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Expensive Prosecutions.

In the two criminal courts of Cuya-
hoga County, Ohio. during the veal
which ended with July, 1904, 27S per.
sons were convicted of crime, ranging
from assault and battery to murder in
the first degr-.
'Four-ifths Of the crimes for which
men were tried in criminal court were
caused by intoxicating drinks"
Guy Flick, clerk of the crimina!
court, has written this sentence in his
annual report. He adds the statement
is based on observation.
The prosecution of Offenders who got
into trouble because Of strong drink
has been expensive. Few Of them
had money to employ lawyers. The
county hired lawyers for them and
paid $6765 the report says! The grand
jury cost $4495.1G and the petit juries
$4S64.
The offenders were fined 1851. but
only $736.65 was collected. They were
also ordered to pay $14,SGI.15 costs:
but paid only $1021.T.
The surplus fines, amounting to
$13,S45.39. were p:id by the State to
the county, because the State always
pays the unsolicited fines where con-
victions are secured. The amount of
, .ese cost items was 500, 969. 55-Amsr.
lean Issue.
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No Opening For Him.

Morning! Gov'nor in?" inquired a
confdent-looking stranger of a young
man who was weighing sugar in a
thriving village grocery store.
eyes, sir"
"Um-m. Advertised for a manager,
I believer"
eyes, we have"
present manager anywhere about?'
"I'm acting in that capacity at pres
ent.Y}
"You are! Well, then, you can give
me a tip as to what kind Of a codger
the gov'nor is, anyway. Old"
"No; about my age"
whats your trouble with him
close-flsted?"
"Some people think he is
"That's the trouble with most Of EN-.
But trust me to get the worth OF my
time out of him, n way or another"
with a wink. Just give him my caro-,
will you"
"Tm engaging the new man, if you're
applying for the place." returned the
other.
"You are? Well, now, do you think
you could come to an immediate de-
cision il I made it worth your while!"
with another wink and drawing a bill
from his pocket.
shouldn't wonder"
"Ah," chuckled the applicant, flick
ing the greenback across the unit
81 thought that would fix it. when
shall I show up for biz?"
"Well, I don't believe you'd better
show up at all for business here re-
piled the other, quietly pushing the
O back to its owner. You see'
I happen to be the governor myself,
and--I don't believe you're just the
man we're looking for. Good morning
sir!"-Youth's Companion.
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The Eagle Mates But Once.

The married life of most birds could
be taken for a model even by members
of the human family. There is, Tor
instance, the staid, dignifed and home
" bald headed eagie-the glorious en-
blem of the American republic. lie
mates but once and lives with his n
mate until he or she dies. II LETT a
widower-even a young widower-the
bald headed eagle never mates again.
He remains alone and disconsolate IL
the nest on the rocky crag or in me
branches of a tall pine that formed ms
domicile while his mate was alive. NO
other female eagle can tempt him 10
forsake his disconsolate life. win
him. once a widower, always a wld-
over. The golden woodpeckers live
in a happy married state, mating but
once. If the male dies his mates GRIEF
is lasting, and she lives a widowed Dlro
the rest of her life. So, too, the male
woodpecker never seeks another mate
after the death of his OWL. He taps
on q tree beside their nest day and
night trying to recall her; then at
length, discouraged and hopeless, ne
becomes silent and never RECEIVERS DIS
gayety.-Chicago Tribune.
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Effects on the Normal.

Professor Kraepelin, of Heidelberg,
has been engaged for a long time IN
an investigation into the various effects
Of alcohol on users in normal healthy
condition. He has found the use Of
half an ounce of spirits, equivalent to
an ordinary glass of whisky. affects
all Of the vital functions of the user
both physical and mental. Having
first found what an individual could
do in normal condition, he. observed
the same person thirty minutes after
taking the spirits and found that if
the healthy vision will enable the SUBJ
ject to read letters thirty feet away,
after using the ounce of spirits he can-
not read them more than from eighteen
TO twenty-five feet away. A CORES
ponding result was observed in the
ability to discriminate colors: also it
was noted that forms and shapes were
blurred and indistinct. This palsy OF
the vision is, of course, much more
marked in the ease Of q drunken man.
Similar results were perceived in tho
action of all the senses.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

