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DES MOINES, IOWA

KNOX INELIGIBLE CONSTITUTION SEEMS TO BAR

HIM FROM CABINET.

QUESTION MUCH DISCUSSED

Salary Increase during His Tenure of Office May Debar Him

from Secretaryship.

Washington, I) . Feb. 10.—Much discussion has boon arotiBed over a question, raised, as to whether Sena­tor Philander C. Knox of Pennsyl-vaia, who has been selected to be secretary of s tate in the Tnft cabi­net , is el igible under the consti tu­t ion of the United States. Attention has been called to section vi . ar t icle i . of the consti tut ion, which reads as follows:

"No senator or representat ive shall , during the t ime for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authori ty of the Unit­ed States, which shall have i ieen creati d or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such t ime."

During Mr. Knox's present term as senator the salaries of al l cabinet of­f icers owre increased from $8,000 to 512,000 a year. As the term of Sena­tor Knox does not empire uuCil March 4, 1911, two years after the t ime when his name would be sent by Mr. Taft to the senate for con­firmation, the question is asked if Mr. Knox will be able consti tut ionally to accept the state portfolio.

Mr. Knox declined to discuss the point , when the matter was brought to his at tention.

The only precedent recalled in a similar case was that of the late Senator Random of North Carolina, who asw appointed by President Cleveland to be minister to Mexico, the emolument of which office was raised while Mr. Ransom was a mem­ber of the senate. Under the de­cision ren ' iewd liy the controller of the treasury i t was held that Senator Ransom could not become minister to Mexico.

SIOUX CITY SNOWBOUND.

Street Cars Stal led and All Trains Are Annulled.

Sioux City. Ia. , Feb. 10.—Rivaling in i ts intensity the worst bl izzards ~ j f pioneer days, the storm which has swept down from the northwest is at i ts height in Sioux City.

Thirteen inches of snow lias fal len but this f igure gives l i t t le idea of the great drif ts which have been piled high on the streets by a heavy north­west wind.

The wind at t ime reached a maxi­mum velocity of f if ty-five miles an hour between 8 and 9 o 'clock but kept blowing at a l ively rate al l day. Cars are stal led in the streets by the huge drif ts , being unable to get back into their barns.

Divorce and Marriage Void. •Mount Vernon, III . , Feb. 10.—Be­

cause Xett ie Louise Smith violated the order of .Judge I iut ler by marry­ing A. A. Schatta. the court declared void both her decree of divorce from Smith and her marrying to Schatta. She and Schatta were married in Paducab. Ky., and she was brought into court on an at tachment.

Oil Ouster Suit Ruling Delayed. •lefferson City, Mo., Feb. lu.—The

expected ruling from the Supreme Court of Missouri on the motion for a revision of the decree of ouster against the Standard Oil Company :>f Indiana and the Republic Oil Com­pany of Ohio was postponed today, owing to the i l lness of .Just ice Bur­gess.

Prison Warden Fined for Cctempt. Litt le Rock, Feb. in.—James Pit-

cock, superintendent of the Arkansas peniteutary. was f ined $500 by Chan­cellor Martineau for contempt of court . Pitcock had been instructed to remove the convicts from the yards of the Arkansas Brick and Manufact­uring Company. I t is al leged the superintendent secreted himself to prevent service of injunction papers.

Oklahoma Timber Frauds. Muskogee, Okla. , Feb. 10.—The fed­

eral grand jury completed i ts probe into the al leged t imber thefts and frauds in the Chotaw Indian nation here yesterday afternoon and return­ed twenty-seven true bil ls . The names of the indicted persons wil l not be made public unti l warrants have been issued.

Negro is Freed. Ottumwa, la . , Feb. 10.--With Joe

Hopkins, the negro suspect arrested yesterday and charged with the mur­der of pret ty Clara Rosen, freed upon proving his inocencc, the police have Btarted anew in their search of the slayer of the pret ty choir s inger.

Iowa State News Events of Recent Occurrence Throughout the

Commonwealth.

