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five children to a founding asylum.
He changed religions as another man
would change from summer to winter
clothes. A writer on morality, his own
morals were unspeakable. He was ever
eager to receive aid: and still more
Industrious in abusing benefactors. He
had a genius for philosophic writings
and a far greater genius for making
enemies. The kindest thing that can
be said about him personally is that he
was probably more or less insane
Rousseau was the son of Swiss
matchmaker. His father IN 1922, when
the lad was ten years old, became in
volved in street row and had to leave
his Geneva home, calmly deserving his
family. Jean Jacques was brought up
by his mothers relatives, who ap-
rrenticed him at thirteen to a notary.
The boy and his master could not get
on together, so Jean was apprenticed
over again, this time to an engraver.
All his long life Rosseaa quarreled
with everybody into whose society he
was thrown. He began with the en-
graver. At sixteen he Jumped" his
apprenticeship and ran away from
Geneva.
He then began a series of wander
ings which were more or less interest
ing, but scarcely profitable either to
undergo or tell about. He changed his
religion at the outset, encountering
some rather doubtful adventures, and
at last became footman in the house.
hold of a Nine. de Vercellis. While he
was working there he stole costly
ribbon. The theft was discovered.
Rousseau saved himself from punish
ment by falsely accusing maid serv-
ant of the theft The tale of this
wholly shameful affair is found In his
celebrated Confessions"
In a prize essay, written in 1850. he
openly declared that progress and high
:: civilization had proved a curse to
mankind. This essay made MIN for a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19
WILLING TO SHARE PENNIES
Generous Act Of Street Wait That
Gained Him a Friend in Great
Novelist.

Charles Dickens. the creator of
many delightful child characters,
earned million dollars during his
lifetime with his pen, but often walk.
ed the streets Of London in search of
material for his books without a pen.
ny in his pocket.
One evening while doing this he
was accosted by a small boy who
asked him for a penny. Dickens
searched his pockets, but they were
empty, and so he told the boy, who
was shivering in the cold.
Poor man." exclaimed the little
fellow, well go hunks together!"
Dickens stood back in the shadow
of the street to see what the outcome
would be. The lad continued to beg,
and finally gained two pennies. He
came dancing to Dickens with 4 Jolly
ring in his voice.
Now" he said, well have two hot
buns apiece"
Such a generous spirit under such
trying circumstances struck Dickens
SO forcibly that he took the lad home
with him, and there he was fed and
clothed, and started on the road to q
better life.
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A Catcher's Nit.

sew crescent-shaped pad; this forms
a pocket and helps to keep the ball
from slipping through when the hands
are not closed quickly enough on a
fast shoot" Cut strip of leather
about one inch wide and long enough
to 60 around the glove, sew the back
of the glove to one edge of the strip
and the face to the other edge; a.
space about six inches wide should be
left unsewn and arranged to lace.
Horse hair makes the best stuff
ing, as it is elastic and does not
''sting through" easily, but cotton can
be used; as it f1attens out from use,
more can be stuffed In through the
laced openings. If you don't mind
the odor, oil of tar is very good
thing to rub into the face of the glove;
1t keeps the leather soft and helps
the ball to stick"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19

That Important Organ Work,
According to the Quality Of |.
the Blood That Is Fur. * &
nished to Il. .,

