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GOOSE ROUTS A BEAU tbUfti HIDES UNDER . BED TO ESCAPE GIRL'8 FATHER. When He It Ignomlnlously Put to Flight Jthe - Parent Relents, and Now the Couple Have Free Um of the Parlor. Logansport, Ind.-Perry Hopke, who lives near Rockfleld, five mllea west of Logansport will never again crawl under a bed to escape, the irate father of his sweetheart. , ' , , ., : , Hopke's attentions were favored by the girl, but the father objected and threatened to kick Hopke out of the house should he ever call. One even ing the father went to Delphi, Intend ing to stay until midnight The girl Informed Hopke and he called at the house, but he stayed a little too long. When papa's footsteps were heard on the porch the girl rushed the young man from the parlor into a side room and told Hopke to crawl under a bed. The father entered, but at the same time a sharp, hissing sound came from under the bed. The next moment a wild yell was heard, and then a form shot out of the room, bumped Into the father, who was standing in the door way, and fled down the road. A goose that was "setting" had attacked the girl's beau and struck him so hard in the ear that blood flowed. The sight of the fleeing youth and the fact that he had been put to flight by a goose so impressed the father that he has relented and now Perry Hopke will call at the girl's home and the two will have free use of the par-lor. LIVELY BATTLE WITH BEES Pennsylvania Farmer Nearly Stung to Death by Infuriated Insects Which He Disturbed. Wllllamport, Pa. Harry A. Fague, a prominent Picture Rock farmer, drove through a swarm of honey bees with a. mowing machine. As a result of his battle with the infuri ated insects Fague was nearly stung to death. The bees had alighted in the hay field but a short time before Fague drove by with the womer. The blades of the machine cut the warm in half, and the aroused bees covered the team of colts and their driver. The horses made a leap for ward and started across the field at breakneck speed. With one hand Fague attempted to control the team, and with the other he brushed the bees from his face and neck. He held the team in check until they reached the barn safely. Fugue's hands and face waa masses of bruises, and his arms are swollen to twice their nop mal alze. MEET AFTER MANY YEARS Twins Taken by 8eparate Families at Mother's Death, Brothers Find Each Other. , Pittsburg, Amos and Cyrus Lape, born together, In Black Lick, Indiana county, thirty-nine years ago, are acquainted for the first time. On ac count of the mother's death at their birth the twins were separated and lived with different families, whieh lost track of each other. The reunion of the brothers was brought about by a mistake. A strang er who found Amos at work in Export exclaimed, "Hello, Cy, what are you doing in ExportT" Amos demurred: "But I'm not 'Cy,' I am AmoB Lape. I have heard I had a twin brother named Cyrus, but never aw him. Do you know hlra?" "Well, rather," said the stranger, "he's a neighbor of mine at Dunbar, I'll lead you to him," and he did. TWO GOOD , CAKE RECIPES Striped Cakes and Small Cakes Good Enough to Tempt Most Jaded Appetite. v Striped Cake. White Part. One half cupful butter, one cupful sugar, one-half cupful sweet milk, two cup fula flour In Which is sifted two tea spoonfuls baking powder, whites of three eggs. Dark Part. One cupful brown sugar, one e. tablespoonful j molasses, one-half cupful butter, one-half cup ful sour milk in which dissolve one naif teaspoonful soda, two cupfuls of flour, one tablespoonful of cinnamon and allspice. Drop a spoonful of each kind in a well greased cake dish, first the light part, then the dark, al ternately. Try to drop it so that the cake shall be well streaked through, so that It has the appearance of a striped cake. ; Small Cakes.-rOne pint of New Or leans molasses, one pound brown sugar, one tablespoon of melted but ter, two tablespoons of soda, one-half cup of sour milk, one-half teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves and allspice, one nutmeg, pinch of mace, and one grated orange and lemon; flour to sake a stiff dough. Mix the ingre dients the night before and in the morning roll out thin and cut in ob long; add more flour if needed, as lome flour differs. aSailAround If hooks for the bathroom, kitchen and pantry are dipped in enamel paint there will be no trouble from Iron rust. Having several pairs of shoes and never wearing the same pair more than one or two days at a time will rest the leather and make it last bet ter. Chamois leather should be washed, when necessary, in soapsuds, and rinsed in soapsuds not in clean wa ter. Treated thus it will keep its original softness. Any dish that has held dough, milk, cream or eggs should be rinsed In cold water before being placed in hot wa ter, as hot water tends to cook such things and make them more difficult to