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This sin is ppvmawntly athul
to ( } ; < tic1 , ' < . .t'the main buildiiij. :
the Ly < ii , . K. Phikham ALedic
Comp.im , Lynn , Mass.
What I > ocs This Sijrn Moan ?
It means that public inspection
the laboratory and methods of doi
business is honestly desired. Itmc ;
that there is nothing : about the b
inessvynidi is not " open and abo-
board/ '
It moans that a permanent invi
tion is extended to anyone to eoi
and verify any and all statemei
made in the advertisements of Lye
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compotn
Is it a purely vegetable eompon
tnado from roots and herbsi \
out drugs 'i
Come and Soc.
Do the v.-omen of America contir
ally use a much of it as we are tel <
Coin * ' anil See.
Was there ever such a person
Lydia M Pinkham , and is there a
3Virs. Pinkbam now to whom si
woman are asked to write V
-Come anil See.
Is the vast private corresponden
with sick women conducted
women only , and arc the letters kc
jstrietly eoniidential ?
Come uml See.
Have they really got letters frc
over ono million , one hunch1
thousand women correspondents :
'Come ami Sec.
, Have they proof that Lydia
tPinkhain's Vegetable Compound h
'cured thousands of these women :
'Come ' : njl See.
This advertisement is only f
'doubters. ' The great army of wom <
Who know from their own person
experience that no medicine in ti
iworld equals Lydia.JE. . Pinkhan
Vegeuible Compound for female i
will still TO on using and being be
'efited'by it : but the poor doubtin
{ suffering woman must , for her ov
lsakebe taught coniidenceforsheal ;
'might ' just as well regain her healt
i the breath , teeth , mouth and bed
scptically clean and free from ur
healthy germ-life and disagreeable odors
- which ater , soap and tooth preparation
i alone cannot do. A
\v3ermicical , disin-
\5cctin \ and dcodor- . , - , - _ - . . . .
izin toilet requisite fe'liXtr | . ! - ; ; -j
"o/i exceptional cfe v5
tccllence and ccon-
Invaluable t twJ. i
for inflamed eyes ,
throat and nasal and
titcrmc catarrh. At
(
( drug and toilet
tstorcs , 50 cents , or
tbyma.il postpaid.
tage Trial Sample
WITH "HEALTH AND BEAUTY" BOOK BENT FHC
, THE PAXTQN TOILET CO. , Boston , Mass
Grandfather's Cure for
Constipation
REAT medicine , the Sawbuc
Two hours a day sawing v/oi
v/ill keep anyone's B o w e
regular.
No need of.pills , Cathartics , Castor ft
"Physic , " if you'll only work the S s.
buck regularly.
' , * # *
i Exercise is Nature's Cure for Constip
[ Cion and , a Ten-Mile walk v/ill do , if yc
kiaven't got a wood-pile.
, But , if you v/ill take your Exercise in z
* feasy Chair , there's only oze. v/ay to do tha
because , there's only one kind of Artifici
( Hiercise for the Bowels and its name
CASCARETS. "
Cascarets are the only means to exsrci :
.the Bowel Muscles without work.
* * *
They don't Purge , Gripe , nor "up-
jour Stomach , " because they don't act HP
"Physics. "
They don't flush out your Bowejs ar
r.testines with a costly v/aste of Digesth
'fjuice , as Salts , Castor Oil , Calomel , Jala ]
or Aperient Waters always do.
No Cascarets strengthen and stimulal
he Bowel Muscles , that line the Foe
passages and that tighten up when foe
them , thus driving the food to ii
A Cascaret acts on- your Bowel Muscle
as if you had just sawed a cord of wood , c
Vwalked ten miles.
Cascarets move the Food Naturally
digesting it without waste of tomorrow
vGastric Juice.
* * *
The thin , flat , Ten-Cent Box Is mac
to fit your Vest pocket , or "My Lady's
fcPurse. Druggists 10 Cents a Box.
Carry it constantly with you and take
Cascaret whenever you suspect you use
one.
Be very carcto ! get the genuin
made only by ( he Starling Remedy Cow
pany , and never sold in bulk. Every tal
stamped "CCO. " X
FROM THE COMMONER
MR.
Mr. Tart us : i Critic.
