The Old Wagon Show.
The wagon show of long ago, IV bai
tunny clown; we lined the way a
break of day to see it into town. Ou
money went to the last cent to get ui
boys inside. But what of that? Foi
tours we sat with eyes distended wide
The wagon show of long ago, It onlj
bad one ring, and we could sit close ti
. It, and never miss a thing.
Water In bltlmr b adulteration (?1m mrui i
trr make liquid blue costly. Buy Red Croaa Ball
uiue. niaaea ciouiea winter man mow.
,
Laughter Like a Bombshell.
One good, hearty laugh Is a bomb
shell exploding In the right place,
while spleen and discontent aro a gun
that kicks over the man who shootr
It off. De Witt Talmage.
BILIOUS
TRY A BOTTLE Or
Hostetter's
Stomach
Bitters
It acts directly on
. the S'omach, Liver
and Bowels stim
ulates them in the
proper perform
ance of their duties
keeps the bow
els free from Con
stipation assists
digestion and
REALLY KEEPS YOU WELL
Health and Cheer.
There is longevity In the sunny soul
that eases our Jolts and makes our
sides shake with laughter. There Is
a wonderful medicinal efTect In good
cheer. Good news and iglad tidings
have a magic effect even upon Inva
lids. We often see a whole store or
factory or home transformed by one
sunny soul On the other hand, we
have seen them blighted and made
dark by a gloomy, morose, fault-finding
person.
Pass the Bouquets Now.
Never, never wait for post-mortem
praise. Speak the kind words which
love prompts, and remember that
words of loving kindness are the best
possible tonic which can be given,
ven to the happiest of the mortals.-"
Kate Tannatt Woods.
Clocks the Late Mikado's Hobby.
Small clocks were the hobby of Mut
suhito, the late emperor of Japan. He
took the greatest interest In small
time-pieces of every kind and collect
d so many of them that every room
In his palace heard their tiny tick
fng.
Cleaning Waste Pipes.
Waste pipes may be cleaned of soap
And slime by placing a handful o!
common salt In the bottom of the
basin over night. The salt will grad
tially melt and the first flush of water
In the morning will clear the pipe.
V- Can Cet Allen's fool-rase TREE.
Write Allen 8. Olmsted. Le Roy; N. Y.. for a
fruo .ample of Allen's Foot-Katie. It cures
wealing hot swollen, aching feet. It makef
new or light shoes easy. A cortaln euro for
corns, ingrowing nails and bunions. All drug
issoinL iioo. Don't accent any substltuts
Eight Who Deserve Slapi.
Eight men who deserve to be slap-
fed on the face: He who despises a
man of power; be who enters a house
uninvited and un welcomed; he who
gives orders in a house not his own:
he who takes a seat above his post-
tlon; he who speaks to one who does
not listen to htm; he who intrudes on
the conversation of others; he who
seeks favors from the ungenerous, and
he who expects love from his ene
mies. From a Persian Saying.
FOR ALL
EYE PAINS
. When Is a Man Old?
A man of 70 writes to the New York
Times to complain because a reporter
referred to a man of 60 as "aged." To
the cub reporter it seems all right to
rerer to a man of BO as "venerable."
Boston Globe. .
FOR SPRAINS.
C. M. North, BUks, Arls.. writest
"I kanbwinilngMexirsa Mustang-Lln-Imeat
for spraiawi foot with mil rasuhs.
It's aa awful line remedy for such ailments."
ft penetrates quickly, remoret mil inUua-
irsis sum nonces Cos tmUiag.
Ue.M.tltU4DnWlSt
MAKING USE OF WASTE LAND
Cogent Thoughts on Subject That Is
, Being Forced on the Attention
of the People. .
A genuinely civilized country eco
nomically speaking, at least is one
whose land Is divided into small hold
lngs, each of which supports its own
family. This is the land's final, sta
tlonary stage, so to SDeak The sort
of thing one sees, for instance, in the
smiling, truly prosperous provinces
of France. The French lend money
to all the world. They are perhaps
the most prosperous of Deonles. A
country divided into such small self-
sufficient holdings Is defended in
the strongest way against financial
explosions and shipwrecks. What
ever may be the zest of cow-punching
or tne charm of the old-fashioned
plantation life, no state can' be said
to have reached social maturity when
It is composed of large holdings and
Its inhabitants are denendent on the
financial ups and downs of the few.
