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"I'm Sorry, Mother"

women's dresses and saw the jewels
upon their necks as they bent forward
to listen. And she was singing to
them with all the joy of youth, pour
ing forth her beautiful soprano voice
in sheer exuberance and as naturally
as bird
Would you like me to speak to a
friend of mine in the city," Miss La
than asked. when 1 go back,
mean. Something might come of it,
you know. Of course you would have
to mention the matter to your mother"
Lettie sighed. Yes, there would be
the trouble. Her mother and-WiI-
liam. What would he say? She felt
by instinct that if ever she left the
farm she would never return; she
would never stand with William before
the minister, as they were pledged to
do, and supplement the slender ring
upon her finger, with its half-hoop of
pearls, with a plain gold band.
The two impulses drew her in differ
emit ways. One way lay fame and joy
and beauty; the other duty, hut duty
consecrated by love and wifehood
She looked at William more criti-
hands were coarse and clumsy, his
shoes shapeless; he took no care of
his appearance. William did not shine
in the external qualities. But he was
good. His very goodness irritated
her.
William, how would you like to go
to town." asked Lettie. 'I mean, for
a couple OF years. maybe, before we
get married"
Williams brow clouded. He looked
sullenly at her You mean that you
want to put on our marriage?" he
asked.
Don't you want me to have a little
happiness before we are married ?''
asked Lettie.
She spoke sharply, conscious of the
intolerable struggle. William an
swered her thoughts.
Z know if you leave Stapleton you
won't never come back he said. Then
with burst of passion, It's that Miss
Latham, isn't it, with her notions. Dc
you know who she is !? She's a singer
Just a plain singer-not even a type
writer or Office girl. There isE't much
good TO be said of them, reckon
7 reckon you're too mean to livei'
cried Lettie angrily. and stood before
him with flaming cheeks. Take your
/ ring back If you want to talk that
way"
William rose DULY; he was only con
scious in his heavy mind that the in
| evitable had happened. He saw the
tragedy, but his unframed mind raI
upon mundane things: the home thai
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he was buying, the pigs, the COW, the
apple crop that would not bear fruit
for the new bride. He took the ring
clumsiIy.
''If you change your mind, Lettie-"
he began heavily. But Lettie had left
him. She was in Miss Latham's room,
upon her knees, sobbing.
You must take me with you" she
wept- 4 can't stay here-I can't. I
want to live in the town. to see the
faces of people, to cultivate myself"
Miss Latham laid her hand on the
girls head
There is another side to the pic
ture. my dear" she said. DO you
realize what you will have to go
through-the days of labor, the nights
of suffering, the loss of every ideal,
the bruising of your heart, the shat
tered hopes of life and the promise
Of what might have been, vanishing
with the passing years? Lettie,' she
said, earnestly, 'if 1 could have the
past ten years over again they would
have been different But III speak to
the friend I told you of when 1 return
if you ask me again tomorrow"
AOI(y went Slowly GOWN the Suits
Her mental poise had come back to
her She thought of her mothers
dreary round of days, of her real love
for herself, hidden though it was be-
meath the load of petuIance. She
looked out into the village. There
were the friends whom she had always
known; it was peaceful tonight and
the moon was rising over the apple
orchard. A sudden revulsion' of feel
ing came over her. The tears ran
down her cheeks
A man stepped lightly out CT the
darkness
'Lettie," he said, 81 want to say
don't want to stand in your light l
want you to gO-I want you to be hap
by. Perhaps you'll think Of me some
times"
Lettie stretched out her arms and
drew his head down to her own. I'm
going to stay, William" she said.
And Miss Latham, at her window
above, heard and was glad
Copyright, 1913, by w G. Chapman)
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COLD IN
The HEAD
Is the First Chapter in the History
of Chronic Disease.

