The Syracuse Journal, Volume 5, Number 10, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 4 July 1912 — Page 6

wmm plan Controller of the Currency Is After Dishonest Bankers. Would Have Duplicate Reports Made to His Office —Some of the “Tricks of the Trade" and How They Are Worked. Washington.—The federal government has not yet found away to prevent dishonest men from stealing from national banks, though It has worked at this problem for several years. L. O. Murray, controller of the currency, has, with the hope of aiding bank officials to detect dishonest employes, called attention to some of the tatter day methods of “beating the banks.” Henry M. Dearing, cashier of the Albion National bank at Albion, Mich.. Is serving a term in prison. A search of the cashier’s desk, lifter the closing of the bank, disclosed leaves removed from the loose leaf individual and savings depositors’ ledgers carrying credit balances aggregating $185.817.41, which, of course, represented a Bhortage in cash of an equal amount. This method of “covering” had been In vogue since the bank began business. The cashier told the examiner that he found no difficulty at all in deceiving the directors. The bills receivable were added by him on the adding machines; the list was checked with the notes by the directors, but at no time, the caslfter explained, did the directors check the total of the adding machine list with the general ledger. The assistant cashier said that practically all of the manufactur--Ing customers’ notes owned by the bank were forgeries. Earl Stannard, bookkeeper of a national bank at Pomona, Cal., is under arrest for abstracting more than $150,000. of the bank’s money. One of his methods was that of extracting the clearings items from the morning mail before they were seen by the cashier or others and destroying all items in favor of an oil company in which he was interested. Os the fifty-six pages of inactive accounts, thirty-six were falsified for a total of more than SIOO,000; not for more than three years had the active and inactive ledgers been footed and balanced on the same day. F. T. Arnold, cashier of thp First National bank, of New Berlin, N. Y., is awaiting trial because of an estimated shortage of about $150,000 in the deposit account. He issued certificates of deposit which he failed to register, or if registered the entries were for a lower amount than the face of the certificate called for. It is understood that no one but Arnold was allowed to make any entries in the certificate of deposit register, which is wholly in his handwriting and presents many evidences of erasures and changes in figures. He concealed his stealings in several other ways. George XV. Coleman, bookkeeper of the National City bank, of Cambridge, Mass., kept a small personal account on the individual ledger. He would “kite” his own checks through a Boston curb broker and take them from the mail as they came back from the clearing house. The cashier never saw the contents of the clearing house, and posted thb totals of the letters in the cash book. The general ledger and general cash book were kept by the cashier. Within five years Coleman looted the bank of more than $200,000, and is now serving a long term in prison. The directors noticed the reduction of the deposits in the bank and attributed it to competition. The defalcation , was not discovered until the books were examined by the auditors of the Harvard Trust company, to which concern the directors had agreed to sell out. All such unfortunate occurrences as these and many that have preceded them may be avoided in the future, In the opinion of Controller Murray, If the national banks will co-operate with his office in a plan which he has Just suggested to them. This is nothing more than the simple device of Bending to his office a carbon copy of the semi-annual report made by the examining committee of the board of directors of each bank —the report which says in black and white what the directors think of thei# own bank. HOW BIG FORTUNES,MELT. The filing of heavy claims by physlBians against the estate of the late Thomaa F. Walsh of Washington, D. C., and Denver, was alluded to the other day by a Colorado mining man. “The doctors’ bills,” he said, “may be entirely correct and I do not mean to criticise , them. Mr. Walsh was a very rich man, but even the , biggest fortunes melt under systematic assault or improper management. His $5,000,000 estate could have been easily wrecked by the purchase of a few more baubles like the Hope diamond, for which young McLean and his wife, who was Evelyn Walsh, are said to have paid SIBO,OOO, and/ which was worn by Mrs. McLean Tor the first time at a brilliant reception given by her last winter. But before the young matron could wear the stone as her own she and her husband were sued for it in the District of Columbia and great trouble and inconvenience were caused them.” PRODUCTION OF GOLD SHOWS BIG INCREASE The report of George E. Roberts, director of the mint, just Issued, gives an extensive review of the production and distribution of gold during the twenty-one years beginning with 1890 and ending with 1910. The gold production is shown to mount steadily upward, save for the * interruption caused by the Boer war, from $113,000,000 in 1890 to $454,000,fiOO in 1910. The review then undertakes to trace these new supplies of gold into use, showing the estimated consumption of the industrial arts, the absorption of Asia, the amounts taken by new and developing countries, and finally the amounts that have entered into the bank reserves of -he important commercial countries. ) i

