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CAPT , GRAHAM'S CURE ! ,
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o 'e8 on 'Face ' and Back-Tried Many
! Doctors Without Success-
Gives Thanks to
, Cutlcura ,
Captain W. S. Graham , 1321 Eolt
St. , Wheeling , W. Va. , writing under
I' , ' dnte of Juno 14 , ' 04 , says : "I am so
grateful I want to thnne ] God that n
. ' friend recommendell Cutlcurn Soap
: ' and Ointment to me. I suffered for n
10n tlmo with sores on m ) ' face and
r bnce. ] Some doctors said I hnd blood
. } 1olson , nnd others thnt I hnd barbers'
( t It ! fch. None of them did me an ) ' good ,
f but they all tooe ] my mone ) ' . My
1 friends tell mo my s ] < ln now ] ooes as
' dear as a 1Inb"s , and I tell them all
1 thnt Cutlcurn Sonp and CutiCUrB Oint.
mont did It. "
" . Why H W 1S Chosen.
A well ] cnown lecturer , who " had
:9 : been Invited to servo as a subslltuto
: In a country pace ] , felt some nervous.
f ness , ] cuowlng ho was to fill the pace ]
of a mal'O famous JIlan. This feeling
, was not dlmlnlshod when ho heard
t himself tlms announced by a long
" limbed , ] ( Oen eyed farmer : "This man
, ( Is our substitute. I don't110W ] what
r ho can do. 'rlmo was short , and we
! had to tace ] what wo could glt ! "
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" River na..lgntlon opens , and both the
J day lIne and the night boats-p laces
of elegance and models of cOlllfort-
will bo once agah In active service ,
Travel the earth over ono will find no
moro beautiful water trip than this I
journey. up or down the hlstorlo river
that flows majestically through a va ] .
ley of peace , stili bearing the footsteps -
steps and scars of batto ] ; stili echoing
with the sounds of "mr.-From "Vest
I Pocltet Confidences , " In Four.Tracle
\ I News for May.
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The Lions Fled.
i Addressing a Church House meet.
i lng , the DIshop of Chichester alluded
; to the prosp.ocls . of Rhodesia , and told
t , a good story of the Dlshop of Mashon.
aland. 1-1Is lordship , It apl1eared , once
vanquished three lions by reading
I : aloud 'to them the Thlrtynino Articles ,
On the bishop reaching the Artlclo
r concerning justification l > y faith Ule
lions turned and fled-Engllsh Ex
chnnge ,
The Days of Ship Carving.
' " leal'S ago , when ship carving was
considered one of the flno arts , sure
I to return rich financial rewards , boys
' were encouraged to iearn it. An old
ship carver says when he was a young
, mem ho was l ept busy from early
morning till Jato at night and it was
it n. poor season when ho was unable to
J earn $4 a day , and from that to $5 , $7
and even $ a day when business was
brisk.
The Prospect PleaslnlJ.
Ain't It good to be a-livln' in thiil
.
, great old world tad a ) " ,
\ } When the light is all around you an'
. when heaven ain't fur away' {
When a feller feels like flyln' with
t , the bright wings of n. bird ,
II An' his soul sins "Halleluja ! " an' he
: means it-every word !
-Atlanta Constitution.
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f Good Artist vs. Bad Man.
Alfred Gilbert , the artist , told his
Royal Academy audience-according
tc the report in the London Pall 1\Iall
i Gazette-that the good artist never
i 4 was a bad man , and the bad man novo
,
, er was a good artist , And what does
Mr. Gilbert thinle of the artistic abll.
: ! ity of that champion , allround bad
, \ man , Benvenuto Cellini ?
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Beans a Japanese Dainty.
i Beans , which looled 111\0 the or.
, dlnary liver l > ean of this country ,
' \ cooled tender and given a coating of
sugar , were among the 'Sweetmeats
. served at n. Japanese entertainment
. the other day. They are said to bo n
common JalJaneso dainty.
\ Important to Mothers ,
I Examlno corefully every bottle ot CASTOnIA ,
' : a soto IIl1d sure remedy tor Intents /lnll chlldrell ,
emll see thl1t It
(
Deors the
! lSlIaluro at ,
[ n Use For Over 30 Years ,
. The Kind You IIavo Alwoys Doush : '
Girl Turns Out Lights.