NEVADA! "GO ON, SOA .UM."

FIANCEE'S SKILL IN VAIN.

Dr. O. W. Woodard of Nashua Dies of Typhoid.

Nashua.—Dr. O. W. Woodard, a prominent young pliysici ; ;n of this ci ty, passed away at the home of Dr. P. E. Stuart after an eight eeeks ' seige of tpvhoid fever. Dr. Woodard came to Nr.nhua about a year dgo from Crinnell and began the J>raciice of medicine. l ie was taken down with typhoid lever Thanksgiving day and was removed to the home of Dr. Stuart , where he was cared for dur­ing his s ickness by his f inancee, .Miss Lil l ian Higgles, a trained nurse, who was summoned here from Idaho to care for him.

Peas Consignment Seized. Davenport .—Nine hundred cases of

canned peas, containing L'l . t iOO cans were seized )>y Dr. A. Brown of Des Moines, represent ing the United States department ot agriculture. The t .eas were in possession of the Smith Brothers and Burdock Company, local jobbers, and the the output of the Wisconsin I 'ea Canning company, Manitowoc, Wis. I t is the 'argest •seizure of canned goods that has been made under the pure food and drugs law and is based upon the cJa ' .m that the cans are labelled "two pounds" and weigh but twenty-four ounces each.

. FARMERS' GRAIN MEN MEET.

Elect Officers at Sioux City—About 2,000 Gather.

Sioux City.—Fifteen hundred mem­bers of the Farmers ' drain Dealers ' associat ion of Iowa at their annual convention elected 4)dicers as follows: President—J. II . Brown of Rockwell City. First vice president—M. Hatha­way of Pierson. Second vice presi­dent—J. W. I lagans of I tanium. Sec­retary—C. C. Messerole of Cowrie. Treasurer—F. If . ( lot-man of Doug­herty. Directors-John Ruthven of Ruthven, .1. W. 1 lagans of I iarniim, Hans Moeller of Sioux Center , \V. S. Foley of Melvin, Thomas Mc.Manus of Dougherty, . j . E. Merenc.is of (Hidden, B. Hathaway of Pierson. Action was taken toward forming a co­operative insurance company to pro­tect (he elevators of the associat ion. Federal inspection of grain and recip­rocal demurrage is favored. Much op­posit ion developed against the propos­ed central izat ion of schools.

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ONE KIDNEY GONE

A Universi /y Expedit ion. Iowa City.—The proposed tr ip un­

der the auspices of the universi ty to the Layson islands, in. the Pacific ocean, for the purpose of securing specimens, drawings and information so the islands can be reproduced in miniature is at tract ing at tention over the country. Contributions aiv coming in from all over. Even the state of .Maine has ci t izens who are interested in the pro­j e c t .

Cut Water Rates in Half . Iowa City.—The council here has

ordered the ci ty solici tor to prepare an ordinance cutt ing down the price of water per cent to private con­sumers. This act ion is the result of the fai lure of the water company to take suitable steps to remedy the water si tuation in Iowa Cif>, i t ap­pearing by chemical tests that the ci ty water has been unfi t to drink for manv months.

Fair Managers Unite. Mason City.—The Interstate As

social ion of Fair Managers has been organized here with T. H. Wadsworth of Algona, president and W. B. Clark of Marshall town, vice-president and C. H. Barber, Mason City, secretary and treasurer. The object , of the forma­t ion of the organization Is to foster better fairs and prevent confl ict in dates, or to arrange dates that wil l be sat isfactory to al l and for the further purpose of securing a better l ine of at tract ions for this section of the state. Among the ci t ies represented were Marshall town. Eldora, Algona, Mason City, Osage, Charles City, Hamp.un, Austin and Albert Lea and Nashua.

Near the Sheriff 's Hammer. .Marshall town.— » he Peterson Jleat .

Light and Water company, organized here a few years ago by Des Moines capital is ts , came near going under the sheriff 's hai 'ntner for a claim of $105.25, held by the A. E. S. iorthi l l company. Just before the sale was to begin Hiram Draper, a director in the com­pany from Chicago, appeared at the court house and paid the claim.

