HOME-MADE MIXTURE
IS INEXPENSIVE AND EASILY
PREPARED BY ANYONE.
Ha Said to Promptly Ilellevc Jlaclc-
nclie ami Overcome Kidney Tron-
! : and liladdcr WuiikiicHM Though
uncl Pleaxaut to Taltc.
What will appear very interesting
to many jaople here is the article
lakon from a New York daily paper ,
giving a simple prescription , us formu
lated by a noted authority , who claim ?
lhat he has found n positive remedy
to cure almost any case of ba'jluiche
or kidney or bladder derangement , in
the following simple prescription , if
taken before the stage of Bright's dis
ease :
Fluid Extract Dandelion , one-half
ounce ; Compound Kargon , one ounce ;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla , ihrea
ounces. Shake well in a bottle and
take in teaspoonl'ul doses after each
meal and again at bedtime. .
A well-known authority , when asked
regarding this prescription , stated that
the ingredients are" nil harmless , and
can b'e obtained at a small cost from
any good prescription pharmacy , or the
mixture would be put up if asked to
do so. lie further stated that while
this prescription is often prescribed in
rheumatic afllictions with splendid re
sults , he could see no reason why it
would not be a splendid remedy for
kidney and urinary troubles and back
ache , as it has a peculiar action upon
the kidney structure , cleansing these
most important organs and helping
them to sift and filter from the blood
the foul acids and waste matter which
cause sickness and suffering. Those
who suffer can make no mistake ir
giving it a trial.
The Trapper' * Deduction.
The professor had complained that-
the world in general still looks on sci
ence in a slighting way. and that re
minded one of his companions , the1
Washington Star says , of a story of a
"Western trapper.
The trapper , noticing a place where
roots had l > eon dug -up. examined the
spot carefully. Then , as he rose and
brushed the earth from his knees , he
said , with calm conviction :
"This was done either by a wild hog
or by a botanist. "
Mrs. Wlnslow'i Soothing Syrup lor Children
( eulhing ; s.oftuus the gurus , reduces Inflamma
tion , allays piia. ourea wins cells , "ioo a bottle.
Food Supply of London Zoo.
Catering i'or the inmates of the Lon
don "Zoo" ' is a formidable work , and
the food 'bill for the last year gives : i
remarka'b'le'insight ' into the variety of
( the dictictic requirements of the so-
icicty's menagerie. Altogether , the total
, < -ost of the menu was $10,000 , and the
litums include 12,224 .pounds of 'beef ,
I3S.SCO pounds of 'biscuits. 25.003 eggs ,
'
74' } gallons of milk , 28,000 tins of pre-
'sorvcd milk , 4,015 flounders. 12,189
S > Iaico , 7,000 herrings , 00.2T > 4 whiting ,
; 2ouo .pints of shrimps and 34,282 parts
'of fowl. In addition , there were T > 24
ipounds of sugar , 70 jars of meat ex-
It'ract , 012 lemons. 3.500 pounds of mon-
ilcey nuts , 520bushels of greens , 11,900
grounds of potatoes , 4,589 dozens of
. 'ibananas , G,45"0 oranges , 2.414 pounds of
Igrapes and 5,04U quarter loaves of
Ibrcud. It is interesting to note that
Tthe rice and preserved milk , of which
much larger quantities were used in
; the hist year than in 1905 , were required -
quired mainly for the young elephant ,
rthe young Indian and African rhinoce
roses and the young hippopotamus.
Ertrly Baseball T iaiiiN.
"Riisenall teams existed as early as
' 1S45 , but the first league was formed
lin 38-77 , when the National Association
tof Baseball Players was organized.
JThifi , : is the title implies , was an or
ganization of players in fact , of uma-
teur players. They did not remain true
jirmater.rs for long however and in 1871
jtbasc-'ball was placed squarely on a pro
fessional 2 > asis when tlir-re came into
.existence the National Association of
.Professional Baseball Players. It will
die noted { hat the players still governed
the sport and they continued to do so
until 1870. It was In this period that
- there grew up the great abuses which
anenaced the very life of baseball ,
namely , gambling and the buying and
Celling of games. In 1870 the players
\p\voro deposed from tbe government of
professional baseball , and they have
aievpr since controlled the game. Ilen-
, T.V Beach Needhum , inSuccess Maga
zine.
