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The Freedom of the Farm.

81 hope you don't mind if we
tramp V your farm this afternoon
and picnic a while in your woods"
cheerfully asked the spokesman of a
large picnic party as they walked
into the gates of the yard.
mot at all! Not at ALL" laughed
Uncle Charlie Seaver as he dropped
his stockened set from the veranda
post and showed up his specks. "Just
mosy right along and have a good
time. The farm is yours for the day.
Take that road near the corn crib
and help yourself. Step a little light,
though, in goin' through those med
-ders along tn creek, a 1 have never
been able to 'sterminate that bed of
rattlesnakes in thare. But there's only
a couple O. dozen of the pesky critters
left. I'll get 'em all soon. Better
walk around the north pasture where
old Joshua is a PAWN and a bellerin'
fer he's a powerful bad varmint and
when he commands tn sun to run you
bet he gifts. That little ravine back
of the woods is a fine place fer a
picnic wen if Hank Hawkins does
say tibet tn ice-dam at the head O.
tn gully is weak and liable to bust
any minute. l took some O. tn
braces out of the dam yesterday list
to prove Hank is a liar.
IF that buck-sheep over in the
orchard gets funny, one O. you grab
him by tn horns and kick thi wool
off him. He's been a mite too frisky
since he nearly killed one O. tn hired
men. Don't let the young 'uns get
too friendly with those hornets nests
in the berry patch below the grain
fields. What! Coin up tn road
apiece? Why, yes, 1 reckon Wall
Weaver'l let ye in his big woods.
Better stay right here. 1 give We tn
freedom O. tn farm!"-From Puck.
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Jottinrs Ahout sports.

John Sanford's Mohawk II. broke
down when leading in a race at Sara
toga.
Leander Boat Club representatives
and the Belgian eight qualified for
the final in the Olympic regatta al
Henley on Thames, England.
Jack Gilday, an eighteen-year-o!d
life-saver, swan five and a half miles
through He'll Gate, N. Y, in l hour
and 20 minutes, a record.
Arrangements have been made
whereby there will be a race between
GERMAN and American Sonderkiasse
yachts off Marblehead next ear.
~. B. Haggin left Lexington. Ky.
Pr New York City, having decided to
dispose of all the thoroughbreds at
Hlmendorf Farm and will announce
tAe details from New York in the
nSar future.
Two Americans practically have
BEEN iiGd upon to journey to Aus
trala1 est of the Davis Interna-
tioiD1 (llenge Cup. Beals G..
Wrigy d Frederick d. Alexander.
it is s. will be the American chal-
iengerk
boyle is clouting the ball
Lity and frequency for John
raw, and that makes I'D
{ his awkwardness.
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The COME And SEE sign

This sign is permanently attached
to the front of the main building of
the Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine
Company, Lynn, Mass.
What Does This Sign Mean?
1t means that public inspection of
the Laboratory and methods ofdoing
business is honestlydesired. Itmeans
hat there is nothing about the bus
mess which is not "open and above
board"
1t means that a permanent invita-
ton rs extended to anyone to come
and verify any and all statements
made in the advertisements of Lydia
E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Is it a purely vegetable compound
made from roots and herbs with
out drugs?
Come and See.
Do the women of America continu-
ally use as much of it as we are told !?
Come and See.
Was there ever such a person as
Lydia E. Pinkham, and is there any
Mrs. Pinkham now to whom sick
woman are asked to write?
Come and See.
Is the vast private correspondence
with sick women conducted by
women only, and are the letters kept
strictly confidential?
Come and See.
Have they really got letters from
over one million, one hundred
thousand women correspondents?
Come and See.
Have they proof that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compoundhas
cured thousands of these women?
Come and See.
This advertisement is only for
doubters. The great army of women
who know from their own personal
experience that no medicine in the
world equals Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound for female ills
will still go on using and being ben
Gifted by it; but the poor doubling,
suffering woman must, for her own
sake be taught confidence,forshea also
might just as well regain her health.
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Feminine Notes.

