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legal right to choose her husband papa it be forth
coming but quite cheerfuly without should withheld
But what the modern father has suppressed
authority has made for panal daughter
iuur and OF worldly wisdom his treatment of the prospective
law Practical enough realize that he does hold
hollow OF his hand did the patera parent ore ready
that with the girl of to-day deal with
ineligible suo, should fall he compel
ner to say him simply because he approve
The doctrine of individuality has been by
ern daughter permit of treatment Of the
and order Side by precep
Cnden obey parents she places fellow: Fathers
not your children to wrath"
All the same however the weughup the period loves
ms daughter not whit less than did past though
ne may conceal his feeling he just suspicious apt
70 make the wooing OF the trying affair." takes
the proper view OF the NATTER with humility confesses that
neither he other (which eaer) is
good enough for the girl of his choice naturally at asking
for so great boom
Parents who value their daughter right due foreoug
before ntrusng her to comparative stranger Moreover great will
gne to be rid of her the part family scarcely augurs
well for the happiness of the who her.
Parents often placed difficulties by daugh-
ers love affairs They refuse
they cannot change the minds the young people, the contrary
lent opposition frequently brings marydom serves to
strengthen the misplaced affection when udcus Indifference
might have died natural DEATH question whether the
alr shall go on in secret virtually ignored they
% Tar countenance it to leave deception
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OUR NAVY.

We notice here and there critical
and rather querulous comment on the
fact that the first aid to the Americans
IN Asia Minor and the iIl-starred ma
tive Christians has been given by Eu-
ropean warships exclusively, says the
Hartford Courant. TT is certainly un-
fortunate for our prestige" remarks
one journal, that no United States
warship is at hand. This absence of
any representative Of our navy from
coasts where its services may be ur-
gently required is due to the virtual
abolition of what was called for many
years the European station" In
those years We had great mercantile
marine; its sails--in the consecrated
phrase-whitened all seas. In those
years we did not have the Panama un-
dertaking on our hands, or Hawaii, or
the Philippines. At present United
States warships are more useful-ac-
tually and potentially-in home waters
and in Asiatic waters than in Euro
pean waters.
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1t seems that as long as the English
sunragettes conduct their meetings in
q quiet, peaceful, dignified and lady
like manner the papers refuse to no
tice them. So to have themselves re-
ported BY the public press it is neces-
sary for them to raid ministers
houses. attack parliament. chain them
selves to posts Of advantage, fight po-
ncemen and In other ways lead the
strenuous life. This is quite severe
Indictment by implication of the chiv-
AIRY OF the British press, and gives
the women justification in saying: 1T
is all the mems fault"
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In al! my life. 1 recommend Lydia 3.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ali
my friends. Mrs. WILL You've. 8
Columbia Avenue, Rockland. Me-
Backache Is q symptom OF female
weakness or arrangement. If Won
have backache. don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. NOTHING We
mowof willd this so safely and surely
as Lydia =. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. Cure the cause Of these dis
Stresslng aches and pains and you win
become well and strong.
The great volume of unsolicited
testimony constantly pouring in proves
conciusiyely that Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, has restored health to thou
sands of women.
Mrs. PinkhaIn, Of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
Z. Tor edvtce. She has guided
thousands to health free Of
Charge
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Peace by disarmament receives a
notable impetus from the order of the
war department disseminating the sale
at auction Of obsolete firearms dis.
carded by the United States army. II
our friends In Central America are too
poor to buy new guns when the notion
seizes them to set up a revolution and
overthrow a government. they must
per1orce keep quiet and let the exist
Ing government alone If they can no
longer buy cheap, but good. old guns
from us. Thus does war become more
and more luxury reserved for the
wealthy.
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L
The distribution of volcanoes is well
worthy Of attention.
The Pacific ocean is almost com.
pletely surrounded by them. Vol
canic peaks rise as sentinels all along
the mountain chain running from
Patagonia to Alaska, and thence
around Kamschatka, down the Asiatic
coast to the Malay archipelago. Near
ly all the islands also of the Pacific
ocean either contain active volcanoes
or are of volcanic origin, while in the
interior of continents there are few.
From this wide and peculiar distri-
button OF volcanoes it is inferred that
tnelf cause Is very deep seated, and
that 1t Is In some way connected
with the sea. Their activity is doubt
less often due to the water which
leaks through the solid rocks, and up
on reaching the heated mass ia turned
into steam, and thus an eruption may
be compared to the explosion of
boiler. Great volumes of steam often
issue from their craters, and in some
cases floods of water are vomited
forth, though sometimes such foods
are produced by the sudden melting
OF snow upon the sides OF the volcano.
The evidence of ancient volcanic
action Is found in all the older rocks.
and In many that are of recent origin.
Many islands in the ocean are nothing
but piles of volcanic material thrown
up from craters In the bottom of the
ocean. The Azores, the Canaries. st.
Helena and many other islands have
been built up by volcanic action from
great depths. In 1871 the crater of a |
volcano suddenly emerged from the |
sea near the Azores and elected vast |
quantities of lava, stones and cinders.
but the waves have since washed II
all away.
Where the surrounding rock has
been cracked and lava has filled the
seam this is called dixie" and the
material filling IT trap" In many
cases OF old rocks the softer parts
have since been worn away, and the
dixie remains as projecting ridge or
mountain. The Palisades" above
New York city, Mounts Tom and Holy
oke in Massachusetts,, East and West
mountains at New Haven, Conn, and
many smaller similar prominences on
he eastern fringe of the Allegheny
Mountains are trap-dikes. So also
Ire the celebrated Fingal's cave and
he Giants Causeway in Ireland. II
But the most remarkable outflow
ngs OF lava In all the world are to ]
e found in North America west of
he Rocky mountains. In the Snake
liver valley in Idaho about $4,000 !
Quare miles consist of fresh lava s
lains through which the river has in ]
iaces cut gorge 800 feet deep a
through alternate beds of volcanic ash r
nd basaItfc lava. The Shohone Falls 1
ave dissected this plain in a most t
lteresting manner. For hundreds of i
liles the river flows between perpen- O
ocular walls of lava hundreds of feet 2
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-10

