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!?Vs P r ' , ' t '*?, ' %•<:'1 ,• Be McHcnry Plaindealcr Published by F. G. 8CHREINBR. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. Vacationers have no ambition to "come back." Girls In tight skirts--well, the less said about them the better. N SINE DIE CONGRE88 IN FINAL BOW APTttR TAKING 8TATE CLAIM® FROM DEFICIENCY BILL. PASS PENROSE RESOLUTION »« • i WITH THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS Dealers In evaporated eggs do not always succeed In evaporating the smell. Golf a rich man's game? Non­ sense! Just look at the fumb«r of poor players! No matter what may be said about the weather man, it can not be denied that he is hot stuff. It's a heap easier to denounce the bad habits of the other fellow than it is to renounce our own! Appropriations for 1913 $7,000,000 Less Than for Previous' Year- West Virginia Solons Hit-- Taft Goes to Beverly. A man never enjoys his summer Tacation PC much as when he returns home to get a square meal. Speaking of refreshing subjects, a motoring party In the Alps was lost the other day in a snow drift. The gondoliers of Venice have gone out on a strike, leaving the public to paddle its own canoe, so to speak. According to reports the ballot this fall In Oregon will be nine feet long, and yet women insist that they want It Sizice a telephone girl is Bald to bave won a prince, lots of girls will prac­ tice saying "Number, plee-us?" la dulcet tones. A statistician tells us that the wo­ men of Paris outnumber the men by 200,000. Now we know why rich Americans like Paris. What brings the blush of shame to the Chicagoan's cheeks is the taunt that the largest flsh In Lake Michigan can be caught on a pinhook! Since a correspondent has retaliated with some heat, saying that man a garb is Idiotic, we shall have to con­ cede that at least It is slightly Inar­ tistic. Borne men are born enemies of man­ kind, and some develop the habit of getting their hair cut on Saturday aft­ ernoon. Observing the oddly unbecoming costumes affected by aviatrices, one marvels that any girl ever cherishes aspirations to fly. Every time we hear that a pleasure boat has knocked a hole in a battle- Ship we are led to wonder why the government doesn't build a fleet of pleasure boats. One thing which Berlin is certain to do in 1916 is to dwarf Stockholm in Olympic crowds. The ten-to-one ad­ vantage in population settles that point far in advance. Over four thousand killed them­ selves in the United States last year. But. still, that left a fairly reassur­ ing proportion of the population that yet believed life is worth living. It is interesting to read that a Honsatonic woman dug twenty good- sized potatoes and three small ones from one hill a few days ago, but what was her husband doing mean­ while? Our army has adopted a new form of Bword which "is said to be highly effective. We can picture a gallant officer, Bword in hand, battling with a gatling gun at a distance of a mile and a half. A young woman in a New York wa­ terside resort came near being drowned by her hobble Bkirt. Still, style is not worth being a cause if it is not to have its martyrs, as well as its votaries. A New Jersey man claims that he has perfected an invention whereby peas can be made to grow by eleo- tricity. That may help some, but wouldn't it be more effective If he could induce electricity to kill the weedB? Washington, Aug. 28.--At 4:30 o'clock Monday afternoon the Becond session of the Sixty-second congress came to an end. One hour before that time the senate bowed to the house and struck out of the general deficiency appropriation bill the state claims of Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Maryland, aggregating $600,000. The president came to the capitol to sign the measure which provides for an expenditure of $9,000,000. Senator La Follette brought up the Penrose campaign Investigation reso­ lution early in the session and with the threat of a long filibuster suc­ ceeded in forcing it through. The reso­ lution was passed without a roll call. Ten minutes before adjournment the house administered a final blow to the senate by refusing to consid­ er a resolution of the upper chamber permitting it to pay its own employes a month's extra salary. Charges of bribery and corruption against Senators