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F-y gy. :atCgIaatrfrg!liI--3 If j .y. S$trr guwa&JW Ill 3 i 4 t i !'. 'i t ,i h i I! ;i Vi Cdombns TriboneJoonial BY THE TRIBUNE PTG. CO. COLUMBUS, - NEBRASKA. NEWS BRIERY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA. GREATER OB LESSER IMPORT Include What It Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections at r. the Country. Washington. As soon as the reciprocity measure Is out of the way congress, it Is thought will hurry away from Wash ington by adjourning until December. Speaker Champ Clark issued a deft to the administration a few days ago on learning of reports that President Taft purposed to veto any general tariff legislation at the extra session of congress. The speaker in a formal statement declared that the whole tariff ought to be revised and that the democratic party would rest its case with the country. A famine of silver coins is threated ed in the north Pacific state, and banks in Oregon, Washington and Montana, are appealing to the treas ury department to ship dimes, quar ters and half dollars to relieve the situation. Congress has made no ap propriation for transporting the coin and treasury officials say they cannot come to the relief until congress takes some action. Western South Dakota, where win ter wheat has been grown in several places without uniform success, can be converted Into a winter wheat growing section, announced a report of Cecil Salmon, plant physiologist of the depart of agriculture today. The report pointed out that Wyoming and Montana, where the soil and climate are very similar, produced 7,250,000 bushels last season. Means for the prevention of fraud or corruption in the election of rep resentatives to congress were ipro poscd in two bills introduced by Rep t resentative Powers of Kentucky. In one bill Mr. Powers proposes a fine of from 1,000 to 3,000 or from one to three years' imprisonment for inti midation of voters at any primary or general election, for the use or money or for threats in securing votes. 'A second bill provides that there be created a commission of the house of representatives consisting of three civilians, to investigate all elec tions. General. The celebration or the Fourth in the big cities was along the line of sanity. The election of Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin, may undergo Investiga tion. Twelve masked men hel& up an Erie train and fatally shot ovu of the mail clerks. Commissioner Quezon niadb a plea at New York for the independence of the Philippines. Congressman Henry of Tevas de livered a philipic on Americans who bow to European royalty. The plucking board" has announced the names of naval captain i selected for compusoly retirement. Former Chief of Police Charles W. Wappenstein of Seattle Y.as found guilty of accepting a bribe President Taft made peace the cen tral thought in a number of speeches he delivered on the waj west. President Taft, in hia speech at In dianapolis, devoted himself to the question of Canadian reciprocity. Leslie Miller, whe lived near New Hampton, la., murdered his wife and two of his five' children and then com mitted suicide. Juarez custom house officials who succeeded the former officials have been notified by telegraph from Er nesto Madero that they may hold their places. Without recovering consciousness, Mrs. James S. Butler of New Orleans, wife cf a wealthy cotton planter, died in the New York hospital following a stroke of appoplcxy. Orders were issued by the inter state commerce commission suspend ing until October 2S next, the propos ed tariffs of transcontinental railroads changing the regulations and prac tices with regard to pre-cooling and preicing citrus fruit shipped from California to Eastern destinations. Targets for the aeroplane practice of the Atlantic fleet and the ssa forts during the August maneuvers will consist of sheets of canvas shaped to simulate dirigible balloons and aero planes. These will be suspended from batteries of powerful box kites, Just as large American flags are often carried hundreds of feet in the air. Bob Burman, of New York, driving his 200-horse-power "Blitzen" Benz, set a new world's record for the mile. With a flying start he covered the mile track at Brighton Beach in 48.72 seconds. The previous record was 48.92 seconds. It was reported that within a short time plans for reorganizing the Stand ard Oil company of New Jersey will be ar.nounced. The company, it is said, will undergo complete disinte gration and all subsidiaries that are charged with