COUNTRY OF DISTRESS First Aid to a Weak Stomach Can Any Man of Thirty-Five Be Heart Whole and Fancy Free? By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY cun ARMENIA HA3 BEEN A SUFFERER FOR MANY CENTURIE8. (Copyright, Do you dream nometlmes, with a sudden thrill, Of ono whono pulsfl fltlr At llioimlit of you und your brave, Btronn will To Mens and comfort hnr? Oh. life of my soul, It Is bettor to know There Is one In thin wide, wide world, No mutter how fur or how free wo nmy KO, Or wlmt fable we .may have been told, tTluit bRlimgs to us, as the earth to the sun, Or the spirit to On.l who gave! And this Is us certain that we are one As life and death und the grave. I do not fool certain that the man who Is old enough to have expe rienced the tender passion, yet who is hoart-wholo and fancy-free, Is en tirely happy or sat- I laded. It 1b not natural for a man to go through life holding aloof from women. Every man has j a reverent, tender 1 yearning for wom an's companion 1 ship, whothcr he admits it or not. It was implanted In his nature with mother love at birth. Early mar riages for young men should not be frowned down be- j causo of the belief he would make a wisor choice later on. If he tarries too long under the banner of single blessedness, he will be more than apt to think he is exercising wisdom by not marrying at all. A remarkable spocimen of manhood is he who has reached 35 without one heart affair at least. If a man, who I Mother's Cook Book j Oxtail Stew With Carrots. Take two jointed oxtails, one quart of sliced carrots and two onions. Brown the meat and onions. Cover with boiling water, add carrots, season well and cook slowly two hours. Thick en the gravy with browned (lour. Beef Chop Suey. ' Take 2V4 pounds of chopped beef from the round, two small onions, fine ly minced, three-quarters of a quart of tomatoes, one tablospoonful of chopped suet and a quarter of a pound of mac aroni, cooked. Blend woll together and bake In the oven 45 minutes. Beef With String Beans. Take one and a half pounds of the neck of beef, one onion, one bayloaf and two quarts of Btring beans, broken small. Cook until the beans are tender. Thicken the gravy with two table spoonfuls of flour, add a tablespoonful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar. Stuffed Hamburger Steaks. Put through the moat chopper one pound of round steak, season with salt, pepper, onion and add an egg. Ilavo ready a bread dressing as for poultry. Grease gem pans, add a layor of the haniburgor, then a layer of dressing and last a layer of hamlmrgor. Bako in the oven and when done turn out on small plateB and garnish with parsley. Beef en Casserole. Take a pound and a half of beef from tho rock, cut in inch pieces and brown in a little hot fat. Line a cas serole with six potatoes cut In cubes. arrange the meat In the center with two chopped onions and two carrots also chopped. Add a quart of boiling water and cook in the ovon for three hours. ! Pork Chops. The ordinary way of pan broiling pork chops If well cooked leaves them dry and tasteless, place the chops in tho pan, add. Just enough water to cover the bottom of the pan, and par boll them without covering. When the water has boiled away the chops will begin to brown and will be juicy and appetizing. Here and There. John H. Bobbltt of Greenshurg, Ind., has in his possession the first dollar he ever earned, which was 64 years ago. One hundred and fifty hosiery and knit-goods mills In Philadelphia pro duce 115,000,000 worth of material an nually. Minneapolis has a school where boys are taught to bako cakes, pies and bread, and to become accom plished In various other domestic duties. The czar of Russia's winter palace at Petrograd is probably the most won derful royal residence In the world. Many of its rooms, of which there are over 700, are of enormous size. The most valuable collection of chlua known is also kept In tho palace, Detroit aldormen have found thut one of the city pre "nets is entirely uninhabited. This o.ectnct, the Thir teenth of the Twelfth ward, was laid out recently after the enlarging of the city limits, and so far as ii known Uer li no one living there. ft I y 1316.) had gone gayly through the world to that age told me calmly, unblushlngly that his heart had never yet thrilled under a woman's smile, I would do my best to keep from doubting him. There are some things men never will tell the exact truth about, and their experience in romance is one of them. Unfortunate Is the man who belongs to nobody and has nobody who loves him and belongs to him only. A man may enjoy being a rover at home wherever he may happen to hang up his hat yet he has the feeling of always being a stranger, that there is no one to miss him when he goes, no one who would be happy were he to stay. If he is 111 or weighed down by grief or care there is no loving companion, no second self, to whisper his hopes or fears to; no one who cares whether he succeeds In life or staggers along undor his heavy load and falls; no one who cares whether he has a warm bed or sleeps out under the cold, white light of the stars. Parents must go from a man in the course of time. Brothers and sisters drift the whole wide world apart, finding other heart ties, friendships run their lengths and lapse, but the wife of his bosom keeps close by his side to the very end. The older he grows the more Indispensable she be