cm
WHY HE WAS LIKE A DONKEY
Hutbmd Gets Startling and Unexpect
ed Reply From Spouse Whan
Trying to Spring Joke.
"William, do yu know why you
ire Iltto a donkey?"
"Like donkey?" echoed Wllllnni,
penin hla eyi-e wide. "No, I don't"
"tti you K've It up?
"1 do."
"Ilei-atine your better half la stub
ornni'sa herself!"
'That's not I) ml. 1 1 it T ha! I'll rlvo
hit to my lf hrn I get hone."
"Kinlly." he Ix-Kiin. aa he an' down
o iuii'rr, "do you know why 1 am
U a l..i,k.-y ?"
He milted for moment, expecting
..( alfe to kIvo It up; b.it alie didn't.
tbr linked nt lil in with aome pity tn
t-r )r. inn! replied:
mi pi'Ke, denr, Ixvaune you were
urn so "
Wages of Sin.
Ilirt h'ciriiem. a lively 4 year old. la
Kf.tt et of tli young buly next
.t mill h .-Tul a good (leal of hla
up her One morning he hud
n mule hla usual early rnll, and
'I a S . i : ! ! . w t nt In by the back way,
it lWor.. noon, to learn the reaaon.
hire won no i lie abuut, Bo atie
:!M:
"Itt-rt, Pert, where are you?"
"Mi re." mistered a ahrlll voire
"in uin'alm. and Minn Ballle, ascend
. found her young friend, nightie
a. In In d
"My. iti!" !, rxi Inlmed, "w hat
)uu iloiiiv: In bed thla time o' day?
3 fur a mi i "
"Na! In fer aaaaln'!" Woman'B
'lutie C'on:,iiiilon.
Judicial Advice.
"I hope you won't be hnrd on me.
idge," he aild. "You aee. I waa un
'r the Inlluenee of Ibjuor when I
mi- It."
"Von lectii to have leeii under the
iflueiii e of aoinethllig equally bad
h'ti you studied grmntiiar. Inirlng
!i tpare mninuilii that you aro going
) have, penult youraelf to Indulge In
:Jlclou aliiily nf the cotiatrurtlon of
Imple i.-nienrea. Hero la the one to
!n with -alxly daya."
TH Obvloua Remedy.
Tha American vlaltor waa being
iown through the historical rathe-
l of an Kngllab village. Kvery
t"ne In the flixrr waa graved with the
'me of the alinoat forgotten hero or
alnt whoKn body reeled beneath It.
Aye. ir," the verger aaaured the
Ultor, "a eight o' folka aleena atween
wl o' thla old church."
Then why." aaked the Yankee, ab
ntly, "don't you people get an up-
o-date preneher?"
CRUEL MAN.
ft. 1 i ' S It
Hhe Hefore vou ma. haven't vou ft
rorl to aav In nrU nf tha little
rh 1 prepared for vou with mv own
itida?
He Why -er vea Th eurumbera
ere excellent.
He Waan't Frank.
'He told me he had never loved
fore."
(,h. well, you mustn't count one or
" tlmea."
I wouldn't. Tint I find that laat
'Her he loved DractlcaJIv an entire
onilnary."
Diplomacy.
J"t one word of advice, aim. be-
you g out into the world."
'", dad."
Alaya be kind to JDemocrata.
y have their turn one In ft while.
Thale rirat T.
Hlie- ivnir ("oualn Jack! And to be
n hy thoae wretched cannlbala!
iea, my denr child: but he
V fhm I Vi . I n-ft ft a. I. IUtnMl
' l " 1 1 lllall lilHlO in IVIIlt'U
r
Wadding Rlnn Liumninn'. ia..i.
Iurlng vl.I..iit thunderstorm at
Ferwkk, Fi.!imI, a:i eitnu.rdliiary
Incident omirrH. Mr. Ma,n of
aatlewntB wn In hM with her hand
reeling on the rountcrpatin when a
fl'uh of liKhtnliiK rnt.red and atruclc
her wedding rlnn, taking a amall place
-lan out of it. lUr hnud was uulu
Jured. Hita Himaalf In Head With Hammer.
It la juitt aa reasonable to hit your
self In the head with a hammer to
cure a headache aa it ii to try to cure
rheumBtixm with alcohol. .Salgrene
containa absolutely no alcohol. pro
curable at all druicgista.
Ready tor tha Summons.
"Rupihjbu you knew you ware to die
tonight at 12 o'clock," uak-d a lady
of Wesley, "how would yiu end the
lntervnlng time?" "How, madam?"
he milled. "Why, Just aa I Intend to
pend It now I ahmild no through,
with my business, gu to my r(im a,i
to Bleep at 10 o'clock, ttmj WHjja up
glory."
If a done (,f lUnilitm Wizard Oil tak
en at n will prevent ymir havinir a
lillil ,...1,1 i. II. - - ! n .
