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"I wonder if the romantic germ has

az wonder if the romantic germ has
got to me, too?" I groaned.
I had no heart for further business
and I went home. AS I neared the
house I saw Alec Whites electric run.
about before my door. No doubt
poor Nancy was going through her
own ordeal. 1 let myself in at the
front door and vas going down the
hall when I heard Nancy's voice from
the library. I knew from the tone
that Nancy was desperate, and I hest.
tared. Ought 1 to step in and help
the poor child out?
am 20 sorry to cause you pain. ]
like and admire you very much, but
1 couldn't possibly marry you"
Il can't see why you've changed in
SO short a time" White insisted,
unless" he added, suddenly, there's
someone else"
I stood where I could see them by
now. And to my amazement Nancy
nodded. My head swan. Had she
decided to care for S~potswood? Or
had she already accepted someone
else?
Il can't believe it," White declared.
II am in love with-my guardian
blurted out Nancy, land so I thought
I ought to let you know about it at
once"
And here Nancy discovered me
eavesdropping by the door.
There was a dreadful moment
when we were all ip2oherently trying
to explain. Then Nancy and I stood
alone in the hall and heard the elec-
tric buz away.
please forgive me-" pleaded
Nancy, without looking at me. "I'm
sure T don't know what possessed me
to say such a dreadful thing. He
goaded me to it, you see. 1 didn't
mean"
1 grasped Nancy by two slender
shoulders and shook her. "Are you
still the victim of the domantic at
mosphere?" I inquired holly. "Are
you actually going to say you didn't
mean what you said?"
"No-o," replied Nancy, between
gasps. 81 vas only going to say I
hadn't meant ever to say II. "-Boston
Post.
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ornament; not simply and merely for
decorative purposes. She has been
trained to work.
One president of q New England
institution declares "the colleges
have no sympathy with the view that
it is uadignifed to work; rather. they
believe that IS beneath the dignity
of a human being not to work" The
head of another institution that is
maintaining a high level in the edu-
cation of women believes that the
higher education for women lis SUBJ
shutting for the weak and vain am
billions of what is called society am
billions worthy of spiritual and intel
lectual womanhood." And another
distinguished college president ex-
presses the view that "for the ideally
trained woman service to others is
an essential condition of her life and
growth. Contact with noble minds
through study of books and personal
association will make her eager to
throw herself into the great struggle
of humanity. Snobbishness, clannish-
s and ~self-seeking have no place
where truth reigns." Not n of the
college presidents concurs In that
view which has at times being given
expression, that a college training un-
fits women for domestic life-for
being wives, mothers and the super
intendents of homes.
In answering the question, What
kind of a woman should the college
producer" the head Of a Massachu-
sets woman's college replies: "Wo-
men like that mother Of a family in
a Western city who is commissioner
of public schools, who looks we'll to
the ways of her household and yet IS
a most valued and efficient public SER
want" The suggestion Of another of
the commentators upon the college,
bred woman's mission is that 1.-The
college woman learns to be adaptable,
to work with defniteness and system,
to think quickly and clearly and to
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Ideals Of Colleges.

In a recent number of a popular
magazine there is a brief exposition
by the heads of seven American col
leges devoted exclusively to the
higher education of women OF the
ideals aimed at by the woman col
leges and concerning the life mission
of the ~college-bred nj There is
not a very great diversity of view
among the seven distinguished edu-
Gators in the setting forth Of the
results broadly aimed at in the higher
education of women. Service to her
generation, to her race-that, IN a
nutshell, is the ideal for their grad
yates at which the .woman's colleges
are aiming. This thought Of service
and of a highly trained capacity Tor
service is expressed in practically
every one Of the papers contributed
under the heading Of What KINDS
of Young Women Our Leading Ameri-
a Colleges Are Aiming to Pro-
duce?" The sweet girl graduate is
finished product, but not a soclet!
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1t Wasn't His Fire.