comes to him. The -man of middle age pays him self a doubtful compliment In declar ing himself heart-whole and fancy free. Should this actually be the case he should hasten to repair the dam age at the earliest possible day. He should not be wiser than he who has said; "It Is not well for man to live alone." A Pretty Neckpiece A very pretty neckpiece is fashioned of a wide, soft faille ribbon, edged with a fringe of ostrich fronds curled a little. This is worn rather tightly about the neck and fastened with a large, flat folded shaped pump bow, outlined by the same feath- ;i tho back, the side, or where- : over it may be most becoming. Dry Dyeing. For laces put a tube of paint into gasoline and stir until dissolved, then test the shade by dipping in a sam ple. If too dark, add more gasoline, but if the shade Is too light, put In more paint. Dip the lace up and down until the tint is obtained, then shake the lace out and let It dry. Press on the wrong side with a warm flatlron. Pull gently, but do not wash first. Os trich feathers, quills, wings and faded artificial flowers respond to the same treatment. Goods not touching water are almost like new again. Ceylon tea will give lace a pretty cream tint. HE WAS PREPARED Couldn't Lose 'Em, Mrs. Nnggs I understand yourhus. bond is unable to meet his creditors. Mrs. Waggs Don't you believe it He meets then much oftener than h oarei to. VOU T KtEfUT OF- 5GNT lAfc&WTtR KO Y OH. SURE V NNaP QT THM ALU Y$W 0 ftRftANGt-D" I W&$M v. QT IK PUCt v y ALL fnCKtb vW Jj s NOD CAN'T fff 1 p Russian, Persian and Turkish Flags Float Over the Land Possibility That Liberty May Result From the European War. The lesser nations have come Into prominence during the war because of the efforts of patriotic committees to revive ancient governments. The Bal kan states and Poland and Lithuania are examples. Of late there have been numerous renorts of distress In Arinn. nla, due to the conflict of Kusslan and Turkish arms. Months ago voices were raised In England on its behalf when It was seen that Russia, Eng land and France were to be banded to gether against the Germanic-Turkish powers. Now comes the demand that the aspirations of Armenia be recog nized, that the Christian people who for generations have suffered persecu tion be permitted to order their own affairs, and to take up the self-government which they lost many years ago. Armenia, like Poland, HeB today in three parts. A portion is under the Russian flag and a portion nominally under Persia. But the greater part is in subjection to Turkey. In Russian Armenia there are about a million na tionals; in Persia, 150,000, and in Turk teh Armenia, 1,500,000. Religion, caste and business, with the Influence of In ternational politics, have been the causes of much misery. The Christian faiths ane split. There are Gregori ans, Roman Catholics and Protestants. The lot of all Christian Armenians and this includes the vast majority has been especially hard in Turkish Armenia, where there are 4,500,000 Moslems. Armenia lies south of the Caucasus and the Black sea. Ancient ly It waa a kingdom, enjoying a high degree of culture many centuries be fore the Christian era. Later it was under the dominion of the Medes and Persians. The Hebrews, in their wan dorlngs, came Into contact with the Armenians. In the mightiest days of the Roman empire, Armenia experi enced at first subjection and then a degree of protection to which its later lot stood In grim contrast. Early In the sixteenth century Ar menia's partition became definite. That period marked the military riBe of the Moslem. From the introduction of Christianity the conflict between Mus sulmans and Christians was assured, and was the forerunner of the dreadful massacres of the nineties. The mod ern "Armenian question" appeared arter the signing of the treaty of San Stefano, which was to the Armenians less than a "scrap of paper." Turkish assurances of reforms, as given to the powers, were never carried out. Per. secutions increased. Russia was only little better than Turkey. The vicious elements of the Mofdem nnniilnMnn were stirred, purposely, it seemed, and tne massacres of recent history fol lowed. France undertook the protec tion of Roman Catholics, and Russia attempted a like service for Greek Catholics, and the fury of the mob fell on the Protestants and Gregorians. Great Britain and the United States, the latter to a less extent, interested themselves, but the anathv of the Kn- ropean powers In general prevented immediate reform. Armenian massa cres have continued, and up to the time the present war began revolution ary movements were developed for re lief from Turkey. The time is espe cially favorable for the prosecution of Armenian claims. Dead Man Drives Horses. While John G. Gerrltsen sat dead but bolt upright on the wagon seat, the lax reins hanging between hia stiffening fingers, his team of horses traveled Bafely for more than two miles the winding valley road at the foot of Garret mountain from Lodi to Richfield, N. J. Gerritsen, sixty-seven years old of 341 Passalo avenue, Lodi, was one of the largest contractors in that vicin ity some years ago. He started to drive from his home to the Marley stone quarry at Richfield. Often his team has passed over the road to the quarry. At the familiar end of the Journey the horses Btopped. Men at the quarry Baw Gerrltsen seated on the box, silent, motionless. Was