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Iron Beds As fine a lot of iron beds as you can see any where at prices usually paid for cots. Come and see and be convinced. A bed, spring and mat tress for only $5^00 Mattresses We have a lot of mattresses with extra good ticks, made expressly for us, that sell for $4.50, Sale price $3^50 Turkish Box Springs Full Turkish box springs that sell for $25.00, Sale price Rugs & Linoleums We can cover your kitchen or dining room with one piece of linoleum if your room is 12x50. Baby Cabs & Go-Carts On this line 25 per cent discount. You can't afford to carry baby. LOSE BLOOM EARLY UNFORTUNATE FATE OF SOME AMERICAN CHILDREN. Arc Little Men and Women at a Ten* der Age—Boy of 14 Acts as "Social Secretary" for the Family. An amateur investigator has discov jtored the following instances of the yriy In which some American children are made ready to struggle with life. "Think of a girl of 13," she said, "who has been taught to believe that all her birthday means is the gift of a beautiful pearl from her grand mother. From her very first birthday the fact has been the most important thing that has happened to mark the anniversary of her entrance into the joys of this life. "Her grandmother was, like all her family, very rich. It occurred to her that she would like her granddaughter to have a pearl necklace that should be as fine as any that money could buy. So she hit on the idea of pre senting the child with a superb pearl every year. "In the meantime all the childish joy of the child's birthday celebration has been made to lie in the acquisition of that pearl. It has for 12 birthdays been the engrossing event of the cele bration. "Just what the effect of making the material part of her string of young years the most important part it is not possible to say. To me, as a person in terested in the proper training of the young, the idea seems grotesquely in appropriate. "Almost as singular in its exhibition of a parent's idea of the right sort of influence for a child is the occupation of a 14-year-old boy that I know. He has been intrusted by his family with the care of all the social duties of his mother and the other members of the family. "He takes charge of all the cards re ceived at the house, sees to it that cards are sent in return, and acts as a sort of social secretary for his sisters as well as for the other older members of the family. They are very much amused by the enthusiasm and clever ness with which he relieves them of all social responsibility. "He is now 14, and that is an age at which seriousness may without too much emphasis be allowed to play some part in a boy's life. Yet his par ents apparently think that what he is doing is important enough to be al lowed to occupy .much of the time that should, in fact, be spent at his books or in some more serious way. "What he will thiak about when he is 21 it is not .possible to say. Perhaps ha will outgrow his.. obsession with cardboard and stationery. But what will be the future of the 13-year-old girl who was taken to Europe last summer for her first educational tour? "She went with her father and mother, and there was scarcely a cor ner of Europe they did not visit. They traveled, indeed, more than 12,000 miles. They are quite sure about that, for they went in a motor and they have the record of the trip. "Those 12,000 miles were so divided that the usual speed during all their journey was 40 miles an hour. What a comprehensive idea of Europe that girl must have got on her first educa tional trip to Europe! How must her youthful imagination have been stirred by the sight of the strange and quaint sights she saw in those strange lands, traveling at the rate of 40 miles an hour!" Fates of English Derby Winners. Like several of his predecessors as winners of the Derby, Persimmon has ended his days tragically. It is not long since Donovan, who won the Blue Riband for the duke of Portland in 1889, dashed into a tree while running loose in his paddock and so seriously injured his head that he had to be destroyed. Silvio broke his leg and was shot Kingcraft, the winner of 1870, died while crossing the Atlantic, a fate which also befell Blue Gown, the hero of two years earlier. Kisber ended his days an exile in Hungary and George Frederick spent his latter days, sight less, on. a Canadian farm. Hermit, the sensational winner of 41 years ago, lived to a good old age, and his skeleton, we fancy, still sur vives in the Royal Veterinary col lege, Camden Town and the "flying Amato" lies buried in the beautiful grounds of The Durdans, Lord Rose bery's Epsom seat DOG SPOILS 8HAM SUICIDE. Licks Tomato Catchup Intended to Do Duty as Blood. Paterson, N. J.—Because his wife re fused to give him his weekly allow ance of one dollar out of his pay en velope George R. Reade, a silk weaver, made a "desperate" attempt to com mit suicide. (Jetting out his razor he dipped it in the catchup bottle and then poured the rest of the' bottle's contents on his neck, giving it the appearance of having been cut. Then with a groan he fell to the floor. His wife dropped her paper and rushed into the room, and when #he saw the "blood" on he? husband's neck and the "bloody" razor lying on tfcefloor beside him she screamed for *«tp. .. Justice John Fitzmaurice, who lives next .dgor, ran into the house, and EXTRAORDINARY -men t" mco mo room and saw the "blood" on Reade's neck he sum moned an ambulance from the general hospital with Dr. Tarpey. The doctor found Reade sitting on the floor. His neck was clean. The catchup had been "washed" off by his St. Bernard dog as he lay "uncon scious" on the floor, and, having no more to keep up the deception, he ad mitted that he "wasn't hurt much." Because of the fright she received Mrs. Reade is under the care of a phy sician. COURTED OVER THE TELEPHONE. Spinster Agreed to Marry Unseen Admirer, Who Was a Woman. Geneva.