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W - ~ ? Sized Fp. Visitor ? "How's Senator Bump from this State?" Citizen ? "Rotten! A living disgrace to the Commonwealth. He follows the leaders down there at Washington like a little lamb." Visitor?"What do you think of the other one, Senator Lump?" Citizen ? "Obstinate as a mule. The crazy mut insists on blocking every measure they are trying to put through." Visitor?"How about your Representative, Gump?" Citizen?"Most unstable fellow I ever sa'w. Can't tell anything about him. Sometimes he's on one side, and sometimes on t'other."?Puck. Scratched Sf^She Could Not Sleep. "I write to tell you how thankful I am for the wonderful Cuticura Remedies My little niece had eczema for five yc^rs and when her mother died I took care of the child. It was all over her face and body, also on her head. She scratched so that she could not sleep nights. I used Cuticura Soap to wash her with and then api plied Cuticura Ointment. I did not use quite half the Cuticura Soap and Ointment, together with Cuticura Resolvent, when you could see a change and they cured her nicely. Now she Is eleven years old and has never been bothered with eczema since. My friends think it is just great the way the baby was cured by Cuticura. I send you a picture taken when she was about IS months old. "She was taken with the eczema when two years old. She was covered with big sores and her mother had all the best doctors and tried all kinds of salves and medicines without effect ontil we used Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. H. Kiernan, 663 Quincy St., Brooklyn. N. Y.t Sept. 27, 1909." There Is in use in some parts of the west coast of Africa a system of writing of native invention, which is said to be sucessfully competing with English writing. It is called the Val language, and wa3 invented by Doalu Bukere, assisted by five of his friends. : Only One "Bromo Quinine," - " That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look for the denature of E. W. Grove. Used the * 1 ^ A I -J A_ - "TV rtP. KVoria over 10 cure a v^oia in une uay. mc. ? No passenger was killed on the English railroads in the year 1908. The number *?! injured was 283. \Ve are not to blame because you suffer ? trom Rheumatism or Neuralgia, but you S are if you do not try Hamlins Wizard Oil. It quickly soothes and allays all pain, sore. ' ness ana inflammation.' l"he world's postal business is increasing , at the rite of seven per cetyjt. per annum. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford'a Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. ? --?i i * L-, Mra. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething,softensthe gams,reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic.25c. a bottle. The Mascot. <..-You have seen the bridge player i- manipulating his mascot, a weird ^4liell from the South Sea Islands, a bit of lava or a frightful coin which, Ihough it will not be accepted even by ie Bureau de Change, has pe':v) euliar properties of luck for Its own Br; xes. iou nave seen me auseui " minded bridge player sit, revoke, turn pale and scream loud reproaches at .himself for having forgotten his mascot? Eminent writers, too, make the X most appalling faux pas if their lucky r<- sharm is not lying on their table when ? -they are at work. (When we say "^lylng on their table" we speak generally.) For every section of that J. amalgam of dessicated consomme Irhich we call life the necessity for one to have a mascot is growing more T and more abject, and in regard to the stage more than elsewhere this tendency is particularly pronounced. Especially on the vaudeville stage, as a glance at the pages of the Encore Annual rapidly assure us. "Probably those persons," remarks a writer in that periodical, "not identified with I the protession, wno nave enterea timing rooms and noticed a horseshoe suspended by a^, ribbon attached to a nail on the wall will wonder why this customary token of good fortune ha? been arranged with the toe downward." The answer i3, that if "the shoe was reversed "the good luck would drop at the ends." Oh, those artists!?London Globe. The management of the steam roads entering Paris is considering a -proposition to electrify all lines for some considerable distance into the suburbs. HARD TO DROP But Many Drop It. A young