RICHES IN AMAZON VALLEY
Rubber Planters Have Learned Need
of Producing Their Own Supplies,
and Prosperity Has Followed.
"It will be u long time before the
supply of rubber in the Amazon
valley has been exhausted, notwithstanding
the cry of prophets that ^he
days of rubber prosperity have ended
forever,'' declared U. \Y. Hardy of
Valparaiso, Chile, at Washington.
"In February of this "year, us coinpared
with the preceding month, the
shipments increased by nearly
4,500,000 pounds, or 60 per cent.
The rejuvenvation of the industry
injtrazil is assured ; also in the eastern
provinces of l'eru. Some months
ago a man named La Toree established
u rubber plantation of HO,000
trees, 30,000 of which were fourteen
years old. This is not the only plantation,
however, that has been established.
There are scores of them
scattered through ltrazil. The longcontinued
depression in the rubber
murket, far from disheartening rubber
producers, taught 4hem the
much-needed lesson of not only producing
rubber, but enough addilional
products to supply them with
food and some reserve crops.
"In other words, the Aina/.on valley
has been taught economy. The
experts had said that Amazon rubber
could not possibly be produced
under a certain minimum price, uud
the highest factor in their calculations
was the heavy cost of supplies
iu u region where all supplies wero
imported from markets miles
distant. This factor has now. been
eliminated. The Amazon valley is
growing its own supplies in one of
the most beneficent climates on the
fuce of the earth."
SHE KNEW.
F1 ci
Kidder?lirugger doesn't underestimate
any oT his own qualities.
Kutherinc?Yes, he does.
Kidder?Which one?
Kutherine?llis stupidity.
THE GARDEN VARIETY.
A slim chicken, who was so thin
thut she nicked the counter where she
leaned against it, trickled up to the
hosiery department of a Sixteenth
street store and said:
"('awn you give me a pair of hose
that won't bag at the knees?"
Maine shifted her chicle against
her buck molars, ozzed a wise slant
over the customer and replied listlessly
:
"Not unless yuh take ganlen hose!"
?J udge.
THE LIMIT.
"Ain't it orful," observed Weary
Waggles, "bow little sense some guys
has got ?"
*T inhuh," assented Dusty Hhondes.
"( 'an youse imagine a bloke as stupid
us dem rieh New Yorkers, what
has t' go t' a school of philanthropy
t' learn how t' give money away?"?
Puck.
OVER THE TELEPHONE WIRE3.
Kxeituble Party (at telephone) ?
Hello! Who is this? Who is this,
I say!
Man at Other Knd?Haven't got
time to guess riddles. Tell me yourself
who you are.
ITS KIND.
"Did you see where a man bet he
could use his safety razor while in
midair in his aeroplane?"
"I'll het that was a close shave."
GOOD AND BAD ART.
A ?
"Did that militant sutTragette
damage your picture?"
"It depends on which one. sha
slashed. Maybe she improved it."
EXPLAINED.
"Why is there so much howling
. over the decline of the drama?"
L "I suppose it iu because they will
TWO WORDS SAOLY ABUSED
"Fate" and "Failura" Should Have LIV
tie Meaning for the Pereon With
Determination.
Fate and failure, words beginning '
I with tlie same letter oj. the alphabet,
are both sadly abused. There is no j
such thing as fate, and, if we only
knew it, there is no such thing as
. l
i u 11 u re.
What we call fate i3 merely a condition
created by ourselves, and what
we call failure is one of the results
; of that condition. .
Christian civilization, turning its
gaze from the setting to the rising
sun, repudiated the oriental idea of j
Kismet.
Cnder the new dispensation every
man is the arbiter of his own state,
the captain of his own soul. But
there are too many women and men
nowadays who give up too readily,
too willingly, and accuse fate for
tlu ir n\vn failing.
I.aziness of l?ody or of mind casts
j the shadow that many call fate. Most
of the ills that women sutfer are due I
to this laziness.
I.nck of proper attention to mind
and hody is too often the wall that
intervenes l>ctweeii success and failure.
It isn't fate. Don't deceive
yourself bv thinking so. You are
j fate to yourself. Study your weakj
nesses instead of yielding to them. >
! Train vour strenszih to nvprenmo I
your weaknesses, make yourself the i
ruler of your moods, and you will ,
laugh at fate and he the controller'1
. :
of your own destiny.?Exchange.
