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THE (RUNAWAY 1'tMl'KINS,
When Miss Belinda planted her garden
ID the spring, she made her pumpkin -
bed beside her back fence. "1t will be
away front the boys there," she declared,
and then elle frowned. You see, Miss
[Militia didn't like toys, and that was
on•• mason why boys didn't like Miss
iBelinda. It was to. bad she didn't know
this, because everybody might have been
happier.
. jollies Belinda's garden was the best in
PIN n, Iler roses were redder and sweet-
ie- than her neighbors': her apples were
J►:cier and rounder; her grapes hung
thicker; and her pumpkins -never were
there bigger or yellowcr or more won-
derful pumpkins in all the world, if we
car believe the stories which Teddy and
Jot- and Fuuiuy Der>•sutaro told.
1 cunt tell yob jest what Mies Belinda
(id to help grow such marvellous pump-
kins, except that she kept the weeds
away, nncl gave them so much sun that
they grew great green leaves to use as
sur,sltndee and waving fans to keep
them cool.
When Miss Belinda chose her pump-
kin planting place, Jae;: and Tess were
away off in another Mate, and the little
bettered and hlaekened house next door
was empty and forlorn. They carte to
live; in it just as Miss Belinda's pump-
k.n vines were beginning to blossom and
three of the great yellow buds peeped
through the fence to see what the chin
they were doing. Pumpkins, like people,
often are curious, and want to see.
It was a funny back yard that went
with this battered and blackened house.
Some burr hushes grew by the back
door, and a rhubarb plant mode a great
green blotch on the rocky, unkept bit of
dh.sty ]and. Then (here was a long
clothes -line always full of clothes, two
children and a furry kitten.
The pumpkins found all this very in-
teresling, and one day two very, \cry"flee traditions of the old mystery -
naughty young ones planned In run mongering doctor -have been kept up too
BECAUSE OF CONVENTION
WRITER TEIJ$ OF ORGANIZED STU-
PIDITY IN ENGLAND.
There Are No Original Ideas in Any
Dcparlutenueetcdical Proles -
atoll Scored.
"Conventlonnllsm U the main cause
ef our national degenerulion, and con-
ventionalism is merely another nnrne
for ot't;unizcd slupIdity by the repres-
sion of orii*inality. It Ls a sort of red-
thpeisn► which per'ndes every depute-
me•nt of national life."
Such was the pronouncement made to
the Daily Mirror by one of London's
leading medical men.
"(treat rodent Inas been beaten," he
sr. id, "at football, tennis, golf, rowing
am; shooting by other countries, and in
her rummers, morality, religion, law,
medicine, and dress she Ls fast drop-
' trig I chind all other nations. i.ng.und hove further subscribed $243,-
"1'ake shooting, for instance. Thol(kee
nlilih,ry autltorilit's have just discovered' Mr. Thornas Lister, postman, of Me!-
thut u right-handed man is usually Tell- len, who bus retired after forty years'
eyed. Conventionalism says 'shoot firm service, was (he first peshnan to wear
the right shoulder; common sense says uniform, as when he -joined no uni-
the opposite. forms were pl'evided.
"look at the telephone co►npnnics. Mr. Carnegie's gift •of 1100.000 to
They put the receivers on the left-hand King Edward's Hospital Fund is not -
side, when most people are right -eared. able as the first recorded recognition
Conventionality again. 1t is done to -day by Mr. Carnegie of the work that :s
because it is always been done that way. Wing done by hospitals.
"Take handwriting. F,werytwdy who "Keel) quiet," said the Marylebone,
writes a frac, quick and useful bund
Landon, Police Court jailer to an old
la Ids his pert or pencil quite differently fi(etch w•:ent:ul, ticcuscd of begging.
Nom the conventional style taught in Ah, yep," replied the lady, "it's a still
schools. fatigue malesa wise head."