Calif, wife talks about coffee: "It was hard to dron Mocha and I Java and give Postum a trial, but ray nerves were so shattered that I was a nervous wreck and of course that means all kinds of ails. "At first I thought bicycle riding caused It and I gave It up, but my condition remairted unchanged. I did not want to acknowledge coffee caused the trouble, for I was very fond of it. At that time a friend came to live with us, and I noticed that after he Iaaa ueen wiui us a wees lit; wuuiu uui drink his coffee any more. I asked him the reason. He replied, '[ have not had a headache since I left off drinking coffee, some months ago, till last week, when I began again, here at your table. I don't see how anyone can like coffee, anyway, after Jrinking Postum!' "I said nothing, but at once ordered a package of Postum. That was five months ago, and we have drank no coffee since, except on two accasions when we had company, and fho result each time was that my husband could not sleep, but lay awake and tossed and talked half the night. We were convinced that coffee caused I his suffering, so he returned to Postum, convinced that coffee was an enemy, Instead of a friend, and he is troubled no more by insomnia. "I, myself, have gained S pounds Jn weight, and my nerves have ceased to quiver. It seems so easy now to Quit coffee that caused our aches and ?ils and take up Postum." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human tnteresr. \ HAND IN HAND. We twain went o'er the world so widr, | ^And never gold had we; i DUi sne was ever at my siuc, And that was all to me! In many a land her dear, sweet hand Knew the firm clnfp of miue, Over the wear}- desert sani And by the purpling vine. The seas were broad, the seas were deep, And night and storm fell drear; j She did not waver?did not weep, ! But stood beside me there. I I '"Oh. hide thee from the tempest's breath, So wild?so swift to kill!" j Sweetly she said: "Through life?through death I am beside thee still!" ! [n hovels hard for hunger, sw*et heard her breathe my name. I And saw the night, with morning meet I Over deep pits of shame. And ever in the weary ways. Where the red thorns abide, j Th -5 is sweet music in my days, For she is at my side. ?Atlanta Constitution. ; | ?<V?<^?"S^.?*^?a<5k.?<^-?<^-?<^? j t ON THE EDGE OF THE t !? FOREST. t 1^ INTERESTING NEWS. V ? .By F. P. KOPTA. <P I 9-^?-5ly?-*>?'?i'??-*y9'*>?^9^>'? On afternoon Apolena came home later tnan usual ana a3tonisnea us all with the news she had heard from the old ladies who kept the "delicacies store." The sweet Seraphiene was to marry her Lazar, who had won 1 a fortune at the "little lottery," it wa3 said. \ "Sit down, Apolena, and tell us all about it," said her father, "and do not flirt about like a mosquito." Thus admonished, Apolena sat down on one of th?rickety chairs and ! drawing a long sigh, began her tale, i to which we all listened in breathless I silence. Seraphiena and Lazar, as all the town knew, loved one another to distraction. But there were objections, as there always are. Lazar was a chimney sweep, and penniless. Seraphiena had a hundred florins, a cow, and a yearling pig. She could look for a better match than poor Lazar. in spite of his curly hair and good looks, said her father, and he kicked the young fellow out of his inn when| ever he met him. Naturally this did not help matters much. Seraphiena and Lazar met behind trees, wept together in friendly shops, and kissed one another unknown to their parents behind the ! paternal doors. Still things looked hopeless for the devoted pair till heaven smiled upon them. Lazar had a beautiful dream! Here Apolena stopped to take breath. "It was a lovely dream that Lazar i had, and he thought to himself, "Why should I dream such a beautiful scene j and near morning? Such a dream i was not sent to me for nothing.' So ! being a sensible lad, he went to see I old pani Mama Barbora, whcf* was j skilled in such matters, and related j his vision." "I wonder he did not go to the la; dies who keep the delicacies store. | They are great hands for hunting out I numbers in the Snar (dream book)." "They are not friends of his. They , tried to persuade Seraphiena to marj ry a glass blower, a sort of cousin to one of their brothers' wife. Any way he went to Earbora. i " 'Ah, my gold boy,' said the old j woman. 