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THE C.6EE WO CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
1 62 1 rinl St., Cor. Morrison
Pertland, Orcsoe.
Possibly tha Reason.
"Tha troublo In that my boss has fa-
orltea. You can't deny It" "I won t
n"ny It Hut have you noticed thai
lla favorltea do all tha hard work
"hotit the place !" Iiulavlllo Courier
Journal.
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TONS of Dressed Turkeys
or ""wed Geese
TONS of Dressed Ducks
lUiNS of Dressed Chickens
MEAT COMPANY
B bit Wa. put , nh
V.r.in,-tlon., not only of th.
P.. ".. tut of the othr, bK,k. of th,
, cr" nutn-rom In th. ilienlh
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TTiinri H willam llunnli. who
undrr .uct, fclful tit!,.
Mobi i of Horrofu gui for H,n ..
A Mindful of IlonfyiucklHi" a
Hlreful of llonry.- r.c.. pubi;hed
tiumbor of rhyming rr.lont of 0-n,.
-.- u joo. winch now worth
thlr weight In jold to tha tlbllo
niauinc. Muilcal Family.
Blln.-"Ar. th. r, nny mnilclnn.
n your r.,r WlB.-.-..tho"
Why. my fnilM-r In an ad.t at blowing
l! own horn, and mother U equally
iMTt at bundng on on. itrlng; ma
in Inw baa to Dluv nrrfin n.l ... j
Aunt Tublthn i.-a.la a humdrum ex
ltrnc.; arandpa lvr. a aolo on fall
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v Obiolet. Garment.
A New York firm of prttleoat man
fncturtTi full.'d with $700,000 of 11a
bllltlci recently, and give. th.
I'liinallon that womi'n'i sklrta ar. ao
t!:lit tliy have quit wearing petti
ckii'h. I ild you know that? Kauiaa
Cliy War.
Wilting to Do Anything.
A little girl, now a famous artist,
long nun caught unlng her crayons
on Suinhy. As the forbidden Joyi
were taken from her she sobbed out:
"Mamma, do let nie have them. I'll
draw a church an' a a graveyard
If ou will!"
What Made Him Reslgn.d.
A tourUt from th. east, visiting
an old prospector In his lonely cabin
In the hills, commented: "And yel
you seem to cheerful and happy."
-Yea," replied the on. of th. pick
and ahovel. "I spent a week In Bos
ton one, and no matter what hap
pens to me, I'v. been cheerful avet
Inc.."
HI. Limit
Th. Father "Can you aupport my
daughter In th. style to which ah. has
been accustomed?" Th. Suitor "Yea,
but not In th. atyl. to which her
mother and you hav. been trying tc
n.ak. m. think for th. past all
months she hns been errustomed."
Philosopher's Tip.
"1 was riding In th. park with tha
great Carlyle one morning when his
wideawake blew off. A working man
yery civilly ran and picked It up. in
stead of giving the man a pourbolra,
however mengor. Carlyle took tha re
I turned hat with a bow, and said:
I "Thank ye. my mnn: y. can Just any
I yey. picked up the hat of Thcmaa
I Carlyle." "That Fourth Generation,"
j by Janet Ross.
! Hard to 8s. Under Water.
I There Ii no iclentlfic Instrument of
I th. "scope" character which enablea
I on. to see down to 60 or 60 feet under
water. When the sun ahlnea vertical
ly over water, a bog or bucket with a
glass bottom la often ued to look
uater. A cloth covering to
exclude light from the box or bucket
la sometimes employed. Put without
electric or some otSer light In the wa
ter these dovlcea are not very aatla
fuctory. Peaceful Beginning.
A young barber was telling one of
hla regulur customer, of hla recent
weildliiR, "You bet we hnd a good
tlmo at my wedding." he snld. "lots
of young per pin thero, a big crowd,
and we had dancing and singing and
lots of fun, and there waau't one
fight"
Just So.
