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Lenon Vl.—First Quarter, For
Feb. 6,1916.
THE INTERNATIONAL SERIES.
Twit of the Lwm, Aota lv ( Ml.
Memory Virm, 12, li—Golden Tout, I
Car. *vl, 13—Commentary Prepared
by Rsv. O. M. Sturm.
Tba high priest and bla kindred, with
Ota rulers and elders and scribea, be
ing gathered together at Jeruaalem,
Peter aud John, bebig brought from
prison, were placed before tbem and
asked, "By wbat power or by what
name bare ye done tblaT" (verses 6-7.)
Hare waa provided a great opportunity
to testify again to the risen Christ,
and the witnesses were all ready.
.Whether tbey hnd much or little sleep
In the prison that nlgbt we may not
know, but we may be quite sura that
tbey bad communion with Htm for
whom tbey were still on earth. And
now Peter, being specially tilled with
tba Spirit, I* agsln the messenger of
the risen Christ
The Lord Jesus hid told tbem while
He waa atlll with them that when they
abould be brought before rulers for Ills
aake It'would bo given them by the
Spirit what to say (Math, x, 10-20),
and this was ono of many fulfillments
of that assurance. Bee with what
boldness Peter Jells tills gathering of
earth's great ones that Jesus Christ of
Naxaretb. whom tbey crucified, God
bad raised from the dead and that He,
the risen living Christ bad made the
lama man whole (verse 10). Tbla was
the same doctrine they had bean put
In priaon for the previous evening, but
for tbla tbey stood fearleaaly and could
sot (ay otherwise. Tba reference to
tba rejected stone takes ua back to Pa.
cxrili, 23; lea. xxvllt, 10, and to our
lord's reference to It In Matt xxl, 42.
But tba stone takea ua farther back
- -to Gen. ills, 24, and onward to the king
dom (Dan. 11 M, 80, 48). We cannot
bat think of 1 Pet U, 4* whan be
makae such fall reference to tba atono
and the stones. With wbat attar dis
regard of their earthly greatnaaa be
•aid to tbem, "Tou builders can nev
er be saved except by that atone which
you despise!" (Versa* 11, 12.) How
could tbey help marveling at their
boldness? But was It not a little
strange that tbey shoald attribute It
to Jeaua, who had been crucified 1
(verse 18). Beholding the healed man
•nd knowing that Peter and John had
tie power to do this, tbey most bare
been In a measure convinced that
there waa aoma truth In their teatl
mony concerning tba risen Christ
But H must not be spread farther, and
tba name of Jeaus must not be men
Uoned (versea 14-18). Filled with the
Spirit, they bad no fear of wbat man
mlgbt do to them (Pa. xxvtl, l), their
only standard waa what waa right In
tba aigbt of Ood, and what tbey bad
Men and beard they could not help
tailing even If they died for It (versea
18, 80). The messenger of Ood muat
never consider the faces of people nor
Whether bis message la acceptable to
tbem or not. But bla motto muat be,
"Not pleasing men, but Ood, who
Math our hearts," remembering that
If we lire to please men we ara not
■arrants of Christ (Jer. 1. & 17; Baek
11, 0; 111, 0; 1 Tbess. IL 4; Gal I. 10).
With threatening* from tbeee men
of power and Importance from a hu
■aan standpoint they Wtre aet fret
and went to the company of batterers,
who had no doubt been praying to i
tbem, and reported nil that the chief
priests and elders had said. With oos
accord the believers turned to God and
told Him all, but did not aak to be de
11 re red from further persecution, rath
er that tbey mlgbt speak the trutt
boldly regardless of consequences, and
that healings and signs and wonder*
night be wrought In the name of J*
sus Christ There are men In promt
nent pulpits today who seem not t
know what the Scriptures teach con
coming tbla prsaent age and the com
lag and ktngdom of our 1/ord. Then
are others who, If tbey know them
things, do not seem ready to tell then
for fear tbey might giro offense t
Mine Important (T) people, and then
■ am atlll others who once did seem t
know, bat now for some reason ara n
longer valiant for the truth. Not«
bow these believers relied upon tb
tiring Ood. believed Fits word, quoted '
from Ps. 11 snd xxxlli, snd. like Jere
mlab. considered nothing too bard foi.
