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The Commoner,
EAFNESS
CURED
Device That is Scientific,
imple. Direct, and Instantly
Restores Hearing in Even
he Oldest Person Com
fortable, Invisible and
Perfect Fitting
Page Book Containing a HIs
i of tliff Discovery ana Manv
lundred Signed Testimonials
From all Parts of the World
-SENT FREE
fTrae Story of the Invention of Wilson'
imon seme Ear Drum Told by Geo. n.
Isen, the Inventor.
fa deaf from intancy. Eminent doctors, sur
and car specialists treated mo at trrnat ex
pand yet did mono good. I tried toll the
(lai appliances that claimed to restore
', nut they tailed to benefit mo in the
I even went to tho best specialists In the
l.'but their offorts We're unavailing.
fcaso was pronounced incurable!
;ew uesperatcpiiy clearness tormented me.
"Iwasbecomlnirmoroolarecluse. avoldlncr
Sompanionahip ot people becauso of tho an-
Ince mv deafness and sensitiveness caused
fcJFinally I began to experiment on mvself.
Mtlter'rlatient years of .study, labor and per
il expenso, i penectca somctmng that X
lid took tho placo of the natural car drums,
cauea u wiison's common aenso nar
which I now wear day and nlcht with
Bet comfort and do not oven havo toiemovo
i when washing. No one can tell I am
ing them, as they do not show, and as they
no discomfort whatever, I scarcely know
rself.
these drums I can now hear a whisDer. I
In tho general conversation and hear everv-
ig going on. around me. I can hear a ser-
or lecture irom any part or a largo church
ill. My general health Is Improved because
le great chance my Ear Drums havo made
iy life. My spirits nro bright and cheerful.
a cured, cnangea man.
ico my fortunate discovery It ia no lonecr
sssary for any deaf person to carry a trum
' a tube, or any other such old-fashioned
ceshlft. My Common Sense Ear Drum is
it. rn tlin fltr1ffot oolnnHfln rrlnAnlna nnn.
is no metal, wires, or strings of any kind, and
luroiy new anu up to aato in an respects, it
i small that no ono can sco it wbon In posi-
i, yet It collects all the sqund waves and fo
es them against tho drum head, causing you
eor naturally and perfectly. It will do this
i when tno natural car drums aro partially
mtircly destroyed, .perforated, scarred, re-
l, or imcjcenea. it uis any car irom enna
to old acre, male or fernalo. and aside irom
lact thatltdoesnotshow.lt never causes
least irritation, and can be used with com-
c day and night withoutremoval for any cause.
Pith my devico I can euro deafness in any per-
no matter now acquired, wnotner irom ca
ll, scarlet lover, typhoid or brain fever, meas-
:whooplng cough, gatherings In tho ear,
3ks irom aruuery, or turougu acciaems. .aiy
jntlon not only cures, but at once stops the
jressoi oeamess anu an roaring ana Duzzing
103. Tho crrcatest aural surgeons in the world
immend it. m well as physicians of All
Ools. It will do for you what no medicine or
Ileal skill on earth can do.
want to placo my 190-pagO book on deafness
io nanas qi every deal person in tno world.
11-gladly send It tree to anvone whose name
address I can get. It describes and Mus
es Wilson's common Benso liar Drums anu
bona fide letters from numerous users
rhn TTnltarl Cfckina OnnAiln Afrhvirtt inrvlnnrl
itland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zeal
I, Tasmania, India, and the remotest Islands.
ivu leuere iroin peppiem every station in
-ministers, physicians, lawyers, merchants,
juuies, etc. ana ten tno trutn anoui tno
s to bo derived from my wonderful llttlo
ico. You will find the names of peoplo In
r own town and state, many whoso names
i unow, ana ( am suro that all this will con
vince you that the euro of deafness has at last
beon solved by my Invention.
Don't delay; write lor tho free book today and
address my lirm The Wilson Ear Drum Co., 1697
Todd Building, Louisville, Ky U. S. A.
atlas all this timo, dear?" asked Mrs.
