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aWhat Shall !?

That Is the problem which ire
quently e%onfronts everyone - espe-
cially parents with small children. a.
slight Illness treated at once often
saves a long period OF sickness and
expense-sometimes prevents death.
The trouble is that 20 few people can
think on the instant what treatment
TO apply, even ifthey have the knowl-i
edge necessary to recognize the dis
Ease and know what simple remedies
are best. To meet this want at small
expense the Book Publishing House.
1874 Leonard street, New York City.
is sending postpaid a doctor book on
receipt Of sixty cents In stamps. The
book Is illustrated, contains SOB
pages, explains symptoms, causes
and simple means of overcoming or
binary illnesses. It was written BY
the eminent J. Hamilton Ayrea, "A.
NJ, M. D. It Is a volume which
should be In every household. as no
one can tell what moment he may re-
Quire the knowledge It contains.
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To Mold the g

If our finger tips + stubby and
we want them to taper, what then?
In Paris they sell little Finger
hats"
They are small thimbles that may
be fitted to each finger.
There is a catch at the side to reg
ulate the size, and the amount Of
pinching which you wish accom-
plished.
If you cannot get a "fnger-hat' a
regular sewing thimble will do.
Have it just a little too small.
Fill it first with skin food.
This keeps the finger tips softer
while they are being nodded.
Wear it, then, as much of the time
as you possibly can.-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
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Too Much NIonOtony.

In regard to the mistakes of nature
in making all living creatures unlike
in many ways, DR.. Willard Watson,
in Medical Queries and Notes, says:
If in 4 community Of animals or
men all the young were always born
exactly alike, children like parents,
there could be no progressively
utter sameness. The hope and frui-
ton of progress must then lie in the
birth Of unlike, and while many Of
the unlike may be useless and dan
gerous, still among them must be
the valuable and the hope Of coming
ages. Not all men who profess to
preach the doctrine of dissent from
present conditions are to be regarded
as dangerous heretics in religion or
anarchists in social problems; they
have but taken the first step in pro-
e the revolt from the tame level
of life in which they live, the tug at
the chain of custom and convention
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. PLAY AND THE
; BOY.

why, we've done everything for
him." will be our first indignant an
swer, if anybody asks what We have
done for the American Boy. Look
at our schools and our colleges!"
We have looked after the boy as an
individual possession, perhaps, but
until recently we have been indiffer-
ent to him as an American institution.
We have cared for the blind, the deaf,
the truant, the feeble minded and the
in%corrigible. They have had gymna-
Sums, amusements grounds and all
the luxuries civilization can devise,
because their needs have appealed to
our sympathies. Meanwhile, the boy
without a handicap, the ordinary, Wig
orous, every day boy, has been neg
lected. Schools have been provided
for him, but his other needs have
been ignored. Too often he has been
denied the inalienable right of child
hood-the right to play.
When it is remembered that the
playground appeals to the boy in the
formative period from childhood to
manhood, the magnitude of our obli-
cation is apparent. 1t is a civic obli-
cation quite outside the domain Of
philanthropy, since it improves the
quality of the citizenship Of the fu-
ture. The playground Is as much a
civilized demand as the public school,
and it should be conducted as If. it
were Of equal Importance. Well-di-
rected play is of Just as much value
as well-directed study.
The acceptance of the obligation
to help the boy in his play will hasten
the eradication of child labor. When
all the factories have poured forth
their workers-girls as well as boys
into Fairgrounds, then, and not
until then, shall we be justified in
boasting of our American civilization.
The Delineator,
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A Queer Old Sentence.

