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FOUND A WAY
To Be Clear of Coffee Troubles.

Husband and myself both had the
coffee habit, and finally his stomach
and kidneys got in such a bad condi-
ton that he was compelled to give up
a good position hat he had held for
years. He vas too sick to work. His
skin was yellow, and there didn't
seem to be an organ in his body that
was not affected.
L told him l felt SURF his sickness
was due to coffee and after some dis
>cussion he decided to give it up.
1T was a struggle, because of the
powerful habit. One day we heard
about Postum and concluded to try it
and then it was easy to leave off
coffee.
His fearful headaches grew less
frequent, his complexion began to
clear, kidneys grew better until at last
be was a new mar altogether, as a re-
suit of leaving off coffee and taking up
Postum. Then 1 began to drink it toe.
Although l was never as bad off as
my husband, l was always very ner-
'ONO anu nCfCI at any tlhO WIZ
strong, only weighing 90 lbs. before |
began to use Postum. Now l weigh
lis lbs. and can do as much work IS
anyone my size, / think"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, THE
Road to Wellville."
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Postum (must be boiled.)
instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing, but is prepared instantly by stir
ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes it right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in a
heaping spoonful and temper it with a
large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have it served t way in the future.
There's a Re on for Postum.
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lines CHANCES Lamentsd.

Talk of the dog as a beast of bur-
den in England and one recalls the
Importance of the canine help in the
fish transit business of the past. The
carriers from the south coast towns
to inland markets were once New
foundland dogs. Thus the order of
the team as quoted by Mr.. Parker in
Highways and Byways in Surrey"
Teams of two or four were har-
messed together. The man would
cock his legs up along the sharves.'
They not only went Is fast as the
coaches, but they gained time when
the coaches stopped to change horses.
A dog-drawn carriage used to bring
fish from Littlehampton to Godalming,
where oysters were often to be bought
three a penny" Oysters at three a
penny have gone with the dogs!-
London Chronicle.
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IDEAS OF DESOLATION
LONELINESS A MATTER OF INDi-
VIDUAL TEMPERAMENT.
Affects Different Persons In Contrast
ed Sltuatlons-Many keenly Feel
Themselves Alone In the
Midst of Busy Crowd.

The various things which affect n
with a sense of loneliness will prob
ably always differ so long as there
are differing types of humanity and
diverse conditions of life. What is
~desolation for one easily proves de-
light for another, and where one sort
of person will be filled with intoler-
able loneliness another will rejoice at
the quiet, or the tumult, or whatever
is the order of events. Many people
al appreciate the feelings of Chris
TOPPER Harding, factor Of the Hud-
sons Bay company, who returns to
his isolated post in northern Canada
after a year spent abroad in the cen
ters of population, when he says:
I'm all my life l never felt so lone
ly as when a few months ago | stood
for an hour on London bridge and
watched perhaps hundreds Of thou
sands of people hurrying by. Never
in the depths of the wilderness did l
feel SO much alone as when in that
vast throng l realized that there was
not a soul who knew or cared about
me-. That was real loneliness"
But to many others the depths of
the forest and the remoteness from
civilization would be as poignantly
oppressive. And to still others
the sense of isolation in either case
might not prove disheartening or ap-
palling. 1t is a matter of personal
and individual adjustment. Some of
us seem constituted to observe, to
form spectators, to delight in the
of a near-remoteness to the
crowd, or in the interests and aspects
of thousands or to find a correspond
ing pleasure in the vast sweep of
of the wilderness.
The isolation either of crowds or
desert Is capable of a fine stimulant
for the one who has learned the
secret of escaping from loneliness
by lending himself sympathetically
to the fullness of life as it flows On
about him. To Dickens, scribbling
his reporters notes in the rain and
fog and glimmering lights Of Lon
don, the strange-faced crowd, the
myriad types of human nature, as
observed but unobservilg, meant IN
exultant and often plying faith in
the world of humanity, and a full
and Astounding sense of life and con-
trast and color and drab but meaning
full tragedy. Being alone, or at least
lonely, depends in a great measure on
the individual and his lack of ca
pacity for making the most of the
conditions about him.
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RED PlMPLES ON FACE

