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Signs of Prosperity. Building activity is one of the best signs of commercial prosperity. Real estate is not very salable in bad times, and when incomes are reduced people put off marriage or give up housekeeping and board. When building operations expand it is pretty evident that people are getting married and hiring houses and coming to town instead of going away. It shows that incomes are larger and steadier. In fifty cities the amount of building is twice as great as it was last year. Gideon Was a Wise Man. "In choosing his men," said the Sabbath school superintendent. "Gideon did not select those who laid aside their arms and threw themselves down to drink. He took those who washed with one eye and drank with aIKqt* " Tit Pits IUC WLiiVl . A *b M.VM. It Is estimated that the Canadian Northwestern coal field, between Morrissey and Banff, contains about 45,000,000,000 tons of coal. DYSPEPSIA acts almost Immediately on the Gastric Juices and gives the stomach tone and trength to digest almost everything that has been put Into It It soothes sore and Irritated stomachs that have been Impaired by physic and Injurious drugs. We cannot too urgently advise all persons who suffer from any of the following symptoms to try this remedy: Distress after eating, bloating of the stomach. Rising of the food, Waterbrash. Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Loss of Appetite, Constipation, Dizziness, Faintness, Palpitation of the heart, Shortness of breath, and all affec*-*? ?* v?* hr indigestion. HODS U1 11JC ucai % vuuuvu o We want every discouraged and despondent sufferer from Dyspepsia or Indigestion to cast aside all other medicine and give this remedy a trial. If it falls to give satisfaction I will refund your money. MUNYON. For sale by all druggists. Price, 23c. 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It is pasteurized and then Evaporated, (the water taken out) filled into Bright, New Tins, Sterilized and Seal i ed Air Tight until You K Need It. ^ 5==*^ Try UBBVS fc?and tell your PM friends how I jaUmm t-ibby, McNeill MJQijrc OHIO AO O IF Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar Clears The Voice < Sold by Druggists Pike's Toothache Drops Core In One Minute SSft IW^i jiitiitjis V300 SHOES 4.350 c* co The Reason I Hake and Sell More Men's S3.0C and and $3.50 Shoe3 Than Any Other Maoutoclure $8 00 1? bocame I jlvo th? wearer the beneSt 0f tie Shoal mo?t complete organisation of trained ei s nn pert! and ?klll?d eboemakere In the country. *?a The wlectlon of the leather* for each part of the ehee Sun Kid every detail of the malting In every department 5- ow . ,/ B(?.r nv th? >w?t incMm&kerB In the tho ' lndaitry. If I could ihow yon ho* carefully W I %ZiZt Dcrcglae ahoee are made, yon wosld then ooderetac sioo "^y tt?y hold their shape, St better, and wear locge in than any other make. S3 QO Afttkid of Tanning the Salts makes them Mire Fltxiblt and Lom-rr If'taring than any ethers. Shoes for Every Member of the Family Oen, Boys, Women, Misses and Children For sale by shoe dealers everywhere. B HIT! All None genuine without W. L. Dousrla UHU I lUH i name and price stamped on botton Vv?t Color EveJeti njed ciclailvsly. Catalogue Mailed W. L. DOUGLAS. 167 8EABE 6TKEET, BROCKTON, HASHIS8?Thompson's Eye Wat? THE WOKTH OF A WOMAN. Whatever the wage of the world may be At the olosc of the toiling day, For a task too slight for the world to see, As it measures men's work for pay, He is rich in the tribute of rarer lands That reckons world's wage above? In the touch of a woman who understands? In the thought of a woman's love. ! ?Charlotte Louise Rudyard, in Harper's Bazar. 1 ..?r s"wHEN CUPID { j j TURNED BROKER j Judge Rucker had decided most j positively that Jim Brock should not ; be his son-in-law. Brock had decided to the contrary. Jim had an advantage, however, in so far that he was not alone in the fight. He was materially re-enforced by Lucy Rucker, the judge's daughter, and the object of the bitter contention. Lucy loved her. father, but ' she loved Jim more. ! The one great fault the judge j found with Jim was his poverty, and j this fault Jim possessed in the first : degree. This would not have been so ; bad in the eyes of the judge if Jim i had shown any inclination to remedy I it. But he didn't. He made