having combined and conspired to monopolize the oil busi. ness will operate separately. The date of the departure of Em peror William for his Norwegian trip has not been definitely settled. Using a pick and crowbar to pry open a vault robbers broke into the State bank of Byars, Okla., obtained 14,000 and escaped. The Manufacturers' Railway com pany of St. Louis, is a common car rier, and payment to it of a reason able portion of the St Louis rates for the terminal witching services rendered by it Is not unlawful. A de cision to this effect was handed down by the interstate commerce commission. There was a general observance of the Fourt at European capitals. The 4th of July was celebrated in many sections of the old country. Two were killed and fourteen injur ed in auto wrecks near Pittsburg Sun day. The mining town of Kaylor, Pa,, was practically wiped out by fire. Pittsburg was selected as the next meeting place of the American insti tute of homeopathy. Senator Bristow says congress can not adjourn until free list articles have run their length. Many department officers believe an examination will disclose the Maine was wrecked from without. Congressman Norris of Nebraska charges there Is a conspiracy at Washington against the progressives. More than 2,500 engineers of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad were grant ed an increase in wages of about 6 per cent. Crazed by heat which prevailed there. Mrs. McCrary, of Lockney, Texas, killed her three children and ended her own life. John McNarrey, chief of the Kansas City, Kas., fire department, was dan gerously injured when he fell through the floor of a burning house in that city. Samuel Wellman of Omaha, Neb., journeying in company with his daughter from Pittsfield, Mass., to New York, dropped dead at Dunbury, Conn. Two hundred persons were wound ed in an election riot at Kalusz, East ern Galicia. It was necessary tocall out the troops to put an end to the fighting. The German cruiser Berlin will re lieve the gunboat Panther at Agadin, Morocco. The Berlin is three times as large as the gunboat Panther. Governor Shafroth of Colorado or dered out a company of militia at La Junta, Colo., to prevent the possible lynching of Ben Harris, the negro ac cused of killing Chief of Police Craig at Rocky Ford. President Taft left Washington on Friday for his new cottage at Beverly, Mass. Mrs. Taft, Charlie Taft, Miss Delia Torrey, the president's aunt, of Milbury, Mass., and Major A. W. Butt accompanied him. The state health department of Ok lahoma has decreed that artificial but termilk must go. The sale of this kind of buttermilk is said to be a common practice in some of the cities of the state. President Jara of Uruguay, who a few months ago seized the presidency through a bloodless revolution, has now assumed a dictatorship and de clared martial law according to a tel egram to the state department. William J. Handke, north of Atchi son, finished threashing wheat from an eleven-acre field and the yield promises to be the high record for Kansas this year, being 55G bushels, an average of 51 bushels an acre. " SpeakerChamp Clark is losing $1,000 a week, it is said, because con gress is remaining in session at a time when he expected it to have ad journed. The speaker had a contract with a Chicago lecture bureau to take the platform on July 1. President Taft sent to congress a special commission's report recom mending the acceptance of a gift of 5, 000 acres of land near Tullahoma. Tenn., and the purchase of 35,000 acres nearby at $12.50 per acre for a permanent maneuver. The Japanese naval hero, Admiral Togo, hero of the battle of the sea or Japan, will have no difficulty in view ing every thing he cares to see in the New York navy yard or any other naval establishment. It is expected he will board the battleship Florida now nearing completion. The house of lords, by a vote ot 253 to 40. passed Lord Lansdowne's amendment to exclude home rule from the operation of the veto bill. War Secretary Haldane made it clear that the government would refuse to accept the amendment. No less than 63,000,000 barrels of beer were sold in the United States during the 12 months ending June 30 last, or an increase over the previous 12 months of C.21 per cent, according to the annual report of the beer and whiskey sales made public by the United States brewers' association. President Taft will send to congress a special report recommending the ac ceptance of a gift of 5,000 acres of land near Tullahoma, Tenn., and the purchase of 35,000 acres nearby at $1.50 