TSAETSFORMATIOSrS
. Cnrlons Rcsiilt.s "When Coffee Driiik-
! : : ; ; IN Abandoned.
It is almost as hard for an old coffee
toi > er to quit the use of coffee as it is
for a whisky or tobacco fiend to break
off. except that the coffee user can quit
coffee and take up Postum without any
feeling of a loss of the morning bever
age , for when .Postum is well boiled
jind served with cream , it is really bet
ter in point of flavor than most of the
coffee served nowadays , and to the
taste of the connoisseur it is like the
flavor of fine , mild Java.
A great transformation takes place
in the body within ten days or two
weeks after coffee is left off and Pos
tum used , for the reason that rhc poi
son to the nerves caffeine has been
discontinued and in its place is taken
i liquid food that contains the most
powerful elements of nourishment.
It is easy to make this test and prove
these statements by changing from cof
fee to Postum. Read "The Road to
; WelIvilie , " in pkgs. "There's a Rea-
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KO2TASCHIB3 OPPOSE 32HGBATION.
T is not surprising that Senator Dillingh.r.n.
who is 5n Europe investigating conditions of
immigration , reports that European govern
ments are much concerned about the exodus
their young ncn to the United States.
In this the rulers of Europe see the reason
for this republic's present and future great
ness. To maintain our supremacy among the nations we
might build fleet after licet of $20,000,000 battleships , In
crease our standing army until it equals that of any two
European powers combined and spend fortunes on coast
defenses ; but of far greater value , to us is the steady in
flow of sturdy , adventurous Europeans who come to this
country to make- their fortunes and establish their homes.
Through a peace conference the powers of Europe might
possibly induce us to restrict our army and navy , but
they have no means of cutting off the immigration which
is a real source of our greatness as a nation.
There is no mystery about the reason for emigration
from Europe. Taxation to maintain great standing
*
armies , compulsory service in such armies and hard-set
class lines and governments setting up the absurd claim
of divine right persuade men to try life in a better coun
try. Once they are here their success and their letters
home draw others.
Every good cMizen gained by the United States is a
severe loss to his former government. No one - understands
stands this better than the rulers , who must confess
themselves powerless to check the movement that , more
surely than any military supremacy , could possibly do ,
Is making the United States the strongest as well as the
greastest of world powers. Chicago American.
MINING SPECULATION.
PERIOD of general prosperity is almost sure
to be also a period of unusual speculative
activity. The present time is no exception to
i the rule. The craze to invest in mining
shares has taken such a hold and become so
widespread that conservative men in several
cities have felt it to be their duty to sound
a warning. Speculation itself may be said to be a trait
of human nature. It takes various forms. The "South
Sea bubble' ' and John Law's Mississippi Company were
famous speculations of the early years of the eighteenth
century. The railroad craze in England and many wild
speculations in land and in banks in tliis country distin
guished the nineteenth century.
Mining schemes possess elements of chance to a mark
ed degree , aud have attracted Ignorant and reckless in
vestors over and over again. It is so at the present time.
Mines gold , silver , copper , zinc , or anything else that
can be made to look solid on paper or , more accurately ,
the promoters of mining companies , are besieged by men
and women offering their hard-earned savings for a gam
bling chance.
The fact that great fortunes have been made in legiti
mate mining investments has been seized upon by shrewd
promoters and used as a bait. Their advertisements are
written in a plausible , seductive and ostentatiously con
fidential style. They profess to be conferring a benefit
when they offer their shares for sale , and they put the
price of shares so low that even the members of the in
fant class might break open their tin banks and buy a
few of them.
It would be unjust to condemn as worthlcssall schemes
advertised in the confidential man nor and all companies
MONTE CARLO PLAGUE SPOT.
Twenty Suicide * a Bay Inspire I'iib-
li Si-aliment to Kevolt.
Monte Carlo , the most immoral spot
on the face of the rjobe. with its un
paralleled list of ruined lives , suicides
and murders , is to bo wiped out. if the
agitation against this plague spot of
Christendom now raging in England is
successful , says a London correspond
ent.