The swamp lands of the United
States are particularly good examples
of this sort of backwardness. They
are useful for nothing but timber,
and oftentimes not for that. Anything
more unsocial or desolate than a
southern cypress swamp it would be
difficult to imagine. Yet those who
are interested in the tremendously
important question of swamo drain
age often meet with a curious local
opposition. In addition to the obvious
mechanical difficulties and the tangle
of state lines. Owners do not want
to break up their large holdings, even
though 'the value of the land will be
vastly improved. . They have been
big landholders for generations.' and
big landholders they wish to remain,
even though much of their land be
worthless.
It Is a tradition of Drehidipn rn
which the tendency of the aee Is od-
posed.
However far or near Socialism mav
be, there is no doubt that in a broad
sense of the word we are becomine
every day more social. This may
now be a matter of taste. It will
presently be a matter of necessity.
People will have to touch one another
whether they like It or not. For there
Is .less and less elbow room Officer'.
Weekly.
Origin of Vaudeville.
Writing to the Kansas Citv Star .,.
cerning the origin of the word vau
deville, Raymond . Weeks, professor of
romance languages at Colombia unl-
varauy, says "tne-word is. derived
from the Vaux de Vire fth'vnip nf
Vtre), a village In Normandy.
unver Basselin was a EYnnph not
who resembled Robert Biirnn ami vin
lived at Vaux de Vire in the fifteenth
century. He wrote many popular
songs, largely Jolly drinking songs.
These spread far beyond the obscure
hamlet where he lived, until, finally,
the name of Vaux de Vire, by which
mey were known, not being under
stood, they and similar flnn era ttrava
called Vaux de Ville. They are men
tioned Dy Holleau in his Art Poetlque.
Early in the eiehteenth
France, such songs were interspersed
to vary light operettas, which later
were called by their name. The songs
of Basselin In praise of cider and wine
are probably the finest of their sort
In any language.
"As for the fact that We hAVA tfllron
vaudeville from the Frpnrh lot
observe that most of our Important
terms relating to the theater came
into English from French."
Bird's Nest In Human Skull.
A bird has built its neBt in a hum
skull lying in a vault beneath a church
at Rothwell. NorthamDtonnhiro Cn..
land. Apparently the bird entered the
vault through the ventilator and aftex
selecting the largest cranium among
the rows of skulls on the shelves pro
ceeded to enlarge a hole, which had
probably been made orlelnallv h
battleax. New York Sun.
Made It Diamonds.
Mrs. Percy V. Pennypacker, the new
president of the General Federation nf
Women's Clubs, said in San Francisco
or the "new woman:"
"My type of new woman has a high
sense of honor, a manly sense of hon
or. She isn't like a certain old-fashioned
type of woman who does dis
honorable things without the least no
tion of their being so.
"A woman of this type was playing
bridge. Her partner passed the make
to her. and she made It diamond hn
her hand, on being put down, 'was
rouna to contain only two diamonds,
both very low cards.
" 'What on earth induced you to go
diamonds on such a hand as that?' her
partner asked.
" 'It's your fault.' she answered pet
ulantly. 'Why did you twiddle you
diamond ring?'"
Anticipating a Relapse.
Doctor Well. WO Vft Till 11 oH ' wmi
through after hard work. Yon' h.
a terrible shock. I
Patient Yes. doctor and l'u h...
another when 1 get your bill i
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COLUMN
W OT far away Is the famous res-
I Wit taurant of the Smoking Dog,
I 1 wll08 dingy portrait Is easily
) overlooked In Its decadence.. .
in tnis section, too, u you
search long and faithfully or are lucky
at the start, ycu will find another of
the hanging signs over ancient tav
erns. It Is a bunch of grapes, gilded
and . worn away, suspended 'over the
sidewalk on an ornamental iron brack
et .. . .
These are survivals from a time
long forgotten, but modern Paris has
delightful, parallels. Nor are they en
tirely devoid of historic interest of
their own, for the cafe on the Place
de la Bastile known as "The Cannon
of the Bastile". haB historic associa
tions surely. . Even the great tin can
non which surmounts Its glass covered
red terrace Is the replica of one used
by the populace in storming the Bas
tile. , And speaking of revolutions, what
can tell a more romantic history than
the washerwoman's signs of Paris?
