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The Commoner.
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A New Cure For.
Rheumatism
of Which any Suffering
Reader can Have
A 50 GENT
BOX FREE!
On tiic theory "that seeing is believing,"
.John A. Smith of Milwaukee wonts everyone
to tiy his remedy for the cure of rheumnltKin at
ia expense. For that reason he proposes
9 distribute 25,000 free 50c boxes among all
tersons sending him their address. Mr. Smith
lad suffered all the agony and torture from
heumatism, tried all the remedied known and
'ct utterly failed to find relief.
At times he was so helpless that he had
b take morphine and after considerable doc
bring he gave up in despaii. lie began study
hg into the causes of rheumatism and after
jnuqh experimenting, he finally hit upon a com
13111311011 of drugs which completely cured him.
The result was so beneficial to his entire system
that he called his new found remedy ''Gloria
Tonic." Those of his friends, relatives and
neighbors suffering from rheumatism were 1 est
cured and Mr. Smith concluded to offer his rem
edy to the world. But he found the task a diffi
cult one as nearly everybody had tried a hun
dred or more remedies and they couldn't be
made to believe that there was such a thing as a
cure for rheumatism. But an old gentleman
from Seguin, Texas, wrote him saying if Mr.
Smitlt. would send him a sample he would try it.
but, as he had suffered forty-one years and
wasted a fortune with doctors and advertised
remedies, he wouldn't buy anything more, until
he knew it was worth something. The sample
was sent; he purchased more and the result was
astonishing. He was completely cured This
gave Mx'.'Sinith a new idea and ever since that
time he has been sending out free sample boxes
to all who apply. In Trosser, Neb., it cured a
lady of 67 who had suffered 52 years. In Foun
tain City, Wis., it cured Hon. Jacob Sexauer, a
"gentleman of 70, who suffered for 33 ycarg. In
Perrysburg. Ohio,, it cureca. gentleman 70 years
old.rnlIcVou,t.akelMinh:,JU cured Mrs!. Jchn
Gehr, wholiad suffered for thirty yeart. Rev C.
Suud of Harrfaville, Wis., tested tlusrcmarlcab!e
cure on two members of liis congregation, 0110
who had mffcred 15 and the other 25 years, both
were completely cured. In St I.ottis. Mo., it
cured Mr. K. Faerber of The Concordia I'ubl.
House. In Vandalia, Ills, itemed Mrs. Mary F,.
Savlcs 7 J years of age, who was so crippled lhat
she could not dress herself In Bennington. Vt
it cured an old man whom the best physicians of
"Worms and Frankfurt, Germany, called incura
ble. This old gentleman had walked for 20 years
on crutches, both legs having been lame. lie
can now walk like a young man. Even promi
nent physicians had to admit that "Gloria Tonic"
is a positive success, among them Dr. Quiutero
of the University of Venezuela, to whom it was
recommended bv the United States Consul. In
thousands of other instances the n suit has been
the same. It cured many cases which defied Hos
pitals. Drugs, F.lectricity and Mrdical Skill,
anions them persons over 75 years old.
Mr. Smith will send a 50c box also his lllus
Aruted hook on rheumatism, absolutely free of
charge to any reader of The Commoner for he is
anxious that everybody should profit by his good
fortune. It is a remarkable remedy and there
is no doubt but that it will cure any case of 1 hen.
matism, no matter how severe it may be. Mr.
Smith's address in full is:
JOHN A. SMITH,
3200 Gcrmania Bldg., Milwaukee, Wis.
A Filipino Primer.
The Toledo Bee has presented the
Philippine situation in primer form
thus: "Do we tax tho Filipinos? Wo
do tax the Filipinos. Which way 5u
we- tax the Filipinos? We tax the
Filipinos hoth ways, coming and go
ing. We flx the tariff on our goods
going to the Filipinos and Filipino
goods coming to us. In this way we
save the Filipinos much time and an
noyance. Do wo love the Filipinos?
You het wo love tho Filipinos. We will
give them a nice Christmas gift of in
dependence with a lovely string tied to
it. Also a nice tariff bill."
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King Edward VII. is said to he econ
onftcal iri dressfor a" 'Icing. He re
fuses to pay more than 90 cents for a
4t handkerchief, and he wears -braces
that cost $2.25.
Weekly News Summary
Washington dispatches report that
tho interstate commerce commission
will hold a meeting in Chicago to con
sider the merger of the Northwestern
railroads and discover, if the parties to
the combination have violated the law.
It is said tho president desires to ob
tain some facts in this connection on
which to base a special message to
congress.
