H You Need a Tonic H
There are times in every woman's, life when she
EI3 needs a tonic to help her over the hard places. L-J
mm When that time comes to you, you know what tonic JM
ri t to take— Cardui, the woman's tonic Cardui Is com
iQfl posed of purely vegetable ingredients, which act
■OS gently, yet surely, on the weakened womanly organs,
LJ and helps build them back to strength and health. |q4
WOU 'lt has benefited thousands and thousands of weak, BQI
LJ ailing women in its past half century of wonderful LJ
success, and it will do the same for you,
W You can't make • mistake in taking
| CARDUI 1
ISI The Woman's Tonic W
wad Miss Amelia Wilson, R. F. D. No. 4, Alma, Ark., |Q|
IQI gays: "1 think Cardui is the greatest medicine on earth,
LJ for women. Before I began to take Cardui, 1 was |q|
so weak and nervous, and had such awful dizzy
fIJ spells and a poor appetite. Now I feel as well and . LJ
as strong as I ever did. and can eat most anything.
Begin taking Cardui today. Sold by all dealers.
wm Has Helped Thousands, la
H Scientific, !;
Farming:
• i nun imn tin iHimf
NEXT SPRING'S BERRYCROP.
Molilun Csndltlene of the Sell Ma
tvidly AffMt Mt* Ylelde.
Berries of all kind*, bks other Mitt
rated cropa, require the right kind of
aotl and preparation for the boat f
suit*, says a contributor to the Farm
Progress. Big and profltablo cropa of
berries grow from aoll that la wall fer
tilised and thoroughly worked before
the planta are aet out In the hllla or
rowa.
Molature condition* of tbe aoll affect
the yield of all klnda of berrlea won
dcrfully. In yeere wben the aoll la
molat during fruiting aeaaon tbe cropa
are uaually large, while at otber sea
sons when the aoll la dry wben the
fruit la aettlng and ripening the cropa
are uaually light and often an entire
failure. Otber thing* conaldered, to
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BAKKTAUQ MAX ÜBS fOU MBBIaS. j
regulate the aoll molsturf of the harry
patch means practically regulating tbe
lenry harvest. ,
The bumas supply In tbe soil deter
mines to a large degree tbe length of
lime moisture will be held during a dry j
■pell during tbe growing season. Tbe
■ore bumus the ltmgsr moisture will
la held; tbe lsee bumus tbe quicker the '
•oil will dry out and the plants suffer.
One of the best ways to supply bumus
to tha soil and at tha same time fur
itsh extra fertility Is to sppty stable
sutnure. Land that Is to be planted to
" berrlea this coming spring should be
tovered heavily with manure this win- 1
ter, the sooner the better.
If tbe berry patch soli Is covered
•arty In tbe winter say kind of fresh
itsble msnure may be used liberally
with safety. During the winter and
•arty spring It will have time to leach,
lecompoea and become mild, to be
turned under wben the soil Is plowed.
It Is not safe to apply and plow under
frssb mauurs for berries. becauae tbe
fresh mauurs haa a tendency through
fermentation and decay to dry the soil
•nd Injure tbs roots of tha young
planta. If berry soil W Tree tad In late
winter or early spring tbs manors
thou Id be reasonably well decompeasd
ind mild. That from cow stables Is
milder than that from horse stables.
For winter treatment of berry soil
any kind of manure of bona produced
fertiliser may be need. A variety Is
better than a sing Is kind. That from
the poultry bouse Is excellent, but must
be acat tared thinly ov*r tbe ground, aa
It Is strong. That from bog and aheap
bouses Is good, but Is rich sad must
be used sparingly. Tha different kinds
may be mixed together for use. Wood
ashes srs excellent fertiliser for all
kinds of fruits and especially good for
email fruits. Tbey may be applied to
the soil any time during tbe winter and
•arly spring. »
One of the beat ways to use poultry
droppings on small fruit soil Is to use
' east ashes or dry soil to mix with and
la servo as moisture and odor absorb
ent for the perch droppings. In this
way the full ralpe of the dropptnge la
■Bred, and when tbe fertiliser la ap
piled with the aliaorlient It Is die In! e
grated and mild for use. Mors surface
ean be covered with tbe same amount
ef fertiliser. Do not. however, use
Wood sshss In tbe poultry bouse aa an
fcbeorbent for poultry droppings, aa tbe
ashee decompose the droiling*.