per acre for a permanent ma neuver ground, inspection camp and rifle and artillery range for the army. Fire resulting from the explosion of a large firecracker in the Matt Dono van ice house at Bernard, la., caused a loss of more than $50,000, the ice house, elevator, a lumber yard, gen eral store and a number of residences were totally destroyed. It was sever al hours before the flames were got ten under control. Heat has caused a slump in trade, but conditions generally are good. Steam railroads operating in Iowa increased their gross earnings prac tically $0,000,000 during the year 1910, according to a statement issued by the state executive council. Democratic members of the ways and means committee held a brief preliminary meeting and planned work on the cotton tariff schedule revision. Personal. The mother of Congressman Ma guire of Nebraska died last week. It is reported that Cip Castro has landed in disguise in Venezuela. Wolgast knocked out Moran In the thirteenth round at San Francisco. The first ruling in the Los Angeles dynamite cases were favorable to the prosecution. President Taft is about to withdraw troops from Texas. A majority of the insurgent senators are willing to pass the reciprocity bill and adjourn. Senators not on the committee are anxious to hear the testimony in the Lorimer investigation. Archbishop Dennis O'Connor, of the Roman Catholic diocese of Toron to, died of Bright's disease. General Ramsay D. Potts, of Fort Leavenworth, has taken command of the newly created Central division ot the United States army, with head Quarters in Chicago. ' VERY BUSY WEEK SENATE TO CLEAR WAY RECIPROCITY VOTE. FOR AMENDMENTS TO GONSIOER La Follette Has a Number of Propos als and Will Probably Do Con siderable Talking. Washington. A lively clearing of the way for the passage of the una mended Canadian reciprocity bill by the voting down of the Cummins and Simmons amendments, and continued discussion and action on other pro visions in connection with the bill will keep the senate busy all week, while the house, which will meet on Wednesday, and quickly adjourn un til Saturday, will be active only in its- committees. The amendments proposed by Sen ator Cummins of Iowa, insurgent re publican, which would add steel, iron, coal, lumber, wool, cotton and other products to the free list and the amendments proposed by Senator Simmons of North Carolina, demo crat, are somewhat similar in na ture. These are expected to be bowled over, which, under the agreement for a votethen, might extend the day into the night or over one recess after an other for several calendar days, if necessary. After the voting on these amendments, the senate will proceed with the consideration of the reciproc ity bill, and amendments by Senator La Follette and others will be put be fore that body for action. The proceedings will begin with a set speech by Senator Simmons in support of his own and Senator Cum mins' amendments, followed by roll calls on the amendments. The buga boo of a filibuster practically has been raised and friends of reciprocity will watch for attempts to intersperse with speechmaking, in which they will interrupt the institution of a fill buster. Dilatory tactics will be met witn such acts of coercion as the majority might decide would expediate busi ness. Mr. Cummins has indicated that he will ask for separate votes on all his amendments, and has said he would demand at least a dozen roll calls. Mr. Simmons will not be so in sistent. Senator La Follette said he prob ably would present amendments on Monday or Tuesday. As soon as they are printed he will take the floor and probably will speak for the greater part of several days in explanation and advocacy of them. The prevailing opinion is that with the reciprocity bill out of the way, final adjournment soon will follow. Wiped Out by Fire. Ottawa, Ont Two-thirds of Egan ville, Ont.. sixty miles west of here, was wiped out by a fire of unknown origin. Killed on Way to Game. Barboursville, Ky. One man was killed and one fatally injured when lightning struck a carryall filled with persons going to a base ball game. Big Lockout in Sweden. Stockholm. Forty thousand build ing workmen in Sweden, who have rejected the state arbitrator's award in the labor dispute, will be locked out. Aviators Start on Race. Halberstadt, Prussian Saxony. The aviators in the German circuit races started from here for Berlin. They ascended at intervals of three minutes. Ninth Cavalry Leaves. San Antonio, Tex. The last section of the Ninth United States cavalry left the