Wlien Secretary Taft spoke nt Oniah :
recently ho took occasion to critiri.se Mr
Bryan. His first criticism was direct (
to Mr. Bryan's conduct in advoca'tiu ? tin
ratification of tlie treaty. According tc
Secretary Taft. Mr. Ur/au cannot consistently
sistontly criticise the imperialistic policj
of the government because he favored tin
ratification of the treaty. Secretary Taf )
is either misinformed as to what Mr
Rryan did. or he is lacking in the caii'loi
that ought lo characterix.e pnbli. ' nvn ir
. The . " -
speaking of an opponent.
hefoiv the country was not whether the
treaty was as good a treaty as might
have been made , or whether it contained
provisions that it ought not to have con
tained. The treaty was made by the
President's representatives , and when pre
sented to Congress contained a provision
for the ceding of the Philippine Islands
to the United States. The Republicans
had a majority in both Senate and Home ,
nnd the President was a Republican , but
as the treaty requires a two-thirds nia-
jority. some of the opponents of impe
rialism thought it possible to se'nre the
rejection of the treaty. The rejection of
Lhe treaty , however , would simply con
tinue the state of war and furnish an ex
cuse for a continuance of.ir taxes and
ivar expenses. If the Democrats had suc
ceeded in preventing the ratification of the
treaty , th y were not in a position to give
instructions as to a new treaty. If they
; iad prevented the ratification they would
lave taken upon themselves the ri'spon i-
jJHty for anything that happened while
: hs atate of war continued. If. for in
stance , they had refused to ratify the
TMty. and insisted that Spain should
jive independence to the Filipino , there
vas danger of objection being made by
he European nations which have colonies
n the Orient , and none of the monarchies
tied the question by a promise of imle
pendence , but Republican leaders were
willing to surrender the doctrine of S"lf-
government in order to secure trade ad
vantages in the Orient , and not being abh
to defend their policy , t ! > y have tried tc
lay the ratification of the treaty upon
Mr. Bryan , as if the ratification had made
it impossible for them to avoid colonial
ism.Ve have spent more than five hun
dred millions in this foolish attempt tc
ape the moiiarehism of the old world :
we have more than doubled onp army , anil
we are < uishiitly increasing our navy ,
ami \ crinii.sr.s \ is the only excuse that
can be mai'.e for either. Our annual appropriation
propriation-- the army and navy are
more than one hundred millions a year in
excess of what they were ten years ago.
ar.d are still increasing. The Republicans
refused to announce a policy ; they refus
ed to discuss the subject , and yet the
expenses go on. The Democrats say. just
: -s Mr. Bryan said in IS ! ) ' . ) , promise inde
pendence and fulfill the promise as soon
as a state of government can be estab
lished. Secretary Tufi ought to have
enough courage to meet the real issue and
not attempt to hide behind a bogus issue.
Secretary Taft in the Omaha speech
made another criticism of Mr. Bryan , re
ferring to him a"a gentleman who still
seems to have the power of leading the
Democratic party against its will. " lie
adopts the language of some of the cor
porate papers which have made the same
charge. Secretary Taft oughr to be well
enough informed to know that Mr. Bryan
has no means of leading the I"mocratit-
party against its will. ' lie has no ofiice-s
to distribute : he has no urea ! corporate
influence back of him : he has no way
of iniluencing men except by persuasion :
he has never had a political commission
and he has never had any fund to draw
on to keep up a'n orgauixation. When he
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WHY DON'T YOU LKXU THKM A JfAXI ) , Mil. PKKSIDKNT ?
of Europe arc anxious to have a republii
established in Asia. With a minority it
both houses , the Democrats could no
i possibly shape the policy of government
but they could bring upon themselves jus
criticism if they involved the country ii
furtl\vr war. This was the situation tha
the Democrats had to meet and Mi-
Bryan proposed a plan for meeting it
and he has never for a moment regret te (
the part ho took in that crisis. He pro
posed the ratification of the treaty and i
declaration of our nation's purpose to rec
ogni/.e the independence of the PhUippini
Islands just as the treaty provided foi
the recognition of the independence ol
Cuba. The treaty settled the question as
far as Spain was concerned and left the
future of the Filipinos entirely to us
It was easier for us to act alone than tc
act through a treaty , and by acting aloin
we relieved ourselves of the dangers thai
attend the negotiation of a treaty.
