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The citizen., 1912-05-10
Pulpit Bar TO Leoacv.

Boulder, Colo.-The $4,000 will of
the late John L. Church, wealthy cat
tleman, has been filed for probate in
the county court. This will include a
$4,000 cash bequest to his wife and
$4,000 to Mrs. A. j. Whiting, a niece.
The remainder is to be divided among
grand-nieces and grand-nephews after
Mrs. Church's death. A peculiar pro-
vision of the will is that the nephews
forfeit their shares If they become
ministers of the gospel. Mr.. Church
had no deep-rooted feeling against the
clergy, but wanted the boys to follow
business careers.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

the lowlands and in northern Germany. For prac-
ticay all Of his drawings were engraved and pub
ltshed in the former country, as were most 9TH
ers OF a similar nature with the exception per-
haps Of those OF his pupil, Tempesta, who, living
in Rome, and evincing a like fertility and indus
try, had some of his drawings engraved by Ital-
ians. AS edition after edition Of Stradanus' series
were issued by the Gale brothers of Antwerp and
eagerly bought up, the circle Of his admirers in
northern Europe grew ever wider; but there is no
evidence that his work in the picture-book line
ever became very popular in Italy, the country of
his adoption. There his celebrated Naples fres-
Goes, for Don Juan of Austria, and his equally
good designs for tapestry for the Medici Grand
Duke enjoyed far more popularity.
Considering the immense difficulties of trans
portation which then still handicapped all inter
national and especially all transalpine intercom-
muncation, it is rather curious that the formid-
able distance intervening between the city on the
The citizen., 1912-05-10
STANLEYS EXPLOITS

No explorer before or since has approached the
harvest that Henry NJ Stanley reaped (says
writer in the New York Sum, and no Of let
ters, soldiers, scholar has had such a single
lecture tour as Stanleys greatest. In something
like ten big cities he received $4,000 for his first
appearance. For the first night in another group
of cities he received $1,000 and in still another
group $500. Travelling in a special car upon
which he lived in most places and accompanied
by four or five guests, he ended the tour with $64,
600 clear of all expenses. For that first night in
New York charity paid Stanley's agent $4,000
The citizen., 1912-05-10
Didn't Fully Understand,

A New York judge went over to
Ireland recently and met the brother
of Tom" Costigan we'll known dis
trict leader in one wing of the Democ-
racy. The judge told Toms" broth
er in Ireland all about what great
man TON" had become, about his
popularity and influence, devotion to
politics. The brother, instead of shar
ing the judges enthusiasm. looked
anxious. Before you go" said Toms"
brother. please satisfy me on one
point. Isn't all this attention to
politics interfering with my brothers
business?"
The citizen., 1912-05-10

mice, gophers and other rodents. En-
tomologists estimate that the destruc-
ton OF agricultural products from in
sects amounts to over $500,0O0,000 a
year. What it might be were not such
a vast army Of birds engaged daily
from dawn till dark in making war
upon these various insect pests can
only be vagbely realized, says Farm
and Home
Among the birds that eat insects
are the fly catchers, warblers, swal-
lows and q himney swifts, which live
exclusively on insects. Many others,
The citizen., 1912-05-10

The brilliant wit of the Bar looked
at the moon-faced farm laborer and
winked at his friends and whispered,
Nov We'll have some fun"
Have you been married?" he be-
gan.
"Ye-e-es," stammered the lahorer,
"once"
Whom did you marry"
"A w-w-woman, sir"
Come, my gocG man, of course It
was a woman. Did you ever hear Of
any one marrying a man."
"Ye-e-es, sir; my sister did"
The citizen., 1912-05-10

such as the blackbirds and several va
rieties of hawks. depend on insects
for a large part Of their food. The
meadow lark has large appetite for
insects and in the course of season
rids the meadows and pastures Of
countless pests that are injurious to
crops. Even the much-abused crow
had fondness for cutworms that al
most equals his liking for corn.
AS seen eaters some birds are most
tireless. To this group belong the
large number of srarrows. Many
other birds eet seeds; in fact, most
The citizen., 1912-05-10

& lhe four-year-old had taken his re-
! Of in a gratifying spirit, had ad-
tried his fault, and sued sweetly for
{ don. Encouraged by his receptive
tntude, his mother ventured to add
lr.w general ethical truths; but with
;, first hint OF transition from the
? ccrete to the abstract a mild re-
tment dawned in his eye.
Mother" he demanded, respectful
e but firmly, when is this con-
lm,ation going to stop!"-Harpers
The citizen., 1912-05-10
TWO CURED OF SKIN TROUBLE

