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I> ft The Greater Difficulty. A gentleman driving an automobile on a country road, says a writer in a Virginia newspaper, met an oldfashioned couple. They jumped to the ground and the automobile came co a nan. The gentleman of the car stepped I forward, and offered to help lead the ' horse past the machine. "Oh, never mind the horse, never mind the horse," said the old gentleman. "You lead the old lady past that thing, and I'll get the horse by all right." E Food and Nests of the Gulls. a Although termed a "common" ^ gull, this species is not more common than the herring and blackheaded gulls, and may have been by many associated with those birds in the common appellation "gull." Their flight is heavy, yet capable of very considerable extension, as ~ ~ ~ v. J ?-nrt J 1 /-?o in ntircnif 111^7U1I US> liy 111 till J Hi i^uiwvu., of their food. This they take in an ingenious manner, almost settling upon the water in order to secure it. When resting after a long flight, or under any other circumstances, they will sleep upon the water. The nest is built chiefly of sticks, seaweed and grass, and is a somewhat large one in comparison w.tth the size of the ^ird. The eggs are but two or three in number, and of a dark olive brown, blotched and spotted with black and darker brown. The young differ materially from the aged birds, the plumage altering with age. They generally feed together, their call note (wh'ch sounds iikg "squeel") being the signal for them to gather, and generally to fight over the possession of any food that attracts them. Their food is principally fish and offal, or any garbage that may be lj found floating upon the sea. When c< they fly inland their food is gener- w ally worms, grubs and slugs, and p they will even feed upon grain, some that were kept with clipped wings having been induced to feed mainly on it. When upon the marshy inland districts, however, worms and slugs are their most general food.? Pontadawn News. Cotton Paper. Some recent experiments have dev. monstrated T.hat all grades of paper can be manufactured from cotton stalks, and in addition to this a variety of by-products including aicokol. cotton fibre and smokeless powder 'can be secured in commercial quantities. On the estimate that an acre of land producing one ton of stalks, ten or twelve million tons of raw material can be depended upon anO/vvma anf / ? 1 q {rr*l? thof LLUClIljr. kJUUIC VJUiiU) vuivv In addition to increasing the value of the South's annual cotton crop by $100,000,000 the removal v of the stalks from the fields early in the fall will mean the extermination of the boll weevil.?Farming. That Settled It. "Why do you think the plaintiff Insane?" a witness, examined -as to somebody's mental condition, waa asked by the counsel at a trial. "Because," replied the witness, "he is continually going about asserting that he is the Prophet Mohammed." "And pray, sir," retorted the learned gentleman of the wig, "do you think that When a person declares * *- it-. T* />/) (n ne is iue rrupuei luuuammcu iuai is a clear proof of his insanity?" "I do." "Why?" "Because," answered the witness, regarding his questioner with easy complacency, "I happen to be the Prophet Mohammed myself."?TitBits. Thanks. John Ridgley Carter, Secretary of the American Embassy at London, was piloting some American friends through the museum at Hastings when he observed an unhappy attendant wearing a military uniform, with a helmet from which a chinstrap hung, at whom an Inquisitive tourist was firing all manner of silly questions. The tourist's last question v?s: "Say, what is that strap under your chin for?" e The attendant sighed. "The strap ve is to rest my jaw when I get tired ** answering questions," said he.?Harper's Weekly. ? A FOOD CONVERT W' 4 ru Good Food the True Road to Health. W( be The pernicious habit some persona cj( still have of relying on nauseous al drugs to relieve dyspepsia, keeps up S], the patent medicine business and fe helps keep up the army of dyspep- 11)r tics. Indigestion?dyspepsia?is caused g.