Ground rock phosphate, either acidu
lated or raw. may be spplled to the
berry eoH with good results. If the
acidulated Is used apply It only Juat
before planting time, or even later,
working It Into tbe aoll between rows
through cultivation, aa It acts quickly.
Baw rock phoapbate may be applied
nay tlrde be foe* preparing tbe aoll be
cause It dissolves very slowly in tbs
aoll. acting slowly, but a longer tims.
One of tbe beat
then applying It mixed with the eta Mr
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« CIVIC PROBLEMS. N
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>0 One might with good reaaon *
0 question wherein a city prollta HI
0 through Its Improvement* If IK
0 they lnjurloualy react upon the *
W home life of Its people. In our N
Ml American cpufmunltles there It 111
0 an enlarging group of cltlsena 0
M who are flndlng their environ- 111
0 ment growing advene, their 111
0 homea growing amaller and the 111
'0 free apaee surrounding .such it
0 where thelq children may play M
IV under parental oversight more ft
ft restricted. Our cities are them- N
m aslves growing larger. Thecen- Ml
M aus of 1110 abowa an urban In- *
ft creaae in population of 54.8 Ml
ft per cent aa contrasted with a Ml
0 rural Increase of only 11.3 per Ml
0 cent. In keeping with thla 0
0 growth there haa gone an In- 0
0 crease In urban wealth with Ml
0 enlarged municipal appropria- Ml
Ml tlona for public improvements 0
0 that steadHy force up taxes. Ml
0 both becauae of the coat m auch 0
0 Improvement* and their reac- Ml
0 tion on social welfare. Various 0
0 reasons have been assigned for Ml
0 this. Undoubtedly there should Ml
Ml be a greater centralisation of Ml
0 authority In the management 0
0 of municipal affairs which 0
0 would bring about a better co- 0
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CITY AND RURAL MARKETS.
' Advantage* of Co-operation In Market-
Ing Farm Produete.
Tbe advantage* of co-operation In tbe
marketing of farm product* are em
phaalsed In tbe annual report of tbe
office, of market* and rural orgitnlxa
tlon of tbe department of agriculture,
which baa Just been published. "The
conclusion seem* arnrrsnted," aaya tbe
report, "that In communities where co
operation la practically applied to tbe
farmer's business tbe results obtained
are far more satisfactory than those
aectircd by Initlrldual metboda." It 1*
eatlmated thnt fanners' co-operntire
marketing and purcbaaing organic* -
'tlona will transact thla year a total
bualaees" amounting to more than 11.
400.01)0.0(10. Agricultural co-operation
In the United Ktotes is therefore far
more prevalent than IN generally be
lieved. but It la not yet upon a null)
clently strong business bnsla. For thU
reason tlit* office of market* ha* studied
the rnrlons methods employed by tbes'
associations and I MIX worked to devls.
I menus by which these metboda enn Is
| perfected. Tbe studio* alao bare In
eluded tbe proralllng metboda of mar
katlng perishable products—grain. c#t
ton, cotton seed, live stock and animal
products.
Stud Is* have also been made of city
msrkets In order to secure In this way
Information which may open up out
lets for farm product*. In this connec
tlon the report calls stteodoo to the
experimental work lu distributing time
iy market information concerning per
lettable products. An effort baa been
made to keep producers informed of
arrival* and condition* in tbe large
mark eta and. on tbe other .hand, to
keep dealers Informed of shipments
from the Important producing sections
Strawberries, peaches, tomstoea end
cantaloupes were tbe cropa covered In
this way during tbe past season. There
Is evidence, saya the report, that aa a
result of thla service distribution baa
been improved, glutted mark eta have
keen prevented to some extent total
Shipments front several district a have
Seen greater than they would have
Been otherwise, and large bodies of
growers have received accurate and
disinterested Information concerning
prevailing conditions In competing pro.
during areas and In distant markets
Several Important newspapers have co
operated In thla work by publishing
thee* report*.
