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The newspaper., 1908-05-22

The anti-vivisection agitation ls
spreading. 1t is a practice so partici,-
larly liable to abuse that the lay pub
lie, inspired by the progressive human
ity Of the age. demands more than
mere denials of cruelty and indiffer-
ence to suffering to convince them that
1t is exercised under all possible hu.
name restraints. An international
mass-meeting is to be held in Paris to
demand the necessary legislation in
the case. In this country the crusade
has been vigorously taken up, and the
interests of science itself requires that
1t should be completely and convin-
cingly cleared of the charge of unnec-
essary brutality in experiments on Iiv-
ing animals.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
Bordeaux Mixture.

(a) Five pounds copper sulphate,
five pounds lime, so gallons water.
(b, Two pounds copper sulphate. four
pounds lime, so gallons water. Dis.
solve the blue vitriol. one pound to one
gallon of water. Slack the lime. Di.
lutte both the lime and copper sui.
phate to half the total number OF gal.
Ions of bordeaux to be made, and pour
the two through strainer into a third
vessel. The produce of this third yes.
ture turns blue litmus paper red add
more lime.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
LOST $500.
Buying Medicine When Right Food
Was Needed.

Money spent for "tonics" and "brac-
ers" to relieve indigestion. while the
poor. old stomach is loaded with pas
try and pork. is worse than losing a
pocketbook containing the money.
II the money only is lost It's bad
enough. but with lost health from
wrong eating. It is hard to make the
money back.
A Mich. young lady lost money on
drugs but is thankful she found a
way to get back her health by proper
food. She writes:
Il had been a victim OF nervous dys-
pepsia for six years and spent three
hundred dollars for treatment in tho
me any good.
Finally | tried Grape-Nuts food.
and the results were such that. II IL
cost dollar a package. I would not
be without II. My trouble had been
caused by eating rich food such as
pastry and pork.
"The most wonderful thing that
ever happened to me. / am sure. was
the change In my condition after
began to eat Grape-Nuts. | began to
improve at once and the first week
gained four pounds.
II feel that I cannot express my
self I'm terms that are worthy OF the
benefit Grape-Nuts has brought to
me, and you are perfectly free to
publish this letter II It will send some
poor sufferer relief. such as has come
to me-"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek. Mich. Read. "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs. There's a Reason
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
STUDY NOT A NECESSITY.
End and Aim Of Woman's Life. az Ua-
derstood by Rosie's Mother.

In one of the Philadelphia public
schools is a little girl pupil whose an
cestors and coreligionists have ever
held that the principal end and aim OF
the life of a woman is marriage. This
little girl Is well up in most OF her
studies, but she has an inveterate dis
like of geography and 1t seems impos'
sible to teach the study to her. The
other day her teacher. made impatient
by her seeming unwillingness TO learn
her geography lesson. sent to Rosie's s
mother a note requesting her to see
that the girl studied her lesson. The
next day showed no Improvement,
however. and the teacher asked Rosie
whether she had delivered the note.
Yes. ma'am.' was the reply.
And did your mother read the
note. Rosie" said the teacher.
Yes. nam"
What did she say7"
My mother said that she didn't
know geography. an she got married.
an my aunt didn't know geography.
an she got married. an you know
geography. an you didn't get mar
ried."
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