The twenty-one years are divided into two periods, the first ten years,/: 1890-1899, and the second of years, 1900-1910. The production in. the first period is estimated at sL9fior 000,000. '* During the second period of eleven years production amounted to $4,037,000,000. ' The industrial consumption has about doubled during the period under review. The country which appears as the largest factor in the absorption of gold and in the expansion of credit during this period is the United States. The banks and government treasury increased their gold holdings by $702,927,944, the national banks increased their note circulation $557.800,000, and the national and state bdnks together increased their, loans and discounts from $5,167,895,610 to $12,865,503,194. The gain in gold was 106 per cent and in bank loans 115 per cent. BOYS SWAT 21,450 FLIES. Layton H. Burdette of the Industrial Home school, winner of the first prize in a "swat-the-fly” contest last summer, now leads the competitors in the Washington anti-fly campaign for this season. His score is y,600 flies killed during May. William Steiner of 1320 N street northwest, with a total of 9,850 flies destroyed, is second in the race. Health officials are gratified at the high scores being made by the leaders' in the race. Burdette and Steiner tohave destroyed more than 20,000 flies. The enormous size of the fly population ultimately to be developed in Washington this season practically is incalculable, they say. Dr. Murray, supervisor of the campaign, estimalles that on a conservative basis, 5,000,000 descendants will spring from one female fly between now and the end of the season. On the assumption that half of the 20,000 insects destroyed by Burdette and Steiner are females, the number of flies prevented from coming into existence, as a result of their slaughter, Dr. Murray estimates, approximates one hundred billion. With the activity of Burdette and Steiner already assuring Washingtonians of being annoyid by fewer flies by millions this summer than otherwise would have been the case, health officials say that the five months’ campaign, begun in time to strike a'deadly blow at the fly when he contends against unfavorable conditions for existence at the beginning of spring, will make the national capital freer of the pest by fall than it ever has been, and the beneficial results undoubtedly will extend over into next season. Sayings From John Burroughs. Nature is not benevolent; nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exception, never * tempers her decrees with mercy or winks at any infringement of her laws. And in the end is not this best? Could the universe be run as a charity or a benevolent institution, or as a poorhouse of the most approved pattern? Without this merciless justice, this irrefragible law, where would we have brought up long ago? It is a hard gospel; but rocks are hard, too, yet they form the foundations of the hills. Man Introduces benevolence, mercy, altruism, into the world, and he pays the price in his added burdens; and he reaps his reward in the vast social and civic organizations that were impossible without these things.—Century. “Movies” Men Balked. There is one place on earth, anyhow, where moving picture men can’t get, and that is in the White House grounds. A moving picture concern dressed up a rube farmer, and undeiH took to engineer him upon the White House portico, so that a policeman might sank him off the steps, to show a crank trying to make his way into the White House. The policemen were there all righj, and they nabbed the pseudo crank, but the moving'picture machine “never got no picture.” They begged and implored to have it all done over again with the real White House policeman, but that is not what the bluecoats down at the White House are paid for. Plea for Revaccinatlon, American Medicine makes a strong plea in behalf of revaccination. It says that the “perfect protective power of revaccination does not seem to be as widely known as it should be and there is urgent need of more publicity of the facts, now that there is a recrudescence of the anti-vaccination delusion.” * And, adds this standard American medical journal, “a primary vaccination causes only an evanescent immunity in many cases, and it is this fact which has been used so effectively by the anti-vaccinationists to convince the unreasoning that there is no immunity at ■all." Would Have to Walt. Mr. Marks was discussing the advisability of erecting a tomb for the several generations of the Immediate family. Little Elizabeth listened impatiently. Finally she said with flashing eyes: “No, sir. I shall never go into a tomb with my grandmother. When the resurrection day comes, she’ll keep hanging on to me and saying: Wait, Elizabeth; you must let the others go first,’ and I’ll never be resurrected." Queue Wearers Boycotted. At the market, Kuala Lumpur, sellers wearing queues are left severely alone by queueless buyers, while on several of the estates the few coolies wearing queues who remain are afraid to go into the towns and villages to buy things. On one estate, it is said, the Chinese who still have the appendage are actually purchasing their rice from the Tomil coolies employed there. —Malay MalL Uncle Sam’s Big Family. The total population now living under the American flag is 101,000,000, according to corrected figures an nounced by the census bureau th* other day. « Ragtime Stops Court. While a street piano played ragtime outside, Judge De Lancy suspended juvenile court in Washington the other day to teach six prisoners how to play “run-sheep-run."

