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• ' < **' ?•>!../£ - • the Mchenry plaindealer, Mchenry, VIA*. v- ;;"* ", ,' * ^ '•':. v-lF^ AQZ&LPTZJ&KZ/it> As related by ArrC- bassador Elkus, the American represent­ ative at Constanti­ no a newspaper AC;V ••.. /R| #Y HENRY N. HALL, in the New York World'. j93$sm& £ e ̂ *4 tfA 4 ̂ ttozqiz?AT eomz&ymrz2P&?--* iduiii MQY**rv 4& BR AM I. ELKUS, ambassador ex­ traordinary and minister plenipo­ tentiary of the United States to the Sublime Porte, is the*only man in this country today -who by first­ hand knowledge can tell of things as they are in the land of the Turk. Stricken with the dreaded typhuS, he lay at the point of death when, obeying the mandate of Germany, . the imperial Ottoman government broke off diplomatic relations with the United States. Mr. Elkus' personality had so impressed the Turk* that the sultan's government Insisted upon his remaining in Constantinople until his . health was thoroughly restored and he could, without danger of a relapse, undertake the long and arduous journey to America. Mr. Elkus con­ tinued the excellent Impression created by his predecessor, the Hon. Henry Morgenthau, and by his efficiency and kindness had done more 'than make himself popular in Turkey; he has made the United State* popular. Without any diplo­ matic training, the plain American lawyer who. Until then had been distinguished only by his ^philanthropy made an excellent record In an ex- -jf^tremely difficult diplomatic post, and while en- & gaged upon an errand of mercy, visiting a Red Cross soup kitchen, contracted the Infection which so nearly cost him his life. Armenia was uppermost in my thoughts as I talked with Ambassador Elkus. Peaceful, 'to* fflustrious, intelligent Armenia, an Intellectual sjpeople, clever In practical affairs and of lofty idealism. When Turkey entered the war there were • two million Armenians, but the atrocities- of 1915 and 1916 very greatly reduced their num­ ber. Systematic butchery and wholesale slaughter of these people by the Turks makes this one of the most terrible crimes In the history of man-, kind. Why has Germany allowed these things to be done? The atrocities committed by the Turks In Armenia are perhaps no worse than those of which the Germans themselves have been guilty in Belgium and France, but there Is something peculiarly horrible In the cold-blooded extermina­ tion of a brave , and cultured people. What in­ terest had Germany lu allowing this thing to be done? The only explanation that can be offered is that Germany wanted the Armenians extermi­ nated because it suited the purpose* of her com­ mercial greed. The Armenians are the tanners, the molders, the blacksmiths, the tailors, the carpenters, the clay-workers, the weavers, the shoemakers, the Jewelers, the pharmacists, the doctors, the law­ yers of Asia Minor and of the Turkish empire. They are at heart a conservative people and for hundreds of years their trade has been done with France and England. They do not take kindly to German goods. Therefore Germany closed her eyes while Turkey was exterminating them. The presence of the Armenian was a menace, or A least threatened to retard the Pan-German m. velopment of Mittel-Europa. Sympathy for the United States. There is throughout the Levant and the Bal­ kans a real und deep-rooted sympathy for the United States. The leading Bulgarian states­ men are graduates of American schools and col­ leges. The Turkish government has taken a graduate of the American College for Girls in Constantinople and placed her in charge of the organization of Turkish schools in Syria. It is especially among the middle and the lower ,.is»<?es that the United States is genuinely pop­ ular.1 Emigrants who have returned, tourists who have traveled, all agree that America^stands tor democratic fcrlnciples--that is, for liberty and equality of opportunity for all, rich and poor alike, without class distinctions. The present grand visler of Turkey started In life as a tele­ graph messenger boy In Adrianople. Turkey broke off diplomatic relations with the United States two weeks after the declaration of war with Germany. The exact date was April 20. Ambassador Elkus was Informed by a prom­ inent member of the Turkish government that tbe pressure exerted by Germany upon the Sublime Porte to break off relations with America was . daily growing stronger. It Is significant that the note announcing the rupture