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. The Evolution of . Household Remedies, ' The modorn patent medicine busi mess is the natural outgrowth of the old-time houschold remedies, - In the early history of thie country, EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOKE MADE IIEDICINES. Herb teas, bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be found in clmost every house, compound ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted by the apothecary oithe family dostor. Such remedies ag picra, which wos aloes and quaesie, dissclved in apple brandy. Bometimes a hop tonic, made of whiskey, hops and bitter barks, A soore or more of pepular, hcme-made remedies wcre thus eompounded, the formulee for which were passed zlong from house to house, sometimes writton, sometimes vorbadly eommunicatod, The patent medieine business iz a natural outgrowth from this wiolo some, old-time custem. In the begin ning, some onbemprising doctor, im pressed by the ueefuluess of one of these home-made remedios, would take it up, improve it in mexny ways, manu facture it on a lazge soals, advertisc it maiuly through almanacs for the home, and thus it would become used ovor a largearca. LATTRRLY THE HOUSE HOLD BEMEDY BUBINESS TOOK A MORE EXACT AND SBCIENTIFIC FORM . Peruna was originally one of these old-time remedies. It was used by the Mennonites, of Pemnsylvania, before it was offered to the publie for sale, Dr. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM POUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men monite origin, First, he prescribed it for his neighbors and his patients. The sale of it inoreascd, and at last he established a manufactory and fur nished it to tho general drug trade. Peruna is useful in a great many elimatic ailments, such as coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal diseases generally. THOUBANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE USE OF PEBUNA and its value inthe ‘treatment of these ailments. They have learned to srust and believe in Dr. Hartmen's judgment, and to rely on his remedy, Peruna, Wy Wile's Long Suffaring e Neuralei Cured By Minard's Liniment I am pleased to say that Minard's Liniment is a great relics for neuralgia. My wife has suffered a Ion‘? time with neuralgia, : and I have tried everything I knew or hear about, and could not get anything that would cure her, and the doctors had given her up; they could not do any more for her. About three weeks she had , not been able to do her own work and had to have her head tied " up, and her neck was 50 bad that she could not turn her head with- : out turning her whole body. When your agent came along 1 got three sample bottles of Minard's Liniment. She used one, and in twenty-five minutes she was able to go all around the house without her head being bandaged, and could do her own work and has ever since. - Therefore 1 can truly say that Minard’s Liniment is a sure cure for neuralgia, and that it will do just as it is recommended to do, and as long as God spares me, I shall never be without it Yours respectfully, \ J. B. PHAIR 4 Babcock St., Gouverneur, N, Y.. Jan. 15, 1907. tl nt free on request. Minard’s Liniment Mfg. Co., South A special bottle se Prttanet, Mate. You may have noticed that the man who can turn his hand to anything woldom has the price of a wooden ov ercoat when he turns up his toes, Free Qure for Rheu matism, Bone Paln and Eczema Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) cures the worst b cases of Rheumatism, bone pains. swollen muscles and joints, by purifying the blood. Thousands of cases cured by B. B. B. after all other treatments failed. Price st.oo per large boule at ding stores, with complete directions for home treatment Large nmgle free by writing Blood Balm Co.. Atlanta, Ga. o o ———————————— Weicome Proposition to Ladies! WE WILL DRESS YOU ELEGANITLY, IN THE LAT ESTSTYLES AND FASHIONS OF PALL:, LUN DON AN NEW YORK AT MODERATE Cosr, 8118-This New York Fifth P Ave. model walst s bullt of sue, WSS white sheer lawn. Dwarf-tuckod 3% 38 Elm'l%. united by Val, lace nser- 3 ons, combine to create a medium oA Yoke. Swiss embrotdery of open l,i" (e and blind work, framed in Val. @ (RIEES lace fusertlons, constructs siwe MRS A arches and epaulettes on the ¥o¥ 4 B\ N shoulders. Tlay gatherings fall liIEY from tho yoke and medium plaits Y ks \ arop from the sides, enforcing A S It meat folds to the tull biouse. Val, EAMPA [ Jace edgings finlsh the tucked ".‘.\ BN oollar and cuffs, Clusters of grad- | gty mating pin tucks adorn the tack ' i in semi-fAgure fasblon. Buttons s i pack. 