fishin' business as no good, an says the river miglifs well be as dry as the state, I know by that that he hain't had nary a dram; but when he swears ter ketchin a fish as long as the. lie he's tellin' .1 well knows that his train come in! "Last night he come from the river lookin' like a drowned rat, an' 'lowed that a sturgeon ten feet long'ef he wuz a inch had pulled him in. the river, an' ef it hadn't been fer a friend ly alligator, he'd a-drowned shore enough. The alligator, bavin jest woke up from his long winter sleep, wuz makin fer the shore to swaller a lightcrd-knot fer his breakfast, an he got straddle of him, an come clar I o the water. row, that didn't mean I mZm ? nBBBBBBsl " In u were commenced, and soon thousands of native laborers and hundreds of Italian granite masons were hard at work laying the foundations and pre paring the bed of the river to receive its enormous '.weight of masonry. In February, 1899, the cornerstone of the dam was laid by the duke of Con naught Immediately after, the work was fairly started. At times there was great pressure to get a section com plete before the inevitable rise of the Nile, and as much as 3,600 tons of masonry were executed per day. On December 10, 1902, the dam- was formally declared complete, though so many were the unseen and unexpected difficulties encountered that at one" time Sir Benjamin Baker, under whose advice the plans were accepted, stated to Lord Cromer that he could form nc estimate of the actual cost or time that might be involved. All that he said when the "rotten rock" in the bed of the river was discovered was that, "though conditions 'were bad, the job could be done." To which Lord Cro mer replied that, whatever the cost in time or money, the dam must be fin ished. This shows the spirit in which this gigantic enterprise was conceived and accomplished. On December 10, 1902, after three years of prodigious labor, the dam was formally declared com plete in the presence of the duke and duchess of Connaught and Lord Cro mer. The quantity of water now stored is more than 2 times that contained by the reservoir, and affords sufficient irrigation for 950,000 acres of land for merly lying waste in the southern districts of Egypt The cost of this extension is estimated at 1,500,000 English money, or $7,500,000 American coin. One unfortunate feature about this vast dasa at Assouan is that the tem ples of Philae and many others in lower Nubia will be completely cov ered by the dammed up water, thus' causing undue saturation of the sandy soil, which will probably undermine the foundations of the temples and ultimately cause their destruction if not removed. However, the idea of placing them on other sites has al ready been under serious considera tion. France Maintaining Her 8ea Power. France proposes to maintain her sea power. The new French Dread naughts which are building are to have armaments which, It is said, will place these vessels in a class superior to that of their British namesakes. A Paris paper states that the new bat tleships, six in number, are to be armed with the heaviest types of naval artillery used in France, each ship car rying 16 guns. Great improvement in the rapidity of fire has been made, and a competition among French naval an morers for improved devices for the rapid and efficient handling of heavy artillery on board ship has resulted in an automatic mechanism that will keep the guns trained on any fixed ob ject as at first laid, in spite of the roll of the ship. It is calculated that the new battleships will be able to fire 11 tons of shot a minute. Several powerful armored cruisers will also soon be added to France's navy. Thus, while army reduction is favored, the sea power of the na tion is to be strengthened. - MWW GOES FISHING - but one thing, an' that wuz that his train come in, an he'd drammed. so much that him an' the jug felled in the river! "An' what gits me is, when he's a-lyin' like that he full believes it's as true as what the . preacher says 'bout whar he's gbin' to 'fore he knows it! An' kaze I don't say nuthin' only jest look an listen he thinks it's all Bible to me! But I'll say this: I wuz fooled once when I married him but he hain't never fooled me sence!" Atlanta Constitution. Sustenance from the Tamarind. Tamarind seeds are to be reckoned among the fairly nutritious plant prod ucts that have been reported to pro vide food during periods of famine in India, says Nature. The pulp of the fruit is an esteemed ingredient of cer tain condiments. The kernels of the seeds when freed, from the skin and roasted furnish a not unwholesome flour suitable