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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1908)
- ( USTrR COUNT' ( REPUBLICAN By D. M. AMOBERRV DROImN DOW , . . NEDRASIu' . ! American Progrelll , The dellartment of cOlr.morco nnc\ labor hns just Issued a IJ\lbllcaUon en , UUod "Statlstlcnl Rccord of the ProJ ; ' ress of the United Stntes , l800.1D07 , " whlrh furnishes a gront deal of timely I nml highly suggestlvo Information. Il Is shown In this worle how the country has advanced In materhtl things , nml nn especially Interestlns pnrt of the exhibit Is thnt which relates to the i llnanclnl progrcss since ISD7. Il np. ' pears thnt on .July 1 , ID07 , there WIlS In circulation In the United states the Bum of $2,773,000,000 , against $2,736" 000,000 In July , ID06 , nnd $1,610,00g"t)00 " ) In ISD7. In total banle dOlloslts the ahowlng was $13OOO,001r,000 In 1D07 , ngalnst $6,000,000,000 In 18D7. This Is 'n presentation which IIt'OVOS llOw the circulation und the bank doposlts have leept pace with the growing needs of IJ\1slnes8 and have 1l1ustruted the gon. ernl lll'ospority of the country , says the 'froy ( N. y , ) 'flmes. And the llrogress Is I1Iwly to bb accelornted by the stells recently talwn to uffol'l1 needed flnnncial facilities. Prosperity and West Point. The llresent shortage of 70 01' moro In the authorized at.rength of the cal1et corps at West l'olnt Is not ox. lliained by the superlntenl10nt nB duo entirely to the severity of the entrance oxnmlnatlons. 'fhero hns been In reo cent 'ears nn Incroaslng number of apllolntees who hnvo fallod to report Ilt the ncndemy for tholr exnmlnntlons , In this 'ear's new class thb number reaching 7D. The 'nverngo boy's burn. Jng deslro to bo n soldlor , particularly nn otIlcor , nppears to ltavo been cor. 1'upted by the "commorclalltnn" ot our times , according to the army view , for the sU1lerintendent ofVest Point 1'0 , marks : "It Is bolloved that the moro lucrative pursuits nnd greater fields for promotion of 1)1'lvnto lIfo are dl. vortlng young men from these careers of sm ll pay and slow promotion In our country's servlco. " 'l'hus pros , porlty has hit both ends of the a.rmy -tho academy and the recruiting of. fice. n Is the 01llnlon of Dr. llIrsch that children nro entitled to fuh'y tales 'fhey are one of the pleasurcs of 'outJ : which stern old peoilio trying to ratse them by rules shou1l1 not take fron I them. The old people shouldn't bo se Imrtlcular anyway. ' 1'hcy lIke fain tales themselves. The young woma ! who , Urlng of htJr job ot scrubbing tlll back stall'S , tUntS shopllftor and thol tolls n tale of n mllllonalro lmpn , trJI Jceep the grown.ups open.mouthed ani calling tor moro , until some ono tele graphs the sad neWs to 111nnd findl that ho doesn't exist or thatlf he doe I h6 Is Imylng teller In a IIvory stabll nnd hIlS lost Interest In his charmhll daughter alnco she rnn away with UII actor man , Can 'ou blame the lItlll chllilren for crying (01' marvels ? Pi waxes fat on them , tnlclng thom al In and saying , "Wh t a Illty that on so fall' nnd well rnlsed shoull1 Imv como to this ! " Liberia has Intely lost nominal cor trol of part of the torrltory ever whlc' ' the congress of the black republic wa supposed to oxorclso soverolgnty. , new treaty with Franco has been nl gotlated , delimiting the boundaries ( the republlc's country to the advm tage ot France. fl'ho l"rench Insh tbat In vlow of the Ignornnco of th natives In the Intorlor of the exlstonc of any Independent government on UI coast , It Is not encroachment on an II dependent power for the French 1 Imsh tholr boundaries seaward. Ii Liberia Is an Independent pOW01. , U protection of Its torrltory Is n mattl for Its government , and not for ou siders. Amorlcan Crlends