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Th.e French Revolution and I
I Present Conditions in Russia I
I striking Similarity of the Oppression Snllered hy the Masses I' '
ti -Vacillating King and Vacillating Gzar-"The Great Fear"R
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Wo count things from the French
revolullon , rcckon frol11 before and
nfter that tremendous epoch. This Is
reasonable : It Is superficial , however ,
every tlmo a countr ' shows n tempest
In a teapot to 'draw Imrallels of the agl.
tatlon therein and the great revolu.
tlon that overturned France. The
countr ' wo shall speak of , Hussla , Is
not to bo classed with these mo.
mentarily disturbed by little rillpies of
unrest : present conditions In Russia ,
the sinister aspect of the people , bear
strildng likeness to condilions In
} i'rance just before the storm burst.
Wo find In Franco prior to the rov.
olullon 011111'esslvo war taxes , n profll.
gate court-sharpest contrast of lux.
\lr ' and mlserablo povertr-a : corrupt
clergy , the nation's presllgo weakened
b ' defeat In war , and then as climax ,
a wealc and vac1lIating monarch. Rus.
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sla's humiliation at the hands oC Japan
has shown the Ignorant Husslan peas.
ants that their Little Father Is not
. the all.powerful being they had been
led to believe : In Russia to. day we
find a clergy given over to luxury and
the oppressing rather than uplifting
of the people : In Russa wo find a
country weakened by war and fam.
Ine : In Russia we have a vacUIating
ruler aCrald not to glvo the people a
voice , aCrald to glvo them a hearing ,
and absolutism , with Its prop , the
army , falling.
In France , : rou rememb r'when the
Bourbon monarchy and the states gen.
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lay with the French standing army tc
decide which should win the day. Per
halls It was an accident-who cay sa )
-but the guards In Paris were In
fiamed to revolt b ) ' the killing of Oll (
of their comrades by hired Swiss ant
German oldlers In the pay of thE
French monarch : when followed seer
on the revolt oC the soldiers the suc
cess Cui assault on the Bastile , therE
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came In fatal succession the eventf
culminating In the reign of terror.
) , To.day { n Russia what fills the sou
, of 'the czar with alarm Is the attitudE
of the army. Everywhere is evl
denced revoluUonar ' tendencies amen !
the soldiers , even the troops In thE
capital show serious disaffection
Early In June a number of non.com
mlssloned omcers and 30 tl"Oopers , 0
the horsq guards , also some non.com
mlssloned omcers of other guard reg
Iments , were seized and llUt In prison
. , their place of Imprisonment mas
carefully sentineled. That member :
of these suspected regiments may no
' 1Illnglo freely with the people , spreal
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or be fir d by revolutionary views , thl
regiments have been shut up In bat
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Pobledonostseff , Representing th ,
Clergy.
racks. The finding of revolutlonal'
lIterature In the quarters of the Nevi
cherkltsky regiment has led .to' the 1'01
intent being broken Ull and membOl
apportioned to places outside St. P ,
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tcrsburg.
You remember Necker , director gel
cral of finance and mlnlst r of stat
under 'Louis XVI. , pl\deavorqll to sa. .
Franco from Intpendlng 1Hilil , 'urlt'c :
to Instltuto reforms that ta1es : mlgl
bo more' 'cq ltabl ) ' f lrlfillf i'lJ i
proYlously had ad vanced s mo l'
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trenchment In the ro'al housohohI ,
wherefore made enemies of the queen
and COI\I.t. In 1788 Necker recom'
mended the calling of the states.gen.
eral , which made him very llOlmlar
with the lleollie. nut shortly Louis
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Danton , One of the Popular Lelders In
the French Revolution.
dlsmlsscd him-thereby bringing such
a clamor about his head ho was ( arced
to ask the IlOpular minister to return
Over In Russia , vacillating Nicholas
calls Witte to his aid , then sends him
away : Prlnco 1\lIrsly \ , who suggests
many reforms , Is discredited.
A careful student of affairs says
that the hllmorallty , wastefulness , ex.
travagance and tyranny of the nobles
class In France has perhaps nevOl
been paralleled save by the Russian
arlstocrac ) ' : and the Ignorance of the
French lleasant perhaps no more than
that of the Russian peasant to.da ) ' .
