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By D. M. AMSBERRY
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DROKmN BOW , . - NEDRASIU
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Tramps.
"Tramp" names a 1111Iall army of big
and IIltIo Alnners. Among the thou.
I sands of vagrants Bre crIminals aed
oj
1 , I < , genratell : ot the worst klntl , WhOM
. deeds have mnde the word "tramp" a
terror to women In lonely reglonA ,
t Probnbly the rank and mo of lIll'
} wtJrully unoUlploY < Jd are the "Wandor.
" 'Ing Wlllles"-dear to comle paper -
, whoso sin Is mere ! ) ' an cxnggorallon
, or the Indolence which III born Ie IHI
III I all. Thello amlablo vngahollds who
l ' enjoy a vncallon at 12 monthll a year
, have had an nnhlndered road and
11lent ) ' ot Creo Coed In a broad , gener.
If ous conntry , But the day ha ! ! como
: whea "Mennderlng 'Mllw" ml1st flntl
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f other occullI\lIon limn 111cklng the
flowers of the contur ) ' plants. System.
. allc charity and criminology are beat.
; , Ing the bush for him and his com ,
r" , :1.Iul drIvIng them Into the
. ' I cornls or clvlllznllon. At the nnllonu I
t ' , " ( 'onferenco of chnrltles nnd corroctlon
11IlO commltteo on vagrants conshlor.
cd the united duly f stnto , town and
! lndIVtlual ! to extermlnnte the tramp
) mlsnnce. Because the tramp pnsson
km actor a tnll meal wo do not feel
: 'lho rosponlJlblllty Cor 111m which wo
teol for otrollllors who abldo In our
I 'community. ' Towns have contented
, Ithomselves wIth gentling the vagrant
, - . 'across ' UlO lines to U10 next town ,
which I lIke throwIng rubbish over
t the renco Into our neighbor's back
yard. It Is a mlstnko to toed a va.
I t 'grant ' unless bo pays tor bls food
! ( wIth a fair nmount of worle , says tbo
Youth's Comll nlon. The great rom.
I : OilY for the dlseaso or vagrancy Is
} I cord.wood , wblch should bo admlnle.
, .I tered In allopatblc doses. Finally ,
Inco Ufo ao a tramp depends on easy
I ) , ! translt , the railroads necd the sanc.
, tlon of oovoro laws In dealing with
. Ihoso who stenl rid os , Cut t o va.
, grant oil rrom unearned food and
; tranSlJorlntlon , and tbo "hobo" will
disappear.
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Dr. Lantz or the natfonal biologIcal
! bureau has been studying rats and
I presents appa111ng figures as to UlClr
. numbcm and the 'oxtont of tholr do.
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strucUveness. lie thInks the recent
t oslfmato by the department ot agrl. ,
} culture that Uley do $100,000,000' '
t worth or damage In this country an.
I j nually Is a conservatfvo oslfmato-
! I thIs damage Including the results of
\ dlscase conveyetl by thorn Into hnman
I llnbJroUom" tire , and Qoodod oouseB
I \ oa\tell by ttelr gnawIng Bud toods
\ t ! polluUtI 05 well U oonsumod by thom.
No tJ1l1tcunaUa or BclenUno movement
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\ to rId the country at the posts has
\ been undertaken , but Iin view or Ulls
dostrueUveness concertcd otrorts to
extormlnate thorn wil eventually have
to bo mndo. Prof. Lantz bas round ,
after oXllerlmontfng , that the cheapest
and most of'tectfvo way to got rid of
them III to use barytes. 'rho mineral
produces slow death , and the rats
leave the promises to seele water.
It wUl aocn bo I1gal11st the law In
Germany to tnko without pormlsslon a
snapshot at a person or hIs building or
hIs ox or his ass. People of Gor. .
many must be overmodest or else
arrald at their fncos. When the ama.
tour photograpller In lIlls country
goes out to tnko II. picture of a land.
scapo or a building so many people
. happen along and stop accidentally In
gracotul poses In front ot the camera
that the plcturo whoa completed looks
for all the world IIIto a IJhotograpb at
a crowd watchIng a ball gamo. Gor.
many may bo Inaugurating a useru1
rotorm , but It 10Jks strange that the
camera should bo banIshed , while the
'automobilo Is allowed to run at largo ,
Judging from the number or accl.
dents cauBcd by UIO horselesB wa.
gons , 1l would be a good Idea tor
everybody In Germany to bo snapBhot.
ted ns oCten I1S possible , so that their
frIends In atter years could Itllow
what they loolwfl IIko ,
A "lady stenographer" and n "ladY
music teachor" taught four bloody
rounds , MarquIs ot Queonsberry rules ,
at DavenlJ't't , la" tor the purpose ot
decIding which should be enlftled to
the attentions ot a corlnln young man.