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CRYSTAL SHOWER NEW IDEA SO GOOD THAT IT AT ONCE “CAUGHT ON.” <1 Form of Showing Affection for Future Bride Is an Excellent One—Accompanying Luncheon May Be Appropriately Served. Glass is a shower that is new and is most welcome. It not only includes the ordinary glass furnishings of the dining room closet and sideboard, but dozens of useful things for the kitchen, many of which were unknown ten years ago. This is called a crystal shower. Invitations might be written on Isinglasß and they might Invite the prospective guests to a crystal luncheon on a certain day and date. A postscript, which is, of course, omitted on the invitation card of the future bride, announces a crystal (glass) shower to follow the luncheon and Invites each guest to send in advance of the date any crystal contribution which she wishes to make, ticketed with her name. Naturally, glass appointments are used as much as possible for the luncheon table setting. Every household boasts a certain number of these crystal appointments in the way of flower bowls, candlesticks, side dishes, saucers and the like. All the remainder which is necessary to carry out the effect can be added from the cheap glass goods in the f| ten-cent stores. For the centerpiece have the glass slipper of Cinderella filled with candies or flowers. At each cover have a place card, on which is written, together with the name of the guest, some allusion to or proverb concerning glass which® the guest is required to read aloud and complete or amplify. For instance, the word “Houses” might be amplified into the proverb about people who live In glass houses throwing stones. Or the guest can be called on to say who was described as “The glass of fashion,” or whence we have the saying “Through a glass darkly.” All those who answer the glass questions successfully might draw for a prize in the shape of a good hand-mirror. v NEAT AND NOVEL MENU CARD Idea Which May be Elaborated on by Hostess on the Lookout for Something New. One of the housewife’s pleasantest duties is the decoration of the dinnertable, and any new suggestions for floral and other decoration are always welcome. In the accompanying sketch may be seen an original and pretty idea for a menu card that may be very easily carried out either with white cardboard or cardboard in some delicate shade of pink or blue, possibly chosen of a color to harmonize with the dinner service with which it is to appear. The cardboard is cut out in the shape of a miniature palette and on the front the menu Is written. It is supported at the back by a wedgeshaped piece of cardboard hinged on with a piece of stamp paper, in the same manner as support of an ordinary photograph frame is fastened in its place. In the thumb-hole of the palette some flowers can be prettily arranged in the way shown In the sketch, and a little damp cotton wool wound round the stem| will keep them fresh as long as they will be required. The shape of the palette should he

FIND NEW USE FOR BROCADE Charming Material Is Employed for Decorations on Many of the Season’s Toilets. One usually associates brocade with something very heavy and stiff, but this season some of the most supple materials are brocaded and made suitable for the jeune fllle. Brocaded ebarmeuse, brocaded taffetas, brocaded chiffon velvets for evening wear would appear to be among the season’s favorites, and the fashions are for their use or for plain satins veiled. Eyes have become so accustomed to the complications of the toilet as shown In both these fashions that anything in the nature of \ plain dress without either veiling or brocading inexpressibly dowdy. And the tapering figure, with its arrowing line to the feet, is still the ivorite silhouette. Some of the recent evening models are so tight with their little fishtail trklns that it is extremely difficult to walk la them.