The Strassburg police were puzzled
for some time by the fact that every
night n. number of street lights wera
turned of [ , They finally succeeded in
catching the culprit-n. 'oung girl ,
J who gave as her excuse for her
, strange conduct that It amused her.
, . Trades Are Independent ,
J { A banlmlpt sawyer recently stated
In a London court that his trade had
,
be n ruined by the advance In the
prlco of sugar. Canfectloners and
' candy manufacturers were economlz.
: Ing by doing without wooden boxes
" and cases ,
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1'lso'8 Cure Is the hest medlclno wo cver used
, tor nil ntectlons or the thront umlluugs-\\'AL
0 , ENDSLKY , Yunburcnlnd. , Feb. 10000 \ ,
. Truti"I or Llb l ?
j , "It a woman wns as careful In se.
lectlng a husband to match her dls ,
IJosltion as 5ho Is In seectlng ] a Ilres.
to match her c.omplexlon there would
bo fewer unhllPllY marriages in the
; world.-Exchange. ,
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i A Nickel's Worth of Jumps.
"A small boy came Into m ) ' gtore
the other day , " remarlwd tIO : drug.
i' I gist , "and aslwd for flvo cems' worth
of 'jumps. ' Now what
/ ' l o you Slip'
pose ho wanted ? " Whelt over'bod ) '
gave It up the druggist told them what
the 1 > 0y } 1I1d been icnt for was hOIlS ,
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FUNDS MEANT TO A.LLAY PANIC
PASSED THROUGH BROKEN PANE
of. 0 - -r-ool.I- ! . ! - o. - t.o.o.o ! ! < 1-8 + 0 + 0 + 0 + ( I'I81' 0'1' . 'IoI I0 + 8ro + o'-o + e + e +
Friends of the First National Ba nk of Milwaukee , wishing to deposit
money to Dhow their confidence In Its stability were unable to reach the
receiving teller's window because of the crowd. A pane In a plate.glass
window was cut with a diamond , the panIc was broken and tens of thou.
: : ands of dollars were deposited In th Is way.
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3traln Is Certain to Miss Largely In
the Blood of the Future Composite
American - Skilled Trades Have
Sparse Reprcsentatlon In Their
Ranks-Havc Not the Fault of Hurl. ! .
dllng In the Cities" as Have Other.
Nationalities.
Charities published In a recent num-
! .Jer the results of a detailed study of
Slavic Immigration In the United
: Hates , In splto of the proportions
which It has reached-some 230,000
Slavs came over last 'ear-l1opuar ]
Ignorance on the subject Is marlwd ,
In nO'thern Pennsylvania the great
hordes of Ruthenlan , Polish nnd Slovak -
vak miners are contemptuously classed -
ed as "Huns , " and even the moro In- .
tclllgent me disposed to associate I
lhem with the foowers ] ) of Attlla. For
good or Ill , however , the Siavlo strahl
promises to mix ] argel ' in the blood
of the future comlloslte American. In
the dally arrivals at Ellis Island It Is
outnumbered only by the Italian and
possibly by the Jewish ; hence It is
encouraging to note that the Slavs ,
too , Improve on closer acquaintance. I
Properly Slavic immigrants should. '
not be classed as a single group , 'I'hey
are reay ] ) a congeries of some t\venty. \ .
one peoples , dlfferln in race , lan-
uago and frequently In religion ,
They ran go all the way from the highly -
ly civilized Bohemian , almost Invarl-
ably literate and sltlIed ! of labor , to
the Ignorant Rutheno of Galicia ,
economically and educationally on the
lowest plane , Practically all reglons ] )
are represented-Orthodox Greek , Roman -
man Catholic , Protestant and Luther-
fin. with such eccentricities as the
Doubobors ] and regularly organized
. ; ots of Freethlnlwrs ,
According to : l\1lss Kato Hoadny ] )
( 'Ingham , the causes of Immigration
are largely polltlca ] , Thus It Is almost -
most Invarlabl ) the subject races
that leave home. From Russia t.he
genulno Muscovite seldom emigrates :
It Is the Pole , the Lithuanian , the
Jew and the Finn , The dominant German -
man does not abandon Austria In
largo numhers : It Is the moro or less
subject Sav ] , Roumanians do not
. .migrate from their own country , Rou-
" ' 1anla ; but from Hungary. Ruthenl-
ans como from Galicia , not from Rus-
sia. Economic causes , too , 0.1'0 Influ-
ential. According to Ivan Ardan , the
l1easants of Galicia subsist almost
entlrey ] on potatoes and cabbage : 50
per cent eat no bread for six months
In the 'ear. Under these conditions
a high standnrd of education and manners -
ners could hardly bo expected. They
have some traits , indeed , not un1llw
the Asiatic hordes from which many
of t.hem 0.1'0 sprung. 'I'hey nro hard
drlnlwrs , ready fighters , thlJugh sei.
dom quarrelsome. With the exception
of the Bohemians and 1\lag'ars ( the
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Stature In Army and Navy.