a Little Temperance Lecture-The FIX
perience of a Drunken Man on the
Bowery, as Related in the New York
Sun Why Drink is Not Good.
There is much foolish talk about how
a man can reform from liquor. In the
first place, no man who has any sense
and knows thoroughly the effects OF
drink would ask such a question.
The Bowery saloons illustrate to US
the main t~horoughfare where liquor is
sold in large quantities. and it is there
that various respectable men are driv'
en- to drink, through the efforts of
probably ONE of their friends. who
make the Bowery their principal hang
out.
A man when he is drunk thinks he
has great pleasure. but when he finds
out the results of it either by landing
in a police station or being injured
physically, he realizes that drink is not
as good as he thought.
Practically the same man is made a
fool of by his neighbors, who tell other
people about him. He is diSliked, and
finds out that he cannot get a place to
work. He is ashamed of the world,
and may be either killed or he may
| commit suicide.
l will illustrate with a little story:
One summers day in 1908 a drunken
man, in appearance a good looking
and respectable gentleman, was parad-
ing up and down the Bowery having
a gala time. In one of his coat pockets
was a gold watch and a valuable dia-
mond pin was in his necktie. He was
approached and set upon by two thugs,
who came out Of a hallway near by
and struck him on the head. so that
he at once became senseless. They
carried him into a neighboring house
and took from him his valuable arti-
cles. A policeman was seen to pass by
when all hostilitieS were over, and he
noticed the q lying down on the
floor near a hallway. He called for
assistance, and they sent the man 10
the hospital, where medical aid was
secured.
This goes to show what happens to
man, boy or woman when they are
drunk. and 1 advise all to keep away
from it, and if they take my advice
they will be very thankful to me when
they get older.-Frank Albert, in tho
New York Sun.
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1t Takes Two.

A lad of seventeen, the apprentice OF
a carpenter, had been sent to a saloon
TO take the measure for a new counter:
1t was very cold weather and he al.
rived shaking with the cold, for his
coat was thin. The saloonkeeper i'm
mediately mixed a hot drink and
pushed it over the counter to him. at
will cost you nothing" he said. Drink
it and you will soon stop %shivering, my
boy" HE meant kindly, too, and
didn't mean any HARM" said the ap-
prentice, as he told the story.
That's what made it harder to push
it back and say I didn't want it,"
1T must have been a big temptation"
said his friend. WELL" replied the
lad, ut takes twoto make a temptation.
There is no saloonkeeper and TO. cold
weather can make me drink what l
don't want to. The temptation I'm
afraid Of is the one that I'm ready for
before it comes, by hankering after it.
I don't take'much credit to myself for
refusing that drink, and if I'd taken
it, why, I shouldn't put all the blame
on the sa~loonkeeper, as some folks do.
1t takes two every time to make a SUI.
cessful temptation"
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Mrs JWZong and mrs. S. Frake

Of all the diseases known, with
which women are afflicted, kidney dis
Ease is the most fatal. In fact. unless
early and correct treatment is applied,
the weary patient seldom survives.
Being fully aware of this, Mrs. Pink
ham. early In her career, gave exhaust
i've study to the subject, and in pro-
,ducing her great remedy for woman's
ills Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound-was careful to see that it
contained the correct combination OF
herbs which was sure to control that
fatal disease, woman's kidney troubles.
The Vegetable Compound acts in har-
mony with the laws that govern. the
entire female system, and while there
are many so called remedies for kidney
troubles, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. is the only M espe-
cially prepared for women, and thou
sands have been cured Of serious kidney
arrangements by it. arrangements Of
the feminine organs quickly affect the
kidneys, and when a woman has such
symptoms as pain or weight in the
loins, baekache, bearing down pains,
urine too frequent, scanty or high col
ored, producing scalding or burning,
or deposits like brick dust in it; I'M
usual thirst, swelling of hands and feet.
swelling under the eyes or sharp pains
in the back running down the inside
of her groin. she may be sure her kid
neys are affected and should lose no
time in combating the disease with
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, the woman's remedy for wo-
mans ills.
The following letters show how
ma~rvelously successful it is.
lydia E. Pinkham's VeSetable Compound
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.B1IZL10NS GRASS

