Condon globe., September 21, 1906, Image 4

When the
Hah Falls
Then It's time to act! No time
to study, to read, to experi
ment I You want to save your
hair, and save it quickly, toot
So make up your mind this
very minute that if your hair
ever comes out you m ill use
Ayer's Hair Vicor." It males
the scalp healthy. The hair
stays In. It cannot do any
thing else. It's nature's way.
Th bast kind of a teetimonlal
"Sold tor aver sixty years.1
Jk
by J. u. Ajr COh iowalli
catAn i a
yers
ae Dltai ! Walk
A worn a u who live to an Inland
town, while going to a convention In a
distant city, spent one night of the
Journey on board a steamboat It was
the first time she bad ever traveled by
water. Sbe reached her Journey's end
extremely fatigued. To friends who
remarked It she replied :
"Yes. I'm tired to death. I dont
know that I care to travel by water
again. I read the card in my stateroom
abotu how to put the life preserver on.
and I thought I understood it. but 1
guess I didn't Somehow I couldn't go
to sleep with the thing on." Ladles'
Home Journal.
Hla rtrm.
"How do yon dispose of your garbage
tier?' asked tbe stranger, who was gath
er in data for purposes of publication.
"We always throw eurs in the garbags
can," said tbe man with the chin beard ;
"but I don't know, of course, about the
aeigtrbors." Chicago Tribune.
Aartalatt bat rrleatly.
"Ton astonish ma. Tour engagement
iritis Mias Wslloph is broken. Is it? Art
the relations between you still friendly r
"I should ssy not! The relstions be
tween os are ber relations, and they're
soy bitter eneriio.'
Ha Loafer tm Ike Llaaellarat.
Then old Vesuvius checked his rage,
And straightway called truce.
"There's too much competition now,"
He muttered. "What's the usF
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.
Thousands of Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble While
in the Ssrvlce.
The experience of Capt. John L. Ely,
f Co. K, 17th Ohio, now living at 600
at gecond street, Newton, Kansas,
.III I 1 ,L. . t
will imerea. uie iuuoa
sands of veterans who
cams back from the
Civil war suffering tor
tare with kidney
complaint. Capt.
Ely says: "I con
tracted kidney trouble
daring the Civil war,
and the occasional at
tacks finally developed
into chronic case. At one time I had
to nee cratch and cane to get about.
My back was lame and weak, and besides
the aching, there waa a distressing re
tention of the kidney secertions. I waa
in a bad way when X began using
Doan'a Kidney Pilli in 1901, bat the
remedy cured me, and I have been well
ver since."
Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box.
JJoster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Hta Cood Reaaea.
"Why does Smithy visit bis wealthy
ant so often?"
"If he didn't be might have to visit
bis uncle.' "Houston Post
Deslaaa the Caart'a Datr,
A. Q. Jewett lawyer, politician and
man of sarcastic wit waa once trying
rase In the supreme court In Belfast
Me, hla bom city. The Judge presid
ing, before being called to the bench.
bad tried many case against Jewett
who did not entertain a very high opin
ion of bla ability.
Id hla closing argument, Jewett, la
defiance of tbe rules of the court start
ed In to read soma taw to the Jury,
Tbe court pounded oa the bench and
said: "Mr. Jewett you moat not read
law to the Jury In your closing argu
ment" Jewett kept on reading, with-'
out so much a a glanc at the court
The court lu thuuderoua tone ordered
him to stop,
Jewett, who had by this time read
all be Intended to read, turned calmly
to the Judge and said: "Did your bouor
address me?"
"I said," roared the Judge, "you must
not read law to tbe Jury In your clotting
argument I will give tbe law to the
jury. What do you suppose the court
to here for?"
"What la the court here for?" re
sponded Jewett In high falsetto. "I
suppose you know, sir, to keep order
with tbe aid of the sheriff, sir, with all
due respect to the sheriff, air." Boston
Herald.
What flaaa Meaae la Law.
The courts of aererat atatea have
dealt with an odd question, none of
them agreeing upju a similar answer.