Raised from serfdom only In 1861 ,
making use only of crude methods of
agriculture , heavy obligations 1m.
osed upon him , the Russian peasant
lives like a beast.
The splendor of Louis' court was
unrivaled , for the magnificence and
Idleness and gayety the poor peas.
ants paid In taxes and tithes. The
Russians of to-day boast that St. Pe.
tersburg possesses the most splendid
and ayest court In Em'oe. In can.
trast to this we have Maxim Gorly's
awful IJlctures of the beastly life of
the masses , we have the Imoute
wretch , the massacred Jew.
. 'Where such contrasts prevail an.
archy lifts Its head , the assassin's
hand attempts justice. And the world
I stands In constant expectation 01
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news such as that cried re entiy OJ
Chicago streets by a consclencclesl
vendor of saffron newspl11lOr : "Cza :
Is Killed ! St. PettJrsburg Blown Up ! '
'l'he czar has dismissed the douma
You recall what happened when Kin !
Louis , Influe1cell by the ultra con
servatlves and the reactionary mem
hers of the royal famll ) ' , had dls
missed l\eclcor and concentratel
troolls In Paris. In Paris , hero anI
there over the country , Insurrectlo 1
an' movements hrolO out , the countr
was swet by " 'rho Great Fear. " ,
mob of hungr"y"omen marched tl
Versailles , the royal family savel
just In tlmo by Lafa'otto and till
national guard. Emigres Hed fron
the land , the royal family tried tl
ma\p escallO , were 11Iscovered aUl
hl'ought back to the caltal."rho Idel
of a monl1rchy became moro and mOI'l
unolllllar , radical views became marl
radical , the mob of Paris began to b ,
med a political force. The spil'l
grew to frenzy , the Tullleries wer ,
stormed , the Swiss Guards massacre
The ro'al famll ) ' was placed unde
e surveillance 'In the 'I'emIlle. They ;
the next step In the storr of the Ii'
fated family , the l\lng Is brought t
trial : for alleged acts of treasd :
I1galnst ; tIle , nation senten co o ( deat
Is Imssed , Is carried out.
I CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER. '
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Before His Time.
Tre.veler-Can ) 'ou tell me , my mar
wh < ; ! rr- the Homan camp Is about here
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HuMlc-l\aw , sir ; I've llCerd tell 11
It there . USb ; ) to b. a Roman camp abe
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The third session of the Pan.Amerlcan conference , at which Secretal'1
Root Is representing this country , met : It Rio Janeiro , Brazil. The sessions
are held In the Brazilian pavilion at the St. Louis exposition which was re.
moved to Brazil after the close of the great fair. Aside from Secretary Root
the members of the delegation from this country are Edmund J. James , president -
dent of the University of Illinois ; Leo S. Rowe , professor of polltlc l economy
In the University of Pennsylvania : Julio Larrlnaga , resident commissioner of
Porto Rico to the United States , and James S. Harlan , a lawyer , of Chicago , .
and son of Associate Justice John M. Harlan , of the United States supremo' '
court. They were officially received on their arrival. .
CHINA READY FOR WAR.
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1 Reign of Terror Predicted for Celes.
tlal Empire-Only One Good Army
In Country-Serious Flaws
of Soldiers.
Pel lng.-Chlna Is a vo1cano. Close
observers not In Peldng. because Pe.
icing Is not the place to get the real
news concerning China , but foreign.
ers long resident In the Interior , In
Shantung and ChIlI , put the explosion
nine years hence. Educated Chinese
bring It nearer. For the present ,
however , the American In China Is
as secure as ho would be In his home
In the United States.
It Is well understood In omclal and
other circles that It Is useless. to 1\111
I foreigners. ' 1'here Is a general run.
nlng after foreign things and foreign
ways ; Men having foreign training
are In demand. The same men had
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to ru.n for their lives In " .Boxer" times.
At the same time there Is anxiety to
shako off foreign control of ever ) ' ,
thing-partly from a now feeling of
national pride and lllrtl ' from a de.
sire to keep the good things for the
Chinese.
1\lisglvlngs \ for the future are based
on fear of nn anti dynastic rising , Itrob.
ably on the part of the radicals. ' 1'hls
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Cleveland , O. - Oelrld Troy , 18
years of age , Carroll county , Virginia ,
long and lean and as Innocent as tall ,
spent the other night at the Central
police station.
