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River Falls Journal
S. R. MORSE, Editor.
RIVER FALLS. • • •
TENDENCY TO STANDARDIZE.
A startling question comes from an
Inquirer: "Can you obtain any infor
mation why all railway tickets of card
board are the same size all over Eng
land and the continent and America,
viz.: 2%, inches by 1%, inches, and
have been so for the last 50 years?
.What is the reason?’’ Well, are they?
if the railway ticket Is the same size
all over the world, it only shows our
tendency to standardize, says the Lon
don Chronicle. You may step through
the civilized world, and wherever the
steps are placed the standard is 23
Inches, upward or onward. Every
builder’s ladder is built to scale, and
the firemen’s ladder is on the scale of
the seaman’s run up the ratlines, not
the bricklayer's trudge up the wooden
rungs. But perhaps the greatest tri
umph of standardizing is that of the
pircus. There are big and little cir
cuses in the world —thousands of box
ed spectators at the Hippondrome or
hundreds of boys in New Mexico. But
the ring is always of the same diam
eter, for the bareback rider has dis
covered the exact angle at which he
can square the circle. The circus
ting never varies by a foot
Not many people guard their health
tso carefully as Sir Tatton Sykes, who
in winter wore five or six coats when
put riding, and shed some of them as
he became warmer. Prince Poutiakine,
however, took even stronger precau
tions against illness. If there was a
touch of cold in th* air he had fires
Jit in his grounds before venturing to
ptroll in them. His waistcoats were
jnade in two separate pieces, joined at
the sides by buttons, so that he couid
take them off or put additional ones
pn without removing his coat. If
caught in a shower he sheltered him
self with an umbrella nearly two feet
wide, which came down below’ his
waist and was pierced with little win
dows. In very hot weather the prince
wore boots coated with tin, as a pro
tection against mad dogs, and carried
sponges soaked with vinegar In his
shirt front to ward off unpleasant
■smells.
The astonishing statement was Re
cently made by the agricultural de
partment that the loss to the country
through insects in vegetables, flow’ers,
fruits and trees amounts to SBOO,OOO
- annually, and in connection with
Immense loss is the significant state
ment that thousands of song birds,
which are the natural insect destroy
ers, are wantonly killed in violation
of law. A situation fraught with such
staggering loss ought to have some
drastic remedy made possible.
It is said by a statistican that this,
country spends on music in variouai
ways the enormous sum of $600,000,-
000, or three timea the amount ex
pended on the army and
Which bnly proves the truth of the)
old saying that music hath charms
to soothe the save breast. That we
prefer the sweetest of the arts to war
Is also proof of our perfected civili
zation.
Milwaukee minister says that when
a man is made happy through mar
riage, it is alright for a minister tq
accept a dollar or so as a marriage
fee. But there are some husbands
who, as time goes by, attain such a de
gree of "happiness" they wish they
had their "dollar or so" back.
The duchess of Marlborough advises
British mothers that "a dinner well
cooked is better antidote for drink
than any possible legislation.” With?
out going into th* actual verity of the
i.pthoegm, it is pertinent to suggest
that the noble duchess proceed to the
real antidote br personally teaching
the British mothers to prepare a din
ner w’ell cooked.
A Chinaman in New York has sued
for false arrest, claiming damages
which, he says, may to some extent
reimburse him for the loss of his usu
al calm and happy disposition, as his
arrest brought on a fit of melancholy.
The poetic sentiment of this oriental
appeal ought to touch the most hard
ened practical occidental jury’s heart
Writing of whooping cough in a
medical journal, a physician remarks:
"Any disease which kills 10,000 chil
dren a year Is serious.” Certainly
this particular scientist can’t be ac
cused of a hysterical and exaggerated
habit of speech.
a ~’oman contends that the mas
culine form is more beautiful than the
f eminine. Has she never seen a drum
mer streaking It for the dressing room
in a Pullman sleeper at 6 a. m.
The cabbage leaf has finally come in
to its own. They are now making ci
pars and cigarettes without nicotine.