maneuvers' camp at 6:30 o'clock Sunday night for Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. The Fourth Field ar tillery is ordered to leave Monday. Raise for Rural Carriers. Washington. The 40,000 odd rural free delivery' carriers in the United States are to receive a salary increase as a result of a decision reached by Postmaster General Hitchcock. The order will provide for the disburse ment during the current fiscal year of $4,000,000. Robert P. Neil is Arrested. Boston. Robert P. Neil, president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Em ployes, was arrested on a charge of using the United States mails to de fraud. It is alleged that Neil on De cember 1, 1910, issued circulars so liciting advertisements for a maga zine, the proceeds of which were to be used for death and sick benefits for railroad men, and that the funds received were diverted to Neil's own uses. Conditions in Mexico. Washington. Conditions in Mexico are rapidly assuming a normal and healthy state, according to advices received at the Mexican ambassy here, which on Saturday made pub lic the following telegram from Bar tolome Carbajal, acting secretary of foreign affairs. "The condition in Mexico is much improved. The dis banding of the revolutionary forces is going on rapidly and we hope it will be completed soon. The eco nomic condition of the country is excellent. Frince Henry en Tour. Southampton. Prince Henry of Prussia, with a party of motorists who are compete? in the annual Prince Hea.y automobile endurance tour, landed here Sunday from the steam ship Grosser Kurfurst. They will continue the tour Monday with a run to Oxford. The endurance tour start ed from Homherg on July 5. A stop was made at Cologne and from there the course followed a devious way through Germany to Hamburg. The automobiles were then shipped on tne Grosser Kurfurst. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF. News Notes of Interest from Various Sections. Threshing In York county shows a very good yield. Elkhorn, Dougias county, had quite a serious fire on July 4th. August 2d Omaha will again vote on the water works bond question. Some heat prostrations are report ed here and there, mostly in the towns and cities. Some good rains fell in the first week -of July, 'but for most part Ne braska needs, moisture. Seven teams contested in the base ball tournament at Scottsbluff, which was to decide the championship ot tne North Platte valley. Jack Roach, a young plasterer and bricklayer-of Ainsworth, was killed by a passenger train about a mile and a half from Long Pine. The toll keeper on the Union Pa cific bridge at Omaha has mysterious ly disappeared, and it is feared he has been murdered and his body thrown into the river. A livery barn belonging to William Sloan at Wilcox was burned. No horses were in the barn at the time. It is believed that the blaze started from Jlie smoking of pipes in the hay foft by tramps. - George Manscher, aged 19 years, of Walthill, was drowned while swim ming in the Sioux river at Riverside park, Iowa. Manscher went into the water against advice of physicians. Over exertion was responsible for his death. State Treasurer George has re ceived and paid for Beaver City water bonds amounting to $7,000; Chadron school district bonds, $20,000; city of Crawford water bonds, $24,000; school district No. 11. Antelope county, $20, 000. Burt county has paid the state $20,000 on bends due. Gage county has paid off $C,000 and Cedar county has paid $3,000 for bonds which were due and held by the state as an invest ment. State Treasurer George has receiv ed and paid for Beaver City water bonds, amounting to $7,000; Chadron school district bonds. $20,000; city of Crawford water bonds. $24,000; school district No. 11, Antelope coun ty. $20,000. Burt county has paid the state $20,000 on bonds due, Gage county has paid off $6,000 and Cedar county has paid $3,000 for bonds, which were due and held by the state as an investment. John Crawford, a former Wymore resident, who broke jail at Monmouth, 111., after being arrested on the charge of bank robbery, was arrested at Reno. Nov.. and taken back to Mon mouth. Crawford, it is thought, fig ured in the Kansas robberies last win ter and it is believed to be the fellow who sold a touring car to H. H. Hoerr, the Wymore man who is serving two years in the penitentiary for bank rob bery. A. V. Brown. J. W. Pickens of Has tings and B. H. Begole of Beatrice, called at the office of the attorney general to confer with that official in regard to the enforcement of the