There was a fire in an Osborne
hotel on a recent Sunday. The fire
company, whose chief Is foreman Of
the Farmer Office, did valiant service,
saving, and at the same time, soak
ing, everything in sight. No one was
injured, which was.the most surpris-
ing part Of 1t to the man who discov-
cred the fire. He was enjoying his
Sunday splash in the bath when
flames began to trickle through the
floor and feel around for something
to play with. With great presence Of
mind and absence of raiment, the
guest hastily removed himself. To
an old man he met in the hall he
broke the news softly, lest a panic
be started. 1.-THE hotels on fire." he
whispered. The venerable gentle
man yawned. WELL, if it is" he re-
piled, "why in blazes don't you
holler?"-Kansas City Journal.
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Importance of Black Cotton.

A Georgia man who has for a num-
Der of years been experimenting in
floral culture has succeeded in pro-
ducing a black rose, and, more won
derful still, he claims that by mixing
three inexpensive and common chem
icals he is able to grow black cotton.
His achievement is hailed as a boon
by people who are capable of recog-
nizing boons when they appear. With
black cotton it will no longer be nee
essary to use dyes that are often dam
againg to the wearing qualities of
the fabrics to which they are ap.
piled. Socks made of black cotton
are expected to be much more dura.
BILE than are those which now trickle
through the channels of commerce.
This one item would make black
cotton we'll worth while. And If we
can have black cotton, what is to
prevent the experimenter from pro-
dueing red and blue cotton? The
time may be lear when we can have
calico that has eve gone through
the print mills. AS soon as this shall
have been brought to pass, perhaps
Burbank or some other willing ex-
perimenter can be induced to get
ostriches to onsume food that will
result in the growing Of feathers of
various brilliant hues, and from that
it will be but a step to the Easter
e which shall be beautifully col
ored when the hen has done her part.
We face a future that is full of prom
ise.-Chicago Record-Herald.
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ROSY L
Produced by Postum.

when a person rises from each
meal with a ringing in the ears and
a general sense Of nervousness, IT
is a common habit to charge 1t to
a deranged stomach.
81 found it was caused from drink
Ing coffee, which l eve suspected
for a long time, but found by leaving
off coffee that the d~isagreeable feel
ings went away.
"I was brought to think OF the
subject by getting some Postum n
this brought me out Of trouble.
ut is a most appetizing and invig-
Grating beverage and has been OF
such great benefit to me- that nat
urally speak Of it from time to time
as opportunity offers.
"a lady friend complained to me
that she had tried Postum, but 1t did
not taste good. In reply to my ques-
ton she said she guessed she bolled
II about ten minutes. ADVISED mel
70 follow directions and know that
she boiled it fifteen or twenty min
utes. and she would have something
worth talking about. A short time
ago l heard one of her children say
that they we're drinking Postum now
a-days, so I Judge she succeeded IN
making it good, which is by no means
a difficult task.
"The son of one of my friends was
formerly a pale lad, but since he has
been drinking Postum, has a fine
color. There is plenty of evidence
that Postum actually does make red
blood as the famous trademark
says"
Read 1.-THE Road to Wellville,"
found in pkgs. There's a Reason"
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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Plant Ruins Island.

Strength Is not a thing usually
connected with maidenhair fern, yet
If it's &oots have not sufficient room
they will break the pot in which the
plant grows. Blades of grass will
force the curbstones between which
they spring up out of their place, and
in a single night a crop OF small
mushrooms have lifted a large stone.
Indeed plants have been known to
hTeak the hardest rocks.
The island of Aldabra, to the north
west Of Madagascar, is becoming
smaller and smaller through the &C
ton of the mangroves that grow
along the foot Of the cliffs. They eat
their way into the rock in all direc-
lions, and into the gaps thus formed
the waves force their way. In time
they will probably reduce the island
to pieces.-London Globe.
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81 !%EREiEEE7zz!l8

