BfiQKAGHE AND DIZZINESS ,
Moat of the Ailments Peculiar to tha
Female Sex are Due to Catarrh
9f Pelvic Organs.
9
MRS. M. BRICKNER
99 Eleventh Street , \
Milwaukee , TV7s. j
"A sftorf time ago I found my con
dition very serious , I had headaches ,
pains in the back , and frequent dizzy
spells which grew worse every month.
I tried two remedies before Peruna ,
and was discouraged when I took
the first dose , but my courage soon
returned. la less than two months
my health was restored.Mrs. . M.
Brickner.
The reason of so many failures to
cure cases similar to the above is the
FEMALE fact that diseases
TROUBLE
peculiar to the
NOT RECOGMZED
female sex are
AS CATARRH not commouly
recognized as being caused by catararh.
Catarrh of one organ is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ.
What will cure catarrh of the head will
also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs.
Peruna cures these cases simply because
it cures the catarrh.
If you have catarrh write at once to
Dr. Hnrtman , giving a full statement of
your case , and lie will be pleased to give
you his valuable advice gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman , President of
The Hartmau Sanitarium , Columbus. O.
SALARIES OF TEACHERS.
Observations Made by Dr. "Winshlp
on His Western Trip.
Dr. A. E. AViuship , editor of the
Journal of Education , recently return
ed from a trip of 9,000 miles , during
.vclilch he went to the Pacific coast , ob
serving the progress of the movement
for the higher pay of schoolteachers.
According to Dr. Winship's conclu
sions , as summarized by the New
York Post , the highest salaries in the
.world for teachers are paid by New
York City. Boston stands well , and so
do the wealthy suburbs around the
city. Philadelphia has been very low ,
compared with New York and Boston.
Nevada and California stand highest
among the states , although the abnor
mal conditions in Nevada are not likely
to last. A California law requires that
teachers be paid at least $43 a month ,
and few receive less than $03. One
cause of the 'general upward trend in
salaries observed by Dr. Winship is
the unusual scarcity of teachers , but
other causes must be taken into ac
count "One is the higher cost of liv
ing. Teachers have not secured by
any means their share of the advance
in the rewards of work , compared with
almost any other occupation , and the
reasonableness of their demand is gen
erally recognized. One cause of the
upward movement in salaries and the
advance in the standing of the pro
fession is the passage of laws in many
states insisting upon higher qualifica
tions. Under these laws the poorer
teachers have been weeded out and
higher wages have been demanded by
those qualified to fill the vacancies. In
nearly all instances of advance of sala
ries the action has been by municipal
authorities. State action has been
rare. "
I find Piso's Cure for Consumption the
best medicine for croupy children. Mrs.
F. Callahan , 114 Hall street , Parkersburg -
burg , W. Va. , April 10 , 1901.
As Defined.
"Say , pa , " queried little Johnny Bum-
pernickle , "what's a light-weight boxer ? "
"A light-weight boxer , my son. is a
man who is emraged in crating straw
berries , " replied the old gentleman.
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teething ; Boftoni the enp , reduce * inflammation , fcl
but pain , cores wind colic. 23 oenu a botUa.
Arrangements have been made for tel
ephonic communication between various
towns of Lancashire and France.
French legislative sanction is awaited.
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IGNORANT OF GREAT EVENTS.
French Army Conscripts Kno-w Little
About National AfFairn.
i Compulsory free elementary educa
tion Ijaving been established in France
in 1SS2 , writes a Paris correspondent
of the London Standard , the conscripts
drafted into the army , and "born one
year , or at least two , before that date ,
have , without Exception , passed
through the commercial or other
schools which cost so many million
francs to create , and of which the
maintenance entails such a heavy bur
den on the taxpayers.
It is undeniable that the sacrifices
have not been entirely wasted , for a
Frenchman who cannot read and write
Is becoming a rarity. Captains in va
rious parts of France have this year
subjected the conscripts drafted into
their companies to a sort of examina
tion , which has demonstrated that
nearly every man was fairly proficient
in reading , writing and arithmetic.