ting plants with a peg is surprise
to the novice. | have had men peg
in 20 plants to the minute or loo In
an hour. Steel pegs are for sale, but
a wooden one costs nothing and is far
better. As plants are of different
kinds and sizes. find different sizes
and shapes of pegs necessary. So
whittle the pegs to suit the kind OF
plants | am setting.
The right use, and the rapid use.
of the peg will gradually be learned
by practice. If the ground is too wet.
dirt will stick to the peg; IL too dry.
will fall back into the hole when the
peg is removed. In either case. this
can be avoided by giving the peg a
twirl as it is removed from the hole.
Sometimes the hole is too small TO
admit the plant. This car be over
come by wabbling the peg while ma
king the hole.
When the plant is inserted. con-
tinues the writer in Farm and Home.
the dirt should be pressed firmly about
it with the peg. This is done by a
movement OF the wrist. in which the
peg is thrown from an upright posi-
tion to sharp slant. so that while the
point of the peg has pressed the dirt
on the far side of the plant, the side
OF the peg. by a semi-circu'ar move
ment of the hand. has pressed the
dirt on the right and on the side next
to you. This movement is not easily
learned.
To gain rapid movement practice
by counting four. When yJu say one
pick up the plant with the left hand;
two. make the hole with the right;
three, insert plant with the left: four.
press the dirt about the plant with
the right Begin very slowly and in
crease the movement until you are
planting as fast as you can count.
You will be surprised how quickly you
attain this speed.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
Lime SulphJr Wash.

Twenty pounds stone lime, Is
pounds flowers of sulphur. so gallons
of water. Slack the lime in the cook.
ing receptacle. With a little water
make a thick paste of the sulphur.
Witch about ten gallons of water. add
the sulphur and the Stacked or partial.
ly Stacked lime and boil. preferably
by steam, an hour. Add enough water
to make SO gallons. Strain when put.
dng into spraying tank. Use while
warm If possible. This is the best.
known remedy for scale insects.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
The Mountain Feuds.
COLORADO

The feuds and assassinations which
for ten years have made Breathitt
county Kentucky, the most infamous
spot in the United States have lately
attracted new attention because of the
tragic death of the man to whom,
more than to anyone else, the reign
of terror was due. 1t would be hard
10 find. even in Greek play, more
dramatic ending to career of abhor-
rent crime. The man who had become
both political and financial king Of
his mountain realm; who had de-
bauched the civil life of his state as
well as that of his county. and who
had no one knows how many assas-
sinations to his discredit was finally
shot down in cold blood, in his own
store. by the son whom he had al
lowed to grow up in untaught, unre-
strained drunken viciousness. Moth
ing stranger exists in the civilization
of the United States than the feuds
of which that which has just ended is
typical. The actors are of the purest
<AhiSi's"h piocu, thS iiicSs
lineage. of any people in the country
They are forceful. proud and indepen-
dent, and possessed of more than
ordinary natural ability; but they
have lived in isolation. cut on from
the learning of the schools and al
most everything else which spells
progress. Constant intermarriages
have intensified natural traits and
raised the sense of family solidarity
to a height that has rarely existed
elsewhere except among the Scottish
clans in the days of the border war
fare. 1t has been the family or the
friend against the world, with the Colt
or the Winchester as the court of last
resort. The end of these feuds, re-
marks the Youths Companion. is I'M
doubtedly in sight. II 1t has not al
ready been reached. Even before this
latest murder, public indignation, like
a tide. had been rising slowly and ire
sistibly in Kentucky. II had already
sent to the penitentiary for life two of
the most notorious of the assassins.
and had driven others from the state.
The parricidal bullet may have been
only anticipatory
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

Mr.. Valerian Gribayedof, who died
recently in Paris, was called the
father of newspaper illustration" The
practice OF Illustrating news articles
was. of course. common to many
weekly papers long before Mr.. Gri-
bayedoff reached New York in the
early sos; but it was he who first
saw and mastered the difficulty Of
making illustrations for the dailies,
and his work gave an enormous i'm
petus TO what may be called the
graphic reporting of news. Through
no fault Of the distinguished Russian
artist. his innovation also gave i'm
petus, IL not origin. to a new kind of
taking Illustration drawn
from telegraphic reports" which. as
the New York Nation remarks, might
as well be drawn from the imagina-
tion. Many of the so-called newspa-
per artists" of the day might profita-
bly, study the faithful work and the ad-
mirable skill which Mr.. Gribayedoff
put into his drawings.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
A Counter Stroke.

