Literal.
"I never saw a man's opinion ot
"IhlinKclf so thoroughly justified as was
.youni : Softy's at our place the other
day. "
"What happened ? "
"Well , he thought he was the biggest
gun In the establishment. "
"Yes ? "
"And so he was always booming him-
self. "
"Well ? "
"Well , the boss just fired him. " Bal
timore American.
"Whenyoutuy&n
OILED SUIT
SLICKER
demand
i
Its the easiest and
only way to get
the best
Sold everywhere
.
CO TOO * O Cf *
NOT YOUB HEART
If you think you have heart dis
ease you are only one of a countless
number that are deceived by indi
gestion into believing the heart is
affected.
the tonic-laxative , will get your
stomach back into good condition ,
and then the chances are ten to one &
that you will have no more symp
toms of heart disease.
" < > Sold by all dealers at 250. and 500.
Extravagant X"cw York.
i "New York is the most extravagant
city in matter ; _ rf government in the
United States. Its comparative ex
travagance , moreover , Is out of all pro
portion to its size. These facts have
just come to light from the census
bureau.
New York city , with only twice the
population of Chicago , spends four
times the amount paid hy the latter to
.meet its current expenses.
Philadelphia and Boston , both cen-
jters in which political ring scandals
' /nave occupied public attention recent-
Ply , also appear to have run things with
.Ha lavish hand. Philadelphia's running
expenses for 190-1 exceeded those of
'Chicago ' , although Chicago is one-third
Jngain as large as the Quaker City.
. 'Boston is a spirited rival of New York
* in the manner in which its city fathers
'spend money. Boston is about the
same size as Baltimore , but its ex
penses are three times greater.
Guarded.
" "Who is that man boasting that this
illttle town has the best police protec
tion of any town in the country ? "
"Why , that is Ilarker. "
" "But I thought the only night ofil-
< wr it5 the town had the habit of sleep-
'
.ln on somebody's front steps. "
"Yes , he sleeps on Barker's front
'steps. ' "
King Alfonso is the best of the royal
.riders of Europe.
IT'S THE FOOD.
t
The True "Wny to Correct Nervous
Tronlile.s.
Nervous troubles are more often
caused by improper food and indiges
tion than most people imagine. Even
doctors sometimes overlook this fact
.A man says :
"Until two years ago walhVs and but-
jter with meat and gravy were the main
features of my breakfast. Finally dys-
jpepsla came on and I found myself in
la bad condition , worse in the morning
than any other time. I would have a
Jfull , sick feeling in my stomach , with
.pains in iny heart , sides and head.
\ "At times I would have no appetite
[ for days , then I would feel ravenous ,
jnever satisfied when I did eat and so
jnervous I felt like shrieking at the top
of my voice. I lost flesh badly and
Ihardly knew which way to turn until
'one day I bought a box of Grape-Nuts
'food ' to see if I could eat that I tried
it without telling the doctor , and liked
} it fine ; made me feel as if I had some-
'thing to eat that was satisfying and
still I didn't have that heaviness that
I had felt after eating any other food.
"I hadn't drank any coffee then in
five weeks. I kept on with the Grape-
iNuts and in a mouth and .1 half I had
igained 15 pounds , could eat almost any-
thlng I wanted , didn't feel badly after
eating and my nervousness was all
gone. It's a pleasure to bewell ag
Name given by Postum Co. , Battles
-Creek { , Mich. Read the 5ook , "Tho
Bbad to Wellville , " in pkgs. There's
_ A reason.
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
WASTEFUL AMERICA.
i MERICANS are the opposites of the Japan
ese , in that they are probably the most
wasteful and extravagant people under the
sun. James J. Hill once voiced a declara
tion to the effect that the greater part of
America's progress had been gained by
using up the stored capital of preceding ages
something for which we are indebted to nature , not to
our own energies. Soil , mines , oil and gas reservoirs ,
forests , fisheries all have boon drained and drained ,
with little or no thought that exhaustion of either was
calculable. We eat three times as much as is demanded
by nature and more than is good for us , and we throw
away annually enough to fed the whole population of
Japan. Into our rivers in the form of polluting sewage
go fertilizers to the value of millions , which other peoples
ples save and which we would be doubly benefited by
saving. We could economize greatly if we cared to in
the quantity of iron and other metals we use , but , pos
sessed with the infatuation that they will never "run
out , " we are as prodigal with them as with everything
else , whereas the limit of the supply is claimed to be
easily calculable. But it is in the waste of the forests
that American improvidence finds its worst illustration.