of the cou : try may regret that tbe experiment I Betting up a negro republic has nt been more successful , but they mu face the facts. . Here comes n correspondent wI undertnkes to show that Dr. Holml didn't originate the tlUe ot the J ! Jantlo MonthlY , but that It was be rowed from another magazine whle bol'o thnt name a quarter ot a ce tury oarllor , anl1 which lived and dll Jn Now York. Whether Dr. Helm originated the name or not , there not much doubt , snys the Doston III aId , thnt he selected It for the Doste publlcnUon nnd that his solecllon w. . , duly ncknowledged by the proprleto ot the magazine. 1Jesldes , Jt furnlshl tbo occllSlon for the perpetrntlon vno of Dr. Holmes' best puns. r rude Iconoclast can deprlv his mel ory at that proud distinction. - To the chronic Investor In wlldc mining scllomes who expects 20 11 cent. on Ills money every ether wel the three per cent. a 'ear olTored 1 Uncle Sam looles small. 'fhat hOlel ( belns wonders why Morgan and t French banleers snap nt lean bait this sort. The Del i s a'pparent1y struck 0 for aerlfl 1111.vlgatJon , but It Is to hoped that It will bo Jens 'boforo 1 ltll.ve "alrr nll.vloa bqttllnc In the c ( -tral blue. " , .h , . " , , " , - . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' - - - - A Wise Choice One 01 the Twelve Stories or Solomon. BY THE "HlGIIWAY AND DYWAY" I'REACIIEI\ . ( oOP7r1l1bt. n07. br the Author , W.S. Kdaoa. ) Scrlpturo Authorltr.1 Kinga , a : t.l ( . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ) . * * * * * * * * * ; SERMONETTE. : "The fear of the Lord 10 the beginning of wIGdom. " . : ; : Sacred and profane history II- can produce exampleD which ab. : . solutely prove the truth of this : declaration. : 'Tho fear of God Is the open JI. : door to the Dure , oafo pathway of : JI. God.glven wisdom which leado JI. : unerringly through the maze of : . . human life and conditions nnd : ; : lands the soul at last on the com. mandlng heights of God's cer. : : talnty. JI. . Humnn wisdom at best Is but : ; partIal wlGdom. . . : It has Ito IImltationo Inflexibly * JI. determined by the finite. : It can but partially grasp and : : If. understand the complex circum. J # . otances and conditions of the 11- present , and ao for the future , JI. : what can man do but guess ? : . How pitiably circumscribed Is J1 # . : : the life which has only human : 11- wisdom on which to rely. 11- : But it Is not 00 where the wlo. : 11- dam of God unlteo with the wlo. : : dam of man , for the wisdom of . 11Got not only understands all the : : mysteries and perplexities of the J # . t life of the present , but It seeo : . . with unerring vision Into the . : future and knows the end from 110 the beginning. Hence It Is thOit : the one who walks In the wis. : IIdam of God shall not err In vis. If. : Ion or stumble In Judgment. : J # . Solomon wau richly endowed J1. : with human wisdom. Naturally : he had a keen and discerning 0\1- : mind , and traIned , as undoubted. : Iy he had been , In all the learn. JI. : Ing of the cast , he was splendid. ) $ . Iy equipped from the human : point of view to direct wisely J1. J1 # . and well the affairs of a king. : : dam , but all thlo did not blind JI. 11his heart to the fact. that he needed God more .than anything . * else. J1 # . We know this because Scrip. 11- ' ture'tells us that "Solomon loved " . . the Lord , walltlng In the otatutea J # . of David his father. " Here , 11- then , we dlacover the secret of Solomon's wisdom and great. ) $ JI. ness 'and power. He loved God . : and GO feared God , for this , sec. 11ond condition 10 but the coral. 1 : lary of the first. Love of God Jt. Inevltnbly leado to Godly fear. : : The one flndo Its expression nnd JI. , . 