A stylishly dressed woman entered
Chinese laundry and paid for a
laundered shirt.
why do you wear those rats. ]
think you call them. In your hair?" In
quired the chinaman. who had an in
quisitive turn Of mind.
"Tush. Mr.. John" replied his Gus.
toner. Il always thought It was Chi.
nese etiquette not TO talk about the
things they like best"
The Oriental blinked his eyes as the
lady passed out.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

At the end of December, 1907, the
state Of New South Wales. Australia,
had population of 1871 300, being an
increase Of 40,330 for the year. the
largest since 1885. the last year of
the previous extensive assisted immi.
grafton scheme. The excess of i'm
migration over emigration was 1850.
which is the largest for 16 years. and
$500 more than in 1906.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

able to many to
form it's acquaint-
ance. BY it much
profit and pleas
ure can be de-
rived from the
garden. To trans
plant by making
holes in the
ground with your
finger Is as crude
as to cultivate
with your hand
instead of a hoe
or plow.
The rapidity of
an expert in set
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
.1lWEW1
TreIlis for Beans.

is plowed. Plant and cultivate one
row each side of line until beans be-
gin to vine. then set pole slanting. ty-
ing them together where they cross at
the wire. This braces the whole row.
explains Farm and Home, and beans
can be cultivated with hoe. Hills three
feet apart in row with one vine to
hill are better than two vines.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

A French scientist protests against
the common idea that microbe Is
necessarily thing of evil, and says
that while there are many bad mi
crobes. the vast majority of them are
good and useful. The same may be
said about men. Perhaps, in the gen.
eral scheme OF things, man is but mi.
cIcbe himself.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
"Oe Gustibus-"

Some men think that good din
ner is the only thing to be desired"
Yes. and there are some other men
who think of a dinner as merely some
thing to have a good smoke after"
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
Rubbing II In.

What's that crank I'm IS kicking
about7" asked the hotel clerk.
He's explaining that everything s
too old and shabby replied the bell.
boy. He wants everything new
AN right Begin by giving him
those new stif towels"
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
EASY WAY TO POLE BEANS.
TroIis on Which Beans Will Find
Ready Support.

Set posts at convenient distances
apart and stretch wire at the top.
This may be done as soon as ground
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

Good crops. stock, fertility and in
dustry are the essential features in
good farming.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
HORTICULTURE
E1slxens494deaea
@isSi
THE DIBBLE.
Make Quick Work of Transplantins
by Its Use.

The transplanting peg is a little
known implement. 1t would be proht-
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands Of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, f5roid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges
ton, dizziness or nervous prostitution
Why don't you try ity
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands To
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
The newspaper., 1908-05-22

This woman says she was saved
from an operation by Lydia e.
Pinkham'sVegetable Compound.
LenaV. Henry, of Norristown, Ga,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 suffered untold misery from fe-
male troubles. My doctor said an opera
tion was the only chance i had, and
dreaded It almost as much as death.
lone day / read how other women
had been cured by Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. and i decided to
try 1t. Before / had taken the first
bottle was better, and now i am en-
tirely cured.
Every woman suffering with any
female trouble should take Lydia T.
Piukham's Vegetable Compound"
The newspaper., 1908-05-22
REPARTEE.

Younger wonder n shall lose
my looks. too. when am your age
Elder-You'il be lucky II you do.
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Pipes and the Lips.

The constant habit Of smoking pipes
has a perceptible effect upon the face.
The pressure of the lips to hold the
pipe In position increases the curva-
ture Of the lips round the stem, and
the muscles become more rigid here
than in other parts. Thus the lips at :
certain point become stronger, and the
pipe is unconsciously held in the same
habitual position. After long continu-
alton Of the habit small circular wrin-
kles form parallel with the curvature
of the lips around the stem. These are
crossed by finer lines caused by the
pressure Of the lips to retain the stem
In position. In the case Of old men
who have smoked pipe for years the
effect upon the lips is very marked,
not only altering the form Of the lips.
but Of the one entire side of the face.
causing the wrinkles that are the re-
suit Of age to deepen and instead of
following the natural course of facial
wrinkles to change their course so rs
to radiate from the part of the mouth
where the pipe is habitually carried
Furthermore, one or both lips often
protrude, just like the lips of people
who used to suck their thumbs wher
children.-Medical Record.
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Wantad the "Grocerx Seats.'