It is not imlJrolJabo ] that the army
leguatlons ] will bo modified In the
matter of the stature of enlisted men.
Under the present regulations a man
111uSt bo of IJretty good height to bo
accepted for either the army or tlto
navy. But the Japanese soldiers and
sailors are not largo men. The suc.
cess of the Japs as flghtors has caus.
cd the authorities at Washington to
tale into consideration tlto tact thut
sometimes small men can fight about
ns well as big onos.-Savannah , Ga. ,
Now"
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latter , of course , are not Slavs , though
loosey ] so recwned ] b ) ' Charities ) , the
rate of illiteracy Is high : nnd the
sellled ] trades are sparsely represent-
ed. Lllw the Italians , the Slavs como
hero flrst without their wh'es : send
home their savings , and , when work
Is slack , go back themselves. Aso ]
111\0 the Italians , however , they are
not contented to remain away : but
soon retur , this tlmo with their families -
lies , and definite ] ) ' establish hero
their homes :
Unquestlonaby ] , the Slavs are moro
assimllablo than some other elements
In the new Immigration , They meet
the supreme test-that of distribution.
'I'hey do not huddle In the great cities ,
11Im the Italians and Jews : there
are Slav colonies In New York , but
the ) ' are comparatlvel ) ' unhlllJortant.
'l'hey arc dlstrllmted IJrett ) ' generall '
from the Atlnntlc coast to the 1\1Issls.
slppl river , In accordance with the demands -
mands of labor. They have one great
advantage In that the art of Europe
from which they come Is , I1h'slcal1y
and climatically , almost Identical
with our own , The fertllo palns ] of
the Danube are reproduced here in
these of the 1\IIsslssippi.
The Russian Jew hero taees ] up anew
now trade in the sweat shop : the
Italian from the farms of Sicily nnd
Basillcata hero has to ndapt hlmsef ] to
rough lahorer's work , but the Slav , In
largo measure , simply resumes the oc.
cupatlons to which ho has been brel1
at home. They are miners In the an.
thraclto fields and Iron mines of Penn-
s'lvnnla : wheat growers In Wisconsin -
sin and Illinois , where they 0.1'0 frequently -
quently proprietors : tohacco raisers
In Connecticut : "abandoned farmers"
In New Encland. They are emplo'od
In the steel shops of Plttsburg , the
shoe factories of Lynn , the 011 and
sugar retIners of Greater New Yorlc
and the hat shops of Newark. They
work as ste..edores on the docJs of
Jersey City and In the paclelng houses
of Chicago.
They are found In largest numbers
In Pennsyvanla ] , where , in the Iron
and coal mines , there are now about
110,000-ln the main Poles , Rutile-
nlans and Slovaes ] , To New York
state came 32,000 last ) 'ear , to Illinois
2-1,000 and to Ohio 19,000. In general ,
they are Industrious and ] awabldlng :
utillzo educational opportunities fot'
their children-though stili too closo'
Iy attached to the lJarochla ] school ;
belong equally to hoth the two great
political parties , and constantly 1m.
provo their condition. The 1\Iag'al
colon ) ' of New York-bounded hy
Stanton and Seventh streets , First
avenue nnd East River-Is a 111stlnet
[ ' ; aln , Hero they are furriers , shop ,
] ccepers , merchants and woremen ] In
cigar , wlro and shoe factol'les. And
In Hungarian cafes the ) ' have ndded
an Interesting soclnl Institution to the
metropolls-New Yor ] ; : Post.
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Joke on H. H. Rogers. ,
A practlca ] joIceI' pla'ed a heartl ( > ss
trick on II. H , Rogers of the Standard
011 compan ) ' the other e"enlng at the
Board of 'I'rado banquet In New Yor ] , .
As Mr. Rogers stood up to maleo his
speech it was noticed that ho had a
magnificent plne ] In his buttonhole.
