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The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

A little wound, little ache, A little blistered thumb to take With touch Of love and make it we'll These things require mothers spell. An, sweet the progress of the skill That science brings unto the ill Vast range of methods new and fine; But when our little ones repine. The mother is the very best Of doctors into service prest! Sunshine and air and mothers spell Of helping little lads get well. And helping little lassies, too Here are three remedies that do So much more, often. than the grave, Skilled hands that try so hard to save. For Dr. Mother. don't you know. Gives something more than skill
 gives so
 Much of herself; oh, so much Of loves sweet alchemy of touch! Upon little ward-room bed
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
The Cheerful View.

The family horse, which rejoiceo in the eminently proper name of Dob. bin, had earned a rest by long ser. vice. and was accordingly sent away to the country to spend his deciin- ing years in the broad pastures of a farmer friend of his owner. The dis. tance being somewhat excessive for his rheumatic legs, adds a writer in the Montreal Herald, he was shipped to his new home by rail.
 Edna, the family 4-year-old, viewed the passing of Dobbin with unfeigned sorrow. She sat for a long time gag. ing disconsolately out of the window. At last, after deep sigh, she turned with a more cheerful expression, and said:
 Did old Dobbin go in the cars mamma?'
 Yes, dear" answered her mother.
 A broad grin spread over the little girls face. "I was just thinking" she said, how funny he must look sitting up on the plush cushions"
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
A lltt1e curl-encircled head.

A little curl-encircled head. A little slender hand and pale. little lonesome. homesick wall. Loved nursing best of skill and cars But oh, behold the wonder there When Dr. Mother, bearing sun From where the winding roses run, Leans down with hungering love and
 kissi There Is no medicine like this, In little ehild-hearts hour of woe, Rain. ache or ife-wound's throb and
 throe
 The pr. Mother knows so well The weaving of loves wonder spell Just what the little heart requires; Just how to cool the fever fires; Just how much tenderness and cheer Will calm the little doubt. and fear; How much of tenderness will ease Alone she knows such arts as these! Baltimore Sun.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
A Shocked Scot.

The London Chronicle says that two Englishmen recently touring in Scot land found that Sabbatarianism oc- casionally extends to the middle of the week. They were forced by the weath- CT to take refuge in small country hotel and after lunch adjourned to the billiard room to kill time until the rain stopped. The game had hardly started when the landlord entered in very drunken condition, upbraided his visitors for their unseemly conduct and insisted on their leaving the bill Hard room. They received profuse apologies from the landlady. Her hus- band always got drunk on Sundays. she explained, but, mistaking the day, he had got drunk on Thursday in
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
He Knew His Worth.

Self-conf1dence Is one of the mos valuable qualities to one who would rise quickly. No doubt the youngstel who figures in this story from thu London Daily Mail Is already well or the way up.
 A gentleman calling on a member of Parliament one day, while waiting in the reception room, was attracted by the manner of the small attendant and started random conversation.
 And how much do you earn { week, my boy?" he inquired.
 Ten pounds" said the youngster with avidity.
 Being shown into the members pri vate office just then, the visitors sur prise found vent in words.
 Mighty bright youth you have, tc be getting ten pounds a week." he re marked.
 Why" said the member of parlia ment. The gets only twenty-two shil lings"
 But he told me just now you were giving him ten pounds a week." per sisted the gentleman.
 "Nonsense," said the members of Parliament. and he touched the bell.
 Billy" he said, did you tell this gentleman was paying you ten pounds week?"
 No, sir"
 You didn't? We'll, what did you say?"
 T said I earned it," was the prompt and stout repoinder.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
white Horse of KiIburn.