for mixing with cereals to make small cakes. f Round and Goaajp in Aft and There General WASHINGTON. Attorney-General Charles J. Bonaparte is an Ameri can who never has passed out of the dominion of Uncle Sam and who has registered a vow never , to do so. When Mr. Bonaparte accepted a po sition in President Roosevelt's cabi net he made known this limitation on his usefulness and took the place only on condition that his official duties should never oblige him to leave the United States. Just why the attorney general has determined never to visit an alien land no one can say positive ly, though it is easily surmised that he makes this protest against the way in which his maternal grandmother was treated by- the great Corsican. During the lifetime of the elder brother, Col. Jerome Bonaparte, Charles Bonaparte frequently was invited to Paris by the head of the family, then in his prime. Napoleon III., but he always disdained to notice the invitation to join a family circle which frowned on Ameri can affiliations. Senator's Neck Broken 35 Years Ago SENATOR MONEY of Mississippi has lived 35 years with a broken neck and did not know it until the other cay. Not until he went to a physician for treatment for neuralgia, from which he suffered for years, did he learn of' his real condition. At the first battle of Franklin, in April, 1863, Mr. Money was a cavalry man in the confederate service. While riding through the streets he was struck by a bullet that circled around his ribs, doing no other in jury. The shock was such that Mr. Money was thrown 'from his horse and struck on his head. Being help less he was captured and taken with in the federal lines. He lid not ask for hospital treatment, was exchanged later, rejoined his troop and fought until the war closed. Years passed and Mr. Money en LaFolIette's Wife a I T is quite the ordinary thing to say that the wife of a politician is his adviser. The politician likes to have it said, for there is a sort of sentiment which attaches to it which appeals to the people. The statement is not al ways true, but in the case of Senator and Mrs. LaFoIlette of Wisconsin it is, for Mrs. LaFoIlette is a keen judge of conditions. Clear in mind and sound in judg ment, it wast Mrs. LaFoIlette who pur suaded her husband to choose law and politics and to give over all idea of a stage career. The wife the senior senator from the Badger state met the man who be came her husband at the University of Wisconsin. She was Miss Belle Case, and her intellectual attainments first attracted Mr. LaFoIlette. A story told of their student days is as folfows: Famous Battle of Manila Bay Recalled A MERRY- echo of the shot which opened the battle of Manila Bay was heard at the Raleigh hotel the other evening when Admiral Dewey and many of his officers gathered to celebrate with a banquet the tenth an niversary of the famous fight The ad miral cut a large "victory" cake as calmly as he cut the cable a decade ago and the corks popped not so loud ly, but as continuously a3 the guns popped at the Spanish fleet and with happier results. Not all the officers who won dis tinction at Manila was at the gather ing. Gridley, who fired when be was ready, and several others have an swered the salute of death, and a number are scattered around the world on active duty, but enough were in Washington to make the reunion a striking one. Chief among these present was Ad miral Dewey. Another noted figure was Rear Admiral Coghlan, who won much fame at Manila and more in the "Hoch der Kaiser" incident. Other rear admirals who attended were Lamberton, Walker and Ford. With them were Medical Director Wise, Pay Director Gait, Representative Loud of Michigan, who was assistant paymas ter on the McCullough; Lieutenant Commanders Brady, Bcdderich, Price, Irwin, Scott, Kavanagh, Butler and Doddridge; Col. Berryman, U. S. M. C, and Pay Inspectors Martin and Price. When he entered the harbor of Ma nila Dewey's fleet consisted of his flag ship, the Olympia, commanded Dy Capt C. V. Gridley; the Baltimore, Capital Picked Up Hera Is a Stay-at-Home ' Mrs. Bonaparte has been a sufferer from a peculiar digestive trouble for many years, and she frequently has been ordered to the German spas for treatment. . Mr. Bonaparte has urged her to go, but has refused to be per suaded into accompanying her. As she is a devoted wife of the old-fashioned type who would not appreciate .a sojourn In Europe without her hus band, Mrs. Bonaparte has been com pelled to .get what aid she could at American springs. All the world knows how keenly disappointed the indomitable Eliza beth Patterson was when her