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Striking Sltnllarlty of the Oppression Snffered by the Masses
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We count thIngs from the French' '
revolution , reckon from before and
nHer thnt tremendous epoch. This Is
reasonable ; 1l Is superficial , however ,
every tlmo a countr ' shows a tempest
In a teapot to 'draw parallels of the agl.
tatlon therein and the great revolu.
tlon that overturned France. The
country wo shall speak of , Russia , Is
not to bo classed with those mo.
mentarlb' disturbed by lIttle ripples of
unrest ; present conditions In Russia ,
the sinister aspect of the people , bear
strlldng likeness to conditions In
li"ranco just beCore the storm burst.
Wo find In Franco prIor to the rev.
olutlon 01)presslvo war taxes , n profll.
gate court-sharpest contrast oC lux.
ur.r and mlserablo poverty-a corrupt
clerg ' , the nation's prestlgo wealwl1ed
by deCeat In war , and then as climax ,
a weak and vacillating monarch. Rus-
sia's humiliation at the hnnds of Japan
hns shown the Ignorant RussIan peas.
ants that their Little Father Is not
the all.powerful being they had been
led to bellevo ; in Russia to-day wo
find a clergy given over to luxury and
) the oppressing rather than upllft1ng
f of the people ; In Russa wo nnd a
country weakened by war and famIne -
Ine ; in Russia wo have a vaelllating
ruler afraId not to give the people a
voice , afraid to glvo them a hearing ,
and absolutism , with its prop , the
army , falling.
In France , you rememb r'when the
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lay with the French standing army tc
decIde which should wIn the day. Per.
haps It was an accld nt-who cay sa ) '
I -but the guards In ParIs were In.
fiamed to revolt b ' the kIlllng of one
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j of theIr comrades br hIred SwIss and
, German soldIers In the pay of the
i French monarch ; when followed SOOll
on the revolt of the soldiers the suc
. cessful assault on the Bastlle , ther <
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culmInating In the reign of terror.
\ . , To.d y { n Russia what fills the sou :
. , of 'the czar wIth alarm Is the attltud <
of the army. Everywhere Is evi
denced revolutIonal'y tendencIes amen
the soldiers , even the troolls In tlu
capital show serIous disaffection
Earl ' In Juno' a number of non-com
. mlssloned omcers and 30 troopers , 0
the horse guards , also some non.com
mlssloned omcers of other guard reg
iments , were seIzed and Imt In prIson
, , theIr place of ImprIsonment mos
carefully sentineled. That member
of these suspected regIments may no
f. . , mlnJle freely with the people , spreae
" or be fir d by revolutlonar ' vIews , thl
1 reglmonts have beel1. shut up In bar
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Pobledonostseff , Representing th
Clergy ,
racks. The finlling of revolutlonar
lIterature In the quarters of tho. Nove
cherkttsk ' reglmont 1108 led 'to' tho'rel
Imont beIng broken UI ) and member
apportioned ' to places . outsldo St. P4
tors'burg. .
You remember Necker , dlre tpr "OJ
eral of finance and mlrllsf r of stat
un dol' 'Louis XV " pqdeav.or .to t.IlV !
Franco 'from Inipencllng 'bankrupt'c :
to InstItut reforms thllt. taxes mlsl
bo more" ' 'qulta1 > W 1f tHti { j7 ] 1
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trenchment In the roynl household ,
wherefore made enemies of the queen
and court. In 1788 Necltcr recom.
mended the calling of the states.gen.
eral , which made him very 11 0 1)\11 a1'
with the peolle. But shortly Louis
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Danton , One of the Popular Leaders In
the French Revolution.
dismIssed him-thereby brInging such
11 clamor about his head he was forced
to ask the popular minister to return.
Over In Russia , vacillating Nicholas
calls WItte to hIs aid , then sends him
away ; Prlnco Mirsky , who suggests
many reforms , Is discredited.
A care'ful student of affairs says
that the immoralIty , wastefulness , extravagance -
travaganco and t 'ranny of the nobles
class In France has perhaps never
been paralleled save by the Russian
arlstocro'cy ; and the Ignorance of the
French peasant perhalS no moro tlmn
that of the Russian peasant to.day.