Leigh Lynch while he lived was a
happy man. In the first place, he was
the husband Of lovely and gentle Anna
Teresa Berger, the belle of the bell
ringers in her girlhood; secondly, he
had the years long friendship and in
innate companionship Of Eugene Field;
thirdly, he was the father of family
of children in whom was centered his
unselfish hope. He used to carry his
business cares and pleasures home,
where he was always sure of ready
and generous sympathy. For several
years he was treasurer of the Union
Square theater in New York. One
evening ut dinner, in the presence of
his little daughter, Marie, he men
toned to Mrs. Lynch that the gross
receipts of the week had risen to an
unprecedented height The next day
Marie asked to be taken to the matt
nee.
Cali right. dumpling," assented the
fond father. "What seats would you
| like?'
"Well, papa" she replied, I'D likt
to have them grocery seats you tellet
us out"-Detroit Free Press.
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q Fatal Austrian EIsa,

Once there was an epidemic of plague
at Odessa, in Russia, which lasted
more than year. 1t had a most re-
markable origin, being due to a fatal
flag. An Austrian vessel arrived at
Odessa, bringing one of the crew who
hert1 died +l.-ins tho voyage The sail
or was duly inferred in the Catholic
cemetery at the port, and ut the fu-
neral the Austrian flag was carried by
two seamen. On their way back 70
the vessel the men entered great
number of saloons and laid down the
flag while drinking. 4 very short
time afterward the sailors who had
carried the flag died, and before long
it was found that people We're Ill In
all the houses where the men had call
ed with the fatal flag. Soon the plague
spread throughout Odessa, filling all
with terror and claiming a frightful
toll. There is no doubt that the flag
contained the plague bacilli In the
folds and go spread the disease
Baltimore Sun
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mo-" HE ANSWERED.; This IS WHAT
CAME FOR."
and thought possibly you might give
me news of an old friend, Norton
Harold Morton. Did you happen to
know him?"
"Morton?" he said slowly. Morton?
No, don't believe know him."
"Ah, of course" Desbro fastened to
say, Il thought perhaps And he
wove a few sentences of easy fiction
before turning abruptly on his heel.
A few hours later he sat in the bill
lard room of his fraternity house lis
tening curiously to the talk Of the men
which centered about the game Of the
afternoon The comments were all live
", enthusiastic, on the teams chances,
on the individual prowess Of the men,
and constantly recurring in the hum Of
conversation was Babhington's name.
1.-The finest type of player the crop
Of new men has produced" fair hair
ed man with a big voice called from
one end of the smoky room.
Right you are!' Desbro broke in
suddenly. The men around the tables
turned in astonishment, for to have
Desbro offer comment on matters OF
this nature was unusual.
fright you are. say" he repeated.
leaning back in his chair and survey
ing the curious faces through his
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He Knew Of but One.