WALKING COSTUME Navy blue ribbed serge is chose* here. The skirt is a plain weH-fittug shape, cut a convenient wallosg length. The coat Is semi-fitting and has cut-away fronts which fasten below the material-faced r /era; satin is used for the collar. Hat of coarse straw, trimmed with roses and an aigrette. Materials required: 4% yards serge 46 inches wide, *4 yard satin for collar, 4 yards silk or satin for lining coat, 9 buttons. carefully sketched upon the dardboard and then cut out with a sharp pair of scissors, and after one palette has been cut out it can be used as a pattern for others and laid upon a piece of cardboard and a line drawn round it with a pencil, and in this way a number can be made in a very short time. SASHES THAT FORM TRAINS These Streamers Are Likely to Be Seen on Many LLgnt Summer Frocks. A charming novelty is a long sash of Liberty satin that fell some distance beyond the gown of the wearer and formed a sort of little train. We shall probably see many of these sashes this summer on the lighter frocks — the spotted net, the marquisette and the like. Sometimes, however, the streamer will take its rise on the hat, and this Is quite as picturesque and graceful, though It has the Inconvenience of dragging the hat backwards and disarranging the hair. For both purposes, soft satin is used. On the hat it starts as the trimming of an immense capeline of fine straw, Tuscan or chip, tied In a monstrous twolooped bow at the back, and thence one long end descends to the ground. One woman who had adopted this hat had fastened her ribbon en route to her left shoulder with a diamond safe-ty-pin, leaving a fairly loose curve to allow of any movements of the head, and not disturb the set of the hat. Leather Flowers. The newest type of corsage bouquet is the flower composed of leather colored to match the gown. Red and yellow leather roses are worn, with the petals beautifully cut to Imitate nature. The shot taffeta roses are welcomed as a change from the flowersi of selfcolored satin, blooms which, however, are still seen, and find great favor with many wearers. —Pittsburg PosL * Wool Shawls. Little Shetland wool shawls are much better for seashore use than scarfs of chiffon or mousseline de sole, as they do not crinkle in the dampness; their price is far from prohibitive, averaging less than a dollar; they have a recommendation in always being becoming to any woman, and especialy to young girls.

Progress in a tight dress Is at no time a pleasure, but last season made one so accustomed to picking one’s steps and so lost to all sense of shame when the tightness of one’s skirt caused an obvious fall that there Is no revolt against the continuance of the fashion. One can get used to anything. However, the tight effect In brocade is rather pretty, and is alluring in its simplicity for a jeune fllle. Accommodation Brooch. One of the new bowknot pins, set in a jeweled rim, has a feature that makes it useful. It is apparently a black moire ribbon framed in small diamonds, but this ribbon instead of being stationary may be removed and other colors substituted to match any' costume. One pin of this sort is nearly three inches long abd is worn to catch up laces or drapery on the corsage or sis a hair ornament Buckles for watch fobs can be found In the same style, so the ribbon of the feb may be chang'd to match different gowns.

The Value of a Man By Edward A. MarshaD, Director of Mizatonuy Courre of Moody Bible Chicago S'. ~ TEXT—How much then is a man bettei than a sheep?—Matt. 12:12.

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Jesus had just been at the feast at Jerusalem and was returning tc Galilee. He may have been nearing Capernaum Vhen h e encountered the Pharisees, who complained of the bad example his disciples were set ting by gathering a few ripened heads of wheat which grew beside the path. Jesus then entered the synagogue, where

he healed the man with the withered handr- to which they also objected, say(fag: “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him. Jesus replied with the simple illustration of the sheep in a pit and closed by asking, “How much then is a man better than a sheep?” Men and women are such ppor judges of values that they are easily deceived. Merchants deceive their customers with imitation silks, wools, and all manner of grocery products. The milkman can water the milk and escape detection except by the inspector’s test. Frenzied finance takes millions of dollars from the pockets of the poor. A flaming ad. in the paper draws people to California, Cripple i Creek, and the Klondike for gold. Men leave their families without a living, breaking their promise to maintain wife asfti children, and leave to follow a wlB-o’-tbe-wisp vision of gold. Some at them never return. All these things stew 'he fickleness and shallowness at fc-xmxs judgment when it comes to flte Hm'nmt■ at values. 5* ia£y paper one may find quotar » :# tte value of cattle, sheep, ter- but not of the value of a sax Q* tte farm the shepherd carefilly protects his sheep. A lamb. * tern on a cold, rainy, spring day is , wrapped in a blanket, placed by the I kitchen fire: chickens hatched, are put In baskets, carefully guarded and fed. but, alas, the spiritual care of a j man is neglected. If a man poisons ! your sheep, he will be arrested, but a ; hundred saloonkeepers might give | your boy a drink and not one of them I be held responsit e. They may rob your boy of his money and manhood until he loses his employment, and is compelled to sleep in a ten-cent lodging house with nothing to eat but what he begs, but they go unmolested and their business is protected by the law; while if your hoy should commit a crime, when under the influence of the liquor he got from one of them, he would be punished, and the saloonkeeper would escape. Poisoning sheep sheep Is not protected by law. “How iluch then is a man better than a sfheep?” L Sweat shops cost the slow death of -4jbousands because of the greed for gold. A dollar is worth more than a human life. Accidents frequently happen because of the pure carelessness on the part of some one who utterly failed to consider the value of a man. God’s estimate of the value of men can only he the correct one, because the one who makes a thing is the one who knows its worth. The value of a sheep is estimated in the market of the world, so God estimates the value of a man by the market of heaven. Jesus estimated that if you put a soul into one scale of a balance, and the whole world into the other, the soul would outweigh the world. For this reason the soul cannot have an earthly value, because it would take more than the whole world to buy just one soul. Jesus looked at the Pharisees’view of things by which they estimated their opinions, and wondered at their shallow judgment in the estimation of the value of a man; so he must do today as he sees people estimating the relative values of things they secure, and of the unprofitable way in which they spend their time. People take a fancy to some bric-a-brac and pay a foolish price for it, but in a year or two transfer it to the attic and then to a second-hand store to make room for something else which has caught their fancy. /Do you remember how many things you discovered the last time you moved which you had once prized, but which you had come to call “rubbish,” and how you remarked, “I wish I had the money back that I spent on these?” It was because you had not placed the proper value on them when you made your purchase. If you had judged them from the standpoint of eternity, you would have found that to have spent the money on human lives would have brought you far more profit in the end. When Christ came to investigate the condition of the human race and see what he could~ do to ameliorate the suffering caused by sin, he did not waste his time on trifles by trying to create a better environment nor patch up the weaknesses of men. He discovered that the need was a new man and that the only way to secure this was to pay his life for man’s redemption. The only way for us to get the right estimate of human needß Is to look at them through the eyes of Christ. When he looks out upon the world he sees that man can make no progress until his eternal destiny is settled and he is assured of heaven. There are doubtless few Christians but what feel from time to time that the money they spend here and there to gratify passion or fancy is worse than wasted. There Is only one way to correct this habit and that is to ask God to give you the true vision of values as they have been estimated lit the commercial rating of heaven.

