OnrloiiH TJIvorceComprirt. . Ike Rose , the husband of Hie famous fcancer , Saharet. lias presented a peti tion for divorce in the German courts , Bays a fieri in dispatch. Saharet also desires a divorce , which. so far : i- > < -m be foreseen , will ensue in ue course. A ennous feature of the suit ! s lint the parties have eon < ludedvitb each jother a f.-rmal written -ontract rejnil.it- ing lli'vr mutual business relations lafter tJe divorce has t.iken place. This Iprnv.'les - . - } ; ' " < ! ) ill : if i a < Sah.ir- ' Gt's , ; : . ! : . - - . .iriMn : - . ' : ! jrilry. \ . .rnton V.MS plain in his ratine , as in. cvfrru ! olsc. Uis br akfa-u was a bit of ! > ; -i'i nnd cheese or a chop and a or ir:3k. Animal Post Cards. A set of eijjlit attractive po t cards , u li" ' ni ) < rs. showing wild animals in th ' W'l-liipyten Park 700 , in the city of MiJv. Ji'.ikve , vil ! be mailed to you OH the r * c : ; ot twelve cents ( coin or stautp.v ) . Int rpst.nfj < o rowii people and children. Ads The Evening Wisconsin Coui- puiililwaukee , Wis. The world uses Gl',000 tons of robber yearly , and the demand exceeds the sup ply. WHAT CATSES From " . -tobfrto May.J'oMs are tbo aiofr . ? mi aT . 'uu-ei.f Jltadacbc. LAXATIVE JUtOAlc < JUIXINErcaioves cause. E.W.Grovc on box U3c A Ga 1ait Ilisrl r.an ' ; n. the noted Italian autoaio- , ' . -s ! asked the other day if lie did not think motor racing too danger ous. "Dangerous yes , " M. Lancia replied. c'Too dangerous no. For nothing thai benefit , mankind inexpressibly is too danger-as for a man to undertake. "I lit \e a good deal of contempt for men who are not brave to the point of rashness. I am like a highwayman in Che outskirts of Ifome. "This highwayman slopped the runa bout with a shot in the air. Then be ran forth from the tomb tfrat had con cealed him the hold-up happened on thf AppianVay and found to his sur- pri < e only a woman in the little car. " 'Where , madam , is your husband 'f he demanded , sternly and suspiciously. " 'Ile'h under the seat , ' she answered , flushing. " ' ' . 'I 'Tlien , said the highwayman. won't take anyihinc. It's bad enoush to ha\e a hn band like that without being rnblM d into the bargain. ' " "Wanted , tlie Real Fac-ft. Para , a ue ro servrnt of a Ilarrisburg ramlly , is very ambition to appear we1 ! informed on all subjects. His master bcrl installed electric lights throughout the house and was explaining Ihe workings of the fluid to Sam as fol lows : "You see. the whole thing romes from the d\namo and goes into the vrires and then into the lights. Xow , do yon understand ? " "Yes. sah , " said Sam. "I understand all 'bout d * > m dynamos and other thines. but what 1 wants to know is how do the kerosene squirt three deni svlcks ? " New York Sun. OLD SITRGE01T ( Fonml CoITco Caused IlnndB to Treiiiwlc. The surgeon's duties require clear Judgment and a steady baud. A slip or an unnecessary incision may do ir reparable damage to the patient. When lie found that coffee drinking caused his hands to tremble , an Ills , .surgeon conscientiously gave It up and thiis : liis story. "For years I was a coffee drinker uiit.i my nervous system was nearly broken down , my hands trembled so I .could hardly write , and insomnia tor tured me at night. "Besides , how could 1 safely perform -operations with unsteady hands , usins .knives and instruments of precision ? jWhen I saw plainly the bad effects of Coffee , I decided to stop it , and three years ago I prepared some Postuin , of ( Which I had received a sample. "The first cupful surprised me. It was mild , soothing , delicious. At this time I gave some Postum to a friend who was in a similar condition to mine , from the use of coffee. "A few days after. I met him and he was full of praise for Postum , declar ing he would never return to coffee but Btick to Postum. We then ordered a full supply and within a short time my nervousness and consequent trembling , as well as insomnia , disappeared , blood circulation became normal , no dizziness nor beat flashes. " .My friend became a Postum enthu siast , 'his ' whole family using it ex clusively. "It would be the fault of the one who brewed the PePtuui , if It did not taste good when served. "The best food may be spoiled if not properly made. Postum should be boil ed according to directions on the plcg. Then it is all right , anyone can rely on it. It ought to become the national drink. " "There's a Keason. " Name given by Postum Co. , Ilattie Creek , Mich. Head "The Road toVedville , " ' n * J GpanEcns of Great Papers on