Raised from serfdom only In 1861 ,
makIng use only of crude , methods of
agrlculturo , 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. 'l'he
RussIans of to-day boast that St. Pe.
tersburg possesses the most splendid
and ' ayest court In Europe. In contrast -
trast to thIs we have Maxim Gorlty's
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awful pictures of the beastly lIfo of
the masses , we have the Imouted
wretch , the massacred Jew.
'Where such contrasts prevaIl an.
o archy lifts Its head , the assassin's
hand attempts justice. And the world
, stands In constant expectation of
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news such as that cried re ently on
ChIcago streets b ' a conscIenceless
vendor of saffron newspaper : "Czar
Is Kllled ! St. Pettrsburg ! mown Up ! "
The czar has dIsmissed the douma1
You recall what happened when King
LouIs , Inf1ue ced by the ultra can.
servatIves and the reactionary mem.
bel's of the royal famIly , had dls.
missed Neclwr and concentrated
troops In ParIs. In ParIs , hero and
there over the country , Insurrection.
ary' movements rolO out , the country
\vas swept by , " 1O Great Fear. " .A
mob of hungty women marched to
Versailles , the royal family saved
just In tIme by LaCa'etto and the
national guard. Emigres fied from
the lan.d , the royal famIly trIed to
mal\O escape , were dlscovoreel and
\Jrought \ bacle to the capital. 'Tho IdeD
of a monarchy became moro and more
tmpOIH11ar , radIcal vlows became morc
radIcal , the mob of ParIs began to bc
uced a political forco. The spirIt
grew to fren ? ) ' , the Tul\1erles \ were
stormed , the SwIss Guards massacred
The royal family was placed undm
e surveillance 'In the Tom pIe. Then
the next stop In the story of the l\l \
fated family , the IcIng Is brought tc
trIal ; for alleged acts of treasdr
, I\galnst the . .nation sentence or' deatl
Is passed , Is carried out.
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The third session of the Pan.Amerlcan conference , at which 8ecreta. . , '
Root Is representing this country , met at Rio Janeiro , Brazil. The sessions
.arc held In the Brazilian pavilion at the St. Louis exposition which was reo
moved to Brazil aftol' the close of the great fair. Aside from Secretary Root
the members of the delegation from this country are Edmund J , Jal11es , president -
dent of the University of Illinois ; Leo S. Rowe , professor of polltlCi\1 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 supreme
court , They were officially received on their arrival. ,
CHINA READY FOR WAR.
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of Terror for cel s'
tlal Empire-Only One Good Army
In Country-Serious Flaws
of Soldiers ,
Pel Ing.-China Is a volcano. Close
observers not In Pel\ln ! ; . because Pe.
Ielng Is not the IIlaco to got the real
news concernIng ChIna , but foreign.
ers long resident In the InterIor , In
Shantung and Chili , put the explosion
Mno years hence. Educated Qhlneso
\Jrlng \ 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 kl1l
foreIgners. ' 1'hero Is a general runnIng -
nIng after foreign things and foreign
ways : Men havIng foreign trainIng
are In demand. The same men had
to rup for their lIves In " , Hex r" times.
At the same time there Is anxIety to
shaleo off forolgn conhol of overy.
thIng-partly from a new feeling of
national prIde and partly from a de.
sIl'o to keep the good thIngs for the I
ChInese.
l\llsgIvings for the future are based
on fear of an antidynastIc rIsIng , lrob.
'ably ' on the part of the radicals. ThIs
" " -ift " " ' ' ' ' ' " ' 'ff'ff'rt ' ' " '
would become lIartly antl.forelgn nnd
In any case would mean anarch ' .
There are a great many "armies"
In China , but the onlr ono that counts
Is Yuan Shl Kal's "northern f&noy. "
'l'he Chlneso are raising big ! Iorses
somewhere In Mongolia fOl' the ultl.
mate use of the army , and hope to
remount their cavah'y In about four
i rears. Of the other nrms the men
are smart and the recent spring mn.
neuvers were most creelltablo.
'l'hem are serIous Ilaws In the army.