of relations was dated Friday, which is the Turkish Sabbath. Yet on the day when all public offices are closed,, the Turkish cabinet held a meeting and the note was drafted, signed and dispatched. To everyone in Constantinople this denoted that the utmost pres­ sure had been brought to bear upon the sultan's government by his Teutonic ally. When the war broke out there was only $4,000,- 000 worth of paper money In Turkey. Every­ thing was paid for In hard cash, and gold and silver were the currency almost exclusively used in the daily transactions ~ of the people. Every­ thing was on a cash basis. TJiere is In Turkey today after 83 months of war--more than $350,- 000,000 of paper money, the authorized emissions aving reached a total of nearly 90,000.000 iunds. PAYS *S£00 A YEAR FOR MILK. The advice given by food experts to the rich, to ****" Ifeed on costly viands and thus leave a larger ^ ^quantity of staples for the poor, is evidently fol- Vl yjjowod in certain Philadelphia homes of wealth, fe •£ In one such home the milk hill is as high as *3,000 a year, for on some days as many as tflt quarts of cream have been purchased at 74 cents (it's now 84 cents) a quart. v , Thirty-four quarts of milk a day suffice for the : ||Berv^ntH in the absence i>f the family. It might this family to keep a coys:.-- Philadelphia Pub- / Ue Ledger. , - The poor in Turkey find It hard to keep themselves alive. The only reason many of them do manage to live in the cities is because the govern­ ment allows each inhabitant half a pound of bread a day. for. which the recipient has to pay two cents. Somehow or other they all manage cto get their two cents a day. Then there are soup kitchens run by the American Red Cross, the Turkish Red Crescent, the Jewish Charities commission, the Greek Patriarch, and other socle- ties. Some soup kitchens give food free; others sell at cost price. There are now no dogs in the streets of Con­ stantinople. Time was when they acted as scav­ engers, but now there Is no surplus left around to eat. The people save their last crust. There are no bones. The dogs were not shot or tised for military service, they were sent off to a semi- desert Island In the sea of Marmora and have undisputed sway of Its barren shores. The government makes free ' distribution of beans, cheese and olives to the families of sol­ diers, but this support is doled out in driblets. Destitute families among the civilian population also get supplies free from some of the charitable organizations, but before the war one never heard of men and women dropping dead from starvation in the streets. Even now It Is comparatively rare, but deaths from malnutrition and lack of re­ sistance to eteti mild diseases are not uncommon. People weakened by lack of food fall easy prtgr to ailments which in normal times would not serious. The aspect of Constantinople has changed con­ siderably since the outbreak of the war. Curi­ ously enough, it has Immensely improved, atfd from a cause which Is entirely unrelated to war or political conditions. It happened that during the first year of the war an unusually capable and honest man was * mayor of Constantinople--^ DJemll Pasha, the foremost surgeon in Turkey/ He went to work on the city as if it had been a diseased human being and performed surgery on the. streets. He cut out and removed unhealthy slums and widened and relald streets; he paved streets nnd cleaned streets and made parks and open breathing places. He got the telephone system completed and the street car system elec­ trified. In 1915 he resigned because of trouble with the government and went to Switzerland, where he had been educated. Later he mode his peace with the powers that be and is now back In Constantinople. Germany Dominates Turkey. How far Germany seeks to dominate Turkey, not only in military but also In civil matters, may best be shown by the fact that Berlin In­ sisted, as part of the recent treaty with the Sublime Porte, upon the reorganization of the court system and the abolition of the religious tribunals. This means a profound modification of the Mohammedan political and civic system along German lines. The U. S. S. Scorpion Is Interned ^"Constanti­ nople for the duration of the ivar. There are only three officers and sixty men on board. Per­ mission for shore leave under proper restrictions Is not denied by the Turkish authorities. The wonder of wonderR In Constantinople Is s that women workers