But beyond the three R's , the ignor
ance of the great majority of the men
was astonishing. According to the
Revue Pedagogique , which gives de
tailed results of the ex-oflicio examina
tion , a captain of the Fifth Army Corps
of which the headquarters are at Or
leans , and of which the population is ,
in the matter of elementary education ,
above the average , discovered that two
of the forty-four conscripts drafted
into his company were completely ilit-
erate. The others could read and write
fairly wll , and the greater number
could solve a problem of arithmetic
correctly. Having ascertained that
fact , the captain assembled the conscripts - |
scripts , and , giving them pen and paper - j
per , asked the forty-two to sit down ;
quietly to write the answersto the
three following questions :
"What do you know of Joan of Arc ? "
"Of what does the national fete of
July 14 remind you ? "
i "What do you know about the war
of 1870 ? "
When written the answers were
handed to him the officer discovered
that more than half of the conscripts
knew nothing at all about Joan of Arc ,
that three-quarters were ignoi-ant of
the event commemorated by the na
tional fete , and that two-thirds had no
knowledge whatever of the Franco-
German war of 18 < 0. Had they not
been vouched for by unimpeachable
authority , and if the sober Journal c' s
Debats had not commented on them ,
one woul'l have been inclined to reject
such assertions as incredible.
COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS ,
Doaii'a Kidney Pills Brought Strength
and Health to the Sufferer , Making :
Him Peel Twenty-five Years Younger.
J. B. Corton ,
farmer and lum
berman , of Dep-
pe , N. C. , says :
"I suffered for
years witli my
back. It was so
bad that I could"
not walk any
distance nor
* even ride in easy
' buggy. I do not
believe I could
have raised ten
nr iinrlR nf
j. u. GORTON. weight flrom the
ground , the pain was so severe. This
was my condition when I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. They quickly
relieved me and now I am never trou
bled as I was. My back is strong and
I can walk or ride a long distance and
feel just as strong as I did twenty-llve
years ago. I think so much of Doan's
Kidney Pills that I have given a sup
ply of the remedy to someof my neigh
bors and they have also found good
results. If you can sift anything from
this rambling note that will be of any
service to you , or to any one suffering
from kidney trouble , you are at liberty
to do so. "
A FREE TRIAL. Address Foster-
Milburn Co. , Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
by all dealers ; price 50 cents.
HAD AN ABOUNDING NERVE.
Startline Proposition a Kansas Mer
chant Made to Hie Creditor.
The out-of-town merchant owed the
Kansas City house $206 for goods pur
chased the mouth previous. The bill
was due and a letter was written re
questing payment. A letter came back
saying that the writer was somewhat
short of cash and requesting an ex
tension of ninety days on the bill. The
Kansas City merchant wrote another
letter saying that he must insist on
the payment of his bill and suggested
that if the customer was "hard up"
the local bank would updoubtedly ac
commodate him with a loan of $200 ,
so that the bill might be paid.
In seventy-two hours the Kansas
City man received a reply , which he is
carrying around and showing to his :
Mends as a certificate of the nerviest \
business proposition ever issued in 1
Missouri. The letter follows :
'Dear Sir : Your letter of Dec. 2G
came today and noted. I was much I
pleased with your suggestion about
borrowing money from the bank here.
In fact , I was so pleased that this
morning I went to the bank and asked '
for a loan. I was told that it would j
be necessary to get another signature
on the note besides my own. Now , I
do not care to ask anyone down here
to indorse for me , bu ; as you and I
have bad considerable business to
gether I inclose the note for your sig-
uature. Please sign just below where
I have written my name.
"You will probably notice that the
note is for ? 300 instead of $200 , the
amount of your bill. You see , I owe
two other fellows who handle the
same kind of goods as you $50 each
and I thought as long as you and I are
going to pay your bill we might as
well borrow enough to pay the other
fellows at the same time. " Kansas
City Star.
France exported $5,832,341 worth of
automobiles last year , while spending
only $200,000 in imported ones.
OF THE DAY
Government Finances.
