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THE RICE BELT JOURNAL WELSH PTG. CO., LTD., Pubs. WETSH LOITIA TA AUlong other things,tne automobile has taken a load off the humane so ciety. BOYS ARE LIGAr As yet, the aeroplane has not begun seriously to worry the automobile business. It is better for one's aeroplane to go DOCTORS wrong ten miles from land horizon tally than vertically. Examinatic A German woman advocates com- That pulsory domestic service for all girls. Death She must live in the suburbs. eral La American heiresses when caught very young may be more easily New Or: trained by their titled husbands. Godino ar bies in tha Five generals of the Haitian revolu- quite thre tionary army have been captured and tile brown shot. Presumably the private got islands. remarkab away. Nature Maybe the woman who received coal these littl when she thought she was buying est of ht eggs is in luck that it was not dia- to part ti monds. have to lives. W Aviator Latham has gone duck of necesi hunting in a monoplane. The innova- Nature h tion adds to the undesirability of be- A con ing a duck. mass of ing a duck. at the b Fresh air advocates will not be sur- our "eve prised to learn that a hermit who had or less c remained indoors for forty years died country, of pneumonia. with Ju, their do' Paris wants a new law to discourage They dueling, the idea being to shed ora- floor, as tory instead of blood when some one cannot had a grievance. dresses big bal The enterprising journalist will se. doors tl to it that the Hope diamond keeps ing, an true to its traditions in the matter their b of worrying its owners. ordinar go afte Possibly the Chicago thieves who and fil were betrayed by the singing of a Englist canary have come to the conclusion of abot that a bird on the dump is worth two speak in the flat. But of It is n Funny the lightning picked out the talking Missouri statehouse as its objective, Simpli when big, tall, glittering rods are up langua In New Jersey, Ohio, Massachusetts At 1 and New York. wantir the sa One of the scientists predicts that the women of the future will be bald headed. Pshaw! He is dreaming. If women .were bald-headed, how could they, use hatpins? The Montana bride who had never spoken to her prospective husband un til a few .minutes before the marriage ceremony will probably make up for her lack of loquacity. Three thousand girls are taking a commercial course in the Boston high schoools. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why schoolboys are being taught to sew and darn. In Germany there is a dog that can speak seven words. No woman is likely to have much respect for a dog that can't make use of a more exten sive vocabulary than that. New York city is about to legislate against hatpins. Being strung on one does not improve the temper of the tired citizen who must ride home ver packed in a subway train. pl American football may be frowned o upon by European educators, but we Sin can point with pride to the fact that our universities have not accepted anarchy as a popular sport. t East St. Louis wants eggs to be stamped with the date on which they wh were minted. Cannot Wizard Burbank an or Wizard Edison invent a hen sufRfi g ciently intelligent to use a time clock? el The party who referred to the ju Smithsonian institution as a "trash ke heap" evidently labors under the im- h pression that the specimens slaugh- tb tered by Col. Roosevelt are already bi there. A New York judge has decided that a wife, even though she be childless, is a man's "family" to the extent of shar ing in his money. Even the law these days of women's rights is deferring to tI the lady. ' A peaceful citizen who was held up o and robbed by two Chicago crooks a wants to thank them because they t didn't kill him. All of which consti- t tutes our notion of the uttermost limit of optimism, A rich coal operator of West Vir ginia wants a divorce because.his wife insisted on putting on boxing gloves with him and whipping him every night. Before deciding to break up his happy home he should have tried putting 'on a catcher's mask and an umpire's pad. Russia is going to build a $75,000, 000 fleet for the Black sea. Evidently Russia isn't taking much stock in , this universal peace business. i i A Philadelphia woman wants a divorce because her husband allowed her only 25 cents a day. Evidently she isn't satisfied with her quarters. ,- -- _ It is not surprising that the re mains of a dinosaur should be found in New York city. Dead ones are plentiful in the vicinity of Broadway. THESE BLBY TWINS BOYS ARE BOUND TOGETHER BY LIGAMENT AT BASE OF THE SPINE. DOCTORS CANNOT PART THEM Trahar SLafayette. Trahan, wix Examination Convinced Medical Men near Vintol That Separation Would Mean on a huntin Death--Little Fellows Speak Sev- a ptarty of of the Vinto eral Languages- evidently tr ht -the marsh ly New Orleans.