money, j but he was too generous and freej handed to save it. In the eyes of the ! judge, who was almost miserly, this ' was an unpardonable failing. "Show me that you can save $5000 In a year," he once said to Jim, "and ! I may then reconsider the question of j you and Lucy marrying." i "I am sorry," Jim replied, "but It can't be done." "Why can't it? You make money enough, I'm sure." "Yes, I make it all right but I can't keep it. I have tried to and I just can't do it." "Stuff! When I was a young man, I was as poor as you, but I saved money. You can, too, if you try." * 1--J J* T H 1 uitu jour uispuaiLiuu x tuuiu, I but unfortunately I am constructed j on a different pian. I just can't grind j every dollar out of tlie people and ; never give out a cent in return. Anyway, I am satisfied with the result." "Bosh! Stuff! Nonsense! Business is business, and if you expect to get on in .the world you have got to practice business methods. When ! you can save $5000 in a year I will i consent for you to marry my daugh' ter." j "But we love each other, and, ali though I may never be rich, you know ; that I can give her a good comfort able support. She shall never want ! for anything, I assure you." "Maybe not, but I don't know about ! that. If some needy beggar came : along and put up a pitiful mouth, how do I know that you wouldn't ; take the very clothes off your wife's back and give them away? I am not j going to take any chances. I have I given you my dictum." The next day Jim and Lucy met ' and he told her of the interview with i her father. She was nestled close ! to him with his arms about her and j her head resting on his shoulder at j the time. i I know all aoout it," sne repuea, j ' and it is so hard that we must be ! unhappy because papa is so set." "He can not keep us apart forever. J I would just take you and run off ! with you if you would consent to j It." "No, no. Not now. Let's wait a i while and maybe something will happen." "And if nothing does happen?" "Well, we'll see. If we wait a long time and nothing happens I couldn't blame you if you did steal me." So they decided and,so they waited. Jim concluded to make an effort to comply with the judge's demands, but he soon found that he couldn't save money. He remembered that he ; had a great incentive to save, but 1 when some one came to him in need j he could not close his heart to an appeal for help. Two or three months went by and again he and Lucy were together alone. "I guess if I am to have you at all," he said, "there is nothing for me to do but take you up ar^ run I off with you. I've tried to save mon| ey, but I can't do it. I'll never meet your father's demands. If you won't I let me steal you I'll have to give you I UD." J "If I was a man and loved a girl I I would steal her whether she wanted me to or not." "Then I guess I'll just steal you." "That would be nice, and I know I should enjoy it. But I don't believe it is necessary. I think, dear, I know a way for you to make that hateful old money." "You do? How?" "And the best of it is you will 1 make it off papa, too." Jim's heart sunk and his face : lengthened. "I'm afraid that is not ; quite possible," he said. "I know 1 your father pretty well, and when J there is any money making going on he is sure to be on the winning side." "Well, you know papa and Mr. Grider are both interested in the j Mercury bank. In fact, between them " j they own almost all the stock." 1 1 "Yes, I kno^ that." "But neither of them has quite a I controlling interest." | "Well, they've fallen out, and both j of them want to get control, so they ; are both after a hundred shares of , I Stock that's owned bv a man in St. : Louis. Whichever gets this stock | ' will have control." | I "I see." ''Papa says he is going to St. Louis ' I to-morrow to buy it, and that he is ! going to have it even if he has to 1 , pay three times its worth, which is i ?50 a share. Now don't you see what j you must do?" > I "I?i am not sure that I do." r ; "Why, goosy, you must go to St. | Louis to-night and buy that stock be! j fore papa can get there, and .then ? ; when he comes make him pay $5000 'i extra for it. Don't you see? Then 1 ! you will have the money he demands | and?and?you will get me." "I see. Glorious idea. 3ut there's t I the little matter of paying for the i. stocK. wnat it i don t nappen to * I have just that much money about { me?" [ "You don't need to have. You can J. take ap option on the. g&QfiiE for. two or three days and pay for It after you have sold it." "Where did you learn all this?" "I heard papa say so." "And you betray him for my sake?" "Of course. Don't you know I love you and would do anything to help you get me?" "Yes, and sometimes I wonder il I am worthy of such love." "Of course you are. If you wasn't I wouldn't love you. But you must go now. Here's the name and the address of the man who has the stock. Be sure and buy it." "I will." Jim Brock took the first train for St. Louis, and, the next morning, lo- p.