There is no getting away from the
fact that the financial affairs of the
government are not in good shape , in
spite of the protestations of Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Shaw
that everything is lovely. Outside of
the trust funds , the statement issued
by the United States treasury July 23 ,
1904 , shows an available cash balance
of $148,886,472.08. Of that amount ,
the statement shows that $104,903-
775.13 Is deposited in the national
banks and $7,705,287.12 has been cred
ited to the accounts of disbursing offi
cers , and both of these amounts can
not be called available. The Secretary
of the Treasury could of course call
on the banks to repay the amount the
government has loaned them , but to dose
so would so inconvenience the banks
and so disturb the money market that
5scretnry Shaw is unlikely to make
the call.
In past years the New York banks
have , during the fall months , " always
had to provide for repaying to the
country banks in the South and West
the money they have on deposit. This
money is needed by the country banks
to "move the crops. " The New York
banks claim that they have to furnish
the money to "move the crops , " but
they are really only repaying the coun
try banks what they owe them. When
the demand from the country banks is
excessive , the New York banks have
to call the loans they have made on
stock security. . The result is the "flur
ries" in the stock market we often hear
of , for the borrowers have to replace
those loans at higher rates of Interest ,
or , in case they cannot borrow , the
stocks held by the banks us security
are sold.
If many such loans are closejd out
and a large amount of stocks are
forced to sale , the price of stocks de
clines rapidly and a panic ensues. Ev
eryone then wants to sell , and there
are but few buyers. No Secretary of
the Treasury would feel justified in
calling on the banks for the govern
ment money thj3y have at such a time ,
for it would $ Sd to the panic. Thus
it Is seen that Secretary Shaw could
demand the one hundred , or over , mil
lions the banks hold , but it cannot be
called immediately available.
Then there are other large amounts
included in this "available cash bal
ance" that are not available. In the
treasury of the Philippines there Is $7-
316,937 , and awaiting reimbursement
for bonds and Interest there is $136-
503.38 , making in all $120,122,502.63 ,
that must be deducted from the avail
able cash balance , which would re
duce that amount to only $28,763-
969.45. But then again there are a
number of items that are figured in the
cash in the general fund that are not
available , as follows :
Silver bullion $2,213,435 91
Subsidiary silver coin. . . . 11,808,789 90
Fractional currency , . . . . 118 96
Minor coin 724,51464
$14.744,859 47
Deducting that amount from the
above would leave but $14,019,109.98
as available cash balance. And If the
amount of national bank notes which
are on hand for redemption Is thrown
out as not available cash , of which
$17,493,432 is included , there would be
a shortage of $3,475,373.
The treasury has never paid out na
tional bank notes , but unless Secretary
Shaw calls upon the banks for another
installment of the money loaned to
them , and upon which no interest is
paid , he may have to resort to such an
expedient. There is another matter
upon which constant misstatementa
are made in the Republican newspa
pers and by Republican speakers , and
that is the amount of gold in the treas
ury. There is a reserve fund of $150-
000,000 , there is also gold coin , $522-
650,969 , but against that amount there
is the same amount of gold certificates
outstanding. There is only $24,469,552
of gold coin and bullion now in the
treasury in the general fund , and that
is not available , for it is Included in the
$28,763,869 given above , which has
been shown as covered by other de
mands upon the general fund.
The management of the treasury is
giving great concern to the Republican
leaders , and it is with the greatest dif
ficulty that the Treasurer of the Unit
ed States can meet the demands that
are daily made upon his resources. Sec
retary Shaw has also made himself a
laughing stock by the Statements he
has made in his late speeches on high
prices and the tariff , and the Demo
cratic managers are hoping that he
will be allowed to continue these and
like utterances. The large deficiency
of the last fiscal year of over $40,000-
000 will probably be increased this
year , for already up to July 28 the ex
cess of expenditures over receipts is
$20,920,829.93.
That is , the government is running
behind at the rate of over twenty mil
lions a month , and yet President
Roosevelt , in his speech of acceptance ,
lauds and praises the Republicans as
the only party that can be trusted to
conduct the affairs of the government.
The "Alive or Dead" Ultimatum.
President Roosevelt , as commander
in chief of * the iiavy , ordered a great
fleet of our largest war vessels to the
Mediterranean this summer. Why this
fleet was sent into European waters is
problematical , unless it was to show
the effete East what the United States
can do if opportunity offers. Perhaps
we have entangling alliances , or agree
ments , with those countries that ren
ders it essential to make a show of
force tOibe used in case of necessity.