Agricultural Editors wrote about it,
kgr. College Professors lectured about it,
Ayr. Institute Orators talked about it,
while in the farm home by the quiet fire.
tide, in the corner grocery, in the village
post-ofice, at the creamery, at the depot,
IN fact wherever farmers gathered, Salzer's
Billion Dollar Grass, that marvellous grass,
good for 5 to IA tons hay per acre and
lots of pasture besides, is always a theme
worthy of the farmers voice. 80.
Then comes Bromus 1nermis, than which
there is no better grass or better perma-
nent hay producer on earth. Grows wher-
ever soil is found. Then the farmer talks
about Salzer's Teosinte, which produces
100 stocks from one kernel of seed, II #:
high, in 100 days, rich in nutrition and
greedily eaten by cattle, hogs. etc, and is
good for so tons of green food per acre:
Victoria Rape, the luxuriant food for
hogs and sheep, which can be grown at
Csc a ton, and Speltz at zoe a bu, both
great food for sheep, hogs and cattle. also
come in for their share in the discussion.
JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS ,
and this notice to John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, for their big. catalog
and many farm seed samples. Ia. {. IL
Irrigation is said to be lowering the
{emnerature of Epypt.
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THE TRICKS
Coffee Plays on Some.

It hardly pays to laugh before you
are certain of facts, for it is sometimes
humiliating to think of afterwards.
when l was a young girl l was a
lover of coffee, but was sick so much
the doctor told me to quit n do, Dut
after my marriage my husband begged
me to drink it again as he did not mn
1t was the coffee caused the troubles.
$50 I commenced it again n con-
tinued about 6 months until my stom-
ach commenced acting bad and choklns
as if I had swallowed something the
size of an egg. One doctor SAID II was
neuralgia and indigestion.
Zone day l took a drive with my nus.
hand three miles in the country II l
drank a cup of coffee for dinner. i
thought sure l would die before l got
hack to town to a doctor. was drawn
double in the buggy and when my nus,
hand hitched the horse to get me OUT
into the doctors office, misery came'up
in nv throat and seemed to shut my
breath off entirely, then LETT al III u
fash and went to my heart. The doc
for pronounced it nervous heart trouble
and when I got home I was so weak
I could not sit up. .
"My husband brought my supper 10
nv bedside with a nice cup OF not
coffee, but 1 said: Take that oack,
dear, I will never drink another cup ol
ooffoe IL YOU gave me everything you
are worth, for it is just killing me- ne
and the others laughed at me AND SAID:
"sThe idea of coffee killing ANYBODY.
"'Well I said, it is nothing else Dut
coffee that is doing it.
I'm the grocery one day my husoanu
was persuaded to buy a box OF POSTUM
which he brought home n mao 1t
for dinner and we both thought now
1000 It was but said nothing to the
hired men and they thought they mad
drank coffee until we laughed n OLD
them. Well, we kept on with Postum
and il was not long before the color
came back to my cheeks n got
stout and felt as good as I ever did IN
nv life. I have no more stomach rou-
ble and I know 1 owe it all to Postum
in place Of coffee.
"Nfy husband has gained good health
on Postum, as we'll as baby n l. ana
we all think nothing is too good to say
about it," Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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Feminine Guile.

Some women when staying at hotels
do not care to exhibit to the passers
along the corridor the exact size Of
their feet. so they carefully carry with
them a couple Of pairs of tiny, delicate
shoes, which, instead Of the ones they
are wearing, they place outside their
doors for the servants to take down
and clean. All the big boot shops in
Paris now make a specially of this
tiny footgear, and a pair or two form
a portion of the trousseau Of every
up-to-date bride.-Madrid impartial.
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Hate and Wraps.