Curiosity la finding out eomothlnj
nbout somebody rl that don't con
cern you end which would ninke you
mighty mad If somebody els, found
i. m,t about you when It dUn t con-
csxn aomabody els
WOMAN IN POULTRY BUSINESS
Of Con.lder.bl. Conv.nlene. , K.ey
Rcord of profit and Lot. af
Flock of Mongrtla.
fWy Mrtg joiim i'iTOf
I ld not reaiu. Ilntll a f.w yer
gO hOW nileh I. I.
, . i" nr-u aceouni
, V" pront n(1 lo 'rorn th. flock.
a : . . UUa ,hu W,B nongr.l
Hoek of IS bead, with tha following
r.iult:
I paid for fBe,ng. th, Tw o g
"4 ! for ehlnkena $13 40. a total eoat
w $4 08. I .old poultry for $4711;
KM. $578; egga Ule an(j for Mt
$64 S; Talu. of piill.ti. rooitera
nd 10 beni on band, $78.75. TotaL
Thla would lenv. a profit of $145 08.
Thla tncludi i th. valuo of th. ehlcka
or pullet, from th. 65 heni.
! Th. 63 heni wer. kept In on. flocg
on a ild. Mil. Th, houg. waa lx20i,
faring iouth. with a conrrot. wall and
dirt floor. On. end waa partitioned
off and mad. fireproof for an Ineu
balor room. I ran a .mail Incubator
of 60 egg ilz. until April, when I pur
chaed on. of 80-egg ilz..
Hurlng th. fall montha all of thla
flock waa told but ten hem. I had on
.band from th. aeagon'a hatching H5
pullet.. They were kept In thre.
tiny hoiifca until late fall, when they
wer. divided Into three fioeka; on. of
Whit. Leghorna, to be kept for lay
ers; on. of Rhode Inland Red, to b.
lined for raising broll.ra, and th. third
lock of mongrels.
No tholivhtful haw. II.. ..U Li... -
pin. h ,.f ,i i. , a Inn,. nul .,f wat.T. Aak iu
llul Lruaa Hall lllu.. Ui. j,ua that's all klua.
Th. Danger.
"It miy ieom a trifling matter,"
aya a writer In th. Observer, "but I
think that th. man who wears his
glovea ieemi to bo smarter than th.
man who carries his gloves In his
hands." Surely it U no trifling mat
ter. On, might meet th, Obserrer
writer any day, and then If on. were
carrying one', gloves Instead of wear
ing them, what an outsider on, would
feel. The Uyatai.der.
What Did H. Meant
"Now look here, Maria," said Mr.
Wombat, "If you don't stop playing
bridge all th. Mm, I'll tuk, a hand."
''1 a
3
You want
"your rights"
That always means a
KEEN APPETITE
PERfECT DIGESTION
ACTIVE UVER
BOWEL REGULARITY
There's one way to get th jm take
Hostetter's
STOMACH BITTERS
at mealtime for a few days. It
doc s the work. All Druggists.
1
B. Kind Today.
N.r.r, never wait for post-mortem
praise. Speak the kind worda which
love prompts, and remember that
words of loving klndnesa ar. tha beat
possible tonic which can b. given,
even to th. happiest of th. mortals.
Kate Tannatt Woods.
Not Saying Much.
A celebrated woman lawyer says
women are Just as honeat at aom.
men. but perhaps that lan't aaylnf
ary much. Grand Raplda Press.
House Plana Important
The care In the home and all other
forms of household work ara greatly
facilitated by right planning and tha
use of suitable materials for the
construction and furnishing of the
home. An adequate and convenient
water supply and other convenlencea
are essential, not only for comfort
and for aavlng Inbor, but also from
the at&ndpolnt of home hygiene.
The Coughs
of Children
They may not cough today,
but what about tomorrow?
Ikttcr be prepared for it
when it comes. Ask your
doctor about keeping Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral in the house.
Then when the hard cold or
cough first appears you have
a doctor's medicine at hand.
This cough medicine is
especially good for children.
No anodynes. No alcohol.
Mny a child is called dull and stupid
when the whole trouble is due to a lazy
liver. Vi e Hr.uly believe your own doc
tor will tell you that an occasional dose
of Ayer'a Pills, sunar-costcd, will do iucb
great desl of good. Ask him.