The latest fad in the development Of
luxury on transatlantic steamers is
the report that one of the stewards on
q certain liner has charge OF garden
patch from which strawberries, let
tuce. radishes. etc.. are picked ON
order. The crops of this garden bring
high prices. the strawberries going at
TWO dollars for small box. But it is
not likely that there WIN be a general
adoption of gardening on shipboard be-
cause OF the excellence Of refrigerator
accommodations on the average liner
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PRESSED HARD
cofsee's Weight on Old Age.

When prominent men realize the In
furious effects Of coffee and the change
In health that Postum can bring, they
are glad to lend their testimony tor
the benefit of others.
A superintendent Of public schools
n one OF the southern states says:
MY mother, aince her early child
hood. was on inveterate coffee drinker.
had been troubled with her heart for q
number Of years and complained Of
that weak all over feeling and sick
stomach.
Some time ago was making an ON
cfaI visit to distant part of the coun-
try and took dinner with one of the
merchants of the place. noticed a
somewhat peculiar favour OF the cof-
fee. and asked him concerning it. He
replied that It was Postum.
Il was 30 pleased with 1t, that after
the meal was over. bought a package
to carry home with me, and had wife
prepare some for the next meal. The
whole family were so we'll pleased
with It, that we discontinued coffee
ss>~>~ e4oSo = ooSuAn culllolys
Il had really been at times very
anxious concerning my mothers con-
dition, but we noticed that after using
Postum for q short time, she felt 80
much better than she did prior to fts
use, and had little trouble with her
heart and no sick stomach; that the
headaches were not 80 frequent, and
her general condition much improved.
This continued until she was as wen
md hearty as the rest Of u.
7 know Postum has benefited my.
!eif ana the other members Of the
lamily, but not in so marked q de.
ITee a. IN the case Of my mother. az
The was . victim Of long standing"
Read. The Road to Wellvflle," II
'kgs. There's Reason"
1ver reaa the above Istters A .ev
- s1Ye9rs n0n time 70 tims. T6sI
- ee.uane trues an1 tan e h11S
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Inc Indiana woman who has been
married ten times is held to have hat
out nine husbands. because she mar
rled one OF them the second time, a
divorce and one or two other husbands
having interviewed. But if the argu.
ment OF those who hold that we have
mad ~ presidents instead Of rs. be.
cause Cleveland was elected and !,
counted twice, is sound, then she must
on the same line of reasoning have had
ten husbands.
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Leader Of War on The hou.e Elx.