'Your guardian angel stood by you when you had that lovely dream. Make a vow to burn a candle, while I go in the next room for my dream book.' "Of'course Lazar took her advice, i ana promised me saint a cancue 01 j two pounds' weight if he should win. " 'Mother, if I should win, I will i buy you a red skirt, such as you never : saw in your life,' said Lazar, and ; they went at it to hunt up the numbers." "He may bo dirty, but he is devout and kindhearted," said the grandfathj er, looking sideways at Matey. "A I ji . r -..i. _ 3 _i. r? ; cenuu* i'Ji a. saiui, a. reu skul iuj I granny. That is what I call well 1 mannered. I know of lads who, if they won four florins at the little lottery, would not buy their loving relations an ounce of snuff." "You arc right, grandfather," said Matey, with a grimace meant for a smile. "And I have even known people to win the four florins, and to get dead drunk, and to have to be carried ] home cn a wheelbarrow by their lovj ing relations. Oh, yes, I have known I such cases!" "Drat ycu both! Must I sit forever 1 on this chair? Let me go on with ' my story, will you? The old woman ! came back with the Snar, and bej twoen them both they fixed the num; bers." I "What was the dream about, ApoI lcna?" asked her father. I "It was about a holy bishop, and tuac vuu kuuvv, iia& uia.ilj uuuiuci&, i and is a very lucky dream. To see a | bishop saying mass is twenty-six and forty-five. To speak with him is a good ending to whatever you have in hand, and counts thirty-two, sixtyone, sixty-nine. But there are a great many other numbers mixed up with I it, that only one skilled in the mat| ter, like old Barbora, can explain. To , make the story short, they found out i the right, numbers. And behold! It i was as eld Barbora had said. His ! patron saint was with him. when he ! dreamed that dream. His numbers I came out. Every number came out!" j "What did he win, Apolena?" asked her father. "Win! Six hundred florins! He can buy a cotiagc now." "Assuredly his patron saint was at his elbow when he set those num: bers!" "Was Lazar an apnstle or a saint?" SoKCU iUUiy*. j ruiiiuuiut'i- urainiw, i something about him in the Evango! Jium." "He was a martyr, a blessed martyr. you idiot!" answered liis grandfather. "Do hold your tongr.c-s," said ApoI Icna, "ar.d set mo go on. Is it for the N) like ot ycu to discuss religious matters. 1 should like to know? 'You should have seen him,' said Miss AIbina to me, "v.!i<ju he saw all his live] ivimbnrs hung up outside the store. He trembled and nearly fell down, and then he rushed to the church, dirty as he was, and threw himself flat on his face before the altar. Some of his comrades dragged him away at last, and brought him home, and ?*r>t him tn wash himself, but he went about like one dazed, they say." "Perhaps now that he b so rich, he will not marry Seraphiena," said the grandfather. "He can make a better match." " Like enough the host of the Golden Calf thought so. for he was one of the first to catch him in the street, they told me." " 'Come w,'th me, Lazar, my boy,' he said. "You and I were always fond of a joke together. Come to the e(j inn; we will drink to your health,'" ? and he led him rway." "What a world this is!" said Matey, suddenly. jn "It is a very good world." snapped ^ his grandfather, "if only there were less fools in it, say I." en "They say," went on Apolena, "that m, when Seraphiena heard the news, in- ?< stead of laughing with joy, she just q( blubbered, and that when Lazar saw her at it, he also went to weeping, and then those two precious idiots wept away on a bench side by side, instead of being glad." "Well, perhaps it was their way of 013 being glad," said Matey. "Was there ever such a dunce as . that boy?" -aid his mother. "Who a ever weeps when they are glad I should like to know?" "He only says that out of perver-. sion! He is like a pig?pull him Dy c| the ear one way, if you wish him to . 