r LUMBAGO AND SCEATSGA OIL Penetrates to the Spot Riant on the dot. Price 25c and 50c M Little Margaret was to take her first t i > ath In the river. A fine new bathing uit had been made for her and she donned it with great pride. Her moth er , with Margaret's sisters , took her down. She was very timid about going in , until she say the others were per fectly safe in the water. Then she ven tured In. The water suddenly grew tdeeper and came above her waist , much to the surprise of the little maid , who cried out in surprise : "Oh , mother , my bathing suit leaks ! " Harper's Weekly. SAVED BABY LYON'S LIFE. .A-wlul Sight from thatDreadful Com plaint , Infantile Eczema Mother Praises Cuticura Remedies. "Our baby had that dreadful com plaint , Infantile Eczema , which afllict- jed him for several months , commen ting at the top of his head , and at last 'covering his whole body. His stiff or- | lngs were untold and constant misery , .In fact , there was nothing we would i not have done to have given him ro- lief. We finally procured a full set of 'the Cuticura Remedies , and in about 4hree or four days he began to show .a brighter spirit and really laughed , 'for the first time in a year. In about 'ninety ' days he was fully recovered. 'Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has ialways been our greatest pleasure , and 'there ' is nothing too good that we could ; say in their favor , for they certainly aved our baby's life , for he was the most awful sight I ever beheld prior to the treatment of the Cuticura Reme dies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon , 1820 Apple * , ton Ave. , Parsons , Kan. , July 18 , 1905. " Inherited. Vincent was altogether too garrulous 4n school to please his teachers. Such punishments as the institution allowed to be meted out were tried without any ( apparent effect upon the boy , until at last the head master decided to mention the lad's faults upon his monthly re port. So the next report to his father had Ihese words : "Vincent talks a great deal. " Back came the report by mall , dub signed , but with this written in red Ink under the comment : "You ought to hear his mother. " Falluren. Formerly a certain social ban , severe on the few but salutary on the many , rested on the man or woman whose marriage had turned out a failure. It has become the fashion to speak of breaking the bonds of marriage in as light a way as though one merely cut out from a bridge table. The World and His Wife. ' The German government profited lasi , ; year over $16,000.000 by its postal , telegraphic - graphic and telephone systems. NERJOUS DEBILITY iA Scranton Woman Tells How Dr. ' Williams' Pink Pills Made Her Wed and Strong. Nervous debility is the common name for what the doctors term neurasthenia. It is characterized by mental depression , 4its of the "blaesJ1 or melancholy , loss of energy and spirits. The patient's eyes become dull , the pink fades from the cheeks , the memory becomes defective so that it is difficult to recall dates and .names at will. Some of these symptoms only may be present or all of them. The remedy lies in toning up the nervous isystem and there is 110 medicine better iadapted for this purpose than Dr. [ Williams' Pink Pills. ' Sirs. Jane J. Da vies , of No. 814 War- tren street , Scrautou , Pa. , says : " Some /years ago I became greatly reduced in | [ health and strength and my nervous system became so debilitated that I felt ' [ wretched. I could not rest or sleep well iat night and woke tip as weary and languid in the morning as I was when I -went to bed. My head ached in the ' jmorning and often there was a pain in ' any right side which was worse when I sat down. My nerves were on edge nil the time , every little noise bothered mend nd I was generally miserable. Then I decided to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People , as my husband had taken 'them ' with good results , and they did wonders for me. Now I have no more parn in my side , no more headaches , I > sleep well and feel strong und able to /do my work. " Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured Mrs. jDavics and they can do just as much for other weak , pale , ailing men or women who are slipping into a hopeless decline. They strike straight at the root f all .common diseases caused by poor d impoverished blood. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all druggists , or will be sent postpaid , on receipt of price , 50 cents per box , six Tboxes for $2.50 , by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co. , Scheuectady , N.Y. 1FPAIES IN CUBA. dNCLE SAM'S PROTECTORATE IS TO BE ONLY TEMPORARY. Rebel * Laying : Dorrn Their Armii and Pence JlcinK Rentored Cuban. Election * Arc Still a L.OIIST Way OJT Winthrop Governor. In spite of her shortcomings and of the revolutionary methods which have produced anarchy on the island , Cuba Is to be saved from herself. An Amer ican provisional government has been proclaimed 'by Secretary Taft to take the place of that which ceased to exist when the Cuban Congress failed to choose successors to President Palma and the Vice President , Meiidez Capote , both of whose resignatins. were tender ed to the Congress. Previously the res ignations of the members of the cabi net had been accepted by President Palma , so that Cuba found herself with out a government Secretary Taft thus became by proc lamation the temporary provisional bead of the Cuban government. The unique feature of the temporary change of government is that so far as possi ble all public officials are retained , the Cuban flag is kept flying over public buildings and the government is being administered in accordance with the Cuban constitution. Formerly , inter vention and protectorates meant the substitution of the flag and laws of the intervening power ; but in this case there is no such substitution an object lesson to the world of the disinterested ness of the United States government. Meantime American marines , who are being strengthened by the addition of 0,000 troops ordered to Cuba by President Roosevelt , are maintaining order on the island. & TROOPS LEAVING FORT SHERIDAN FOR CUBA. Secretaries Taft and Bacon are now working energetically to effect internal reforms. They hope to have things in such condition as to e able to leave Cuba soon , feeling satisfied that after the arrival of Gov. Beekman Wiuthrop of Porto Rico the new provisional head of Cuba , their services will no longer be required. The first and most press ing reform will be the revision of the election laws. When the new elections will be held has not -been determined. * Want Annexation. An important movement in connec tion with the Cuban elections , no "mat ter when they may be held , has started among the foreign residents who have considerable property interests on the Island. They all want annexation or permanent American occupation in the form of a protectorate , and they be lieve one proposition or the other can secure votes of enough Cubans of property - erty to enable them to carry out their purpose if they can get it to a vote. A league is forming to urge the pro visional government to allow the sub mission to the people at the next elec tion of these three propositions : Shall Cuba remain a purely native govern- naent ; shall it be annexed tothe Unit ed -States , or shall it have a government under the protection of the United States ? It is said that all persons -with prop erty interests -will rote for one of the two last propositions and that they" will be able to influence so many native votes that one of them will be carried. This , of course , means that all foreign residents shall be allowed to vote on the propositions , which they are now prevented from doing by law. Of course in this particular the pro visional government will be guided by the attitude of Washington and this attitude - titude is still .unknown. Judging by the time thnt must elapse before the Cuban 'elections are held , the American mili tary occupation of the island will be long continued , for of course the rnill- 'tary power of the United States must be maintained until Cuba is again able to look after her own affairs. The 0,000 troops ordered to Cuba -will , it Is ex pected , be able to deal with the situa tion , but If necessary , additional troops will be sent The maintenance of peace and order is the first consideration. Progress of Electro-Therapeutics. The sixteenth annual meeting of the American Electro-Therapeutical Society was held at Philadelphia with an attend ance of over 100 physicians. The ad- flresses showed that electricity is steadily gaining ground as a means of curing dis ease. Dr. F. B. Bishop of Washington asserted that locomotor ataxia is curable by electric treatment if taken in its early stages , and greatly relieved in its later stages. it pays to advertise in this paper. DECREASE IN PENSION BILL , Death Tlilna Raiilcn of Civil "War Vet * ernns Interesting Flsrnre * . The net decrease in the pension roll oi the United States for the fiscal year end ing June 30 last amounted to $124,470 , the largest decrease in the history of the country. These facts are brought out in the annual report of Commissioner of Pensions Warner , which has just been completed. In the report the commis sioner