Wo lul.Vo not learned his name , but It
Is perhaps talr to Infer thl\t he la "a
perfect gent. "
,
King Alfonso's son hils been made
colollel ot one ot Spain's roglments ,
and It Is oXllected that ho wfll rlso HO
rapidly thnt by Ule tlmo ho Is able to
walk he mny be a mlljor genoral.V ell
may we subscribe to the theory that
they cm 't keep a good boy down , '
In vI ow at the fr quency with
which Drlght's dlseaso Is reported as
a caURO at death It loolts as It It
would presently take l'ank with tu.
berculosls aB a plague to whoso abate.
ment medIcal sclonce should cspo-
clally direct Its energies ,
Not even n ghost can got drink
In Mont.ana under the now law lire.
, enUns- saloons comIng withIn halt
11 mile or cemeterIes. In such clr.
: : umslances wo fancy that d'lng will
oocome very unvopular.
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A SIMPlE AEMEO\ \ '
ONE OF THE WAYS TO CURTAIL
OPERATIONS OF TRUSTG.
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HOME PATRONAGE PRINCIPLES
&ystema That Oppose the Advance.
ment of Rural Towns and Agrl.
cultural Communltle. .
Never before have the peoillo or the
country been so awakened to the ! tn.
llortanco or homo protection as they
are at prosent. The wldo knowledge
sllread by means ot the puhllc pross' '
aa to the operation a ot the great trusts
Ilnd ho\\ ' the masses are made to servo .
the more favored classes III having Its ,
etrect. 'rhe residents of agricultural
communltlea are beginning to reallzo
the dangers of business concentration
In sections of the country dominated
by the calillallstlc classes. 'rhey arc
rllst becomhll aroused to the truth
that this concentration Is a monaco to
the prosporlty of the nation , and dl.
rectly alYectll every IIroducor , every
laborer and every citizen or the coun.
try who dellel1ls upon his worlt for
support.
'rhe hulldlng UIJ ot great trusts com.
menced less thaa 11 score of years ago.
At the same tlmo there were other
systems Inaugurated that tended towards -
wards robbing the homo towns ot
buslnesB and concontratlng this business -
ness In the largo cities. Ono at these
systems , most notable In Its InjurIous
operations and Ita Corco to draw
wealth from communltlos wbere It Is
produced , 18 the mall.ortlor system ot
buslnoss. None will say that this sys.
tern Is fIIegltlmato , but no economist
can show whoreln Its prln lples are
sound. Dy the system communities
are Impoverished and kept trom IJro-
gresslng. Ho who will glvo study to
the bnsls at country development will
BOO that It la the labor employed that
not alone enlmncos the value of the
farm lands , but builds up the towns.
Whea there Is lIttle to employ this la.
bar , the result In deprosslon , stagnation -
tion and non.progress. 'rho great ovll
at the mall.order system wblch has
grown up , Is Its taking away the
means that small towns have ot om.
IJloylng labor , and the drawlnr ; Crom
each community the profits In commercial -
mercial transactions that represents
the wealth thnt Is procured. It Is
sophistry to claim that the rosldont ot
a community who Bends his money tea
a forolgn towa and saves the ton Ilor
cont. UHl.t may represent the home
merchant's profits , Is not a factor la
impovorlshlng the community. While
the saving , may romaln. In the community -
munity the employment ot labor eBsen-
UI\I to every busln qs Is slven to the
foreign plac , Iiltll tlIo home town Is
robbed of th(1I ( Ulploym at I1vln :
pow or.
EverT dollar thl\t Iii lJon away tram
n. community where It Is Ilroduced
olther by the tilling or the soli , br the
growing of lIve stock , by the work ot
the day laborer , or by the Btorokeoper ,
Impoverlshcs the community to that
extent , aUll this dollar ceases to bo
any factor In the advancement of the
community. Presuming thM there are
In community 2,000 Ileoplo , suppose
that each ono of these 2,000 people
Bend away to some foreign place $60
per year , This In the aggregate Is
$100,000 per year that gees to the support -
port ot foreign town. Suppose that
each ono sondlng his money II.way
saves ton per cent , ; the savings for a
year would bo $6 , and In ton years $60.