( cated his man, and, in a disinterested f. way, began to negotiate for an option on the bank shares. "I think," Jim said, "if you will m cLI let the stock go at par I can find you . a purchaser within a day or two. I will try, at least." ^ "All right," the man replied. "You p. can have it." A contract was rirawn and sis-nprl and then Jim went down to the station to meet the morning train from his home town. As he expected, Pc when it came in Judge Rucker fi( stepped off. Then Grider, too, fol- ^ lowed. al Jim approached the judge and ad- Ie dressed him, but the latter merely nodded his head and hurried to a ^a waiting hack. Grider hurried to an- 116 other, and then there was a mad race *n for the office of the man who owned those hundred shares of stock. VE Jim smiled, and taking another nt hack, followed more leisurely. At the office door he met the judge, who was rushing in a state of mild excitement. "You seem to be in a great hurry this morning, judge," he remarked, co quietly. he "Did you buy those shares?" the ca judge asked, eagerly. . er "Why,-yes; I bought them. What ad of it?" 6C "What will you take? Quick!" te "Oh, I hardly know. What would fo you give?" fo "I'll give you $500 premium." ne "Couldn't do that, judge." ne "That's more than they're worth, h? but I just happen to need them. You ly can't sell them at par on the market." 2r "la that so?" na "It is. Can I have them?" In "Not just yet. I understand Grider Is down here, and I wish- to see him first. Perhaps he may want to buy them." At this the judge became frantic, and, pulling Jim into a side room, de- fu manded to know what he would take for the shares. "g "Well," Jim replied, slowly, "you can have the stock on these terms: You pay me $5000 premium and then fulfill an agreement you made with me some time ago, or you can wait here till I go and sell Grider tnose shares; then you can see $10,000, for I know he'll give that much." 1 Jim started out, but the judge grabbed him and pulled him back. "Grider must not have that stock, I tell you. It would ruin me, I want ( it.". "Well, you know my terms. Five < thousand and your daughter." The judge eyed Jim closely for a full minute, then drew his checkbook from his pocket and made out a Check for $5000. 111 "Here's the money," he said. "Give me the stock." , "And I am to have Lucy?" Jim to questioned. "Yes. Give me the stock." at "All right. Here it is." As they were going up on the train t0 that afternoon the judge said: er "How did you happen to buy that stock?" "Oh, I just took a notion that way," Jim replied. so "Humph!" the judge grunted, w Then he added something about he treachery.?New Haven Register. oi ' gi South's Sawdust is Utilized. TV*av are m?lrlnp rnarlci of sawdust mixed with earth on a new plan in. Leon County. Two ridges of earth c are thrown up with a road machine ^ at the required width from each other and the space between is filled with a six-inch bed of sawdust. This is followed with a similar machine which plows up and mixes the earth with the sawdust. This makes a road bed on which the tires of the heaviest . loaded vehicles make no impression. The contractor, G. H. Averitt, has n' kept an accurate account of expenses in connection with this section of sawdust and earth road and says the . cost aggregates $297 a mile, showing ** it to be about the cheapest road material in use. It may be suggested that ^ sawdust is not a durable material, but the True Democrat meets this objection with the statement that one or ., two such roads were constructed in a South Georgia county twenty years ai ago and are still in good condition, showing its durability. As is well known, Leon County soil is clayey.? Florida Times-Union. ca Eiffel Tower as