Civilized sentiment against the notorious
rious gambling den at Monte Carlo has
been intensified bv the murder of Mine.
GAMT.LING CASINO AT MONTE CARLO AND PRLXCE OF MONACO.
Emma Levin by "Sir" ' Vero Goold ,
Brother of an English baronet , and his
wife , who dismembered her body , plac
ed it In a trunk and carried it with
them to France. They were arrested
at Marseilles. The Goolds had bor
rowed a large amount of money fixnu
which divide their capital into a large number of low-
priced shares ; but for one who is tempted to embark In
any enterprise which promises to make one rich in a
few weeks by an investment in some widely advertised
mining stock , the best advice is don't. If the temptation
is too strong to permit you to follow that advice , go to
any reputable but disinterested broker or banker who
knows the ins and outs of the speculative game , and ask
his opinion. The information which he will give you will
bo worth mere than the stock would have been. Youth's
Companion.
A LIPS INSUBAITCB PBEAS.
HE Cleveland man who canceled his policy
of life insurance , on which he had paid many
premiums , because he had a premonition of
death and was conscience-stricken at the
prospect of defrauding the company , evi
dently needs a guardian. But what can be
thought of the Insurance company that
would thus deliberately take advantage of its client's ig
norance ?
Life insurance rates are based on expectancy. The
average age at which a thousand persons die establishes
a rate for all. Some die earlier , while others live long
beyond the average. The man who dies first reaps the
greatest direct benefit from his Insurance , while the man
who lives longest receives his compensation in that fact
That the company may be protected from loss , the level
premium rate is loaded to meet the expenses incident to
the business , to provide a reserve fund against emergen
cies and to pay interest on the capital invested.
The company , therefore , would not be the loser if the
man should die the day before his premium fell due.
If the policy was canceled unconditionally and the
policy holder did not accept its surrender value in casher
or paid up insurance , then lie defrauded himself or his
beneficiary and should be entitled to recover. At any
rate , he has an entirely wrong conception of life insur-
ancc-principles. But , really , what a snap it would be for
the companies if all policy holders were to entertain
similar views , and be as strong on conscience as is this
man fr m Cleveland ! Toledo Blade.
POST A BAD THING.
ERCHANTS in small cities , in vilages , and
at country cross roads are likely to over-
I whelm congress wth protests against the
adoption of Postmaster General Meyer's
| plan for a parcels post , as recently outlined.
If the government should compete with ex
press companies at a low rate , big mail order
houses would soon have a monopoly in the country.
Small merchants could not compete with them and wide
spread ruin would result There are hundreds of thou
sands of such merchants , and they , their clerks , their
families , their relatives , and their friends will all be
opposed to the parcels post scheme.
These merchants and the auxiliaries they can bring to
bear are powerful in congress , and it is hardly possible
that any parcels post bill can get through that body.
Congressmen are not going to pass legislation that would
bring poverty to a large class of the population. The
country merchant is a useful citizen and at one stroke to
deprive thousands upon thousands , of their livelihood
would be , to say the least , decidedly unpopular. Chicago
Journal.
I Mme. Levin and had lost it on the gam
ing tables at Monte Carlo. She pressed
them for payment and they killed her.
On the same day on which this ghast
ly crime was committed a young Eng
lishman and the American girl whom
he had married ended their lives at
Castellamare. They were on their
honeymoon and ihad lost every cent they
had at Monte Carlo.
When the gambling season is at its
heiirht there are sometimes twenty sui
cides a day at Monte Carlo. Nobody
even takes time to look out of a window
when a shot Is fired. Everybody knows ,
what it means. Murder ? The taking
of life in the frenzy of gambling is by-
no 'means uncommon. A quarrel at
cards a shot , a break for liberty and
the game goes on. with new players
substituted. A murderer at Monte
Carlo is usually afforded every oppor
tunity to escaipe. Murder trials are
costly ; besides , the notoriety is too
great.
Can these horrors be suppressed ?