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WE HAVE NO AGENTS; NO BRANCHES, A fashilon book, pleturing and dom‘rlhmil he latest styles and fashions of Paris, London and New York, and samples of material for goods made to order sent Free, W mk TCDAY FOR THIS BRAUTIFUL BOOK. INTER‘[\IATIONAL FASHION CO,, akersand Ureators of Fashion, 26-28 Washington Place, Dept. K, New York City DRSO L AZeTE ¢1 %) e {oTy) et Q R fomad”s’ SHOES AT ALL S Sl X iR PRIGES, FOR EVERY - PR 2 MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, X AR 3 MEN, BOYS, WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. R W é?‘ 8 ol LTel N Y E‘W:m thoin "B 8 B\ 1, -ln’ longer, and ‘;\ oD’ o bSRAT sgy QYT pine "L%’v‘&% mh ud"b.finL Take No Sal tg . NAMRE on . SR a P WReS PS S T i Wrentling, In the twelve years that wrestling bhas forged to the front In America, 'fom' champions have developed, and all of them have been defeated. The 'qmu'tet ecomprises Jenking, Mcleod, ]Beell and Gotch, Only two of them, | Goteh and Jenkins, are really entitl |ed to the crown, as Beell and MclLeod iscored victories which in the light of |later bouts proved that the defeats jof Gotch and Jenkins were flukes, “Farmer” Burns, regarded as one of the cleverest mat men in America, |&spired to the ehampionship, but gave way when his young pupil, Gotch, ad vanced to the front. Dan McLeod tried repeatedly to wrench the title from Jenkins, and finally caught big Tom out of form and was given the decision in Worcester Mcl.eod real 1y had no meritorjous claim to a con 'quest, ag each man had a fall and Jenkins complained of ailment in his leg and left the mat in a helpless condition. However, Jenkins regain ed his crown at Buffalo a few months afier, throwing the French Canadian in two straight falls. Gotch then de seated Jenking after a seesaw series of bouts, Gotch’s defeat by Beell at 'New Orleans was a shock to wrest | ling followers, but the hig Humboldt lad quickly retrieved himself by floor ing his lighter opponent in two straight falls in Kansas City recently. Frank will do weli to keep his riva's Idown in future. Of course, aceideuts 'simnar to the one Gotch is said to have received will lay the best of (them out, but wrestling students know that Gotva at present has no peer in America, and when he is beat en the affair 15 bound (o create sus | picion. His defeat by Beell was ia (stantdly fellowed by cries of “Fake!” [“lt’s Goteh’s turn next!” and other yelps which are sure to knock the good old winter sport down and out it allowed to circulate.~Washington | Post. ; Steepest Railway. A wonderful mountain railway is being constructed in the Tyrolese Alps by a Swiss engineer named Strubb, of Clarens, near Montreaux. When com . pleted this line will achieve the Eu iropean record, which hag been held by the Strauserborn Railway, for traverging the steepest mountain slope |in the world.—~Washington Post. | The only harmless fools are those in the hands of the undertaker. : Only One “Bromo Quinine” | That is {hxative %romo Quinine. Look |@' the signature of E. W. Grove. Used the . World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25¢. | Poverty is po disgrace—as long as | your credit is good. 3 i A CORN CURE THAT CURES. | ARBOTT'S EAST INDIAN CORN PAINT is & won | derful romedy for hard or soft cerns, bun | ions, sore, callous gpots on the feet, warts ! and indurations of the skin. It is applied | with & brush and cures without outting, | burning or soreness. 200, at your drugeisss | or by mafl from Tmr Assorr Co, Savan- ‘ | nah, Ga. | ! Even a pavement of good intentjons is slippery. LANGUID AND WEAK, A Condition Common With Kidney Trouble and Backache. ~ Mrs. Marie Sipfle, 416 Miller St., Helena, Mont.,, says: “Threge years , : H ago my back grew dRNGAy weak and lame and R o I could not stoop f—ebe @Y Without a sharp " T 9 pain, It was just as : \‘?‘;" bad when I tried to { LR get. up from a chair. SR T E | was languid and DR AR listless and had oL much pain and irou ble with the kidney socretions. This was my state when I began with Doan’s Kidhey Pills. They helped me from the first and four boxes made a complete, lasting cure.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ! No man is necessarily simple because | he "lives the simple life. Ty ] YOI TRY ) -’w‘\o" ) A Sl,et P A .‘-,,‘,‘-.*... Ay e REX 4 o”4 < e\~ % s o- e ' r o A N, B : . - Save Good Breeders. There are many more old sows he ing sent to market this year than last. This indicates that farmers are selling off their big, heavy sows and keeping young ones for coming breed ers, or are reducing their breeding herds. Whatever else you do, save a good bunch of breeders, It is 2 mis take to sell too close, because of high prices.—Progressive Farmer., Seamless Milk Cans. The best milk vessels are those! that have no seams in them, since! dirt and old cakes of milk will get down in the seams and develop bad germs in spite of anything reason able that can be done to prevent it, If vessels must be used with seams in them, the seams should be as smooih. as possible, to reduce the space where dirt can lodge. - Solder can be used to fill the scams smoothly.