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THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW.

Europe has had 321 monarchs since
the battle of Hastings.
Only "a doctors reach the age of 10
for every AZ clergymen.
Wheat is mentioned 20 different
times in the Bible.
Germany holds the record for the
first daily paper. 1t was printed in
1924.
Four bushels of potatoes contain
the same amount of nourishment as
bushel of wheat.
When the serfs were freed in Russia,
the government paid on an average
SIS for 20,7OO,OO0 of them.
London is the most expensive port
in the world. Ships which can dis
charge in three days at Liverpool or
New York. take IA in London, owing
to lack of facilities.
Among the ruins of Pompeii have
been found chatting dishes of exquisite
workmanship, which gives undisputed
proof of their use in the city which
contained villas of many wealthy
Rnmans
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The sellers of milk blacken their souls
for gain; but those who drink milk
do so in the foolish belief that it is
good for them. Before taking any
medicine, we should carefully investi-
gate it's properties. and who does so
in the case of milk? Milk is the nat.
ural food of babes and of young ami.
mails; but when adults drink it do
they not thereby endanger the life
of the sucking calf, and arouse bitter
resentment in the souls of the CALI
and it's mother? Beasts have not-the
power of speech, and so cannot tell
men that by drinking cows milk they
will become like quadrupeds. If men
must have Strengthening draught,
there are a thousand better things
than milk so why select that? Be-
sides, the term of life is foreordained
and it cannot be prolonged by drinking
milk.
Everyone who reads this warning
is especially enjoined to abstain from
milk in the future. Children whose
parents will not allow them to drink
milk will not be stunted in growtr,
but will have their lives prolonged and
be immune in epidemics. So it is pro-
claimed in the hall of good counsel"
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not yet been despoiled by the changes

not yet been despoiled by the changes
of modern life. It is beautiful
piece of country with glorious hills,
splendid forests and all those varia-
tions of topography which will make
perfect pleasuring ground for the
people. In addition, the historic
points are well preserved, and many
of the defenses constructed by Wash
ington's heroes still remain. Stu
dents of history often spend days
traversing the country, following the
footsteps of the patriots.
It is held-and rightly so-that
winter at Valley Forge was a crucial
period of the fight for freedom; that
it led to the battles of Trenton and
Princeton, which changed the i'll for
tunes of the war and that to-day it
is one of the sacred spots of Amer
lean territory. The new park will
consist of about 1000 acres, and the
ultimate success of the efforts of the
patriotic societies seems to be GER
tain.
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SPEED OF SOLAR SYSTEM.
SUN, Moon and Stars Are All Coins
Somewhere at the Rate Of
10000 Miles an Hour.

According to Prof. Simon Newcomb.
the great astronomer, the most inn
portant achievement in astronomy
during the nineteenth century was the
determination of the rate of speed at
which the solar system is moving
through space. Astronomers are now
able to say with certainty that the sun,
moon and stars are all going some
where at the rate of 100000 miles an
hour. Where they started from and
whittier they are bound are questions
which must be left for future sci
entists to solve. At any rate, says the
Chicago Tribune, the discovery is suf-
ficient to emphasize the unimportance
of men in the scheme of the universe.
The widest dream of human inventors
looks forward to the distant day when
it will be possible to travel over the
surface of the earth at the rate of 100
or 200 miles in 60 minutes. Meanwhile
the whole solar. system sweeps through
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Mrs. JOHN WILLIAMS.

toms, and no woman should allow.
herself to reach such perfection OF
misery when there is absolutely no
need of it. The subject of our por.
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams OF
Englishtown, Nj, has been entirely
cured of such illness and misery by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and the guiding advice Of Mrs.
Pinkham of Lynn, Mass.
No other medicine has such record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is ''just as good" Women who
want cure should insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at store.
Anyway, write letter to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass, and tell her all
Your troubles. Her advice is free.
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Vain Precaution.

