gill xgfmwe Hug Block of Marbl Chow (Pr.pr.4 ht ih. National 0vrinlff rxl.lr. WhlnloB. I), CI ONK of lh moat Intereatlng period of aiidviit Orwire wni Hint of the so-called Rven Win Men, OW to u.'0 II. C. Ther li great disagreement among ancient authorlllee aa to who ill t lie Kvveo Win Mn really were, nml only four of tlii'in ar tli itti tn nil the Hun flVI'tl. The four about whom w ar aur lire Illni or I'rlene, rttnkoa of Jllty It'iie, Thalce of Miletus, mid Solon of Athena, and Hire of these four wer from places on Ilia eastern Mediter rnhi'Rti. Tin center of Interest and activity among Dig (truck at ttm time of Ilia Seven Wise Men wore In Asia Minor, ami audi fiiinllliir namea aa Kuinoa, Cliloa, Mlletu. MHylene, Smyrna, and many oilier were connected with Ilia great event that occupied Ida nilmla of Ilia people tn that era. It waa a II in of unlgua Interest In history, fur niurh of our present thought-life owe lt origin to movement which began In Hi day of Ilia Wla Men. Can w put ouraelve liack In that faraway lima and pMur something of th homely, everyday Ufa of th people? C'un w find out bow the; thought and fell? Tli outward aurruundlnga wa can reproduce, for they ara at III practi cally Hi same. Tha eastern Mediter ranean I on of th garilena of tha world. Th aea la bluer than other aeaa; tha tlnta of lha at lea are anfter, th violet and Dm blend trior ninr veloualy In th annuel, tha mountain hava aenauou attraction, and Ui aalla on th horizon allure. Thar I a wonderful chnrin alao tn th (aland tlfo of th Aegean, and that charm niuat b In many waya th aama at th present tlm aa It wa In th distant aga of which wa ara (peaking. Tha ahlpplng alao liaa not wholly toat It ancient form. It I tru that th picturesque warships, with their banka of oara each aide, hava dlsnp peared; but tha craft which laxlly nail from on port lo another today may well remind as of th descrip tion of th old merchant vessel. Rapidly Growing Colonlea, A great wava of colonisation had paaaed over that part of th world juat befor th tlm of th Wla Men, and th colonlea, after th atruggl for existence of tha early year In new aurroiindlng, had emerged Into larger Ufa. In finding larger II f th aea alwaya helied them; for, In political atrlfa within and tha need of protection from without, there waa always tha aea for refuge. People who can anil away from trouble at home alwaya find reaourrea, and tha ea wa the ami re of ninny treaaure. Th growth of th colonic wa rapid, for other reason. How could It be otherwise In inch beautiful and fruitful surroundings, Aa ilerodotu nya, "The lonlntia built their cltle tinder the fluent aky and In the flneat clluint In th world, for-nelthcr tha region above nor below nor the pnrta to the Kant or Went are at all equal to lonlu." Long before Athena Joined the circle of coniinerclnl cltlea, tha rlche of (he entire cnatern world were rep. reaented In Ionia. The market place In both 'large and amall town waa the central point and conatltiited kind of bourae In fact, wa the Wall Street of the town where Ihe excite ment of trnilo run to high that a market-muster win necessary to con trol It. The queatlon naturally arise : "How wa business carried on, by bnrter or by ome primitive kind of banking system?" What the Colna Toll. Our chief teatliiiony on t tit point 1 furnished hy th coin of the pe Three-Piece) Ensemble A three piece cnaemhlo that la Idenl for summer wear I a two piece frock of printed (Ilk In small dealgn with which la worn a blp length coat of the tuuie printed material, Fox Scarfs Stylish Why 'are street conta today o fre quently without fur trimming? Cer tainly It la not beciitiHe furs nre too wiirni. They will ho worn ull uin tncr. It la bucuuae wliu a fur collar How Well Ephesu Wu Built riod, for coinage originated In Ail Minor, and a early a the time of III Wla Men coin were In common us. There are very few aped men of that aga now In eilstcnce, yet torn are preaerved In the British niuteuin and In other collection. Tha flrat coin were made of elec tron), which I mixture of gold and diver and which wa found In natural form In the mountain of l-ydla There were no Inscription on them, but emblem of rellglou wonihlp and alao of trade. , The age of the Wlae Men wa be fore the time of Greek blatory, and there are few record from which to reproduce It. In trying to deacrlbe the culture of an age wholly different from anything which we have ever known, the chief authority I from Internal evidence of writing of the time, largely poetry, which now exlat for the moat part In fragment, quoted hy later writer, and alio from pic ture or vaaea belonging to that pe riod. The pictorial representation on th va)- of th el or lea of the goda re produce the ordinary niatom of dally life In regard to rellglou Worahlp, drcs. uae of charlota and bone, wen pone of war, varletlea of tnualcal Instrument, bablt of Bitting and landing, wedding and funeral cere nmnlea, and many other thing. Ar w juatined In calling th pe riod a cultured onet It seem that w ar juattfted tn attributing culture to people who could produce and enjoy the beat lyric poetry which the world ba ever known, and who could originate lines of thinking that have had a perma nent significance In the development of the Intellectuul life of later times. W find tn the late Seventh and Sixth centurte a C the beginning of modem systematic knowledge, and cartful atudy of th thought of th tlm will give a an Inalght Into th origin of modern science and philoso phy, for our preaent uae of language and oar Ideaa of the world are