-Lucio and Stmplico hunger and Godino are the most remarKable ba- vas in an bies in the world. They are twins, not wasiti, as u- quite three years old, and are our lit- fsiion, was nd tie brown brothers of the Philippine man fell a ot islands. Of course, there's nothing so man and s remarkable about that, but listen: ion must he Nature has so joined the flesh of us paries oat these little fellows that even the great- iacoss his ing est of human surgeons do not dare arross his la- to part them. Back to back they will eral miles have to go throughout their whole and lales lives. When one dies the other must a.Jol s Dub tick of necessity follow him into eternity. ach(omnpai iva- Nature has so decreed. hunting be- A compact but somewhat elastic disstade mass of tissues joins them together arty, bu at the base of the spine. Just like alone, de( sur- our "everyday" twins, the kind more well. I had or less common throughout the whole I could be died country, Lucio and Simplico play built a g with jumping-jacks, blow horns, hug tracting their dollies, and pound on toy drums. rage They usually play sitting on the ora- floor, as under the circumstances they Baton one cannot use chairs. Loosely fitting tentiary dresses make them look much like one average big baby with two heads. But in- 1,663 wE 1se\ doors they discard most of their cloth- The tota keeps ing, and romp about with much of ty-nine, atter their bodies exposed. And just like among tl ordinary twins, they quarrel, fight and 1 rate am go after each other with little fists 1,000 an who and finger nails. They both speak average of a English as well as American children .019 per usio of about their age. Besides that they Penitent h two speak a little Spanish and German. tem wa But of course they know Filipino best. the stal It is nothing unusual for Luclo to be convict: it the talking English while at the same time minimu ctive, Simplico will be speaking in another ire up language. .usetts At times when they are not both Lake wanting to play with the same toy at oner ax the same time, Luclo and Simplico are tiary, , that his thr e bald prisone cng. If act, ga could officer: Si1his jug nHe wa never sided i iarriage bfcourt up for Ing a eking a Wen on high a ond F 3 of the No beinr i oNew h being pw h warst that can From an t is Frmou c or a dog office oe exten- the C eral sers ' legislate with sailec g on one The Filipino TwinS. very fond of each other and are good Ne playmates. Of course, the one always e. G follows the other about. When Lucio Ge rowned wants to go anywhere he starts, and He Sbut we Siemplico is dragged along behind. The leant fact that feet of the one in the rear barely touch he accepted the aloor. The one who gets off first cias is master of the situation. They never men consult each other about walking. left s to be Simplico is rather quiet and some. tio ihich they what reserved, while Lucio is erratic post ddBurbank and quick tempered. When Luto beo rept hen sufR- gins to get "het up" about a little dif- rect ine clock? ference of opinion and shows a dispo sitlon to start something, Simplico to the just gets up and walks away; that b a "trash keeps Lucto busy trailing along be the lr t he im- hind and backwards. One of them had de !as slaugh- the measles about four months ago, hot e already but the other escaped. Sometimes on while one is asleep the other is wide i S awake, playing with his toes. Nat- at rcmded that urally they saleep on their sides. Both , childless, is were vaccinated. It "took" on onSe lo n et of shar- only. ea f law these They were brought to America in dererring to the vain hope that they might be cut apart by skilled surgeons. A clinic - was held