Ik I. O. AIM CO.. LawaU, Haas.
Children a
IN STREET APPAREL
Much Importance Attached to
Outdoor Costume.
Draped Eff.et. Ara Accorded th. Mo.t
Popularity by the Leading Da,
algn.rw Walat Lin. a Matter
of Individual Choice.
NEW YORK. Just now and tor
another month to com. tha prin
cipal Interest In clothea centers
around atreet apparel, and cer
tainly It la an important feature In
dresa to appear well gowned In pub
lic, but tha smart dresser never neg
lects the frocks to be worn In the
bouse, for she realizes how telling It
la to bo becomingly and distinctively
gowned In one'a own home, writes
Laura R. Selple In the Chicago Rec
ord Herald. Therefore the llrit con
slderatlona In dress are th. street
costumes and the evening gowns, aad
after these difficult problems are ac
complished, then attention can be
tumed to fascinating house gowns.
Thla does not mean the matinee or
negligee, but the tea gown, which to
day finds quite as elaborate and every
whit as expensive, If not more ao,
than the fashionable dinner gown,
and often In many respects It Is very
similar.
Many of the world's renowned de
signers have gone over to draped ef
fects for street wear; Indeed few of
the European houses have turned out
anything but draped styles of one kind
or another. And In many of the great
establishments the normal waist line
and even the elongated waist line re
ceives much attention, but the raised
waist line Is by no means discarded,
and many sumptuous models are
shown with decidedly short waist. On
street costumes the ceinture is In
dicated by a false girdle or belt, which
In many instances furnished the deco
rative ftature of the coat All sorts of
original Ideas are thus expressed, and
with excellent results. Sometimes the
lengthened waist line is suggested in
the same way.
Whit. Velvet for the 8treet
One of the handsomest atreet cos
tumes brought out by one of New
York's Importers who has copied and
Idealized a large number of exclusive
models, Is a gown very simple In line,
yet superlatively gorgeous, being
made as H Is of white velvet Th,
silhouette of the model is similar to
those which have been familiar during
the past year, cut straight back, the
left side closes over the right In a
rounded corner, leaving the slightly
plaited underskirt In view at th, bot
tom. Ornate white buttons set with
a single brilliant bold the corner in
place. In the front a cleverly arrang
ed white satin sash starting from un
der the front of the Medici collar and
falling ('own the left front of coat and
skirt to the knee. The scarf Is held
flat by straps of velvet and small but
tons. Indications point to an unprecedent
ed year of velvet Velvets of all kinds
are popular, but the brocades and
embosHed patterns are the novelties
most prized, and lovely effects are be
ing developed with them. The em
bossed velvet designs on chiffon or
messaline or on metallic gauze are
particularly beautiful and lend them
selves charmingly to drapery effects.
A great deal Is being done with black
velvet embossed on cloth of gold and
blue on cloth of silver. Some won
derfully gorgeous gowns In these su
perb brocades, combined with plain
velvet are being exhibited at the
mart houses, and so well are the em
bossed fabrics taking that It la al
most impossible to obtain even short
lengths of the choice patterns in the
shops.
Ont-Tone Effects Popular.
Taupe one-tone effects are extreme
ly popular In these delectable mate
rials, and some of the smartest after
noon gowns are developed in taupe
velvet embossed messaline madeup
with plain taupe velvet or satin and
relieved by cascades of lovely soft
lace. The various taupe shades are
surprisingly effective and generally
becoming, but often relieving colors
are employed with taupe, certain
shades of red or old rose being the
most successful. One also sees deep
orange with taupe, but this combina
tion is only for the brunette to whom
burnt orange is becoming. The new
reds that are being favored Just now
are excellent with all the fashionable
mole and brown tones, as well as with
the heavier shades of taupe.