Look at the other sldo-$100OOO busl.
n08B POl' year would support In U10
home town flvo good stores. Each one
or these litores would give omploy.
ment to a number ot hands. The small
percentage ot profit tlmt would bo
made would bo rotalnod In the community -
munity and bo Invested In now enter.
prlses. Year aCter year there would
bo a continual Increase In the pros.
perlty at tllo town , and the building
up process would add to the value or
all the town property , and to the
tarms within the trading radius of the
town. Whllo by sending away the
tarmor woultl In ten years' tlmo SIn'O
but $50 , whereas by Imtronlzlng the
homo town the profits that would
como to him In substantial Increase
In renl estate vnlues would bo ten
times this amount. 'rho building UII
of the town would Imllrovo the homo
marltet , alYordlng every producer on
the tarms better prIces tor all his lira ,
duce ,
Then there Is anolhor thing , the
town supports the churches , the
IIcliools : and other IllIbllc Institutions ,
1'ho officlency ot these Institutions nro
dependent upon the lICe und activity
ot the town , Where poor towns oxlst ,
the schools do not recelvo the Sllllllort
that Is necessary to make them good ,
neither are the churches at the high
standard they should boo lIome Pl1t-
ronuge means good schools , gooll
churches and all conveniences that
add to the pleasure and onllghtonment
ot a people.
All the residents ot a commuulty
have common Interests In It-the
banker , tllo Inw'er , the doctor , the
merchant , the farmer , the day laborer
-all have equal Interests , Thus wo
find that a community Is lu roallt ) ' a
largo cooporatlvo assembly , What Is
ot Interest to ono Is ot material Inter ,
CAt to the othor. llut moro Imllortant
than all Is that by a practice of the
homo patronngo prlnelplo the posslblll.
ties ot building up trusts Cor the can.
trol at Industries at the country are
reduced to the minimum ; In Caet , a
sll'lct adherence to this shnplo prlncl.
11'ot bulllllng Ull and prote'ctlng home
bdustrles IlTeeludu the 11\111dlng UII
' 0 : harmful trusts and combinations.
) ) M. CARR.
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SCHOOLS AND CHUHCHES.
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Two Vita' ' Things ( or the Welfare of
the Massos.
There III wIndom In tlle old slogan ,
"A flchool on every hili top nnd a. .
church In every valle ) ' . " CItizens oC I
the Unltod Stutes may well feel proud
oC the great ollucullonnl system which
maltos It Ilosslhlo for nil classes to nc.
( Iulro the propC'r mental cultlvllUon.
They may allm Ccel Ilroud oC the roe
IIgloua IIherty that each and every
cftlzen onjuYII. 'I'hClro Is no cstab.
IIshed church to Interfere with the
tree oxorcille of consclonce , neither Is
there any law that InterCeres with the
exorclso of rollglous bellet.
'I'ho United States can be looked
upon as n nation where schools and
churches flourIsh to the Cullest. The
public school sYAtem , Is ono or the
most perfect that cIvilization has yet .
ovolved. Of courllo there nro com.
munltles where local condillons are
1I0t 110 Cavorable fOl schools as other
Illnces , It will bo obsen'ed that the
moro hnllOrlant Is the city or thp
town , the moro IIdvnncod are tllo edu.
catlonal fncllltles oITer'Jd 1.110 peoplo.
'fho residents of rural communities
have theIr stah ) or distrIct &chool , the
currlculumll of which are restrlctClt.
It Is to the lIenrh ) ' town that the chll.
dren who are rcsldents of the Carm
dIstrIcts mUHt loole for their higher
education , whleh Is a necessary prr.p'
arntlon Cor entry Into college , and fo
buslnes8 lire. I low hUllol'taut It Is ,
then , to the I'esldent of the Carm dls.
trlct that hili homo town bo an active
place and of lJufllclont business 1m.
portanco to justify the malntenanco ot
II. high class Bchoot ! It can bo seen
how each resldont of a farming com.
munlty should bo Intel'csted In the
homo town and nil thatllCrtalns to Its
upbulldlng. It on no other account ,
purely on account or the educallonal
tacllltles.
Running parallel lu hllportnnce with
the schools are the churches. Ifho
better the home town the bettor are
the church buildIngs , and the greatel'
Is the talent that HIIG the IJUlplt. Doth .
school" and churches have educatfon.
1\1 qualities that should not bo 1\ghtly \
valued. They mean the hIghest men. .
tal and moral dovulopD1ent , and upon ;
this development dellends the good ,
cltlzenahlp an the ndvancemont and
IJerpetuatlon of the nation.
OVERLOOKED OPPORTUNITIES.
Chances In Average Small Town for
Profitably Engaging In Business.
According to the United States census -
sus of 1900 there was produced In the
Unltod States 1,293,662,433 dozen eggs. I
' 1'he SllJDO statistics give the annual' '
IJroductlon of poultry at 260,623,114.
The butler made on farms each yenr
Is In excess of 1,000,000,000 Iiounds ,
The cheese made n Carms averages
about 20,000,000 poul111a annually.
These stntlslloo are Interesting , and
with eacIt farmer growlnJ ; pollltrr : and
e glJ nnIL makinI' : bulOOr and cheese , It
hardly seews IHsslble tha.t sucb com.
blnatlons as dairy tru ts and egg and
poultry trustll coulel exist , but that
they do Is nevertheless a fact.
