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Schiaparelli's Discoveries.

Thirty years ago what were taken
for the continents of Mars, seemed,
as n would expect continents seen
at such a distance to appear, virtually
featureless. In 1877 a remarkable
observer made a still more wonderful
discovery, for in that year Schiapar-
ELI, in scanning these continents,
CHANGED upon long, narrow markings
in them which have since become
famous as the canals of Mars. Sur
prising as they seemed when first i'm
perfectly made out, they have grown
only more wonderful with study. 1t
is certainly no exaggeration to say
that they are the most astonishing
objects to be viewed in the heavens.
There are celestial sights more daz-
zling, spectacles that inspire more
awe, but to the thoughtful observer
who is privileged to see them well
there is nothing in the sky so pro-
foundly impressive as these canals of
Mars. Little gossamer filaments
only, c%obwebbing the face of the
Marian disk, but threads to draw
ones mind after them across the
millions of miles of intervening void.
From Professor Lowell's "The
Canals and Gases Of Mars" in the
Century. N. Y.-21
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FIT THE GROCER
Wife Made the Suggestion.

A grocer has excellent opportunity
to know the effects of special foods
on his customers. A Cleveland gro
Ger has a long list of customers that
have been helped in health by leaving
off coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee.
He says, regarding his own exper-
ieLce: Two years ago l had been
drinking coffee and must say that
was almost wrecked in my nerves
Particularly in the morning | was
so irritable and upset that | could
hardly wait until the coffee was
served, and then | had no appetite for
breakfast and did not feel like attend
ing to my store duties.
zone day my wife suggested that
inasmuch as / was selling SO much
Postum there must be some merit in
1t and suggested that we try it. /
took home a package and she pre-.
pared it according to directions. The
result was a very happy one. MY
nervousness gradually disappeared,
and to-day l am all right. | would
advise every one affected in any way
with nervousness or stomach trou-
bles. to leave off coffee and use Pos
tum Food Coffee" There's a Rea.
son." Read 1.-THE Road to MELVILLE"
In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. rue and full Of human
interest.
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Rx a Woman Hater.

A woman isn't necessarily an old
hen because she is set in her ways.
Many a woman marries for money
because she can't think of any other
excuse.
Being an endless affair, a wedding
ring frequently gets one into no end
of trouble.
If a bride isn't homesick for her
family six months after marriage it's
a sign she married the right man.
Clever doctors can induce a woman
to take any kind of medicine by tell
ing her it will clear her complexion.
A woman may be able to conceal
the fact that she has store teeth, but
che can't very well hide her big feet.
Love may be blind, yet a girl can
see more in the man of her choice
than a physician can with the aid of
an X-ray machine.
g.. A woman's idea OF economy is to
take an old 1898 hat and fix 1t over
at a cost of $12, so that it will look
like new.
A woman thinks she has the
worst of the bargain unless she can
see where she got more than her
moneys worth.
A girl always expects a man to
think her hair curls of its own ac-
cord even when she knows he knows
that it doesn't.-New York Journal.
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Origin of Names For Fabrics.

In connection with the i~nsistently
clinging character of velvet it may
be noted that this stuff takes it's name
from the Italian "velluto," shaggy,
offering in this respect a parallel with
SATIN" which comes from the Latin
%"seta," a bristle.
AS a general rule it is pretty safe
to guess that the name of a dress ma
terial comes from some place. Be-
sides such obvious cases as "astrak-
ham," cashmere" and tweed" there
are "fustian" (the humble analogue
of ~velvet), from Fustat (Cairo);
muslin" from Mosul, in Mesopo-
tamia; "damask," from Damascus,
and cambria" from Cambria, while
millinery" itself is from Milan.
The case of silk" is a serious one.
1t is "sericum," the stuff obtained
from the Sores or Chinese; but these
people seem to have been named in
ancient Greek after the Chinese word
for a silkworm.-London Chronicle.
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Life in st. Petersburg.