'With the idea of naming my boys, .
said a white-haired man, $50 that
there could be no nicknames-which
have always detested-in the fam
lily, we called the first Edmund, the
second Edward, the third Edgar, the
fourth Edwin. the fifth Edison and
the sixth Egbert.'
"That surely served your purpose,
didn't it?" asked one of the listeners.
mot at all, reioined the patriarch,
rather shamefacedly. beginning
with the eldest, they were known as
Eddie, Chuck, BIN, Smokey, Muggins
and Pete, and every mothers son of
them answered proudly to his nick
name."-Youth's Companion.
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space. at a rate of speed entirely be.
You'd human comprehension. The only
way to get even suggestion of what
it means is to imagine travelling more
than one and a half times around the
world between noon and one o'clock.
Alarmists who like to picture the aw
full possibilities of sudden failure of
the laws which govern the harmony of
the spheres can hardly find more
fruitful subject for their imagination
than in considering what would hap
pen if the solar system, now running
at 10000 miles an hour, should be in
stSatlt brought to stop. Certainly
space would be filled with flying con-
fusion of scattered worlds and shiv-
cred stars.
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hands made presentable, you simple
ton. Of course, that's exactly what I
came for.
Hecuba was as dignffied in welding
the knife and the polisher as when she
handled the Bible or the opera glass.
One talks with his barber, his den
list and his manicure more freely
than with his other tradesmeu; there
is personal contact that seems to
warrant it; it is hardly natural to be al
together reserved with the custodians
of your hair, your teeth and your nails.
So I regain my self-possession and
gently fish for Hecuba's story.
Briefly, her mother had died sudden
~ four weeks ago. She had been a
widow several years, and always
earned good income, but never ac-
cumulated any money. She had given
her daughter an education, and now
Hecuba had taken her mothers place
in order to do the like Cor her younger
brother. The money was wanted at
once, and this was the quickest way to
earn it.
''That is the boys picture on the op-
posite wall?''
Eyes"
'sAnd the sword that hangs over it
| that looks historic"
cit was our great-grandfather' He
was an officer in the revolution-in a
Connecticut regiment"
Let me think the situation all over
as walk away. First, the romance OF
it. I remember cutting from news
paper last year and placing in my
scrapbook an exquisite little poem
signed Hester Nidivear. One o: the
best French poets was barber, and
one of our own was dentist; after
the beard and the teeth, why should
not the nails have their turn at
! poetics? Second, the sense of it. NJ,
/ great-grandfather also took part in
| the revolution, but he wore no sword;
] he was only private. Better pr
vate under Washington thai colonel
| under CORVALLIS. have always boast.
/ ed And after the war he pared the
! hoofs of horses before mailing on the
shoes Rule of three: As the human
/ hand is to the horses hoof so is-um
| ! fear rank little below her. Where
| am /? l Go not know where am
Oh, Hecuba!
Now, old chum, perhaps you car
guess why have not married. But il
il not certain that never shall.
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WHY CHINESE PROHIBIT MILK
Use Of 1t In Forbidden Because 1t May
Turn Human Beings Into
QuadFupeIs.

The Indian Lancet of January 21
gives the following condensation of a
proclamation in the Loo Chow Herald:
"Man should not rob animals of their
own proper food; and, of all animals
the COW is the most valuable to man.
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All. ANCIENT sj'1 MlLY TREE.
"'Ne''s 4 se,r creat
. A r