The Chlneso solclIers wll1 blaze away
blank cartridges In fine style , but they
are not trained t ; > shoot. Target prac.
tlco Is rare. It Is doubtful If the mett
would follow their 'omcers except tc
the rear , and it Is doubtful If the offi.
cers would go anywhere else.
The "AmerIcan boycott" novel' se.
rlously affected the Intorlor. A few
Items of United States Imports came
Into the Interior In smallQr quantities
pro tem. It was a question for the
Iorts , particularlY these In the south ,
1'ho Shanghai rIots w ro purely local
and magnIlled by Shanghai hysterIa.
A serIous question Is the educationaJ
one , which gives rlso to the "young
ChIna" movement. 'rhls Is founded
on cancelt , the basis of Chlneso stu.
dent character. They are about ono'
quarter educated and thlnlt tholr odu.
cation Is complete. .
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Cleyeland , O. - Oelrld Tro ) ' , 18
years of age , Carroll count ) ' , VIrgInia ,
long and lean and as Innocent as tall ,
spent the ether night at the Central
pollco station.
Until a recent morning Oelrld had
never seen a rallroael traIn. All of
the 18 years of hIs lIfo had been
silent on a farm In the back part of
Carroll county ; but , after Oelrid's fa.
ther dIed and hIs mother became lll ,
four 'ears ago , things began 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 job IIroffered to Oelrld
by hIs cousin In OhIo , and It was then
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.
Dlrchard , of Scranton , has a dog with
a solid gold tooth. 'l'ho dog Is IIroud
of It. 'rho anImal Is a valua\Jlo \ Eng.
IIsh beagle. A few da's a p , notIc.
Ing that ono of Its front teeth wns
\"er ' much decaJ'ed , Dr. nIrchard took
the dog to a dentist fdenel. The
dentist suggested that the best thing
to do was to Insert a gold tooth.
"I'll do It now , " saId the dentist ,
who Is a great lever of animals. The
operation tool { a lIttio moro than half
an hour. All that tIme the Intelllgont
animal laId \Jack \ In his master's arms ,
submitting with an occasional whlno
of lIaln.
Now It sports about wIth Its fine
gold tooth , a curiosIt ' for aH the
smaH boys of the communIt ) ' .
TOWN IS TAKING TO BEER ,
Water Supply Blamed for Increase of
Appendicitis and Paralysis.
Corning , N. Y.-"Thls clts water
8uIIPly Is rOSIonsible for much of the
appondlcltIs provlllent here , " Is the
declaratIon oC 'Ur. F. S. Swain , socre.
tar ' of the CIt . MedIcal. aoclet ) ' ,
"Not onh' does It cause apllendlcltla
but It Is also responsIble fOI' nine.
tenth of the paral 'sls cnses as 'Woll
as hOhH dlseaso and gall IItones. "
Thllf .Indlctment of the drInking wa.
tor 01 Cornlns 13 con" ' , "td In by
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from his homo to the nearest raIl.
road station , and started on hIs IItlll
longer journey to his cousin's homo
In Ohio.
As near as Oelrld could remember ,
that cousin 11'ed In n. place caHed
RIch HI1I , somewhere In OhIo ; but
, ho'lost the card bearIng the address ,
i and Is not now sure where hIs cousle
lI..es. The 1I0llco gave Oelrld a bed
at the station. Oelrid had spent his
last cent on street car faro , and was
wanderIng aImlessly about the streets ,
hIs. haggago lmder hI arm , when II
klndhem'ted cItizen's attention was
attracted to his forlorn appearance.
The man brought the boy to the sta.
tlon , and O lrld : , , 'I1S gl d.to . sta ) '
tllC.'O all night.
Vf\1't1 q'ff"t"tm , , , , 'f'l'1VIVV yr
ether members of' the medical associ ,
atlon. It Is explaIned that the lier.
centago of alkali In the water Is hlgb
and when It gets Into the human sya.
tom causes II. scaly formation In the
artorles. 'rho scale becomes brittle
breaks off and the lIttio particles arc
carried In the hiood to the brain ,
causing paralrsls ; to the IIvor , caus
Ing gall stones , and to the appendix.