General Matos, commanding 300 men,
has sailed from the island of Martin
ique for the purpose of beginning a
revolution in Venezuela.
The naval register recently issued
shows the strength of the American
navy to be 225 ships, with CO vessels
under process of construction.
In a newspaper interview Senator
Cullom declared that the reciprocity
treaties now before the senate should
be approved. He insisted that it is the
duty of the republican party to follow
the advice given by Mr. McKinley .n
his Buffalo speech.
An Englishman, said to be Ernest
Cassel, has placed at tho disposal of
the kitfg of England $1,000,000 to be
used for the erection of a sanitarium
for tuberculosis patients in England.
London dispatches of January 1 re
port that an order pr 00,000 tons of
steel rails for Mexican railways has
been placed with British manufactur
ers. Rear Admiral Francis A. Roe, TJ. S.
N., retired, died at Washington De
cember 31.
J. E. Green of St. Louis claims that
he is the inventor of the airship, and
that the drawings by which the Santos
Dumont ship was made were stolen
from him ten years ago. '
Seth Low, republican, was Installed
as mayor of the city of New York
January 1.
The democrats of Maryland have or
ganized both houses of the legislature,
and it is believed that Arthur P. Gor
man will be elected to succeed Senator
Wellington.
Governor Hunt of Porto Rico, in his
message to the legislature of that Isl
and, recommends the repeal of the law
making it an offense for one to belong
to a labor organization.
The Everett-Moore syndicate at
Cleveland, O., which controls a num
ber of electric railways and a system
of local and longdistance telephone
lines In Ohio and Michigan, has passed
into control of a committee. This is
in the nature of an assignment and
the Associated press announces "This
action was taken, it is said, as the re
sult of a temporary financial embar
rassment on the part of the syndicate
which has for some time past been
effected by the stringency in thejnoney
market."
Recent cablegrams from Pekin say
that foreigners sojourning -Ihere, take
a very hopeless view of the situation
and will not be surprised if new trou
ble breaks out in that vicinity.
On January 2 the final arrangements
were completed for the combination of
tho Pneumatic Tool C.o. This trust
expects to control the output of the
world, and was organized under the
laws of New Jersey. J. W. Duttley of
Chicago is the president.
A cablegram from Copenhagen dated
January 3 says: Danueborg, owned by
the minister of justice, publishes an
editorial today deprecating the de
mand for a plebiscite on tho subject
of the sale of the Danish West Indies,
based on the same privilege being
claimed for Schleswlg. It says the in
habitants of Schleswlg are Danes by
origin; language, education and sym
pathy: while tho people inhabiting the
Danish West Indies are mostly ne
groes, not even sp3aking Danish, and
adds that such a comparison is injur
ious to the Schleswlg cause. Tho edi
torial, however, accepts the applica
tion of tho Monroe doctrine to the Dan
ish West Indies, and does not favor
the proposal to transfer the Islands to
Germany in exchange for Schleswlg.
Tho ministry is united In favor of the.
sale. Tho lansthing (upper house) Is
controlled by tho opposition, but It will
undoubtedly consent to the sale of tho
islands. . Tho rigsdag (Danish parlia
ment) will reassemble January 10.
Schleswlg, of which mention is made
in this editorial, was formerly a duchy
of tho kingdom of Denmark. It was
conquered by tho Auatrians and Prus
sians in 18G3-G4, and in 1884 waj
merged Into the new Prussian pro
vince of Schleswig-Holstein.
Frank C. Meokln, formerly a private
In Co. E of the 37th volunteers, was
tried on the charge of entering the ser
vice of the enemy in the Philippine
islands. Meekln was sentenced by a
military commission to bo shot, but
General Chaffee commuted this sen
tence to twenty years in prison with
hard labor.
Richard P. Leary, who was the first
governor of the Island of Guam, Is
dead.
Tomas Estrada Palma, president
elect of Cuba, in an interview with a
newspaper reporter, said: "According
to the central committee of scrutiny I
allow myself to assure you that the
election was practically unanimous.
The partisans of Maso fought only In
a few provinces. The conviction hero
is that the vote taken represents the
will of the people by an immense ma
jority. There are two things which I
shall strive to accomplish. Tho most
important is to strengthen the cordial
relations existing between the repub
lic of Cuba and the United States of
America. My other object will be to
conduct an economical administration.
I hope to develop the Isle de Cuba,
principally the agricultural industries.
I hope to secure a reduction of tariff
in this country so that the products of
Cuba may be entered here. I shall
leave the United States In April and
go to my fatherland. I shall go there
to work like any factory hand, or any
laborer with the pick and shovel, and
every officer of my cabinet will be ex
pected and compelled to do the same."