Chilton and Watson of West Virginia, which were signed by the governor of West Virginia, were referred to the committee on privileges aqd elections after a lengthy discussion. In the house the adjournment cere­ mony was uneventful. Barely a handful of Democrats and Republic­ ans applauded the final address of Speaker Clark, congratulating them for their aid during the session and expressing the hope that they would all return in December. Prior to the speaker's address Chairman Fitagerald of the appropria­ tions committee and former Speaker Cannon, the tanking Republican members, indulged in a verbal duel- Both agreed that the total appropria­ tions for the year was $1,019,000.- 000. as against $1,026,000,000 of the last Republican congress. Cannon maintained that the Republicans had been as economical as the Democrats but that the total budget of the last Republican congress was increased by the $45,000,000 which they allowed for the Panama canal. President Taft shortly after the adjournment started for Beverly, Mass., where he is to spend his vaca­ tion. L0EB DEFENDS ROOSEVELT Ex-Presldent's Former Private Secre­ tary Tells of Harriman's Visit to Colonel in 1904. New York, Aug. 28.--William Loeb, Jr., collector of the port of New York by appointment of President Taft, came out boldly here Monday in a vigorous defense of Col. Roose­ velt against the attacks being made upon the ex-president in the double barreled controversy raging over the contributions to the Roosevelt cam- paign fund of 1904 by the Standard Oil company and by E. H. Harriman. He says it was he, and not Presi­ dent Roosevelt, whose secretary he then was, to whom George B. Cortel- you. as chairman of the Republican national committee, gave positive as­ surance that the Standard Oil com­ pany had made no contribution to the campaign. Mr. Loeb also makes the further statement that instead of Roosevelt asking Harriman for assist­ ance, the latter at the famous White House interview had urged the pres­ ident to cause National Chairman Cortelyou forthwith to give financial help to the New York state commit­ tee in order to save the state tickeL The saw fly is cutting the leaves off New England's maples and the spruce bud moth is attacking the balsams, which are needed for pillows and for Christmas trees. Still nobody is do­ ing anything to increase the number of the birds. A man arrested in Chicago for be­ ing drunk confessed that his wife, a milliner, had sent him out to buy thread and he had spent the money for drink. His wife pleaded to save him from jail, on the ground that she needed him home to do the house­ work. 76 Die in Mexican Battle. Juarez, Mexico, Aug. 28.--General Rabago's federal column, which ha£ been in pursuit of Oroz©o, stryck the rebels in force at Ascension Monday, and during the battle seventy-six rebels were killed and a number ta­ ken prisoners. The federal loss Is reported as a dozen killed and thirty wounded. Ascension is sixty miles southwest of Juarez. The rebels under Gen. Orozco were camped on the ranch of the Palomas Land and Cattle com­ pany, ten miles off the railroad. During the engagement Gen. Salazar with more than 300 men Joined Oroz- co's forces and Rabago was unable to follow up his initial victory, and camped on the Palomas ranch after the rebels had retreated. Great excitement has been caused In London W< ause the king and queen went to a vaudeville show What they want now iB ,0 get up a con. vention on the American plan if they wish to be up to date in their amuse­ ments and want some excitement which is really worth while. Darrow Must Stand Trial. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 28.--The mo­ tion of Clarence S. Darrow's attorneys to dismiss the indictment charging him with the bribery of Robert Bain was denied by Judge Willis of the su­ perior court Monday. Postoffices Close Sundays. Washington, Aug. 28.--All first and second class postoffices will be closed Sundays as a result of one provision of the new postal appropriation bill passed by congress and signed by President Taft. Shoemakers are proverbially ill shod but it would seem as if the men in the Pittsburg factory who struck because i while they turned out r,nn bathtubs a day they had none to use themselves had something to complain of. Out in California up-to-date farrnere ai)?».CatChlng mniions of grasshoppers With vacuum cleaners mounted on tight sleds and pushed over the alfal- fa, and then drying the grasshoppers and sacking them for chicken fVed One has to be swtft to keep up with modern progress. Black Damp Kills Pour. Linden, Wis., Aug. 28.