"But there is no department of nation-
al life where conventiouaiism is so of Trade is avid to have reached to stop
rampant as in the medical profession, the dupllcution of names by the owners
"I say in all seriousness that the
of ships is a wise one and aims to les -
enormous death -rate among children seri 1t growing evil.
and Ube unhygienic concLlion of our The Bev. Thomas Lord, who Is In
t
Con -
people is due to Luis. Doctors meet to- ot 1001h year, and is the oldest Coa-
gefher and read learned papers to one grogalicnal minieter In England, con-
auoUner, and these are afterwards pub -
in
to lake preaching engagements
another,
in papers which no layman sees. it► dilfereul ports of 110 country.
ALL BECAUSE OF CONVENTION, A remarkable accident occurred at
flarlcsdrn, a woman being knocked
town and trampled en, and her leg
bicken, in a rush to be the first at a
big draper's sale.
Lord Moseberry inaugurated and pre-
sented to the village of Cheddington,
ilr,ks, n complete- water system, which
lues emit .£2.000, as a memorial to the
laic Lady Itoseberry.
The report of the Government inspec-
tor appointed to inquire into the (see
el Wight bee disease recommends that
Ire beef should be wintered upon stores
containing an edinixture of beef ex-
tract. GENERAL INFORMATION.
Known as the Cardiff working man's—
tanker. George Matthews, who had Interesting Bitsof Knowledge About
conducted the East Splolt Financial Most Everything.Associa'ion, was at leirdif( Quarter Ses•
sons f'Jund ferny of extensive frauds. It is estimated that to put the entire
In the savings bank established by i !%rilish telegraphic system underground
the North-Eusl(rn Railway Company would cost about $125,1100,000.
for their (nip oyes, the annual report
shows a sunt of £;c5t,6132 standing to
the credit of the 10,532 depositors, giv-
ing an average of £81 each.
An cicctr:c tramway car in Bunning.
hum collided with a wagonette contnin-
ir:)' tin old women, who were being
driven from .Ihr. Linch's Trust ulnns-
louses. Ail were thrown out, and two,
each ag'd seventy-four, we're seriously
injured.
An inquest was held recently at is-
lington on Manning John Lumbers, a
prdieeinan, who fell from his bicycle.
The pipe which he was smoking was
forced througe his penile, pierced the
base of the Miall, and lodged in Inc
brain. A verdict of "accidental death"
was returned.
Five people had a remarkable es-
cape front death in a motor smash on
the Brighton toad. The car dashed
through n hedge and dropped into a
slant quarry.
Since January Ist the Royal Nation-
al Lifeboat Institution has voted re-
v.nrds for saving 811 lives. and the life -
beats have been !hunched 10 the aid of
vessels In distres son no less than 200
occasions.
BABY'S DANGER.
IN MERRY OLD ENGLANDIKIDNEYTROUBLE
0.0111,
Shored TWO Years -Relieved Is Three
M'onIhs,
NEWS DY MAIL Antler JOIIN IIVL&
AND 1113 PEOPLE
Occurrences In the Land glial Belga i
Supreme In the Couturxclal
World.
Through treading on a rusty Hall
Mme wceke ago, Mrs. E. Fawt:as, of
-underly:d, has just died Iron lock-
jaw.
lord Aberdeen was at Bow Street
1'. ice Court, lined .£2 for exceeding
the ten mile an hour limit on his
Leiter car in SI. 'nines' Park.
The Isle of Man did not become a
art of the United Kingdom until 1829,
Mimi the sovereign rights of the Deroy
(zanily were purchased for .!:')0,000.
The British Government has decided
1r donate $730.0'0 for the rebuilding of
Kingston, Jamaica. and the people er
away. They were the nano that _were
hiding in the yellow blossoms when they
peeped through the fence. It was an
easy matter to hide beneath the rhubarb
plant, and Jacky and Tess never spied
there until they had grown so round and
yellow that the green leaves couldn't
cover them any longer.
"Oh 1'' exclaimed Jacky.
"Oh t" whispered 'Pesos. And they
elmprod their hands and danced a lively
"We'll have a jack-o'-lantern, with
great holes for eyes, an' a candle to
light hint !" shouted Jacky.
