;sSi'.w'W'i Ar y-il"? " ' JBHHk. JT thJMUMC- 'V-W1 -M--- . A J . ij( ' Groat Bronze Buddha Built at King's Order. .'i WHY Ibregn Cmmr W H fjnn gg&, FAMOUS DOCTOR'S UUU Og PRESCRIPTION. I AjTsU.! ! i'l I !WiMWPWll I b.lMMpl W I 1IH i .1 III llllH..WH1WIWMWimWWtWW I IWWWWW Wcrm'Vr "nr l.I.l.O. Henry. I run going to leave you louny. i vo bom iuy enrmaa tipnln." Tlil.i remark by n big sailor to a friend on tho Sail Francisco water-front caused a landMiian to turn nrouiid find regard tho lnlr curiously. It was tho tenth tlnio lh.it ho had hoard that re mark In tho cnuruo or nn hour na ho loitered about tho wharves watching tho whaleru preparing for their reason In northern aoan. llo had seen big. hard fisted men boarding the vessels or t-lttlng about on boxes on tho docks chatting with friends until they should bo suminnUeil oil board for tho erul.u'. And nlunys, an the pallors would greet a nov. com panion, camo that remark, "I've told my carcass ' It puzzled tho landsman. Ho did not under cUuid, but llgured out that It was sotno rough pleasantry. Ho dldnot.know Unit every man who nalla out of nn Amurlcan port In u deep-sea rusol under tho stars ml"stil;io.s must' literally till his Cody and eouI Into u iiervltiide as ablect and as debasing as Ih.iL.uf the black man on the southern l?is4?WSt plantation befor6 (ho Knmncipatlon Proclamation JSrZJ2z-Fl was Issued. For tho American -wbo salta tho high seas under tho stars mid btrlpus la a hI.ivo. lie Is a elnvo under Iho law. Trno, ho cannot bo put upon tho miction block by his master and rold to tho highest bidder.- Hut ho must eurrendor his Amer ican birthright freedom of contract; he must sign away his right to his pay when it falls due. And ho cannot be a sailor without Blgnlng them away. And ho cannot run away from his bargain and his master. If ho trim It, 'ho Is arrested and taken back, no mutter in whut quarter ot (ho globo his vessel Is anchored. For, by tho opera tion of treaties with all tho maritime powers or tho world, tho United States agrees to arrest and return foreign sailor-slaves, In return ' for which iho foreign countries have agreed to arrest and return to American ships America's chattel slaves. , No man Is ever a. slave under tho law unless conditions aro' such that' It Is necessary' for his master to hold him legally In servitude, In order to rotaln his services. Uvery land Is full of Indus trial slaves who cannot deport tholr masters it they would, becauso there 1b 'nothing' elso for them (o do but to submit or starve. Hut tho occupation of a Enllor carries him to forolgn lands whoro tho Uiro of untrleil conditions 1b forevfcr beckoning, and It would lo comparatively easy for him to dOEcrt I1I3 rtinstor tyut hero' tho luw'steps In, nud I J I 5 I I ( " WMEBM TM"& rwamm -' u ii if II in II j H1j iSiSii i &aZJsrJt:. ?V (W 'iCM KmtmtA t vJXktJSSSsf LWBfKATOMi iitf .WimmM-Hmr -mmmk rwmfa 1 im jrnwkmm... wsmaa MMM' .ft 'mmm (Mr Wf Hi ft" liVXffl ;Ww .A.... -,.,,, -,''- "J., 2-ffH wMimmmmwm W!-'::::ti-f!'t Heathen Idol Is Cast From Captured Cannon and Erected In the Mag nificent Royal Temple at U.inrjkqk. 'tho fear or tho foreign dungeon and tho certain return to his ship In Irons holds him to his con tract. And even with tho fenr of certain re-enslavement staling him, In tho face, tho sailor un der the stars and stripes is far tot) often a do Borter. It is Idlq to arguo that It is in tho naturo of tho sailor to wander, to dosort ono master for another, and that thoreforolaw8 aro necessary to prevent tho disorganization of tho merchant ma rine it calls In an Insistent Bauds of men who follow tl Every occupation has lis devotees to, whom ' voldc, and there are thou v thb sea from choice Tho answer to tho question, why Is tho snllor Wallyn filav, must ho found fin an inquiry into Ihb condi tion from