e~oeSi VI war VII tHc Hou8e ffys
Mrs. Bernard Tiche OF New Orleans
is the leader in the vigorous war that
has recently been begun in the Cres-
cent City to exterminate the house
fly. Posters depicting the habits of
the house fly and its proclivity for
gathering and transmitting disease
germs are being scattered through the
south. A code Of responsibility. says
an exchange, has been established and
any housekeeper who is known to al
low house fly In her domain is put
in the same class with those who har-
Dor other notorious insects. In some
OF the other large cities all stable
keepers are required to register with
q view b having their premises in
spected regularly and they are prose-
cuted SHOULD they not prevent the
oreeditg of dies. The chief object Of
The war will be to destroy the breed
ng places of the fly with the hope OF
Kidding the country permanently of
he pest.
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society women I'm New York who
wanted to put on masculine attire to
play POLO were not allowed to do So
but . Connecticut woman was permit
ted to work In overalIs. on a public
road. breaking stone. The ideas .,
womanly decorum seem to be rather
mixed or. perhaps. are geographically
defined.
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Workers
Fined for
Petty
Offenses
By BEN BuRBANKs

tenn Workers forced purchase all work which dos
not exactly comply with the directions given.
coiarmaker made slight the stitching Of 2 dozen collars
The unfortunate woman forced buy them cost of over *
The question the living shop assistants was also gone into
ana mere again was disclosed system fines Of the
on In large number of the accommodations arc
the wages low and the code of rules and strict and xactno
TO give few examples of shop law No pictures are allowed on the
walls all bedrooms must be cleared by may be put in
water glasses all lights must be out by II o'clock matches or candles
are allowed For not turning out the gas the fine is Is
cents
In drapery house mistake bill of 10 cente
talking to girl in another department punished n
In one factory it said girls actually fined for sneeng
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the neat Is so great and the pressure
SO limited that all substances are
melted, SO that there is segment.
probably many hundred miles in thick
ness, consisting OF molten matter
while the interior nucleus remains
both intensely hot and at the same
time solid.
One OF the most striking positive
indications that there is such a mol
ten mass at no great distance below
the surface of the earth is to be found
In the volcanoes Of the world, which
are best explained as vent holes
through which this molten matter es
capes to the surface in response to the
varying degrees of pressure from the
crust of the earth over different areas.
When, for example, through long
continued deposition of earthly ma
terial about the mouths of the great
rivers. one portion of the earth's
crust becomes overloaded, SO that it
presses with undue weight over a
limited area, it would squeeze a por-
ton of the molten material to the
surface, just as II you press with your
thumb upon the rind of an orange in
one place it win crack the rind In an |
other place and force the juice out |
through 1t. The slow contraction of |
the diameter of the earth, also.
through its loss of heat by radiation,
may result in the wrinkling up of the !
crust in such manner that the moi
ZEN matter will be forced out along
he lines of greatest weakness.
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Beware
of Torn
Paper
Money
BY JOHN FRANKLIN

