A Lazy Liver
May bo only a tired liver , or a starved
liver. It would be a stupid as well as
savage thing to beat a weary or starved
man because he lagged in his work. So
in treating the lagging , torpid liver it Is
'a great mistake to lash it with strong
drastic drugs. A torpid liver is but an
indication of an ill-nourished , enfeebled
body whose organs arc weary with over
work. Start with the stomach and allied
organs of digestion and nutrition. Put
them in working order and sec ho\v
quickly youf liver v/511 become active.
Dr. Pierco's Golden Medical Discovery
has made many marvelous cures of "liver
trouble" by its wonderful control of the
organs of digestion and nutrition. It re
stores the- normal activity of the stomach ,
increases the secretions of the blood-mak
ing glands , clcanFcs the system from poi
sonous accumulations , and so relieves the
liver of the burdens imposed upon it by
the defection of other organs.
If you have bitter or bad taste in the raorn-
Inc , poor or/triable appetite , coated tongue ,
'foul breath , constipatcdor irrgeular bowels.
feel weak , caslla tired. Qsjspomlent. frequent
headaches , pain 4rdistres3 < n "small of ack , "
smawinc or distressed -cl iff in stomacb ,
perhaps nausca. VM sffN oHr "rtelnss" hi
throat after eating , and kln&Xefi symptoms
of weak stomach and torpid live& nojriedl-
clnc will relieve you more promptly procure
.
Perhaps only
a part of the above symptoms will be present
at ono time and yet point to torpid liver or
'biliousness and weak stomach. Avoid all
hot bread and biscuits griddle cakes and
other indigestible food and take the "Golden
Medical Discovery ; ' regularly and stick to its
use until you are vigorous and strong.
The "Discovery" is non-secret , non-alco
holic. is a clyccric extract of native medici
nal roots with a full list of its ingredients
printed on each bottle-wrapper and attested
under oatb. Its ingredients arc endorsed
and extolled by the most eminent medical
writers of the age and are recommended to
cure the diseases for which it is advised.
Don't accept a substitute of unknown
composition for this non-secret MEDICINE
OF ItN'OWN COMPOSITION.
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Serial of One Million Words.
An advertiser in a London paper
says he has Immediate use for a "sen-
.sational serial , " which must consist of
! !
about 1,000,000 words. The longest
! ' i novel , so far , is said to be George
lEliot's "Middlemarch , " which contains
nearly 329,000 words.
Take Garfield Tea in the Spring it
will save you many days of headache ,
lassitude and general ill health ! This
natural laxative purifies the blood ,
cleanses the system and establishes a
normal action of liver , kidneys anil bow
els. It is made wholly of Herbs.
Faitli witli Work * .
Everywhere over the dwellings of tin
natives of the great central plateau ol
M Bolivia is the grass cross. Charles
M. Pepper , the author of "Panama tc
Patagonia , " states that he rarely founc
a hut without this symbolism.
The cross , he was told , was blessed
by the priest , and then it kept out tht
M rain , which at times is very heavy
One old man , whose undoubted brtho
i
doxy was , at least , without a crust ol
superstition , was asked if the crossc ;
really did keep out the rain.
"Yes , if the roof is a good one , " ht
gravely replied.
Blood Gets Sour.
At this time of year , says a well-
known authority , the Kidneys become
, weak , clogged and inactive , " failing to
filter out the poisons and acids , which
eour the blood , causing not only fa
cial and bodily eruptions , but the
worst forms of Rheumatism , Nervous
and Stomach troubles , Backache and
.painful , annoying Urinary afflictions.
It is worth any one's time now to
iget from some good prescription phar-
pnacy the following ingredients : Fluid
( Extract Dandelion , one-half ounce ;
Compound Kargon , one ounce ; Compound
pound/ Syrup Sarsaparilla , three
ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle
tle and take In teaspoonful doses after
your meals and at bedtime.
\ This simple home-made mixture will
( force the Kidneys fo normal , healthy
action , so they will filter and strain all
.uric acid and poisonous waste matter
Jfrom the blood , and 'expel ' this in the
Hirine , at the same time restoring the
"full- blood count" that Is , 95 per cent
red blood corpuscles which is abso
lutely indispensable to perfect health.
WESTERN CANADA.
Dedicate In the Old Home ; Better
Health in the New.
