tuster County Rcpublica TD. St. A MSI K U V , tJilltnriliHl 1'illilinli BUOKUN How , Th"n" < 'ki' .l.'llls lli'll's Mlv in si lit ; ii Kill" . off iiio heiid-on collision double trucks. If certain people only toll ( ho truth II fenHcrH not about tlu > tinrertnin ones. There will bo n clmnro for Homebody b Lut rli-li by obtaining Hin llroworka for Hint niuirchlst Island. Funds are being ralHod In Ilusala to mild a ehuri'h tu Chicago , no doubt m the aipi'al ) tliiit It Is for work among too hen I lion. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Queen Wllhclinlnii Insisted on pick- tog out lior own hunbiuid. Next tlino I KM-JiapB Blio will let her Hliito counsol- [ .tors look him over. Wo nre extremely sorry to Iciirn that mo iinprlnelpled person has stolen the nuiiimy of Kim ; Anionoplils. bin wo lon't know what we can do about It. Thirty-two million tons of water gower wor Niagara In an hour. If you don't 'tclk'vc thlH take a pall and Hk'Hynrd Uid run up to Buffalo ami wolgh It A Minneapolis Hour mill broke all teconln by turning out lU.'UU barrels f Hour oiio day recently. The pi'Shlmls- .dfl foreign iiwniifaeturer uiny loaf and kivllc hlii rioul over that Item. Tlio king IIHH Invited ( lie maliarajnlis tf iiwallnr and .Inlpur , the rajnlm of Kolhnpur and Nabha and the nwab of Bnhnwiilpiir to attend thu coronation. Tlie nit of Nowhare and the nlnrapot of Klnnlhahooimla will be there If they Bui got away. Although prices have fallen greatly It DnwBon , there Is still no use for Ive or ten-cent pieces , so says the cor respondent of a St. 1/ouls newspaper. 'the price of n few articles only Is so tow us a quarter of a dollar. The ad- f > ge , "Take eare of the ponnles and thu lollnrs will take eare of themselves , " frill thus have little meaning to the hvo hundred children who are growing tp lu that far northern city. French scientists are now asserting .that It Is possible to manufacture fold out of cheap metals. The KYcnch- Wen are a little behind the times. American experimenters have not only jWHcrlcd that the thing could be done , kut have wasted considerable good Honey In proving that they were wrong. Jkfter centuries of fruitless evperl- ncnls at Imitation it Is more than piob- ible that the world's gold supply will toiillnuu to be yielded grudgingly but ; lcrtalnly by Mother Earth. "The Canadian still feds a sentimental Ittachmcni for Knglaml , but he doesn't 31c the individual Kngllbhman. The Canadian's ways are not Hritlsh ways ftor his thoughts I'.rltHi thoughts. Ii would soein only a matter of years till the feeling toward the Individual Utifj- bBhman will extend to the British na non. Then the Oauadlau coimmiulty vlllawaUen to the klen that It IH cutting ItBeir off from grout commercial advan- > toigcs by preserving Us distinction from lic tialioii to which It l naturally mil- by yu'jtoms , inannurs and modes ol j "Id vns a cnsc of lofe at dor fhwl din ner , " said a young man who came with tils sweetheart to bo married by a Now York magistrate. "I go py her house Bint board mil her faddor. She coog tier dinner , und It van such a lofoly cooging dot I fell In lofe rlglult uvny alreaty. " It IB not often that the kitchen stove plays so direct a part In I he promotion f matrimony ; but there are many mar- tinges cemented by the aid of the oven , and many , alas ! thut It helps to melt mild dissolve. The king of Kugland Is a constitu tional monarch who could be expelled from the throne at any time by an act tt parliament. Since the Kugllsh revo lution of 1088 no monarch has reigned > T r Great Hrltaln by divine right. The "king of England Is merely tin ; repre- entutlvo of a state. The 1're.sldeiit of ttin United State * Is clothed with fur - ere actual oxHjutlve power than Is the king of England , who really does ot govern at all. wive through his min isters and the House of Commons. Khig William of 1'russla by an act of dear usurpation exceeded his powers In the war of IKOli with Austria , but if I'russla had been defeated the king would have been constitutionally pnn- Ifihod by his parllani"iit. and probably too mid niHiimreU would have become xiles. In the recent Walmsh wreck one fact tU.nds out clearly and It