THAT SWEET CHILD.
n n i i i i i—i—i—i—\—i—n
‘‘You’ll be too old to sit on people’*
knees soon, Dolly.”
“Oh, no, I won’t, auntie! I’m not
half as old as sister and she sits on
Mr. Wilson’s knee. I'm never going
to be too old for that sort of thing!”
Charming an Audience.
A young lawyer with political as
pirations was about to make the first
important speech of his career. He
knew Speaker Cannon, and ventured
to ask his advice in the matter of ad
dressing an audience.
“My son,” said the veteran, “find
out what interests your audience and
talk to it on that subject. If you
find you can’t strike the oil of its
attention, stop boring it.”—Success
Magazine.
All the Earmarks.
First Tramp (reading advertise
ment)—Man wanted to chop wood,
bring up coal, take care of garden,
mind chickens and children.
His Pal (groaning)—Oh, these mat
rimonial advertisements make me
tired!—Illustrated Bits.
Cleanses the System Effect
ually;Dispels ( oldsaiul"Head
aches clue to Constipation;
! Acts naturally, acts truly as
a Laxative.
Best foi MenVomen and Child
ren-young nncl Old.
da get its Beneficial Effects
Always huy.the Genuine which
has' the
pany
om
jull name of the C
CALIFORNIA
Fio vStrlp Co.
by whom it is manufactured, printed on the
jront ofevei^ package.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING DRUGGISTS.
one size only, regular price 5CKpe>- bottle.
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured by
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They also relieve Dis
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Eating. A perfect rem
edy for Dizziness, Nau
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Typical Farm Scene, Showing Stock Raising in
WESTERN CANADA
Some of the choicest lands for grain growing,
stock raising and mixed farming in the new dis
tricts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have re
cently been Opened for Settlement under the
Revised Homestead Regulations
Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain
conditions), by the father, mother, son, daugh
ter, brother or sister of an intending home
steader. Thousands of homesteads of ItiO acres
each are thus now easily available in these
great grain-growing, stock-raising and mixed
farming sections.
There you will find healthful climate, good
neighbors, churches for family worship, schools
for your children, good laws, splendid crops,
and railroads convenient to market.
Entry fee in each case is $10.00. For pamph
let, “Last Best West,” particulars as to rates,
routes, best time to go and where to locate,
apply to
J. S. CRAWFORD,
No. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
SPOT GASH
FOR SOLDIERS AND HEIRS
A 1 federal soldiers and sadors who served 90 days
between 1801 and Mftittaud who homesteaded less than
1GU acres before June 23.1874. are entitled to additional
homestead rights which 1 buy. If soldier is dead, his
heirscan sell. Talk to old soldiers, widows and heirs.
Find some soldier relative who went West or South
utter the war und homes'eaded government land.
Get busy and make some easy money. Write Henry
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NVe also manufacture liazzle Dazzles. Strikers, etc
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A Christmas Eve
Proposal
By ANDREW DUNCAN.
(Copyright)
ITH every desire
to be temperate
in my language
and charitable in
my thoughts,
truth compels me
to the statement
that Nellie Put
low’s youngest
brother — Albert
Sidney Putlow—
is a boy who will
one of these days
come to a bad
end.
To know Albert
Sidney—to know
him thoroughly—
is an education
in Juvenile depravity, a lesson in
tabloided fiendishness.
For very good reasons I wished to
secure freedom from Albert Sidney's
attentions on the evening in question.
I felt, somehow, that the task of
asking his sister Nellie a certain little
question would not be made easier in
any way by having her young broth
er buzzing round offering to regulate
my watch or exhibiting some home
made marvel in the clockwork mouse
line. Master Putlow, 1 may tell you,
is a prodigy in a mechanical direction.
“I’ll have none of him,” thought I,
and during the afternoon I sent round,
with my best wishes for a happy
Christmas, a book calculated to keep
any other nine-year-old boy as quiet
as an oyster till each of its 240 pages
had been dog-eared as black as coal.
In the evening I called round. Nel
lie’s father and mother were, as I
expected, cut on a Santa Claus ex
cursion to their married daughter’s.
“Albert’s at his book, I suppose?” I re
marked, when I was asked into the
front room.
“No,” said Nellie; “he's doing some
thing to a Waterbury watch in the
back. Been busy all day. Look there,”
pointing to an old-fashioned clock
fixed to the wall. “He unearthed that
from the lumber room three days ago.
It hasn't been going for ten years,
and he's cleaned it, put it in order,
and fixed it up as a surprise for dad.