Until a recent morning Oelrld had
never seen a railroad train. All of
the 18 years of his life had been
spent on a farm In the back part of
Carroll county : but , after Oelrld's fa.
ther died and his mother became ill ,
four ) 'ears ago , things hegan to break
bad at the farm and soon there was
a heavy mortgage In sight.
A chance seemed to offer Itself In
the way of a jab proffered to Oelrld
by his cousin In Ohio , and It was then I
that Oelrld made the long journey !
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DOG KEEPS SMILING NOW.
Scranton Beagle Has a Gold Tooth ,
and Is Proud of It.
Wilkes barre , Pa , - Dr. Fred S.
BIrchard , of Scranton , has a dog with
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: a solid gold tooth. 'I'ho dog Is proud
of It. 'rho animal Is a valuable Eng.
IIsh beagle. A few days ale , notlc.
Ing that ono of its front teeth Wlla
VOlT much decayed , Dr. Blrchat'd took
the dog to a dentist friend. The
dentist suggested that the best thing
to do was to Insert a gold tooth.
"I'll do It now , " sal the dentist ,
who Is a great lover of anlml11s. 'rho
operation toolc a IIttlo mal'O than half
an hour. All that time the Intelligent
animal laid back In his mr..ster's arms ,
submitting with an occasional whlno
of Imln.
Now It sporta about with Its fine
gold tooth , a curiosity fOI' all the
small bo's of the communlt ) . .
TOWN IS TAKING TO BEER.
Water Supply Blamed for Increase of
Appendicitis and Paralysis.
Corning , No Y.-"Thls clts water
supply Is resllonslble for much of the
apllendlcltl : ! prevulent hero , " Is the
doclaratlon of Dr. 1S. . Swain , socre.
tary of the CIt ) . Medical. Hoclet ) ' .
"Not only does It cause allpendlcltls
but It Is also reslJOnsthle for nine.
tenth of the paralysis cnsos as well
nil holtH disease and all tJtones. "
Thlf .indictment of the drInking wa.
tor 01 Cornlns 13 COIW" 'td In by
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would become Imrtly anti.forelgn and
In any case would mean anarchy.
There are a great man ) ' "armies"
In China , but the only ono that counts
Is Yuan Shl Kal's "northern l\I'my , "
'I'ho Chlnoso are raising big horses
somewhere In l\Iongolll1 for the ultl.
mate use of the army , and hOllO to
remount their cavalry In about four
) 'ears. Of the other arms the men
are smart and the rccent slJrlng ma.
neuvers were most Cl'edltablo.
'I'here arc serious lIaws In the army.
The Chinese soldiers will blaze away
blank cartridges In fine style , but they
are not trained t. : > shoot. 'I'argot lJrac.
tlce Is rare. It Is doubtful If the melt
would follow their'omccrs oxcolJt tc
the rear , and It Is doubLful If the offi.
cers would go anywhere else.
'rho "American boycott" novel' se.
rlously affectOll the Interior. A few
Items of United States Imports came
Into the Interior In small r quantities
lIra tem. It was a question for the
lJorts , particularly these In the south.
The Shanghai riots were purely local
and magnified by Shanghai hysteria.
A serious question Is the cducatlonal
one , which gives rlso to the "young
China" movement. This Is founded
on c8ncelt , the basis of Chlneso stu.
dent charactor. They are about ono.
quarter educated and thlnl. their education -
cation Is complete.
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Never Saw A Railroad
. from his homo to the nearest rall.
road station , and started on his still
longer journey to his cousin's homo
. In Ohio.
As near as Oelrld could remember ,
that cousin lived In 1\ place called
Hlch Hili , somewhere In Ohio : but
ho lost the card bearing the address ,
and Is not now sure where his couBln
lI'Vea. The pollco gave Oelrld a bed
at the station. O lrld had spent his
last cent on street car fare , and was
wandering almlessl ) ' hout the streets ,
his. haggago under hi's arm , when a
Idnd.hearted cltizon's attention was
att1'acted to his forlorn appearance.
The man brought the boy to the sta.
tlon , and OelJ'ld was glad to stay
there all night.