The plan which Mr. Bryan propose
came so near realization that it require !
the vote of the Vice President to defeat
it , for the treaty was ratified by a ver.\
slender margin , and the vote on the Bacoi
independence wa s <
| resolution promising
close that the presiding officer , the Vic <
President , turned the scales and dccidec
the question in the negative. One mon
vote and the promise of independence
would have been given and all subsequeni
trouble saved. Now it is hardly fair tf
judge Secretary Taft of ignorance of the
situation at that time. He certainly knev
that Mr. Bryan's plan included the prom
ise of independence as well as the ratifTca
tion of the treaty. How can he. then
discuss the matter without discussing tlu
entire plan ? Why does he speak only ol
the ratification of the treaty and ignore
the promise of independence ? Secretary
Taft is not the only Republican whc
shows this lack of candor. Time and agair
Republicans have made the criticism thai
Secretary Taft makes , and by doing sc
have been guilty of the same unfairness
Mr. Bryan has constantly and persist
ently opposed imperialism ; he has frorr
the very first insisted upon the promise ol
independence. The ratification of tlu
treaty was only a means of securing hide
pendence , and ( he only means in sight
If we could not defeat imperialism when
the Bacon proposition was presented , we
could not defeat it when our light wa *
i embarrassed by the prolonging of the wai
and the incurring of dangers incident
; thereto.
j There has never been a time since the
treaty was ratified but we might have set-
was nominated for Congress in ISD'o ' m
one else 'desired the nomination , and i
was not supposed that he could be elected
for the district was strongly Republican
but he was elected , largely owing to tin
landslide of that year. He was renomi
nated without opposition in 1S ! > 2. li
1SD4 he was nominatuii for the l'nite (
States Senate by the Democratic Stat <
convention , receiving every vote on th <
roll-call. In 1S1MJ he was nominated ii
Chicago because the delegates wanted t <
nominate him ; in V.Jl.K > he was renomi
nated. nearly every State and territory
instructing for him. lie announced im
mediately after the election in l)0n ! ) tha
he would not be a candidate in 11)1)1. bu
the disannuls results of the campaign o
11101 showed the folly of any attempt t (
conciliate predatory wealth , and as sooi
as the election was over he was disciissei
in connection with the nomination o.
I'.KIS. In the fall of IJIOH Mr. liry.in lef
home for a trip around the world am
was gone about a year ; heva * not ii
correspondence with any one in regard t <
politics , and yet while he was out of tfi <
country , something like half of the State :
passed resolutions favorable to his nomi
nation. Notwithstanding this very un
usual endorsement , he refused to announce
himself as a candidate , and for more thai
a year waited to see if the political con
elitions would make some one else more
available. In November of last year he
announced that lie would accept the nomi
nation if it was the desire of the Demo
era tie voters that he should do so , anc
this announcement was maelc to put ar
end to the constant misrepresentation :
that were being made by unfriendly pa
pers. That is as far as he has gone
Whatever work others have done in his
behalf has been done voluntarily and with
out solicitation from him. How , then
can he be accused of leading the Dejno
era tic party against itsj will ?
But the strongest part of this charge
is that it comes from Secretary Tafr
whose candidacy is backed by the Presi
dent and who has the aid of nearly al
the government officials in securing dele
gates. Everyone who is connected wit !
politics knows what an advantage it is tt
have an army of workers who get paj
from the people while they devote Uiieni
selves to politics. The activity of the
government officials in behalf of Mr. Taf !
has he-en such that contesting delegations.
! --ive been sent from a number of districts
Not only has the Secretary the backin ?
of the President and the support of tlu
officials , but he has the powerful aid ol
a rich brother who is prepared to spend
more money in securing the Secretary's
nomination than the Democrats can hope
to collect for a campaign fund. Surely ,
Secretary Taft must have forgotten him
self when he c'jmplaine'd that Mr. Bry-n
was leading the Democratic party against
its will.
WJteju'f ihf IVIoiify *
The powerful interests which are nou
attempting to control both national con
ventions do not ask for instructions , for
instructions imply that Hie voters are in
control. All that predatory wealth asks
i * that the delegations shall be turned
over to a few 1/oss.e's to be u e'd as cir
cumstances re-quire. These men who are
so ready to put up money to control con-
ve-ntious. but who would not subscribe a
dollar to elect a real Democrat to eliie-e
are not concerned ate tn ! candidate.
p"ovid-i : h- will aci pttheir aiel and put
hitiiself iineler obligation to them. A num
ber of Democrats have been approached
and oiTere.l this support , but nearly all
have refused , knowing that ne man. how
ever uoo-1 his past re.-orel. can stand any
i-liane-e of winning if he is handicapped
toy the support of the ine-n who have made
the government an asset in their busine-ss
. .nd who seek to control legislation for
liieir own pecuniary aelvantages. There
e-etulel befool -
gb a time when the voters
ei. but the-y havelearneel by a sael e\-
that candidate c.in
! > erience and know a
ic judged by the company hekeep - - .