Some exceedingly pretty models In
corduroy and heavy velvet, not unlike
those In wool, are modish and charm
ing for street wear. A lovely little
auit In deep rose corded velvet waa
highly complimented with Ha under
skirt of black satin bordered with
skunk fur, and Ita caunnlngly arrang
ed skirt plaits. The fancy coat waa
cut quite long at the back with cut
away fronts and satin waistcoat em
broidered with red and gold. The
high collar and long tight al.eves
wer. finished with band of fur cor
respond "fig with that on th. bottom
of the skirt The high, close collar
trimmed with a line of fur Is becom
ing more and more popular, aa ara
also the long close-fitting sleeves fin
ished In the same manner.
Odd Designs Give Variety.
Coat tails, long or short, square or
spiked, and belts or odd ornaments
marking the waist line offer variety
to the modish street costume. Kven
when the coats are short In front they
are likely to show more length In the
back than did the coats of few
weeks back. In many Instances tha
collars appear only in the back, show-
Picturesque Frills.
The Victorian Influence is dally be
coming stronger. Frills and ruchee
are seen on many of the new gowns,
and a curious obi fashioned cut gives
an added touch of pleturesqueness to
the new styles.
A very new tailor made for after
noon wear shows thla new Idea to a
very marked extent. The cutaway
coat of dull green satin fits Into the
walxt at the bark, and Is eilged all
around with a deep gathered frill of
itreeu niousfellne. Another frill of
Ing not at all from the front view or
merely as lines on the shoulders, and
occasionally one noticea a bodice' fin
li hed round at the Laae of the neck
aero.s the front, but running down a
trifle lower In a point at th, back
Mil n y of lbs expensive gowna and
blousea are mado with the round deep
cut, but as cold weather advances we
shall see fewer and fewer of th. bare
throats
The newest street gowns of less pre
tention Ilk do not emjloy whipcord
or serge but a handsome new mate
rial called velour de laine, striped or
plain both aa to finish and color. The
smartest outfits we have seen In these
are In maroon with the tiniest stripe
of red, green, blue, brown, black or
white, the stripe being so fulnt that
it la but used to give color to the en
semble. The material is thick, heavy
and warm. A lovely shade called
tllleul a tone between dead green
and yellow composes some of the
smartest street costumes. Thla parti
cular shade la considered by many ar
biters of fashion, aa being one of the
best colors of the season. Another
becoming tone is known aa "dead
leaves" and is novel in Ita combina
tion of a sort of dull gray with a dash
of brown and red.
Popular 8hadea of Brown.
All the shade, of brown are aought,
except those in Intensely dark dyes.
Navy blue is always smart, but un
less It is in some soft material the ef
fect la apt to be hard and old, and
this la the case with whipcord and
serge. A lovely new tone called mole
brown Is attractive In all the modish
woolen stuffs, and there are aome very
charming models In auch color and
materials. A stunning tailored two
piece model was of thick soft wool of
the pean de chamois sort and the trim
ming was a flat braid matching the
material In color. The clever way In
which the braid was applied and the
great fur collar dyed to match tha
if"
The gown here illustrated consists of
a swathing of mother-of-pearl Nin
on veiled with blue net It haa a
beaded laca band passing under
the drapery and a back pleat of
aapphlre-blu. velvet Th. hat Is of
white Ninon lined with blue v.lv.t
tones of the costume furnished the
exquisite detail of the finished cos
tume. In tha same exhibit with this ex
cellent model was another gown
worthy of mention. Thla waa In a
beautiful shade of brown and waa
fashioned of heavy chiffon and moire.
There waa a full underskirt of the
chiffon having a drapery of the aupple
lustrous moire forming the lower part
of the skirt and running up at the
left front to the high waist line. Thla
treatment allowed the underskirt of
full chiffon showing in a sort of pan
nier at the left side, while on the
right side the chiffon waa draped. The
aides of the bodice and sleeves were
of chiffon and the moire waa employ
ed In the plain bodice front. A line
of dark fur trimmed the aleevea, neck
and bottom of the skirt
Three-Plec. 8uits.