That is the question which is now be
ing widely agitated and discussed in
England. It has been suggested that
President Itoosevelt take the initiative
in this righteous crusade , since Ameri
can plutocrats are as prominent at the
gaming tables as the aristocracy of
Europe. To compel the Prince of Mo
naco to close the Monte Carlo casino
would require unanimous action onthe
part of the great powers , and English
men who are starting the present move
ment are hopeful of being able to se
cure this.
.The Prince of Monaco receives from
the company operating the Monte Carlo
tables § 400,000 a year , with occasional
bonuses declared periodically on the
extra earnings of the casino. The next
bonus to him will be made in 1913 , and
if the present rate of profit making is
maintained he will receive 83.000,000.
The annual profits of the gambling den
are $0,000,000.
The concession to the present com
pany has forty more years to run , but
this fact does not disturb the anti-gam
blers , < who declare Europe should not
recognize any legal rightsof the com
pany to continue the operation of a
plague spot
Itaee Suicide's Foe.
Prof. L. C. Marshall , of the Ohio
Wesleyan University , who attributes
race suicide to excessive immigration ,
said on this subject recently :
"But in the summer time the effect of
immigration is largely offset by the va
cation's effect Nothing encourages
marriage of the good , honest , fruitful
sort like a sximiner vacation at the sea
shore or on the mountaintops. The
other day I met a former student of
mine , a prosperous young business man.
lie looked brown and fit.
" 'Hello , ' I said. 'You are the picture
of health. '
" 'Yes , ' said he. 'I am just back from
my vacation. I gained llu pounds. '
" 'Nonsense , ' I cried. "I don't believe
It. '
" 'Don't you ? ' said he. 'Well , here It
comes now , any -way. Wait a minute ,
aud I'll introduce you. ' "
Ever notice ihow a woman lowers her
voice when slip has occasion to ask a
favor ?
If a loafer would only take a hint
as readily as lie -takes your time.
PRISON CONGRESS IN CHICAGO.
Session of the Rational
Prisoa Association.
The annual congress of the National
Prison Association attracted many prom
inent officials and students of criminol
ogy to Chicago. Tlie report of the com
mittee of preventive and reformatory
work advocated a complete revision of
our criminal code. It is held that the
system of fees charged in the defense
and prosecution of criminals is wrong. A
wealthy- criminal should not he permitted
to pay for his defend ? . dollar more than
the State pays in defending a criminal
without financial backing. In ihe opinion
of the committee one of the greatest so
cial evils of to-day is the privilege which
the rich have of escaping puuishuienc for
their acts.
Warden Dutcher of the Colorado State
reformatory argued against having pris
oners constantly watched by armed
guards. While admitting that in certain
cases it might be necessary , he rho'islit
that the display of firearms in penal in
stitutions was fraught with grave dan
gers and 'with evil consequences. The re
sult of this policy was inevitably to mark
the criminal with ugliness and to fiJl him
with resentment and hatred against all
who have a part in the administration of
the criminal law. Throughout all the
addresses at the congress the prevailing
tendency was in favor of those methods
which lead toward the reformation anil
betterment of criminals rather than those
which are actuated by a spirit of revenge ,
and much attention was paid to the asso
ciations being formed throughout the
country for the purpose of helping er-
convicts to their feet.
Attorney General Bonaparte , address
ing the Prison Wardens' Association on
Wednesday , advocated ihe death penalty
for habitual criminals nad for attempts
to commit capital crimes. He. argued that
the primary purpose of punishment waste
to assure obedience to the Jaw , and that
ia inflicting punishment the Stale looks
not to the past and not to in-.livi'lual
who now suffers , but to all the individ
uals who may hereafter fear to disobey by
reason of the sufferings of tiie one now
punished. The habitual criminal , ho said ,
was a product of modern civilization , as
our ancestors would have hanged UJm for
his first felonj" . lie did not favor I'aug-
ing men for trifling offenses , but lie would
have "society cease to nourish and shel
ter its proved and inveterate enemies. "
CASSIE CHADWICK BLIND.
Affliction "Wliicli Came Upon Hyp
notic Swindler Is Incurable.
The wages of sin is blindness to Mis.