A water commission wl1l sllend several
oral hundred thousand doHars , II
necessary , on a new supply. To'mller
anco advocates are aghast at the wa )
boor drlnlelng has Increased for "hygl
onlc" reasons.
Uses Sea Water ; Faces Fine ,
Buulogno-A woman who took t we
\Juckets \ of water from the sea te
hatho her child , In accordance witl
the doctors' orders. was astonlshel
to recelvo an official' warning from thE
customs officers 'threatenIng to finE
her for breach of the law. There ha !
been discovered an unrepealed law 0
Louis XIV. fOl'blcldlng the takIng 0
sea water lest those tnklng It extrac
tlto salt , and thus det'raud the gov'\rn
ment of the salt tl1x. The womun ha
wI'ltten n declaration of the purilosl
for whIch the water was obtained it
order to secure I1n official permit te
use aea water. . . .
Great U. S , Naval'Show Planned.
Washlngton.-Plans have been ller
fected for the grnnd naval pagean
which Acting Secretary or the Nav )
NowhOlT ) ' has announced \vIII OCCIlI
In the sound off O 'ster nay Septem
\Jer \ 3 , The Ilrcaldent will recelvo the
Atlantic tlcet.
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Dut They Were Npt Executed Dccnuso
the PrInce Hold nis Nerve Until -
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A stor ' Is told of ono of tbo MoorIsh -
Ish lrlncos of Granada , whIch Is wo11
lVorth noUng , showing LUI It does , the
rcat aluo of coolness and solt-control
In Ir 'Ing circumstances.
When l\Inhonlmell the I.3lxth usurped
:110 : throne of Grnnadn , ho sot asldo his
elder brotber Yousuf , the rightful holr
to the throne , so that the Ielngdom
might bo secure to his own children ,
Ho cuusod Prlnco Yousuf toJo \ IlI\prls-
: med In the castle of Shalobanya ,
where ho remained for tbo ten years
'Jf his hrotbor's rolgn , Mahommed In-
endillg , when ho felt his health failIng -
Ing , to have hIs brother assasslnatod.
' 1'ho tlllfortUlll\te } lrlnce , though
: > rnvo and courageous to the last degree -
greo , was forcOlI to submit to his
brother's ar\Jltrary \ will , Imowlng thnt
rebellion would bo In vain , Ho was
a man of commanellng } lresonce , courteous -
teous to all about him , ( md or so win-
nlng and grnclous a. . manner that ho
gaillell the l vo nlll foallY of h's ' entire
household , nn ) ' ono or whom would
glndly hnyo rlfleed lIfo In his causo.
' 1'hls wns especlnlly true or the alcn'do
or Shalo\an \ 'I1 , who waa his devoted
frlenll.
Prlnco Yousuf 111183Cd the wear ' cla 's
or hIs capUvI ' tbo best ho could , his
fl1\"orlte recrentlons , bclng the game
or chess , or which he was n l1asslonato
lever ; and the perusal of the exciting
lterllturo of the day.
In the early } lart of the nrtcen h century -
tury , lcnlght er1'nntry was rife. The
young Spanish nobles vied with each
: > ther In proving tholr prowess In
arms , Incited b ' the rending of such
wonderful romances IlS "AdvCl1turos or
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[ Amndls dl Gaul , " aJoolt \ that turneC :
, the hcads of hnlf the SpanIsh 'outh
I 11 tYle that Cel'VIUltes has Immortal ,
: 1zed In Don QuIxote.
'l'he fnsclnatlon of chess , however
rivaled those of the tournament wltl1
tbe Imlghts of 811aln , nnd many U11
hour was beguiled ovel' the gallic \J \ )
Prlnco Yousuf and the faithful aI ,
cayde. ' 1'hey wcro seated thus , Oll (
day , Loth Intent upon the game , You.
suf ! OI' the tlllIe oomplelely forgottlnlJ
the sword that was alwars hanglnj (
pvcr It lfJ head.
. He was losing slowly but surel ' 1 his
Ildver:3I1ry's Imlght llud castle were
steadily bearlnl ; down upon his Ielng ,
when r page hastily entered the roOlll
and In/ormed / the alcaYdo that 11 mes ,
Ienger was without , desiring to see \11111 \
upon un urgent matter of stale.
