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SISTERS TRICK
But 1t All Came Out Right.

How a sister played a trick that
brought rosy health to a coffee fend
Is an interesting tale:
81 was a coffee fend-a trembling,
nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging
to the poison that stole away my
strength. l Knocked at Postum and
would have none Of 1t.
Zone day my sister substituted a
cup of piping hot Postum for my morn
ing cup of coffee but did not tell me
what 1t was. l noticed the richness
Of 1t and remarked that the 'cofee'
tasted fine but my sister did not tell
me I was drinking Postum for fear /
might not take any more.
"She kept the secret and kept CIV
Ing me Postum instead of coffee until
I grew stronger, more tireless, got a
better color in my sallow cheeks and
a clearness to my eyes, then she told
me Of the health-giving, nerve
strengthening life-saver she had given
me in place of my morning coffee.
From that time l became a disciple
VI 1O6luM anu III WOA0S N0A w JUS
tice in telling the good this cereal
drink did me. I will not try to tell it,
for only after having used it can n
be convinced Of its merits"
Ten days trial shows Postum's pow
er to rebuild what coffee has destroy
ed.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read "The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well boil
ed. 15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is q soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup Of hot water and. with cream
and sugar, makes q delicious beverage
Instantly. S0c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds Is
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers.
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ALMOST CRAZY WITH ECZEMA

R. F. D. No. 6, Box IA, Fulton, N. Y.
For yer two years 1 was troubled
with eczema on my face and arms. 1t
began in little water blisters and would
spread fast. My flesh would swell so
l could not bend my arms; they were
swollen from my fingers to my Shout
ders and the itching and burning al
most made me crazy. My face was
SO badly disfigured l could not bear
to have anyone look at me. My right
eye was swollen shut and my ears
were twice their natural size. l looked
like a fright. l could do no work 1T
all, could bear no heat nor water near
me. l could sleep but very little. Of
I was miserable indeed.
q" then used Cuticura Soap and
Ointment, beginning with the Cuticura
Soap and washing very gently, then
applying the Cuticura Ointment and
wrapping a cloth loosely around my
arms. In a few weeks / was COM
pletely cured" (Signed) Mrs. Charles
H. Townsend, Mar. 10. 1914.
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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DOCTOR WI AS MATCHMAKER
Celestial Diplomat Tells Of Success
He Had in Bringing Together
Two Fond Hearts.

Once | was an involuntary match
maker" says WI Ting Fang in a rem
iniscent chapter of his book, "Ameri-
ca Through the S~pectacles of an ORR
entail Diplomat" Some years ago,
during my first mission in Washing
ton, l was invited to attend the we'd
ding of the daughter of the chief jus
tice Of the Supreme court. When 1
entered the breakfast room, l saw the
bridesmaids and a number Of young
men.
Going up to one of the brides
maids, whom l had previously met,
and who was the daughter of a SEN
ator, l asked her when it would be her
turn to become a bride. She mod
estly said that she did not know, as
she had not yet had an offer. Turn
ing to the group of young men who
were in the room, l jocularly remarked
to one of them: This is a beautiful
lady. Would you not like to marry
her.? He replied: 4 shall be most
delighted to- Then | said to the
young lady: viii you accept his Of
fer? She seemed slightly embar-
raised, and said something to the ef-
feet that as she did not know the
gentleman, she could not give a def
mite answer.
after a few days 1 met the young
lady at an AT Home party, when she
scolded me for being so blunt with her
before the young man. I told her /
was actuated by the best Of motives.
A few months later l received an in
vitation from the young lady's pa
rents, asking me to be present at the
wedding of their daughter. l thought
l would go and find out, whether the
bridegroom was the young nan whom
1 had introduced to the young lady,
and as soon as | entered the house,
the mother of the bride, to my agree
able surprise, informed me that 1t
was l who had first brought the young
couple together, and both the bride
and the bridegroom heartily thanked
me for my good offces."-Youth's
Companion.
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CANADA'S HUGE GRAIN BINS
Port Arthur Paper Is PeeVed at the
Mention Of Kansas City Elevators.