Cassie Chadwick , the most strenuous jret-
rich-quick woman this country IKIS over
i produced , incarcer
ated in the State
prison at Columbus ,
Ohio , serving a 10-
year sentence , this
remarkable woman ,
whose mesmeric
power compelled
some of the shrewd
est bankers in the
United States to do
her bidding , is shut
out from the world
around her by an
affliction from which
she will never re
cover. The afflic
tion came upon her
suddenly and the
doctors say it is in
curable. There has
been a complete phy
sical 'breakdown.
Practicably alone
in the world , de
serted by those who
had in the days qf
her affluence been
proud to call her
friend , the Dr.
Jekyll of her past
always before her ,
she is suffering as
only a woman with
. CHADWICK. a past and a con
science can suffejr. She is a woman after
all. Even her jailers are creating her
with that deference doe to her sex , forgetr
ting her crimes. Absolutely dependent
upon her keepers for her every want ,
Mrs. Chad wick is more than likfily to end
her days in darkness , surrounded by foes ,
while the last sad rites will be admin
istered by those who in a perfunctory
? ort of "way do it because it is part of
thoSr duty.
The Finnish Diet has opposed the de
mand of the Czar's gavernment for an
appropriation of1.000.000 to support the
military service of the Russian Empire.
The first military dirigible balloon built
in England made two successful trial
trips the other day , thus bringing Great
Britain into line with France and Ger
many in the matter of aerial war machin
ery. The British balloon , which is sau
sage shape and 100 fet long by 30 feet
in diameter , with capacity of 75.000 cubic
feet , with car made of aluminum and
canvas , went up to the distance of HOO
feet in the presence of a great throng of
people and performed various evolutions
with and against the wind , and returned
to the starting point. She dipped and
rose with the greatest ca e and reached
a pace of twelve miles an hour. At one
time the vessel turned around in its own
length. F. S. Cody , an American , is the
inventor.
The Zemstvo Congress , at Moscow has
rejected the latest proposal of Premier
Stolypin for local self-government , in
which persons of all ranks should cooperate
erate on equal terms. The Liberals de
manded that the suffrage be given to
women also.
The fourth member of the baud of Rus
sian officials which tortured Maria Spiri-
doiiovo. the assassin of Gen. Lugenvosky ,
has been killed by the Terrorists-- , who
vowed to avenge tbe sufferings of this
woman , who is now spoken of as : h < ?
Russian Jean of Aic.
SPEAKS AT KEOKUK.
ROOSEVELT INSISTS THERE 18
BUT ONE LAW FOR ALL.
Tells Jo-ivann Common Good
Come Ahead of Financier' * "XV'Ixhe *
Favors Improving : IValcr "Way *
to Give Cheap Transportation.
TJic great movement for a deep water
way from Chicago to the gulf was given
ne\v impetus when President Kouscvelt
arrived in Kcokuk , made au address and ,
embarked on a steamboat for the trip
to St. Louis. Prom there he went to
Memphis , where he addressed the dele
gates to the Deep Waterways convention.
The President was introduced by Gov.
Cummins o Iowa. Mr. Itoosevelt said ,
in part :
I believe so implicitly in the future of
our -people , because i believe that the : iv-
voroge American citizen will no more tol-
orute government by a mob than he will
tolerate government by a plutocracy : that
he desires to see justice done aud justice
exacted from rich man and poor man alike.
\Ve are not trying to favor any man at the
expense of his fellotvs. We are trying to
shape things so that as far as possible
* ach man .shall irave a fair chance In life :
so that he shall have , so far as by law
this can be accomplished , the chance to
show the stuff that there is in him.
Therefore we need wise laws , and we
need to have them resolutely administered.
At intervals during the last few months
the appeal has been made to me not to en
force the law against certain wrongdoers
of great wealth because to do so would In
terfere with the business prosperity of the
conntrj- . Under the effects of that kind oC
fright , which when sufficiently acute we call
panic , this appeal has been made to me
even by men who ordinarily behave as de
cent citizens.
I do not admit that this has been the
main cause of any business troubles we
have had , but it is possible that it has
been a contributory cause. If so , friends ,
as far as I am concerned it must be ac
cepted as a disagreeable but unavoidable
feature in a course of policy which as long
as I am President will not be changed.