Stony Creek, N. Yin the first
place my face had blackheads on it
and 1 would squeeze them out but
they would come back again and after
a while my face broke out with little
red pimples. They looked like little red
punches all over my face. Then l
would dig and scratch them because
they itched so badly and after L
scratched the cap off they would fas-
ter and be sore. Then / would
squeeze them and they would scab
owe and spread. They would make
my face look horrid, so that l was
ashamed to go out much. 1 didn't
know what to do for it.
Il saw the advertisement Of Cuticu-
"a Soap and Ointment in the paper, so
I sent and got a sample Of each. 1
used them up and then bought one
cake Of .Cuticura Soap and some Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after two weeks
my face was just as if I never had
pimples on it at all" (Signed) David
H. Putnam, Mar. 10, 1913.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
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BICYCLES Popular in France.

From statistics for 1912, prepared
by the Cycle and Automobile Manufac-
turers' association of France, it is re-
ported that there were at the close of
that year S9,1S5 motor cars, 2S,641 mo-
torcycles and 2,9S9,9S5 bicycles, in use
in France. This represents, for the
population of France, one automobile
for every 500 inhabitants, one bicycle
for every 13 and one motorcycle for
every 1882. Then years ago there
was one motorcycle for every 1000 in
habitants and one bicycle for every
80 persons. The department of the
Seine, in which Paris is situated, has
PLAZA automobiles and 304,S66 bicy-
cles.
Between 1910 and 1911 there was
the enormous increase of SOC, 900 bicy-
cles. In 1899 there were in France
only 1,762 automobiles. whereas in
1912 the figure rose to S9,1S5. 1t is
estimated that from 1880 to 1000 for
eign-made cars are sold in France ev-
cry year. The French manufacturers
build the remainder sold in France,
estimated by the association as being
u, 000 to 10, last year.
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Toga of an Ex-President.

In this part of the country it is our
understanding hat only women wear
kimonos. In France, however, it is
different. 1t may not be that French
men as a rule wear such garments,
but certainly former President Lou
bet al one, or at least owns one.
And thereby hangs the tale OF a mo-
mentous event in human history: He
bought the speckled, striped garment
from Japan and paid $3.50 for it.
An American wife-that is, the wife
of ordinary means-would not think
of paying that much for a kimono.
But the husband of Mrs. Loubet
wants comfort in his old age, in the
days when he is not officially en-
ployed.
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Maxine Boiled Milk PaIatabIe,

Everybody knows that boiled milk
keeps much more satisfactorily in
warm weather than raw milk-In fact,
boiling milk is the n sure way of
keeping it on a sultry day. But to
many persons the taste of boiled milk
Is unpalatable, and to others even its
odor is unpleasant.
To overcome these two faults, try
boiling the milk in a ti%ghtly-closed,
double boiler. Do not remove the
cover, but allow the milk to stay over
the fire in the double boiler for ten
minutes after the water has begun to
boil. Then put the milk, still tightly
covered Immediately on the ice and
cool 1t quickly.
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HAD TO BACK UP THE BOSS
And Really, When You Come to Think
of 1t, Rastus May Have Been
Telling the Truth.

They were talking about being
placed in difficult positions the other
afternoon when Congressman Frank
Guernsey of Maine told of the unen-
viable experience of a party named
Rastus. Rastus and the man he
worked for were in the n grocery
store one night, the congressman said,
and the topic turned to deer shooting.
The employer of Rastus declared he
had shot a buck ONE time previously,
the ball going through the left hind
foot and landing in the head just be-
low the ear. Naturally the crowd
laughed, dirisively.
you may laugh all you please" de-
clared the man, holding his ground,
"but I can prove it by Rastus there,
who was shooting with me! Rastus,
didn't l hit that buck in the left hind
foot and back of the ear at the same
time?"
"Yo' shuah did, boss" answered
Rastus, with no hesitation to speak
of. Yo' see it war dis way, gen'men;
jes' as de boss go to shoot, de buck
raise his hind foot to scratch his left
ear, an OATS how it happened"
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HER MOMENT OF PERFECT JOY
Little Girl Got What She Wanted
When She Wanted It, and
Therein Lies a Moral.