in this city with a number fo1 ara held up of America's best physicians in attend go crookes ansce. After a most thorough examina- i ause theey tion it was the unanimous decision c rhich consti- that an operation which would sepa* Ia ermost limit rate the babies would be fatal to both. cc The twins were born in Seamar e island in the Philippine archipelago, i O Ws Vrof native parents. They were found 0o b Westo. . Louis and M. A. Clark, useuhi s wife wealthy Americans living in the ong dgloves islands. The American protectors of m Eeverty the twins say they will take the bo ys d to break up aton the world in the interest of b d have tried science, that they will be exhibited is ask and an before medical clinics in the great g hospitalq of America and Europe, and that under no circumstancee will they id a $16,000, be exhibited in public. .. Evidently The parents of the twins, who are ceh stock in also In America now, were at lrst im- I eness. mensely proud ot their curious twins, -rand took great pleasure in showing in wants them to strangers who happened to band allowed visit the little Filipino village. Later a. Evidently en, as the parents became more civil her quarters- Ied and Americanized, they looked - forward with great joy to the separa tion of the children, but now that the that the resurgeons have rendered their verdict uld be found against attempting an opeation both aad ones are mother and father are once more of Broadway. jeonk i Louisiana State News Happe 9i9S of I9tereit for Our Mary Readers | .I .. .... ..:.:¢.- Trahan Died From Hunger. New Lafayette.--The body of ('leolhas New Or I'rahan, who was lost in the marshes rough rice near Vinton Sunday, Feb. 12, while tone Saturd on a hunting expedition, was fotnd by to smaidl l a party of searchers within four miles the light c of the Vinton oil fields. The man had trading wa evidently tried to make his way out of grades dun the marsh when he was overcome by rice was st hunger and exposure. The body, which volume of 1 was in an advanced stage of deeomso- lilondras sition, was discovered in a small mound tations: face downward, where the unfortunate Rough man fell and died from sheer exhaus- $1.61 and tion and slarvation. It is certain ie pounds: must have lived several days. Search- steady at ing parties at differenlt times had come 162 pound across his trail and followed it for sev- ceipts of ri eral miles only to lose it ill the sampl er' receipt and lalkes. Messrs. Elie )omingule, Rice prl Iules Duhan anld Clete ,eBlanc. who and $2,: I: I ac(ompanied Trahlan on the ill-fated Sales re hunting trip say that they tried to ras at I 't dissuade him from separating from the Japlan at party, but he persisted in striking out of clesan jalone, declaring he knew the marshes 3well. When night calne and nothing Ta b could be found of him, the friends New 0 ybuilt a great bonfire in hoples of at- gives the g tracting his attention. by spinna i o follows, i e Penitentiary Report. 'This y Baton Rouge.--lhe ouisiana Peni- t(eclusi g tentiary during the paast year had an tion of 7, ie average population of 2,047, of whid'h 2 m3,u0c0 I n- 1,66 were negroes and 384 whites. fore last h- e total number of deaths was thir- Total ty-nine, of which thirty-six occurred 000 bale e among the negro population: The death stock co id rate among the negroes was 21 per ican), at 1,000 and among the whites 7. The S,ol5,000 average death rate of both races was Of thi en .019 per cent. The death rate in the ada too ey Penitentiary under the old lease sys- against of tem was unusually heavy, but since 000 the the state has been working its owf ners, 1, be convicts it has been reduced to a 000 last minimum, before; iger d TheU - 000 bal Suicide in Jail. and 4,4, nth Lake Charles.-J. Pelonquin, a pris ati oner awaiting removal to tile peniten- Appo Itiary, committed suicide by cutting lafad his throat with a razor. His fellow ferson prisoners, powerless to prevent the dent To act, gave the alarm but by the time at Cart officers arrived. Pelonquin was dead, much his jugular vein having been severed. througn I ie was a white man, aged 23 and re- son of Ssided at Jennings. Only a few hours and is before he had been sentenced by the ity an court to five years in prison for pass- fayett ing a forged check. entere Warships Leave New Orleans. later New Orleans.