When Is It legally noon? Fire Insur
ance policies expire at noon and tbe
word Is admitted to mean exactly 12
o'clock, midday. Hut standard time
has not been adopted In all communi
ties. Many small towns cling to sun
time, which may be from a few min
ute to nearly au hour earlier than
standard.
I.i one state a fire occurred at two
minutes past noon, sun time, and the
Insurance company held that the policy
bad expired before tbe fire. Sun time
Is used In that town, but tbe Insured
sued the company, holding that local
customs did not rule the policy and
that be waa entitled to his Insurance.
Tbe state courts sustained him.
In another state a aimllar contention
waa taken to tbe courts and Just the
opposite decision given. Several con
flicting precedents have been estsbllsn
ed In stat courts, and It Is said th
question can only be decided for good
and all when a case baa been carried
Into the United States courts and pass
ed upon by the Supreme Court New
York Press.
Deallaa wlla Oeadaraaa.
Willie Collier, the actor, was asked
If he was much annoyed by requests
from deadheads.
"I receive them In shoals," he re
plied; "but generally manage to put
them off politely, but firmly. The oth
er day, for Instance, I received a lettet
from a man, who wrote that be bad
bad tb pleasure of meeting me In Cal
ifornia sometime ago, I bad never even
beard the man's nam before. How
ever, he added kindly that be wis
much pleased with my plsy, and may
be I could send him two seats for the
ua you answer tne letter?"
"Ob, yes! I sent blm a postal-card
saying maybe I couldn't"
Ealtea Oat.
"John," said Lorna Doone, "yon ought
not to come and meet me by stealth. It
Isn't right. My family wouldn't like It."
"All's fair in love or war, Lorna,"
chuckled John Ridd, "sod this is both."
But Mr. Blackmore, fearing that this
light plsy c." the intellect wss not suited
to so heavy s man as Big John, omitted
all mention of the Incident in writing tbe
story.
It Waa lakearahle.
Towne I bear you've got a first
class cook now.
Browne Yes, but I'm going to get
rid of ber. She's making my life un
bearable. Towne How?
Browne Ob, my wife la always both
ering me to get her gown as swell a
tbe cook wears. Phllndolpbla Press.
More Converts
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are giving up their exhorbitant
priced Baking Powdera and
turning to K C, the honest and
reliable, which has stood so well
the test of yean. They are find
ing out tnat
BAKING
POWDER
lie
costs one-third the price of
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quality, and makes better, purer, more
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fOPULATIOH J40VXKENT Qf AMERICA.
The center of population la to I'nlted States baa been
moving steadily westward for more than a century with
remarkable regularity, both a regard distance and di
rection, say tbe Chicago Itecord Herald. Since th year
1T00 th exact location of this mythical point has been
calucalu bd? Iglva t atehrllsod etaol ahrdlucrafwyppp
calculated officially at Washington for every ten years
of the natlon'a history. When thee points are plotted
upon the map and connected a remarkable line of prog
ress Is obtained. In which may be read at a glance much
of this oouutry'a history. "Westward the course of em
pire takes Its way." as all the world knows, but It Is
probable that nowhere In history has any similar line
of progress, as It may be railed, proceded westward so
directly according to compass and at so even a rate of
progress.
In the year 17U0, wheu th center of population wb
first calculated, It was found to be at a Mint twenty
three miles east of Baltimore. In ninktng this estimate
tbe entire population of the Tutted Mutes of that pt-rttid
was, of course, considered. It wss the population center
of a atrip extending from Maine to Florida. And sine
the frontier population of that early day was Inconsid
erable the center of population waa practically the same
aa tbe geographical reuter. To-day the geographical cen
ter of the couutry Is, of course, considerably west of th
Mississippi. In mor than a century these two theoreti
cal points bav become widely separated. Th renter of
population In th United Bute la at present six mile
southeast of Columbus, Ind.
The regularity of this II n I th mor remarkable
when It I considered that th United State has grown,
geographically, by leap and bounds. The development
of th country baa not been a steady growth westward
as regards Its acquisition of territory. Tbe Louisiana
Purchase, for example, by adding millions of seres to
tbe United States at on time would presumably have
had the effect of drawing tbla Una of progress sharply
to tbe southwest The acquisition of Alaska again would
have had a similar Influence In another direction. And
yet the line shows little deflection st the Important dates
when these territories were added.