"Why can't they base = grand
| opera upon an American theme!"
1--WE have no ~peasantry to introduce
as a chorus" Ring in a chorus OF
ultimate consumers" LOUISVILLE
Courier-Journal.
Johnny, can you tell us why
Washington is called the Father OF
His Country" "'Cause he walked
the floor a good many nights when 1t
was still young, I guess."-Chicago
Record-Herald.
I stole a kiss the Other night,
To-day my conscience prlcks me some.
I think III have to 60 around
And put it where / got it from.
Boston Transcript.
Nervous Suitor - "I-er-wish to
marry your daughter, sir" Parent
well, my boy, hadn't you better
see her mother frst?" Nervous Suit.
OFT have, sir, and-er-er-1 still
wish to marry your daughter
Punch.
81 believe" said the blunt individ-
ual, Gin speaking my mind and call
ing a spade a spade" EYES," replied
Miss Cayenne. MANY are that way.
The tendency Is what corrupts the
vocabularies of so many parrots
Washington Star.
"And before I accepted him." Miss
Passay was saying, II asked him II
be would love M when I was DID,
1.-THE ideal" exclaimed Miss Bright;
why if he proposed to you he had
already proven that, hadn't he?'-
Catholic Standard and Times.
Zone good way ter git thoo' dis OIL
worl'," said Brother Williams, sis to
never shoulder mon you kin tote"
think anybody does dat?" I'm
| sho' of it, an den dies fun grief kaze
dey got ter leave half of it by de road
side!"-Atlanta Constitution.
THE worlds against me-" he exclaimed;
at will not see my worth
But still the world wegged on. and did
Not know he was on earth"
Birmingham Age.Herald.
"I hope you will be interested IN
onder gentleman" said the hostess.
Il have assigned him to take you out
to dinner" II shall be-" responded
he lady addressed. THAT gentleman
was formerly my husband, and he's
| behind with his alimony Louis
Vile Courier-Journal.
The editor looked at the poet.
Didn't you bring me these verses
IN the spring of 1872" he asked.
II did," replied the poet, "and you
told me to put 'em on ice. They've
been in cold storage ever since
| Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
w became of the mis-
sionary society that you girls were so
interested in a few months ago.
Mildred-'It had a horrible ending,
papa, and we finally had to disband.
Do you know, as soon as we got those
poor people in the slums washed up
and interested they insisted on join
ing the society themselves. Puck.
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Frau Bertha'S Hotel.

In the little town of Essen, Ger
many, is a hotel-a first-class hotel
at which the principal guests who put
up there never have to pay for their
accommodation. 1t is owned by Frau
Bertha Krupp. the richest woman In
Germany, and owner Of the great
Krupp works at Essen. She runs it
at a loss of more than 100000 a
year. The hotel was built by Frau
Krupp solely for the entertainment
of the representatives of foreign gov
ernments who visit Essen to superin-
tend the execution of orders. Ordi-
narily travellers sometimes a find
accommodation at the Krupp Hotel,
but only when the rooms are not re-
quired for Frau Krupp's foreign Off
cial guests.-Boston Post.
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How to Increase the Egg eutput.

Commuters who lead the simple
life at home and spend most of their
time spading, raking, hoeing and
tending their hens and bees have no
one to blame except themselves 1t
they are getting few eggs from their
hens. Let them put an end to that
distressing condition by mixing a tea
spoonful of yellow mustard with each
feed of soft stuff. The hens like 1t,
and show their appreciation by in
creasing the egg output in a few days.
Nor do the eggs have a d~eviled-egg
flavor from the mustard-warmed diet.
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well at night. I believe there IS Jul
ing like the Pinkham remedies"-
Mrs. CLARA FRAMES, R.. F. D., NOS
Knoxville, Iowa.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled It may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, IT.
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearingdown feeling, fatulency, lnd1-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton. .f -.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial
Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should 1t
not cure you?
Ifyou want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for 1t.
t. is free and always helpful
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A Cure For Nerves.