has been frtv qu itly demonstrated In other wrecks. AVJ Ue the ordinary day coaches were nv.shed Into kindling by the terrltlc. h "l end collision the heavy Pullman greatly damaged. Klro enr-i wen- not Joined Its horrors ro the demolition of and the holocaust do- the- day coaches , rtroyed scores of poor victims. The oc cupants of the Pullmans mostly ON- taped , n t'tnv only being injured. So precisely similar have been these rail road disasters that many careful trnv- tlcr.s ride In the Pullman cars , not merely for the comforts but because they know thomselvo- bo mifer. Bouietliing IK attrlbutnblo to the fact 4hat the Pullman coaches nro usually > ut at the rear of the trains , but more attributable to the t'uct thut then ? hMvy PIIS-H are built fc/r strain. It I- perhaps Imposulblo fur railroads t provide heavy cars Ilko Iho slei-pln oar rompaiilos luilld. but M \ * po - - ' to 1'iiiploy better nnd iit > r KIM-IH ! lnti are ordinarily nwvl. tmpi'ivi Tiii-iiH have boon niado during the pii * low years. The rom-lion of n few your ago were of ih fllnntlext oharnctnr ante to ho on tight In one of thorn In n xvror- meant lli - facing of jjrnvo langor. I may 1m possible In time to equip nl railroads with the xtool etira car thu may bo batloivil and rolled over Inn not shattered to pieces It may bo necessary essary to Invoke legislation to roijtilri' ' the railroads In provide safer nrrom modnlloim for the passengers who pnl their IhoM In the ttaln crew's hands. Carelessness In lotter-vvrllliig Is n fault unfortunately as common as It N neHotiH. It Is annoying In any relation , nnd In business matters It causes moic trouble than anything else except dls honesty. One would think that Hu most raltle-bralncd writer would at least romemhor to sign his name plain ly anil give his address , but business houses are constantly annoyed by cor respondents who do neither. "Wo Imvu Iliotisands of calls for catalogues , " vny < > Hie head of a firm which manufacture * llrearms. "yet In many cases the writ ? r's address Is left off entirely. One ilich letter eanie In this morning. " No Joubl the writer of that letter wonders ivhy his request was not grunted , and lames the firm. A man or boy HO care- ess as he IH bettor off without , any- way. There IN tin re.il reason why anybody should smile derisively nt the unwill ingness of the Ontrnl and South Amer ican republics , represented at the pan- American conference , to accept without reserve the principle of arbitrating all national disputes. Most of these States are lighters by choice and by habit. They have a high sense of personal and national honor , which It Is possible they are disposed , on some occasions , to evaggerate. but In what respect does their altitude dllt'er from that of tlui most advanced nations of the earth which recently considered the same subject at The Hague ? If the moht powerful and enlightened nations are not willing to trust themselves uncon ditionally to an arbitration court we can hardly expect wojik and compara tively nnprogresslve States to do so. Jealousy and apprehension are to be looked for quite as naturally among the feeble and luellleleut as among thv strong and resourceful. While the cheerful optimist generally has the ear of the majority , there Is much protlt in occasionally pondering the utterances of an Intelligent , plainspoken - { spoken pessimist. As a nation we think we are all right , despite the warnlngi of those who see in our constant ia\v- breaking signs of national decadence. It is just as well to have our national self-salIhfactlon vigorously jarred by some forceful , earnest thinker who is not running Cor olllce or selling slock in H hot-air syndicate , nnd 1iemc sees no reason for giving everything a rosy hue , This is what Mm. Olara Hoffman at lOvanston , 111. , recently did In an ad dress. Figuratively speaking , she tool ! us by the scruff of the neck aiid shook us till we rattled In our boola. llorq In one of the moot pungent puiirin-s' ' "This Is not n law-abiding nation. Men disregard the law and show their eon- i tempt ttir statutes openly and defiantly. If \ voere a law-abiding people would \\c have had three Presidents murdered In thirty