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her to see her Society slob at his best.
At first he insisted upon dragging
out basket of Ruinart, and he wanted
to order rubber boots so we could
slosh around in it.
But steered him off and he went
all the way Up the hill and picked out
another high fellow.
When the second high was under
cover he reached over and patted Clara
Jane on the hand.
He wanted to lead her away to Paris
and show her everything that money
could buy.
When she gave him the "Sir!" gag
he apologized and said he didn't mean
Paris, he meant the Pan-American.
Then he smiled feverishly and opened
a package of hiccoughs.
When Clara Jane and l moved out
floor and trying to pick out spot
that didn't go round and round.
His chips were all in and he was
Simon with the Souse, for sure.
Clara Jane said, What ridiculous
person!" but what she meant was,
that that would be about all from
Lionel.
/ Then we chartered couple of cad.
die boys and started in to render few
choice selections on the clubs
My caddie boys name was Mike,
and he looked the part.
The first crack out Of the box lost
my ball and Mike found it under his
left eye.
I gave him quarter to square my
self and he said 1 could hit him on the
other eye for ten cents more.
made the first hole in 26, and felt
that there was nothing more to live
for.
Clara Jane could have made it in
"a, but she used up her nerve watch.
ing a cow in the lot about two miles
| away.
My lady friend is gutter when it
| comes to COWS.
Then we decided to stop playing and
walk around the links just so we could
say that we had seen most of the
United States of America
Out near the fifth hole we met young
Mil Roberts and Frank Jenvey.
They were playing match for SO
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TOWN HELPS.

It is easy to estimate the business
Importance of a place by the appear
ance of it's stores. Dingy, dirty ap-
pearing business places always give a
bad impression and are generally indi-
cative of the character of the business
men Of the town. ~~
tors in building of towns. Well filled
advertising pages, as we'll as local
news pages speak for the prosperity
of a place and makes an impression
upon the readers that assist the town
to greater prosperity.
Large trees grow from little Seeds
A small industry in a town may not
appear to be much but by proper nurs-
ing it may develop into an enterprise
of national Importance. In every
manufacturing undertaking there is a
turning point that means failure or
success. Each small industry that is
established in a town should receive
the most careful attention of the
towns-people and be given the support
that it should have in order to make it
successful
Commercial clubs are important fac
tors in the development of resources
OF small towns. To the farmer the
commercial club of the home town is
q i,ooro 81 ~
within the limits of the town. It is
the aim of the club to improve the
town and in doing so it must benefit
the surrounding country. Thus we
see plainly the reason why the pro-
gressive farmer should take as much
interest in the town commercial club
as If he were resident of the town.
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Close Confinement.

The new phonograph had just ar.
rived, and in her husbands absence,
Mrs. Jones thought she would give her
parrot a treat, so she set the machine
working on a record of I'm Old Ma
drid," sung by Mr.. Jones in his best
style.
At the very first bar Polly opened
her eyes in surprise, and rocked her.
self to and fro in deep and speechless
wonder.
She was evidently thinking deeply,
and her excitement was intense She
cooked her head on one side, with an
expression that indicated interested
conjecture, and irritation at not ar
irving at satisfactory conclusion.
AS the song finished, an idea dawned
upon her
WELL" said Mrs. Jones with pride,
what do you think of that, Polly?'
Then the bird found words:
'Great Scott" she shrieked. you've
got the old man boxed up this time"
The Advantage Of Reading.
'Beg pardon, sir" said the weary
hobo as he stood at the farmhouse
door, ''but might I sleep in your barn
tonight? I haven't had a roof over
my head for ten days."
Il congratulate you," said the kind
ly farmer. THAT is a splendid thing.
have just read in one of my ten-cent
magazines that it is not too much to
say that to the delicate, highly.strung,
easily-knocked-up individual the ad-
vantages of sleeping in the open air
are enormous. Pallid cheeks take on
ruddy hue, colds are unknown,
nerves are forgotten, and irritability
becomes phase of the past. A
small plot and little perseverance
are the only necessaries and the re-
suit is assured. You are very well
come to the use of my potato patch,
and my sky is at your DISPOSAL
1n6pQ
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SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