The "nervy" girl will find that an
hours sewing is q wonderful nerve
soother. She can sew in all her little
irritations, her fancied injuries, and
generally become her normal self
again when she has finished a long
seam.
One of the most neurotic and eE-
citable women, the famous George
Sand, wrote in praise of the soothing
powers of n~eedlework, and every girl
who tries this simple remedy for
nerves will doubtless confirm her tes-
timony.-Home Notes.
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Answering It.

A Boston woman once asked Low
ell to write in her autograph album,
and the poet, complying, wrote the
line, what is so rare as a day in
June?" Calling at this woman's
house a few days later, Lowell idly
turned the pages of the album till
he came to his own autographs Be-
meath it was written in a childish
scrawn: "A Chinaman with whis-
k~ers."-Washington Star.
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A Lively Squirrel.

An old negro who lives in the coun-
try came into town n day and saw
an electric fan for the first time In
his life. Fhe whirling object at once
attracted his attention, and after gaz-
ing at it for several minutes with the
greatest stonishment and curiosity,
ne turned to the proprietor of the
shop and said:
"Say, boss, dat suttenly is a lively
squirrel you got in dis yeah cage, but
he's shu'ly goin' to bus his heart II
he keeps on maxim dem resolutions
so fas'I"-The Housekeeper.
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The New Waist Line.

A stronger indication of the waist
line that gives a basque effect is no
ticed in some of the shorter coats, al
though their fit is still very easy.
Then there are those fascinating Rus
sian blouses whose influence in the
long b%uttoning line which lends a
military air in closer-ftted garments
is felt about ninety-nine coats out OF
every hundred. Belts on these Rus
sian shapes are straight and wide,
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which necessitates their being worn
loose and round, and this gives a
quaint look that is most charming
and entirely new, a cross between a
Russian soldier and an 1880 school,
boy. Braiding in military designs IS
another coat touch that is rather lm-
portant.-Harper's Bazaar.
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A LULLABY.

By KATHLEEN EDDY MUNDYo
Lullaby, baby, the wind signs low,
And rufles the Sleepy Sea;
Away to the Land of Dreams we'll 60,
Far to the West in the sunset glow
And the wind signs soft and free.
Lullaby, baby, away, away
We steal DER the Sleepy Sea.
Sailing afar through the misty spray,
Pale in the light of the moonbeams ray
And the wind signs soft and free.
Lullaby, baby, oh, low and deep
Roll waves of the Sleepy Sea;
Lullaby, little one, while you sleep,
The wee, silent stars their watch vii
keep
And the wind signs soft and free.
-McCall's Magazine.
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Free to Our Readers.

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago
for 4S-page illustrated Eye Book Free;
Write all about Your Eye Trouble n
they will advise as to the Proper Applica-
ton of the Murine Eye Remedies in Your
Special Case. Your Druggist will tell you
that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes, Strength
Eve Pain, and sells for Soc. Try It in Your
Eyes and in Baby's Eyes, for Scaly Eyelids
and Grauulation,
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A London company has spent
100000 in advertising in the last
twenty-five years. This great cam
paign was launched by the expendi-
ture of $50.
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In n hot day last summer no
fewer than 5000 persons made use of
one of New York's public baths.
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A bushel of barley yields fifteen
gallons of beer in Great Britain and
twenty-five in Germany.
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WlOUO w LILO Al
ham and took Lydia
E.. Pinkham's Vege
table COMPOUND
and Liver Pills, and
am glad to say that
your medicines and
kind letters Of d.
rections have done
o for me than
anything else and I
had the best phys-
clans here. / can
do nv work and rest
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In the Belgian Parliament there is
an age minimum Of twenty-five fol
Deputies and forty for Senators.
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Stops Lameness

Much of the chronic lameness
in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not al
lowed to 60 lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at
the first sign of stiffness. It's
wonderfully penetrating - goes
right to the spot relieves the
soreness - limbers up the joints
and makes the muscles elastic
and plant.
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Here's the Proof.

