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The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
PAINTING ON coBwEBS.
Norwegian Art That Is But Little
Known In the United
States.

Through the New York post Office,
the other day, came package of some
size, which, on being opened by the
customs officers in the presence of the
person addressed was found to contain
q picture set in frame and painted on
spiders web. 1t came from Norway,
where, as was ascertained, this pecu-
liar art of making pictures on cobwebs
Is understood by a few individuals
who enjoy a monopoly of 1t, says the
Saturday Evening Post The webs
employed, which are of a remarkably
dense weave, occur only in a few To-
calities difficult of access, and the sup
ply of them is very limited.
Presumably the arachnid that spins
them is species Of ground spider
There are plenty of ground spiders IL
this country, of course, and on dewy
morning early one may observe theiI
| webs spread here and there like tiny
blankets on the grass. These webs are
of different construction from ordinary
aerial cobwebs, and densely woven
but one would not like to try to pains
pictures on them.
Spider silk is the finest and mos;
beautiful in the world, and exquisite
fabrics. have been spun from it. There
was handkerchief made of it a whilt
ago in the museum of the department
of agriculture at Washington, but II
has disappeared. Unfortunately tbs
material cannot be obtained in large
quantities. because spiders, when KEEP
together in numbers las has beer
found by uiaD eat each other up. So
pretty soon, instead Of a colony o.
| spiders, there is only one large. IA
| arachnid left
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Lnre. tn Cruel Dealt.

In Italy crows, which injure the crops
are destroyed in the following crue.
manner: A hole is dug in the ground. al
the bottom of which Is placed some de-
cayed meat. A funnel-shaped wedge OF
paper is then inserted into the hole, the
upper edge Of the paper being coated
with birdlime. A crow sees the food
from afar, descends to grasp it In his
beak, and when he has firm hold of it he
rises up again. His head is, however
swathed with the paper cap and in his
mad endeayer TO rid himself Of 1t he
circles up to extraordinary heights In
the air revolving constantly and at 90
rapid q pace thai. soon overcome with
giddiness, he falls to the earth. dead.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Mr.. Growers Case.

.Frederika, Ia, Dec. 2s:-Mr. A. S; Grover
Is now IA years Of age. For the last 80 years
he has suffered great deal of sickness, and,
although he is temperate man and never
used spirits of any kind, his kidneys had
troubled him very much. He said:-
81 was told had Diabetes, and my symp.
toms correspondent exactly to those OF a
young man whoydied of Diabetes in this
neighboFhood. My feet and limbs were
bloated quite a little.
''I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and at
last determined to try them. l took in all
ten boxes before l was well, and now cal
truthfully say that l am all right. The
bloating is gone from my feet and legs
/ have gained eight pounds in weight, and
can sleep we'll at night, and every symptom
of my trouble is gone.
at is some time now since l was cured
and / have not had the slightest return O
any symptom of the old trouble"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
THE JOKE OF HIS LIFE.
Brought Out by q Circumstance at
Once Interesting and Ex-
traOrdinary.

The quality of the Imagination.
which forms part of the outfit Of the
able newspaper correspondent, is some
times utilized in the preparation of his
expense accounts, when it is not easy
lied document, which must pass the
critical eye of the managing editor,
says Golfers Weekly.
A young man who had done much
important work for New York news
paper was sent last year to investigate
certain sensational conditions in the
back country Of Kentucky. The trip
necessitated a good deal OF horseback
riding and also several halts at cross
road taverns over night.
In such wayside retreats the COM
pany was congenial and convivial, and
the correspondent enjoyed the expert
ence, barring two disastrous sessions of
poker at these stopping places.
When it came to making up an item
lied expense bill for the trip he found
himself grievously out of pocket. He
| added every legitimate item of cost
that an elastic auditor might let slip
| and he knew that it must come out of
his salary envelope, sooner or later.
By way of helping along, he remem-
bered that his horse had cast shoe on
two or three occasions, at a cost of one
dollar per cast paid to country
blacksmiths en- route.
Everything counts" said he, and in
haste scattered through the long ex-
| pense bill the item, horse reshod, 81
He intended to revise the bill and
give it a final inspection before turn.
ing 1t in, but forgot to take it out of his
pocket again until he passed it in al
the Office. The managing editor was II
a great hurry and he scrawled an 20
K" without any comment, to the joy
of the correspondent
When the young man went to the
| cashiers to collect, he received shock
which reechoes in that Office to this
day. The cashier is an aged man
usually impenetrable to anything ap-
preaching a jest In his 40 years OF
service with this newspaper he had
never been known to daily with a joke
of any kind.
| He carefully read through to the bot.
tom, then cooked an eye over his spec.
tacles-an eye in which there was the
shadow of twinkle-as he said: Every
interesting, Mr.. Blank. The road:
must have been very rough. Horse
shod frequently, wasn't he? By the
way, would you mind telling me wheth.
er you were riding a horse or a cent?
| pede?"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
DEVOTED PARENTS.
People of the CITY
Slums Who Are Heroically
Faithful.