The nation has been willing to see its forests so devas
tated that the present annual "cut" and fire waste can
not be continued for twenty-five years longer without
destroying every patch of timber in America. St. Paul
Pioneer-Dispatch.
INSANITY BY OCCUPATION. v
BST anyone should be inclined to make the
figures of the Census Bureau in regard to
LI insanity an excuse for desisting from mental -
tal effort , and find in them an excuse to
fly from the worries of a strenuous life to
the dull monotony of the life simple , it is
well to call attention to the fact that the
recent and much discussed report docs not in its analysis
bear out the inference drawn from it by the bureau offi
cials. It would appear to he net the rush and tumult of
modern life which drives people out of their senses , but
the dreariness and monotony of a life spent in a round
of duties generally preached , up as being wholesome for
the body and warranting sanity for the mind. It appears
from the figures alluded to tint of the admittedly insane
In this country 41.(5 ( per cct : hive boon employed as ser
vants or laborers. 22. . " ) \ > cr rci : r.s farmers or in trans
portation and other "healthful' ' out-oi'-dcor work , and
16 per cent in manufacturing and meehanical industries.
Thus SO per cent of the ppople who are now crazy in
this country come from tht t-hissos whoo occupations ore
popularly supposed to conduce to a sound mind ! n a
sound body. According to all our preconceived ideas on
the subject , this ought not to be. But it is. aud why it
is so we can no more jr.ns tbii : we can the secret of
why men go crazy at all. Xow York Press.
X the current number of the Bookman oc
curs an interesting discussion of what is
known as the "happy ending" in novels. The
writer of the" article inveighs severely , and
to pome extent justly , against this popular
method of bringing a story to a close. lie
believes this concession , as he regards it , to
the public taste is much to be deplored as wholly inartis
tic , Immature and foolish. He cites Black in evidence ,
quoting him as saying : "That while scores of people
implored him to bring certain stories 'out well. ' he had
himself observed that the novels which had sad endings
$
I THE VALTJE OF HIS M03STSY. %
Baptiste Delormicr was an unusual-
y thrifty specimen of a naturally fru
gal race. He did not spend his wealth
recklessly , and he liked to got hi <
uoney's worth whenever he spent any
at all. But there was one time , in par-
icular , when itecmcd as if he were
really getting just about all that he
\vas entitled to.
"I come hon you' store , monsieur , "
aid Eaptiste , laying a nickel on the
grocer's counter , "for buy som' seed.
You geeve me one packettc s'il
-ous
"Sapree , monsieur ! You male you
too great hof de haste you are een
too moch hof a perspire. 'Ave more
hof de patient houteel I have explain.
De nam' she ees ron away hoff de top
ma haid , but maybe you 'ave made de
acquaint hof dose kind.
"Monsieur , I tole you now hof dose
seed. She ees not flower , she ees not
vegetabl' , but dose seed she ees como
nine ten , maybe twel' kind on one
packette. You save heern honteel de
fros' ees proceed for tak som' back
seat for de summaire , an' you ees gofer
for plant heem hon top de sout' side
hof you' barn , you' house , you' t'ck
board fence.
"Boinby she ees com * up two beeg
leave. Bomby she ees got flower not
moch for look at. Bomby she ees got
fruit on herself.
"Monsieur , of hall plant made by le
bou Dieu eet ees cette plant of whom
de nam' ees by me forgot dat goes de
nios' to hoblige.
"Behol * ! She ees geeve you mos'
ever' t'ing you want Orange to mak
surprise hon les eufants ; lemon for
look mos' fine hon you' sideboard ; beeg
haig for mak you' hen 'ave moch desire
for outdo hall w'at he 'ave lay biffore ;
beeg round ball like happle for you'
femme to poet hon top de hiuside hot
some sock w'at 'ave de misfortune to
got hole hon herself ; nice clean deeper
for drink water from pail , whole lot
beeg deeshrag for "
"Oh , " said the grocer , seeing light ,
"I guess you mean gourds. Here they
are. "
"But oul , monsieur. One t'ousand
t'anks ! You 'ave proceed to guess wit'
correction. You plant you dose gourd ,
you mak heem to grow an' you ees
have , for honly fi' cent , de halmost to
gone to housekeep' wit' "
were , after all , the ones that have made the deepest im
pression. " This might also seem like an argument for
the sad ending per so , which we can hardly think the
writer in the Bookman means to make.