A cold in the head is the first chap
ter in the history of disease and death.
This has been so often repeated that
there are few people indeed who have
not witnessed many examples OF it.
A cold in the head is rarely severe
enough to confne a vigorous person
to the house. As q rule, it ends in
recovery without any treatment This
has led many people to regard cold
in the head as Of no Importance. It is
a terrible mistake, however, to pass
by a cold in the head as a trivial mat
ter. Every case should be treated.
Those who have used PeTuna for
such cases will testify unanimously
that a few doses is sufficient to re-
move every vestige of the cold. How
much better it is to treat a cold in this
way than it is to allow it to go on and
on for weeks, perhaps months, leaving
effects that will never be eradicated.
Yet there are those who neglect to
take Peruna for a cold in the head
This neglect is due to the false notion
that cold in the head is hardly worth
noticing.
A cold in the head is in reality a
case of acute catarrh. 1t ought to be
called so, in order to awaken people
from their lethargy on this subject. In
a large per cent. of cases cold in the
head viii end in chronic cataTrh. In
less properly treated with some such
remedy as Peruna, perhaps so per
cent. of cases of cold in the head will
lay the foundation for chronic catarrh-
a tablespoonful of Peruna should be
taken at the very first symptom Of
cold in the head Usually where the
cold is not very severe a tablespoonful
of Peruna before each meal and at bed
time is sufficient. It may be neces-
sary, however, where the attack IS
more serious, to keep strictly in the
house and take a tablespoonful Of
Peruna every hour. Younger people,
feeble or delicate women, should take
& teaspoonful every hour.
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Talked Themselves to Death,

The old Roman senators lost their
lives because one of them was an
noyed and talked. The barbarians
were besieging Rome and someone
told them about the senate. One Of
them said:
Boys, let's go in and throw their
whiskers out on the scrap pile
In they went, without passes, after
tossing the doorkeeper out of the
window The senators, in their au-
gust, imperial dignity, overawed the
barbarians as they rushed into the
chamber, till one of the wise men
spoke in anger when a vandal touched
his beard. Then the rude, unlettered
ones lost all reverence and put the
venerable company to the sword. If
this man had kept still it might have
delayed the death Of the entire sen
ate more than twenty minutes.
Someone once said of Marshal Won
Mcltke that he knew how to be silent
in seven languages
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CHANGED Her MIND
One Way Lay Fame and Joy; the
Other Duty ConSecrated
by Love.
b. Holm a. PHELPs.

Iettie's voice rose high and clear
above the accompaniment that she
played upon the cracked old piano
When Lettie sang she lost herself in
the ecstasy of the melody. 1t was a
song from "RigoIetto," but she did not
know that; she had found the music
among a miscellany left by the last
summer boarder.
''Drat that grill" exclaimed Mrs.
French, setting down her pans. She
emerged from the kitchen into the
parlor where Lettie sat.
Il wish you'd have a little consider
alton for the boarders, Lettie," she
said querulousIy Didn't you know
Miss Latham's gone TO her room with
a sick headache? And you must choose
this time to screech like a sick owl
in the woods"
Lettie came back to earth with a
sigh I'm sorry, mother" she said
and turned from the piano Mrs
French went back into her kitchen
again.
Just then the parlor door opened
and Miss Lathem entered. She was
dressed in her peignoir; her hair,
hanging loosely down her back, gave
her singularly youthful appearance.
Nobody would have guessed that this
was the famous singer of the opera
house, who was proudly displayed
upon the billboards nightly during the
season.
Don't stop for me, Lettie," she said.
Won't you sing that again? Who
taught you TO sing?"
oh, it just comes natural, I reck-
On" said Lefty, with an embarrassed
laugh.
But, my dear, that was wonderful.
Don't you know that you have a re
markabIe voice." Miss Latham asked.
If that were trained you might have
a great future before you
Lefty left the piano stool. you
mean that l might get to sing at con
certs?" she asked breathlessiy. dc
you really think l ever could?"
20, Lefty anybody can sing at con
certs- I mean something really big
Wouldn't you like to?'
oh wouldn't ~ exclaimed the girl
clasping her hands. This had been
her vision since her earliest years; as
though remembering some previous
existence, she saw the lights, the au
dience, she smeIIed the perfume from
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al think I suffered every pain q wo-
man could before I began taking Lydia
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The darkest days of husband and wife
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Many wife has found herself inca
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In many homes once childless there
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WAY OF THE CHINESE DOCTOR
Queer Medicines Prescribed for the
AiIing in the Celestial
Kingdom.