Important Subjects , . gragara' Ja JJAr'groTiygm.Tc Bgt CITY HEN AC FASJ&IES3. iKAT i * the debt of gratitude due the man who makes money in trade or profession ally aiid spends it on farming as a fad. He is laughed at by the real yeomanry as oj se to whom the propev purpose and value of ready c'sh sire unknown , and who scat ters if on fantastic experiments ; but the amateur takes his o\\n course and enjoys" it more than his critic. ? iuiairine. A city's most energetic population is nvruiUd from the farms , and the old merchant or practitioner , as a rule , craves the country when he re tires. The passion ih strong even among tho-e born in cities and ii they"want to amuse themselves with little extravagance-- the soil they ought to have sympathetic encouragement. It is seldom that farming is attempted < ; it MontC'risto principles , but surely it is better to scat ter a million OH the -oil than to see it hipped up by brokers ii. a PH irlo night. Occasionally a wizard in se lecting and cro.-s.ing plants comes along and causes tlie \\orld to man el by the new varieties he produces and the old ones I * improves. Inventors who have never lived out of a city sir-et constantly add to the nrichinery that place * . American agriculture far in the lead. Give the city farmer the triad baud. The money he "fools away" is not barren. lie finds health and zest , if noth ing more , in the operation. St. Louis ( Jlobe-Democrat. THE QUESTION OF GOPYBIGKT. ! * KIX' the last two sessions of Congress the ( jucsiioii of copyright has come up in all its old complexities awl with some new dif ficulties Theat ten : ] it to secure longer copyright for the authors of b"oKs ha ; bten practically confused with the question of inimical copyright in relation to phonograph graph records and the rM * r.x'd in mechanical piano- players. ruder ' -x th these prnctieal questions , which m * t be rlouded epnrately. lies tl e fnml-imcntal theory of copy right. Copyright , like trade-murk or patent rig'it. is an artificial monopoly , determined not b'natural" jus tice , bur by arbitrary statute. Tlie n > nn who mnkts a m.u-hine or an attractive name for soap or a novel asks the public to give him exclusive ; : se of his idea , in order that he may profit. The public grants him this exclu sive use. nut for hi" sake , but for its own sake. The idea is thit : such sjnvi.-.l protection encourages men to produce ideas. The words of the American Constitution express clear ly the attitude of the govenmi 'Ut that is. th public toward the the individual. Tongres is empowered "to promote the progress ofvieii'e and useful arts by se curing fov limited time < to authors and inventors the ex clusive rights to their respective writings and discov eries. " In this the emphasis is on the welfare of the public , the progress of tue art and science , and not on the well-being of the individual. The individual may ask the public to secure to himself and his descendants the profit of an idea for a hundred years. Society replies , in effect , "We do not care about you or your family. How can we get the most out of you ? Ilow can we coax and encourage you to produce your best , and at the same time have use of your ideas with the least profitable restriction ? ' ' To determine where to draw the line , how long copy right shall endure , how long a patent shall live , is a question of psychology. The effort of law should be to cut the term down as low as reasonable generosity and the facts of human iKiture will permit. Youth's Com panion. LIFE CHEAPER , THAU COAL. , . iij.- facts officially shown by the investiga- | Ip i tion of the Department of the Interior COU CH B cernjn tlm cost ju human lives of coal mining In this country are such as call for drastic action , and at once. We cannot af ford to be distinguished in the industrial world as the nation which holds life of least moment in securing our coal. It must not be at such a price that we cany on our great industries and get the coal to make our homes comfortable. The effect of the continuance'of such revelations of slaujbter as the investigations show , as the reports of the past fort night from the mines show , will in the first place be to stigmatize the nation as rhe crudest on earth. * * * For there is no good reason why coal mining in this country should not be safer than in any other , instead of more hazardous. The best talent of invention and improvement is at our command. If we should but make the most of what we already have conditions would be much better. But there should be no