when I drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill.
iousness much of the time, but when
went to visit friend got in the habit
Of drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the re-
suit has been that have been entire
ly relieved of all my stomach and ner-
vous trouble.
my mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now, and with
out coffee in the house for 2 years, we
are all well.
"A neighbor of mine, great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in
her side for years and was an invalid.
She was not able to do her work and
could not even mend clothes or do any
thing at all where she would have to
bend forward. If she tried to do a
little hard work she would get such
pains that she would have to lie down
for the rest of the day.
"At last I persuaded her to stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee and she did so and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work, can
sit for a whole day and mend and can
sew on the machine and she never
feels the least bit of pain in her side.
in fact, she has got well and it showR
coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
BILE.
Il could also tell you about several
other neighbors who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
In it's place." There's a Reason .
Look in pkg. for the famous little book,
The Road to Wellvill0." .e
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see Lione: doing two-step through
the farm lands with my Esmeralda-
not through the opera glasses.
Clara Jane introduced me to His
Pinknes3 and he invited us in the club
house IL throttle our thirsts
ordered rickey, Clara Jane called
for lemonade, and Lionel's guess
was pail of Vichy and milk.
When the suds rolled up gave the
Vicby stuff the sad eye and Lionel
caught the gaze.
could see that he wanted to back
pedal right then, but he waited until
the next round and then he waded out
among the high boys.
1t was the bluff Of his life
His limit on bug bitters was i'm.
ported ginger ale with a piece of lime
in it.
When he was out registering and
didn't care what became of him he
would tell the bartender to add dash
of phosphates.
But now he made up his mind to
splash around in the tide waters just
because the lady was looking on.
Lionel felt that the future was at
stake and he must cut out the saw
dust extracts and get busy with the
groWn-up booze.
After the first high ball Lionel be-
gan to chatter and mention money.
The mocking birds were singing
down on the old bayou, and he began
to give Clara Jane the loving leer.
She grew bit uneasy and wanted
to start the paddle wheels, but 1 sig
nailed to the waiter because I wished
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StA4Eh
EQUITY IN BUSINESS.
Practice of Live-and-Let-Live Primer.
pies Most Desirable.