he asleep? They spoke to him, they Bhook him, they lifted him from the wagon. County Physician Arm strong said heart failure had been fa tal to Gerritsen halt an hour before the horses drew up at the quarry. Floating Base for Submarines. The South American country of Bra zll may soon possess an innovation for submarine warfare In the form of a floating submarine base capable of taking care of six submerslbles of the 400-ton type. It will be provided with the necessary auxiliary equipage for charging the accumulators and air res ervoirs of the underwater craft The floating base, or tender, will be 326 feet long, 51-foot beam, and will have a draft of 13 feet. Sixty-six hun dred horse power will be developed by two six-cylinder Diesel engines, of tho two-cycle single-acting type. An Italian company at Spozia is building the craft for early delivery to Brazil, if It is not taken over by tho Italian government Infallible Method. As good a way as any to catch seven million gnats and other small insects. Including a few mosquitoes, Is to paint your house. Any color will do. but better results Beem to be obtained wita some light color. Toledo Blade. ON THE "DESERT PLATEAU rr HE SHRILL whlstlo of the en- r gine at the power plant at Ele phant, Now Mexico, echoed and re-echoed down the canyon on a recent afternoon at four o'clock. While the same whistle had made similar music innumerable times be fore during the last five years, Its toot ing that day had peculiar significance. It gave vociferous and prolonged no tice that the last bucket of cement had just been placed In Its proper niche in the parapet wall and the greatest storage dam In the world had been finished. In two important essentials the Ele phant Butte dam ranks all other con crete masonry storage dams of the American reclamation service, viz., cubical contents and capacity of res ervoir. In the latter particular It ranks every other irrigation dam in the world. When the floods of the Rio Grande begin to drip over the spill ways, the Elephant Butte reservoir will contain two-thirds more water than the combined storage of all the reservoirs for Boston and New York. There will be more water by one-third than is impounded by the $19,000,000 Assuan dam in Egypt. Spread out, the Elephant Butte storage would cover Delaware more than two feet deep. Confined in a pipe four feet in diameter, it would encircle the globe seventy times. Expressed in layman's measure, it will hold 865 billion gal lons. The material in the dam if placed on a city lot 25 by 125 would make a solid block of concrete lacking only 50 feet of being a mile high. Its weight is more than 1,100,000 tons. Transported by rail, it would require 22,906 of the largest freight cars or a train 217 miles long. In the dam are twelve openings or passages, six for future power devel opment, four for delivery cr irrigation water, and two for sluicing purposes. Reclaiming an Empire. The Elephant Butte dam, while the largest, Is only one of the numerous structures contemplated for the recla mation of the fertile .empire which lies below it in New Mexico and Texas. Ora McDermith, the Irrigation man ager, thus tells about it: "The Rio Grande project lies In the valley of the Rio Grande between Saa Elephant Marcial, New Mexico and Fabens, Tex. The project as proposed is for the irrigation of 160,000 acres of the rich valley lands both in New Mexico and Texas, and, by the convention be tween the United States and Mexico signed May 21, 1906, about 20,000 acres will be irrigated in the republic of Mexico. "The source of water supply is the Rio Grande, which is a stream of ex treme fluctuations, varying from no flow to a flow of over 30,000 cubic feet per second. It is necessary, there fore, in the efficient development of the project, to provide storage reser voirs and diversion dams for the regu lation of the flow. The plans as de veloped consist of one large storage reservoir and at least four separate diverslou and irrigation systems. The four systems are necessary on account of the topography of the irrigable lands which lie in four distinct val leys, the Palmos, the Rincon, the Mesilla and the El Paoo vdilejs. Be tween these valleys the river flows through comparatively narrow gorges. Three of the diversion dams l.ave been built and are now In use. Tliey are the Leasburg diversion dam, tho Mesilla diversion dam and the Mexi can diversion dam. The Ler.stmre' diversion dam is located at the head of the Mesilla valley iu Now Mexico one mile north of the site of old Fort Selden, and diverts water for uss on the upper part cf toe MesiUa valley. This dam was the first work construct ed by the reclamation service on the Rio Grande project. The Mesilla diver sion dam is located near Mesilla Park, New Mexico, about the middle of the Mesilla valley, and furnishes water to lands on both sides of the river in the lower part of the Mesilla valley. This dam has just been completed. The Mexican dam is located at the upper end of the El Paso valley just above the city of El Paso, Tex. This dam was constructed a number of years ago by the Mexicans and serves to divert water both to the lands on the American side in the El Paso val ley and to lands under the Acequla Madre on the Mexican side. From these diversion dams several canal systems are built. Aborigines Used Irrigation. "Before the middle of the sixteenth century the Spanish