-The United States practi. and French squadrons which came to father New Orleans for the Mardi Gras peri- ways od have departed. The three French consu warships, the Gloire, Conde and Ad niral Aube, sailed for Vera Cruz, Mex. From there Admiral La Jarte and the Ne1 officers of the three ships will go to ket f the City of Mexico for a visit of sev- Satur o eral days. The United States crui- tatior sers Tennessee, Salem and Chester, from with Admiral Staunton in command, chano sailed for New York. " andt Thi ni gars good Inspectors End Their Inquiry, don t waysNew Orleans.Prostoffice Inspectors sugab Luca G. G. Thomas, F. P. Bass and A. C. -ups t, and Helmer, who were sent to New Or- from h the charges brought against local of fi c first dals by various clerks of the depart- 01 ver ment, have concluded their labors and der left for Austin, Tex. As the investiga- assa e tion was considered as a reflection on Br eti postmaster Behan's administration the Cot ia b- lreport of the findings will be made di- sent ti dif rect to the postmaster general, cou Impico Only Four Hours. in re that hew Orleans.--Under provisions of yet, ng ber the program finally adopted, ex-Presi- rlat em had dent Roosevelt has found only four ger us ago, hours fbr his reception in New Orleans onti ete on March 11. Hie will arrive at 6 p. Is wide n restone hour a a a hotel,, then start Satt 7 o'clock with a reception and a0me is Bath speech, with an elaborate banquet fol- er CU oUG lowing. At 11 o'clock he will board wil a special train for san Antonio. Le b Ci Porter Fined and Sentenced. laT & clinic Shrevepor.--Henry Spann, porter In iatten for the Houston and Shreveport Rail- of way Company, was convicted in the B decsin city court for violating the prohibition of ld sepa- law by selling whisky on one of the to both. company's trains between the Union Sainr Depot and city limits, and was fined hipelago, $250 and sentenced to three months i re found on the road. / I in the 1,100,000 Shingles Burned. 1) etol- of Morgan City.--Flre originating in a the boYS dry kiln of the Chapman Storm Lum- b Rest of ber Company of Berwick h-iday de- tl exhibited straying its contents of 1,100,000 shin- it he great gles, entailing a loss of about $10,000, 1 rope, and partially insured. Died From Blood Poison. who a Jennings.--P. W. Tomlinson, head tfirst Irm- miller at the Northern Rice mill, died I uUUttins, Saturday after two days' suffering from showing what the doctors termed acute blood a pened to poisoning. .e. Later / ey looked Hog Raising Increased. ,e separa- Crowley.--That swine breeding has K' that the increased in this parish in recent years ir verrict tis shown by the fact that in the last atton both year one firm of shippers has shipped cie Dor M from Crowley alone lve hogs to the value of #28,000. New Orleans Rice Market. whangen his s New Orleans. -'The mar;ket for when his se rough rice developed an easier under- condition fr tone Saturday. Trading was confined chest and tr to small lots of tlontiuras owing to beat the do the light offerings, and little or no ing had bee I trading was recorded in Japanese brutes were f grades during the early session. Clean the (logs ht SricCe was steady with only a moderate is a myster 2 volume of business transacted in both - llonduras and Japanese grades. Quo 1 tations: e Rough rice----londuras steady at j- $1.60 and $2.90 per barrel of 162 e pounds: no sales reported. Japan n- steady at $1.S0 and $2.9I per barrel of . e 162 pounds; no sales reported. Re v- ceipts of rough rice. 1.S69 sacks. Mill p er' receiplts, 3o0 sacks.' e, Rice prodiucts: Polish, per ion $22 to and $2:,: bran, per ton. $12 and $13. Sd Sales reported, 4.106 pockets 5londu to ras at 1., and 4 1-Sc and 905 poclkets he Japan at 2 1-8 and 3 1-16c. Receipts ut of clean rice, 1,3:85 pockets. Y° Takings of American Cotton. ds New Orleans.