six years ? If an offense u committed against the law It Is a verj dilllcult matter to secure a conviction ol the oll'eiider. Men violate Iho law anil challenge yon to convict them. The dls regard for the law has steadily luereas ed since ( lie Olvil War , and witli It ; but In far greater proportions , the feverish greed Cor money. " This cannot be dis missed as I lie airy effervescence of fe male forenslos. U Is a serious Indict , ment and one that calls for sober re flection. The thinking man who remit the records of the courts , the dallj vaudeville performances in "temples ol Justice , " and the press plelorhiN ol crime , will stop and ask himself , Ar < we a law-ablillug nation ? With thrct Presidents murdered In thirty-six year * and thousand * of lesser crimes eacli year In which the law and tin'courts nro openly defied , art ; we justified ir biMLsting of our rospevt for law and au thorltyV And yet we know that tin great miVj.s of the people are decent and hiw-Hlilttfng. If wo lose sight of tlu fact thnt we are a nation of eighty mill Ions of people the number of violation ) of law seems appalling. Hut even with the fact of our great population In 0111 minds we will have to concede that wt are the least law-nbldlug f nil M cis - illy.od nation * . A ( til of One iif the healthiest iiistlaci.s of An glo-Saxon nature Is to become pu.sse.ss ed of land. To own a bit of land is ti hostage to re-spectabillty and sitoocxs , and when it is In I he country tiiul car rles with It a certain amount of coun try Using and tUlnUii- amounts to a moral tonic , strengthening all th.it is best and mo.it virile lu n young man's nature. Public spirit hovomc * amused Instinctively , this affairs of the country side groto Interest him keenly , his rural neighbors become of Importance to him , und he grous lit touch wlih the community , ns he votes with them , am' works with tU * ui for their common lo cal Interests. It Is the "bit of land" that dm1 * * It all ; the sense of ownership and mutual Interests that awakens th * dignity and responsibility of ultly.cn ship which Is so Important to the rounding of a man's character. Ami tliat young men of business are devel oping such table * Is a Impio augury iV tUe future of town and Mrs. Humphryarcl has nearly flu- Ish.'d her new novel , but us yet she has not announced the title of It. The storj. . Is to nppeur serially , beginning lu th spring. The world Is not lo be left In Ignor ance of Maxim ( Jorky. the new Utis- Hlnn star In literature. Two more sto ries from his pen arc being published. The b'jolt will ( intaln an autograph portrait of the author , and a blographl eal note. A book on "Mediaeval London. " the London of which the greater part sud denly perished In the great ( Ire , will appear shortly. It Is written by Dr ISonhaui , rector of St. Kdmuunit the King , London. An attempt Is made to recall Iho general aspect nnd the prin cipal features of mediaeval London. Some little time before his death Sir Walter Itesatit wrote n biographical skolr-h of King Kdward nnd Queen Al exandra. It will appear as part of the coronation literature , which promises > no way nnd another , to b * fairly bulky My thnt time the public will also get ihe autobiography which Sir Wallet Itosant left One of the books sent forth by old Wynkyn do Worde wus Ihe "Nova Lo jonda Angllo , " n net of lOngllsh legends This was so long ngo as 1."il(5. ( Thf work hnn Just been re-edited with fresh material derived from manuscript and printed sources. It has considerable Interest for students of early Kn llsh ecclesiastical history. Kdunrd M. Alfrleiid tells the follow ing story In his Unpublished Uecollcc- tlons of Poe : "Mrs. Shelton told me that Pee Informed her over nnd ovei ugnln that she was the Lost Lenore ot The Haven ; she nlso said Poe told hci that she inspired his poem , Annabel Lee. She snld that ho often read The Haven to her , and she described the lire , the pathos , the Intensity with which lie did it , saying , 'When Hdgiu read The Haven he became so wildly exclled that ho frightened me , find when I remonstrated with him he re plied he could not help It that It sol hlh brain on tire. ' Mrs. Sheltou was beyond