There Is the most intimate relation
between the condition of the blood and
the activity of the stomach. The blood
depends upon the stomach for q largo
part of its nourishment; while every
act of digestion, from the time the food
enters the stomach until it 10 digested
and aaGimilated by the blood, needs
plenty of pure, well-oxidized blood.
The stomach works only according to
the quality of the blood.
The most common cause of indiges-
ton is ansenaia, or lack of blood. In
deed there is not q single disturbance Of
the health Of the body nor any form OF
exhaustion or lowered vitality, that
may not lead to stomach trouble. Dis
ordered blood is the one common cause
OF indigestion. Thin, impure blood
weakens the muscles of the stomach
and lessons the product of the glands
which furnish the digestive fluids.
Nothing will more promptly cure Ia
digestion than plenty of pure, well-ox-
1dized blood. DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People increase the red corpus
cles, the oxygen-carriers of the blood,
until the blood is rich and red. A
thorough trial OF these pills gives q
hearty appetite, perfect digestion,
strength and health.
Mrs. Emma M. Mayne, of No. 635
Second avenue, Clinton, Iowa, says.
II had just worked myself out bring.
ing up family of five children and,
while in this rundown condition, I took
sick with some kind of stomach trouble.
/ doctored with several physicians and
saw q specialist in Chicago but received
Little help. I could not eat anything
with relish and could not sleep. I
would have deathly sick spells and
would vomit. I had terrible head
aches and dizzy spells. I got very thin
and my friends thought 1 was going
iato consumption. l doctored for 4
year or SO without help. While visit
Ing q niece she told me that she took
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie, so tried them. They soon helped
me and few boxes entirely cured me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or will be sent, postpaid,
O. receipt Of price, SOC. per box; six
foxes for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Send for free booklet, "What to Eat
and How to Eat,''
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Swimming Teacher.

faintest heart the fear Of sinking
while learning the art. A light
metal framework is supported on
half dozen floats and from the
cross bars OF the framework elastic
bands depend. One band hooks to
headpiece worn by the novice,
another hooks to a belt around his
legs. Harnessed up in this fashion
the learner cannot sink If he tries,
and can perfect himself in the
stroke without worrying about what
is going to happen. When he feels per-
fectly sure Of his ability to keep aAeat
he can strike out unhampered. or. If
he prefers, can free his legs first and
his head and body afterward. 30 az to
learn his lesson gradually.
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Solid Gold.

Commercially speaking, the term
solid gold' is misnomer, since such
gold has not been used for many, many
years. Some of the ancient Roman jew
elry and some of that of the Renais-
sance period was, indeed, made Of
pure gold, worked up by hand with
the crudest of tools, but since the old
days there has been constantly in
creasing employment of alloys, for
the reason that jewellers found that
the harder the gold was rendered by
good alloys the greater its wearing
qualities AID the more secure, there
fore, wa7 the setting Of the gems It
contained. Nowadays jewelry is Of
eighteen, fourteen and ten carats, &C
cording to- the. design and character
Of the article, and it is much more
frequently ten than eighteen carats.
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Try It.

!. It is said the queen Of sheba test.
ed King solomon's wisdom by bring
ing before him an equal number OF
boys and girls, dressed exactly alike.
and asking him TO decide which was
which. ss:s s.,:, f. zs.:. u. MI MI
{ The father Of wisdom called for
wash basins, and told the group to
wash its hands. z hi S s.. e .s5s5ss
The girls .daintily rolled Il up their
|cuffs, but the boys splashed away with,
out regard to neAtness. s75.s 4.
s And there you are. 3. s s5= 1901,
There was no match trust Il that
early day. II there had been any. tho
great king wsuld have enjoyed . sim
pier test. For tho London Chronicles
declares that when Womsn strike q
match she invariably scraps Il ont
ward and away from herself yhile s
Emsn SC 81 and toward hlmSe1f,
| 11il yosar INST hhI l,ox and 81
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Jean Jacques Rousseau, Philosopher and Scoundrel

