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woman within a hundred miles OF this
house who doesn't know more about
itaiitics than you do, I'd like to lear
her name"
What! What. Don't talk that way
to Her'>
sitting room and take 4 seat. and when
~ IL. led my dinner I'll have 4
l.ttia tai VII: % | Just feit if III my
boxes tssa. !. @,:l-t.t t. be here tonight"
". Ro<T<sr v..t -psea.rs ard wax
:. - asa 10 si.i ragged. The cat fol
i"+sl hi1.. "aI il was E COOL time Il
-. Il. hur I" Ia>"..c.ed i. II,
va still Wig when lis wife alt
IA1~tAer-,njsw c&.Ee up. and the latte.
Sill:
Now. don't sweat your collar. Sam
w. ST down and listen to. ne"
80 one "z.cd YOU TO come on q
yi5.t." !e re:5rtul.
y aSErd E.y-c.+. and cent yen get
to- sassy Or II s:sy u whole year. Tc
bGg,n with. ~..c"e'.I be no antitrus,
r.~":ts hec" to..:g-.t. The fellows are
cn--4A- SHY 70 play you.
y - thp:c VII be a meetingr'
All -: there won't, and that set
ties it. r.. Liberty club MAJ come
ciahhia@ around, but they won't be in
vitei - DIX Gr smoke"
You talk as Ii this was your house
and I was only a boy"
"-&cve.. lind how / talk. l know
~ .tJ ..~,, .,1 49, ~a,aa1- f1~ -
There's room in this country for an
honest mans party. but it won't be or
ganized here. There's the bell, and I'll
answer it."
L was q delegation Of three men to
help org.ni2e the antitrusters, and the
mother-in-law bowed to them and said:
Its all of. gentlemen. Apply to the
nearest sHloon,"
They hadn't got out of the gate when
the LII cry rIub delegation arrived.
Its been cut out. gentlemen" said
tia nothcr-;n-law. with a smile. "Plen-
t. o. c;t3pt ia the house, but none for
yor."
They We're hesitating what to do
when the honest men arrived. "Is Mr..
- @ti III. was dSktd.
lie is. bEt he can't be played this
evening. Smother evening, perhaps"
Are you his wife?"
60. His mother-in-law!"
"Tlcn that settles it, said the hon
est inen in chorus, as they almost fed
down the steps.
,"5y the living lingo, madam" began
Mr. Itgv-Sar nc Che rnfITrnaH 10 tho sit
ting room. but she walked straight up
to hi,.2 and said:
"Cpddle down. Samuel, cuddle down.
Sarai' and I are going upstairs for a
little talk and when | come down l
want to find you and tell you a few
things. If you leave the house I'll hunt
you down."
1t was two hours later when she
came down. Mr.. Bowser had taken a
seat on the floor to sulk and had fallen
asleep. His knees were drawn up, his
back bumped, and he had the look of
an orphan far from lemonade or soda
water. The cat lay on his back with
his legs UP, and there was an atmOs-
phere of inconsistencies in the room.
"Poor SamuelI' sighed the mother-in-
law. Il hate to do these things, but
how else can you get along with such a
manT''
Il tell You I run this housed" said
Mr. Bowser, speaking in his sleep.
"He may, but / guess not"
land I'll have who l want here!"
~You think you will, but, you see.
your mother-in-law is here"
-And if you don't like it you can go
to grass!'
"Sleep, Samuel; Sleep" said the
mother-in-law as she turned away. 81
have come to stay a month or more,
and you'll need all your strength to
stand UP under the strain"
l M OTTAD
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Swcetened.