are beginning to be seen. Woman's first step toward emancipation through work in Turkey was brought about by an Ameri­ can invention--the telephone. "Hello girls" were first employed. Then the city got permission to use women as street sweepers--If they could sweep the houses, why couldn't they sweep the streets? Then the post office went short of men and a few women were used as letter - sorters. There are also Turkish women employed as hos­ pital nurses and in the soup kitchen. Although Turkey is virtually dominated by Ger­ many in military matters, the Turks do not love the Germans. In the estimation of the gentle Turk, the German lacks tact and delicacy. Teu­ tonic ability, energy. Initiative and capacity are admired and genuinely respected, but the Turk and the German do not mix any more than oil and water. Yet Germnns are everywhere In Tur- • key, and are almost falling over themselves in Constantinople. There are German officers, Ger­ man military experts. German civil advisers. German educators--for Germany is paying par­ ticular attention to the education of the rising generation of young Turks. Even the Germnns put In a military officer as adviser to the Turkish police headquarters. The Turks somewhat re­ sented that. The Turkish police system Is about the best organized thing thejs have in Turkey. Here the Oriental love of intrigtie can give Itself full play, and as for astuteness and ••finesse," the Turkish secret service is not to be beat. It has more weird and curious devices, more strange and secret methods than the mathematical mind of German efficiency ever dreamed of. The legal limit for Mohammedans is four wives. As a matter of fact, most of them get along with one. There are, of course, some old-fashioned reactionaries who insist upon their legal matri­ monial complement, and a few poor men who want a servant and cannot afford one. These marry NIPPLES FOR PIGGIES. couple of rubber nipples," said C. H. Kellar, a farmer from Whipple Creek, as he walked up to the counter In a Portland (Ore.) drug store. The clerk wondered why the nipples were needed and was told by the farmer that one, of his bpood sows had a family of 12 youngsters, but nature had provided only ten lunch counters for the litter. At the present price, of pork Kellar decided he could no£ afford to let two pigs die for want ,pf nourishment, so he will act as dry nurse to the estn porkers for a tbue. a second wife, who becomes the household drudge for htr keep only. , But polygamy in Turkey is fast disappearing In the best classes, as the edu­ cated Turkish woman of to­ day will not, marry a man who already has one or more wives, nor will she consent to share her husband afterward. "Of course Turks still refer to their harem, but when they do so they rarely If ever mean what the American under­ stands by the word. Harem means womanfolk, and a Turk speaking of his harem in­ cludes his mother and sisters and his cousins and his aunts „ as well as his wife or wives. The part of "the house set aside for their Use is called the harem, and far from he- , Ing furnished with Oriental luxuriance; as most people imagine; it not infrequently contains Grand Rapids furni­ ture. uncomfortable chairs, pianos, phonographs and the other appurtenances of an Av­ erage American flat. There are a number of <£> theaters in Constantinople, i>r structures that go by that delusive name, but one rarely sees anything eten approaching a de­ cent show. The moving picture houses are legion, land when the staff of the American embassy left Constantinople tlipy were showing, In weekly in­ stallments, a wonder film called "Mysteries of New York," which is said to have cost-a mil­ lion dollars. Every title and "cut-In" bore the added remark. "Captured in Roumania." French films, however, are rarely seen, sometimes a few Italian ones, but usually the "Mester" films "made In Germany" are shown. There is. of course, a weekly war film, but invariably the Austrian war films are more popular than the German. N6th- ing but victories are ever shown. Constantinople has had little to fear from air raids, and the streets have remained brightly lighted at night. One unexpected effect of the , war has been the rapid spread of the installation of electric light to all classes of buildings, despite the exorbitant cost of wiring and of electric light fixtures. The reason is that petroleum oil, for­ merly used for Illuminating, now costs $5 gold a gallon, and the high-proof gasoline cannot be had for love or money. All the fuel for automobiles Is under miliary control. WHERE SOME NICKNAMES GIVEN WORLD'S FIGHTING MEN HAD ORIGIN 4 Russian Gems to Germany. Will It he "Sammies?" Probably not. The history of slang shows that nicknames of soldiers 4or anything else) come from the soldiers them­ selves,, or very often from the enemy. It apparent­ ly has occurred to nobody who writes letters to the newspapers that the American soldier has gone through several wars without any fixed slang name such as the English soldier's Tommy Atkins.