As a matter of fact , neither the happy ending nor the
sad ending is in and of itself good from the purely artis
tic point of view. But may not a word be honestly said
in favor of the happy ending ? * * * Should one choose
gloom assa last memory when one may have brightness ?
Altogether it seems to us that a great deal may be said In
favor of the happy stopping place. The reader is not
deceived if he be an intelligent reader into a falsely ,
optimistic view of life. It is not a case of the "happy
ever afterwards" of the children's fairy tales. Rather it
is a rational and deliberate choice of mature and sea
soned minds to seize what may be of happiness rather
than sadness. And go , as sometimes happens , popular
taste and artistic discretion are not necessarily opposed.
The "happy ending" need not vex the judgment and it
often comforts the heart. Indianapolis News.
A BAN Off KISSING.
HE State Board of Health of Indiana has
* TT * issued an order prohibiting kissing in the
public schools. On printed notices posted
in every schoolroom there is this injunc
tion : "Do not kiss anyone in the mouth , or
allow anyone to do so to you. " The injunction - '
junction has created an opportunity for the
humorist , but there is a serious side to the matter.
Scientific discoveries have established the fact that the
mouth of a human being is the home of countless bac
teria , some of which , through infection , lead to disease ,
and possibly to death. Indeed , science has gone so far
as to demonstrate the fact that the more beautiful the
child the more dangerous the kisses. Accepting such dem
onstration , a gre.it many physicians kiss the children on
the cheek only , and the- example they have been setting
is being followed more and more throughout the coun
try. A recent report on the subject shows that in a com
munity of 1,000 people In which kissing has been tabooed
for ten j-ears , the death rate from infections diseases has
decreased a little more than three and one-half per cent.
This means that in a thousand people three and one-half
lives have yearly been saved.
Instead of looking at the order of the Indiana State
Board of Health in a humorous way , it will be well for
tbe-people Of that and other States to take it as seriously
as it was intended. If people value human life as they
should , they will do so. Williamsport ( Pa. ) Grit.
EOJBSTVENSKY'S MANLY PLEA.
DMIRAL ROJESTVEXSKY has his good
points , as well as those which may be
stamped as being somewhat weak. Standing
before a court martial recently at Cronstadt ,
he pleaded guilty to" the surrender of the
gunboat Biedovy , in an endeavor to save
the members of his staff and other oilicials
of the navy , who , he believed , surrendered the craft on
account of their affection for their wounded commander
and a desire to save his life. It was a decidedly manly
thing to do , aud reflects much credit on the man who
made anything but a success of the vast naval command
entrusted to him by the Russian Government. His speech !
to the court was a brave one. He virtually took all the j
blame for the surrender upon his own shoulders , knowing '
that if he were to suffer to the full extent of the law in
the premises , his appeal meant condemnation and death ,
the general penalty for hauling down the St. Andrew's
Cross to a hostile vessel. Brooklj-n Times.
KLONDIKE GOLD DREDGING
53m Bavminfr on "Worked-Over
I'liicer Kesion.
It is reported by Consul Ravndal of
Dawroii that an era of cold dredging
is dawning on the Klondike , says the
Washington Star.
Tlie rich , early-discovered creeks
have already , by crude and wasteful
methods , been worked over. They are
now being subjected to another more
scientific treatment. A prominent fea
ture of the new system is gold dredg
ing. It has proved eminently success
ful in the Klondike , in spite of such
drawbacks as difficulties of transpor
tation , high cost of installation and op
eration , frozen gravels and short sea
sons. Gold dredging in the north has
passed the experimental stage and be
come an established and promising in
dustry. Extensive areas of low-grade
ground which have been lying idle be
cause under the former manner of min
ing the cost of extraction would equal ,
if not exceed , the returns , are being
made productive through the use of
dredges handling 3,000 or more cubic
yards of dirt every twenty-four hours.
