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Properly Cenaorefl. "When Maxim Gorky dined with ae , " said u literary New Yorker , "he jtalked about the Russian censorship. "He said that in the course of the Russo-Japanese war he had occasion In nu article to describe the headquarters of one of the grand dukes. lie wrote of these headquarters , among other things : ' " 'And over the desk of his highness's tent is a .large photograph of Marie la Jambe , the beautiful ballet dancer. ' "Before this article could appear , the censor changed that sentence to : " 'And over the desk of his highness' ? tent is a large map of the theater of ' " war. A Skin of Beauty Is a Joy Forever. R. T. Follx Gouraud's Oriental D Cream or Magical Boautifler. Removes Tan , Pimples , Freckles , Moth Patches , Bash , and Skin Diseases , and every blemish I on beauty , and tie- I flea detection. It bas stood the test * ° VJWitf \ of W years , and e = . ol j J-S / = Y | Is tastelttobesurelt so harmless we Is properly made. Accept no counter- felt of similar name. Dr. L. A. Sayro said to a lady of the haut- ton ( a patient ) : " As you ladles will use them. _ I recommend Gonrniid'a Crenm' as the least harmful of all tLo tkln preparations. " For sale by all'drugeists and Fancy- Goods Dealers In the United States , Canada and Europe FEHD.T , HOPKINS , Prop , , 37 Great Junes Street , Hew York Positively cured by these Little Piils. They also relieve Dis tress from Dyspepsia , Indigestion - digestion and Too Hearty Eating ; A perfect rem edy for Dizziness. Nausea , Drowsiness , Bad. Taste In theMouth. . Coated Tongue , Pain In tie Slds. TORPID LIVER. They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , Genuine Must Bear ITTLE Fac-Simile Signature 8VER PILLS. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES , t "What Dreams Are Made Of. A new and interesting pjint in the study of the occult is being discussecl in London. It is the effect of diet on dreams and communication with the spirit world. It is suggested that to oo- taln clear dreams dreams which are free from anything of a fantastic , horrible rible , or distorted nature it is not only necessary to retire to rest with the mind calm and contented , but the body also must have been nourished with light and easily digestible food. Most persons have experienced nightmare , .flue Invthe great majority of cases tea a heavy meal before going to bed ; but 'apart from this , no person , It seems , san attain the perfect dream without . a special course of diet. B. A. Cochrane , who is an authority -j > n the subject of dreams , which he has studied for years , says : "I have discovered that no clear 4flream Is possible on the ordinary diet. 'No meat , or similarly heavy food , or anything containing alcohol must be itaken If the right kind of dream is to tome. I am a fruitarian myself , and fruit is the best kind of food for the perfect dreamer , although anything ? ery easily digestible \vill serve tEe purpose. Such a diet % vill enable per sons to get Into actual 'touch with the spirit world , and they will be able to recall their dreams on the awakening. " ; Kansas City Star. ; In a Pluck , TTae Allen's Foot-Case. A powder to shake Into your shoes. It rests the feet , Cures Corns , Bunions , Swollen , Sore , Hot , Callous , Aching , Sweating feet ; end Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores , 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted , La Roy , N. Y. : aiarrlaare n Real JLottery Here. : Every year in the Rumai country , in { ndla , a marriage lottery is held , gen- srally In October. The names of all { he marriageable girls and of the roung men who are tired of bachelor life are written on slips of paper and thrown into separate earth pots. One : 8f each kind is drawn * at one time by a local wise man. The youth whose aame Is drawn out obtains a letter of Introduction to tl j young woman whose aame accompanies his , and then all that remains for him to do Is to start courtship , with all the ardor of which he is capable. Such fortuitous court ships might not appear at first sight to promise very ell for future connubial happiness ; but , nevertheless , in the tnajority of cases , everything turns out rery satisfactory. Utilitarian Point of vView. i "How charmingly you can toll a storr. : Mr. Hankinson I" exclaimed the yonug woman. "You are another Chauncoy De- pew. " "If I am , Miss Peachley , " said youn ) Mr. Hankinson , looking around for his hat , "I'm a wholly superfluous man. Ye 'don't need ar- more Chauncey