Too frequently it is noticed that in
the struggle to attain wealth the
rights of the individual are ignored.
Fair dealing is a desirable thing as
we'll as most simple and it requires
only common honesty to practice it,
Not alone is there honesty involved
in the matter of selling but also in
the matter of buying. It is quite as
dishonorable for the purchaser to ex-
act that the seller receive no profit on
an article sold as it is for the seller
to demand an exorbitant price for his
goods.
There is much sound philosophy in
the live-and-let-live gospel This is
nothing more than an observance Of
the Golden Rule that has found ex-
preston in all ages of enlightenment
from the time of Gautama down to
the present. In every day dealings it
is apparent that there is too much of
exaggerated selfshness in evidence,
too great a struggle for the vantage.
There should be spirit of Christian
cooperation that would be just to all
alike. Whole communities suffer
sometimes from the lack of this sense
Of equity on the part of merchants
and their customers.
How often is the complaint heard in
rural districts that the storekeepers
of a town charge too high prices for
what they have to sell? How often is
it noticed that where this feeling DOM
mates the people that the home
town suffers as a consequence? 1t is
short sightedness on parts of mer-
chants to require of their customers
more than what may be considered a
legitimate and just profit. In fact, it
Is poor business policy to follow out
plan of this kind. There are many
towns whose growth has been pre-
vented through grasping tendency
Of the merchants to make all they pos
sibly can in few short years, and to
give the people as small an amount Of
goods as they will take for their
money. The natural result of a pol
icy Of this kind is that the people
seek other towns in which to do their
trading and quite often buy from the
distant mailorder house.
Habits once formed are hard to
break. 1t is quite as difficult for the
merchant to recover from the habit
of making exorbitant profits as it is
for the patron of the mail-order house
to turn his trade to the home stores.
Should both the merchants and their
customers calmly consider principles
that enter into commerce, and both
determine to practice equity in their
dealings, the merchant to sell honest
goods at honest profits and the Gus
toner to give patronage to merchants
who would practice this principle, it
would be wholesome not alone for
the home towns, but for all the com
munities.
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How to rid it's right of way of weeds
so tall, rank and troublesome as to in
terfere with the operation of trains,
has been solved by one of the big
western railroads by the invention of
a machine that does the work of 800
men day.
The new gasoline weed burner cov-
ers 25 miles in II hours, while hereto
fore it has required gang of 16 men,
working full day, to cut the weeds
from single mile of track.
The weed burner is built entirely of
steel, with regulation trucks. At one
end is gasoline engine, used for pro-
pe1ling the car and pumping the air
which forces gasoline to the burners,
spreading out near the ground. When
at work the weed burner runs three or
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thought I was the likeliest side-stepper
that ever did a grass-chopping spe-
cialty.
The only drawback they found was
that didn't hit the ball.
It's immense for the chest measure
ment to have the bunch hand you out
the salve spiel-believe me!
l took my lady friend out Westches-
ter way last week and on the road 1
was Reckless Robert with the big talk.
It's a habit with me to go up and
butt the ceiling every time my lady
friend is near enough to listen.
Most of us young guys are gushers
with the loud language when the Best
and Only is in the building.
How we do like to gather the CAB
and hand out hints to the heroine that
she's gazing on the greatest ever!
When Clara Jane asked me if l
knew the game l told her that l used
to room with the man that built the
first links
When she asked me his name I told
her it was McDougall, because that's
the name of a head-waiter who helps
to spend my money.
She asked me if l knew what a
lofter is and said, Sure, 1 eat them
for breakfast every morning!'
When we reached Westchester we
met a Society duck named Lionel Won
Hamburg.
l think his father invented the Ham
burger steak
Lionel was all to the best.
He was Finnegan the Fine Boy, for
sure.
One of those tart little red coats
squeezed his shape, and around his
neck he had pink stock that was
waiting for chance to choke him.
My lady friend met this gilly once
at bean soiree and she was his even
ing star.
They sat on the stairs together and
put kink in the caramels.
When the gong sounded for the ice
cream that night Lionel had dipped
her out a tubful, and he was sure she
liked him for his boyish ways
So on this occasion it was Lionels
play to give ME the low tackle and
claim the calico.
But I'm something of Mr.. Fox my
self on rare occasions, and l couldn t
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Sweet Girl hope you will cali
again, Mr.. Coolhead.
Mr.. Coolhead (new admirer)-
Thank you, should be delighted to
call very soon again, if l were sure
of finding you at home.
"Oh, I'm nearly always at home;
but-let me see it won't do for you
to call Tuesday evening for that in the
night of the home mission meeting;
and Wedn esday night the Emperor's 8
Daughters meet; and Thursday the
Blue Ribbons have most important
session; and Friday is the monthly
meeting of the Doreas club; and Sat
urday the Browning club-Really, I
hardly know what day to set; but"
"Um-do you expect to belong to
those societies always?'
"Oh, yes, indeed; I'm life mem Der
of them ALL"
Fri should like to call again
soon, but this is our busy season, and
l shall be confined very closely to the
office for several months Good even
ing."-N. Y. Weekly.
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ALWAYS in the Way.

Recently country doctor in the
north of Ireland bachelor, who was
locally noted for his brusqueness and
irascibility, was driving along nor.
row lane, or "boreen,' when his pas
sage was effectually barred by an old
woman, who was returning from the
bog leading an ass whose panniers
were filled with peats. The woman
led the ass to the side of the lane as
quickly as she could, but not quickly
enough to please the short-tempered
doctor. "Faugh!" he exclaimed, with
a snort of disgust. women and asses
are always in the way" I'm glad ye
have the manners to put yourself
last" said the old woman, calmly.
The doctor drove on without another
word
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nine inches to about four or five
inches. A nugget weighing 500 pounds
has already been taken out.
Caution In Electric Traction.