* ' Most of the letters advocate the Sammy ap­ pendage. Who started It nobody knows. Prob­ ably the idea of Sammy after Uncle Sam broke out In eruption in several quarters at the same time. Word from France says that the men of the Pershing expedition do not like the Idea. Sammy or any word ending in the affectionate diminutive to the American mind Is unmanly. That is not so in England and British possessions. "Tommy Atkins" sprang, according to well-es­ tablished reports, from a word written on a sam­ ple form of application to the British army. It represented the British "John Doe." And anyway Tommy applies only to the English Idler, usu­ ally a little fellow, and not to the big-boned co­ lonials, Scotch "Kilties" or Irish Dragoons or Fn sillers. With Sammy as a basis the letter writers next decided on Samson as a fitting name--less ef­ feminate. "The Sons of Sam--Uncle Sam"--fine and manly, they argued. But Samsons didn't stick either. Then many advocated "Yanks" from Yankees, the old Civil war nickname for the Union troops. That, of course, did not appeal to the Southerners. Somebody wrote in that Yanks wouldn't do because Yankee came from an Indian word which meant coward. That Isn't shown by Webster, wh'o giveji a dozen other theories about the origin of Yankee. Like all other slang words It comes from so far back that nobody's memory would serve in untangling tbe mystery. In the Civil war the Northerners were "Yankees" or "Yanks," meaning properly In the States a New Englander, but a word applied abroad to all Americans. The Southerners were "Jteba," from rebels, or "Johnny Rebs." It Is apparent that each got his name from the enemy. So in the Mexican war the only slang name the American soldiers had was "gringo," also given to him by the enemy. "Gringo" means nothing In Spanish. The Australian and New Zealand soldiers of the British army have been dubbed "Ansae," a combi­ nation of the initial letters of Australian and New Zealand army corps. The Scotch retain their name of "kilties." of course, from the kilts they wear. The German soldiers are said to call them "the ladies of hell," but that was too long a title to re­ main, although it probably pleased the "kilties." There has been much discussion about "boche," the name for the German soldiers, and "poilu," the French soldier. "Boche" is French slang, and its birth is clothed in mystery almost always sur­ rounding a slang word. It means a most despicable sort of person and Is an Insult. In that connection the American army already has Its slang term for an infantryman. It is used commonly In the army, but generally un­ known to the civilian. The term is "doughboy." FJInce "doughboy" long has been an American in­ fantryman The United States army already has as explicit a slang term as the French army has In "poilu." "Doughboy" is In Webster as meaning an Infantryman in the United States. Probably "doughboy," by reason of its use and popularity in the American army, will become the general word for the American soldier before the war is over. "Gringo" also may become common usage, for the American soldiers have seen so much service in and near Spanish speaking coun­ tries that they often refer to themselves in fun as "gringos."