Depews.1 Opinions of Great Papers OQ Important Subjects. j | COUNTRY LIFE AND THE CITIES. , T the age of seventy Grover Cleveland is privileged to sing of the delights of the country. It .is unquestionably true , as the former President says , that life next to na ture in the country lias an elevating influ ence upon heart and character , and man may even learn patience from a day's bass fishing. But it is no less unquestionable that the ten dency of modern times is all away from the country. Farmers' sons are dissatisfied with their lot , and rush Into the cities , eager to meet their kind and struggle for the joys of life. Immigrants settle almost wholly in cities. The country's population is rapidly becoming largely urban. The reason for all this is not far td seek. It lies in the spread of education. Ii * the old days , when few persons could read , country folk were happy and satis fied , because they knew of no other existence. But now every countryman knows what is going on in the world , and natural instinct compels him to feel an ambition to take a part in what he conceives to be the momentous things of life. * Man is a gregarious animal , too , and loves companion ship , and the thought that lie may ilve among thousands , eve'n among millions , of other men is irresistibly allur- . dng to the lonely youth following the plow. lie himself , after all , is the great mystery of nature , and he thinks lie can find some light upon it by observing others like himself. Romance and adventure beckon to him from among the lights of a great city , and there is even the chance that he may find the way to fortune , perhaps to fame. It may not be altogether had for this country that con ditions are as they are , for a contented peasantry , living placid in the country , cannot do much for the advance ment of civilization. Country life is wholesome , but it does not breed that unrest out of- which alone can come progress. Chicago Journal. ' . THE AMERICAN JURY. - | HEXEVER a criminal trial attracts unusual attention , and many days are required to choose + Jbe jury , or the jury finally renders a decision which does not meet the approval of legal experts , of journalists , or of public opinion created by the newspapers , there is 1 a discussion of , the merits of the jury sys tem. Lawyers themselves , says a professor of political economy , "criticize the jury system , and point out that the average juryman in the criminal courts cannot be depended upon t'o render a just and discriminating ver dict" Trial by jury as it exists hero is the rule in all English- speaking countries , and in a modified form it prevails in all civilized countries. It is looked upon as one of the Institutions of popular liberty. The only alternative is trial by magistrate , under which the court , one judgepr several , would deal with the facts as well as with the law. Under the jury system the court gives the law to the jury , who alone determine the facts in the case. Every human institution is subject to human error. It TOOK HIS DICTATION. She was riding into the city on the morning train , in search of a position as stenographer. Having seen the large , florid man in the seat in front 3f her cut an advertisement from his aewspaper and put it away in his ? ocketbook , she was just curious enough to look up the corresponding place in her own paper. Finding there in advertisement for a stenographer , she noted down the address and thank- id her feminine curiosity. She then turned back to her pencil md notebook. It seemed as If , prac- : lce as she might , she never could keep ler speed up to one hundred words a ninute. But she tried copying from : he newspaper , but the motion of the : ar made the words dance before her jyes until they hurt her. She tried naking up sentences as , she went along , md failed. Finally she resorted to aking down the incessant chatter of rwo women behind her , but their talk vas often drowned in the disturbances > f a number of young people still far- her back , who were riotously noisy. The young lady struggled with a irade on the servant girl problem , tirn- ng herself by the distance between stations two minutes from Sherwood o Sherwood Corners ; could she do two jundred words ? As her hand. dashed nadly over the page , a large wad of lewspaper flew past- her and struck he florid man in the neck. The laugher - er behind subsided into dismayed gig- ; les.1 Slowly the large man turned his in ured neck. He was redder than ever is he started to speak. The words fell roni his lips , hot but distinct , swiftly mt smoothly. He was telling the bois- erous young people seven- seals back ust what he thought of them. The young woman , with the pencil iaw her chance , and took it. Here was florlous dictation. Her pencil flew. Che speech lasted a minute and a half , iwl was cut short then qnly by the ar- ival of the train at the terminal. The stenographer slapped her book shut vlth a comfortable feeling of having icne even better than a hundred words ier minute , and set off in search of her wsition. When she arrived at the address she lad noted down , she was ushered ino private office where sat the : nan of he speech. She stammered a little intil she saw that he did not recog- ilze her. His mind had been full of lgger things. Then she smilingly told nm her errand. "Do you think you can take my dic tation ? " he said , frowning. is not a good reason for condemning this or any other Institution that It occasionally fails. Probably any sub stitute for it would fall quite as .often. The jury sys tem should commend itself peculiarly to Americans , foil we are' committed to the proposition that all ordinary men are able to conduct their own affairs , private and public , make laws and secure justice at least as success fully as men under any other form of government. Our legislative administration officers are chosen from the ranks of common citizenship. Unless we believe that the result is , on the whole , good , we cease to believe in pop ular government. ' 'The ' underlying idea is that common sense and general intelligence guide men to right conclusions , even through special and intricate problems. The success of the juryv system in this country depends , like all other depart ments of our government , on a general good level of in telligence and faithfulness to duty. The .question is , then , not how good is the jury sj'stem , but how good and effi cient are American citizens ? Youth's Companion. 'MILITANT SUFFRAGISTS. HE riot of the woman suffragists in front of the Parliament house in Westminster has simply proved once more that the so-called gentle sex cannot resort to violence without making itself ridiculous. The story of this street fight , almost without its like in the history of civilization , is a little pitiful and more than a little ludicrous , and London oscillates in an uncertain manner between indignation and ridicule. 'Either these women and'many of them are of high so cial position must be allowed to do exactly as they please , or their illegalities must be checked In the ordi nary way by the prosaic hand of the policeman. Both alternatives are painful and it is hard to say which is the more so. Unauthorized processions in Parliament yard are not allowed , nor are such processions permitted In any capi tal in the world. The several hundred women who ar ranged to raid the Parliament house knew well that they Avere doing something that could not be permitted. Presumably they relied upon their sex for immunity , and in so doing they denied the very object of their gath ering , which was to demand a political equality with men. Had they been men , the casualty lists would have been much more serious than a few cases of hysteria and a liberal harvest of hairpins. The Argonaut THE CHURCH COUGH. PERSONS who will sit out a play or listen to an interesting conversation without cough ing seem to be seized , as soon as they com pose themselves to hear a sermon , with dis tressing irritation of the windpipe that'can be relieved only by violent and continued coughing. The affection is contagious , spreading from seat to seat , cough answering unto cough. As far as we know , the etiology of this strange disease has not received attention from the scientific investiga tor. British Medical Journal. "Yes , sir. " "What makes you think so ? I talk very fast" "But very distinctly , sir. " She pro duced her note-book and laid It open before him. "Here's a sample. " She began to read her notes. His jaw dropped. There was his masterpiece of the train , complete and unabridged. It really sounded very well , so full of fire. When she finished he looked at her sharply. His face was very red , but his eye twinkled' . "The jofi's yours , " he said , In a sub dued voice. Youth's Companion. IN A MONTANA BLIZZARD. Experience of a Traveling : Salesman vrltli Stage Coaching : . Ike Boyer of Helena left the other morning for Madison county points and wtille waiting In Butte the night be fore told some interesting tales of hs experience while making the territory In southern Montana , which Is not