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MONKEYS THAT WORK HARD
In Some Parts Of India They Are
Made to Keep in Motion-Fans
to Cool the Natives.

Monkeys actually are made to work in
Malabar, India, which is perhaps the only
place in the world where they earn their
salt. The Malabar monkey is of the fine
species known as the langur. It is very
warm in Malabar, and there is = fan
called the punka, which used to be kept in
motion by slave. 1t required slave to
work each punka; but now, every punka
in Malabar is worked by a monkey. It
was an English officer who conceived the
idea of making the langur work in that
manner. The fan is movable frame,
covered with canvas and suspended from
the ceiling. The motion is caused by pull
ing a cord. The officer tied the hands Of
the langur to one Of the cords, and then
by means of another cord put the machine
in motion. OF course, the monkeys
hand went up and down, and the animal
wondered what sort of game was being
played. Then the officer patted its head
and fed it with candy, till soon the langur
thought it fine fun to work the punka.
The experiment was successful, and now
thousands of monkeys are in harness.
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A TRICK WITH DoMINoEs.
It Is Jolly and Perpfexing and Yst
So Simple That Any Boy. or
~ s:sia< Girl Can Learn It. >-5.-..

1
q, Here's a jolly trick you can play with
dominoes, boys and girls. .x.~r 81,
Place II of them in a circle (see pic
ture) and tell one of the players that
you can point out any domino he thinks
of. +% 'A@' ~
This Is the way to do it: Tell him you
will count around the circle, touching
various dominoes, each touch counting
one. He must count your touches and
when the number of touches plus the
number Of spots on the domino which
he has thought of equals 20 he must say
''Stop." The domino last touched is sure
to be the one he had in mind.
Here is an example. Suppose he Sc
lects the double two. You begin touch
ing various dominoes with your finger,
silently counting I, 2, 3, 4, S, 6, Z, as you
60. When you come to "8'' be sure to
touch the double-six domino, and then
count to the right without skipping q
single domino. .s I: 90. '," {. . =.
The six-fve domino will be 20" you
understand; the doub1e-five 49," the
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fasten them in a nearly upright posi-
ton in each of the forward ends OF
your sticks. l say these should be
nearly upright, but, as matter OF
fact, if you place them perfectly per-
pendicular. and then tip them slightly
forward, all in the same direction.
you will come very near to having
them arranged properly.
If properly made your toy will be-
gin to revolve as soon as it floats ON
water. If, however, it should not,
bend all the paper a little more slight
ly forward, when you will be sure to
meet with success. Much better re-
suits are obtained when this trick u
performed in quite q cool room.
Those who would succeed In max
ing the top so far may advance to tho
next step. Cut out small figures OF
very thin cardboard and fasten these
with sealing wax to the ends Of the
sticks in place Of the paper before
used.
Do not forget it is OF the utmost
importance that your whirlabout
should be perfectly balanced
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QUERY:

Whe:. comp'ny comes to visit US "
We allus makes lot O. fuss.
An use our besteS china set
An solid-silver forks, you bet! .>
An nothing is too nice to bake &c.,.
Not custard pie nor angel cake!
It's jest becuz they're round! But say.
Why amt we jes' as good as they?
Ma she puts on her RUSTY dress,
An pa shaves twict day, guess,
An shines his shoes, an mus wear
My Sunday red tie everywhere!
We're all polite as we can be,
An no ones cross err putcheky.
It's diff'rent when they've gone away
But amt we jes' as good as they?
don't see why the comply IS
So better'n We ourselves-gee whizz!
Err why we have to 60 an treat
Them with lot o. stun to eat
That We don't have when they amt here
What makes us save 1T up-ot, dear!
Why don't we allus live that way?
Amt We worth things as much as they?
Edwin l.. Sabin. in Woman's Home Com
DaniON
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PURE BLOOD.
Blood impurities Of Springtime-
Cause, Prevention
and Cure.