Dearest" be said, do you know
that the average consumption of sugar
in this country is seventy-ive pounds
a year,
She carameled an inaudible reply.
well, it is he went on, land I fig
ure on the basis of the five pound
boxes ] bought that last year you got
1915 pounds ahead of the average"
mo wonder you call me Sweet
heart" she marshmalloN ed gleefully
and ate on.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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mans party at the next general cleo
ton, and five or six gentlemen will call
here. / shall be made chairman"
Aren't you afraid that some of these
men may be playing you for a good
thing?" asked Mrs. Bowser, az they
sat down to the table.
What! Play me for a good thing27
shouted Nj. Bowser as he held the
carving knife i'll the air.
Eyes. You know you have often been
played"
woman, what do you mean? Am I
to be insulted in my w house and
to my teeth? Who has ever played
me? Who has ever looked upon me as
a man who could be played? Doa't
try Il sneak out of it, but answer me
squarely.'
Haven't men come here and pre-
tended they wanted to make you alder
man or mayor or governors!
Yes: men have come here, but /
found out what they were after md
gave them the bounce! Played! Playedt
Mrs. Bowser, get it into your head that
I'm no fool. When u set of men start
out TO play me for a soft snap they've
got to get up early in the morning"
But / don't see why you should med
die with those things you speak of.
Why do you do it"
II do it because I'm opposed to trusts;
because / am a liberty loving American
citizen: because | am an honest man
and want to see an honest government.
A man without ambitions is no man at
all"
well, I hope they won't bamboozle
you she said, with a sigh.
There you go againi" fairly howled
Mr.. Bowser as he knocked his plate off
the table with his elbow and caused
the cook to come running in. You
hope they won't bamboozle meme,
Mr.. Bowser-your husband! By thun-
der. woman, I don't know what to
make of you"
why don't yor?' asked a voice at
the foot of the basement stairs, a voice
that almost made Mr.. Bowser jump out
of his shoes.
The front door had accidentally been
unlocked. and the mother-in-law had ar
rived and walked in.
Mrs. Rowser rose m AMI welcomed
and kissed her. bit NJ. R"-sc"'s f2ce
turned red as he sat ord rIarcd Ct llo~.
Samuel" said the old lady SIS she
removed her hat AMI sh"v-l end sat
down to the tonle. Won we~c doing n
heap of lor3 tt" when | arrived.
What is it ~, ~a,ar-:"
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French representative has suffered at
re hands of President Castro. /
Late in 1908. when President
Roosevelt in his annual message gave
a new definition Of the Monroe doc
trine. when he upheld the principle
that a European government has the
right not only TO inf1ict exemplary.
damages on an American republic for
insults to Its flag or its official epre-
~sentatiyes. or for wrongs psrpetrated
on its subjects. but also TO resort TO the
same process of violent coercion for
the collection Of ordinary debts. objec
ton vas made by alarmists. declaring
thar the President had undertaken too
much in defining the doctrine. mas
much as Monroe. it is alleged. prohibit
ed any interference by European DOW
ers for the purpose Of depressing them.
or controlling in any other manne
their destiny. These objections are be-
ing made by a few newspapers and in
dividuals claiming that Frances show
of force for redress is unwarrantable
and against the principles Of Monroe.
But il is not SO. n gave display.
in formulating his doctrine. to great
craftsmanship. but greater justice. and
I am SURE that If he We're President
now he would not have tolerated SO
much childish dilly-dallying as Presi-
dnt Roosevelt has done.
President RooseveIt's Position.
DO you remember his words al
Chautauqua on August IL last? It
was On that day that he clearly and
Enthusiastically vince his country's
heavy responsibility: Should II Of
our neighbors, no matter how turbu-
lent. how disregardful of our rights.
finally get int such a position hat the
utmost limits of f~orbearance are reach
ed, all the people south of us may rest
assured that no action will ever be
taken save what is absolutely demand
ed by our self-respect: that this action
will not AXE the form or territorial
aggrandiZement on our part n that
Il Will only be taken at all Win the
most extreme reluctance. and not with
out having exhausted every effort 20
avert it
venezuela must give France the
satisfaction wanted. because France
has in no been the cause o.
rupture. Venezuela wants to be head
strong. and dispatches affirm that she
is eager to go to war to uphold her
rights. but wait and see the result. And
O of this. / will remind YOU hat
the little republic felt hurt because
Caracas was no chosen as the meeting
place for the pan-American conference
in July, and. for hat reason unofficial
notice has come that Venezuela will
take no part, because she has been
able to AXE care of herself in her diff
culties without help from her more
powerful neighborS. 1t is nothing but
a display of conceit. I assure you. and
We must laugh at it.'-Washington
Star.
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Roosevelt RuthIessness.