expresses the opinion that there will \ " * a still more marked decrease dur ing t int year. ' During - year there were added to the roll 33,5 ( > 9 new pensioners and 1,405 restorations and renewals , making a total addition of 34,974. The total number of pensioners on the roll during the year was 1,033,415. The number of pension ers dropped from the roll during the year was 47,444 , leaving the number of pensioners - ' sioners June 30 , 1900 , at 985,971. The maximum number of pensioners in the history of the bureau was reached Jan. 31 , 1905 , when it was 1,004,196 , since which date there has been a steady decrease , aggregating to June 30 , 1908 , 18,225. Death was the principal cause of the decrease of the last year , the number of names dropped on that account being 43,300. Of these 29,208 were those of survivors of the Civil AVar , leaving OGG- 453 survivors of that war still on the roll. There arc still four pensioners on account of the Revolutionary War , one a widow and three daughters ; GOO , all widows , on account of the war with Spain , and 11,472 on account of the Mex ican War. The commissioner calls attention to the fact that , while tliere has been a mate rial decrease in the number of pensioners , the annual value of the roll is nearly as large as it was last year , arising from the fact that the ratings of many invalid pensions are constantly increasing. Pennsylvania has the largest number of pensioners 98,829. Ohio follows with 98,564 ; New York , 89,240. More than 5,000 pensions are paid to persons residing abroad. Of these 3,507 are in Canada , COS in Germany , and 495 in Ireland , the others being scattered. During the year 23,628 claims were al lowed under Order No. 78 , allowing old- age pensions. Since the beginning of the Civil War there have been granted by special acts of Congress 17,215 pensions , and an in crease of pensions of which 10,417 are now on the rolls , with an annual value of $2,937,020. During the last session of Congress 3,507 special acts were passed. The report shows that in the entire history of the country the total expendi ture on account of pensions has been $3,459,800,311 , of wiiicli only $96,445,444 had been paid prior to the beginning of the Civil War. Of the total $3,259,195- 300 was on account of the Civil War. The total payment of pensions on ac count of the Spanish war reaches $15- 438,555 up to date. The disbursements for navy pensions during the year were $4,204,004 and the income from the navy pension fund avail able for the payment of pensions was $303,018 , or less than 9 per cent of the amount required for the payment of navy pensions. Since 1670 this fund lias been inadequate to pay navy pensions , and tlie deficiency has been provided for out of the public funds by congressional appro priations. Vice President Fairbanks will take part in the Indiana campaign. The result of the primary elections in New Jersey was a complete triumph of the regular Republican organization over the reform or new faction. The Democrats of Hawaii have nom inated for congressional delegate E. B. Lanahan of Honolulc. He is the first white man to be named for office in the histony of the island. Thomas Bentham , a member of the miners' union and an influential leader of organized labor in Ohio , was named by the Democrats at Cincinnati to oppose Nicholas Longworth , the son-in-law of the President , for Congress. In many counties of Texas Democrats have circulated petitions for conventions to instruct legislators against the reelection tion of United States Senator Bailey , be cause of the disclosures in the Missouri ouster proceedings concerning his alleged connection with the Standard Oil Com pany. Senator Bailey has given out a statement in Lis own defense. In tins he snys the same kind of fight was made on him six years ago. He declares that if a man in public office has no right to pursue his private business such a doc trine "would confine the public life of this country to only rich men or rascals , " A baseball stitchers' union was recently organized in Philadelphia. There are in the United States about 3,500 female iron workers in foundries , furnaces and rolling mills. The British admiralty is instituting a universal 4S-ho r week for the employes in the government dock yards. There were 1,204 labor unions char tered in America last year , embracing a total membership of 300,000. Strikes of coal miners are on in Wales , where 11,000 men are affected , and in Hungary , where 7,000 are out. In Canada a locomotive engineer gets $2.80 for 100 miles. In the United States be receives $5.25 for 100 miles. It is estimated by competent authority