Every time any prominent man plots
JlO establish world peace something
happens.
f
A Pittsburgh dietetic expert ad
vises professional men to eat apples,
cabbage and onions. As an under
pinning to intellect, it is hio wonder
this diet somewhat appals as ideal.
Realizing that "into each life some
rain must fall,” the astute baseball
manager invented rain checks.
Fewer men are joining the army now
adays, and the government may have
to give trading stamps
80,000 AWAITING
OROERTO STRIKE
TRAINMEN ON 45 DIFFERENT
EASTERN ROADS WOULD
BE AFFECTED.
WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON
To Await White House Decision of
Their Deliberations There—Every
Employe East of Mis
sissippi Involved.
New York, July 15. —Whether a
ntrike of upwards of 80,000 conduc
tors and trainmen on 45 eastern rail
roads shall be declared within the
next few days depends upon whether
the railroads recede from their pres
ent position and K -withdraw from their
refusal to arbitrate the -wage and
other d fferences between the com
panies and men.
This declaration was made in state
ments by the men’s representatives
after the grievance committees from
the roads, gathered here in confer
ence, had ratified the strike vote of
the men recently taken and had au
thorized A. B. Garretson, president ol
the Brotherhood of Railway Conduc
tors, and W. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, to
issue the formal strike order to their
respective organizations.
Up to the Roads.
Peace prospects centered upon the
attitude of the roads, the men declar
ed, with the possibility that a way
out of the deadlock would be supplied
by the conference in Washington,
where amendments to the Erdman
law, under which previous disputes
between the roads and their men
have been arbitrated, will be consid
ered with a view to pressing their
speedy passage upon congress.
The general committee of the two
organizations authorized Messrs. Gar
retson and Lee to delay the strike or
der long enough to permit them to at
tend the Washington conference be
tween President Wilson, representa
tives of the railroads, and their em
ployes, and prominent men.
The men’s representatives will take
part in the conference in the hope
that it will result in the passage of
Erdman law amendments, increasing
from three to six, or more, the num
ber of arbitrators authorized to act
in disputes between railroads and their
employes.
Presidents Garretson and Lee are
In Washington. SLortly before their
departure they issued a statement ex
plaining the action of the committee
yesterday and their attitude with re
gard to the Washington conference.
Statement of Men.
“The committees of the various
roads, acting independently of each
other," says the statement, “unani
mously ratified the strike vote of the
membership on their respective lines
and empowered the executive officers
of the organization to fix the date for
retirement from the service, should
the attitude of the managers’ commit
tee remain unchanged, and after tak
ing such action returned to their
homes.
“With the purpose in view that no
reasonable means for effecting a
friendly settlement should be neglect
ed by us, they authorized sufficient de
lay in making the strike order effec
tive to permit the undersigned to at
tend the conference arranged for to
morrow in Washington with President
Wilson, called for the consideration
of the amendments to the Erdman act
as embodied in the Newlands bill, in
the hope that if such amendments
were made immediately effective it
might induce the companies to aban
don the position heretofore maintain
ed by the conference committee ol
managers and lead to a withdrawal ol
their former refusal of our proposi
tion to arbitrate under the provisions
of the federal law.”
Roads Are Notified.
The railroads were notified today
of the action of the men’s committee
in ratifying the strike order. A for
mal letter was sent to the roads and
at the same time a copy was made
public. The labor leaders declared
emphatically that no further overtures
would be made to the roads.
“Our position is clear,” said Mr.
Garretson. “We offered arbitration
weeks ago, but our offer was reject
ed."
As to whether the engineers and
firemen would join in a sympathetic
strike, Mr. Garretson said:
“The engineers and firemen are nol
bound to go out on strike w’ith us
On the contrary, they are bound tc
remain at their positions until such
time as they think their lives and the
lives of their passengers are endan
gered by having inexperienced men on
the train crews."
Engineer Dies Under Engine.
Jackson, Mich., July 15. —Three men
were killed and a dozen persons were
injured in two railroad wrecks on the
Michigan Central near here. J. Mar
tin, engineer, of Detroit, was buried
under his engine and crushed to death
when a train of empty baggage cars,
running from Chicago to Buffalo, left
the rails. His fireman. Clayton F.