There are now In the Klondike ,
either in operation or In course of In
stallation , nearly a dozen gold dredges.
Next season will witness the arrival of
several additions to the northern min
ing fleet , some of which will be put
to work in the Forty-Mile and Birch
creek districts of Alaska. All of these
"gold ships" are of American make.
Occasionally it Is said that dredges
from other countries may enter into
competition with American patterns.
Such reports are probably idle and
merely the result of impatience be
cause American manufacturers cannot
at present fill all orders promptly.
Calls for gold dredges come from
California , Montana , Idaho and Cole
rado. Gold dredging Is to be tried in
Siberia and in the valleys of the Yalu ,
the Amur , the Hoangho and the
Yangtze. The present inability of
American dredge manufacturers to
supply the demand is perhaps chiefly
due to Panama canal requirements.
It is expected that the introduction
of dredges will greatly increase the
output of gold in the Klondike. In
1905 this was reduced to about $7,500-
000 , as against $10,350,000 in 1904 , ? 1S-
000,000 in 1 1 and $22,275,000 In 1900.
Speculations are already rife as to
whether this enlarged supply from the
Yukon , coupled with Alaska's growing
yield of new gold , will not perceptibly
affect the general economic conditions
in America as a whole. During 190G
Alaska will probably furnish some $20-
000,000 of gold , as against $14,500,000
for 1905 , $9,000,000 in 1901 and $ G,350-
000 for 1903. It is pointed out that
seasons of exceptional prosperity have
followed each of the great gold finds of
recent times those of Australia , of
California , of South Africa and of the
Klondike. So far most of the capital
invested in dredging operations in the
Klondike is owned by citizens of the
United States and most of the gold
cleaned up is sold in Seattle.
The Puzzled. Dos : .
Colonel William F. Cody ( "Buffalo
Bill" ) tells of a clog that travels with
his shows a dog that is the most ill-
tempered beast in the world. He has
good cause for his surliness. The col
onel says , "He sleeps in the ticket
wagon. Now , every night before he is
shut up the ticket-seller gives him a
bone , which he promptly conceals in
a hole dug beneath the wagon. Then
he goes to bed , and , failing to realize
that almost every night his house Is
shifted on the road , he can't under
stand why the morning's search for ths
bone is futile. Then he's mad. He
thinks some one has stolen it , and it
isn't safe to go near him for several
hours. Sometimes we stop for several
day In a place , and then of course
while we are there he finds the bone ,
and it's Just enough incentive to keep
him digging holes. He's planted bones
all over this country and the greater
part of Europe , and has lost ninety-
nine out of every hundred. "
Philanthropic Sparrows.
An incident which , the writer de
clares , raised the pugnacious sparrow
several degrees in his estimation is
described in Outing. It shows that the
sparrow has other good qualities be
sides his sturdiness and self reliance.
For several days four or five sparrows
had visited a certain place on the roof
near my window. They always brought
food for another little fellow , who nev
er tried a flight from the spot. The
visiting sparrows never came empty-
billed. They would drop tiny morsels
of food near the little sparrow. When
it began to eat the crumbs the others
set up a great chirping and then flew
away. After watching this for a few
days I went out on the roof and approached
preached the lone bird. It did not flut
ter away from me and made no resist
ance when I picked it up. The spar
row was blind. Its eyes were covered
with a milklike film. J
j JUDGE GARY DEAD ,
Ifccirf Dire : ! " ! ; CarrieOK IVeilor ol
( Jltl fif o Judiciary.
Judge Josivn E. CJ.u-y , for forty-
three consecutive years a Juilge of tht
Superior Court in Cook County , died
at his home in Chicago Wednesday of
heart disease. Death , though sudden ,
was peaceful for the "grand old man"
of the Cook County bench. For eighty-
five years the sands of Joseph Gary's
' life had been running their course , and
' when the final grain had dropped he
I had gained the things that are sought
| after and cherished as covetously aa
gold the love and veneration of his
fellows.