DR.. Hartman's medical lectures arc
eagerly scanned by many thousand
readers. '-
One of the most timely and interesting
lectures he ever delivered was hisrecent
lecture on the blood impurities offspring.
The doctor said III substance thatevery
spring the blood is loaded with the
etfete ACCOMMODATIONS Of whit ter, derang'
ing the digestion, producing sluggish
ness of the liver, rovertaxing the kid
neys, interfering with the action of the
bowels and the proper circulation of the
blood. ..,. III 49,.
This condition of things produces
what is popularity known as spring
fever, spring malaria, nervous exhaus-
ton, that tired feeling, blood thiclxen-
ing and many other names. *
Sometimes the victim is bilious, dys-
peptic and constipated; sometimes he is
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THIS beautiful little toy can be
easily made and demonstrates the
power in just a ray of sunshine
It is made as follows, says the Farm
ers' Review:
First empty an egg shell of it's con-
tents, which may be done by boring
a small hole in each end of it and
then blowing out its contents with
your mouth. Afterwa-d close up both
holes with sealing wax. While the
stick Of wax is still soft place plenty
of it on the large end Of the egg, and
before it hardens stick five pennies
into it and hold them there until
firmly fixed in position. Now cut out
two delicate sticks of wood-very deli
cate--each II inches in length. AMI
fasten these to the small end of the
egg she'll with sealing wax, and in po-
si.sn as shown in the picture. Be
sure to fasten these on in their ex-
act ctnters, SO that the whole will
balance perfectly when placed in the
water. Afterward you may cut oU:
four pieces of stiR writing paper and
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weak. nervous and depressed; and again
he may have eruptions, syellings and
other blood humors. Whichever it is
the cause is the same-effese accumula-
tions in the blood.
Nothing is more certain within the
whole rangeo of medicalscie1 ce than that
a course of Peruna in early springtime
will perfectly and effectually prevent
or cure this almost universal affection.
Everybody feels it in soma degree.
| A great majority are disturbed con-
siderably, while large per cent. of the
human family are made verJ miserable
by this condition every spring.
Peruna will prevent it It taken in
time.
Peruna will cure itiftakenGs directed.
Peruna is the ideal spring ledicine Of
the medical profession.
If you do not derive pro,npl and salts
factory results from the usv If Peruna,
write at once to DR.. HartmAL. giving =.
full statement of your case, aud he wiA
be pleased to give you his valuable aa-
vice gratis. 49, -s ~.,,
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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HORSE SAVES TWO LIVES.
Intelligent Animal Sees a Railroad
Train Approaching and Acts
with Promptness.

A Maiden physician had an adven.
ture some time ago which he does not
care to repeat, although it gave him
a much higher appreciation of the in
telligence of his pet driving horse than
he had previously entertained. He
was returning home from visiting q
patient late at night, in company with
q clergyman, when the horse stopped
short at one of the most dangerous
grade crossings within the city limits.
Absorbed in lively conversation with
his clerical friend, and seeing no gate
down, he mechanically touched the
horse with the whip and urged it by
his voice to go forward; but the spir-
tied animal for once would not re-
spond, and, instead of obeying, stepped
briskly aside and turned his head as
far as possible from the train which
lust then whizzed by at the rate of 40
miles an hour.
It was close call for the occu-
pants of the carriage, who sat breath
less through the moments of terrible
suspense, but the horse maintained its
attitude of a half circle until the
danger was passed. It seems that the
gatekeeper was asleep at his post and
had neglected his duty, but the deli
cate ears of the horse had detected the
sound of the coming, train and had
rightly interpreted it as the signal of
!. danger to be avoided. Both men
were firmly convinced that they owed
their lives, under Providence, to tho in
telligent use the animal made Of its
former experiences with grade crossings,
and nothing but farm down east"
with a radium mine on it would now
tempt its owner to part with it.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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five-four ILL.," and SO on until you reach
double-two. There you will be told to
STOP" for the number of times you have
touched the various dominoes (16 times)
plus the number of spots on the double
two domino flour spots) equals 20, you
see.
Now all you have to do is to say: "This
(the doubletwo) is the domino you
thought Of"
He will say: you're right" and he
will wonder how you guessed it.
Be sure not to count aloud nor even
to look as if you were while you are do
ing the touching. -Chicago Inter Ocean.
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At the Wrong End

IT have called, said the foreigner, ITO
Have you spoken to her YETI" asked
the American father.
mo. I thought"
"Well, you're ut the wrong end of the
line," interrupted the old gentleman. "She
runs her mother, and her mother runs
me."-Chicago Post.
The genius of hospitality is not so much
in making people meet, but IN helping
them to parton good terms. Remember
tnat!-John Oliver Hobbies.
The best maxims may be on the lips of
the worst men.-Ram's Horn.
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Facts You Ought to Know.