explorers entered the valley of the Rio Grande and foetid in these valley Pueblo Indians cultivat ing the land and irrigating it by means of acequias from the river, Borne of which are still in use. How long these Indiana had been on the ground ia unknown, but even at that time they were considered old inhabitants and raised not only grain and fruits but even flowers. The descendants of these Indiana and the Spaniards have continued to cultivate portions of these valleys up to the present without much change In methods. "While the Spaniards first entered the valley from Sonora and the Gulf of California, the first attempts at colonization were made from El Paso as a base, the Spanish conquest of Mexico having extended by that time to the Rio Grande. In 1600, Paso del Norte (now called Juarez) was an Im portant town, and records are in exist ence nearly three hundred years old which refer to the Acequia Madre of Paso del Norte as being then in use. "The present acequias in the Mesilla valley have been in use for about six ty years, but there are evidences of older canals that have been aban doned. Is an Extinct Volcano. "The reclamation service began in vestigations on the Rio Grande March I, 1903, considering especially the dam site at Elephant Butte. Elephant Butte is an extinct volcano arising Butte daia from the east bank of the Rio Grande to a height of five hundred feet above the river and is so named on account of the remarkable resemblance to elephant's head. From this butte the dam takes its name. "In August, 1903, a topographic sur vey was begun at Selden and extended down the river, covering the irrigable area in the Mesilla valley to El Paso. In 1904 these Burveys were extended to cover the El Paso valley to a dis tance of forty miles below El Paso. Borings were also made at the same time on the site of the Leasburg dam to determine the character of the ma terial. "As a result of the surveys and in vestigations in 1903 and 1904 at the Elephant Butte site, it was decided upon as being superior to any other site on tho river for the storago of water for both the Mesilla and the El Paso valleys. "Under the reclamation act, the cost of the project is to be repaid to the United States by the water users bene fited, brt in this case it was evident that the American water users should not be required to pay for that portion of the project constructed to satisfy the obligations of the' United States in surpiylr.f vater to Mexico. Ac cordingly, in iso7 congress appropriat ed $!.000.C')O to bo exnended under 1 th3 direction of the secrttaiy of tht '. interior toward the construction ol : tho Elephant Butte dam." HOSTETTER'S' Stomach Bitters FOR THE APPETITE THE DIGESTION THE LIVER AND BEWELS- Don't Experiment Get HOSTETTER'S A Family Remedy for 63 Years Sunflower Philosophy. Patriotism rarely consists of voting a straight ticket. There is also the sort of morality that is due to cold feet. Most men are busy enough not to want to serve on a jury. When a man says plain talk he means unpleasant talk. A friend is a useful institution if you don't use him too much. Sometimes a line of hot air is digni fied by calling it a propaganda. It seems impossible for one to do his duty and keep off everybody's toes. While one is paying interest he shouldn't lead too many reform move ments. Complications sometimes represent that part of an illness the doctors fail to understand. It wasn't a lack of raw material which eliminated the shell game as a Bide line of the clrcus.-Atchison Globe. A Brief Courtship. The cook who had given so much satisfaction, unexpectedly gave notice. "Whatever for?" inquired her mis tress. "Do you want more wages, or isn't the food good enough?" "Oh, no, mum, it's not that, but but I'm going to be married." "Married? Why, I didn't know you were being courted." "Oh, it hasn't been long, mum. D'ye recollect me having a holiday a short time back to go to a funeral?" "Yes quite well." "Well, mum, it begun there. I'm going to marry the corpse's husband. He said that day as how I was the life of the party!" Obliging. At a certain, church In the Jersey town it is the invariable custom of tho clergyman to kiss the bride after the ceremony. A young woman who was about to be married in this church did not relish the prospect and instructed her prospective husband to tell the clergyman that she did not wish him to kiss her. The bridegroom obeyed the instructions given. "Well, Harry," said the young wom an when he appeared, "did you tell the minister that I did not wish him to kiss me?" "Yes." "And what did he say?" "He said that, in that case, he would charge only half the usual fee." A REMARKABLE TATEMENT Mra.SheIdon Spent $1900 for Treatment Without Bene fit. Finally Made Well by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound. Englewood, 111. -"While going through the Chanm of T.ifo T e,ivff3 . .:,.u i i -i nwiui neuuacnes, ner vousness, flashes of neat, and I suffered so much I did not know what I waa doing at times. I spent $1900 on doc tors and not one did me anv trnnA. Hna day a lady called at my nouse and said she had been ar aiVIr as I was at one time, ana L,yaia E. f mk- Compound made her well.so I took it and now I am just as well as I ever was. I cannot understand why women don't scs how much pain and suffering they would escape by taking your medicine. 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