6vr iuc ums.. j-jg Here Matey took the hint, and began grunting like a pig. Iri "Well, perhaps, after all," said Ap- an olena, speaking lound, "Lazar may er marry her." 8Cj "Of course the host of the Golden Calf will stick to him if possible, now he is rich," said her father, kick- wj ing Matey to make him stop grunt- ge, lag. of "Well, for my part," said Apolena. gt. "I wish Seraphiena luck. She is a re, good girl, if lanky and marked with inj the smallpox, and she had scoldings and slappings enough before Lazar had that lucky dream. I hope that they may get married." "And still there are people who rid- ? icule dreams, and abuse the little lot- gQ tery," said her father, meditatively. "What will you," said Apolena. "There are still people who believe ? that the world is round like an apple, and that the people on the other . side walk about with their heads, and have their legs in the air! And others, like that professor who came I here hunting vermin, who told us we Came probably fr<?n fishes. There are lots of fools in this world, and one has to hear a lot of nonsense every day. The best plan is to let it go in . one ear, and out of the other." And * Apolena got up, and began scraping potatoes for the evening soup. Baltimore's Oldest People. sk ge By MRS. R. C. MILLER, Leslie's. gt3 Baltimore has two remarkable centenarians among her residents?a to man and a woman. The man is a pr< tall, heavy-set Russian, who is not m< only the oldest man in the Monu- to mental City, but very likely the oldest in the United States; for Louis Abra- he ham Kallinsky is nearing his one hundred and sixteenth birthday. The dis other is Mrs. Susan Askey, a woman th? who was born in Maryland and who has spent her entire life of one hun- go dred and four years as a resident of ! thi that State. An interview with these I old people brought forth many inter- , th; esting reminiscences, for both of them j Th still retain all their faculties and re- dil call with amazing vividness the inci- In dents of three-quarters of a century or more ago. Mrs. Askey spoke of the many changes in her native city and the fe< growth of her chosen religion, for she fe, is a devout Methodist Episcopalian i jQI and has been a member of that sect j ot] 1UI ClgUUJ'-LYYU J CU1 o. \J IJ tW I ty-eighth year she was a regular at- ; is tendant at church worship and took ] wj an active part in church work. To- | se^ day she can give you the names of her pastors for the last seventy-five years. Last year she was taken to church on mi her birthday in an automobile. She gr declared that she liked motoring and | looked forward to a ride on her birth- J ^ day this year. Mrs. Askey remembers nothing of | no the War of 1812, save that at its out- j break she was sent to Frederick, Md., ' mi where she remained with an uncle { until it was over. She then returned | ^e( to Baltimore and was educated at i ev St. Patrick's Catholic School. j pjj I ? He Won Out. j foi "Nettie," cried the enamored young ! I if man, "I love you, and would go to the : is world's end for you." "Oh, no, you wouldn't, James," re- 1 torted the sweet girl graduate. "The I world, or the earth, as it is called, is , SIE round like a ball; therefore, it has no j end." j ist "Yes, I know," continued the e. ; an y. m., '"lut what 1 meant was that j yc I'd do anything to please ycu. Ah, | dearest, if you knew the aching I jn! void?" 1 -pii "Now I am surprised, James," in- ! saj terrupted the s. g. g. "Nature ab- j ab hores a vacuum, and there is no such ; Ws thing as a void; but admitting that | there could be such a thing, how ! wa could the void you sneak of be void if there was an ache in it I sai "Oh, well," rejoined the young i 0b man, "at least I've got cash and prop- | erty amounting to nearly $100,000, | m( and I want you to be my wife. So j y0 there!" ! sn".Tames," rejoined the fair one jt without a moment's hesitation, "since you put it in that light, I haven't the ' an heart to refuse you. Let the wedding ' pe bells ring without unnecessary de- ! to lay."?Chicago News. I thi I ag Doesn't Count the Cost. ! a ] "She spares no expenso when she entertains." j pic "I should say not. We were up j thi there the other evening, and she tli; actually ser\od fros'n eggs."