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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28

Mrs. Jacob Michaux, who is the guest
OF her daughter, Mrs. Edward Baird.
in Norfolk. Will later accompany her
TO Blue Ridge Summit for the summer.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28

Mrs. otto Theodore Hess and son
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28

The Misses Grice, OF Grove Avenue.
will leave Saturday for Huntington.
w Va, where they will be the guests
of Miss Ruth Campbell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28

Mrs. ohm Tyler is visiting her daugh-
ters. Mrs. Montague and Mrs Hattie
Tyler Biunton, az their homes IN At
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28

Mrs Walter Baldock and son. OF
Amherst. and Miss Leone B, Davis. OF
Farmviilc, are visiting III the home CT
j. G. Wright. 62S North sixth Street
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-28

Mrs. z. c. Mayo has recently moved
to an apartment at 500 West Grace
Street where she will be fortthe COM
Ing winter.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23

thousands of acres of wheat in this
county yielded AZ bushels to the acre
and many fields cut IS bushels and
better.
You can figure it for yourself. He
has $4,000 acres in wheat this year
and it was planted WIN less cost than
any other wheat in the state. His
traction plows tore up the earth, har.
rowed 1t and seeded it, all in one OPP
Grafton, at the rate of one. hundred
acres a day. 1t cost him $4,000 when
the 1900 acres were in. If he
should happen to get an average of 25
bushels to the acre-he won't, because
the weather won the bet this year-but
If he had won and the average yield
was rs bushels to the acre, that
would be 425, 900 bushels.
Now, take your pencil again: 1885,
900 bushels Of wheat at, We'll say, 81
a bushel; that's $425, 900; enough
profit there for some carloads of pat
ent leather shoes and trips to the sea-
shore and around the world.
Fike sat scrooched down in his Of
flee chair in this town the other day,
an old SLOUGH hat pulled down over
his eyes, his muddy boots up on his
desk, and he looked through the win
dow at the drizzling rain.
'Pity that rain didn't come last fall,
Jim," said one of his neighbors.
"Y-a-a-s," Fike drawled. But it
didn't. It's a gamble" he said.
We've struck five poor years. In a
bad year we get six or seven bushels
to the acre and barely pull out. In a
good year it's easy to cut rs to 35
bushels here. In that kind of a year,
with the rains coming right, raising
wheat in this country is like shooting
fish in a barrel. That's the kind of
a ear I've been figurin' on getting.
If l once get it I'll tell old Rockefel-
Ter to go chase himself. But it's been
a scrap. I've been increasin' my acre.
age faster than I've been gettin'
wheat. A fair year with, say, fifteen
thousand acres in, would make me
better than 5000, 900 clear profit, and
a ringer, that's what l am waitin' for,
a ringer, I'll clean up a good quarter
of a million in one crop, and If several
good crops follow one after another,
as they have done in times past, and
as they surely will again, you can put
my name with the other millionaires'
in the Who's Who in America book,
that book with the red covers and
gold letters on the back. James N.
Fike, millionaire wheat king OF Kan.
sas,' how'll that look, hey?"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
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DEAF" BEGGAR COULD HEAR
Incident That Struck Householder as
Being Along Slightly Humor-
GUS Lines.

MANY funny things happen in a
fat during the course of a few
months" said a Milwaukee fat dwell
er, "but one of the best things l ever
saw happened yesterday.
Il was suddenly reused from my
slumber by three loud knocks on the
door. Jumping to my feet and into a
bathrobe, l FASTENED to see what was
wanted. I opened the door in time
to see a young fellow half way up the
flight to the next floor.
Hello, therei' 1 yelled at him.
HE turned around, hastened back
and handed out a small envelope.
pointing to the inscription. l glanced
at it. It was an appeal for aid be-
cause the applicant was deaf and
dumb.
Say, 1 was mad enough to kick him
down stairs. Then the joke struck
me and slammed the door in his face
and went back to bed laughing"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
WANTED TO SLEEP
Curious That a Tired Preacher Should
Have Such Desire.

