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OPPORTUNITIES Of Clubs.

Many girls come home from college
with a violent attack of the woman's
club fever. We believe in using the
club as a means to an end, not as
an end i'm itself, says Ruth Cranston
in the Delineator. Organization Is
essential to efficient cooperation, and
this is the justification of the woman's
club. Every one knows what a power
for reform and civic integrity some
of the women's clubs Of America have
proved to be. If none exists in her
Cwn home city, she may even be am
bilious enough to organize one. How
ever this may be, the secret of sue
cess as a clubwoman lies in not over.
concentrating, in using the club as an
instrument for reform, not as an ex-
cuse for neglect of home duties.
Lecturing to women's clubs offers
possibilities to the college woman Of
ability, who has something of interest
to say and knows how to say 1t. This
is, moreover, q very satisfactory and
powerful way of influencing prom.
inent women to undertake various
civic end Federal improvements
which would otherwise never come to
their notice.
Indeed, the life of the modern col
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Meaningless anne

A Southern priest sent me the 9TH
er day the catalogue Of a girls school
In Alabama apropos of some remarks
made here in re silly spellings Of SEN
sible Christian names, and absurd
and meaningless names, fond things
vainly invented. Here are some OF
the gems from that list: Wyllie, Nal,
Cathryn, Aylee, Buhlah, Dorie, N.Y.
ME. Julya, Hellyn, Hyllin, Hycle,
Ruthye. Wynye, Oralee, Donnieben.
Poor girls,-Living Church.
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instance, at least, fairly incurs the
forfeit. From its opening sentences,
one smells the tract. American d.
vorce! what more fruitful theme for
the British Cor American) moralist?
1t may be cheerfully admitted that
Mrs. Ward has made a sad picture of
it, with her two selected instances.
But it is disconcerting that she should
have handled her material with such
velemence, such violence. Her hatred
of the sin far too plainly extends to
the sinner. And her indictment Of
the States" is so specific that it is
impossible not to take Daphne as, to
her mind, a representative American.
Consequently, her success in making
Daphne a hateful person, ill-bred, pre-
tentious, egotistical, peevish, strikes
one as a little malicious-though, no
doubt, unconsciously so. The whole
thing might have been done on a
higher plane, less crudely-should
have been SO done by this distin-
guished commentator on human af-
fairs.-H. W. Boynton, in Putnam's.
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IN THE RANKS.
The r.any knew not that he lived ans
lnNnH

The r.any knew not that he lived and
loved.
A common soldier in the ranks of man;
Nor how he strove, unenvlous OF the
van,
To hold his place, in faithfulnesS un-
moved;
Still smiling when his wound nc longer
proved
The trihe he would have it as he ran;
Failing as cheerfully as he began;
Nor failing aught unselishness behooved.
God of the mighty, lauded long and far,
The greatly gifted of our humankind, 49,,
We thank Thee for each blazing splendid
star,
The planets of the Zodiac of the mind:
But more we thank Thee for those lives
that light,
Like freside lamps, our common hearths
at night.
Robert Whitaker, in Home Herald.
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ORIGIN
OF a Famous Human Food.