OF all the headgear of the season the
medium types remain. The very small
hat, the pole cap, represents the ex-
IRENE of tiny hats, with many of the
turbans the most popular choice. There
nre very close turbans, too. The Louis
XVI. face hat, with more or less up
turned back brim. fingers in favor and
is the shape Of some of the prettiest
warm weather examples.
In extra wraps for evening and car
rage wear there's a very charming
model in a peculiar silk and wool mix
ture of an ivory shade. 1t is full,
square, reaches below the hips and is
fitted with a cape that is square and
pieated.
Capes are returning for evening and
carriage wear. So far they are of fine
broadcloth, almost full length, and
made. the delicate colors.
The heaviest pongee silk in any and
every color is made into stunning
belted, full length redingotes. In the
delicate colors these are suitable for
evening coats.
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Mrs. Samuel Frake, Of Prospect
Plains, N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- @-s :.
I cannot thank you enough for what Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me. When I hrst wrote to you I bad suit
fered for years with what the doctor called
kidney trouble and congestion Of the womb:
My back ached! dreadfully all the time, and
suffered 80 with that bearingdowns feeling ]
could hardly walk across the room. did not
get any better, 80 decided to stop doctoring
hams Vegetable Compound and ] am thank.
full to say It has entirely cured me I! do'an
my " work, AVE no more backache' and
all the bad symptoms have disappeared:
Icannot praise your medicine enough, and
would advise all women suffering with kidney
trouble to try It. Il, VI
Mrs. j. W. Lang, of e2s Third Ave-
nue., New York, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- ~
I have been a great sufferer with kidney
trorible. Nv back ached all, the time and ]
was. discouraged. / heard that Lydia, q.
PinlSham's Vegetable Compound would cnre
kidney disease, and began to take 1T and 10
has cured me when everything else had failed,
l have recommended It to lots Of people and
they all praise it very highly. -
Mrs. Pinkham's Standing In-
vitatiOn.
Women suffering from kidney
trouble, or any form Of female weak
ness are invited to promptly communi.
cate with Mrs. Pinkham, at, Lynn,
Mass. Out of the great volume OF ex-
p~erience which she has to draw from,
It is more than likely she has the very
knowledge that will help your case.
Her advice is free and always help
full. f.,
; a Kcman's Relnedy for Koman's Ills.
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A ReccInpense.

Young Edward, aged six, was quite
tired of staying in the house. his
mother was i'll and had tried to keep
him in the room with her because her
room was warmer than his playroom,
but his toys were all in the playroom
and he became restless to go to them.
"Good,by, mamma" he said, IL Will
come back in a thousand years"
"I will be dead and buried by that
time, son."
The little fellow stopped for a mo-
ment with his hand upon the door, and
thinking Of the Greed he replied:
"Never mind, mamma, you Will rose
acaip."-M. z. c., in Lippincott's.
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courts, in connection with the weather
reports. It is found that the pressure
of the afr shows its effect more dis
tlnctly than my other meteorological
condition. With q !eT barometer there
is increase Of crime, insanity, bad con-
duct, sickness and suicide; but drunk
enness is diminished, and bank clerks
make fewer clerical errors than ordl-
narily. If the converse to this holds,
u magistrates should be having a
light time, except for the drunk and
disorderly cases, and it behooves US to
examine u lpass-books with care
London TELEGRAPH.
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Skirts.


Though skirts continue full and far
ing. the fulness may be so well held
down and in that even the stout wom-
an appears to advantage thus arrayed.
Pleated skirts are more than holding
their own. Undoubtedly the walking
length will prevail for skirts intended
for walking, and, indeed, for many
dresses not designed particularly for
the promenade. Dressy affairs have
short trails. Trimming, save for the
panel effect at the front, is mostly con-
fined to the foot of the skirt. Double
skirts and triple skirts are returning,
tho advance guard being in the love-
liest batistes, embroidered or otherwise
adorned.
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Crime and tho Bnrndnster.

During several days recently the
barometer IN England stood almost at
record height, within q tenth of thirty
one inches. This facr recalls a work
by Professor Dexter, Of the University
Of Illinois, dealing with the influence
of different kinds Of weather On char
acter, or at least on human moods. The
statement that q climate is "brac!rg"
or ~"relaxing" conveys the germ of an
idea which the professor has worked
out more completely by analysing sta
tistics of conduct from schools ard
prisonG, and Of crime from the police
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Saved by a Grasp of the Hand.

