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Show -r i of Smell In the Aged. . Old people have an' atrophied sense Imh of smell, and they do not seem to selous of this Infirmity. Even when they cti scarcely distinguish one familiar odor In tea. and when they take strong smelling liquids for pura water, they assert that they enjoy the bo-oo- e Vken Betsy IIo&kiM Married. perfume of flowers. Their visual Images. tor they recognize the perfume of flowers when they are able to see them. The olfactive image thus has as Independent Intellectual existence, lace it is capable of functional T e 10,000 ruets tor IS. This la a remarkable offer tha John A. Salser Seed Co, La Crosse, Wts, makes. They will send you their big plant and seed catalog, together with enough seed to grow LOW fine, solid Cabbages, LOW delicious Carrots 1.000 blanching, nutty Celery. 1.000 rich, buttery Lettuce. LOW (plead id Onions LOW rare, luscious Radishes, LOOO gloriously brilliant Flowers. This great offer ia made in order to Induce you te try their warranted seeds for when you once plant them you WtU grow no others, and vos net 16o roerxeo, providing you will return this notice, and if you will send them 20c la postage, they will add to the above a package of the famous Berliner Cauliflower. ( Vf, N. U.) Cubas Mineral Products The mineral products of Cuba tn elude gold, silver, mercury, sine, cop-leamanganese, asphalt naph tha. petroleum graphite amianthus DYES FADELESS art Tuberculosis Victims la Russia 4,000 out of every 1,000,009 In Inhabitants die of tuberculosis; France and Aoatrodfungary, 1.000; la think our check was? Wa had Julienne soup and chops Just plain lamb chopsnothlng fancy about em and What was this business you wanked to see uie about, Keppler? "Well, 1 was Just going to tell you. Ill tell you, may To begin with be Id better look In some other time. It isnt really a matter of any great Importance and you may be too busy to listen. Im busy, but If theres Go ahead anything 1 can do for you Thats Just what I told Tom. W were talking about one thing and another over our cigars. Do you amoks, Simpson? No. What did you want to aak me about? Honestly, 1 "Well, Ill tell you. think youre busy now and Id like to talk this over at leisure with yon some time. No, I wont bother abont it now. The business man sighed. "Well, If you wont, be said, turning to hla desk. . tbs risk Tom Dempsey tor. Say, youll have to excuse mo now," said tbe business man, looking at hla Ive got some work here to watch. Call finish In a hurry. Good-by- . again." Oh, good by," said the vleltor, I didnt mean to taka rather stiffly. your valuable time. He walked out of tbe office with aa air of offended dignity and aa aoon aa he bad gone the business man took up down the sign that he against the bill file and threw it Into the waste basket. do you TIME 19 MONEY iDONT TAKE MINE UNLESS YOU CAN GIVE VALUE RECEIVED The business man propped this up conspicuously against a bill file and then said wearily to the office boy "Show htm In." A largo, florid man entered. How are you, Simpson?" be ssld, Are you busy? cordially. "Busy pretty much all the time. "I calculated you would be, but there was a little matter I wanted to see you about, I don't suppose Id have thought of it hardly but Tom By the way, did you Dempsey know Tom was married? Yes; he married some southern girl a Miss Avery. 1 got a bid to the wedding but I didnt go. Lampson went and be says shes about as pretty a girl as he ever met Comes of one of those old families, you know. They only got back from their honeymoon trip abont three weeks ago. But I guess you didnt know him very well." What was this little matter he reminded you of?" Bless your heart, he didnt remind me of it! Thats a pretty good joke. Ha, ba! No. I was going to say that Tom Dempsey and I had been to lunch together at the Toiferlno and as it close by T thought Id come up jwaa so and see you. I bad It on my mind some time." "What did you have on your mind? "This matter Im talking about. 