In each case the answer must be that
we earnestly hope and believe that there
will be no permanent damage to business
from the movement , but that if righteous
ness Conflicts with the fancied needs of
business , then the latter must go to the
wall. >
wall.If
If a man does well , If he acts honestly ,
he has nothing to fear from this adminis
tration. But so far as In me lies the cor
rupt politician , great or small , the private
citizen who transgresses the law -be lie richer
or poor shall be brought before the Impar
tial justice of a court.
I feel that we cannot have too many
highroads and that in addition to the iron
highroads of our railway system we should
also utilize the great river highways which
have been given us by nature. From a
variety of causes these highways have In.
many parts of the country been almost
abandoned. This is not healthy. Our people
ple , and especially the representatives of
the people in the national congress , should
give their most careful attention to this
subject. We should be prepared to put
the nation collectively back of the move
ment to improve them for the nation's use.
Our knowledge at this time is not such
as to permit me to go into details or to /
say delinitely just what the nation should /
dp ; but most assuredly our great navigable *
rivers are national assets just as much as
our great seacoast harbors.
Exactly as it is for the interest of all \
the country that our great harbors should
be fitted to receive in safety the largest
vessels of the merchant fleets of the world ,
so by deepening and otherwise our rivers
should be fitted to bear their part in the
movement of our merchandise , and this is
especially true of the Mississippi and its
tributaries , which drain the immense and
prosperous region which makes In very
fact the heart of our nation ; Jhe basin of.
the great lakes being already united with
the basin of the Mississippi and both re
gions being identical In their products and
interests. Waterways are peculiarly fitted
for tlxe transportation of the bulky com
modities which come from the soil or under
the soil , and no other part of our country
is as fruitful as is this in such commodi
ties.
ties.At
At present the ordinary farmer holds
his own in the land as against any possible
representative of the landlord class of farm
er that is , of the men who would own vast
estates because the ordinary farmer unites
his capital , his labor and his brains with
the making of a permanent family home ,
and thus can afford to hold his land at a
value at which it cannot be held by the
capitalist , who would have to run it by
leasing it or by cultivating it ati arm's
length with hired labor.
"There is one thing I put next to a
good citizen , " said the President , "and
that is a good mother. I am pleased to
see the children. "
A number of war veterans had met
the President at. the station and marched
in the parade jto the park , and to these
wearers of the blue the President also
paid a compliment , saying :
"I am particularly glad to be welcomed
by the veterans. "
President Roosevelt interposed several
remarks into his address.
He touched on the subject of undesira
ble citi/cns briefly , saying :
"You will remember that a year ago I
expressed my opinion of certain undesir
able citizens and I stand by what I said. "
He added that lie would always con
demn the man that incites to murder and
would demand punishment for that of
fense , as he would for the crimes of the
corporation criminals- .
At the conclusion of his address the
President was presented with a gold-
lieaded cane by the negroes of Keokuk.
Peace Conference Topic Asain.
The question of the limitation of arma-
nents havtng been disposed of with the
nildest kind of resolution , suggesting that
: he different governments consider the
natter. The Hague conference entered
ipon a new stage with British. American.
German and French delegations combin-
ns against Russia. Belgium and others
vho are anxious to terminate the confer
ence. America. England- and Germany
igreed on a scheme for the establishment
> f an * international prize court , which
s also acceptable to France and certain
) f adoption. A new feature of this scheme
s that the prize co'irt will be a part of
he permanent arbitration court , and
herefore does not presuppose the < vLst-
ince of war. This further strengthened
he case in behalf of a permanent court
> y showing that it would have inipor-
nnt work to do.
Brevities.
An eight-story building occupied by
Lcwis Do Groff & Son , wholesale grocers ,
if New York , was destroved by fire. Loss
:250,000. :
The second annual interstate live stock
: nd horse show at the South St. Josepb
; Mo. ) stockyards closed recently. Tvrelv < r
housand dollars in prizes were paid.
Investigation of an alleged effort to
muggle $10,000 worth of pearls is under
i-ay by the customs officials at New York.
Che pearls are the property of a Cali -
ornia dealer.