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ADVICE TO THE AGED fuihs Mis bav a specific effect an the ornna elves natural action stimulating the bowel and Impart visor to tho whole aytsem daisy n v wure IVs b$ Associated It was known the Sheffields the Durhams the Chattertons and all other country families for five miles around that the little farm known as Roselands had been sold to some one In the city but the name of the buyer had had not transpired Roselands been owned and occupied by an old His hobby was recluse for years but he would never growing roses sell or give one away They almply budded bloomed and faded Miss May ShefOn two occasions field who was by all odds the young woman who drove past and tried to Roselands had stopped melt the old man’s heart but It was In vain Had she been red headed and had a big mouth and and a nose tilted up at the end he could not have been more surly with her Neither praise flattery smiles or cash would melt him Red roses — roses — roses roses — white pink and yet enough for a duke’s wedding the passersby could not have one of them When ft was known for certain that the old recluse had departed and that the buyer was coming down from the city In a few days to take Miss Mary put on a deterpossession mined look and said: "Well I’m going right over there tomorrow afternoon and get some I cuttings from those rose bushes don’t believe the buyer will care At any rate I’ll chance It” “He’s probably a married man” said the mother "and you don? know what his wife may say about It” “If she’s mean enough to say anyWhy we’ve thing I’ll offer to pay given away cuttings and roots and bulbs by the cart cload” At two o’clock next afternoon after a walk of a mile Miss May arrived at Roselands She had brought a knife along and she lost no time selecting the bushes and making her cuttings When' she had bundled them up she took a look into the cottage through a window to find and was amazed that a lot of new furniture had been Weeds and grass bad also moved in been cut down and It was evident that the buyer was ready to take pos- - Vhwe4wywkereati truu u4 kill fliBo Neat clean ornament! coovea lent cheap Last all Caa’UptUot toil tip over or Injure anything Guaranteed all daalera of ive seat psepald ItS jrnirliaJIa Settled Them ‘Tve a sight o’ sons — thirteen altogether” remarked a prosperous old farmer “and all of ’em’s done me credit save the three eldest who sowed wild oats at a pretty rapid rate and then came home and saddled my shoulders with the harvest “Well I own I was glad to see ’em back and I feasted ’em and petted ’em and set ’em on their legs again off afresh only to see ’em skedaddle when things had slowed down with all the cash they could lay hands on “That thereabouts sickened me so I called the rest of ’em together and saldi ” ‘There’s ten of you left and If any of you ’ud like to follow t’other three I won’t try to stop you But understand this though there may be a few sons more prodigal there’ll be no I’ve killed the last more fatted calves of ’em!’ “And” continued the old man tri'Tve had trouble wl’ none umphantly of 'em since!” Bhe Lost Maine 8nakes In Prohibition Snakes emptied two saloons in Portof the crowds of customers a few A ordered eveuings ago a box of snakes sent to him from the south for the purpose of cleaning out a vast number of rats from his place The snakes were given A chance to demonstrate their rat killing ability and the large snake destroyed 15 in The snakes were then a few minutes taken to two different saloons and in a few minutes cleared them of the crowd —Kennebec Journal land To The Last Mouthful of one enjoys a bowl crisp delightful Post Toasties with cream fruit or stewed —or both Some people make an entire breakfast out of this combination Try it! “The Memory Lingers” Sold by Grocers Pothim Battla Cereal Creek Company Mich U Ltd S A ' No Tima In Selecting Bushes the If the trespasser had delayed lesslon s single day longer — And then she heard the chug of an and lost It as the machine suto (topped at the gate and there came the the sounds of men's voices and barking of a dog The buyer of Roselands was at hand! Should the girl walk out with that bundle of cuttings under ner arm and her chin held No of course not high in defiance? Should she go without the cuttings? Should she break her way to the Gelds In the rear through the rank A shed with vines grass and weeds? climbing over it and the door standing half open caught her eye and a tew seconds later she was concealed A good looking young man talking came up the path with his chauffeur &nd unlocked one of the doors and Half a dozn trips were entered made by the two and when they came to an end the biding girl knew that the chauffeur bad driven away alone and that the master and his dog were seated on the doorsteps within 15 feet of her She scented the smoke of a pipe and Bhe beard the man say to the dog: ’’W’ell we are here at old fellow Yronder If we are going to be —last We'll put In a few days lonesome? Roselands and then we cleaning up must to our canvasses” “An artist eh? That’s what Miss May had thought as