From the Port Arthur (Canada) Evening Chronicle
Kansas City gains the attention Of
the New York Evening Post and is
given five inches of space in that adj
mirable newspaper by reason Of in
creasing the capacity of a grain ele-
vator there. The Evening Post says:
when the additions and alterations
to its huge grain elevator at Kansas
City now under way are completed the
Missouri Pacifc-Iron Mountain rail-
road will have one of the largest
plants of its kind in the world"
The present capacity of the Kansas
City product is one million bushels.
When it gains its promised stature
and becomes zone Of the largest in
the world" it will have a capacity of
2,13S, 900 bushels.
At the mention Of grain elevators
the twin ports at the head Of the lakes
prick up their ears and take notice.
The name Of Lloyd-George at a Tory
garden party, Or of President Wilson
at a bankers convention catches at
tention NO quicker than the word "ele-
vator" in the hearing of a Port Arthur
Fort William man. Toronto prides
itself on its churches; Pittsburgh
specializes on millionaires; Chicago
has it's pork and Boston it's pork and
beans-as for US, we rise to fame on
the bins Of our elevators, and he who
says zone of the largest" about any
old two-million-bushel outfit in Mis-
souri, must withdraw the statement or
name the place and weapons.
If the Evening Post had said zone
of the largest in Missouri" or in the
general but expressive American
phrase had said some elevator" we
wouldn't have minded it so much, but
when it describes this stunted Mis-
souri, receptacle as zone of the largest
grain elevators in the world then II
is time to kick. Why, two-million-
bushel elevators are so common here
abouts that the secretary Of the board
of trade does not point them out to
distinguished visitors. Nothing could
show clearer than that what we think
VI
When we have pointed to the $500,
000-bushel G. N. r. elevator and the
1900, 000-bushel G. P. R. elevator and
the $500, 000-bushel G. T. P. elevator;
then to the $780, OO-bushel Dominion
Government elevator which is only
the first unit of what is to be a 80.
million-bushel plant, by that time the
air is so full of millions that the
listener would be annoyed If we both.
cred him with mention Of a mere two.
million-bushel affair. So we Just lumr
the balance together and describe the
grand total of 45-million-bushel capac,
ity already standing at the head OF
the lakes.
Upon the basis upon which Kansas
City got five inches of space in the
Evening Post we claim a complimen.
tary writeup Of at least three columns
and in the article we would state that
in one respect we are like Kansas
City-when it is a question of big ele-
vators we also are from Missouri.
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A|RSH|PS AND
SUBMARINES,
WASPS OF WAR
Both Are Getting Their First
Real Test in This Con-
fIiCt in Europe.
MAY FIGHT ONE ANOTHER
Each Invention Now Is Prepared to
Pull the Others Sting, But Their
Actual Value Is Yet to
Be Demonstrated.

Every modern war has been fought
with new weapons, and for the last
century there have been countless in
ventions for the carrying on Of war
fare in a particularly destructive man
ner, with the philanthropic intent that
war was fast becoming so horrible and
terrible that it must soon pass away
from the face of the earth, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But it happened that as soon as a
particularly horrible continuance was
invented and introduced into armies
and navies inventors Immediately
busted themselves by offsetting and
discounting its probable effect. Con-
sequently war not only has not passed
away, but we still have 1t with US.
Thus it is that each big war;, after be-
Ing heralded as the worlds last con
~fagration, is found upon examination
to be false, and the end Of war is.not
ret arrived.
Trying Out Inventions.
In the present war in Europe there
are being tried under the conditions Of
actual hostilities many improvements
and inventions that previously have
been tried only under laboratory con-
ditions. Their real worth will only be
discovered at the close Of the conflict.
No army or navy engaged in the
present conflict in Europe but what is
possessed of nearly all of the modern
improvements made since 1870. The
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In the Summertime.

Married men at this season have a
pale, seedy look, a worried look and
their eyes tend to be dull and blood
shot"
The speaker was DR.. George Gust
Clayton, the Pittsburgh sociologist. He
resumed:
when the wife is away the man
will play, you know. One of these
pale, red-eyed men said to me yester-
day over his pick-me-up luncheon of
chopped onions. picked herring and
dark beer:
Give got to steady down, even
though my wife won't be back from
the country till next week
"FYes?' said l. Yes? How so?'
1.-The pace and the neighbors,' he
explained, are beginning to tell
Chicago Herald.
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WHISTLE AS BUSINESS CALL
Blind Newspaper Seller Has Educated
His Patrons to Wait for and
Recognize the Sound.