remove. Small glasses filled with jelly will prove to be very acceptable gifts when Christmas time comes. When making your own supply of Jelly fill i few little glasses of different flavors, put into a prettily trimmed basket 01 box will make a nice present for an Invalid friend. Save old kid gloves for ironing day. Sew a pad made from the left glove on to the palm of the right one, and you will find your hand is saved from becoming blistered, while the fingers and the back of the hand will be pro tected from the scorching heat, which Is so damaging to the skin. Secretary Wilson Now the Bug Man WASHINGTON. Added to his al ready manifold duties, James Wilson, the secretary of agriculture, Is now made by congress the chief bug inspector of the United . States. It came about with the . passage of a law identical with t'ue pure food and drug act, but covering all insecticides and fungicides. The enforcement of the law, as in the pure food law, is vested in a commlstion consisting of the secretary of the treasury, the sec retary of commerce and labor and the secretary of agriculture. But the two cabinet officers first named are sort of commissioners emeritus. The real work comes down to the secretary of agriculture. The bug commission has appointed the legal officers of the three depart ments, R, E. Cabell, commissioner of internal revenue; Charles Early, so licitor of the department of com merce and labor, and George P. Mc Cabe, solicitor of the department of agriculture, as a subcommittee to look after the legal enforcement of the law. This subcommittee is up against a hard problem already. The law de fines an insecticide as a compound for "repelling, destroying, mitigating or preventing" any insect. The law of ficers, after due. consultation, admit ted that while they understood how an Insect might be repelled or destroyed, they did not see how they could pre vent an insect or mitigate him. The law is specific in . declaring against misbranding Insecticides. If a well-meaning citizen of the United States puts up a compound that he says will rid a house of, say, bugs, within a specified length of time, there seems no way to determine whether the compound is misbrand ed, unless the secretary of agriculture goes to the premises and holds a stop-watch on the roaches," to see whether they mitigate or vacate with in the time limit. The biological survey has issued an informal statement already, saying that the law is remiss in that it does not Include rats among the insects to be prevented. An ef:o: t is being made to see whether the law officers are willing to consider rats as insects. Dr. Henshaw "of the biological sur vey and Prof. Crittenden of the bu reau of entomology are going to call to their aid the legal advice of Judge Pugh of the police court Judge Pugh. while assistant district attorney some years ago, established a reputation In the police court by arguing that, le gally, a lop-eared rabbit was a chicken within the meaning of the act, If any body can prove a sewer rat to be a centipede Judge Pugh is the man, it Is believed. How Old Mother Earth Hides Her Age 0' Helps for the Housekeeper. Green blinds that have become faded may be renewed by rubbing them with a rag saturated with lin seed oil. To attain a good glaze on linen It Is necessary for It to be damp, for the Iron to be hot and for great pressure to be used. To clean carved ivory make a paste of sawdust damped with water and a few drops of lemon juice; lay it thickly on the carving. Let this dry thoroughly, and then brush it off with a dry cloth. When washing glassware do not put It In hot water bottom first, as it will be liable to crack from sudden expansion. Even delicate glass can be safely washed in very hot water if slipped in edgewise. LD MOTHER EARTH, like femin inity through all time, but with her far greater success than most of her sex, has defied man to learn her age. Scientists still admit their de feat. Their latest estimate credits her with "not above 70,000,000 years, or below 56,000,000 years." This esti mate, given official sanction through publication by the Smithsonian insti tution in Washington, is the result of studies by Frank WIgglesworth Clarke and George F. Becker of the United States geological survey, who have followed the subject with consid erable interest. Prof. Clarke, in a paper entitled "A Preliminary Study of Chemical De nudation," presents a review of all the available data not only for the United States, but for the world of the propo sition from a chemical point of view. tor. Becker, on the other hand, dis cusses the question in a paper on "The Vast Sum Which We Spend on Peanuts Fights Bull With Hairpin. Fulton,, Mo. Mrs, Thomas Douglas, living south of here, was badly in jured by a bull when the animal at tacked her in a field, She had armed herself with a pitchfork, which the animal knocked from her grip. She was thrown down, butted and