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GRADUAL DECREASE.
THE CODFISH CAKE.
Average Family Now Has One
M T.aes Than Vmn Attn
Mb uau g awui "fev.
Cftfttui BtatUt'tU Show I'aniA fur Cry of
Alarm Unified by I'reoldeut ltoolt
and Others on tho Modern
Tendency.
V JWoshlngton, Feb. 14. Statisticians
Cot tlio government arc now demon
strating that the number of children
la American families is grnduully de
creasing, which fact is shown by cen
sus figures, and to which President
toosevelt called attention u day or
two ngo in a letter deploring the
tendency of men and women to live
Jives of single blessedness. Accord
ing to government statistics the aver
age size of families in the United
States has decreased steadily in the
last 50 years. The census of 1900
chows the average size of the United
States family "to be" 4.7 persons. In
1650 it was 4.G; in 18G0, 5.3; in 1870,
6.1; in 1880, 5; in 1890, 4.9.
The birth rate for the entire United
States in JS90 per 1,000 of population
vras 20 JM0. The birth rate per
2,000 of population in 1900 was 27 2-10,
which is .almost stationary. Uy the
Irirth jVlnrus of mothers of United
Ctutcs oluldrcn these are the per--centages
-showing the births per 1,000
of population as based on the census
of 1900: Ireland, 32.7 per 1,000; Ger
many, 30.2; Knghind and Wales, 2.r.4;
Canada, 117.9; Scandinavia, 4G.7; Scot
land, 30.il.; Italy, 00.9; France, 18.4;
Hungary, G5.S; Bohemia, 57; Russia,
4.G, .nml .all other countries 5G.9.
The decrease in the sie of the
American if umilies in the last 50 years
is shown by the census figures to be
ulmost one to n family, and it is the
recognition of this fact which has
oaused ithe president and many others
before him to feel alarm. France is
"being held up to the other nations
of the world as the country where
the birth rate is smallest. The pop
ulation there Lh practically station
ury, and French statesmen and sci
entists have been trying to devise
ways and means to encourage child-'bcarinir.
AIDS SEVEN THOUSAND.
BOLIVIA HAD TO YIELD.
JKraxIl uii a Cmiiilto Victory Over Her
hi tor JUUipiibHo mill Aero Itevolic
Uunlal Will Surrender.
rJa liuj, .Bolivia., Feb. 11. The Uo-livi.-in
ffownmejit has dulhured ita
reply to ilia .ujtiinatum presented by
the I.razJJJaim minister. JUiliviu ac
cepts uutvojuljiioually but under pro
test all the r.rusulinn demands. The
liolivinu pxptsjition commanded By
Gen. Pamh. the president, will not
cross latitude 10 degrees 20 minutes,
the southern boundary of the con
tested territory. Therefore, it is most
Improbable Hint any collision between
the Brazilian and Bolivia a forces will
occur. H is generally supposed here
Hint the Acre revolutionists wjjl sur
render their arniK lo the Bwilian
droops immediately.
1'renliluntlul Doom Cur lieumt.
Columbus, 0., Feb. 14. A prestvleia
tlal boom in behalf of William Ji.
Jlearet and a bitter attack on dt
certerfl from the demoeratii! jjarty by
William .1. Bryan weru the dominating
potes at the barbecue given by the
Jefferson-Jackson Lincoln .League
club here.
Jlryiin'a "t'Hll to Ann"
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 14. Under the
caption, "A Call to Arms," William
JenningH Bryan, through the Com
moner, makes an appeal to the Kun
tOB City platform democrats of tho
country to organize and save the
,i?r(y from the aatMlryan forces.
After n Visit to Glonceter ft Pcnon
Is Likely to Ilnvc Increased
Itcaiicct for It.
It Is all interesting to the last de
gree to watch and see how the in
genuous cod, which a few weeks ago
swam happily in his native waters off
the banks of Newfoundland, is
transformed before your very eyes
some of him into codfish cakes
(they call the little squares, which
are cut to fit the small boxes,
"cakes') and the rest of him qare
fully preserved" to make oil, glue
and fish guano. Verily, as a witty
summer boarder remarked, "every
part oi the cod is used except the
smell." -.