A girl wearing a gay bit of golden
rod In her coat was hurrying through
the crowded railroad station of an
eastern city one evening, when she
was stopped by q thin little hand
thrust up toward her through the
dusk, and a child's cry, Lady, give
mi that flower"
1t was not a plea, it was not a re-
quest. 1t was a demand, and the
happiness of her sad little face had
flashed close for an instant and the
quick feet had scurried away into the
darkness before the girl who had
worn the g%oldenrod had time to look
or think, to give or to refuse.
The flower had grown on a rock by
the sea. 1t was still wet with the mist
from the waves and the sunset glow
was reflected in It's gold. Perhaps the
child had never particularly noticed
the sun, for, except when it was above
the tall buildings, she could not have
seen it. But the desire of all the world
for the sun and the open sea was in
A1Si VIM maps DIG was d very
ordinary little girl, who grew up to be
a little bigger and then worked in a
factory, and liked to walk up and
down the streets with the other girls
and show off her cheap gay clothes.
She probably married, and had several
little girls like herself, and was always
tired and poor. but, as far as she
knew, happy enough.
All that makes very little differ
ence. At least it is the way things
are. The important thing is that once
she wanted something very much, and
got what she wanted when she wanted
it. 1t is good to want things whether
we get them or not. 1t is better to get
them. 1t is best of all to get them
when we want them. This was no
common desire such as most of us
have every day. 1t was SO strong and
true and imperative that a tiny girl
fought her way through a great crowd
of people and without thought or fear
took a flower from a girls coat. No
matter what happened to her after
that, she had n moment of perfect
joy. Perhaps the girl from whose
coat she tore the flower may have
had all good things for hers, but may
never have known the JOY because she
never knew that want.
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Easier to Be Good or Bad?


Is it easier to be good than to be
bad? 1t has occurred to an eminent
minister to assert that it is. And he
is quite right. Indeed, it is strange
that the world has not found it out,
and become sinless.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in IA
vor of being good. The first thirst
for applause, the desire to strut with
inflated chest, the memory of virtues
rewards previously ~enjoyed-all these
drag the helpless victim into the
meshes of goodness. The wonder is
that sin does not become extinct, like
those functions of the body which
were used before simians stopped
climbing trees and became men.
Really, isn't it a wonder that after
innumerable years of experience with
the inevitable penalties Of badness and
with the highly desirable rewards OF
goodness people will. go on misbehav,
ing themselves? Pious or pagan, the
facts are obvious to all, and a we'll
developed business sense ought to be
enough to make everybody virtuous.
For virtue fits in with the way the
world is built. The pagan would say
that virtue is virtue because it does
fit, and that vice Is vice because 1t
doesn't. The pious would say that
virtue fits because it is virtue, and
that vice does not fit because it is
vice. But pious or pagan, we all admit
that virtue fits and that vice does not;
and then we all alike try to make vice
fit when we know it won't.
This is the great business era of
the worlds history. But we are as
slow today as ever to learn the great
est business principle ever known to
the world-that virtue is easier to
practice than vice, and that virtue is
all profit and vice all loss.-Syracuse
Journal.
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Thouqht Baby Was Sliuhted,

The baby Of the family had been
christened that afternoon and little
Jane was observed looking thought
full. Somebody asked what troubled
her.
"Oh, l was just ~a-wondering!" was
the quiet reply.
What were you wondering about,
dearie?"
ooh, I was just a-wondering if all
the peoples names had been used
up"
What do you mean, dearie? We
don't understand.
Jane looked surprised at the density
Of adult perceptions, but deigned to
explain, gently:
ooh, I noticed that we're going to
call the baby Hazel, and it seems as if
she might have a real name stead of
mutt"
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BENEATH THIS MANS DIGNITY
Was Willing to Do Much, But Drew
the Line at Acting as Secretary
to Barnyard Fowl.