BY Inference then neither Roe Doe expect ANYTHING doing
ne shall present less than the prescribed the piece Of ur
renc But the national government literally disposed toward Roe
and Doe will accept fragment that may than threefts but
clearly more than wofh of the original no paying Just half the
value OF the original BILL however penalty accident
In the of James Brown Smith, Esq., and respected in M
home city ne the full value of his is under two
hfths measure provided he will appear before of the law oua
ned to administer oahs and make affidavit manner and nlaco
which the muton accomplished This affidavit will be attd
by the Official seal OF the officer who also must prepared attest in like
manner the good character of the an the above instances
portions OF note or notes returned the persons present.
ing them for redemption Paper currency which has been dvd
totally is not remdeemabe under any circumstances
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from all sides come reports of IN.
creased business. notably as regards
tne railroads and industrial concerns
The May dividends are well up To the
average and in several cases are be.
yond the most sanguine expectations
With q little more springlike weather
the outlook is likely to be all that
could be desired.
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way. / doctored
until / was dis
couraged, and
thought I should
never get well I
read a testimonial
about Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound, and
thought I would
try 1t. After tax
ing three bottles I
was cured, and
never felt an wall
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-10

In the hands Of John Doe or Of Rich
ard Roe any mutilated note of legal tender
in the United States is redeemable at its
face value, provided clear three-ffths of
its physical surface be presented at the re-
demption window of the United States
treasury department.
Doe or Roe may have to submit to a
little questioning, perhaps, as to how he got
it or how the accident happened, Topping
of that other two-ffths. But if he doesn't
stammer and choke, or attempt clean cut
for it, he'll get the full value of the mutt
lated bill.
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oseph B. Bowles)
| in thickness, and at last plunges down
200 feet more and flows onward be-
tween walls of lava 500 feet in height.
Still vaster areas Ia northern Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington and Brit
ish Columbia are covered with lava,
In many cases thousands of feet
thick. In all more than 100000 square
miles are thus covered west of the
Rocky mountains.
A startlingfact connected with these
great lava flows is that they are so
recent. Prof. Miller of the United
States Geological Survey demon
strates that near Lassen Peak. in
northern California, vast eruptions of
volcanic ash and basaitic lava, cover
ing many square miles, have occurred
in less than 200 years. Prof. l. c. Rus.
sell, also of the United States Ceologi-
cal Survey, thinks that still larger
volcanic outfiows occurred in Idaho
within that short period of time. In.
deed, the geysers and boiling mud
springs of Yellowstone Park would
seem to be breathing holes of these
deep internal fires which are still in
action. An area in New Zealand. filed
with geysers similar to those In Vel
lowstone Park. blew up few years
ago and devastated that whole region.
Biologists would not be surprised IL
similar explosions should take place
anywhere in the volcanic region west
Of the Rocky mountains.
Jorullo in Mexico Is one of the most
instances of intermittent
action. Up to 1859 the site
where the volcanic cone now stands
was occupied by a fertile plain, sur
rounded by hills composed of very |
ancient volcanic rocks. In that year.
amid earthquake shocks, a chasm
opened in the plain, from which |
lanes issued. and ashes and lava
we're elected in sufficient quantities
o form In short time a mountain
900 feet high. Since then there
lave been no eruptions, and the low.
r TANKS of the mountain are now
covered with trees and the surround
ng country is cultivated as formerly.
One of the largest volcanoes and
ne which has been most carefully
tudied, is Kilauea, ON the Island of
laval, the crater of which is a.
Is feet above the sea. The crater
nearly three miles in diameter. and
filled with boiling lava, which va
les greatly In height at different
mes.
When visited by Prot. Dana in 1889
lacked only 400 feet of being full.
as to run over from the top. In 3
$40 the lava had subsidized, so that
was 1000 feet below the run. No
'cent eruptions have projected the
va over the rim, but at various
mes since the discovery of the is
nd great streams of lava have burst
1t from the side of the mountain
goo feet or more below the summit.
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WoMAN's WORTH.