There is a totally blind man in Wor-
%cester, England, who has adopted a
novel method of disposing Of local
newspapers. He walks up and down
the various roads continuously blow
ing a whistle, which gives a distinctive
sound. Residents, on hearing the
whistle, send their children to pur-
chase a paper from"Blind Charlie" as
he is Familiarity called. His name is
Gardner, and he has been blind since
boyhood.
He knows his papers by "feel," and
is quite competent with change. One
day someone knowingly or unknow-
ingly tried to palm off a bad sixpence
on him, but blind Charlie" was not
Having any," as people say.
In a very real sense this man may
he said to whistle for his living.
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and Is building IL more; France has
70 and is building 20 additional ones;
Russia has 25, and is building 1S;
while the United States has 20, and is
building 81; Austria has 1S, and has
o under construction, while Italy
owns Is, and is building two. Yet the
submarine Is still an unknown guam
t1ty in warfare.
Submarine In War.
Many Of the early submarines are
small and probably of little efficiency,
and France has numerous types about
which little is known by the outside
world. The German submarines are
said to be built along the Holland
lines, while the Russian submarines
are said to follow one or more of the
French types.
The submarine, from a romantic
viewpoint, should be a great factor in
deciding a naval engagement, but the
fact remains that up to the present
time 1t has done nothing to prove it's
value. 1t was believed that the moral
effect Of the submarine would be al
most as important as its physical eff
feet upon ar enemy's warship, but
this belief has not been justified up to
the present moment.
There were notions that there would
be terrific fights under the seas by
submarine meeting submarine and de-
stroying each other. But 1t has been
found that when submerged the sub
marine is as blind as the traditional
bat. It's crew cannot see any object
under water, and is compelled to re-
sort to the use Of the periscope. which
energies unostentatiously above the
water, in order to see its own course.
1t is known that the periscope is
the eye Of the submarine, and natural
ly attention has been paid to the best
way Of destroying this vital part of
these boats.
Submarine Versus Alrshlps.
The designers Of the submarine did
not count upon it being seen. 1t was
believed that 1t would go upon its way,
dealing death without observation, al
though its periscope does make a
slight wake on the water, and when
submerged there are telltale bubbles.
But it has been discovered that from
a certain height an observer may trace
the course of a submerged submarine
with as great accuracy as If it was
running on the surface. The dirigible
balloon and the aeroplane now can
ferret out the sneaking submarine, and
they both are supposed to be armed to
destroy the warship that moves like a
fish.
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ing had grown on 1t. A scientific sys-
tenn of irrigation and drainage was laid
out, under direction Of Lord Kitch-
ener, at a cost of $50 an acre, and 1t
was then handed over to the fellaheen
In hve-acre plots for cultivation. Last
year the land was washed, and a crop
Of rice was grown, giving a satisfac-
tory yield. After the rice crop the
salt distribution was measured, and
the percentage was considerably re-
duced. To the great establishment Of
the fellaheen %cultivators, a permanent
result had been achieved in one year,
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submarine, which was a dream in 1865,
is owned by the navy Of the smallest
power. 1t is true that single subma-
rines are not expected to accomplish
much in a real struggle, SO the larger
navies Of the great powers have fleets
OF submarines. The aeroplane and the
dirigible balloon are to be found in the
possession Of all armies in Europe to-
day, yet they, too, are only expected to
be of real service when they are pos
sessed in large numbers.
The airships and the submarines are
the wasps of modern warfare. Like
the little insect, while they have a
powerful sting, they are very vulner-
able, and may be easily crushed and
rendered powerless.
AeropIane and Wireless.
In the recent smaller wars, aero
plans have been used to a limited ex-
tent, and this use has been SO much
limited that their real efficiency Is ex-
pected to be finally determined by the
present war. .
1t is much the same with the wire
less telegraph. While it was used in
the Russo-Japanese war of ten years
ago, the apparatus was still rudimen-
tary, and the installations too few,
while the range Of the apparatus was
too limited to show the greatest eff
cheney. In the intervening decade, how
ever, great advance has been made in
wireless. 1t is now possible and, in
deed, is a custom every day, to send
and receive messages from a distance
of more than 5000 miles. This, then,
is a new and important factor in naval
operations, as vas seen by the censor
ship put over the great sending sta
tons on this side of the Atlantic by
the United States authorities.
Wireless has also been successfully
attached to aeroplanes.
The submarine was in existence in
1904, but 1t was a very different sea
wasp to that which England, France
and Germany are using today. Yet it's
real value is yet to be determined. and
1t Is expected that this demonstration
will come during the present conflict.
Rapid Increase of Submarines.
At the time Of the Spanish-American
war there were only five submarines
in all the navies of the world.
The latest edition of Brassey's Naval
Annual for this year gives the number
of submarines in the various navies,
and shows what interest is being
taken in the wasp Of the sea. Great
Britain has 76 built, and is building 20
more; Germany, who only began build
ing a few years ago, already has 81,
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WASTE LAND MADE FERTILE
Experiments Only Recently
Undertaken In Egypt.

