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The progress., 1904-07-30
THE DAWN OF HISTORY.
Limits Usually Assigned Are Contin.
ually Being Placed Farther
and Farther Back.

So far as the question of time is con-
cerned, it deserves notice that not mere
ly geology, but almost every form OF
inquiry into the past, throws further
back the limits usually assigned, says
the London Telegraph.
Egypt, for instance, is continually fur
nishing fresh proofs of the antiquity of
civilization. Prof. Flinders Petrie ex-
pounded at Owens college, Manchester,
England, few days ago the results
OF recent explorations at Abydos, in
Upper Egypt, from which it appears that
the ruins at that one spot tell a con-
tinuous story that carries us back to
5000 B. G. Abydos was the first capt.
tai of Egypt, and remained for As CEN
turies the religious center, the Canter-
bury of the land, and there the Egyptian
exploration fund has unearthed the re-
mains of ten successive temples, one
over the other" From the age Of the
first temple group of about 200 objects
has been found, which throws surprising
light on the civilization of the first
dynasty. A part of large glazed pot
terry vase of Mena, the first king of the
first dynasty, about 470O B. c., showed
that even then they were making glaze
on a considerable scale, and also in
laying it with second color. The ivory
carving was astonishingly fine, a fig
ure of king showing a subtlety and
power of expression as good as any work
of later ages
At about 1000 B. c. an ivory statuette
of Cheops, the builder OF the great pyra-
mid, was found. the only known por-
trait of him. Making every possible al
lowance for the marvellous rapidity of
art development, must not many thou
sands of years have rolled over between
the pristine dwellers in the Nile valley
and the men who carved ivory statuettes
and manufactured glazed work inlaid
with second colors? 1t is long, long
march from flint implements to the SOL
emn temple ivory statuettes and human |
portraits.
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TRIPPED BY IMPEDIMENTs.
People Who Lack the Courage to Sur.
mount Obstacles Will Hardly
Win Success in Life.

No man can rise to anything very
great who allows himself to be tripped
or thwarted by impediments. His
achievement will be in proportion 10
his ability to rise triumphantly over
the stumbling blocks which trip 9TH
ers, writes Orison SWEET Marden, in
Success.
When fear a young man whining
that he has no chance, complaining
that fate has doomed him to medioc-
rity, that he can never get start for
himself, but must always work for
somebody else; when see him finding
unconquerable obstacles everywhere,
when he tells me that he could do this
or that If he could only get start, II
somebody would help him, l know
there is very poor success material in
him-that he is not made of the stun
that rises. He acknowledges that he il
not equal to the emergencies which
confront him. He confesses his weak
ness, his inability to cope with OBJ
stacles which others surmount. When
a man tells us that luck is against him
that he cannot see any way of doing
what he would like to 90, he admits
that he is not master of the situation,
that he must give way to opposition
because he is not big enough or strong
enough to surmount it. He probably
hasn't lime enough in his backbone to
hold straw erect.
There is weakness in the man who
always sees a lion in the way of what
he wants to do, whose determination
is not strong enough to overcome the
obstacle. He has not the inclination to
buckle down to solid, hard work. He
wants success, but he does not want 1t
badly enough to pay the price. The
desire to drift along, to take things
easy, to have good time, overbalances
ambition.
Obstacles will look large or small to
you according to whether you are large
or small.
People who have tendency to mag
nifty difficulties lack the stamina and
grit necessary to win. They are not
willing to sacrifice little comfort and
pleasure. They see so much hardship in
working their own way through college
or starting in business without capital
that they do neither. These people al
ways look for somebody to help them,
to give them a boost.
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Legendary Heroes Of 1.n.n

The renown Of the Japanese for
courage was as remarkable in Marco
Polo's day as 1t is in the present. He
narrates the story Of an invasion of
the country by the forces of the Khan
of Tartary. A Japanese army of 81, 900
men was besieged in tower. Refusing
to surrender they fought until all but
eight Of them were killed. On these
eight-travelers' wonders must creep
init was found impossible to infiict
any wound. Nov. this was by virtue
of certain stones which they had in
their arms, inserted between the flesh
and the skin. And the charm and vir-
tue of these stones was such that those
who wore them could never perish by
steel" They were. therefore, beaten
to death with clubs.-The Hour Glass.
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COLLECTION OF MIsPRINTs.
Some "Bulls" Of the "Intelligent Com
poster" Which Were Grounds
Tor Libel