Facts You Ought to Know.
Season tickets St. Paul or Aiuneopolis
to St. Louis and return e25.t0-Sixty
day ticket 81. 25-Ten day tickst $l9.2O.
Q Fair opens about May LIST. and closes
December LIST.
8 Five daily trains to Chicago each max
ing close connection with st. Louis
trains. ...
4 No extra charge to go via Chicago.
5 Tickets good on the Fast Mail and Pto-
neer Limited electric lighted trains.
6 Full information about rates, routes and
mmodations will be cheerfully fur
nished on application to
W. 3. Dixon, N. w. P. A.
CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE,, & ST. PAUL FL.
St. Paul, Mimi.
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Indian Magic.

The United States bureau of ethnology
recently has completed an Investigation
into the magic Of the Indians and has
been baf1led by feats performed by their
wizards which are fully as wonderful
as those of the oriental fakirs. Mission
aries and other reliable authorities have
told Of plots Of grass and century plants
made to spring from the bare ground in
. few moments, and other equally mys-
tifying acts Of sorcery.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-12

Marjory writes:
'eruna fine medicine take of the
Taken In the the tonic,
Strengthening vacation In fall winter
Iave found that colds caarrh and also find that
Is Invaluable keep bowels regular acting agenle snu
liant the system. In facf consider it whole medicine
chest "-Hiss Marjory Hampton. - '@s
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-12

One person in three in the state of New
York has q savings bank account, anc
the average depositor has $3.50 % Ia
credit
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-05-12
A Native Of America.

The turkey is native of North
America. Its name comes from the
early belief that the fowl came from
Turkey.
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How Different People Laugh.

Frank, hearty folks laugh in a
phlegmatic chuckle in E; children and
simple souls express their merriment
in I; the bold and reckless laugh in o
anC the misanthropists in U.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Early Winter Fashions.

This season many new notes have been intro
duced in coats and wraps. The latest arrival IS
the close-ftting, long-skirted or basqued affair,
the veritable tailored coat of old. The most no.
ticeable of new coats is that reaching quite to
the knee, or even below, and showing a waist-coat.
More generally becoming than the long-skirted
coat is the short, jaunty affair fashioned after
the Louis and Directoire types. Most picturesque
are the separate coats intended to be worn upon
ceremonious or dressy occasions. and so extreme
ly loose that they might be called cape coats.
The newest foreign skirt model is of circular
shaping with folds at the belt or stitched in tucks
to yoke outline, and falls in graceful lines to the
bottom, where it is either stitched or decorated
with alternate entre-deux and plain bands, tucks
or folds to relieve it's severity.
The fabrics chosen for autumn and early winter
gowns must be elegant, and perfect harmony of
colors is essential correctly to carry out the ideas
of the period from which the designs are borrow
ed. The vogue of pink and pale yellow continues
and is carried out in sprigged effects, as we'll as
in stripes, both fitting in with the Directorie ten
denotes. Indian brown is one of the newest and
shades for the street gown.
That colored embroideries are to have an I'M
mense vogue this season there is no doubt. An
old art has been revived in applique embroidery
From The Delineator for November.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
An Amusing Anecdote of Darwin.

A good story is told of Charles Darwin, the
great English scientist. 1t is given here:
1.-Two English boys, being friends of Darwin.
thought one day that they would play a joke on
him. They caught a butterfly, a grasshopper, a
beetle and a c%entipede and out of these creatures
they made a strange composite insect. They took
the centipede's body, the butterfy's wings, the
grasshoppers legs and the beetles head and thew
glued them together very carefully. Then, with
their new bug in a box, they knocked at Darwin's
door. we caught this bug in a field they said.
Can you tell us what kind of a bug it is. sir q
Darwin looked at the bug and then he looked at
the boys. Then he smiled slightly. Did it hum
when you caught itY he asked. Yes they an
swered, nudging each other. Then said Oar
win, it is a humbug.'"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
When Success Is . Failure.