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Every small town In a farming -
trlct can command sufficient butter ,
egg and poultry trade to sUlport ) a
pros porous excluslvo produce estab.
IIshmont. The practice has generally
obtained In agrIcultural districts of
storeltCepers In various lines taltlnr ;
tarmors' produce In exchange for
goods. The produce thus received by
merchants Is forwarded to the com.
mIssion houses In the largo city , and
these houses are Cactore that malto It
posslblo to maintain trusts In the produce -
duce business. Itppcars that It oach' '
town had Its oxcluslvo produce estab.
IIshment to buy what the tarmor hac
to soli Instead at the produce going
through the local stores , that beller
prices could bo lmld the Carmorfl and
the busIness made a most profitublo
ono It rightly conducted. I
According to the natural laws oC
business Industry succceds best where
advantages are most abundant. 'I'hUB
It seems that the produce offera 1\
most excellent field In the majority or
agrIcultural towns ,
GOOD ROADS MOVEM ENT.
Millions of Dollars Annually So1ved to
the Farmers of the United States.
Ono or the most InlllOrtant mo\'e-
ments that hus been Inaugurated of
recent yeara , and which hal ! resulted
In wonderful benefit to the ) I'ollle Is
the good roads mo\'ement. Within the
United States there are allroxhuntel ) ) ) '
about 8,000,000 farmors. If during a
' r each of those farmers can bo
saved $10 In time , or In wear nnd tear
ullon horses and wasons by means ot
Improved roads , It mClUIB n saving oC
$80,000,000 annually j but the truth 13
that the Improved roalls that hav ! ' .
been buill up the IJast halt dozen years
through agitation ot the good roads
movement sa\'e ! ! each farmer In the
land from $ /i0 / to $100 , Thun It can be
seen that the savings brought about
through this movement aggregate hun.
dreds of millions at dollm's encl : YCaI"
Good rands are IInllortant to the
) lro rosslyo town , 1'hls fact has be.
como so recognized that wherever
there oxlsts a IIvo agrlculturul town
Its cltlzl11 will bo found to be staunch
lid vacates ot road Impruvement , I1nd
there Is a civic Ilrhlo and friendly com.
petition In the matter of having good
roads leadln to the towns , 'rho worlt
at road Imlll"O\'emont has enl ) ' fairly
begun , A nllmbor oC state lelsli\turc'f :
ha vo talwn UII the worlt and . .11I'111 : :
the next dozen ) 'enrs srer.t chanC'1 ! !
will bo wrought as to the bl1l1dln anI !
malntenanco of l\Iblic hirnva's : ,
Gave Much Work to Women.
The Invontlon at lho " ' 110 .nller ha
given work to mora U.an 1,000.000
1II0IIWn ,
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ARE PHYSICIANS' PRESCRIPTION
NOSTRUMS ?
To ono not qualified , nnll few la "
men are , to dlscrl1nlnnto Illtolllscntl ) '
between physic Inns' prescrIptions , pro.
IJrletary medicines and lIolltrums , It
may 8eem IIttlo ! ! hort of crlmo to
hint even that physicians' prescrlp.
tlons are In an ) ' manner related to
nostrul11s ; nevertheless , nn hupartlal
examInation or all the facls III the
case leatlll Irresistibly to the eonclu.
sian that every metllclnal prepnl'Ution
compounded and dlsponsed hy a ph'I1I.
clan Is , In the strict sense oC the word ,
n nostrum , 111111 thnt the averagc ,
ready.prollared proprletar ) ' remedy Is
superior to the \'crago speclally.pre-
pared physIcIans' prescrhJtlon.
What Is a nostrum ? According to
the Standard DIctionary a nostrum Is
un medlclno the COmlJosltion of which
Is lWllt a secret. " Now , when a physl.
clan compounds and dllllienses with
hie own hands a remed ) ' fOl' the treat.
ment of a disease-and It Is Iluthorlta.
tlvoly stated that probahly GO per
cent. of IIIf ph'slclans' prescrlJtlons )
In tllls country are so dispensed-the
names and quantities of the Ingre.
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dlents which conslllute the remetl )
are not made Imown to the Imtlent.
lIenco , slneo Its COlllllosltlon Is IWIlt n. .
secret b the ph'slclan , the remedy or
prescrliitlon Is II1HluC'Btlonahl ) ' , In the
true meaning of the word , a Simon-
pure nostrul11. Furthermore , the llro.
scrIption compoUlHled by the average
physIcian Is moro than 1I1\OIy to be n.
