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Show IN THE WAR GAME (ATTLESHIPS rK treat naval war tame on the Atlantic const P. NESB1T together some of the finest owned Uncle Sam. Seventeen battleshipswarshipi of the Nerth Ariantlc fleet comprieed the attacking fleet, whose ob-e- t was the capture of the eastern entrance to Long (aland sound. Some of these mighty fighting machines, with the Minnesota In the lead, are shown in the accompanying photograph. bj- - "The (Food Old Days' HAT kind of a women do women like? Wliat a qur"' quesLhcre tion.! Women like all no ; not all wonon. of eour are some women who are limply impoHuhle. The women we we across the foce lights, for There are many varieties in the orchestra stalls alone. Thu- who come with their young men seldom know the name of the play. They talk nea,.y nil (he time, and when they are not talking they are thinking of the walk home. We don't like Them. Then those vV want to he actresses they all think they were horn to the stae- - we just know are looking hard at wa and thinking all the show jwsiph should la1 doing domestic work. 'I het are unloxable, too. 'hen there are women who are there eerv Mond.iv afternoon in the same Tiny la hew the wll.nn really die, and th.it the leading man is an Adonis, ihstamc (erUinly lends era luntment ; and so does the s)Ktlight Well, we pity them, and pity may he akin to, 'e. e--rN hut it isnt, genuine affix ltn We neuT get ery fond of tin women out in the big world who try to exploit us, and jnrite us to afternoon carnivals of weak tea and sandwiches with the inside layer photograph! d on. Im sure we lould lie fond of a, hostess who would habitually forget to padlock the '.lic-- t cf real food. And wo are cool toward tho-- e gentle persons who introduie ua to their friends in order to jsiint a moral and adorn a tali. Its only natural to dislike the role of Horrible Kxamjile. Twenty Alining our own people it is different. stands on the kerosene mint seeks of makes one yearn for a kindred soul; and it isnt uncommon to form friendships that last a whole season, closing at MiiikIi Chunk. Of course it would Ik different if we all had a lomfortaiilo home, with a fine Farmers Show Revoluplace and a (onventional source of supjmrt. We would tion of Farm Machinery. have to he tareful then. Im going to he real frank. I think women like Veteran Swings Scythe at Ninety ad tout, atupid women, who havent told the truth since Explains Hew Ha Harvested childhood, and haveift any luck with men. Theyre Years Grain Seventy-Fivso so conifortuhle. Ago at OsKalb. tun-porar- REAP WITH one-nig- Old-Ti- hat I am aliout to say dwi not apply to one suffering from some acute illness or where the t a so demands tfie services of a trained nurse, as the latter is well pro-tc- i ted and does not have to speak for himself. Hut it is impossible to relate here the harm that is done every day to those afflicted with chronic troubles, and especially patients whose ailments are those of the norves, when they are subject erf to long calls by friend or old acquaintances from out of the city. Such visitors would no doubt be shocked if they knew half the damage s done by their often repeated visits, of "the night passed by the patients in wakefulne-- s and suffering that have befiKfaused Ihy the excitement and strain during the day. It seeini strange that people of intelligence have to lie told. It place the one afflicted in a ry uiwomfortahle position. A sick person dislikes to own lo very war and dear friends that it hurts to listen to and rcsjKiTiitnira "visitors Thutter; fearing isolation, or injured mu.-the if tell t result as a of visit. the feelings they pay penalty they It requires strength and a good leal of nervous energy in even those who are comparatively well to entertain callers, let alone those who are not well. There are somany way of letting your friends know that you dont forget them aside from visiting them. A pretty little card with a verse or a line that will bring them cheer and hope would be appreciated. W The high school twy who cheats is dishonest and nri amount of argument can make him otherwise. The lesson should te systematically taught and explanations clearly giveu. There seems to be much go as you please instead of a stated curriculum for each year. Horne work should he given advisedly instead of no home work one day. an enough to keep the Thild up till twelve oclock at night on another. When a pupil does anything wrong, 1 whetlur intentionally or otherwise, he should be punished in accordance. To give a zero ami thus