Hodman.
"What atlas do you O, the atlas
I was asking about. No, I didn't find
it. I just happened to think of some
thing else and forgot all about it.
I'll wait till I get down to the office
in the morning."
Three Little Kingdoms.
(Continued from Pago 3.)
tho bullets now found are of modern
make and that thrifty peasants sow
them as they do grain, and gather
them for the benefit of tourists.
I found Europe agitated by a remark
recently made by the emperor of Ger
many which gave the Prussian troops
credit for saving the English and win
ning the day, but the French are as
quick to dispute this claim as the En
glish. The comedians have taken the
matter up in the British Isles and, at
ono London theatre, an actor dressed
as an Englishman, is made to meet a
German and, after an exchange of
compliments, the Englishman brings
down the house by saying: "I beg par
don! It may be. a little late, but let
mo thank you for saving us at Water
Iro." It is hardly worth whilo for the al
lies to quarrel over the division of
credit. There was glory enough for
all and it required the co-operation
of all to overcome the genius and' the
strategy of- Bonapart.
THE NETHERLANDS.
Between Waterloo, one of the
world's most renowned battle-fields,
and The Hague, which is to be tho
home of the Temple of Peace what a
contrast; and yet Belgium and The
Netherlands lie side by side! Per
haps the contrast is chronological
rather than geographical or racial, for
the Dutdh 'have had their share of
fighting on their own soil, as' they
had their part in tho victory of 1815.
It seems especially appropriate that
Tho Hague should be chosen as the
permanent meeting place of the peace
tribunal, for it is not only centrally
located for European countries, and,
being small, is not itself tempted to
appeal to arms, but it has long been
the home of religious liberty, and its
people were pioneers in the .defense of
the doctrine that rulers exist for the
people, not the people for the rulers. ,
The capital of The Netherlands
The Hague (the name is taken from
the forest that adjoins) is a beautiful
little city and will furnish an appro
priate setting for the building which
Mr. Carnegie's generosity is to pro
vide. Plans are already being pre
pared for this structure, and one of
the officials showed me a picture rep
resenting Peace which may be repro
duced upon the ceiling or walls,
In the Gallery at Moscow I saw a
painting by the great Russian artist,
Verechiagin. It is a pyramid of whit
ened skulls standing out against a
dark background, and is dedicated to
"The Warriors of the World." It tells
the whole story of war in so solemn,
impressive, and terrible a way that
Von Moltke is said to have issued an
order prohibiting German officers
from looking at it when it was ex
hibited at Berlin.
The emperor of Russia, who has
the distinction and the honor of hav
ing called .together the conference
which resulted in The Hague tribunal,
might with great propriety contribute
to the Temple of Peace this master
piece of one of his countrymen por
traying so vividly the evils which ar
bitration is intended to remedy.
One of the members of the arbi
tration court told me that it was both
interesting and instructive to note
how the nations appearing befoie that
court emphasized, not so much their
pecuniary claims, as the honor of
their respective nations and the Jus
tice of their acts.
No ono can foresee or foretell how
great an influonco Tho Haguo tribunal
will havo upon tho world's affairs,
but it would seem difficult lo exag
gerate it. It is cultivating a public
opinion which will in time coerce tho
nations into substituting arbitration
for vlolonco in tho settlement of in
ternational disputes; and. it ought to
be a matter of gratification to overy
American that our country is taking
so active a part in tho forwarding of
tho movement.
But The Haguo is not tho only placo
of interest in Tho Netherlands. Tho
land replevined from tho sea by the
sturdy Dutch and protected by dykes,
the spot immortalized by the tempo
rary sojourn of the Pilgrims, the. fa
miliar blue china, the huge wind
mills with their deliberate move
ments, the wooden shoes, and tho
numerous waterways all these at
tract the attention of tho tourist.