--Pour men were overcome by black damp in the Frontier I>?ad and Zinc mine, near here, Monday, and perished before it was known that they were in any danger. , *£< * * ^ - m. mmm • ̂ * - < *vc A • y CO&y^fG/^r &r L//vD£&woOC> ON the beautiful estate of Mr*. Thompson Seton at Greenwich, Conn., the Camp Fire Qlrle have been enjoying life In the open and also attending a council of the organisation. Our Illustration chow* two of the glrla building the fire for breakfast SUIT US.CITIZENS NICARAGUAN REBELS KILL TWO AMERICANS DURING MASSA­ CRE AT LEON. INSURRECT0S TAKE TOWNS Foreigner* Flee to Yankee Vessels In Harbor--Harvey Dodd of Mississip­ pi and Companion Phillips Are the Two Men Slaughtered. Washington, Aug. 24.--The state de­ partment on Thursday instructed Minister Weitzel at Managua to inves­ tigate the deaths of the two Ameri­ cans, one named Phillips and the other Harvey Dodd of Kosciusko, Miss., who are reported to have been mur­ dered by the rebels during the looting of Leon. State department advlceB included these men among the dead and added that they had been, killed, while wounded and seeking refuge in a hos­ pital. If the men were enlisted in the federal army the United States can do nothing but protest against the unciv­ ilized manner of their death; if they were noncombatants the state depart­ ment will demand reparation and rec­ ompense. Dispatches from Corinto report that the rebels are marching victoriously through the country, taking all thev small towns In their path. In the meantime the 460 sailors and marines already In Managua will be used for the protection of the capital and foreign women and children will be removed to the Justin and Annapo­ lis off Corinto. Minister Weitzel's dispatches were of the most gloomly character. He says: "The situation is growing stead­ ily worse," and proceeds with the fol­ lowing details: "The consul at Corinto reports on the 18th that the rebel forces have taken towns lying between Leon and Chinan- dega, among which are located a large sugar estate and the central distillery, containing 6,000,000 pesos' worth of alcohol. BELIEVE PEACE IS NEAR FINANCIAL EMBARRA8SMENT8 OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE CAUSE. Not having a sufficiently vivid Im­ agination to discover one himself «Te State geologist of Pennsylvania offers $50 a specimen of the hoop su&v«. The trouble is that he will not pay tha Iponey on hearsay evidence. ' v , tfi'A Gunboat Vicksburg Damaged. Washington, Aug. 28.--The gunboat Vicksburg, scouting off the west coast of Mexico to watch the revolutionists, put into Magdalena bay Monday with a hole punched in her hull by broken propeller. Tripoli Will Be Annexed--Preferential Rights Offered Italy In Benghazi. Berlin, Aug. 23.--In usually well in­ formed circles here the opinion Is ex­ pressed that "the war between Italy and Turkey Is near termination. ' Paris and Berne have been the scene -"of tentative negotiations be­ tween the two powers for some days. Turke's financial embarrassments are understood to be responsible for her disposition to yield and accept the best terms obtainable. While the great powers are refrain­ ing from any move that might Bavor of intervention, they are exerting their influence to bring about peace. They are the more anxious as the crisis be­ tween Turkey and Montenegro grows more acute. AdvlceB from Constantinople say that Turkey is willing to recognize the annexation of Tripoli, provided the sultan's suzerainty is recognized by the Italian government and that Italy pays Turkey a compensation for the territory annexed. Turkey refuses to concede the annexation of Beng­ hazi but is willing to give Italy pref­ erential rights there. Turkey 1b said to be willing to con­ cede a form of self-government to ^he islands now occupied by Italy. These islands must continue under the sovereignty of the sultan, and no compensation is to be given Italy for her expenses. It is said Italy will agree to the canceling of capitulation rights with­ in the Turkish empire. The Italian government will be asked to accept the new custom tariff of 15 per cent Imposed by Turkey. L0RIMER RECEIVES NO AID Senate Committee Makes No Provi­ sion to Pay Deposed Senator's Expenses in Investigation. Washington, Aug. 23.