Later n. friend aslcad him , "Do 'ou
Imow the meaning of that IJlnle 'ou
0.1'0 woarlng ? " 'No , " replied 1\11' . nog.
ors. "Woll , that Is the 'rho mas W.
Lawson plnlc , " ho was toJd. What 1\11' .
Rogers said wlll ne"er bo printed In
the newspnlJer8.
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IDBATH or FIZHUGJ-J LE I
Distinguished VIrginian Succumbs to
Stroke of Apoplexy-Had Served
with Distinction In Three Wars-
Consul General 1t Havana Just Previous -
vious to the War with Spain.
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Gcn. Fitzhugh Leo died at Washln .
ton AIJrll 28 as the rcsull of nn at.
tacle of nlJoplex ) ' nnd1aral'sls. \ . The
end cal110 qulto sllliltenl ) ' nnd was
without imln.
Gon. Leo was strlclen arl ) ' in the
morning whllo on n tralten route
from Boston to Washlngtol1. A phy-
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: ( ; ; FltzhU h Leo ,
slclan was tal , en aboard the train nt
Oaltlmoro and nccol11panlell the sufferer -
ferer to Wnshlngton. Under the dl.
rectlon of l\lajol' Kean , U. S. A" of
the surgeon genera's ] oll1ce , the pn- '
tlont was romo"ed to Pro"honco ] hose
pltal , where ho continued to slne ] until
enth cnmo.
Gen. Lee was G8 ) 'ears old nnd al.
wa's halt enjo'ed robust health.
I1owe'er , he had ] ed an exce11t1onally !
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"Upon Hum 1n Bones All Empires I
Have Been Bullded. "
In cases wh < : re armies 0.1'0 recruited
chleH ) ' or wholl ) ' from the oITscourings
of the pOIJ11atlon ] , the situation Is dlf.
fcrent : but with the so"called "na.
tlonal army s'stem" of the nlnoteenth
ccntury things are EO orderell as to
ralso t.hls oement ] of cost to a 'maxi. '
mum. writes Charles J. Bullocle hi the
Atlantic , Historians 1\e"01' \ fall to 1'0'
cord the loss which Franco fluffered
. when 300,000 Huguenots were driven
out of the ] elngdom , hut the ) ' seldom
gl"o adequnte attention to the cost of
the gorlous ] wnrs waged hy the grlllHI
monnrque and the might ) ' Corslcl1n.
And ) 'et , from the nhlno to Moscow ,
frol11 the Alps to Cnabrln ] , f'Om ! the
l''l'cnces to Glbmltar , a century and
a half of magnificent combat sowed
the soil of Europe thlce ] with the
smlls ] of Frenchmen , whllo dlstalit. In.
dla nnd Eg'IJt clnlmed a share of the
offering , alld many l1rovlnces of
Franco engulfed their quotas at bravo
Eoldlers. England , too , as Kipling 1'0'
minds us , has salted down her omplro
with the hones of her sons , depositing
much of the presermtl..o In the sea
be'ond the reach of slJado 01' plow-
share. Ul10n humnn bone' ! , In fact , all
empires are bullded : nnd these things
must bo tawn ] Into the nccount when
ono tries to estlmato the gain un
merchandlso thercof.
DO AMERICANS DIE YOUNG ?
German Physician So Asserts , and
Makes E. < planatlon.
According to Dr. B. Laquer , in a
paper on "Social H'gleno In the United -
ed States , " submitted to the Interna.
tlonal Congress of 1\Iedlclno In ses.
ion at 'Vlesbaden , Germany , "Amor-
Icans are shorter lived than Germans -
mans , "
"Although more temperate In the
use of alcohol than the Germuns , " ho
sn's , "and wortng ] ! 10 per cent. shorter -
er hours , the Americans are oxhaust.
ed earlier in life. "
Dr , Laquer finds that the number of
persons from .to to GO ) 'ears of ago
are , in Germnny 179 , in America 170 :
persons over GO , In Germany 78 , AmerIca -
Ica G5.
The solution of these facts Is doubtless -
less owing to the faot that 111en IIvo
at 0. moro ral11d pace in this country
titan in Germany.
M. DELCASSE.
M. DELCASSE ,
French Foreign 1\1Inlster , who has
he en Induced by his colleague : : ! to re'
consider his determination to resign.
JIo' Is considered ono of the ablest of
European dlpomats ] , and a stanch
friend of peace.