The French system of apartments
is common in st. Petersburg, al
though not so general as in Paris;
but where it exists the entrance and
~staircases are much more decorated
and cared for than is usual where
several families live under the same
roof, and this gives the appearance
of a private dwelling. In the great
houses l was struck by the very
large number of servants, and was
told that in the cases of some rich
noblemen whole families of useless
Notwithstanding, with their
wives and children-were installed
in the lower regions. If this was the
case in town, what must it have been
in the country? Such generosity,
combined with the utter absence of
real supervision in the financial man
agement of the establishment, must
have been a heavy burden on the
largest fortune, and it is not surpris-
ing that the Russian nobility of to-
day, with the added burden of the
late war and the internal dissentions
of their unhappy country, are in an
impoverished state. = From "The
"reminiscences of Lady Randolph
Churchill" in the Century.
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Books Will Be No More.

DR.. Marago, of Paris, is photo
graphing the human voice, and with a
powerful magnifying glass he is able
to read the records of a person talk
ing. 1t is the belief of certain scien-
lists that these voice photographs
eventually will take the place of
writing and alphabets altogether.
Stenography, too, would be abolished.
Instead of writing a letter the sender
would talk into the microphone, pull
out the strip of zigzags when through
and post it. Forgery would be out
of the question, for it is absolutely
impossible to deceive the electric
needle, which faithfully records every
shade of tone. For books and news
papers the idea is to have a conven-
.tional imitation of zigzags of the
various vowels and consonants in the
form of type, which will be set in
lines like ordinary printed matter.
Telephone conversations would be as
binding as a written contract to-day.
Dubuque News-Tribune.
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Cooking Fish in an Open Fire.

To cook fish in an open nre WIN
out cumbersome utensils, take as
many sheets of buttered tough us
sue or parafne paper as the NUMBER
of fish to be cooked; also an equal
number of sheets OF ordinary
brown wrapping paper. size OF
sheets should be large enougn 10
completely wrap the fish tobe cooked
Build a good fire of dry wood, clean
the fish, salt and pepper to taste
wrap each fish in a outtered sheet
butter side in, with a sheet OF thor-
A.ghly wet wrapping paper on tne
outside. Poke away Goals, put IN
wrapped fish and cover with not
Goals. Fish will be done to a de-
licious turn when outside wrapping
paper gets dry and is partially
burned. This requires about twenty
to thirty minutes.-Howard Grant
in Recreation.
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is virtually in command of the situa-
ton. With it lies the arranging of
the details, the framing up" of the
procedure of the first session, the Sc
lection of the temporary chairman,
and, in a great many cases, though
not always, the program making of
the whole convention, temporary and
permanent organizations, nominating,
and platform building.
1t is the chairman of the National
Committee who calls the convention
to order, usually about noon upon the
day set. This year the Republican
National Convention will be called to
order by Harry G. New on June 16.
and the Democratic Convention will
be called to order by Thomas Taggart
on July Z.
The convention called to order, the
chairman requests the secretary to
read the call for the convention,
which is done. Then the roll call is
gone through, and this takes a lot of
time. The next step is the announce
ment by the chairman that the COM
mittee offers to the convention as it's
temporary chairman the name of So
and-so. There are loud and pro-
longed cheers, and by a viva voce vote
Mr.. So-and-so is unanimously elected.
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The Chicago Tribune finds Johnson
leading for Democratic Vice-President
with twenty-five per cent. of the
votes. Ex-Governor Douglas, of Mas
sachusetts, is second with sixteen per
cent. Chanler gets only seven per
cent, Culberson and Gray still less,
and Hearst brings up the rear.
Wyoming, California, Missouri,
South Carolina, Hawaii, Alabama and
Texas are counted on as certain to
elect Bryan delegates.
Minnesota's twenty-five votes are
conceder to Johnson, and Delaware's
six to Gray.
Senator Knox, it is said, does not
subscribe to the idea that Taft's nom
~ination is inevitable.
The news from Washington indi-
Gates the nomination of Secretary
Taft on the first ballot.
The Omaha World-Herald, of which
William j. Bryan was once editor and
which stands close to him, editorially
says that John Mitchell, the labor
leader, is possibly the strongest man
whom the Democrats can nominate
for the Vice-Presidency.
The Roosevelt stampede" scare is
being used to drive the dark horse
delegates into the Taft camp.
A secret ballot conducted by the
Chicago Tribune Qnd. Rep.) shows
that Bryan will get the nomination
without trouble, leaving the main in
@terest to centre about the Vice-Presi-
dency.
When his attention was called to a
newspaper article naming John Mitch
ell as second choice on his ticket,
William Jennings Bryan said he did
not feel at liberty to discuss who his
running mate might be.
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Brief News Notes About the Conventions