tram pled upon. When the beast finally left her for dead she crawled to the house and telephoned to the family doctor, In the battle with the bull Mrs. Doug las took a hairpin from her hair and used It In an effort to gouge the ani mal'a eyes. Mosquitoes Feast on Babe. New York. Under a bush In Central Park, and surrounded by a cloud of mosquitoes, a patrolman found a 4 months-old baby boy. The child was crying lustily and waving Its chubby hands to keep away the Insects that were devouring it At Bellevue hospi tal seventy severe Insect bites were counted, and the attendants declared that the child's condition waa serious as a result of the wholesale poisoning by the mosquitoes. The baby waa dressed In new clothing and there were no Identifying marks, ' Farm Full of Freak, Tulsa, Okla. A chicken with Its heart on the outside of its body Is one of the monstrosities owned by Billy Lumpklns, a local character, whose hobby la the raising and breeding of freak animals. His unique menagerie Includes a fire-logged hog, a one-legged chicken, a horned rooster, a talking sparrow and the fowl with its heart oa the outside of Its breast, his latest acquisition to the strange collection of nature's freaks. A Convenient Dryer, As great a boon as women Know a racuuin cleaner to be, comparatively few have learned to put it to personal use. When they buy one for their home use they revel over the clean house they will keep, with never thought as to clean clothes and a clean scalp. Instead of laboriously brushing your tailor suit with a whisk, stand In front of the vacuum cleaner and every par ticle of dust and dirt is lifted out In a few minutes. Nothing remains to do but wash off grease spots and press ing. Shampoos are simplified by using the cleaner as a dryer. Put on the blower, sit in front of it, and the hair Is dry In a surprisingly short time. Blueberry Biscuit ' Add a cup of blueberries to the ordi nary baking powder tea biscuit, made from a quart of flour, three heaping teaapoonfuls of baking powder. large teaspoonful of butter, a little salt and two scant cups of sweet milk. Make the biscuit as soft as pos sible and with as llttlo handling, and bake In a quick oven. These are de licious for luncheon or tea. The ber ries should be washed, dried , and rolled in flour before adding them to the dough. Carrot Conserve. Wash and scrape half doien firm car rots, put through meat chopper and cut a? small as peas. Boll half hour In slightly salted water, then drain, and to each pint add two cups of light brown sugar and the juice and half the grated rind of one lemon. Cook slowly til clear, about 1 hours. This la an agreeable novelty with a decided for eign flavor. ' -e of the Earth" from a more philo sophical point of view. The age of the earth always has been a subject for discussion among men of science and largely without any definite agreement among the representatives of . the different branches of studies on account of the different points of attack. Briefly, the more recent discussions as to the earth's age have placed the time as follows: Lord Kelvin, in 1853. estimated the earth's age at 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 and perhaps 98,000,000. years. Clarence King and Carl Barus, In 1833, placed the age at 24,000,000 years. Lord Kelvin In 1807 revised his fig ures from 20,000,000 to 40,000,000 years. De Lapparent In 1890, said it was 67,000,000 to 90,000,000 years. - Charles D. Walcott, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in 1893, placod the maximum age at 70,000,000 years. J. Joly, in 1899, estimated the age of the ocean at 80,000,000 to 90,00,000 years. W. J. Sollas, In 1909, placed the age of the ocean at 80,000,000 to 150, 000,000 years. HE person who buys a nickel's worth of peanuts to munch at the ball game, to feed the squirrels In the park or to gladden the hearts of chil dren at home, scarcely realizes that he has contributed to an Industry that last year formed a million-dollar crop, and which placed on the market in various forms, reached the enormous sum of $36,000,000. But It is a fact according to Washington statisticians. This little seductitve nut a resolu tion to "eat just one" is Boon forgot tenwhose . birthplace la America, was. until comparatively recently, un appreciated either as to the "money In them" or as a really nutritious product Today the peanut plays an important part In pleasure, from the swell dinner party to the ever-present democracy of the circus, ball game or picnic After all, what Is a ball game, picnic or a circus without the peanut accompaniment? CAP and DRUGGIST IS GOOD-NATURED Example of How Dispenser of PHIi Is Imposed Upon by Many ;s Thoughtless Persons. - He came to town and wandered into the big drug emporium without re moving the mud from, his boots. "Do you give four stamped enve lopes for nine cents, mister?" ;"We generally charge ten, but I guess you can have