Churchbrldge , Sask. , December 1 , 1906.
ffo the Editor Dear Sir :
I came to this country from the State
of Wisconsin three years ago , and must
\say that I am greatly pleased with the
.outlook in this Western country. For
my own part I am entirely satisfied
with the progress I have made since
coming here. I have raised excellent
crops of grain of all varieties. Last
season my wheat averaged 23 bushels
of wheat to the acre , oats GO and barley -
ley 40.
We had a splendid garden this year ,
ripening successfully tomatoes , musk
melons , water melons , sweet corn , and
[ kindred sorts.
j The country Is well adapted to wheat
.growing . and mixed fanning , and to my
mind It Is the best country under the
sun for a man with a family and small
means , as it is possible for a man to
commence farming operations with
much less capital than is required In
the older settled countries.
The climate Is all that could be de-
Isired , being very healthy and invigo-
j rating.
, j My wife came out about six months
iago , and although inclined to be deli
cate In the old home , she has enjoyed
the best of 'health since coming here.
In short , I am more than satisfied
with the land of my adoption , and I
am also satisfied with the laws of the
country.
Yours very truly ,
( Signed. ) JOHN LANGDON.
Write to any Canadian Government
Agent for literature and full partlcu-
llari.
Opinions of Great Papers on Bmportant Subjects. *
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RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN BRITAIN.
N England the Board of Trade Las a bureau ,
whose work it is .to investigate railroad acci
dents and in England the roads sometimes
go a j-ear and kill only one passenger. Here
more have been killed in six months than in
ten years there. This English bureau has
a trained railroad expert at its head. He
iaas an assistant , and a staff of clerks. Three army engi
neers are detailed to assist him. Under a special statute
no evidence taken by this official investigation can be
used , cited or employed in a suit for damages. Plaintiff
and defendant in such suits may call the same witnesses ,
but their previous testimony cannot be employed to chal
lenge or correct the evidence given on the trail for
damages.
In England , as a result , when an accident comes , an
inquiry begins in a day by experts who have been going
to accidents for years. There is no rush of police , cor
oners and prosecuting officers for "exhibits , " of bystand
ers for "souvenirs , " of newspaper men for objects to
photograph and of railroad men to conceal awkward evi
dence. The official investigators take possession and
their inquiry holds the scene of accident. Railroads gain
as well as the public and railroad improvements in Great
Britain have followed the' reports of railroad inquiries
into accidents. As the same bureau investigates signal
and safety appliances its officials are responsible for their
condition and familiar with them. Philadelphia Press.
TELEPHONES AND COMPETITION.
[ VERY community which has a\telephoneser
vice is likely to be confronted by the qv ps-
tion of granting a francise to a rival com
pany. Each case must be decided by the
governing circumstances , but every case will
show the peculiarity of the telephone prob
lem. The telephone is a natural monopoly ,
for it is to the advantage of every subscriber that all
users of telephones should be on the same system with
him. More than one system moans that a subscriber
must have more than one instrument , or be out pf com
munication with part of ttie world of telephone-users.
It is difficult however , to adjust human nature to ideal
mechanical conditions. Established companies , without
rivals , lack the motive of competition to keep rates down
and service good. Therefore some communities have wel-
coined new companies which promised better and cheaper
service. Dual systems , like labor strikes , are on their face
economic losses. , yet it may be worth while to endure the
temporary discomfort and loss in order to secure better
conditions ultimately. The butcher may be-on one sys
tem ana the baker on another , yet low rates may bring
two instruments within the previous cost of one , and
may so increase the /number of subscribers within call
as to atone for the inconvenience. If finally one com
pany absorbs the other , the'community may have become
BO well established in low rates that the surviving com
pany < Iare not raise them.
On the other hand , the effect of competing companies
Is sometimes merely to rtfvidc the telephone-us.ers of a
community without 'adding many to the total number ,
"WHAT WOULD YOU DO ?
A Problem Involving Life ami Death
in Mountain Climbing.
What would you do if you were in
the position of the upper man shown
In the accompanying illustration ? The
problem may not be one unknown in
high mountain climbing. Suppose that ,
while cutting steps in the snow on the
top of a precipice , one mountaineer
missed his footing , who clung almost
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hopelessly to the rene and with one
arm broken. The guide had just time
to make one twist of the rope round a
slight projection of rock and was able
to wedge himself so that he supported
his companions for a time ; but as there
was only one twist round the rock , the
slightest movement would have made
the rope slip and the guide would have
been dragged down. There was no help
within miles. - The problem for the
guide , therefore , lay between hanging
and if the companies then make an agreement to keep
rates up , the community is worse off than before. In
the strategical game which a community plays with pub
lic service companies , , it is dillicult to determine in the
case-of the telephone service how far the actual or threat
ened establishment of a rival company stimulates me
chanical improvement and checks the natural tendency
of a monopoly to extortion. No community can settle the
question without careful study. Youth's Companion.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL A MOBAL FORCE.