It's going splendidly.”
Of course, I didn't mind a little bit
about the book not claiming the boy's
attention. So long as he was occu
pied elsewhere I was perfectly satis
fied. We talked about nothing in par
ticular for five minutes; then I braced
myself for the ordeal. Nellie was in
the rocker, and I on the saddlebag
lounge by her side. It was then or
never.
“Nellie,” I whispered, glancing at
my cuff, on which I had penciled my
headings. “Nellie, I have long—”
“Whirr!”
She looked up, not at me, but at
the clock. “It's going to strike,” she
said.
“Bong!”
I decided to wait until the awful
thing had finished. “Bong! bong!
bong! bong! bong!" At the eighth
stroke I gave a sigh of relief and
started again.
“I have long—”
“Bong!” “That’s one too many,”
said Nellie. “What were you say
ing?”
“Bong!”
I was losing patience with that lum
ber room find. It occasioned me no
surprise that the clock was somewhat
erratic after Master Putlow's atten
tions, but that is should seize just
that particular time to exhibit its
vagaries annoyed me. “Never mind,”
I thought, "it can’t strike more than
12.”
I had altogether underestimated its
capacities. When I had counted 27
whirrs and bongs, Nellie started
laughing. I walked to the door and
called to Albert Sidney.
He came, bringing an odor of clock
oil into the room.
“Something's the matter with that
clock's striking gear,” I said, with
forced calmness.
“Been strikin’ long?” he asked.
“That’s the thirty’ninth time,” I an
swered, as another “Bong!” set all
the mantel shelf ornaments dancing.
Albert Sidney whistled. “Thought
it might go like that,” he grinned.
“Good clocks often do. It hasn't struck
for ten years, you see, and now it
won't stop till it’s done all its back
striking.”
Great Jupiter! A lightning calcu
lation told me that, roughly speaking,
560,000 bongs were overdue. At four
to the minute it would be some time
in April before that awful clock was
up-to-date. I'd the choice of yelling
out my proposal, dodging it in be
tween the strokes, or of waiting for a
more favorable opportunity.
“I—I think I’ll be going,” I gasped,
deciding on a postponement, and on
the seventy-eighth stroke. I shook
hands with Nellie, glared murder at
her brother, and hurried off.
At the bottom of the stairs I stop
ped to shake my fist in the mechani
cal prodigy’s direction.
“You horrid boy!” I heard Nellie
say.
A howl came from Albert Sidney.
“You're as big a chump as he was to
take in that tale about the thing
workin' off its back strikes,” he said;
“I only fixed it to go like that for a
lark. There! I’ve stopped it now.
Go and call him back if you want
him.”
I fled. The prospect of Master Put
low a3 a brother-in-law was too awful.
DRANK WITH HIS FEET.
Clergyman Knew the Best Place to
Put the Whisky.
There was no fire in the smoking
car and everybody was blue and trem
ulous with cold.
“My feet fairly ache,” said a clergy
man.
Then a drummer, winking at his
neighbors, pulled out a flask of whis
ky.
"Here’s the best thing going for cold
feet, friend,” he said. *
And the clergyman extended his
hand for the bottle eagerly.
“You bet it is,” said he.
He poured a huge drink into the
glass, lifted it toward the drummer
with a “Here’s looking at you, sir,” and
then, slipping off his boots, emptied
the whisky into them.
"In two minutes my ice-cold feet,”
he said, “will be in a warm glow.
Whisky poured Into the boots warms
the feet like a hot stove.”
A TERRIBLE CONDITION.
Tortured by Sharp Twinges, Shooting
Pains and Dizziness.
Hiram Center, 618 South Oak Street,
Lake City, Minn., says: “I was so bad
with kidney trouble
that I could not
straighten up after
stooping without
sharp pains shooting
through my back. I
had dizzy spells, was
nervous and my eye
sight was affected.
The kidney secre
tions were irregular
and too frequent. I
was in a terrible condition, but Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me and I have en
joyed perfect health since.”
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
HORSES THAT WOULDN’T DROWN
Remarkable Deeds Recorded by Two
Veracious Chroniclers.
An Albanian who has just returned
from the east, where freshets have
been the rule, tells the following about
a horse which had been attached to
a foot bridge crossing a brook, to
keep the structure from going adrift.
The flood finally swept horse and
bridge down stream. Later, the
bridge was discovered lodged against
the bank, with the horse sitting quiet
ly on the former.
A bystander who had listened in
tently to this tale, remarked quietly:
“I see suthin’, similyar oncet.”