At literary dinner in New York c
d. Gibson, the illustrator, quoted num-
ber of amusing misprints, says an ex-
change. Mr.. Gibson said he had been
gathering misprints for several years
and already had in his collection zoo
good specimens.
He first quoted a misprint about a
bishop who was confined to the house
with violent cold. The newspaper that
mentioned the prelate's illness said he
was confined to tue house with vio-
lent scold."
Another quotation concerned q Brit
ish nobleman who had Joined a party
of friends in Hampshire for the purpose
of shooting pheasants. This the COM
positor had made to read: He has
joined a party of friends in Hampshire
for the purpose of shooting peasants"
That, though" said Mr.. Gibson, "is
an old and famous misprint, and you
may have heard of 1t before. You may,
too, have heard OF the one about a sur
geon taken alive in the river that sold
for six cents pound But I doubt if
any of you have ever heard of the mis-
print that appeared last February in a
Vermont newspaper. This paper wished
to say. in praise of very aged and dis
tinguished citizen:
John Green is q noble old burgher,
proudly loving his native state
But the types made this sentence
run:
John Green is a nobby old burglar,
prowling around in q naked state"
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A Wrong Sentiment.

Whenever man tries to accomplish
something there is always an element
which refers disparagingly to his
past" In this age of false standards
it is not surprising that young men
have "pasts." The social treat, the
Endorsement of thoroughbreds and q
long list of other wrong sentiments
concerning youth, tend to give men a
past" which haunts them after they
have learned by bitter experience the
right road. This referring to mans
past" is one of the wicked and un-
fair American habits-as If man who
has done wrong does not deserve credit
for afterward abandoning his course
and becoming honest and useful. A
mans past" should never date from
his youth, for usually he must learn
by experience that what he has been
led to believe was smart" was not,
and wrong. Men should deserve credit
that, having had past" they after
ward had the strength of character
to become honest and useful.-Atchison
Globe.
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FOOD FACTS
What an n. D. Learned.

A prominent physician of Rome,
Georgia. went through a food experi-
ence which he makes public:
1T was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food.
and l also eknow from having pre-
scribed 1t to convalescents and other
weak patients that the food is won
derful rebuilder and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle. II
improves the digestion and sick pa
tients always gain just as did in
strength and weight very rapidly.
Il was in such low state that I
had to give up my work entirely and
go to the mountains of this state;
but two months there did not improve
me; in fact I was not quite as well as
when left home. My food absolutely
refused to sustain me and 1t became
plain that must change; then be-
gan to use Grapefruit food and in two
weeks l could walk a mile without
the least fatigue and in fiye weeks re-
turned to my home and practice, taxi
Ing up hard work again. Since that
time have felt as well and strong as
lever did IN my life
"As physician who seeks to help
al sufferers consider It . duty to
make these facts public" Name given
By Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
~ regular food does not seem to SUE
tain the body win work miracles.
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The progress., 1904-07-30

Many beautiful examples of tnimicry
are sto be seen among the moths. The
undetwing moth. for instance, 20 close
" resembles the lichen-covered bark 9.
the tree on which II Il in the habit q
resting that 1t is often uifacult for one
to ses 1t even when 1t Is known. TO be
there, and tho dagger moth is also dif'
ficult to ind at times. Aquestion-mark
butterfly with wings folded looks almost
exactly like 4 part Of the torn or partly
eaten dead Leaf on which 1t may be rest
Ing. and there are other BUTTERFLIES In
which the deception is carried even
further. Some Of the most extreme cases
are to be seem among the tropical butter
flies number of which are best known
as eaf-insects," from the fact that they
look almost exactly like leaves growing
from the branch on which they have
alighted. The closed wings are to all ap.
pearances leaf, the same IN shape ana
color as any Of the leaves about It, A
prolongation Of the hind wings touches
the branch and forms the stein; which
adds 80 much to the deception. Alargs
midrib or vein runs down the middle, and
from it rAdiates a system Of smaller
veins, very much as they do in real
leaf. Even the imperfections Of the
leaf are mimicked in some cases, and
we find on the wings little spots which
correspond to insect bites, mold and
blight of various kinds, such as are fire.
quently seen upon leaves. Our own COM
mon katydid looks SO much like the
bright green leaves among which It is
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Compact and Lucid.