--New York Herald. ~ NICKEL'S MANY POSSIBILITIES. A' scientist of the bureau of mines has just Is­ sued a report on nickel, In which he points to the great possibilities of this metal as a material for kitchen utensils and cooking pots. Besides the standard iron pots, copper and aluminum pots have found favor in the kitchen. Great care Is necessary in the use of copper, and aluminum to be satisfactory must be so heavy that the price 1s high. Nickel has practically all the good qualities of either of the other metals; Jt is reasonably cheap, tnkes a beautiful,finish, can easily be elec troplated. and does not cprroda, ^4 l̂ enaure Estimated to Be Worth $100r t" 000,000 Kept Out of Hands of the Revolutionists. \ The Russian royal jewels, including the gems that lncrusted the Imperial. Romanoff crown, af-e safe from the' democratic hands of the new rulers In Petrograd. With a woman's intuitive knowledge of trouble ahead, the for­ mer czarina had them tucked away In a safe deposit vault In her ^jmeestral city of Darmstadt, Germany, right at the beginning of the war. And there they will remain until Mr. and Mrs. Romanoff claim them again, says the New York Tribune. The story of the Russian royal jew­ els Is told in the Chronicle by a writer who says that the former czarina was largely responsible for the war, in that she assured her German friends and relatives that Russia would not be a formidable antagonist. She proceed­ ed to prove this antebellum prediction by pro-German intrigue which ended with the revolution and the overthrow oif the Romanoff dynasty. But the former czarina, who, before her marriage was Princess Alexandra Alice of Hesse, had no illusions about Germany. Accordingly, she paoked up the famtly jewels in the summer of 1914, when she saw the international war clouds appear, and sent them in charge of trusted messengers to her brother, the grand duke of Hesse, for safe keeping till peace was restored. The royal emissaries traveled by the way of Finland and Sweden. They reached their destination before the mobilization of the Russian army was complete. The tale of the czarina's German forehandedness in the matter of saving the family gems Is said to have been revealed by members of the Russian commission, who visited New York city recently. A New York society woman had her eye peeled for bargains in royal jew­ elry and approached members of the commission on the subject of purchas­ ing a string of rare pearls which she had seen the former czarina wear at a fashionable European resort some years ago. She was told that she would have to talk to Mrs. Romanoff or her brother, the grand duke of Hesse. Ivan Narodny, Russian business man and writer of, New York, cor* roborated the article in the Chronicle. Mr. Narodny said It was Impossible to place an exact value on the royal jew­ els, but estimated that they ought to bring close to $100,000,000 In the mar­ ket. He said they were of far greater intrinsic value than the historic jewels deposited In the Kremlin, which are safe. The disappearance of the royal Jew­ els became known about a month after the revolution, when the provisional government's appraisers were taking an inventory of the Hermitage, one of the structures of the winter palace, where the treasures were supposed to be kept, according to Mr. Narodny. "When the vaults of the Hermitage were opened the jewel boxes were gone," said Mr. N'urodny. "The im­ perial <jgpwn reposed on Its silk cushion in one chamber of the vault, but all of Its stones were found to b» of paste." Industry of Qenlua. Most writers recognized as possessed of genius or of great talent have been voluminous producers. In most cases their talent or genius, as a rule, after being stimulated by success, has lit­ erally taken possession of the^a and forced them to work hard and persist­ ently. Balzac used to have rages of In­ dustry lasting for many hoilrs and leaving him exhausted. Scott's prodigi­ ous Industry was due mainly to his de­ termination to pay off a heavy indebt­ edness. Dickens was marvelously in­ dustrious. But Thackeray was lazy and used to?'suffer greatly from the thought of work undone. His rages of work were not voluntary, like Balzac's, but inspired by desperateness, But he could take a theme for a novel and stick to it till* he had produced a monumental work. If he had loved his work more, however, he might have made the world even richer than he did by his unique gift and he might have discovered in himself unsuspected veins of genlup.--Exchange. Find Real Flying Dragon. What is said to be the only reptile that can fly has been recently discov­ ered In Borneo. This creature is a liz­ ard about ten inches long, its body brilliantly colored. It does not have wings in the usual understanding of the term, but its ribs, widely extended, enable the lizard to soar In much the same way that an airplane or bird drifts on a current of air. These fly­ ing lizards commonly travel in swarms, frequenting the deepest forests, says an exchange. Seen at a distance they are said to look much like birds, with their brilliantly hued bodies. Science has not as yet hit upon a name for the newly discovered specie of reptile, but has called It the flying dragon, which seems an excellent name, everything considered. Must 8leep. It was nearly noon when the Irate traveling man found the night clerk of the little hotel in a North Caro­ lina town. "I told you to call me for the two o'clock train. Now I have to lose tjwenty-four hours* time. Why didn't you call me?" "I couldn't very well." explained the olerk cheerfully. "I Just got up my­ self."