High. diving is the latest fad of So
ciety women in London.
Margaret Hogan, a student at Bar
nard, New York City, is blind, but
attends lectures regularly.
More than three hundred women
physicians attended the annual meet
ing of the American Medical Associa-
ton, which was held recently in Chi
cago.
Miss Magharita Drexel, the pretty
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony J..
Drexel, of Philadelphia, is the sub
ject of more matrimonial gossip than
any other girl in London.
Mrs. K. R. Otis, driving a sixty
horsepower automobile, made a new
record between Cleveland and Buffalo.
Her time for the distance of 200 miles
was 6 hours and 10 minutes.
Justice Erlanger, of New York City,
set aside a decree of divorce granted
In South Dakota and permitted Mrs.
Henry Grifiths to sue her remarked
husband for a final separation.
Mrs. Ronalds, c%ondidante of Queen
Alexandra, arrived on her first visit
to America in twenty years.
At Chicago Miss Pauline Kohlsaat,
daughter of H. H. Kohlsaat. was
wed1ed to Potter} Palmer. son okMrs.
Pot Manner.
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of between $4,000 and 10000 pounds.
while the America lifts 1880
pounds. The altitude gained by such
a ship through dropping one thousand
pounds in a lump presents no prac-
tical difficulties whatever.
In the airship of the future, wheth-
Ell used for military or scientific pur-
poses, size Is sure to be a factor of
prime Importance. Interesting ex-
periments may be made with small
ships. But real and important work
requires large ships, built by en-
gineers on a scale great enough to
admit of the employment of steel and
other metals, instead of fiimsy struc-
lures of bamboo or such materials.
Breaks All Records.
Count Zeppelin has broken all rec
ords for length of run. But there is
no reason why the military cruiser of
the future should not have a radius
of movement of three or four thou
sand miles. Of course the greater
the speed aimed at the greater the
quantity Of fuel that must be carried
for a given distance. A ship like the
America carries three tons of gaso-
lene in her steel tank, and If the in
1uence of the winds be regarded as
neutral she can motor 1870 miles at
about twenty English miles IN hour.
Count Zeppelin's remarkable cruise
is only a foretaste of what is to be
done with motor balloons in the "a
future. Within a few years l expect
to see the Atlantic Ocean crossed by
an airship of the Republique or Amer
lea type. In fact, the America could
cross the Atlantic without much risk
of accident with a little help from the
winds. A voyage from New York to
Chicago, or vice versa, is within her
scope, and l am strongly tempted to
bring her over from Paris this fall
and give Americans a demonstration
of what a first class engineering con-
struction can do in the way of a long
voyage through the air.
In view of the success of the Yep
pelin, of the Lebandy, of the Re-
publique, and the ~undoubted ability
of the America to make a longer voy-
age than Count Zeppelin has just
made, many experts regret that the
first venture of the United States
Government in military motor bal
looming should be with such a small
affair as that of Captain Baldwin.
1t has no class. 1t is too small. 1t
has no endurance. Captain Baldwin
is a skillful man, but his machine is
not large and powerful enough to
give him a chance against a great
cruiser like the Zeppelin. When the
United States Government enters the
aeronautic field it should not be con-
tent to begin where foreign expert
mentors ended years ago, but should
be up to date in size and engineering.
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ALMOST A SHADOW
Gained 20 lbs. on Grape-Nufs.

There's a wonderful difference be-
tween a food which merely tastes
good and n which builds I'D
strength and good healthy flesh.
1t makes no difference how much
we eat unless we can digest it. It is
not really food to the system until it
is absorbed. A Yorkstate woman
says
i had been a sufferer for ten years
with stomach and liver trouble, and
had got so bad that the least bit of
food such as then knew, would give
me untold misery for hours after
eating.
Il lost flesh until / was almost a
shadow of my original self and my
friends were quite alarmed about me
First | dropped coffee and used
Postum, then began to use Grape
Nuts, although l lad little faith it
would do me any good.
But continued to use the food
n have gained twenty pounds in
weight and feel like another person
In every way. / feel as if life had
truly begun ane for me.
L can eat anything l like now in
moderation, suffer no i'll effects, be On
my feet from morning until night.
Whereas a year ago they had to send
me away from home for rest while
others cleaned house for me, this
spring | have been able to do it my
self all alone.
my breakfast is simply Grape-Nuts
with cream and a cup of Postum, with
sometimes an egg and a piece of
toast, but generally only Grape-Nuts
and Postum. And l can work until
noon and not feel as tired as one
hours work would have made me a
year ago." There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
interest.
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Has General Lees spygIass.

Edward r. Dellinger, Of Washing
ton County, Md, has a spyglass that
once belonged to General Robert E.
Lee.
General Lee lost it while crossing
the Potomac at Williamsport with his
troops. 1t was found shortly after
ward, with some other things, in a
box floating down the river. 1t is in
first-class condition, and Mr.. Dellin-
ger prizes it highly.
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Newsy Glcaninss.