The Monaghan physician, after feel
ing one pulse, then the other, perhaps
both together, possibly may decide
that a little dried grasshopper is the
proper medicine to be used. On the
other hand, if the Celestial of the ma
tive school supposes, by the action
of the pulse, that the diseased condi-
ton requires some other form Of
treatment, the Chinese drugstore near
at hand possesses almost everything
under the sun as a prescription. Of
tentimes the debiIitated patient is said
to need a particularly rare and I'M
usual medicine, as for example, some
preparation consisting Of the pulyer-
lied dry bones of tiger; treatment is
considered very commonplace when
the native physician prescribes only
such ordinary things as dried leaves,
roots, stems, dried flowers, the bark
Of trees, etc.
The Chinese doctor possesses many
ideas particularly his own. There is
much mystery and impressiveness in
his manner of treatment
According to Monaghan medicine
the Cinnamon believe that the human
heart is more likely to become in
famed at noon during the summer
season than at any other time Like
wise they regard the human ear as
suggesting the condition of the kid
neys, while the mouth and lips indi-
cate the condition Of the spleen and
the stomach.
Doctor" John Chinaman has
evolved a wonderful system Of diagno-
sis that depends on 81 main varieties
of pulse, but entirely aside from these
there are 81 other special and minor
varieties that prognosticate death.
One fundamental reason why the
Chinaman of today is utterly ignorant
in knowledge of human anatomy is
because of the ancient custom of the
yellow man neither to dissect nor to
study the muscles and internal organs
Of the human body. The basis of this
reluctance to investigate the human
body is in the ancestor worship which
exists.
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~ EACHING young man TO judge
and properly identify 80 or so
varieties Of apples, in three
months, sounds rather extraordinary
on first thought But this is exactly
what the instructors in horticulture.
in most Of the agricultural colleges of
the country, do with their classes in
fruit Judging To be able to judge
and identify an apple correctly, from
among 80 TO 100 varieties OF similar
appearance, calls for considerable
knowledge of this fruit and practice,
on the part of the judgers.
For example, one hundred and TWEEN
ty-f1ve young men are being taught
the principles of fruit judging at the
Kansas Agricultural College. Sub
freshmen, juniors and seniors make
up the number who are taking this in
teresting subject. The work consists
of Identification and the scoring of
plates and boxes of fruits. Particular
emphasis is placed on commercial va
rieties of apples adapted to Kansas
conditions, but many varieties are
shipped in from other states. The
horticultural department OF the col
Iege has received apples, this year,
from the agricultural colleges of
Washington, Rhode Island and Massa-
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Many good COWS that might make
brilliant records are never heard from
because they are not properly cared
for They get ordinary care, conse-
quentIy their production is ordinary
Feed. and care, says O. E. Reed, pro-
lessor Of dairy husbandTy at the Kan
sas Agricultural College, are two OF
the three most important factors de-
termining the profits from dairy cows
Even in a small herd, says Professor
Reed, it viii pay the owner TO keep
an individual record OF every cow One
giving less than 1000 pounds OF milk q
year should be sold.
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LEARNING 70 JUDGE FRUIT AT THE
KANSAS AGRlCUL TURAL COLLEGE
Competent Instructors Teach the Boys Properly Identify
Notwithstanding is Valuable Students and Pre-
pares Them for Advanced Courses
in PomoIogy.
By A LEADLEY. Department Industrial Journalism.
in POmOIOgy.

nize so or 60 varieties and are COM
petent judges Of good fruit. The
judging of fruit prepares men for the
advanced courses in DOmology and
also creates an interest in the subject
CT Horticulture.
As an incentive to promote interest
in fruit judging, the National HOrti-
cultural Congress has offered q loving
cup to the college fruit judging team
that wins first place for two success
sive years, in competition with teams
from other colleges. For several
years. teams from Iowa, Nebraska and
Kansas have competed for this prize
but none Of them has been able 10 win
first place for two successive years
The cup might be said to be still at
large. Iowa was the last TO win first
place. For this event, which viii be
held, this year. at Lincoln, Neb., the
men are coached and trained as thor
oughly and carefully as the stock
judging team which goes 10 the Royal
and International Stock shows. Five
men are allowed to be on the team
and they are chosen according 10 their
ability as judges. Naturally, every
student puts forth his strongest efforts
TO make the team and considerable in
terest is the result
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LInhtEooted SQUIRREL.