11Its complement In the other. : : Fear of God then was : the begin. . J # . nlng of Solomon's wisdom. : : There Is no more beautiful ; , . 110 picture In all the Bible than this one of the fair young king hum. ) # 11bly bowing before God , and ask. : Ing for divine help In directing n. the affairs of the kln'gdom. Read II : It. Solomon's prayer and God's an. > I e Z : swer are a sermon In themselves. o THE STORY. WORLD conquest ! Wh ' not ? A King Solomon nslted hlmselt UII question. A vision of greatness anc power hll.d . con1o to him , ti vision 0 ono Bceptor ave I' all tbe world nnd tha Baeptor his , n vision of conquest of till nations to the cast and the west of 'bl kit1gl1om , nnd bo the trlumphmit COIl queror. Donnlah , the eaptnln of the bests 0 Isrll.el . , I1n been the first to sugges tbo thought to him when the formo hnd urged an oxpoilltion ngalns Rozon , wbo was then ruling at Damal CUB , nnd who wno to bo feared bl cause of the enmity which ho bor King David. Solomon well remen bored the stirring cnmpnlgn of his f ! ther which had made of Hezon anII rolentlng onem ' . The latter had bee one of the JJhlef warrlot's of Hadl dezer , Icing of Zobnh , and had esca11e with a comvany ot men when Davl hnd conquered the land anti had Idlle 10 Hadadozer. At that time Rozon hn es sworn to bo revenged upon Kin .t. David , but the opportunity had III II" come , anti , Denalah , thinking till 'h Rczoq might lllan nn OXllodltia " ngll.lnst . the new king , Solomon , PI" n- posed tbll.t . the armies of Israel PI" d ceod against him. es And as an outgrowth of the su Is gostel1 camlmlgn had come the bron . )1' er vision of It world conquest. WI JU stop at the conquest over RezoD nsVhy not extend the borders of Isra rs to the \'ery ends of the earth ? WI eti not slgnallzo the beginning ot h o ( rolgn with a brilliant serl s of ml ' :0 tary expedl lens , such as had marl\ ( . the first 'oars' rule of the Idngs : n. oUler Ian d s I n fOl'mer nges ? King David , his father , hnd' Jell hi at n strong army , which was ulreal er Coared by all t110 nations about , nml el ( was but natural that ho shoulti be III bltlous to have Its powers furthcr e by ' tended. And whore was there n 11 . u I tlon thll.t . had sueh u mighty warrior ; It e was llenalah ? Had not the fanlO of his deede gene abroad , so that It w Imown everywhere how ho had III In slngle.handod combat and had sla no two 1I0n.lIke men of Moab ? And w be , It not also 1m own how ho hnd go : .vo . down In the time of snow and hi m. slain In Its lair a fierce lion , whl , hll.l1 torrorlzed the ontlre ( 'ourt . . . , . . roul1l1 ntHI hnd lle lro 'cll nol onty sheOl1 ntHt cattle hut women and chll. dron as wIJlI ? And then the EI"yptinns had good reason to know of the mighty Henalah , for had ho not slain their trongestwarrior , nCter n des. perato com hat , his only weapon being his slaft , whllo the Egyptian Was armed with /twoI'd / and spear ? With ouch a leader and with n.n Imy : which had not lenown defeat for 'carR , where WIlS the fee which could stand up ngalnst It ? Where wns the nation whlr1h could not be conquered ? Such were the fluestlons whleh came to the mind of the young King Solo. mon after Donalah h\d proposed the expel1lt1on ngalnst Uezon , nnd. the vision of worll1.wlde conquest opened ' up hofore him. "Belter sonl1 for Nathan the 1)1'0' phot ILnlf Zallole the high llrlest , and tall ( It o'er 'with thom , " came the thought , which hrought n temporary check to the glow of enthusiasm which thrilled his being as ho had pictured all the magnlficenco nnd glory and power which would bo his when ho had brought the whole world at his oL I "But why talk with lhem ? " he im. patiently ojaculated. "If it were 0. question as to the rollglous ob. servancos , 01' illo Jaws of the nntlon it woulll