1 thought possible I might see you at Germany, Ireland, Sweden and Swits-erlan2,000. and in England, Belgium, Scotland, Holland, Italy and Norway. d d Road to the Mines 1.000. flMV Cure cannot be too highly spokce of aa aoourh ouie.- -J. W. O Urn is, ta Third Are, tL, Uisncepi JUMiaa.. Juo. , ISXA was ths mines And the old A fading path And tne far This TOO FAfc road between smelter, twenty years ago; beneath the slender pines summits of eternal snow. sheds havs Act sf Courtesy that Lost Lighthouse Bars, where the to rust. dropped Official His Position. Ths quest of tressurs claimed mans brawn and nerve; Silver and gold the mountain glvas aa Rtcenliy the British warship Span Tha teamsters . whiplash cracked through wore; row visited the native' kingdom oi clouds of dust. Such as It bat. It gives, unasked, un-tbs team And tmils the swung over long which .. bought. Tonga, In the south Paciflo, plunging curve. Infinite wealth passed by of men perorexercises a Aha British government whlch bauW ,,Uy Madought!1 protectorate. Us tutor ts a dusky and A adore of year havs passed sines gratof greed shall eluted tbetsga" 6Ud aown thru spirited young man who calls himself rock. held hy the Nor hntit ur-storfd. trident brak. King George IL When the Sparrow Vnvtxed Nor foot of pi hie come near to wreak hla anthem the meadow-lar- k waa la the barbor of tbe Tongaa capmans will la pea v wtitr yonder silvery aspens On these, tbe treasure chambers of tM' ful a ball was to have been given on Loid. ehnke. of sky anf board. But tba electric light failed Tbs underbrush Loclitd In the fastness grows thick as hill. mere pans; and all aorta of expedients were reThe ruts jrrow fainter with each win torted to for tbe purpoaes of IlluminaThe pure In heart shall see them. Thcst ter . who lift tion. Aa obliging customs official of And creeping - feme and flowera and Unto the hill their eyes shall flni mountain grate high standing removed tbe light from ngHln Blot out the road men traveled years and body rrn lous shrift ne of the lighthouses in tbe barbor nesting for soul ago. hroin the old hurih ns of lift-- soil asf and took It aboard tbe 8parrow. For stain No more the rumbling. Jarring wagons stow tbia risky piece of politenesa be was Infinite wtalth of beauty, houndlwt rtfta outreach d from trsi Of Abandoned of wealth. fragrant Their freight dismissed by tbe Tongan governmenL sod and Its Uie mines. Bo shall the filling roadway b onet Tbe captain of the Sparrow Interceded No more the fevered throng com more with King George on bis behalf, but crowding there A road of treasure, leading up to lo4 and the purBeneath the snow-peabla majesty waa Inexorable, which InYouths Companion. ple pine. POLITENESS CARRIED irnn-rooft- d s To-ua- no: -- k dicates that he knows bta business. New System In British Army. Confidential reports are henceforth to play an Important part la British army discipline. Exact reporting ta to ba rigidly insisted upon. If tha reports are favorable, a promise of When 1 was a young man In the accelerated promotion la bald out to said Mr.. G. 8. Whitson, tha officers; If the reverse, ha will ha business, of tbe National City vice president eoodemned to retire from tha profeo-atotor which bo show himself un- bank, I knew a chap who was a sort That Is, fitted or too careless to qualify. Two of a he would hate adverse reports in succession will If be had lived combina- bring up tha question of removal even been exploiting Industrial to man of long standing; tha Juniors tions. As it was he did tbe best he of last than three years service will could in tbe small way bla opportunibe Incontinently dismissed If they ties offered, and bad plenty of money to not show sp well. sometimes and none at all at others., DR. FED .HIMSELF, He waa a great fellow to talk ImFound tha Feed that Saved Hla Life. pressively of hla resources and hla standing at the bank my bank.1 He was A good old family physician with a did have an account there, and overnot was see It to careful very in lifetime experience saving people went to a simple-mindegoally found himself tick unto death. drawn. One day be fellow who kept a grocery but let Medicines failed and got him to casb a check for him taB bta own story. "For the first store and . 