1b- ox« Man <•»: Kvan. One of those drunm(Vr» wlio _ do • Bood deal of driving about the (040117' delights in telling about an old-tune bomuce wbo runs a countrx hotel within a day’s drive of Detroit. ’Sharp as a lark." declares the drummer ’ Always is smooth as oil until •ome one tnes to make a run on him. and then he can get back harder, faster and in fewer words than any nun I beard talk. • "1 saw a man come in there one day from the city. He is all right at home; but was feeling his oats that day, and opened up on the old landlord by saying. ’Hello, grandad, get your frame in circulation. Don’t set around htre like a bump on a log. 1 want ^accommodation for man and beast’- “ ’Where’s the man? asked the old chap in a flash." I’rsp-rBt Ium. ' Ann: Dinah—Here'*.* letter from de folks in Alabama Says ole Uncle Eph has made three desperate attempts at aqjcide inside of a month. Aunt Ruth—Deah me! Do it sayhow? % Aim: Dinah—Yes; says be stole a shot . kicked i white man's dawg. and tried to vote."—Puck

C3 YOU FEEL LIKE THIS? Pen Picture for Yi ouicn. “ 1 r.:n so nervous, there ia not a well inch in ray whole body. 1 am so weak at my stomach and have Indigestion horribly, and palpitation of the heart, and I am losing flesh. This headache and Ijackache nearly kills me. and yesterday 1 r>-arlr liad hysterics ; there Is a weight in the lower part of my bowel* bearing down all the time, and pains in my groins and thighs; 1 cannot whs p. walk, or ait. *no I.believe 1 am diseaurd all over; no one ever suffered na 1 do,” Tlis is a description of thousands of cases which come to Mrs. IMnkham’r. attention daily. An inflamed and ulcerated conditkn of the neck of the won;> can produce all of these symp-

Maa. Jon* triu.uaa

terns, and no woman should allow herself to reach such a perfection of

misery Whoa there is a tool i

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d of it. The subject of our portrait in IhU sketch, Mrs. Williams of 'AagUahtown. K.J.. has been entirely onrwd of aaeh illness and misery by Lydia E. Pinkham a ". egrtable Cojnpojmd. and the guiding Mvicc of Mrs.

nakham of Ljnn. Mass. •

Ito other medicine bus such a record for absolute cures, and no other medicine is ‘-just as good." Women who want a cure should insist upon getting Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound when they ask for it at a store. Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn. Mass., and tell hor all your troubles. Her advice is free.

WEATHERWISE >A.rwJD / OTHERWISE! ' *MT»IOTWlrlAe VsHmW SLICKER ANDKtCPPSVr ; "’''SSjLS'tr'rJS""

•prlng t UaMlag Made VMf. Mnrh of tbs Urror of sprier rlcsalag mar to steMed by propsr ptwesrsttua. Koltlsd wwwUmt shsuld to salsetod for tbs sorb, and s supply of all nswlsd articles ia rtadlnssa. Irorr Soap will bs faun it bsat for washing windows, nalnta and floors: it i« h-rmlras rn-1 vary effsrti vs in —king ths ’ fr sK -Kllsa U ■•albas

A clean sweep of about a quarter of a milliou has torn made by several Kagiiah insurance cuoipaaiea. A gentleman who pneeessfd the above amount did not agrre with his relatives Accordingly be nurci.»scd severs 1 annuities, but made a bad investment, for only a week elapsed between the purchase of the last annuity and the dvalfa of the gentleman. Thus the whole of the money goes into Hie insurance companies’ Coffers. Uis relatives got nothing.

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..iicteuair.?. ES-SISS; Iclrultonos The worker waspa. Uke the worker bcea, arc amaller than the enrenv nr maica.

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bre ths greatest siff-rm from Co-.Itination. Mrs. tFinsiow's Soothing Syrnp for eHlHr*a testldug. aofUn tbs gums. reUnras inflammtlicn. aUaym pMg.cures wind coUe. lie a botUs - The I’oblie lArary of Chicago has 200.-

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. Esueur. Vanburen, lad.. Teh. 10.1030.

An Anee-lnt- of a Tamoos Womaa. (Told in A. D. 200a) * One day Mr. Nation came home as mad as a man forced to cling to a strap in an Airship. .His face resembled a red-tag sale and his purple nose was pugpler than usual. ■’Carrier he thundered, "sotne vandal Itas chopped down my favorite barf Have you any idea who would’ dare perpetrate such a—such a—outrageous outrage?’ Little Carrie calmly threw , aside the plans she was making, and. stepping in iront of her stern papa, exclaimed in •dear, ringing tones: •’Father. I cannot tell a lie—I did it with my little hatchet.” "Mr. Nation staggered backward, struck dumb. After a successful hunt for his'lost voice he spoke again. "Daughter." he softly said, swallowing with difficulty a large. <U« lamp in his throat. sJ would rather nave you done as you did than be forced to pay the bar bill of $5.85 I owed that joint -

Mesh’* UrCr'mrj. "here’s no use of talking.*’ said one nary officer. “I can’t help admiring that man Noah. .The way he bnilt his own boat and then sailed it was remarkable.” ’’Yes." answered the other, "it showed good workmanship. But. you see, Noah wasn't obliged to represent anybody diplomatically when he touched at foreign ports. I doubt very much if he would hare known how to bchare in a drawing room."

