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QUEER FACTS ABOUT MONEY
Average Lifetime of Various penoml-
nations of Paper Currency Diff
fers Considerably.

The average lifetime Of the differ
ent denominations Of United States
paper currency differs considerably;
that of the 81 silver certificate, for
instance, being a trife owe one year;
the S. silver certificate, 10 years; the
$40 gold certificate 1853 years; $40
gold certificate, 10 years, etc. The
number of pieces Of United States pa
per currency in circulation is gradu-
ally increasing and numbered 327 ,329,-
159 on June 80, 1912. There were
273,426,336 pieces of United States
currency redeemed during the same
period, which exceeded by ~6,21S,4l5
the number of pieces issued the pre-
ceding year The increasing growth
in redemptions is due primarily to the
growth in business activities, the pub
licity given to uncleanliness and al
legged ins~anitation of soiled notes, and
the consequent demand for cleaner
money; the growing practice Of pay
ment Of wages in factories, shops, ETC.,
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ITcHED AND BURNED

R F. D. No. 8. Maryyille. Tenns-
my baby, when three months old,
took eczema On his face and head
His head and one side OF his face
were almost In q solid sore. The CO.
zema at first was kind Of q rash and
then It broke out In water pimples
and they would burst and looked very,
badly. It would itch and burn 30 bad
II that he could not rest at all and
his hair just all fell out at once TIL
his head was perfectly bald. Hecould
not sleep at night and was very cross.
81 tried remedies without any relief
at all; he only got worse all the time
until I used Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment. He had great relief the first
application. He was soon cured and
his hair began to grow back and now
he has Just beautiful fine hair and
has no sign Of eczema tSfgned)
Mrs. II. D. Clabough, Jan. 2S, 1918.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. Z, Boston."-Ady.
LA 81 49, - 2 ~ LHTNH ~ NL III ~
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Bandit Pose in Vain.

John Bowman, a young business
man of Los Angeles, sought to test
the love Of his ~fiancee, Miss Alice
Young, and in consequence was made
aware of two things: That the prom
Use of a $3.50 reward could vanquish
Cupid. That the police did not like
to have young men pose as train rob-
bers to test the love Of their sweet
hearts. Bowman got two relatives to
tell Miss Young he was a train robber
and there was a reward Of $3.50 post.
ed for his capture. When Bowman
called the young womaI telephoned
the police. Bowman spent several
hours in Jail before he was able to
prove he was no train robber. Miss
Young could not see the joke when
she appeared at the police station. She
introduced BoHman to another young
man, whom she said she intended to
marry next week. She wanted the
reward for q trousseau.
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'CAsCARETS' FOR
j. SLUGGISH LIVER
No sick headache, sour stomach,
4 biiousness or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent, box now,

Get q 10-centt box now.
Turn the rascals out-the headache.
biliousness, indigestion, the sick. sour
stomach and foul gases-turn them
out fought and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions Of men and women take .
Cascaret now and then and never
know the misery caused by q lazy
liver, clogged bowels or an upset stom.
ach.
: Don't put in another day Of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your LIVER
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison IN the
bowels. Then you win feel great.
A Cascaret tonight Strengthens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep. 4 10-cent box from
any drug store means . clear head.
sweet stomach and clean. healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chill
dren love Cascarets because they
never grippe or sfcken.t ADV.
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Bothered Fruit,

Bottle feeding is the latest wrinkle
in the growing Of the enormous winter
dollhouse fruit, and it has increased
the fruits size and sweetness so or
90 per cent. Peaches and pears are
like pumpkins; grapes and strawber-
ries like apples.
When a peach or a pear is young
and green and hard, the gardener
passes through it a needle and thread
Of coarse cotton, leaving both thread
ends sticking out. He does this till
eight or ten ends are obtained. These
ends he puts into bottles of sugar and
water syrup, and the syrup, flowing
along the cotton, is absorbed by the
fruit, sucked up by it-sucked up as
babes suck up milk-the fruit, in a
word. is bottle-fed.
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SOME BEST RECIPES.