"An' maybe pumpkin pies, an' Iwo lit-
tle saucer ones with what's left over,
to! you an' me 1" said 'fess,. rapturously.
Just then Miss Belinda caine softly
down her walk -and Jucky and Tess re-
numbered.
"1 'sped we can't have one of them,"
sobbed 'fess.
"No," said Jacky, "we can't 'less we
break the eighth commandment and
Silent."
'Cess shivered. "1 'spec!;' she said and silo the clgcl( fells the time In a well'
she cried u real hard cry, it was so
disnploinllug, modulated voice.
ling. And yet a man who displays n
little originality is condemned and os-
tracised because he despises convention.
"Our teachers are incompetent. The
Tran who lectures on physical degenera-
tion is not strong enough to swing a
cal.
"The mbssular development expert is
a puny four -foot nian, with a flat chest
and broomstick legs, and the diet spe-
cialist looks as though a good od square
meal would be the salvation Of him.
"And all because of convention.
America, Germany, and our colonies
throw over conventions and beat us all
along the line. \Vi:en are we going to
get rid of antiquated Ideas?"
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NEW AND STitANGE.
Something About the Latest ideas on
the Market.
A novelly in clocks is that which
sueaks the time instead of announcing
the hour or half-hour by so innny
strokes of a bell. The phonograph 'n -
Jacky just sat on the steps. and kicked Bailers are adopting an idea whi^_h
ti's heels Ingeiher hart!. 11is face was has bon used by cetrain dentists; this
:a to hive as pod of paper on the chair,
instead e•f a pad of cleat, where the
Lead r.°s's. After each silting the upper
square of paper is removed, leaving the
pad fresh and clean for the next occu-
pant. The advantage of this idea is
01 viola.
In placing e"eked feed in tins or jars,
it is customary le, set the receptacles
In u boiler and to it Them for a snort
time prior to sealing. To lake the jars
from this boiling water without being
scalded is n feat requiring some skill,
so a lifter has been invented. A plate
is pushed under the jar; a Inindle is
then turned, when a holder drops over
the neck, and the jar is lifted clear of
tire Water and deposited on a Mab.
The lifter is a kind of miniature crane.
A term of dry sltangeo Is now being
adopted by those who are prevented
by fear of rheumatism or neuralgia from
Wetting the heed. Powdered orris is
i:enlly rubbed on the head, al.er the
hair bas been brushed; a cap is placed
over the hair, and is allowed to retrain
al: night. In the morning the hnir is
brushed again, and the result Is equal
to that of any ordinary shampoo.
A ling-Iiol(L'.r, for window decora-
Ilona, has been devised by a werkrnnn.
A wood block is made with n rounded
e(:ge in sli.ch holes are bored to re-
ceive lime flag -staffs, This rounded edge
gives the proper spread for Iwo. three,
or more fines, shicli are fastened in
Ihcse sockets by screws to prevent them
from being blown awrty. The block is
bevelled on one side so as to give a
F:,lisfactory angle for flying flags to
advantage, and it tion eosin, be secured
to the window frame. This holder is so
s,mple that anyone can make il.
A new sleeve-i:older. for keeping short
sleeves in place while. putting on an
uv crcoat or jacket, is mndr of a length
c tape with o ring at both ends. One
ring is smaller Ihnn the other, so that
it can be slipped !Inveigh the lirgrr one
e, fermi n noose in the tape. The nose
is'lightene.I round the end of the sleeve
and the arm, while the free ring is held
by the thumb. The short sieve is
line kept from being pushed up, and
ru nh trouble and annoyance is pre-
vented.
red. and his eyes were bright.
"Why didn't Miss Belinda keep her old
pumpkins!" he drelim'esl, loudly. "She's
a cross old thing, are only scowls at us
every day. She has heaps of pumpkins,
an' I don't believe she nukes ono single
pick•o'-lanlorn ; and if the vines ran
away and grew pumpkins in our yard,
'fess, why aren't these pumpkins our-?"