remission of effort until the work is taken out of the realm of hazard and made only a little more ri ky and less unhealthy than factory work. This is possible , and would have been achieved long ago had there been as careful and per sistent and compelling inspection for the few years past as there is likely to be for the years to come. If the re sult shall be a prompt and t-aving inspection now , not all of these dead will have died in vain. New Haven Kegij-ter. QUEEB JUSTICE. ITTS is the simple tale of brother and sister , living on Staten Island , within a half hour's journey of New York City Hall : Feeling the linancial depression , they cov eted their brother-in-law's life insurance. l rother-in-law himself was an obstacle , , . wlieretore they hired a needy person , tem porarily out of work , to remove the obstructive relative by knocking him on the head. In a moment of weakness their employe informed upon them. They were arrested , put on trial for conspiracy to murder , and confessed. Thereupon justice vindicated it ; ? majesty by sentencing the brother to ten months in jail and paroling the sister. ] 'thoughtful ? ociologi-ts who study America's abnormally high murder rate should take account of this case. Col lier's Weekly. "They need an extension of the So ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals out in Alaska , " said { he mar ried man. "They ought to appoint branches in the backwoods of Canada and iu Siberia and every other place where tbei'e is a fur-bearing animal. It's simply fearful the cruellies to \vich ! ! ihe hunters and trappers resort to obtain the skins thai you women : v fii to think so much of. I've been rending about it. ' ' "Dear me ! " remarked bis wife. "Is that so ? " "Yes , that is so. " replied the married man. "It's fr.nry about that. too. They call yours the . 'gentle sex * and here > < m are instigating cruelties that would make an old Spanish inquisitor blush and shed tears of pity. " "I wouldn't talk nonsei.se if I were you , " said his wife. "It's all right to call it nonsense. " Raid tlie married IIK'H. "You wouldn't call it nonsense if you saw a horse be ing beaten , even if it was balking out of pure cussedness. You'd hustio around to Hud a policeman : but I'd like In hear of one of you sympathizing with a silver fo.or mink. .lust im agine ! Here's a pretty little silver fox troiting along through the forest en- joyii' ' . : life in its own fashion when on sudden a sharp report rings out and the innocent. Ic.rmless civature falls writhing in its death agonies on ( he snow. T'itv ' a nice thint : to think about , isn't itV One moment full of life and happiness and the next the prey of some brutal half-breed , who probably will spend for whisky the money he g'ts for the pelt. That's en couraging the cause of temperance , too , I suppose. " "He might buy salt pork with it. mightn't he ? " asked the man's wife. "Would that make ii any pleasauler for the foxV" demanded the m-UTied man. "That's the \vay a woman rea sons. Here's another thing. The half- breed may not kill the little creature outright , lie may merely wound it and then ii liuips off. leavii / : Crimson trail behind it. to die a lingering death later on. Her poor little cubs , deprived of their mother's care and protection , either starve or are killed and eaten by some prowling beast. I should Uii.uk the maternal instinct wou.ld prevent you from countenancing such horrors , if nothing el e would. " "I think you are perfectly ridiculous. Isn't a fox a beast of prey ? " "Suppose it is. " retorted the married man. "A torn r-at is a beast of prey and you were throwing a fit the other day becaus" a boy was stoning one. A beast of prey has its feelings just the same r.s any other beast. How would you like io have a steel trap smash into your ankle , crushing the bone and lacerating the skin , and then have to stay where you were cauglTt for hours , perhaps for days , sufferinc the most excruciating pain and tormented with 1-unger and thirst , until some man came along and knocked you on the head with lub ? " "I shouldn't like it at all , " admitted the juan's wife. "Then yon might have some pity on the poor fox , " said the married man. severely. "Of course you don't go G7it with a gun and kill it yourself. You are too tenderhearted for that , you women : but you are quite willing to encourage the half-breed to do it for YOU. If it wasn't for the demand that your vanity creates there wouldn't be any such cruelties. It really shocks me to think about it. That article made a