The Sultan of Turkey granted q
constitution and will call a Parlia-
ment.
The first steps toward the organiza-
ton of a national aerial society were
taken in Washington, ID. G.
Governor Hughes announced he
would accept a denomination if it
were the freely expressed wish of the
party.
A bill has been introduced in the
Portuguese Chamber of Deputies to
expel the religious orders from the
Kingdom.
1t was announced that the author
lied issue of $500, 900, 900 emergency
currency would be ready by the time
tCongress meets.
Judge Taft declared that the
prompt and cheap administration of
Justice vas the greatest question now
before the public.
The Tower Building, New York
!City's first steel skeleton s~kyscraper,
is to be tori down and replaced by a
thirty-eight story structure.
The Textile World Record, a trade
paper, sharply criticised the Govern
ment for buying British and not
American khaki for the army in the
Philippines.
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Rains Save Corn.

Omaha, Neb.-There was a general
rainfall all over Nebraska, and re-
ports from many sections say the rain
Is still falling. The effect on corn will
be extremely good.
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SHE COULD NOT WALK
For Notwithstanding Humor on
Ankles-Opiates Alone Brought
Sleep - Eczema Yielded to
CuticuPa.

81 had eczema for over two years. / had
two physicians, but they only gave me re-
lief for a short time and l cannot enum-
crate the ointments and lotions l used te
no purpose. My ankles were one mass of
sores. The itching and burning were so in
tense that | could not sleep. l could not
walk for nearly four months. One day my
husband said l had better try the Cuticura
Remedies. After using them three times,
l had the best nights rest in months I'M
less | took an opiate. l used one set of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, and
my ankles healed in a short time. 1t is
now a year since l used C%uticura, and there
has been no return of the eczema. Mrs,
David Brown, Locke, Ark, May Is and
July 13, 1907"
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Australian Bank Deposits.

Consul-General John P. Bray, of
Melbourne, reports that during the
five years the deposits in the govern
ment savings banks in Australia have
Increased largely. In the year 1902
'O3 the total depositors' balance held
was $175, 855, which by 1906
'O7 had grown to $204,871,324 max
ing $162.75 the average amount to
the credit of each depositor, and rep
tesenting $49.55 per head of the to-
tai population of Australia. The an
Dual amount paid in interest to de-
p~ositors in these banks in 1906I07
was S5,508,104, against $4,265,346
In 19O2-'03.
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Paris.-While awaiting the discov-
cry of some means to cure tubercu-
losis scientists are searching for some
means of early diagnosis, which hith-
erto has been most difficult. Dr..
Boureille now describes a series of
experiments whereby IN easy method
can be established.
He examined every year 1900
women and girls. He measured the
thorax at the moments of extreme
inspiration and expiration and noted
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Great Elm Tree Cut.

At Gaylord. Mich, the other day
they cut down al elm tree that was
eight feet through at the base. 1t
scaled more than 10000 feet. An
other one, although rotten at the
base, was cut off eighteen feet from
the ground and contained 5000 feet.
A third tree in that section is twenty
seven feet in circumference. The
vanda1s have spared it SO far.
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Had Been Attended To.

An Italian went up to the Civil
Service Commissioners rooms in the
Federal Building the other day to
be examined for a laborer's position.
He answered most of the questions
correctly. Finally they asked him if
he had ever been naturalized. He
seemed a bit puzzled, but at last his
face lighted up.
"Ah! 1 know whata you mean.
Scratcha da arm. Yes, lasta week"
Philadelphia Ledger.
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India b Culture.

Reports received from the Black
Sea coast and the Caucasus affirm
that ~endeavors to cultivate and nat
uralize there the India rubber tree
known as "dichopsis gutta" are prov
Ing eminently successful. Consider
Ing how very restricted is the geo.
graphical distribution of gutta-percba
trees, great Importance is attached
to this discovery.
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BIRDS SLOWLY INCREASING.