The biggest artificial horse in the world is the famous white horse of Kilburn, England. which was formed fifty years ago by a native of Kilburn, who cut away the turf in the correct form and covered it with limestone. The whole occupies about two acres of ground and may be seen twenty miles away. It is said that twenty persons can sit on the eye" of the horse.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
Why Are the old Poor,

"Is it not the old mans fault that he
 is poor?" you ask. Often it is. The aged man and women who drag out their weary lives in a hopeless effort to hold on are often the victims. of their own sins, says Walter Weyl, in Success Magazine A man may drink to excess for forty years, and wonder that at 50 he is not an established and respected citizen. The old man who waits at midnight in the bread line for crust and coffee, may be a wretched record of an ill-spent life.
 And yet he may not be. He may be more sinned against than shining; he may be turned out into the storm, as was King Lear, by his ungrateful dren of his neighbors. The tottering, decrepit, dissolute old man may be the senile child of the boy who worked at 8, of the young fellow who was cast into jail for trivial offense.
 It is not true to-day that the right eous in their old age never beg bread. The chances of life are many, and 8 man may work and save, and yet in the last hour be penniless and friend less. The honored bank may break. the trusted friend defraud; even the insurance company may fail to insure. And there are men, honest and intel ligent men. and great men and geni- uses, too, who cannot keep their heads above water, and who are driven by their very humanity into penniless old age.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
ConrIncInE HI. Chnm.

Johnny Gin the rden)-Father. father. look out of the window
 Father (putting out his head)- What 8 nuisance you children are, What do you want now?
 Johnny (with triumphant glance at his playfellow)- Tommy Brooks wouldn't believe you'd got no hair on the top of your head.-London Tid. Bits.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Farming ought to prosper in Ala bama. The Legislature at its last ses- sion authorized the Commissioner of Agriculture to offer cash prizes to the farmers in each county for the best mule colt. the best horse colt, the best acre of corn and wheat and oats and hay and Irish or sweet potatoes. The prizes run from five to twenty-five dol lars, and will be awarded beginning with the year 1910.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
She Was Willing.

He-Do you know that as long as I have known you have never seen you dressed in white?
 She-Indeed! Are you. then, so par. tial to the color?
 He-Not exactly that. but whenever I see a girl dressed in white am al- ways tempted to kiss her.
 She-Will you excuse me for a quar- ter of an hour?
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

When the civilized Senegambian in some distant century visits the ruins of American civilization in Colorado. he will come across the Gunnison irri- gation. tunnel. which diverts the Gun nison River to water the Uncompahgre valley, and will wonder at the inge- nuity of race which could have con- strued so marvellous thing. The tun- mel is about six miles long, and large enough to carry twelve hundred cubic feet Of water a second to the arid lands of the valley. What is left of the water after flowing over the land will return to the channel of the river It would not have occurred to any one but the daring and enterprising engi- neers of this age to bore a hole through a lofty mountain to carry water to waterless fields Less imag- inative men would have laughed at tbe proposition as madness. The Presi- den- opened the gates of the canal recently and let the waters of the river flow through
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Statistics show that Americans are the best sed people in the world. Con Bidering the cost of living, there can be no further doubt that Americans are also the best paid people in the world.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Preparing young man for the bat
 of life by paralyzing him from the ps down or by shattering his spine y seem reasonable to some of the |lege presidents, but 1t will be i'm [ssible to convince the parents of the 1-fortunate boy that the system Is what 1t, should be-
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

An anxious subscriber writes to the New York Evening Post to suggest withmuch earnestness that the speech es and writings of Daniel Webster be made part of the course of study in the public schools. Probably there will be no serious objections to this. But they should not be allowed to crowd gter.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
BUSY AT ovERAMMEReAu.