time the idol OF Paris artificial and
novelty-seeking society. He followed
up his literary success by a really
beautiful opera. But his attacks on
various French customs and ideals
made Paris an uncomfortable abode
for him. Back he went to Geneva
(again changing his religion to fit his
surroundings) and met with a cordial
reception from the learned men Of
Switzerland.
Here he took up his literary work
again and dazzled the world by his
problem novels" and philosophical
treatises. But he continued his lifo
effort of making as many enemies as
possible. And such enemies as his
personality could not reach were made
by his writings. His novel Emile"
"a radical sort of educational thesis
in fiction form-was condemned by
the Paris parliament; and Rousseau
dared not set foot in the French cap
ital for fear Of arrest Other works
of his were denounced by the Swiss
authorities. His "Contrat Social"
(which demanded that governments
be ruled by the people and preached
universal suffrage) brought down
upon him the hatred of conservative
thinkers.
He went to England and there quar-
relied with his patrons. behaved inso-
lently toward the king, and found it
convenient to come back to the con-
tinent of Europe. This time he was
allowed to settle in Paris. His health
had become shattered. So had his
mind. To add to his woes, he mar
ried Therese LIE Vasseur, former cool
In a third-rate inn. Their five chill.
dren he sent to a founding asylum.
thus giving his enemies fine chance
to compare his unnatural action with
the high sentiments he had written
about the sanctity of the home and
the education of the young. Therese's
mother was the typical comic paper
mother-in-law. She rendered Rous-
seaus home life miserable.
On July 2, 1778. crushed under real
and imaginary woes, Rousseau died
in a fit. Some historians think des.
pair drove him to suicide.
His "Confessions'-a wonderful II
unreliable book-give the mans dis
torted view of his own life and OF life
in general A genius. a BLACKBOARD.
and psobably-in later years, at least
"a se,ui-lunetic.
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Abdul iiamid, Sultan and Scoundrel

ish tyranny. The people murmured.
The Turkish crown seemed totteffng.
Abdul Hamid had before him a task:
that would have crushed most rulers.
Yet he performed 1t with a skill that
stamped him as the subtlest and ablests
statesman of his day. -. r. -:
At the outset Of his career as sultan
the atrocities in the Balkans led Rus:
STA to declare war on Turkey. Russia;
won the conflict and might have wiped
the stain of Turkish crimes from the
earth had not the other European pow
ers grown jealous. They interfered; ;;
saved Turkey and deprived Russia Of
nearly all the fruits of her victory. Al
ready the sultan was beginning to-
show his rare statesmanlike quail
ties. X.
In. the peace treaty Abdul made
many fine promises. He kept none Of
them, and he so fooled the European
powers that he suffered no penalty
from his breach Of faith. He choked
the voice of liberty, silenced the
Young Turks" by force and made
himself sole master of his empire. BY
playing one nation against another and
by owing some of them huge debts
that his downfall might cancel, he
kept the world at large from interfer'
ina with his horrible plans.
For instance, in 1895-1S96 the signal
was given by him for a wholesale mas
sacre of Armenian Christians. Thou
sands of defenseless persons were
slaughtered. A far lesser series OF
atrocities had brought on a war with
Russia in 1877. Yet this time not one
European nation lifted a finger to
check the outrage.
But tyranny has always wrought its
own destruction. While Europe, bound
hand and foot by the web of Abdul
Hands willy diplomacy. took no step
to check his crimes, his own people at
length rose against him. The Young
Turks" grew too strong to be put
down. There was an almost bloodless
revolution in 1908. Abdul was de-
posed in April. 1909. and was sent to
Salonica as state prisoner. His
younger brother, Mehmed, or Moham-
ed, was taken from prison palace
where Abdul had confined him, and
was placed upon the Turkish throne.
That Abdul was deposed Is but nat
ural. The only wonder is that he was
able to hold his shaky power In such
masterful fashion for third Of a cen
fury.
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pretended to be. A girl, scarcely
more than a child. strayed into. the
room and stared in wonder at Its rich
furnishings. From one gorgeous bau-
BILE to another she wandered, gazing,
examining, handling. At length, as she
reached table, she saw lying there a
tiny jeweled, silver mounted pistol. It
was unlike any other weapon she ever
had seen. The girl picked it up. turn
ing it over and marveling at its rare
beauty. The man on the divan in the
shadowy corner opened his eyes and
slowly sat up.
What are you looking at?" he ask
ed gently.
AT this pistol. SIRE" answered the
girl.
And what are pistols made for?" he
queried in the same pleasant tone.
Toto shoot people, SIRE" faltered
the girl, little treasured by his gen.
tleness.
quite so,' yawned the man. And
I will prove it. Let me show you"
Whipping another revolver from his
pocket he shot the girl dead.
Fear of death made Adults life
burden. 1t robbed him of slumber At
times the only way he could be put
to sleep was by hearing some one read
aloud the story of the awful punish
ments that had been inflicted on some
Of the slayers of rulers. These tales
of torture would lull him to rest.
Abdul Hamid was born in 1912. lie
was the second son of sultan and
came to the Turkish throne in 1875
when his elder brother was deposed.
To make way for Abdul, another
brother was murdered and a nephew
falsely imprisoned as a maniac. The
new sultan began his reign by prom
Using countless reforms-and by per-
forming none of them. His Balkan
States in those days were in wild re-
volt. At home, the Young Turk" move
ment was already busy trying to build
up the rotten government and to abol-
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Singing and tho lunQs.