When you do not overtop your vocation; when
you are not greater as a man than as a lawyer,
a merchant, a physician, or a scientist.
When you are not a cleaner, finer, larger man
on account of your 1ife-work.
When you have lost on your way up to your
fortune your self-respect, your courage, your
self-control or any other quality Of manhood.
When it has made conscience an accuser, and
shut the sunlight out of your life.
When the attainment of your ambition has
blighted the aspirations and crushed the hopes
of others.
When your highest brain cells have been crowd
ed out of business by greed.
When all sympathy has been crushed out of
your nature by your selfish devotion to your voca-
ton.
When you plead that you never have time to
cultivate your friendship, politeness, or good
manners.
When you have lived a double life and practiced
double-dealing.
When 1t brings you no message of culture, edu-
cation, travel, or of opportunities to help others.
When it dwarfs, cramps, or interferes with an
others rights; when it blinds you to the interests
of the man at the other end of the bargain.
When there is a dishonest or a deceitful dollar
IN your possession; when your fortune spells the
ruin of widows and orphans, or the crushing of
the opportunities of others.
When the hunger for more money, more land.
more houses and bonds has grown to be your
dominant passion.-Orison SWEET Marden, in
Success.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
THE HOME CIRCLE
The Farmers Wife,

Bird-like she's up at day-dawn's blush,
In summers heat or winter SHOWS
Her veins with healthful blood afush,
Her breath of balm, her cheek a rose,
In eyes-the kindest eyes on earth
Are sparkles of a homely mirth;
All vanished is the brief ~eclipseI
Hank! to the sound of welded lips,
And words of tender warmth that start
From out the husbands grateful hearth
OF well he knows how vain is life,
Unsweetened by the farmers wife.
But loi the height of pure delight
Comes with the evenings stainless joys,
When by the hearthstone spaces bright
Blend the glad tones of girls and boys;
Their voices rise in gleeful swells,
Their laughter rings like el6n bells,
Till with a look 'twixt smile and frown
The mother lays her infant down,
And at her firm, uplifted hand,
There's silence mid the jovial band;
Demure, arch humor's ambush in
The clear curves of her dimpled chin.
All! guileless creature, hale and good,
All! fount of wholesome womanhood,
Far from the worlds unhallowed strifel
Gods blessings on the farmers wife.
Ye DANES in proud palatiai halls
Of lavish wiles and jeweled dress,
On whom, p~erchance, no infant calls,
Cor barren oft your loveliness)-
Turn hitherward those languid eyes
And for a moments space be wise;
Your sister mid the country dew
is three times nearer heaven than you,
And when the palms of Eden stir.
Dream not that We shall stand by her,
Though in your false, bewildering life,
Your folly scorned the farmers wife.
Paul Hamilton Hayne
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
MI. Dooley Sees the New Baby.

"Dld We 1ver see a man as proud iv anything
as Hogan is iv that kid iv his % said Mr.. Dooley.
wait till he's had iliven," said Mr.. Hennessy.
oh, iv coorse," said Mr.. Dooley. eye have
contimpt for an amachoor father that has only
wan offspring. An OF professional parent like We
that's practically done nawthin' all ye'er life but
be a father to helpless childher don't understand
the emotions iv tn author iv a limited edition.
But Hogan don't care. So far as I am able to
judge firm what he says, his is the on'y perfect
an complete child that has been produced this
cinchry. He looks on you tn way Hinnery James
wud look on Mary Jane Holmes.
Il whit around to see this here proiidy tn other
day. Hogan met me at tn dure. Wipe off ye'er
feet saws he. Why says I. Baby says he.
Microbes he says. He thin conducted me to a
basin iv water an instructed me to wash me
hands in a preparation of carbolic acid. Whin
it was thurly perfumed, he inthrajooced me to a
toothless OF gintleman who was settin' up in a
cradle attn his right foot. EAin't he fine says
Hogan. Wonderfully says I. Did We liver see
such an expressyonV says he. Niver,' says ], tas
hiven is me judge, niver., Look at his hair, he
says. L WILL says ]. Aim his eyes beautifulY
They ar-re,' I says. Ar-re they glass or on'y
limitations? says I. AM thin cunnin' little feet,
says he. On close INSPECTION says I, yes, they
ARE. They ARE feet. Ye'er offspring don't
know it, though. He thinks that wan is a dough-
nut He's not as old as he looks saws Hogan.
He cuddent be- says /. He looks old enough to
be a Dimmycratic candydate for Vice-President.
Why he's lost most iv his teeth saws Go
wan, he's just settin' thin. He has two uppers
an four lowers he says. IF he had a few more.
he'd be a sleepin' car saws T. Does he speak
says l. Sure says Hogan. Say pappa,' he says.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
The Way of the Fisherman.