bo well , but what Jenow they about war ! lnd conquest ? " And turning with an 0.11' of decision , as though that l1nttor waa settled and out of the way , ho summoned ono of the servants nnd dlspatchel1 him with n message to Denalah and the other chief warriors of Israel that they should moet him In conorenco that dny o.t the palace , "Cor , " said he to himself , "wo must needs Jose no Umo , for so "ast nn expedition w111 roqulro long and careful proparatlon. " As may well bo supposed , Denalo.h and the ether otIlcers ot the army were highly pleased at the promise ot such oxtenslvo military operations , and the netlve worle of preparing tor the expedition soon aroused unusual Interest and enUmslasm throughout the Itlngdom. Not n 'Word of com. monlation ! or of condomnntlon had como to the Itlng from either Nathau or Zadok , although Solomon lenew that they must have heard of the plans. Dut ho ( elt ratIler rolleved and glal1 that they hnd not sought him out , ( or ho did not care to go Into too deep an analysis of the motives and desires which actuated him In seeltlng n world conquest. Somehow , ho felt that It would not meet their approvnl , and he was glal1 ho did not have to answer uncomfortable questions nnd enter into long explanll.tlons . as to his 111ans , " ut .ou must have God with you If 'our plans are to be n success , " came the voice at consclenco from within , for Solomoo. loyed the Lord , and desired to do till that the Lord re. qulrel1. "YeA , " Solomon persuaded hlmselt , "but would It not bo to the honor amI glory of God to bring all lclngdoms and all nations under the dominion of the nation whoso God Is the Lord ? I will hold sacrlficos at Glbeon and all the nation shall know that the Lord Is with me In this thing. " So saying , King Solomon gave orders - ders that ZlI.dok . prepare tor the ser. vices , nnd on the appointed . day ho wont thither , with all his cou.rtlers and the chief mon of his arm ' , that the ' might worship. Day after dny the _ remonles continued until at last a lousand burnt offerings had been sacrificed - rificed upon the high placo. During all those days of worship and servlco the 1ICart of the young king had been slngularl ) ' touched and stirred , and there had como to hlm.n now reallza. tlon of the need of nnd dependence upon God. Ho had come to Glbeon filled with the great ambition to send his armies out Into the world and extend - tend his scepter to every nation , and one day when the question had arisen I- In his heart whether ho was willing to glvo up that ambition If God was not wltJi him In the plan , a fierce , 1m. patient spirit had solzed him , nnd the impulse was strong upon him to forth , with lenve Glbeou and plunge hend. long Into the completing o ( the plans ' . . of the eX110tUtion. "Dut would you attempt to conquer the world while 'et 'ou cannot rul ( .our own slllrlt ? " came the "olco from within. "tJ.rlth sudden horror nnd all Inner re vulalon of feeling , Solomon reallzet the awful crisis which tnced his lIfo Wns ho rendY for a world conquesl whllo yet he had failed to conquer hI ! own heart'l Was ho ready to rull over the \Vorll1 , while 'et ho ball nol proved that ho could rule rlghteousl3 ever the nation which had chosen hln ns Icing ? \ With these questions uppermost II his mind , while 'et ho wns shaping answer swor to them , ho sought his couch UlIl night , and In a dream thought GOI spoke to Mm , nsttlng him what bt should glvo to him. It was 0.11 so real thll.t . during all tIll .elt.rs which fonowed Solomon nove questioned but that God had vlsltel hlrIn ( person nnd had given him Ul' ' promise of his blosslng because ho hal chosen the wisdom \111l1erstnnl1ln , of God rather thnn nll the Itlngdoms 0 the enrth. And moro than once , a the borders of his lc1ngdom extende m nnd riches amI honor nnd 110WO l ' . 