rob a child of his right average because he was guilty of some slight misdemeanor is "unfair and is the cause of great discouragement. It disheartens ami rums the achool life of many pupils. Systematic reviews should precede all examinations. The public schools aa a whole are well conducted and good, and what i wanted ia a thoughtful correction of errors of both teacher and pupil and not the rabid abuse to whih reformers so often resort. ed I started to sleep outdoors tn May, 1009. and lutve slept out every night since that date, and would not go back to sleeping indoor ny more for the follow ing reasons and experiences : First, one gets a more refreshing sieep in cool, pure arr than can he had in aa and heated room. In fact, Ihe I cool ; air is si soothing to the tired pure, person that one falls to sleep nearly at cnee. Hut of course one must be well covered up shout the body to protect from cold, only the face exposed. Second, I am less predisposed toroids , f. which and the many ailments come from colds. The result in my own case have been better health than I liad enjoyed for yewra. I hare gained " in appetite and in weight, 16 pounds. I will not go back to sleeping indoors again, and I know that there are hundreds sleeping outdoors right here in Chicago, on hack porches, verandas, roofs and also in tents in back yards. In fact a phy&ci showed me the pictures of about 100 of his patients outdoor beds. Air loav-in- g CRADLES ert In n moment of judicial Indiscre- tion. The girl started to let the drapery down from a well yoqnded shoulder. There waa a threat of a more Inttroaf knowledge of tbe family affairs of the . McMeehans. Hold on; dont do that; this case e Is dismissed." said the magistrate. Ill see you outside. said Mrs. to her husband. Chicago. From the shadows of tie McMeehan said he was in no par past cams reapers of (0 and 70 years ago to the Henry Whitmore farm the tlcular burry about going. He waited other day, near DeKalb, and In the for n policeman going his way. role of barveatera pitted themselves against tbe marvelous machinery sf SEND RATTLESNAKE BY MAIL modern times More than 1.0 0 many of wbomtame a In automobiles, watched tbe men har- Californian Mada Custodian of Collection of have as In Buga as 8plders, many vesting grain and Strange Things. been contrived alnce agricultural pursuits bave been followed on tbe AmerI os Angeles, Cal. A live rattlesnake There was tbl ican continent. d held qaptlve la n large pll can which in cradle, tbe alckle reaper sSAttl turn was reinforced with a wooden box ertSe, the early-da- y reived at the Hollenbeck consigned to modern binder. It was a panotfcpif history of one of tbe most Important Charlea Mead. Since hit receipt of the rare phases of tbs Industrial life of America. White-hairemaactua, or red spotted In appearpatriarchal ance. his sboulders bent with tie spider, the most poisonous Insect of weight of years, Uncle William Alien Its kind, Smead has been made the of Sycamore, swung bla cradle for five custodian of an Innumerable collection of spiders, bugs and curious living minutes aa be was wont to do of a century ago. And as be things that crawl, creep and fly, the cut hta last swath, be leaned on tbe latest being the rattlesnake. A friend residing In Calzona havhandle of hta cradle and laughed at ing read of the fact that the hotel theJncongrulty of the plcturs pre- man had received the spider decided sented. "Looks silly, doesnt It? be aske of on n more peculiar gift and aa a reTimes have sult set out to catch the snake, of tbe cheering spectators. certainly changed cince I began har- which species there are many In that In a letter acAnd bts old eyes followed section of the country. vesting. a 'modern binding machine cutting a companying th.x gift; .the donor menwide swath, gathering up tbe fallen tions the manner of Its capture and hopes that Smead will be able to add grain and tying It In bundles. "I am $1 years old, said the vet- to the collection which he has or ta eran harvester as the binder turned a corner, "but if I could live 30 years more I would see even greater changes tn tbe world than since I first began swinging a cradle in a harvest flqld." Among the reapers were C. W. and W. W. Marsh, two brothers, who have Removal May Restore Victim to lived more than the allotted threeHis Right Kind. score years and ten, and who are credited with being the first to have conceived the idea of the reaper. Their first machine was brought forth and New York Man Recovers Speech After cut n awath around the ten acre field. Operation and Surgeons