Weather Cock. a ??a?r >> r% n kaqti hionnvflrorf fnf i A UC? UOC XIUO UdrU UIOWVT vt | the Eiffel Tower, which is quite important, although by no means of an exhalted nature. It is no less than that the flag on the top of the tower serves as an admirable weather cock g3 when read in conjunction with the rg structure itself, which has projections j coinciding with the cardinal joints of la the compass, that facing north being ln painted red. Occupants o? balloons and airships can. therefore, with the j aid of field glasses, readily inform ca themselves of the nature of the wind U? at an altitude ot' thirty metres above * | the ground in that vicinity, and make cc their arrangements with more cer- | ^ foinfv in rocrarH tr> nnv* rrmrpmnlntprl ! VU.U..J i. a j aerial voyage.?London Globe. st ar Seeing a New Light. During the recent financial depression in England, Pat and Mike enlist- er ed in the Eritish army. After their ld first drill the captain, thinking the tl' circumstances opportune for a little. %v Iwct'jre on patriotism, demanded elo- er guemly: "Soldiers, why should a- ai mas die for his king and his coun- ai try:- g This struck Pat as a proper ques- y tion. Turning to Mike he said: "Faith, Moike, the captain is right!, W&QI?"?Everybody's Mwaziae^ dmffina 4 j'Jl l5' w< Tliin Skinnedness. j ? "The most unpleasant kind of van-11 y to meet with," writes a reader, "is ' iin skinnedness. The .thin-skinned ' jrson is always on the lookout for 1 ights and takes every allusion to ] mself. His amour propre must be 1 insulted on every occasion, thereby ( aking every one around constrained J id unnatural for fear of hurting m. He is a wet blanket every- * here, and one cannot help a feeling ' relief whenever he leaves."?Home hat. The Two Kinds of Vanity. 1 "There are two kinds of vanity," ( >ints out one reader. "The super- j :ial 'powder puff' feminine vanity, 1 e masculine 'swagger,' are always j jparent and comparatively harmss. But the people who will never , ook interference, never own to a i ult, who are never in the wrong, j >ver doubt themselves, never change ( opinion and who always 'do everying for the best,' these are the iin ones indeed. Their vanity is xt always apparent at first, but it Is 1 the more harmful because it lies 1 sep."?Home Chat. Business Woman's Card. The bachelor maid?or matron? i impelled to use c personal card in ] )r daily work, has now a neat little i lling card exactly like her broth- j 's in size and with her name and t Idress engraved in the simplest ] ript. Old English and fancy let- ] ring are not considered good form j r the business card, for there are i rms and conventionalities for busi- ] >S3 as well as social life. For these < ;at little cards the bachelor woman , is her dainty card case of exquisite- l finished pin seal or morocco leath- < , or of gun metal decorated with her \ onogram in oxidized silver.?Wash- ? gton Star. The Girl Who "Arrives." , The prompt girl. i The willing girl. I The one who is courteous, thought- < 1 and tactful. s The girl who knows when silence is i ;olden." I She who does not make her own in- t i' Fruit Cobbler.?Use p ? i strawberries for this. F o. g , fruit. If the canned var 0 m that adheres to the fruit. ?2 S" "will be necessary. Cover ** ? / sugar. For the canned g ^ upon how rich it is, but ^,2 to the dish and take awa 3 S the fruit with a baking p 1 ? I Inch thick; slit the top ar 3 S 1 the edge to prevent the s in a moderate oven until | Anna W. Morrison, in La rest the one and only thing in 1 !e. I The girl who can get along with i he cranks" so well that they cease i be cranky to her. I The girl who can mount the busies ladder without losing her head, i The one who never misses a chance < make a friend and placate an en- . ay.?New'Haven Register. 1 I For Good Crop of Hair. < Avoid strong soaps, alkali3 such as ] da and ammonia, hair tonics of < hich you are not sure, and too much < )t water. These all dry up natural < - 1- - ! _ I 1. A < l ana ma^e in a jll a. u uhisl, uij auu. ven to falling. . 