50. time la- my life of slxty-onsent hla check to the "The grocer to am I pubimpelled yearn wbo made It didnt Tbe bank. chap of a largely licly testify to the value so I advertised article and I certainly have a dollar to hla credit, would not pea these lines except that, promptly sent the. check back to tha what seems to me a direct act of Providence, saved my life and I ana Impressed that U ts a boundea duty te make It known. "For t years I kept felling with stomach and liver disorders until 1 waa reduced 70 lbs. from my nor mat. weight When I So apt was the story told by the tpo low to it treat myself, l of my assoclataphysl-elan- a Rev. Robert'S. MacArttrur in advised me to put my bouse in last Sunday that It resulted In one order for 1 would be quickly going tbe of the largest collections of the year, " way of all mankind. Just about that says tha New York Times. He spoke time I was put on a diet of Grape-iNut- s la warm terms of the character of Curiously John Eliot, the missionary to the Inpredigested food. ' enough It quickly began to build me diana, one of whose most lovable p, appetite returned and In IS daya traits waa an unbounded generosity. 1 gained 6 lbs. That started my reOut of bis salary of fifty pounds a turn to health and really saved my year ha gave large sums to charity," We. On one occasaid Dr. IdacArtbur. "A physician is naturally prejudiced sion ths secretary of the SodeUptlf the against writing such a letter, but in Propagation of the GospeLfnen paythis case 1 am willing to declare ing Eliot his quarterly sJJpend, sought from tbe housetops that the mold-pile- d to do him a servlcelle hit upon a thousands who are now suffering plan of safeguarding tha missionarys as I did can find relief and health aa money, knowUtgihat in all likelihood If Eliot otherwise would give away every easily and promptly by Grape-Nutthey only knew wbat to do. Sincerely penny of It before he reached his sod Fraternally yours. Name of this home.'' (Here Dr. MacArthur stepped prominent physician furnished by Bot- forward to the side of the pulpit and tom Co., Battle Creek, Mich. drew out his pocket handkerchief.) Look In each package for a copy of "The wily secretary took Eliot's handthe famous UtUe book, "The Road to kerchief and. tied up om of the Wall villa," a Triumph a promoter-before-hls-tlm- to-da- y d e - of Nerve grocer marked pt ' the-pulp- uffered intensely from severe pains in the sfhail of my back and through ard I'nY, ard i' jo lei t t k lety lloAk.ns marrnd te? -- Wiliiam J Iainptoo. ' .J -- ' - jh- J.. - t f V Vi (. sj - - i '$ I ! '.vYis Uy Copyriyhtrl, 4,1- d OKGK Author i PulliMmy i i3 by Tin stood a rude and dingy hut leaning against tbe eaves of a knoll, tod built of sticks and boards thrown Bp by tbe tide. A flaring light burned within, and gleamed through the crevices and the Jagged hole that served the purpose of a window. A mas disheveled, gray and decrepit came out and carefully dfew to the rickety door after him. Ha paused awhile in contemplation of the night, and listened te the'mournrul breathing of the surf Then he climbed to the topmost point sf the knoll and gazed long over the Stretch of water to the aislast harbor where shone the injriad lights of the tltjr, and in muling, said: "Yere there, somewhere 1 know must be drinkin and revrilnand y (pendin' yer bit of money in a fool's paredtse; while the neglected wife and wee one seek asylum of yer decrepit Com pa tty. Then rose the Groveller to his leet and turned to go. The elder maus tone grew "Stop! calmer. Here, ye may seethem. but do not waken them, and he turned and led the way Into the hut and softly drew aside a rudely hung curtain where the mother and the child lay sweetly sleeping. Then they turned, passed out, and the younger man hung his head while the other spoke. Go away and make yourself right with God, and search, and when the chance comes, though small it be, take it and bide by it uncomplaining. The chance will grow, and God s bounty comes to those who first make them- - L ' N. G.' in big, black letters. Then he clenched his bony hands muttered, while