The work of encouraging tbe proper
preparation of products fur market has
been coutlnued. Tbe ultimate aim of
this campaign of education la the ua
ttonal standardisation of market grade*
And alao |*ckages or containers.
Investigation Into tbe problems of
trsnsportstioo and storage haa been
continued with a view to determining
the cauaee of tbe great loss of food
•tuff* between tbe producer and the
consumer. Experimental shipments
by parcel poet and ex|>reae were made
during tbe year with many klnda of
fruits snd berries, lettuce, milk, butter,
eggs, sirup and vegetables. In nearly
every caae It was found that the sue
ceee of tbe shipment depended upon
tbS v Judgment used la selecting tbe
quality of the product and the type of
container.
Another Important dlrlalon of the
work of tbe office for the pest yesr la
Ms rural organisation in reel lgat lons
and in.particular Its study of tlie prol>
lema of rural credit and Insnrauce
1100—Dr. B. Deletion's Antl-l>iu
retlc may be worth mora to you
—more to you than 1106 If you
have a child who soils the bed
ding from Incontinence of water
during sleep. Cures old and young
alike. It arresta the trouble at
once. SI.OO. Sold by Qrsham Dreg
Company. adv.
Photo Amortcan PraM
AaooetaUon.
Monroe Doctrine
In Entire
Harmony With
Pan-Americanism
By ROBERT LANSING. Secretary of Slate
IF I hare correctly interpreted pun-Americanism from the standpoint
of the relation* of our government with thoxe beyond the seas it is
in entire harmony with, the Monroe doctrine. The Monroe doctrine
ia a national policy of the United States; pan-Americanism is an interna
tional policy of the Americas. The motives are to an extent different;
the ends sought are the same, lioth can exist without impairing the
force of either. And both do exist and, I trust, will ever exist in all
their rigor.
BUT PAN-AMERICANISM EXTENDS BEYOND THE SPHERE OP
POLITICS AND PINDS ITS APPLICATION IN THE VARIED FIELDS OF
HUMAN ENTERPRISE. BEARING IN MIND THAT THE ESSENTIAL
IDEA MANIFESTS ITSELF IN CO-OPERATION, IT BECOMEB NECES
SARY FOR EFFECTIVE CO-OPERATION THAT WE SHOULD ,KNOW
EACH OTHER BETTER THAN WE DO NOW. WE MUST NOT ONLY BE
NEIGHBORS, BUT FRIENDS) NOT ONLY FRIENDS, BUT INTIMATES.
WE MUST UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER. WE MUST COMPREHEND
OUR SEVERAL NEEDS. WE MUST STUDY THE PHASES OF MATERIAL
AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS WHICH ENTER INTO THE
VARIED PROBLEMS OF NATIONAL PROQREBS. WE SHOULD} THERE
FORE, 'WHEN OPPORTUNITY OFFERB, COME TOGETHER AND FA
MILIARIZE OURSELVES WITH EACH OTHER'S PROCESSES OF
THOUGHT IN DEALING WITH LEGAL, ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL
QUESTIONS.
Commerce and industry, science and art, public and private low, gov
ernment and education, all those great fields which invite the intellectual
thought of man, fall within the province of the deliberations of this con
gresa. In the exchange of ideas and comparison of experiences we will
come to know one another and to carry to the nations which wo represent
a better and truer knowledge of our neighbors than we have had in the
paat. I believe that from that wider knowlfedge a mutual esteem and
truat will spring which will unite these republics more closely politically,
commercially and intellectually and will give to the pan-American spirit
an impulae and power which it haa rever known before.