It is we'll known that singing, like
whistling, is fine exercise for the
lungs,and some doctors advise those
who,t fear consumption to go in for
singing for this reason.
AT the same time they, of course.
do not advance the claim that singing
alone will save anyone from or cure
consumption. Acquire the habit Of
taking the big deep breath, which is
a primary requisite Of any kind Of
singing. bad or good. and the physical
Joy derived from IT, will never allow
you to relapse into lazy breathing.
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How Bricks Arc Laid.

the day, yet It is surprising how few
people outside the building trade can
sketch bricks laid in q proper man.
ner. Fig. 3 is the method most people
will show, whereas the bricks are H.
most invariably laid 4 in the styles
shown in the first two sketches. Mako
point Of looking at several brick
walls and see for youseH. q - = 49, : =
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There was a time, early In his CT.
reer. when the use OF the curious
thumb was looked upon as a form OF
charlatanism, but SO we'll did Dr.
Metzger establish his reputation tina,
the medical profession accepted his
thumb for what it was worth without
trying. to explain the phenomenon
Harper's Weekly.
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lincoIn's Rules for 1 ia

Do not worry. eat three souare
meals. a day. say your prayers. be
courteous to your creditors. keep your
digestion good. steer clear of billions
ness. exercise, go slow and 70 easx
Maybe there are other things that
your special case requires. to make
you happy. but. my friend, these I
reckon win give you : good lit
Abraham Lincoln.
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To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work antiseptically clean and free
from odors and disease germs, Paxtine
Antiseptic is unequaled. At drug
gists. Csc box or sent postpaid on re.
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co, Boston, Mass.
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WILLING to Objiae,

: A story comes from q town where
firms advertise>to sell fish direct to
small purchasers. The glowing ad-
vertisements asked for the sending
Of half a dollar with q list OF the va
.rieties OF fish preferred. One letter
read s,.@@-':' : y ' VS. -
II want two salmon. a dozen whit
ing, a dozen fresh herring, some noun-
ders. and II you have them you can
add lobster! , L tbSl2 L.. ,--..
The next day the lady received a
letter, which ran: !, s. 49,.
Dear Madam: Please send another
dime and we viii forward the fisher
man. "-Dallas News.
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Wanted Is Ex,,,press Her.elf. z

: Wanted 20 Express Herseif. III
r"Oh, dear" exclaimed little Nettie.
who had fallen into q mudpuddle and
soiled her new dress, s. wish I were a
man." I5.s.*s..5 80 & Err.
Why do syou Wish that, dear?'
queried her mother sympathettcaIly. /
r ''Becauss,r replied Nettie, Gus vom-
=en ean1 szpress 6 = pns Ne ths
msn en-
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Cheerful Outlook.