which ho seeks to run away. If he UkeiMo follow tho Beg then) la no reason whytho Bhould forover try to leavo it or to leayo ultf master nnd his flag except tjiat tho CondltloOB undir "which ho fa forced" id work aro Intolerable, nd beo lies., tho, answer, Tho earljest known facto about tho condition ot tlio laborer at 'nea take us 'back to tho ancient Ihwb of th6 Norsbman and to tho codo that gov erned tho Bailors of tho ancient cltlos.on tho shores of tho Mediterranean. In tho nqrth tho laboror on land nnd at sea was a freo mah. Tho sailor had tho same status aboard his vessel that his brother had In tho Norso towns. Ho had tho B.imo freedom of contract nnd tho oamo voice In tho lawa regulating tho conduct of his compnnlona and himself. Tho laborer of tho outh was a chat tel Blnyo on land and on Bea. Ho was usually a prisoner or war nnd his body and soul belonged to his master. Ilq wns chalnod to his scat in tho gal ley nnd lashed to his task. Manual labor of all klnd riya31 jConaldercdto bo 'debasing and per formed "only by Slaves. ' " - ' T.ho Island of Itliodos gave to tho Mediter ranean Its mnrltlmo law, and tho Homnn codo wnu pattorned after that of Rhodes. Whou Itonio con-1 quored tho countries of tho north, sho gavo thom her laws for thp regulation of labor on tho uca as wqII as on lnndi Tho all-porVadlng Idea of Roman civilization was that labor Is debasing, and tho laborer on land wnB a -erf and on tho sea ho wa a slave. Tho marltlmo pow'er of medloval Kuropo, which was expressed through tho laws of Barce lona and later through tho nll-poworl'ul Hansoatlo Lcaguo of cities, was maintained through Roman raaritlmo law. It gradually ovorpowored and ob literated tho law of tho norths and tho freo sailor ceased to exist. Slnco that day tho sailor has been a chattel slavo. When Balling voscols roplaccd tho galley, It be came necessary that tho sailor's status, as a Blavo bo maintained by rigid lawa against desertion. Freedom of action was noccssary for tho operation of n Bailing vessel, but It was still noccssary to keep tho sailor bound to tho ship becnimo Injury might como to tho vesBOl tnrougn ins desertion. And bo his Htatus as a slavo wa3 maintained by son, no ono loses but tho Bailor and bin widow and children. Tho property is paid for by the com inanity, by you and b'y me; for Insurance shifts tlio burden of loss from tho shoulders of tho in dividual to tho shoulders of tho community. Per fect policing of tho sea has removed the dangers from piracy, and losses from stnto or local dis turbances aro paid for by tbo states and localities responsible. And so tho old prlnclplo of common hazard has been abandoned so far as tho ship-owner la con cerned through tho oiernt!on of marltlmo fnsur nnco and modern laws. But, how is it with thp sailor and with you nnd me? It .Is cubj- to seo how this has worked to Increase tho hazard bocno by tho crow. Formerly tho ship-owner would not load his vessol to tho danger point; ho would not risk employing unskilled' men or too few Bailors, because ho did not want to risk his property.' Now lip does not care; lnsurajico 'will take card of the risks, and tho Idea Is to ,mako all tho money pos Blblo. t . ' i , f , Let us look a llttlo moro closely into tho condi tion of tiio sailor's occupation that has been evolved out of this hodgo-podgoof lawn, ancient and modern. And. then wo can soo very clearly how this condition nff'ect3 not only tho sailor but you and mo nnd"overyothor American citizen. A brief comparison of tho conditions on shipboard under tho American flag with thoeo under tho flags of other nations will explain why the Ameri can boy does not go to sea, nnd why tit-is necos- Bary to keep tho American sailor a chattel afavo by law of congress. To begin with, tho American Bailor who would ship over tho high