~aut'on IN Electric Traction.
Attention is called in the Electrical
Review to certain sources of danger
In electric traction which may easily
be avoided by experienced drivers. One
OF the most fnsidious of these is the
high rate of acceleration possessed by
the electric motor. Engineers accus-
toned to steam locomotives have to
learn to allow for this. For instance,
in rounding curve it is often neces-
sary to throw on power to overcome
the increased resistance. An engineer
trained to use steam may be uncon-
scious of the rapid gathering of speed
by the electric motor, and throw on
the power too soon or too strongly.
A popularity of the electric engine is
that the lower the speed the greater
the power that can be delivered to the
motors, and consequently the greater
the effect that they develop.
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Used Them for insoIes.

The American consul at Nankin Ut
ters caution to his fellow country
men, who spend lavishly on illustrated
catalogues, on thick paper, handsome
ly bound, which appear to be highly
priced by the Chinese at Nankin,
where the supply is at times unequal
to the demand. AS the English Ian
guage is not yet general accomplish
ment among the citizens, the consul
made inquiries, and discovered that
the leaves of the catalogues were be-
ing used as inside soles for shoes,
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INN6US1lRY&9|}5z IN6USSl
azMECAkEk5S )
NOVEL TRUCK.
Designed Especially for Handling
Cases on Stairways.

In buildings where there are no ele-
vators the problem of transferring
large packing cases and similar bulky
articles to the upper floors is per-
picking one.
Generally it is necessary to open the
case on the ground floor and transfer
the contents in sections. The ordinary
two-wheel truck is practically useless
In such emergencies, and only of slight
use In hauling the cases down the
steps. A truck that should prove sue
cessful for either hauling cases up or
down steps is shown in the accom-
panyillustration, the invention of a
California man. The inventor utilizes
six wheels, three on each side. Each
wheel revolves on an extension of the
axle. The position assumed by the
wheels of this truck on a stairway is
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THE NEW YORK LlFE's PROGRAM.
Economy, Publicity and the Paramount
Interest Of PolicyhoIders.

President Kingsley, Of the New
York Life Insurance Company, says.
in an address to the policyholders,
that his plan of administration in.
wolves these points:
First: Strict economy; second,
the widest, fairest and fullest public.
ity; third, the. continuance of the New
York Life as a worldwide institution:
fourth, such an amount of new busi-
ness under the law as we can secure
while practicing Intelligent economy,
and enforcing the idea that the inter-
est of the policy-holder is paramount -
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four miles an hour, but can make a
speed of from IL to Is miles, and is
handled on the road under regular
train orders.
Tanks carried on the car platform
contain enough gasoline for days
run. Through rows of burners spread
ing we'll beyond the rails, the flaming
gasoline is forced downward into the
weeds, killing root and branch, while
the old process did not stop future
growth.
1t is not uncommon on western
branch lines, sidings and commercial
tracks to see weeds from three to
seven feet high, which form a great
obstruction to train movement, cause
slippery rails and make operation diff
cult. The weed burner is therefore a
solution of serious railroad problem.
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Cold Water Cure.

Six glasses of water are to be taken
during the day for digestion's sake.
Though rather bother at first, like
keeping the run of medicine time. it
easily becomes a habit. Next in i'm.
portance is the cold shower bath,
which should invariably follow the hot
bath. Besides lessening the danger of
taking cold, it is an easy means of oh.
tanning the healthy circulation so nee
essary to color the cheeks and Inns.
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OVERLOOKED OPPORTUNITIES.
Chances in Average Small Town for
ProfitabIy Engaging in Business.

According to the United States cen.
sus of 1900 there was produced in the
United States 1898, 3,662,433 dozen eggs.
The same statistics give the annual
production of poultry at 25O,623,1 ia.
The butter made on farms each year
is in excess of 1,OO0,00O,O00 pounds.
The cheese made on farms averages
about 20,000,0O0 pounds annually.
These statistics are interesting, and
with each farmer growing poultry and
eggs and making butter and cheese, it
hardly seems possible that such COM
binations as dairy trusts and egg and
poultry trusts could exist, but that
they do is nevertheless fact.
Every small town in a farming dis
trlct can command sufficient butter,
egg and poultry trade to support a
prosperous exclusive produce estab-
lishment. The practice has generally
obtained in agricultural districts of
storekeepers in various lines taking
farmers produce in exchange for
goods. The produce thus received by
merchants is forwarded to the CON-
mission houses in the large city, and
these houses are factors that make it
possible to maintain trusts in the pro-
duce business. It appears that if each
town had its exclusive produce estab-
lishment to buy what the farmer has
to sell instead of the produce going
through the local stores, that better
prices could be paid the farmers and
the business made a most profitable
one If rightly conducted.
According to the natural laws of
business industry succeeds best wnere
advantages are most abundant. Thus
it seems that the produce offers a
most excellent field in the majority Of
agricultural towns, ... ~
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Jobn Henry
OnGoF
BY HVGH McHUCA
(Cso1Ss v. HoborD