Poultney Bigelow has been forced TO
resign his professor7aip in the BostoL
University. because he would no d.
ctse the names of the parties he quot
ed in his roast of conditions in Paaa-
ma. He was quite right IN lis refusal
% violate confidence for the newspaper
man who does iiet Is unworthy o.
his profession. At the same time IL
Is incumbent upon a writer 10 be
careful not TO make statements DEEPEN
len upon a confidential communica-
ton unless he has other evidences oil
proof. Mr.. Bigel3w's p~ublicatioi Ito
good and viii stir Up the authorities
to do better. But he had 10 wax he
piank-one more victim to R~ooseseif
rnthlessness.-News and Observer.
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pans and bake In a moderately quick
oven. Take from the pans immedt-
ateIy.
Cut in crescents with one side OF q
round cutter. brush the top Of each
with beaten white o. egE. sprinkle with
bianched and pistachio nuts chopped
fine and mixed with half as much
coarse granulated sugar. Bake in q
~.a4rM xsy..n-
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Serious Enough.

"Yeur daughter is such a frivolous
society butterfly" remarked the sedate
friend of the family. Don't you think
she would be happier if she had some
serious purpose in life?"
"Oh, she has," replied the mother:
'she's looking for a rich husbandp'-
Detroit Free Press.
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Indigestion is easily overcome by the
use of Kodol Dyspepsia Gre. because
this remedy digests what you eat and
gives the stomach a rest-allows it to
recuperate and grow strong again.
Kodol relieves Indigestion. Be1ching OF
Gas. Sour Stomach. Heartburn. etc.
and enables the digestive organs 10
transform all foods into the kind Of
rich e blood that makes health ard
strength. Sold BY r. r. Bellamy.
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VENEZUELA CAUSES TROUBLE
France Will not Tolerate the Insult
to Her Representative

Punishment to be Melted Out to Castro.
War Talk Not Serious-No Infrac-
ton of the Monroe Doctrine Possible.
European Powers Feel Pity for
What They Believe are Misguided
South American Politicians - No
New Territory Wanted.
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En- 81

n
"Archfe's new automobile blew up
with him on the first trip, and he sued
the firm that sold him the machine"
did he recover anythingY
Everything. l believe, ufapne finger
and part OF an ear."-Chixaeo Trib
une.
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Give the oldest inhabitant a wide
birth. He remembers q warmer one
In 1797.-NeH York Evening Mall. /
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of tart apples. celer. and walnuts
chopped very fine ard moistened with
~nayonnaise.
Ripe Olive FilIing-Stone a pint Of
ripe olives. Chop very fine. Mix with a
Philadelphia c. am cheese. which has
been worked to a paste with a little
thick cream and two or more able
~spoonfuls of rich ;~.aayonnaise.
Watercress Filling-Removc he
coarse stems and caves from a bunch
of watercress. wash well. then dry
thoroughly between towels. Pound to
a paste and blend il with twice its
bulk of butter which has been beaten
to a cream. Add salt to taste.
Fancy Meringues-Slice some pound
cake half an inch thick. cut In circles
or rosettes- Spread with marrnalade-
then put owe each with a pastry tub"
sufficient meringtie 10 cover. heaping
il IN on the top in fancy circles. etc.
Dust each thiekly with powdered su-
gar. lay or fat pans and place in a
moderate oven until crusted and
slightly Drowned.
German Almond Cake-Beat well
the yolks Of six eggs: eam together
three quarters of a cupfuI " butter
and twice as much powdered sugar.
Gradually d the eggs. one cupfui
of blanched and chopped almonds. one
scant teaspconful of cinnamon and
sufficient sifted pastry -four to make
a very thick batter. Dron by teas
poonfuls or fat pans. lay half an al
mond on each. dust with sugar n
bake in a moderate oven.
Little Spice Cakes-cream one cup
full of butter and two of sugar. Add
one teasr,conful each of cinnamon. all
spice and nutmeg. three well beaten
eggs and sufficient -four TO make Z
very soft dough-. Grease the hands
form in balls the size of a marble.
drop and roll each In g~ranulated sugar
Mace two inches apart on fiat creased
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FOUND OUT.