 Already Preparing for the Presents | ton of the Passion Play. Oberammergau is already busy with preparations for the performance of the passion play, which will take place next year, a London letter to the New York Sun says. Thirty dates have been fixed between May Is and Sept. 25, of which nineteen are Sundays. Extra performances are sometimes giv- en on Mondays, when there are more people in the village on the preceding Sundays than can find places in the ! theater.
 The great problem of the passion play committee is to prevent the per roimances from degenerating into commercialism. The play commerlo-- ates the departure of the plague from he village in 1883 and the devoltness of the actors is no lees nnw "n it has ever been; but already this au- tumn agents nave canvas.1u - -..- tire village to buy up sleeping accom- modations for.next summer and prices have been offered for single rooms which have almost turned the heads 0f the peasants.
 No one can witness the passion play Mho has not spent the previous night in the village itself. Every house is registered as possessing a certain amount of sleeping accommodations. and the total numJer of beds in the village is approximately the number of seats in the theater-4, 200. One third of the beds in each house must | be placed at the disposal of the local official lodging bureau. The rouse holders may make their own terms for he other beds, with maximum large rigidlS fixed by the committee.
 Three great tourist offices of Lon don, Berlin and Munich have secured a certain number of beds for the night before each performance. Many of the villagers are reserving accommo- dations for visitors of 1900 to whom they are pledged and whom they re- gard as friends.
 The burgomaster, Herr Bauer, has promised all his available beds to an English woman, who has taken villa at Garmisch. twelve miles away, and will convey her guests to the village in a motor car. She has already re ce;ved 200 applications for the accom- modation.
 The large firms of tourist agents have already about 5000 applications and the local bureau is receiving scores daily Offers of $6 and s7 night fer convertible sitting rooms, which the villagers would gladly let in ordinary seasons for % cents day, are being made by agents. but such speculative offers have no chance of acceptance
 Anton Lang, who will be the Chris tus, as in 1900, is now 35. Since the last performance he has married pretty young woman and they have three children. He is still working potter, and his little shop is con stantly invaded by visitors. He played Christus in 1905 in a special play on the history of David, and his wife complains that he often spent five hours a day signing photographs.
 All profits from the sale of seats will be administered by the committee for the benefit of the village as usual. The actors are only nominally compensat- ed For them it is labor of love aI,d devotion.
 It is expected that about 100000 per sons will go to the play next year, ir- cluding fully 10000 English and Amer leans.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
Theory and Practice.

Geraldine-A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Gerald I have never been able to make you believe it when I brought you flowers. New York Press.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
Power with safety.

T think" said the ambitious man. that I would like to be king of finance"
 Don't think of it." said the great European money lender. Think of the dangers that beset throne. What you should say is that you would like to be fnancier of kingdoms. Wash, ington Star.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

spend?" Quite frequently it is the question: I afford saver" Wisdom is necessary to the answer ing.
 Wasting at the spigot and saving at the bung' is the old, old simes which approximates the meat of the whole question of saving Each ask himself how much and when and where he shall But experience dictate the satisfac- tory
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

After a woman makes up her mind 1t doesn't take her long to make up her face.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

always big percentage of mortality This aiment begins with succeeded by vomiting and sharp mains of completes its evil work by at tacking spinal cord causing paralysis of the legs and other muscle groups. The suffering, when death
 does ensue usually lasts for several weeks then goes away the paralysis continues So far it does not appear contagious frequently only child in large family will be attacked There is hardly doubt though of its being infectious. Up to this time no child has the of its limbs the tors are at their trying find the cause of he disease it's
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Flies are few in England in com parison with this country, and conse- quently the English people have no such menace to health as the fly hui sance involves in America. It Is not a matter of climate. or that the flies have any aversion to British soil The reason is found in the prompt removal of garbage and filth, and the general cleanliness of the whole island As . result. English dwellings have no need of screens, and stories of the disease-carrying fly create no alarm
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

It appears that out New York way Charles w. Morse has only to sit in his once, and people come and tuck their money under the door.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

They have what they call an factor famine" in Gotham. Many an actor in
 financial straits knows what an ac- Tor fe<nine really is. and how it hurts.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