? AS an indication Of the ultimate out
come in the great delta of Egypt,
where 100000 acres of wash salt
land awaits development, toward the
end of 1912 about 800 acres of absolute
ly waste land at Biala were taken In
hand. The land was SO heavily i'm
~pregnated with salt that for ages moth
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they have accomplished what they
started to do.
Men have quite another point of
view. The boy in his teens is already
thinking and planning some path In
life thai will take him somehow to the
top. He Is perhaps deeply interested
in some profession or trade; he means
to "be something"
Work toward something fixed. May
be 1t is a small place of your own
some time In the beyond, out In the
green country. Maybe it is the top of
the work you are now doing. Maybe
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TWO SIDES TO MANS NATURE
Such Was voItaire's Explanation of
fragrant Contradiction So Free
quently Noticed.

voltaire, a precursor of the French
Revolution, asked why the same man,
who has seen with a dry eye the most
atrocious events, and ever committed
crimes with sangfroid, will weep at
the theater at the representation Of
similar events and crimes? 1t is. that
he zee them not with the same eyes;
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ne sees them with those of the author
and the actor. He is no longer the
same man; he was barbarous, he was
agitated with furious passions, when
he saw an innocent woman killed,
when he stained himself with the
blood of his friend: he became a man
again at the representation of It."
The question Is much more interest
ing than the answer. which Is truly
theatrical. Perhaps there isn't an ex-
PLANTATION. Carlyle does not explain,
but states the fact that Robespierre
Of the Terror refused to take part in
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1t Is an independent business Of your
own. Whatever it may be, keep your
mind turned toward it, put your effort
into realizing it, into saving for it,
Into the necessary study and growth
that must accompany it.
Your life will be far more interest
ing and worth while If you do work
with some such definite mark. Pos
sibly your ideal may change later, you
may decide that there is something
else that seems more worth your en-
deavor. But go ahead at present to-
ward what you now desire.
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ALL SHE WANTED TO HEAR
Legislators Wife Evidently Familiar
With Effect Of Hubby's Inter
view With Lobbyist.

The lobby-the lobby for this, and
the lobby for that-has vanished from
Washington" said Senator Smith at
a picnic at cool Snow Hill, "and with
the lobby has vanished the legislator
Of Blanc's type.
"Blanc-one Of those frock-eoat,
sombrero and white lawn necktie leg
islators-came home on a June eve
ming and said:
1.-THE lobbyist Of that Infamous P.
D. Q. ring approached me at the
luncheon hour today and
"'Oh, goodl' cried Mrs. Blanc, clap
ping her hands. Then l can have that
trip to Europe after all. can't l, dear?'"
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.Impromptu Affair.

Little Gertie Grogan Cooking up
from society page)-Did you ever see
q dinner dance, NAV?
Mrs. Grogan (smilingiy)-Faith,
did. me child; tn day yer father
sthruck tn table wild his fist because
we had corn bafe an cabbage three
days runnin's-Puck
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worId,. Verdict Counts for LlttIa.