Him wbo crested heaven and eartl i
(Jer; xxx 11. 17).
' The words of P*. 11. which have bac
many a fulfillment and a notable ow
to the daya of- Herod and rilate, wtl
. hare their last and complete fulfillment
In the daya before ua, when under tin
h anti-Christ the kings of the earth an 4
their armies shall make war with tb«
t Lamb, but tho Lamb abali overcome
and the two great leaders shall be aent
•lira to the lake of fire (nev. xrll
13-14; xlx, 10, 20). Every true chili
of Ood should rejoice to be on Hit
k winning aide, and, though the present
conflict may be severe and the enemj
be permitted fop a Ome to have seem
Ing victory, let ua,continue to ahoat
The Lamb shall overcome!" Bee 1c
rerse 81 bow heaven heard and an
swered their cry; the place wat
. r.-.l ; ' :' .v* ■
floly Pjiirlt and spake the word o:
God with boldness. If we were ai
whole heartedly for Ood as tliey wer
we would know more of Ills power
In verse .13 we lenrn that tbelr on
topic was the great fact of a risen llv
lug Christ the same Jesus whose eyta
are ever looking to flnd Hto faitbftf
followers (II Cbron. xvl, 9).
WINTER CARE J)F ROADS.
Keep Oltohas and Drains Open and Use
Road Drag.
Water, not cold, la tbe cauae of tbe
deterioration of roada lu winter, ac
cording to the roud a|ieclallata of tbe
United State* department of agrlcul
' ture. Cold weuther does not In itself
1 injure loaila, no matter whether they
are earth, gravel or macadam. In fact
an earth road will atand more traffic
when It to solidly frozen than at any
other time. Excess water, however. Is
always detrimental to a highway.
When cold weather turns this water
Into Ice the damage that. It does Is
greatly Increased. Ice occupies con
siderably more space than tbe water
from which It to formed, and every per
son who haa lived In a cold climate to
familiar with tbe powerful buratlug ef
fect of water when left to freeze In a
coufined veaael. The same action takes
place when a wet road freezes to any
considerable depth. It simply bursts,
or, an we generally term It In rood par
' lance, tlie road heaves. Later, when
the frost leaves, tbe road is disinte
grated and ruts badly. If this process
to repeated a number of times during
tbe winter a gravel or macadam roud
may l>e practically destroyed, while an
earth rqnd may become entirely Im
passable
A dry road will not heave. Rock,
gravei, fund nnd even clay when per
fectly dry contract slightly on freez
ing. In order to ex|iand on freezing
these materials must contain or lie
mixed with water, and the more water
they contain the greater the expan
sion which takes place. But so long
as the road rcmalna frozen the damage
does not iie»DiD apparent; hence tbe
frequent and erroneous Idea that'lt Is
tbe thaw which Injures tbe road. The
Injury was done when tbe wuter in
the road froze and the particles 6f tbe
road surface—broken stone, sand or
still finer particle* of earth or clay
were pushed apart by tbe expanding
power of the freezing water. The
thaw merely allows tbe lee to melt
and assume Its original volume as we
ter.
During i he winter whenever a thaw
Is cowing on the cross drains and side
.ditches should be opened up as far as
possible so ns to prevent water col
lectlng along tlie roadway. If the
thaw Is so pronmiticed that the road
way Is softened ihe drag ahould be
used. Kometliues one round trip of
the drag with the hitch reversed will
entirely rid the earth road of Blush
and melting snow and leave the road
surface practically dry. Don't get the
Idea that the drag la not needed on
your earth and gravel roada In the
winter time. Instead, keep it where
you can get at tt readily, for If the
winter Is an ordinary one you will
need It many times.
