ThB tiesscr Evil.
'
, The death of the sculptor , Eartholcll ,
heho is best known in America by his
ptatue of Liberty in New York bar-
l or , recalls an incident connected with
rhls work. This Liberty has been can-
, fed "a great girl , " but it is chiefly her
( size which is remarkable. Her artistic
'merits ' , says the Boston nerald , were
jsummed up by a distinguished for-
kiguer.
, When he sailed into New York har
bor he pointed to the gigantic ligure ,
end asked :
\ "Is that Liberty ? "
"Yes , " said a bystander.
"Then , " he concluded , quoting Pat-
jrick Henry ; "giVe me death. "
Looked at Daily.
"Looking at one thing continually ,
after day , it is said , will hurt the
teyeslght , " said the boarding-house
ady at supper.
"Weli , "I imagine there's something
( the matter with my eyesight , ' ' said the
Tclerk boarder.
(5 "And do you have to look at one
(
'thing constantly ? "
"Yes , ma'am ! "
"What ? "
"Prunes , ma'am ! " Youkers States-
knan.
G < ? t at tlie Cause.
" Sacramento. Ky. , Nov. 13. ( Special. )
A typical illustration of the way
Dodd's Kidney Pills Cure Rheumatism
IB well told by Catherine Devine , who
Is very well known here. She says :
"For over four years I was greatly
jtroubled with Rheumatism. It used to
take me worst in my legs and feet. At
times I would be so bad I could not
put my feet to the ground. As I am
over seventy-three years of age I be
gan to think I was too old to get cured
and should have to bear my Rheuma
tism the best way I could. But I heart !
bout Dodd's Kidney Pills and thought
I would give them a trial. So I got a
box and began taking them. Well , I
must say Dodd's Kidney Pills did me
a wonderful lot of good. They eased
the pain from the first , and to-day I
m In better health than I have beeu
Itfor many years. "
GROW PECANS IN TEXAS.
Says the I < nnd Is Admirably
. Adapted to Culture.
'
The development of the pecan indus
try in Avest Texas is urged by many fa-
, millar with the great returns that can
Ibe had from the planting of the nut ,
pays the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The tree will grow with very little
cultivation and will bear for many
years , and experts say that no crop
yields a better return , especially as the
Jand could be utilized for other crops
during the time the pecans were coru-
to maturity.
rg
H. A. Halbert , an expert on pecan
jculture , sajs :
{ "As a rough estimate we would say
that the area of land in Texas on
which the pecan will thrive without
crowding is 20,000,000 acres. This vast
area will grow half a billion of trees.
'A.t ' a low estimate of $5 per tree as
an annual income the total annual
value would be $2,500,000.000. This , in
pounds , would be 50,000,000,000 , or
1,250,000 carloads enough to supply
the world and In a few years to absorb
Its wealth. This estimate is made upon
| e basis of the low average rate in price
and bearing qualities of the Texas
vrlld pecan. Suppose this area wag
planted in the improved soft-shell va
rieties and the ruling price obtained
for them , these figures would be great-
Sy augmented.
"What are the actual facts , approxi
mately , of the area covered by the wild
ipecans in Texas ? We would estimate
fit at about 500 square miles , or 32,000
[ acres. From this area are gathered
rand shipped the best bearing years , In
carload lots , about TOO cars , or 30,000-
000 pounds. The quality shipped by
express and consumed at home by man
find beast will make 10,000,000 pounds.
( This quantity at 5 cents a pound
should be worth to the State $2,000-
000. But prices are generally low on
these bumper crops , and perhaps it
actually brings only $1,000,000 to the
'state. ' In my opinion nothing could bo
icultivated more profitably. "
Distance saved in u bailing trip around
the world from New York by the new
route through the Panama canal. 2.7GS
miles.
FROM TEXAS
Come Coffee Facts from the Lone Star
State.
From a beautiful farm down in Tex-
' /as / , where gushing springs unite to
[ form babbling brooks that wind their
sparkling way through flowery meads ,
jcomes a note of gratitude for delivery
from the coffee habit.