The Roosevelt third-term bug which
attacked Washington as we'll as other
parts of the United States a week or
two ago has disappeared.
Governor Albert E. Mead, of the
State of Washington, stated his be-
lief that President Roosevelt would
not accept a denomination.
The threat of capital to go into
politics and make it's influence felt,
just as labor threatens to do, has
caused perturbation in both parties.
The Republican New York Press in
sists that Judge Harmon can make
more trouble for the Republicans
than probably any other man in the
country.
A stampede which will nominate
Roosevelt is now out of the question.
1t is apparent that for every vote that
leaves Taft for Roosevelt two will
leave the allies for Taft.
William J.. Bryan's Nebraska bu-
reau gave out a statement claiming
for him more than two-thirds of the
Democratic National delegates al
ready chosen, and declaring that his
nomination is assured.
Elk Governor David R. Francis,
of Missouri, member of C1eveland's
second Cabinet and extensively iden-
tilted with the Industrial life of st.
Louis, gave it as his opinion that
Taft and Bryan would be the re-
spective candidates. :
Complete returns of the unofficial
California primary for President of
the United States have been received
by General George Stone, chairman of
the Republican State Committee. The
vote polled is 10000. OF this Taft
has a majority over Roosevelt Of 296
unfoo
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The Rhode Island delegation is un-
instructed, and will be s%ubservient to
the wishes of Aldrich.
Even yet the vision of a Roosevelt
stampede is disturbing the rest of the
more ervou of the Republicans.
1t is altogether likely that as a re-
suit of the convention of the National
Association of Manufacturers there
will be formed a business mems polit-
zeal party 40 take a hand in the ap-
preaching campaign.
Frank H. Hitchcock, in charge of
Secretary Taft's campaign, issued a
statement at Washington to the effect
that $50 delegates, or n%inety-one
more than needed for nomination,
would be pledged to the Secretary.
Republican leaders in Congress are
now working earnestly on a plan to
prevent any break at the Chicago con-
vention that might disrupt party har-
mony.
1t begins to look as if Mr.. Bryan,
in case he were nominated at Denver,
would not have a single newspaper of
consequence in New York City sup
porting his candidacy.
Leaders Of the temperance move
ment in Pennsylvania declare that
the next Gubernatorial campaign will
be waged on a local option issue, and
that William H. Berry, of Chester, ex-
State Treasurer, will be their candi-
date.
Virginia is for Bryan.
Louisiana instructed its big four
for Taft.
George A. Knight, of California,
figures in the plans of the Roosevelt
men for. second place with Fort, Of
New Jersey; Wilson, OF Kentucky.
Land lFafrbanka
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After rauch preliminary discussion
and a careful scanning OF figures ana
cost, the German Government con
templates the widening and improve
ment of the North Sea and the Baltic
Canal. In round figures the depth OF
the canal is to be increased from
twenty-nine to thirty-six feet, n the
bottom will IA feet across
instead of half the width, as at pres
ent. Passing places will be provided
every six miles.
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ton, adopted the platform. The
Committee on Contested Seats and
that on Permanent Organization,
however, are ready and they report.
The contests decided, no matter
how, the permanent roll of the con-
vention is made up and called. Then
the Committee on Permanent Organ
ization reports, and the permanent
chairman is named, cheered and es-
corted to the platform. The pro-
cedure is identical with the election
of the temporary chairman. The per-
manent chairman, too. must make a
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Wonderful Submarine City.