1 Depend on regular brushing of the lir rather than on tonics. Ten mines' stiff brushing twice a day will ) wonders for thinning hair. Keep the hair absolutely clean. txis may be assisted by a dry sham- ' >o If a wet one cannot be given frelently. ( For a dry shampoo, powder the iir and scalp well and brush until rery particle of powder is gone. Hair should be always thoroughly led, as the mingling of water with ! itural oil causes fermentation, 1 hich means dandruff and falling cks. i Give the hair plenty of light and i r, but do not expose it to the hot ys of the sun for long at a time. ( bleaches the hair and often blisters , e scalp, drying up the natural oil. So long as the scalp moves freely ( rer the skull there is hope for the , Lid head. Be particular not to use the brushes id combs of another, and see that 1 >u do not use your own when in an { isanitary condition. One reason of ' ie baldness of men is due to their irelessness in this respect. 1 Do not burn your hair, twist it into ] rtuous knots, strain it back from 1 ie temples, or wear it always in the .me coil.?New York Times. ] Women in Agriculture. < We heard a well-known lecturer i .y, not long since, that woman was | ipidly usurping every vocation be- ( nging by right to man, and that her test "usurpation" was in the prov- . ce of agriculture." But the gentle- , an was in gross error, for woman's , ght to this work goes back to Bibli- . .1 times. The Book of books tells > about the virtuous woman, whose ice is "far above rubies," that "she ( insidereth a field, and buy it; with ; ie fruit of her hands she planteth ' vineyard; she girdeth her loins with rength and strengthened her ms." t Women within the last decade have ien remarkably successful as farm's, and many more are forging raply ahead as horticulturists. Statists show that more than 60,000 omen in our country are actively igaged in the cultivation of fruit, id many of the orauge. olive, peach id apricot orchards of California e owned or managed by women, ne of the most successful of these Mrs. Harriet Strong. She owns any large orange groves and ships jzens of carloads of oranges every season. Another young woman in California, a former school-teacher, las built up an immense business in 30th wholesale and retail plant trade, ind a woman in South Carolina nakes a handsome income growing { ?lant bulbs, which she ships to North- , ;rn florists. We heard of a young :ollege woman of the East who went CVest and took up 160 acres of Gov;rnment land, hired a man to fence in ler homestead and build a one-room louse on it. She paid him to live ;6ere during the winter months and :he summer she spent there herself vith a camping party. She made the equired improvements and lived the :ime allotted by the Government. STow sbe has a beautiful home there, vith trees and flowers, and makes a ivelihood at truck farming. All this merely goes to show that voman is able and capable, in any ield of endeavor, if she cares to put ler hand to the wheel.?Virginia " ni-iiiQ in the TnHinna Farmer. Etiquette in City of MadridFrom what we saw and what happened to us, I made up a page of Spanish etiquette. It is probably not :orrect, but I offer it as the result of jur experiences. Other people may lave had different impressions. If toii ap? nf the female sex. never wear i short skirt, a sailor or English walking hat, unless you are willing :o have people stare at you and sometimes call after you. If you have red lair dye it, or be prepared to be sauted as "Rubia." Never bow to a nan unless he lifts his hat first. If rou are a man, you may dress as an Snglishman, an operatic tenor or a ihorus singer from "Carmen," withjut exciting remark. Never wear glasses; if you are blind, take a dog >n a string. When you sit down at :he table, or arise, always bow and jay, "Buenas;" this is imperative, fou may jostle people without apol? 3gy, but never speak to any one without saying "your grace," be ha noble, friend or beggar. "Will your srace do me the favor to bring me my :offee at 9 o'clock to-morrow?" would I itrike an American bellboy with dismay. But it is the literal transla? :ion of the Spanish request. Never ;ell a beggar to clear out, but say ineapple, plums, peaches or fresh ill an earthenware dish with the lety is used, allow only the juice For the berries no water or juice ' the latter fruit with a layer of fruit the sweetness must depend a lLttle lemon juice will add zest y the excessive sweetness. Cover owder biscuit crust rolled balf an id press the edges well down over ' juices from running out. Bake the crust is thoroughly done.? j dies' World. :hat you have your purse at home and :hat you will remember him