...... ...... , iim.iiiimk, i:n i il a jfixKl
Idea to huve it ready to take the mo
tneiit yim feel the rolil coming?
An luesl.
I will strive i r.ils my owa body
and aoul ditlly Into higher power of
duty and happlm; not In rlvalshlp
or coiitentlon with other, but for the
help, delight, honor of others, and
for the Joy and peace of my own Wo.
John Rukln.
About Twenty Per Capita.
It la auld 'hut the peoplo of Chicago
ronaunie 40,0'i0,000 plg' feet every
year. I'erhapa that account for ft
hol lot of Chleago'e lieeullarltlea.
T
1"
Do You
Peel
Bilious?
Your
Liver Needs
Assistance
TRY
Ihostetters
STOMACH BITTERS
It has a toning and
invigorating effect on
the liver, stomach and
bowels.
Road to Something Better.
EverylhlnK we endure patiently If
key to aoiiifthlng beautiful we could
never enter otherwlae. Uy the toll
aome road of atudy a acholar learna
to Ect Joy out of bH)ka and Btonee and
treea. lly the hard road of dlaclpllne
a man learna to get Joy out of every
day living.
she
suffered
five years
Finally Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vcsclabfc Compound.
Eric, Pa. " I RiifTcrpil for five years
from fc initio troiiblea nnd at lust wua
.almost Iiolpless. 1
went to tnn-e uoc.
. .i . t .hi
$f Y,fl Hlster Rilviw'il nin to
try j.yinn r.. i iua
liiim's Vegetable
l' o in p o u r. -I , ana
w4ien I hud taken
onlv two bottlca I
coulil see ft bltr
clianprr', so I took
alx bottles and I am
now strong and well
airtiln. I don't know how to express
my thanks lor uie goou It naa uone inn
and 1 hope all suffering- women will
irlve Lydia E. llnkhiitirs Vegetable
Compound ft trial. It was worth its
weight In gold." Mrs. J. 1. Esdlilii,
It. F. I). No. 7, Krie,
Lydia K. lMnkham's Vegetable Com
potiiid, made from native roots and
fierba, contains no narcotic or harm,
fid drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
cf female diseases we know of. and
thousand of voluntary testimonial
re on (lie in the l'inkham lutwratory
at Lynn, Mass., from w omen w ho have
lieen cured from almost every form of
female complaints, stu b as Inflamma
tion, ulceration, displacements, tlbroid
tumors, irregularities, periodic pain,
backache, indigestion and nervous
.r..trntl..n l.'verv aiifferinir woman
owes It to herself to give Lydia E. Ilnk-
liam Vegeiaiilfl ciiinixiuiiii a vrmi.
If vo'i want special nl vice write
mimhL iiiim. I. vim. HIaim. for it.
It Ufreo huU Uwy liclpf ul
IAMC
MirDiciNf
COLDS
1 1 s
i a J
f, coughs r.
THE SEPTIC TANK ON THE FARM
Mv II. . Hru.l.ler. l'r..fm..r of Amn.ny. Oro
' An ruultural (JoIUkv. (rvHlli.
One of the greatest attractions of
farm life ia ita heathfulntsa. This is
due more largely, however, to nature's
beneficence than to man's precautions.
One of the most common aourcea of
aerioua ill health and physical discom
fort on the farm may be found in sew
age accumulation.
Whether it be the kitchen slops and
wash water thrown from the door, the
animal manures under the eaves of
the burn, or the more dangerous hu
man excreta beneath the outhouse all
are the cause of foul odors, the breed
ing of flies, the pollution of aoil and
water, and the spread of disease.
Human excreta, narticulurlv (mm
diseased persona, is by far the most
dangerous form of sewage. Annual
ly, inousanda or deatha from typhoid
alone may be traced to this source.
The most common means of diHrumal
of this form of farm and country sew
uge. the nrivv. is nerha ns the mrmt
unsanitary that could be devised.
Kven the dry earth closet, though less
dangerous, is unpleasant and burden
some to attend. Cesspoolii must be
rV
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!iir:i.riiiirti;r
't'l't'i'i'i'iMx
1 1 A JL. 1 I 1
Lnnq- 'uti nol ycc
frequently emptied, and cesspools and
dry wells alike, soon clog up and pol
lute the surrounding soil, eventually
establishing percolation channels
which lead into the country ground
water, carrying impurities to the
sources of domestic supply. Neither
cesspool nor dry well are feasible in
heavy clay sub-soils, yet in gravel
sub-soils they more cjuickly distribute
contamination to the country water.
Nor is the emptying of sewage into
creeks an entirely successful disposi
tion of the matter, for this very com
monly merely carries impurities and
disc Hue to the district below.