that the number of child laborers in the United States to-day is close to 2,500,000. The conditions and standard of labor in the cotton mills in Bombay , India , are the lowest , at least in any Asiatic coun try. Chicago railroad rate clerks must make good from their salaries all losses to the roads occasioned by incorrectly quoting rates. Memphis , Tcnn. , will make a strong effort to get the 1907 convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. The firs * ; national union to be entrench ed in the government service was recently organized among the clerks of the Post- office Department of Chicago. The fining of a contractor for working an eaiploye nine hours by the lower court was upheld by Chief Justice Gabbart of the State Supreme Court of Colorado. Five thousand male wage earners are out of work at the present time in Mel bourne , Australia , and 50,000 people in Victoria are existing below poverty line. The Department of Justice lias decided that railroad workers are in the unskilled labor class and cannot be imported into the United States under the alien contract law. Chicago switchmen are threatening strike if recent demands are not com plied with at the expiration of thirty days. Twenty-seven railroads arc in volved. All of the gold heaters in America are now out on strike for an increase of wages from $18 to $21 a week , to elimi nate the outside shop system and to bring the bosses into the union. As a result of being organized into a union , the milkmen of Chicago in four years have cut tlie hours of labor in two , and have secured a net increase in wages amounting to 25 per cent. The Illinois free employment offices have issued the seventh annual report of their operations , and the record for 1905 shows an increase in number of positions filled of 7,874 as compared with 1904. The average wages of American work men is double that of the Englishmen and ! nearly treble that of the German workmen , according to statistics published by the Department of Labor , covering the year 1903. An international exposition portraying the life of the laborer for the past 2,000 years , showing conditions surrounding him from the time of feudal slavery to the present time , is contemplated by the French Parliament. Word comes from Hawaii that there is a well-defined scheme on foot by the plan tation owners to get laborers from Eu rope. Already a thousand Portuguese families are being imported by the Sugar Planters' Association. Mayor John F. Fitzgerald of Boston has issued orders to all of the officials in the various city institutions ordering them to see to it that the eight-hour day law in so far as it relates to stationary engineer. ' ; is enforced. The bill in the French Chamber of Deputies , making it compulsory for em ployers to grant their employes one day's rest in seven , was passed with only one dissenting vote. The Senate has also ap proved of the measure. Gov. Curtis Guild of Massachusetts , at the close of the Labor day parade in Boston , said that in no other country in the world , and inall probability any other State in the Union , could be seen such a wonderful display of loyalty to a cause as was presented by the paraders , who marched past the State House that day. This was the unanimous opinion of every person who witnessed the great demon stration and will mean much to labor unionism the coming year. There are five miners who are candi dates for Congress under the American Federation of Labor plan for the entrance of trades unionists into politics. They are : W. B. Wilson , national secretary- treasurer , of Blossburg , Pa. ; John Walk er , vice president of the Illinois district ; T. D. Nichols , Scranton , Pa. , president of the first anthracite district ; W. H. Dettry , Hazleton , Pa. , president of the seventh anthracite district , and John Fa- hey , president of the ninth anthracite district. The assessment levied against the mem bership of the International Typographi cal Union for the support of the eight- hour day strike in book and job offices has been reduced to 7 per cent on the money earned. It had already been de cided at the Colorado Springs convention to reduce the assessment from 10 to 8 per cent. Further reduction will be made as the situation warrants , but a fund of not less than $100,000 will continue to be maintained in the International treasury as a necessary safeguard. Kewan , 111. , claims to be the banner .union city in America. Every store in 'the city is a union store ; the policemen carry union cards and so do the street cleaners. The Mayor is a union man and the sexton of the cemetery also car ries a union card. The industrial