4 Trained Nurse Discovered tn
Effect.
No one is in better position to know
the value Of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee a nurse Of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: Il used to drink
strong coffee myself and suffered great
~ from headaches and Indigestion.
While on a visit to my brothers I had
q good chance to t-y Postum Food
Coffee, for they drank 1t altogether in
place Of ordinary coffee. In two weeks,
after using Postum, I found I was
much benefited and finally my head
aches disappeared and also the inoi-
Eest1on.
Naturally I have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed a
marked benefit where coffee has BEEN
left OF and Postum used.
Il observe q curious fact about Post
UNI used among mothers. It greatly
helps the now Of milk In cases where
coffee il inclined to dry It up. and
where tea causes nervousness.
Il md trouble in getting servants to
make Postum properly. They most a.
ways servo 1t before it has been boiled
long enough. It should be boiled Is or
20 minutes and served with cream.
when 1t II certainly . delicious bsyer.
aga"
"T1Es'S . reason" for Postum
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A NEW NATIONAL PARK.
Revival of Movement for Setting
Apart 1000, 900 Acres for Play
Ground in AppalachiaEs.

Observation-Disclosures is reviving a
movement to have the government es-
tablish a huge Appalachian forest re-
serve or national park to take in the
most picturesque mountain section
where Virginia. West Virginia. Ken
lucky. Tennessee and North Carolina
converge. About 1000. 900 acres of the
most nearly virgin land east of the
Mississippi river is involved.
The idea got into congress in 1902,
and a bill passed the senate to appro-
pirate $1O.0 600. 900 and was favorably
reported BY the house committee on
agriculture. An association was
formed of which Rutherford P. Hayes.
a son OF the late president. was the
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AMBULANCE DOGS.
This Government to Use CANNES In
the Hospital Service Of
the Army.

San Francisco.-With q gallant rec.
kaiser's army, Fritz" q pretty black
and-white setter. has come to the
United States to teach American dogs
a new usefulness. Fritz" was i'm.
ported by Col. J. W. Hardie recently
at the Preside under waiting orders.
Col. Hardie, with Fritz" as q demon.
stration, hopes to awaken the medical
department Of Uncle Sans army to
the fact that it is several years behind
the European armies in seeking tho
value of trained dogs for seeking out
and carrying first aid" to the wound.
ed on the battle field. Col. Hardie will
take the matter up with Lieut.. Charles
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"r
PARK.
shaded Portion of Map Shows Location
of Preserve in the Appalachian Noun
tain Eange.)
head. 1t has been revived by persons
Whether $4,000, 600 now would buy
the tract is very doubtful. However.
a great deal of that land can be bought
for the money if it is appropriated.
The idea is to give the perhaps Co.,
0O0.O 600 people who are within 48
hours ride of the region q permanent
playground and nature spot. such as
the Yellowstone National park is to
the west. The highest mountains and
most ravishing scenery east of the
Rockies is included in the heart of the
great watershed, from which SO many
rivers flow.
1t is largely for the purpose Of saw.
ing these rivers that the project is
urged. Commercialism is making ter.
rible inroads upon the country. level
ing its almost primeval timber, and
soaring the mountain sides so tina:
the surface soil is being swept away
and foods and droughts alternately
are the result.
The plan. which no doubt will be
fought bitterly by the many great
commercial interests that are boring
into this retreat of the dryad and
faun. does not involve dispossessine
the small farmers who now inhahit
the region. but is to limit them to cul-
tivation of 200 acres each. The coun.
try is not very adaptable to agricul
ture. 1t is claimed that only about
$4,000 people are settled in this co1n
try. mostly in villages.
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The Columbus journal., 1906-05-02
A CAGE FOR women
WHERE FEMININE VISITORS TO
HOUSE OF coMHoNs SIT.
Latest Effort to Have the Barrier Re
moved Proves Unavailing-Inter-
esting History Of How Gallery
Came to Be Established.