Cole, was terribly scalded to death. A
few hours later, two passenger trains
on the Grand Rapids division collided
head-on on the Grand river bridge
One was killed.
Lumber Fire Loss is $700,000.
Michigan City, Ind., July 15. —Re-
vised estimates of the loss in the
burning of 20 acres of stacked lumber,
owned by the Haskell & Barker Car
company, place the damage at $700,-
000, covered by insurance.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 14.—Carl
Huffman, his wife and three children
and his aunt, Miss Missouri Huffman,
were killed almost in front of the old
San Gabriel mission when their au
tomobile was struck by a locomotive
engine running at kish speed.
GREAT TREES ENDANGERED BY FIRE
Forest fires on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais have endangered the giant sequoias of California, and the peril Is
not yet over. The photograph gives a vivid idea of the size of these monster trees.
JOHNSON 10 sm IH FRANCE
BLACK SAYS HE WILL NOT FIGHT
IN AMERICA AGAIN.
Chicago Authorities Will Make No
Move in His Case at
Present.
Paris, July 12. —“Jack" Johnson,
the negro heavyweight prize fighter,
accompanied by his wife and his
nephew, arrived in Paris from the
United States by w r ay of Montreal.
The pugilist drove to a number* of
hotels before he was able to find ac
commodation.
Johnson said he intended to make
his headquarters here in the future
and that never on any account would
he fight again in America. He added
that he had arranged for a number of
fights to take place in Europe in the
autumn.
Referring to his recent sentence un
der the “white slave” act to serve
one year in the Leavenworth peni
tentiary, Johnson declared he -would
carry the case to the highest court,
fully confident that a decision ulti
mately would be given in his favor.
It is not generally believed here that
Johnson will be deported from France,
but the French authorities have not
yet arrived at any permanent decision
with regard to that status of the case.
How Case Stands.
Chicago.—Assistant District Attor
ney Parkin, who had charge of the
prosecution of Jack Johnson, for vio
lation of the Mann law, declares that
nothing can be done at present to
compel the forfeiture of Johnson’s
bonds.
The negro is under a $30,000 bond
which he signed personally for indict
ments on which he has not yet been
tried. He is also under a $15,000 bond
signed by a real estate dealer, which
gave him his freedom pending the
hearing of his case.
“An investigation probably will be
made by the department of justice to
determine whether anyone instigated
Johnson to make this move of leaving
the country,” said Mr. Parkin. “If
Johnson was induced to go by a sec
ond party an attempt will be made to
punish the offender.”
Mr. Parkin also declared it was like
ly that steps would be taken to alter
the extradition treaty between France
and the United States so that future
cases of this kind would be extra
ditable.
TEN THOUSAND ELKS MARCH
Every City of Size in Country Is Rep
resented in Rochester, N. Y.,
Parade.
Rochester, N. Y., July 12. —Ten
thousand Elks, it is estimated, par
ticipated in a parade in connection
with the Forty-ninth reunion of the
grand lodge. They came from every
ity of size in this country, from Ju
neau, Alaska, and Honolulu. Even
Manila had a lone representative. The
parade was led by Grand Esquire W.
S. McCormick.
The mother lodge from New York
carried a banner, “Organized Febru
ary 16, 1868.” The parade and a wa
ter carnival that attracted about 150,-
000 people to Genessee Valley park
last night were features of the fourth
day of the convention.
Roosevelt at Alberqurque.
Deming, N. M., July 14. —Colonel
Roosevelt and party arrived here
from Silver City in an automobile and
took the Santa Fe for Alberqurque.
Steady Nerve Saves Life.
Muskegon, Mich., July 14. —Glenn
Martin’s steady nerve and perfect con
trol of his Jiydro-aeroplane. in which
he is making the Chicago to Detroit
cruise, probably saved his life when
the machine developed carburetor
trouble and he was forced to make a
quick descent into Lake Michigan.
Martin, with his passenger, Charles
Day, was flying about 700 feet above
the water when the air valve dropped
from the carburetor. Martin volplaned
to the surface of the lake, making a
perfect landing.