OT only is the American public school the
bulwark of free institutions ; it is also a
moral force , mighty in its influence under
right conditions. There the children of the
land are taught , if teachers are faithful to
their obligations , the meaning of duty and
discipline. They learn obetlieuce , respect
for necessary rules and regulations and the value of
good conduct They imbibe ideas of social relations
which exert a potent influence upon the formation of
character.
In order that such instruction shall not be neglected
nor perfunctorily imparted , it is essential that teachers
shall be under no constraints or influences which may
impair their sense of obligation as teachers or interfere
with the faithful , and efficient performance of their du
ties. Especially important is it that they shall be abso
lutely free of any political control or dictation.
Whoever would prostitute the people's schools to poll-
tics is a public enemy of the most dangerous character.
Such a person is more to be feared than any external
enemy , for he would sap the foundation of our institu
tions and pollute the source to which our children and
the children of the future must look for intellectual ad
vancement and moral guidance. The anarchist is not
more to be condemned than the man who would make
the public school a political machine. Chicago Journal.
NATURE'S CONSUMPTION CURE.
HE census bureau has published its annual
report on mortality statistics and from it
some very interesting facts may be ob
tained and very important deductions made.
The report applies only to certain so-called
"registered" cities , but taking it as it stands
it appears that pulmonary tuberculosis is
the most fruitful cause of death. This as is well known ,
is an entirely preventable disease. In its early stages
fresh air and sunshine are all the remedies needed. Oth
er treatment is not only unnecessary but in most instances
harmful. But the discovery of these simple remedies is
of very recent origin. There has hardly been time for the
general public to realize the truth and govern themselves
in accordance with it. They need education. It is much
easier to follow some expensive and difficult course of
treatment for what our grandfathers called "old-fash
ioned consumption , " than simply to live outdoors , eat
abundantly but not too much of nutritious food and never
do all the work you feel able to do. Yet modern medi
cal science prescribes nothing' more for this disease.
Boston Herald. -r
on until he should be exhausted and
fall , too , or cutting the rope as the only
chance of saving his own life.
What would you do if you were in
the guide's place ? Would .you follow
the law of self-preservation and cut
tlio rope , or wait , allowing blind
chance to solve the fate of all three ?
One man who was asked what he would
do uiidor the circumstances replied that
InAvouhl likeio kill all three for being
there at all that they have no right ,
for the gratification of a mere whim ,
to dare providenc in such a manner.
But what would you do ?
"Wlinle Ninety-five Feet
Largest of all animals that ever
lived on this planet is the great sul
phur-bottom whale of the Pacific ocean.
One specimen which was measured .was
ninety-five feet in length and thirty-
five feet in girth. Its estimated weight
was 294,000 pounds.
RATS COMMIT A BURGLARY.
Effect Entrance to a Bread Box Sup >
posed to Be Secure.
A man who was graduated from Yah
in 1SS4 is now a bachelor. He lives ir
a very old house on upper Broadway ,
The few attentions his house receives
come from a chanvoman of great ago
and little activity. Hence there are
rats on the premises.
They are remarkable rats and when
you are told of their achievements by
their landlord you are inclined to be in
credulous. Yet you can't deny the evi
dences of their intelligence.
In the kitchen is a large cupboard.
On its broad shelf rests a rather heavy
tin breadbox. Generally it contains
bread.
For a long time the tin cover Jrapt
the rats out Then the rats held a coun
cil of war , appointed a committee on
ways and means and lived on potato
peelings until the report canie in.
The committee did its work well. It
decided that as rats were poorly equip
ped to cope with tin breadboxes in an
upright position it behooved them to
proceed against the box , push it off the
cupboard and allow the well-known
laws of gravitation to do the rest.
The plan was a success. Morning
after morning when the owner of the
breadbox oanie iuto his kitchen he
found the box on the floor in confusion.
The bread was gone to the last crumb.
Successive falte dented the poor old
box out of shape and while the owner
is a mild-mannered person he can't af
ford new breadboxes evc/ry w/jek , so he
drove two large staples into his cup
board , fastening them against the box.
Since then the rats have had no bread.
Another feat the rodents accomplish
ed handily is even more remarkable.