A minister speaks of the curious eff.
feet of Grape-Nuts food on him and
how it has relieved him.
you will doubtless understand how
the suffering from indigestion with
which l used to be troubled made my
work an almost uncomfortable burden;
and why it was that after my Sabbath
duties had been performed, sleep was
a stranger to my pillow till nearly
daylight.
81 had to be very careful as to what
I ate, and even with all my care lex
p%erienced poignant physical distress
after meals, and my food never salts
fed me.
"Since / began the use Of Grape
Nuts the benefits I have derived from
it are very definite, / M longer suffer
from indigestion, and I began to i'm
prove from the time Grape-Nuts APP
peared on our table.
81 find that by eating a dish of this
food after my Sabbath work is done,
tand l always do SO now my nerves
are Quoted and rest and refreshing
sleep are ensured me.
Il feel that l could not possibly do
without Grape-Nuts food, now that l
know it's value. 1t is invariably on u
table-we feel that we need it to make
the meal complete and our children
will eat Grape-Nuts when they cannot
be persuaded to touch anything else"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Michigan.
Read the famous booklet, "The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a
Reason"
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one aupears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of human
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
HAD BEEN SILENT SUFFERER
Subordinate Officer the Recipient of
Hints Intended for His
Superior.

A sea captains wife tells this story
of a maiden woman, sister of n OF
the owners of the ship on which she
once made a long voyage. She had
very decided opinion on most matters,
and she and the captain had many
spirited arguments at the dinner table.
The captains wife, a meek, submits
sive little soul, fearing that in the
heat of argument her husband might
say something to offend their august
passenger, was in the habit Of kick
ing him on the shins to hint at moder-
alton. Nevertheless, all these remind
ers passed UNDECIDED.
One day she administered a more
vigorous kick than usual, and noticed
an expression of pain fit across the
face of the mate. who sat opposite
her.
"Oh, Mr.. Brown, was that your
shin?" she asked.
Eyes, Mrs. Blaikie," said the mate,
meekly, "hit's been my shin hall the
voyage, ma'am."-Youth's Companion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
A Haartiess Gather

"T need some help with my household
duties" announced a woman when her
husband came home the other night.
What's the matter with our daugh-
teri" the husband wanted to know.
Our daughter? The ideal Why,
Jim, you know she's awfully delicate.
and she would die if she had to do
any household work. She has her
school, and
"And what? Her teachers report
shows that she isn't doing a bit Of
school work"
But she is the star member of her
basketball team, and you know she is
eager to take the prize at the gym
nasium contest. But that's just like
a man-wanting a delicate girl to en-
gage in rough, hard labor. Be asham-
ed of yourself, Jim Jenkins! You
have no feeling"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
FROM SKIN DISEASE

"Our boy was born in Toronto on
Oct. 10, 1908, and when three months
old a slight rash appeared on his
cheek. What appeared to be a wa
ter blister would form. When 1t
broke, matter would run out, starting
new blisters until his entire face.
head and shoulders were a mass Of
scabs and you could not see a par
ticle of clear skin. Other parts OF
his body were affected, but not to
such an extent. We tried about every
advertised remedy without avail, in
deed some of them only added to his
suffering and n in particular, the
- Remedy, almost put the infant
into commissions. The family doctor
prescribed for him and told US to
battle the baby in buttermilk. This
did not do any good, 80 we took him
to a hospital. He was treated as an
out-patient twice a week and he got
worse, II anything. We then called
In another doctor and inside of a
week the boy was, to all appearances,
cured and the doctor said his work
was done. But the very next day it
broke out as bad as ever.
I'VE decided that 1t could not be
cured and must run its III and so
we just kept his arms bandaged to
his side to prevent his tearing his
flesh. We left Toronto and shortly
after our arrival in Duluth, the Cuti-
cura Remedies were recommended.
We started using them in May, 1909,
and soon the cure was complete. You
would not think he was the same
child for Cuticura made his skin per-
fectly clear and he is entirely free
from the skin disease. There has
been no return this time. We still
use only Cuticura Soap for baby's
bath. Robert Mann, Proctor, Mimi,
May 8. 1910"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
SOLVING NEGRO PROBLEM
Under Conditions, the Matter Seemed
Comparatively Easy of
Arrangement.