Currency Bill Amendment
Washington, July 11. Secretary
McAdoo has issued a statement an
nouncing that he and Chairmen Owen
and Glass of the senate and house
banking and currency committees
have agreed on an amendment to the
currency bill which will retain the
circulation privilege for the United
States two per cent bonds during the
entire period of 20 years over which
it is proposed to retire the existing
$700,000,000 issue .of national bank
secured by the bonds.
PHYSICIAN DYING
FROM MAYS USE
'K.
GROWTHS LIKE CANCER, CAUSED
BY EXPERIMENTING, ARE
DECLARED FATAL.
MANY GO THE SAME ROUTE
Thirty or Forty Lose Lives in Trying
to Further Cause of Science by
Use of the Deadly
Instrument.
Philadelphia, Pa., July 14. Dr.
Charles L. Leonard, chief of the
polyclinic hospital staff, an expert in
electro-therapeutics, is in a serious
condition from the use of the X-Ray.
Growth in one hand made it necessary
some time ago to remove the hand,
and recently the whole arm has been
removed in an effort to check the
spread of the disease.
Worked With Rays Long.
Dr. Leonard has been working with
the rays for many years. He assisted
Dr. William L. Clark, also of Philadel
phia, in treating with the rays Bur
ton E. Baker, the Roentgen ray ex
pert who died in Hartford, Conn. Sur
geons are using every means in their
power to check the disease but they
agree that there is no certain cure.
Dr. Clarke, who is an expert on the
Roentgen rays for the University of
Pennsylvania and chief of the depart
ment of electro-therapeutics at St.
Agnes’ hospital, said that the rays
used in treating cancerous growths
also cause them when a person has
been continually subjected to the rays,
and that many medical and scientific
men were giving themselves as mar
tyrs to theix profession.
Many Lives Sacrificed.
Dr. Joseph O’Maliy, medical chief
of St. Agnes’ hospital, said that there
have been some thirty or forty lives
lost through the continual use of the
Roentgen ray.
The victims were all scientific men,
who used the rays continually. Eigh
teen or twenty deaths of scientific
men have occurred in the United
States alone within the last decade,
he said.
Dr. O’Malley said that the rays had
been used successfully in treating
superficial cases of cancer, but that no
cure had yet been found for advanced
cases. Radium is being used in Phila
delphia hospitals on cases where an
operation cannot be performed be
cause of the location of the cancer
and good results have already been
achieved by its use.
U. S. ANSWER IS DELAYED
Reply to Japan’s Latest Notes Not
Yet Ready.
Washington, July 12. —After a con
ference of an hour and a quarter with
Ambassador Chinda, Secretary Bryan
announced that the dispatch of the
reply to the two latest Japanese notes
on the California anti-alien land law
might be deferred until next week.
Childrens’ Home As Memorial.
New York, July 12. —A children’s
home is to be built at Rhinebeck in
this state by Vincent Astor as a me
morial to his father, John Jacob Astor,
who perished in the Titanic disaster.
Northern Pacific Bonds Sold.
New York, July 12. —Up to the close
of business Thursday the syndicate
which underwrote to $10,000,000 the
one-year 6 per cent notes of the North
ern Pacific Railway company had dis
posed of nearly all of the issue. There
remained but a few hundred thousand
dollars of the notes yet to be sold and
it is confidently believed that the en
tire $10,000,000 will be placed in the
hands of investors immediately. It
is stated that the notes were under
written at a price only slightly below
99%.
Canada Seeks Convention.
Los Angeles, Cal.. July 12. —Canada
wants the next international Christian
Endeavor biennial convention. Win
nipeg and Toronto have sent delega
tions to capture the prize. Other cit
ies in the fight are Chicago, St. Louis
and Niagara Falls. Rev. Francis E.
Clark, president of the United Socie
ty, appealed for especial efforts for
future activities, beginning Feb. 2,
1914, which date marks thv thirty
third birthday anniversary us the
movement
O.K. FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
DEMOCRATS INDORSE PLAN OF
GLASS MEASURE.
Also Agree on Proposed Salary of
SIO,OOO for Each Member of the
Commission.