Hence the satisfactory disposal of
farm sewage has been for long, a
most vexing problem. Until the con
ception of the septic tank idea, no
permanently sanitary and economical
method of disposal was known. By
giving nature proper assistance, the
septic tank enables the farmer to com
pletely and inexpensively dispose of
all household and human waste pro
duct, destroying their disease-carrying
power as well as ridding the farm
stead of its most discomforting fea
ture. The septic tank is a simple concrete
receptacle built under the ground sur
face, into and through which the sew
age slowly passes and is transformed
through bacterial action into a practi
cally harmless liquid.
The exclusion of sunlight and air
from the sewage chamber causes a
great army of saphrophytic vegetable
organisms, the anaerobic bacteria, to
attack the waste animal and plant
matter of the sewage, from the de
compoaition of which these minute
organisms must obtain their necessary
oxygen. Ordinarily In less than
twenty-four hours these bacteria will
break down over fifty per cent of the
organic solids of the sewage, trans
forming the offensive matter largely
into carbon dioxide gas and leaving
traces of nitrates, potash, ammonia,
and marsh gas in the water remain
ing. In this process the disease
(Terms are destroyed as well. . The
outflow from the tank almost clear,
practically odorless and harmless-
may be used for irrigation or ois
charged into a water course where
sunlight and soil complete its purifi
cation. The septic tank offers a highly sat
isfactory means of disposing of the
farmhouse sewage In a sanitary way,
the aewage entering the tank being
decomposed and purified by bacterial
Simple Test.
An Infallible test of tinned fruit or
Tegetable of any kind I to open the
tin and plunge Into the content ft
bright steel knife. Keep it there for
few minutes and If coprer is pres
ent, even In the minutest proportion,
It will be visibly deposited ou the)
blade.
One Sacred Spot.
I have a room wherein no one en
ters save myself alone. There sit a
blessed memory on ft throne; there
my life centers. Christian C. Itos-
i'V, n 7 rMf--T" (J -. .l-i.'L
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Crois See tion
r-T-rvu-TTTi Tl ic !-.. --1
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action. The tank may be placed at
any distance desired from the houes.
aa if constructed of concrete with
man-hole and concrete cover as shown,
it is practically air-tight and odorless.
i ne size oi me tank should be such as
would permit a sewage capacity of
aoout tour cubic feet per person,
closet, kitchen, bath and wash-room
waste all being included in this allow
ance. The tank shown in the drawing
(inside measurement: width, 36 inch
es; height to water line, 38 inches;
length of inlet chamber, 36 inches;
length of outlet chamber, 24 inches)
has a aewage capacity of about 45
cubic feet, hence ia of about the right
capacity for a family of ten or twelve
persons, or for several small families
living in adjoining houses.
The wooden forms for the walls are
set in a pit of the proper size and
thoroughly mixed concrete poured in,
making the outside wall 6 inches thick,
and the partition wall 8 inches. Fire
brick are laid without mortar on the
base of the partition wall, one-fourth
inch spaces left between the edges of
the brick. On top of this brick
screen, consisting of eight layers of
brick laid on their flat sides, the con
crete partition wall is completed. The
DtilGN or
6CPTIC TANk
v.Vi s
i . . -j
Di Mon M all
C lni r r lall
lion
inlet and outlet pipes (4-incb sewer
: tile with cemented joints) should be
on the same level and turned down, as
shown, inside, so that their discharge
will not disturb the mass of organ
isms at the surface of the tank con
tents, and also so as to prevent the en
trance of air to the tank or the return
of sewage gas to the house. The tank
should be connected to the waste pipes
of th house by 4-inch sewer tile with
' cemented joints. This inlet tile line
should have a fall of not more nor less
that 1 inch per foot. The plumbing
of the house, of course, should be
: modern in ever respect, with the cus
tomary traps and clean-outs. The out
let tile to dispose of the waste water
of the tank should be ordinary drain
' tile with about one-eighth inch spaces
left between the ends in laying them.
I This drain tile should lead to a ravine
or dry ditch where the waste water,
' which is odorless and clean, can seep
away into the ground. A screen
l should be placed over the exposed end
' of the outlet to prevent the entrance
of small aimals. Of course, if the
soil through which the outlet line is
j run is sandy and porous, the waste
water will seep into the ground
through tie joints of the tile within
one or two hundred feet, depending
upon the porosity of the soil. In such
1 caes, the outlet into a ditch would
' not be necessary.
I Where an outlet ditch is not availa
ble, the drain may lead into a pre
pared sand or gravel well at a dis
tance of two or three hundred feet
i from the septic tank. The fall of the
outlet tile should be about the same aa
; the inlet, one inch per foot, where
! leading through a very sandy soil. It
1 may be much less where the soil is
heavier and seepage along the tile line
I is not depended upon.