-Secretary lIester at- gives the takings of American cotton by spinners throughout the world as follows, in round numbers: This week, 260,010 bales this year 1ni- (exclusive of Liverpool minus correc an tion of 7,000 bales American), against ich 238,00(0 last year and 298,000 year be tes. fore last. hir- Total since Sept. I this year, 7,456, 'red 000 bales (including Liverpool minus ath stock correction of 7,000 bales Amer per icant, against 6,982,000 last year and The S,015,000 the year before. was Of this Northern spinners and Can- Boy the ada took 1,665,000 bales this year, dered ti sys- against 1.642,000 last year and 2,044,- went to ince 000 the year before; Southern spin- than 15 own ners, 1,455,000 bales, against 1,469,- Inclosure ,o a 000 last year and 1,49:.000 the year before; and foreign spinners, 4,336, 000 bales, against 3,878,000 last year PAIR and 4,478,000 the year before. pris- Test P iten Appointment of Jefferson Caffery. Twig: tting Lafayette.--The appointment of Jef ellow ferson Caffery. of Lafayette, by Presi the dent Taft, as secretary of the legation Cumb time at Caracas, Venezuela, is a source of prove ti dead, much gratification to his many friends Tweddigg throughout the state. He is the eldest carbon td re- son of Attorney Charles D. Caffery and is a young man of exceptional abil- of the y the ity and talent. He attended the La- o traghe pass- fayette Industrial Institute, and then A ted entered Tulane University, from which o the he graduated with high honors, being and at is. later admitted to the bar. He has practiced law in connection with his were t me to father for several years, but has al speri- ways expressed a preference for the hour ( drench consular service. The ra Ad Ad- no ant , Mex. New Orleans Sugar Market. physic nd the New Orleans.-The local sugar mar- murde go to ket was practically bare of supplies The of sev- Saturday, with no arrivals from plan- topsy a cl tations, and nothing came forward Miss hester, from store. Prices held firm and un- annou amand, changed. Refined sugars were steady nine. and unchanged. New York refined su- in the gars were quiet and unchanged. Lon- the s iry. don cabled that both beet and cane the n pectors sugars were quiet. Molasses and sy- 30 mi I A. C. .ups were nominal. No receipts came The ew Or- from plantations.' topsy on into cyant cal offi- Mrs. Cottingham Wounded. depart- Olla.-Ed Warner of Kelley, is un ors and der arrest charged with attempt to ivestiga- assassinate Finns Brown, of Kelley. Ition on Brown was sitting in the home of Mrs. ,tion the Cottingham, wife of the late Repre made di- sentative E. B. Cttingham, who is the . cousin of Brown, when he was shot from a window. The shot took effect in the jaw and has not been located sions of yet. Mrs. Cottingham had one of her ex-Presi- forefingers shot off and the middle fin nly four ger on the same hand was struck. rOrleans s at 6 p. Not Guilty, Says Beer. hen start New Orleans.-Joseph W. Beer for n and a mer owner' of the revolutionary steam aquet fol- er Hornet, who recently was indicted il board with General Manuel Bonilla, General io. Lee Christmas and Colonel F. Davilla, charged with violating the neutrality Iced. laws, has entered a plea of not guilty 1, porter in the federal circuit court. The date port Rail- of trial was fixed for April 4 and Mr. ed in the Beer was released on bond in the sum ,rohlibition of $1,000. ne of the the Union instal New Train Service. was fined Lake Charles.-Offictal announce se months ment has been made that the long looked for through service on the Wat - kins division of the Iron Mountain will med. be installed Sunday, when the run of tating in a main line trains Nos. 103 and 104 will torm Lum- be extended to Lake Charles, reaching h-rday de- there about noon each day and lear )0,000 shin- ing about 2 p. m. This gives a dou ut $10,000, ble daily service between Lake P1 Charles and Alexandria. ison. New Well at Jeems Bayou. nson, head Shreveport.-The Koster Oil Com, e mill, died pany, composed of Hollanders, drilled iering from in an oil well Saturday with a capacity acute blood of between 1,500 and 2,000 barrels dai ly in the Jeems Bayou section in see - tion 34, township 21, range 16. rsed. reeding has Lincense Collections. recent years Alexandria.-The licenses collected in the last oy the city clerk to date amount to I has shipped 38,852.29. There are still several large I fogs to the collections to be mad. Of this amount $29,000 is from whisky licenses. HUNGRY DOGS ATTACK Particul: LITTLE MCHINESE BOY the taste, butonly i ening to the LAD IN DANGER OF BEING EAT- Jixir of Ser Er1 ALIVE BY STARVING all casdes and CURS.all cases V CUReS. ening and e! used. It is p Salinas, ('al.