( by what is put into the stomach in rpj the way of improper food, the kind j that so taxes the strength of the di- gc gestive organs they are actually , ja crippled. rc When this state is reached, to re- m sort to stimulants is like whipping a sl) tired horse with a big load. Every pj additional effort he makes under the m lash increases his loss of power to er move the load. Try helping the stomach by leaving off hea^vy, greasy, indigestible food and take on Grape Nuts?light, easily y, ii rested, full of strength for nerves y? 4 ind brain, in every grain of it. j1? There's no waste of time nor energy when Grape-Nuts is the food. "I am an enthusiastic user of Grape-Nuts and consider it an ideal food," writes a Maine man: "I had nervous dvsnetisia and was ... m all run down and my food seemed to me but little good. From read- g. r Ing an adv. I tried Grape-Nuts food, sl and, after a few weeks' steady use of 0A It, felt greatly improved. "Am much stronger, not nervous w now, and can do more work without feeling so tired, and am better every way. "I relish Grape-Nuts best with cream and use four heaping teaspoon- w fuls at a meal. I am sure there are ? thousands of persons with stomach 10 trouble who would be benefited by pi using Grape-Nuts. Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a rea- is' ion." es f.' , I . - ' ^ ... / New York City.?Every style of !ton is in vogue for immediate wear, nd will continue to be so for many reeks to come. Here is an absolute r novel model that Includes the beaming and favorite Tuxedo collar, hlle It also is made with applied box leats that give a most becoming ef ct. In the illustration smoke gray iling is stitched with belding silk 1 id trimmed with a velvet collar of 1 e same color and handsome but- 1 ns. little frills of the lace finishing e sleeves, but the model is equally ell suited to all seasonable mateals. It can be utilized for the light eight wools, pongees and the like of itween seasons' wear, and also for oth and the heavier goods of the itumn. The scalloped edges of the eeves are an especially noteworthy ature and make an effect that is as etty as it is new. The Eton is made with fronts and 3e-fronts, backs and side backs, tie pleats are separate and are apied over the seams, terminating in alloped edges slightly below the cket. The neck is finished with the dl-over collar and the closing is ade in double breasted style. The eeves are moderately full, box eated at their lower edges to har- , onize with the Eton, and are gath- . ed at the arms' eyes. The quantity of material required r the medium size is three yards .'enty-seven, one and five-eighth irds forty-four or one and a half , irds fifty-two inches wide with one- i llC yard of velvet. New Materials Dressy. The new materials for more dressy ly wear include some very beautiful , brics. Voile linon, Pekin Helene, 1 arquisette and those exquisite open eaves which call for dainty linings. y the way, the fancy for pompadour lk as a dress lining is going to hold ( rer through the season, and the jove materials are just the ones ith which to use it. Hint of Whiteness. The veil of filmy white chiffon qp-n beneath the regular veil gives hint of whiteness to the complexn that is not despised by the most osaic of women. Lingerie For Sleeves. Lingerie effects still hold for chemettes and sleeve ruffles, and add the t c?ontinl tnnnh of whitononr tlio i g^UVlUl tVUVU V* 11 UAVWMN,*** - I Jet Buttons For Mourning. Bright jet buttons are now allowable for mourning. Throe-Piece Skirt. The skirt made with a circular flounce takes absolutely graceful lines and is consequently well liked. This one has an added advantage of including a full length front gore that gives an effect of height and slenderness to the figure. In the illustration, smoke gray veiling is simply stitched with belding silk, the flounce being finished with three pmoll in whi'nh are i r? serted, but it is possible to suggest a great many variations. All the materials that can be tucked with success are appropriate, and that means a great many, as almost every fashionable fabric designed for indoor wear is soft and thin. If the cords in the tucks are not desired they can be left plain, or if a still more elaborate effect is wanted there can be trimming of braid, or applique used above them, while the front gore can always be trimmed in some distinctive fashion or can be made of all over lace or similar material. The skirt Is cut with the front gore, the circular portions and the flounce. The circular portions are tucked well over the hips and the front gore is cut with extensions to flounce depth that are laid over onto the flounce, forming a pleat at each side. The flounce itself is circular, and is seamed to the edge of the side ind back gores. The quantity of material required for the medium size is seven and a quarter yards twenty-seven, five and a half yards forty-four or fifty-two Inches wide. Popular Accompaniments. Bodices of chiffon-lined lace and net are worn under the