—Progres sive Farmer, Pure Bred Poultry. To start with pure bred poultry it Is not necessary to invest a small for tune, as many believe. If vou have a mixed flock and do not wish to dis pose of them at once and start with pure bred poultry, hut want to im prove the laying qualities of vyour mixed stock, get a pure bred cock bird from some fancier who has a .Bood laying strain. Mate him with your mixed hens and the next genera tion will be better layers. Remem ber the male bird is half vour flock. You can get a pure bred male bird that is not good enough in color per haps to reproduce his own breed, but is in other respects a good bird and just what you need to introduce new blood into your mixed flock.—Farm ers’ Home Journal, : Separate Roosts, When housing birds for winter it should be taken into consideration that the young birds require a little more atiention than the old ones, and that the same conveniences do not suit all ages. Old stock will get aloug well on almost any, kind of a roost, but it is not so with young birds. Their bones are composed mostly of animal matter and are eas ily bent and thus easily deformed. If a chick is forced to sit all night on a little, narrow pole it will cause him to bend almost double in order to remain there and be comfortable,j and he will soon become ecrooked backed, have leg weakness, or have a‘ crooked breast. Have separate roosts | for the young and old stock. The young birds will choose the flat, wider pieces of board, and the old stoek will naturally take the higher ones and better results will follow.— ‘Farmers' Home Journal. Equip the Farm. The scarcity of help on farms will ultimately drive land owners to greater economy and to a more gen eral use of devices and conveniences which lighten the work. It is sur prising how many try to get along by muscle power alone, never trying out any other method, which might save half their work. An old farmer says that his neighbors called him lazy when he first brought a hay loader onto his farm, and when he rigged up a cable ‘and used a ‘trip hay fork to unload his hay he had a good bunch of farmers around him, ‘‘just to see how it worked.” The close figuring farmer counts all of these labor savers just that much of his equipment, and it is only by us ing them that he is enabled to meet present conditions. The walking stirring plow and walking cultivators are back numbers. Now the sulky or-gang plow is used, and three big, lusty horses will turn over three or four acres a day. A manufacturer has now gotten out a rotary harrow, which is attached to the plow, and the land is turned and harrowed at one operation. 1 believe that if any man is justified in borrowing maney it is when he invests it in up-to-date tools and implements for more rapid and better work on the Zarm.—ln diana Farmer, Lambs Dying From Weol-Ball. In cases of lambs dying from this trouble, it is well to remember that this may and does arise from two separate causes. Firstly, when grass is scarce and ewes are short of milk, in the case of‘ twin lambs, it is usually the bigger; and stronger of the twins that dies. This may appear strange, but it is' casily explainable. When the milk is short, the stronger lamb drives off the wealker one from the dam, and by its persistent tugging at the empty udder for the sustenance it fails to obtain, it takes into its stomach por tions of wool from about the udder of its dam, which forms:into a ball in the stomach and causes death. In such cases the shepherd should jose no time in going over the flock and cutting away the wool frem the vicin ity of the udders. Secondly, when the ewes are af fected with sheep ticks, the lambs by the upstroke of the heads in seeking for the teats dislodge the ticks and these fall into the coats of the lambs. They are not accustomed to such visitors and seek to rid themselves by biting the ticks and in so doing take into _heir stomachs portions of their own wool, death resulting. Thus in post mortems to elucida‘e ~causes of death it is necessary to note whether the wool-ball is composed of ‘ewe or lamb ‘wool, hefore effective measures of precaution and preven tion can be taken.—W. R. Gllbert, in : To Cleanse Ponds, ! Many ponds, small lakes, streams and brooks and even the natural bagins which serve to catch the winter rains to be utilized during the rain less season for stock water frequently hecome clogged with a vegetable growth which renders- the water nauscous in taste and repulsive in smell, In almost every case these cofditions are produced by a small plant whose origin is unknown to the farmer and the effect of whieh is gserious. To drain the water off will not cause the destruction of the growth, for as soon as the water is returned the plants begin to grow again. A simple way and an inexpen sive one, is to draw a small bag filled .with sulphate of copper (blue vitrol), back and forth through the water. If the pond is small, or the growth is in a siream, the sulphate can be tied to the end of a pole. If the pond is large the bag may be trolled be ’hind a boat. It frequently occurs that a viscid growth resembling moss in strings appears in water tanks and troughs at the wind mill or where a stream falls from a spring. The growth may be effectually killed by using copper sulpbate as described. Let it be borne in mind that copper sitlphate is poison and should be used with care. A dollar’s worth will clear several acres of a pond and a penny’s worth a tank or water trough. Ice ponds may be cleared of theohjection able moss ir this way.