We Need Merchant Ships as Delivery
Wagons of Commercial America
By WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON. Mayor ok Chicago
THIS nation ia a great department atore and the nations of the world
its customers. As business men, you know the success of any en
terprise depends upon the ability to get goods to the customer
when the customer wants them. It ought to be apparent to anybody that
if we would maintain our standing an a commercial nation WG MUST
FIND AN OUTLET FOR THE INCREASING SURPLUS OF
MANUFACTURES. It ought to bo equally discernible that if we are
to hold our position in the markets of the world we must insure our
ability to make deliveries at any and all time*.
THE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE THE AMERICAN REG
ISTRY OF MERCHANT SHIPS, AND THEN, THROUGH PROPER LAfoS,
TO MAKE IT WORTH WHILE FOR THEM TO CATER TO AMERICAN
SHIPPING. WE ARE NO WISER THAN THE OSTRICH WHEN WE DE
PEND UPON OUR COMPETITORS TO DELIVER OUR GOODS FOR US.
WHAT WOULD BE THOUGHT OF A DEPARTMENT STORE IN NEW
YORK CITY WHICH WOULD ABOLISH ITB DELIVERY SYSTEM AND DE
PEND UPON A COMPETITOR TO DELIVER ITS WARES? IT DOES NOT
REQUIRE MUCH STUDY TO FORETELL WHAT WOULD BECOME OF
THE BUSINESS. SHIPS ARE THE DELIVERV WAGONS OF COMMER
CIAL AMERICA. LET US SEE THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF THEM, SO
THAT WE SHALL BE ABLE AT ALL TIMES TO GET OUR GOODS TO
OUR CUSTOMERS.
If the farmers and merchants of this country hare arailable a fleet
of American merchant resaels adequate to handle the water borne com
merce of our country, it would not only give confidence and stability to
our foreign trade, but WOULD ENHANCE THE VALUE .OF EV
ERY SINGLE PRODUCT OF FARM AND FACTORY PRODUCED
IN THIS COUNTRY AND SOLD IN THE MARKETS OF THE
WORLD. Such a fleet of vessels could be obtained, lam sure, if this
Sovernment would encourage American registration by providing a re
action In import duties where the goods are carried in American bot
toms or, If necessary, by a direct Bubeidy.
If War Were Waged on Sea, American
Commerce Would Be Paralyzed
Br Dr. EMORY R. JOHNSON. Profemor Transportation, University
f of Pennsylvania
rE effect of the present war, wvere aa it is, i* alight in comparison
with what the result would be were not the seas controlled by one
of the belligerents and the theater of war thereby limited to re
stricted areaa of the ocean near the coast of Europe. The flag of the
belligerent that has thus limited the theater of marine warfare happens
to I>e the flag under which more than two-flf total deep sea
tonnage of the world is operated, and in spite of tfiTaestruction of ship
ping that haa occurred during the last jrear and of the withdrawal of
merchant vessels for military and naval uses, the commerce of the world
is able to employ a large tonnage of teasels under the flag of belligerent
nitions. If the European war were being waged upon the sea as widely
aa it ia being fought upon land AMERICAN FOREIGN COMMERCE
WOULD BE PRACTICALLY PARALYZED AT THE PRESENT
TIME.
NO ONI WILL SERIOUSLY QUESTION THE ECONOMIC NECESSITY
OP HAVING A LARGE MERCHANT MARINE UNDER THE NATIONAL
FLAG DURING SUCH A WAR AS IS NOW IN PROGRESSkBUT THERE
ARE MANY WHO STILL DOUBT THAT THERE IS ANY SPECIAL NEED
OTHER THAN A NAVAL ONE FOR HAVING A LARGE MERCHANT MA
RINE UNDER THE NATIONAL FLAG. IT IS AROUEO THAT THE
MEROHANT VESSELS OP ALL NATIONS COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER
TO SECi/RE THE TRAFFIC OF ALL COUNTRIES, AND THAT OCEAN
PREIOHT RATES. BEINO CONTROLLED BY THIS COMPETITION. IT
MATTERS NOT TO THE PEOPLE OP THE UNITED STATES WHETHEP
THEIR COMMERCE BE HANDLED IN SHIPS OP AMERICAN OR FOR
EIGN REGISTRY. THE ARGUMENT. HOWEVER 19 NOT CONVINCING.