Washington, July 14. —The adminis
tra«aou plan tor a government con
trolled federal reserve board to ad
minister the entire banking system,
provided for in the Glass currency
bill, was indorsed practically without
amendment by the Democratic mem
bers of the house banking and cur
rency committee.
After some discussion they agreed
on the proposed salary of SIO,OOO a
year for each member of the board.
The bill was amended, however, to
provide that the four members of the
board to be appointed by the presi
dent should be distributed geograph
ically throughout the country and pro
vides that they should devote all their
time to the duties of the board.
The conference considered the
terms ‘on which state banks may be
come members of the regional reserve
banks and the division of earnings.
The provision limiting shareholders to
an annual cumulative dividend of 5
per cent was approved.
It was agreed that all of the net
earnings of the reserve banks above
the five per cent cumulative dividends
to the stockholders should be paid to
the United States government, the 20
per cent surplus of each bank re
maining the property of the govern
ment, so as to put the stockholding
banks at all times on an equal basis.
U. S. WILL COMPEL RELEASE
Ultimatum to Mexican Revolutionists
Relative to Americans and
Cattle Being Held.
Washington, July 14. Secretary
Garrison has ordered Col Edwin P.
Brewer of the 14th Cavalry at Fort Mc-
Intosh, Texas, to demand the release
of five Americans, together with 350
cattle and 30 horses held by Mexican
revolutionists at Hildalgo, Mexico.
Secretary Bryan requests this action.
Secretary Bryan who made public
the order to Colonel Brewer, declined
to discuss the question of what would
be done in the event the revolution
ists declined to give up the Americans
and their property. It was regarded
as certain at the state department
that Col. Brewer’s demand would be
complied with promptly.
ATTEMPT TO POISON FARM
Bitterness as Result of Land Auction
Thought to be the
Jerseyville, 111., July 12. —An at
tempt to poison all the vegetation on
Daniel Boomer’s farm, six miles west
of here, has been discovered by Boom
er and his brother. John Boomer re
ported the attempt to “kill” the farm
when he arrived in Jerseyville with
a jug containing samples of the liquid
used, which he will take to a chem
ist for analysis.
Boomer bought the farm at public
auction and much bitterness develop
ed between the bidders, some remark
ing that if he bought the place it
would never do him any good.
Lord Chancellor Barry Dead.
London, July 14. —The Right Hon.
Dedmond Barry, lord chancellor of Ire
land is dead. He was born in 1868.
N. E. A. Elects Dr. Swain.
Salt Lake City, July 12. —William
Howard Taft was elected honorary
president at a meeting of the Ameri
can School Peace league. The noon
day election by the National Educa
tion association of Joseph Swain, pres
ident, and Grace M. Shepherd, treas
urer, was the first in years that had
been unanimous. Retiring President
Edward T. Fairchild was named as
vice president. The committee on
resolutions reported in favor of a na
tional education exhibit at the Pan
ama-Pacific exposition.
X-Ray in Phthisis Cases.
Denver, Colo., July 12. —Successful
treatment of tuberculosis by means
of X-rays was announced by Dr. J.
D. Gibson, of Denver, before the Na
tional Society of Physical Therapeu
tics, a branch of the American Insti
tute of Homeopathy. Dr. Gibson de
clared that he had used his treat
ment in more than 400 cases in the
last twelve years, and had been suc
cessful with 85 per cent of the pa
tients. The institute will hold its
convention in 1914 at Atlantia City.
BADGER NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
Waukesha.—Mise Annette Spragg,
aged thirty-four, committed suicide
at the home of her brother,
Edward Spragg, in the town of Me
nomonee, by drinking carbolic acid.
She was a former Milwaukee resident.
The brother was formerly a Milwau
kee druggist.
Barron. —Joseph Koukl, a middle
aged bachelor living with his mo
ther on a farm twelve miles north
of Barron, committed suicide. He was
despondent from a six weeks' sick
ness.
Reedsburg.—Andrew J. Jansen has
returned from the Gettysburg celebra
tion with a broken arm. He broke the
limb last spring and when greeted by
a company member whom he had not
seen for fifty years It was broken
again.
Neenah. —On the farm of J. J.
Hill 15,000 cabbage plants were
planted in eight hours. A transplant
ing machine was used.