coats, whose short sleeves are all elbow length, and show many variations of detail. Shoes match the color of the frock and the French or English sailor worn?ana wmcn is me popular accompaniment to such a gown?is of the fixiest description. Design For Embroidery. The delicate blossom of that pest of the farmer, Queen Anne's lace, is a charmingly graceful design for embroidery, and it is especially pretty iieveloped in white and the delicate shades of green natural to stems and leaves. Plaid Gaiters. Only those with the slenderest and trimmest of feet ana ankles can afford to adopt the plaid gaiter or spat. Buttons on Dressy Frocks. For dressy frocks are lace-like but;ons with delicate enameled flowers thereon, jCv- 7- t r, _ \ . j' J THE GREAT DESTROYED LVnif l"p ? nmi iv/i rj?r?rci * nnnrt &W.V2J'* Dl.'likllJliMl IMjKUJA THE VICE CI'1 I XT E3IPEK:! i\ V: C. RIar.ufnctKrinp; Mad JIo'os?Evry Jium Sink a Slough cf Despond, in "Which Poor Souls Arc Mircc7 and Ruined. The traffic in strong drink is responsible for a large proportion of the enti?e expenses of civil government. Dram-sellers benefit no one, and injure every one with whom they have to do. They make honest men into rogues and thieves and rioter3, from whom society must protect itself by the organization and support of police, constables, sheriffs, judges, courts, jails, jailers, State prisons and executioners. They malce lunatics, for whom society must build, costly asylums and support physicians and keepers and nurses. They cause personal injuries, which must be repaired in hospitals, provided, officered and equipped at public expense. They produce paupers, who must be cared for in costly almshouses, mostly filled by brokendown drunkards, drunkards' wretched wives and drunkards' orphan chil^1 nnn ' 11 Vi II/IA Vinrfnf i An uicii. x jicj jjiuuatc luiuis, uc^uucn by drunken fathers, for whose benefit society "must support asylums and schools. They produce bankrupts who, through their reckless mismanagement or criminal waste, involve themselves in financial ruin, leaving society to bear the burden of debt and damage which they cause. They incapacitate men for their duties, and they render persons reckless in the performance of their allotted tasks, thus causing accidents, collisions, shipwrecks, loss of life and treasure; all this wreck and ruin must be borne and paid for by the temperate, honest, hard-working portion of the community, who not only suffer enormous losses and damages, and pay enormous taxes caused by this villainous traffic, but who also are continually importuned for the support of voluntary charities, and constantly called upon for private benefactions to relieve the sore distresses of those who, but for intemperances, might have been happy, prosperous and even wealthy. All these things society bears, and the only men who are benefited by the enterprise are a few dram-sellers, who earn an easy living by dealing out poison to their fcllowmen. There is a story told of a man in Ohio who, being short of work and short of money, turned a spring which was on his land in such a way that it ran down tbe road and formed a mud hole at tke bottom of the hill. When he got his mud hole in working order, emigrants and teamsters traveling that way were very sure to go'i stuck in the mire, and he was qu/. j willing tor a liberal consideration to yoke his team and drag them out. The story ran that he made some thousands of dollars by the operation, and finally sold his mud hoJ ? for a large price, and went West. It would seem that a present society is busy manufacturing mud holes; for every run hole is a slough of despond in which poor souls are mired and ruined. But the difference between the case of the man of the mud hole, and the case of those who favor and permit the sale of intoxicating drinks seems to be, that they employ a man to make a mud hole for them, and then get stuck in it themselves; and so the men who are responsible for the mud hole are obliged to suffer the trouble of getting into it, and pay the exnoncoo nf Vio4r>?r Vl ol noH nilt. whlrh vi. seems to make the speculation peculiarly unprofitable, to those who are compelled by the tax gatherer to pay the tost of the villainous operation. If the taxpayers of the world could eee the amount they pay to repair the damage wrought by dealers la strong drink; if they could see how many weary days' work, and how many hard-earned dollars the stroiUC. 