An odd judicial sentence was
brought to light the other day from
a lot of musty old records of Ashe
County, N. C. It was the formal
Judgment of conviction Of one. Carter
Wilmington on a charge of perjury.
and read: "Fined ten pounds, and
the said Carter Whiting stand in the
pillory for one hour, at the expiration
of which time both his ears be cut
off and entirely severed from his
head, and that his ear so cut off be
nailed to the pillory and there to re-
main until the setting of the sun, and
that the sheriff of this county carry
the judgment Immediately into exc
cution and that the said Carter Whit
tington be confined until the fine and
fees are paid"
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The "Wife Catcher"

AS Is customary with Indians the
world over, the Caribs are expert
basket weavers, and many strong and
handsome baskets are to be bought
in Roseau at reasonable prices if one
finds the right shops. A peculiar in
strument, made of basket straw and
woven closely together so as to form
a hollow tube, ending in, a thong OF
twisted ends, and commonly dubbed
a wife catcher" Is also made and
sold by the Caribs, says Leslie's
Weekly. By slipping the hollow end
over a mans finger above the joint
and pulling on the twisted end, the
catcher will tighten around the finger
and the captive will be unable to re-
lease his hand. 1t is claimed that the
Indians formerly employed this device
as a handcuff for prisoners, using
several for each hand, and leading the
c%aptives by the fingers. Few tourists
r permitted to leave Roseau with
out a wife catcher, for which a six
pence is willingly exchanged.
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Cultivate.

A good memory for faces and facts
connected with them, thus avoiding
the giving of offense through not rec
ognizing people.
An unaffected, distinct and sympa-
thetic voice, and avoid the shrill tones
that one so often hears.
The habit Of making allowances for
the opinions and feelings Of others,
as well as for their prejudices. We
cannot all see matters from the same
angle. If we did ours would be a
very dreary globe.
The art of listening without i'm
patience even to prosy takers, and of
smiling naturally, ven if you are
hearing a funny story for the second
time. 1t really will not hurt you to
hear it over again.-Home Chat.
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.DReTTY e..
eTNlNes -
TO WEAR W w.

Medieval frocks apparently are
leading back to the draped skirt.
The newest coat collars are large
round affairs of Irish or Cluny lace.
The pannier dress is coming back,
to the dismay Of the short women.
Ostrich feathers hold their own,
but most of them now seen ara curledi
Light, old rose tints are genuinely
girlish colors for millinery purposes.
The yelling of one color e. an
other is one of the fashions Of the
moment.
Curious and fascinating dog collars
are made of old coins fastened to-
/, gether.
Satin crepes, on account of their
light weight, are the preferred hat
facing.
Gowns worn everywhere show a
great deal of embroidery done with
the coarsest threads.
Plain shoulders are already here,
| and full skirts are declared to be on
the way.
Dimity printed with dainty flowers
is liked by girls for little p%etticoats
and corset cover
The sixteen-button boot is the lead
er in footwear.
Oriental colors continue to be pop
ular for trimming.
Linens are the most modish among
Ithe fabric hats.
Tucks and shirrings have crept in
as hip decorations.
Black and white combinations are
all the rage for hats.
All sorts of black flowers are ap-
pearing in millinery.
Advance styles indicate that this
| smart skirts will be made with snug,
fitting yokeS.
The white lace veil is now the veil
of the day.
The lace scarf is used to deck many
a smart hat and takes the place of all
other trimming.
Many of the new parasols are made
with a fve-inch border of pompadour
| silk that is very effective.
The long, black silk coat, which is
again modish, is one of the generally
| useful fashions of the hour.
There is a strong rumor that hats
taller in the crown and narrower in
| the brim are to be brought out.
Linen coats, with foulard gowns,
the linen matching the ground color,
is one of the whims of the moment.
Corset covers and chemises at al
most straight across the front. there
| being little or no fulness at the top.
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London's Shortest Street.

There can hardly be a shorter
street in London than the n con-
Meeting Pail Mall with the south
eastern corner Of St. James Square.
from which the name John street has
Just been removed. 1t has only one
house, which is No. /; for though
there are two other doors in the
street, one is numbered as belonging
to Pail Mall, and the other is a side
entrance of a public house. Pre-
sumably, therefore, the single house
IS now to be absorbed into st. James
Square and the London directory is
to lose yet another Of the slowly d.
minishing total of John streets
Westminster Gazette.
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Real Suffragette Leader.