The story Of great discoveries or
inventions is always of interest.
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack Of bodily
strength and vigor and could not
carry out the plans and enterprises
he knew how to conduct, was led to
study various foods and their effects
upon the human system. In other
words, before he could carry out his
plans he had to find a food that would
carry him along and renew his physi-
cal and mental strength.
He knew that a food which was a
brain and nerve builder (rather than
O mere fat maker) was universally
needed. He knew that meat with
the average Ia does not accomplish
the desired results. He knew that
the soft gray substance in brain and
nerve centres is made from Albumen
and Phosphate Of Potash obtained
from food. The he started to solve
The problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-NutS, the now famous
food. 1t contains the brain and nerve
building food elements in condition
for easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape-Nuts
daily is easily seen in a marked stur-
diness and activity Of the brain and
nervous system, making it a pleasure
for one to carry on the daily duties
without fatigue or exhaustion.
Grape-Nuts food is in no sense a
stimulant, but is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
of brain and nerves.
It's favour is charming, and being
fully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory it is served instantly with
cream.
The signature of the brain worke,
spoken Of, C. w. Post, is to be seer
on each genuine package Of Grape.
Nuts.
Look in pkgs. for the famous lit.
lie book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville."
"Thare's a Reason"
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put anything modern in it. wouldn't
it," appealing to Keene.
Indeed, it would" he replied, his
heart warming.
The next day .e met Stephen driv-
ing from town. There was a slight
flush in his withered cheeks and a
light in his dimmed eyes.
She's decided the farm back to
me, Keene," he said with a sob. She
said I had worked out my life on it,
and that it belonged to me. Of
course, I shall will it to her, but it
is mine, now
"She has made him a man again.
Keene told himself, his heart full of
a tender reverence for the generous
young grandchild.
Each day brought some new evil
dence of her thoughtfulness for the
old mans comfort and happiness.
Towards Keene himself she ever
showed a gracious air of good fellow
ship.
Mex: Thursday" she announced
one day, lis grandfather's birthday,
and 1 am going to give him a barn, a
big, red one
This had been a long-felt want of
the old mans, and he was greatly
excited over the prospect.
We'll have a barn raising" he de-
cided.
What is that?" asked Ruth won
deringly.
When the old man had explained,
he added, with a sigh: ut amt what
it used to be. They have new tangled
machinery and just a few men who
bring their own dinner with them"
How was it in the olden time?"
sIt was a great event. Men came
from miles around, twenty-five or
thirty of them, with their families.
We set long tables and most always
killed a sheep. Your grandmother
made a few dozen pies, and in the
evening we had dancing and games
We'll have just such a n this
time" she said ecstatically.
Forthwith they began to plan &C
cordingly. This renewal of an old
custom was looked forward to in the
whole district, and. when the event.
full day arrived, Keene was the first
one on hand. He caught the infec-
ton of the old mans delight and
helped to make the day a success,
and the dinner was n nev to be
forgotten.
What wonders she has worked"
thought Keene, looking at the happy
young hostess. How glad I am I
gave her the keynote. She is so good
she could not help being generous to
him, but she might not have grasped
the situation so quickly if I had not
written to her. 1t is sweet in her
never to have alluded to it in any
way"
His courage was inspired to the
point he had been yearning for since
that first glimpse Of her by the fire.
side. When, after the departure OF
the guests, he was left alone with
her, he opened his heart to her, and
she shyly responded to his love.
We'll live here in the dear old
home with grandfather" she pleaded
when he was saying goodnight.
Tomorrow" he thought, as he
was walking home, 81 will speak to
her of the letter."
When he went into the house he
found a missive from the dead letter
Office. Opening it, he found his let
ter which had been misdirected. He
watched 1t burn.
IT will never tell her" he con"
cluded.-New Orleans Picayune.
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made my life miserable. I could not
sleep well and always felt tired. MY
limbs were stiff and sore and I was
hardly able to work. I was so bad 1
did not care to live. Doan's Kidney
Pills brought quick relief and soon a
permanent cure"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a oox.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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General Edwards Played Hockey.

General Edwards is guilty of lese
majestic and is likely to be dismissed
from the army. Declining a COM
mand" from the President to play
golf on the score of pressure Of Of
fetal business he went to a base
ball double-header, and there was
Charley Taft, who gave him away
philadelphia Inquirer.
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Collection of Dolls.

The Countess de Blonay is said to
have the best collection of dolls in
the world. Her collection has just
been on exhibition in Brussels for the
benefit of the Calvary Guild. The
oldest dolls came from the ruins of
Nineveh and were presented to the
countess great-grandmother by
Queen Marie Antoinette. The most
striking dolls in the collection are
said to be the Fingo dolls from South
Africa.-New York Sun.
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Pounds a Scholarship.