4nitk takes from those who never taste it, they would not wait to discuss the moral aspects of the case, nor hesitate as to the most desirable course of act*n, but they would rise in their might and trample this Berpent's head . beneath their shodden heels, and blot out the vile traffic from trader Heaven.?Safeguard. m Longevity and Liquor. It has come to be generally recognized as a fact that the alcohol habi' is one of the main factors in deter mining length of life. Figures fur nished by insurance companies ' it England show that the average life of the total abstainer is nine yeptfi longer than that of the drinker, and one of our own concerns, i* thp BPTrie line of business, the Eani table, has published a statement to the effect that the death rate among "moderate" consumers of liquor Is twenty-three per cent, higher thaaj among teetotalers. Some of tin companies on both sides of the water/ indeed, put abstainers in a separate class among their policy holdeflSr making them a special allowance of five per cent, or more on premiilma.y Pearson's Magazine. What Law Can Do. No one supposes that law can make men temperate, but law can shut up these bars and dram shops whic|l facilitate and feed intemperance, which double our taxes, treble the peril to property and life, and make the masses tools in the hands of designing men to undermine and cripple law.?Wendell Phillips. The Better (?) Saloon. Some people think that you can improve an fniquity by washing it. Dr. Herrick Johnson says: "Better saloons is oetter oaaness." A Pauper's Advice. In his meetings at St. Paul, Dr. J. V. ilbur Chapman sobered the hearts of men by exhibiting at his great men's meeting a dollar bill that he received at Topeka. It was sent to him with this note attached: "I had $50,000, a wife and child. This is my last dollar. My wife and child have left me?have left me on account of whisky. Take my advice, young man, and lead a sober, Christian life." Hoiv the Saloons Pay. Mark Twain says a man bought a hog for $1.50 and fed It $40 worth of corn, and then sold the hog for $9. He lost money on the corn, but made $7:50 on the hog. This illustrates how the saloons, which cause most of the crime, pauperism and insanity of the country, are increasing the taxes very heavily, but the taxpayers are getting some money from the saloon license fees. Secretary Hitchcock has sent out an order that no liquor shall be sold henceforth in the Yosemite Valley. < ' .. ' - pi^niAM" Uoior more goods brighter and faster colors Uian an] lye any garment without ripping apart. Write T< Protective Colors of Animals. I seem to trace a faint clue to the connection between the protective coloring and the mind in the intense desire of the fox to remain concealed and unseen. That this is a possible theory we infer from the fact that s blind animal does not change color Put a dozen minnows into an ordinary white washhand basin and they will in a very short time be ol a pale color. If over one no changf passes we may be tolerably certair that it is blind.?Prom Dale's "Th< Fox." There were shipped 34,611 tons o! chalk from Dunkirk, France, to th< United States in 1905. A WOMAN'S KIDNEYS. Women have so much to do, s< many pains to suffer, so many critica periods to go. through, that it is im . portent to keep tlu uhdmb kidneys well an< the backache vg: down pain > ' .. . w i ches, dizziness )r and othei - 183^ a&s? oii s,gns o: . ^ Sidneys. Mrs J8 F. Smith, o: yden St., Woon , R. I., says: kidneys wer< tea /ear? paai - -"vifp'r - terrible. M: ul and I hat ptoms besides : > Doan's Kidne: 120. To-day. i better bealtl V ?s Kidney Pill! ; ii:: " Idney medicin< i ^ They brinj * * ??cents 1 Co., Buffalo I , of Babes, f Coudert, th< t, had a greai i ;He collects ' ' lint sayings o he treasures o lall manuscrip efinitiojiS tha age ed. This vol :| T!?4'^ks called "A Child's Diction ary," and these are some of the deft nltions that Mr. Coudert would rea< from the book: "Dust ? Mud with the juic oqueezed out of it." "Snoring?Letting off sleep." "Backbiter?A mosquito." "Fan?A thing to brush the ware off with." "??e?Water that went to sleep i: the cold.' "Apples?The bubbles that appl trees blow." ?Judge's Magazine of Fun. ^ VT .1 ? ^ Ti. I> 01 i/bt'u iu 11. That disaster breeds endurance n one doubts. An Easterner, who wa visiting California at the time of th recent calamity, fully recognized thi fact, and gave the Californians fu credit for it. A building had collapsed as. a r< suit of the eartnquaKe. isesiaes se>i eral Californians, confined beneat the debris was a New Yorker. A the rescuers began removing the brie and timber a feeble voice called froi a corner of the building far below: "Help here! I am from the Eas and am unused to earthquakes. Tak me out first." The cities of Glasgow and Nottinj ham supply gas to the consumer: and it Is sold at fifty cents a thousan cubic feet ? about one-half what costs in American, cities. Last yet Nottingham made a profit of 1)120 000 on its gas plant 'a.