Kate M. Gordon, of New Orleans,
promises to become the real leader
of the suffragettes in this country.
She has forced herself to the front in
the last two years, and now, as chair
man Of the Susan B. Anthony fund
for the promotion of equal suffrage,
she is in an official position Of great
power and influence. She is confident
she will succeed in raising the ST.
100000. Her present object is to get
100 women to give $1,000 each and
1000 women to give 500 each. She
has arranged for subscription work
in the North, and for the next few
months will centre her personal effort
in the South. Miss Gordon thinks
that the cause of equal suffrage is not
gaining Roadway rapidly enough in
the South and she aims to rouse the
interest Of the women in all the
Southern States.-New York Press.
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Soldiers Worst Enemy.

A soldier who takes part in a mill
tary campaign expects to face danger
and perhaps to meet death. 1t Is
part of his profession. The bravery
of men in peril is we'll known. The
worlds history is filled with stories
of heroism. No greater shame can
come to a soldier than to be proved
guilty of c%owardice.
But disease is far more destructive
in warfare than the enemy's bullets.
The deaths resulting from it are al
ways more numerous than those
which come directly on the battlefield
AS a matter of fact, the soldiers
killed in fighting are comparatively
few. It is always surprising to dis
cover the great mortality with which
disease is charged. In the Civil War,
for example, where there were many
holly contested engagements, the loss
in killed and in wounded dying in
hospitals was about 100000. The
loss from disease during the war or
Immediately following it was three
times as great.
Sanitation has made marked adj
vances since the Civil War. 1t has
gone far ahead since the Spanish
War. In Ease of another American
conflict many lives will be saved be-
cause of increased knowledge of dis
ease and the methods of fighting it.
The experiments with typhoid serum
have special interest because of this
consideration. The soldiers who
submitted to the tests were in the
line of duty. If the study Of their
cases gives the medical staff of the
army added ability to cope with ty-
phoid fever there will be a great gain.
Taken with other investigations in
the field of medical research, the Incl
dent is worthy Of general attention.
Epidemics of various kinds are fast
losing their terrors. - Chicago Tri.
bune.
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Gambolina With the Lambs.

How members of the Lambs Club
travelled 2735 miles, gave several per-
formances each day and gathered In
one hundred thousand dollars for
their new club house, is humorously
told by E. w. Kemble in Harper's
Weekly. Maclyn Arbuckle, as an end
man, Martinetti as a coryphee, Ray
mond Hitchcock as a "coon,"' Charles
Klein and Mackaye as Roman citi-
zens, and Belasco In the spot light
are among the illustrations which the
author contributes to this entertain-
ing article.
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SENSE ABOUT FOOD
Facts About Food Worth Knowing.

It Is a serious question sometimes
! to know just what to eat when a; per-
sons stomach Is out of order. and
most foods cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken at
any time with the certainty that 1t
will digest. Actual experience OF peo-
Die Is valuable to any one interested
in foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: Il
had suffered with indigestion for
about four years, ever since at attack
of typhoid fever, and at times could
eat nothing but the very lightest food
and then suffer such agony with my
stomach I would wish I never had to
eat anything.
ct was urged to try Grape-Nuts.
and since using it I do not have to
starve myself any more. but | can eat
it at any time and feel nourished and
satisfied; dyspepsia is a thing OF the
past, and I am now strong and well.
my husband also had an e1per-
fence with Grape-Nuts. He was very
weak and sickly in the spring. Could
not attend to his work. He was put
under the doctors care, but medicine
did not seem to do him any good un-
til he began to leave off ordinary food
and use Grape-Nuts. It was positive
" surprising to see the change In
him. He grew better right on, and.
naturally he has none but words OF
praise for Grape-Nuts.
"Our boy thinks he cannot eat q,
meal without Grape-Nuts, and he
learns 80 fast at school that his teach
er and other scholars comment on 1t.
I am satisfied that 1t is because of the
great nourishing elements in Grape
Nuts"
There's a Reason"
It contains the phosphate of potash
from wheat and barley, which COM
hines with albumen to make the gray
matter to daily refill the brain and
nerve centres.
It Is a pity that people do not know
what to feed their children. There are
many mothers who give their young
sters almost any kind Of food, and
when they become sick begin to pour
the medicine down them. The real
way Is to stick to proper food and be
healthy and get along without medi-
cine and expense.
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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her husband, but his memory was
first in her mind during her birth
day celebration. Mrs. Howe continues
to be an advocate of equal suffrage.
Of the %Suffragists she says: eve
afe not contemners Of marriage, nor
%neglecters Of home and offspring. We
have had. or hope to have, our holy
fireside, our joyful cradle, our decent
bank account. Why should we be
considered as the enemies of society,
we who have everything to gain by
good government" Mrs. Howe has
impaired the secret of her wonder
fully preserved youthfulness Of spirit.
1T is that I have never done any
thing but what I wanted to do" Is
her simple statement. - New York
Press.
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THE PLACE BEYOND.