A delicious fruit salad, and an mex
penbive one, Is made by soaking
prunes over night and then cutting
them into small pieces with scissors;
add diced celery and walnut meats.
Mix we'll with m%ayonnaise dressing.
Polish Dlsh.-After boiling saeur'
kraut one hour, drain it thoroughly;
mix with it two cupfuls of mashed po-
tatoes and fry three slices Of diced
bacon with one small onion, and add
to the kraut. Let 1t simmer n min
ute, then take from the stove. Scrape
fine one section Of garlic and stir well
into the kraut.
Another dish from Poland: For a
six-pound pork roast, mince two cloves
of garlic and mix with salt and pep.
per. Rub this we'll into the meat and
let 1t stand over night to season.
Economical Ragout-Put four table
spoonfuls Of butter in a pan to brown.
Fry brown a two and a half pound
steak cut two inches thick; cut up
four onions, two tomatoes and one
green pepper. Pile on top and around
the meat. Season to taste. Fill the
pan with water and simmer slowly un-
til thoroughly tender.
Baked Oysters and Macaroni.-Cook
a half cupful. Of broken otis OF maca-
roni in boiling water until tender.
Drain, and put a layer Of macaroni into
a well buttered baking dish, dust well
with salt and paprika, then put on a
layer Of we'll washed oysters, salt pep
per and a few bits Of butter. Then
add another layer of macaroni and
oysters, using just two layers Of oys'
tiers, never more, for they do not cook
we'll If too many in the dish. Pour
over a cup of rich white sauce,
sprinkle with buttered crumbs and
bake until the oysters are plump and
curled. A half hour in a rather hot
oven.
Nakkr M1A~xA.
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sohgh, unhappy side of existences
Nothing. But If sh9 caught a glimpse
it with her own eyes, saw this low
n Of hers in his true light, dirty,
dunk, disreputable, The shock would
ilTIher love utterly and Bartlett
vould>uot have to use that authority
d his which was No authority, which
lilly would refuse to @ey. She had
been free too long for any one to gov
eein her now. The only person who
could effectually break the %unfortu.
nate tangle was the Watermelon him
self. ~
Bartlett looked at him and decided
that his plan would work, that he
would not have to take a last desper.
ate and Intellectual stand against Billy.
See here. August we are going to
our place in Westahaven. It's a small
town in this state, up the coast away
north of Portland. Come to her there
at the end of August, come as YOU
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GOOD THINGS TO EAT.

A most delicious conserve, confec-
ton or dessert, whichever occasion
demands, Ia prepared by stufing a
half pound Of pulled figs with sailed
almonds. Put two tablespoonfuls OF
sugar, one teaspoonful Of lemon juice
and half a cup Of orange Juice over
the fire; when heated add figs, cover
and cook until the figs are tender,
turning and basting often.
Hot Rice Puddlna-Wash a half
cupful Of rice in cold water and put
it in a double boiler with hot milk.
Cook quickly until tender, then add
two tablespoonful Of sugar, two Ia
blespoonfuls of butter and a half tea
spoonful Of salt. Beat one egg until
light and add 1t to the rice, cooking
for one minute. Pour into the dish
in which the pudding is sent to the
table. Mix two tablespoonfuls OF su-
gar with two tablespoonfuls of butter
and a third Of a teaspoonful OF CHINA
mon; sprinkle owe the top Of the pud-
ding. This will make a brown sauce
over the top. Serve hot.
Split Pea Soup-Pick over a cupful
of dried split peas, wash them and
soak in plenty Of cold water over
night. In the morning pour OF the
water and put the peas into a kettle
with two quarts of cold water, a two
inch cube Of salt pork and one onion
sliced Cook slowly until the peas
have become very soft, stirring ire
quently from the bottom to- prevent
burning. It will probably require four
OF five hours to cook them properly.
When they are soft, rub them through
a sieve, return to the kettle and re-
heat. Cream together two tablespoon
fuls each Of butter and flour, thin 1t
with a little Of the boiling soup, add
two cupfuls of milk and stir into the
soup. Season with salt and pepper
and serve very hot.
French Beans.-Fresh string beans
are preferred for this dish, though the
canned variety will answer II fresh
beans are used cook until tender,
drain, then put back into the sauce
pan with bits of, finely chopped onion
parsley, celery and a little meat stock:
Boil up we'll, then add the yolks of two
eggs well beaten with the juice OF a
lemon, and serve hot.
A little pot of stock should never be
wanting in any housekeepers store, as
there are so many dishes which are
greatly improved by a cupful Of well
favored stock. This stock need not
be made Of especially prepared bones
or meat; it may be a mixture of chick
en- bones, a beefsteak bone or bits OF
any kind of meat cooked and the
broth strained and kept in a cold
place.
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Poet or the Poodle.