II have suffered from birth with
skin trouble, and doctored with four
Of the best doctors that could be
found, without any lasting effects.
Then I used several kinds of patent
medicines, only growing worse IN
stead Of better. After using them a
long time I was so bad that it took
the hair off my head, and even my
eyebrows too, and made my eyes SO
bad that I was kept in dark room
for several weeks. 1 was out of my
head for long time. A friend told
me to get some CT the Cuticura Rem
edies and she knew they would cure
me, so l got some packages Of Cuti-
cura Ointment and Resolvent and
used them and was cured. This was
about two years ago, and have never
had a touch of it since.
ALSO my husband had had SAT-
rheum for twenty-three years, and
after l had such a wonderful cure
through the use Of the Cuticura Rene
dies, he sent for some Cuticura Soap,
Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent, and
used them himself and he was cured.
His flesh was covered with stuff like
fish scales, especially in the winter, and
he even had it in his hair so bad he had
to keep his hair cut close to his head.
1t even grew down on his face, but we
are now both happy over our cures
through the use Of Cuticura treat
ment." (Signed) Mrs. Laurence But
ler, Chesterfield, N. H., Jan. 10, 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment are sold everywhere, a sample
of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti.
cura," Dept. L, Boston.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

Arno and the harbor town on the North Sea did
not interfere in more dscouraging manner be-
tween artist and engraver.
For more than half a century that studio in
Florence, of which Stradanus gives in one Of
his ARTS and crafts series, called the Nova Re-
perta characteristic picture, sens to have gone
supplying busy hands in distant Antwerp with
material of the most heterogeneous kind. Saints
and devils. popes and emperors holy legends and
scenes from purgatory, wars and seges, land bat
ties and naval engagements royal progresses and
peasant fetes, hunting fishing and fowling scenes
galore, the horses of all nations the crafts and
trades Of the civilized world, the discoveries of
Columbus and Vespucci, scientific inventions of
the day, the working of the skworm and scores
of other subjects of the most diverse nature, were
one and all depicted with a realism and with
power of imagination that really amaze one. 1t
shows what an extraordinary demand for illus
trations had suddenly sprung up in the second
half of the sixteenth century among the nations
of northern Europe, they awoke from the intel
lectua stupor that had enchained them during
medieval times.
The citizen., 1912-05-10
Mlaht Moi Get the children.

't young lady OF ten was discussing
! future with her mother.
.iYes, mommie," she said, 81 shall
!, married and l shall have four chill
ididn."
/ That will be nice!" commented the
her.
mol" continued the young lady
4lr minute or two OF deep thought.
-e lybe ! won't have four children.
e light marry bachelor! r!"-Saturday
vehing Post
The citizen., 1912-05-10
Auto SUGGESTION.

To show how unconsciously mans
business may he in his mind at all
times, / took a financial operator to
fanciers to select dog. and what
kind of dog do you think he asked,
for at once?"
what kind?"
"a water dog. Said he had heard
it was a good stock proposition"
The citizen., 1912-05-10

!.
40 HE recent discoveries Of prehistoric designs In
cave in the south Of France confirm the assertion
H4 made by medieval writers that sport formed
the subjects of the earliest designs the disciples
~ Of Nmrod rightly claim to have given the
\ ! first impulse 10 art Unfortunately for us, the OLD
= skincad sportsman artist who covered the walls
of his Perigord with outline drawings OF his
mammoth the giant bear and the
securing for himself undying fame the
most archaic Of all artists and endowng that underground
gallery with the distinction OF being the ancient OF all
art repositories failed to depict his form divine in CON
nection with the rotting mammoth the shambing bear
True the spirit Of sefefacemen which this omission be
trays eynces refreshing absence of the personal element
1t proves conyncngy than could library of volumes
what an infinite vista Of nervenes between that flint
welding and the modern selfasertive pressthe
button sportsman But stay Are Judging this instance
OF archaeological sefobliteraon quite Justly? Was that
trogodytes failure to leave single indication TO the
relative position OF man and beast really the result OF
une dihdence? What evidence have that this artist Of
the Peisocene Age had already from that prmeva
condition when man still the hunted instead Of the
hunter? How do know that the huge Elephas prmgen
nus the formidable Ursus speloeus portrayed in that Peri
cord Louvre not hunting him. the pgmy homuncuus?
Hk
The citizen., 1912-05-10
iC)l
Horrible!