and labor conditions throughout Canada are considerably more active than during 1905. This is largely the result of the extensive railway con struction work in progress in Quebec , On tario and the western provinces , which affected the unskilled labor market over a very w.ide area. SWALLOW THE BAIT. GULLIBLE PUBLIC EASY PREY FOR SWINDLERS. in Two Years 45O Fraudulent Flrm Jlave Been Raided In Chicago i = > 15OOOOOOO Dropped Yearly In "Get-Rlch-Quicli" Schemes. . Chicago correspondence : HERE ore more "get - rich - quick" concerns in Chicago cage than in any other city in the w o r 1 d. Despite ' the activity of the police department and the postoflice aut liorities , which has resulted in the raiding and exposure of 400 firms of fraudulent character during the last two years , every oflice building in the city contains companies which arc operating in the hope that they will be overlooked for a few weeks or months so that the nets that they have cast can bo hauled in full. A walk down the hallways of the big buildings , even those demanding high rental , will reveal the presence of these business leeches. The oilices are fur nished in luxury and with an eye to J dazzling tlie man from the smaller town and the country who is lured there by the huge promises made in the adver tisements. There ore many stenogra phers , clicking away busily. Men are , rushing to and fro from rooms marked ) "private" to the cashier's desk. The telephones are ringing , and an occasion al glimpse of the "president's office" reveals a dignified gentleman sitting at an expensive table and surrounded by imposing books and correspondence. It is a setting that works like a charm. The tentacles of the great system which has centered in this city for so many years have swept out into the farthermost regions of the West , n.ade desolate homes , scattered hard earned ' savings , and dashed bright hopes. The method is simple ; the bait alluring. t i Most of the men in the well organ ized companies that prey upon the public are well educated. They have the fever in their blood as thoroughly as their victims. Ti.ey have been , known to bite on the hook cast out by some of their disguised "pals. " If they would turn their intellects and energies to legitimate business they would make respectable fortunes and be safe. But the lure of the game is as strong as that of the underworld or the wanderlust. Persuasive , clever , picturesque writing forms the main asset of the companies at the start. ' Literature is the first necessity and the money to buy the stamps to mail it. Then an office with a high sounding firm title on the door and a large bag to hold the coin. 1 The last year has overturned several pinnacles of graft. Here is the way the money has been dropped in Chicago within a year : Matrimonial bureaus , $1,000,000 ; employment agencies , , , $200,000 ; turf commissioners , $7,500- 000 ; charity homes , $300,000 ; wildcat insurance $10,000,000 ; home building associations , $0,000,000 ; bucketsbops , $5,000,000 ; wire tappers , $200,000 ; book agencies , $1,000,000 ; mines and oil wells , 88,000,000 ; medicine compa nies'$500,000. A well-inforuicd official says tlie American public drops annu ally $130,000,000 in these "get-rich- quick" concerns. Detective Sergeant Clifton R. Wool- dridge snys : "Were the census enumerators of the United States to compile a list of the 'sucker' public tlie gullible ones would aggregate tens of millions. There is not a township in this great nation that does not contain its portion tion of confiding persons who are ready to believe anything from the rankest catch penny advertisement tea a fallacy in theological dogma. My investigations for years past into the innermost secrets of swindlers impel the belief that their faith passes into the domain of imbecility. Thousands of men are willing to throw money to the man who proclaims that for a few pennies he will impart the secret of raising the dead , or bow to make one dollar make a million , or bow to bat- , tie the savants of science after a day's research. Every mail car out of Chicago cage groans under a burden of 'get- ricb-quick' mail to be scattered in ev ery direction. The operatives of these schemes are the most dangerous of criminals. They are received with open arms in social and business cir cles. They contribute to the churches and their wives and daughters visit in automobiles and dazzle at social func tions by their silks and diamonds. "Every time a 'get-rich-quick' bub ble bursts there follows a long , dreary story of misplaced confidence. But as soon as active publicity ceases tlie dearly bought lesson is forgotten