-vs'1 >" . . fur I AV A fllL/ JL/JA/VM L Known ( There are two classes of re f jP Ity and -which are permanent] \ iBjj) ^ harmony with natu ance; and another class, ? r^jtetv unknown, imcertain and infe V wP rarily, hut injuriously, as a KkT factions unnecessarily. Oi the remedies of known qua! bto/rnl pleasant Syrup of Figs, mf Jig Syrup Co., which repres f plants, known to act most bent in which, the wholesome Californ tribute their rich, yet delicate, fn of all remedies to sweeten and re gently and natnrally, and to assi pation and the many ills resulting if g pies and qnality are known to i remedy has therefore met with tfc $j$ the favor of many millions of weU |f of their own personal knowledge that it is a most excellent laxative r |f it will cnre all manner of ills, bnt re < represents, a laxative remedy of k containing nothing of an objectionabli There are two classes of pnrchas as to the qnality of what they buy and of articles of exceptional merit, and w] elsewhere when a dealer offers an ii article; bnt, unfortunately, there are se and who allow themselves to be impose its beneficial effects if they do not get tl To the credit of the druggists of t hat nearly all of them value their itegrity and the good will of their c imitations of the ^ Genuine?Syr manufactured by the California Fi| buy the genuine article and to get '<( only to note, when purchasing, the 'J California Fig Syrup Co.?plainly i ?'J package. Price, 50c. per bottle. On i FADELE i other dye.. One iOa. package colors all fibers. They dy >r tree Doofclct?flow to Dye. Bleach and Mix Colore. M San Francisco's Lucky Figures. ! Figures show that San Francisco > in May held its place as the ninth s most important commercial centre of I the country. This verifies the statei ment that even a fire and earthquake l cannot destroy the city's commerce. . ?San Francisco Call. I A medical journal declares that t people who drink cows' milk are i more and more inclined to consump1 tion than those who use the milk of } the reindeer, the buffalo, the ass or the goat. f How'* Thin ? 3 We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by Hail's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chzhey 4 Co., Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 16 years, and believe him } perfectly honorable ia all^ business transactions and financially able to carry out any 1 obligations made by their firm. - West <fc Tbuax, Wholesale Druggists, Tos ledo, 0. , Waldino, Kinsas A Mabvut, Wholesale * Druggists, Toledo, 0. , Hall's CatarraCureistakenlatemally.aatr\r\n fho hlnnrt on^ mnr?nnn<43tir* f U^/VUbav wivvv* laces of the system. Testimonials sent free. ' Price, 75c. per bottle. Hold by all Druggists, i* Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. f Truth cannot be tyrannical. ! OPERATION: t [ Two Grateful Letters fro Serious Operations.? [ from Like Conditions When a physician tells a woman, suffering from female trouble, that an operation is necessary it, of course, n frightens her. The very thought of the operating a table and the knife strikes terror to her heart. As one woman expressed It, when told by her physician that she most undergo an operation, sne ieit that her death knell had sounded. Our hospitals are lull of women who are there for just such operations! It is quite true that these troubles may reach a stage where an operation 0 is the only resource, but such cases are ,s much rarer than is generally supposed, e because a great many women have 18 been cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's II Vegetable Compound after the doctors had said an operation must be performed. In fact, up to the point where the knife must be used to secure instant f- relief, this medicine is certain to help, h The strongest and most grateful .s statements possible to make come from k women who, by taking Lydia E. Pinkn ham'b Vegetable Compound, have ?scaped serious operations. ,x Margrito Ryan, Treasurer of St. Andrew's Society, Indianapolis, Ind., e writes of her cure as follows: Dear Mrs. Pinkham:? 