yet- covered by the railroad , Eays the Ana conda Standard. "The tune of my life , " he said , 'was experienced between Bannack and Ar- genta. I was making the trip by stage and my driver was one of the old-time stage drivers of the overland road. The only name I ever knew for him was 'Shorty , ' and he was one of the beat that ever pulled the ribbons over a team of horses in Montana. "Shortly after we .left Argenta It began snowing , but we paid little at tention to the storm , being wrapped up comfortably. When we 'topped' the hill and started across the foothills to connect with the old Bannack road we ran into the teeth of the blizzard. The thermometer began dropping rapidly and almost before we knew it we found ourselves chilling fast To add to our trouble the air became so filled with snow that wjj could not see the length of. our sled ahead of us. The storm cameso _ fast and fierce that the horses refused to face it and before we 'real ized it we were off the road and the horses were Helplessly floundering through the snow , which seemed al most bottomless. By this time dark ness had come and we were off the trail. "To cnake the matter worse , the horses in floundering broke the tongue from the sled and we were holed up for good. Then we saw that we were in for it for the night and prepared to make the best of a bad bargain. There was a little straw in the bottom of the sled and we tied the horses up so that they coxld eat this. The driver and myself walked back and forth , about a rod apart , all night long and in this manner managed to keep warm.Ve smoked several boxes of sample cigars and it seemed as if the night would never come to an end. "Occasionally I would get uncom monly tired and sleepy and would at tempt to doze , but 'Shorty' would stand for nothing of that sort He would rouse me by drastic means , if neces sary , and make me continueXmy walk to and fro opposite him. Finally , after the lapse of at least a century , the night came to an end and daylight begun showing around the gulch. With the approach of day the storm went down and the air cleared. 'Shorty' im mediately began rustling and before long found a pole that could be used as a sled tongue and we toggled up matters and continued our trip to Ban- nack. We arrived there in time for a late breakfast and were not surprised to Iparn that the thermometer had reg istered 15 degrees below throughout the night" Stars on Coins ancl Flag : . The stars on the great seal and the seal of the president of the United States are five pointed , while on the seal of the house of representatives they are six pointed. The thirteen stars on the obverse of the present half and quarter dollar are five pointed. The reverse of the present half and quarter dollar Is a copy of the great seal , except that the clouds are omit ted. It is evident that heraldry has not taken a very strong hold In these matters in the United States , there fore it is not in the power of anyone to say without a douhf why the dif ference in the stars on the flag and the coins. So far as is known , with the exception' of the reverse of the present half and quarter dollar , the stars on American coins are copied from the colonial coins , which were , no doubt , made after the manner of English heraldry , while the flag was made up after the design of Washing ton's coat of arms , containing three five-pointed stars. The Reason , for Jt. "No , " said the iinbittered person , "when I want financial assistance I go to strangers. I do not ask friends' or relatives. " "Well , " answered the logical man , "maybe that's the best way. Friends and relatives are in a position to keep posted on a man's record. ' ' Washing * ton Star. Loaded. The Russians handled gently A prisoner they had taken ; At times they'd had some prisoners bad Explode when they were shaken. Philadelphia Ledger. If you could be born over again , J wouii you change yc r parents ? As full of faults as you are , they wouldn't change you. "IAN MACLAREN" IS DEAD. Scotch Clergyman-Author Snccumhn in Mount 1'loamant , Iowa. Dr. John Watson ( "Ian Maclnren" ) , the Scotch clergyman-author' who won world-wide fame as the writer of "Be side the Bonnie Brier Bush , " died at Mount Pleasant , Iowa , of blood poison ing , the result of tonsilitis. He died alone , while his wife , who had been his constant companion in his illness , was out of the sick chamber for fifteen minutes. Dr. AVatson was taken ill on April 23 in Ottuimva , Iowa , while on a lecture tour of the Northwest All his lecture engagements throughout