—A woman has been ar rested at Zurich on a charge of de frauding an elderly spinster, to whom she made love over the telephone in an assumed male voice. The spinster, who is wealthy and lives in the little town of Windisch, in the canton of Argovie, confided to the woman arrested to take charge of her financial affairs. Soon after the spinster received a proposal of mar riage by letter from a "Herr Herings feld" of Zurich, and accepted it. For several months the courtship continued over the telephone, "Herr Heringsfeld" making appointments and breaking them on pleas of pres sure of work and lack of money. The spinster lent her unknown fiance several sums of money,, and, on his suggestion, handed over about $500 to the woman "friend" who impersonated the mythical lover. The woman married on receipt Of this sum. At last the spinster broke off her engagement, and demanded the re turn of her loans to "Herr Herings feld." He could not be found and the newly-married woman was Subse quently arrested on a charge fraud. SALE For 8 days we will give the people of the village and surrounding locality a chance to tosh up such an opportunity seldom comes in a small town. We Have our store just filled witH new goods. Have just received another car and are in a position to fill all your wants at prices never Heard of before. We will give different discounts on tHe following: Red tags, 20 per ct. Blue, 15 per ct. White, lO per ct. Extra Special Will Sell tHe Regular $4*00 Rocker, One to a Customer, for $ 1 9 9 This sale is an experiment, but we have faith enongh to believe that it will be a success, because people want the goods, and all we have to prove is, they can buy cheaper at* at home than anywhere else So remem ber the date. From MAY 2 to MAY 10 YOURS FOR BIZ Chaney & Mackay Furniture and Undertaking of Flirt, Court, Wed by Wire: Cleveland, O.—Through the cross ing of telephone wires Attorney Wal ter K. Thompkins, a Princeton grad uate, with offices in the Williamson building here, started a flirtation with Miss F. E, Grace Wilson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Wilson.' Recently they were married by long distance telephone, Rev. E. C. Wilson, pastor of the Christian church at Shelby, performing the ceremony by wire. On their first conversation over the wire Mr. Thompkins was impressed by Miss Wilson's voice. She learned bis name, and subsequent conversations resulted in their meeting. The wed ding followed a brief courtship, At 8ame Bench 67 Years. London.—A cabinet maker, George 5Iurr._who has Ju»t died at Grantham. at the age of 78 years, was employed by the same firm for 67 years and was never known to be late for work. He not only worked in the same shop, but actually at the same bench. Murr took the only holiday of his life 26 years ago, when he went to Skeg ness, intending to stay a fortnight. He returned the same day, however, saying that he could not settle away from work. BILL BEFORE CONGRESS TO REC OGNIZE VALOR IN '60'S. Bishops Fowler and Hartzell in the List—Swam to Wrecked Ship on Lake Michigan and Res cued Excursionists. Washington.—Congress gives scant recognition to heroes. Unless a deed of danger and daring be performed in the full glare of publicity, it is likely to remain unknown and its performer to go down in history unsung. Repre sentative Foss of Illinois is endeavor ing to secure recognition for three life savers who accomplished heroic acts more than 40 years ago. He has introduced a bill in the house to award gold medals to Edward Spencer and Charles H. Fowler, for heroic work in saving life at the wreck of the steamer Lady Elgin, September fc, 1860, and to Joseph C. Hartzell of the schooner Storm, May 10, 1864. The bill has not yet been acted upon by the interstate and foreign commerce committee, to which it was referred. The heroes were students then at the Northwestern university, and two of them, Fowler and Hartzell, are now bishops. The loss of the Lady Elgin was the most fatal disaster in the his tory of the Great Lakes, The vessel left Milwaukee Friday morning,' Sep tember 7, I860 with more than 300 ex cursionists on board. She reached Chi cago safely, and the same night start ed on the return trip with 100 addi tional passengers. Soon after getting into midlake the vessel encountered a terrific gale from the northeast. At 2:30 in the morn ing, while the storm was at its height, the schooner Augusta, which was sailing without lights, ran into the Lady Elgin and stove a hole in her side. The Augusta continued to Chi cago, In ignorane'e of the disaster. The Lady Elgin began to break up and parts of the wreckage were drifting ashore at daylight. Students of the Northwestern uni versity and Garrett Biblical Institute, located at Evanston, went to the res cue of the people who were floating bn spars and bits of debris. The place inhere many of them .reached We shore^'was a steep bank, 20 feet high, against which the water dashed with fury. Some of the shipwrecked peo ple were beaten back by the merciless waves. Of those who floated to shore only 40 or 50 came through the break ers alive. Edward Spencer, now liv ing in California, saved 17. Most of the others were saved by divinity stu dents, among them J. O. Cramb and Charles H. Fowler were most conspic uous. The latter is Bishop Fowler of the Methodist church of New York city. Spencer's heroism was notable. Ex hausted by his hard work, he contin ued the rescue while cut and Bedroom Suites Some very fine goods on sale, the kind you like to own, at greatly reduced prices. Princess Dressers In Birds-eye, Maple and Oak, a large line to pick from. Liberal discount. 