Elkhorn.—Leon Scanlan, seventeen
years old, committed suicide by
cutting his throat. Despondency is
supposed to be the cause.
Appleton.—One hundred and sev
enteen pickerel in less than two
hours is a record established by
George Loos, Appleton; Fred Burrill,
Fred Brown and Fred Nelson, Green
Bay, and Charles Stoeffer, New Lon
don. The pickerel averaged two
pounds apiece and were caught in the
Wolf river near New London.
Fond du Lac. —Thieves robbed
the safe of the post office at Ke
waskum and then stole a team of
horses and drove 25 miles to this city
and escaped. The horses were found
here and restored to the owner.
Waukesha.—An epidemic of mumps
struck the Wisconsin industrial school,
12 inmates and three officers being
quarantined.
Waukesha. —PracticaMy all of the
160 school teachers that taught last
season have been re-engaged, accord
ing to G. B. Rhoades, superintendent
of county schools. The reappointment
in most cases includes an increase in
salary. There are 117 rural schools
in Waukesha county. Prof. A. E. Wil
bur of the Whitewater normal school
and Prof. J. A. Book, Manitowoc, are
new members of the teachers’ insti
tute, ’'which will hold its annual confer
ence in Waukesha on August 11 to 15.
Dodgeville.—The tenth anniversary
of the ordination and installation of
Rev. P. S. Nestande, present pastor of
the Lutheran church, will be celebra
ted from July 13 to 20. Special serv
ices, a county convention and a big
picnic will be features of the week.
Rev. N. A. Giere, Spring Valley, Minn.,
who installed Rev. Mr. Nestande, will
spend the week here and preach at all
the festive services. He will also de
liver the annual address at the Young
People’s Luther league convention and
picnic, which is to be held at Bethle
hem church, near Edmund, on Friday,
July 18.
Fond du Lac. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank
lin Swet of this city have just celebra
ted the fiftieth anniversary of their
wedding.
Madison. —In reply to District Attor
ney James H. Hill of S?auk county,
who complains that liquor is being
sold on the grounds of the state park
at Devils lake, Attorney General Owen
advises that the law forbids the sale of
intoxicating liquors within the boun
daries of or within one mile of any
ntate park.
Kenosha. —Henry Kramer, a team
ster in the town of Paris, was tram
pled to death by a team of horses
which became frightened at a train.
Sheboygan.—The Missouri synod of
the Lutheran church convened in this
city, the opening services being con
ducted by President Strassen.
Waukesha. —At the reunion of the
Twenty-eighth Wisconsin Civil war
veterans, held here, Barker of
Brookfield was elected president;
Charles Hengen, Delafield, vice-presi
dent; S. R. Bell, Milwaukee, secretary
and treasurer; Fred Wardrobe, Wau
kesha, historian, and A. E. Matheson,
Elkhorn, chaplain. There were 100
present to celebrate the fiftieth anni
versary of the battle of Helena.
Appleton.—Prof. C. J. Bushnell,
head of the sociology department of
Lawrence college, has resigned to ac
cept the presidency of the Pacific uni
versity of Forest Grove, Ore. Edgar
A. Brazelton, director of pianoforte at
the Lawrence conservatory of music,
has resigned and will open a school
of music in Milwaukee.
Superior.—Stumbling upon a live
wire while out picking wild strawber
ries in a field near her home, five
year-old Mildred Thorsten was electro
cuted. One hand was burned off and
a deep hole burned in her back before
members of the fire department could
cut the wire.
Portage.—Arthur Larkin, seven
teen years old, was drowned in
the Wisconsin river at Kilbourn while
working on the power daqri of the
Southern Wisconsin Power compary.
The body has been recovered.
Madison. —An award was made
by the industrial commision re
quiring the Milwaukee Electric Rail
way and Heat company to pay to Nick
Kloepek and wife of Milwaukee $1,004
for the death of their son John, who,
while in the employ of the company
as lineman, fell from a pole and frac
tured his skull.
Green Bay.—Joseph Miller of Green
Bay, thirty years old, was sent to the
state prison for three years when he
pleaded guilty to robbing the residence
Df Peter Nye.