Mother Beats Pullet . Belle Plaine.—'The t irst annual ex­

hibit ion of the Provressive pouitry Breeders" associat ion has just closed here . The exhibit ion was very good, there bi ing about ."on birds entered, and many of them very l ine ones, among t l iem being a daughter of "P"j?gy'he famous $10,000 prize l ien, which scored US. The pullet scored !•<;.

Gyprum Plant at Fort Dodge. Fort Dodge.—During a meeting of

the officers and directors of the Unit­ed States ( ;>psum company at Chi­cago recently, i t was decided to re­open offices in Fort Dodge for the handling of business of the company in Iowa. The general offices were here originally but were later remov­ed to Chicago and then brought back, Two years ago the general offices were again removed and this t ime taken to Minneapolis . where they st i l l are.

Fort Dodge Gets Theater . Fort Dodge.—In case the Des

Moines Life Insurance company does not rebuild the recently destroyed Midland theater building, a $50,000 theater wil l he erected in the spring by John Schaupp, a Fort Dodge capi­tal is t . .Mr. Schaupp made a state­ment that he would starr operations by March should he learn defini tely that the destroyed building would not be rebuil t into a theater , giving Fort Dodge a playhouse that would be a credit .

Wapello Loses Factory. Wapello.— The button factory has

suspended operations for lack of suit­able buildings in which to larry on i ts wcrk. A peti t ion is being circulated among the ci t izens for the purpose of raising sufficient funds to erect a suitable building for factory purposes.

Child Dies in A Puddle. Leon.—Sunday the l i t t le son of Mr.

and Mrs. Kopecky, of near Cainsvil le , fel l into a small puddle of water and mud near the family home ; |nd when found by the mother a few moments later , was dead. The child had been playing about the house and yard un­noticed by the mother and when she did miss the child and started a search for him she found the l i t t le body lying face down in a puddle back of the house.

Missing Druggist Found. Burlington.- The local police have

found W. II . Mttlnix. the Potwin, Kas. , druggist who has been missing for some t ime. He has been spend­ing the t ime in this ci ty unknown to these for whom he was working.

Revival Planned At Mason City. .Mason City.—Union revival meet­

ings are in progress in the Congrega­t ional church with Rev. C. C Smith of Chicago, a well known evangelist , in charge . He is assisted by Rev. Mr. I .oper. who has charge* of the singing.

Two Bluffs Men Drown. Council Bluffs ,—Lake Mam wa may

have collected a part of i ts annual tol l of human life. Tom Kendall and .1. W. Mergen, two local business nien, went hunting on the lake tst id up to the present t ime, have not been seen. A black hat worn by Mergen was found floating in the water not far from a capsized boat . Searching part ies are engaged in dragging the lake near the scene of the supposed drowning.

Corwith Farmer Bankrupt. Fort Dodge.—George De Witt , a

farmer residing near Corwith, f i led a peti t ion of bankruptcy with Deputy United States Clerk Johnston in the federal courts . His l iabil i t ies are placed at $7,000, with no assets .

Cement Plant to Resume. Mason City.—-The Northwestern

States Port land Cement factory, which has been shut down since December 1, undergoing extensive repairs and enlargement, wil l s tarte up soon.

Robberies At Oelwein. Oelwein.—Two grocery stores in

Oelwein were entered and each lost al l the money on hand in tho cash drawers. Sachtleben and Gremmels lost about $20 in cash, and the burg­lars obtained a $13 haul in cash from J. F. Ridler . The robbers entered by means of skelton keys, as the doors were found open in the morning.

Dan Cupid on the Job. Des Moines.—Danny Cupid is on

the job this year. Since Jan. 1 he has sent 128 couples to the marriage li­cense clerk at the court house. In the same length of t ime last year but 92 l icenses were issued, showing an increase of 36 over the 1908 rec­ord.