But Tess shook her head and sobbed'
again. "They didn't grow their roots
here," she said. "Thera never would
1:ave been any pumpkins in our yard
'less Miss Melinda hail planted them!"
"\Ver might find only one," argued
Jn.l.y, "Rs hard let ace everything that
grows. Besides, what would it matter,
jest one, when Miss Belinda's going to
pick a whole sl►cdful?''
Tress shook her head again sadly. we
must get the cart and carry them home
right now, 'less they'll be a temptation,
Jerky. We must do it right now," she
said.
By and ty Miss Belinda heard a funny
creak, creak, coming up her walk. She
opened the door, and looked straight al
Jacky,
"It's your pumpkins." he explained,
I1(d,(•rly. "They ran nwily an' grew un-
lit r our rhubarb -plant. 'That's why we
didn I see Thein nn' bring them to you
Mies Belinda smiled. She hurl n plea-
sant leek in her wrinkled fnce when she
did 11. Jacky forgot that she 'faience!.
noel was n "cross old thongs." It always
pays to' be pleasant.
"I (tope you'll make n jacko'-lnnlern
cu! of Itte biggest pumpkin." bre sugges-
ted. jotilely, "'cause it's 'specially good
tc r thnl 1'
"An' the other one," exclaimed Tess,
" „ Mike ike a b-leu-pumpkinfut pumpkin pie,
with Iwo Mlle saucer ones made out of
want's left over."
And then. 1 can't tell yeti just how it
?impelled. but the little cart went creak,
cloak. driven Miss Helinda's walk, and
1.1i s Bcliudn's pumpkins went with it.
"she said," declared jubilant Jacky.
"'1'• ', children seem to know just what
pumpkins glow for.'"
"An' rete 'fid," exclaimed Tess. with a
• mtbs. "'If pumpkins grow to make chil-
dren happy, I'm going Io help them by
anal tog and icing kind."'
qt-_--
Air.
iP`
ntr. Deeply," snid the 1vrsle s, "won't
you obi: ioc with eine more song?''
Oh. really," IN plied the eminent bas -
• n "tile hour Is eo late. I'm afraid my
singing \veil disturb the neighbors.'
'Never need Thal! They've got a dog
whose howling at night disturbs use"
lusbnnd -"Darling, 1 believe that 1
a :lin(in a
e
c (in larm)--"Groclous! flow often
1 have warned you. George, against
your foolish speculatiensf'
ilustand-"1 don't mean In buslnesa,
dear; i meal 11n failing In health."
Wife (r.•lieveel)-"Oh, is Mat .all?"
It lakes weevil to alert a business
tut It well alp without any.
f
Ile spoke his lova in German ---site
Glowered not a word. 1n french he
11 ((1 to woo her -the maiden never
i•rard. Ile tried his luck In English, in
1: isle -all in vain; in Greek, Turkish.
end Latin, and in the tongue of Spain.
end then an inspiration came to the
anguished youth. "The universal Inn-
grage," lie cried, "111 try, forsooth!"
Ile kissed the demur maiden and press.
ea. her to hes breast; she urei : em!
That language, and -well, )ca knew
the rest.
The head nestress of a (crinin vil-
lage school was one day examining n
few of her select pupils in grammar.
"stand up, Freddie, and make me n
•entente contelnthg the word 'eeldorn,"'
1h• • pointing to a small urchin.
Fred paused as if to thought, then
with a bush of trtumph on hl+ tape, re-
plied, "Last week father bad nv horses,
tut yesterday b• soiled '•s1.11
Mit. C. 13. l'1%I:It, Mt. St, sting, Ky.,
writes:
"I have suff^rod with kidney and
other trouble fur len years past.
"Lase March 1 commenced using
Peruna ::ud co�rtliuue(1 for lluet' months.
ht.ve is t used it since, nor lane ! felt
a pain,
"I believe that I nm welt and I there -
fere give my highest commendation to
lee curative qualities of Terata.
Pe-ru-na For Kidnay 'Trouble.
Mrs. Geo. If. Siniser, (;rant, -Ontario,
Can., writes:
•
"1 had lea been .well for about four
years. 1 had Iddltey trouble, and, in
fact, felt badly nearly all the time.