Just throw me half a dozen of your biggest
trout" said the man with the anglers outfit.
Throw them" exclaimed the astonished fish
dealer.
THAT'S what I said" replied the party of the
hrst part. "Then I'll go home and tell my wife
l caught them. I may be a poor fisherman, but
Tm no liar."-Young Americans.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

Sir James Sawyer, an English physician. has
formulated the following nineteen rules for pro-
longing life to one hundred years:
1. Eight hours sleep.
2. Sleep on your right side.
3. Keep your bedroom window open all night.
8. Do not have your bedstead against the wall.
6. No cold tub in the morning, but a bath at the
temperature of the body.
z. Exercise before breakfast.
8. Eat little meat, and see that it is well cooked.
9. (For adults) Drink no milk.
10. Eat plenty of fat, to feed the cells which
destroy the disease germs.
IL. Avoid intoxicants. which destroy those
cells.
II. Daily exercise in the open air.
Ii. Allow no pet animals in your living room.
They are apt TO carry about disease germs.
IA. Live in the country if you can.
l6. Watch the three D's-drinking water. damp
and drains.
l6. Have a change of occupation.
IT. Take frequent and short HOLIDAYS.
Is. Limit your ambitions; and,
10. Keep your temper.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
Bet a Coffin on the Election.

One OF the most peculiar election bets that has
been recorded to date was made yesterday. A
prominent undertaken of the city, who is also a
very enthusiastic supporter of Parker and Davis
bet a $65 coffin against a SIS hat that Parker and
DAVIS would be elected. The bet was duly recorded
and witnessed. and if Roosevelt is elected. the
other gentleman will have supplied himself with
a funeral box, at least-Elizabeth City Feono-
mist.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

Cad, says young Hogan. Hear thatY says
Hogan; that's poppa.' Say momma,' says ne.
'tGah,' says tn projidy. That's momma,' says Ho-
gan. See here's Mister Dooley,' says he. 'Blub,
says tn phenomynon. Look at that says Hogan,
he knows ye,' he says."-Copyrighted, 1904, by
Mcclure, Phillips & Co.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

It beams in every eye, it moves in every form
it is on the wing of the insect and on the rich
plumage OF all the fowls of heaven. No creature
that crawls in the dust or that browses on the
meadow does not bear it in some form or other.
1t dances in every bubble of the brook. sparkles in
every snowflake. 1t is in all the shells on the
shore, In all the pebbles on the beach. It sits as q
queen on every heaving billow. Tt decorates with
a million pearls and forms of life the whole bed
over which mighty oceans roll. It corr1tscates in
all the minerals of the mountain. Every ore
thrown up by the miner flashes it forth az +
comes into the light. As the Creator is every-
where beauty is ubiquitous, it is the refuleent
costume OF the Infnite.-Canadian Baptist.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25
From a Political Standpoint.

"Hist" whispered the politicians wife in the
dead of night; "there are robbers in the housed +
Yes" replied the politician, sleepily, "and in
the Senate, too. But why should that worry
you?"-Philadelphia Press.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1904-10-25

aLhis1s Nos OF a series of Southern Poems selected es-
the Editor. d. Dy
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-02-10
THE NEWS INDEXED

PAGE |.
Japanese Disable Five Russian War
ships.
Baltimore Begins Recuperation.
Dominicans Attack Americans Again.
PAGE II.
Great Northern's New Ships ANiIi Ben
eft Whole Northwest.
Marries Daughter of Boyhood Sweet
Architect Sues to Collect Pay for Work
on Jail.
Younger Wants Unconditional Pardon.
Ready to Help Baltimore.
PAGE III.
Bishop SpaIding on Capital and Social
ism.
Bieamist Hazard Is Found Guilty.
Minneapolis Matters.
News of the Northwest.
PAGE w.
New Filipino Uprising.
PAGE ".
Cleveland Bowling Tournament.
Race Results.
PAGE VII.
OF interest to Women.
PAGE VIII.
Government Building It's Own War
ships.
PAGE TX.
Market Record.
PAGE x.
Claims Divorced Wife Married Too
Soon.
Duluth May Get State Republican Con-
vention.
Discusses Hours of Labor.
Dunn Shows Control of State Central
| Committee.
Smallpox in Lumber Camps.