Tioas Is com pelled to seek his employment through u "crimp." Tho crimp Is tho runner for tlio notorious Bailor's "boarding-houses" which furnish crows for all deep-soa-golng vessels. Ho Is tho absoluto master ot thqifcallorls employment. All deep-sea captainn phlp their crows through tho crimp. Tho crimp is paid out of tho unearned wages of tbo sailor. '-. It Is called "advanco money" which tho law per mits the tmllor to sign away and which tho systom compols him to sign away. Tho snllors call It "blood money." Tho money Is paid by tho captain directly to tho crimp. In fact all the negotiations aro can led on directly between the captain nnd tho crimp. Tho Bailor is not consulted at nil. Moro often than not, ho is taken on board after having been liberally treated to "third raH", or "doctor," a drink that robs him of nil conscious ness. Tho practlco smacks very much of tho old , practice of "ihanghalng." Tho act of Decombor 21, 1S98, prevents tho payment of this blood monoy, called "allotment to original creditor" In tho domestic trade (coastwise Hhlpplug and tho trado to noarby foreign countries). Hut It Is per mitted In (ho deep-sea trado, und no Bailor over obtains employment on n deop-son-golng vessol without having visited tho crimp, Tho crimp exists because tho law permits him to exist, by normlttlnc tho nBstc'iiniont of "advanco moncvA' Ono stato, oregon, actunjly recognised tho system! i&iisj:- c?:& svy cszecxw sI&.isat' ard's quurtersj. Hero iho men must lte, int, floep and keep their .clothing, It has been do scribed a's "too la: go for a colIln nnd too small for a grave."; It Is unsanitary; dark, nud dirty. Tho American sailor is compelled to Mgn away In the foreign trade his right to part of tho wages duo him it ports of call. Consular agents havo de clared this to bu the most prolific cause of deser tions from American ships. Tho net of .December 21, 1S0S, gives the sailor a right to half tho wages 4tbat ma be duo him at any port of call, but add "unless tbo contrary bo expressly stipulated In tho contract." The thin-owners teo to It that this stipulation is always made. The enllor must coinpeto with tho unskilled and destitute- ofuill nations and races, bocauso tho law as to citizenship won repealed In 1SC4, and tho oporntlon of mnrit'mo lusuranco has reduced tho standard of skill In seamen. No standard of cl ciency has been .supplied by law, Tho ship-ownora may hlro whom they plenso and as few men as tho inspectors will let them. There Is no Htandnrd to guldo tho Inspector. And ho tho sailor piust do tho unskilled man's work at sea becauso tho work has to bo dono nnd thcro is no ono olso to do It. Oftcu ho must risk his Ilfo becauso tho vessel Is undermanned and 'unskilfully manned. ( Uecauso of this competition with tho foreigner, bis wages aro ns small as tho wagoB of tho chenpost port or call of his vessol, and iio cannot get enounli to marry and Hvo a normal life. An vessels grow larger, his chances to earn a decent livelihood grow smaller. ' i ' i Big Business voncelvi's ishipsi to bo for t,ho purpoBo of making money, not for tho nurposo or carrying goody if rom plnco to place; for tho pur pose of piling up dividends no matter at whoso expense tho'divldends aro piled up, mo matter nt what cost to tho oailor or to you and mo. It would tako away cargo Bpaco to iirovldo decent living quarters for Bailors on Hhlpboard, and loss cargo means loss dividends. To load n. voseoI so as to minlmtzo tho dnnger from shifting cargo moans less cargo also. Better food, more men nnd skilled men nil cost moro monoy, nnd there fore Big Business, which Is not compelled to tako risks becauso lta property Is Insured, refuses theso things. In fine, it Is much chenpor to run vessels with slaves; thcreforo Big Business employs Blavcs. Not only la American commerce