--Ilaving wandcrl d ( n. dispels colds to an inclosure where a pack of starvs ij:g dogs were keplt by an age.d Chi- caused by in nce:e in the OrIental quarter, Dong promptly anc Quen Yun, a nine-year-old lad, was i1 p--dect amil danger of literally being eaten alive faction to a when his screams called a number of millions of fa men to the rescue. lHe is in a serious who have pe condition from lacerations on the cellence. chest and thighs. When the rescuers Its wonde beat the dogs from the boy his cloth- led unscrup ing had been torn off, and the savage tions which brutes were tearing at his flesh. Ho ore, when the (logs had been secreted and why ffect, alw e is a mystery. The chief of police or- effects, alwn ih Company - plainly prir S~-~ package o, and Elixir I• For sale -f WH n i 0 ce! LGI Bter ton as ýtj Mt igd. by A inst be - /BLAT inns At drugg nllS You nmay enr- free, alsc and Address, I Can- Boy Attacked by Starving Dogs. CA 1 ear, dered them all shot. When officers P044,- went to the place they found no less or any oft' 1pin-) than 15 lean and snarling curs in the from aer 469,- inclosure. For sale ear not carr2 year and you' year PAIR NOT POISONED BY GAS salve Co G Test Proves Nothing, and Elosser- Comr Twigg Tragedy Is as Much a Mys- men. uw Jef- tery as Ever. of won. es-- comp)ul Cumberland, Md.-The effort to en. O ae of prove that the dual killing of Charles rack ai -lends Twigg and Grace' Elosser, on their have b eldest wedding eve, was an accident due to asks, I affery carbon dioxide, caused by a gas stove and er I abil in a closed room, has caused a touch pans E la ia- of the ludicrous to enter into the food? I then tragedy. IG thich A test was made, with the sanction ing aI of the prosecuting attorney, with a cat Euriop, being and a rabbit. They were placed in the te has room where Twigg and his fiancee when th his were found dead. Then the gas stoveI tions as althe was lighted and turned on full. In an There or the hour and a half the cat was dead. so th The rabbit was still alive. There was in mi no autopsy made on the cat, but the need t. physician who made the test said the soldk r mar- murder was solved. with upplies The physicians who made the au- ig n plan- topsy on the bodies of Twlgg and orward Miss Elosser were indignant, and Cu nd un announced the proceedings as assi- Coi steady nine. One of them offered to remain Loday ined su- In the room one hour and a half with leper d. Lon- the stove lighted. It is known that yearO d cane the man and woman were there only ly re and sy- 30 minutes. Syri ts came The doctors who performed the au- that topsy and decided death was due to it. cyanide pbisoning are just as em- a far ed. he is empt to hoes Kelley. oper offMrs. of SRepre e for-T the yas shot er located t aoy eatl 0e of her o o t m b h afind iddledfin- uote ri. acdi Beer aor- live 'ary steam- heed tale t indicted L, General t ol neutrality wa e a olem ur asm The date a t /a u Tec In* ee4 and Mr. i a d f tha n the sumon ution o em r the long- P tuntain will hi toes in hi h thir the run o ot had b ted 104 will ya p n n eident has served to revive public int seeau l terest and cause a demand for the biarhis damo Boy uathired Up Hi nevered ToeY. :enses. Particularly the Ladies. Not only pleasant and r.!rehing to I- the taste, but gently cleam~irng and sweet. 0) ening to the system, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is particularly adapted to ladies and children, an:d be::efcial in all cases in which a wholicsome, strength. ening and eilective laxative should be used. It is perfectly safe at ail times and Lo dispels colds, headaches and the pains Dis caused by indigestion and constipation so fHe promptly and effectively that it is the one Fa' p"rfect family laxative which gives satis. , faction to all and is recommended by millions of families who have used it and Fort v; who have personal knowledge of its ex. t rai'" , cellence. 0oy satl Its wonderful popularity, however, has , but led unscrupulous dealers to offer irnita- new tions which act unsatisfactorily. her. possibilit fore, when buying, to get its beneficial ta are effects, always note the full name of the tire syst Company-California Fig Syrup Co.