—C. M. Gine ther, in The Epitomist. A Study of Plant Food. The principal foods of plants are | nitrogen, phosphoxic acid and potash, ' and it is these substances in the man ure upon which plants prinecipally feed. When fertilizers ave applied the farmer gives his crops identically ithe same principal foods that he sup plies from barnyards, with the differ ence that in the use of fertilizers he knows just how many pounds of ni trogen (or ammonia),phosphoric acid and potash he applies per acre, while the proportions of these substances in the manure are unknown and much "depends upon the kinds of foods from which the manure is produced and the manner it has been cared for. Barnyard manure, while it pos sesses just what may be needed, con tains some substances in greater pro portion than of others. Thus clover is a plant 'that prefers lime in some form and requires very little ammo nia, “while wheat does not require as much lime as the clover. The barn yvard manure is expected to furnish hoth substances to each crop, and vet there might be a waste of ammonia from the manure applied to the clo ver. The custom has been to haul out the manuve and spread it for corn, with hopeful results and from the same heap the farmers would spread the same kind of manure on the ground prepared for wheat. All this was proper enough in its way, for no one can deny the fact that barnyard manure possesses nearly all the re quirements of plants-—of every kind —but why should there be applied that which would be wasted because of not being put to proper use? Improvement is taking place in the domain of agriculture, marching along sieadily and swiftly, cutting down in its path -ithe follies of the past and adding more knowledge and experience to the farmers, and to nothing has more thoughtful atten tion been given than to the enrich ment of the soil—supplying plants with the best available foods, accord ing to their individual requirements. Not one kind of fertilyzerfor all kinds of plants, but special fertilizer of the plant that needs it.—The Epitomist. Taking Care of the Harness. “There is nothing like leather.” But there is nothing like knowing how to keep your leather goods in fine condition, too. Leather is com posed of a mass of fine tendrils, inti mately interlocked and entwined. ‘When in good, pliable condition, each tendril is capable of much stretching. If allowed to become dry and'hard, when the leather is subjecteda to a severe pull, the tendrils break instead of stretching,. But this does ndt mean that leather boots or harness should be kept soaked with oil or dressing. Elbo@ grease applied in quantity is better. “All dressings should be applied sparingly,” is the sound advice of a big saddlery con cern. Black oil should always be used on black harness and not neats foot oil, as the latter oil, if it is used, will draw out the black dye and leave the harness brown. The black har ness fats now on the market make ex cellent farm harness dressing. They contain the “nourishment” necessary for keeping the harness in good order. But first, all dirt should be washed off with lukewarm water and or dinary soap. The black fat should then be applied with a cloth, given ia short time to penetrate the ieather, and then rubbed dry with another cloth. Some make the mistake of oil ing without unbuckling thec harness. The parts that need nourishment the most are under the buckles, where the metal causes hardness and brittle ness. If people would vary the holes of the harness occasionally it would last much longer. ; An objection to neatsfoot oil is that it inclines to wash off the bees wax from the. stilches, leaving the bare thread, which then soon breaks —American Cultivator. The best cheese made in Switzer land is usually exported, and is sel dom to be had even in the famous ho *gla of that country. AN INTERESTING CHEMICAL EXPERIMENT Any Child Can Do it---The Result is Almost Like Magic---Useful Tco. | Anything in the nature of a chem fecal experiment is always interesting ~and usually educative. Here is a simple experiment which any child can perform and whish is instructive in a very practical way: Get a bit of White Lead about the size of 4 pea, a piece of charcoal, a common candle in a candlestick, and a blow-pipe. Scoop out a little hollow in the char coal to hold the White Lead, then