"'!'his summer I got so very bad 1
thought 1 would try reruns, so 1 wrote
to you and began at once to take reruna
and Mann lin.
"1 took only two bottles of Peruna
end one of Manalin, and now 1 feel
better than 1 have for some time.
"1 feel That reruna rind Manalin cured
me and made n different woman of me
altogether. I bless the day 1 pieked up
the Mlle book and read of your
Poona."
it Is the business of the kidneys to
remove from the blood all poisonous
mpterinls. They must be active all the
time, else) the system suffers. 'there are
eines when they need a little assistance.
Peruna is exactly this sort of a rem-
edy. -it has saved ninny people from
d'saster by rendering the kidneys ser -
%ice at a lime when they were not uhle
to bear their own burdens.
(1!•
More little lives are lost during the
h,.! weather months than at any other
time of the year. In the summer
months little ones nre the victims of
diarrhoea, chnlern intnntum, dysentry
and stomach troubles. 'These como sten
d• my and without worn g, and when
n medicine is not at Ind to give
t•remptly the short delay may mean
death. During the hot we'nther months
Baby's Own Tablets should to kept in
every home where there Ls a young
child. An occnslonal use of the Tnh-
hts will prevent stomnch anti towel
troubles. Or if the troubles come un-
awares n prem►pt use of this medicine
will bring the child through safely.
Mrs. J. Itennrd, New Glasgow. Que..
Fat's: "1 cannot speak loo highly et
Baby's Own 'Tablets. One of my chil-
dren had a severe attack of dihrrhoen
which the Tablets promptly cured." tinld
by inedichre dealers or by mail nt 25
rents n box from The Dr. Williams'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
rITII, POINT AND [ATIMOS.
Many men have ninny minds, but not
tunny of us are mind readers, all the
same.
1111rd'hip les one ship 11►n1 cnn general-
ly be depended upon to rnnke the voyage
of life all right.
Woman differs from man in that she
cnn generally Tose her heart tv los-
ing her hcnd.
M• n who drink to forget (heir ser-
ious forget Ihnt they lin. simply scw-
in;. a new crop.
Revenge is the poorest crop that moo
hil man ever sowed In despair of spirit.
Virtue mny be its own reward all
right, but the reward is one that can-
nel always he collected.
\\ blow's weeds could never have been
ge en in the Garden ef P.den.
Few men know their own minds-nnd
these who do, Matt they didn't.
The shortest life is sufficiently long to
feel regret in.
King Edward now wears Lraid on his
Ir( tis"rs-for whi^•ch nobody can upbraid
bun.
And it's easy to adverlis'e the fact
that yeti nre ;t jrol. All ye e have to
sic is :cast publicly of your wisdom.
It is calculated that the amount. spent
in advertising in Great Britain amounts
10 about 8450,000 every day.
British !louses of Parliament cost $16,-
500.(X)0, which is the same amount as
SI. Peter's at Rome cost in building.
The German Erepress owns jewels
we rill $550,000, and tins the right to
wear the Crown jewels, valued at 8800,-
00('
Coffins of heavy plate gln'., hermeti-
cally sealed, nre now being bled. It is
said they are much more sanitary than
any other kind,
'1'tto largest serpent ever measured
was an anaconda, which Dr. Gardner
(cunt! dead in Mexico. It was 37 feet
k•ng, and it took two horses to drag
along.
Western Australia has the highest per-
centage of critne of 'tiny of the Austra-
lian Colonies; but the average number
ef crimes is lower than that in any part
of the Southern States of America.
The worst attack of cattle pingue
known in Great Ih ifnin was from 1865
lo 1867 ; 124,332 cattle died and 110,183
were slaughtered. On this occasion the
plague was imported from flussin.
Germany experts more than 3.000.000,-
000 lead pencils every twelve months.
They are shipped to foreign countries at
the rale of over 10,000,000 u day, count-
ini: six days to the week.