IlerCect jumble-rellieto with thera.
lleutlc , physiologic and chemical In.
compatibilities and bearIng all the ear-
marlts of pharmaceutical Incomlle.
tenc ) ' ; for It Is now genorall ) ' admitted
that unless a ph'slclan has made a
special study of pharmacy and passed
some tlmo In a drug store for the pur-
IJOSe ot gaining a practical knowledge
of modern l mrmacoutical methods ,
110 Is not nttod to compound remedies
for his patlonts , Moreover , a 1111ysl.
cian who comlloumls his own prescriptions -
tions not enl ) ' delrlves ) the pharmacist
or his just emoluments , but ho endan.
gers the lives of plltlents ; for It Is
only by the detection and elimination
ot errors In IlI'escrlptions by clevol' ,
competent prescrlllt10nlsts that the
snCoty or the pUblic can he elYectually
shlolded from the criminal blunders
or Ignorant IJlIyslclill1s.
Nor can It be said that the average
Ilhyslcian Is any maI'o competent to
Cormulate a prescription than he Is to
compound It. When memorized or dl.
rectly copied fl"Om a book of "favorite
Ilrescrlptions hy famous physicians , "
or Cram some text-book or medical
Journal , the prescription may bo all
I that It should he. It Is only when the
: physician Is required to orIginate n. .
tormula on the Spill' of the moment
I that his Incompetency Is distinctly evi-
dent. SecmlnglY , 1I0wovor , the physl.
clans ot the United Slates are lIttle
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I Worse than the n.verao ! Drltlsh physicIan -
cIan ; for wo nnd Dr. James DUrnett ,
) cctlr on Practlc 1 Mlltellla Medica
I autl Pbarml1cy. Edlllhur h , l&mentlng
I In the 11edlcal Magazine th. paslng !
I of the prescription and bemoaning the
tact that seldom docs he find a "final
I man" able to devIse a prescrIption
even In "good contracted Latin. "
I And what , It may be asked , Is the
status of the written prescription-tho
prescrlltlon ) that Is COmlJOuuded and
dispensed by the pharmacist-Is It ,
too , a nostrum ? It may be contended
that the patient , with the written
rormula In his l1Osses810n , may learn
the character of the remedy prescribed -
scribed , So , posslhly , he might If he
understood Latin and Were a physicIan
or a pharmacist , but as he usually possesses -
sesses no IJI'ofcsslonal training amI
cannot read Latin , the prescription Is
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practically a dead secret to him.
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Furthermore , the average prcscrllltion
Is so badly written and so greatly
abbrovlated that even the pharmacist ,
eltllled us he usually Is in decl\lhm'lng \
medical hieroglyphs , Is constantly
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obliged to Interview prescribers to
find out. what actually has been pre-
IIcrlbed. It may also be con ended ,
thnt Inasmuch as the formula Is Imown
to both Ilh'slclan and Ilh:1rmaclst : lhe
prescription Call1lOt there fore be 1\ secret -
cret , But with equal truth It might be
contcnded that the formula of anso. .
called nostrulU Is not a-secret slnco It
Is known to both proprietor und manu-
facturerj for It lIIust not he fOl'gotten
I that , nccordln to 1"l'lIahle authority ,
I 95 IJer Cl'ut , of the Ilroprietors of so-
called \1I\tC'nt \ medicines IlI'clHU'cd In
this country ha 0'0 tlwlr rellledies made
for them hy l : rge , relllltablo mallufac-
turln phal'Inaclsts , But o\'en should
a Ilationt bo able to recognlw : the
names IIC the Insredlcnts meutloncll In
n COl'1IIula ho would onlnow \ half
the stor ' , It is seldolll , for Installce ,
that alcohol Is slleclflcall ) ' mentioned
In n. Ilrescrilltlou , 1'01' It Is usually
mnsl\Cd In the for1ll of tlncturcs anti
i flull1 nxtracts , as are a t'eat 1II1111Y
othel' suhstUU'CR. It Is o\'ldent , there.
fore , that the ol'lllnarr formulated IH'O'
acrllltlol1 Is. to the a 'o' rage patleut , Ill-
tie less than 11 secret I'lHuedy 01' 1I0S'
trum.
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I On the oth < 'r hand , the formulae of
I , .earh' nil the III'OIIl'utary ! nwdlclnes
that are uxploltell exclusl\'el ) ' to the
'medical ' Ilrofession as well as these
of a largo Ilercl'nta o of Iho 11roprle.
tar ) ' romedlC's that am advcl'tlscd to
the public l the so.called patent 1IIC'11\ \ .
cInes ) are IHlbllshl'd III Cull , Under
the 1"0011 and IJrugs Act , o\'er ) ' IIwdl ,
clnal prl'parntloll onterhll ; Interstate
commerce Is 1I0W rcqulrod to hl1\'e the
proportion or Iluantlt ) ' oC alcohol ,
I allium , cocaln allli other habit-form.