"When my baby boy came to me five
ears ago , I began to drink Postum
Food Coffee , having a feeling that it
would be better for him and me than
the old kind of drug-laden coffee. I
-was not disappointed in it , for it en-
Abled ine , a small delicate woman , to
.nurse a bouncing healthy baby 14
tmonths old.
j "I have since continued the use of
Poatum for I have grown fond of it , I :
and "have discovered to my joy that it
has entirely relieved me of a bilious
habit which used to prostrate me two
or three times a year , causing much
discomfort to my family and suffer-
jiiig to myself.
"My brother-in-law was cured of
chronic constipation by leaving off the
.old kind of coffee and using Postum.
; OBe has become even more fond of it
than he was of the old coffee.
"In fact the entire family , from the
( latest arrival ( a 2-year-old who always
I calls for his 'potie' first thing in the
morning ) up to the head of the house ,
think there is no drink so good or so
wholesome as Postum. " Name given
by Postum Co. . Battle Creek , Mich.
There's a reason.
Read the little book , "The Road to
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Opinions of Great Papers 01 important Subjects , f
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Politics end Life Insurance.
HE entire country is studj'ing the develop'
ments of the life insurance scandal. Every
day fresh revelations come from New York of
frenzied financiering on the part of insurance
officials , of their activity in an effort to con
trol legislation and to direct the politics of
state and nation.
The money that the policy-holders intrusted to these
Siammoth corporations has been used by the officials at
will. Speculation seems to have grown amazingly popular
with them : If they won , they took most of the profits ,
turning back into the company treasuries whatever they
saw fit. If they lost , the transaction was carried through
a maze of collateral trust companies in order to involve it
in doubt and uncertainty. Apparently the sole aim of these
manipulators was to escape the clutches of the law.
Little wonder , then , that the people of the nation are
aroused to righteous indignation. Little wonder that they
are losing faith in the integrity of insurance officials , and
are demanding that the business in which they have in
vested their earnings shall be placed under government
supervision and such safeguards thrown about the treas
uries that no corrupt and speculating officer can get at
them. More than that , they are demanding the utter di
vorcement of these men from politics. The president of
an insurance company that is handling enormous suras of
the people's money has no right to mix in politics , has no
right to seek an office , the very nature of which may make
the two interests antagonistic. He should not be in a
position where he can force legislation inimical to the wel
fare of the people , but favorable to his pocketbook , nor
where he can veto legislation that may affect the financial
interest of his corporation , although beneficial to its direc
tors. No man can afford to take upon himself a dual obli
gation of this kind , and the people won't knowingly permit
It Toledo Blade.
Truthful Trustees.
HEN asked why they did not know anything
about the public school fund which they were
supposed to guard , the highly respected and
very prominent citizens of Peoria who form
the School Board reply that they had implicit
confidence in N. C. Dougherty , superintendent
and secretary.
This same tried and trusted Dougherty has been in
dicted some scores of times for forgery and different kinds
of theft. It is a pity that the activities of the grand jury
cannot Include under the law the pleasurable task of in
dicting the highly respected and very prominent citizens of
Peoria who have served as impressive dummies on the
School Board during the Dougherty regime.
Nothing is more contemptible than the heavy and self-
satisfied citizen who accepts a trust and then betrays it
out of sheer indolence or stupidity. His own affairs are
so important to him that while he is looking after them
with all his might , meantime hogging the honor that goes
with a public position , he pays no attention to the duties
of that position. Whenever there is exposed a flagrant
case of thievery or mismanagement under the noses of emi
nent and big-paunched trustees who claim to be as inno
cent as babes , so far as wrong-doing is concerned , the same
Of all the oddities and , to the West
ern mind , absurdities of daily life in
China none is more apt to annoy the
foreigner who attempts to reside or
trade in the Celestial Empire than
fengshui the spirits of good or bad
luck which are attached to every par
cel of land. From the Emperor to the
rag-covered beggar and cripple , every
one has an implicit belief in the geo-
mantic superstition concerning the
graves of ancestors and their effect
upon present and future generations.