Mrs. Margaret E. L~angdale, OF
Cambridge, Mass, has given the Phil
lips Exeter Academy $4,000 to
found a scholarship to be known as
the Charles E. Langdale scholarship.
Mrs. Langdale's husband, the late
Professor Charles E. Langdale, was
for many years the dean of the law
faculty of Harvard, and this scholar
ship is to commemorate his work.
New York Sun.
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Starting Indians as Farmers.

The Cheyenne River agency will be
busy for some time to come, as the
distribution of live stock to Indians
begins to-day. To each head of a
family is to be given tw~enty-three
head Of two-year-old heifers, or In
case he so desires a team Of mares,
a wagon and harness, agricultural
implements, five COWS and $50 In
cash.
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Application will shortly be made to
incorporate a line of railway to run
from Helena, Ark, to Pensacola, Fla,
passing dfagonally through Mississip-
pi. The promoters propose to give a
new line from the Mississippi River
to deep water on the Gulf Coast.
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Mrs. Ward on American Divorces.

If Harper's is not to be particularly
felicitated on it's latest serial it is not
10 be greatly commiserated, either,
upon Mrs. Wards apostasy so far as
Marriage a la Mode" is concerned.
Her habit of holding a brief has al
Say entailed its risks. and in this
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The Fan.ParaSol.

The folding umbrella, walking
stick and sunshade, combination
pieces of furniture, and transforma-
ton gowns, are all old stories, but the
fan-parasol-or ~parasol-fan, as you
willis the latest novelty designed
for killing two birds with one stroke.
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derS. ram duV
weakness in the
back, sides and hips,
headaches, dizziness,
urinary disorders are
sure signs that the
kidneys need imme-
date attention. De-
lay is dangerous. ].
Wilfred Zell, Dun
cannon, Pa, says:
kidney backache
and rheumatic pains
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Indian Chutnee.-Half pound moist sugar, quarter pound
salt, two ounces garlic, two ounces shallots, quarter pound
dry ginger, two ounces red pepper, quarter pound mustard
seed, six ounces stoned raisins, one bottle of good vinegar,
fifteen sour green apples, six ounces of tomatoes. Chop the
garlic, raisins, shallots and tomatoes. Wash the mustard
seed in half the vinegar and let dry. Then add all to the
apples and sugar and boil slowly for an hour and a half,
then add the other half of the vinegar and let cool. Bottle
or place in glass jars and seal.
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MUNYON'S
PAW-PAWPILLS

The best Stomach
and Liver Pills. known
and q positive and
speedy cure for Con-
sipation, Indigestion,
Jaundice, Biliousness,
Sour Stomach. Head.
ache. and all ailments
arising from a disor-
dered stomach or
sluggish liver. They
contain in concentrate
ed form all the vtr-
tues and values Of
Munyon's Paw raw
tonic and are made
from the Juice of the
- nj
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mend these pills as being the best laxa-
tive and cathart1c ever compounded. Get
q 25-cent bottle and II you are not per
fectly satisfied I will refund your money.
-MUNYON.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
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A movement is now on foot for 49,
900 Irishmen, resident in America,
to make a pilgrimage to the Emerald
Isle next summer.
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The dollar sign is derived from the
letters "U S" in monogram.
Tea leaves are gathered four
times a year from the tea plant after
its third yeac.
Live teddy bears are 10Y being ex-
tensively cultivated as pets.
Grilled grasshoppers on buttered
toast are the latest Partisan delicacy.
Many valuable pearls are being
found along the Japanese coast of
the island of Saghalin. Some are
gray, others black, and a few are of
the rare yellow variety.
Twenty-eight and one-ffth seconds
is the shortest time on record in
which a motor car has covered a mile.
Arkansas claims to have the larg-
est peach orchard in the world, and
1000 men and 800 teams are harvest
ing the crop. The orchard is in Sc
vier County, and has 100000 trees.
1t covers $500 acres, and trees on
1000 acres are bearing
Austria proposes taxing bachelors
and widows and married people with
out children.
In the island of Trinidad there is a
lake us acres in extent, which, in
stead of containing water, contains
asphalt in almost inexhaustible GUAM
titles, for nature fills it up as its con-
tents are distracted.
African catfish have the power Of
discharging an electric shock sufi-
GENTLY powerful to disable a man.
Human hair to the weight of 207,-
Ala pounds was shipped last year
from Hong Kong to the United States.
In the last ten years the value of
the cocoa exported from the Gold
Coast, West Africa, has increased
from $4,000 a year to $2,500,000.
This industry is a native one, worked
by the natives themselves, by whom
it was started. A railroad now be-
ing built from Accra to Akwapim will
greatly increase the output.
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TIRED ALL THE TIME.