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ether members of'tho medical assqcl.
atlon. It Is explained that the lJor.
centage of alkali In the water Is high
and when It gets Into the human sys.
tem causes a scaly formation In the
artorles. 'I'ho scale bccomes brittle ,
brealts off and the lIttle particles arc
carrlcd In the biood to the brain ,
causing paralysis : to the liver , caus.
Ing gall stones , and to the appendix ,
A water commission will spend SOV'
oral hundred thousand dollars , II
necessary , on a now SUppl ) ' . 're'nI110r ,
anco advocates ! Lro aghast at the wa
beer < lrlnldng has Increased for "hygl
onlc" reasons.
Uses Sea Water : Faces Fine.
Buulogne.-A woman who took twc
bucketa of water from the sea tc
bathe her child , In accordance wit ! :
the doctors' ere era , was astonlshet
to receh'o an official warning from thE
customs officers 'threatening to finE
her for breach of the law. There haf
been discovered an nnrellCaled law 01
Louis XIV , forbidding the taking 0 :
sea water Icst those taking It extl'uci
tito sait , and thus doi'raud the gOV'1rn
lIIent of the snit tax. The woman hm
written a dcclaratlon of the purrlOI ! (
for which the water waB obtained It
or < ler to secure nn ofilcial permit tl
use sea wuter. .
Great U. S. Naval'Show Planned.
Washlngton.-Plans have heen IlCr
fected for the granll naval pagean
wilich Acting Secretary of the : -la\ ' ,
NuwbOl'l'r has announced , vill uceul
In the sound off O'ster Bay Seplem
bel" 3. 'I'ho IIl'c.lldont will recelvo thl
Atlantic fieet.
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th" Prince IIeld nls Nerve Until -
til CrIsis 'Vns Pnssed.
A stor ' Is told of ono of the Moor-
tsh IIrlnces of Grauada , which Is well
I\'orth nOllng , showing as It does , the
rent 1111ue of coolness and solf-control
lu tr 'lng ctrtUlIIstl\l1Ces. : :
When Maltomllloll the SIxth usu1'lled
: l1e throne of Grauada , ho sot ashle his
eldel' brother YousUf , the rightful heir
to the throne , so that the ltlndom !
might be secure to bls OWn chllliren.
110 causell Pl'lnco Yousuf to bo 1I1111rls-
: > ncll In the casUe of Shnlobanya ,
whore he remained for the ten years
'Jf his brothor's reign , 1\Iahomllled \ In-
OIlIlIug , when ho felt his health fall- '
lng , to have his brother assasslnatod.
' 1'ho unfortunate IIrlnco , though
: Jrave anll courageous to the last degree -
gree , ' 'ag forced to submit to his
llrother's arbltrarr will , It110wlng that
robelllon would bo In vain. Ho Was
n. man of conunandlng presence , courteous -
teous to all about him , /lnd / of so winning -
ning anll gracious n manner that ho
galnoel the love and fealty of h1s enllro
household , un ) ' ono of whom would
gladly have I'lalted lIfo In his causo.
'l'hls WIIS espocl/lIly / true of the 111ca'de
oC Shloban'u ; , who was his devoted
friend.
Prlnco Yousuf IlIlssell the wear - da's
of his captlvltr the best ho could , his
favorlto recreations bolng the game
of chess , of which ho was a 11l1sslonato
lover : and the lIerusal of the exciting
lleraturo of the < la ) ' .
In the early part of the nrtcen h century -
tury , Imlght errantr ' was riCo. The
) ' 01111g SlIanlsh nobles vied with each
3ther In proving tholr prowess In
arms , Inclled by the reading of such
wonderful romances as "Advonturos of
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READING IllS DEA'l'II WAunANT ,
Amadls Ell Gaul , " n boole that turnel
the heads of haIr the Spanish ) 'outll
a type that Cervul1tes has immortalized
izod In Don Qulxute.
' 1'l1e fasclnutlon of chess , howovcr
rivaled those of the tournament wltl
the Imlghts of Spain , 111111 nmnr 111
hour was begullell over the game b :
Prlnl.o Yousuf and the faithful al
cayde. 'rhey were seated thus , Olli
day , Loth Intent nllOl1 the gumo , You
suf ! Ol' the time ( 'OmlJletely fOrgeltltl !
the sWOl'd that was alwa 's hanghl !
pver 11 ( e , head.
lIe was losing slowly but surol ) ' , hi :
I1dvermI'Y's : Imlght and cllstle wel'l
stead II ) ' l.carlng ) I10wn nIlon his Icing
when c page hastily enterer ! the 1'0011
anll Inlormed the alcaYl10 that ames
engm' WIIS without , desiring to see hili
UIIOIl an urgcnt matter of stale.