If numbers tested truth, there
never was a time since history began
when falsehood would not have been
on the throne and right in exile or at
the block. We have got to do Christ's
work in the world and for the world
without anticipating the worlds yer
dict. or we shall never do 1t at ALL
F. D. Huntington.
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Goodyear Prices
1t is Folly Today to Pay More

There exists now a new, compelling
reason for buying Goodyear tires. 1t re
suits from War conditions.
These leading tires-built of extra-fine
rubber, In the same way as ~always-are
selling today at June prices.
You will find today a very wide difference
between most tire prices and Goodyears.
Due to Quick Action
Early in August-when war began-the
worlds rubber markets seemed closed to us.
Rubber prices doubled almost over night.
Men could see no way to pay for rubber
abroad, and no way to bring it in. We, like
others-in that panic-were forced to higher
prices. But we have since gone back to prices
W charged before the war, and this is how
we did it:
We had men in London and Singapore when
the war broke out. The larger part of the
worlds rubber supply comes through there.
We cabled them to buy up the pick of the rub
Der. They bought-before the advance-1,5OO,-
900 pounds of the finest rubber there.
Nearly all this Is now on the way to US.
And it means practically all of the extra-grade
rubber obtainable abroad.
Today we have our own men in Colombo,
Singapore and Para. Those are the worlds
chief sources of rubber. So we are pretty well
assured of a constant supply, and our pick Of
the best that's produced.
We were first on the ground. We were quick
est in action. As a result, we shall soon have in
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DEFINITE PURPOSE IN LIFE
Something That Should Be Required
by Every Woman Who Has Place
in the Business World.

1t is a fact that many women have
no definite desire to get anywhere in
the work they are doing. They con-
thing in their lives, and rarely have
a plan tending toward ultimate ex-
pansion and a time when they can feel
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which under the ordinary system pre-.
vailing in the country would have
taken tire or four years to accom-
plish. Cotton is now, therefore, being
satisfactorily grown on a fair proper
ton Of this area, and it is expected
that it will bring from SIS to 500 an
acre.
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LIqht Of The World.

The sacrificing power in the church
gives It redemptive power. Do you
not see that these fundamental laws
Of the kingdom Of God fit the modern
conditions. corresponding to the fun
damental laws Of the social organism,
as a glove to the hand. Is it not a
new revelation Of the divinity of our
Lord that the light pr the first cen
fury is the light OF the twentieth
century-the light of the world?-
Josiah Strong.
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Anchor Of Salvation.

To give happiness and to do good,
there is our only law, our anchor Of
salvation, our beacon light, our rea-
son for existing. Our religion may
crumble away; SO long as this sur
wives we have still an ideal and life
life is worth living.-Amiel.
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Fame. Not Money.

Il want to sue a man for $4,000 for
breach of PROMISE said the chorus
girl.
"All right" said the lawyer.
Il want to assure YOU that it is not
the money I'm after"
Il understand. Mainly the noto-
riety."
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Coda Medicine Of MIrth,

Mirth is Gods medicine; everybody
ought to battle in 1t. Grim care, mo-
r~oseness, anxiety-all the rust of life
ought to be secured of by the oil OF
mirth-Oliver Wendell Holmes
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a legal proceeding that might have
resulted in capital punishment.
M. Anatole France, Socialist, has
said that a danger in loving your fell
lowmen is that 1t is likely to inspire
a disposition to kill your fellowmen.
That may explain Robespierre. But
the explanation remains unexplained.
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What,a sIxtx.slx YearsI

"That lively woman across the room
is actually sixty-six. Doesn't that sur
prise your
Nothing that's less than a dozen
centuries old surprises me. I'm a 60
ologist."-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
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BETTING Punishment.

Edith-The wretch! So he actually
proposed to both of US! Oh, l wish
we could think of some way to punish
him!
Madge-We can; you marry him,
dear.
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health again. 1t is truly a great bless
ing to women, and l cannot speak too
highly of it. I take pleasure in recon-
mending it to others. Mrs. ANNIE
CAMERON, RED, No. 1, Swan Creek.
Michigan.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Hebron, M .-"Before taking vorr
remedies / was all run down. discour-
aged and had female weakness. / took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash. and
find today that I am an entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do nv
homework now, where before taking
your medicine it was a dread. I try to
impress upon the minds of all ailing
women | meet the benefits they can
derive from your medicines" Mrs.
CHARLES ROWE, r. F. D., No. 1.
Hebron, Maine.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (cOnfidential) Lynn.
Mass. Your letter will be opened.
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.