Joseph E. Gary was born in Potts-
dam , X. Y. , July 9 , 1S21 , his parents
being of puritan stock. He became a
carpenter and then studied law. In
1S43 he came west to St. Louis , work
ing at the bench and reading law dur
ing spare time until 1844 , when he was
admitted to the bar in St. Louis , where
he remained- until the gold diggings at
tracted him to California , where he
practiced law and dabbled in mining.
While en route to the west he met
Murray F. Tuley in Las Vegas , X. M. ,
and in 1S5G he located in Chicago ,
where he found Mr. Tuley. They
formed a law partnership and their
close personal friendship continued
until the death of Judge Tuley.
Mr. Gary ascended the bench of the
Superior Court of Cook County in 1SG3
and he was elected at each succeeding
JUDGE JOSEPH E. CAEV
.term , lie was given a popular ovation
on the occasion of his fortieth nnuiver-
ary on the bench , on which occasion
he sat as an ex-oliicio Judge of the
Criminal Court.
Probably the most notable utterance
by Judge Gary was that on the sen
tencing of the anarchists , some of
whom were hanged Nov. 11 , 1SST. He
said in part :
The people of the country love their
institutions. They love their homes. They
love their property. They will never con
cent that by violence and murder those
institutions shall be broken down , their
homes despoiled and their property de
stroyed. And the people are strong enough
to protect and sustain their institutions
and to punish all offenders agaJnst their
laws ; and those who threaten danger to
civil society , if the law is enforced , are
leading to destruction whoever may at
tempt to execute such threads.
The existing order of society can be
changed only by the will of the majority.
Each man has full right to advocate by
Speech or print such opinions as , uit him
self ; but if lie proposes murder as a
means of enforcing them he puts his own
life at stake ; and no clamor about free
speech , or evils to be cured , or wrongs
to be redressed will shield Mm from the
consequences of his crime. His liberty
Is not a license to destroy.
_ j
Vuccinntion for Germ Discuses. I
Sir Almcroth E. Wright , the noted London - '
don physician , who is credited with the
discovery of the opsonic index , which
indicates the power of the blood to de
stroy diseased germs , is now visiting in
this country , and recently delivered an
address at the Philadelphia College of
Physicians. lie said he had reached the
conclusion , after much experimentation ,
that bacteriological inoculation is the
best means to fight any disease that owes
its inception to germs , not excepting even
tuberculosis. The general plan of treat
ment is the game with that as with other
diseases. After the opsonic t st on the
patient's blood the vaccine is introduced
into the body until the blood is suffi
ciently strengthened to throw off its im
purities.
Status of diarchies in Germany.
The official order book of church mem
bership in Germany , issued by Pastor
Schneider of Elberfeld , as translated and
reviewed by the Literary Digest , shows
that the number of conversions from the
Roman Catholic church to the Protestant
is considerably greater than those who
have gone from the Protestant ranks into
the Roman faith. According to this au
thority , 73,978 members of the Catholic
church in Germany became Protestants
between 1S90 and 1894 , while only 1.034
went from Protestantism to Catholicism.
The order book draws attention to the
fact that not only in the empire as a
whole , but in each and every State the
Protestants have been making the greater
gains. Relatively these are much greater
in France than elsewhere.
Farmers Holding : Back "Wheat.
The scarcity of wheat on the market
indicates that the farmers in the wheat
belt are dissatisfied with the low price
of 50 and 60 cents per bushel and are
forming unions to hold the crop ont of
the market. The vast quantity of grain
coming from the Canadian northwest has
kept the price low.
Mexico Fiprlitinjcr Beef Trn t.
The Mexican government has decided
to establish meat markets throughout
Mexico City and sell meats at actual cost
or lower if necessary to drive the meat
trust out of business. This is due to the
fact that the trust recently advanced the
prices of meat , so as t-o place it out of
the reach of the poorer classes.
En lisli Girl's Swimming1 Record.
Miss Jennie Fletcher of Leichester ,
England , a IG-year-old girl , has beaten
the world's swimming record of 100 yards
for women , her time being 1 :20 1-5 ,
Caused by Female Disorders and Cured by
' Compound
lydfa E. Pinkham's Vegetable
suffer a
A zrreat many women wijh
f indigestion or dyspepsia -
form
treat
Snot toordinary
seem to yield
to te
ment. While the symptoms seem
Bimllar to those of ordinary Ss-
the medicines universally prescribed
t n , yet
scribed do not seem to restore the pa
tient's normal condition.