Mr.. G. T. Roberts of Resaca, Ga,
RED. No. I, Box 43, writes have
used your Liniment on a horse for swee-
ney and effected a thorough cure. al
SO removed a SPAWN on a mule. This
SPAWN was as large as a guinea egg. In
my estimation the best remedy for ameN
ness and soreness is
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An effort made in Russia to form a 81
gantic steel corporation, on the lines OF the
one existing in this country, has failed.
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"A baby walrus of six months will
eat about fifty pounds of Goldfish in
the course OF a day.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softensthe gums, reduces inhanma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c. q bortie.
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AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkharn's Vegeta.,
bic Compound Cured Her

Knoxville, Iowa. -"I suffered with
pains low down in my right side for q
wear or more and was SO weak and ner.
yous that I could not do my work. 1
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In New York City during the close
times in 1907 seventy-two per cent. of
the collateral used as the basis of
clearing house certificates was COM
mercial paper.
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= 80 crowned Onions-Select onions of uniform size; peel,
Q eej drop into sailed boiling water and cook until tender, but not
= q al broken. Lift out of the water and stand in a baking dish.
Z 8 On the TOP of each onion lay a thin strip of breakfast bacon
9 9 IS and stand in a hot oven until the bacon is crisp the
; ar onions nicely Drowned.
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Piassava fiber at one time brought
up to 1886 a ton il Liberia. Compe-
tition in other African countries and
in South America has forced this price
down at times as low as $48 a ton.
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mercial paper.
Piassava fiber at one time brought
up to 1885 a ton in Liberia. Compe-
tition in other African countries and
in South America has forced this price
down at times as low as $48 a ton.
Portuguese gardeners at Punta Del
gada, on St. Michaels, Azores, are get
| ting rich raising fine pineapples under
glass for the New York City market.
?hey are the biggest and best that
! each that town.
In France experiments are now
being carried out using the aeroplane
as an offensive weapon. In one such
recent experiment the aviator flew
to a height of 375 yards with a gun
mounted on the aeroplane.
American granite is being shipped
to Europe. Not long ago $40 tons of
blue granite from South Carolina
were sent to Aberdeen, Scotland. 1t
required eleven cars to transport the
stone to Charleston, S. c., from the
quarries.
Owing to the rapidly growing pop
ulation of Germany, especially in the
industrial cities and towns, and the
relative scarcity of productive land,
the nation becomes each year more
dependent upon foreign countries for
its food supply.
In the recent Parliamentary cleo
ton in Victoria, Australia, women
cast more than thirty-three per cent.
of all the ballots polled. This was
the first election in which women
were allowed to vote for members of
the State Parliament.
Lord Sandwich, when Minister of
State. having passed twenty-four
hours at a public gaming table, was
so absorbed in play that he had no
subsistence but a bit of beef between
two slices Of bread. Hence the origin
of an article of food which has en-
tered into the daily life of all of US.
Mrs. Sophie Wright has been de-
clared New Orleans's best citizen and
her bust has been presented to the
State of Louisiana by her former pu-
pills. She is the principal of the Home
Institute, which she founded and for
many years conducted without assist
ance as a night school for poor chill
dren.
Japanese waterproof paper is made
of fbers of bamboo and eucalyptus
mixed with fibers Of the ampi and
other shrubs. The fbers are torn
apart, dried, cleansed, scraped, boiled
in weak dye and washed with water.
They are then beaten and mixed with
a yiscous~ infusion of certain roots and
a solution containing camphor, caout'
chouc and resin. The sheets formed
from this pulp are c%alendered at vart
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Portuguese gardeners at Punta Del
sada, on st. Michaels, Azores, are get
ting rich raising fine pineapples under
glass for the New York City market.
'?hey are the biggest and best that
each that town.
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In France experiments are now
being carried out using the aeroplane
as an offensive weapon. In n such
recent experiment the aviator flew
to a height of 375 yards with a gun
mounted on the aeroplane.