You are nervous when the nerves [
are poisoned by impure blood or
starved by thin, watery blood. In
such cases no nerve tissue need be
created, but the blood has only to
be restored to a normal, healthy
state to make the nerves strong
and well.
To make your blood rich and red
take Dr. Williams* Pink Pills.
Give them a thorough trial and for
get all about your nenes. The
chances are that your nenous
troubles will vanish when your
blood is made perfectly healthy.
Dr. Williams* Pink Pills a-e a
fine remedy for the treatment of
nervous prostration, nervous de
bility, neuralgia, sciatica, nervous
dyspepsia and St. Vitus’ dance.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists at 50 cents per box
or six boxes for $2.50 or by the
•"j Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
On the laugh-and-grow-fat principle,
he laughs best who laughs least.
Don’t worry over the past. The fu
ture will give you cause enough.
Mra.Winßlow’a Soothing Syrup for Children*
teething, softens the g-ums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays pain, cures wind colic,2sc a bottle.Uv
Life is a masquerade. Otherwise
people would fall in love at first
sight.
There are only two kinds of women
I am afraid of —the married one and
the single ones.
The pen is mightier than the sword
when it comes to getting a fool man
Into real trouble.
Equivocal.
“Isn’t this adverse criticism hard
on my ripe art?”
“It’s rotten!”
Where the Calculator Scores.
The best tradition requires that
whenever a lightning calculator tells
how many seconds there were in the
life of Methuselah some one must
shout. “Wrong! You’ve muffed It
this time. I ye figured the whole thing
out, and here are the figures.”
Whereupon the lightning calculator re
ceives an armful of papers, glances
at the first few sheets, looks up, grin
ning and chuckles: "Just as I thought.
You’ve forgotten the leap years.”
Peculiar Pets.
An English major with a penchant
for entomology asserts that the hor
net is “a gentle, inoffensive creature,
very suitable for a pet.” This re
minds one of an incident in the life of
the late Lord Avebury. Traveling one
day on a railway train with a pet
wasp in his pocket, he hurriedly
thrust his hand into his pocket to get
his ticket, and the wasp stung him. He
did not blame the wasp, however, as
his hurried action had frightened the
creature. Wasps hate frequently be
come pets, but the major is said to
be the first to turn the hornet into
one.
Domestic Breadmaking.
With a fear of scarcity of bread
through shortage of flour, one recalls
Cobbett’s view of the woman in the
house who, provided with materials,
still lacked a loaf. “As to the art of
making bread,” he wrote, “it would be
shocking indeed if that had to bo
taught by the means of books. Every
woman, higher low, ought to know
how to make bread; if she do not she
Is a mere burden upon the community.
Vet it is but too true that many wom
en knew nothing of the making of
bread . . . Even servant women
In abundance appear to think that
loaves made by the baker are things
jf their pure creation—things, too, in
which no one else can participate.
Now, is not this an enormous evil.”
Cobbett’s words, however, failed to
touch the kitchen, for the “enormous
evil” still exists!
FOUND A WAY
To Be Clear of Coffee Troubles.
“Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit, and finally his stomach,
and kidneys got in such a bad condi
tion that he was compelled to give up
a. good position that he had held for
years. He was too sick to work. His
skin was yellow, and there didn’t
seem to be an organ in his body that
was not affected.
“I told him I felt sure his sickness
was due to coffee and after some dis
cussion he decided to give it up.
“It was a struggle, because of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try it
and then it was easy to leave off
coffee.
“His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
clear, kidneys grew better until at last
he was a new man altogether, as a re
sult of leaving off coffee and taking up
Postum. Then I began to drink it too.
“Although I was never as bad off as
my husband, I was always very ner
vous and never at any time very
strong, only weighing 95 lbs. before 1
began to use Postum. Now I weigh
115 lbs. and can do as much work as
anyone my size, I think.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, “The
Road to Wellville.”
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum (must be boiled.)
Instant Postum doesn’t require boil
ing, but is prepared instantly by stir
ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes it right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in a
heaping spoonful and temper it with a
large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
fcave It served that way in the futura,
“There’s a Reason” for Postum.