One of the prima donnas, answer ing her husbands charge of desertion, says the only foundation for it lies In the fact that she refused to give him any more money. Still. he prob y doesn't regard even that as be-
 trivial
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Conan Doyle has taken up the cud- gels for reform in the Congo coun- try. He thus annexes a more difi- cult job than any that s. Holmes ever tackled
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Radium will not soon become a household necessity. It Is quoted at ee, e,0O0. 900 a pound
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

As a matter of fact, your neigh bors think just as disagreeable thing about you as you think about them.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

stead. and from force of habit, believ- ing 1t was Sunday. had been shocked at the click of the billiard balls.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

The man whose sons are all daugh- ters continues to regard football as . grand game.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Queen wilhelminas baby cut a tooth the other day, but there was so much other news in the world that the his torical event didn't create any excite menr
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Soon aeropla1e accidents will be as fashionable as appendicitis operations were a few years ago.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Uncle Sam owes more than two bill lion dollars. and yet he can borrow more if he wants 1t.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Japan is learning the ways of the Occident; workers in the paper mills are going on strike for higher wages
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

As a rule you can form a fairly ac- eurate opinion of what your neighbors think of you by what they say of oth- orz
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Money may be curse, but the lack of it makes one swear
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

When a woman has her photograph enlarged it's a sure sign she consid- CTS herself in the good-looking class.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Misery loves company. but not any more than happiness does.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
MYSTERIOUS DISEASE AMONG CHILDREN.
By Dr. Howard L. Marfi

A mysterious new disease designated by the profession as "infantile paralysis" has lately been spreading among the very young children of Kansas. Iowa and Nebraska. The disease, though suggestive in some of its phases of meningitis, must not be confounded with that more malignant malady. Few of the babies that have been affected with pa ralysis have died but in meningitis there is
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

enough examples of arrested business development brought about by early savings to bring the point strongly home to Through hoarding earnings and perhaps makinga few early ventures in speculative chances proved successful, many young has acquired bank account that beyond his capacity to appreciate normal friends looking with both envy admiration have helped him to lose his head His precocious pride has been prcked until the thought chance of losing that which he has accumulated be- comes impossible him. The spirit of the miser is aroused in him. Whatever his business ability may have been, 1t is arrested in it's development
 Everywhere in every phase of life the experienced thoughtful person is confronted with the problem saving It isn't wholly the question:, Can afford to
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

Don't bank on the veracity of any woman who tells a. man he is hand some
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
WHY THE UNIVERSE WILL NEVER DIE.
By F. o. HenkeI.

On philosophic grounds Herbert Spencer was convinced there must be cycles of growth and decay in the evolution of the universe. More over, 1t may be asked, how Is it that the uni verse Is not dead already? If it has existed from eternity there has been an infinite time for this dissipation to take place. On the other hand, we may say that nothing what ever can be postulated. as to an infinite uni
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

It's so much easier to gossip about people than to pray for them.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
Only Lunch.

Have luncheon today" Nope"
 Thought l saw you going out You did. but I had lunch, not luncheon. only had Is cents to spend"
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SAVE MONEY?
By .Inhn 4. Hn

Almost universally the knowledge of how to save enters into the modern formula for sue cess, and the question of method and ways and means to saving is open to discussion. If keeping every possible piece of money com ing into ones possession may be miserliness, there must be some phase of saving that is reprehensible.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

al except that it be infinite, the dissipation Of its energy take infinite time and the death the universe will come of at all
 Though it is true that the of the universe growing by radiation this radiant energy ab sorbed by the dark stars and the nebu low temperature Of recent it has been shown the quantity of dark and faintly luminous matter the part of the universe which alone reach with telescopes is far greater than was formerly supposed be the Photographs of regions Of the taken after long have revealed the exist of nebulous matter utterly unknown before
 Under the influence of gravtation matter tends to concentration in ceners but this is enumerated by scattering action of the light pressure This idea of the balancing of contrary tendencies ancient well remember being told of the forces, traction repulsion, by which the world is kept go ing" The philosophic notion is at least old totle Solar systems evolved nebula; nebula in their produced by collision of suns"
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