Bill Per Defense Highway.
A national highway system, extend
ing from coaat to coast snd coating not
to exceed 11C10.000.000, Is s new defense
suggesUon contained In a bill Introduc
ed In congress by Representative Ste
phens of California. The aato of flfty
year 3 per cent Imnds In denominations
of 130 snd multiple* Is proposed aa the
means of raising the fund.
The bill provides that the highway
•hall lie constructed by artny engineers
and that Its construction snd nse shall
be under such regulstlon'a as the petal
dent may preacrllic.
It Is provkled that tbe nstkinsl de
fense highway shall liegiu at Los An
getos, proceed by a practical route to
' Jacksonville, Pla.. thence northward to
New York and Portland. Ma At New
York the westward trail would start
for Chicago, thence to Minneapolis,
thence through the Dakotaa, Montana.
Idaho an! Washington and tbence
! down tbe Pacific slope to Doa Angeles,
San Francisco and Han Diego. Rights
of way through the states sre to be ac
quired by I lie (iresldeut.
To Aid the Traveler.
The highway authorities of Massa
chusetts,— New York. Connecticut,
Rhode Island. Maine and New Uamp
shire hsve agreed that If a simple
1 scheme can be devised all main routes
I In these stales will be marked with
distinctive colors throughout their
length, painted on telegraph or tele
phone poles, so that once atarted an
the road to any place the traveler need
only watch tbe marking* on tbe poles
to avoid getting off tbe road.
Described.
"Pa, what to th* difference betweei
good taste and good Judgment r
"Well, my boy, the man who mar
rte* a pretty girl may have excellent
taste but mlgbty |ioor Judgment"—De
, trolt Free Press.
Utility.
"Did your audience throw you bou
quets sfter your epeechT*
"No," replied the reckless orate*
•"They brought only useful gift*, aocb
as bricks and other building mat*
rial."— Washington Star.
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THE CITY BEAUTIFUL I
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I CITY TREES AS
REWARDS OF MERIT.
J Woman'* Municipal League of New
York City Makaa Naval Suggestion.
' "How many trees will your street
' earn?" says a pamphlet recently le-
I aued by the Woman's Municipal
league of New York city, string the
I report of the committee on street*
and tranalt of the league. The report
aaya:
"The committee on streets and trans-'
It baa decided to take up one street
I In each dlatrlct and try to make It a
j model street. A paid Inspector, em- j
I ployed by the committee, baa already I
begun od East Seventy-ninth atreet I
I to vlalt the Janitors In order to Inter- !
| eat them In keeping their garbage
, cans covered, not to overfllt-the cans
' and to sweep their sidewalk*. It haa
I been suggested that the houae keep
| Ing Its walk the tldleat ahould re
. celve a tree as a reward of merit—
' either a large tree planted perma
nently In front of the Jiouse or a
small boxwood tree for the front
door. We think that a street which
r haa been beautified In likely to be
kept more cleanly. The department
: of parka and the department of street
i cleaning are both very much lnter
i ested In the scheme, and both wish
' to co-operate with us. The park de-
I partment has no money to plant
treea, and the league must therefore
i raise the money for th>a purpose."
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PLAY FOR YOUNG AND OLD.
Reorsstlen Is As Essential As Eduoa
tien Deolaree Chicago Expert.
Play and outdoor exercise are asnec
' essary to the modern city dweller aa la
education, according to J. It. Richards.
' the Chicago superintendent of recrea
' Hon. In a paper on the subject, pre
> pared for the current Issue of tile
American City. Mr. Hlcharda urges
f that It la as much a duty of the, gov
r eminent to provide facilities for both
children and adults to play In and
\ about cities as to jirovlde adequate edu
, rational facilities.