.oI think the worst pun ever
/. I'd" (De Wolf Hopper is talking)
is perpetrated in my presence the
! .er day. A bachelor friend of mine
)il curious custom of never carry
ar or even possessing watch. |
t talking to him about this, and
edi:
or How do you know what time It is
. the morning, when you want to get
p
That's easy replied he. My
al ghbors keep chickens. The rooster
al my crownometer.' THE Sunday
lIgazine.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

ture Of elephant-hunting its
amusing details, such as
the long file of natives
carrying off loads OF
dismembered elephant on
their heads and shoulders,
are curious enough. The
picture of the bear-hunt Is
more true to life, though we
may express some doubt
whether horses could be
got to charge bears in the
way Stradanus pictures.
Our last drawing repre-
sents the Florentine artists
ideas of heron-hawking 1t
tells its tale fairly plainly,
though, of course, the Incl
dents it represents are far
too crowded together. 1t
was considered the noblest
of all hawking, and though
1t is not so long ago that
more than two hundred
heronries existed in the
British Isles-some of them
comprising as many as a
hundred nests with four or
five eggs in each-the sport
Is now extinct. Mr.. Harting
tells US that in the last CEN
tury Mr.. Edward C. New
come of Norfolk, who was
the last English falconer
who kept heron hawks (he
died in 1S7D, killed in two
seasons with his two fa-
nous hawks, Sultan and De
Ruyter, which he had i'm
ported from Holland, no
fewer than one hundred and
eleven herons. This shows
that the royal sport became
extinct in England not in
consequence of any dearth
of herons. In the Neither
lands it is still kept up,
though the celebrated Hawk
The citizen., 1912-05-10
Her Chief Characteristic

lrIiss Green, who was giving the
T. is a lesson in mythology, turned
to ore untidy little fellow
!, said:
arBrownman, tell me for what vir-
s Diana was especially celebrated"
For takin' baths" replied Brown
promptly.
The citizen., 1912-05-10
Since Teacher Did Not Know.

1t was in the primary class of graded school
in western city, and the day the 22d Of
February.
Now, who can tell me whose birthday this is?'
asked the teacher.
A little girl arose timidly.
"Well, Margaret, you may tell u.s." said the
teacher
Mime" was the unexpected reply.-Everybodys
Magazine.
The citizen., 1912-05-10
WILLING WORKERS ON FARM
Birds Assist TilIer of Soil in MANY
Ways, Board Themselves and
Ask No Pay.

Among the willing workers which
work for nothing and board them
selves are the birds, which have Of
ten been called "the farmers best
friends" They assist the farmer in
three distinct ways-as insect eaters,
as consumers Of weed seed and as
destroyS~s of large number of field
The citizen., 1912-05-10
Their Only Use.

Whats the matter with your"
Got dyspepsia"
Don't enjoy your meals?"
Enjoy my meals?" snorted the in
dignant dyspeptic. my meals are
guideposts to take medicine
before or after"
The citizen., 1912-05-10
TTelI.

Mrs. Murphy-So your son Dinnis fell
from his airyoplane? Sure, Oh thought
he was learnin' to fly in corrispcs
dence school,
Mrs. Casey-He was, but he
shtopped short in the middle of le'E
son.-Lippincott's
The citizen., 1912-05-10

use Doan's Kidney
Pills, which have
cured thousands.
Eugene Sweet,
S4 Talman St.,
Norwich, Conn,
says: For weeks
/ was confined to
my bed, so help
less l could not
turn over. Sharp
pains across my
loins caused excru-
ciating torture and
l was annoyed by
profuse passage OF
the kidney secre-
The citizen., 1912-05-10
An Ananias,

.ltlG w. Smith says he loves to live
! whe suburbs in winter"
licHumph! And the rascal was born
= Washingtons birthday and named
: er him, too. Judge.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

birds eat both insects and seeds in
varying amounts. A large number Of
birds feed on field mice, gophers,
ground squirrels, moles, etc, chief Of
all being hawks and owls.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

and the receipts from the lecture we're $14,763.
On the other hand Alexander Graham Bell used to
lecture for S25 a night in schoolhouses and the
STRUGGLING inventor was glad enough Of the fee
The citizen., 1912-05-10

tions. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me
completely after doctors had failed"
when your Back is Lame, Remem.
ber the Name-DOAN'S." "50c all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