Hereafter golf is the game for
Gillis!
Me for the niblick and the brassie-
fine!
Billy Baldwin. Harry Ford and Ed
die Bartlett took me out last summer
and put me wise to the whole layout.
In less than an hour I could play
the game better than Doolan, and he's
the man that made it.
Golf has all the other games slapped
to sit-dOwn.
know it because l played it once
and Billy told me that as soon as a
few Scotch thistles sprouted on my
shins Id be the real rinakaboo!
Harry told me I could drive good
enough to own a hack, and Eddie
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Wool Trade.

The wool trade of 1906 was good for
the growers, as fleece brought 2e to
2S cents per pound. such as in 1901
would have commanded only eight
cents, says the London Financial
Times, which adds that, on the other
hand, neither yarn spinners nor man
ufacturers can honestly say it has
been good time with them. >. +.
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USE OF BUILDING TILE.
The Method Of constructing Fireproot
Buildings.

The elimination of the fire hazard
in modern buildings is based upon the
principle that all supporting iron or
steel girders, columns, and beams
must be protected from fire by some
material which is poor conductor of
heat and not easily disintegrated or in
jured by high temperatures Burned
clay materials, such as fiat, hollow,
porous, and semi-porous terra Gotta
blocks, and certain grades of burned,
bricks, are commonly employed for
this purpose. Owing to the relative
lightness of these materials and their
high fire-resisting qualities, most steel
frameworks of large buildings are in
cased in hollow or fiat terra Gotta
tiles laid in cement mortar Many of
these clay tiles and blocks are burned
in the making to 2,000-2,5OO degrees,
so that in any fire they will not crum-
BILE or crack at a temperature below
that to which they were originally sub
jected.-Scientific American.
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crops of pure silver that has ever come
to our notice, says Scientific American.
The vein was discovered last May near
Cobalt, Ontario. Projecting about nine
inches above the bed rock, as will be
seen by the foot-rule in the picture, it
measures six feet in length, while In
width it varies from maximum Of
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clearly shown by the dotted lines in
the illustration. All jolts and jars are
obviously eliminated, insuring safety
to the contents of the case on the
truck. In addition, no unnecessary
strain is placed on the operator, it be-
ing possible for one man to handle
large, heavy articles with the truck.
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HoME.MADE DRAWING TABLE.
One Easily Constructed Out Of Wood
by Boy Handy with Tools.

Here is another style of table, ad-
Unstable for both height and slant,
which presents the advantage of be-
ing made easily of wood, says Popular
Mechanics. The cut needs no explana-
ton. Any wood may be used, but
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Polishing Small ArticI

It is said that high polish may be
obtained after nickel plating on
small steel articles, such as screws,
by tumbling them with leather and dry
rouge. The articles are placed in
tumbling barrel with leather scraps.
Some dry rouge is put into the barrel
along with the screws and leather and
the whole is tumbled for some time.
The rouge coats the surface of the
leather, and causes it to act like
polishing wheel. Canvas scraps may
be used in place of leather.
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Adjustable Drawing Board.

some hardwood like ash or maple for
the supports will combine lightness
with strength. If the whole is fast
ened together with One-quarter by
two-inch stove bolts, instead of nails,
it can be taken apart readily and
packed in very small space
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%
oUTcRoP OF SILVER.
Remarkable Vein Of Pure Ore Found
in Ontario.

The accompanying photograph pic.
lures one of the most wonderful out
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CHANGE OF HEART.

copyright, 1906, by c.. w. Dillingham c.