The central police station was over
crowded one day last week. officers
were wondering what they would do
should another arrest be made, when
the door opened and a sleepy-looking,
blue-eyed foreigner drifted in with a
most detected "Goot efning, mems"
The officers nodded their greetings
to the stranger, who then asked: "Can
l did some sleepings here? yust
came from Chicago and am start to
work tomorrow"
well the only space We have left
is a bunk, which Ia already occupied
by a colored man. You can share
that If you want to-" replied the off,
err.
The man thought for a few minutes.
scratched his head and said:
well | guess / no can see him in
dark, and besides. l am tired and want
sleep."-Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Historic Event Celebrated.

Australia recently commemorated
the one hundred and forty-first ami
versary of Captain Cooks first land
ing. 1t was in ITO that H. M. S. En-
deavor, a barque of $40 tons, entered
the inlet first called Sting Rays Har-
Dor, but afterwards Botany Bay, from
the beauty and variety of the plants
growing about its shore. The vessel
remained eight days, and before she
left the British flag was hoisted. AS
is the custom on each recurring ami
versary, the flag was again unfurled
upon the spot where 1t was first dis
played, and was saluted by the guns
of the warships in the harbor.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
couIdn4 So the ResembIance.


They have been joking Assistant
Treasurer James A. Mathews of the
Guardian bank, on his resemblance to
President Taft, and Mr.. Mathews has
steadily refused to be annoyed there
by. So the jokers subsidized and the
joke died a natural death.
Until the other night. when Mr.. and
Mrs. Mathews dined together with
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harmon and their
little daughter, when the Taft resem-
blance was revived. Turning to young
Miss Harmon, Mr.. Mathews asked
whether she, too, thought he looked
like the president.
Dorothy studied long and earnestly.
Then she answered:
Not in the face. Uncle Jim
Cleveland Leader.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
The ND. Gan

Miss Lillian B. Rowe, at an adver-
tisement writer's dinner In Denver,
said of the harem skirt:
ut will soon be SO widely worn that
the old gag, perpetrated in the '40s on
men, may proftably be revived for
women victims.
Some sharper, you know, will re-
vive the gag by advertising in the
Ladies' Own
"Send 81 and learn how to keep
your sharem skirt from becoming
fringed at the bottom
Thousands Of dollars will pour in,
and to each victim the sharper will
reply:
"sWear knickers.'"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
The Worth of the Voice.

How wonderful is the human voice!
1t is indeed the organ of the soul!
The intellect Of man sits enthroned
visibly upon his forehead and in his
eye, and the heart of man is written
upon his c~ountenance. But the soul
reveals itself in the voice only; as
God revealed himself to the prophet of
old in the still, small voice, and in
the voice from the burning bush. The
soul of man Is audible, not visible. A
sound alone betrays the flowing of the
eternal fountain, invisible to man.
Longfellow: Hyperion.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Showed Tact Of kIna.

It was the order of the day at a
late shoot at Sandringham that hen
pheasants should not be shot, and one
of the guests brought down a hen
which fell near King Edwards place
in the line. Anxious not to hurt the
offenders feelings by an over rebuke.
the king pointed to the corpus deficit
and said: "Ah, Quincy, what a man
you are for the ladiesi"-Life of Ed.
ward VII.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
WILLING to SUPPORT PROXY.

Albert Tiedemann. a freshman OF
the University of Pennsylvania, was
called upon to vote for officers in a
recent gathering. Not being well ac-
quainted with the nominees, he
thoughtfully hesitated before filling
out his ballot.
One of the company left the room
with the explanation that he would
vote by proxy"
$50 will l." said Albert, and with his
pencil poised above his paper, leaned
over to a companion on his right and
asked:
Say, what's Proxy's first name?"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
BETS It WILL RAIN
Kansas Farmer Stakes $4,000
on the Weather.
Has Tried It Five Times and He's
Out $175,ooo-f He Eyer
Wins He'll Be
Rich.