Bliev As crude as It seemed to th throng Frequent Attacks of Insanity of spectators. It was a marvel comWill Now Cess. pared to the era.lle which they had used for years before they brought New Haven, Conn. Removal of a the reaper Into being plece'df pafifnt'g skull which hpd "I am glad to have lived to sea tbla come In contact with the brain brought day." said the elder of the Marsh back the power of speech to Harry brothers. "Farming today U not what Wilts of 154 Plymouth street It was when we were boys Look at For six months Mr. Wiltse had that binder. See how the drivti fairutter a word, but unaisle been ly sails thrtnigh that mean of grain. when Ur. Morris D. Slattery, who perIsn't It wortV living trr seer p tbe operation to the presence Follower the exhibition In the field, formed a dozen or more prominent surof bundles of whiar and oats geons In the city, cam Into the opbrought to the lawn of the Whifmor erating room again after leaving it lo home and spread on the there. ye another pallent, Mr. Wiltse raised grss; It waa thrashed by old faehloned flails from the pillow, and In a had swung flails leu be- hi head by men-whHello. low ton aald: but distinct fore the thrashing machine wU ever Doc. dreamed of. j There was surprise nt the moSpeechmaking and music concluded ment and thegreat news quickly circulated the day's program and refrssjgnenU to 'the physicians who had been Inwere served In style to terested In' the case. They proclaimthe hungry harveeurs ed the belief that when Mr. 'Wiltse recovers 'fjt strength, hleepeecb, WANTED TO SHOW THE JUDGE fujly would be aa good as ever. They also believe that frequent attacks of InsanMagistrate Calls Halt Wh, Girt ity, tbe result of Injury to Mr. Wlltse's Starts ta Bar Form in Cqart The head SI years ago. wllletse. Cat Was Diimliit , operation was performed In tbs hospital of St. Raphael. New York William McMteban of The Injury to Mr. Wiltse, who Is SS8 Avenue A was to tittle anxious 31 years old, came to him when he to see his wife outside th Torkvllle was 15. He was pitying ball near his court the other day that h welted home In Forty-fiftstreet. New York until e policeman went alma with city, one afternoon, when be was rufl him. ovsr by a team, the horse stepping on Melfeehas . was eowpUdbant the boys bead.-- . He was uken unconagntas his comely stepdaughter ilary scious to V 'hospital. where .It' was . Millar,' pocket edition maiden, found hlq skull was fractured. charted wttlr presenting H remained In the bosptul ebcet tlx blue m eye to her foster parent months, bnt aa a result of tbs lajury the Use heating me, jasanjtj developed. She le the man told the court. He was later sent ta the Insane asy, He hit he first. said th ear wom- lum la Middletown, N. Y and after a an. few years there he was released aa "Where asked Magtstm ago. however, be Stela-- cured. Three, Innu-marabl- ws -- . three-quarte- making for the southwest museum. As yet Smead has not been able to decide whether the serpent shall be killed and his skin tanned and stuffed or whether to turn It over to some of the Main street side show fakers. From IJoh Cabezos, oirtbe-Mexlc- an border, Smead several days ago received one of the most perfect specimens of a scorpion ever seen here. Inches In length It Is fivemnd one-hal- f with not a vertebra or a claw displaced In tbe horrible land crab. In addition two splendid specimens of the centipede were Inclosed. A mining man residing tn Lower California undertook to show his esteem for the hotel man by shipping him a pair of bats captured In a great guano cave along the west shore. They were both dead, but preserved In such a manner. that they will keep for a long time, lu the letter accompanying the bats the mining man tells a wonderful tale of the millions of these night flyers that at about seven oclock in tbe evening begin to leave the caves. They pour forth In one steady stream for a period of more than tbrea hours.' all going out over the ocean In tbelr flight. At about three oclock- la the morning they begin to return,- flying from the land side, having ert-- ' dently completed n big circle In their flight. Again It takes them several houra to get Inside. The caves ' are so foul smelling, so vilely black that they have never been fully explored. Bathing Suits In Church. York. Th following adTer ttsement appear In a. Montclair, UN J.) newspaper: "The Brookdale Baptist church will be In session at 9:30 tomorrow mornPleas ing. No collection. bring ba.hlng suits." None of the officials of the church who might explain the advertisement