the night breeze played about bis tattered raiment. He looked away along tbe ribbon of winding white beach and descried an atom moving at tbe water's edge, growing larger as it advanced; and he watched It until taking tbe shape of a man. It tore around the foot of tbe knoll and disappeared beneath tbe overhanging rpgt. The watcher descended by ths Yath he had come; passing the but, he waited In the shadow until tbe man again appeared, then stepped out and blocked his way, His "What do you want here?" tone was harsh and atern. Tbe other hesitated. "What have ye done with the wife and wee one? he continued, harsh and stern as before. She left my bed and board and took the youngster with her. "Because you neglected and her, and because you will not work. She came to me yesterday in her trouble, not knowing otherwhere." 'Ita a lie I can get no work to do!" and the younger man tried to pass. , "The lie your own." rejoined the Not so elder, ever hard and stern. fasti" and he gripped tbe other by the She wants not you. she's 111, arm. and wants rest and quiet, and she shall not be disturbed. "I will see her see what sbe Deans," and be thrust the elder man You cannot barbor a roughly aside. Bans wife. Theres a law. Besides, jou quarreled with your own wife dont forget that," and again be made to pass. ' Stung by the taunt, tbe elder man (truck out a blow, and yet again. Then and The grocer knew dimly that hit check hadnt been paid, and he waited for the promoter. Finally he cats strutting along, a few days later. Here, you! shouted the grocer, I want to see you, j Tbe bank seat back that check I cashed for you. "The grocer produced the check. . , The promoter looked it over careful- .. , . I,. He observed He bl bl.cb )n the moan of the surf beneath the 1 had scrawled on it. " 'Why, my dear sir,' he sa'4 reaching down in his pocket, pulUnj np a big roll of btlls and handing In cash to the grocer, allow ms to supply the deficiency. I see the difficulty. All my checks sre payable to gold. It is evident the bank had Be gold on hand when you presented the check, for they marked it "N. a, which means" No Gold. Pleasant weather we're having. Isnt it? Good New York World. morning. - Sicilian Secret Society. One of the numerous secret societies which flourish in Sicily is that of the Its members are "33 Belle Signora all women and they meet three times a week at midnight. Many Strangs tales are told of their power, and It Is r believed that they can cure all diseases. The members of this society, bind themselves by a terrible oath fo obedience and secrecy. Among tbs ignorant peasantry of Sicily It Is bw s are punlleved that ished by being turned Into toads, and for this reason these creatures art quite safe there from the that Is sometimes accorded to them In other countries. oath-breaker- Mother Grys Sweet Powder for Chtldiw Koccessfully used by Mother Gray, nurse In tbe Children's Home in New York, ears Constipation, Feverishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate ths Bowels and Destroy V onus. Over 90.0U0 At all 25c. hampl F KEK. Address A. Druggists. S. Omisted. Leltoj Jl. i. 4tEVER WITHOUT A CHAPERON. Dutch Glrla Always Attended by Their Eiders. The Dutch girl does not enjoy anything like the amount of freedom granted to her English or American Bister. She is a very carefully chaperoned oung person and when she goes to the theater it is with her elders, not merely with a friend or two of her own age. At the dances she attends, songs, recitations and music for tha entertainment of the elders form a part of the regular program and th chaperons sit at tables socially enjoying their coffee or ofhor refreshments, while the young folk glide over th waxed floor to the strain of the latest' waltz. Dutch maidens have to maks the best of their opportunities ol amusement, for when it pleases theli parents to seek tbe quiet of home they must meekly accompany them. In their country the Idea of a girl bw Ing unchaperoned at a dance is not ta be thought of at any rate, not yeti Btatm or Ohio, Citt or Tolzdo, I .. LCCAffi Cotimr. Trajtk J. Chimt make oth thu b It mf of