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A third party is usually undesirable In courtship or politics. Tears ago Garfield lea was introduced and since its appearance has won hearty approval because it does what is claimed for it. Unfortunately, the people who are most willing to lend are those who haven’t anything. £ —- No thoughtful person uses liquid blue. It’s a pinch of blue in a large bottle of water. Ask for Red Cross Ball Blue, the blue that’s all blue. When you are expecting an opportunity it is sure to miss the boat. Yet Solomon in all his glory never wore an opera hat that would open and shut. A Changed Man. Mrs. Knagg—You were a different man when I married you. Mr. Knagg—l sincerely hope so, for then ) was a fool. The Lesser Half. Hsupecked Husband —Is my wife going out, Dora? \ Dora—Yes, sir. \ Henpecked Husband —Do you\know if I am going with her? W The Village Cut-Up. “Charley Billingsby always, has something funny to say, no matter what happens.” “I know it. He’s awful comical.” “I often wonder how he thinks of the humorous thoughts he has. He’s just perfectly killing. I never heard him call an umbrella anything but a bumbershooL” Makes a Difference. “What is this?” “As you see, it is a badge demanding votes for women.” “You wearing such a badge?” “Yes, I.” “But you always told me you could never see any reason for women’s suffrage.” “Yes; but I didn’t know it was going to became a rather stylish fad.” Needed No More Help. An American gentleman got acquainted with a Frenchman who was very anxious to acquire the English .language. The American in order to help him said that if he would send his exercises to him he would willingly correct them. Nothing was heard from the Frenchman for some time, but finally a letter came couched in the following choice English. f ” “In small time I can learn so many English from his text-book and her dictionary as I think I will to come at the America and to go on the scaffold to lecture.” "A BLUE JAY.” BknejzDOCTOR’S SHIFT. ~ r ' Now Gets Along Without It. A physician says: “Until last fall I used to eat meat for my breakfast and Buffered with Indigestion until the meat had passed from the stomach. “Last fall I began the use of GrapeNuts for breakfast and very- soon found I could do without meat, for my body got alT~the nourishment necessary from the Grape-Nuts and since then I have not had any Indigestion and am fueling better and have Increased in weight. “Since finding the benefit I derived from Grape-Nuts I have prescribed the food for all my patients suffering from., indigestion or over-feeding and also for those recovering frofli disease where I want a food easy to take and certain to digest and which will not overtax the stomach. “I always find the results I look for when I prescribe Grape-Nuts. For ethical reasons please omit my name.” Name given by mail by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. The reason for the wonderful amount of nutriment, and the easy digestion of Grape-Nuts is not hard to find. In the first place, the starchy part of the wheat and barley goes through various processes of cooking, to perfectly change the starch into dextrose or grape-sugar, in which state it is ready to be easily absorbed by the blood. The parts in the wheat and barley which Nature can make use of for rebuilding brain and nerve centers are retained in this remarkable food, and thus the human body is supplied with the powerful strength producers, so easily noticed after one has eaten Grape-Nuts each day for a week or ten days. 7 “There’s a reason,” and it is explained in the little book, “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. Ever /end the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They [ are genuine, true, and full of human Inter eat. >