the United States were cance'lled. His home was in Liverpool. Since the publication of the "Bonnie Brier Bush , " Dr. Watson made several visits to this country. The one which terminated in "his death began with his arrival on a lecture tour of the coun try in February last Though his heart , always weak , troubled him greatly of late , he persisted in filling his engage ments. This heart disease , complicated with rheumatism , undoubtedly hastened his demise. Among the more famous of Dr. Wat son's other works are : "The Days of Auld Lang Syne , ' ' "A Doctor of the Old School , " "The Mind of the Mas ter , " "The Cure of Souls , " "Doctrines of Grace , " "Life of the Master , " "The Homely Virtues , " "Inspiration of Faith , " and latest from his pen , "Gra ham of Claverhouse. " The strictly re ligious books were published under his own name ; the novels he wrote under the nom de plume. TOWNS WIPED OUT BY TORNADO .Big : Texas Windstorm Carries Death and Destruction. Scores of lives werp lost , crops were devastated , and at least two towns were wiped out by a terrific tornado that swept over the country west of Mount Pleasant , Texas , Monday after noon. Details were difficult to obtain on account of the prostration of tele graph and telephone wires , but suffi cient information was obtained to make It certain that the disaster is one of Jhe most deadly that ever has visited the State. The towns of Birthright and Ridge- way , forty miles west , Kre practically annihilated. At Deport the Baptist parsonage and half a dozen 'homes ' were destroyed. Several buildings torn to splinters and two deaths are reported from Halesboro , and great loss of life Is believed to have occurred at Caney , a negro settlement Birthright , a town of $500 $ people , is literally wiped out Ridgeway suffered almost as severely , scarcely a stick of timber being left standing. It is known that many were injured in Ridgeway. but it is thought there were fewer fa talities than at other points. PAY MILLIONS FOR A LIFE. Sensational Charges Marlr- > y "Wife of Albert T. Patrick : . Albert T. Patrick , who is serving a life sentence in New York for the mur der of the aged Texas Millionaire , Wil liam Marsh Rice , will ask for a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that hu was tricked into withdrawing his ap plication for an ap peal to the United States Supreme Court while he was under death sentence and accepting com mutation to life im prisonment from the late Gov. Hizsins. \ Mrs. Patrick has A. T. PATRICK. written a statement ( of her husband's side of this famous case. Mrs. Patrick - s rick declares that court , jury and prosecutor - cuter were prejudiced against her hus band and that $2,000,000 of the Rice estate - i tate money was spent to railroad the defendant - C fendant to the electric chair. She charges I that two of the jurors offered to vote t for acquittal in return for a money "con- j sideration. A Million to Uplift Xesrroes. " Miss Anna T. Jeannes , an aged quaker philanthropist of Philadelphia , has given * $1,000,000 , or one-fourth of her fortune , t with few , if any , restrictions , to Booker B T. Washington to assist in the education f of negro children in the South. The gift was made to Mr. Washington in person after he had spent three days in convincing - ing Miss Jeannes that the purpose in view was worthy. The understanding was that the money should be used in estab lishing agricultural and trade schools in various sections in which rudimentary and practical courses of education should be offered. Entire authority for the disbursement - bursement is vested in Washington and Hollis B. Frissell. one of his colleagues. The father of Miss Jeannes was Isaac Jeannes , who amassed a fortune in tha dry goods business. o Supreme Conrt Dccinions. By an evenly divided bench , the United a States Supreme Court affirmed the Cir cuit Court decision that the repeal of the war tax on inheritances took effect July 1 , 1901 , and that all collections > thereunder for the following year must be refunded , amounting to over $7,000- 000. The court held valid the Missouri .J : law permitting the recovery of full s amount of insurance policy in case of suicide - cide , despite any provision in the policy tl to the contrary. j c < ' fa- Toledo Business Men Indicted. tl On the charge of conspiring to restrain brade , ninety-one business men of Toledo d [ ; svere indicted , they being among the best s < known in the city. The indictments grow aut of an investigation of the brick , lumber - [ ber and