Wifey-I see by this paper that q
man in America sold his wife for 4
shilling
Hubby-Well, If she was good
one she was worth II.
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At recent official inquiry into factory
conditions in England the evidence showed
some queer instances of petty tyranny upon
the part of employers.
In cotton mill, should a weaver do
the most trifing injury to piece of cloth
he has to pay for the whole piece. This
may swallow his entire weeks wages: but
there is this to be said: He gets the cloth
and at wholesale price, and may cut It nm
and sell it to his neighbors.
It is pieceworkers, especially those en-
ployed in the hosiery and tailoring trades,
who suffer most severely from tba f,,o go.
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Observers In Cincinnati aliege that
the early morning hours are the best
and sweetest Of the day. The mat
Ter b worthy Of investigation.
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Sees Final Victory Over TubereuIosIs.
Or. William Osler says: Whether
tuberculosis viii be finally eradicated
IS an open question. It is a foe that
Is very deeply intrenched in the HUI
man race. Very hard 1t will be to
eradicate completely, but when we
think OF what has been done In one
generation, how the mortality in
many places has been reduced more
tnan eO per nt.--indeed, in some
places 100 per cent Is battle of
hope. and SO long as we are fighting
with hope, the victory Il In sight"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-07-10

.Mr. stox' manner has been very
cold lately"
That's because he's been frozen
out In ice deals"
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Asking
Father
Stock Subject
for
Testing

ne world full OF number of things are much more
70 some folks than to Others From time immemora
asking father has been stock subject for jest vet to the
man who faces the ordeal it no means laughing matter
True paerfamas far from being the autocrat he was
OF yore and the modern maiden makes her lovers path much
more easy for him than by any possibility the girl the past
however much that way Disposed could d., The modern
parent knows his limitations better than to attempt to inter
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But the many other positive indica-
lions of the existence of molten mat
ter In the interior Of the earth have
led to conclusion which satisfies
all parties, namely. that after descend.
ing 20 or SO miles from the surface
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II Is perfectly proper to speak OF
the crust" of the earth. The exfs.
tence of volcanoes and the fact that
the temperature regularly Increases
as you penetrate the rocks by behring's
or mining shafts prove that the inte-
rior OF the earth is hot enough to melt
all known mineral substances. In
boring for gas or OIL or water and In
descending along the line of mineral
veins or to reach deep-seated coal
deposits It is found that the temper
AZURE increases about one degree for
every so or rs feet, SO that it is q
serious question with miners how far
they can follow q vein into the earth
before reaching point where the
heat will be so great that it would
be impossible for workmen to endure
It.
Taking the average increase of heat
to be one degree In so feet, we should
reach point where water would boil
at distance of about 5000 feet or
little over a mile and a half. II
therefore. would be feasible plan to
bore hole to that depth. and by let
Ing cold water into it by one pipe
bring 1t up hot in another, thus max
ng use of the heat of the interior OF !
ne earth to warm our houses. Very
fkely before the coal and oil are ex-
lausted this may be the source |
through which to dispel in our homes
he rigors of winter even In arctic
climates.
AT the same rate of INCREASE we
hould have to descend only 30 or 40
niles to ind degree of heat which
7ould melt any known substance and
reduce a molten interior. The only
scape from the conclusion that the
arth consists OF this thin crust of
material arises from the
lct that the melting point of metal
ses under pressure. For example.
! when subjected to very great pres
ire will remain solid long after
'aching the temperature at which It
rdinarly melts. SO it is supposed that
10 pressure toward the center Of the
nth Is SO great that no amount Of
eat, or. at any rate, the intense heat
the interior Of the earth, can make
assume a liquid form. This also
,rees with the calculations of ply .
cists, who affirm that the earth be.
ives like solid. and therefore can {
t have liquid interior, as was for
srly supposed.
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EARTH HOT AND COLD AT CORE
BY GEORGE FREDERICK

-, ~ GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT, NJ, t. o.
(uho THE Ice Glacial
Copyright Bowies)
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FIERY VOLCANIC LAVA FREAKS

BY GEORGE FREDERICK WRIGHT A. NJ, L. o.
Author OF The Ice Age of North