Species Now Nearly Extinct,
ton of the islands this summer. They
are mainly laughing .gulls. Next in
number are the Louisiana herons, the
royal cabots and F~orster's terms and
black swimmers. Some of the varie-
ties are nearly extinct. There are
only twenty-five snowy herons left,
twenty-five black crowned night
herons and t~hirty-ive Caspian terms,
all once abundant on the Gulf coast,
but killed off for their plumage. A
number of eggs have been destroyed
and young birds killed by recent
storms.
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Telegrapbic CONVERSATIONS

Washington. D. C.-The gunboat
Marietta has been dispatched to
Ceiba, Honduras, and directed to pro-
tect not only Americans, but foreign
ers as well.
London. = George Innis-Howe, a
small jobber on the American mar
ket, interested in the steel issues,
was declared unable to meet his OBJ
legations on the Stock Exchange.
Huntington, w. Va.-At the min
ing town of Stafford, Raleigh County,
100 kegs of powder in a powder
house exploded. Nearly every build
ing in town was completely wrecked.
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German Machine Guns First Vol
ley Brought Down Balloon

Berlin.-During a session of night
practice by a machine u corps of
the army ear Augsburg the gunners
were ordered to train on a target bal
loon which had been sent up during
the day and was floating far above
and to the left of their point of en-
campment.
The balloon was brought down at
the first volley.
The test was made for the purpose
of ascestaining what chance an army
would have of opposing a hostile bal
loon corps.
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the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. | was completely worn out
and discouraged when | began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work we'll. / have been
feeling well ever :ince."
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Marquis di Rudini Dead

Our Japan Treaty.
TOXIC, Decentralization of the
trade marks and copyright treaty
were exchanged between Peter Au-
gustus Jay, Secretary of the United
States Embassy and Charge DAT
faires, and General Terauchi, Minister
of Foreign Affairs.
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HORSE FELL; JOCKEY KILLED.
j. Boadwee, Rider of Rufus, Died in
SARATOGA Hospital.

Saratoga, N. Jockey j. Boad.
wee, who was thrown while riding
Rufus in the Beverwyek S~teeplechase
at the race track, died at the Saratoga
Hospital several hours later. Boad-
wee was picked up after his fall and
taken to the hospital unconscious.
Rufus was remounted after throwing
Boadwee and finished third in the
race.
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New Orleans.-The census of the
bird islands on the Louisiana coast
has been completed and shows a con-
siderable increase in the number of
the birds in spite of heavy losses
through recent storms.
The islands are nineteen in number
and we're given by the Federal and
State governments to the Audubon
Society as a bird reservation. At the
time of the gift the sea birds on the
Gulf coast were nearly extinct.
The census shows that $4,000 more
birds have been added to the popula-
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France to Use Posters
to Gain Recruits

to Gain Recruits.
Paris.-The vote on two years of
military service releases a number of
men in the French regiments. There
is also a scarcity of re-enlistments.
The Colonel of the Twelfth ORA
goons, station at Pont a Mousson, has
decided to adopt the American sys-
tenn of recruiting through brilliant
and artistic posters depicting the ad-
vantages of service, including fancy
cloth uniforms, the regular life in the
service and at 10 p. m. bed for the
petty officers.
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Pythians March. 10000 Strong.

Ten thousand members of the Uni.
form Lodge, Knights of Pythias, re.
splendent in uniform, and led by
bands, marched through the streets
OF Boston. The parade was composed
of twenty-five brigades Of Pythians
from every section of the country, as
well as Canada.
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VAIN RACE FOR LIFE.
Boys Killed by Train OH Bridge Near
Indianapolis.

AhuiuLdpoilS
Indianapolis, Ind.-More than a
score of men and women stood on the
banks of White River, seven miles
from Indianapolis, and watched HUI
bert Staley, seventeen years old, and
John Weston, nineteen, run a frantic
race with death for 200 feet across
the Monon Railroad bridge. The race
was a losing one for the young men,
for before they reached the end of the
structure they were hurled to death
by a passenger train.
A companion of the boys, Herbert
Jenkins, eighteen years old, reached
the end of the bridge a few seconds
ahead of the speeding train. Jenkins
hurled himself down the grade, and,
climbing back up the embankment,
saw the fate of his companions.
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China Bars Morphine,
Asks Japan's Aid.

Pekin.-China has asked Japan to
consent to the restriction of the i'm
portation into China of morphine, as
well as the instruments used for the
Injection of the drug. All the other
Powers long since agreed to this re-
striction.
1t. is highly desirable that Japan
consent to this proposal, particularly
in view of the opium congress to be
held in Shanghai in January, when
measures for thecontrol of the opium
traffic are to be devised.
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SELLING ROCK FOR SEED.