them." "Got any sample cough drops?" , "Here are a few." "Any old cigar boxes you don't want?" "Here's a couple." "All the 1910 almanacs goner "Long ago." i "But other drug stores keep a few on hand." "We don't" "That's funny. Let me see some ol your fancy sweet soap." "Want to buy a box r "Nope, want to study the French names. Some of those city college gals are coming down on the farm to board and I want to spring a few French words on them, that's all Early Habit Mrs. Judson Have you ever noticed the polite consideration Mr. Blysterre shows other people? At the dinner table, for instance, he never puts a morsel into his own mouth till every one else has been helped and Is eat ing. . .."; -:" ' Mr. Judson Oh, what you term his consideration is only an Illustration of a force of habit His 'w.if'e, used to do his cooking for him and he learned at that time it was always wise to let some one else test the food before tackling it himself." Why He Was Thankful. Welgler You seem to have a won derful friendship for Turner. ' Gausley I ought to have; he saved my life once. , Welgler How did it happen? Gausley He Jumped into the rivet after me. Wnlelnr How came you to be in the river? ' ' ORiiaier Turner had rocked the boat By far the largest part of the crop Is consumed from the peanut stand, the little whistle sign of the roaster being the signal for the average youngster to suggest to dad or ma that some of them would be very ac ceptable, and the paternal or mater nal parent's willingness nine times out of ten to invest. Yet there are millions of bushels that go to the fattening of hogs throughout the south, the feeding of poultry, while the vines, often cured as hay, feed thousands of head of cattle, and even old Mother Earth Is nourished by the roots of the plant, which furnishes nitrogen to It from the air. : The farming of peanuts during the past five years not longer than this- has become an established Industry of this country. At present about five- sixths of the crop comes from Vir ginia and most of the balance from Tennessee, Georgia, West Virginia and the Carollnas, although most of the southern states contribute some, As the peanut Industry has Increased so has the use of all nuts grown mightily as an article of food during the last decade, and the entire fam ily now forms a most Important part r the diet of the physical culturlst vegetarian. According to Measure. "Yes." said the man with the au burn tie, as he lit the stump of a cigar, "I have a bushel and a half of chii- dren. My name Is Peck, and I have six." v:". "That's pretty good," rejoined the . . . - . i jin.,., man Denina tne corncuu inye, u I've got a mile' of them. My name 1b Furlong, and I'm the father or eight General Wood May Stir Up the Army THE army la on the anxious seat With a new boss on the Job it. la. expected Major Gen. Leonard Wood, chief of staff, will make things hum until his own Ideas are put into oper ation. Although he was appointed to succeed Major Gen. Franklin J. Bell last October, since that time he has been on a trip to Argentine to rep resent the United States at the cen tennial celebration, and has only late ly returned to Washington. In the meantime many Important questions have been piling up await ing his decision. Just what effect the personality of the new chief of staff will have on the army la a matter of much moment to the officers who know something of his strenuous ca reer. It is expected ne win under take most actively a number of re forms which might not meet with the approval of the army at large. One of the questions which will be taken up by General Wood Is the physical test of officers. Since PresI dent Roosevelt Inaugurated this sys tem, many officers have been hoping that it would be modified. General Wood Is one of the foremost of phys ical culture enthusiasts. Instead of being made milder It la not unlikely that the tests will be made harder than ever. The detail of troops to the Philippines is an- other matter that will be disposed of by General Wood very soon. He haa also a number of Ideas regarding' co operation between the regular army and the militia which he will prob ably attempt to put into practise. General Carter, who has been act ing chief of staff, will take his place as assistant chief. General Biles, whom he succeeds, will go to Saa Francisco to relieve General Barry, who takes command of West Point Invisible. First Suburbanite How's your gar den. old man? Second Suburbanite It's simply out of sight. First Suburbanite That's good. Second Suburbanite It's anything but good. The grass and weeds are a foot high all over It . Not Awkward. Canfleld Bunyan can't take a stey without treading on some one's corn, Naylor He must be exceedingly awkward. Canfleld Oh, no, no, he Isn't; hes merely unfortunate. The corna he treads on is on the bottom of his own toot'.