More Femt Cattle In U. S.
Ths department of agrlcul ure's
annual estimate of farm cattle
In the country on January 1, just
Issusd, shows 11.1 M.OOO Milk cows
aa Increase of 1.1 per cent over
ltli; 59.4U.000 other cattle, aa In
crease of *.4 per cent; 41,161,000
sheep, decrease of IX per cent, and
M.01T.000 swine, an Increase of IJ per
cent.
Teutons' Captives 1000400.
Aa Amsterdam despatch to tha
London Central News saya that
tha total booty of the Teutoalc
all lee during seventeen months of war
la summed up la Vienna aa follows:
Nearly 1,000,000 prisoners. 10.000
guns, 40.000 machine guns, while IM,-
000 square miles of enemy territory
occupied.
Church Dynamited; Dogs on Trail.
' The new church being erected by
the congrecatlon of the Church oT
the Latter Day Saints In Buck
Valley, near McConnelsburg, P|k>
Was blown up by dyaam'tt. Blood
hounds were put on the trail of
auapects. TVi church, w Ich has
forty memb r«. f -"-e l re ntly.j
iSkit ■- Jx.
The Rhodum Sid us.
An amusing story told by Hood de
scribes bow a country nurseryman
made a large sum out of aalea of a
simple little flower which be sold un
der the name of the Rbodum aldux.
This charming name proved quite an
attraction to ladles, and tbe flower
became the rage of the season. It was
one of those freaks of fashlou for
which there is no accounting. At
length a botanist who found that the
plant was not an uncommon weed re
quested to know where tbe nursery
mau got tbe name from, lie elicited
I lie following reply: "I found thin flow
er In tbe had beside ua. no christened
It the Rbodum sM^ia."
A cotnpam. ouie tin* pivtieitj of Johi.
Brown, wlileb place I n pnrt In early
ilstorr. W in the u)ii«um of iiie K.iu
sss State Illstorleat society iu To|ieka.
John Brown used tbe Instrument when
be was living In Osawatonile. In tbe
! yearn between 1853 and IHS& Imrlnx
the Mlssonrt. Kansas border warfare In
those days, the atory goes, the aboil
, tlon Ist leader used the comtinm In it'
1 pretence of surveying laud, when In
i reality be was locating and mapping
tbe ostups of proalavery men -Kansas i
I City Journal. _
V. I. v„7' V i f, £&
First Colonial' AsiwnMy.
The first legislative assembly that
ever met in America was at James
town, Va. Governor Yeandley. feeling
that tbe colonists should "bßve a hand
in the governing of themselves," to DM
his own language, called the assembly
together at Jamestown July 30. 1610.
It consisted of the governor, council
and "burgesses." as tbey were called,
chosen from tbe various plantations.
The laws passed by this body bad to
be ratified in England; but in turn. .
the orders from Loudon were npt
lng unless ratified by the colonial as
sembly. In 1(121 these privileges were
embodied In a written constitution, the
first of tbe kind in America. New
York American.
Wisconsin.
Wisconsin has from 'time to time
been an annex of various states. Aft
er .Ohio was admitted to tbe union,
Wisconsin from 1805 to 1800 formed a
part of Indiana territory. From 1800
to 1818 Wisconsin was embraced in the
territory of Illinois. Wbep Illinois be
came a state all the country north of
It Including Wisconsin, waa Joined to
Michigan. After more than forty
years of shifting, Wisconsin was ad
mitted Into tbe Union with her present
boundaries In 1848.—St Louis Post-
Dispatch.
"Nobody Home," In Two Acts.