--Contrary to expectations the senate committee on appropriations made no provision for former Senator Lorimer'B expenses in the general deficiency bill reported. The committee which investigated Lorimer's election recommended that he receives $35,000 to defray, in part, the cost of his defense. The attitude of the committee indicates that noth­ ing will be done in the matter at this session. Omaha Police Chief DejuJ. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 24.--John J. Don­ ahue. chief of police of Omaha, died here Thursday as a result of an ope­ ration for the amputation of his right foot, which was affected with gan­ grene poisoning. Icnic Train Wreck Kills. Decatur, 111., Aug. 27.--An east-bound excursion train over the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railway, carrying 200 passengers, was ditched by a bro­ ken rail near here Sunday. One was killed and many Injured. 8chwab Robbed of $2,000. Loretta, Pa , Aug. 27.--While en route from New York to his summer home Sunday. Charles M. Schwab, president of the Bethlehem Steel com­ pany, was robbed of a wallet contain ing $2,000. Aged 70, He Dies on Gallows. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 28.--George Rose, seventy 'years old, was hanged here Monday. Rose was convicted of the murder of a neighboring planter, J. M. Miller, in McMlnn county. One of Rose's 90ns Is in prison tor murder. Woman Ascends Mont BtaiM« Seattle* Wash., Aug. 24.--Miss Doris Keen, Philadelphia, arrived Thursday from Alaska on the steamship Ala meda, having while in the north made the ascent of Mont Blanc, one of loft­ iest peaks of the Copper River valley. President Harrison's Grandson Dead Sterling, 111., Aug. 24.--John Hat ton, a grandson of President William Henry Harrison and a cousin of President Bejamln Harrison,' difd Thursday in Erie, 111., at the age of ninety-two years BOOTH'S BODY LIES IN STATE Westminster Abbey Suggested for Burial Place--Daughter Leaves New York to Attend Funeral. Londotft Aug. 24.--The authorities of Westminster abbey will offer a sepul- cher there for the body of Gen. Wil­ liam Booth, the dead leader of the Sal­ vation Army. The offer will be de­ clined by relatives of the general, who will carry out his wishes that he be burled beside his wife. General Booth's body was removed Thursday from the cottage at Hadley Wood, Clapton, for the lying In state. The state funeral will be held August 28, and the burial will take place Au­ gust 29. Gen. Bramwell Booth and his wife will conduct the funeral service. Many bands and thousands of mourn­ ers will participate. New York, Ang. 24.--Miss Eva Booth, second youngest daughter of Gen. William Booth of the Salvation Army, who is dead in London, sailed Thursday on board the liner Prance to represent America at the funeral of her father. With her went a staff of officers from the American headquar­ ters of the Salvation Army. MIBS Booth had not recovered from the shock of her father's death and had to be assisted. Knox Sails for Japan. Seattle, Aug, 26.--Secretary of State Knox, Mrs. Knox and Ransford Miller, chief of the far east division of the de­ partment of state. Balled Friday on the cruiser Maryland for Japan, where he will attend the funeral of the emperor. OFFERS TO IIP R008EVELT DEMAND8 THAT HE BE PERMITTED TO TE8TIFY BEFORE SENATE BODY. ARCHB0LD HINTS AT ACTION standard Oil Co.'s Head Just Before Sailing for Europe 8ays, "I Am Not a Liar and Will Not Endure It Lightly." Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 27.