, The energy some men waste In
king fools OF themselves would
!, ke a fortune in any other line Of
!. .ieavor.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

If woman's judgment is bad she
aIsts her intuition.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

Nhat proof have We that
these crude tracings were not
drawn with trembling hand
after a horror-struck retreat
to his cave, when his senses,
which then were still as keen
as those Of the hawk, the far.
seeming deer, or the acutely-
hearing wolverine, warned
him Of the approach of his
relentless foe? Indeed, have
we not evidence supporting
such doubts in the shape of a
stone hammer found embed
ded in the skull of a Megace-
ros hibernicus? Had that
blow been dealt by a hunter
to an animal already down In
order to dispatch It, the prec-
ious flint tool, which to pro-
duce had cost such infinite
labor. would not have been
left where Professor Wau-
choppe found it untold ages
later. What more likely
than that the blow was in
flicted as a desperate act nj
The citizen., 1912-05-10

Perhaps the surest thing in this life
is the friend you can't depend on
when you really need him.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

AS soon as woman discovers that
she is unable to reform her husband
she begins on her neighbors.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

Dyspeptfcs, despair notl While there's
Garfield Tea, there's hope
The citizen., 1912-05-10
uEADacHF-Hicks, CAPUDINE

E neither from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
7, -vous Troubles, Capudine viii relieve you.
n ilquid-pleasaut to take-acts immedi-
Ilv. Try It. lOc., 25c., and 20 cents at drug
The citizen., 1912-05-10

fellow can make hit with a girl
telling how much he misses her.
The citizen., 1912-05-10
,e DRIVE OUT MALARIA

AND BUILD UP THE SYSTEM
hike the Old Standard GROVES TASpELES5
LII TONIC. You know what you are taking
t formula is plainly printed ON every bottle,
Fing IL is simply Quinine and Iron In Jasteless
V q, and the most enectual form For grown
le and children. u ceutS
The citizen., 1912-05-10

Don't kick till you know just where
The shoe pinches.
The citizen., 1912-05-10

Va pure, mild and potent laxative, Garfield
Al All druggists
The citizen., 1912-05-10
DOES YOUR BACK AcHEf

Aches and Twlnges Point to Hidden
Kidney Trouble.
Have you a lame back, aching day
and night? Do you feel a sharp pain
after bending over? When the kidneys
seem sore and the action irregular,
The citizen., 1912-05-10
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UHu ! 20 sell our spccialties; sample free.
lite today Home supply Co, Hayesvlle, Iowa.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
He Was One of Them.

A drummer. away from home on Sun
day, dropped into a church to hear Tn,
sermon In winding up his discourse
the dominic announced that ther,
would be a meeting of the board i'm
mediately following the service.
The service closed. and the worship
ers filed slowly out, but not the drum
mer. The members OF the board h''
gathered around the pastor. and tho
was the drummer as big as life lb
pastor shook hands with him tod h'f
how glad he was to welcome ni.
the church and invited him Ia 'n-
again. but the drummer stood fpS'
In desperation the pastor address
the drummer and said MY friend vn
heard me announce that there wout
be a meeting Of the board at the clos
of the service, did you not?'
"Sure thingl' the drummer replied
"And here am |. III bet a dollar non'
of these men was any worse bored thar
/ wasr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
a Greater Scoundrel.

A famous master OF Trinity college
Cambridge. had been friend in earlier
days of one Jenny Gordon. London
solicitor But Jenny went TO the bad
was struck of the rolls and lived from
what he could get from old acquaint
ances. one day he met the master and
asked for a smiling.
Gordon" Numbered the master. "if
you could show me greater scoundrel
than yourself | would give you half a
crown" And he stalked stitily away
TO his rooms In half an hours time
the butler announced that Mr.. Pom
pous. the esquire beadle, wished TO see
the master Now. the master had a
special detestaton of the beadle, who
when admitted CURLY asked what he
wanted. replied:
"Mr. Gordon informed me that you
desired to see me-"
Said the master, Gordon has made
an ass of you
In ten minutes more the butler came
again. grinning. and said:
"Mr Jenny Gordon has called and
saws you owe him half crown, sir"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
School Bau Carrying.