Probably the greatest nbmher of wild
geese ever seen at once flew over the
town at Lewiston, Illinois, a short time
ago. Their number was estimated at bre-
t%ecn 14,0.0 and 15,000, and for nearly
tad( an hour rho sky was quite .black
with therm.
Saturn, which shines ns a yellnw sine
or the first magnitde, is nearing the
e:'rth, and will be at his least distance
tho: month, Borne 760,000,000 nnilcs, or
nearly leenly links as far off as Mars
el his nearest approach quite recently.
When near the earth, as at present, a
small glass will stow the planet's rings
end belts.
Some tropical plants can really he
seen to grow. An eminent scientist, who
made nleasuremnenls in some botanical
gi 'dens in Java, recorded a growth in
,i bnmboo of 17in. in a single day.
Another banit,o° was observed In odd R
inches to its height daily ler Itfly-eight
days, while two others grew 4 Welles
steadily each (Iny for sixty days.
The most wonderful bird flight noled
in the migratory Achievement of the vie
ginia plover, which lea: Vs ils Mounts HI
N( rill America and, taking n course
einwn the Atlantic, reaches the coast of
Brazil in one unbroken flight of fifteen
hears, covering a dislanee of over Three
thousand miles et the rate of four miles
a minute.
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TIIOI1611T \\.'s\'IS.
Men learn to talk ; women talk by in-
stinct.
Many a girl supports herself and n
large family by marrying.
'line man who whits for just the right
time to start, never gels anywhere.
A poor man hnsn't much lo (in with
lnwye?! , .Nei •Orae of Ihcm hove had,
A girl is very, very Intelleclunl if she
cont tell you what anther girl has on.
Love, says a bachelor, is the thing
which makes you believe what you
knew is not true.
People whir toast they never did Any-
thing to be Ashamed of, are lacking in a
setae hnnne,
Theof mansw'Ilo can't afford n motor-cnr
cnn console himaclf with the Ihought
Mat n bomb doesn't cost so much and is
almost as dangerous.
Nurses' and
Mothers' Treasure
-eafert regulator for baby. Prevents
folic and vomiting -glues Healthful rest
--curet diarrhoea without the har.nful
effects of tnedicines containing opium
or other injurious drugs, as
Cures
Diarrhoea
Waco—t drug -stores.
National Drug & Chem-
ical Co., Limited,
Montreal.
SELF -I ILLI' ESSENTIAL.
Experience shows more and more
every day that the man who knows
most is he who is most in demand, loth
in the professional and in the commer-
cial world, and in domestic life as well.
The duffer and the simpleton have no
chance now, and in their place enlcrs
Vie shrewd, well-mannered, well-in-
formed business man, in the first case,
and the agreeable, polished friend and
companion in the latter. 'These quote
tee can he cultivated in one's spare
time, and it is tho manwho puts his
leisure to the best use who gels on in
lids world.
(1 is a Liver Pill. -Many of tho ail-
ments that man has to contend with
have their origin in a disordered liver,
which is a delicate organ, peculiarly
susceptible to the disturbances that
canto from irregular habits or lack of
care in eating and drinking. This ac-
counts for the great many liver regu-
lators now pressed on the attention ( f
suferct:s. Of these there is none su-
perior to l'm•rnelee'h Vegetable fills.
Their operation though gentle is effec-
tive, and the most delicate can use thein.
Sh•r (sternly) -"\\'hat was that noise
1 heard in the hall early this morning
when you conte in?" 110 (hastily) -"It
must have been tho day breaking, my
darling."
ITCIt, Mange, Prairie Scratches and
every form of contagious Itch in human
or animals cured in 30 minutes by \Vol•
fc•rd's Sanitary Lotion, It never fails.
Sold by all druggists.
"You say she married for love; but
1 happen to know that the man she,
married is worth a million!" "Of
course; the million is what she lovesf
Nearly all Infants are more or less
subject to diarrhoea and such com-
plaints while teething and as this peri-
od of their lives is (he most critical,
mothers should not be without a bot-
tle of Dr. J. D, Kellogg's Dysentery
S S
Cordial. This medicine L n specific for
such complaints and is highly spoken
of by those who have used it. The
proprietors clahn it will cure tiny case
of cholera or summer complaint.