Father, dear" said SAmaranth.
willie Smithers is going to call at
your office this morning to ask you
for my hand. Isn't there some little.
hint I can give hin before he goes
so as to make it easier for hm?"
"Yes," said Mr.. Blinks, tell him to
take ether before he comes. It will
save him much pain."'-Harper's
Weekly.
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II a woman can ma the style OF hat
she wants, she can always adjust her
head to fit 1t. ~ ~ -s.G r.
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TEACHES ART OF. SWIMMING
Framework Arranged on Float. Sup
ports Novice by Means Of Elastic
Bands-Cannot Sink.

Timldity about striking out Is the
cause of the difficulty some people
experience In learning to swim. An
Alabama man has patented de-
vice which should remove from the
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Stern Call Of Duty,

Reform is not joyous, but griev-
Gus; no single man can reform him.
self without stern suffering and stern
working; how much less can a nation
of men!-Carlyle.
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Strictly Up to Date.

Strictly Up to Date.
Alice-How oddly some men pro-
pose. =,
Kate-1 sould say SO. A gentle
man asked me last week If I felt ia
vorably disposed to q uniflcation of in
terests. .>., :: -,.&
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Hope Eternal.

Every new day and night of Joy
Or sorrow is a new ground, a new con.
secration, for the love that is nour.
shed by memories as we'll as hopes
George Eliot.
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Stop the Pain.

The hurt OF burn or a cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
quickly and prevents scars. Csc and SOC by
druggists. For free sample write to
J. w. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls, Wis.
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Explanation.

1ottie-How dare you ask Mrs. Bull
lion to one-course luncheon? II
Hattie-She won't know it. She's a
Fletcherite, and by the time she has
finished she'll have to move on to
some Ave o'clock tea.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-07-19

The man who falls out OF an airship
probably feels as badly hurt as tho
one who is thrown out of the political
band wagon.
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MANNER OF LAYING BRICKS
Surprisingly How Few People Outside
Of Building Trades Can Sketch
the Proper Method.

Can you tell how the bricks of
brick wall are laid? If you are
town dweller you perhaps pass a mile
or whereabouts of brick walls during
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Yes, Cordelia, romantic man may
be all to the good as lovemaker, but
he isn't in 1t with the matter-of-fact
man as family supporter.
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MS. Windows Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inllammA-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 16c bottlo.
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When in need OF q good laxative give Gar
field Tea q trial and be convinced of its merits.
1t is made entirely from pure heebs.
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Important 1t Is that the blood oe kept pure.
Garfield Tea Is big enough for the job +. #lS
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p FAN JAG
CUES ROus-
Seau, SELL
confe sed
thief, W r o t e
strongly on up
rightness. He also
preached fiery dis
courses on the
sacredness Of do
nestle Affection
and sent his own
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The manufacturer of artificial feet
= responsible for many q false step. 4
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After they reach tho age of 40 wom-
en- laugh only when hey feel like it.
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:: Hippety-hop to the candy shop
To buy some chocolate drops: -,
i Hippety-hop to the fruitsr's shop
=. To buy some corn which will pop.
.Hippety-hop to our home again. Il - =
With candy, popcorn and pepper:
Hippety-hop TO the kitchen, nre. -,
For each Of us 10 a hopper.
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Your working power depends upon your
health. Garfield Tea helps toward keeping 1t,
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Explanation r. ~ ~
Fair Young Thing IL that
man who is running doing? s}:
Fan-He is going home to mother.
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Write EID4YOLD CREAMERY CO, NinneapoIiA
for prices and tags They guarantee return OF oan6
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Her Special Advantaaes.

!: Her special Advanta0ee.
James Fullerton Is Muirhead In his /
book, THE Land Of Contrasts;. tells
Of an American girl who was petroni>
ingly praised by an Englishman Tor
the purity Of her English and who re-
piled: We'll, had special ad1an-z
tages, inasmuch as an English mis-
sionary was stationed near our tribe.
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-. Z - z<* An optimIst. r. - ~, !,
rs he an optimist % Is IL = zz, r
= should say he IS. He's PLANNING
e raise s.9 cwk axSx-sxaS SO xee- :
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r Love may find the way, but 1t isn't
always able to pay the freight. K i Il