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Men's [niU'i i t welt i l l "11 s tyle $3.48 IOPK. I l i ' j f i i l i i r ' l jS HIIOO. NOW

Men's kid lace sl ioe*. I t ovular $!<.</> <M nQ values. "Twice it year" price-

Men's Knngiiroo Outlier lined HUOCH, $5.28 Keirnhir vulueti . St i le price

Twice-a-Year Shoe Sa! prudent, the opportuni ;

here again. These goods ar^ what you want. Correc.

shapes, best leathers, s tandard grades. Note these prices:

1 ) I K S ' S H < » K S . Leather White Kid top. My

hue. "Twice it year" sale price ' l 'u tent Lent her Hlueher la<-c shoes,

top, regular shoe. Sale price . Patent Leather Uand-niai le sl ices in tan and black cloth top. Hale price . S S H O E S . Men's Strong & (iart leld patent Mueller , nl i t ln toe. Regular $<1 shoe, sale price. . . Men's vlci kid leather l ined shoes. Re­gular $. '» shoe. K-iIe price at

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talker Shoe Co tli Walrat

SPOILS PLAN GIVEN JOLT PRESIDENT SENDS CENSUS BILL

VETO TO CONGRESS.

See# Attempt to Grab People 's Per­quisi tes—Rap at the Poli­

t icians.

Washington.—"The evil effects of the spoils system and of the custom of t reat ing appointments to the public service as personal perquisi tes of pro­fessional poli t icians are peculiarly evi­dent in the case of a great public work l ike the taking of the census, a work which should emphatical ly be done for the whole people and with an eye sin­gle to their interest ."

In these words President Roosevelt j Fr iday summed up a message to the I house of represent at i ves returning wi t h-! out his approval the bil l providing

for the taking of the next census, be­cause of the provision prescribing that

I appointments shall be made on the I basis of non-competi t ive examinations | instead of through the civil service ! commission. As passed by congress I the bil l permitted members and sena­tors to designate persons for posit ions

j a l ter they had undergone a simple ex­amination.

Incidental ly the president referred to the provision authorizing the print­ing of census reports by private con­cerns and laid stress on the point that where work was so al lot ted the eight-hour law should be "applied in effective fashion."

Outside of those matters , the presi­dent said that on the whole the 1)111 was sat isfactory to him and repre­sented an improvement upon previous legislat ion on the subject . The house adjourned without act ion on the mes­sage.

IS MODERN JEAN VALJEAN.

Il l inoisan Caught After 21 Years ' Free­dom from Prison. 4

Marion, III . — Another "Jean Val-jean" case, with i ts sorrowful de­tai ls of a respected ci t izen being brought low and a home broken by a crime thought long forgotten, l ias oc­curred near here.

Jack D. lshain, who for the last . 1G years has been a prosperous and high­ly respected farmer, and who owns many broad acres about eight miles east of here, is the man. Yesterday when returning from church he was arrested. He escaped from the Ten­nessee penitentiary in 18SS. The shock of his arrest was so great that he fainted. After being placed in jai l here he confessed, abandoned hope of regaining freedom, sent word to his family to sel l his farm and other prop­erty and leave. He told how he es­caped from the state 's prison and roamed around the country before set­t l ing down on the farm.

Coquelin Cadet , Actor, Is Dead. Paris . — Ernest . Alexandre l ion-

ore Coquelin, the French actor known under the name of Coquelin Cadet , died in a hospital in Paris yes­terday. He was a brother of Benoit-Constant Coquelin (Coquelin AineJ, who died January 27.

The last , public appearance of M. Coquelin, whose talents had won him something of the same glory achieved by his more famous brother, was as the Abbe Merlin in "L'Amour Veil le ," at the Contedie Franeaise in October of 190".

Receiver for Jewelry Firm. Cincinnati .—On peti t ion of Now

York creditors, Robert De Vo Carroll was Monday appointed receiver for the Herman Keck Manufacturing Com­pany by United States Judge A. C. Thompson. The company deals in precious stones. The l iabil i t ies are stated to be about $194,000 and assets $30,000.