Known to this superstition , says the
author of ' 'China in Law and Com
merce , " are two strange subterranean
currents , the "Green Dragon" and the
"White Tiger , " while overhead flows
their counterpart , the "Heaven Fox. "
These terrible creatures must on no
account be offended , yet the things at
which they are known to take offense
are almost countless , and are often un
expected.
If two buildings stand side by side ,
the one on the left is said to stand on
the Green Dragon and that on the right
on the White Tiger. Great care must
be exercised that the tiger is not built
higher than the dragon , which would
be offended , and sickness or death or
other bad luck will result. When a for
eigner wishes to build his house tall ,
he usually finds that however others
may look at it. his Is the house on
the tiger , and if he wishes to raise it
he must first propitiate feugshui by
building up his Chinese neighbor's
house a little higher.
No railway must run near a prave or
through a lucky mountain pass in
China. It may scare away the luck
spirits of fengshui. For the same rea
son no steamboat must whistle near a
lucky bend of the river or near a grave
yard , and no telegraph pole must en
able the electric current to disturb the
spirits in the vicinity of the graves.
Fortunately or unfortunately
there are gifted persons in China who
are able , by an analysis of the facts
and an examination of the soil , to tell
just where a grave may have been
some thousands of years ago , and to
discover why the spirit "belonging to
it Is offended , and how it can be pro
pitiated. This often enables a person
who would otherwise be put to great
annoyance to arrange , by the judicious
employment of the right geomancer ,
that the spirit shall be properly pro
pitiated.
It does not bother the foreigner
alone , 'for if a rich Chinaman should
build a tomb in a new locality and an
epidemic or other sickness should ap
pear In the vicinity , the tomb-builder
old story of implicit trust is told by them with proper emo
tion.
It Is time to attend to the case 01 ! the trustful trustee.
If he shirks lily : 'duty he is a public menace and shoum be
treated as such. Let the nature and the extent of his
offenses be well considered by those who make the crim
inal laws , for he lias been getting off too easily by being
merely contemptible. Chicago News.
The Profane Man Is a Nuisance.
EX THOUSAND men opposed to cursing , vul
gar and indecent language marched in a parade
in an Eastern city a few days ago. A parade
of this sort ought to be held in Chicago. You
cannot walk three blocks here without running
b - - . ? * -t * ) ' s - - - * * into some one engaged in a cursing match. If
w. ' - ' . .
j.ou ri-tje Qn a streefc.u. . yOU Wjj | noj. gO far
before an oath or a vulgar word will greet your ear. Your
little boy and girl on their way to school are liable to hear
this sort of talk. If two men driving teams meet in the
street and get into a jam there is usually a volley of oaths.
If a dozen men gather around the door of a factory they
generally do a little swearing.
In this country there are people who hold that a first-
class profanity vocabulary betokens a degree of independ
ence. Cursing In the presence of others is their way of
showing that they desire to be discourteous. Some em
ployers think they can get more work out of men by
cursing them. Other men who are cowardly feel that they
can bluff their way through life by cursing and bellowing.
Men ought to be arrested for cursing in public places.
They are committing a nuisance when they jar the ears of
others by an oath. Chicago Examiner.
Railroad Accidents Are Costly.
CCIDENTS on railways nowadays comehigh. It
is estimated that the Mentor disaster will touch
an enormous figure. The engine , which was
destroyed , was valued at $17,000 ; the two cars
burned were worth $20,000 each ; the others ,
which were considerably injured , were as cost
ly. The train was one of the most expensively
equipped in the world. But far beyond the losses in roll
ing stock will be those through suits for damages. It is
said that the New York and New Haven paid out in per
sonal damages through the wreck of the New Haven com
muter'train in the tunnel at New York a few years ago
more than $1,500,000. The killed and injured in the Men
tor disaster were more costly. Boston Herald.
Beauty's Troubles.
T is one of the most difficult things in the
world for a girl to be happy if beautiful. Peo
ple are jealous of her ; women she hay "cut
out" and men she has ignored both unknow
ingly , perhaps say odious things of her and
to her. The pleasure of ordinary social inter
course is marred for her by the other worn-
en's inevitable distrust. The man her best friend loves
will probably fall in love with poor Cloriuda , who doesn't
care tuppence for him. The World and His Wife.