The Growing Love of Sports.
The great attendance at hasehnll
games , so fnr , may bo tnlcon with en'
tlro confidence as a forecast ot whnt
Is to follow throughout the season.
Moro than that , It Is a sign of what
may bo expected on the race tracls ,
nt fleid contests of various ] tlnds , at
the ten1\ls \ courts , on the golf links ,
Oil the banles ot rl"ers where rowln
regattas are held and , In brief , at nil
: mtdoor sporting ovents. No flign of
lhe times Is clearer than the Increas'
Ing popularlt ) . of many sports out or
.1cors-Cloveland Leadet' .
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ncth'o life , bolng n veteran or three
war110 ! sorvel1 In the Moxlcan wnr ,
WI\\I In the ConColiomto nrtu ) ' 11urlng
th < < . . civil war , nlHI his conspicuous
sOI'vlco In the Sl1l111lsh war Is current
his tor ) ' . ,
Gen. Leo , U. S. A. , was ono of Vir-
glnln's foremost sons. 110 was born
In Clal'el1\ont , Va. , Nov. 19 , 1835. tIls
father wns CaiJt. S'l1noy Smith LQO ,
wh left the United States navy at
the oulbreale of the civil wnr. Oen ,
Leo wns n rnndson of Gon. Henry
1.00 , or "I.Iehthorso IInrry , " aUll a
nephew or Gen. Hobert B. Leo , nnll ,
111,0 him , saw nctlvo sOI'\'lco In the
ConCedernc ) ' .
110 was nl11Jointel1 1cndet to Wesl
Point In 18"2 , was gl'nlluatel1 In 185G ,
nnll nsslgl1elt to the Secol1l1 cnvl\try.
Whllo on dut ) ' In the West ho fought
n duel with n COl1\l\l1cho chlof.
Oon. l.eo had the \1ronl1 \ 11lstlneUon
of ho."lng twleo held cOl1\l1\lsslons it\
the nrl1\Y oC the United Stntes allll
once In that of the Confoderacy.
"I wandoI' whnt Jubnl Enrly wlll
sa ) ' when ho sees 1110 mnrchlng in
a 1 > luo unlforl1\ OIl jndg-l11ent. da ) ' ? "
Gen. Leo \1sed to nsle his old comrade
in the Conedel'ncy , bnt 110W It retired
omcor of the I'elulnr nrl11) ' , Gen. "Joo"
Wheelor.
Gon. 1.eo was alllJOlnteli Consul Gon.
ornl nt Havana b ) ' President Clo\'e.
lanll in 18nO , when the Cubans were
l11al < lng tholl' final struggle for Inl1o.
penl1once. The bowlng ] lip of the
Maine prechJltated war with ( ho Unit
ed , States. 110 was commissioned b ) ' I
President McKlnlo ) ' ns nn ofl1cer of I
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the al'my , and was l1re8ent at the Sllr-
rendOl' of Havalla ,
At the tlI110 of his l10nth Gen. Leo
was tJl'esldent of the oXllosltlon com.
11an ) ' eng-agol ( In commel1101'ating the
settlement at Jnmestown , Va.
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DIATH OF NOTED IXPLORER.
Capt. GI 1zler CI 1lmed He Discovered
Source of Mississippi. ,
Col. Willard Glazlcr , who died nt
Albany , N. Y. , last wee ] , nt the ngo
of G4 , claimed that ho dlscovorel1 the
real source of the MlsslssllJiJI , a small
lalw south of Lake Itnsca. In 1881
ho mndo n canoe vo 'ngo from the
hendwatel's to the 11\0llth ot t.ho 1\IIs ,
slssl111JI , a 111stanco of 3,000 miles. 1I0
pr >
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COLONCL WILLAnD OLAZUU.
was ! ln allthol' , soldier IInd exploror.
1I0 served In the northern nrmy 11ur.
InA' the civil war and was conflnel1 In
Libby prison. In 1870 ho rode from
Boston to San Francisco on horsobnc ] ,
and was CalJtured by Indians near
SI\\1l1 Uocs ] , Wyo. , hut made his es.
cape ,
Benefit of a Rural Life.
Fresh country all' Is wholesome nnd
n souverell1I remedy for many of the
Ills that all1lct the weary city dweller.