h T, o.p.; II Dublin, in speaking
r tba a,t;a. pof some Of the Irish
kmilies aaaa ,iiing to the New York
Tribune, told the following story:
a.There livas IN the north Of Ireland"
said Nj. O,yBrien, "a family named
o'Neil. IN cir greatest claim to prom
inence lies in the fact that they are
the olde jst family in the United King
dom. when Plantagenet, Tudor or
Guelpfh was not the O'Nel was. They
r,,,ehed as kings before even William
looked with covetous eye across the
English channel toward the white
cliffs of Albion. This long line of de-
scent has bred in the family a rever-
ence for their ancestry thatapproach-
es idolatry. The handspring OF their
life and action, the pride Of their be-
ing is that a long line of dead and long
since forgotten O'Neiis carry them
back in the direct line to the dark
| ages.
''.As may be imagined, their family
tree is colossal in it's proportions. 1t
has length of something like IS or 10
feet. and when it is unrolled at the
castle a holy hush falls over all. To a
visitor there some years ago was, in
due course of time and as a special
mark of favor, shown this marvellous
pedigree. Stretched on the enormous
billiard table, it Tapped full three
feet at each end. The visitors eye ran
back over that lengthy line Of O'Neils,
long since turned to dust, and he won
dered why they took SO insane q pride
in their descent Just then he be-
came conscious that that thought had
occurred to other aliens who had be-
foretimes seen the O'Neil family tree.
A penciled note in the margin, about
halfway down the tree, caught his
eye. 1t read: Just here came Adam )"
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is almost irresistible that the temper
AZURE must be appallingly low-so
low that water, if it exists at all,
can exist only in the form of ice"
Prof. Newcomb, of Washington, re-
marks in a recent paper: Mars has
little or no atmosphere" "There are
few or no clouds on Mars" 1t is by
no means certain, he says, that the
polar icecaps are ice at all. Other
judgments IF the same sort from
astronomers of equal authority could
be quoted.
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PARK AT VALLEY FORGE.
National Resort ut the
Historic Spot.

Through the efforts of the patriotic
societies a bill has been introduced
in congress providing for an appro-
priation of 100000 for the purchase
and preservation of Valley Forge
where Washington and his army en-
camped in those uncertain and ter
rible days which preceded the vic
tories that led to American independ-
ence. Fortunately, says the Satur-
day Evening Post, this region has
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Reciprocal Devotion.

He-Mrs. Cashley has all the money,
vet she and her husband seem to be
perfectly in harmony.
She-They are, too. He's watching
all the time to get a chance to spend
her money, and she's watching him
all the time to keep him from it.-De-
troit Free Press.
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MILLIONS IN SALARIES.
What 1t Costs Every Year to Pay OF
the Army of People In Gov.
erMment Employ