“Indeed? What was it?” asked the
story teller.
“Ye see,” was the reply, “arter the
hoss I see was took down stream, no
buddy ever ’spected to see him alive
agin. Rut he was a pow'ful sort o’
brute, an’ ’bout a hour arterward we
see him a cornin’ up a stream a-pulin’
the blame ole bridge arter him!”—Al
bany Evening Journal.
NOT TO BEAUTIFY.
U ILF/II
Mrs. Havmowe—What do you wear
that mask for?
Chauffeur—Well, I'll tell you. I
wear it so that the people I run over
won’t be able to recognize me.
BLACK, ITCHING SPOTS ON FACE.
Physician. Called It Eczema in Worst
Form—Patient Despaired of Cure—
Cuticura Remedies Cured Her.
“About four years ago 1 was afflicted
with black splotches all over my face
and a few covering my body, which
produced a severe itching irritation,
and which caused me a great deal of
suffering, to such an extent that I was
forced to call in two of the leading
physicians of-. After a thorough
examination of the dreaded complaint
they announced it to be skin eczema
in the worst form. Their treatment
did me no good. Finally 1 became de
spondent and decided to discontinue
their services. My husband purchased
a single set of the Cuticura Remedies,
which entirely stopped the breaking
out. I continued che use of the Cuti
cura Remedies for six months, and
after that ever splotch was entirely
gone. I have not felt a symptom of
the eczema since, which was three
years ago. Mrs. Lizzie E. Sledge, 540
Jones Ave., Selma, Ala., Oct. 28, 1905.”
There is nothing meritorious but
virtue and friendship, and friendship
itself is only a part of virtue.—Dr.
Johnson.
Hard to Explain.
Uncle George was an old colored
man who tried awfully hard to be
good, but it was very difficult for him
to keep from stealing. As he ex
plained it, “I just nachally want to
take what I lay my hands on.”
Uncle George's latest theft was a
I pig. The more he thought about what
he had done the worse he felt. About
the middle of the night his wife awoke
and saw uncle still kneeling by the
bedside in earnest prayer.
“Why don’t you get in bed?" she
asked.
“Oh, let me alone,” replied Uncle
George; ‘Tse tryin’ to 'splain to
heaven jus’ how I happen to have that
pig, and the more I ’splain the wusser
mixed I get.”
There Is more Catarrh In this section of the country
than all other diseases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be Incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced It a local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling
to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incurable.
Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. «J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only Constitutional cure on
the market. It la taken Internally In doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case It falls to cure. Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Equal to the Occasion.
Pa—I caught young Smith hugging
our Maria the other night.
Ma—Goodness gracious! What did
you say?
Pa—I said: “You are getting on
test, young man.” And what answer
do you suppose he made me?
Ma—Dear knows! What did he
say?
Pa—He said:
my own.”
Well, I'm holding
Catarrh and Headache.
Mrs. Z. E. Goforth, 2119 Holly Street,
Kansas City, writes: "After using a
sample bottle and two 25c bottles of
Hunt's Lightning Oil, I am almost well
of Catarrh. It stops my headaches. It
is the best medicine I ever saw and I
just can't keep house without it.” She
is right.
Training the English Young Idea.
In accordance with a suggestion
made at the annual meeting of the
Hunt the other day the Bedale Hounds
met near a village school, the object
lesson in hunting, and to inspire in
their minds a respect and regard for
both hounds and hunters.—Yorkshire
(Eng.) Post.
Don’t It Jar You?
To have a cough that you can't leave
off—even when you go to bed? Put
it away for good by using Simmons’
Cough Syrup. It heals inflammation
of the throat and lungs—gives you rest
and peaceful sleep.
Cruel.
“Boo, lioo!”
“What’s the matter, John?”
“Got caught stealin’ apples at Mr.
Binx's.”
“Did he thrash you?”
“No; made me eat the apples. Boo,
hoo-hoo!”
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of|
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
Point of History Cleared Up.
The Dentist—Now, open wide your
mouth and I won’t hurt you a bit.
The Patient (after the extraction)—
Doctor, I know what Ananias did for
a living now.—Illustrated Bits.
ONLY ONE “BKOMO QUININE”
That is LAXATIVE HROMO QUININE. Look tor
the signature of E. W.UKOVK. Used llio World
over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
Justice, it would seem, is both blind
and deaf.
NASTY.
He—Do you think glasses would
make me look more intellectual?
She'—Well, if I were you I’d try
them. They certainly couldn’t hurt
any.
Try It Once.