anti trading stamp law. They are mer chants who organized a trading stamp company of their own to compete with the large trading stamp compa nies, but when the new state law was passed they obeyed it and quit business, but they allege that the large trading stamp companies have continued and are reaping benefits contrary to law. At the Nebraska stockgrowers con vention in Alliance the address of welcome by Postmaster Tash of Alli ance was responded to by Fred L. Wright, of Gering. R. L. Tomlinson, inspector of brands at South Omaha, reported the number of cattle held up there and the mony j;oing to the real owner. Willis E. Reed, candidate for i United States senator, save a short address on the transportation of live stock, advocating the creation of a court having jurisdiction of both state and interstate transportation. A Shubert dispatch says that in ad dition to the drouth the grasshoppers are especially plentiful and are be coming very destructive. Usually the spring rains destroy a large number of the grasshoppers when they are just commencing to prow, but this year the infrequency of the rains and the protracted drouth has favored their growth. Frank Parriott, living about a mile from Shubert. reports that they have stripped ten acres of his corn. John Weddle. Morg Will iams and others arc reporting minor damncy". Artificial adornment in the shape of j puffs and "rats" saved .Mrs. Claud Li- i zer of Wymore from serious burns on the night of the Fourth in that place. She and her husband were conducting a refreshment tent when fireworks ig nited the gasoline lamp tank in the tent. The tank exploded and the blazing oil dropped fairly upon the head of Mrs. Lizer, instantly setting her hair ablaze. A bystander pulled the false hair off her head and put out the small blaze which had seized upon her natural hair, before she had received any serious burns. At a special election election at Upland water works bonds carried, by a vote of 76 to 34. There was a big celebration and display of fireworks at night. Under the new automobile law. now operative, owners of machines will be required to take out their licenses in the county in which the car is owned. The annual fee will be $2 instead of 1 1 as has maintained heretofore. The license fee must be paid to the coun ty treasurer, who will issue a receipt for the money. The treasurer will no tify the state office in Lincoln, whence a license will be issued. White reluming to his house, six nii'ps southwest of Seward, with a lea- a'- ioal, Adam Grab fell from the snt an.1 Iroke his neck. Grcb was a bachelor. 43 years of age. and had resided there about 20 years. Judse T. C. Munger filed a restrain ing order against Governor C. H. Aid rich and Attorney General Grant G. Martin, ordering them to temporarily .desist from all attempts to enforce the anti-free gift law of the 1911 leg islature against William Gold of Lin coln, the Sperry & Hutchinson com pany of New Jersey and the Mag azine & Book company of New York. PoctoreSaid He Woold Die A Fihsi's Aftici Sim Lift I wish to speak of the wonderful can that I have received from your noted Swamp-Root, the great kidney and blad der cure. Last summer I was taken with severe pains in my back and sides. I could not breathe without difficulty and was nearly wild with the desire to urinate. Was compelled to do so every ten min utes with the passage cf pure 'blood with the urine. I tried all the different doc tors from far and near, but they said it was no use to doctor as I would die any way. I was at the end of my rope and was so miserable with pain and the thought that I most die that words can not tell how I felt. One day a friend told me of the wonderful help she had received from Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. 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There was going to bo a picnic that morning, says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The little boy prayed before he retired at night that it might be a fine day. And when he looked out of 'the window at the peep of dawn, it was raining. In the evening, the little boy wouldn't say his prayers. "Mamma," he asked, as he was going to bed. "where do they sell idols? I want to get one to worship." Stop the Pain. The hurt of a burn or a cut stops when Cole's Carbollsalve Is applied. It heals quickly and prevents scars. 