HIS IDEA
The Millionaire?ltiches, my man,
| do not hring happiness.
The l.al>orer?Mavl>e not, hut it
would he a heap of satisfaction to
have a lot of money and he aide to
talk like that to a chap that hatm't
got any.
STRANGE BRAZILIAN FRUIT- j
Take a railway train in Brazil, and ;
instead of the familiar ery of apples
and poaches you will be greeted by
venders with huge baskets of the
j iinbu. This fruit grows on the drv
lands of the Brazilian interior. The
! average Brazilian's capacity for this
I fruit is a cons'.ant surprise to visitors.
The fruit is sold in large basinlike
baskets containing a quarter of
a peck or more, and a Brazilian can
make his way through a basket of
these as easily as an American would
eat a single orange.
The imbn is egg-sized and eggshaped.
It fias an aromatic flavor
and lias a greenish yellow color.
THE SPLIT.
|
"Why does Jinx hate you so vini
dictively?"
"Because I did just exactly what
he asked me to do."
"What in the world could that
have been ?"
"He told me to be honest with him
and tell him just what his faulta
were, and I did."
SUN IN GRAVE DANGER.
Maud?Oh, doctor, how low the
sun is this evening!
M. I).?Yes, I fear he will not survive
the night.
WORLDLY WISE.
He?Would you have loved me
had I been poor?
She?Yes, dear; hut 1 would have
kept you in ignorance of the fact.
AN UNEXPECTED END.
* Fate plava some queer tricks."
"Yea?"
"I've just been reading about an
aviator who died of indigestion."
A THIN GARMENT.
"A torn ailk kimono was recently
introduced in court."
"I'd hate to convict anybody on
such flimsy aval?oa."
ABSINTHE SEEN AS EVIL
Pious Old Moor Even Goes So Far as
to Describe It as an Invention
of Satan.
"Xbsinthe is an invenlion of the
evil one," earnestly reolared an old
Moor to whom "a trader tried to explain
the tyrannous nature of (General
Lynutey'a order forbidding the
sale of absinthe in Morocco.
"On its roots he pours the blood
of a peacock; then, when the leaves
begin to grow, he sprinkles them
with the blood of a monkey; then
he dips the stalks in the blood of a
bear; lastly he mingles with the juice
of the plant the blood of a pig.
"So that when the faithful drinks
absinthe, at the first glass his appetite
awakes, and he arises, proud
as a peacock ; at the second glass he
becomes excited and gesticulates like
a mousey; ni 1I1C IlllVU lie IHVOI1H*
quarrelsome and spiteful, like a
bear; at the fourth he becomes he^
7
sotted and falls to the earth and rolls
like a hog in the mire.
"May Allah protect us, Sidi I.vautoy
is right.*'
In that connection it is depressing
to note that the saddest state of
affairs prevails in Belgium, where
absinthe Jias become practically the
national beverage. It has often been
assarted that the physique and morals
of Belgians make them the least
attractive people in Europe.?Exchange.
OLD SHOE FOILS PICKPOCKET
Philadelphia Girl, Wedding Guest, '
With "Good Luck Emblem,'*
Balks Thief.
Only the quick eye and ready arm
of Miss Catharine Cec, a young and
charming wedding guest, saved William
Zeidler, just married, from having
his pocket picked as he led his
bride from her home, KOti North
Eighth street, where they bad just
been married, to the automobile
which was to whisk the pair away
on their honeymoon.
Miss I.ye, with other guests, stood
outside the door Hfter the wedding,
forming a gantlet through which
the bridal couple passed in a shower
of rice. She bad a shoe in her band,
winch she intended to throw for good
The Ladies in
over Harmony Hair
the lmir lustrous, s<
ami we sell ahout al
where near comes u
Ask any one ol
she'll tell you she "l<
to us and get some
HA
HAIF
Is just what its nnr
beautiful.?.lust to muk
gracefully into the wavy
It leaves a delight fr
Will not change or (larki
liair sticky or stripgv.
brushing it. But first, mi
Har
?A liquid shnn?po<< Jr. 1
an instantaneous, tieh. I
scalp. It is washed off
moments. It lewcs m* /
cleanliness.?Just a daiii
?Botli in odd-shuped or
11... a i
Bifiriminjf IMUir /
;iro
|- The;
Th re is no l.iss nf women i
tln- n mure lieauliful than ui
eiithurfL-tst it-ally praise |?>lli
KTHKI. It ARRYMORK
iitur in "T.\ule," Knijiire Th
KLSIE FKRGI'SON*
Star in ".V Sltran?o \Vunu
i ork.