The Hon. Tim" Tarsney, solicitor
Of the city Of DetroitSlnd former mem.
ber of congress from the Saginaw dis
trict Of Michigan, tells story of an
Irishman in his district, a-liberal con-
tributor to the campaign fund and a
strong man financially, but with little
or no education. Some Of the boys
thought it would tickle the old man
to propose him for chairman of big
political meeting, but they had no idea
he would accept. He did accept, how
ever, and on mounting the platform
made the following speech:
"Gintlemin of the Convention--I
congratulate you most heartily upon
the choice of yure chairman. You
kin rest ashured that as long as the
bulluk of the population constitutes
the masses of the people there will be
no danger from the privileged few.
The convention is now ready for busi'
ness. s."-Philadelphia Post.
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Matching Their Eyer.

The women who delight in wearing
jewels are now informed that in order
to get the best effects from the stones
they must wear only those that match
their eyes. The girl with hazel orbs
that have tint Of yellow is devoting
herself exclusively to yellow topazes and
emeralds. The blue-eyed women are
buying turquoises. Solitaire diamonds
are only allowed to the black-eyed
damsels. while brown. rose and yellow
tinted brillants are All the especial pro-
perty Of the matron whose glance u
deep and dark as midnight" To
brown-eyed women red gems are recon-
mended as being most suitable.
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A Missouri Munchauaen.

There are some pretty fair Nimrods
In Missouri now, but story which is
printed in an old history of Galloway
county shows that some of those OF
former days could make contemporary
sportsmen look like 80 cents either as
shots or as raconteurs, says the Kan
sas City Journal. "Mr. Calvin Tate"
according to this history, says that
the wild pigeons were SO plentiful one
summer that frequently when they
would alight on tree it would bend
down to the ground with their weight.
He went hunting one day, and seeing
a fine lot of pigeons in a tree he
hitched his horse to one Of the limbs
and fired and killed 300 at one shot
The rest few away. and as soon as
the tree was relieved of their weight
1t Strengthened up, carrying his horss
with it, and the poor brute had to
hang there until he could go home
and get an ak and cut the tree down.
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One day ! patrol Ii tho vicinity 81
| the town Or Tia JuAnA, Cal, noticed
wagon With I heaping load of hay
across the imaginary line which sep
arates the two republics, This. says
the San Franclsco Chronicle, was moi
exactly an unusual proceeding. but the
rider's suspicious were aroused, nev..
ertheless. Hailing the driver, hs asked
him his destination. AZ tho reply was
somewhat haxy, the scout Informed the
Mexican that As would accompany
him.
The fellow looked the picture Of mis-
cry when he told the patrolman that he
really did not need an escort, 80 the
latter told him that the man to whom
the hay was to be delivered really did
not need the provender. you had bet
ter dump It out right here on the des-
ert," continued the officer, "and mind
you, do not stick q Chinese with Z
pitchfork while you are doing It," The
Mexican wac voluble In his excuses
and gestures, but nevertheless he had
to toss the hay out upon the sands. He
had all the load on, with the excep-
ton Of a LAYER about foot deep, and
then he tramped around on that, stick
ing his pitchfork in At intervals OF
every foot until the steel prongs ran
into the bed of the wagon. He turned
to the inspector in triumph, as II to
assure him that no coolie could five
through such an assault. Just to be ar
bitrary the latter commanded the
driver to throw all the load on. The
Mexican reluctantly obeyed, and then
the rider noticed that the bed of the
wagon was unusually high "A closer
inspection showed him that there was
a false bottom in the vehicle. He COW
cred the Mexican driver, who was pre-
pairing to run for 1t. with his gun.
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Y EACH WE'RE IN his PLACE

n ne'er a man In any station
Were by the fates permitted
TO choose aught but the one vocation
For which he best Is fitted
II weak, men all held small positions
We'd have world Of changed conditions
The bard who sings doleful lay
Might weigh out groceries to-day;
The motorman on yonder car
Might wisely plead before the par.
The king In royal robes arrayad
Might earn his bread with pick and spade
And many justice OF the peace
Might live by packing axlc-grease.
The governor whose word is law
Might WELD the hammer and the saw
And doubtless many diplomat
Would stir the soap grease In the vat
The cobbler, with his drawn-up knees,
Might in some palace sit at ease;
Some farmer who must guide the pl0w
Might be glorious emperor now.
If every member of the race
Were always in his proper place
That drowsy judge might shovel coal
Down In some stuffy, dingy hole.
The admiral whose flag Is high,
Might bring your doughnuts and your pie,
Or meekly stand beside his chair
And gossip while he trimmed your hair.
The gay young man who rides to hounds
Might shape the bar the blacksmith
pounds,
Or serve mankind day after day
By picking geese or baling hay.
And many a playhouse would be shut
For lack of thespians to strut
Before the lights, If none might act
Except the ones who can. in fact.
If neer a man In any station
Were by the fates permitted
To choose aught but the one vocation
For which he best is fitted
If fools were all In fools positions
Wed have world of new conditions.
IS. e. Kiser, In Chicago Record-Herald.
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Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ne.