A story comes from Paris Of a
French scientist who claims to have
produced what he calls "a cold cleo
trio light" and as other scientific men
have examined his machine and testi-
fed to its efficiency, the claim Of the
inventor may be accepted, even
though it Includes a statement that
his lamp requires 100 times less cur
rent than an ordinary lamp, and that
current for a 2,O0O-candIepower lamp
without heat may be generated by a
squared turning the wheel in its cage
This will be a good thing in the days
of July, when the mercury in the Their
mometer climbs to 100 degrees.
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RESINOL STOPS
SKIN TROUBLES

If you have eczema, ringworm, or
other itching, burning, unsightly skin
or scalp eruption, try Resinol Oint-
ment and ResinoI Soap, and see how
quickly the itching stops and the
trouble disappears, even in severe and
stubborn cases. Pimples, bIackheads
and red, sore, blotchy faces and hands
speedily yield to Resinol.
ResinoI Ointment and Resinoi Soap
heal skin humors, sores, boils, burns,
scalds, coId-sores, chaf1ngs and piles.
Prescribed by physicians for eighteen
years. All druggists sell ResinoI Soap
(25c) and Resinol Ointment (50c and
81. Sent by parcel post on receipt Of
price. For sample of each write to
Dept 6-K, ResinoI Chem. Co., Bald-
more, Md.
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BoundIess Love,

Robert, seven years old, snugly tuck
ed in bed, called to his mother in the
next room. 81 can't tell how much 1
love you, mother" he announced.
Yes, dear, go to sleep now" adj
monfshed his mother. There was si-
lence for thirty seconds. Then:
Mother, God couldn't tell how I
love you"
"An right, Bob. ] appreciate that.
But let's talk about it tomorrow" ST.
lence. Roberts thoughts turned to
fathers automobile troubles, and OF
the expert called to disentangle mat
tiers.
Mother" he remarked suddenly,
even an expert couldn't tell"
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Personality.

Personality is just ones centralized
experience Of the world, and there is
no way of making it greater except by
making that experience greater and
more centralized; in other words, be-
ing a bigger, broader, better man or
woman Every intellectual achieve
ment, every moral victory, every bit Of
solid work, will leave personality rich
er, profounder, more delicate. In fact.
to cultivate it, the plan is don't cult
vate it Let 1t alone and do your duty
and it will Grove 3: Andrews, In
the International Journal Of Ethics.
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The agricultural association Of the
Kansas Agricultural College offered an
individual prize, last year. for the
best score made by any student IN the
course. An unusual amount Of inter
est was created Fifteen varieties Of
apples were used-75 places IN all
Two men, not connected with the col
Iege. acted as judges and the contest
was carried on under the rules adopt
ed by the National Horticultural Con
gress. Such contests as these add 10
the interest of the work and increase
the popularity of the course.
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chusetts. and one box from the School
Of Agriculture at Milwaukee, Wis.
Many of the young men, when Ell
tering the course, know only two va
rieties of apples-Ben Davis and
Winesap. Not long ago, a professor
asked the members of a fruit judging
class, how many varieties of apples
they knew. One young man help up
his hand and replied, Ben Davis and
Windfalls,'' which illustrates well the
need of training in judging fruits. At
the completion of one term of work,
many of the men are able to recOg-
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Mischief.

The head of bureau of the federal
government is called chief" It has
become a uniform cIustom among gov
eminent employees, when writing to
such an officer, to address him as
Dear Mr.. Chief" Consequently, Off
ciaI Washington was thrown into con-
sternation when Julia G. Lathrop was
placed in charge OF the new chiIdren's
bureau; for there seemed no escape
from the ,saIutation. Dear Miss
Chief."-The Survey.
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Good for Small Towns.