' 1'ho tendency In t.hls country hafl l > eell'
too ml1ch to crowd Into the great
cities lIud many of the poor of the
slums and ovort.axed tenement.s would
bo greatly benoflted If they could bo
removed to the farms. The mnga.
zincs that encourage the love of rural
IIfo are doing a great wor ] , and not
the Jel1.tit feature of their I1\lsfllon is
the cultivation of the aesthetic quai-
ity. 'I'hoy promote 0. love for the
beautiful In nature that will result In
the preservation of l11uch of the nat.
ural loveliness of the country thnt.
has been too ruthlessly dealt with by
the l1nnppreclativo utllltnrinn In the
past.-Nushvllle , Tenn. , Banner.
Spain's Boy King.
The young boy ltlng Is tall , thin ,
with a prominent underlip , nose , and
jawbono. IIts o"es are l > ] ulsh gray-
by no means Spanish-and his hall' Is
nut brown. Ho has winning' manners
when speatlug ] 01' smiling , and It Is
asserted that ho Is abe ] to SIJeale six
languages fhwntly-vlz , : Spanish ,
( ; orman , French , English , Itnllnn , and
Portuguese. Don Alfonso Is also a
mllltnry tactician of no mean ordor.
lIe gmsps readily the Illws of regl.
mental maneuvering , nnd when lead.
Ing a battalion In 1. sham attac ] ,
against a foe It Is all1rmed that ho has
a natural intuition short of genius for
the right move In the right place and
at the right time.
HBlack Snow. "
A ftrango Ilhenomenon hns been
witnessed recently in the snow region
about Colre , 111 the Swiss canton o (
the Grhons ; , 'rho wldo stretch of
SIIOW has fluddeny ] been transformed
Into n vast 8\\'eep of jet blacc ] , This Is :
0Ing to the sUlldon falling upon the
coun try ot enormOl1S swal'ms of small
l > ] llce Insect , without wings , but 111'0
vlded with two long legs , that pormlt
hl1l1 to move after the wa ) ' of a grass ,
hopper. 'I'heso Insects fall In such
clouds thut the IJ oplo 0 : the Grlson9
CD 11 t.hem " } lIl.'lr R'OW"
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Mrs. Pnre ,
wlCo of C. D.
Par 0 , a
pro m I non t
resident of
o 1 n 8 go w ,
Ky , SIl'S : "I
WIlS sutterlng i
from a com. I
plication of I
hhluoy trou.
bles. Boslltos
a bnd bncle ,
1 hnd great
delll of trouble -
blo with the
secro t I a II S ,
which were oxceedlngly varlnble , Borne-
times oxcesslvo nnd at other times
sCllnt ) ' , 'rho color was high , and lJaSS'
ages were I\ccolllill\nlod with a scald.
Ing scnsntlon. Doan's WIlnoy Pills
SOOll regulated the ltldney secretions ,
malting their color 1101'111111 IlndJnn. \ .
Ish'lel the Inflamlllation which co.used
the : .cnllllng sensation. I can rest
well , 111Y bacle Is strong nmt sound and
1 fee ] much better 111 every way , "
I.'or sao bj' nil dealers , prlco 60
cents 1101' box , l OSTEIHIILnURN
CO" Buffnlo , N. Y.
'rho practical mnl1 Is ho who turns
tlfo to the hest account for himself :
'tho good mnn , ho who tOllches others
how to do sO-Lol'll L'tton.
Investl:1t1on { ) : of the Pacl < ers.
Vcr ) ' gonerallnterest hns been manifested -
ifosted 111 the government Investigation -
tion now 111 IJrOll'OSs Into the mode of
conductlnrt 1Iusltlt'ss h ) ' the largo pacle-
em Im'ated In Chlca o nnd olsowhoro.
1\Iuch has been writ t'n upon the ai.
10gUlI Illegal and I1nl1rol1er modes ot
business procedure connected with the
industt' . but It that so
I1l\cl < lng ) ; seems
fnr no doflnlto charge of III1Y l < lnd hns
been sustained nnd no IJroof of Illegal
or Inef\ultnblo \ methods hus been dls.
closed to the public. Whllo 0. wave ot
sevel'o criticism of this gront Indus-
trlai Interest Is now IJIlsslng over the
couutr ) ' it might bo well to remember
that the pacltcrs hnvo had us yet no
01J110rtunity to mnleo specific donlal ,
the mnny il\lloflnlto chnrges of wrong.
doing hllvln never been formulntell
80 that categorlcnl answer couid bo
made.