Sponge divers on the coast of Tunis
made a wonderful discovery not long
ago. The divers dropped into the
midst of the ruins of a large city.
There are fallen monuments, marble
and bronze statues, and a partially
fallen temple of immense size. It
was probably a coast city of prehis-
toric times, and had been swallowed
up by some CONFUSION of the earth or
sea-. The Tunis Government intends
to make a thorough exploration.
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chairman to make a speech. He in
variably takes advantage of the OPP
portunity. He sounds a keynote.
After the speech various resolu-
lions are offered. Usually these
have been arranged for in advance,
and the temporary chairman works
according to a printed schedule,
calling on John Doe and Richard Roe
at the right time, so that there may
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be until the next day, possibly till
later in the same day.
Now back to the little room go the
four or more bosses who do the heavy
work; back to the hotel lobbies, the
theatres, the cafes, the sightseeing
tours go the other delegates. Com
promises are effected, promises are
made. Eventually, in the back room
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When, with tremendous enthusi-
asm," "tumultuous applause" and
"resounding cheers" some American
citizen is nominated for the Presi-
dency of the United States at Chicago,
and when, later, some other American
citizen, with ditto enthusiasm, ditto
applause and ditto cheers, is NOM
mated for the same Office at Denver,
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the male population of the United
States, or the great majority of it, at
any rate, will want to know just how
it was done, why it was done, and
"who done it."
At a National Convention each
State has its own headquarters, where
the delegates gather. They do a lot
of "conferring" with each other and
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be no hitch. Committees are appoint
ed; one On resolutions, which will
have the drafting of the PLATFORM;
one on credentials or contested seats;
one on permanent organization.
These are the important ones. When
they are all chosen, and there has
been a lot of hand-clapping and cheer
ing, as well-known men are appointed
to this or that committee, the tenn
porary chairman announces an ad-
journment, usually until the next day.
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The United States has 1927 cities
STATE OF Ono, CITY OF TOLEDO. =.
IITCAS EOJJNTY IS.

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is
senior partner of the firm of Ed. CHENEY 4
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of n HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.,
1886. A. w. GLEASON,
lsEAL.) Notary Public.
Halls CatarrhC Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Send for testimonials.
free. Ed. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, D.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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sediment. Not satisfied, Mr.. Enders
started using Doan's Kidney Pills.
1.-THE kidneys began to act more reg
ularly," he says, land in a short time
l passed a few gravel stones. l felt
better right away, and since then
have had no kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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years with singing
pain in the back, vio-
lent headaches and
dizzy spells, and was
assured by a specialist
that his kidneys were
all right, though the
secretions showed a
reddish brick duSt
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There is usually little trouble over
the election of a temporary chairman.
The chairman then appoints a COM
mittee to escort the temporary chair
man to the platform; the band plays,
the delegation from Mr.. So-and-so's
State makes a lot of noise, and all is
merry.
1t is incumbent on. the temporary
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work

Thousands of American women
in our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women overdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they sufferin silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which dailymake life a burden.
Ii is to these faithful unmnn that
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with delegates from other States.
They hold meetings and elect chair
men and honorary vice-presidents.
The honorary vice-president has a
seat on the platform and an extra
ticket, but little else.
Prior to the calling of the
ton to order the National Committee
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In These Reckless DAYS.

at costs so much more to educate
a boy now than it did when | was a
kid" sighed Mr.. Phroogle, reluctant
ly buying another pair of shoes for
Tommy. "That's the second pair he's
had since school opened"
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The Eternal Tip.