deep impression on me. " " 1 think you misunderstood me , " said the man's wife. "I don't want you to get me a silver fox set of furs. Cer tainly not. I know you aren't in any position now to buy anything as ex travagant as that. " " 1 thought you did. " said the mar ried man. in a mollih'cd tone. "As long as you don't , though. I take it all back. " "A good marten will be rather more within our means. " said the man's wife. " 1 don't want to be unreason able. Ti ! price is so much less that your sunerings over the death of the Ler.st will not be very s-evere. " Chicago cage Daily News. "It is whispered that you use mousy to insure your election. " said the cr.i- serious friend. "Xow. look here , " said Senator Sorghum ghum , in a tone of vexation , " 1 can't please everybody. And whatever hap pens I shall be in a position to prove that 1 didn't hoard all my money. " Washington Star. A man who Hatters generally seeks flattery for himself. WHAT HE WENT AFTER. The Ofllof Roy Gave tlie CnHfr JMHSIO Information. The big bell in the city lull tower had just banged forth the noon hour , and the ollice buildings were emptying throngs of workers into the streets to till the lunch rooms. In an elaborate otlice , seared in a large chair , with bis feet comfortaoly resting on the edge of the manager's desk , was Pltigsy , the ofllce boy of. Jan- worth & Co. , brokers , says Lippiurott's Magazine. His head was cocked on one side , and with evident relish he was 1'ulling a huge cigar which his employ er had neglected to finish. Suddenly the door opened , and Mr. Whiff , a client of the firm , inshvd in. "Where's Mr. Janworth ? " he de- n.anded excitedly. "What's thatV" said Plugsy , slowly [ removing the cigar from the far corner of his mouth. "I want Mr. Jar.worth right away. Where is keV" repeated Whiff. Just then the bell of a tire engine clanged below , and Pltigsy leisurely rose and walked to the window. "Gee , " he said thoughtfully , "people do git skecrcd o' them lire carts , all i right , all right ! ' ' Turning around , he j continued : "Boss ain't in. I'm runnin' > th' business just now. Want any quotations - [ tations or - " f ' "Xo , you idiot : " yelled tlie client "Where has be gone downstairs ? " "Yep. " j "Will he be back after lunch ? " j "Xaw. " yawned the future firm ; < "that's what he went out after. " Tlie Crafty A man bad two sons. The elder was virtuous and dutiful , the younger wick ed and crafty. When the father was about to die. he called them before him i and said : "I have only two things of i value my herd of camels and my blessing. How shall i allot them ? " "Give to me , " said the younger son , "thy blessing. Tor it may reform me. The en in els I should be sure to sell and squander the money. " The elder , disguising his joy. said that he would try to be content with the camels and a pious mind. It was I so arranged , and the mail died. Then ( be wicked younger son went before the cadi and said : "Hehold , my broth er has defrauded me of my lawful her itage , lie is so bad that our i'athor , as is well known , denied him his blessing. Is it likely that he gave him the cam els V" So the elder brother was compelled to give up the herd and was soundly bastinadoed for his rapacity. "We are having an argument about the financial situation. " said one of two men to a reporter to-day. "If there is no prospect of a fight , " said the re porter. "I will not wait" nt STEKERS TBE&E. Capital and Labor at Peace in Phil adelphia for Twenty Years. An almost Utopian condition of co operation has been reached in the shoe industry of Philadelphia , and strikes and lockouts are no more. Since Xov. 12 , 3S77 , every labor trouble between the manufacturers and their employes has been satisfactorily adjusted by a unique board of arbitration of seven men elected by the factory owners and seven men elected by the workmen. Although CO per cent of the decisions of this board have been in favor of the workmen , not one has been pro tested by the employers. Neither have the workmen complained against the decisions adverse to them but ihey have in every instance silently acqui esced and have remained steadily at work. Other manufacturers of the city have watched with close interest the operation of the arrangement between the Shoe Manufacturers' Association ind its employes. As a result , at tha last meeting of the association thirteen firms , including seven Canideu firms ad mitted by an amendment to the bylaws - laws , joined the association. It now embraces all but one or two of the lead ing