"MOBILE FEATURES." B Axe* LANDLORD KNEW THE GAME Spared His Tenant the Enumeration of the Time-Honored and Yearly “Bluff.” “I have called to collect the rent,” said the landlord. “Yes,” replied the lady of the house, “come in. Now, before I give you the money this month, I —” “Just a minute, madam,” said the landlord. “I can save time for you. I know the parlor isn’t fit for a pig to live in, the dining room wall paper is a shock to people of refinement, the kitchen walls are a disgrace, and the back porch is a menace to life and limb. I’m also aware that you won’t stay here another month .unless the barber shop wallpaper in the back bedroom is changed to something in a delicate pink, and I’m next to the fact that you’re ashamed to have people look at such gas fixtures as I have provided. I'm going to paint the front and back porches and let it go at that.” “Thank you very much,” said the lady meekly. “You have saved me a lot of trouble. That is all we really expected to have done, but I was afraid that I should have to make the same old bluff to get that much out of you.”—Detroit Free Press. Easy to Cut tne Price. A man went into a butcher’s shop and asked how much sausages were a pound. “Ah,” said the butcher, “der brice vas gone ups. I shall bas to sharge you tventy-five cents.” , “Nonsense!” exclaimed the er, “that is outrageous. I can get them at Schmidt’s for twenty cents,” “Veil vy didn’t you?” “Because he was out of them.” “Oh, veil,” replied the butcher, “if I vas oudt of ’em, I’d sell ’em for tven-' * ty cents, too.” Cutting Repartee. “How,” said a lawyer to a witness, “how can you possibly bear such tes- • timony against this main who you say is your friend?” “Sir,” said the man, “he is my friend, and I love him, but I. love Truth more.” “Ydu should be ashamed,” replied the-lawyer, “to turn your back on a friend for one who is a perfect stranger to you.” Had Them. “Do you keep motoring accessories?” asked the man entering the department store. “Oh, yes,” replied the floorwalker, with a bow, “we keep arnica and witch hazel. Drug department, aisle to the left, please!” Entirely Practical. “Son, I hope you are engaged to a practical girl.” “Oh. she’s very practical, dad. She drives her own ’car, and she can take a motor apart as well as any expert in the business.” > Fathers’ Day. Gabe —I see that they celebrated Mothers’ Day. Why don’t they have a Fathers’ Day? Steve —Father has every Saturday night, hasnt’ he? • 'i Hardly Suitable. Settlement Worker —Since meat Is so high why not use vegetables? • Mrs. Grogan—They don’t do a black eye no good. Children who have been brought up as pets may never get over being disagreeable. The Paxton Toilet Co. of Boston, , Mass., will send a large triaKbox of Paxtine Antiseptic, a delightful Jcleansing and germicidal toilet preparation, to any woman, free, upon request A Prediction. “Do you think Biffels will’ ever reach a green old age?” “He surely will, if he lives long enough and doesn’t know more then than he does now.” A postal card to Garfield Tea Co., Brookj-rs* lyn, N. Y., asking for sample will repay youtf' One way to avoid spending money foolishly is not to have any. m mm a. of choice bottom land. 80 a.lncutt., I / U bal. timber, pasture, good hottse and I M & well, price 115 per a., easy terms. STATE LAND CO., ARRADELPHIA, ARK. TUC IIEIIf C fill Til Prairie lands are prodnoInC new dull 111 tire for wheat, oats, rlca and stock farms. cUmate agreeable, bargain prices, write for list. N. J. KOUbSON, Almyra, Arkansas! ORANGE AND FARM LAND—Price and termaright. Map of California and Illustrated folder free. A?S. HAKVKY, nil Story Bldg., Los Angeles, CaUf. ■ a nif A *SO to 8100 to Introduce Toilet 8 H6l SO* Preparations. $4 outfit advanced. - , LH&J 3 SfcV I’UiPPHN * CO, Uaciue, Wls.