1t is as foolish to attempt to stop
tipping as to oppose the ocean tide.
Tips will never be suppressed. The
word may be changed, but the thing
will not disappear. 1t is so human
to be generous.-Paris Journal.
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WILL REDUCE COTTON CROP.
Farmers Nipped by Holding Move.
ment Pillow Up 20 Per Cent,

Atlanta, Cain an effort to re.
duce the Cotton Acreage the Farmers
Union has appealed to its members to
pillow up at least twenty per cent. OF
the cotton already planted, and in
some regions whole fields of cotton
have been plowed up. The land il
being r~eplanted in corn and peas.
The farmers of Georgia have suf.
fered heavily from the holding move.
ment.
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Appropriation For Japan's Fair.

The bill making an appropriation
of $1,500,O00 by Congress for repre-
sentation of the United States at the
Toxic Exposition in 1912 was passed
and the conference report on the leg
islatiye appropriation bill was agreed
to
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FITS, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Hines Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr.. II. r. Kline, Id, 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.
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During the recess a lot of real work
is done. Three or four men, soma
times more, but never many, get to-
gether in a back room of a hotel and
talk and smoke cigars. They are the
leaders.
Part Played by Committees.
At the second session of the con-
vention the committees report. They
have held sessions in the meanwhile
and have decided the contests, ar
ranged for the permanent organiza-
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The highest paid official in the
Government service, with the excep-
ton of the Viceroy of India, is the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, who re-
ceives $4,000 per annum.
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speech. 1t, too, is of the keynote
variety.
The Committee on Platform re-
ports after the permanent chairman
has made his speech. When the mat
ter of the platform is disposed of,
either by the committee reporting or
by the announcement that it is not
ready to report, the permanent chair
man announces another recess; may
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Senator McEnery Reelected.
AT Baton Rouge, La, United States
Senator Samuel Douglas McEnery
was elected to succeed himself by the
Senate and House of the Louisiana
Legislature.
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WANTED

Live agents to sell accident and health poll
cies, S1.0O per month and upw;i rd-. Poll
cies nnexcelfed; good contract for rclia BILE
men. Also representatives for Burglary,
Liability and Commercial Accident and
Health Branches. FRANK FORT INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY William Street,
New York.
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The boys of the Kishoregamz
school foo team recently refused
to play fory up on the ground that
1t was Of ign manufacture, As
a result tw( Z Of the head scholars
were expelled
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SEVERE BLEEDING HEMoRRHoIDs,
Sores. and Itching Eczema-Doctor
Thought an Operation Necessary
-Cuticura's Efficacy Proven,

81 I'm now eighty years old, ard three
years ago | was taken with an attack OF
piles (hemorrhoids), bleeding and protrud-
ing. The doctor said the only help for me
was to go to a hospital and be operated on.
l tried several remedies for months but did
not get much help. During this time sores
appeared which changed to q terrible itch
ing eczema. Then l began to use Cuticura
Soap, Ointment, and Pills, injecting a
quantity of Cuticura Ointment with a Cuti-
cura Suppository Syringe. 1t took a month
of this treatment to get me in a fairly
healthy state and then l treated myself
once a day for three months and, after
that, once or twice a week. The treat
ments | tried took a lot of money, and it
is fortunate that | used C~uticura. j. II.
Henderson, Hopkinton, N. Y, Apr. %, 'O7."
The United States has 1927 cities
of 1000 or more population with or
gained public school systems. Man
ual training is taught in the public
schools of $40 of these cities, an in
crease of ninety in n year.. In 1890
only thirty-seven school city systems
included manual training.
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C o SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousandso of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
lng-down feeling, f%iatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, orn nervous pr~ostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health Address, Lynn, Mass.
PHI ES-worderfu' cure; 70 doctors; no d~rusgi=ts.
r'CHo CO ed thousands full qua satee; mailed C.,
Don't s fer; send dime to-day. JOHN GROVER, lo1
sp ing Garden Street, Philadelphia. Pa.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, %softens the gums, reduces intiamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie. 25ca bottle
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Garfield Tea, Natures mild Herb laxative,
agreeably stimulates the liver, overcomes
constipation, rids the blood of impurities
and clears the complexion. All druggists.