Every mother should insist that her
child be not forced 10 carry a heavy
bag TO school
II it is necessary TO carry the bags
they should not be carried on the
shoulder. so that ii is possible for one
side Of the body TO get shorter than the
other side. When this is allowed TO
happen the spine become affected and
many are the sicknesses that grow
from this seeming little mistake.
The bag should be carried in the
hand and often shifted from one hand
to the other. often enough to prevent
any tendency to stunting either side Of
the body. This can be explained TO
any sensible child. and II he does not
heed the suggestion the very fact that
the bag has no shoulder harness will
mitigate the trouble.
However. most teachers these en-
ightened days have the school bag
question In mind. and the bags are not
so heavily laden
The carrying Of heavy satchels or
bags every day Is certainly a great
mistake and should not be allowed %
continue Cor any length Of time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
WHY WASH DAY IS BLUE.
Because the laundress Is Forced to
Stoop Over Her Work.

The wash day is often spoken of as
"blue Monday" because II is usually
day of hard work, followed by days OF
thinks her due. Now ii has been def
nitely proved. says j. Howard Frick,
instructor in medical correction gym
nastics in the Samaritan hospital of
Germantown, In the Mothers Maga-
zine, that washing clothes has nothing
to do with making woman feel
gloomy, but that the way she does il
has all to do with her after health.
The most common complaint Of wo-
men after days washing is the terri
BILE backache which almost compels
them to go to bed. This is sometimes
followed by headaches in the middle of
the head and behind the eyes, which
often last for days. Now, what is the
cause of these after effects? Certainly
ordinary work should not entail such
after sufferings. The whole cause is
the position of the woman while work.
ing over the tubs. The majority OF
wash benches are too low, and the wo-
man must stOop over while at work.
This causes the muscles over the abdo.
men to rehx, which allows the stom-
ach, liver, kidneys and, in fact, all the
organs to fall forward out of their nor
NAL positions. causing the terrible after
effects Of such work
The proper position before a tub is a
perfectly erect position.
Another point of value in the erect
position is the fact that the wringing
Of the clothes is much easier since the
whole force of the arm can be used
without having TO exert an effort to
keep the erect position.
The lifting Of tubs is an entirely UNI
necessary labor. When they are not Of
the stationary kind they can be emp
tied by means Of siphon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
A Compliment For The sride.

In describing his own wedding Mr.,
W. A. Butler in "A Retrospect OF
Forty Years records the remark Of a
guest Of which he well says, For
genuine Quaker wit. this will be found
hard TO match"
| must relate a striking salutation
that the bridal couple received from a
Quaker client of mine. a shrewd dry
goods merchant. Presented by an
usher. be surveyed the bride. whom
he had never seen before. and then.
with the utmost deliberation. proceeded
TO say:
william. think thy bride has
shown more judgment in her choice
than thee has"
Fortunately before could turn to
resent this strange salutation. he con
tinued uS follows.
Because IL takes some penetration
TO discover thy good qualities, but hers
can be seen g; a glance"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
- The
Scrap. Book
II Was Revised.

Mr.. Slow was calling on Miss Reid.
who was exerting all her arts to land
him. In the course OF conversation he
asked Miss Reid if she had a revised
edition Of the New Testament in the
library.
mo, Mr.. Slow" she replied; 81 regret
to say we haven't
whats a revised copy?" asked Bob
by, VINO had been permitted to sit up
later than usual.
you are rather young yet, Bobby
to understand such matters" said his
sister kindly. "a revised copy means
that certain changes have been made
IN the Bible which were considered
necessary to better understanding of
the text. Now you had better run off
to bed-theres good boy"
The young man could scarcely con-
ceal his admiration.
well, if that's what it is" said Bob
by, "our family Bible is revised, cause
pa changed it the other day. He
scratched out the date of your birth
and made II three years later. He told
ma something about you and Mr.. Slow
and said that it wouldn't do any harm
nohow and If Mr.. Slow wanted to look
at it it might do deal of good"
Presently the young man went away,
and family consultation was held. 1t
resulted in Bobby passing sleepless
night.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-10-25
chonped Both Ends.

During Gladstone's last contest fol
the university. in the days Of public
voting. Professor Smith was one OF
the tellers. A certain don who never
could manage his his wanted to vote
for the Tory candidates. Sir William
Heathcote and Mr.. Claiborne Hardy
but lost his head and said. II vote fol-
Glad then, suddenly correcting him
self, exclaimed. II mean for 'Eathcote
and 'Ardy." Thereupon Smith said
"I claim that vote for Gladstone
"But," said the vice chancellor, "thC
voter did not finish your candidates.
name" "That is true" said Smith
"but then he did not even begin the
other two"