According to the latest official list,
there are 19,446 public functionaries
of various kinds and degrees en-
ployed exclusively in the District of
Columbia in conducting the numer-
Gus departments and bureaus of the
federal government, says the Wash.
ington correspondent of the New
| York Tribune. These are the civilian
appointees in the executive depart
ments, and do not include senator's
and representatives and several hum
dred employees of the houses who
vibrate between the capital and their
homes in other parts of the country.
Nor does this aggregate include $50
OF 400 army and navy officers, active
| and retired, who form large per-
1Danent colony here. The monthly
compensation Of these 19,446 civilian
employees amounts to $1,635, fossil.
Therefore, the aggregate sum in sal
aries annually paid out in Washing
ton by the government disbursing
clerks reaches the enormous total of
19,62s, 505.72. Besides, probably not
less than $3,OOO,0O0 additional goes to
senators and congressman and their
highly paid subordinates, and per-
haps $1,250,000 more to the army and
navy officials, most of whom are OF
high rank with large pay, there be-
generals and admirals, active and re-
tired. These totals form grand ag-
gregate of 500, Sis, 5O5.72 annually pait!
cut in Washington in the single item
Of salaries.
1t is vast, unvarying, constant
stream of cash flowing from the gov
eminent Golfers into the hands of the
banks, business houses and profess
sional men of Washington, the Off
cial personnel of the United States
acting merely as middlemen, because
this money is largely spent or per.
manently invested here. In all the
departments salaries are paid semi
monthly, and if desirable, the office
holder can draw sums oftener, if the
money is due to him, but this is de-
pendent wholly on the courtesy of
the disbursing clerks. It is not sim
gular, then, chat there are never any
hard times in Washington. The mon
ey for these vast salary disbursements
is not squeezed out of Washington
itself, except perhaps, an infinitesi-
NAL proportion of it toward defray-
ing the expenses of the local govern
ment, but the great bulk of it comes
from elsewhere, poured into the
city's lap by the nation at large from
internal revenue taxation. custom
duties, ETC., mainly levied elsewhere.
This is distinct feature not enjoyed
by any other city in the union, sim
liar disbursements in the great mu-
nicipality of New York, for instance,
are made from the moneys raised by
local taxation. In other words, it is
merely one hand paying the other;
the community as whole is no
richer from the transaction. In
Washington, on the contrary, every
month nearly 100000 of additional
money, never previously available, is
scattered broadcast, SO to speak.
among it's citizens. How can there
he such a thing as hard times in this
town in such circumstances?
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silly. III stay hefSS fend on the
glass. Scan the Lady oatures closely
next time thea likha h. turned up
Oh, yes, she is evidSr sly Hecuba's
mother. What fine-lOoking woman!
Evidently the people on either side OF
them are not of their party; so prob
ably she is widow, and this her only
daughter.
1t was perhaps six weeks later
when went out for long walk ona
Sunday afternoon and was caught in}
shower. The first shelter could ia
was building where a mission Suny
school was being held with open a<rs.
A young man in the porch Jade Y
welcome. The auditorium Vas rathS
somber. When my eyes became use4
to the scant< illumination I lookft
about me, and the:u, only three SCI ifs
AHEAD of me, teaching class oI1oys,
was Hecuba. What sang tlAsgeniai
Mark Lemon? ooh, would Ere a boy
again!" would not spen.r 4lnday aft.
ernoons going in swimming or play
ing marbles; 1 vbuid go to Sunday
school with great regularity. But you
cannot fool the almanac. Yet might
become teacher here. Twill ask the
superintendent if they need more
teachers. The gamin harvest truly is
great. And how it must broaden a
mans spiritual nature to teach every
Sunday afternoon in mission chapel.
True, I don't know much about the
Scriptures myself, but would not that
be good way to learn 2? Yes, teaching
others is the surest way to acquire
knowledge.
fingered after the services to ask
the young man in the porch all about
it. Hecuba passed out, with an UNI
brella in her hand, opened it on the
steps and rapidly walked away. Oh if
that umbrella had only been mine in
stead of hers! But, there's the luck
of it. fsE,5S A."
I have always been particular
about my hands, but have neglected
them somewhat of late. ought to be
especially particular now that I am
proving my religionr-sneat hands and
a pure heart" That doesn't sound
quite right; I'm little weak on
Scripture quotation, but shall be
stronger when l have taught the Sun
day school class. I must stop at a
manicure's on my way downtown.
Here is one, with the name on a mod
est sign-"Mmc. Nidivear"-probal "
assumed. ST.. e
A very pretty reception room for +
tents. ''Tal<e seat, sir. The ope
ator will be at liberty in few m
ments."
Certainly-and look around, exam
inc everything, as | always do in sue
ceses, though I am not a profession
detective.
What is this rolled parchment 4
the little side table?4 Unroll tit
not tied, and can hardly be anythi,
private. All! graduation diplon
from one of the best of our college,
for women, issued to Hester Nidivear.
So that is not an assumed name, after
all; and the manicure sent her daugh
ter to college-why not, in our free
land? Good for her! Look at the date
of the diploma-but I must not tell
that; however, it was recent. Books
on the comfortable Indicate that some
body here knows what literature is.
"YOur turn, sir'-and walked into
the little operating-room. Nobody
there. take the patients chair, and
pull off my gloves to hasten matters,
for my time is valuable to-day.
A slight rustic of skirts; the op-
orator has come in. I look up, and do
not quite faint away. 1t is Hecuba!
What am to do? Do: why, have your
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knew when Wa.hday Came.