Colby, Kan.-"Jim" Fike Is trying to
get rich betting against the weather.
Last August he staked $4,000 on the
chance that 1t would rain within
three months. If it had rained, as he
bet 1t would, he would have made a
quarter of a million and got his $780,
000 back, too. But 1t didn't rain. The
weather is a freakish thing out on this
high plateau, and Fike will be mighty
thankful If the $4,000 is returned to
him so he a have 1t to take another
flyer against the weather this year.
Fike calls his method of fortune hunt
ing Gambling against the weather"
He has been at it now for five years
and has never o
But" he says, 'Ill make the big
killing n of these years. just as
sure's shootin', and when l do I'll put
On patent leather shoes and go to the
seashore."
Fike has staked $4,000 in five
years on the chance that there would
be enough rain and s~easonable weather
to give him a bumper crop of wheat.
Each year of the five something went
wrong, either it didn't rain enough to
start the wheat right, or it didn't
freeze enough to give 1t a good stand,
or the high winds blew most of it out
of the ground, or the drought hindered
1t from maturing; but there was
enough of a crop in the worst of the
Gvo uooro ~ ro%,v~- H{-o 4Aarlxx III ho
had ventured, and in several of the
years he made a profit of a mere $780,
200 or so.
The thing he is after is a crop that
will average twenty-five or thirty-five
bushels of wheat to the acre. If ever
he gets that he may go to the %seashore
sure enough, or to any old place. And
it is a sure thing that he will get 1t If
he stays with the game, for In 1903
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
The Kaiser Likes the Bible.

The kaiser is a great reader, and
while he tries to keep himself abreast
Of current events, his favorite book is
the Bible, says the London Chronicle.
A well thumbed and marked copy is
always by his bedside. When Mr..
Roosevelt visited Berlin last year, the
kaiser made him a present of a num-
Der of books. About half of them re-
ferred to theology and the others to
military subjects. These two classes
indicate the kaiser's own preferences.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
He Got the Pass.

Il want a pass"
pass? You're not entitled to a
pass. You are not an employe.
Sorry"
No; but here the antipass law says
free transportation can be granted to
necessary caretakers of live stock,
poultry and fruit Well, I'm going on
this trip with an aunt that's a hen
there's your poultry; a girl that's a
peach-there's your fruit; and a
nephew that's a mule-there's your
live stock. Gimme a pass."-The Way
Bill.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23

@
Iished a testimonial or used a letter
without the written consent of the
writer, and never has the Company
allowed these confidential letters to
get out of their possession, as the
hundreds of thousands Of them in
their files will attest.
Out of the vast volumeof experience
which Mrs. Pinkham has to draw
from, it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge needed
in your case. She asks nothing in re-
turn except your good will, and her
advice has helped thousands. Surely
any woman, rich or poor, should be
glad to take advantage of this gener-
Gus offer of assistance. Address Mrs.
Pinkham, care Of Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
Every woman ought to have
Lydia e. Pinkham's 8O-page
Text Book. 1t is not a book for
general distribution, as it is too
expensive. 1t is free and only
obtainable by mail. Write for
1t today.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
.MThe Bard of ndnn.u

The Rev. George F. Culmer, "the
bard of Odon," celebrated his eighty
sixth birthday yesterday. The Rev.
Mr. Culmer was born May %, 1925, in
Kent, England, during the reign of
George Frederick (Geirge w, for
whom he was named. At the time Of
his birth John Quincy Adams was
president of the United States.
DR.. Culmer has been a minister for
many years in the Methodist Episco-
pal church until his advanced age
made it necessary for him to retire.
He is a scholar and poet. Many of
his poems have been published in
magazines and MISUNDERSTANDING
ton Correspondence Indianapolis
Namc-
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Cause and Effect.

The only thing that opposes man
is the negative human law. If this did
not obtain man would be restored to
his pristine condition Is a spiritual
ego. Man is not depraved because he
wants to be, but because his mind is
human, mortal and finite, he has no
option than to express a correspond
ing condition. He is under the law of
cause and effect.-Rev. f. E. Mason,
Scientist, Boston.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
The Pursuit Of Beauty.

l know not that II all things had
been equally beautiful we could have
received the idea Of beauty at all. or
II we had, certainly 1t had become a
matter Of indifference to us. and Of
little thought. whereas through the
~beneacent ordaining of degrees In its
manifestation, the hearts of men are
stirred by its occasional occurrence In
it's noblest form. and all their ener-
giles r awakened In the pursuit Of 1t.
and endeavor 10 arrest 1t or recreate
Il for thamselves,-Ruskin: Modern
Painters.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
First Aid.

George AIDE, at a luncheon in Chi
cago, paid a gallant compliment to a
well-known actress.
The actress wore a harem skirt of
the new flame color and Mr.. AIDE said
to her:
ut is pretty. And what an odd
color 1t is! Tell me the name of the
color"
"Flamme de Vesuve-fame of Vesu-
vius," the actress answered.
BE jabers," said Mr.. AIDE, I'VE make
a vurry purity crater"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
chons Off Hand to End Life.