Mrs. Fairbanks tells how ne.
glect ofwarning symptoms viii
soon prostrate a woman. She
thinks woman's safeguard is
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
"DEAR Mas. PfkKHAh Ignorance
and neglect af6 the, causc 81 hntald
female suffering, BOT only with thu
laws Of health but with the chance Of a
cure. / did not heed tho warnings Of
headaches, organic pains, and general
WEAKNESS, until was well nigh pros
tratcd. Iknew I had to do something
Happily Lid the right thing. took
Lydia n Pinkham'S Vegetable
Compound faithfully, according to
directions, and was rewarded in few
weeks 10 flnd that my aches and pains
disappeared, md 1 again felt the glow
OF health through my body. Since l
have been well l have been more care
full. I have also advised q number OF
nv sick friends to take Lydia e.
Pinklram's Vegetable Com.
pound, and they have never had
reason TO be sorry. Yours very truly,
MRS. MAY FA1RDANKs, n1o South 7th
st.. Minneapolis, Mimi" (Mrs; Fais;
banks Is one Of the Host successful and
highest salaried travelling saleswomen
in the West. ~ $4,000 forfeit If original on
abovs letter pvoung genunencss cannot be produced
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
ShO has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
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Knew His Business.

That's q fine lot of pigs you have
there said the old farmers- What do
you feed 'em?"
Why. corn, of course" replied the
amateur agriculturist who had recent
ly moved from the city.
I'm the ear?" queried the o. I.
"No." answered the q. a., lin the
mouth. Cincinnati Enquirer.
The progress., 1904-07-30

"What a methodical fellow you are
Dobbs!" said Filkins, who had stepped
into Dobbs' Office during the latter's alb.
sence.
why, what do you mean?" asked
Dobbs.
ITO think that you should lock all
your drawers up when you are only 60
ing out for five minutes. 'Tisn't likely
that anybody would meddle with your
papers,"
"Of course not" replied Dobbs; "hut
how did you find out that the drawers
were locked?"-Tit-Bits
The progress., 1904-07-30

Ten million dollars of new capital was
put into Colorado agriculture and irri-
cation in 1903 and the population Of the
state was increased between 5000 and
10000 One railroad companys land
sales in Colorado amounted to nearly q
million dollars for the, year. 1t is esti-
mated that reservoirs now under con-
struction In the Centennial state will sdd
Loco. .oce acres to the irritable area,
The progress., 1904-07-30
Premium. Tor large rsmiliea,

The latest scheme for the encouraxs-
ment Of population in France is that Of
the Paris. Lyons { Mediterranean Rail-
way company, which has adopted the
following scale in the case of employees
who have large families. Employees
whose wages do not exceed aloo francs
PEI annum. and who have three children
or persons to provide for. viii receive q
eratuity Of IS per annum: for q family
Of four. SIC; Of i've, $50; Of six, 9ls; Of
psvep, $40; Of eight f22; Qf nine. SlsS
The progress., 1904-07-30
6y Elimination,

One day, as Pat halted at the top Of
the river bank, a man, famous for his
inquisitive mind, stopped and asked:
How long have you hauled water
for the village, my good mani"
''rin years, sor."
"Ah! How many loads do you take
In a day?"
From tin to fifteen, sor."
."Ah, yes! Now have problem
for you. How much water at this rate
have you hauled in all, sir?"
The driver of the watering cart
jerked his thumb backward toward
the river and replied, "All the wather
yez don't, see there now, sor."-Chris-
tian Advocate.
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Parental Wisdom.

81 shouldn't think the Smiths would
name their new baby 'John'-there are
so many John Smiths"
That's good thing one way. II
his name ever gets in the police re-
ports folks won't know whether it's
he or some other John Smith. Puck.
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The Feminine View.