For a century again the distance covered by this point
during each decade baa varied very slightly. It bas moved
westward at th rat of about forty mile every ten
years, a little more or less, whether at the beginning or
the end of th century, Tb shortest distance traveled
waa between years IHOO and IHIO, when only lli!rtj-l
mile wero traversed. Th longest Jump was btwn
1850 and 1R00, whn elghty-ou nillea wer covered. Th
regularity of th movement of th center of population
while th population of th country bas Increased at such
an enormous rat la obviously very remarkable.
By refereuc to th accompanying map It will b a
that th digressions of this line either to the north or
south have been somewhat less than fifty wiles la a full
century. The figures apply, however, only until the
end of the last century. Hlnc J1KKI the line baa shown
a tendency to move soulhwsrd. while at the same ttm
It rate of progress bns been abruptly checked. In other
words, while the movement of the line was at th rat
of about forty mlli every ten yearn. Its movement during
th decade from 1K) to KM) was but fourteen miles, a
startling contrast with pmvloits decades for a century.
This abrupt check to It movement and Its southward
tendency Indicate, of course, a rapid Increas of th pop
ulation In the South.
The first movement recorded, that between 1TU0 and
IHOO, was from a point twenty three mile east of Haiti
mor to a point eighteen miles west of that city, a total
movement of forty-ont miles. Ten years later It waa lo
cated forty mile northwest by weal of Washington, hav
ing moved thlrtyalx mile In th decid. By th year
I SID It bad reached a point sixteen nillea north of Wood
stock. Va., having traveled at an even fifty mile, la
the following decad It left the Stat of West Virginia,
nineteen mile west southwest of Moorneld, a distance
of thirty-nine mile. It next traveled to a point sixteen
mile south of Clarksburg, In th same Stat, fifty fiv
ml'. T'.ic next decade carried It to a point twenty
three mils southeast of Parkersburg, repeating th same
distance of th previous decade, fifty-flv miles. In 18(X
It moved Into Ohio, to a point twenty mile south of
Chllllcolhe, having traveled eighty-one nilk-s, th longea
movement In Its history.
Ten years later It had reached a point eight mile
northeast of Clticiuustl, fifty-eight miles. The southern
tendency then became obvious, for In the following ten
years, between INTO and 180, It traveled to a point
eight miles west by south of Cincinnati It next move
to a point twenty miles east of Columbus, Ind., and In
tli last ten years, In IU00, It had reached Its present
resting place. The total distance trareled In 110 year,
ha been exactly 610 miles.
JIM Is going Instead of Herman,"
announced Mrs. Day. "But I don't
know Jim," objected Lois.
"And that's the reason," answered
Mrs. lny, "that 1 wnnt to tell you
about him. The fact Is, Jim was Jilted
lust spring. She waa one of the most
beautiful girls I have ever seen" Mrs.
Day talked mpldly "but none of us
wanted ber. She was selfish and
thoughtless and exacting, but Jim never
saw It He Just adored her and follow
ed her about and gloried In being her
slave, until we were all In despair."
Jim waa the brother of Mr. Day'
husband, but It was ber way to take all
the responsibility, even of her husband's
frmlly. "So w were all very much re
lieved when ah Jilted Jim."
Lois waa listening quietly, otnewbat
at a loss to get tbe trend of these con
fidences.
"We wer all rather glad, as I said,
except" her Mrs. Day paused, then
plunged ahead "except for the dread
ful effect It has bad upon Jim. He
was heart-broken; he's young, yon,
know." This la apology to Lois' smile.
'And since then be bas been perfectly
reckless."
Mrs. Day stopped for breath. It waa
hard to say -what sbe meant to say.
"Lois, my dear," she finally contin
ued, "don't lot Jim make love to you at
camp. He has vowea to d revenged
on the whole race of women, and that
la the way be bas taken to do It"
The first night at camp Lois bad
cause to remember Mrs. Day's warning.