"Tell him to walt until our game o. .
chess If > IInlshed , " said the prlnco.
llut the page made IIn 111lp01'lng ! gesture
turo to the alcll'de , which brought thl
latter Instantl ) ' to his feet , and hi
hll5lelled out to meet the messenger
who silently and gravel ) ' IIlllHlcd hln
n sealcd note from the Itlng. I1l1stlI :
tearln It open , the IIlcayde glancel
over fne contents , his < : l1eek blllnchlnl
CIS he did so. With lettering stells h' '
reentered the room , and the prince
shocl\Oll lit his pallOl' , ecplnhned :
" ly friend , what Is thy trouble
' } 'hou ! ool\Ost as though then hast jus
recelv)11 Ihy death warrant ! Oh , " h
'addel , jotlngly ) , "perchnnce the kln
my JrfJst : loving brother , demands m :
hend ! Spcn ! ; ! Is It so ? "
1.01' nnswol' the alcayde handed hit
the lelter , but his hllnd trembled B
I that the llIlper ! lultered to the 11001
Yousuf , Btooplng , coolly plclwd It UI
and r < .ad at 11 glance the followln
WO\-:13 \ :
"l\Iy scrvl1nt , when thou receives
, this letter thou shalt Immediately tal ,
I the llfo of my brother Yousuf an
, send his head b ' '
IIIe ) 111) trusty mes
. Beng r , "
' 1'he e'es 0'1' the brave prince neve
quailed , nor did his voice falter us lJ
said quietly to the page :
"BId the Itlng's messcnger walt unt
our gl l11C IH ended : It will be but
few 1110ll1ents IIOW , 1'01' 1 11m losln
rapIdly : fale Is against mo on ever
lilde. "
' 1'hey resellted themselves at tlJ
bonrJ , but the alca'llo played wlldl )
It WIIR an easy matter for the prIm
to regain hi : : ! 10Rt advantage , and II
was Just giving chccltmato when In tll
lstance was heard the clatt I' c
J horses' hooCs. Nearer Hnd nearer the
call10 , and HOn two caballeros frol
Granada , url11ed cllp-a-plo , co\'ere
with dust , ancl In the l11addest hustl
clime Lshlng Into the courtyurd at fu
6peol ] ,
. "Tho 1lng Is dead ! I.ong lIve t11
1ln ; ; ! Long live our good icing YOl
Imf ! "
'l'ho leRson for chllch'on to learn frOl
hls Sl.rr Iff ( If CQlll'Slt ' oh"lous , Nan
Flvo up hope In the face of mlsfol'lulll
-Chicago Dally News.
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DAZED WITH PAIN.
! I'ho SufferIngs ot n. Citizen of OIyt:1pIa ,
Wash.
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Olympia , Wash" says : "Six years aJQ
I got wet and toole cold , nnd was soon
flat In bcd , Burrorlng
ortures wit h , my
nclc. Evcrr movo.
ment cnusod an agonizing -
nizing pain , and thG
llerslstency of It ox.
l1auRted mo , so that
for n time I was
dazed and stupid.
On the : \Ilvlco at n.
frlond I begnn us.
ing Donn's Kidney
! Pills , and soon ne-
tlced n. change for the bettor. The
kidney secrotlons had been disordered
nnd Irregulnr , nnd contained n. heavy
sOdlmont , but In n we ole's time the
urlno was clear nUtI natural ngaln and
the passages rogu1ar. Gradually the
Ilclling nnll soreness IoU my back and
then the lameness. I usell six boxes
to malto sure ot n CUTO , nnd the trouble -
ble hns never return ell. "
S01d by all dea10rs. liO cents n bOL
Foster-1\lI1l1urn \ Co. , Durrn10 , N. Y.
-When the real nature of n. man'lJ
business Is In doubt It Is often hinted
that bo Is 1gambler. .
r CWIR' Sin lc Binder strnlJhl lie clrBr.