American cities have n|iproacbed the
play problem In too haphazard a fash
1 lon, Mr. Richards declares. Most of
t the legislation on the subject, be aaya.
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A OHILUHKS'H MATOHOUaD.
baa been pasaed without adequate
atudy of the rani needs of tbe public
and from a restrictive rather than a
constructive point of view. Tbe public
agent-lea In charge of recreation work
have worked Independently and with
no common goal.
For children Mr. Itlcbarda auggeata
that tbo city should be districted and
, that tbe city government abould pro
r vide a play leader for each dlatrlct
Th# duty of the play leader would be
to help all children who play In tbe
atreet, to direct their play In tbe most
beneficial channels aud to guide them
when there is opportunity to tbe near
eat public recreation centers. Ha
points out that even where there are
recreation centers children may be
found playing lu the atreet* near by.
' particularly at boura when their par
ent* hare warned them not to get be
yond "calling dlatance" from tbelr
bones. It Is for this reaaon that the
street leader la needed.
I In apeaklng of the need of play for
> adulta, the writer quotea Spencer In
. aaylng: "We stop playing not because
■ we grow old. We grow old becauae w*
r stop playing."
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Overtime Pay.
"Pa. what la meant by overtime
pay?"
"Overtime pay. my boy. Is the re
' ward for doing a little extra labor, and
there are two kinds."
"That sol What are.tbeyr*
, "Well, sortie men luaiat on collecting
. tbelr overtime weekly and at a speci
fied rate, and others are willing to
i work overtime and take tbelr reward
I In a aucceaaful future. 1 recommend
• the latter course for yon."—Detroit
Free Press.
A White flour lltualen.
This la what tbe aurgeoo general of
tbe United State* public health service
has to aay about white flow.
"I want to warn you against tbe
erase people In this country have for
wbtte flour. Th* whitest floor-to not
tbe beat: tt to not tbe purest; It to only
tbe deanei and when yoa bay it yoa
bay iooka and not nourishment In or
, der to make It white aome of tbe moat
nourishing and nilntlal component* of
the natural wheat have been taken
away."—Osteopathic Msgs sins.
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BEAUTIFY GATUN LOCKS
AND ALSO JHc VILLAGE
Zens Authorities Devoting Attention to
Ornamenting Canal and Village.
The beautifying of Oatun lock* and
the village of Oatun has been started
by the canal cone authorities. This ia
the drat step In making any of the
work of the canal assume its perma
nent aspect from an artlatlc vlew
! Point.
 The first work la concerned with
the removal of the superfluous track
age needed while the work of con
. structlon was In progress. It will be
I necessary to leave some of this, but It
will be so rebuilt that It will not ln>
; terfere with the beauty of the. gen
eral effect The track removal wIU
give a wide and level lawn which
win not be broken up either with
bulldlnga or flower beds.
Already all temporary structures
needed for construction purposes
have been removed and their former
sites converted into lawna. The huge
cranes and cableways that were used
for conveying concrete from the mis
ers to the lock walla and floors are
being removed. The lock walla have
been cleared of all unnecessary ma
terial.
The village of Oatun. which will
house the lock operating force and
such military eatablishment as is
needed to guard the locks, will be
greatly beautified through the Edi
tion of many trees and ornamental
shrubs. Additional roadways and
pathways will be bui\L A new club
house Is to be constructed, the old
one being In such bad repair that It
would not pay to repair It.
MODEL WORKMEN'S TOWN.
Ooodyear Tract Haa Been Included In
the City of Akron.
80 successful has been the home
building plan for employeea of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber company
that the city of Akron, 0., recently
Included the whole Ooodyear tract tn
an annexation ordinance that haa
recently been paased, and Ooodyear
Helghta la now a part of the city.