A farmer in one of the neighboring
townships, who had gone into scien-
tifc poultry raising, hit upon the
scheme of marking each egg with Ger
tain data in indelible ink. His idea
was to find which variety of chickens
laid best, and. then, when the eggs
were Matched, attach a tag to the
chickens legs. He soon found that
his hired man was negligent about
properly inscribing the eggs. One day
not an egg was marked, and the farm
er read him the riot act.
The hired man listened in sullen
silence until the boss finished. Then
he said:
See here. You'll have to get an
other hired man"
why Jim, you're not going to leave
me, after working for me for six
years."
Yes, 1 am returned the hired
a 1--we done all sorts of odd
chores for you without a whimper, but
I'm burned if I'm going to stay here
and be secretary to any burned hen!"
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In the Maxine of Mirrors

A chemical action of the ultravio-
let rays, applicable to the making Of
mirrors, was recently demonstrated
at the French Academy of Sciences.
This action consists in decomposing
gaseous metallic compounds and pre-
cipitating the metal in finely divided
particles on glass to form a rejecting
surface. By this method it is possible
to produce mirrors backed by a re-
rejecting layers of zinc, anthony and
other nonprecious metals. 1t is said
that the result compares favorably
with the silvered mirror.-Popular
Mechanics.
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Looking for the Reward.

A rural school had a pretty girl as
its teacher, but she was much trou-
bled because many of her pupils were
late every morning. At last she made
the announcement hat she would kiss
the first pupil to arrive at the school
house the next morning. At sunrise
three of the largest boys of her class
were sitting On the door step of the
schoolhouse and by six o'clock every
boy in the school and four of the d.
rectors were waiting for her to arrive.
Ladies Home Journal.
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Are You Thankful You Can Smell?

Did it ever occur to you to be CRATE
full for the sense of smell? Probably
not, and yet those who have been de-
prived of it have felt their loss keen
ly.
Harriet Martineau, the famous Eng.
fish writer, lacked the sense of smell
and consequently the sense of taste,
which depends on smell. Once and
only once she tasted in all the inten-
sity of flavor a slice of a leg Of NUT
ton. The sense came to her suddenly
and she thought and hoped it had
come to stay.
Il was going out to a great dinner
that night" she said when telling of
her one taste, and I looked forward
with great eagerness to the dainties
that l knew would be set before me.
How l should enjoy practicing my
new found sense of tastei"
But, alas, the sense of taste disap-
peared as suddenly as 1t had come,
and never returned, and she went
through life remembering that taste
of roast mutton as one of her keenest
Joys.
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Warm EnouQh?

While coaching a class of children
for a little play, the teacher told the
boys that in the third act they would
have to yea their heavy overcoats,
as that would be the snow scene. At
ter a short silence a little fellow about
seven years old raised his hand and
said: Teacher, father. can't finish
my overcoat in time because he works
late; but will it be all right if l wear
my heavy underwear"
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paY of SAILING Shin Ended

Apparently, the foreign type sailing
ship has practically disappeared for
good from international trade in the
Pacific ocean. The Hong Kong har-
Dor statistics for 1912 return just one
sailing ship entered for that year
the sole survivor Of the great clipper
ship trade of half a century and more
ago. This lone ship, the large
four-master Comet of the Standard
Oil company, was the last of a con-
siderable fleet employed in the oil
trade between the east coast of the
United States and Hong Kong.
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Novel Aircraft Factory.

A branch Of the British ~meteorolog-
ical office will hereafter be operated
from the Royal Aircraft factory as
South Marlborough for the purpose
of supplying weather information and
forecasts TO aeronauts and for the on
duct of Investigations of ~meteorolog-
ical problems. This establishment will
keep in close touch with the meteoro-
logical office at South Kensington and
advices will be sem out based on the
observations and information avail
able at both places.
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FORGOT All Pauses

When Tommy began to read his
mother tried to teach him to observe
the punctuation. He learned % call
the periods dots. One day a talkative
woman called at the house and when
she left Tommy said: 20, mamma,
didn't that lady talk? She didn't even
stop for the dots, did she?"
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From the war large quantities of
Russian stamps fell into Japanese
hands. Those of which the authori.
ties had c%ognizance amounted to
1,702, 900 roubles in ACE value. Of
these, the stamps used for official cor
respondence between government Of
fees were, of course, "of no value to
anybody except the owners but the
rest were sold off to whatever buyer
made the best offer. The Russian
government, hearing of this distribu-
ton, Cancelled the issue, changed the
designs, and prohibited the use of old
stamps. The buyers found them
selves the possessors Of large quaint
ties Of stamps which were of only sec
ond-rate value In the waste paper
market. The Japanese military au-
thorities have now taken them back
at the prices originally paid, and have
burnt them. 1t is hard lines in these
days Of retrenchment, but if the les
son in the vanity of paper values is
learnt, the money will not be altogeth-
er wasted.
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Just a ~Suocestion.