--Everybody's Magazine. Don't Wear Smoked Glasses. Worry Is a pair of smoked glasses, through which all the world looks som­ ber. The sunshine is as golden as ever, and the sky as blue, but through those smoked glasses everything looks dreary. If some of you would oflly pocket your worries, and see what the world renlly is like. It Is pretty certain ttytt you would make up your mlud to do without smoked glasses In the *;$tt*u*. Fine Pumphouse. Charles had lived his four years on s farm. He was on a visit to his city aunt and uprfn arrivift ftsked for a drink. His mother took him into the bathroom and drew some water from a faucet. "My," exclaimed Charles, looking around the white enameled room, "Aunt Dell has a loyely pump- house.** * •••• • <" J ̂ : Some Information. 'Sedentary work," said the 1« on physical torture, "tends to lea^fe the endBranee." • •* 'J "In other, words," hatted In w smart Aleck, "the more on* sits w* less one can stand." ? "Exactly," retorted the lecturer, "sapft If one lies a great deal one's standtijrv is lost completely."--Judge. ' Where It Work*. ••Has Matilda a rack for her pianOT" "Sure. All her hearers get their nerves on It." Lacked Temptation. "Have, you ever been arrestedT*,Jt'• "No, sir. 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Allow no one to deceive you in this. * *" 'j , All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-Good" are but Experiments thati% trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children*--Experience against Experiment. Gen nine Castoria al way® feears the sign atnv* of t : i 1 Small Pill, Small Dose, Small Price, But Great in Every Other Way Genuine bears signature CARTERS Carter's little Liver Pills yon feel the foy of Itviag. It is la be happy or feel good whea yon srs CONSTIPATED fUi old remedy will set yoa right over PALLID PEOPLE CARTER'S Usually Noed Iron la the Blood. Try IRON PILLS . SOFT WHITE HANDS-- White hands show refinement. Every lady detests coarse re<l hands. time you «»»h your floors -- the old way coarsens your handa -- use our M* Sanitary Self-Wringing- Mop; -wash your floors as often M you please and pre­ serve the beauty of your hands. Your hands do not timeh tht water. You do not have to bend. Absolutely the newest, neatest, cleanest artteie on the market. Every woman wants one. Every LADY must have om Complete with SM0 prepaid, ttUXL L H. A. CO. 3242 & 50th A*t, Geo* DL XX7ST* M But Lottie Hadnt One. Flossie (alluding to her new ring)-- It Isn't always what a present costs that makes It appreciated. Lottie (who doesn't think much of It)--No, dear. Very often- U ls what other people think It toats. • »< -• '• At times the still small vbl@e of con­ science seems to come from the trig end of a megaphone. In a kite frame patented by a Wis­ consin man ribs radiate from a central disk of^metal Terrible Mistake. "Ob. Cecil, the cook has given no­ tice; she says yoy swore at he$ on tba p h o n e . " v • • ' "Good heavens ! ̂ JU thougltt It you, pet." 3;* How Di* Sha .Know&i "Do you shave up or downlr* "Down." "It feels Uke down."--Lampoon.̂ Any man who Is able to dodge wt* happiness Is just about a8 happy a* ̂ is possible for man to ha. , . Raise High Priced Wheat on Fertile Canadian Soil Canada extends to you a hearty Invita­ tion to settle on her FREE Homettead lands of 160 acres each or secure some of the low priced lands in Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta, This year wheat la hither but Canadian land just as cheap, so the opportunity is more at­ tractive than ever. Canada wants you to help feed the worid by tilling some of her fertile soil--land similar to that which during many fears lu» avenged 20 to 45 bwshals of wheat to the acre. Think of the money you can make with wheat around $2 a bushel and land so easy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed fanning in* Western Canada is SB pnfitabU u indnstoy as grain growing. The