The exigency arose almost before the
fleet was in position to act. A Moor
bandit captured a citizen of the United
States named Perdicaris and was hold
ing him in his mountain stronghold for
ransom. Perdicaris was not born in the
United States , but , being a good "Re
publican , " had been naturalized by the
Republican machine in New York
when there was extreme occasion for
such votes to be counted. Of course a
fleet was necessary , and therefore on
hand , to back up the demands of the
State Department for his release.
A Cabinet council was held on the
Pericardis case. The Secretary of the
Navy was ordered to cable the Ad
miral in command of the fleet to an
chor at Tangier , with steam up and
guns double-shotted , until further or
ders. Another Cabinet council was
held , and the ultimatum , "Perdicaris
alive or RaisuR dead , " was hurled at
the Sultan of Morocco. The Sultan
never comes to Tangier ; It Is in too
close proximity to Raisuli , the bandit ,
.but prefers Fez , a few hundred miles
inland , and . as far from bandit and
fleets as possible , for a residence.
It thus became necessary for the
American Consul to fit out a caravan
to make the journey to Fez and deliver
the ultimatum. This took time , a good
deal of It ; things move slowly in Mo
rocco. Even an American Consul with
an alive or dead ultimatum can only
travel as fust as the Moors will allow
him to. Weeks elapsed , and still the
Admiral kept up steam on the fleet , at
a vast expense to the American tax
payer , and what with highballs and
other balls , considerable outlay from
the Admiral's pocket also. The for
eign Consuls called on the Admiral
and asked him to be patient. His an
swer was , "Perdicaris alive or what
will you take ? "
President Roosevelt fumed at tiie
delay. It was nil John Hay could dote
to restrain him from cabling the Ad
miral that time was called and Raisuli
dead , and his body delivered within
one hour , or Tangier was to be bom
barded.
What is the use of having a big fleet
of war vessels unless you use them
and the guns are fired ? But better
counsels prevailed , and after a week
or two Perdicarls was release alive ,
but John Hay is sick with nervous
prostration and is gone to the moun
tains to recuperate. The President
is still working for another chance to
use the fleet , and the new Secretary
of the Navy is working on the problem
of how much the affair cost
Secretary Shaw is sulking because
the expense of the big fleet will add
to the large deficit that already exists
for this fiscal year , and will have to
Invent some new taxes to help pay for
the fleet luxury. Perdicaris came high ,
but we have him and ought to bo hap
py. It cost but $1 to make Perdicaris
a citizen , but see what it costs to keep
him.
Brief Comment.
What have the poor devils done that
live in the Panama canal strip that
they should be punished by having the
Dingley tariff forced on them ? The
cost of living will be vastly Increased ,
and even the protectionists will hardly
claim that wages will be put up to
match.
The "Signs of Prosperity" are cer
tainly not so favorable as President
Roosevelt , Root and Shaw would have
us believe , when the United States
treasury is running behind at the rate
of over twenty millions for July. Has
some one put a brake on that wonder
ful Dingley bill that the above gentle
men have all declared insures pros
perity ?
Speaker Cannon thinks Judge Par
ker helped the "silver cause" by voting
ing for Bryan , but Uncle Joe should
not throw stones , for he lives in a glass
house. In 1878 he voted to pass the
Bland free sliver bill over the veto of
President Hayes , and in 1890 "Cannon ,
of Illinois , " appears in the Congres
sional Record as voting for the Sher
man silver purchase law. And better ,
or worse , but more of It , he was one of
the few Republicans who refused to
vote for the repeal of the Sherman
law. That is a record for silver that
can hardly be beaten. Uncle Joe ia
getting old and forgetful. .
All the evidence being taken of the
Slocum disaster shows that the steam
boat inspection service is in the hands
of the rotten Republican machine of
New York , for which President Roosevelt
velt is directly responsible , It being
his own State , and he has personal
knowledge of Dumontism and all that
it stands for. When he surrendered
all the federal appointments to Platt
and Odell he knew the class of men
they would install. Inspection that
does not inspect , and which it was
charged was paid not to , was the cause
of the hundreds of women and children
that were sacrificed. It is a relief tc
hear that the grand jury is to make
wholesale indictments.
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