middle age when I knew her } but I had many acquaintances who had known her In her youth , and they all concurred In describing her as a beau tlful girl. Her distinguishing qualities were gentleness nnd womanliness. She was Just the woman In which such a perturbed spirit as that of Poe would have sought rest nnd found it. Poe told my father , who was his Intimate friend , that of all the Kngllsh poets he preferred Shelley. My father often said of him that lie always found him In telleclunlly the most fascinating mini he ever knew , and always a lovable. , charming companion , except when h < was under Ihe Inllii'-nce of liquor , when he would become coarse , gross and vul gar. He also said of him that he had Ills of the deepest gloom , and on OIK occasion when talking to him. I'oe sud denly turned to him with i'tstrous eyes full of anguish and * Siid : 'I be lieve (5od gave mo n spark of genius but he quenched It In misery. ' " CURIOSITIES ON RAILWAY TRIP Kxjiei-ienccH Met " \VKIi by a Mnii Trav | c-liou Around the Globe. A globe-trotter sends some remark sibly Intercstlug notes of a journey round the world to the Pall Mall Maun- 7.ine. He snys : 1 traveled from Na gasaki to Yokohama , In Japan , without a break In the jot-nicy. The distance Is " ( id miles , and the best trains re quire exactly forty-eight hours for tin1 trip , of these six hours are occupied In < Tossing the Inland Sea by boat. Tlu first class fare Is i"nl , hccond class il I * u mi third class one-half of the .sec olid , only an occasional train has n ( lining car or a sleeping cur attached to it. Like everything else in Japan , th < rallwiy carriages are toyllko , usually have only l\u > or three compartments. In the dining curs you eal from tablet hardly larger than little girls ha\v foi their dolls. At all stations , which are frequent , you cau buy freshly made lea for throe-half pence -pot , cup , tea ami all. This .run take In the ear , and I IK. dishes are thrown out of Iho window usually. ICuropoaus dislike the pre pared luncheons sold In boxes. Thej consist mainly of boiled rice und umicr- cooked ll.sh. Smoking is permitted In all compart meiits. for all .lupancsc men and women smoke almost continually. A nutivt lady outers the ciirrlugc , slip- , her li-e.l from her tiny shoes which have \\noii or rice-straw soles , Mauds upon tht seal nnd then sits down demurely \\itl , her feel doubled beneath her. A mo ment later she lights n cigarette or hoi little pipe , which holds just tobieci : enough to produce two good whin's ol smoUe All Japanese pcoirle sit will i heir feet upon the seat of the car , and nr l its Kurupouns do. All of them hm llr.st removed their shoes. When , hi ticket collector attired In blue unlforn ont"r > the carriage he removes ills cup -ind 'twice bows politely. He re penis the IKIW ns he comes lo each pas Honiior. Mori' than 0 ! ) pur cent of all the invvcl In Japan Is I bird-class , am ) about 'J per cent only is lli-st-class Nearly all thf locomotlve.s an > Hnglish Ami the "Why do you call them 'beaut ) nnc the boast , ' when he scorns such a nlci sort of : follow V" IJcciuise , you see. he's a litonirj lion. " Philadelphia llullutlu. When you nuddeul > meet a man yoi Uute ever riMimrit that you hope you at1 looking w < HV ! Front. St. , NOIIIII. . It's ' a little 7.1SWIB street. Every building was erected according to fin Independent nation as to frontage nnd rcnriige. The olTuct la startling , and after nrgntlallng n few blocks of It you feel like "tiio crooked man who walked the crooked mile. " On sunshiny days the cntlro population sallies forth and occupies Hie Kido- w lk , overflows Into the streets and down the lltllo byways onto the beach , with dogs Hllliif ; all the inter mediate space on the ground Hoor. Seattle Times. I''lniln 11 l-Ylrml. Nadeau , Mich. . Keb. U. Mr. Nelson De Hosier of this place , a prof-porous farmer slxly-one years of age. has suf fered f.ir years with Kidney Trouble. He has tried many medicines , but found nothing to relieve him until lie began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills , an I he lias found this remedy to be a friend Indeed. lie says : "I thank God I hat there Is one modi * cine in the world that does help weak nnd sick humanity. I would earnestly ndvlso every one who has Kidney Trouble to use Uoild's Kidney Pills. Tlcy ) have given jjrent satisfaction In our family. " Wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills have been used according to directions , they have not failed to cure nil Kidney Trouble" , Drlght's Disease , Dropsy , Rheumatism. Lumbago and Backache. Taffeta Bhice , the old glncc silk with a softer linisli , Is much used for evening gowns. White and gray Is a favored combi nation In Paris , and also that char acteristically Freiiuby combination , pule blue and pale pink. AM , Ul'-TO-D.VTK life IU-J Cro-f Hull illuu. It in u lit1 a clu.hcB . clean and tweut ushen now. All Sixty Untied States naval vessels nrc no-.v being constructed. Piso's Cure for Consumption cured mo of n tenacious anil persistent cough. Win. II. Harrison , 2t7 W. liUst atrott , New York , March lio. 1901. Misery loves company , but none of us care to have her visit us. llll ) C110SS HALL Id VK. Bhonlil be In oveiy homo Ahk your grocer ( or It. Large 'i at. package only 6 ( 'cuts. Just above some of the new-fatiRled wash-basins a push-button regulates tbe supply of water. Olrt A WEKK Straight unlary nd rr- V > l * pnntrs to mim with rlc to Intrniluua our 1'oultry Mixture In country ! > -ar > ron- tmrl ; weekly imy. AiltUem * . With Htiiiiitj , Bluimrr.il Mfu. ( ! o. , Boi i UU .SlirlncUnUl. Ill , By the use of a process invented at Bridgeport , Conn. , wooden doors are being electroplated with copper or brass. * A polecat wandered into the reser voir , tb Winchester , Va , through an overflow pipe , and in a shmt time tbe water became so tainted that tbe entire supply bad to be drawn oil. The largest slaughter bouse In the world Is in Kansas ( Jity , Kan. FOR IP For liu'auta aud Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Miss Marion Cunningham , the Popular Young Treasurer of the Young Woman's Club of Emporia , Kans. , has This to Say of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM : Your Vegetable Compound cured me of womb trouble from which E had bfcti a great sufferer for nearly three years. During that time 1as very irregular and would often have intense pain in the small of my back , .and blinding headaches and severe cramps. For three months I used JJydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound , and aches and pains arc as a past memory , while health and happiness is my daily experience now. You cer tainly have one grateful friend in Emporia , and I have praised your Vegetable Compnund"to a large number of my friends. You have my permission to ) < ublish my testimonial in connection with my picture. Yours .sincerely , Miss MARION CUNNINGHAM , Emporia , Kans. " $5000 FOKFI31".1 IF Till- . ABOVE LETTER IS NOT GEXUINF. , When women . > tmu1 led with irregular , suppressed or painful menstruation , weakness , li-n'orrhcea , displacement or ulccration of the womb , that bearing-down feeling , inllammation of the ovaries , backache , bloating ( or ilatulencc ) , general debility , indigestion , and nervous pros tration , or are besot with such symptoms as dizziness , faintncss , lassitude , excitability , irritability , nervousness , sleeplessness , melancholy , "all- gone , " and " warit-to-be-left-alono" feeling * , blues , and hopelessness , they should remember there is cv tried and true remedy. Lydia , E. Pinkliam's Vcffctablo Compound at once removes such troubles , llefuso to buy any other medicine , fur you need the best. x Mrs. Pinlvbam invites all slelc Avoinen to wrlto her for advice. Sue lias guided thousands to Iicaltu. Address , Lyuii , Mass. The boring of tbo Simplou tunnel is half done. Thirty inlnntos la nil tiio tltiif re quired to dye with PUTNAM KADIS- LESS DYES. Sold by drusglsta. The prollt on a cocoanut tree is SI a year. Catarrh Ciinnut 1I Cutixl with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. Oi Uiny cnnnol rrach the seat of the ilKoa.se. Cxtarrli Is lilood or coii-litutlonal ifl-.ra.sa. and lii order to oiire it you must laKe Internal remedies. Hull's Catarru I'uru Is tuivt-n iutcinally , and acts directly on Ilia blood and imirous surfacoi. Hall's Catarrh Omit Is not iitiiu'k inudlrmu. Itvas iiif rUiivl by DUO of th Ijcst plivslolans In tlili country for yearh , ami Is H rupilar pruscrlption. It is coin- povud of thu bust loiilos Kna\Ml , vn'iilillirdith the bu t blood purlllers. artlu dlrcrtly on the mucous Mirlaces. The putfttot coiubiuatloii of tnetno UinrodlenLs Ls what protlntaiuuh \\oii- cUtrful robiiltb In curUii ; C-iiarrli. Send tor tuo- Uuioululi , froi . F. J. t'HENIJV & PO. , Props. , Toltklo. 