The owner of the house keeps his flour
.n a large cylindrical can. The top
fastens on snugly.
The industrious rats have succeeded
n removing the top from the can on a
dozen different occasions. The opened
can is tipped over and the flour is con
sumed , presumably with great rejoic-
ng. *
It requires quite a bit of strength to
remove this cover with the fingers , and
low the rats succeed , using their tough
ittle noses and paws , is beyond any
explaining. But the evidences were
there and the Yale bachelor is an hon *
est man. New York Sun.
Bad Times.
"Hasn't that man seen better days ? "
"Yes , before they ruled him off the
track. " Baltimore American.
Girls don't kiss each other as much
as they used to , and they don't kiss the
men' more ; they are learning to get
along without It.
1355 Marino Falioro , Doge of Yerice ,
executed.
16G2 Royal Society of England incor
porated.
1763 Georgia Gazette , at Savannah ,
first issued.
1775 Battle of Lexington , first engage
ment in the American Revolutionary
war.
1SOG Admiral Villcneuve , Nelson's an
tagonist at Trafalgar , committed sui
cide while a prisoner in England.
1S09 Austrians defeated by Napoleon
at Abensberg , Bavaria.
l&il First handicap steeplechase race
run in England.
1S42 Gen. Pollock entered Jellalabad
with his troops.
1861 Virginia seceded from the Union.
1874 Mad Lucas , the Hertfordshire her-
ir.it , immortalized by Dickens , found
( lead. |
18SO Afghans defeated by the British
at Ahmed Khel.
18S3 Parliament buildings at Quebec
burned.
1889 Oklahoma land opened to settle
ment by presidential proclamation. '
1890 First Pan-American conference
closed at Washington.
1891 Czar proclaimed the expulsion oi
the Jews from Moscow White
Star steamship Teutonic broke transAtlantic -
Atlantic record.
1893 Australian Joint Stock bank failed
for $65,000,000.
1591 Princess Victoria Melita of
Edinburgh married to Ernest Louis ,
Grand Duke of Hesse.
1895 Perry , escaped train robber , cap
tured at Weehawken , N. J.
1890 International Arbitration Congress
met at Washington.
1897 Attempt made to assassinate King
Humbert of Italy at Rome Tur
key declared war against Greece.
1898 Spurgoon's Tabernacle in London
destroyed by fire Gen. Joaquin
Crespo , ex-president of Venezuela ,
killed in battle.
1899 Resolutions introduced in Massa
chusetts Legislature revoking the or
der banishing Roger Williams in
16.35.
1901 Severe floods at Pittsburg and
Cincinnati.
1903 Massacre of Jews at Kishineff ,
Russia. Andrew Cargegie gave
$1,500,000 to erect Temple of Peace
at The Hague.
190-i Fire in Toronto destroyed $10-
000,000 worth of property.
1906 Prof. Curie , discoverer of radium ,
killed by an accident in Paris
Large part of San Francisco de
stroyed by earthquake and fire.
Stead Would Avert War.
William T. Stead , the famous English
editor , has recently arrived in this coun
try , -where he expects to make a stay of
several weeks , partly for the purpose of
attending the peace conference at New
York. In a newspaper interview Mr.
Stead expressed himself as strongly in
favor of the united action of Great Brit
ain and the United States in the coming
Hague conference toward disarmament ,
and the promotion of international amity.
He particularly urged the carrying into
effect of article 8 , which was unanimously
recommended by the former conference.
This -would treat a dispute between two
nations the same as a dispute between two
individuals , and recommends tnat before
proceeding to hostilities each party should
call in a special mediator , corresponding
to a second in a private duel , who should
be allowed a period of not exceeding thir
ty days in which to settle the dispute. If
such a procedude had been followed , he
said , neither the South African nor the
Russo-Japanese war -would have broken
mtwhen it did.
Trust Conference at Chicago.
The executive council of the National
Divic Federation has decided to hold the
aatioaal conference on combinations and
trusts at Chicago , May 28 to 31 , in-
jlusive. Governors and presidents of the
important commercial , manufacturing ,
igricultural , labor , economic , financial
md law associations will be asked to ap
point delegates. The purpose of the con-
ierence is to consider the trust and com-
jination problem , especially the question
) f State and federal regulation of corpo
rations , and the question of what amend-
nent , if any , should be made to the Slier-
nan anti-trust act. The subjects more
particularly indicated for discussion are :
aovernmental power over corporations
sngaged in interstate commerce ; the con
struction , capitalization and control of
: orporations , and the just and practicable
estriction and regulation , federal and
State , of combinations in transportation ,
jroduction , distribution and labor.