plumbers' combine. No arrests tvere made at once , as it was desired to allow the men time to get attorneys and arrange for bail. An indictment was also 3 returned against the National Supply Company , the name of the alleged con > bine. pi KIDNEY TROUBLE Suffered Tico Years Relieved In Thre * Months. R. C. B. FIZER , Mr. Sterling , writes : " / have suffered with kidney and bladder trouble for ten years past. "Last March I commenced using Peruna and continued for three months. I have not used it since , nor have I felt a pain. "I believe that I am well and I fore give my highest commendation the curative qualities of Peruna. " Pe-ru-na for Kidney Trouble. Mrs. Geo. H. Simser , Grant , Ontario , Can. , writes : "I had not been well for about foni years. / had kidney trouble , and , la fact , felt badly nearly all the time. "This summer I got so very bad & thought I would try Peruna , so I wrote * to you and began at once to take Peruna' and Manalin. "I took only two bottles of Peruna and one of Manalin , and now I feel bet ter than I have for some time. "I feel that Peruna and Manalin cured me and made a different woman of m altogether. I bless the day I picked up the little book and read of your Peruna. " It Js the business of the kidneys fa remove from the blood all poisonous materials. They must be active all th time" else the system suffers. There ar ' times when they need a little assistance. Peruna is exactly this sort of a rem edy. It has saved many people from disaster by rendering the kidneys ser vice at a time when they were not abl to bear their own burdens. "Waning1 If the Honeymoon. "I hear you have been getting married Ardup. Still billing and cooing ? " "Cooing only , Roxley. The er billing will come on the first day of the month.1 Instead of experimenting -with drugs1 and strong cathartics which are clearly harmful take Nature's mild laxative LJarlicld Tea ! It is made wholly of' Herbs , lor constipation , liver and kid ney derangements , sick-headache , bilious ness and indigestion. Outdoe.n Rays of Oltl Sol. Sunlight , hitherto regarded as no lest issential to the existence of man than the air he breathes , and as being ab solutely Indispensable to. plant life , has found a rival in ordinary acety lene gas , so writes William T. Walsh' m the Technical World Magazines True , the usurper cannot dissipate tha frigidity of the atmosphere , nor maka the -world wag long without the benefi cent rays of the great god of day , but svhen the latter chooses to sulk , vege tation need not pause In Its growth , but trader the cheering Influence of acetylene's rays , may wax large and lusty. Professor John Craig of Cor nell University , N. Y. , In a series of experiments extending over a long period of time , discovered that * of arti ficial IHuminants , none is so closely akin to sunshine as are the rays ofi acetylene gas. Go to a hothouse ; observe how tha myriad panes of glass are placed to catch every scattering ray of sunlight. But dark and gloomy days come and the plants languish. The process of forcing fruits or garden vegetables 02 flowers for the market at once cease * Sunlight , since there is none , cannot b trapped. Diminishing profits stare tha horticulturist In the face. Then it la that artificial sunlight , generated by acetylene , comes to the rescue , and per forms its function. Twenty million rabbits were from Victoria , Australia , last year. CHANGE UT POOD Worlca "Wonders In Health. It Is worth knowing that a changa in food can. cure dyspepsia. "I deem it my duty to let yon know hotr rape-Nuts food has cured ma of indl- jestion. "I had been -troubled with it for rears , until last year my" doctor reo- wnmended Grape-Nuts food to be nseS ivery morning. I followed Instructions md now I am entirely welL "The whele family like Grape-Nuts * ve use four packages a week. You ara velcome to use this testimonial as you ee fit. " The reason this lady was helped by , he use of Grape-Nuts food Is that It predigested by natural processes and iierefore does not tar the stomach as he food "she had been nsing ; It also' ' lonta-ins the elements required for rallding up the nervous system. IT hat part of the human body is in per fect working order , there can be ru * yspepsia , for nervons energy repre- * ents the steam that drives the englne-i When the nervous system Is rua own , the machinery of the body works1 radly. Grape-Xuts food can be used by mall children as well as adultsS ti perfectly cooked and ready for in- tant use. Read , "The Road to WellviUe , " 13 kgs. "There's a Reason. "