--To re­ fute the testimony of John D. Arch- bold concerning his knowledge of an alleged contribution of $100,000 by Mr. Archbold to the Republican cam­ paign fund of 1904, Col. Theodore Roosevelt announced Sunday that he wanted to go before the senate com­ mittee investigating campaign contri­ butions. . "1 have wired Senator Clapp, chair­ man of the committee," Colonel Roose­ velt said, "that I should like to appear before the committee at once. "It is a most unheard of thing," he said in commenting on Mr. Archbold's testimony and his departure for Eu­ rope, "that Mr. Archbold should de­ part without testifying about the $25,- 000 he gave Senator Penrose. It is a most peculiar thing that the commit­ tee should allow him to depart with­ out so testifying. There are no dead men concerned in that transaction. He could be sure of what he was tes­ tifying to in that. A report that Mr. Archbold had in­ timated before sailing from New York that he might sue Colonel Roosevelt for libel was mentioned. "All right," Colonel Roosevelt re­ plied. "He will have a chance after I have testified," and then, with slow emphasis, "If Archbold sues he will have an enjoyable time." Colonel Roosevelt got no direct word from Senator Clapp in response to his telegraphed request for per­ mission to appear before the investi­ gating committee, but he did learn, through his campaign secretary In New York, O. K. Davis, that the com­ mittee would not be able to hear him before October 1. New York, Aug. 27.--"I am not a liar, I am not accustomed to being so accused, and will not endure It light­ ly." JuBt before he sailed for Europe Saturday this statement was read by John D. Archbold to Interviewers. This he said was all he has to say at present in answer to Col. Theodore Roosevelt's sweeping denials of the testimony given by Mr. Archbold to the senate committee Investigating campaign contributions. Plot to Kill Congressman. Washington, Aug. 26.--An alleged scheme to kill Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky, chairman of the house committee on the District of Columbia, so as to head off proposed legislation, has been disclosed .to Mr. Johnson. An affidavit of a Washington man. detailing a conversation he heard on a street car, in which one of those talking said he had been following Mr. Johnson three nights to kill him, is locked up in the office of Speaker Clark. Johnson-Jesnette Match Off. New" York, Aug. 24.--Jack Johnson will not fight Joe Jeanete In New York. The boxing commission ruled to this effect Thursday and Jesse and Eddie McMahon, managere of the St. Nicholas A. C., withdrew the match. Women Shot During Battle. Corinto, Aug. 27. -- Information reaching this city Sunday from Man­ agua says that fifty women were seri­ ously wounded while serving ammuni­ tion and fighting with both sides in the battle around the capital. Peking People Honor Dr. Sun. Peking, Aug. 27.--Dr. Sun Yat Sen. ex-provlslonal president of China, who Xpft Shanghai August 19 with the intention of endeavoring to conciliate the rival factions, arrived here Sun­ day. He was received royally. Colorado's Initiative Law Htt. Denver, Colet, Aug. 26.--Colorado's initiative and referendum law was declared void here Friday by a deci­ sion of District Judge Harry C. Riddle. An appeal was taken to the supreme court. Taft Promote* Major Hay. . Washington, Aug. 26. -- President Taft sent to the senate on Friday the nomination of MaJ. Beecher B. Ray, U. S. A., to be deputy paymaster general, with thp rank of lieutenant col­ onel. Fire Perils Rlngllng Circus. Sterling. 111., Aug. 24.--Sparks from a barn on fire fell on the large tent of Rlngllng Brothers' circus here Thursday and burned the tent. No one was hurt. The animal quarters were untouched. Loss,^100,000. Breaks World's 8horthand Record. New Yprk, Aug. 24.--The world's record for shorthand speed was bro­ ken at the stenographers' convention Thursday when Nathan Behrin, sten­ ographer of the New York suprems j court, wrote 278. word« a minuto. NEWS OF ILLINOIS Don't get your colors mixed >4% foo "«t out to paint the town. £ Alton.--W. E. Williams, engineer, and F. J. Brown, brakeman, both of Spring^ eld, were killed at Clifton, when a work train on the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis railroad jumped the track. Five other . per­ sons were hurt. Tlj# engine fell 100 feet down an embankment into the Mississippi river. Lincoln. -- Mrs. ,Taurlno N. Par- vis, daughter of W. H. Dunham of Atlanta, has filed suit for di­ vorce. Her husband is a grand opera singer. She was married in New York In 1906. In her suit she charges cruelty and asks the custody of her three-year-old daughter and alimony. She says Mr. Parvis possesses $50,- 000 and can earn $30,000 annually, In detailing her cruelty charge Mrs. Papvis says that her maid prevented hei being choked to death once at Barcelona, Spain, and that the cruel­ ties inflicted on her at Villa Parvis, Saxony, Italy, compelled her to flea to her old home. Wilmette. -- One town has been found where the book agent Is welcome. The agent who sells the Bible is given a particular welcome, at least by the police. One of the residents of Wilmette asked the po­ lice to arrest an agent, who It was said was annoying the people. When the police responded they found the man trying to sell copies of the Bible. They pot only refused to arrest him, but told him to place as many of the books as possible in the homes of the residents, Springfield.