411 cannot find words to express my thanks for the good Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable s Compound did me. The doctor said I could ' not get well unless I had an operation for 0 the trouble from which I suffered. I knew ] it oould not stand the strain of an operation and ir made up my mind I would be an invalid for life. Hearing how Lydia E. Pinkham's Ask Mrs. Piflkhan's Advlcc~A W?r - "m - iMj tiveof^ 1 JlJALlT^ I medles; those of known qua!- S ly beneficial in effect, acting: H re, when nature needs assistompoaed of preparations of xgfl H srior character, acting tempo- | JE resnlt of forcing the natural ' !$? g L6 of the most exceptional of ity and excellence Is the ever fl Lnufactnred by the California " ents the active principles of fl jflcially, in a pleasant syrnp, I ian blue figs are rised to con- , fl iity flavor. It is the remedy ' ;fresh and cleanse tho system ^^fl st one in overcoming const!- . :|jfl therefrom. Its active princi- , 1 )hysicians generally, and the , f-fl eir approval, as well as with I I informed persons who know and from actual experience ; I emedy. We do not claim that fl commend it for what it really ; nown quality and excellence, fl 3 or injurious character. | ers; those who are informed 1 the reasons for tlie excellence ;1 lio do not lack courage to go I nitation of any well known {JflB >me people who do not know, '-jifa 3 2d upon. They cannot expect ;;|fM le genuine remedy. | he United states be it said reputation for professional. ostomers too highly to offer I up of Figs I J l Synip Co., and in order to I ;| i its beneficial effects, one has I, I full name of the Company? * irinted on the frost of every 8 I e size only. if I ss DYES ein cold water better Uum any otter dye. tooca* f ON HO IS DtttU CO, talonrUle* Mluoari I Electricity From the Susquehanna. I At McCall Ferry, Pa., forty mile$ 1 a oWfv mllofl fmm _Jum iroui JDaiHiliU! <3 auu qui.J mumm " - Philadelphia, there Is in course of^^B construction one of the greatest dams VI in the country, Intended to develop,;^ | from the waters of the Susquehanna (I River electric power to the delivered j capacity of from 75,000 to lOO.OffO ^aM horse-power. When completed tho , J electricity generated there -will- be j supplied to Baltimore, Philadelphia; | New York, Lancaster, Harrisburg, j York and a number of other cities.? . i Manufacturers' Record. 1 The Supreme Court of Saxony has - j decided that boycotts and strikes in ;1 a wage war are dot punishable by law, and that employers can not de- - ^ mand compensation for losses caused. H.. H. Grtex's So5S,of Atlanta,Ga.,)ir#/ the oniy successful Dropsy-Specialists intho >>^9 world. See their liberal offer in advertise- ;33| ment in another column of this paper. ^9 Mice and conclusions are not synonym .?? mous, yet women jump at both. i Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children J teething,softens tbegum8,reducesinllammation, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25cabottl? How many people fumigate the money ;jfl that is given to them? S AVOIDED m Women Who Avoided M Mflnv Women Suffering i|S Vegetable Compound had saved other women from serious operations I decided to try it, ; and in less than four months I was entirely cured; and words fail to express my thank* fulness." ' f vjfa Miss Margrot Merkley, of *15 3$ Street, Milwaukee, Wis., wrif^s: Dear Mrs. Pinkham "Loss of strength, extremb nervousness, severe shooting pains through the pelvio organs, cramps, bearing-down pains, and an irritable dispoeitiow compelled me to seek medical advice. The doctor after making an examination, said that I had a serious female trouble and ulceration, an J advised an operation as my only hope. To this I strongly objected?and I decided as a last resort to trfr Lydia S. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "To my surprise the ulceration healed, all ' the bad symptoms disappeared, and I am once more strong", vigorou.<tand well; ana I cannot express my thanks for what it has dona for me." Serious feminine troubles are steadi* ly on the increase among women?an{ before submitting to an operation every woman should try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and write Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. for advice. For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been curing the worst forms of female complaints, all functional troubles, inflammation, ulceration, falling and displacement, i weakness, irregularities, indigestion i and nervous prostration. Any woman * | who could read the many grateful letters on file in Mrs. Pinkham's office would be convinced of the efficiency of >' I her advice and Lydia E. mKnami 11 Vegetable Compound. nan Best Understands a Woman's Ills.