There are heroines in the most un-
expected places. In the slums of the
tenement house districts are self-sacri
icing women, bringing up families the
best they know how, without money.
conveniences or comforts, but doing
their poor best to give their children
he benefit of an education. The New
York Sun tells the story of one I'M
known heroine.
81 couldn't go on any excursion, no.
ma am" she replied, wearily, to the
offer of a day on the water. TIC
dress and take five of them. and keep
watch of them all day on the boat,
and feel that all my work was undone
at home, why I'd be more tired than
If I had worked all day. The baby's
outdoors all day with his sisters. and
he'll have to get on with that"
You look as if you needed the trip
| more than the baby" said the visitor.
Couldn't you get away for a day or
week without them? 1t needn't
cost you anything"
"And leave them all in the street?
And my husbands meals to get, and
| Oh no." she said.
But why do you need to have this
lodging couse on your hands? Can't
your husband support the family?"
Not and keep the children in
school," she said, simply. I've want
| to give them all an education, and he
can't do it unless l run the house."
| There Is a heroine for you,' said
the visitor to her companion, as they
descended the stairs.
Little Turidru, which is short" fol
| Salvatore, lived in two rooms behinG
his fathers barber shop, with hii
| brother and sister and pretty, black
eyed mother. Turidru's father came
IN from the barber shop to interpret
1 All the questions ordered by TIT
| BOARD of health were answered salts
| factorily until it came to that Of win
dows open at night.
mo, ma,am," said Turidru's father
Hrmly; mo, never do we sleep will
| our windows open night. We thinl
too much of our children"
But you must!" persisted tn
| BOARD of health visitor. ''If you don
you'll keep breathing bad air over ant
over again, and the baby will be sick
and you'll all have consumption"
The barber looked helpless. How
wish you speak Italian" he said, ''thel
explain to you"
"All right, speak Italian" said tn
visitor, in the tongue of the land o
olives.
The barber smiled radianGy an
broke into liquid syllableJ. accom-
panied by many gestures. Neve
would he sleep with windows open
not if he suffocated with heat, no
Would he open windows at night upo
his lnfants?. He hored he was to
good a father for that. But why
Why, naturally. signorina, becaus
the malaria would enter on the nigh
air and aff1ict the helpless little one
"But all Americans sleep with thei
windows open at night. and don't 20
think they are stronger than Italians?
Americans sleep with their viii
dows open at night?"
Most certainly; invariably" yer
firmly.
What a strange, what an fncon
prehensible race the Americans" sal
he, in accents of despair.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
--
Send Wood to Germany

Imports of wood into Germany from
the United States have more than trebled
since 1880. amounting in 1902 to more
than $3.50. 900. 1t consists mostly OF
pitch pine This wood is more resistant
to the weather and costs much less than
oak. 1t is used for making doors, win.
dows, floors. etc, while oak is used In
the manufacture of the finer grades of
furniture.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
No Germs I'm Ripe cheese.