"Tell him to wltlt until our game 01
chess Is finished , " said the prlnco.
llut the IJllge made un 1mporlng ! ges.
turo t.o the alcarde , which \Jrought \ the
: latter Instantlr to his feet , and he
i hastened out to meet the messenger ,
, who silently and gravelr Handell hln :
, a sealed note from the Itlng. I1ustll
I tearIng It open , the nlcayde glanceC :
over t ne contents , his < : llOeltJlanchlllj \
. as he did so. With tottering stells he
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reentered the room , and the pl'lnce
shoclccd at hIs pa1101' , explnlmod :
"My friend , what Is thy trouble :
'l'ltou ! oolccst UI ! though thou hust jusl
. receive II thy death wanant ! Oh , " he
illideil , joltlngly , "perchance the Itlng
m ) ' Tr.ost lovIng broth r , demtnds m
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. head ! SpeaIs ! ! It so ? "
For nnswel' lito ulcayde handed hln
the letter , but his hand trembled IH
I thl1t the paper 1Iuttered to the 11001'
Yousuf , stoopIng , coolly plclccd It up
, and rad ; at a glnnce the fo11owlnl
wohls :
"My servant , when thou receives
this letter thou shalt Immcdlately tal(1
the lIfo of my brother YOllsur ane
r send me his head by 111) ' trusty mes
. senJar. "
' 1'he eyes r the brave prInce neve
quailed , nor did his voice falter as h' '
said l1uletly to tl10 page :
"Bid the Itlng's messenger walt untl
our game Is enllod ; It w111 he but :
few moments now , 1'01' 1 lun losln ,
rapidly ; fate Is against mo on ever ,
aide. "
' 1'hey reseated themselves at th
board , but the alca'do played wlll11y
It was an easy matter for the prln < . :
to reuln ! his IORt udvantage , and h
was Just gl\"lng checlemato when In th ,
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distance was heard the c1att r a
J borsr-s' hoofa. Nearer nnd nearer the ;
came , and lJon two caballeros fron
Grnnada , armed cnp-a-IIIe , co\'erol
with dust , nnd In the maddest haste
CIlIne l.shlng Into the court 'ard at tul
6poell.
' . "Tho Itlng Is dead ! Long lIve th
Jtll1 ! Long lIve our good king You
8uf ! "
' 1'110 lesson for children to learn froll
/11 / stlrr I ( ) f c.Ql\rs \ Obylous. : Nerq
rlvo up h01 > o In the Cace of mlsfol.tuuc
Chlcago Dally NowB.
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The Su1fedngs of II. OItizen of Olyt:1pu.
Wnsh ,
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Olympln , 'VnBh. , says : "Stx yenrs ago
I got wet nnd toolt colct , and wnl ! soon
fiat In bed , suffering
ortureD wit h , my
bno1e. Every move.
ment caused nn agonizing -
nizing pnln , nnd the
perslstoncy ot It ex.
hnusted mo , so that
for II. tlmo I was
dazed nnd stupid ,
On the mlvlco ot a
rlenll I begnn using -
ing Doan's Kldnoy
Pills , and soon noticed -
ticed a change for the bettor , The
kldnoy secrotlons hnd been disordered
nnd 1rregulnr , nnel contained a heavy
sedlmont , but In a weelc's tlmo the
urlno was clenr amt natural again nnd
the pnssnges regular , Oraelua11y the
Clchlng nnd soreness loft my bacle and
then the lameness. I used six boxes
! to malto sure of n CUTO , nnel the trouble -
blo hns never roturnell. "
Sold by nIl dealers. fiO cents a box.
Fostor-l\U1burn Co. . DUffalo , N. Y.
-When the real nature of n. man's
business IB In doubt It Is often l1Inted
that ho Is gam1Jlor. .
Lewis' SinRlo Dinder strn" ht Cic clr-ar.
Mnde or cxtm quality tobncco. Your denl.
er or Lewis' fnctor ' 1 lcoriR , Ill.