110wed unto him , did he exclaim It "Verll ) ' , the Lord hath kept his wor , u. nml hath given not only wisdom , bu 'x. ' all else besides. " . ; a. I1S Good Idea l Berlin. of Houses In Herlln al'o numbered' I RS luminous IH\lnt. cl - In Mouse Has Short Life. RS A mouse seldom lives longer tlm l1e three years. i1l1 " . . oh Where China Is First. n' . Chinn bas tbo lowest t x rate. . . . . . . . , . , , . . . , . . . 7lJJ@ DJtY , ( fJT . ' 'l1lJv DRYS .rb.11t . - - = - - - - I ' . . ' , j ; 1 : < < ; ; ' . ' 1 ' : ' = - - - - 7 OHlj ; .D. LONe , PRE/c1..QJPI"2" rofA.Z ; ' ' cYOC7.lt'Y DBcYiZNZUCC ; . A Y of the "Drys , " Indeed ! Wo are not going to try to explain the 1'0- marlmblo wave of temperance which Is sweoplng the countr ' ; wo are not. going to try and lJOlnt o t the Individuals or the soclotles to whom credit Is due for " 'HIf' "AUI" 'HI _ , . . . . the victories over : : TI : : ' : : ' : : ' , , : : Kin g Alcohol ; . . . . ' " 'HI " "If' . " " . . neither are we goIng - : : : : : " . : : : ' : : : : = Ing to attempt to prel1lct where the reform movement will stop nor how lasting its elTect will be , Wo are just slmpl ' going to present some of the remarle. able facts as they actually exist , and tell as Interostlng a story as Is posslblo concerning the present conditions of lhls temperance movement. As the temperance work. rss would put It , they are cleaning up the map f the United States and malting It look white. There nro five great big whlto spots which stand out 1I1w bencon lights , North Dalwta , Kansas , Oldahoma , Georgia and 1\Ialne 'are wholly within the prohibition camp , and all the rest ot the s telJ except a western tier-Montana on the north and Arizona and New Mexico on the south , with Idaho and " \Vyomlng , Noynda , Utah and Colorado sanl1 , wlched In between-are mnrchlng un , del' some form of local option banner which means that these stntes arc more or less dry , In many cases more mther than less. In fact , In the south , the local option standard means IH'ac' tlcally prohibition in most of the states. In the south , where prohibition hm spreall 1I1eo a tidal wayo , the chlel rcason has been the determination 01 the whites to suppress negro lawless ness. A majority of the crimes 0' ' YloleI.1ce which have resulted In lynch Ings have been Induced by drink , anl It was argued that If liquor bo placee I beyond the reach of the negro It woull be n. more effective way of restralnlnf his brutal and crhnlnal Instincts thar i any number of Irnchlngs. Tilero are now five prohlbltlol states-Maine , Georgia , North Dalwta I Kansas and Oltlahoma , In eight statei and terl'ltorles-Montnna , Idaho , " \Vy . omlng , Nevada , Utah , Colorado , Al'l zona and New 1\Iedco-saloons \ : are 11 censed with \'lrtual1 ' no restrictions although some of these have recentl : passed Sunday closing laws. In all thl other states there Is some to I'm 0 . locnl option. In nearly' these loca ] option states the "dry" territory ha been steadllr Increnslng tor the las ten years , In the south as a whole I has doubled ; in Texas It has tripled In Kentuclty It has sprend so wldel : that the llredlctlon Is confidently mad thll.t . within three years the state wll 1 take Its place beside Georgia in th . prohibition column. To.day 97 out c the 119 counties of Kentuclty ar wholl ' "dr . , " and of the remalnde only tour are wholly "wet. " Thl seems an extraordinary condition fc KontueltY , the home of bluo.graE whislty , the state In which $100,000,00 Is Invested In distilleries. Stepping over the border Into To ] neSBeo 'ou ca not get n drink an : where except In the cities of Memphl Nash'lllo : md Chattnnooga , nnd loolts ns if Tennessee would race 1\e : : tucley to got Into the . ranles f proll bltlon stntes , : Georgia became n prohibition stal c1 on New Year's da ' , and the la It Is so drastic thnt wino cannot be USI nt 'communion sOl'vlces In churche nor nan druggists sell any Corm liquor except IHiro alcol101. n In Alabama 76 pOl' cent. of the sta W dry under n county option Inw. In Mississippi 6S out o ( 7fi counti are already dr ) ' , and n stll.to . 