A day or two after Cough had signed
the pledge he was cold and miserable
and shaking from head to foot. He
knew that Il glass of whisky would
brace him up. In the crisis a gentle.
nan met him. and said how glad he
was to hear he had signed the pledge:
You are having a bad time, I sup
pose," said his friend, but l hope you
you will stick to it," He grasped
Coughs hand and the poor trembling
creatures eyes filed with tears as he
said, Thank you. sir think 1 can
bear it now" Those few words de-
cided the conflict, and Cough was
sayed.-Ram's Horn.
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A Village Fiasco.

Gifted Amateur Concluding pet card
trick)-"Now, ladies and gentlemen,
you have seen the pack of cards burned
before your eyes and the ashes placed
inside the box, which my%steriously
transformed itself into a rabbit, which,
in turn, disappeared into space. I will
now ask this gentleman to name the
card he selected, when it will at once
appear in my hand. Now, sir, what
card did you select from the pack?"
Giles (who has been following the
trick most intently-"Blessed if I rec.
ollectr'-London Punch.
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string colored lace, and the, trimming
of silk banding and braid, but all those
that are soft enough to render shirring
effective are appropriate.
The frock consists Of the waist por-
ton and the skirt. The waist is made
over q fitted lining, on which the chemi-
settle is arranged, and consists Of the
full front and backs. The collar ex-
tends we'll orer the shoulder and serves
to finish the front edges of the waist,
while the sleeves are made over fitted
Innings, which are faced to form cuffs,
the full portions being shirred midway
Of their length, so forming double puffs.
The skirt is in one piece and is shirred
at it's upper edge.
The quantity of material required for
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The KilnOuO.

The kimono's influence is more wide
spreading than at first appears. 1t has
found its way into our negligees,
whether made of soft flannel, silk.
wool. or chiffon. The skirts are long
and flowing, as are the sleeves. Hoods
often appear at the back of the bo-
dice, from which depend long stoles
in front. The several occupations Of
d modern life demand O. constant
change in u raiment, and between
whiles it is a comfort to slip into q
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Mink Autoing Hat.

A mink hat for autoing was smart
if one insists on a hat instead of a
close-ftting cap. This one was a boat
shaped turban, the brim rolling up
sharply on either side. A large rosette
of brown satin ribbon trimmed one
side of the brim, while a heavy brown
chiffon veil was gathered directly be-
hind the rosette and extended we'll
around the back and sides of the hat.
The veil was quite long and was ar
ranged to tie tightly under the chin.
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foundation, full fronts and back, which
lre joined to the yoke and vest and
arranged over the lim:g. The sleeves
also are mounted over foundations,
which are faced to form the cuffs and
which serve to keep the shirrings in
place. The belt is soft and draped,
SHRED at its edges and closed in
visibly.
The quantity of material required for
the medium size is five and three-fourth
yards twenty-one, four and cne-half
yards twenty-seven, or three yards
forty-four inches wide, with one yard
twenty-one inches wide for trimming
and belt, three yards of silk for lining.
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Leaven Working in Germany.

A correspondent of the Nation. writ
ing from Hanover, Germany. describes
the growth of sentiment favorable to
total abstinence among German arti-
sans, due to the tracts issued showing
why it is best from the scientific stand
point. The correspondent points out
the significance of the fact that while
church and school stand by Indifferent,
while physicians look on inactive, a
struggle to purify family and national
life is going on with science and social
democracy in league as reforming
agents.
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h Knew That.

The little girl was on her fathers
knee saying her next days school les
son, and he asked her a question the
answer to which was not on the pages
before him.
Papa" she said, "you mustn't expect
me to answer that. I'm past that. l
studied itmore. than a week ago.
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Girls Costume.

Surplice effects are among the new.
est and most effective of all models
for young girls, and will be greatly
worn during the coming season. The
very attractive little frock illustrated
combines a waist so made with a cir
cular skirt, but is closed invisibly at
the centre back. In the case of the
model the material is pale green alba
tross with chemisette and cuffs OF