"\Veil, old man. I hnven'L seen you
for an age," said a man to a friend who
hail become a 13enedick. "Iiow do you
l'nd matrimony stilt you?" "It's an ex-
fensive thing," was the reply. "It 1
had only known what l had to pay in
milliners' bills " "You would have
remained single, eh?" "No -I would
have married a milliner!"
Physlisl Pain awl mental anguish afflict tbt
victims of skin dliteare*. (let rid or both by rub
blue Wener's Cerate on the heated, itching, dis-
figured Lace. 'the relief given 1s moons lbs
wonders of medicine
Doctor (to patient) -"Your heart Is
rather irregular. Have you anything
Mat Ls worrying you?" Pallenl-"Oh,
not particularly! Only that just now
ween you put your hand in your pock-
et 1 thought you were going to give mo
your bill.''
Pleasant es syrup; nothing equals it
as a worm medicine; the name is
Mother Graves' Worm Exterminator.
'I lie greatest worn' destroyer of the
age.
Small Boy (in nwcd tones) -"Pre do
you know, 1 looked into the parlor just
new. and what do you think 1 saw?"
Father ---"Can't guess, my boy." Small
Ilo.y-"Why, sister brolly was silting on
t►u. pinno-.stool, and her young mon
was kneeling in front of her, holding
her hands like glue." Father -"Ah!
sensible young 'elbow That. 11e was
holding her hands to prevent her play -
in), the piano."
--
Give Holloway's Corn Cure n trial, It
removed ten oorns from one pair et
feet without any pain- What it has
d(.ne once it will do again.
INSANITY IN IIIUTAIN.
The Lunacy Commissioners' Report
Shows Increase.
The annual report of the British Lun-
acy Commissioners, published recently,
shows u dLsquieling increase in the pep-
ulalion of Great Britain's asylum.,.
Al the beginning of this year one (nit
cf every 282 persons in England and
\Vases was reported to to insane. Ten
years ago the ratio of insane persons
sn: only ono to 314. From 1869 to 1906
tits population of England and Wales
increased 55% per cent.., while the in-
sane incrrnsed 133 per cent.
A signiflcanl fact brought to light by
the retort Is the spread of senile de-
mentia, which nlone amounted for over
34 per cent. of last yenrs fresh lunacy
cases. Discussing this phase of the
situation, one medical authority ex-
pressed the belief !lint we live too long
lore the kind of work most of us do.
"fhe advanced medical knowledge of
le -day," saki the authority referred to,
"keeps a multiluee of persons Alive
whose minds nre practically worn out.
'rhe present ago demands More Lrnin
week and nerve strap from every one
than was demanded only n few years
ago, 'there is less and less demand for
people who cnn only usn their linnets.
'l'nn physt^_ol went and tear has I 1e-
ctensed, while Inc brain work and the
strain on the nervous system hnvo in-
creased.
"The result is that the mind dies first
and the body is kept alive by medical
science. which tuts adds to the grow-
ing list of senile dementia cases in our
asylums.'"
DAM si:f;nEI.
Does anyone know where the dead of
ulght is buried?
WAS A BOGUS NOBLEMAN
SECURED AN EAIU.Y START IN CA-
IU:EIt OF CRIME.
Seymour Barton, Who Posed as •
Nobleman, Imprisoned lor Life
for Murder.
Seymour Barton, known from one
end of America to the other as "Lord
Il, rington," will not hang for murder-
ing James elc(.ann four years ago, but
wit: tndergo lifelong imprisonment. In
commuting the sentence, the Governor
of elisseurii announced : "No man in
Missouri can be executed without his
consent," and Barton apparently still
trunks life worth living.