They call the Place Tomorrow After
While, ,
The Way, Be-Patient, Keep-of-Heart-and
Cheer;
IT'S over there. 4 bit beyond the stile,
A little farther on. but never mere.
And all day long and through the frettu
night
l saw them struggle, toll, keep dream
Through valleys, up the hills and DER the
height,
But ever when they reached there it wa:
gonei
And il they toiled a mile, it moved 4 mile
Along the road. At break Of every day
They thought to reach it in a little while
But at the dusk it seemed as far away
As when the day began; they saw the
That fickered through the dusk a weary
mile,
Along the road, and some toiled on o
They cali the Place To-morrow-Aftel
While!
And some fell faint and some were red
and strong
With c~oursing blood that would not be
denied.
If through the valleys dim the way was
long,
The Place was Just upon the other side.
If UP the hills the journey led and steep
And rough the way, the bells of it rang
clear,
And some | saw to run and some to creep,
And fell a curse, and now and then a
tear.
Oft in the twilight, voices from the dusk
About the Place babe fallen men to rise,
Fame sang the glories of her certain Husk
And Beauty lured men on with wanton
eyes;
Worn women heard the chant of Rest, so
near,
And vet no nearer ever, day on day,
But Oh, the bells at Vespers echoed clear
They call the Place To-morrow-or Some
day!
They call the Place Tomorrow After
While,
With cleaning tower on tower and spire
on spire,
it rises there, ten leagues, a league, a mile
Beyond the day-the City of Desire!
Long days of Rest are there, and Joy and
And Music and Content and Sorrows
OF Dreams Come True and Longings Bid,
den Cease,
Of Weary Hearts Made Glad and Strug.
giles Won.
So I will join YOU, Brother, on the Way
They call Have-Patience, Beof-Heart'
nd-Cheer,
And we will look a league beyond the day
Whence come the voices, musical and
clear;
IT'S just across the valley, DER the height.
Adown the road, a step beyond the stile.
Let's toll a day and dream another night
While
j. w. Foley, in the New York Times.
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Anxious to Know.

eyes," said the doctor. IT can cure
you if you will follow my directions
rigidly."
"All right-Ill take anything"
I'm not going to give you any.
thing to take. You must simply quit
drinking intoxicating liquors and
give up smoking for at least six
months"
And are you going to charge for
ordering me to do that?"
Certainly. My fee 10 $40"
"Say, Doc, how much would you
expect to get in advance for hitting a
man on the head with an axe?"-
Chicago Record-Herald.
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Civic Characteristics.

A young man who had money was
out in a rowboat with three young
women of the chorus. The boat sud
denly developed a leak. The leak
gained so rapidly that it required Wig
orous bailing to keep the craft afoat
until the young man could row
1t ashore.
The New York girl bailed with her,
hat. The st. Louis girl used her
hands. And the Chicago girl utilized
her siipper.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Playing Safe.

Doctor" said the caller, "I'm a
victim of insomnia. Can you cure
me?"
II can" replied the physician. But
before 1 take the case 1 want to ask
you one question. Are you in bust
ness for yourself or do you work fol-
others?"
I'm employed as clerk in a gro
Gerry" answered the patient.
Then you'll have to pay in ad.
vance," said the doctor. I'm not
doubling your honesty. but after l
get through with you the chances are
you will sleep so soundly you'll lose
your job. Then you can't pay me-
Chicago News.
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What Troubled Him.