light the candle, take the charcoal and lead in one hand and the blow pipe in the other, with the large end of the blow-pipe between the lips; blow the flame of the candle steadily against the bit of White Lead on the charcoal and if the White Lead is pure it will presently resolve itself into little shining globules of metallic lead, under the intense heat of the blow-pipe, leaving no residue. If, however, the White Lead is adulterated in the slightest degree, it will not wholly change into lead. So, it will be seen, that this experi ment is not only an entertaining chemical demonstration, but also of practical use in the home. White Lead is the most important ingre dient of paint. It should be bought pure and unadulterated and mixed with pure linseed oil. That is the best paint. The above easy experi ment enables any o2e to know wheth er the paint is the kind which will wear or not. The National Lead Company guar antee that white lead taken from a package bearing their “Dutch Boy Painter” trade-mark will prove abso lutely pure under the blow-pipe test; and to encourage people to make the test and prove the purity of paint be fore using it, they will send free a blow-pipe and a valuable booklet on paint to any one writing them asking for Test Equipment. Address Na tional Lead Company, Woodbridge Building, New York City. £ THE’ RATS OR 17 A Curious and Still Unexplained Ex perience With Some Flower Pots. A year ago last March I planted various seeds in several flower pots filled with earth, and placed them in the sunny windows of my laboratory and of the house in which I keep my pets. The next day, to my great an noyance, I found the pots nearly half empty, and the earth scattered about the tables and the floor. I at once suspected the general disorder and littering to be the work of rats, far there are many of these animals in the building (in spite of the con tinued use of traps), being attracted there, I suppose, by the grain kept as food for the pets. I placed some of the traps between the pots, put back all the earth and planted more seeds. One rat was caught that night, but still the earth was thrown out as before. I persisted—and so did they. I noted that some of the larger and more conspicious seeds were not tak en, but supposing that the small ones, which 1 failed to find, had been eaten, I planted more every time I returned the earth. I did this perhaps half a dozen times, till other matters claiin ed my attention and the project was abandoned for that spring. : Early in this last season I deter mined to try again, and I intended to get the best of the rats by cover ing the pets with wire netting. One pleasant day I filled them, but not having time then to make the frame for the netting I did not plant the geeds. Other engagements then pre vented my entering the building for two or three days, when, to my as tonishment, the earth was again out of the pets and general disorder reigned as it had reigned the year before. Thinking it might possibly be the work of some person, I re filled the pots. The next day I found the earth out ag before. On the morn ing of the third day, as I entered the building I actually saw a rat jump out of one of the pots where there was every indication to show that he ha~ been scratching the earth. Now the question arises: Was I mistaken dur ing the first spring in thinking that the rats were hunting for seeds? Were they seeking and perhaps getting something else? Or, in the second yvear, had some old rats rememberel that seeds are often to be found in earth in flower pots, and had instinct or memory led them astray? Whe was fooled? Thig is the question tha* I ask you as the title to this record of my experience with flower pota and rats—‘‘the rats or I?"—From “Na ture ang Science,” in St. Nicholas. President Roosevelt’'s Wedding. Although Americans who come to this country are well aware of the fact, and always make a visit to the Church, the averavze Englishman does not know that President Roosevelt was married at St. George's, Hanover Square. There the entry runs: “Thec dore Roosevelt, twenty-eight, widow er, ranchman,” and Edith Kermit Ca row. It was some years ago that an American “discoverced” the entry, and now there is mueh curiosity on the part of his countrymen to see -the church where their strenuous presi dent wasg married.—London Globe. THE RYLEY-MURPHY TETE-A --) TETE, Mr. Ryley—" Why are wve:r decorat in', Mrs. Murphy. : Mrs. Murphy—Me b’y Denny is com in’ home the day. Mr. Ryley—ll t'ought it wuz for foive years he wuz sint up? Mrs. Murphy—He wuz, but he got a year off for good behayvure. Mr. Ryley—An’ sure, it must be a great comfort for ye to have a good b’y like that.—London Tit-Bits, v“r:“{;‘lo:». 2 ) -A el iil.\;“x‘lflfi‘:;f?