50 ODD DRESSERS, All prices and styles. Rodm Furniture Sideboards, Buffets, Combination China Clos ets, Chairs, Tables, all shapes and sizes, that will move if price is any object. Kitchen Cabinets 11 different kinds. Cost very little more than a good kitchen table. Rockers Galore 100 different styles at less than factory prices. Come one, come all. Lace Curtains T© go at COST. Come in and look over our assortment. bleeding. A rope was passed around his waist, so that he could be pulled back to shore in the event he collapsed in the water. The last persons saved by Spencer were a man and his wife. The man floated in, clinging to apiece of wreck, while he carried a bundle in the other arm. Spencer saw that this bundle was a woman. "Come what it may," he said, "I will save that man or die in the attempt." He finally saved them. His health was shattered by that day's work. Bishop Fowler, in his student days, was an excellent swimmmer, and this enabled hira to go far out in the lake after drowning persons. Among those whom he rescued was Herbert Ingra ham, M. P., founder of the Illustrated London News. Ho died of exhaustion after being brought to shore. Several times young Fowler untied the rope about his waist, by which his friends on shore would pull him back when he became exhausted, in order that he might swim more freely and give great er aid to the drowning. Among those who participated in the rescue of the Lady Elgin victims was young Hartzell, who also especial ly distinguished himself four years later in rescuing four sailors from the schooner Storm, in a Lake Michigan disaster. She went ashore in a gale two miles from Evanston. Hartzell swam out to the vessel with a rope. By means of this rope, which he carried through a sea so rough that no vessel could live in it, all on board except one were saved. Young Hartzell is now Bishop J. C. Hartzell, missionary bishop of the Methodist church in Africa. Congress has never recognized the heroic services of these men. The Ideal* If life Is worth living It is worth living well. An ideal life on this planet—and the word "Ideal" is used here in its dictionary sense of the 'best poss "^e^r-ig a happy combina* lion of business and pleasn**, toil and relaxation of .urban a&4 rural sill* foundings.—Dr.' Robertson .Wallace is Madame. A Great "Llterai-y Detective. Prof. William Henry Burr, whom Iiv gersoll called a great "literary de.teo* tlve," is a well-preserved old man of 84, As a pamphleteer he stands with out a rival in this generation. He has been official reporter of the Unite# States Senate, court reporter in New York, official reporter on the Congres sional Globe, and a life-long advocate of the Baconian theory of Shakes peare's authorship. He has well nigh proved to the satisfaction of many hard thinkers that Thomas Paine was "Junius," that Lord Bacon was the Prince of Wales, being the son of Que%n Elizabeth lhat Gov. De Witt CUnton committed suicide that Wil liam Morgan was murdered by Masons and that there are 144 self-contradic tions in the Bible. Proud of Church Services. Ih commemoration of his half cen tury of service as usher in the Plyi mouth church, Brooklyn, ex-Senator Stephen M. Griswold, the well-known banker and millionaire, gave a dime* the other night to 160 members of hii church. A set Df engrossed resolu tions and a loving cup were presented to Mr. Griswold, who in a short speech said: "I began as assistant usher in the west gallery and have been steadily promoted until I am now chief usher in the main aisle. Do you know I am prouder of the fact than I am of being a banker and a million aire." Mr. Griswold is now seventy fears old. Origin of the Stamp. The idea of a prepaid envelop# originated in France, early in the reign of Louis XIV., with M. de Val fyer, who. In 1653, established, under •oyal consent, a private penny post pJacing boxes at the corners of the streets for the reception of letters wrapped in envelopes bought at offices established for that pmpose. M. de Valfyer also had printed certain forms of "billets" or notes, applicable to the ordinary business among habitants of great towns, with blanks which were to be filled out with such special mat ter as might be desired. A Linguistic Fault. There is a well-known story told by Dean Ramsay years ago of two old ladies of his church. "Was it no' a wonderful thing," said one of them, that the Breetlsh were aye victorious over the French in battle?" "Not a hit,*' said the other, "dinna ye ken the Breetish say their prayers beforf gaen Into battle?" "Aye," returned the €-rst, "but canna' the Frenchmen say their prayers as weel The re ply was: "Hoot! Jahberin' bodies! WJia could utferstas' them*" Kettneoy'sLaxativeHoney*ndTa Cores an coneus, and expels Colds from system by gently movtaa the bowels*