she peered at the man's face through a crack In the He had brought the last of his shed effects’ and was going to stay right Now then was she to get out there unseen? “No rain for a week and everything around here wants water?” continued VWe must put the hose on the man You look out end wet down for tramps and I'll take care of the roses And say Carlo be a little careful as to the dogs you get acquainted with around here They must be up to the mark They say a man la Judged’ by bis dog Something In the shed there? Go and see” The dog had scented the trespasser Nd now he ran down and stuck his Literary Pro) bead into the abed and barked an alarm “Only a cat old boy” said the man "and you needn’t drive her away We want a cat to make It seem May be a coon or a rabbit from the I'll come down and way you bark help you rustle It out Here — ” "You needn't put yourself to any great trouble" said Miss May Sheffield as she appeared In the open doorway “T— thunder!" exclaimed the artist as be fell back In amazement “Sir” said the haughty girl before him “you called me a cat!” “1— I — by no means” “And you called me a coon!” “But I — I never meant to” "And you called me a rabbit!" “Yes but you see—" “And you ordered your dog to bustle me out!” “But I didn’t know—” “And when I am bustled out you swear at me!" “But my sur astonishment— my prise—” “And now 1 am expecting a blow —from a club!" “Miss — young lady—my dear — " “But as you haven't hit me I wish to thank you for your clemency and bid you good afternoon!" And with bead held blgb and the gait of a duchess the girl swept the fluttering man aside and walked to tbe gate and up the road The dog followed her for a few paces in a wondering way and then returned to his master to be addressed with: “Carlo have we had a pipe dream or have we actually seen tbe queen of her sex for 50 miles around?” Carlo went down to the shed to see If anything more like that was linger and finding nothing ing around returned to be asked: “But who In the devil can she be and what in the devil did she want here? Came on foot and went away the same way Can’t live so very far off No roses out yet Was she aftef Let's take a look Why cuttings? here's a bundle of them! We came home Just In time She heard us and went Into hiding Must have known she was a trespasser and a thief and yet bow she stood up to me! Wasn’t Well that an awful bluff old man? Well! There are a few things to be found before we settle down" Mr Tiklns wsb only a day or two finding out what be wanted to know Shefand then be appeared at the field’s not as a caller but as a bearer of burdens He bad three Vose bushes as be explained to Miss Tbey were for calling May partial repayment If her a cat a coon and a rabbit she still felt aggrieved she might send father and brother over and dig up all but a single busb He had exsudden at the claimed “thunder!" sight of her but there were lilies and at Roseland and tulips and pinks would she take them and forget tbe word? Miss May’s chin came down by degrees but It came down One evening In tbe late fall tbe so dog Carlo wasn't very much astonished to bear bis master say after coming home at a late hour: “Well my old friend we’U be going back to town for the winter soon but next spring Roselands will sure have a mistress If was you that discovered her and want to tell you I am how much obliged Hefgho? How she did stand here and bluff!” The Boy Problem The boy- like tbe tariff the football is an eternal rules and the suffragette source He Is a problem of discussion at teachers’ conventions family councils and sociological conferences He Is blamed for many things which he has nothing to do with and Is sometimes though rarely given credit for things he does not do Usually however the criticism of the Where there is one boy Is adverse optimist to see his good points there are ten pessimists to bewail his faults Perhaps the strongest and most unat the prejudiced adverse crillcism present time comes from the field of It Is very common for business life a business man to complain about the boys that come Into his employment They can neither write neatly spell correctly nor cipher accurately their personal habits are none too admirable and they have little politeness or So Bay many respect for superiors If these large employers of boy labor statements are all true surely there Is something wrong with our boys— In the Atlantic William T Miller Origin of "Buncombe” In historic Buncombe county North Carolina was originated the phrase "talking buncombe” for In this mountainous country years ago Col Edfounded his famous ward Buncombe hall and placed the words “To Buncombe Hall Welcome All” over his ”1 am talkdoorway The expression Buning for Buncombe” meaning became current herecombe county abouts by home folks but unregenhave It used to erate strangers signify or blarney political exaggerated praise— “In the Land of the Sky" Joe M Chappie In National Magazine Claim Great Age for Tree of Remborn in GerThe village many has a linden tree believed to be 1200 yeari old HIx — Did the robbery? 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