Mamma" asked small Floramay,
"was the earth created before MANI"
Certainly, my dear" replied her
mother fa4~
"Why was it," continued the little
fnquisitor
1T was probably known" explained
the wise woman, that it would be the
first thing he'd want after his arrival
Cincinnati Enquirer
The progress., 1904-07-30

Startling is the information conveyed
in an English newspaper account of a
recent society wedding in England.
The wedding march was played on
the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk
leaving the chapel. The bride was
naturally much interested in the musi-
cal arrangement, being the organist
and head of the choir"
One can believe that the couple ihus
played on marched very haltingly. to
provide the organist with abundant
"stopa"-Youth's Companion.
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The Lovers Quarrel.

Since you desire that we should part,
And, taking each his own.
Should render back with honest heart
What was the others loan,
Before my gems. which at your feet
poured, I want those kisses sweet
gave hundredfold;
Then when in turn you claim your due
You will not find that l withhold
All those had from you.
Chicago Tribune.
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None Omitted,

my wife told me when 1 got in at
two O'Clock this morning that she
didn't propose to waste any words ON
me-"
"Ah! you we're in luck"
mot much! She didn't waste any
words; she used every one in her vo-
cabulary. ."-Philadelphi Public Led
ger.
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His Opinion.

"It often happens that investigations
are failures, does 1t not?"
Il should say so.' answered Senator
Sorghum. Every once in awhile an in
vestigation instead of quieting things
turns up a whole lot of facts that you
didn't want known. Star.
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As the Sermon Struck the Deacon.
A self-conscious and egotistical
young clergyman was supplying" the
pulpit of country church. After
the service he asked one Of the deacons,
a grizzled, plain spoken man, what he
thought of this mornings effort"
WAL" answered the old man slowly,
'T'll tell ye; I'll tell We in a kind o.
parable. 1t reminded me Of Sim
Peck's fust deer-hunt, when he was
green. He follered the deer's tracks
all right, but he follered 'em all day
in the wrong direction. kansas City
Independent.
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Short on Style.

Mrs. Middlenotch-I think I'll have to
give reception.
Mr.. Middlenotchs What for?
Mrs. Middlenotch-Cook complains
that I haven't had anything but literary
clubs since she's been here.-Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.
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Evaded Walking.

Silas-Old Bender had a terrible
skate on last night.
.Cyrus-That's strange. Thought his
wife said he should never put foot In
her yard If he'd been drinking?
Silas-Oh, he didn't have to put his
foot in 1t. Some one brought him home
in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Daily
News.
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The way She Saw 1t.

He-How ridiculous the Arabs arei
Their salutation is almost grotesque,
for they shake hands seven or eight
times, and sometimes repeatedly kiss
each other.
She-Yes. IL seems ridiculous to
waste so much time shaking hands
Yonkers Statesman
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Matrimonial Dyspepsia.

well, how do you like married
life?" inquired q friend.
Not at ali" replied the man who
had married money and was suffering
for it. I'm a case of matrimonial dys.
pepsia."
Matrimonial dyspepsia?"
Yes. She never agrees with me-;
she's too rich."-Tit-Bits.
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Then He Got Busy

Dramatically speaking" said the
bashful young man, would you call .
kiss a conjunction"
81 don't know" replied the fair maid
in the parlor scene, but whatever 1t
may be, It's something I cannot de-
cline. Daily News.
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Various Methods.

All men must make their choices:
Some are wise and some are rash.
Some statesmen raise their voices
And some others raise the cash.
-WashingtOn Star,
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One Good Turn.

The Minister-f haven't seen you at
church for some time. Mr.. Spareribs.
The Butcher-No,. sir; you see, the
hew minister buys as much meat o me
me- havin' a big family, feel e II
ought to patronize him bit."-Brook.
iyn Life.
The progress., 1904-07-30

Mrs. Knicker-Is she thinking Of get
ting 4 divorce?
Mrs. Bocker-No; she Is going to ap,
ply for decision dsssolving her me5
Rer.-N Y. sun
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A Toast to the Gr,nner.

A Toast to the Grlnner.
Some people like to fume and fret
When things go wrong.
They always seem to like to get
A minor song. tis
But here's to him who always shows
Through thick and thin,
No matter how the cold Wind blows,
That cheerful grin.
Baltimore News.
The progress., 1904-07-30

"Prof Stickinmud is very unfortu-
nate with his inventions. He blew up
with his new gasoline launch and fell
in the lake with his improved air ship.
-Fliegende Blaetter.
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The Eternal Feminine.

Mr.. Nufarmer-Really, dear, I don't
think these eggs are at to eat
Mrs. Nutarmer-Well. luckily. We
shall not have to throw them away;
-ur Plymouth Rock hen wants 10 sit
Brooklyn Life