111'01 n hltlon cat111mlgn Is being waged wi . o\'or ' 11rosl1ect o ( suc ess. Florida 1ms 3,1 out ot Its 47 countl dr ) ' , and GoDrownrd Is actively er Ing n campaign Cor state prohibition. South Carolina recently repealed Its famous dispensary law and substituted local option by counties. A movement for stll.te prohibition lias just starte 1 , and 17 out ot 41 counties have voted for 110 saloons. A large. percentage of North Cnrolhlll has no saloons nnd the the prohibition cnmpalgn Is active. Virginia has 72 dry counties out of 118. West Vlrglnln has 30 out of 65 , o.nd Gov. Dawson Is actively fighting the liquor traffic. Fourteen of Mar 'land's 23 counties are dry ; In Delaware the election last month resulted In about half the towns going drr. Louisiana has 18 dry parishes and parts of others are also dry , and It Is Illegal to solicit orders for liquor In an . of the dry districts. Arlmnsas has 60 out of 7G counties dry nnd many dry towns In the others. Missouri's local.optlon law has made H of her 115 counties abolish snloons. Sunday closing ven In St. Louis Is rigorously enforced. 'l'exas Is ono of the most notable examples of the revolution , ( or 147 counties nro absolutely dry , fi3 are partly dry nd only 47 are totally wet. The sale ' f liquor on dining cars Is forbidden - bidden , and n. trnveler on a train may . I not even drlnlc . from his own fiask. Oldahom'a has just aeJopted" con. I stltutlon that forbids the sale of liquor. I Knnsas Is a prohibition state , and 1 the last of the "speak-easy ! ' saloons I has just been suppressed by popular I opinion. Nebraslta has local option b ' vll. , lages and cities ; 400 are dry , 600 wet. South Dakota Is about one.quarter dry. North DaltOtn has been a prohibition state so long that In some of the I cgllntles there no jails. I Minnesota has 123 dry towns and , rigid Sunday closing. . Iowa , once n prohibition state , bas I 65 out of 9D cotll1t1es dry and 11 other counties have only one saloon each. Wisconsin has 650 dyy towns. MichIgan - Igan , under a county option law , has only one dry county. A prohibition wave Is rolling through Illinois ; eight counties nre totally dn' , while six allow snloons In only n few precincts. Six hundred and eighty f Indiana's 1,016 townships are dry , and the tem , perance people expect to Increase the 1 license fee to $ lOQO. In Ohio 1,1-10 out of 1,376 townships 1 are dry and 60 per cent. of the munl. clpalltles. Ponns 'lvanln seems little affected by the temperance wave , but there 113 one dry county. New Jersey has no local option , bnt has recently begun n vigorous closln of saloons on Sundars. New York has township option , un. del' which 602 towns In the state haY < no saloons , Only 24 towns In Vermont allo" liquor to be sold. New Hampshire 11 nominally n prohibition state , but onh ; 62 per cent. of the population lives It y really dry territory. Massachusettl o bas 250 dry and 100 wet towns. Con II nectlcut hns 96 dry towns out of 176 e II.nd every saloon must be run by It : If actual owner. About halt Rhode Isl e and Is dry. Ir In Colorado , Now Mexico and At'l s zona the Anti-Saloon league hnl started that has alrond II' n campnlgn : IS resulted In the passngo o ( a local optlm 10 law In the first.mentloned' stato. II Montana , Idaho , 'Vyomlng nnd Utal ] although the saloons run about ns the ; 111m , they are beginning to realize tha sentiment Is changing. The 1\Iormo : church Is fighting them , and the tel1' peranco people have nlready pel suaded Idnho to adopt n Sunda closing Inw. On the Pacific slope Callfornlo. ha four dry counties alld much dry torr tory III the . others , whllo In Oregon 1 countles.'nro dry nnl1 170 munlelpal ISi ties' In the 21 wet counties are nls a dry. Wnshlngton has only fiO dr towns. to Sucr.eedB Carl Schurz. es II. W. Putnam , of the 1Iarvnrd claE III. 