Painted on tin and crudely finished,
to be sure, still they are nothing less
than the tricolor of France, the stand
ard of the republic. -What a story it
is that the national ensign, as Jealous
ly guarded as the stars and stripes,
should serve as a trade sign for the
laundries! ' But remember the story
of the revolution and the meetings in
laundry shops at -night and remember
Mme. Sans Gene, the washerwoman
who become a princess was it not?
In Paris one can never pass under
that stiff tin draped flag, usually sadly
faded, and glance at the tolling wom
en Inside the windows without remem
bering the pranks of the royal laun
dress and understanding the flag.
The fashion of hanging signs In
Paris depends largely on the quarter
of the city, and in some proud sections
there are no tin flags over the laun
dries and no strips of red cloth swung
to the breeze at each end of the dye
shops. But In no single section of
the capital Is missing the sign of the
barbers.
Parisian Ideas of mercantile adver
tising go back to the middle ages,
when there were no show windows
and no reading public and the height
of progresslveness was expressed In
a golden symbol of" the tradesmen
hung outside the house wherein he
lived and traded.
In Paris' Busy Center.
The hanging shop sign has a cold
efficiency about it after all. It tells
all that needs to be known. It serves
another purpose also the preserva
tion ofthe atmosphere of the pictur
esque. In the old streets you can find many
of the ancient signs yet and some mod
ern examples besides. The really old
signs are few and far between, but
walks in the historic quarters bring
you to them and warm your heart with
their sight
You are sure to hunt first Jot, the
old tavern Elgns, which you hope to
find still swinging over dingy cafes,
and if you are lucky you will find half
a dozen in all Paris. Over in the Ma
rals, the aristocrats quarter of two
centuries ago, you Will find most of
those left At one little corner, for in
stance, Is the sign of "The Armed
Man" crudely executed in cast iron,
the man In full armor sitting astride
a cannon of historic type. . About him
twist iron vines and leaves, giving
him true artlstlo company In bis on-
Of iULY
tiring invitation to you to come and
drink' the excellent wine within
, Nearer the heart of things and swept
by the currents of the busiest center
of Paris, the Halles, or public markets,
is another sign you can find easily,
though It, too, Is flat agalnBt the tran
som, space above the door. It would
seem at first glance to have been a
church piece, but It Is only a manifes
tation of the religious feeling of the
first proprietor, who placed on the
iron grating a holy Infant with shep
herd's crook and a sheep or two dully
gilded to this day.
It Is the barters who use the golden
balls as a sign here, golden balls with
a magnificent switch of horsehair
hanging down below and swinging
iherrlly to the breeze. The reason
for the horsehair Is obvious, but you
will likely puzzle long over the gold
en ball until you notice that some bar
bers do not use the ball but Instead a
queerly shaped, almost flat piece oi
brass, which In time you decide must
be the barber's bowl.. The ball was
more decorative than the bowL
The Jewelers of Paris hang out
clocks as in America, but not one in
a hundred of them runs. In Paris, too,
the Jeweler's little brother, the op
tician, bangs out a pair of spectacles
as in America, But here this sign is
quite conventionalized, the rim of the
glasses, the bridgepiece and all being
made of brass tubing an Inch thick and
the two eyepieces are of red and blue
glass.
In Front of the Hat Store.
The old fashioned hatters of Paris
cling faithfully to a sidewalk slen in
the form of the glowing curves of ths
men nat or a centurv aen. This nr.
tide of gent's furnishings nnlntori
brignt red, with a yellow band and a
yellow cockade, 1b to be found every
where in Paris, the only variation be
ing the red palmer's hat of the clergy
supply houses and attempts of mod
ern establishments to replace It with
models of ugly up to date derbies, of
colossal size. , '
Another modernization Is seen now
and then in the way of bootmakers'
signs. The conventional old style
sign Is a caTved and gilded wooden
boot of classic lines. The modern trav
esty Is an up to the minute American
shoe of the brogan type, ' also of
carved wood or papier mache perhaps,
gilded till It shines again.
Glove stores and haberdashers and
notion shops generally announce their
business by means of giant gloves sus
pended over their doors. These signs,
like all the rest, are either attached'
to the signs directly over tho -
- www. a j i
are suspended from Iron aunnnrt. .
tending from the second story wall.
umDrena stores hang out tin umbrel
las, usually opened and painted red.
Immense gold scissors
lery stores, and giant pincers, over
grown pianes and the druggists' mor
tar and pestle advertise their
trades.