Act I.—Opportunity knocks. "Who's
that?" asked the wife of her husband.
"Nobody. Maybe a beggar. Let blm
knock. Nobody home," replied the lag
gard busban£ |
Twenty years have elapsed.
Act I—"What's that noise?" asked
the old man of his old wife.
The noise Is repeated. "There It It
again. Go to tbe window and sec
what it Is," said the old husband.
Wife goes to window and peers
through the tattered curtains. Comes
back. "It Is the wolf," she says. "Jt
won't go. as did the other visitor we
turned away."—Richmond Tlmes-Dls
P«tch. N ,
Arabian Laughing tjeve.
An extremely strange bird Is the
singing pigeon, or Arabian laughing
dove, in color these piteous are usual
ly red, mottled or checkered, though
tbey art'sometimes found of a bluish
color. Their voice baffles all descrip
tion, being tremulous and broken, with
gurgling notes, like the noise of water
poured from a bottle. ?The utterance
is varied, and, though there ia a resem
blance at times to the drumming of a
true trumpeter. It is not so sonorous.
It is frequently interrupted by one or
more of the Inspiratory "ahs," which
no doubt gives tbem the name of
laughers. Their cooing Is soft and me
lodious, and both sexes take part In
the song.
Money in Poultry.
In making up on egg ration do not
forget a liberal allowance of sunshine.
But remember also that it takes more
than sunshine to produce eggs. It
needs pure solid grains, and lots of
tbem. The potfltryinun who can make
his hens lay eggs lu the winter, when
they bring the highest prices. Is the
one that shows his ability.
Young Men For Civic Work.
For the purpose of utilizing the en
ergy and enthusiasm of the young
men of New Orleans, La., In behalf
of the development of the commun
ity a young men's branch of the New
Orleans Association of Commerce has
been organized. The efforts of this
branch of the association will be di
rected to the training of men at an
earlier period than has formerly been
the practice in the work of co-oper
ating for tbe civic and commercial
advancement of the community. Op
erating under a plan which has been
worked out with great care, It Is an
ticipated that by this means many
trained leaders and workers will be
produced within the association. /
Beware .of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
at mercury will surely deitroy the sense of
smell and completely the whole sys
tem when entering It thjough tbe muoous
surfaces. f>uoh articles should never be used
exoept on prescriptions from reputable phy
sicians. as i he damage thry will do la ten fol I
to tbe good you oan possibly derive from
them.. Hall't Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by P. J. Oheney * Co., Toledo, O, contains
no mercury, and la taken Internally, acting
directly upon tbe blood an* mucous surfaces
or the aysb-m. Id bnylng Hall's Catarrh
Curo be sure you get tbe genuine. It Is taken
Internally and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Ch.m y * Co. Testimonials free.
Mold by Druse ists. Price, 750. par bottle.
Take H all's Family Ft.ls for oonaUpatlon.
The third Road Institute for
North Caolina will be held at
Chapel Hill February 7-12, under
the auspices of > the State Uni
versity, tbe State Highway Com
mission and the North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey.
Road Maintenance will be the
special subject'for consideration.
r Kellefln Six Honrs • -
D'stressing Kidney and Bladder
Disease relieved in six hours by
the "NBW GREAT SOUTH AMER
ICAN KIDNBY CURB." It is a
great surprise on account of its
exceeding oromotness in relieving
pain In bladder, kidneys and back,
in mole or female. Relieves reten
tion of water almost Immediately.
If you wadt quick relief and cure
this Is the remedy. Sold by Gra
ham Drug Co. adv.
An order has been issued by the
adjutant general to disband the
Hertford division of Navil Re
serves. The officers of the divis
ion failed u> measure up to the
requirements in proficiency.
English Spavin Llnlmnet re
moves Hard, Soft and Calloused
Lumps and Blemishes from horses;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splints,
Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifles,
Spcains, Swollen Throats, Coughs
etc. Save SSO by use of one bot.
tie, A wonderful Blemish Core.