SAME OLD STORY.
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Cincinnati Post
must pay heavily to restore good feng-
shui to the locality.
What Pood Economy Means.
Economy in food does not imply pro
hibition. It is neither vegetarianism ,
fruitarlanism , natarianism or any kind
of "ism. " It means simply temper
ance in diet , with the application of
available scientific knowledge ; the use
of reason and intelligence , combined
with a due appreciation of the dignity
of the body and the necessity of meet
ing the daily wants without imperil
ing that high degree of elliciency
which helps to render man physically
and mentally supreme. Practically ,
ihis implies the avoidance of the large
quantities of proteid food so commonly
made use of by civilized man. and the
substitution of a dietary characterized
by a predominance of the lighter vege
table foods. In this respect it leans
somewhat toward vegetarianism. The
heavier meats of our dail3r diet can be
advantageously replaced in part by
lighter articles of diet leas rieli in pro
teid and with more frequent addition
of green vegetables , fruits and corre
sponding articies of food less prone to
yield objectionable decomposition prod *
nets. Century.
Won Id Spoil Her Pleasure.
"If we economize , " said the hus
band , "we will soon have a house of
our own instead of having to live in
rented property. "
"But I'm not sure I should like
that , " answered the wife. "I couldn't
drive nails anywhere I please in the
walls or woodwork of our own house ,
you know. " St. Louis Republic.
His Cost.
"Yes , I quarreled with my wife
about nothing. "
' 'Why didn't you make up ? "
'Tni going to. All I'm worried
about now is the indemnity. ? ' Pitts-
burg Post.
If you want your kindness to b
thoroughly appreciated extend it to a
man in trouble.
PRESIDENT IN PROCLAMATION SETS
NOV. 30 AS THANKSGIVING DAY.
The President has issued liis procla
mation setting Thursday , Nov. 30 next ,
as a day for thanksgiving , as follows :
By the President of the United States
of America A Proclamation :
When nearly three centuries ago the
first settlers came to the country which
has now become this great republic , they
fronted not only hardship and privation ,
but terrible risk to their lives. In those
grim years the custom grew of setting
apart one day in each year for a spe
cial service of thanksgiving to the Al
mighty for preserving the people through
the changing seasons. The custom has
now become national and hallowed by
immemorial usage. We live in easier
and more plentiful times than our fore
fathers , the men who with rugged
strength faced the rutrgcd days ; and
yet the dangers to national life are
quite as great now as at any previous
time in our history. It is eminently
fitting that once a year our people
should set apart a day for praise and
thanksgiving to the giver of good , and ,
at the same time , that they express
their thankfulness for the abundant mer
cies received , should manfully acknowl
edge theishortcomings and pledge
{
PRESIDENT EOOSEVELT.
themselves solemnly and in good faith
to strive to overcome them. During
the past year we have beeu blessed with
bountiful crops. Our business prosper
ity lias been great. No other people has
ever stood on as high a level of mate
rial well-being as ours now stands. We
are not threatened by foes from with
out. The foes from whom we should
pray to be delivered are our own pas
sions , appetites and follies ; and against
these there is always need that we
should war.
Therefore I now set apart Thursday ,
the 30th day of this November , as a
day of thanksgiving for the past and of
prayer for the future , and on that day
I ask that throughout the land the peo
ple gather in their homes and places
of worship , and in rendering thanks unto
the Most High for the manifold bless
ings of the past year , consecrate them
selves to a life of cleanliness , honor and
wisdom , so that this nation may do its
allotted work on the earth in a manner
worthy of those who founded it and of
those who preserved it.
In witness whereof I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States to he affixed.
Done at the City of Washington this
second day of November in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
five and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred an9 thir
tieth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the President :
ELIHU ROOT , Secretary of State.
The Grand Army has been granted a
rate of 1 cent a mile for the next an
nual convention , to be held in St. Paul ,
from nil points in Western Passenger
Association territory , except stations
within a radius of 150 miles.
Appropriations amounting to $18,000-
DOO have been made by the Erie road
to put its roadbed into ns good physi
cal condition as that of any other rail
road in the world. The expenditure of
this large amount already has begun.