tbe firm of I. J luiMir AC. 4uJnf partner tmsineM In tbe tlty of Toledo. County im ftuue HI earn and that a1d firm of foreMld, pay the ONh HtNIhFD DOLLARS rath end every of C atarkh tbat cwiu jt be cured by tbe eaeef Hall Catarrh Cubs, fravk j. cHFmrr. Bworn U before me tad Butnirrfbod la my pr nee, tbU tb day of December, . I. 189 . A. W. OLLASOIf, Nor AST Pvsu. QUO Rail's Catarrh Cars to takes Internally directly on the blood and mucosi surfaces of the free. ayaieui. bend for testimonials P. J. t llthKY CO., Talede, Sold by all Ilm cirNL 7Sc. Take util's Family Pills foroonallpatlo. fr "Im yet your master! he cried, breathing aharp and heavily. selves worthy. Let me know where you go and what you do, and when the time comes Ill tell her, and weU 'bide by her decision. The younger man then turned and the other watched him walk away, and ls sternest a Fire Station Equipment Every fire station in Berlin has bow been equipped with an oxygen Apparatus to revive persons overcome by smoke or heat Ordinary eitlzeae may also have the loan of tbe apparatus in cases of urgent need. softened. "Edward! Tbe tones bad broken, and again, Edward Grale! Tbe otber turned and came. Lets not part In anger, lad; we know uot what may come, and be held out his band. Tbelr bands met Sharks Reappear. and lingered a silent moment, then Ferocious sharks, which have uot Edward Grale was gone. been seen in the Baltic for more thaa Then In the days that followed the a century, have again appeared eff old man strove with, new energy to fill .the Danish and German coasts, the extra mouths. He fished and dug give tbe fishermen much trouble. clama and peddled them. He gathered To Care a Cold la One day. rags and old metals from tbe dumps Table. All and sold them, and did any odd Jobs Take Laxative Bromo Quinine ho could, and heeded not the Jibes of druggist refund money If it falls to eure. low-bor- n wits. Powerful Cannon. The pure salt air revived the woman; , With 385 pounds of smokeless she gained strength and courage, and twelve-inctbe new gua went about trying to do little things will send aa armor-plareiaIn her housewifely way for the old shell through nineteen and mans comfort, while the child gath- Inches of harveylzed nickel steel arered flowers on the knoll, and romped mor at a distance of a mile and a hall and" splashed In the surf, and laughed Mrs. Winslows Soothing Synp. and grew; and tbe old man laughed, Tor rhDdrss teething, soften, the fume, rnnsnee Or Anmmnuoa, el leys pels, curae wlad oollu. BMebolUa too. In his somber way. The Bummer waned and there came Newfoundland 8eala. a day when the old man went not The seals of Newfoundland are not away to work. He lingered about tbe but are killed In hut. or climbed the knoll along the numbers for their skin and faL large' The winding beach; then silently retraced skins are used to make patent leathhla ateps and sat within the hut, while er and kid gloves; the fat for tne the wife and little one hung about the soups. knoll, and often she, too, would pause The U. . Dep. and look along the stretch of sand. Agrleoltore Gives to Salver's Oats Its heartiest Anon he came, and she turned away endorsement. Salzer's New National her face and called the child, wbo an- Oats in 4903 from ISO O swered laughing, and returned with bu. peryielded arre In 30 different States, aud Mr. you, from can beat thta In 1004. heather. the Then Farmer, spoils gleaned If you will. Salzer's seeds are they laughed, and the woman told him seeds, bred up through carefulpedigree seleo-tio- n of the many pranks and witty sayings to big yields. of the child, while she studied the Per Acre. s Beardless Barley lights and shades that fled across his Salzer yielded m face. By and by the child tugged the Salzer's Home Builder 300 bu. Corn. mother's hsnd: Spelt and Macaroni Wheat. It bu. "Turn! tell damps papa turn," and Salzer's V'ctorla Rape 10,000 lbs. Salzer's Teosinte, the quick- urged again, until at last they turned growing fodder wonder.. . 