I.OFISK DIIESSER
S-'t ir iu "I'utaali a nl IVrliiu.
Titralrr, Nrw I ?>rk.
SoiJ wtily at Uia mora thai) )
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luck. A8 she was bracing heraelT for
the throw she saw a stranger deftly
slip his hand into the bridegroom's
hip pocket. She brought the shoe
down upon the stranger's face with
a shout of ''Thief 1" which caused the
would-be pickpocket to flee, with
forty or mote guests tn pursuit.
After a chase of several blocks tbe
man was caught. ? Philadelphia
North American.
WORSHIP STRANGE GODS.
A land where strange native goda
are still worshiped is the Eket district
of southern Rhodesia, "the
l.nnd of the Ihibios." In the Kwa
I ho ostuarv. where the perfect sand
is strewn with gleaming shells, come
at. low tide Eket and Iheno maids
who, easting off their robes, kneel on
the edge of the foam to pray to the
sea goddess, I'man Ibeno, to send
them husbands. Men, too, come to
plead, with arms outsrctched, her
help in unexpected difficulties or
dagger. To all who seek her aid the
goddess ordains a sacrifice of white
cocks and hens, varying in number
according to the riches of the petitioner.
V
THAT'S IT.
Church?What is rhetoric?
( odium? Why, I believe it is
something a man hus to use when
proposing marriage to a iioston
school teacher.
QUITE DIFFERENT.
"Are you going to rusticate tlua
summer?" v
"No; just going to have a <piiet
time in the country."
HIS FACULTIES.
"Ilow could that singer utter
forged notes?"
"1 suppose because his voice was
thorough bass."
Too Good an Excuker.
A young man. bavin? broker, an ap
polntnient wltli Doctor Franklin, canu
to him the following ilay ami made :
very liaudsome apology for Ills ah
sence. He was proceeding when tin
doctor stopped liim with: "My goou
boy, say no more; you have said toe
much already: for tlie man who is
good at making an excuse is seldom
good at anything else."?Life.
I*'I'llll'
this Town are Simply
Bcantifier. And no wonder, 1
>ft. mid silky we believe there'
I I he various hair preparations
p to Ilannony Hair Beautitier
till* many women in this to\
>ves" it. Just look at her hair,
yourself.
RMCM
t BEAUTIF
no implies.?Just to make the hair gl
e if easier to dress, and more natun
linos ami folds of the coiffure,
it fresh and o<>ol effect, and a.lingcrin
ait he color. Contains no oil; thereto
Simply sprinkle a little on your ha
ike sure that your hair and scalp are eh
mony Shampc
liecp the hair clean, soft, smooth and
onming lather, penetrating to every j
ju<t. as quickly, the entire operatioi
a hi ps or stick in ens.?Just a refreshing
ty, pleasant and clean fragrance,
namentnl bottles, with sprinkler tops.
icaiit'Jier, $1.(M). Harmon]! SI
larnnlccd l<? please you, or your iiioue
se otago Beauties Endorse Them ?
vlio know kettcr how to.discriminate in the us
I re-ws. Among I lie many (vlrliratcd slage l><
Iluruiony Hair ltt-uutificr and Harmony Shan
J.ACRKTTE TAYLOR
rater, New York. Star in "Pen o' My Henri
York.
in," t.yeeum, New NATALIK ALT
Star in "Aiiole," Imnracr
HOKE COGHLAN
itier," tl. M. Cohan Star in "Kino Feathers," u
Stairs.
ruOO 1?atL Stores. Ours is the Vwatt
Ardrey's 1
r'--.
HAD THE LAOGH ON "COPPER" !
Small Girl Felt Herself Immune From
Arreat and Took Advantage
of the Fagt. -i
Six small girls running through
Conirnl park, were making the most
of thrir freedom.