London.-Despite the reforming zeal
OF the new house of commons it has
been decided that its "grille"-the
symbol Of women's political i~nferiori-
ty-is to be retained. The grille is
the name given to the brass grating
which screens the occupants of the
ladies' gallery from the view of the
members. Henry Norman, an English
NJ. p. who was educated at Harvard
and has quite American notions of
how women should be treated. asked
the prime minister whether 1T might
not safely" be removed. Sir Henry
Campbell, -Bannerman, who has a gift
of pawky humor. played awhile with
the question. Did it mean safety
for" OF safety from" the ladies'. he
asked. But finally he specifically re-
fused Mr.. Norman's request to submit
the question to the house on the
ground that the many new members
had not yet had an opportunity OF
studying the weighty matter prac-
tically.
There is no denying that in the
matter of granting facilities for hear
ing its discussions parliament treats
women scurvily. At the furthermost
side of the chamber. high up. beyond
what may be called the pit and the
stalls of the members, back of the
speakers throne and the busy report.
ers, is a curious looking affair which
resembles a SET Of stained glass win.
dows. Then. again. it might be a bird
cage. and it looks much like one. Real
ly. it is where the honorable and gal
liant members keep their wives, sweet
hearts and feminine friends who
come to hear them speak. 1t is the
women's cage-a real cage and not a
comfortable one at that. While ali
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around is light; it is dark; despite
the electric fan it is close and stuffy;
1t gives rise to a species of headache
quite different from the headaches
OF the opera or the academy. and un
less n happens to be in the front
row one al see little and hear less
1t consists OF two sections-two-thirds
OF it are given over to the members
of the house: one-third. separated by
a heavy partition from the other. is
in the hands of the speakers wife or
IL he has not a wife. is in charge of the
woman who acts as the head of his
household.
Formerly men and women sat indis,
criminately in the strangers gallery
of the house of commons. They were
even admitted to the sacred door OF
the house itself. How the women
came to fall from their high estate
is soon told. On February ?. ITS.
a big debate had been foreshadowed.
and strangers of both sexes attended
in large numbers. Many women be-
ing unable to obtain admission. mo-
ton was made that the gallery be
cleared Of all male strangers. This
excess Of gallantry defeated its u
pose. The men were cast forth. but
Gov. johnson, irritated that his men
friends had been hustled out, insist.
ed that all strangers must withdraw.
The mandate was issued. For two
hours. however, the women fought
against its enforcement. Thereafter
they were Vigorously excluded.
The only concession made was to
permit a limited number of them. not
exceeding IA. to climb over the CELL
ing OF the house and look down
through the ventilation hole-an awk.
ward position where they were nearly
stified by the foul air and the smoke
OF the candles by which the chamber
was then illuminated. A few. great
~ daring, were not content with such
a location. Thus Wraxall mentions
that he saw the beautiful duchess OF
Gordon. habited as a man. sitting.
among men in the strangers gallery.
And Mrs. Sheridan. when DESTROYS of
feasting on her distinguished hus-
bands e~loQuence. also used to adopt
the disguise of doublet and hose.
Thus matters stood till the whole
place was burned down in 1884. Lord
strenuously opposed max.
ing any provision for the accommoda.
ton of women in the new building.
Their bird rage gallery wboro ,ho-
could see without being seen. was the
of a compromise between the
and the unchivaIrous.