Willie-"Say, mother, will it hurt
to have this tooth out?"
Mrs. Slimson-"Naturally. but 1t
will be so sudden that you won't have
time to think-just a quick turn, and
it will be all over"
Willie-"Um-that's all that could
happen to me if I had my head pulled
off."-Life.
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Unbound Figure.

Saratoga was agog at the new
fashion of corsetless women, which
the boxes at the races have shown to
be the latest departure in the smart
set. From shoulder to hip an almost
straight line exists in this new, un-
bound figure. A krassiere alone con-
fines the curves on any well developed
form, and the princess lingerie gown
is made to suggest rather than to de-
fine the point which a trim twenty
two-inch belt formerly adorned
New York Tribune.
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The Real Spencer,

"You don't seem anxious to meet
this millionaire"
81 met a millionaire here last sea-
son." exclaimed the summer girl,
land he wouldn't even buy an ice
cream cone. Could you introduce
me to some young chap who has come
to the beach with two hundred dol
lars saved up?"-Kansas City Jour
nal.
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gold and jet beads were put on over
the shoulders and crossed below the
bust. They then extended around the
figure under the arms and ended In
ropes Of jet beads finished with tas-
sells, which formed a sash that hung
to the hem of the long trailing skirt.
New York Times.
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All Profit.

mo use of talking" drawled the
freckled youth on the roadside fence,
thar certainly is money in cattle"
I'm the stock raising business,
young man." asked the tourist.
mo. not exactly. but an automo-
bile ran over that spotted calf a few
minutes ago and the man with the
big s~pectacles over his eyes got out
and handed me a SIS note
Five dollars? That's not so much
for a good sized calf"
Yes, but, mister. the calf wasn't
mine. Now, if I can only stand in
front of another calf while he gets
run over I'll be right in it. be gosh"
Chicago News.
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Between Times.

"Look here, Jane, it seems to me
that you're asking for more money
all the time" III
That's a delnsion, John, dear. It
you'll think a minute, you'll realize
that I'm spending 1t, part of the
me."-Cleveland Leader.
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Laughs at Superstitions.

Mrs. Peter Legs, of Grand Rapids,
Mich, believes it is lucky to walk
under a ladder and to raise an UNI
brella in the house. She laughs at
superstition, and never is happier
than when she spills salt or breaks a
mirror. Thirteen has been her lucky
number. Many of her brightest ex-
periences have fallen on the 18th of
the month, and on August 10, which
was a Friday, she gave birth to her
thirteenth child.-New York Press.
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Black and White Gown.

There is a certain charm and dig
nity about black and white that well
dressed women love.
A dinner gown Of black silk flet
net spangled with jet was mounted
over a white m~essaline foundation.
It was cut low in the neck, and had
very small sleeves.
Bands of net embroidered with
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A Theatrical Paradox.

There is one contradictory thing
actors seem to do"
What is that?
1.-THE longer they are at one stand
the more they consider it a rum
Baltimore American.
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One Wish UnfuIflled.

Wife You promised that if ]
would marry you ,my every wish
would be grati6ed."
Husband-"Well, isn't it,"
Wife-''No; l wish + hadn't mar
vied you."-Illustrated Bits.
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A Farmers Troubles.

'I dunno how to please these sum.
mer boarders."
What's the matter, Si?"
They're clamoring fer the moss
covered bucket, after I had fitted UT
the well with sterilized drinking cups
instead."- Louisville Couriar-Jour.
nal. .
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Unable to State.

Does your, wife always think be.
fore she speaks?"
81 don't know. I've never been VI
that arly."-Cleveland Leader.
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The Worm Will r

Barber-"Your hairs very thin.
sir"
Long Sufferer-"And you've got a
bump on your nose, an6 one of your
eyes sQuint. Life.
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Not Yet, But Sometime.

Man From the City-"You intend
to keep bees, I %suppose?"
Suburbanite-"Some day, perhaps
At present we are devoting u entire
energies to keeping. a cook."-Cht.
cago Tribune.