Ing or harmCul IngrC'dlonts which It
I may contnln plallll ) ' 1lI'lntt'll Oil the
label. A8 11h'slclans' prescriptions
I
tleldom or never enter Interstale COlli-
I' ' morco the ) ' are practically exe1llpt11I ,
I der the law , A 1111 If It bo lIect'ssary
tor the IllIbllc to Imow the COlllllosl.
I' tlen ot proprlotar ) ' romedlos , as Is
contended by thallI : ) who through Ig.
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I nOlant'o or for In''rt'PIH\r\ ' , , " 1 flreo
ollposlng tlH' flid. ( If n'l I , , ' " . . : . , ,111
l'tI\lIcs , ' 11// , ] ill Il 1/'J' / Cldul'lI 1/1 ( ' , , \ .
, anl fur IlaliclIt" to 1 IIUIl' t1c ( ' 01711'0-
8/1 / im o { tlw rClned1l llrCsrr lJCl1 llV a
1171 lIfl ( ' ( an t nocl' ' ! nny tIIl\tl ( ! perlon he-
lIevo that the oplul1I III 11 l.h . 'Blrlnll'A
prescrlptloll Is IJ"R 11l1l\t or Ips9 IIko.
ly to crt't\tu II drl1Jt , huhlt tltal\ the opl.
In ' ' 1111',1\11\ \ , L9
urn II prollrlel\I' ) ( \ < a
mullcr of { ( I ( 'I , III on ! "lIII1t-ClIll1cls {
( mil co'alll-l1r/lI , < ; haL'l' 1IC(1II lIItlc (
tllrm/lh Ow l'I'lmillol ( ' ( II'r.10'tICSY o {
ignorallt IJhl/sirllll/s / titan ull ( lilY oll/er /
mealls.
Unquostlollnb ! ) ' , tlll'rc a1'O a lIumber
ot proprlelar ) ' remedlcs on the marltot
the lIalt's of which Hhould bo Ilrohlbit.
ed , and no doubt tll ( , . will be when
the reqllirements of the Food ancl
Drugs Act are rigid ! ) ' enforced ; many
are frauds , ) lure und simple , I\f1 some
uro decidedly harmful , Of the aver.
ngo prollr1ctar ' rcmedy , however , It
may trnthfull ) ' he said thnt It Is dls.
tlnctly bottt'l' thall the average 11h'sl.
chms' 11rescrlptlon : for not on1 ' Is Its
composition less BC'rret , but , It Is pro-
IIlred ! for the p1'Oprictor b ) ' r lllltable
1I1anufacturln Ilhartllaclsts In magnlfi.
cently cqullllwd Jahoratorles and un.
dol' the supervlsloll and advlco of abJo
cllC'mlsts , C01l1\lC'tl'lIt \ physicIans and
skl\lCul \ IlharmaciRts , It should not. he
cOlIslderC'r ! stran e , thort'foro , that so
1I1any physicians Ilrefer to proscrIbe
these read"llrelll1red Iu'ollrlotary rem.
mlles rather than tl'ust these oC their
own devIsIng.
JUST THE SAME AS.CURRENC
Third Son Felt He Had Nothing to
Reproach Himself with.
William Knoeptel. oC St , Lonls , hns
Invented and hopes to patent a secret
plowIng method for the cure of bald.
ness. "A genuine cure for ba1dness , "
said Mr. Knoopfel the ether day ,
should make a man very rich , 'Why ,
men grow rich on fake cnres , It Is
amazing , It reall ) ' Is , what takes some
of these cnrcs nre. Yet there's money
In them , " MI' , Knoopfel gave a Joud ,
scornful laugh. "In their eroolwdness
they romlnd me ; " he said , "of Ule
third son of the old eccentric , Per.
haps you have heard the story ? Woll.
n.n old eccentrIc died and leU his fortune -
tune equal y to his three sons , But
the will contained a strange proviso ,
I ach heh' was to place $100 In the
corlln Immedlatoly beCore the Intor-
ment. A Cew days aCter the Interment
the three young men met nnil discuss.
ed the queer ) Jrovlso and Its execu-
tion. "Veil , ' snld the oldest son , 'my
conscience Is clear. I put my hundrcd
In the comn In clean , new notes. ' 'My
conscience Is clear , too , ' said the second -
end son. I put In my hundred In gold. '
'I , too , have nothln" to relroach ) myself -
self with , ' said the third son , 'I had
no cash nt the time , though ; so I
wrote out a check for $300 In poor ,
dear father's name , ) Jlaced It In the
coffin and took In change the $200 In
currency that I found there. ' ' '
PUSHED THE BEAR ASIDJi.