Knew When Washday Came.
To teach child one particular
thing often proves to be most vexa.
tious job. The child is as rule ready
to say anything but the particular
thing desired.
A young couple sought to impress
on their little daughters mind the
names of the days of the week a few
days ago. To facilitate their work
they repeated over and over again
the rhyme beginning Solomon Grun.
dy was born on Sunday"
The little tot was finally able to re.
peat it fairly well. The more difficult
part of the lesson then came.
"Now," said her father, what day
was yesterday?'
Sunday" came the quick response.
''What day is to-day?'
monday, I dess,'' came the more
uncertain reply.
''Well, what day is tomorrow"
There was no hesitancy here. cts
washday," triumphantly replied the
little girl.-Cleveland Leader.
A Warming in the Air.
Mr.. L. E. Dudley, the United States
consul at Vancouver, reports that ex-
periments are being made on the
coast of British Columbia with an au-
tomato system for warning ships of
their approach to dangerous rocks
and shoals when the weather is so
bad that neither lights nor foghorns
can avail. The principle is that of
wireless telegraphy, and the opera
ton is automatic From a metallic
conductor, fixed at an elevation on or
near the point of Teril, electric waves
are transmitted over a zone seven
miles in width. any ship provided
with proper receiving instrument,
and coming within this zone, is imme-
diately warned of the proximity of
danger, and the direction and dis
tance of the concealed peril are auto
matically recorded.-Youth's Com
panion.
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DO YOU FEEL LIKE 7Hlsp
Pen Picture for Women.

81 am so nervous, there is not .
we'll inch in my whole body. I am 50
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation Of
the heart, and l am losing flesh. This
headache and backache nearly kills
me, and yesterday nearly had hyster-
les there is weight in the lower part
Of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs; cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and believe am diseased all over
no one ever suffered as I do"
This is description of thousands of
cases which come to Mrs. Pinl<ham's
attention daily. An inflamed and ul-
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all OF these symp.
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Are You Interested
In the Northwest?

HONE AND GARDEN 16-page illustrated
monthly paper, tells all about the fine eli
mate, fertile grain and fruit lands, timber,
mines, fisheries, ETC., Of the wonderful
Northwest, the richest undeveloped por-
ton of North America. The regular price
OF the paper is SOC q year. If you will cut
out and return this I'D state name of paper
in which it appears, and enclose 10c in sill.
YER, Home and Garden will be sent you,
postage paid, for ono year. Address Home
and Garden, Newspaper Row, ST. Pau, MINI.
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Kanakas Entertained by Nesroe,

MANA db EHtertolMeO ny negroes.
A scene, typical and illustrative of
the present strike on Maui, was wit
messed by number of amused spec
tators at the Waikiki railroad depot
the other day. A number of Alabama
negroes had been sent to the depot
to load cars with sugar. A knot Of
Hawaiians on strike gathered to
watch the negroes work. Finally
one of them proposed to the negroes
thatif theywould favor the Hawaiians
present with some old-fashioned
down-south songs, the latter would
take their places loading cars. The
darkies agreed to the proposition
and the Hawaiians threw off their
coats and pitched into the sugar
sacks, while the darkies ranged up
and favored the toilers with my Old
Kentucky Home" "suwanee River
and "Way Down South in Dixie in.
terspersed with hoe-downs. buck and
wings, turkey trots and juba. After
enjoying the impromptu concert suf-
ficiently, the Hawaiians sauntered
away and the negroes leisurely re-
sumed the task of loading cars
Mauriel (HawaiiD News.
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Laureate Nonsense.

Tennyson is said to have been fond
Of foolish fun, that ever delightful
sort of fun which is not wit but nom
sense.
One day, at Burlington house, he
asked the guests conundrum which
he had just made.
''Who are the greatest women in
the world2'
The answer was:
Miss Ohri, the Misses Ippi and Sara
Gossa. Youth Companion.
Most Worthless Thing In the World.
About the most worthless thing in
the world is a girl who is too good to
work ahd who is not good enough
to induce prince to marry her,
At,hlsAn Globe.
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A s1MPLE-HEARTED BARON.
The Late Willy Won Rothschild Was
True to His Faith and Very
Charitable.

Perhaps the most typical Rothschild
of all his distinguished race was the
late Baron willy" Won Rothschild,
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Rixht In Hi. Ov. Case.

He who calls all men fools is right
in at least one instance.-Chicag go
Daily News.
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this conferred
and
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