That the microbes which cause tuber-
cular consumption, If Incorporated In
cheese, as they necessarily are when the
milk contains them, are killed by the
ripening of the cheese is proved by ex.
haustive investigation. An American
student finds the microbes continue tc
live and retain the capability Of growth
In cheese for three months, but are dead
in cheese which has been curing for Q
Snaxnf period.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
Getting Her Money. Worth.

Milly-I was weighed this afternoon and
tipped the scales at 993 pounds. :.
Biny-I think that il the man that
had weighed you had been real generous,
he would have thrown in three,quarteTs OF
$50 do l. But he was raunnlng one OF
those You weigh for cent affairs. The
next time I'm going to try a 'nickel-in-the-
slot; machine, and maybe I'll get more for
my ney."-Detroit Free Press.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Cake Was Sufficient.

Wife-John, is there any poison IT
the house?
Husband-Yes; but why do you ask:
ct want to sprinkle some on this
piece of angel cake and put 1t where
the mice will get it Wouldn't that
kill them7"
Sure: but 1t isn't necessary &c
waste the poison" - Chicago Daily
News.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
A Gentle Hint.

"1-er-had a peculiar dream about you
last night" said the girl on the other end or
"And what did you dream?" asked the
Young man iD the case.
"T6at saw you in a jewelry store pric-
ing engagement rings" she blushlngly re-
pIied.ICincinnati Enquirer.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

certain Hubandman lying the point of DEATH called his
gave charge fields and vineyards tell
hidden somewhere in them within foot
the ground His Sons thought he spoke of which he had
hidden after buried they dug most nduous all
nothing The soil being well oosened how
succeeding unequad richness and the Sons
had in telling them dig
or the hidden
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
An English Earl's Opinion.

The English, next to the Americans, are
the greatest travellers in the world, and
while they as a ruie insist upon having Tie
best there is to be obtained, they apprecia;.
good service and beautiful scenery. IT,.
Earl of Shaftesbury, having, with bis wife,
spent some little time in the United Sta c,
iastically in regard to what they have seen
A fey days ago he said to gentleman IN
Buffalo:
"Our stay in New York was q delightful,
one, and the picturesque grandeur along Il c
Hudson and its surroundings was a sol: q
Of much JOY to us all.
at has seldom been my good fortune TO
pass the time in such excellent sport as thai
furnished in your enchanting Adirondack
Mountains. Albany Times-Union.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
rmproved steel Castines.

For producing steel castings free
from blow-holes. NJ. Meslan advises
adding an alloy Of aluminium and cal
cium to the molten meta He has
found that the combinati Of these
two metals absorbs all CASE s
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

That young man." said the visitor, "be
HAYES as if he knew more than you do
Naturally, replied the merchant. why
merely his ."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK 2
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect 1t.
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, viii
Do for YOU, Every Reader of Our Paper May Have
Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.

1t used to be considered that only urinary and
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid
neys, but now modern science proves that near
ly all diseases have their beginning IN the dis
order of these most important organs.
Therefore, when your kidneys weak or out
of order, you can understand how quickly your
entire body is affected, and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
II you are sick or feel badly" begin taking
the great kidney remedy, DR.. kilmers Swamp
Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well
they will help all the other organs to health A
trial will convince anyone.
weakness; st TIE Eass hack and ssSaPs desire
entirely ana chserfny recommend this wonderful
sIeey to any who may suite, from these common COM
'''''' BIZ os2 sii Ely d aSSa' Of Police.
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for many kinds OF diseases, and if permitted to
continue much suffering with fatal results are
sure to foltoU. Kidney trouble irriates the nerves,
makes you dizzy, restless, sleepless and irritable
Makes you pass water often during the day and
obl1geS you to get up many times during the
night. Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism,
gravel, catarrh OF the bladder, pain or dull ache
IN the back, joints and muscles; makes your head
ache and back ache, causes Indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble, you get sallow, yellow COM
| trouble; you may have plenty of ambition, but
| no strength; get weak and waste away.
The cure Tor these troubles is DR.. Kilmer's
| Swamp Root, the world-iamous kidney remedy.
| In taking Swamp Root you afford natural help
| to Nature, for Swamp-Root is the most perfect
healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that has
| ever been discovered.
| If there is any doubt in your mind as to your
tcondition, take from your. urine on rising about
four ounces, place it in glass or bottle and let
it stand twenty-four hours. If on examination
it is milky orcloudy, if there is brick-dust set
Ting, or if small particles float about in it. your
] kidneys are in need of immediate attention.
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and is used
in the leading hospitals, recommended by physi-
clans in their private practice, and is taken by
doctors themselves who have kidney ailments,
because they recognize in it the greatest and
most successful remedy for kidney, liver and
| bladder troubles.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Cruel Rejoinder.