“ “"&i‘:{i'” L Pl S = ’ o e —_ | "Rural Delivery's Demands. But the large crops and high price of all farm products for the past few years, together with the general pros perity of the whele country, tend to increase the desire for the good things of this world, and affords more leisure to enjoy what we have. The inecreasad number of people who ride over the country for either pleasure or business, to say nothing of the driving required by the great system of rural delivery which has so recently been inaugurated, have created a pressing demand from one end of the country to the other for a better grade of highways than have heretofore been dreamed of. Some roads will be built by the national government and others by the States, but the counties will always be the greatest promoters and builders of good roads. Some States are already spending millions on their highways. Massa chusetts appropriated $25,000,000 a few years ago for that purpose and now has many miles of beautiful roads as smooth as asphalt paving. All Europe abounds in fine roads; but they have been at it for centu -lies and have learned the art to per fection. It may take generations to put all our reads in as good condition as they are abroad, but we have made the beginning, and each year will doubtless show much progress as @ whole. Even California is fdrther ‘advanced in road building than we are in Ohio. Here is what George W. Lattimer, chairman of the Joint €ood Roads Committee of the Ohio Board of Commerce and the Ghio State Grange, has to say on the subject of good roads in his recent report: ‘“The farther one studies and in vestigates this subject, the more he is convinced that it is one of the greatest problems of the United States. It touches the welfare and interest of more individuals than any other one question that is before the American public to-day. There is not a man, woman or child in the country or city, that is not obliged to use the roads. “Owing to the exiremely bad roads of the present time, the farmer, who is the producer, is obliged to haul his product torthe nearest mar ket at such time during the year as the roads are passable. This occurs within two or three months in the fall, after harvest. This glut and over-siipply makes the very lowest prices of the year for the producer, and the consumer in the cities and centres of population is obliged to pay the very highest prices during the months of the had weather. Good roads will eliminate such conditions so that the farmer can haul his pro duct to the market at any time dur ing the year, whenever the demand calls for it, and the consumer can buy whenever the goods are wanted. Thus the producer will be able to secure a better price for his produect and the consumer pays lower prices for his necessities. ‘“For years the United States and State governments have been appro priating money for waterways, steam railroads and other means of com munication, all of which are good, but these questions become insignifi cant of what good roads will bring to the inhabitants of this country. Everybody should be interested in this question, and should urge Fed eral, State and county aid for im provements which at this time are all vital to the welfare of our country.” ¢«The subject is being agitated everywhere. New York's Problem. ; In 1905 the State adopted a Consti tutional amendment authorizing the issue of bonds to the amount of $50,- 000,000 for highway improvement. The Higbie-Armstrong act, which re lates to the improvement of main highways of the State only, as amend ed, provides that upon the request of counties and towns the State Engi neer may prepare plans for highway improvement, and, when approved by the local authorities, these improve ments may be carried out, the State paying the larger portion of the cost and the counties and towns their fractional portion of the remainder. There are in the State of New York about 77,000 miles of highways. Mr. W. Pierrepont White, Superintendent of Highways for Oneida County, has pointed out that less than ten per cent. of this mileage, say, 7000 miles of State roads, properly improved, “would so permeate from one part of the State to the other that we should have a network of highways leading not only from the centres of population and connecting the cities of New York, Buffalo, Syracuse, El mira, Watertown, Binghamton, Utica, Oswego and Albany, but it would reach the remote parts of the State. * * * Such a system of highways would develop the State so that no farm would be further away than five miles from an improved high way, and all' farms would be accessis ble to their local towns. He Knew, ; *ls the master of tine nouse in?” inquired the smooth tongued book agent of the little boy who had an swered his ring. 3 *‘Nope,” said the boy. “Little boys should not tell false hoods,” said the book agent. *'lsn't tha't your father reading the newspa per there by the window?'" “Yep,” was the answer, “that’s pa all right, but ma is out.” ' e ——————————— Glass made into microscopic gbjee tives is more costly than gold. *