Franklin, Pa.-Joseph Monnin, a re.
tired farmer and owner of a hotel,
aged seventy-eight, made an attempt
to kill himself by cutting off his left
hand with a Ratchet. ~ spent all
of the forenoon sharpening his Ratchet
and had ground it almost to the sharp
ness of a zor He chopped off the
hand at a cutting block in the barn
and the wound indicates that only
two blows were required.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Tea Time In Chile.

Either tea or yerba mate is served
in Chile at 400 p. M, not only in the
homes but at clubs, restaurants and
hotels, and many business houses. A
cup Of tea and a roll or small cake in
the club OF hotel cost from eight to
twelve cents United States gold, while
the business houses serve it free
rather than have the clerks leave their
work or go out for 1t.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23

To tell you the curious story of how the mind
affects the digestion of food
i refer TO the condition the mind is In, just
before, at the time, or just following the taking
of food.
If he has been properly educated (fhe major
hyhave) he will help you understand the curious
machinery of digestion.
To start you thinking on this interesting
subject, 4 will try to lay out the plan In ageneraI
way and you can then follow into more minute
details.
stefan and Chemist. experimenting on some dogs, cut
into the tube leading from the throat to the stomach.
They were first put under chloroform or some other
anaesthetic and the operation was painless. They were
kept for months in very good condition.
placed before them and, although hunger forced them
to eat it was shown by analysis of the contents OF the
stomach that little If any Of the digestive juices were
found.
Then, in contrast. some raw meat was put where they
couldn't reach it at once, and a little time allowed for
the minds of the dogs to anticipate and create an ap
petite. When the food was finally given them, they de-
voured it ravenously and with every evidence OF sat
isfaction. The food was passed out into a dish through
the opening before it reached the stomach. 1t was
found to be mixed with "Ptyaln" the alkaline juice of
the mouth. which is important for the fret step in d.
gestion. Then an analysis was made of the contents of
ssThere's a Reason" for saying 81
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Old suners.itIon.

It was prescribed by an old super
stition that if those who were affected
with ague would visit at dead of night
the nearest crossroad FIVE different
times and then bury a new laid egg,
the disease would be buried. If the
experiment failed, they attributed it
to some .unlucky accident that may
have befallen them on the way.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23

pounds. For a year 1 was practically
an invalid. From the time 1 started
using Doan's Kidney Pills, l improved
until completely cured. I believe l
would be in my grave were 1t not fer
this wonderful medicine"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23

If a man prefers the kind of clothes
he can jump into and wears another
only under compulsion;
While a woman prefers such clothes
as she cannot put on without toll and
trouble and the expenditure Of time.
and will unless under c~ompulsion,
wear nothing else;
Then what of permanent equality is
1t going to avail for the law to call the
sexes back to the tape and start them
I'll over again?-Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Free to Our Readers.

Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago,
for 4S-page illustrated Eye Book Free.
Write all about Your Eye Trouble and
they will advise as to the Proper Applica-
ton of theM Murine Eye Remedies In Your
that Murine Relieves Sore Eyes, Strength
ems Weak Eyes. Doesn't Sn IT, Soothes
Eye Pain, and sells for Soc. Try It In
Your Eyes and in Baby's Eyes for Scaly
Eyelids and Granulation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23

kidneys-give the help
the kidneys need.
Mrs. E. c. Tillman,
Franklin Pike, Lewis
burg, Tenn, y
my kidneys were in
terrible shape and l
suffered intensely.
My back ached and l
felt all worn out. l
seemed to be running
into dropsy and my
weight dronpod Ok
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Two Varieties.

Little Willie-Say, pa, what is bust
ness courtesy.
Pa-There are two kinds of bust
ness courtesy, my son. One is the
kind extended to people who pay cash,
and the other is extended to people
who don't.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-23
Use of Ants In Nature.

Prof. J.. C. Branner, In the Bulletin
Of the Geological Society of America,
describes the immense importance OF
ants as geologic agents, especially In
tropical regions. Ant burrows have
been found at a depth of 3.5 meters,
and they ramify over vast areas.