Surveyor Tells of Experience He Does
Not Care to Repeat.
'I'o walk rIght up to a monster bear
and try to shove It out of the way and
then escaJe without so much as a
scratch Is an cXllerlence oC a lifetime.
Harry I Engelbrlsht found It so a few
days ago In DIamond can'on , above
Washington , sars a Nevada City cor.
respondent ot the Sacramento Bee.
The yuung man , son of Congressman
Engelbrlght , has just returnml from
the upper countr ' . where ho has been
doing some sUl've'lng , and relatfs ! his
thrilling eXJerlence ) , It was coming
on dusl" at the close or the da"s work ,
In the brush-lined trail he saw protruding -
truding what he thougllt were the
hind quarters of some stray bovine.
He walked up and gave the brute a
shove , It came to Its haunches with
a snort that made his hair rise and
caused him to heat a hasty retreat ,
The bIg brute 100l\Od around and thee
shutlled 01Y Into the woods , It was
either asleep or else so bus } ' eating
ants fl'om an old lo that It Called to
helll' the ) 'oun sur'o'e'ur. whoso foot-
stulls were deadened b ) ' the thlcl , car.
Ilet of IIlne needles , Later it was
leal'1led that the same bear , a monster
cinnamon. had killed a dog earlier In
the day , The dog ventured too close
alld wIth onu blow or Its lla w the big
heast sent It hm'tlln'lIrds / nwa ) ' ,
deall as a doornail ,
Mnonlfying Choir Leader's Voice.
III the old vllIagn of Bra 'brook In
ol'thllmlltollshlre , Englan , Is a mono
! : It'I' tl'lIl11pot , flvo Hb : Inches In length ,
and having It hell.shapt. ( lnd two feet
one Inch In dlamotcr , The trull1llCt Is
lIIalio UII of ten rings , which In turn
rore lIIade UII of smallt'I' parts , The
nse of thl2 trnIl1IJet-oul ' fonl' of the
Ihlll are Imowl1 to t'xlst at the IIresont
day-was tu U\agnlf ' tile \'olce of the
leader In the choir and sumlllon the
IICOIJlo to the church se/\'II' ( , At the
\Jresl.1It \ tlmo neltlWl' thc choir nor
lllo sOl'\'lco In III necd of th : ; ; l'xll'aol"
clln:1/'y "musical Instrument , " but the
vicar of the chlll'ch lake ! ; ! care of the
ancien t relic and Is COIul uf bhowlng It
10 ull visitors ,
Painfully EXi1ct.
A Xew I nglunll ml1n tolls of a Ilros.
IH/'OUS COllnecticut rl1rll\'I' \ , lIalnfully
exact In mono ) ' matters , who married
IL widow of Gl'l'ellwlch IJOSsI.8.1lng ! In
lIer own right the 8UIII or $10,000 ,
hortl ) ' artjr the \ eldlng ( u friend met
tllf' fu'Ulm' : , to whom lit' oft''I'cd con.
l ratulatlons , at thu same time obse1'\ "
Ing : " ! t'i a good thing' for rou ,
Malnchl , 11 murrlu u that mC'ans $10"
000 to you , " " = 'lot IJUItI' thnt. Bill , "
said the farm 01' , "not CJultt' that , "
"Wh ) ' , " oxclnlmc thu fl'lend. "I under.
l > itood there was uvur ' eellt of $10,000
In It for ) 'ou ! " "I had to lJn ) ' $2 tlr J
mllrl'lage license , " said llllnehl.
. . . . . , . ,
J
TIMES.- ' /
AFFLICTED ONLY AT . :
Good Reason for Capt. Bascomb'o In .
termlttent HearIng.
I
When Cupt. nmb hml left his
old frIend , Callt. Somers , nnd the now
school teucber sitting on the south
: lOrcb , and had tllsalllearCll ( down the
road , the young womnn spolto of him
wIth Bomo curIosIty.
"I untlerstancl Cram Mrs. Dascol1lb
that her husband was very deur , 'al.
most stonc-deaf , ' she told 11Ie , I'm
Bure , " saltl the school tencher. "But.
ho seemed to henr nil we said wIth
perfect ease. "
Cnpt , Somers leaned toward hel'
and spolta In a low , caullouB tone , al.
though there was no eavesdropper to
hear him.
"Don't lot Mis' llascomb know It , "
bo salll , hurrIedly. "Ho docs seem
to henr pretty well when slle ain't
rouml , but llono of us folkll ever let
on to lwr. Sho's a good womnn as
ever lived , but a most tremendous
bossoI' and an overlaslln' talker , All'
we nil think that Gersh llascomlJ he-
gun to real1zo ten ) 'earB ago thnt If
lw didn't want to ho hal'rled right off'n
the face 0' the earth , the thing fol'
him to do was to grow dtef , grotlual ,
but steady-an' ho's done It , to all
Intents an' IHlflJOSCS , ma'am ! " - . :
Youth's Companion.