Paint stores hang out palettes with
brushes stuck through the thnmh v,i-
or merely squares of sheet iron paint
ed diagonally witlj bars of brilliant
colors. Florists banc out a iiiiani.t.
ed gilded wreath and the thousands of
locksmitns are known by Immense
golden keys. Usually tha Vv. ...
the typical French sort, which feel
quite as ouiky as the signs look to be,
but the modern touch is found Ijere!
too, for. some hang out keva nf t,l
flat i
Made His Demands Definite.
- The ''minimum wage" idea appeal!
to one English boy who was' asked the
other day by his teacher to write, as
the daily composition, a letter to his
father asking for an increase in pock
et money. The boy set forth the need
of large (unda, and ended with a
courteous demand for a "minimum
urn of money." - One of the reasons
!ortbe demand was that the boy did
not get enough taffy to eat and had
no papers to read.
. Absent-Minded Professor.
!A certain university professor was
noted for bis absent-mindedness. One
morning as he sat at the breakfast ta
ble with a scientific magazine prop
ped up before him, his wife was aston
ished to see' him reach out for the
naple sirup, pour it down his, back,
ind lean over and scratch his pan
:ake. '
Don't bur water for blutnsr. Llqu'4 "blue Is al.
tioatall water. Buy Ktd Cross Ball tiue. th
aiua that's ail blue.
A Colossal Scheme.
The great highway of the commerce
f the future will be the Paciflc ocean.
Mighty capitalists throughout the
irorld am nnftlnr their Vienria toirottior
:o erect the most colossal system for
tireless telegraphy'in ths world. The
jystera contemplates the linking to
jether of all points along the western
joast of America from Bering sea to
;he Straits of Magellan, arid spanning
:he isles of the ocean, to link with this
:haln the whole easterly. there of
Asia, running on down to the Straits
Settlements. The contemplate! sys
tem will cost in the aggregate many
millions of dollars.
''..
Rumanian Amazons.
M. Vechiu, the superintendent of a
large farm at Buzco, Rumania, was at
tacked by an army of E0 women, enva
a Bucharest correspondent M. Vechiu
had refused to allow their cows to
graze on his land and to frighten th.e
deputation away he had fired over the
heads of. the women. Tnfiirtntrf tha
milkmaids rusned upon him and It was
only by the intervention of some shep
herds that he was rescued from theii
'engeance.
Hard Times.
"Well," said Hlnkley affably to thi
eld countryman to whom he was giv
ing lift over the highway, "how'i
fa 'ng around here?" "Bad." said
thf )untryman, "powerful bad. Whal"
wi( 1the farm hands tnrnln' shutters
and the farmers turnln' garragers.
farralh' sort of went out o' fashl'D.
Harper's Weekly.
When Wrinkles Come.
The first wrinkle of ase cornea n
the side of the cheek Just in front of
the ear and its possessor is. aa a ruin
the last person to notice It. Just be-
nind the ear there is usually a falling
off of the roundness of the neck, and
the hair becomes thin, leaving a haM
look on the woman over 40 If she is
not careful to remedy these important
blemishes. Massaze will do mora fnr
these growing Imperfections than al
most any other facial defect.
SUFFERED
EVERYTHING
For Fourteen Years. Restored
To Health by Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound.
Elgin, 111. -"After fourteen years of
suffering everything from- female com
plaints, I am at last
restored to health.
"I employed the
best doctors and
even went to the
hospital for treat
ment and was told
there was no help f or
me. But while tak
ing Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable
Compound I began
to imnrova and 1
continued its use until I was made well. "
Mrs. henry Leisebero,743 Adams St.
Kearneysville, W. Va.-"I feel it my
duty to write and say what Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
done for me. I suffered from 'fmnla
weakness and at times felt so miserabli
l could Hardly endure being on my feet
"After takino- T.vdin V. PinkV...'.
O J f. a Hjnuwu I
vegetable Compound and following youi
DHCwiu airecuons, my trouble Is gone.
Words fail to
J J viUMs4UlllCDO
I recommend vonr mAVina An mn
friends," Mrs. G. B. Whittington.
The above are only two of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are con.
stantly being received by the Plnkham
lueujcine iompany oi Juynn,Mass.,whicli
Show clearlv r,f ,. t ...if- n
--- -J lot Ullllgl muu a,
PInkham'i Vegetable Compound doea
lor those who suffer from woman's ills.
dential),LTnn,Mass. Tour letter will
" i"ut rea ana answered by a
woman, and held, la strict conldence.