25c and GOc by druggists. For free sample write to J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wis. Feminine Reasoning. Stella Her gown Is just like yours. Bella I don't care if hers is a dupli cate of mine, but I don't want mine a duplicate of hers. Puck. I ASK rOK AIXES'S FtHT-EASE tho Antiseptic puwdrr to sbakr 1 n: your shoes. Ro. llcvcs Coirs, 'JunloEs. Irsnurlrp Nails, SiroKea end Sweating fret. BlKtcra anil CallouR apU. Slid eYcry where, ric Uon'tictrptau'j$iibttUute. Sam ple F1U2K. 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The teacher of boys or girls may be gin by asking what a lighthouse is for, or a foghorn, or bell buoy in the har bor. Is it to tell the sailors where to go? No. It is to tell them where not to go. Why are stories of bad men told In the Bible, such as the ope in this lesson? They are a warning. They are pictures of a character that repels us, that urges us not to enter any path that leads to that end. During the long reign of Manasseh Jerusalem was at peace while the neighboring lands were harried by As syrian armies, so that Jerusalem had a large share of the trade of Palestine. The king and his subjects benefited in many ways from the .Immense in crease of traffic caused by the inclu sion of Egypt and western Asia under one empire. The political rank of Jerusalem secured to her the chief markets of the internal commerce of Judah, as well as the gifts which it was customary for foreign traders to leave with the lords of the territories they visited; and thus in spite of the disadvantages of Its site, the city must have become a considerable em porium. Manasseh was the son and heir of Hezekiab. a great, and. on the whole, good king. His mother's name was Hepzlbah, the delight of her husband. He was only twelve years old when he began to reign in form. But in Judah a king was not supposed to be of age until he was eighteen. For six years Manasseh must have been to a great extent under the influence of his re gents and counselors. He was the six teenth king of Judah. He reigned fifty and five years. The longest reign In the history of Judah and Israel. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord. Manasseh was king of the Lord's people, and his business was to carry out God's plan of a peculiar people who should teach the nations righteousness, and the true way of living. He was a mere boy, nnable at first to assert himself as a ruler. He doubt less was waited on, petted, flattered, courted, treated as a superior being, whose will should never be checked, nor fancy thwarted; with no regular business, no hard tasks. What Manas seh did was popular and fashionable; following the ways of the greatest, most cultured, most influential nation In the world, then the master of Judah. The people were doing business with the Assyrians. Trade demanded con formity. Society was dominated by Assyrian influences. Moreover, many doubtless used the same argument Rabshakeh used to Hezekiah that the prosperity under heathen gods, and1 their conquering power proved that these gods were mightier than Jeho-' vah the God of the little Province of Judah. (And yet the Assyrians were really near to destruction since their capital Nineveh was swept out of ex istence in 606 B. C.) Mannasseh degraded true religion that was meant for the comfort and elevation of man. by leading his peo ple away from the one true God. the only source of help, into all manner of useless, irrational, degrading enchant ments by which the people sought for guidance and help. Thus these prac tices were treason and disloyalty. The Lord spake to Manasseh, by means of the prophets, of whom Na hum may have been one; by means of his conscience, by the ex ample of his father, by means of his conscience, by the written word, by providence. It Is not known just when Manasseh was made to pay the pen alty of his sins, but it must have been after many years of idolatry. Wherefore the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king- of Assyria and Manasseh was made captive. The records of Assurj banipal record a review of the 22 king3 of whom Manasseh was one ap parently at Nineveh. Which took Manasseh among the thorns, "in chains." margin, "with hooks." "As syrian kings sometimes thrust a hook Into the nostrils of their captives, and so led them about. He had been sailing down the Niagara rapids carelessly, and now he feels the tossing of the waves, tho" current swiftly flowing by the rocks, he sce3 spray over the cataract, and hears its roar. Why? In order that he may stop ere it is too late. The bitter fruits of hi3 wrong doing wrought the desired effect. The prod igal came to himself. He besought the Lord, Jehovah, not the heathen gods he had been worshiping, who failed him in