--Dan F. Rice of Chi­ cago Instituted suit against Spring­ field to recover $9,000 on a pump purchased by one set of city officials and repudiated by another. The amount asked is a balance said to be due on the purchase price. The pump was purchased during the ad­ ministration of Mayor Roy R. Reese. It was delivered after another set of' officials had been elected and they refused to acknowledge the machinery as the city's property. Peoria. -- After having been Im­ prisoned twenty-five and one-half hours at the bottom of a 35-foot caisson beneath the surface of the Illinois, river in the excavations being made for a new railway bridge near Pekin, F. J. Schmidt was hauled to the surface with a derrick and ex­ pired within five minutes. Cairo.--In a head-on collision be­ tween two freight trains on the Big Four at Mound City, a car- toad of valuable race horses en route from the Vienna fair to the Anna fair, was caught in a wreck and badly shaken up and a number of horses in­ jured. Springfield.--Governor Deneen is­ sued a requisition on the gov- srnor of Texas for the return to Chi­ cago of John King, under arrest in Dallas, and wanted in Illinois on a charge of obtaining goods and money by means of a confidence game. Springfield. -- Ruth Powers, aged twenty-one, white, servant at the bome of O. B. Caldwell, was shot and killed by Arthur Johnson, a negro chauffeur. Johnson escaped. A lynching is feared if he is captured. Erie.--John Hatton, grandson of President William Henry Harrison, and cousin of President Benjamin Harrison, died at his home here. He was ninety-eight years old. Springfield.--Yeggmen cracked the safe in the poBt office at Nil- wood and escaped without leaving a trace of their Identity. Residents of the town who heard the explosion made no effort to investigate the cause and the robbery was not discov­ ered until daylight. Miss Margaret Hasdln, the postmistress, says she will not know the loss until the ac­ counts are checked up. The thieves emptied the safe of its contents, In­ cluding stamps and cash, amounting to a few hundred dollars. Entrance to the post office building was ob­ tained by prying the lock from the front door. Cairo.--The Memphis and New Or­ leans Illinois Central fast mail train No. 1 was derailed on a curve three miles north of Makanda. The entire train of eight coaches with ex­ ception of a Pullman sleeper left the track, but none of the coaches was overturned. Both tracks were ef­ fectually blocked for many hours. No one was seriously Injured. The train carried nearly 300 passengers, many of whom had been attending the Soldiers and Sailors' reunion at Duquoin. The wreck was caused by tender of locomotive jumping the track. Oconee--The congregation of the Sacred Heart church is erecting a new building to cast $15,000. Cornell--John Hoen shell is suffer­ ing from blood poisoning in his right hand as a result* of a fly bite oq. a sore. Waterloo--Mrs. Catherine Doerr, 92, who until last week did her own housework, is dead. Decatur--The city council has pass­ ed an ordinance forbidding fireworks. Harrjsburg--Seven hundred and fif­ ty miners were thrown out of em­ ployment when the O'Gara Coal com­ pany's mine No. 8 shut down. Peoria--Oaehundred and forty-eight barrels of vinegar, shipped from St. Louis to local concerns, were seised by pure food inspector#. Orangeville--Edwin Stabenow has been declarsd insane. Relatives at­ tribute his condition to the influence of a traveling evangelist to whom they refer to as "'The Howler." YOU CAN CURE CATARRH in* Cole's Carboiisalve. It is ft . rafcedy. All druggista. 25 and 5C t. s Paradoxical Effect "Thare was so much fire in JMT eyea." ^ ' "There alwaya lt when she la pnt out.