1
The Manchester canal was built at
II. cost of $75,000,000 to reduce freight
rates for n dIstance of 35 miles , and ,
whllo it did not provo a good Intor.
cst bearIng Investment on such n. .
largo expendIture , Its IndIrect and
more permanent benefits are said to-
have warranted ft ,
Germany has 3,000 miles or canal ,
carefully maintained , besides 7,000
miles or other watorwar. : Ii'rance ,
with an area loss than we would con.
sIder a largo state , has 3,000 miles of
canl\l : and In the northern part ,
where the canals are most numerous ,
the railways are more prosperous.
Enslanll , Germany , : z. ranco , I1011nnd
and Delglum are all contemplallng'
fllrthm' extension and Improvement or
their canal systems-Century J\Iaga. \ .
zinc.
zinc.'A
'A Country Marvel ,
The mUe fresh air boy , was com.
Cortably' quartered In a farm house
near the salt water for his summer's
oullng , The first day he stroJled down
the road to the marshes and 110 stared
In astonishment at the cat-tails grow.
Ing there. Then turning around to a
native of the place who was nccom.
pan'lng hIm he said : "Gosh ; I didn't , {
know that sausages grow on sticks , " , " ,
A Big L..ser.
Mrs , Myles-I see the 24.year-old
son of II. London dry goods man Is a " ' -
bankrupt , having managed to get rid " '
of $2,100,000 slnco he came ot age ,
Mrs , Stylos-oh , well , boys will be
boys !
Mrs , Mylm1-Well , this loolis as if
a boy hlld an ambllfon to be a
lurid , . 1fhl player.
One to Reckon With.
'rhere'lt a little girl who gave hCI'
folks a shock the other day.
"Ma , I want a bathing suit , " she
. .
"
said ,
,
"You shan't have any. " ma replied ,
"Then I'll go bathing without 01113. "
The bathing suit matter Is now be.
Ing nrbltrated ,
Cause for Resentment.
London Punch suggests as reason
for Hahmll's hatred for Call 1\1cLean
that It was the latter who Introduced
bagptles ! In 1\Iorocco ,
Let the nobleness ot your mind Impel -
pel you to Its Improvement.-I1owarcl. '
JIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIJlIIIIIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIll ! ! IIIIIIIHl/I / "
\ (
FOOD
FACTS
i Grape.Nuts " I
FOOD
I
A Body Balance _
People hesitate at the statement that
the famous food , GralJe.Nuts , yields as
nH1'h nourishment from ono (10111111 as
can he absorhed by the system from
tC'n IllIunds of meat , hreud , wheat or
oats , Ten pounds of meut might con.
taln more nourishment than one 11011I111
of Grupe--uts : , but not in shqlO : that
the s'stem will absorb as 1:1I'gl a pro.
llOrtion of , as the hody CUI : lalw Ill' . . . . . . . . .
f\"Om \ one ) lound of GruJe-Nuts ) ,
This food contains the selccted parts
of wheat and barley which arc lIre.
11Il1't'd and by natural meanH preH. (
gested. tmnsformed Into a form of
sugar. rel11ly for Immediate asslmlla. \ _ _ .
lion , People In all lunts of the world
. the \'ulue of .
tesltr to \ Gralw-Nuts.
A fo , ml1ll suys : "I have gained ton
pOllnds on GI-ulle-Xut : > food , ' } call
truly 1'C''ommeIHl It to thin Ilcople. " ,
He had beclI eating mcat , hl'C'ad , etc"
right along , hut there was no ten
\1II111111s \ of added ilesh until Grulle-Nuts
food was used ,
Onl' curious fenture reg a 1'1111\ I ; trl\e
health Coed Is that Its use will n'duco
the weight ot a cOl'llulent ] Im'son with
unhealthy llesh , and will add to the
wC'lght of a thlll IIor50n not ] 11'01101'1) '
nourished , 'I'hul'o Is a h1ll1llanco of
e\'ldello to pl'O\'e this ,
Gr:1pe-Xuts : balances the body In a. .
cU1Il11t Ion of tl'UO health , Scientific so.
lectlon of ( oed clements malws Grape.
Xuts gooll and valuable. Its'dellclous
ila'm' anti IlowJI'Cul nomlshlng prop.
f'l'tleti ha vo made frlcI1118 that 111
tllrn ha\'o made Grallc-Nllts famolls.
" ' 1'hOI'l"S u IttmSoll , " Hrod "The Hoall . . .
to Wollvllle , " In II'IS , .J. . . .