Forty Per Cent. Adulteration Found
i'm Celery Sample Under Test.
Washington, D. C.-The Bureau of
Chemistry has found, with the aid of
the microscope, that a sample of cell
cry seed on the market was adulter-
ated with nearly forty per cent. of
powdered rock. This adulteration
was of such a character as would
easily escape the notice Of the ordi-
nary buyer.
Another application of microscopic
analysis recently discovered is the
Identification of flowers from which
honey is made. This is of practical
value in the analysis of honey pur-
porting to be from certain flowers.
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uf6 mOulHS Ill d
hospital l was dis
charged as incura-
BILE, and given only
six months to live.
My heart was affect
ed, | had smother
ing spells and some
times fell uncon-
scious. | got so |
couldn't use my
arms, my eyesight
was impaired and
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T~eguclgalpa, Honduras.-The Hon.
duran Government has refused to re-
scind or cancel the e%xequaters Of the
American Consul and Vice-Consul at
Ceiba. The State Department of
Washington had requested the Hon.
duran Government to do so.
Pasha Forms New Cabinet.
Constantinople, Turkey.-Kiamil
Pasha has formed a new Cabinet.
Jeinalledin Effendi, the Sheik-uI-
Islam and the Minister of Foreign AT.
fairs retain their portfolios.
Fund For Zeppelin.
Beflin.-The Society FOR the Study
of Airships has started a national fund
In aid Of Count Zeppelin. Badges
bearing a portrait of the Count have
been placed on sale throughout Ger
many.
p.,-o
Observation-Disclosures Maurice
Bloomfield, who is representing Johns
Hopkins University at the Interna.
tional Orientalist Congress, in session
here, was notified that the ROYAL Ba-
varian Academy of Sciences had
awarded him an important prize in
recognition of his recent publications.
-*s1zi
want Sultan to Dismiss Harem.
London.-The Times correspond.
n at Soma, Turkey, says that Young
turks captured one CT the Sultan's
ENJOYS at Adrianople and compelled
hlm to swear fidelity to the new
regime. They then entrusted him
with a letter to the Sultan, in which
they demanded that ne dismiss mis-
harem and only have one wife.
Loss of Life in Typhoon.
Hong Kong, China.-The Govern.
ment has decided to dredge the pres
ent typhoon shelter and to make an.
other one in the west harbor at a cost
OF S1,500,000. Nearly one thousand
ives were lost in the late typhoon.
Marquis di Rudini Dead.
Rome, Italy.-The Marquis di Rud-
1nl, who at various times had held
the positions Of Premier, Minister of
the Interior and Minister of Foreign
AIalrs, died here from cancer of the
liver. He was in his sixty-ninth wear.
Our Japan Treaty.
Iokio, Observation-Disclosures of the
trade marks and copyright treaty.
were exchanged between Peter An
gustus Jay, Secretary of the United
States Embassy and Charge DAT
faires, and General Terauchi, Minister
Of Foreign Affairs.
Rescued Children.
London.-At the risk Of her own
life, Mrs. Frederick Guest. formerly
Amy Phipps, of Pittsburg. rescued
her W o little children when BiIrlev
Hall, near Oakman, the mansion
which her husband recently rented.
was almost destroyed by fire.
Graft in England.
London.-Ten municipal officials Of
Mile End parish charged with graft
ing were convicted after a trial last
ing a month. Although the mount
involved were small, the case excited
the greatest interest, because trials
on such a charge are unusual In Eng,
land. Thirty lawyers were engaged
n the cost OK the trial is estimated
ct $4,000.
Ancient Town Burns.
Berlin.-The greater portion Of tha
ancient town OF Donaueschinoen
Laden, has been DESTROYED bo Ere
Six persons lost their lives.
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Army officers End Walk.
San Francisco-Seven army o
GERS from the Preside have finish
the third and last Ian Of tho fftv-n,
Cinderella SIipper Lost.

CMueFelIa Slipper Lost.
Chicago.-Somewbere in Chicago
there is a Cinderella slipper which is
worth at least $500. The Cinderella
is the six-year-old daughter of Mrs. L
Silverman, and her lost slipper holds
diamonds valued at $500, the prop.
erty of her mother. :.
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In addition to the homegrown
crop, France derives from her African
colonies of Tunis and Algeria an even
larger quantity of olive oil than it
products at home. N.Y.-33