Certainly, after n visit to Glouces
ter you have increased respect for
the fish cake. You realize the pnrt
it hns played in tho world's history;
how, it has brought about treaties
between great nations for Ameri
can fishermen had to get from Eng
land the right to fish off the banks
how it has erected lighthouses and
placed buoys all along the cmel
shore, says Leslie's Weekly. You
realize, too, the tragedies it has
caused, the widows and orphans it
has made, the loving hearts it has
broken for the cruel reef of Nor
man's Woe, where the wreck of the
Hesperus occurred, lies in plain sight
just at the entrance to the harbor:
and you hear heartbreaking storica
of boats that have gone down with
all on board, in the verj' harbor it
pelf, before the eyes of loving ones
on shore. Truly, the romance of the
codfish cake is no idle sound after
you have been to Gloucester. But all
the snme after you have made the
acquaintance of the cod in the pro
cesses of its evolution, and with
the recollection of its odor still in
your memory, you are quite, quite
sure that you will not want any cod
fish cakes for a very long time.
A VENERABLE PASTOR
CURED BY PE-RU-NA
dimmlMlnner Wiire Sityi Catrst l'occina
Illll ou)il Tuka 9n,()0(),01) Annti-
ttliy (rum TretiHiiry.
Washington, Feb. 14. Eugene F.
Ware, commissioner of pensions, es
timates that nearly 7,000 veterans of
the civil war will be benefited by the
.passage of the bill which has been
Adopted by both the house and sen
ute,.niul is now pending Ju conference,
increasing the pensions of maimed
x-8aldiurs.
The commissioner of wrnslous es
timated that it would increase the
present pension payments .about $3,
1)00,000 a year. It is proposed lo ia
areasetthe pensions of those who .shall
lne lost one hund or foot, or who
-arc tijtaljy disabled in the .same, from
$30 to $15 a month, an increase of .$180
m year. The second provibion will
embrace pensioners who luwe o&t an
arm sut tor about, the elbow, -or u Jeg
.at .or. about the knee, or been totally
.disabled tin the same, and provides
.4ui increase from 35 to $50 ai month.
Jhe third proposition takes in those
who have .lost an arm at the shoulder
johit ar .a ileg at the hip joint as to
prevent ithe use of an artificial limb,
and jwoVirius an increase of $180 per
2 ear ior , this class. The fourth pro
vision increases the pensions of those
who have Jost one hand or foot, or
!oen. itcxtally .disabled in the ame, to
4-50 .a month. A fifth proposition
lnalkes provision for a clats of dis
abilities not now recognized under
existing- taws.
FRENCH WOMAN A POWER.
CnnntcKH lie IoIkiicm "Wields nK Great
Political Influence nil Did 31 me.
lie 31 a i nt vim n.
Mine, la Comtesse de Loignes still
keeps up the only great political salon
in Paris. She has a gorgeous home in
the Avenue de Champs Elyseesand her
political power is as great to-day as
ever was that of Mine, de Maintenon.
Count de Mini is the only member of
the chamber of deputies who can af
ford not to attend her receptions. La
dies leave her severely alone, hut men
of power are forced to file before her
every Thursday from four to seven
and to offer incense to this political
goddess.
Mine. Adam once wielded a sfmilar
power, but she has been politically de
serted since fiamhetta said he could
not be seen in her salons again, and
3-et she retained her power for years.
But Mine, d-e Loignes controls them
all. Waldeck-Kousseau consulted her
before retiring; she told Paul Descha
nel not to contest the presidency of the
chamber of deputies. She advised the
three Castellane brothers to stand for
the chamber.
'Such is her power that President
Loubet call upon her, to the great
chagrin of Mine. Loubet, who is an ex
cellent housewife but not a politician.
Frenchmen are superstifious about
the political power of women, says the
Detroit News-Tribune. White-haired
senators fear her, with the possible
exception of Mr. Clemeneeau. With her
will die the political influence of the
French salon.
THE GENERAL MARKETS.
j. .
Kansas City, Feb. 17.