The Poet or the Poodle.
The day was unusually hot for late
August in Maine.
Bartlett had taken himself off to the
dim seclusion of the house, where he
lounged with windows opened, blinds
drawn and a small table of cooling
beverages near at hand. The heat.
the drowsy, shrill hum of the crickets
and the muf1ed, monotonous roar OF
the sea had a soothing influence and
Bartlett let his book fall from his
hands and slept, stretched at ease In
the steamer chair. A door gently open
ing and softly shutting aroused him.
He sat up, yawned and grunted.
Hello" drawled a voice, slow, In.
different, familiar.
Bartlett recalled a week in June,
when, with rare credulity, he had kid
mapped a stranger and had discovered
that he had been. the one in truth to
be kidnapped. He turned his head and
saw the Watermelon crossing the
room. He knew that 1t was the boy
by the size of the shoulders and the
grace of the long limbs, but the thin.
good-natured face was covered with q
months growth Of light hair, the
brown suit with the pale green and
red stripe was a suit no longer, mere
ly a bundle Of rags. The shirt was
opened at the throat, without a tie or
button, while the panama was shape
less and colorless, but worn with the
familiar jaunty ease.
"Ah," said Bartlett. "Jeroboam Mar
tin"
He smiled as one who meets an old
congenial friend, for Jeroboam Martin
had shown a fine capability for get.
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Zanzibar

Zanzibar, now figuring as q posst.
BILE pawn in an Ang.oEerman deal.
has not come into the British empire
without paying a heavy price In blood
and treasure. The island Of cloves
was visited for the first time BY the
British fleet during the Napoleonic
scare era, but since then we have
kept the upper hand. Very uncompli-
mentary things have been said about
the people OF Zanzibar. Professor
Drummond found the island in 1888,
Oriental In appearance, Mohamme-
dan In religion, Arabian In MORALS
cesspool Of wickedness, fit capital for
a dark continent" But the British
residents appear to have a good time
big dinners, golf, tennis and cricket
The local cricket team indeed can be
beaten only by the combined strength
of the British feet, "oncs q year. and
sometimes not even them"
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SYNOPSIS.