piano or to sing part of her education. which has been ornamental rather than useful. But music nas function of grandeur and dignity to fulfill. The old Greeks knew this used music to dis ease to calm troubled spirits to purify and uplift the mind Their ideas revving. The therapeutic value of sweet sounds and harmonies is being appreciated. And the power of convey subtle and exalted thought is being realized Music begins where words leave off"
 All the nature which lay dormant to de gree unutilized unrecognzed, misunderstood through the base brutish ages is awakening and beginning to energize gentler times when its subtle and sweetness have a legitimate place.
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28
WOMAN NOW COMING INTO HER OWN
By Ada May Kreckel

This is woman's age in part because it is an age when the finer forces that women use and the sweeter ideals that they love are be ing valued by the world. In word the spir- itual and the esthetic forces were latent ill cruder ages, but now are beginning to operate.
 Music has been a costly indulgence, a soft pleasure with little, if any. hard work to do. Every girl has been expected to play the
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

In lecture which he delivered in New York Hudson Maxim equipped
The Holbrook news., 1910-01-28

The youth who can afford a motor boat doesn't have to paddle his own canoe.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
REVOLUTION DAUGHTERS
EXPECT WARM SESSION
fractional Fight Between Men,
bers of D. A. R. Causes Re-
moVal of Mrs. GuSS

, WASHINGTON, April 16.-Evidence
that a decidedly interesting session is
awaiting the congress of the Daught-
ers of the American Revolution is
growing stronger day by day. One of
the latest developments in the factional
feeling that has been apparent in the
association ever since the hotly con-
tested election last year, when Mrs.
Matthew Scott won the presidency
general over Mrs. william Cumming
Story, is the removal from the Conti-
mental hall committee of Mrs. H. 7.
Guss.
The removal of Mrs. Guss was eff
fected by formal letter from Mrs.
Scott, president general. 1t followed
an admission on the part of Mrs. Guss
that she had dictated a note to the
manager of the Arlington hotel, asking
that the district conference, which was
holding a meeting there, adjourn at
once. This, it has been alleged, was
done to block an effort to have Mrs.
Scott indorsed by the meeting.
Mrs. Scott considered that this ac-
tion rendered the removal of Mrs. Guss
from the committee necessary.
The anti-administration element, it
is said, will present this matter of the
removal of Mrs. Guss, and also that
Of the dismissal of Miss Agnes Ger
aid, who was dismissed from the bus
mess office Of the d. A. r., to the ma
tional congress which convenes next
Monday.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-17
STAMPEDE To ID|TAROD
COLD FIELDS STARTED
Miners Returning from the Latest
Alaskan Ore Producing Point
Make Favorable Reports

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 16.-Uni-
fornly excellent reports received here
from reliable miners who have gone
to the Iditarod gold fields have aroused
great interest in the field, and the
greatest stampede since the big rush
to Fairbanks six years ago is assured.
Reports received here today say that
forty paying claims have been located
on Otter flats, and that So pans are
common.
A big shift in the population of the
interior of Alaska is certain to begin
with the opening of navigation imme-
diately after the ice on the river
breaks up, the second week in May.
Eight steamboats, are scheduled to
start from Fairbanks as soon as navi-
cation opens, and all cargo space has
been taken. Machinery for use in the
new field is piling up on the docks
and the steamboat companies expect
difficulty in handling the great bulk
of traffic.
The companies operating on the Yu-
kon have established freight and pas
senger rates to Iditarod, and have ar
ranged for steamer service on the
smaller streams.
Light draft steamers will ply from
the junction of the Yukon and the
1nnoko UP the Innoko and the Iditarod
and still lighter draft vessels will be
built for use on the upper reaches of
the latter stream.
Reports of a dearth of labor sent out
from here by local business men are
correct. The situation is serious and
unless a large supply of labor arrives
here soon there will be great difficulty
in handling the spring cleanup and
the output of the Tanana district will
be curtailed.