Will Debate on Prohibit ion. Milwaukee.—Mayor David S. Rose

Saturday night issued a formal let-accepting a challenge to debate prohibit ion question with Rev.

Samuel Dickey, president of Albion college, Albion, Mich. Mayor Rose wil l take the negative side.

ter the

Miners ' Convention Closes. Indianapolis , Ind.—After selecting

Indianapolis as the place for holding the convention next year the conven­t ion of the United Mine Wrrkers of America adjourned Saturday.

Dayton Has Another Murder. Dayton, O.—Late Friday after­

noon the body of a young wom­an was dragged out of a cistern in the rear of a vacant house. I ler brother, whom she was visi t ing, l ias identif ied her as Lizzie Fulhart , IS years old, of Vandalia, O.

New Orleans Has Big Fire. New Orleans.—Sparks from a donkey

engine set f ire to the wharf at the $3,000,000 Chalmette plant of the American sugar refinery Friday. The loss is $200,000.

PANAMA MAKES A PROTEST.

Object to Rainey's Attack on I ts Pres­ident in Congress.

Washington. — C. C. Arosemana. the Panama minister , yesterday called at the state department and fi led a protest from his government against the speech made in the house fi t ' representat ives by Mr. Rainey of I l l inois in which President ObahPa of Panama was severely at tacked. The minister acted in pursuance of instruc­t ions cabled by his government.

Secretary Bacon refused to comment on the action taken by the Panama minister , but said that he expected to make a statement to-day concerning the matter .

The national assembly of Panama about a week ami unanimously ap­proved a resolution in which i t was declared that " the assembly publicly .and solemnly protests against the in­sult to the ch ie f executive of Panama. Domingo de Obaldia, as implied in the parl iament of a fr iendly nation."

The resolution further stated that the "slanderous assert ions" of Mr. Rainey "deserve to be considered only because of the official chaiaeier of the one who made them."

But Cured After Doctors Said Yhere Was No Hope.

S.vlvanus O. Verri l l , Millori i , Me., says: "Five years ; tgo a bad injury

paralyzed me and affect i ;d my kid­neys. My back hurt me terribly, and the urine was bad­ly disordered. Doc­tors said my right kidney was practi­cal ly ( lead. They said 1 could never walk again. 1 read

of Bonn's Kidney Pil ls and began us­ing them. One box made me stronger and freer from pain. I kept on using them and in three months was able to ;et out on crutches, and the kidnexs vvere act ing belter . I improved tap-idly, discarded the crutches and to the wonder of mv fr iends was soon completely cured. '1

Sold by al l dealers. . '0 cents a box Poster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.

INAPPROPRIATE.

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TARIFF TO BE DISCUSSED.

Convention at Indianapolis to Be At­tended by 2,COO Delegates.

New York.—Announcement was made Sunday that the convention or the national tariff commission, which wil l be held in Indianapolis on Feb­ruary 16, in an endeavor to bring about the establishment of a perma­nent bi-part isan tariff commission, wil l l ie at tended by more than 2,000 delegates, including representat ives of manufacturing concerns, many con­gressmen and financial interests .

The speakers wil l include: Oscar S. Straus, secretary of commerce and la­bor; Senators Beveridge of Indiana, and Cummins of Iowa, Thomas R. Mar­shall , governor of Indiana; Congress­man Bourke Cockran, Henry R. Towne, president of the Merchants ' associat ion of New York, and John M Stal i l . president Fanners ' National congress.

"I am glad that Washington's bir thday is a hol iday; i t g ives me

chance to l ie in bed in the morning. "( leorge wouldn' t l ike to have you

celebrate his bir thday by lyi im."

CHILD HAD SIXTY BOILS.

NOT AFFECTED BY DEPRESSION

One Big Industry That Makes I ts Bus* ness Grow and Expand During

Year of Business Depression.

When a manufacturing establish­ment reaches out in a year of depres­sion and increases and expands i ts business, while others in the same line diminish their outputs or stand st i l l , i t is because there must be some un­usually good reason for i t . In this instance a splendid reputat ion and a n i o r e- tht in-oidit iaiy meri torious prod net were responsible for the showing made.