*-' ' ' -V ; tfhe woman who cares for a clean* Wholesome mouth, and sweet breath, will find Pax line Antiseptic a joy for­ ever. At druggists, 25c a box or sent postpaid on receipt of price by Tha Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Masa. A Diagnosis. "What's the matter with your hus­ band, Mrs. Mixey?" "The doctor says he's got a bad at­ tack of aminonia." "Then I guess it's apt to be fatal, for it'a bound to take his breath." Orphanages In Turkey. There are 22 orphanages l6 the Turkish empire, conducted by Ameri­ cans, enrolling 3,000 inmates. In* con­ nection with these orphanages an in­ dustrial work has sprung up which gives employment to over 10,000 peo­ ple in addition to the orphans. The work Is largely done by the widows and orphans and includes rug and fctce making, various forms of em­ broidery, and other domestic work. The product of these institutions finds a market abroad. A Word to the Wise. The proverbial advice, "Cobbler, •tick to your last," had an apposite exemplification in the following aneo- dote, for which Zion's Advocate is re­ sponsible: A colored man was brought before a police judge, charged with stealing chickens. He pleaded guilty, and re­ ceived sentence, when the judge asked how It was managed to lift those chickens right under the window of their owner's house when there waa a dog in the yard. "Hit wouldn't be no use, judge," •aid the culprit, "to try to 'splain dia thing to you at all. Ef you was to try it, like as not you would git yer hide full o' shot, an' git no chickens, nei­ ther. Bf you want to engage in any rascality. Judge, yo' bettah stick to de bench, whar yo' am familiar." Everybody In Hard Luck. Suddenly he stepped up to a gentle- map, who was waiting for the tram, and, tapping his lightup on the shoul­ der, said: "Excuse me, but did you drop a five-pound note?" at the same time holding out in his hand the ar­ ticle. The gentleman questioned gazed a moment at the note, assumed an anx­ ious look, made a hasty search of his pocket, and said: "Why, so I did, and I hadn't missed it," holding out an eager hand. The elderly hunter took the name and address of the loser and, putting the note in his pocket, turned away. "Well," said the other, "do you want it all as a reward?" "Oh, I did not find one,", remarked the benevolent one with another beam; "but it struck me that in a big place like London there must be a quantity of money lost, and upon in­ quiry I found that you are the one hundred and thirty-first man who lost a five-pound note this morning."--Lon­ don Answers. »IF WIFEY HAD HEARD. Jack--Who's that bobbing up and down out there? Jim--Probably my wife. She's al­ ways bobbing up when she's not want* THE WAY OUT Change of Food Brought Success and Happiness. An ambitious but delicate girl, after falling to go through school on ac­ count of nervousness and hysteria, found in Grape-Nuts the only thing seemed to build her up and fur- nt«h her the peace of health. "From infancy,'* she sayB, "I have not been strong. Being ambitious to learn at any cost I finally got to the High School, but soon had to abandon my studies on account of nervous pros­ tration and hysteria. "My food did not agree with me, I grew thin and despondent. I could not enjoy the simplest social affaia for I suffered constantly from nervousnett in spite of all sorts of medicin^. "This wretched condition continued until I was twenty-five, when I became Interested in the letters of those who had cases like mine and who were set­ ting well by eating Grape-Nuts. "I had little faith but procured a box and after the first dish I expe­ rienced a peculiar satisfied feeling that I had never gained from any ordi­ nary food. I slept and rested better that night and in a few days began to grow stronger. "I had a new feeling and peace and restfulness. In a few weeks, to my great joy. the h^daches and nervous­ ness left me and life became bright and hopeful. I resumed my studies and later taught ten months with ease --of course using Grape-Nuts every day. It is now four years sinoe I be­ gan to use Grape-Nuts, I am the mis­ tress of a happy home, and the old weakness has never returned." Name given by the Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich. "There's a reason." Read the little book, "The Road to WeHvUle,** in pkgs. Kver read the above letter? A new «w appeai-a from time to time. Tfeer are Hrmulai, true, and fait ot homi*