The plan was stared three years
ago by President F. A. Selberllng,
who felt that many of the 10,000
workmen desired to become home
owners, but were barred by the
"down payments" neceeaary la the
usual real estate deal. Thereupon
100 acres of land were purchaaed
close to the plant, the ground waa
allotted, atreets laid out, paved, sew
ered, etc.; water, gaa and electric
light provided for and homes bull!
and sold to workmen on the basis of
rent, no down payment being neces
sary. T
Host of the commonplace features
of allotment development have beds
eliminated. There are no rows of
houses all allks. Each Is a real home,/
with architectural Individuality—
brick and stucco prevailing as to ma
terial.
A small lake partly within the
property haa made It possible to ar
range a fine pleasure ground, with
tennis courts, football and baseball
fields, swimming and skating facili
ties and restful parka. Ooodyear
Heights already has a population
close to 1,000 people, with school,
church, stores and all the rest of the
usual community trimmings. The
tract ia one of the show places of the
city, and Its fame haa spread so that
manufacturers from many parts of
the country have made detailed In
quiries, with a view to the poasiblllt)
of adopting. In whols or part, slmlfai
housing plnns.
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT.
Now In Use In Klghty-one Cities of the
Country.
The commission form ot govern
ment la in effect In eighty-one of the
204 cities of the country of over 30.-
000 inhabitants. Civil service regu
lations are applied to the appoint
ment of policemen In 122 auch cities,
including all those of more than SOO,-
000 Inhabitants.
Policewomen are employed In twen
ty-els cities. Municipal prohibition
prevails In fifteen cities, state prohi
bition In seventeen and county and
pariah prohibition In three. In fif
teen cltiea certain saloona are ll
censsd to sell malt liquors only.
These are a few of the facts in a
report Issued by the bureau ot the
census.
The commission cltiea are scattered
throughout twenty-sis states. In ad
dition to the Dlatrlct of Columbia.
Five of them are In New England,
twenty-seven tn other northern
states east of the Mtastaalppt, sixteen
In northern states between the Mis
sissippi and the Pacific coast states,
nlns In ths Pacific coast atatee and
twenty-four in the south.
The largest city operating under the
oommlaaloa form haa been New Or
leans, wboae population is eetlmated
at about 803,000, but Buffalo, with
a population of about 440,000, lnau
gurated this system with the begin
ntng of the new year. Next In order
are Washington. D. C.. with nearly
150,000 tnhabltanta; Portland, Ore.,
with about 140,000, and Denver, with,
about 250.000.
The salaries paid municipal com
missioners range from 9600 a year In
Jsckson, Mich., and Bprtngfleld. O
to |T,tOO a year la BlrmlnglMm.
Ala., and their terms of office vary
from one to four years.
First Iron Skates. ,
Skating doee not appear always to
have been as common an accomplish
ment aa It la nowadays. Iron skates
seem to have been Introduced by tbe
Dutch, but the art Itself waa known In
London at an early period. The monk.
Kltsstepben. who was secretary to
Arrhblsbop Becket, describe* the boor
skates used by I-cod oner* in tbr
twelfth century. Dnt Pepys, writing
In 1002, has a reference. "Over tbr
parte." be says, "where I first in my
life. It being a great frost, did are peo
ple sliding with their sanies, which Is
a rerypretly art." . From which It Is
reasonable to Infer that skating was
not as iMtM-rsl than as later or Mr
Pepys would Mot bar* missed It.
All In Fifty Yeera.
Oenerally speaking, a man fifty years
Of age has slept 0,000 days, worked
MOO daya. walked 800 day*, sniasirt
himself 4fioo days, eaten 1,800 days
and has besn stck 000 daya. Be baa
eaten IT,OOO pounda of besad, 18,000
pounds of meat and 4,800 pounds of
vegetable*, eggs and fish and drank In
all 7,000 gallons of liquid.