The Watermelon and James. two
tramps, bantering each other regarding
their personal appearance, decide ~
clean up, acquire new clothes and let
as to who is the better looking. Water
melon discovers a young man oainlns
in a lake and steals his clothes. Whiie
sitting in an automobile he discovered
c eaas1ns ea ahpd his Hs d daugRter' Henrietta.
drive up in a car. Assuming that his car
IS disabled. the general profers assist
ance; Watermelon hands him a ca ve
Batcheior. The general recognises the
name as that Of a young m Who broke
the cotton corner In Wall s.reet a rev
days before. He INVITE him 10 oi IN R art.
lett. a big Wall street operator, ana nus
daughter, Billy, with whom he ,proceeos
to fall in love. Bartlett. VINO mas oe9n IN
keep the supposed broker with him for
a week while he works q coup In the
market. He wires instructions 70 ms
broker. While chatting with Billy, .ne
to Watermelon. Watermelon decides to
join Bartlett and the general In a weeks
auto trip. Watermelon slips away ana
tells his hobo companions Of his adven,
ture and asks them to find Bachelor n
give him the tramp clothes: The party
starts out with Bartlett's and Crossnan's
cars. Late at night they come to a de-
serted mouse, break IN dHu Speho sho
night there. In the morning watermelon
discovers that the police are coming. The
party attempts to escape. but is stopped
by the officers who are hunting Tor
Batchelor's car. Watermelon. by q clever
ruse, gets them out Of trouble. As Bart
lett had planned the party becomes lost.
They are arrested and hailed before a
ountr Justice for speeding, Crossman:
Bartlett and the Watermelon are robbed
of their money and 1ewelry In the night:
Alphonse, the generals chauffeur, ana
Bartlett's car are missing. The party
proceeds In the generals car. gets lost
again and runs out Of gasoline. Water
melon n Billy go to a farm house for
food. Bartlett proposes to Henrietta and
Is accepted. Billy starts back with the
food while Watermelon goes to ask the
farmer to tow the auto In. Hurrying to
catch up with her, Watermelon finds
Billy stuck in the railroad tracks with a
train rushing down upon her. He saves
her life and confesses his love. Water
melon decides to sneak away in the night
and take to the road again. : A fire IN
|akk night destroys the farmers barn and
generals car, and Watermelon de-
he cannot leave them yet. Water
,confesses all to Billy and tells her
pot marry her. Billy tells her faith
she wants to marry Watermelon,
b not reveal his identity. Bartlett
klessage from his broker that
has been in town all the time.
lon confesses all. tells him of his
3llyjand that his right name Is
Martin. & %
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ting out of a tight place and carrying
through a desired project with sue
cess and nerveI and Bartlett hat
grown to like the lad.
"Am I, bum .enough?"' asked the
Watermelon, with no answering smil+
h you are fairly dirty and shabby,
agreed Bartlett. "You look thin"
.'"I have had hard luck" said tba
Watermelon. "How's Billy?" g.
"Pretty well, thanks"
Expecting me?" asked the Water.
melon, taking off his hat and gently
patting his back hair as he had a way
Of doing.
Bartlett nodded. Eyes, but not ex
actly as you are"
"It's tough on the little girl" NUT
tered the Watermelon. He sank into
a.chair and stretched out his long legs
with the weather-stained trousers and
dirty, broken shoes. "Oh, mamma,
I'm tired. Been hoofng it since sun
up yesterday with hardly a stop. !
wanted to see the kid So"
well, go and get drunk" returned
Bartlett. "And then you a see her.
The Watermelon frowned. See
here, l don't drink, necessarily. I'm
not a brand to be pluckeda from the
burning, a sheep strayed from the
fold. The whisky bottle wasn't my
undoing and didn't make me take to
the highway. Nm not fallen. l wa
always down, I guess. 1 hate work.
l like leisure and time to develop my
own SOUL" He waved his hand in airy
imitation of James.
That's all right" said Bartlett.
But get drunk. If she can stand you
soused, she a stand you sober. She
has got to know what she's getting,
if she decides to take you after ALL"
The Watermelon's tired face grew
a bit whittier under the tan and beard.
He shrugged hopelessly and rose. AL
right, if you say so. hope to hell 1t
will kill her love on the spot and she
won't suffer for it afterward. sup
pose 1t will" He started for the door
and paused, one hand on the knob.
Shall / have it on your" he asked
with a smile. I'm broke"
Bartlett tossed him a bill. "Is that
enough?"
Eyes" said the Watermelon and
slipped it into his pocket.
Have one with me before you CO."
said Bartlett, pushing a glass and the
bottle across the table.
The Watermelon filled his glass and
raised it. ITO Billy" said he.
ITO Billy's happiness" amended
Bartlett.
ITO RE CONTINUED)
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SELF DELUsIoN.
Many People Deceived by Coffee

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced Of their actual harmfulness.
A man can convince himself that
whiskey Is good for him on a cold
morning, or beer on q hot summer day
when he wants the whiskey or beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thou
sands Of people suffer headache and
nervousness year after year but try to
persuade themselves the Is not
coffee-because they like coffee.
"While yet a child I commenced
using coffee and continued It," writes
q Wis. man, until I was a regular
coffee fend. 1 drank it every morning
and in consequence had a binding
headache nearly every afternoon:
MY folks thought it was coffee that
allied me, but I liked 1t and would not
admit it was the cause Of my trouble,
so l stuck to coffee and the headaches
stuck to me.
Finally, the folks stopped buying
coffee and brought home some Postum.
They made it right directions on
pkg and told me to see what differ.
ence it would make with my head, and
during that first week on Postum my
old affection did not bother me once.
From that day to, this We have used
nothing but Postum in place of coffee
headaches are a thing Of the past
and the whole family is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, Is good, and does good to
the whole body"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum aow comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be well
boiled.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow.
der. A t%easpoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup Of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
Instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
There's a Reason" for Postum
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baum, Trifari, Carnap, Loew, Brandus.
Mahoney, Braun, Zimmerman Ubert.
Sarlin, Trosky, Mullan and Beubel
are the first to assail the eye on turn
ing to a page of advertisements.
III another generation or two these
will be good old American names.
Meanwhile New York will continue to
be our foremost European capital.
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TekkG.N 1A~xA
Corslcan Forests.