being con ducted by vessels ilylng foreign Hags, but Ameri can over-sea commerco In American snips Is belnf," handled by forolgn Benmen. Tho astounding fact lfl true that not only has America fewer Ballon; than any othor nation on thb faco of1 tho globo, but tint gveat majority of tho men In tho Aihorlcnn merchnnt marlno aro men of other nations. And tho majority of American seamen nro Balling, by choice, under tho Hags of other nations than their own. S when wo trust our lives nnd our goods on the high sens, wo entrust thom to foreign seamen, slaves on under-manned vessels, living under condltlcnn that havo driven Americans from tho sea. That Is what concerns us, And it con cerns us vitally. Statistics published by tho United States com missioner of navigation show that out of overy hundred American seagoing steamers of over ono hundred tons for tho pabt sovon years, an averngo of 2,21 havo been lost each year, and that out of every hundred foreign seagoing ntenmcrs of over ono hundred tons for the Bamo period, un averago ofonly 1.98 havo been lost. Out of every hundred American seagoing vessels of over fifty tons for tho past Bovcn years an averago of 4.13 havo been lost each year, and out of tho samo number of tho Bangkok, Slain. Slam, the country of the white elephants, wan a short time ago the scene of a very brilliant event, ono of tho most Interesting that has tulu-ii place In tho history of tho country King ('hulalonkorn, tho late king or Slam, while touring In tho uoilhrrn part of his kingdom at tho end of las't year visited the ancient town of Pllannuloke, which contained within itu walls a celebrated many ii'iiturU'Hold llguro of lluddhu. Tho king was so tilled with enlbUB lasm by this statue that ho made vow to pbue a similar llguro In tho royal temple. "Wat Suan Dimlt," In the capi tal of bis kingdom, lie wont off nmno Buddhist rieslM Immcdlad ly to Bang kok, ordcrlug them to bring back hIx old luflnzc ciinuoir captured during -a war with Burma to I'ltsnnulolto. In lh meantime tho king no pushed on I ho work that by tho (Inin the cannon nrrhi'd. tho proccs:) of casting could bo btgun. Faithful Buddhists i.trcam ed trotii far nnd near and threw gold and HlH-r into the glowing mans. Young girls took off their costly Jew els and oTifcd them an a sacrlllco; whole fuiullli'H would gladly havo giv en their all. In order that the nunc- tlty of tin ancient staluo shotild bo (oiivc j cd to tho new two consecrated Rlhor cords wcro fastened to the ears of the old stat no and given Into tho chnrgo of the hlghcnt bonzes, who watched dny and night nud sang nnd offered prayers Incessantly. During tho casting tho king himself held tlio other end of tho cord, whllo ftom him outpoured tho cord In tho form of the now-cast figure. At last, amid the ondlens rejoicings of tho peo ple, Iho casting waa finished nnd tho statue, under tho guidance of tho king, was conveyed In solemn proces sion down tho river to Bangkok, whoro IW wfofk of ifrti wni to b6 coniplqted. It 1st said tHat! hulii'Vcils of chisels weroibrok mi lilrlnn tho work), ltlng CilulalotigUorn glided tho faco 'himself and placed In tho forehead an enor mous nrecious itoie. Then tho wholo llguro w"nH gjldqd nnd adorned. With' Buddhistic rosnrlcr. of fiery brilliants from' tho king's tre.iBurjy. At lastho great day cnimf wltffiulho ftowBuddhit wayn to bo 1iouglu to tho coynl,tilninlof feWntSiinnHJiisltJ'-w I t ' O V. ' The scene under a glowing tropical nun wus po wonderful, so gorgeous In color, that It will remain iiuforgcttnlilo by all who witnessed It. Tho gor geous statue of Buddha,' as If carried by an Invisible pow'er, moved ninjes ttcally on tho glittering Iwaveu of 'iho wE-RU-Hl V"?' i ill .mi mm wmiL. POR 'YSPEPSL TARRH0ISTOMf TCTFiTFV 1 a dPCPpllvo dlscnno v1,,x-' x tliousandi huvo It unit TROUBLE ,lon l Knmy lu IC y1 iwuuiu K0()(, UMUllil ynil rah mnkn no mlilulm by nslti' l;r. Kll nirr'H Fwiiinp It'ic't, the ut"HI lilibi'-y rrm. r.ily. Al druiMlMii In fitly coi.t a ml ilol Inr nlri's. Hmupln bettlti by tnnU frn, ulnn immpliti I (filing Y"'i how tu llnil out If you liavu kidney trouble. Aihln-ni, Dr. Kilmer A Co., Ului;liatnton, N. Y. Keeps Horseehoers Uuy. j There aro- used In tho British nuuy 2S.5U0 horiieHhoeu overy month. Ana bo uib nuuuo no a omvu . ..... .y..w.. i. . ... .r .:. .. . i i law on tho ''prlnclplo of common Jinzard," I Atll tbo. by ajBtntuto llipiung- tno amount or uiooa-nionoy forolgn seagoing Ball vessels of over fifty tons, .Inws of tho Unnscatlc Leaguo stipulate" that If any 'to thirty dollars. Tho crimp ceased jto'oxljjt. lit i083 i,aa bo,,n or,iy o.07 a year. aliarm como to n vessel,, whllo any sailor is absent i'io moihctu irauo whoh cuoaiuna uudusuvu mo on tho Pacific ocean tho hltuatlon Is almost in u"rotn Blilpboard, pio absent sailor Bhall pay tho "nllotoent o original crpdltor.' In. IRfS, . -. r tolerable. Tho United Statos commlsHloner or nmfn. Trio, safety of 'tho vessel nnd hoi cargo ) When tho'eallor gets aboard ho la compelled to -navigation In, hU report for 1898-09, nago 20. do- t- .1.1 .1. II.. ' A. 1 .. t. t.lul. 1 ft. . t . ..... "-. . 1 .. .... .l was In tho hands of every man on uoara wnno ( iivo in a space o loei long uy u ieoi hiii ami a tho vesHol was at sea or In forolgn ports." C'feot'Wldo. This Is. tho legal forccnstlo space (72 The nrogrcsB of civilization has relieved tho Bhip-owner and' tho master" of tho hazard of tho nea. Marltlmo Insururicb fiaa been devised to pay for Iossos through acts of God. If a ship Blnka at eubjc foot) except In sailing vessels built or re-1 built after Juno 30, 1ETO8. Tho snllorB call It tho "dog hole," to distinguish it from tho "flro holo" (tlremen'o quarters), and tho "glory holo" (stow- clarcd; "Tho crews of our own steamships plying to China and Japan nro nlmost wholly Chinese and Japaneso chipped beforo American consuls at foreign porta where tho vessels cntor and clear." And this condition has grown worse lnstoad of better slnco that Umo. To rcMoio a ncnuiil action to liver, kid TievH, htumncli nnd boweln, take (iiirflclil Tcu, tbu mild Herb Lixutivc. All dniBBiatM. Proof Positive. "I heard ho wan In bad odor with her family. Is that true?" "Draw your own conclusions. It wan a coutlcHs marriage." SASKATOON".1 cple-mlid KiiRlMi-pek-Iiir nniicidtur.il roiiiiiiiiuity ban won plie iiiiiiirtinl pimporily fiom a wonderful M)il. What aro thu f.iruierrt in your district do ing? Why not participate in nur pros perity? Come here if Jim wniit to in.ihn thu most and beet of your energy and abil ity. At nnv rate, do it for, your children's Nike. Write for all Information to Com ini.iMoncr, Ho.ird of Trude, .Saskatoon, iiaskatiiiuwan, Wehtern Ciuiaila. Generous Advice. "If tho Japaneso wnnt to fight us," natditho nervous i man, "wlij don't! they ' ' - ' i. illiid thn 'calm nnd (col- begin?" . "l.ritmu" riiillml (lin nnltn nr looted persoA, "thoy aro waiting for moro tips from our military expur.ts oii.hbw to proceed." . f 1 I ?. ).'. . J i . . -. And They Were. " ." Boarder (On leaving -Madnmr you nro oho oFtheniiistlhqncl3t pcispia, I have-dverlmfct. I h li LatdladV -ri'm 'glad to I'ntfypu bay that, sir. Boarder Yes; your honesty Is even apparent on tho very front of your establishment1 Your sign nays "Board era token In '."Stray Stotio3., ; - i n Slam's New God. I ' r I hrpart river Menara.v follower", by thb purple-and-gold atato bargCB bf tho king, tho queen, andjtlio wholo court Numberloss Buddhist priests clad in yellow garments followed In lojjrt fan- tnstlc boats singing to tho curiously .beautiful sounds of tho Slameso mu sical instruments; then camo hun dreds ot