'of 1869 , was ole.ctod president of th th Germanic Museum nssoclutlon of 1111. . vard at a recent mootIng of the n os soclatlon , in place at Carl , Schurz , d' ' Ld. c9asod. . FIVE MONTHS IN HOSPITALI . - ' " ' " Discharged Because Doctol'S Could Not "f' . Cure. , Lovl P. Droclrnay , S. Seconl1 Avo. , Anntm. 1\Ilnn. . RIl'\'R : "Artor 1..lnJr _ : tOJ un _ , . . . . . . . . . , _ _ . _ . _ . _ five months In n hospital - pital I was dls. chnrged as Incurable , r . nnd given only six , months to lIvo. My heart was affected , I had mot h 0 r1 n g spells , and somo. times foB un con. selolls. I got so I couldn't use my arms oyeslght , - . . , . my . . was Impaired amI the Jtll1l10Y secre. tlons were blll1ly dlsordored. I waa completely worn out and dlscouragell when 1 began using Doan's Kidney Pills , but they wellt right to the cause of the trouble and did their work well. , I have been feeling wen ever since. " . S01l1 by aU dealers. 60 cents a box : ' Fostor.Mllburn Co. , Duffalo , N. Y. IMPORTANCE OF THE COMMA. Getting Punctuation Mark In Wrong Place May Cause Trouble. - " "Somo Inwsults of the highest importance - portance have hinged upon the right placing of a comma , " said JUdge F. C. Downing of st. Louis. "When I first stnrted to practlco law a MissourI edtor came to mo In n. pecic of trouble to defend him ' against n threatened tlbel suit gl'ow. Ing out of faulty punctuation. lIe bad not mennt to give sarno Innocent young 'woman tbe sUghtest offense when ho wrote a story about 'two ) 'oung men who went with their girls . . to attend a lecture and after ther left , thJ girls got drunle. ' Putting that mls. - ! erable llttlo commn out of its right I place did the work , as It made the girls the ones who became Inebriated Instead of their escorls. managed . , by proper diplomacy and the publlcn. - tlon of n neat apology to tavo off , , ; " . : , the damage suits , and afterward my , : , : , ; , ' , edltcrlal friend became nn expert on 0 . . . : , punctuation. " . ,0 { THE DIPLOMAT. 1"- - . . 1"c. c. t ' , . 't I t j Governess-Who was the wisest ' man ? Tommy-Solomon. Governess-And who was the wisest ' ? 'woman . Tommy-'WeB-er-lt's either .OU or ma , I can't make up my mind which. SUFFERED TW NTY-FIVE YEARS. . With Eczema-Her Limb Peeled and Foot Was Raw-Thought Amputa. _ tlon Was Necessary-Believes Life Saved by Cutlcura. , - "I have been treated b ) ' doctors for twonty.five years for a bad case of . eczema on my Jeg. They did their best , ,0 but failed to cure It. My doctor had 1 advised me to have my leg cut off. At this time my leg was peeled from the knee , my foot was like a piece ot raw fiesh , and I had to walle on crutches. I bought a set of Cutlcum Remedies. Arter the first two treatments the I swelllng went down , and In two I months my l g was eured and the now skin eamo on. 'fhe doctor was sur. prlsed and said that ho would use Cutlcura for his own patients. I have now been cured over seven years , and bOut for the Cutlcura Remedies I I I might have Jest my life.Irs , J. D. Renaud , 277Ientana St. , Montreal , Que" Feb. 20 , 1907. " Lifo Is to bo fortified with many f1'1endshlps , To love and to bo loved is the greatest happiness or existence. 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