to-mor* rom; or gently murmur that God will reward him, whereat he will smile, .hank you and depart. These same beggars, which spring ip on every side, seem to have a coda 3f etiquette we could not fathom Alter two or three days, there were a few who begged only from me, two 01 three others who besought Jean. Evi. iently we were understood to ba patrons of certain beggars, who, out if a crowd of mendicants, were .thd inly ones to approach us, who would :ake their dole with thanks, or if wd said "To-morrow," would, smiling, jack away at once.?Outing, jSr"re 7wAgs wear 1 A plain lace net with a .tiny edge >f colo^ makes charming little jabots. All colors, from the lightest to the larkest, are popular for walking hats. One of the modish colors is cendre, j i rather deeper shade than ashes of roses. The purse oval in shape like the scarab and colored to imitate it is a aew idea. Some of the new veils are of the :olor of straw, with thick, heavy :henille dots. Sleeves must be close, but not so :lose at the elbows as they were during the winter. There is no prettier fashion in this season of colors than the matching 3f one's gowns and frocks with hoderv. Hatpins are enormous about the head and terrifically long about the pin, necessarily, with hats the size they are now. There is now no doubt that the waist line, which has so long been lovering near the empire line, is rapidly descending. Black pipings, black cord edges, black girdles and jet buttons are found together on many simple little ;owns and suits. The voiles are less talked of among :he fabrics than for some seasons, jut their usefulness for general allaround wear insures them against recrement. The patent leather hat is the latest lomer at the milliner's. It is made n scuttle bonnet for automobilists, ind in mushrooms, sailors and simlar shapes. Lingerie dresses are being made of I ;he sheerest mull without a bit of lace )f any kind, but covered with a bold loral design done in white and richly; aised. This is an off season for perfectly >lain colors in cloth suits, but a very strong one for the mannish mixtures, r'ew hats which are tilted back from :he face have style. Wear white petticoats?they are luite correct, but do not get them too lull, and do not starch them. Somo lasten them to the bottom of the :orset instead of putting them into 1 band. ?^?^v?^?^^?^?^?-^? Virginia in the Campaign. Good roads is the slogan of the people of Virginia. In all parts of the State the matter is being brought to the atentlon of the voters, who are declaring against the mud tax. Greenville County has, through the board of supervisors, petitioned the judge to order an election for the issue of good road bonds in that county to the value of $80,000. There is good reason to believe that the people will vote for the bond Issue. In Culpeper County, where the road work was held up by some sort of fluke In the election in the county, the people who have seen the benefits of the improvement started, have already raised $4500, the money to be used vto complete the work begun some time ago in connection with State aid to the road work. Augusta County, which was rather slow in auguratlng .the work, has under survey two additional highways ?one of ten miles and one of four miles?as Indicating the interest which the people of that county feel and the benefits they are deriving from improved highways. The people living along .the lines of the .proposed new roads have already subscribed $1000 a mile to be expended in that work, the money to be used in connection with the road fund from the State. Roanoke County is also coming to the front. Within the last few days $5000 have been collected on a fund of $15,000 to be expended on the roads in that county, this money to augument that received from the State. | About 600 men are employed in the various convict road gangs in the State at this time. There are demands for more from many of the counties, and as soon as the nien can be gotten together they will be sent out. Who Shonld Pay For Roads? v In readjusting the cost of roads, the aim should be to shift more of the burden upon the cities. In some of the States more than half the people live in cities, and in these days of automobiles the roads are worn quite as much by neoDle who travel through the country In high power machines as by country people who use ordinary