A few big shoe manufacturers are
fighting US because we have always re-
fused to give them better terms than
we give to the small manufacturer
The little fellows stand with US be-
cause We treat all manufacturers
alike, no matter how many machines
they use. Hence, competition in the
shoe business and prosperous factor
les in small toWnsi
Write US and We viii tell you ali
about II. !
The United Shoe Machinery Co, Bos-
ton, Mass.-AdV.
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CounterThrust.

"a very good retortI" said Senator
Lodge in an argument in this city
over the immigration bill "a very
good retort indeed It reminds me OF
Weeks.
Weeks and his wife were quarrel
ing. Weeks, with a hard, scornfuI
laugh, you acted like a fish out of
water
Weeks sighed
9" But a very cleverly landed fish,
he said, in musiDg voice
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THE STATE FOREST NURSERY AT HAYS

One of the recent lines OF work that
has been taken up at the Hays
Branch Experiment Station of the
Kansas Agricultural College is the
State Forest Nursery work under the
direct charge of the State Forester,
Chas A Scott The object of this
nursery is to grow trees suitable for
western Kansas conditions. The trees
grown in the state nursery are for
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past year. The season at Hays was
very favorable for such work and the
state nursery has several hundred
thousand trees to offer for this years
planting. These are hardy species
that are recommended by the state
forester for western Kansas planting
and consist mostly of the honey locust,
green ash, white elm, Russian wild
olive, Usage orange, and Chinese arbor
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These trees arg

Cheap meats are not always cheap
because of inferior quality, but be
cause there is no waste. When you
pay for a pound of IOin or pOTterhOuso
steak you receive perhaps half a
pound Of meat and the remainder is
bone and fat When you pay for a
pound Of flank or rump steak you get
a pound OF meat in which there is lot
al ounce of waste.
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Several inventions have been per-
fected recently to spread straw. It is
still a question whether It pays for
the labor to spread straw on the land
If the soil is very low in humus. ii
undoubtedly pays. L the soil has a
tendency 10 drift, a top dressing OF
straw will hold the soil.
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One concern in Atlanta burned $780,
coo worth of one time fashionable car
riages to make room for the modern
auto And yet the horse is holding
his own in price and style excellentIy
we'll
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Now word comes from the Univer
sity of Chicago that in the future the
race win be without hair. teeth or lit
tie toes 1t might be suspected that
the elimination of hair and teeth have
been inspired by potential trusts in
those essentials. but what prejudice
exists against such innocuous things
or non-moneymakers as little toes Is
hard to conceive.
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The DEAREST
BABY
Mrs. Wilkes Fondest Hopes
Realized-Health, Hap
piness and Baby.

Plattsburg, Miss Lydia E Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound has proved
very beneficial ONE, for now am well
and have a sweet, healthy baby, and
our home is happy.
f'I was an invalid from nervous pros
trstion, indigestion and female troubles
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Some straw may be used for feed.
Stock cattle viii consume large
amounts OF bright straw, especially
oats; straw Mature horses doing little
or no work in the winter may be kept
in good condition by feeding a ration
OF grain, oats straw, and little hay.
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Every hen should lay twelve dozen
eggs a year. under proper conditions.
One that does not lay at least sixty
eggs in q year is not paying her
board. She should be sold for meat
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City Built on Secure Foundation.

OfNJ INlIN Ut -tSIIs
Naples is built chiefly of soft vol
canic rocL called tufa, which is easy
to work and yet shows remarkable
resistance to compression under the
weight of buildings. Nails can be
driven into it without difficulty but it
stands the strain Of use in high walls
as well as much harder materials
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Selling old letters for $4,000 and
81 500 convinces us that the goose
quill and the sand, used by our fore
fathers, beats up to date writing meth
DDS. financially speaking
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If the COW declines in weight while
producing milk, it shows that she is
not receiving enough feed Overfeed-
ing may be detected in a short time by
the increase in weight or the COW be
ing of-feed.