CATTLK Beef steer: $3 83 4 05
Native stoekers 3 50 4 50
"Western steers 3 75 4 25-
IICK3S CM 7 1714
81IKK1 4 25 5 25
WHEAT No.. 2 hard 08 C8
No. 2 Joid 70V 71
CORN-No. 2 mixed ESi 40
OATS-No. 2 mixed 34V4
RYE-No. 2 4G
FLOUR UatS winter pat... 3 25 3 DO
Soft winter patents 3 20 3 50
HA V Timothy S 00 13 00
Prairie 4 00 9 00
BRAN 74
BUTTER-Cholce to fancy.. 12VWJ 23
EGGS 13
CHEESE Full crim 13 ul
POTATOES Home Brown .. 45 DO
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Beef steers 3 85 5 50
Texas btecra 3 10 4 25
HOGS Butchers , C SO 7 20
SHEEP Natives 4 00 COO
FLOUR Red winter pat.... 3 45 3 D3
WHEAT No. 2 red 73 7G
CORN No. 2 41 4t
OATS-No. 2 30
HYE 49V6
BUTTER Creamery If) 23
DRY SALT MEATS 9 12. 9 374
BACON 10 121ilO 37
CHICAGO.
CATTLE-Steers 4 40 C 50
JIOQS Mixed and butchers. C CC 7 1.T
SHEEP Western 4 75 f. 35
FLOUR "Winter patents .... 3 CO 3 70
WHBAT-No. 2 red 73 70
COBN No. 2 43 43U
OATS-No. 2 3li 34A
KV'C May 50i
LAITUMay 0 C7V 0 05
PORIv-Muy 17 20 17 37V4
NEW YORK.
CATTLE-SWcrs 4 35 5 30
HOGS 7 35 7 CO
SHEEP i 3 25 5 35
WHEAT No. 2 red , SI fc2
CORN No. 2 W CO
OATS-No. 2 43H
Pe-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially Adapted to the De
clining Powers of Old Age.
The Oldest Man In America Attributes
His Long Life and Good Health
to Pe-ru-na.
Mr. Isaac Brock, of McLennan coun
ty, Texas, has attained the grent age
of 114 years. He Is an ardent friend
of Perunn and speaks of it in the fol
lowing terms. Mr. Brock says:
"After a man has lived in the world
as long as I have he ought to have
found out a great many things by ex
perience. I think I have done so.
"One of the things I have f'jund out
to my entire satis-
"I RELY UPON
PE-RliNA TOR
ALL CATARRHAL
DISEASES."
faction is the
proper remedy for
ailments due di
rectly tb the ef
fects of the cli
mate. "For 114 years I
have withstood the
changeable climate of the United
States. During my long life I have
known a grent many remedies for
coughs, colds, catarrh and diarrhoea.
I had always supposed these affections
to be different diseases. For the Inst
ten or fifteen years I have been rend
ing Dr. Ilnrtmaii's books and have
learned from them one thing in par
ticular: That these affections are the
same and that they are properly called
catarrh.
"As for Dr. Ilartman's remedy, Fe
runa, I have found it to be the best,
if hot the only reliable remedy for
these niTections. Ithnshccn my stand
by for many years and I attribute my
good health and my extreme old age
to this remedy.
"It exactly meets all my require
ments. I have come to rely upon it nl
most entirely for the many little
things for which I need medicine. T
believe it to be especially valuable to
old people, although I have no doubt
it is just as good for the young."
Isaac Brock.
A Now Man at 79.
Major Frank O'Mahoaey, West Side,
Hannibal, Mo., writes:
"1 am .professionally a newspaper
correspondent, now 79 j'ears old. I
have watched the growing power of
the Peruna plant from its incipiency
in the little log cabin, through its
gradations of success up to its present
establishment in Columbus, Ohio, and
I conclude that merit brings its full
reward.
"Up to a few years ago I felt no need
to test its medicinal potency, but lnte
ly when my system needed it, your
Perunn relieved me of many catarrhal
troubles. Some two years ago I
weighed 210 pounds, but fell away
down to 168 pounds, and besides loss
of flesh I was shbject to stomach trou
bles, indigestion, loss of appetite, in
somnin, night sweats, and a foreboding
of getting my entire system out of or
der. During some months T gave Pe
runa a fair trial, and it rejuvenated
my whole system. I feel 'thankful
therefore, for although 79 years old
I feel like a young man!" Major
Frank O'Mnhoney.