vehicles; yet, except on State roads, the city users pay nothing toward the high cost of building and repairing roads under modern conditions. ( In former times when most of the people lived in the country, all people contributed to the construction of highways; in fact, the local supervisor would call on every able-bodied citizen' between twenty-one and fortyfive years of age for .ten days' manual labor per year on the road. When the labor tax was changed to money it was placed on the same basis and, the burden put upon the towns. It was assumed that users would be nearly all residents of the town; but in days of automobile touring the principal users of the roads may reside many miles away. The remedy suggested by Martin Dodge, the director of the Office ol Public Roads Inquiry, Is that all the property owners in every city, as well as in every country, shall pay a money tax into a general fund which shall be devoted exclusively to "high, way improvement in rural districts. In some States the same general result is being obtained by such an ex? tension or tae state ownea ana duiu roads that the system penetrates in every direction and includes year by year more and more of the leading highways. The road question is no longer a country problem, but applies to all classes, and for that reason all classes should be made to share in the cost.?American Cultivator. Virginia Roads. Much encouragement for fife movement for the improvement of the highways of Virginia is given in the fact that ninety of the 100 counties of that State have compiled with the conditions for obtaining a share of the fund appropriated by the General Assembly, the condition being that each county must provide for good roads an amount of money equal tc that received from the general fund. It is true that the combined moneys will by no means suffice to give ail the improved highways that are needed. But the construction In eacli county of only a few miles of firstclass up-to-date roads may be surely expected to be an incentive to other appropriations upon a similar basis until the Commonwealth finds certain returns in increased population, advanced prices for real estate and gen- 1 eral betterment in a complete network of improved highways. Notable in this connection is the reported offer by the Chamber of Commerce, of Petersburg, of $500 a mile for each mile of road to be constructed within a given time in Dinwiddie, Chesterfield and Prince George counties, the starting point to be at the city's corporation line.? | Manufacturers' Record,. Out of Form, Indeed. "President Taft likes golf, and he plays a fairly good game," said a Chevy Chase caddy. "A fairly good game, at least when he's in form. 'He was out of form one day when he played here. He was just back from Cuba, and I guess the voyage had upset him. After some prettybad work on the first two holes, be said apologetically to his caddy, a stranger from the East: " 'I'm certainly out of form to-day. I've been on a sea voyage, you see. It must have upset mo.' " Played before, have ye?' ^aid the caddy."?"Washington Star. n.M Uam LS1U llCi uv>9%i "You know, Miss Blank," said the I proprietor of a railroad station restaurant, "there is a great deal in having your sandwiches look attractive." "Yes, sir, I know it," replied the girl; "I have done everything I could. I have dusted those sandwiches every morning for the last ten days!"? Harper's Weekly. The United States is the world's largest consumer of coffee and cocoa, j New Occupation For Women. In Melbourne, Australia, there Is a woman, the wife of a man doing six years, who makes a business of balling out accused persons. She has a savings bank account In credit up to $1000, and when bail is wanted in a hurry she deposits the passbook as security. According to the police, her transactions amount to five or six weekly, and they cheerfully accept her ball, though they know all. about her habits, customs and friends. A Monumental Jester. A young Canadian humorist who went over to England, hoping to find London editors in receptive mood, forwarded a contribution to Punch with this note: "Dear Sir?I arrived in London this morning and paid a visit to Westminster Abbey this afternoon. I found this call depressing, for a man naturally shrinks from inspecting the spot where he is to be buried."