"She's too fat to catch us right
away,'' oriel the smallest child, looking
hack at a hurrying figure in the
distance. ."Let's pick sonic tiowors.*'
"You dassent," protested an older
child. "You ain't allowed to pick
those Mowers."
"I dast," said the youngest child.
Reaching up to a flowering shrub,
she hroke otT a long spray and held it
up triumphantly.
"Stop that," bellowed a grui;'
voice. A large policeinan, who had
apparently sprung from the earth,
grasped the little girl Uv the arm.
"Don't you know that you're
breaking the law?" he qucslioni'd
her sternly. "Don't you know I can
arrest you for that? 1 think I will
arrest you as an example. You're
old enough to know better."
The smallest child wriggled from
his grasp.
"Ah. go on!" she remarked contemptuously.
"You can't pinch inc.
Why, I'm pinched already. We was
all pinched over a year ago. We
come from the reform school."?
New York Times.
WHY NOT INTENSIVE SLEEP?
Writer States Argument as to How
the Houra of Slumber May Profitably
Be Curtailed.
There seems to be such a thing as
intensive sleeping, just as we lurfcintensive
gardening and farming,
writes Frederick Peterson in Atlantic.
It has been shown experimentally
that r.epose is deepest during
the first hour or two, ami that sleep
becomes more shallow, more superficial,
thereafter; and it is conceivable
that by sleeping intensively for
two or*three hours we might secure
as much actual rest as we now obtain
by dissipating it over seven or
eight hours. It would be interesting
tf? Wnnw iiinrn tlmn ? .? .!.? .>1
parative sleep in the various animals.
The authorities state that
hirds, despite their enormous aetiviGoing
Wild
because to make
and you'll come
iy m
ier m
ossv, lustrous, more
Tl to fall easily and K
?re uocxii i leave i lie
ir each time liefore ' V
an, hv using
,A SS^
>o - msmm
beautiful. It gh'?
;?art of the hair ami
i taking only a few
sense of cool, sweet
M$wuimjtoo,
50c.
, Store in ttib Town
Drug Store
s- * r
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ties and more intense niofiholisin,
sleep very little. The dog, wl'.ieh
appears lo sleep so much. is said
to he the nio<t uakahh of animals.
Man is regarded us the soundest
sleeper and the least v> Amble among
alb wen lures. It has I >n suggested
that this ep-Tebt'Pn between dog
and man. <?> panh a- from pro-glueinl
days. wh.:< h i ;s . :> so conducive
to their mutual rv i ion. is
another xnu.ple < > ,1 u do pv\ kind
of iil'e that \vo ? . il s, nd . sis.
CHATTELS.
The word "chat i~ of French
origin and tneans , f ,uiv kind.
I'hatteU wore ot ina'.v divide.) into
real and personal * hatteU.
t 'hat h Is r< al v. re ;o ?perty annexed
to or con. in.o ; ic.il estate,
as a h as. for years for l.iii I. IVrsonal
chattels were, - h things us
wi ro iu?. . ' o, a.- " ,k-. j -wclry,
grain, machitu ry, goods and property
of like kind. t 1 ..ici mortgages
were not in use a- t iy a - real ? tato
nor! os. ;ii 1 the reason is
that at lirst all prop, r e of value
was in the laud.
The first us., of personal property
as m < urit \ for the p ?vm> oi of a .telit
w ;i-: I'\ pill in-.1 I he | i-iij \ up as
:i pledge, ill wliirli ease I lie eretlitor
hel l ihe property and returned tl to
th e owner when the money was paid.
HER POST.
Marfan t How does your friend
Mrs. leewii stand on the suffrage
tpiesi ion ?
- Anna Site's doing pi. hot duty.
Margaret- Doing picket duty ?
what, for sud"rage?
\nna Oh. no she's on the fence.
?Christian Register.
HIS REc.RLTS,
"i lew .hi i . t \ ui g lady's
e\eei|l ion oil t he p 11
"I a mi i v :'? ! eie 10 she is
III II t< lfl'1 II
ITS LOCALITY.
"l'op. 1 want 1. ' now nniethili<J.M
"Well, .1 i n 1111 \ . '
"U the w a-! lill;- of the W a\\ i done
on the seaboard?"
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