- olutioniz plainly printed on the front of every purposeS package of the genuine Syrup of Fi8g g tsian and Elixir of Senna. "isg to For sale by all leading druggists. Price forts ' 50 cents per bottle. product I I irat hop Ktet nov HUNT'S - ated. iug gr" LIGHTNING OIL the the ht, THE LINIMENT FOR the Fo This RHEUMATISM '. aea, NEURALGIA ce sv erai ALL ACHES AND PAINS $ vera Mlgtd. by A. B. Richards Medicne Co., thema, Tor, Tgraze nd f W HO IS Women as well as men TO kidney and bladder trou- DOn. ble. Ir. KIlmntr's Swamp- all C BLAME Inoot hLa grclt kidney chan remedy IpromP'-iv relieves. At druggists in fifty cent and dollar sizes. tie, You may have a sample bottle by mail way free, also pamphlet telling all about it. valu Address. Dr Kilmer & Co.. tinHhamton, N. T. Ai Salve cures cuts, i bOr 0A NU VW E L bruises, prains, 'r- boils, carbuncles, . i 88 or any old sore, no matter how long you hare mal he utTered. Prevents lockjaw or blood poisoning 6e from a t:ail or splinter in the foot or hand. For sale at all btores. If your dealer does O: not carry it send 25 cents for trial package and your dealer's name to the Gjuarantee S Salve Company, loustin, Texas. i I I l l i i . ... . ... Give a Woman a Chance. Compulsory military service for to men, urges a German female advocate he of women's right, should be offset by on compulsory domestic service for womrn- th en. On the theory that life in bar- p' rack and drill in the manual of arms ti have benefitted German manhood, she asks, why will not life in the kitchen and exercise in the use of pots and pans similarly raise German woman flood? If Germany ever organizes a stand ing army of cooks it may force all Europe to follow its lead. Culinary conscription is a severe measure, but when enforced in Germany other na tions might be expected to adopt it. There would be more reason is doing so than in following Germany's lead in militarism. There is moreweal need of cooks the world over th of Ssoldiers. It is possible to get ong without fighting, but not withou eat ing. __ _ _ d Consumption Spreads in Sy -. I. Consumptives in Syria are t ted n today much in the same way a the h lepers have been for the last .000 Lt years. Tuberculosis is a comp tivt y ly recent disease among the Ara and Syrians, but so rapidly has it red - that the natives are in great f of to it. Consequently when a mem r of n- a family is known to have the dl, he is frequently cast out and co elled to die of exposure and want. A mall hospital for consumptives has been opened at Beyrout under the direction of Dr. Mary P. Eddy. HONEST CONFESSION A Doctor's Talk on Food. There are no fairer set of men 0 earth than the doctors, and when they find they have been in error they are usually apt to make honest and manly admission of the fact. A case in point is that of a practi tioner, one of the good old school, who lives in Texas. His plain, unvarnished tale needs no dressing up: "I had always had an intense prej1 dice, which I can now see was unwar rantable and unreasonable, against afl muchly advertised foods. Hence, I never read a line of the many 'ads' of Grape-Nuts, nor tested the food tll last winter. "While in Corpus Christi for mY health, and visiting mY youngest ,son who has four of the ruddiest, bealtbl eat little boys I ever saw, I ate my first dish of Grape-Nuts food for sUP per with my little grandsons. of "I became exceedingly fond of it and have eaten a package of It everY week since, and find it a delicious, re freshing and strengthening food, le Ing no ill effects whatever, causing "m eructations (with which I was fit merly much troubled), no sense of t the fullness, nausea, nor distress of stem Br as ach in any way. at n- "There Is no other food that agre i I in n with me so well, or sits as lightly % " r the pleasantly upon my stomach as thu "I e au- does. "I am stronger and more acti since I began the use of GraepN d Toes. than I have been for 10 yearS aus. Bgled am no longer troubled with nases thlr and Indigestion." Name given bY whose Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. l car, Look in pkgs. for the famous tt nn am - book, "The Road to wellville. spital. "There's a Reason." d that Ever read the above leftterm one appears from time to tim are genuine, true, and ful of ; interest.