In old age the mucous membranes
become thickened and partly lose their
function.
This lends to pnrtinl Iosb of hearing,
smell nnd taste, as well as digestive
disturbances.
Peruna corrects all this by its spe
cific operation on nil the mucous mem
branes of the body.
One bottle will conhice nn3one.
Once used and Peruna becomes a life
long stand-by with old nnd young.
. Mr. Samuel Saunders of Blythedale,
Mo., writes: "My disease was cntnrrh
of tho urethra nnd bladder. I got a
bottle of Pe-ru-na and began taking
lt,.nnd in n few days I was relieved ana
could sleep nnd rest nil night." I think
that Pe-ru-nn is a valuable remedy. I
had tried other very highly recom
mended medicines, but they dldnnc nol
good. My physician told me- that. I
could not expect to be cured of my
trouble, ns I was getting to be nu old
mnn (57 years). I feel Tcry tlmnkfu)
for whnt Pe-ru-na has done for me,"
In a later letter Mr. Saunders saysr
"I am still of the snme mind with re
gard to your Pe-ru-na medicine."
ill 19 s bsMhmM f
life Wk JSu fSfli tTKpP'i a5qHjHKv
m Ma. a tzzmm
WKkMM
SvV:
v( iv.-" ......)iri.v'tfv
Strong and Vigorous at the Ago of
Eighty-eight.
. -- . . 111!... -nt r
Rev. J. . rnrucr, uucu, . i.
writes:
n June, 1901, I lost my senso oi
hearing entirely. My hearing had
been somewhat Impaired for sevcial
years, but not so much affected but that f could noiaconvc tse w u my
Mends; but In June, 1901, my sense of hearing left oso that I could hear
no sound whatever. 1 was also troubled with severe rhcumntk : pains In
my limbs. I commenced taking Peruna and now my hearing is 'Stored aa
good as It was prior to June, 1901. My rheumatic pains ate all gone. 1 cannot
speak too highly of Peruna, and now when 88 years old caiLsay It has In
vigorated my whole system. I cannot but think, dear Doctor, that you must
feel very thankful to the nil loving Father that you have been permitted
to live, and by your skill be such a blessing as you have been to suffering,
humanity." Rev. J. N. Parker.
In a later letter she says: "l am
A TRAVELER
AT SEVtNTY-ONE
YEARS OF AGE.
Mrs. F. E. Little, Tolonn, 111., writes:
"I can recommend Peruna as a good
medicine for
chronic catarrh of
the stomach and
bowels. I have
been troubled se
verely with it for
over a yenr, and
also a cough. Now my cough is nil
gone, nnd all the distressing Rnnptoms
of catarrh of the stomach and bowels
have disappeared. I will recommend
it to all as a rare remedy. T am to well
I am contemplating a trip to Yellow
Stone Park this coming season. How
is that for one 71 years old?"
only too thankful to you for your kind
advice and for the good health Hint
I am enjoying wholly from the use of
your Peruna. Have been out to tho
Yellow Stone National Park nnd many
other places of the west, and shall al
ways thank you for your generosity."'
Mrs. F. E. Little.
If you do not derive prompt nnd sat
isfactory results from the use of Pe
runn, write nt once to Dr. ITnrtman,.
giving n full statement of your case,
nnd he will be pleased to give you hit
valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Ilartman, President of;
The Ilartman Snnitnrium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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can disprove this atatomont.
Because- W. L. Douglas
isthelargostuianufncturor
ho can buy cheaper nnd
nroduco hii shoos at u
lower cost than otlior con
cerns, which enables him
to sell shoes for $3.50 mid
fco.w equal m every
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W. L. Douirlas S3.C0
andS3shoesaroworulytliousandsof men who
have- been payingSl nnd SS.not behoving they
could got a iirst-class shoo for $3.M) or $3.00.
Ho has convinced them that tho stylo, fit,
and wear of his S3.C0 and S3.00 6hoes is just
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