?Detrciit A1 Free Press. ea Clover Tea. j-e< Tea made from red clover blossoms is a good blood purifier. ! Pu fNtHMMI II irst Countess Cassini Sings. Countess Cassini, niece and adoptdaughter of the former Russian nbassador at Washington, D. C.f 10 has been studying in Paris for e past two years, made her debut a concert, at the Theatre Femina ere. A fashionable audience was prest, including Count Cassini and any members of the Diplomatic >rps. The Countess sang in Italian, irman and French. Lace She Must Have. .' Lace, old or new, real or imitation, so high in favor that we have no iportunity of even questioning its cendatcy. Whatever other fashion we may opt tentatively, we are bound to cept lace during the coming season, d the lace robe, wrap, mantilla or at not to sneak. of course, of the :e blouse, will be necessary conmltants to every wardrobe. Lovepatterns like carved ivory are to seen this season, and among the jst popular laces may be mentioned Ish and Venetian, tambour, Cluny d Valenciennes?a variety of oth3 being likewise included in the heme of things modistic. White Spanish lace will be seen In e form of mantillas and shawls, lile dyed laces are a veritable obssion just now, and, with the aid embroidered lace, some of the iteliest and most exquisite of ball, ception and dinner dresses are be5 evolved.?Philadelphia Record. Place For Bracelet. With long sleeves one might supse that bracelets would be releted to the jewel caskets, but not Fair woman, not to be outwitted, lilingly placed them over her Sweetbread Timbale; OL * enough uncooked sweetb o o <[ the sweetbreads, remove whites of four eggs, oi ro i' thoroughly and smoothl] o \ a teaspoonful of salt, a d Z3 *2. !' gradually one pint of r O a i] well-buttered timbale mc .'. 2 s nf nnnpr in a dish: DOUr h" t ? 1?* S3 .? height of the moulds. < LD a) are firm in the centre. 1 to 11 cooking. Serve, turned f 3 ^ '' Mushrooms are a good a 3 ing School Magazine. ieves, and now tries to match .the neral ornamentation by different 'les of metal bands. Dull-finished gold or silver seems form an approved setting for semiecious stones, and these "antiques" ide to order are reasonable enough admit of a fair-sized collection. The well-dressed woman changes r bracelets with her gowns. Egyptian, Russian, Italian and Inin jewelry form the models for sse lovely ornaments. They give an appropriate finish to wns that trace their lines back to e other centuries. They are certainly more artistic an the shinyt plain bands of gold. ieir colorful lines are effective addons to day and evening gown3.? dianapolis News. The Tactful Woman. A woman of tact is the one who 5ls that the story told to hurt your jlings is essentially bad form and :onsiderate of the' feellng3 of tiers. A woman of tact is the woman who courteous to old people, who laughs th the young and who makes herIf agreeable to all women in all contions of life. A woman of tact is the one who ikes her good-morning a pleasant eeting, her visit a bright spot in the y, and her good-bye a hope .that e may cofne again. A woman of tact is one who does t gauge people by their clothes or eir riches, but who condemns bad inners. A woman of tact is one who is cour)us under all circumstances and in ery condition in which she may be iced. A woman of tact is one whose love r humanity is second only in her e's devotion, and whose watchword unselfishness.?New York Herald. Bonuty While Yon Wait. "Please smile the Julia Marlowe tile." The speaker was a beauty special AS sne spoKe sue sieppeu uatu d viewed lier pupil, says the New irk Sun. "The Julia Marlow smile is becom; to you. Smile again," said she. ,en, eyeing her client critically, she Id: "Now please rise and walk out the room and smile as you ilk." The pupil rose as directed and ilked across the room. "Now come toward me and smile," id the teacher. And tho pupil eyed. "You would be surprised," said she, )tioning her pupil to a seat, "could u but know how large a part the lile plays in real life. In thesa days is the woman who smiles! "Once upon a time it was the worawho frowned; and there were nods, in .the Jane Eyre days, when tvonv nn imnnrinns ovnrossion was e real thins. But that was long o. In these days it is the girl with laugh. "Even queens laugh. In the latest iture of Queen Amelia of Portugal jt royal lady wears a smile so deep M it will not come off, while Queen exandra has been caught by the mera smiling. "I tell my clients to bleach the jth with peroxide of hydrogen., us; the kind that comes for medicinal rposes. Tliis will make the teeth nA rl T~B"~ srr ;? ymLAjl; as white as nature intended them to ' be. I] "There is a distinct art in smiling. ] The eyes must smile and the whole 1 face must light up. "I went one day to groom a lady who is as old as your grandmother. Yet she holds her place as a leader 1 of society. She is always spoken of ' as a handsome woman. " 'Please tell me your secret,' I,' begged of her. 