-: -'. ' A Wonderful Breed. Seymour I hear" you have evolved a wonderful breed of laying hens? Ashley You bet I havel They beat anything I've ever seen. They don'1 need roosta. ' Seymour Don't need roosts? Ashley No, sir; they're laying night and day. Unfashionable Event ; , "Among other events, we shall have a sack race for ladles.' Professionals barred." "What do you mean by profession' alB?" "Those who have been wearing tube Vwns." Answers. Counter Attraction. "I waa at Atlantic City when Glen Curtis s made his flights there." "What did you think of him?" "Didn't see him." "Didn't see him?" "Nope, couldn't see him for Vathlng aults." th The Truth of It "They eay that women always reaa the last chapter of a novel first" "It Isn't bo. I always read the first chapter first" "And then?" "Then I read the last chapt-" ; A Fat Reducer. Before starting- to starve or drug off your extra layers of fat try the effect of this simple exercise, whicn is a great reducer of adipose tissue. Standing with knees close together. rise on the tips of the toes, and, at the same time, elevate the chest and force down the palms of the hands as If pushing hard on a boara. nena tne hands up slightly so the muscular strain comes on the fleshy part of the hand close to the wrist " Do this whenever you happen to tWnk of it during the day. and you will soon notice a decided difference In your flesh, particularly in a promi. Bent abdomen. Protecting the Men. "All women of whatever age, rank; nrofesaion or degree.' whether virgins, maids or widows, . that , shall from after the passing of this act impose upon or betray into matrimony any of His Majesty's male subjects bf cents, paints, cosmetics, washes, arti ficial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, Iron stavs. hoorm. high-heeled shoes or bolstered hips, shall lnour the penalty of the laws now In force against witchcraft sorcery and such like mis demeanors, and that the marriage, upon conviction, shall stand null and void." An act of Parliament In the reign of Charles II. :.:: Habit . '; " Habit is the deepest law of human nature. It is our supreme strength, . W nlA It nAnraln ilMtimoronnha . - All miserablest weakness. Let me go once. scanning my way with any earnest ness of outlook, and successfully ar riving, my footsteps are an invitation to me a second time to go by the same way; it is easier than any other way. Habit is our primal fundamental law, habit and Imitation; there is nothing more perennial In us than these two. They are the source of all working and all apprenticeship, of all practice and all learning In the world. Carlyle. ' Before and After. The young Prince Tsai-Tao, during his visit to America, welcomed criti cism of Chinese customs, and retorted politely with counter criticism of the customs of the United States. The prince, at a fashionable lunch eon In New York, sat beside a lady prominent in a rich and rather fast "Prince," said this lady, "I think lt'a dreadful that in China a bride never sees her husband before the wedding day." "Well," said the prince, with a grin. "here in America you never Bee him after it" ' " cnange in iwan. I Men are not the same through all Jlvisions of their ages; time, experi ence, self-reflections, and God s mer cies, make in some well tempered minds a kind of translation before death, and men to differ from them selves as well as from other persons. Hereof the old world afforded many examples to the Infamy of latter ages, wherein men too often live by the rule of their inclinations; so that without any astral prediction, the first Say gives the last; men are common ly as they were; or rather, as bad dis positions run into worse habits, the ivenlng doth not crown, but sourly con sludes the day. Sir Thomas Browne. To Make a Home. What do you Include when you think of housekeeping? If you take It to mean merely the work of the house which could be. accomplished by a hired servant then perhaps it does not matter that you should miss such things as opportunity for. thought. dally reading, etc., says Home Notes. But If you make housekeeping mean home-making and home-keeDinsr. th formation of a home into a center for the life of the soul and spirit aa well as of the body, then you must culti vate your mind, not keep it always to the level of the mundane things of life. Free from Alcohol Since May, 1906, Ayers Sar saparilla has been entirely free from alcohol. If you are In poor health, weak, pale, nerv ous, ask your doctor about tak ing this non-alcoholic tonic and alterative. If he has a better medicine, take his. Get the best always. This is our advice. A Wt pablUk on ftwmnlM yers W kulak alaofcal from r aadiaiaat , Warayawta . asoHiiyamr dootar A sluggish liver means a coated tongue a bad breath, and constipated bowels. The question is, " What Is the best thlnt to do under such circumstances ? " Asl your doctor if this is not a good suiwert Take laxative tiosaa of Ayere Pilla. mr.j.hr.h. . . . TlTTIlt. Will