Col. E. W. Ayres, a well-known
newspaper man, died in Washington
city January 2.
Newspaper dispatches report that
Rear Admiral W. T Sampson Is ser
iously ill, and that his physicians say
ho cannot recover.
Joseph Combs, 82 years of age, died
at Kansas City, Kas., January 3. Mr.
Combs was a cousin of ex-Governor
William J. Stone of Missouri, and was
at one time the law partner of the late
Justice Stephen J. Field.
The United States consular agent at
Eibenstock has made to the state de
partment a report concerning German
colonization enterprises. In this re
port a quotation is made from the ad
dress delivered by the director of the
German bureau for the preparation of
commercial treaties. In this address
the director says: "It is evident that
we can never give up our present nol
icy relative to foreign affairs, or "the
strenuous efforts- being made to be
come a great sea power. We must en
gage in colonial politics on a large
scale. We must strive to expand our
spheres of interest and to instil In our
people the consciousness of the neces
sity of an aggressive policy. It is only
by the annexation of territory beyond
tho states, the development of our col
onies, the organization and direction
of emigration to the same that we may
ever hope to be in a position to supply
those natural products which we are
not able to produce within the bor
dors of tho homo country." The United
States consular agent adds that while
the territory comprised in all of tho
Gorman colonies abroad amounts to
2,557,000 square miles, with a white
population of 0,008 (only a little moro
than half being Gorman) not a single
ono of these colonics is self-supporting.
Tho total incomo of tho colonies for
1900 from tariff duties and the llko
amounted to $8,22G,470, whiio tho de
ficit, It is stated, reached $G,977,022.
The United States consular agent says
that "tho Ideal relations between a col
ony and tho mother country arc thoso
which permit the colony to produce the
raw material which the mother coun
try receives and pays back In a manu
factured state." But ho declares that "in
accordance with an irresistible law of
economics, tho colony with great ma
terial resources will emancipate Itself
gradually from tho mother country."
At a meeting of tho American physi
ological society held at the University
of Chicago, December 30, Professor
Jacques Loeb- made an interesting
statement. Professor Loeb announces
that he has been making expsrinients
with tho eggs of lower marino animals,
especially those of tho sea-urchins. Ho
delivered an address entitled "The
Prolongation of Life of Unfertilized
Eggs of Sca-Uurchlns by Potassium
Cyanide." He maintained that his ob
servations of the effect of certain
chemicals upon these minute bits of
protoplasm warranted him in making 1
tentative definition of the heretofore
unknown nature of death. Professor
Loeb said that death was not a nega
tive process, a simple breaking down
of tissues, as It has been regarded up
to this time, but an active agent born
with the birth of the egg, and destined,
if not checked, to gain the upper hand
of the life instinct and bring about ex
tinction. But, greater even than the
apparent discovery of this death agent
in all life substance, is Prof,. Loebs
announcement that ho has been able
to check in the eggs of the sea-urchin
at least by means of chemical agents.
This, it Is claimed, means nothing
less than that on a minute s"cale tha
secret of eternal life is In tho power of
mankind. The experiments, Prof. Loeb
says, were simple. Unfertilized eggs
of tho sea-urchin were placed In a
weak solution of potassium cyanide
and abandoned for several days. In
ordinary condition an unfertilized egg
dies in a few hours destroyed by the
death agents born with it. At the end
of several days the eggs were again ex
amined and were found to be still cap
able of fertilization and of producing
healthy animals. In explaining the re
sults Prof. Loeb said thai the"mortif
crous processes" were duo to the ac
tions of certain ferments of an un
known nature, whose destructive ten
dency was counteracted by the potas
sum salts.
It is reported that J. Picrpont Mor
gan lias under way a scheme to com
bine all the electrical plants. The plan
incolves a capitalization of $50,000,000.
In the Cuban election the Palma or
nationalist ticket was successful. Maso,
the rival-candidate, had withdrawn. A
remarkably light vote was polled, and
the election was practically a walk
rjvvay for the nationalist party. The
adherents of Maso declared that their
candidat". withdrew because, owing to
United States interference, they could
no obtain a fair election.
A Now York dispatch to the Chi
cago Times-Herald says: More than
10 per cent of the bodies of the great
array of men, women and children who
died In Greater New York last year
found a temporary resting place in the
morgue at the foot of East Twenty
sixth street. There were 70,808 deaths
reported to the health department, and
of these 8,295 were enrolled on tha
gloomy records of Morgue-Keeper
Fane. This muster of the homeless
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