Govenmset this yesr Is nHnhrowtewHi crtssedacieace into ante. There is • greet dsmaod far farm tabor to replace the mafiy yoaag men who have volunteered lor service. The climate to hssllifnl and aa**eab!e, railway facilities excellent, food schools and churches convenient. Write for literature ee to ledaced railway rates to Oupt.ol Imnucratioa. Ottawa. Caa^er to C. J. BreeeMea, Reew 411, 11S W. 01saw Street. CMnm I&4 M. V. Mwhsss, TO JslfeHsn A* it*, EMiete. Midk, Canadian Government Agent* * -^4 d mm Legally Tied. \ e "There Is a tide In the affairs of wen," said the man who habitually quotes Shakespeare, "which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." "Yes," replied the man who had mar- ried .an heiress. WI remember the tide that led to my fortune well." "What tide was that?" "It was an eventide and we were sit­ ting in the garden." THIS DRU66IST KNOWS BEST KIDNEY MEDICINE Sixteen yean ago I began to sell Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root and today I believe it is one of the best medicines on the market; and my patrons are very much pleased with the results obtained from its use and speak very favorably regarding it. Swamp-Root has been very successful in the treatment of kidney, liver and bladder troubles according to the reports received and I have no hesitancy in recommending it for I have great faith in its merits. Verv truly vours, OWL DRUG STORE, By R. F. Boies, Oct. 3, 1910. Sedalia, Missouri. Letter to Dr, Kilmer fc- Co. Hn<t»smton. Y« Prove What Swssv*eot Wilt Do For Yea Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample si*e bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable in­ formation, telling about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and men­ tion this paper. Large and medium sise bottles for sale at all drug stores.--Adv. ; Almost Human. A.few days after the arrival of a family of kittens at a neighbor's, little four-year-old Isabel was invited to pay them a visit. EyjUghtetl with what she had seen. She returned In ecstasies to Jier mother. "Oh. mammn," she rapturously ex­ claimed, "they have the dearest little pussy cats next door! But do you know that their papa has gone away on a long holiday and left their mam­ ma alone to take care of them? Isn't It a shame?"--Sioux City Tribune. . Her Choiee. Hasel was at a loss to make a cholea between two young sprouts In her gar­ den of love. She desired a hardy plant, one that would thrive in any soli and under any conditions. No shadow mnat prevent the sprout selected from grow­ ing. Every day could not have Its MB allotment of sunshine. Which wonJd she choose? Either wss pleasing to the eye. Then came a day when tbe wind blew bard--a draft from one^ad of the country to tbe other. One of the sprouts withered from tha biting blast. The other thrived and grew as though ft had been blessed with continual sunshine- Now Haas! is happy. Her choice has been mada.-- Indianapolis News. . Ji J If a man occasionally tells a woman how pretty she looks she will forgive most of ihe other lies he tells, ber. Men with long heads are capabla of using them on short uotice. i-1. a&V - ** ~ But She Didn't. She was a very newly fledged bar­ oness or duchess or something Ilka that, and, somehow or other, she he- came thick with a professor, as tbe classical blokes would have It, and he invited her to come to his observatoty to nee the eclipse, says Loudon Ideas. "I've come to see the eclipse." she told the professor's assistant. "Profa* sor Squashnoodle Invited me to come," "I'm sorry, but the whole thing was over an hour ago/' said the assletaat, contritely. ' * "Then."' said the dignified dansa, fl.,, ** will wait for the next." , y 1 ? -v * All Figurative, "My dear," said a young married man. "I have changed nay mind aheat going out riding tonight." "May I be permitted to inquire tM reason why?** regponded hia sarcaSttp wife. _* "You may." > "Well, what is the reason?"" "My darling, in the first place, !t*a ̂ rather expensive, and, ia the a«*MA.«..^ place, I don't want to g*K" * fP "I don't care a fig." » - 1.. > 'V "In that case, I presume yeu have a d a t e . " > t " ' URfNE Granalated EyeUat '""SoreEm. Enalatoarflf Sun. Ourtand MWeiiid# retitfvvo tw Miirmtt. " _ y o L i i ' t i s h j r ' s B j e s , UR LTCOfeSmmtiat J<a*t Ejifssdwt Marine Eye Beaedy £££?*?£ •v* t«l»i, in TtofeM SSc. f r <>/ <*« Marine Eye Bcowtar Co.. catenate -1. • „ rii tk* KM --free* •fijfes I)