Languor, lis~tlessness, dullness OF
snirits are often due to kidney disor-
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Ask Your Druggist For Aliens Foot-Ease
II tried Aliens Foot-Ease recently, and
have lust bought another supply. It has
cured nav corns, and the hot, burning and
itching sensation in my feet which, wa al
most unbearable, and / would not be with.
out it now.-Mrs. W. j. Walker, Camden,
N " Sold bv all Druggists. Csc. Z
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China will not in the future send any
diplomatic representatives to other coun-
tries who are not %conversant with the lam
mage of the country.
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African catfish have the power OF
discharging an electric shock suffi-
GENTLY powerful to disable a man.
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Human hair to the weight of 207,-
414 pounds was shipped last year
from Hong Kong tothe United States.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1909-03-11
WORSE THAN EARTHQUAKES.

Speaking of volcanoes, earthquakes
and other great convulsions of Nature,
it may be we'll to remember that there
are some things even more destructive;
witness tale that is told of an occur
renee during the earthquake in Char
lesion, South Carolina, several years
ago.
A resident of the shaken city, while
he felt that his duties required him to
remain there to do what he might for
the sufferers, sent his six-year-old son
out of the danger. and confusion to the
youngsters grandfather in New York
Three days after the boy's arrival the
Charleston man received this telegr am
from his father: ''Send us your earth
quake and take back your boy. -
A man, now middle-aged, whose
boyhood home was in the same fertile
region, was won't to recall very Sc
we're freshet that swept the old home
stead away. ''And the next thing !
saw of father" he would say at q
thrilling point of the narrative, she
was sailing down stream on the dining
room table.
"And what did you dor" would be
the invariable query.
"Oh, l accompanied him on the
piano. Woman Home Companion
| for March.
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Where the Corn Goes.

People often wonder, particularly
those who have Travelled for hundreds
of miles through the corn belt, what
becomes of corn which is grown every
year. In the year 1908, when the to-
tai crop was 9, 666, 900, 900 bushels, PAL,
900, 900 bushels were consumed in -four
and grist mill products, 5000, 900 BUSH
els for malt liquors, II, 600, 900 bushels
in the production of distilled liqnors,
40, 900, 900 bushels for glucose, 100, 600,
600 bushels for export, and 13, 900, OOO
bushels for seed, making total of
51S, 900, 600 bushels, or 1913 per cent.
of the entire crop. The remaining
s0.7 per cent, or Ais, 900, 00O bushel,
seems to have been used almost entire
ly for feeding. Corn Reporter.
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Jasper Department
Conducted BY 7. d. NJ.