Fishermen Using Motor Boats ,
Icoland's fishermen ha vo taleon to
using motor boats In their bnslness.
Automobiles and motor boata have
also made tholr way to lIolslngrors ,
FInland.
Give Definnco Stl1rch 1\ fair trlal-
try It for both hot and cold starch InS' ,
nnd It you don't thlnl yon do better
work , In less tlmo and at smnller cost ,
return it and your grocer wUl glvo
you baclt your money. I
II I
English the World Lnngu\ge. !
The now world Innguage , ESIJCranto ,
seems to Imve alrcady won moro advo-
tatos than the eider Volapule. No
manufactured Innguage , however ,
seems to have much chance In com.
petition with English , which long ngo
displaced French as the most usurul
and widely spoleen language and which
Is ! ; l1lnlng raster thnn ever In all partJ
of the worlli. Quito recently the Ger. .
man govol"l1tJ1ent. has ordered that 1111
railway officials and employes must
Icarn to s\lonlt \ English. In Antwerp
: l.lso the authorities are urging all
classes to study Englls1r and 11.1'0 providing -
viding spcclal facilities In the public
schools ; the city has bccome "almost
an Engllsh.spenlelng port. " In J pan
:111 : school chIldren are now obllgoe (
to learn our langunr.e. A few years
hence tourists trom this country wl1l
bo nble to get along there as easIly
as on a trip at homo. With Great.
, BritaIn , India , Australia , , Canadn , the
'Inltcd States and largo sections ot
AfrIca \L'Ilng English , what hope 19
, thcre for any other language ? , I
Shows Value of Liquid Fuel. :
The steamship Goldmouth , belong.
Ing to the Shell IIno , hnll just arrlyod
I at Rotterdam , after steaming from
' . 81ngaporo by the route round the
Capo of Good Hope , a dlstanco of 11-
791 miles , In 52 days , without once
stopping the onglnes or checlc1ng the
I generation of steam In the main boll.
I ors. ThIs performance Is bolloved to
, bo tIlO largest nonstop run ever made
I by marIno machlnory. 'rho vessel was
burning liquid fuel , and wIth so great
I an economy that enough sm'plus Is
10ft to talee. the vessel 20 days sooam.
, Ing on her return passage oat.
PHYSICIAN SAYS
Children Thrive on Grape Nuts and
Cream.
A Mas ! ) , physician has found a cure
for constipation In chIldren - citing
fifteen cases-by feeding them Grape.
Nuts.
"Somo tIme ago , " ho writes , "I be.
, came Interested In your food , Grape.
Nuts , as a cure for constipation In
children. HavIng trioel It In my own
famIly , I 1I1lvo advised It In fifteen
cases In whIch all surrored with con.
,
stipation moro or less evcrc. The re-
Bult has been absolute rollef In all.
"I write this that ether children
may be benefited. "
How much hetter It Is thus to brIng
about a healthy action In the bowels
or growIng children by natural means ,
than to feed them with Improper food ,
requiring some lelnd of cathartic at
Intervals to overcome constipation.
Grapo-Nuts gives energy to the en.
tlro nervous system IncludIng the
- nerves that cause the natural con.
traction and relaxatIon of the bowel
muscles , that propel the teed mass
'
It Is predigested also , and the blood
easily absorbs the food as It goes
through the body , storIng up vitality
and force Cor the functions of all the
organs.
Chlldren especially , should get the
o rIght start as to habits of lIvIng.
, They should grow Into bright , strong ,
cheerful mon and women. Grape-Nuts
\lolvo the question of the start ; a
Nholosomo appetIte will do the rest.
Child ron's teeth are benefited by .
chewIng Grape.Nuts , also. Your dent.
1st wl1l tell you tbat a certain amount
of oxerclso In chow1ng firm food , Is
necesBary to grow strong . , beautiful
teoth.
'feeth need oxerclso just tbo sarno
fJ as muscles , It they are to grow
. _ strong and firm as nnturo Intended.
Grap'3.Nuts gIves the oxorclso and
alBa elves motorial from wblch good
tcetn are ma . ,
"Thero's a reason. " Read the little
bool ! , "Tho Road to Wollvl1lo , " In
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