'How do you keep your face so young, and particularly 1 your mouth? Your teeth and your lips are perfect, and your mouth has a natural Cupid's bow.' " 'It is all practice, my dear,' said 1 the old beauty. 'My mouth was once of the melancholy variety. The corners bagged and one side sagged 1 lower than the other. It was a very rifiW.tfid-lookine mouth. I learned to train It." f\RGTTY & ETgiMWGS J&L TO WeAR^IP Scarfs are being draped even more i elaUorately than last season. Belts for street costumes are very wide and have large buckles. Opals are very stylish, especially when set in a necklace or brooch. There is a predominance for the fur-trimmed velvets for cold weather wear. Opera hoods are less in evidence thaD was expected by fashion ! prophets. 1 Tiny faces of foxes head some of the hatpins to go with fur-trimmed headgear. Rhinestones and crystal embroidery 5.?Chop or pound fine and smooth reads to fill a cup. Before chopping ! all skin, pipes andl tubes; add the ae at a time, beating in each egg j before the next is added; then add j ash of white pepper and beat in very ich cream. Turn the mixture into >ulds. Set the moulds on many folds in boiling water to reach to half the j Cook in the oven until the timbales The water should not boil during the rom the moulds, with any nice sauce, ddition to the sauce.?Boston CookI are being lavishly employed on evening gowns. The loveliest evening scarfs are made of chiffon finished with deep satin bands. The use of dull silver and gold ornaments on dresses and hats is seen everywhere: * Hairpins of twisted shell, which are square across the top, are among the newest shown. Bands of gold lace are often worn around the head when the evening gown is decollete. Very smart are the high shoes of j suede. They come in browns, blues, grays and blacks. 1 - - - Long tunics or nne net suk, more or less elaborately embroidered, are among the distinguishing features of the new evening dresses from the other side of the water. One of the most conspicuous features of afternoon gowns is their fur trimmings, and the little heads, paws and tails of the animals are being employed as well as the usual bands. The semi-decollette frock, about which fashion was undecided, is now firmly established as the correct compromise between street and full evening dress. It goes with the picture hat. The latest necklaces brought from the Far East resemble flexible snakes. They are of antique or green gold j fl?l?UA/3 tvi rtf n 1 r*n/1 VlQ VO OVflC OTlH 1 iHliDilCU 1-U.CtClI, C4.UVA UU T V WW | tongue of imitation rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Black satin gowns are smart this season, but they are veilc-d with tunics of embroidered net or chiffon, covered with a jerseylike bodice of heavy embroidery?net and jet combined or silk with jet. Russian influence is strongly felt ir j some of the newest fashions, both foi j street and evening wear. The accompanying sketch shows a walking custunu of cream serge, with trimmings of laven- j der and cream braid. It is very dashy and attractive, and is one of the many Pretty things now made for southern wean Wireless messages transmitted from the Glace Bay station in Canala have recently been picked up with some regularity by the Eiffel Tower receiving station in Paris, proving ;hat transatlantic wireless communication is an accomplished fact. The Paris plant is in no way competing with commercial stations, being purely for military purposes, making no communication with places outside of France excopt the French African colDnies.?Scientific American. The growing importance of the electric vehicle, hitherto somewhat overshadowed by the more showy successes of the gasoline car, is evinced by the fact that at the recent annual convention of the Society of Automobile Engineers in Chicago half the papers presented related to electrical subjects. Two of the papers referred to storage batteries and one to measurement of energy consumed by commercial vehicles, the most animated discussion of thp meeting centring around the latter.?Scientific American. A kitten about sii months old was taken to a house a few miles distant from its birthnlace. "tftnfined in a room and tenderly cared for during a week, and then set at