No strong antiseptics, such as
chloride of lime or carbolic acid,
should be allowed to enter the sewage
in other than very small quantities, as
they might destroy the organisms that
bring about decomposition. The scum
of organisms on the surface of the
aewage in the tank should not be dis
turbed. About once year the tank
should be examined and cleaned, if
necessary, but this seldom need be
done.
The materials required for building
the tank shown are: Gravel, 2 yards;
aand. vard: cement. 4 barrels; 60
firebrick, sewer pipe and drain tile;
old lumber for forms. The cost of ma
terial and labor ranges from $25 to $30.
I
Dog Alpinist
A bulldog cailed Dobby, belonging
to the Marquis de Charetta of Pari,
t the first dog to gain mountaineer
Ing fame by ascending the ummlt of
the Jungfrau. He wa accompanied
by roaster and mistress and twe
guides. Berne Correspondence Lon
don Dally News.
Sweet Things of Life).
Life's sweet, brother there' day
and night, brother, both sweet things;
sun, moon and stars all sweet thing;
there' likewise a wind on the heath.
Ooorge Borrow In Lavengro.
f r ft
When Beechsr "Hollered."
Coming home from the morning
Service one Sunday Dr. Deecher threw
himself on a lounge and said, In a tone
of deep dejection: "I believe that was
the worst sermon I ever preached "
One of his daughters protested that
she bad seldom heard him when he
waa more energetic. "Ob, yea," was
the Impatient reply, "When I haven't
anything to say I always boiler." The
Outlook.
Life's Responsibilities.
The man called to a great work
must not waste his life in trivial
things. He must not act like the
keeper of the lighthouse who gave to
the people in the cabins about him 1
the oil which was Intended for the'
mighty lanterns of the sea. Maeter-'
llnck. !
i
Truth In Old Saying.
There la an old aa the hills saying ,
that men who cannot manage their I
own finances are exactly the one to '
look after those of a nation. And I
because it is too true Is the reaaon I
why it is sn old saying, irrespective '
fts to what Dun or Dradstreet may say !
to the contrary. ,
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lingering cough, bronchitis, or bleeding at the lungs, it will bring about
cure in 98 per cent, of all cases. It ia a remedy prepared by Dr. R. V. Pierce,
of Buffalo, N. Y., whose advict it given fret to all who wish to write him. His
great success has come from bis wide experience and varied practice.
Don't be wheedled by a penny-grabbing dealer into taking inferior substi
tutes for Dr. Pierce's medicines, recommended to be "just aa good." Dr.
Pierce's medicines are op known composition. Their every ingredient printed
on their wrappers. Made from roots without alcohol. Contain no habit
forming drugs. World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
DISTEMPER
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Dow considered attractive enough to
be on the general tourist' list.
TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY
for Red. Weak. Weary, Watery Eye
and Gramil.ued Eyelids. Murine Doesn't
Bmart Soothes Eye Pain. Druggist
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid. 25c,
60c. $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, 2"e. $1.00. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mall.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Homelike.
A British baronet is working; as ft
Janitor In New York. Just could not
get away from his autocratic tenden
cies. Dayton Journal.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation. Constipation is the cause
of many diseases. Cure the cause and
you cure the disease. Easy to take.
Effort That Is Foolish.
Many splendid natures have been
made absolute cyphers by their efforts
to become something they were never
Intended to be.
Mott-rs win tad Mrs. WInsloWs nnnthlng
Syrup tue bt-st romedT to us iui ibeir ciitttlroa
iutiog lb teetttlug period.
Small Potatoes.
Every man who has gone through
tne onaegroom stage uas seen y
preclaUon of the insignificance of his
sex.
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IN THE CIRCLE
ON EVERY PACKAGE OF THE
THE WONDERFUL POPULARITY OP THE GENUINE SYRUP
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OR WHAT MAKE YOU WISH. WHEN YOU ASK FOR
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ING TO DECEIVE YOU.. TELL HIM THAT YOU WISH THE
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Desperate
Ksougns
Dangerous couehs. Extremely
perilous coughs. Coughs that
rasp and tear the throat and
lungs. Coughs that shake the
whole body. You need a regu
lar medicine, a doctor's medi
cine, for such a cough. Ask
your doctor about Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral.
A
VV pubiita our formu.aa
uxyers
Tram oil- u ec.olnM
W iirgw vol to
on... t rsur
Any good doctor w ill tell you that a medi
cine Tike Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cannot
do its best work if the bowels sre con
stipated. Ask your doctor if he know
anything better than Ayer's Pills for cor
recting this sluggishness of the liver, i
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Do you feel all tired out ? Do you sometimes
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it will keep that dread destroyer away. Even after con
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Shipping fever
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Sure ear and positive prwentiw. no matfr how hordes mny a?
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Napkin rings of hand beaten stlvep
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They are in an oval shape, about thre
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