Local man has been granted a d.
vorce because his wife complained he
didn't make her heart throb. Better
have this throb business inserted in
the wedding ceremony instead of the
obey injunction.-New York Evening
Telegram.
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Novel Method Of Defens.

An English engineer proposes to
defend his country in event of war
by suspending bombs from balloons,
which could be exploded from the
ground when approached by a hostile
dirigible or aeroplane.
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Harsh Tone BrInas Answer,

In questioning a person who talks
in his sleep 1t has been found that a
harsh or commanding tone brings
more immediate results. If you wish
to learn the amount of your wife's
millinery bill, speak sharply to her
while she is muttering in her sleep
and she probably will answer.
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Prospect of Good "Eeed.n

so you are glad to see me, are you,
W%illie?" said the minister who was
dining with the family. why are you
glad?"
"Becauth," lisped the little fellow,
we alwayth have a good dinner when
you Whit nth"
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Papa's Re*nrt.

Young Mani should like to ask
your advice, sir, as to whether you
think your daughter would make a
suitable wife" Lawyer-"No, l don't
think she would. Five dollars, please"
New York Mail.
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Modified Assent

Don't you consider my views on
this question sound?"
"Well-yes; mostly sound"
Girls shouldn't marry until they are
old enough to say yes"
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GETTING a Start.

At the Welsh marriage of contribu-
ton" each wedding guest makes a con-
tribution of some sort, all the contrib
utions enabling the Door young people
to start housekeeping.
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Slow.

First Diner-Let me see. think I'll
order some lamb.
Second Diner-Don't! never order
lamb in this place-it's mutton before
you get it.
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He Had TO Saw II,

Studious Maid-Here's a scientist
who says every person has a special
affinity for some tree. What tree do
you suppose is your affinity?
Smitten Youth-Yew.
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Good Guess.

And what do you do at the hos
pital?"
Il am an interne."
"Oh, you have charge of the inter
nal disorders, eh?"
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Government nRakeof.u

Out of one pound of compound
1ickel and copper. costing about %
ents, the government coins $4.55
,orth of five-cent pieces.
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ALWAYS Well to Go Slow.

Beware of undertaking too much at
the start. Allow for accidents. Al
low for human nature, especially your
own.--Arnold Bennett.
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If it were really true that man
wants but little here below we should
all get what we want.
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SAVED FROM
OPERATIONS
Two Women Tell How They
Escaped the Surgeons Knife
by Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound.
Swarthmore, Penn. For fifteen
years l suffered untold agony, and for

one period OF nearly
two years 1 hadhem-
orrhages and tn
doctors told me 7
would have to I'M
dergo an operation,
but l began taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetabl Com
pound and am in
good health now. I
a m all over the
Chance of life and
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What He Meant.

That man looks as if he had lost
something"
yes; he has lost his wife"
Il mean something valuable"
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Frequently you meet benedicks who
look as though their wives had
caught them robbing the ice chest.
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1t is easier to go broke in a month
than it is to get rich in a year.
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Since we guarantee that all testimo.
malls which we publish are genuine, is it
not fair to suppose that if Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has the vir-
tue to help these women it will help any
other woman who is suffering in q like
manner?
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You may be justified in blowing
your own horn, but not in going on a
toot.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma.
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie ,25c a bottle.AGy
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Naturally So,

"Is Jimson's role in the play, of a
butcher, a good one?"
Not much: only a feeder"
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Far Removed Now.
"Dubbs comes from a fine family"
rs that SO? Well, he's evidently
been on the way a long time"
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w. N. u, NEW YORK, NO. 29-te1s.