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♦ SWIFT AGRICULTURE. - »
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♦ Agriculture la trotting a two *
♦ minute gait these daya- It take* ♦
♦ a hustler to keep up with every- ♦
J + thing agricultural. All kinds of 4-
♦ educators are telling us bow, all +
■ + aorta of demonstrators showing ♦
♦ us what is what A boat of In- 4>
♦ t estimators la busy digging tip ♦
' + facts for ua, and ths farm man- A
♦ agement experts are surveying 4
♦ our business with their glasses +
+ on. No doubt much good will +
♦ come out of all these things, but
. ♦ maybe we'd better try to aaslm- ♦
♦ llate It gradually than to get In- +■
♦ digestion In an attempt to sur- ♦
♦ round it all at'onjw while we #
♦ holler for more.—National Btock- ♦
♦ man and Farmer. ♦
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ELECTRIC LIGHTS FOR FARMER,
Professor McNsir Indorsss This Sys- 1
tsm of Lighting For Farm Homos, j
Safety and convenience are impor- j
tant factors to be considered by those I
who propose to Install an Improved |
lighting ayatem In the home aa well as |
In the outbuildings. With these facta
In mind Professor G. B. McNalr of the
Kansas Agricultural college strongly
Indorses the electric lighting system
for the farm. On this subject he says:
Twelve-years ago farm lighting plants
were a novelty; today they are rapidly
growing In popularity. They are usual
ly operated by a gasoline engine, but In
the eaatern states and especially In the
Appalachian mountains It Is not un
common to see water power used for
this purpose. Where the people have
water power the storage battery Is not
used.
In every state where farmers care
at all for convenience one will find a I
number of lighting plants. Some farm- |
era prefer the blaugas, acetylene or
gasoline lighting* systems, so that they '
may utilize the heat, but there la a cer
tain element of danger In using these
systems.
Plants, including engine, generator,
battery and switchboard, can be bought
for 'slß4 up. One must hsar In mind,
however, that one gets only what one
pays for, consequently It may prove
poor economy to buy the cheapest
plant Such planta are of Very small
capacity, will operate only a few lights
and must be charged every day.
A. plant such aa the average farmer
owns costs about S4OO, which does not
Include the cost of installation, wiring
of. house, coat of fixtures and similar
Items. Where a farmer can buy power
from a company whose line runs near
bis hou«e he will find It much more
economical to do this than to put In
his own plant In the first place, there
la no upkeep expense on the plant, and
his yearly bill from the company will
not equal the Interest and depreciation
alone for the private plant The aver
age bill for light to such a user would
be about S3O u year.
The housewife who has electricity on
the farm does not have to bother with
smoke or dirt from, gas or oil lampa.
She uses It for lighting her bouse, for
j doing her Ironing, sewing, washing,
sweeping and toasting the bread for
breakfast
The farmer flnda the electric light a
aafe and convenient light for his barn.
Boardod Sheep Raok.
A boarded up feeding rack In the
sheep lots or pens will prevent dirt
and chaff from getting Into the wool
while the animals are feeding. Dirt
of this kind in the wool la one of the
reasons usually given by buyers for
low prices paid. In some Instances
IfiflggH'i ji wM p
the chaff and dirt from tbe racks will
work down into the wool, matting It
near the hide and causing discomfort
to the sheep as well as injury to the
wool. Its use means a belter looking
flock and will alao result in saving
quite a good deal of feed.that la ordl
narily wasted.
The rack may be built double, giving
, aa much feeding space on one aide aa
the other. The double racka are beat
for the open lota.—Farm Progress.
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1 How's Thlst
W* offer One Hundred Dollars Howard for
I any ease of Uattrrh that oannot bo cured by
A CO., Toledo, O. I
Wo, tke undersigned, have known V. i.
Cheney for the last It years, and believe him
' perfectly honorable In all busmen transac
-1 Mono and Inaaolslly able to esrry out any
. obUgations bums by his Arm.
Bano - al Base or Cos mbbos,
Toledo. O.