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roallrrM or MrpvRepe. the old-Ume favorite, ia agala com I tig to the-fore In the bouse furnishing world, and In red and golden brown la much liked for portieres.

Ths U*d Urmia*. About * bed ths chlntx may bs man aged in several ways A valance may be made reaching to the floor, and ■ white spread faftog over It edged wltk lace, fringe or ruffle. If more color ti liked about a bed. then the spread ma> be of cretonne, either hanging over • valance of the same or. reversing ths former combination, the valance may be of white. Even with a bed, whes the spread la tucked in on either aldi

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And a helpful suggestion In the rup

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after the manner of old-fashioned

are woven fro* lamps

braided rugs, such as one finds In farm houses, aim when finished" are painted to harmonize with the room In which they are to be used. In all cases, however. black appears as a eonsplcuc

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are to be used. In all black appears as a 1

part of the color scheme. This brim

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used out of doors It la a pretty conceit to Introduce the color! of the ezterloi

use. Lampwlck. when bought by thi quantity, la Inexpensive, and as thi ‘— —* paint) featon for bouae furnishing at a small outlay —Philadelphia Press.

work coats nothing and little, one may have a unique f< a small 0

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Ksspls* I ha Hama Haalthrsl. The beat and moisture of the summer months have a tendency to rusl metals, mildew fabrics and cover aV sorts of substances with mold. Fermentation and -putrefaction dev el of rapidly in vegetable and animal subfiances If they are not carefully watched. Lime and charcoal are Iwt aids toward keeping the house sweet and dry. and the housekeeper should i. possible, provide herself with both of these materials, fy. barrel each' ol lime and charcoal in the cellar will tend' to keep that part of the house dry and swseL A bowl cf lime In a dami closet wjll dry and sweeten 1L A dish of charcoal In a closet or refrigeratoi will do much toward making thesi places sweet. The power of charcoal U absorb odors li much greater directly after it has been burned than when It has been exposed to the air for a length of time. Charcoal may be purified anf need a^aln and again by beating It U a red best The lime must he kept Is a place where there is ho chance of Ittgetting wet and not exposed to air. JaStfcusetfeLo Apple Fritters—Beat two eggs, yoke: and whites separately, the latter untt they are as stiff as for frosting. Adf to the yolks a half pint of sweet tnHk a pinch of salt and two cups of slftef flour In which has tfeen mixed a tea spoonful of baking powder. BUr In 1 pint of peeled and alived apples and thi whites of the egga The batter shoult be thick enough to drop from a spoon

skimmer. 81ft powdered sugar or them and aerve with syrup. Corn Soup—One can of corn, a quari of milk.- batter the size of a walnut one tableepoohful of flour end a scan 1 teaspoonful of salt Put the milk over the fire and when boiling add thi corn; let the latter heat (bat not 000k! in the milk, thsn rnb throngs a col ander and then through a sieve. Re tern to the Are; when It bolU add thi butter, the salt and th*' flour turret perfectly smooth with a little oolt milk. Let cook tOl alighUy tfai«-»»ni»d tad serve hot Thrae cm* of greet corn can be used Instead of the cannei Carrot Ball*—Boll carrot* la lightly ' ns

cup

tel put In saucepan over ths Are onehalf tablespoonful butter, one heaplny tablespoonful flour. on«=1Blf cup jd milk. BUr until smooth, add the fSre pared carrot, season with a heaplni

salt, a dash of pepper, s

few drops onion juice, "a teaspoonfu chopped parsley. Cook t-o minuter and set away until cold and Arm. Fora In small balls, dip In sllghUy beater egg. then sifted breadcrumbs, fry guf den brown in smoklng-hot fat. Consomme Chaasem—Put Into f stewpaa two ounces of butter tut sliced onions, a carrot, two stalks 01 celery, two or three bits of turnip, wtti thyme, parsley and a bay leaf. Ou thb jay any Doom of game with giblets

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Spicer and Hi* Sayings. 1 Learning and Hi* Times, n —John Hatton, the Tory. 1 y—Preparation* for War. j*.—The ReroJntiun Begin*.

THE HISTORY Cape May County The Aboriginal Tirana. LEWIS TOWNSEND STEVENS. Chapter. CONTENTS: 1.—The Indian* and the Dutch Explorers. J —Pioneer* and Whaling. y—The Settler* and Their New Home*. 4. —Life Early iu the Eighteenth Century 5. —Development of Religion* Dcnomina6 —Maritime Tendencies and Cattle Own- - Ana cut L

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B—Board of Freeholder*

1 C—Conaty Officials •

E—Municipal Officer*. F—Table of Population.

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