Many yeans ago De Scott Evans, the
artist, took trip to Jamaica, and
upon his return to New York he ex-
hibited a number Of pictures that he
had painted during his outing.
One day a man who had been look
ing through the studio stopped before
q certain picture and asked:
"What does this representa-"
"That," said Mr.. Evans, 'is scene
in Jamaica"
Jamaican echoed the visitor.
That's strange. don't remember
ever seeing anything like that in ia
maica."
"You have been there, then, have
you?" the artist inquired.
"Oh, yes! live there"
"Well, you surely must be acQuaint-
ed with this place then. 1t is street
scene in the principal town of the Is
land"
The man from Jamaica looked at
Mr.. Evans for moment as If he
thought the latter must be daft Then
he emphatically declared:
II live in Jamaica, and there isn't a
street In the town that bears the re-
motest resemblance to that picture"
The mention of Jamaica as town
cleared away the mist.
II see,' said Mr.. Evans, ''you live
in Jamaica, N. Y, don't you?'
"Yes," replied the suburbanite. rs
there another Jamaica anywhereT
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found himself in the center of a press
of struggling figures. He received
blows and felt the impact of his hand
against flesh as he returned them.
"Where are you, Desbro?" he shout
ed. "Sing out!''
Here" came choking voice from
behind him. "quickr'
A club struck Babbington's arm with
a numbing shock, but he kicked the
man who welded it into insensibility
and the next instant was tearing an
other ruffian from off Desbro's pros
trate form. Two of the assailants la:
on the ground, mere blotches in th'
darkness. The others had disappeared
Desbro rose to his feet slowly and
took step toward his rescuer.
81 say" he commenced. then stopped
abruptly $50 this is the cheap Goals
Of fire. method you pursue, is it?" he
continued, with a sneer.
A sudden easy smile passed over
Babbington's face.
NO." he answered shortly: this +
what came for" and he struck Des
bro squarely in the face. telling bin
instantly.
For an instant the knowledge of ths
strength in his great muscles fright
ened him. and he leaned over Desbrs
anxlously. Satisfied that he had strncl
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The Eleventh..

Archbishop Usher was once washed
ashore from a wreck off the coast of
Ireland Almost destitute of clothing.
he wandered to the house Of church
dignitary and asked for shelter and
aid of brother clergyman.
How many commandments arc
there!" inquired the other. thinking to
detect an impostor
II can at once satisfy you that an
not the ignorant impostor you take me
for" replied the archbishop. There
are eleven commandments"
NO" was the sneering comment
"there are but ten commandments il
my Bible. Tell me the eleventh and
will relieve you"
There it is said the archbishop
ga new commandment give unto
you, that We love one another
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A Social
l11lpossibi!!ity |!
BY Donol II. Hoines.

N ESBRO shifted in his seat. set
tied his eyeglasses more firmly
upon his nose and. with his
gloved hands folded on the top
of his cane. turned his glance again
to the field of play On all sides of
themselves to excesses Of enthusiasm.
but his cold neutral tinted eyes fol-
lowed the movements of the muddy
figures ON the gridiron without a trace
Of excitement. though they lost no de-
tails of the play.
pitched. nervous voice cut incisively
into the throaty cheer of which the
man next to him was delivering him
self-"but can you tell me who is the
black haired man at tackle?''
"Babbington," snapped the other
shortly and turned again to his cheer
ing, while Desbro murmured courteous
thanks.
Turning a pair of fieldglasses upon
the field, Desbro watched the strug-
Cling figures intently for a few mo-
ments: then, laying the binoculars
aside and lighting a cigarette, he CON-
menced to talk to himself in a low
tone, oblivious Of his surroundings.
"a matchless physique" he mutter-
ed, coupled with face which might
| have been Adam's-as devoid Of the
spark of intelligence as an ox's-the
very embodiment Of the game he is
! playing"
| His intent gaze noted a sudden con-
gestion of the padded figures below
him and an eager craning Of necks
from the seats of the big stand. One
of the opposing players lay stretched
on the turf writhing in pain. while
group of the visiting eleven's support
ers leaned from their seats and point
ed impotently accusing fingers at the
man called Babbington, who stood
! looking down at the PROSTATE figure
with his hands on his massive hips.
A cold little sneer gathered abou
the corners of Desbro's mouth as h'
watched the incident.
"What callousness," he exclaimed
softly, what savagely unconscious cal
'ans,,ocei Ic tlsa mon rs,n nf,ror'ssn
or only brute? Such simple minded
unconcern for physical agony causet
by ones own hands IS the mark
mere coarseness or throwback.
"I must see more of this strang
man." he told himself and walked t
the gymnasium. where he sat for Al
hour gazing at the ceiling with
preoccupied air. When Babbington'
great bulk emerged from the door lead
ing to the baths an hour later, Desbr
rose and walked to meet him.
"Mr. Babbington?" he asked. Th
other nodded.
"My name is Desbro," he went o
rapidly. his suddenly keen eyes searcl
ing the others face. II come from th
same part of the country that you d.