As the season advancea more Inter
est is shown in three-piece suits, says
the Dry Goods Economist, especially
styles which show a coat made of vel
vet or novelty cloth and the dress de
veloped in broadcloth, peau de sourta,
xlbeline or similar materials. The
coata of these suits are usually made
In modified cutaway outline, the meas
urements In the back extending half
the skirt length. A favorite design
for tha dresses of these costumes
showa the long draped skirt This
drapery la usually arranged well to
ward tha back, although soma styles
show the drapery effects toward tha
front, thla being formed by looping
up tha side front In folds, which ara
caught In with tha side seam. Tot
thla draping extra length la allowed
In tha skirt measurement.
B.lt Garniture.
The smart belt for lingerie dresses
la of narrow black velvet ribbon and
haa one loop that stands np and two
long ends that are finished In a hori
xontal line. A huge, loose petaled ar
tificial rose of some color unknown to
botanists Is fastened Into tha belt at
one side of the waist line.
The blue rose la Immensely popular,
while mauve and orange rosea ara con
sidered very smart
moussellne takes the place of a roll
collar, and three frills of the aame
material finish the elbow sleeves. The
skirt of this costume Is most original.
There Is a wide panel front, on whlh
from the waist to the knees come
wide overlapping frills of the mousse
line. The rest of the skirt Is quite
plain.
No Good.
"rld you ever try auto suggestion?"'
"Often, but I can't Induce my hus
band to buy one "
MODERN OYSTER SHELL-MACADAM ROAD
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Th. Illustration 8how. a Modern Oyster Shell Macadam Road Betwa.n
East Newmarket and ML Holly In th. State of Maryland.
GOOD
LITTLE ROAD WORK IN FALL
Only Aim Should B. to Keep Them
Hard and Well Drained Cut Out
All Weeds and Grass.
To those who are about to work up
the highways, aa Is often done in
some counties of the state In the fall,
we would say, "Don't!"
Autumn la a beautiful season, but
when we see a force of men "work
ing" a new section of road and plow
ing up the old road-bed late In the
fall. It makes us think that the melan
choly days have come, the saddest of
the year. There is an element of this
sort that lingers all winter over such
a section of road. It Is bound to be
cut full of deep ruts in mild weather,
and rougher than the rocky road to
Dublin when the ground Is frozen.
The only aim In' working roada at
this time of the year should be to
keep them hard and well drained,
says the Wisconsin Agriculturist No
loose dirt, clods or vegetable matter
auch as weeds and grass sods should
be left on the road-bed. Sod and
weeds make humus, and however
much we desire a supply a humus In
cultivated soils, It Is a mighty poor
road building material.
Clay roads should be packed and
smoothed with the road drag, and not
loosened up at any time of the year,
much less Just before winter seta In.
Muddy and sandy tracts may be grav
eled or macadamized. Tile drains
and culverts are seen to be In good
condition for draining away the ditch
water. But places can well be hard
surfaced or cut to proper levels or
slopes. But to plow and scrape loose
soft material up on to the roadway Is
not good highway engineering for
November. It la better to leave fair
ly firm road surfaces as they are,
than to fill In with unpacked material
at thla aeason of the year.
Good Jersey Roads.
The New Jersey legislature and
state officials, aroused to their re
sponsibility as producers of the best
interests of their commonwealth, have
voted millions of dollars to be used
in constructing an ocean boulevard, to
run the entire length of the coast In
a state already famous for Its roads
this will undoubtedly be the finest
driveway In America and will be a
superb addition to the already wonder
ful attractions of the Jersey coast
With the assistance of the United
States government the atate has also
appropriated money for the dredging
of an Inland water way through the
mate of bays, creeks and inlets from
Bay Head to Cape May, which will
make It possible for pleasure craft to
ply between the resorts with absolute
safety at all times National Maga
zine. Mud Hole la Coatly.
The ravages of tha boll weevil In
Texas ara estimated at millions of dol
lars annually, 'but the mud hole haa
been a more costly foe to millions of
dollars in trying to find a way of erad
icating the boll weevil but wa do not
have to apend money to learn how
to eradicate bad roada build good
onea.