It waa a party of lovers, all young mar
ried couples, or engaged, all except Lois
and Jim, tbe youngest. These two
started up the lake In a canoe, Just as
the other did ; but when Jim suggested
that they drift Lola felt a misgiving.
Jim mast be made to nndertsand. She
stopped bis balf-tender compliments
with a warning band.
"Listen, Jim," she said, slowly and
earnestly, "your slater baa told me
about your trouble. I'm not going to
talk about that," she added hastily, as
Jim frowned, "but I want to tell you
this t Somewher there la a man that I
lov as dearly aa you love this girl.
For bis sake and for ber, let' you and
I help each other. I want to be true"
diffidently, It waa hard to aay "and
o,aI know, do you. Let us here and
now promise to be Just good comrades,
Nothing more,"
She looked at the boy with a bright
smile and held out her band. He hesi
tated a minute, then grasped her hand.
"It's a go, Lois," he snl'l.
And so It became tho custom for
these two yoiingcNt to entertain or
harass the others, as the mood seized
them. On the water they sang and
pluyed ou mandolins and guitars; In
eump they Indulged In endless game of
cards, or got off Jokes at the expense
of the othera. They earned the nick
name of the "two young fellars," and
al! mundane matters were left tn their
JUST OOOD COMRADES.
charge, such as the planning of trips,
the care of the lunch.
"Let the lovers love," was their motto;
"we'll have a good time." And they
certainly did. They explored all the
Inlets and outlets of the hike, discov
ered the big cave, brought home the last
water lilies of the season, and wandered
far afield, spied out tracks unmistaka
bly those of a bear. Lola grew brown
and hardy with the long tramp which
she alone of the women found time to
take. The biggest berries and tbe fat
test fish were hers, and she It waa who
caught the price trout thanks to the pa
tience and energy with which she an
gled. It svas the last night Mrs. Day look
ed about the table and sighed. 'This
la tbe first year we haven't had an en
gagement to announce," sh said; "we
are all getting old, I am afraid." And
It was proof of tbe success of Lois'
plan that not on of them thought to
Joke about tbe "young fellars." Then'
waa no question of sentimentality with v
them.
IjoIs and Jim wer forbidden to give
a concert to spoil th last evening, so
they paddled swiftly along th south
shore. At length Jim broke the unusual
silence. 'This has been the best sura
uier or my life," be said, "and It has
nil been due to you, Ixils."
The girl looked up, sin rt led at this
sitddeu transition from bonhomie to
something very like sentiment.
"I'm not going to break our promise,"
Jim said In answer to the look. "I
want you to be as true aa ever to that
man. But I'm going to tell you this,
that other girl wss a dream."
They both laughed.
"I mean she wasn't real. Ilk yon. I
understand now that all never could
have been a "wlf to m. Why, w
weren't friend."
Lola was silent
"Lol (Jim' voice faltered, so In
tense wer his feelings), would tt t
unfair to the other man or to you If I
tell you that you are truly the om
woman I love; the only on I could
possibly marry? A man ought to spend
his life wlth a girl who Is his friend,"
he added wistfully. "I never knew that
before."
"Somewhere," remarked Lois, Incon
sequently, "Is a very Indefinite place,
and you remember that' where I said
the man was."
, Jim was quick-witted, and associa
tion with Lois had sharpened his per
ception. Ilo asked eagerly, "Waa he a
dream, too?"
"No," Lois luughed; "he's no dream,
Jim ; he' well, he's In love, and," she
drawled to keep up the suspense as
long as possible, "he's In love, and so
om I. We're both in the same boat, you
see." Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Coasolatloa.
A minister, who has since attained
prominence In New York, says a writer
In the Sun, was In his earlier year
called from a Tillage church. On of
the sister expressed grief at his going.
'They will get a better preacher to
tak my place," b consoled her,
"No, that's Just th troubl," sh said..
"Every preacher, lately, I worse than
tblast"
When a man- says, "I didn't eat any
breakfast," ever remark, hla mournful,
way of saying IIS.