\M > s.M. Wright
Mrs. Plnkham claims that there is a
kind of dyspepsia that is caused by a
derangement of the female organism , ;
and which , while it causes a disturb
ance similar to ordinary indigestion , ;
cannot be relieved without a medicine
which not only acts as a stomach tonic ,
but has a peculiar tonic effect on the fe
male organism. ] H
As proof of this theory we call at
tention to the case of Mrs. Maggie
Wright. Brooklyn , N. Y. , who was
completely cured by Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound after every
thing else had failed. Slfte writes :
"For two years I suffered -with dyspepsia
which BO degeneratedthe entire system that I
was unable to attend to my daily duties. I
felt weak and norroiw , and nothing that I ate
tasted good and it caused a disturbance in my ,
stomach. I tried different dyspepsia cures ,
but nothing seemed to help me. I was ad
vised to give Lydia E. Pinkljam's Vegetable
Compound a trial , and was happily surprised
to find that it acted like a fine tonic , and in a.
fewdays I began to enjoy and properly digest
my food. My recovery was rapid , and in
five weeks I was a well woman. I have rec
ommended it to many suffering women. "
No other medicine in the world has
received such widespread and unquali
fied endprsement or has such a record
of cures of femal * troubles , as has Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Cotton is now produced artificially
from pine wood. The fibers are broken
up and , chemically treated to dissolve
oat all except the cellulose.
BOY'S HEAD ONE SOLD ) SORE.
Hair All Came Out Under Doctor
Three Months and No Better
Cuticura "Works Wonders.
Mr. A. G. Barnett , proprietor of a
general store in Avard , Oklahoma ,
Tells In the following grateful letter
how Cuticura cured his son of a ter
rible eczema : "My littte boy had
eczema. His head was one solid sore ,
all over his scalp ; his hair all came
out , and he suffered very much. I
had a physician treat him , but at the
end of three months he was no better.
I remembered that the Cuticura Reme
dies had cured me , and after giving
him two bottles of Cuticura Resolv
ent , according to directions , and using :
Cuticura Soap and Ointment on him
dally , his eczema left him , his hair
grew again , and he has never had any
eczema since. We use the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment , and they keep our
skin soft and healthy. I cheerfully
recommend the Cuticura Remedies for
all cases of eczema. A. C. Barnett ,
Mar. 30 , 1905. "
"Tommy , you ate those peaches that
vrere in the pantry. "
"I didn't ! I never touched' em ! "
"O , well , ic doesn't matter. They were
green , wormy , and of no account , any-
tray. "
" 'Tain't so. They was splendid ! "
Chicago Tribune.
When some men pretend to act foolish
their neighbors are unable to detect the
difference.
HOW DEBILITY SHOWS
And Why Dr. Williams' Pink Pill
Are a Specific for Dangerous
Physical Declines.
The symptoms of general debility vary
according to the cause but weakness is
always present , a tendency to perspire
and fatigue easily , ringing in the ears ,
sometimes blade spots passing before
the eyes , weak back , vertigo , wakefulness -
ness caused by inability to stop thinking ,
and unrefreshiug sleep. The canse of *
the trouble may be some drain on the *
system or it may be mental or physical
overwork , sometimes insufficient nutri
tion dne to digestive disturbance. In
the latter case there is
generally a loss of
appetite and a coated
tongue as well as
general languor and debility.
Miss LulaM. Metzger , a stenographer ,
hvingat 71 Mill street , Watertown , N Y
Snfd ? f ° ° Ver a yearfrom general
debility. "It
was caused by overstndy , "
she says , "and I had no ambition , didn't
want to go anywhere , my food didn't
taste good I was run down , lifeless and-
listless. I took medicines bnt thev failed'
to help me. Finally friends "recom
mended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to
my
mother and she got some for me. I took
them for some time and was entirely
refcuru of
Dr.Williams5 Pink Pills
cure debilitv
Because they actually make new red
rich blood , and as the blood carrftfc
nourishment to all the organs and SSfa
of the body , nerves as well as mttJwf
the new blood stimulates the
do the work that nature expect
? nll alhealfcl1 owsP Not
as well.
The pills are sold by all drng s
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