his trouble. Dr. John Todd once represented the judgment day as our coming Into a great hall whose walls were hung with pictures on which were painted all the sins that we have ever committed. On one picture are painted all the bad words that we have ever spoken: on another all the jealousies we have ever felt; on another all the covetlngs" of our hearts, all the wrong bargains we have ever made, all the unkindncss to our parents and friends of which" we have ever been guilty, all our prayerless mornings and evenings, all our neglect of God's word, all our in gratitude towards our heavenly Fa ther and our hard fceling3 towards him, all our abuse cf the Sabbath and the means of grace, all our neglect of the Saviour and our grieving away the Holy Spirit. What pictures would our sins open sins, secret sins, heart sins, and life-long sins make! What a terrible hall that would be! God showed Manasseh clearly that he forgave him, by the fact that he brought him again to Jerusalem. We do not know how he influenced the king to restore him. Such pardon from a king of Assyria was rare, but not unparalleled. Pharaoh Necho I. was taken in chains to Nineveh, and afterwards set free. .afaV-a T jBI aaT at .bV B1SW.ST B aflaT jjjffcorned Beef ffif; a fcLtjatjf thtttto Rk isiK MkW ati ' " g: i9JB McNeill jflPfVrPBHNflKfii SHE WAS WISE. -3 He Ah, sweetheart. I love you more than all my wealth. She Yes, but you only get ten a week. Easily in the Lead. Louise Jennings. Elise Hathaway and Florence Brintnall are three schoolmates whose Indulgent parents provided a picnic for each of them, giving carte blanche as to the num ber of their guests and the manner of entertainment on the beach. Three parties in ten days means a lot to young ladies of the tender age of eight. But they recovered quickly enough from the fatigue. Followed comparison: "I think," said Lou. "ours was a very nice party. And we had Ice cream twice. If you remember." "Oh, I don't know." quoth Elise she Insists upon being called by her full name and will answer to no other "I notice all my guests rode 'round on the carrousel as often as they wanted." "I'm sure my party was the best of all," spoke up Flo. "Father says every d d kid In town was there. Answering the Dean. The man who Thackeray calls "the greatest wit of all time" Dean Swift of SL Patrick's cathedral, Dublin was as ready to take as to make a re tort. "Why don't you doff your hat to me?" he asked a small boy who was coaxing along an obstreperous goat. "I will." said the lad, "if your honor will hold the goat's horns!" an answer which delighted the dean. Youth's Companion. No Wedding Day Bargain. The Husband (during the quarrel) You're always making bargains. Was there ever a time when you didn't? The Wife Yes, sir; on my wedding day. Adam Was Grouchy. The Serpent What's Adam so grouchy about today? The Ape Oh, he says that the ar rival of woman means that all hir plans for universal peace have been knocked in the head for good. Puck. WRONG SORT Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and Bread May Be Against You for a Time. A change to the right kind of food can lift one from a sick bed. A lady in Welden, 111., says: "Last spring I became bed-fast with severe stomach troubles accompanied by sick headache. I got worse and worse until I became so low I could scarcely retain any food at all, al though I tried about every kind. "I had become completely discour aged, and given up all hope, and, thought I was doomed to starve to death, until, one day my husband, try ing to And 'something I could retain,. 9'tiiiRJwJr III brought home some Grape-Nuts. "To my surprise the food agreed with me, digested perfectly and with out distress. I began to gain strength at once. My flesh (which had been flabby), grew firmer, my health im proved in every way and every day, and in a very few weeks I gained 20 pounds in weight. "I liked Grape-Nuts so well that for four months I ate no other food, and always felt as well satisfied after eat ing as if I had sat down to a fine ban quet. "I had no return of the miserable sick stomach nor of the headaches; that I used to have when I ate other food. I am now a well woman, doing all my own work again, and feel that life is worth living. "Grape-Nuts food has been a Godi send to my family; it surely saved myj life; and my two little boys have thriven on it wonderfully." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. "There's a reason." Erer rest the aTMT totter A irw Me appear frei ttae to tlie. Taer are gfaalae, tear, aa Sail t - a" latere. . , V-r -