The Mayer Boot & Shoe Company, Milwaukee, the largest shoe establish men! in the Northwest , has just ciosed i ts f iscal year, and reports an increase in sales over the corresponding period of last year. TMs exceptional show in; . ' speaks volumes for the genuine merit of Mayer shoes, and is directly at tr ibuted to their high standard, and because of the fact that Mayer shoes have become universally and popular­ly known as "shoes of quali ty."

The leading brands are "Honorbil t" f ine shoes for men. "Leading Lady' ' f ine shoes for women. "Yerma" Cush­ion shoes for both men and women (these are exceptionally f ine shoes for people t ioubled with tender feet) ; the popular "Martha Washington" Com­fort shoes, which have (he largest sale of any shoes of this kind in the world, and the "Special Merit" School shoes (a strong and sturdy l ine of seamless school shoes that wear l ike iron).

HE ALMOST REMEMBERED IT.

And Suffered Annually with a Red Scald-Like Humor on Her Head.

BAD FIRE AT CHARLOTTESVILLE.

Loss of $220,000 Sustained by Blaze in Virginia City.

Charlottesvil le . Va.—-The most dis­astrous f ire here in 21 years Friday destroyed property valued at $220.(100. The blaze originated in the building of the Charlottesvil le Hardware Company on Fast Main street .

The People 's National bank building had a narrow escape from destruction, the two upper stories being gutted.

The fronts of l ive s tores on the north side of Main stret also were burned. The fire was gotten under control . Aid was summoned from Lynchburg and Staunton, but the fire companies were stopped before reach­ing Charlottesvil le .

Wants Premium for Mothers. Des Moines, la .—One dollar to the

mother of every baby born in Iowa. Representat ive Full iani Friday intro­duced such a bil l as a substi tute to the tax on babies measure?"It provides that the mother of a nt. \w born baby shall be paid one dollar by the county treasurer upon receipt of a cert if icate signed by the mother and the at tend ing physician.

Girls Hold Up a Railroad. New York".—Armed with a six-shoot­

er , Miss Winifred Noone of Shady

Side, N. J . , is holding up the I2rie rai l­road. Day and night she and her niece. May Morgan, guard their l i t t le home. Twice single-handed they have driven the rai lroad employes off the premises when they at tempted to lay rai ls .

Seek Farmers ' Packing House. Mason City, la .—A farmers ' co-op­

erat ive packing house, owned and man­aged by stock raisers is now being promoted in the state. E. G. Dunn, s tate organizer of the Farmers ' Co-op­erat ive societ ies, is promoting i t , backed by James H. Brown, president of the State Grain Dealers ' associat ion.

Child 's Prank Causes Deaths. McGregor. Tex .—Mr. and Mrs. J . R.

Wallace died from burns received front the explosion of oi l thrown into a blazing grate by a two-year-old child.

Incendiary Fire Destroys Factory. Carlisle, Pa.—An incendiary f ire de­

stroyed the E. J . Gardner axle and ma-cli ino works Sunday. The loss wil l reach $7r>,000. An at tempt was made short ly before on the big Carl isle Man­ufacturing Company's plant ,

Cat in Well Poisons Family. Danvil le, 111.—Robert Johnson and

wife and family of three children were poisoned by drinking water from a well in which a dead cat had fal len. Two of the children are said to be near death.

Troubles Cured by Cuticura.

"When my l i t t le Vivian was about six months old her head broke out in boils . She had about sixty in al l and I used Cuticura Softp and Cuticura Ointment which cured her entirely. Some t ime later a humor broke out be. hind her ears and spread up on to her head unti l u was nearly half cov 3red. The humor looked l ike a scald very red with a st icky, clear f luid com ing from it . This occurred every spring. 1 always used Cuticura Soap and Ointment which never tai led 'o heal i t t ip. The last t ime i t broke ant i t became so bad that I was dis­couraged. But I continued the use of Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Resol­vent unti l she was well and l ias never been troubled in the last two years. Mrs. M. A. Schwerin, 074 Spring Wells Ave. , Detroit , Mich. , Feb. 24, 190S." Pott i-r Drug .V Chr:n Corn. , Solo Props. , l instun.