Ha.l t Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally,
: seting dlreotly upon the blood and mnoous
I surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
tree. Prlee 71 ooats per bottle. Sold by all
> WftlP. Family Pills (or constipation,
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SLANDER.
Th* Many person* wh* are
; always quisk to spread evil re-
I ports about other persons should
, I psndsr the** word* of Henry
van Dyke: "Never believe any
thing bad about anybody unl*ee
you peeltlvely kn*w it i* try*
and never tell even that unleee
you fool that It la abeolutely
1 _
Did They "Hook" Themr
*Tn the olden days they bad nc
watches, you know," said the father.
"And how did they tell th* timer
asked the son.
"By sundials." /
"Well, father," aaid th* young man,
fooling of his watchlfss chain, "how
much could a fellow gat on a sundial
do yon supposer—Exchange.
A WORD FOR MOTHERS
It is s nave mistake for mothers to neg
lect their aches and paina and suffer in
sflanrs this only leads to chronic skk
-1 nets aad often shortens Ills.
I If your work Is tiring: If yoar asms are
I excitable* if yoa feel languid, weary or
1 diprctieu, yoa ftbooki ksov ***> Scott's (
1 1111 minis jint sgtlt ujuiUUuus
) very 'elements to invigorate the blood* 1
f strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves
. aad boiid strength.
Scott's ia strengthening thowssnds al
, mothers—end wUI help yoa. Mo alcohol. .
I « SesttftSnms.aMsstßM.lt. I. •
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O VALUK OF CONCRETE ROADS. O
O, . o
o Concrete roads built In the o
O United States during lUI4 cost O
o on tbe average $114121 a mile of o
o sixteen foot width. Oue bun- O ,
o dred and forty-four concrete O
O roads built during the twenty o
o years previous to 1014 cost sl2.- o
o 700 a mile of sixteen foot width, o |
o Most concrete roads are sixteen o
o feet wide. . O
o Upkeep and repair charges have o
o been less than $25 a year for a o
o concrete roiid built tn Beilefon- o
o taine, 0., more than twenty years o
o ago. The yearly maintenance of o
o the flfty-one miles of coucrete o
o roads In Wayne couuty, Mich., o
O costs $28.43 a mile. It 'jrosts O
o $18.02 a year to keep up a con- 0
o crete road at Spencer, Mass. o
O Concrete roads are not affected o
o by the weather, traffic or mud or o
| o trash tracked upon tbera, as- ia o
o the case with some improved o
10 roads, freezing and thawing o
o have no effect on them If prop- o
• O erly constructed. Heat does not O
; o soften them, nor cold make them o
jo brittle. Concrete increases in o
J o strength with age. Farm and o
I O Fireside. O
|O o
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Pear Orchards Profltabls..
Pear orchards, where conditions are
favorable, may be more profitable than
an apple orchard, for the reason that
pears are not so generally grown as
apples. Hie pear delights In a clay
soli and is not so apt to crop regularly
on a loamy soil, and trees on the latter
seem more susceptible to attacks from
disease than the former.' \ ■
When the orchard Is first set corn
can be grown with the pear trees to
advantage. Cultivation should be dis
continued early In July and a cover
crop of vetch or clover sowed.
I In cultivating In orchards of any kind
care must be exercised not to cultivate
deeply near the trees. Late cultivation
Is not desirable around trees of any
kind, as it encourages late growth in
stead of permitting the wood to hard
en sufficiently before winter weather
sets in. As tbe trees grow older more
fertilizer will be required. Pear trees
require but light pruning each year,
shortening back the new growth some,
and the trees must be'regularly spray
ed. Where heavy crops set the fruit
should be thinned, as Is common with
peaches.
B*fore and After,-.
Before marriage he has a duck fit If
she sees him with a shave and mas
sage that are more than two hours old
or the perfect poise of his correct tie
disturbed a hair's breadth, but after
ward be comes to the table with his
shoestrings untied, no collar on and a
stubby growth of beard that would
play a tune If you ran it through a
music box.—Judge.