Sold by Graham Drag Company,
adv
OLDER BUT STRONGER
To be healthy at seventy, prepaid at .
i forty, U aonod advice, beesnee is the
rtrength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected cold*, or careleaa treat
ment of alight ache* and pains, aim ply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakneaa far years.*
To be stronger when older, keep yaw
blood pare and rich and active with the
strength-building and blood-nourishing
properties of Bcott's Bmnlaion which laa
food, a tonic and a medicine to keep your
Hood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in Scott'a.
• Bom a Hesmatfi. j. •
Qypsies And Death.
The custom of placing the property
of the dead In their graves has alwayt
been followed by thy true Romany
gypsies. It la due to sotm- old tradi
tion of 111 lack attending tbe possession
of an article whose former owner It
gone, and much valuable property tf
burled in this belief. There fa also a
sentiment among gypsies against the
possession of anything that baa be
longed to a dead person, because 11
'serve® to remind thtf living of the de
parted and lnaplre in them a dread of
death. Tbe custom of burying tbeli
property with gypsy dead dntes from
the earliest btttory of tbe Romany
tribe*.
Sufficient Proof.
* A citizen was standing on a street
corner looking a bit depressed when a
friend sauntered along.
"What seems to be the trouble, old
man?" solicitously quefled the latter.
*'l have just bad something of a
Jolt," answered the sad one. "I wis
bequeathed a sliver service as the solk)
thing a few weeks ago, and now 1
know that ft Is only plated ware."
*"f "Sorry to hear that, old fellow," re
turned tbe friend. "But you may be
mistaken."
"Oh, no, I'm not!" was tbe mournful
rejoinder of tbe sad one- "Tbe service
was on tbe sideboard the other night
when burglars broke lu, but they never
touched it"—Philadelphia Telegraph.
Animal Peculiarities.
All animals, bens Included, have pe
culiarities. and to, obtain the best re
sults in working with them we must
take this fact Into consideration. Not
only is it true that each class of ani
mals has Its peculiarities, but individ
uals In the same class bare their dls
tlncSfe traits. To Illustrate this take
for example two homes. One is a
heavy work horse, itnd when you speak
to him It Is quite awhile before he
obeys. Yet be may be as willing and
obedient as the other horse, which ia
of driving stock and quick in Its
thoughts and actions. In fact It lit
wrong to both to drive such horses to
gether.—Farm and Fireside.
What Hold Her.
Dinah Snow was a colored cook lz
the home of Smith. One morning or
going to the kitchen Mrs. Smith notice*!
that Dinah looked as If she bad beer
tangled up with a road roller.
"Why. Dlnah.'Vexclalmed she, "wh?t
in tbe world has happened to you 7*'
"Was me busban'," explained Dinah
"Be done went an' beat me ag*ln, an
Jes' fo* notbln' too."
"Again!" cried Mrs. Smith, with. In
creasing wonder. "Is he In the habll
of beating you? Why don't you hav(.
him arrested?"
"Been thlnkln' of It seberal times!
missy," was the startling rejoinder o) 
Dinah, "but I hain't nebah had nc
E&>ney to pay his flue."—Exchange.
Bethlehem Dividend S3O.
The Bethlehem Steel corporation de
clared a dividend o( SBO -A share on
Its common stock, ont of earnings ot
the year 1915, payable in quarterly
Instalments.
The corporation a!so announced an
Increase In wages of ten per cent foi
Its unskilled labor, which went into
effect, it was said, on January 16.
The dividend represents a distribu
tion of approximately $4,500,000.
Wall street estimates as to th«
tmpany's earnings have ranged from
Tf to 150 per eent.
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It his been 700 years since King
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The woman who keeps her money
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The only way you could jet some
men to the front would be by kick
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Some munition manufacturers are
Jor any form of preparedness for
vfoich they obtain contracts.
Southern California report snow
storms,, which the natives Jjuite
properly refuse to recognise. i
At least ths year lust past may
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