Total expenditures for new equipment
this year have amounted to $15,000-
000.
"Millions for improvement" is the
watchword of the New York Central
lines for tho coming year. Not only
will the work of building new cutoffs
and spurs be continued but the main
tracks of the entire system are to be
relaid with 100 and 90-pound rails , and
even the side tracks will be laid with
85-pound rails , so that by the end of
190G there will not be a lighter rail on
the whole system.
The Western Passenger Association
is considering tho advisability of mak
ing important changes in the rules gov
erning the transportation of baggage.
At present it is sought to limit the lia
bility to $100. It is now proposed to
retain this h'mit , but to legalize it by
giving the passenger the privilege of de
claring more value at the time of check
ing. In that event it is likely a sliding
scale of rates will bo provided which
will in effect make the railroad companj
an insurer of the property.
The New York Central railroad has
placed orders with several manufactur
ing companies for a total of 25,000
freight cars , calling for the expendi
ture of about $25,000,000. This is the
largest order for equipment ever placed
by a railroad in this country.
Sales of town lots for the new town
of Shoshone , at the edge of the Wind
River reservation on the new line of
the Chicago and Northwestern railway , j
have been unprecedented. Buyers evi
dently figure on the growth of a city
there when the Indian reservation la
thrown oppn oextTune. .
Miss Reed's Reply.
To the request of her publishers for.
biographical details Miss Myrtle Reed' '
responded with the following facetious'
statement : "I discovered America
thirty years ago and liked it so weJl
that I have not since left the country. }
'
When I came I had a pen in one hand ,
a sheet of paper in the other and was
yelling for ink. At this my father *
knew that I was destined for thai
fourth estate , and ran. to the diction- ;
arv ' for a name that would look wellj
in'print. Hence my title , which ev
erybody thinks a pseudonym , and the
English reviews insist to be the name
of a 'gentleman , ' one of them saying ;
'The gentleman who calls himself
Myrtle Reed. ' Don't you call that hard
when I have always been a perfect
lad # ? After this auspicious beginning
the rest of my career is history. See
chronicles Knickerbocker Press last
seven years. " Boston Transcript
PATISEaTS VQMEH
Mrs. Finkbam's Advice Savpa Many
From this Sad and Costly Ezperienca.
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It is a sad but
true fact that
eve r y year
brings au in
crease in the
numberofopera-
tions performed
upon women in
o u r hospitals.
More than three-
fourthsof the
patients lyinjf
_ _ _ on those snow
white teds are women and girls who
are awaiting- recovering from opera
tions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling , pain at the left or right of the
womb , nervous exhaustion , pain in the
small of the back , leucorrhosa , dizzi
ness , flatulency , displacements of the
womb or irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications of an un
healthy condition of the ovaries or *
womb , and if not heeded the trouble
will make headway until the penalty
has to be paid by a dangerous opera
tion , and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best , while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bringf
hope to suffering vromen. Miss Luella
Adamsof the Colonnade Hotel , Seattle ,
Wash. , writes :
Dear Sirs. Pinkham :
" About two years ago I was a great suf
ferer from a severe female trouble , pains and
headaches. The doctor present W for me and
finally told me that I bad a tumor on thai
womb and must undergo an operation if I
wanted to getwell. . I felt that this was mr
death warrant , but I spent hundreds of do-i
lars for medical help , but tho tumor kept.
growing. Fortunately I corresponded with
an aunt in the New England States , and sbej
advised me to take Lydla E. Pinkham's Veg-i
etablo Compound , as it "was said tp cure tu
mors. I did so and immediately began to
improve in health , and I was entirely cured ,
the tumor disappearing entirely , without an
operation. I wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation. "
Just as surely as Miss Adamswarn
cured of the troubles enumerated Inf.
her letter , just so surely will Lydia E. (
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure.
every woman in the land who suffers'
from womb troubles , inflammation of
the ovaries , kidney troubles , nervous ;
excitability and nervous prostration. (
Mrs. Pinkham invites allyounff
women who are ill to write her for free
advice. Address , Lynn , Mass. _
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