Method In Her Breakage.
"Augusta is an awfully bright girt,
Isn't she?"
"Yes, indeed! When she is reading •
novel on tbe front porch ber mothei
never thinks of asking her to wash
the dishes."
"Why not?"
"She's sure to break so many of
them."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Helping Him Along.
"I want to get up. doctor." said th
patient In tbe hospital.
"But your heart Is weak," replied tht
medical man.
"Oh, the pretty nurse Is going to giv«
me hers."— Yonkers Statesman.
Try It! Substitute
For Nasty Calomel
Starts your liver without
making you sick and can
not salivate.
Every Mcuggist in Town—your
druggist and everybody's druggist
has noticed a great falling off in
the sale of clomel. They all give
the same reason. Dodaon'a Liver
is taking its place.
"Calomel is dangerous and peo
fectly safe and gives better re
sults said a prominent local drug
gist. Dodaon'a Liver Tone is per
sonally guaranteed by every drug
gist who sells it. A. large bottle
costs 60s, and if it fafls to give easy
relief in every case of liver slug
gishness and constipation, you have
only to ask for your money back.
Dodson's Liver Tone is a pleas
ant tasting purely vegetable rem
edy, harmless to both children and
adults. Take a spoonful at night
and wake up feeling tine, no bil
iousness, sick headache, acid stom
ach or constipated bowels. It
doesn't gripe or cause inconven
ience all the next day like violent
calomel. Take a dose of calomel
today and tomorrow you will feel
weak, sick and nauseated. Dont
lose a day's work. Take Dodson s
Liver, Tone instead and feel tine,
full of«vlgor and ambition. adv.
"Eating Crow."
The term "eating crow" come* from
an ante-Revolutionary story. A soldier
of an Bnglisb regiment stationed in
Virginia shot a pet crow belonging to
a fanner. The latter entered a com
plaint with the colonel, who sentenced
the soldier to eat the crow. The farm
er waa left alone with the soldier to
s*e that be did It. After tbe soldier
had consumed a portion of tbe bird he
took his gun, presented It at tbe fann
er and told him to eat the remainder of
tbe crow or he would shoot him. This
waa tbe origin of tbe eating crow story.
Radium Too Dear Far Sell.
Professors Hopkins and Sachs of the
University of Illinois have been test
ing the effects of radium on th* soil
•ad find that sny quantity that can do
any possible good to the crop* wOl cost
so much a* to make Its use prohibitive.
One milligram of radium costs SIOO.
This distributed over an acre of ground
did no appreciable good. Merely to
doable th* quantity of radium emana
tion normally in tbe earth would, aa
the Scientific American points out, coat
the farmer $7,000 an acre!
TaaU a"OukkTto "Health.
Modem Investigation has shown that
no article of food Is good for a person
it he dislikes it. If a 1 hlld baa pne-'
dcally a fixed notion that he doe* not
Ilk* *ggs they will lo blm no good aad
i may do blm barm. Ouly serious re
| suits can follow from coercing a child
into eating food which be dislike*.—
Professor M. V. o'Bhes in Mother's
Megasdn.
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"Falling off,"' aula lue i . i ihnis
teacher.
" VOh, vial!" a.iM the !n>n,'i-t.
"It's all write." sui.l i lie nutlior.
"Picking up," said ike ker
"My bualneaa U aoilud,- wild tbe
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"I'm kept on the Jump," said tbe
athlete.
"I make both ends meat." wild tbe
batcher.
"It suits me," said the tailor.— Ex
change.
"Goodmen" and "Qoodwomen."
A pleasing form of address that wa»
common ia the seventeenth century
has gone quite out of use, probably
because of its restriction to "Inferior
persons." The "Mr." was then s
fix to which only gentlemen were en
titled, and among tbe I'nriUn fathers
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clal scale The term la preserved In
some old songs.
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