firms in the manufacture of shoea in that city and Cnmden , and some 4,000 work-people will come under the beneficent operation of the association's agreement with its employes. It was after a long and bitter strug gle with the Knights of Labor in 1SS7 ' .hat the manufacturers met to devise some scheme whereby the strikes , that were occurring almost weekly , might ba stopped , and they invited their em- ploj'es to join them in such an effort The workmen agreed , and as a result a set of rules were drawn up , pro viding for arbitration , and these rules remain to-day without it having beeu necessary to alter one syllable. CHINA TO BS TEE GREATEST. Oriental Editor Says the Flowery I Kingdom Has a Future. [ Rev. Kg. Pom Chew , editor of the I Chinese World , in an address at San Francisco , said : "My country is raising an army of 1,000,000 men to drive Europeans from the esapire. China is just awakening from her slumber and she is getting ready to go to arms. When she does she will send Germany , France. Ea- galnd , Russia and other robbing and thieving nations home in a hurry. If Russia ever tries again to grab any Chinese territory we will fill her full of gory holes just as Japan did. China Is destined to be the greatest nation in earth. America stands best with us because she has been honest and has always lived up to her pledges. She is the only nation who has dealt with us honorably and Chinamen can never for get her disinterested friendship. " c The Fall Hirer ( Mass. ) Spinners' Union has reached its fiftieth birthday. In Italy the membership of trade unions decreased froru 2-40,689 iu 1002 to 204,271 in 1907. Germany hns altogether thirty-three la bor colonies where the unemployed can obtain work a ? a rirjht. Through tl-e efforts of organised labor the manufacture of cigars in the Mar- ( luette ( Mich. ) pribon is to be abolished. A. genor.T.1 strike of marble colters all over New Enjjlnud is threatened , because of the employers' refusal of an increase 3f wages and a Saturday half-holiday. Pipe covercrs \Vnshington , D. C. , were granted an increase in u-ajjes of { 50 cc-nts a day by their employers ) . They r ow receive a minimum salary d $3 a day. PrcMd < nt Compere of the A. jf . of L. has called a convention of all affiliated organizations in West Virginia to meet in Huntington on Feb. IS , to organize a State branch. "Museums of Safety Devices" and gen eral industrial hygiene have been estab lished bj the governments of Ilolland , Germany , France. England and other couatries. ' These do mnpnificent work in educating employers and employed , as ivell as the public generally. The workinsmon of Washington. D. C. , [ ire said to b. * planning several events which will bo of benefit and interest to the organized toilers. OTIC of the plans : onteuiplatfs thr erection in the near fu ture of a mncrniuVent temple of labor. Aii- : > ther , the building of a home for the aged ind infirm. In 1001 the Cigarmakors * International iad a membership of 3,000 and about 1 , > 0 unions. At the adjournment of that Convention the general fund of the or ganization showed a deficit , and this was : he c.ise for two successive years. Tlie membership now approximates 70.0iX ) . ind there are 1,000 unions. There is also n the bank to the credit of the union The labor officials of Massachusetts say : hat , with th'e report of the reeess com- m'ttee of the Legislature , all sections of vhich advocate laws to restrict and de- ine the powers of the courts in injunction rases arisin- from industrial disputes , ; ome favorable legislation is assured. The parliamentary committee of the Trades' Union Congress is sending out an mportant circular to the affiliated trade societies. The circular invites the trade inions to send delegates to London , Eng- and , on the 2 < 3th of February to discuss vays and means for forming a labor daily icwspaper. * aaraaeaaaa After suffering : for seven years , fcliisivomnnv.-a'restored to health by Lvclia K. I'inlcijam's Vegetable Compound. Keiid iier letter. Mrs. JSaliie French , of Puticaimla , Incl. Ter. , writes to 3Irs. Piiikham : "I had female troubles for seven years was all run-down , and so ner vous I could not do anything. The doctors treated ine for di ftercnt troubles but did me no gxxnl. Thile in tliis con dition I wrote to Mrs. Pinkhein for ad vice and took Lydia B. Pinlcham's Vege table Compound , and I ani now strong and well. " ' FACTS FOB SICiC WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. 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