0. Bold by Drupd-U. prliw IK. Hall's Family 1'llls nrc the best. A soi-ial club in Paris Is composed entiiuly of deaf mutes. There are several opcninr for law yers in Texas. Tn that state tbore are forty counties which arc without lawyers.Vlien need arises for le al advice , tbe residents of tbese sections have to go outside of their counties to engage lawyers. Tbe trade of all South Amorici Is not equal to thut we have with Can ada. Mauve and pink furniture is one of tbe latest aristicfancius mniivewood , pink satin , brocade and curtains shot with both colors and llgurcd with llowers. Siinds ns Winilo\T Cleaiiem. Snails have lon been employed in England for cleaning windows. The creatures are dipped in cold water and then placed upon the pane. They crawl around slowly , dcvoiring all foreign matter and leaving the glass quite bright and clear. They are , of course , used only for upper windows dews , that are not easily reached from the outside. Water snails altfo command a ready sale. Almost every aquarium owner keeps a few water snlls. They are the best of scaven gers , and ke 'p the phue as tidy as a new housemaid. Finn llu Mfor I'U''lilcnt. Capt. John Cobb , a Connecticut sea captain , long resident in Moroc co , has secured for President Roosevelt velt a full blood Arabian saddle hors ® and will ship it to Washington. liivcling of boilets and tbo like to now done almost entirely by a com- prpsscd air hammer , which strikes ? 1,500 times a minute. 11 tells on a person gossip. " ' THE CHILDREN ENJOY Lifc out of doors and out of the Barnes which they ploy and the enjoy ment which they receive and the efforts which they make , comes the greater part of that healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When a. l.ixative is needed the remedy which ia given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organs on which it acts , .should be such us physicians would sanction , because ittt component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from every objectionable quality. The one remedy which physicians and parents , well-informed , approve and recommend nnd which the little ones enjoy , because of its pleasant flavor , its gentle action and its beneficial effects , is Syrup of Figs and for the same reason it is the only laxative which should be used by fathers and mothers. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy which acts gently , pleasantly and naturally without griping , Irritating , or nauseating and which cleanses the H ? t system etteetually , without producing that constipated habit which results m4 from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitationw , and .tgainst which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have them grow to manhood and womanhood , strong , healthy and happy , do not give them medicines , when medicines nre not needed , and when nature needs assistance in the way of a laxative , give them only the simple , pleasant and gentle Ryrup of Figs. Its quality is due not only to the excellence of the combination of the laxative principles of plants with pleasant aromatic syrups and juices , but also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of the little ones , do not ace-cpt any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal ers sometimes offer to increase their profits. The genuine article may be bought anywhere of all reliable druggists ut fifty cents per bottle. Please to remember , the full name of the Company CALIFORNIA FIG SYR.UP CO. > printed on . the" front of every pack- . f < ffi ' r N \ ttic genuine only. XiV" ' ' " \ ' ' / * : > $ & / fK/ ! ? V < T t - ' &vfc ' - * ' - - , - - ---v 'i/v r CJ ? 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