Cholly Nimrod-Aw-andw when is the sea.
son l can't shoot?
Guide-Tnree hundred and sixty five days
in the year-N. Y. Sun.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Tough Proposition.

Hicks-Is Tompkyns good pay!
Wicks-Tompkyns! You couldn't get an1
money out of Tompkyns if you should send
q warship.-Somerville Journal.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Should Have Known Better.

THAT was an unlucky thing for Peck, the
engine driver" said the guard. They gave
him one O. them new engines yesterday, an
he named it after his wife"
''Why unlucky?" asked the plate driver
"Why, it blew him up this morning. -
Stray Stories.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The doing Of duty sows the seed Of
delight-Ram's Horn.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Returns.-'fWhet do you get in return for
your verses" "Reverses. Detroit Free
Press
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Whether man is handsome, OF wheth'
er he only thinks he is, he acts just the
same-N. Y. Times.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Some men regulate their chivalry by tn,
quality of the clothes woman has on
N. Y. Times.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The love of gold viii not produce the
golden age.-Ram's Horn.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ne. !

Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ne. n
elect of warning symptoms will
soon PROSTATE a woman. She
thinks woman's safeguard is
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM;-1gnorance
and neglect are the cause OF untold
female suffering, not only with the
laws of health but with the chance OF
cure. did not heed the warnings OF
headaches, organic pains, and general
WEAKNESS. until was well nigh pros
trated. KNEW I had to do something.
Happily did the right thing. took
Lyiifa e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound faithfully. according. to
directions, and was rewarded In rev
weeks to find that my aches and pains
disappeared, and / again felt the glow
~ health through my body. Since !
have been we'll have been more care.
fnl. I have also advised q number OF
mv sick friends to take Lydia E.
PinlSham'S Vegetable Com:
nOyynd. and they have never had
reason to be sorry. Yours very truly.
Mrs. MAY FAmnANKs, ZIG South eth
St. Minneapolis, Mimi" (Mrs: Fair.
hanks is one Of the most successful and
.I;rl,est salaricd travelling saleswomen
So tho West. )-ss $500 forfeit If egfSinaf q
asooe h-tssr prr7iny scxseHcss corHot DC pToa.eso
ssrs. Ptakllam invites all sick
,vOr,c,, to write her for advice.
s,tse ....S fy,:ftecd thousands 10
hex.;ti,. -At- .ssrscsS;s, Lynn MASS.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

The right way to gather good is to scat
Ter it.-Richter.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

In the Air.-"What makes her 20 siry!-
"She is an heiress. "-Philadelphis Bu,.
letin.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01

EDITORIAL NoTEYou have sample bottle Of this wonderful
swamp Roo and containing the thousands thousands OF t
their lives its wonderful properties writing
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-01-01
(swamp-Root Is pleassn, to take.l

You can purchase the reg.
ular fifty-cent and one dollar
size bottles at the drug stores
everywhere. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the
name, Swamp-Roo DR.. Kill
mer's Swamp-Root, and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y.
on every bottle.
t..t -.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-03-03

The following was taken from an
exchange and contains more truth
than can be seen in it by an in
different reader: "Man's business
requires haste. The average bust
ness and professional man ca is in
a hurry and gets dyspepsia. He
walks in a hurry and gets apo
plexy. He talks In a hurry and
gets the lie. He does business in
a hurry and becomes bankrupt
He reads in hurry and is super
fetal, He votes in a hurry and
produces corruption. He marries
IN a hurry and gets a divorce. He
trains his children in hurry and
develops spendthrifts and crimi-
mails. He gets religion in hurry
and forgets it in hurry. He
makes his will in a hurry and
leaves a legal contest. He dies in
a hurry and goes to the devil
and his tribe increases.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-03-03
THE QUEEN OF THE ORCHARD.