could be found. r ta-e- r b-- Oh, that 1 were a political mouss To nibble the political cheeaelr With a thousand a year at the custom house And a clerk or whatever you please. For then I could shine In my best superfine And swing on the government gate. Secure of my pay I could chat all th day On politics, party and state. I would join In the throng of the party strong. each Observing change of the hour; And If they grew weak. why. then I could m-a- t sneak To the new and predominant power. Oh, had I a share of the partisan fare And a feast of the government dlsheo. Td bully and dare, lie, v slander and swear a share of tbe loaves For Bahea. and th PREPARATION. The doctor says all you need now medicine to build up yon nervous system. Yes; 1 suppose hes getting ready to tell me how big his bill Is. Is some ) became Insane agiln. and was once more removed to the asylum. While at tfie Institution he had lucid Inter-re'followed by clouded reason. After treatment for about a year' he was released and came to this clty. H made his home with hls brother, John Wiltse, f an electrical worker. Lest summer his condition again compelled bis removal to the state asylum In Norwich for a few months lust December Mr. Wiltse was again taken to th Shrhlrh asylum. After a month there his condition became such that h could not utter a sound and remained In that state until the other day, when the operation was performNow he talks rationally to his ed. nurse, and the attending physicians believe that be wiV.rse cured of all inaan-Itbefore tort Homs Made Prescriptions. druggist In Missouri received penciled --notes asking him Jo send some "cloderine of pottlge, Some "epplac. and an ounce of anatomy. One-I- n Pennsylvania claims to have received this illuminative note: "Mr. drugs I Want you Send some best tabes you got for Grapes an.fi cold and pane head Bach I Want something to brake up the Grapes and cold and all the pines foer am suffering so Bod 1 cBn hardly lay still." And a druggist tn Evanston got thla order fjrom a customer: Plese glv my Boy ten cents wourth ot tinker of suburbs and som good anti sceptic pouder also a qarter bottle of panes salary compound. BOYS MILLION DOLLAR HOME There goes Mrs. Allie Money, ths grass widow that Is being talked about s, y o h - New BONE ON HIS BRAIN -- Ttmpus fujot ami (npur niutantur, mmewhui but p'l.liby vM niHxi.um et so lo sp.-aVV huv.hant ed a mu m omp.'W'd tiv Captain Danitd McCurdy, who was ssipis-- of tbe schooner M D Chase along In the early 40 The M tV Chase roamed the high sea, and the gallant cuptain. w h n the hatch ways were hove to and he scuppers were triced, upland alt was shipshape, could while away the hours by wrtttn verses. After reading and hearing so Finch of the high principles and fervent hopes of our- - forefathers. Captaiv Mrv Curdys marine observations of political life on land, as expressed In his poem, The Office Seeker, are Illuminative: $25,000 A Pure Sentiment. tor Furnishing Apartment for so much. Littl Russell Hopkins Ha vs Private Zoo. Also Humph! Looks to me like a woman absolutely devoid of sentiment. "You never can tell by appearance Now. she la a grass widow and ahs la going to njarry roan of the nams of Lon Moore. YVelir - ."Well? Dont you see the poetical Idea of a grass widow marrying a Lon Moore Mebbe. But I happen to know that her maiden nnme wsa Daisy Cutter and that her original husbands nams waa L Thrasher." New Tork. Russell Hopkins of Atlanta. consff! general from Panama to this country, has just purchased a $.J)Q0.0aq house at 1045 Fifth avenue ft - his baby son, John Randolph' Hop kina, who was born two months ago In the Hotel St. Regis. The babys grandmother. Mrs. J. J. Lawrence, will spend 125,000 In fur i.lsblng a suite of rooms which are to serve for tbs nursery. The roof of the house will be covered with a steel wire case and conUrlambllk Disposition. verted Into s playground. One end So this Is yonr lamb, little boy? will be used for a small private too. And does It, - k said the lady. tittle lamb, follow - you tc Marys Threa Pastor In 100 Yoare. school?- Clayavllle, . , Pa. The Claysvtn "Daffl no lamb, leddy. replied th United Presbyterian cb urc hc e lebrtt Dats a kid, air ed h hundredth anniversary Sun- youthful shepherd. me ter School ' las he (ottered day. Tbs church holds a record tn bo closet dat it 1 badat slammed de that U has had bnt three continuous door in hla fact bed's a butted ms Mo b 1M pastorates years' sxhrteeo Tho present pastor. Rev. Alexander trow de blackboard. McLacblln, ha been with tbe church since 171 r |