Thus disappears (rorn the public slate
another of the Tribe of bogus noblemen
who Imposed themselves upon the gulli-
bility of democratic people, many e1
whom, perhaps tho majority, still dearly
love a lord. Barton's chief stuck -In -
trade was a good English accent, a de-
cent appearance, and colossal cheek.
and these assets were used to advantage
mere particularly in rural district-,
where, on his meteoric visits, he War ap-
parently welcomed with open rums.
.STAIITED EARLY IN CRIME.
Barton secured an early start in his
rt,ra'r of crime. When but seven years
of nge he \.•ns arrested at 'Tunbridge
Wells, England, for incendiarism. Ile
received a sentence of live years, but
broke out of jail. When eighteen he
became a more accomplished criminal,
stole 880,000, was arrested and sen-
tenced to ten years' imprisonment, but
he forged pardon papers and again es-
caper.
Then he travelled in the best society,
stele everything of value that he could
find, visited France, Germany, Spain
and India, and served terms of impri-
sonment in all four countries. Alter-
nately Barton was an adept and then a
ttingler• in Tits crimes, Sometimes his
performances battled the most. skilled
detectives, and again his work was easily
traced out. ills matrimonial was al-
nlest as varied as his criminal career.
MANY MARRIAGES.
In 1889 he married Miss Celestine
Elizabeth Miller, of New York, took ,ter
to England, and deserted her. in 1902
Le married a young Canadian woman
and deserted her three days later. in
1903, posing as Lord Barrington, he
married beautiful Miss Wilhelmina
Grace Cochran, of St. Louis, daughter of
a Kansas City pork packer. She dis-
ccvered that he was not a real lord and
obtained a divorce, while Barington got
six months in jail. Many other mar-
riages are attributed to him.
The bogus lord supposedly murdered
'eines McCann and a friend for his
money, with the intention of moo-
ing Mrs. McCann. McCann aided Bar-
ton, taking him into his own home to
live. In June, 1903, McCann disappeared
from home, and a few dnys later his
body was found in a quarry. Barton
was arrested for the murder and con-
victed.
In Fields Far Off. -Dr. Thomns' Ec-
leclric Oil is known in Australia, South
and Centred America as well its in
Canada and the United States, turd its
consumption increases each year. It
has made its own way, and all that
needs to be done is to keep its name
ilfore the public. Everyone knows
That it is to be had at any store, for
nil merchants keep it.
Mrs. Jenkins -"My little boys got the
rnen.'les," Mrs. Tompkins --"So has
mine; he got it from the grocer's child-
ren." Mrs. Jenkins (disdainfully) -"Oh,
my butte troy got it from rho clergy-
man's children."
p yna are out n1 sorts get a bottle of 'Ferrn,'lta'
the hast rorn,•, 391 y•,'u will tot .nrpriaed h.,w
quickly that tired feeling will wear on. 11.00
bootee. 411 deakra iu tnediciu..
"1 ant thirty -Ove years old." announc-
ed a woman of fifty-six al a tea last
week. "And 1 nun lwcnly-six•" said the
woman of forty -Ove. Then. turning to
a girl of seventeen who stood near by.
she asked: "flow old are you. Ethel!'
"Oh," replied Ethel, "according to pre-
sent reckoning, I'm not born yet."
Tested by Time. ---In his justly -cele-
brated Ville Dr. Parmelee has given to
the world e,ne of the most unique medi-
cines offered to the public in late years.
`'repnred to meet. the want for a pill
which could be taken without nausea.
and that we,:ild purge with•',nt Finn. 11
Les mei all requirements in Ilial direc-
tion, and it is in general use not only
because of these two mutinies but tee-
cnuse It Ls known to iMsae-ss nllerative
and curative powers which place it in
the front rack of medicines.
"My friend." said the sotemn rnan,
"have you fear dune aught to make the
cemmunity in which you reside the bet-
ter for your living in it "I hove
dune much," replied the other, !multi!.
"ie purify the homes of my fellow -be.
Ings." "Ah," continued the solemn
elan, with a pleased i.xek, "you dis(r'i-
Lute tracts?" "No; I clean carpets."
A boy never en thoroughly realizes
Dint qun►Tc'lling is sinful ns when he is
getting licked w a light.
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