per meated with tb reaulta of that an cient thinking. Culture In lonla. Even the emancipation from tradl tlona and th deal re for Independent Individual thought, which character lie modern Ideal, find their counter part In th age of th Wla Men. Th culture that amae la lonla wa very different In Ita form, however, from any development of later time, and moat dliDcult for u to under aland. It wna, flrat of all, addreiaed to th ear and not to th eye. W are how eaaentlally an eye-minded people, and men mi re our learning by the book that w read and write and collect In llhrarlea and by other thlnga that we ran see with our eye, but the Sixth century It. C. waa an age without any free dlatrlhutlon of written record" and only Ihe beginning of llbrarle. which were moatly collection of wooden tablet. Some of th great men of the latter part of the period each wrote a book, hut It waa la borlotia proceaa. Social life In lonla and the lalanda wna the life of men mid women to gether, for women were free In that age to share In all the nrtlvltlea, even In public athletic exorcise In the gymnaaliiin of the town, a we rend of their doing In the Wand of Chios, The life of all wa free and open and natural, and the atandnrd of morality were much higher than In liihaequent period of (ireek blatory. There seems to have been a thrlne at almoat every turn of the mountain pnlli and a rellglou ceremony for every act of dally life. There were spirit In every wood and strt-mu and spring. on a aprlng cont there I no oppor tunity to wear a fog icnrf with the garment. I'retty neurly everyone who I anyone In the world of fashion ha fox scarfa ranging from the (liver to tha moat bedyed and beshaven akin. Coats Coal of tnllor-mnde sulfa nre mod eled with a view to giving a slluht a figure aa powdhlo. They mint of necessity be short, for now could one that bang below the hip look mar' with th new diminutive (klrtT TWO WOMEN FOUND HELP Their Sickliest Banished by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Mr. Nina Mattoaon, Box 209, Ox ford, N. Y., write ''If It bad not been ror your medicine, I could not have J i u 'hould have been f , T I done. Mother told I aftrVJ ma of Lydla E. I I KjX-U I'lnkham'a VI- 1 . f table Compound, ' ' -A M.J In dl ff erent papers what It had don fordlfferentwomen. Bh wanted tne to 'rr It ao my bu band got me one bottle at flrat; then I took two other. Now I am feeling quit strong again." Mr. Erneat Tanguay of Adam, Mas., any she wa 111 for four year and could not aleep night or go out on th ijreet. She read about th Vege table Compound and decided to try It After taking- eight bottle she was able to do all her work and go any where and I quit beraelf again. Tbla dependable Vegetable Com pound I a houaebold word In thouaand of borne. The fourth generation I now learning th merit of Lydla E. I'lnkham'a Vegetable Compound. For more than half a century, this reliable medicine ba been used by women with Tery aatlafactory result. If th Vegetable Compound baa helped other women, why shouldn't It Snip yout HANFORD'S Balsam of Myrrh For Piles. Corn Bunions, Chilblains.etc. Al Mitchell l-nsi'VaS f- h ilhif irrtuiiMi, fA Tlx U4 tlmpl- ! 7. W d hnaf wlwtl Ml O ,. U kM. th, 4U OalV6 MHaMMIaiar For SORE EYES Dead or Alive "In Arlxona my brother Is worth $10,000." "Ia that so? IIoW comef That' whnt the aherlff offered for hi in, dead or alive." Vancouver I'rov- 'nee. o: lUT Indian J Vanity Shown by "FaW Ornament The ancient Indian chief whose bone II burled In Ohio mound were not above making and wearing arti ficial Jewelry when the natural ma terial were not readily available. Inveatlgatlon of the rellca of the o called "Hopewell Culture," by Dr. II. a Rhetrone of the Ohio State Archeo logical and Historic aorlety, ha dli cloaed number of bono ornament accurately and artlatlciilly curved In Imitation of bear teeth. liear tooth necklace were highly prized by this long hurled people. They accompany many of the more Important burial. Only the long, tuakllke eyeteetb wer oaed, and the larger ones wer fre quently Inset with river mussel pearl a big a pea. Moat of the teetb are of the common black bear, which ranged throughout North America, but frequently specimens are found of un doubted grizzly bear origin, wblcb must have come by primitive trade routes from aa far away as the Uocky mountains. Canada' Peat Dtpotlti It Is entirely possible that at no dis tant day Canada may be making com mercial use of the great peat deiioslta which are 'o be encountered in various parts of the dominion. A peat com mittee appointed by the government and the province of Ontario has been thoroughly Investigating th (ubject and ha made some very valuable sug gestion. Field operation bare been conducted for aome time at a point 40 mile east of Ottawa and theae hive led to the solution of many problems Incident to th commercial production and utilization of peat fuel. Machine have been developed for th economi cal extraction of the peat from th bog and It was found entirely prac tical to dry th fuel In the air, a the eaxentlal climatic conditions prevail over a period of 100 day during the summer aeawin, , Map to Cover an Act The great topographic map of th United State Is le than half com pleted despite the fact that the work ha been In progresa for a generation. When finished and assembled Into one sheet, the map will cover considerably more than an acre of ground. What to todloni at twlc told tule? rope. Rlwp stnrea op food naturt for you. S? that yoo get enough. 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