only son decided to marry an American, Miss Williams of Baltimore, when she had chosen his princely cousin Charlotte Bonaparte for his consort. Rumor has it that Mis3 Williams, afterward moth er of the present attorney-general of the United States, had reason to know of her august mother-in-law's senti ments regarding her. Charles Bona parte emphasizes the fact that he at lealst of the American branch of the great Corsican's 'family Is proud of being the only American, and he is so deep-dyed in his love of his native country that he will not leave her soil even for a brief visit tered the senate. Neuralgia had taken a firm hold of him and his eyesight had grown so bad as to approximate blindness. He was advised to try osteopathy. He went to New York, accompanied by his son. Almost the doctor's first remark was: "Why, senator, you have had your neck broken. I would say you were thrown from a horse and sustained the broken neck." , "That is just exactly what did hap pen," replied Senator Money, recall ing the injury at Franklin. "I can cure your neck," said the physician; "it will require but a mo ment's time." The osteopath laid the senator on a table, took hold of the misplaced vertebra with both hands and put it into proper position. The physician told Senator Money that he must take precautions nntil the weakened muscles regained their normal strength. He was cautioned not to turn his head in looking at anything, but to move his entire body. These instructions were observed and the neck apparently became as strong as it was 35 years before the opera tion. . --B-SiLr": -fc. Real Help to Him "Mr. LaFolIette's great gift was that of oratory- He tried for all the prizes in sigtt, and had the air of a man who thought he could win. Miss Case bad some oratorical talents of her own, and began to cultivate them early, and late. She won in the end, for the special prize for oratory at graduation came to her and not to the man who later became her husband." It was not long, however, before the would-be winner of the prize' won the winner, and they were married short ly after their graduation from the uni versity in 1879. Mrs. LaFoIlette Is very domestic, and the social life at Washington has little or no attraction for her. She spends much of her time in works of charity and education. When her husband was elected to congress Mrs. LaFoIlette spent her first winter in Washington taking a course in the law school of the George Washington university. Should it ever happen to be the part of this Wis consin woman's duty to aid her hus band in his campaign for the presi dency, it is said he will have at his command assistance he will in no wise neglect. Capt. N. M. Dyer; the Raleigh, Capt J. B. Coghlan; the Boston, Capt. F. Wilder; the small cruiser Concord, Commander A.' Walker; the gunboat Petrel, Commander E. F. Woody, and the revenue cutter Hugh McCulloch. THE WHISKER IN PARIS. Frenchman Employ Every Means, Ex cept Greenhouses, to Get Growth. It is in Paris that the whisker reaches its highest state of cultivation and development says Everybody's. The luxuriant verdure on the faces of some of the Parisians who strut along the boulevard every day can be compared to nothing but the' riot of vegetation in the tropics. Every Par isian has whiskers, much whiskers if he can, but some whiskers, at any rate.' He supplants nature's efforts with the best aids of the barber and trains and nurses his hirsute appur tenances with anxious care. ,. . The Parisians spend hours on their beards and educate thenKinto formal gardens, set pieces, shrubbery, terrace and vista effects. They lay out hair scapes with them, arrange them in un dulating meadows and twine them on pergolas. There is the long, spade concoction much .sought by men with black beards, which consists of about a foot of hair cut square across the bottom, and adds much glory to the took home a package and she pre wearer,,for the whiskers always shine J pared it according to directions. The and glisten In the sun. There are side whiskers and pointed ,ones, the heart shaped and the curved, the waved and the plain. A man who can train his whiskers to grow in a new way is as much of a celebrity as a man' who writes a good poem or paints a good picture. Reward of Worthiness. To live in hearts we love Is not to ! die. Campbell. The General Demand i v of the WeU-Iaformed of the World hm always been for a simple, pleasant aad efficient liquid laxative remedy of value; a laxative which phyakiaas eovaa aactioB for family use because its ea-nv ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, acceptable to'tfie system and gentkT.yat prompt, in action. . -In supplying that demand witk its ex- "eeflcnt combination of Syrup of Figs aa-i Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup Co. proceeds along ethical lines and reh" on the merits of the laxative for its remark able success. " L - Thai is one 'of many reasons wfey Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senaais givea the preference by the Well-informed. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine manufactured by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. Only Long Sleeves Now. Mistress Here is a nice dress for you, Martha. Maid Thank ye, ma'am; but I can't take it really. Mistress You foolish girl, of course you can take it- I insist. Maid No, really, I can't, ma'am. It's got them old-fashioned short alaevas. Hww'sTMe? aar HU of Catarrh that eaoaoi hm can by Catarrh Cbml. r.J.C-mnTCOTeIaiawO. vie, im vMamoawa, maawm w. . cmq rum mm U7nn,m wim wem fwiMiuj I raki la aU bniln traaaactfeaa a Saame aautaearrr oat aar oNiaaMaaa Ida I wiuni. a.umv m auavnT. WaoHawa Prarlnt.Tolaa.a airs nywia vara m tagea auaraaur. ; waetly apoa tin Mao aa4 oeaaa aarfaeasof I TatUBMawwaaatnaa. rrwaTB tattle. SoldbraU TlT !! i' Too Strong. " "'The traveler la Ireland win do well," recently remarked an attache to our embassy at London, "when he engages a jaunting car to make sure of the step to which, in mounting, he rust trust his weight The carman does not help him to mount " 'I am afraid that step 'is loose.' aa American once said to the driver he had engaged. "The man took hold of the step and shook it 'Ah! sure,' said he, 'it's too sthrong, it is. What are ye afraid of?' "Aa he waa talking, the thing came off in his hand. ., "This mishap did not, however, em barrass the Irishman, for. with the sunniest of smiles, he turned to-his fare saying: " 'Shure, now, I've saved yer honor from a broken leg!" Harper's Weekly. Wheels. , '.' He was a great inventor. "The thing I am working at now. he began, stroking his thin beard with a thinner hand, "will be a boon to every family and will startle the whole world. In fact, It will put the alarm clock trust out of business. The idea Is simply specially prepared tab leTs thaf help you get up in the morn ing. For instance, if you want to arise at five you take five tablets; if you want to get up at six take six tab lets; and so on." ' "But how will it affect the alarm clock trust?" "Why, these tablets will cause a ringing in the ears at exactly the hour desired" But the little crowd could wait to hear no more and hurriedly disbanded. Harper's Weekly. MARK TWAIN ON MONEY. Humorist Points Out.What He Consid ers Some Wrong Conceptions. Mark Twain said that the financial panic has caused a wrong idea of ,the use and value of money. "The spendthrift says that money, being round, was made to roll. The miser says that, being flat, it waa made to stack up. Both are wrong. "Strangely wrong, too, in their ideas about money are the veteran Aus tralian gold diggers. These simple old fellows, though worth perhaps a half million or more, live in the sim ple dug-outs and shanties of their lean, early days. "Once, lecturing. I landed at an Aus tralian port. There was no porter in sight to carry my luggage. Seeing a rough-looking old fellow leaning against a post with bis hands in his pockets, I beckoned to him and said: " 'See here, if you carry these bags cp to the hotel I'll give you half a crown.' . "The man scowled at me. He took three or four gold sovereigns from his pocket, threw them into the sea. scowled at me again, and walked away without a word." FIT THE GROCER Wife Made the Suggestion. A grocer has excellent opportunity to know the effects of special foods on his customers. A Cleveland grocer has a long list of customers that have been helped in health by leaving off coffee and using Postum Food Coffee. He says, regarding his- own expe rience: "Two years ago I had been drinking coffee, and must say that I was almost wrecked in my nerves. "Particularly in the morning I was so Irritable and upset that I could hardly wait until the coffee waa served, and then I had no appetite for breakfast, and did not feel like '-attending to my store duties. , "One day my wife suggested that inasmuch as I was selling so much Postum there must be some merit in it and suggested that we trv. it I resnlt was a very happy one. My nervousness gradually disappeared. and today I am all right I would advise everyone afflicted in any way with nervousness or stomach troubles, to leave off coffee and use Postum Food Coffee." "There's a Reason." 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