Enforced Economy. A friend of Pat 's was caught In a

shower near his cottage and asked shelter from the elements. Pat opened the door. One of the first things the fr iend saw was rain coming steadily through a hole in the roof.

"Pat , boy," said he. "for why don' t ye f ix t l i ' hole in t l i ' roof?"

"The hole in the roof, is i t?" asked Pat , spearing for an excuse. "Oil . vis . I would, ye know, Imt whin th ' rain is conii i ' . ' in I can ' t f ix i t . an ' whin i t don' t rain i t don' t need f ixin ' ."

Criminali ty of Waste. If I wanted to Main a child to !>c

thrif ty 1 should teach him to abhor waste. I l iu not mean waste of money; that cures i tself , because very soon there is no money to waste - imt waste of material , waste of something that is useful but that you caunoi rep­resent in money value to the waster . There is waste of water , waste of gas and things of that kind. If yon would wish \our children to l ie thrif ty I would beg to impress upon t l ietn the criminali ty of waste.-—Lord Rosehery, in an Kdinbiirgh Address.

Not Afraid of a Ghost . , 'n a vil lage in ICngland. a month or

so ago. a man came running into an inn at nine o 'clock at night and cried out that there was a ghost in his back yard. There were 14 men in the inn, and not one of them dared to go home with the man and investigate. There was a person who dared, however, a ad that was the landlord 's daughter , a gir l of 14. Some of the men followed her at a distance, and she went into the yard and up to the ghost f lapping i ts arms about, and discovered — what? That i t was no mors noi less than a man's white shir t f lapping on the '• lol l ies l ine in a strong breeze. Thai 's about the way al l chosts turn -nit .

NO MEDICINE

But a Change of Food Gave Relief .

Many persons are learning that l rugs are not the thing to rebuild .vorn out nerves, but proper food is required.

There Is a certain element in the :ereals , wheat , barley, etc. , which is ?rown there by nature for food to brain and nerve t issue. This is the phos­phate of potash, oi which Grape-Nuts food contains a large proport ion.

In making this food al l the food ele­ments in the two cereals , wheat and barley, are retained. That is why so many heretofore nervous and run down people f ind in Grape-Nuts a true nerve and brain food.

"I can say that Grape-Nuts food has done much for me as a nerve renew-er." writes a Wis. bride.

"A few years ago, before my mar­riage, 1 was a bookkeeper in a large f irm. I became so nervous toward the end of each week that i t seemed 1 must give up ray posit ion, which 1 f .culd not . aff .vd to do.

"Mother purchased some Grape-Nuts and we found i t net only delicious but I noticed from day to day that 1 was improving unti l I f inally realized I was net nervous any irore.

"I have recommended it to fr iends as a brain and nerve food, never hav­ing found i ts equal . I owe much to Grape-Nuts as i t saved me from a nervous collapse, and enabled me to retain my posit ion."

Name given by Postum Co., Batt le Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well-vil le ," in pkgs. '"There 's a Reason."

I ' .ver read (l ie above let ter? A new one nppenr* from tl inp to t ime. Tlioy " r* Kenulue, tvi!- ' , und full ot l iuiuaii Intercut .

Boy at Least Had Combination Some­where Near Right.

Donald had returned from a visi t | to the country, and was full of rem-

i i n i sce i i ces of persons and things that j had interested him. "I met a boy,

mamma." he said, " that had the queer­est name I ever heard. He said his

i folks found it in the Old Testament. I I t was— i t was—let me see—yes, i t j wiis Father Will iam, or Will iam Fa­ther: I 've forgotten just now which.