The forests of Corsica, the little
island upon which Napoleon was born,
are managed by the French govern.
ment. They produce lumber, frewood
and %turpentine, and all parts Of the
tree are far more closely utilized than
In America.
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Tribute TO the Scriptures,

If anything I have ever saie or writ
ten deserves he feeblest enccmiums
of my fellc -c~ountrymen, I have no
hesitation in declaring that for their
partially l am indebted, solely in,
debted, to the daily and attentive Pc
rusal of the sacred Scriptures, the
source of all true poetry and elo-
quence, as well as of all good and all
comfort.-Daniel Webster.
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ScHAPrER xxIIl.-contInued.

Bartlett nodded indifferently, hardly
hearing what the other said. He
frowned thoughtfully at the floor as
he pondered' the situation. If he OBJ
jected to the youth in Billy's pres
ence, she would stand up for him, all
her love would be aroused to arms
and she would see no wrong in her
hero. II the fellow snapped his fin
gers, she would u away with him.
What did Billy, tender, g~eptly-guard-
Aed Billy, know OF tramps. Of the
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Buying More.

What have you with your
"a lock Of my wife's hair"
"How romantic. Going to have Q
locket made Of it, / presume?'
mo; she gave It to me this morn
ing as q sample. Wants me to try TO
match 1t In a switch"
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Sure Sian,

IT believe the prima donna we heard
was once a COOK" ,
What makes you think that?"
Isn't she always falling down In
the aria?"
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weekly and bi-weekly, as compared
with monthly; and growing popular
ity of paper money in sections where
silver was formerly in the greatest de.
mand, etc.-Leslie's Weekly.
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OLD AMERICAN NAMES
'Monakers" Seen in News of Day In.
dlsate New York Is Our Fore.
/ most European Capital.

lahe news of one day in New York
that a man by the name of Isl
kteinberg pleaded guilty to big
the court Of a judge named
"; that a youth named Tu-
Sky was drowned; a man
sBlau was convicted of. keeping
y resort; a girl named Anna
Fas a principal witness in a
case; a Madame lie Compile
domestic sensation; a GER
Eella brought a breach of
Re; a Governor named Sui
hessage to the legislature;
ehmainen was the star of
another runner named
n. a fast trial spin;
hkstim figured in a
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The great thing in the world is not
so much to seek happiness as to earn
peace and self-respect.-Huxley.
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Strain Was Too Great.
"Heah about Chawlie?"
mo. What's wrong with himT
brain fevah."
my word! What caused it%%
Crying to roll a cigarette IN q high
wind"
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OMETIMES 1 wonder wheth-
~ er God might not have made
the world so rich and full just to teach
bis children humility.
George Macdonald.
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Charity that begins at home often
gets cold feet
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AlBet Either way,

= AlBet Either Way.
Matron-Baby is crying, Mary. I ex-
pect he wants his bottle. :
Mary just give tito i'm, mum.
Matron-Did you? Then I expect
he doesn't want it-Judge.
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INTERNATIONAL
LESSON

CBy E.IO. SELLERS. Director ct, Evening
Department. the Moody Bibl~~ tltute,
Chicago.) 49,
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Attempt the end. and a stand t.
doubt, <
1.-THE blood more stirs
To rouse ALTON, than to start a hare.
.. L.. -Shakespeare.
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LESSON FOR JANUARY 10.
THE GOOD SAMARITAN.

LESSON TEXT-Luke 10:25-37.
GOLDEN TExT-"Thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself."-Mark 1884.