llttlo boats filled with tho populace, who ended tho strango ileot. Tho front of tho tomplo wns loft open to receive tho Btatuo of tho now Buddha, whoso golden body glittered in tho sunlight. It was cqnducted Into the temple to tho sound of tho Sia mese nallonnl hymn, tho festlvo ring ing of gongs, and tho singing Of thu bonzes. Suddenly thcro camo a groat silence, during which tho king with a ringing volco bestowed upon Buddha the naino, "Phra Chlueral." . Has Cardinal Gibbons'. Approval. Cardinal (Gibbons, tho highest au thority of tho Roman Catholic church In America, has expressed hfs 'aj provnl of Tuborculosls day, which Is to bo observed by tho churches of tho United States on or about April 'JO. and of tho 'general organized' antl-tu-bcrculosls campaign, ucordlng to a report of an Intervlow mado public by tho National Association for tho Study und Prevention of' Tuberculosis -Tho Intervlow was granted by" his cmlnenci)to II. )Vlrt Stcolo, ejtccutlvo scor'cti'ry1 of tho Maryland jAssncuv tlon (pr; tho PjcoVonMon miidj ltoiiof of Tub'crculosls. and L)r. Charles 6'Dono- van, one of tlio 'leading physicians ot Baltimore.' Tho Cardinal expressed his cutlro symimthv with the nlnn of ttllo Tuberculosis la'y mb'voiuoijt aiid Indorsed tho program both of tho Maryland association nnd ot. tho nu. tlonaV association. . . " " To Rcvlso Ten Commandments. London. Row Mordaunt Ferneaux, dean of Winchester, Kngland, has boon Intrusted by the convocation of Canter bury with tho task of preparing nn abridgment of tho Ton Commandments to bo submitted for consideration at a meeting of tho convocation. As a sam ple of tho form which tho abridgment will tako tho dean nald that probably ho would suggest that tho tenth com mandment bo abbreviated to read slim ply, "Thou shalt not covet." i ' 'Dies a Maid, Aqe'd IOC. Puluth, tylnii. Miss Vlcto;ia Hub chura, aged lOO years, died of old ago at tho resldenbo of her ntbco, Mr3. John Marshall. Sho was bdrn in Po land la 1801. Sho wnB tho oldest cltl zon in Duluth and probably tho oldest rnaldon lady in America. . Sho retain ed her faculties to tho last. Miss Kus chura has resided In Duluth for 80 Fears. . ,.., . i COFFEE. HEART ; " Very Plain In Some People. 'A groat mnny peoplo go on suffering from annoying', ullmenLi for., a long Umo beforo thoy "Jan got tholr own. consont to gl.vo up tho indulgence from which their trouble nrlsos. j A gontlqman in, Brooklyn doscrlboa his experience, as follows: "I becamo satisfied como months ngo that I owed tho palpitation ot tho heart from which I Buffered almost dally, to tho uso of coffee, (I had boon a coffeo drlnkor for 30 years) but I found it vory hard to glvo up tho bov- ei.iKu. "Ono day I ran ncroson very Ben Blblo and otr'alghtforward proseiita tlon of tho 'claims ot Postum, nnd was so improsscd thereby that I con cluded to glvo It a trial. "My cxperlenco with It was unsat isfactory till I learned how It ought to bo propared by thorough boiling for not loss than 15 or 20 minutes. After I learned that lesson thcro was no troublo. "Postum proved to bo a most pnlat ablo and satisfactory hot boverago. and I havo used it over slnco. "Tho offect on my health Iibb been most salutary. Tho heart palpltatloa from which I used to suffor bo much, particularly nftor breakfast, has dis appeared and I nevor havo a return of it except when I dlno or lunch away from homo and drink tho old kind of coffeo becauso Postum is not Bcrvod. I find that Postum chcors and invig orates whllo it producos no harmful cumulation." Namo glvon by Postum Co., BatUo Crook-, Mch. Ten days' trial proves aa oyo dponcr to many. Road tho llttlo book, "Tho Road to "YVellvlllo," In pkgs. "Thcro'u a Rca con." Kvrr rnl tlio above letter! A new one np-nr from Umo tit time. Tliej ore kciiuIuc, true, nud full of human tulcreat. J fM 1