According to the reports of fruit
experts and growers the peach
prospect this year is very bright.
There is every reason to believe
that the Queen Of the Orchard and
the Ornament of the Garden will
soon be holding high revelry in
Georgia, says the Macon News.
Thousands of expectant human
ity stand ready to sing her praise
and rejoice in her attractive and
refreshing presence.
She will come in finest fern and
color, delighting the eye of the
beholder and pouring upon the
altar of the air and upon the
wandering zephyrs her reviving
fragrance.
She will come garlanded with
summers sweetest flowers and on
her cheek trembling something
like the first blush CT the morn
ing
Hers will be a triumphal
march. With her coming burdens
of adversely vanish like mists Le-
fore the rising sun. She animates
the world and her presence sheds
abr pad the light of cheerfulness
and joy.
She is the emblem of prosperity.
The sun loves to visit her, and the
moonbeam finds her i'll a pathway
OF silver.
A few days ago ex-Cong.essman
William H. Fleming, of Augusta,
appeared as counsel before the
Interstate commerce commission
at Washington, in behalf of the
peach growers in this state, who
want cheaper rates and better
freight facilities. During the
course of his argument Nj. Elem
ing paid the following tribute to
the beauty and sweetness of Queen
SIN form and coloring it's more
attractive than the apple that
tempted Eve in the Garden of
Eden,
"In fragrance it is more delight
full than the rose Shat grew in the
vale of Cashmere.
eff you touch it it is more vel
vetly than the cheek of innocent
maidenhood.
when you taste it you imagine
you are feasting On the nectar of |
the ancient gods.
"And if by any means it's pent-
up soul could find vocal expression
1T would make III our ears sweeter
harmonies than Orpheus when, as |
we are told, the bears and the
spotted lynxes came down from
the mountain and danced to the
music of his flute.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-03-03
WAR NEWS.

The war news from Japan and
Russia seems to be of a conflicting
nature. What is given out by
one side one day is corrected by
the other side the next. Korea
has joined forces with japan as an
ally, and the probability is that
China will. The attempt of the
japanese TO blockade the entrance
to Port Arthur by sinking mer-
chant vessels i'll the channel was
only partially successful, Several
sea battles have been fought, and
the japanese are the winners in
most of them.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-03-03

freshing sleep. 1t increases physical
vigor and gives great muscular elasticity,
so that the baby's advent is practically
painless. It is the best Of tonics for
nursing mothers.
vI gladly recommend DR., Pierce's Favorite
Prescription" writes Mrs. J. w. G. Stephens, of
Mia, Northumberland Co, Va "Before my
third little boy born took six bottles He
Is the finest child and has been from birth and
l suffered very much less than ] ever did before.
unhesitatngly advise expectant mothers TO
use the Favorite Prescription
DR.. Pierce now feels fully warranted
10 Offering to pay $500 in legal money
of the United States, for any case of
Leucorrhea, Female Weakness, Prolap.
sus, or Falling of Womb which he can
not cure. All he asks is a fair and
reasonable trial of his means of cure.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, containing 1908 pages, is sent free
on receipt Of stamps to pay expense of
mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the cloth-bound volume, or only al
stamps for the book in paper covers.
Address DR.. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1904-03-03

Some foolish women waste a
great deal of valuable time won
dering whether their husbands
would marry again if they were
to be left widowers. 1t should be
question of pride with woman
to make carried life so pleasant
to a man that he would not aban-
don it at the point of shotgun,
and in that case she may be sure
he will want TO be married until
he dies. There is one thing sure.
If wife goes to heaven she will
be too happy to care if her hus-
band marries again and if unfor-
tunate enough to go the other way
she will have troubles of her own.
So it isn't worth while to waste
any nerve force thinking about it.