Made or extm quality 101mcco. Your deal.
er or I..cwis' fnetol' ' , } ) eorln , III.
Fishermen Uolng Motor Boats.
Icolnncl's fishermen have tnkl.'n to
using motor boats In their business.
Automobiles ul motor heats have
alRo made their wuy to 1101slnICors.
Finland.
OIvo De nnco Stnrch n fall' trll1I-
try It for both hot and cold starching ,
and If you don't thlnl" YOll do better
worle , In lcss time and nt smaller cost ,
return it and your grocer will glvo
you baclt your monoy. ,
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English the World Langul\go.
The now world 1l1nguage , Espcranto ,
seems to 1111\0 already won more advo-
tatcs than the eider Voll1pule. No
mnnufactured language , however ,
Booms to have much chance In com.
petition with English , which long I1go
dlsplaccIl French : as the most userul
and wld01y spolten languaso and which
Is gl1lnlng faster than ovcr In all partJi
of the wor1l1. Quite recently the German -
man govcrnment. has Ol'ercd ( that nIl
railway omclals and emIlloycs must
lel1rn to speak English. In Antwel'lJ
a.tso the authorities nro urging all
c1n.1scs to study Engllslr and 11.1'0 providing -
viding spcclal facllltieB In the public
schools : the city has be como "almost
all IDngllsh.spea1t1ng port. " In Jf1pan.
a.ll . school children ure now obllgolt
to learn our lansunre. A few years
l1cnce tourists from this country will
bo able to get n10ng thcre as easily
as on a trip at homo. With Groat.
Britain , Indlcl , Auatralla , .Canada , the
- 'l'nlted Statcs and largo sections of
Africa 115lng English , what hope Is
there for an ) ' other language ? . I ,
Shows Value of LiquId Fuel. :
The ateulI1shlp Gold mouth , bolong.
- Ing to the Shell lIne , has just arrived
( ) at Rotterdam , after steaming from
- Singapore br the route round the
Capo of Good lIopo , n. dlstanco of 11"
791 miles , In 2 days , without once
stopping the engines or checldng the
gonoratlon of steam In the main bail-
ors. This performance Is boHoved to
bo the largest nonstop run over made
I by marino machlnory. The vessel was
_ burning liquid fuel , and with so great
1 an economy that enough sm'plus Is
left to take , the vessel 20 Ilays stp-am.
Ing on her return passage oallt.
PHYSICIAN SAYS
Children Thrive on Grape Nuts and
Cream.
A Mass. . physician has found a cure
Cor constllllltion In children - citing
fifteen cases-by feodlng them Grapo.
Nuts.
"Somo tlmo ago , " ho writes , "I became -
came Interested In your food , Grape.
Nuts , as a cure for constipation In
children. Having tried 1t In my OWD
family , 1 have advised it In fifteen
cases In which all suffered with con.
stlpatlon moro or less sovere. ' 1'ho re-
Bult has been absolute relief In all.
"I write this that other children
may bo benefited. "
How much better It Is thus to bring
about a healthy action In the bowels
of growing children by natural means ,
than to feed them with Improper food ,
requiring Homo Itlnd of cathartic at
Intervals to overcoll1o constipation.
Grape.Nuts gives energy to the en.
tlro nervous system Including the
nerves that cause the natural con.
traction and rolaxatlon of the bowel
muscle , that propel the food mass
.0 along. I
It Is predigested also , and the b100d
oaslly absorbs the food as It goes
through the body , storing up vitality
and force for the functions of all the
organs.
Children especially , should got the
right start as to habits of Hvlng.
They should grow Into bright , strong ,
! 8 cheerful mon and women. Grape.Nuts
\3Olvo the question of the start : n
Nholosomo nppetlto will do the rest.
Chlldron's teeth are benefited by
chowlng Grape-Nuts , also. Your dont.
1st will tell you that a certain amount
of oxerclso In chewing firm food , Is
necessary to grow strong , beautiful
teeth.
Teeth need Oorclso just the same
16 as muscles , If they are to grow
I- strong and firm as nature Intonded.
Grap'3.Nuts gives the oxorclso nnd
: n also gives material from which good
Ir teeth are ma < lQ ,
( ) . "There's a reason. " Read the little
book , " ' 1'ho Road to Wellvlllo , " In
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