liberty. It was supposed to have become habituated to its new surroundings, but it returned to its old home on the day of its release. The sense of locality and direction was exhibited still more Strikingly by an old torn cat, which was stolen and carried a distance of twenty miles, confined in a bag. The cat was imprisoned, but made its escape and in a few days reappeared In a pitiable state at the home of its former master, which was separated from that of the thief by a' high wooded cliff.?Scientific American. Professor Hergesell, Count von Zeppelin's mathematical and meteorological adviser, is now in New York. He states that two airships will be used by Count von Zeppelin with a view to exploring the entire region within the Arctic Circle. One will probably be left at a relief station in Spitzbergen, while the other is on its journeys, the two keeping in touch by means of wireless telegraphy. The German Government will undoubtedly aid the undertaking financially.? Scientific American. 1 Art/1 A \ a rr\ r\r\ A c unarco"3.!, grapuiio ?nu ?mmvuu. are only different forms of one chemical element?carbon. Hitherto carbon has been regarded as infusible, but it has apparently been fused ia experiments which were described by the Italian physicist La "Rosa, at the last international congress of applied chemistry. By subjecting very pure sugar charcoal to the intense heat of the singing electric arc, La Rosa obtained a compact mass of graphite. When this mass has cooled quickly, minute transparent crystals appeared, which were proved to be diamonds by their form, chemical composition, and physical properties.?Scientific American. Fascination of the Newspaper. Ey SAMUEL G. BLYTHE. in Leslie's. Newspaper work is essentially a business for young men. Old men cannot last in it, because old men can not stand the pace. And the further truth is that when a man gets old in newspaper work, unless he has specialized, he decreases in value to his employer instead of increasing. The younger you get in, the better it will be for you after you have acquired whatever knowledge you can afTord and are ready to take a chance. I don't know how to get out. I have seen shoals of newspaper men get out into all sorts of jobs, from business down to politics, and lots of them have made wads of money; but they never did belong, anyhow. The real writer never gets out of his game; and why should he, for his game is the best game in the whole world. New Theories of Sleep. An outline of the results of experiments now being conducted in the University of Michigan witn tne odject of solving the mysteries of sleep was made public by Professor R. M Wenley, of Detroit, Mich. According to his statement one long accepted theory is overturned. It has been accepted as a fact that the loss of consciousness was due to a lessened flow of blood to the brain. Professor Wenley says his experiments show that tht size or volume of the brain increases when the individual goes to sleep and decreases when he awakens, and the same is true of the hands and feet. It was noted that in some cases the brain became smaller at first, and then increased as sleep became deeper One of the delicate devices used recorded a "breathing wave" from both the brain and hands and feet. The fall of circulation corresponded very closely to an inspiration and rise to an expiration. Misfortunes Must Conn1. As daily experience makes it evident, said Dr. Johnson, that misfortunes are unavoidably incident to human life, that calamity will neither be repelled by fortitude nor escaped by flight, neither-, awed by greatness nor eluded by obscurity, philosophers have endeavored to reconcile us to that condition which they can not teach us to merit, by persuading us that most of our evils are made afflictive only by ignorance or perverseness, and that nature Ins annexed to every vicissitude of external circumstances some advantage sufficient to m-orbalnnee all its inconvenience. Eroncmy of Building Sliips. By the introduction of improved machinery it is claimed that Great. Britain is now in a position to build vessels cheaper than ever before. A London journal says the steamers of from six thousand to eight thousand tons can now be built at $26.25 per ton of their deadweight carrying capacity.?New York World. 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