The recent report of Commissioner
Go.rflolll , which OIulJodled the results
of nn omclnl Investlgntlon undortalcon
hy the Department of Commerce and
Labor at the Unltod states , was a vin- \
dlcatlon of the Western paclcors , but.
this result having' been \111exl1eetcd attempts -
tempts in mnny qunrters to discredit it
were mado.
In vlow of the situation as it now
stands , however , attontlon may propor-
Iy bo cnlled to Il few facts that owing
to pOlllllar clnmor 0.1'0 , now bolng ap.
pnrontly ovorloolted , Fall' treatment
In this country has hereto fore been ac.
corded to nll citizens whoso affairs as :
sumo promlnenco in the public eye nUll
some of the facts thnt bear upon the
relation of the IJIleleers to the commerce -
morco of the country ml1Y at this tlmo
bo brlofly alluded to. It would bo
dlll1cult to estln1 to the benoflts gained
hy the farmers ot the country resultIng -
Ing from th enorgotlc entorprlse of
the pncccrs ] , for whatever Is or l > enollt
to the former is a gnln to the entire
commerce of the country. And connected -
nected with their continuous aggres-
slvo work no fealuro perhaps has been
moro Importllnt thnn tholr efforts in
seol < lng outlets all ever the world for
the surplus producta of the farmer.
Our totai exporta of agrlculturnl prOlI-
ucts have galnod but IIttlo In the past
twenty ) 'ears , and lellvlng out corn ,
the total of nil ether farm products
was fill' less In 1903 thnn In 1891. But
In pacltlng house products there was
conshlernblo gain during this period ,
hecauso an orgnnlzed and powerful
Corco hns been behlml thorn sooklnc
now nnd broader marlets.
Besides the bonoflts reaped by farmers -
ers on account of the ontorprlso and
en orgy oxerclsed by the packers in attaining -
taining commerclai results by foreign
trade , the grent development In the
manufncturo of pacl < lng house by.prod-
ucts has added enormously to thQ
vauo of nil 11vo stacie ralsod in the
United States. The waste mnterial of
twenty years ago , then an expense to
the paclcor , Is 1I0W converted Into articles -
ticles ot grent value , and , ns an economic -
nomic fact , this must correspondingly
Increase the vnuo to the farmer of
every hend at cnttlo marltoted at the
numerous stocleyards of the country.
Lot tlleso facts bo remembered whllo
now It Is so populnr to regard the
great pactlng ] Industry as deserving of
condemnntlon At lenst It must bl' 'd-
mitted thnt , so fill' , there is no tfdo-
quato reason for the almost unani.
mous howl that mllY bo heard overy.
where In the face 01 the Gnrfleld report -
port above alluded to which practically -
ly exonerates the pactcrs ] from the ob-
Bcuro nnd Indofinlto charges that have
been for some tlmo past made the subject -
ject of pOlmlar comment , - . . .lmcrfcan
lIomcstcad ,
You cannot walle the way or the
world and not Imow Its woo.
Every housolcoeper should know
that If they will huy Deflnaco Cold
Water Starch for laundry use the )
will save not onlY tlmo , because it
never stlcls to the Iron , but becnuse
each pacll1go contains 10 oz-ono full
pound-whllo all other Cold Water
Starches 0.1'0 put up in * .pound paelc.
ng s , nnd the 111'Ico Is the sarno , 10
conts. 'I'hcn again hecauso Deflnnco
Starch Is fl'co from all injurious chem.
Icals. If ) 'our grocer tries to sell you
n 12'01. . paclmgo It is l > ecauso ho has
a stocle on hand which ho wishes to
dlsposo of befol'o ho puts in Doflance.
Ho Imows that Doflanco Starch na
printed on every pnclmgo In largo lot.
tel's a11l1 figures "lG ozs. " Demand De-
flanco and so.vo much time and money
nnd the anne 'mlCO of the iron ! rtlclc-
lng , Deflanco novel' stlcles.
Once \1pon a tlmo there was an au.
tomol > lIo-whlch ran slowly antI carefully -
fully through the streets of the
city. . . . -I"lIegendo Dlaotter.
Yeu never hear an'one complain
Ilbout "Defiance Starch , " ' 1'hero Is none
l ( > t-.4unl It In ( ) unllty nnd quantlt . : 1tJ
oun.1es , 10 cents. 'l'ry It now nnll anvs .
YOUV' money.