Interesting Neiva Items ,
Andrew Carnegie has give ! $15,000 for
: he erection of a science hall at Deni-
ion university , Newark , Ohio.
Five members of a mob that took a
legro from jail at Bunkie , La. , were ac-
jidentally wounded by their companions
vhen they shot at random after the ne-
jro's escape.
On application of Russell B. Harrison ,
Federal Judge T. C. Munger at Omaha
ippointed H. G. Leigh receiver for the
Citizens' Gas Light Company of Nebras-
ca City , Neb.
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Relieves
Pe-ru-na
Spring Catarrh , f
n
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MISS DORA IIAYDEX. -
"Without hesitation I write to thank i
you * for the 'great relief I have found in
your valualle medicine , Peruna , and will
call the attention of all my fricndt
tuffcring with catarrh to that fact. Bo
lides I cheerfully recommend it to all suf
fering with catarrh in any form" Miss
Dora Hoyden , 819 Gth St. , S. W. , Wash
ington , D. 0. .aj : 7
.
A Case of Spring Catarrh.
Mrs. N. P. Lawler , 423 N. Broadway ,
Pfttsburg , Kan. , writes : "Last spring I
caught a severe cold , which developed
into a serious case of catarrh. I felt -weak
and sick , and could neither eat nor sleen
well. :
"A member of our club who had been
cured of catarrh through the use of Pe
runa advised me to try it , and I did so at
once. I expected help , but nothing lik
the wonderful change for the better I ob
served almost as soon as I started taking
it. In three days I felt much better , and
within tw"o weeks I was in fine health.
Peruna is a wonderful medicine. "
LEGISLATION FOR EFFECT. /
Many Bills Introduced in Congrreai
to Impress' Constituents.
Less than 5 per cent of the bills in
troduced in Congress relate to public
business. Instead , they have to da
with matters bearing directly or indi
rectly on the Congressman's hope of re- '
nomination and re-election. The total
number of house bills introduced dur
ing the first session of the Fifty-eighth
Congress ( Including the special session - '
sionwas ) 15,576. Of these , only 1,643
were public measures. The other
13,931 were private. Two hundre'd
and sixty-four public laws were enact
ed and 1,896 private laws. Much of
the proposed private legislation was
put in without any thought of its ulti
mate passage ; but , whether It was ex >
pected to pass or not , and whether it
was pushed or not , the purpose of its
introduction was generally the same
to give an appearance of activity and
influence "the boys" at home.
About 35 per cent of the Congress
men rely on river and harbor legisla
tion to carry them through. Many-
Dills relating to proposed Improve
ments are introduced which are not in
cluded in the big general measures ,
jut sometimes they do almost as much
; oed as if they were passed , so far as
: heir effect on the voters is concerned ,
jspecially if the introducer Is of the
ninority party. Then he can assert
: hat the demons of the other side pre
sented favorable action on his proj-
; cts , and thus kept justice from her
hrone.
Not many years ago a man who had
lersistently brought the claims of a
tet project before the river and har-
lor committee broke ddwn when ha
awthat his reiterated
arguments were
laving no effect.
"Gentlemen , " he said , to the assem
bled committeemen , as he wiped the
ears from his eyes , 'Til be quite
rank with you. If I fail to get the
ppropriation I am asking for I will
ail to get back to Congress. I know
his is an unmanly exhibition
, but it
aeans so much to "
me ! And the tears
ontinued to flow. Success Magazine.
Alrnia to A lc Too Mncn
First Legislator see
a Kansas mas
las declared "a pass is a bribe , and anj
aan ought to be too big to accept sucl
small bribe.
Second Legislator Well , of course
bat's true , but it would look klnda
mall fer us to
go further and ask th
ailroads to puy us fer ridin * , wouldn'f
: ? Kansas City Times. I
Economy.
Mr. '
Justwed
It's
so sweet of you to
gree that we must
economize. But da
ou think you can get along without a
30k ?
Mrs. Justwed Oh. yes. We'll have
II our meals sent in by a caterer
leveland Leader.
Betvreen. Friends.
Miss Tartun Archie
Feathertop telli
e you are advising him to spend hij
ication this summer in the Swiss
monn-
Mrs. Chillicon-Kearney _
Yes1
lought that if I could induce him to' fall
) wn some precipice
I
would be doin-
real favor to you , dear * -
Catesby marry for