and the 'sucker' is ready to spring to the next tempting bait. The victims are numbered among all classes , from the laundress to the lawyer , the merchant to the clergyman. " Building operations in Washington , D. C. , and vicinity are threatened with an early tieup. Unless there is a quick set tlement of the lockout of the plumbers , who havr been out for .many weeks , the Allied Building Trades will be forced to suspend operations. They will have no choice in the matter. Percy Bowmaster , aged 33 years , a saloonkeeper loon-keeper o Allegheny , Pa. , committed , suicide by shooting himself in the head after attempting to kill his wife. Jeal ousy was the cause. fat WEEKLY 10GG William the Conqueror reached the coast of England on his memorable invasion. 1240 ] Original St. Paul's Cathedral in London dedicated. 1513 Fall of Tournay , Belgium. 1(304 ( Dutch and Swedish colonies oiv Delaware Bay surrendered to the English. 1GS7 Venetians under MorosinS bom barded Athens. 173G Gin act r\ots in London suppressed , 1777 General Anthony Wayne surprised and defeated by the British. .British under Lord Howe entered Philadel phia. 177S British captured American frigate Raleigh. 1791 French Assembly diaolved. 1795 Count Allessandrodi Cagliostro. whom Carlyle described as the most perfect scoundrel in the world's his tory , died. 1799 J Rome surrenderee ! to the British. . French captured Zurich , Switzerland. 1800 Treaty of Idelfonso , by which- Spain ceded Louisiana to France. 1S03 First Catholic Church in Boston dedicated. 1SO-1 War declared between Russia and Persia. 1S10 Battle of Busaco. 1S13 Detroit evacuated by British and. taken possession of by Americans. 1S-19 Hudson River Railroad opened to Peek-skill. 1S5-1 Steamer Yankee Blade , from San Francisco to Panama , wrecked ; 15 perished..United States sloop-of-war Albany sailed from Aspinwall and was never more heard of. 1S62 Union garrison at Augusta , Ky.r surrendered after gallant defense. . General Nelson shot by General Jeff. C. Davis at Louisville , Ky. 1SG4 Confederates under General Price invaded Missouri. 1871 General Joseph H. Clanton shot and killed by Colonel D. M. Nelson , , in Knoxville , Tenn. 1872 Charles T. Yerkes , convicted of embezzling funds of Philadelphia , pardoned. 1881 First time tables of the Canadian Pacific Railway issued. 1890 McKinley tariff act went into ef fect. 1898 Death of Queen Louise of Den- mark. .American and Spanish peace commissioners met in Paris. .Repub licans of New York nominated Theo dore Roosevelt for Governor. 1899 Dewey arrived in New York on the Olympia. 1903 Rioting at Sault Ste. Marie by dis charged employes of Consolidated Lake Superior Company. 1904 Battleship Connecticut launched at New York navy yard. 1905 France and Germany reached a agreement on their relations with. Morocco. .England and Japan signed treaty of alliance , agreeing to maintain - tain integrity of China. Kid Herman is patiently .waiting for a chance to meet Gans and Nelson. It looks as if the question of superiority : in the 2-year-old class on the turf will not be decided this year. According to advices the Goldfield Ath letic Club will put up a purse of $15,000 for a go between Terry McGovern and : Jimmy Britt. The Clevelands lead tiie American League in club batting with .276 and in fielding with .907. Five members of the team are in the .300 class in hitting. Manager Chance of tne Chicago Cubs ; says that he is not going to repeat tnc- mistake made by McGrsw this year oE depending entirely on his veterans to whx- the pennant for him again next season. Charles Neary , the Milwaukee boxer- who defeated Herrera , announces that he will not take part in any short round bouts the coming season unless he fails to get some long ones. He prefers fifteen to : twenty round bouts. Jimmy Coffroth of San .Francisco is- one man who is far from thinking Nelsott impervious to a knockout punch , and ther popular fight promoter declares that he- is willing to bet $2,500 that Willie Fitz gerald , the Brooklyn lightweight , can- defeat Battling Nelson. Harness horse enthusiasts are looking : forward to the meeting o-f Dan Patch an * The Broncho , two of the greatest pacers that the world hay ever known. An effort" is now being made to bring the two pacers , together in a special match. The result of the Gans-.Xclson affair- shows that finish fights are a delusion anft a snare. Gans was compelled to go so. carefully in husbanding his strength that it robbed the bout of much of the inter est it would otherwise have possessatL. No bout should go longer than 25 rounds and for th ? most part 20 rounds : is aaipljr sufficient-