Miss Mamie Humble of South Pitts
burg, was visitor here last week.
c. H. vann returned last week from
purchasing trip to Chattanooga and
Nashville.
Mrs. NJ. Turner was in Chattanooga
last week, the guest of her sister, Mrs.
w. D. Spears.
Mrs. w. r. Bennett and son, Reece,
Jr. returned last week from visit in
Chattanooga.
Mrs. will Crouch and children left
last week for a visit at her former
home, Clarksville, Tenn.
DIR. A. G. Cook is in charge of the
campaign against the cattle tick this
season for the u. s. authorities.
Did you take in the lecture at the
College on "Fleas", Tuesday evening
of last week, by DR.. Mundayr 1t was
very interesting, and was careful re-
sumo of the flea question. By the way
our people are greatly enjoying the Sc
ries of entertainments and lectures at
the College this season.
H. N. Minnis. who was foreman of
the Cumberland Banner, formerly pub
lished at this place, but who resigned
about two years ago to accept the same
position with the Sweetwater, Tenn,
Telephone, has resigned his position
there and gone to Tullahoma where he
accepts similar job with the Banner
which is now located there.
S. H. Alexander was in Cincinnati
last week, buying spring stock. We
hope to see his ad Ia great big one) in
the Old Reliable soon for we are con-
fident it can sell more goods for mer-
chant than any other paper that was
ever in Sequachee Valley. Mrs. Alex
ander accompanied him on his trip.
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magnificent certificate, declaring
them to have been properly introduc-
I'd and presented. Attached to these
were the signatures Of Neptunus Rex
and Davy Jones' and also the ships
seal
On the morning Of the 7th the Cul-
goa, supply ship, sighted what ap-
peared to be several men on raft a
bout two miles off, and, going over to
investigate, found party of Indians
on fishing excursion some so miles
off the coast. All went well, and the
rising of the sun on the 18th revealed
Cape Frio, which was passed at $3.50.
a. m., and the harbor of Rio de Jane
iro was reached at 1890 p. m. The
fleet was met by the Brazilian crui-
sers, Barrosa, Tamryo and Tupy,
which escorted us to the anchorage
The harbor, beautiful arena with a
mountain amphitheatre. lay before us,
Notifications on every hand and Brazi-
liam warship ps at anchor about them.
Circling the water and built be-
meath the shadow of Mt. Corcovado
are the domes and towers of the city.
Along the water front and circling
the harbor is the botanical gardens,
said to be the finest in the world.
Salutes were exchanged between tho
forts and the German cruiser, Bre-
men, anchored in the offing. The stay
was very pleasant, large parties going
ashore daily to visit the various points
of interest and the many attractions.
On the 22nd great review was held
by President Pena, in which the
Brazilian navy first passed in review,
and as the president yacht took
station at the entrance the fleet steam
ed out to sea, firing 21-gun salute
as each vessel passed the president.
On the morning of the Gath funer-
al was held on the Maine. With
flags half mast, their engines stopped,
the ships drifted quietly through the
water as the body was committed to
the deep. During the night of the
Goth the steaming lights of four ships
were observed on the horizon and the
early morning light disclosed foul
cruisers painted black, flying the Ar
gentine ensign. At s a. IN. the flag
ship of the squadron, the San Martin,
followed by the Belgrano, Buenos
Aires and Nevo de Julio, passed tC
the right of the column and fired sal
ute of 10 guns, which was answered
by the Connecticut. The next two
days the feet encountered series o.
heavy fog banks, which kept the yes
sells using their steam whistles to de
note their positions. On the 31st Cap
: Virgins, the eastern entrance to thu
Straits of Magellan, was sighted, ant
$ the fleet was well inside the entranc
, by noon, where we anchored in Pos
session Bay, owing to a severe storm
which made navigating the straits yer.
dangerous.
ITO be continued.
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Where Was the Deacon2
ITO be continued.

Deacon Jones, the great man of lit
tie village of Massachusetts. whose
outward piety was of the vociferous
order but whose charity toward his
fellow men was not as abounding
as it might have been, was
dangerously i'll, and his brother
deacons, impressed with the custom
of issuing bulletins from the sick
rooms of prominent individuals, decid-
ed to follow the fashion, with the fol-
lowing results
"6 P. NJ. Deacon Jones is in a
serious condition.
~ P. NJ. Deacon Jones has rallied
slightly"
" 9 P. NJ. Deacon Jones has suffered
a relapse.
"11 P. NJ Deacon Jones has depart
ed for heaven.
Thus the bulletins read at midnight
but early in the morning some unre-
generate mortal who did not love the
Deacon, evidently passed that way, fol
the light of new day showed curious
townspeople the later report:
"Heaven. A. NJ. Great conster.
nation here. Deacon Jones has moi
arrived. "-Woman's Home Companion
for March.