?St. Louis Mirror. r. EARNEST ADVICE. Rev. G. M. Gray Feels It a Duty t<* Speak. Any person suffering with backache, urinary disorders or other evl/-VhaftM dence of kidney troable may feel the ut-. most confidence In the following statement made by Rev* i.; m^mjT G. M. Gray, Baptist ?|. clergyman, of Whites nboro, Texas: "I am the happy recipient of greet relief from . pain, through using Doan's . Kidney Pills. Five years ago when suffering from distressing lumbago I took Doan's Kidney Pills and they removed the trouble, including embarrassing urinary ills., Doan's Kidney Pills are an honest remedy, and I feel it a duty to tell my experience, though not seeking publicity." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. i Across one of the main streets of Cincinnati and facing the celebrated fountain square hangs, In front of a liquor store, a- big wooden sign on which is painted: "Let us send a gallon of our best whisky by express to that dry town of yours." How's ThJs7 We offer One Hundred Dollar* Reward ' for any case of Catarrh that cannot Jm acred by Hali'i Catarrh Cure. ' P. J. Chinet A Co., Toledo, Q. We, the undersigned, have known f. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made faj his firm. Waldino, Ketoan & Marvttf, VVhbl#sale Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Care is taken internally, act- ing directly upon the blood and mucuons surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent tree. Price, 75c. per boutle. 8old by all Druggists. " Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. A King's Dress Coat. ' ' At a ball reecntly given by the King at Stockholm Castle the women* i appeared with powdered^ hair and the men in colored dress coats. The Mun* hpnrri-nf cfircpniisnpfls" as r.er.t&ln Swedes call it, of the display has caMed forth a protest from the "Svenska Morgenbald." The wearing of colored dress coats,' says tne journal, has made a most unpleasant impression upon the less well-to-do classes, i. Dress coats, if worn at all, should at least be black. Colored dress coats, ;V it declares, are the invention of the Evil One. Both leaders of Parlia- . ment, too, the journal adds, are much disturbed by the King's donning so gorgeous a garment, and questions ps; ' ministers on the subject are expected.?Dundee Advertiser. Putting It Gently. The sages of the general store were discussing the veracity of old Si Perkins when Uncle Bill Abbott ambled in. 'And what do you think- about it, Uncle Bill?" they asked^iim. "Would you call Si Perkins a liar?" ' "Wall," answered Uncle Bill slowly, as he thoughtfully studfed the ceiling, "I don't know as I'd go so far as tn rail him a Har pmpHt. hut I do know this much: when feedln' . time comes, in order to get any re? sponse from his hogs he has to get somebody else to call 'em for him." ?Everybody's Magazine. . Emperor Nicholas has signed aa order abolishing the use ofdrums in the Russian army in time of war. Drummers in the future will b<^ trained in marksmanship, and in war time will become combatants. NOT DRUGS Food Did It. After using laxative and cathartiq medicines from childhood a case or chronic and apparently incurable con. stipation yielded to the scientific food, - UTa.pC-iN ULO, ILL a iCTT uaj o. ^ "From early childhood I suffered with such terrible constipation that I had to use laxatives continuously, going from one drug to another and suffering more or less all the time. "A prominent physician whom I consulted told me the muscles of the digestive organs were partially paralyzed and could not perform their work without help of some kind, so I have tried at different times about every laxative and cathartic known, but found no help that was at all permanent. I had finally become discourag?d and had given my case up as hopeless when I began to use the pre-digested food^ Grape-Nuts. M A ItVtsMirrVi T VioH nnf omo/tfor) f Vi f n <M.ilLLUU&lX J. uuu uvw lUlO food to help my trouble, to my great surprise Grape-Nuts digested immediately from the first, and in a few days I was convinced that this was just what my system needed. "The bowels performed their functions regularly and I am now completely and permanently cured of this awful trouble. "Truly the power of scientific food must be unlimited." "There's & Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," in pligs. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest. /