' But i t was one or the other." ! -But. Donald," said his mother, ; " there is no such name as Father Wil-1 l iam or Will iam Father in the Old ! Ttestament." I "Are you siffe, mamma?" j " | certainly am, dear. I have read . i t through several t imes. Will iam is a

comparatively modern name. I t isn ' t anywhere in the Bible."

i "Well , hut—oil . I remember now!" | exclaimed Donald, " i t was Bildad!"—

Youth's Companion.

FULL OF HARMONY.

i Old Sport—I suppose you've come | of a musical family?

The Other—Musical! Bless you, s ir , I why even our dog's got a brass band | round i ts neck!

Prof. Munyon l ias generously placed his Cold Cure with druggists through­out the rni ted States and has author­ized them to sel l i t for the small sum of 2r> cts . a bott le . He says these pellets contain no opium, morphine, co­caine or other harmful drugs, and he

! guara t tees that they wil l rel ieve the head, throat and lungs almost imme­diately. He gives this guarantee with each bott le of his medicine: "If you buy my Cold Cure and it does not give perfect sat isfaction. I wil l refund your money." Prof. Munyon has just issued a Magazine-Almanac, which wii l b-sent free to any person who addresses The Munyon Company. Philadelphia

Original Wedding Cake. I t is said to be a curious fact that

i the wedding cake, that elaborate, in­digest ible compound so indispensable

j a t the modern marriage ceremony, is the direct descendant of a cake made of water , f lour and sal t , of which, at the Roman high-class weddings, the married couple ana ihe witnesses par-

; took at the t ime of the signing of | the contract .—Housekeeping.

Deafness Cannot Be Cured by lorul applications, us llioy cannot roacli tlie wvil portion of ttic car. There Is only one way tv* mire i.eafm'ss, and that is by constitutional rornedkf. JJeafntss is caused by an inflamed condilion of the mucous lining of tho Kustaehian 'lube. When this lube is Inllamed you have a rumbling sound or im­perfect hearing, and when it id entirely closed, Deaf­ness ts the result, and unless the inflammation euti be taken out and this tube restored to it.* normal condi­tion, hearing will be destroyed forever - nine '»ase§ out of ten are caused by Tatarrh, which Is nothing

, but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will i:lve One Hundred Dollar:-} for any case o!

Deafness iraused by catarrh) that cannot be cured >y Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, irep.

I . .1. CHKXKV a CO.. Toledo C Sold bv DriKilists, 7Tic. Hike Hall's Family I'ills for constipation.

Boston Profanity. Katy. aged f ive, and a resident of

I America 's scat of culture, ran to her , fa ther one morning, exclaiming: ! "Father, brother George swore."

"Swore, did he?" inquired the par-j ent, grimly, reaching for the sl ipper. I "What did he say?" ! "He said 'a in ' t , '" responded Katy, I sol tnenly.—Success Magazine.

Removing a Blot . j "Mister ," inquired the tramp, "would

youse contribute a dollar to help beau­t ify your town?"

j "What 's the idea?" j "Fer a dollar I ' l l move on to da

next town."

] Try Murine Kyo Kcmoily For lied, Weill; , Weary, Watery lOyes. Compounded by K>:pirknced Physicians.

. ( ' eitonns lo the i 'ure Knoil and liru^s l.aw. .Murine Doesn't Smart. Soothes Kye. Pain. Try Murine l 'or your Eyes.

The first ( into a gir l is engaged she ! imagines ^a ' she is as important as ; the heroine .n a novel .

A wood hones t remedy for l ihenni i i t i sm. Neura lg ia and Sore Throat , i s l l aml ins Wizard Oi l . Nothing wi l l so quickly dr ive out n i l pa in and inf lammat ion .

Even a wise man occasionally hai t ime for the si l ly chatter of a prett j gir l .

ONI.Y ONK'-l iKOMO QIIfNINK" That Is 1,AXATIVH IIKOMO OtjlMNK. r,c«ii; fe. Ihr siiinnturi! nf 1?. W. (JIIOVK. L'M-II lliu \\ orlU o v e r t o C u r e a C o l d in One Day. Ufte.

Even a girl has no use for the other side of a mirror. •