There is more actual misery and
less real danger in a case of itching,
skin disease than any other ailment.
Hunt’s cure is manufactured espe
cially for these cases. It relieves in
stantly and cures promptly. Absolute
ly guaranteed.
Wealthy Man’s Fad.
Charles J. Glidden, the wealthy Bos
ton globe girdling automobilist, says
that his present ambition is to make
balloon ascensions in as many coun
tries throughout the world as possi
ble. He is an insatiate traveler, and I
holds the world's record for mileage !
traveled in automobiles.
More men are injured by having
things made easy for them than by
having their paths beset with diffi
culties.—C. H. Parkhurst.
It Will Stay There
"In my family medicine chest
remedy is permitted to remain L no
it proves beyond a doubt the u ess
be obtained tor Ita P.rtlcn J" >»
For treating all manner of skint®'
blea, such as Eczema, Tetter m°B'
worm etc., Hunt's Cure has held
place for many years. I have
to find a surer remedy, it cures i ld
ing instantly.”
H. M. SWANN, Franklin, La.
A Delicate Job
Doctor-The increasing deafness
your wife is merely an indication !
advancing years, and you can tell h
that. ner
Husband—Hum! would you minH
telling her that yourself, doctor
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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313 — Girl Dolls’ Dress, li WM 312-Girl Dolls’ Ki
'v*|Jl^eParate Guimpe mono Wrapper or Dress
To Teach the Future Mother to Dress the Future Child
we have prepared The Butterick Rag Doll and a series
of patterns of attractive Dolls’ Dresses, etc. This doll is about
18 inches high, printed flat in eight colors on durable doth,
quickly and easily made up. Remember it is but a step for the
little ones from the making of pretty clothes for their dollies to
the more useful accomplishment of making dainty garments for
themselves and others. For this reason we make the following
Qna-inl Aff.For 25c in stamps or coin we will mail you The
opcciai urrer.—■
'Butterick Rag Doll, and the two attractive Dolls’
Patterns, shown above. Send at once to
The Rag-Doll Department
THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING CO., Ltd.,
Butterick Building, New York
$100 REWARD f°rFeyveTs°w“
Fever, Dumb Ague or any ailment due to Malaria that
Schaap’s Laxative Chill Cure fails to cure if taken according
to the Directions. For sale by all druggists. Price 50 cents.
Prepared only by JOHN SCHAAP, Ft. Smith, Ark.
ST PATRICK
Drove all the snakes from
IRELAND
SMACOBS OIL
Drives all aches from the body,
cures Rheumatism, Neutalglaand
CONQUERS PAIN
25c.—ALL DRUGGISTS—50c.
JUST A MOMENT PLEASE. A'ouia
Kyou double your income if yoa
had the opportun itv" e will cm
ploy fifty men with teams ana
wapons in your state to sell our
poods direct to fannersononnrM
trial plan. No capital require!
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ref., KKK Medicine Co.. Keokuk. Iowa.
The Ark. Military Academy
L1TTLK ROCK. ARK. ^
offers special terras to students entering a*1 r
; X-iuas Holidays. Write ^’^haLL, Supt*
I DROPSY petKSgS
Hook Of testimonials and 10days treat
DR. II. II. GREEN’S SON8. Box B. ATLANkj^
on farms or
LOANS
Write FIRST
I & pay liny time. Ilavc nu.m-J '“^
ST HANK, Vu.drr.ocr., Ark., your
A. N. K.—I (1907—51)
2209.
Real success is often achieved after
many failures. An active man builds
success upon a foundation of failure.
—Russell Sage.
Taylor’* Cherokee Remedy of Sweet
tiimi and Mullen js Nature’s great rem
edy—Cures Coughs, (.'olds, Croup and Con
sumption, and all throat and lung troubles.
At druggists, 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle.
Wise is he who kicks only at the
things that can’t kick back.
—
PIX.ES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZOOINTMKNT is guaranteed to euro an v case
j of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or l’rotruding piles in
fa to 14 days or money refunded. 60c.
__
When a man is full he isn’t fully
l responsible.
MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES
W. L. Douglaa makom and aalla more
man's $2.BO, $3.00 and t3.BO ehoee
.__than any othor manufacturer In the .
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shape, IN hotter, wear longer, and
*CS>» are or greater value than any other .ccr-Nf,
ahoea In the world to-day. W® pm
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CSr* CAUTION. — W. L. Douglas name ami price is stamped on torv to any P‘
ntitiite. Sold by the best shoe dealers everywhere. Shoes malted from j
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