And the commercial metropolis of
Holland, Amsterdam what a quaint
old city it is! Its more than 300 ca
nals roaming their way through the
city, and its hundreds of bridges, havo
given to it the name of "The North
ern Venice," and it well deserves the
appellation. The houses aro built on
piles, and as many of them are set
tling, they lean In every direction,
some out toward tho street, some back,
and some toward the side. Tho houses
aro so dependent upon each other for
their support that it Is a common say
ing in that city that If you want to
injure your neighbor, you have only
to pull down your own house.
Amsterdam is tho center of the dia
mond cutting industry of th world,
more than 10,000 hands being em
ployed in that work. As is well
known, the Dutch are a rich people,
and their commerce, like their mort
gages, can be found everywhere.
They have a constitutional mon
archy, hut they have universal educa
tion and parliamentary government,
and are jealous of their political
rights.
Denmark, Belgium, and The Nether
landsthree little kingdoms! Small
in area, but brimful of people, and
these people have their part in the
solving of problems with which Eu
rope is now grappling.
W. J. BRYAN.
PARAGRAPHIC PUNCHES.
Grover Cleveland thinks but why
doesn't ho stop there? Kansas City
World.
Constructive congressional mileage
has gone up the spout. Now what
about the superstitious recesses at
high noon? Boston Herald.
Porto Rico positively asserts its de
sire to be either a state in the United
Statss or an indenenrtent thnuz-h
very small, nation. Pittsburg Post
Mrs. H. A. Towno wants lawyers to
think about something besides law.
For example, those on tho bench
ought to think a little about justice.
Memphis Journal.
Jacob Rils in shoveling compliments
en Roosevelt in The Outlook like a
stoker. How wouid Rils do dB a huppy
solution of the vice presidential pro
Mem? Joplli Globe,
Mississippi has pronounced for
Roosevelt. Of course. Didn't he go
down tnere awhile ago and extermi
nate all the bears in the canebrakes?
New Haven (Conn.) Union.
After Governor Pennypacker gets
located in the Pennsylvania supremo
court he can "jump on" the news
papers for contempt ot court without
troubling that libel statute. Sioux
City Journal.
If the average reader does not get
what he wants in tho .way of war
news the fault does not lie with the
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war correspondents near the front.
The variety is as extensive as that of
a Thanksgiving menu at an ambitious
hotel, and quite as bewildering. Den
ver News.
It is doubtful if oven tho kaiser
would have gone as far as Secretary
Loeb in demanding the dismissal of a
society reporter who had displeased
the major-domo of tho White house.
New York Evening Sun.
Tho National Issue.
. Mr. Bryan makes quite cleai In Tho
Commoner this week what the News
suggested some days ago that tho
section of the press bittorjy opposed
to him is guilty of misrepresentation
In claiming that his purpose is to
push the issue of "16 tp 1 as para
mount in the approaching presidential
campaign, He. has no such Intention.
But he points out that the money
question in somo form always is be
fore tho American people, and that tho
issue now is between tno masses of
American citizens and tho gigantic
moneyed interests which aro deter
mined to control the government in
their own interest and which already,
have secured a degree of control too
great for the safety of the general
public.
No thinking man can survey tho
political and industrial fields without
coming to the same conclusion. Tho
power in tho government of central
ized and consolidated money interests
has been growing since the civil war,
and during the past eltfit years has
incrcasoa y leaps and boundo, until
the necessity of finding somo way to
curb it has become pressing.
The great railroad, banking and
trunt combinations centered In the"
lower end of Manhattan island now
assume to dictate nominations, to de
feat or elect candidates, to rule exe
cutive officers and to govern the de
liberations of congress. As their pow
er has increased their demands have
become more open and more aggres
sive, until it is within the truth to
say what laws shall ue passed and
how they shall be administered.
That sort of thing must not go on,
and it Is fortunate that a forqeful and
influential man like Mr. Bryan 'is
among those who are determined that
it must end. Denver News.
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