Tha boll weevil In destroying cotton
decreases production and consequent
ly Increases the price of the remain
ing products, but bad roada levy their
deadly toll against the producer and
destroy the value of the remaining
roads.
Study Road Needs.
While marketing the hogs and oth
er crops is a splendid time to study
tha needa of road Improvement, but
lt'a a poor policy to let the matter
stop with the study. The only way
to accomplish the improvement la to
put plans Into definite action.
Have Roada 4 1-3 Per Cent
Don't have grader, on your road over
4 1-3 per cent; for If you do It will be
necessary to build V-shaped surface
ditches or "Thank you mam's" across
the road
A
CUT OUT ROAD CONTRACTOR
Nothing More Than Figurehead, and
County Paya Them Big Profit
for Their Bar. Signatures.
(By ISAAC U TOTTEN. In th. Farm and
Flreslda.)
In this state (Indiana) we have
what Is termed "the three-mile gravel
road" law. Under the provisions of
this law fifty freeholders of a town
ship may petition the county commis
sioner to establish and construct three
milea of gravel road at any place
within the bounds of that township,
providing the road Is to connect with
a township-line road or another gravel
road at either of its terminals; and
the road may be established and built
if the township is not already over
bonded, and if the bonds for the new
road can be sold.
This is a very elastic law and per
mits of the dissipating of a very large
amount of county money, because of
the fact that the work is let to con
tractors. Of course the construction work of
the roads Is let to the lowest bidders;
but there are so many hooka and
crooks mostly crooks in connection
with the work, when placed In tha
hands of a contractor that the cost of
constructing the roads is greatly in ex
cess of the benefits.
After the county commissioners
have established the road for which
the fifty freeholders of the township
have petitioned, they appoint a super
intendent, whose duty is to see that
tha proper grade is made for the road,
and also to see that the right kind of
gravel is used and applied according
to specifications.
The one who usually gets tha Job
of being superintendent is some one
to whom the commissioners owe politi
cal obligations, and in many Instances
he Is not In the least competent to su
pervise the work.
I had an opportunity recently to ob
serve how some of the road work waa
handled. I waa one of the gravel haul
ers employed. The gravel or what
was supposed to be gravel waa
hauled from cars, a distance of about
a mile during the time I was working.
This alleged gravel waa obtained from
the gravel pits belonging to tha con
tractors. The superintendent who
was employed by the county to aee
that the contractors carried out the
work according to specifications, engi
neered all of the work, with the excep
tion of managing the teams and keep
ing the time. He did the contractors'
work while the contractors loafed
around the saloons In town making
themselves good fellows with whoever
they thought would play into their
hands.
Although the superintendent waa
employed and paid by the county, ha
asked the contractors tor compensa
tion for the work he did of setting
grade boards and helping level tha
gravel.
The contractors were nothing mora
than figureheads. The' county waa
paying them a good, round profit
merely for their signature on the con
tract; the county was doing the work
for them, and not the contractors do
ing the work for the county. A pret
ty way to work It I
Why cannot thla kind of work ba
handled direct by the county, state
or national government and ao elimi
nate the contractors? It would save
millions of dollars.
One contractor told of how tha "bid
game" waa worked when blda war
placed on a certain piece of woi k. Ha
said that the contractors usually got
together and. arranged their bids, and
tha one who wanted the Job would
give the others a bonus and have
them put their bids In higher than hla.
Of course they were high enough to
give him a chance to so place hla bid
as to bring in a sum large enough
to pay tha bonus and besidea that a
handsome profit for himself.
Tha King Drag.
One might write a poorer eleventh
commandment than this: "Remem
ber the King drag to keep It handy."
Lousy Cows.
It your cows are lousy each winter,
get aome of the prepared dtp and use
it before cold weather seta In. Ton
don't need a dipping vat; simply mix
It according to directions and put It
on tha cows with a wide paint brush.
Plow Sheep Pastures.
Sheep pastures on which aheep have
been running for aome time ahould ba
plowed in order to prevent the land
becoming so Infected with worms that
the sheep wUl be constantly troubled
wlUa them.
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