160.000 the. and descended to tbe but Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass. 60,000 lb. They found him laid upon the rude Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes.. 1,000 bu. Now such yields pay and you can affair that bad served him years for nave them, Mr. Farmer, In 1004, bed and couch, with his fingers clasped SZND IOo IX 8T1KP breast and a look saintly uponjils and this notice tP the John A.NBtser his and Seed face; upon damps would Co., La Crosse. Win. and $Au will not waken when the wee one called. get their big catalog and lots of farm aed samples free. tV. N. U.) Sore pressed and weeping, they drew tbe chlM away. Cultivating Corn. Then a fair, gray woman, fairer Corn has been bred to show that than many who were ycanyer, came by intelligent cultivation tbe of parts and looked, asd gazed far off. tod the kernel tbat yield the oil Can ba wepL Bo passed Robert Grale. the i minimized. while those that produce . J pro tela eaa be hermit developed. pow1-der- h 850-pou- g five-teat- money this way in one corner, ud some, aa in- - another. and so oa with the four corners. And firm, hard knoti he made of them before handing a handkerchief over to us owner, "It chanced- - that Eliot on his home fell in with a worthy wonts whose appearance told of dire poverty and distress He Stopped to speak to her and pretty soon, his heart bej ' "Yere there, somewhere I know touched, pulled out the handkerchief an revellin. He intended to give a sovereign to w ya must be drinkin For some time he tugged and strain a mighty effort iUra. until at last by cST at jhe knots, but, try a be might, tha the younger elder man flung oorners refused to come untied. Tha and stood alone. calmly rolling the handkerchief up fo, i m yet your master!" be cried, a ball, the missionary placed it la ffi Never sharp and heavily. breathing astonished womans hands, sayw to hla Judge the right had et My good woman, I, think tt i2j less taunt him with what far father, meant you to have It alU naught of. You (peak of a The ushers," Dr. MacArtbnr sddM be knows harboring your wife. I now will pass tbe basket for eoiw law gainst bWe by 1L If Lnow another law, and tlon. and you can imitate John ou cannot to for them I can, decrepit nd example If you are sp minded." I am Ad And the congregation dug lot nigh me. else perhaps no law may dp. yon!" And be waited -j-- ti, fT i C the kidneys and was annoyed by painful passages of abnormal secretions. Doctors failed to reliei e me. I began taking Doans Kidney Pills and I experienced quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills will prove a blessing tfl sll sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them a fair trial." Foster Mtlburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, proprietors. For sale by all druggists, price 00 cents per box. -- ROBERT GRALE, HERMIT THIBIIK Story Got the Money ' says. rest was broken, owing I to irregularities of the kidneys. My nightly father Long einre they hastened on athirst ter In fftroff mines and etreets they tofl and plod, While here unchanged the guardian forests hold Eternal riches ftom the stores of Gods ths silver ' RELIEF. J. W Walls, Superintendent of Street of Ky, bluffed their ature. never tax iitxl. J t nwel LASTING But every one i me on the run To hide the sun. When i'iuy lloaklns married. When Ft tsv Hopkins married, Alas, m v Jiff was up, Ard all tf e wiu of il log '! bitter in the t uj it nummtr tine gre uiri-- r e won u eight I oat i ltd h ng the u mv r its pretty handy fat the Toiferlno But the prices are steep. What you There was a card on the business as primed in man's desk. On It larre black type: high-tone- tu PUTNAM lie Mue riktes dark t loud He Trackless Trolrrys. - The only system of trackless trolleys la the United States is that at Scranton, Pa, which has made a fair-- showing of success. la France and Germany a numbei of these lines, which have electrical automobllea operated by aa overhead wire, have satisfactory, the only objection ?proved to them being the fact that they twice the current used tor cars operated over rails. fast to light and washing. iff, When Betsy Hoskins married Alas, alack tne time! hoi rils c lot its measure And jotir its rhyme, -- J te-A- I |