Whence the money is a question which is
minj : asked with increasing ompha K
inel the- answer to it is a ele.nh blow to
ver.onein whose interest the money 5 ?
emtributod.
Or I'l May Ho
A magazine * writer who seems to be
'groping blinelly in the darkness. " says :
"The thing which has maele Bryanism
igr.ui possible may be a mere spinning
cstasv in thenerves of an overwrought
M'ople : it may h ; ' a slow moral revoln-
ion. .swinging tidelike from party to
> arly : it may be a recognition of the
'iieluring ' power of an unsullied manhood ,
oitplcel with an ine-omparable tongue : it
nay be a mere habit. e > r it may be a
imoel of elespair in which all candidates
re-tire in favor of the- one man who h
le-arned how te > make elefea't pay. "
Or it may be that the American poor
have grown weary of the * impositions p
upon them by trust magnates posing
"defenelers of the national honor. "
Public Service Commissioner Williai
of Xew York revjenrly said : "The day
perpe-tual franchises is past. The publ
insists , and will insist , that franchise
whether in the streets or under t
stree-ts. shall either remain in the city
within the city's control under such co
elitions that they may be retaken after
given period. "
Mr. Williams is hardly in line with Se
rotary Taft , who admitted that he favc
eel ! he perpetual franchise in the Phili
pines. tt
Oemorrjicy Appeals lo Youl'i.
Democracy appeals to the young 1 :
e-ause it is the growing doctrine. Behh
it are the eternal and irresistible ai
eternal forces which bring victory to t ]
truth. The young man \\ants an oppo
tunity and Democracy insures opport
nity. Democracy's aim is justice at
the young man's heart responds to Demo
racy's arguments.
Senator Allison walked safely throui
th.e Iowa convention , but a few heai
were cravkeel during the operation.
Having- passed the ship subsidy bill tl
"standpatters" point to the fact i
another reason why the tariff must 1
maintained.
If reports from the navy's target pra
tice are true there is no reason why .Ta
anese spies should create consternation 1
their presence.
The Kentucky Legislature has voted
pay preachers for praying for it. Jud
ing by recent events down there it
worth the money.
If those Japanese emissaries real
want to study thoroughly all of our d
fense plans they will have to visit som
thing like twelve million American home
The German reporters who struck
order to revenge themselves on the la\
makers have a lot to learn about how
play even with recreant public officials.
If one desires to know about all tl
ins boon learned of the relation ot" m
: o public health , it can be found in t
export on the subject which Surge <
Jonoral Wyman has lately made to t
secretary of the Treasury , in passit
t may be remarked that it seei
it range for a he.iltb oflicer to bo a si
inlimito of the chief financial ollie
if thi' gove-rnme-nt. ami have te > nia
eiiorts te > him. The stirgefm-.ceMiora
investigation was madeat the direct !
> f the President , who wished te > dire
ittontion te > the need of protect1 ! ; , ; t
niik supply of the cities from contain !
it Son. and to the importance of so Ire :
nv ; the milk given to young childr
hat their lives might not be put
iar.ger. The report , of course , recoi
neiids Pasteurization , that is. raisii
he- milk to a temperature of one hu
rod and forty degrees , and keeping
IIOKO for twoiU-y minutes. This ki
lie common disease-germs without i
tiring the milk. Tuberculosis , typhoi
rurlot fever and diphtheria are coi
innicated by milk , to say nothing
lie .infantile bowel troubles. Sevent
wo cases of diphtheria were trace
ist year to a dairy where a mil
ruder was washed by a person atten
is a diphtheritic patient. Ho diel n
lean to give the disease to others , ix
oes any milk-producer deliberate
eirloct the proper precautions again
mtaminated milk , lie usually sii
irough ignorance , but the time is rn
lly passing when such ignorance cr
e excused.
"
m
The interstate Commerce Coinmissic
as issued a special report made in coi
ection with the preparation of a un
> rm system of accounting for all inte
: ate railways. It shows how the rai
Mels have bcon interwoven into va ;
rpterns of stock control , and make
: Ksible a uniform balance sheet. Fc
n first time it gives ollicial statistit
" the amount of stock in the hands t
ic general public. Out of about ? 1S
10.000.000 of outstanding railroad si
iritios. $ r . : i:0.000.000 ( : is held by tli
rporations. leaving in the hands c
le public 7,800.000.000 ol' funded del
ul .s-1.700.000.000 of stocks.
In order to make room on the fla
r the forty-sixth star , which nun
line there on the Fourth of July , tli
> \vs will he entirely rearranget
liere will be six rows , four containin
ght stars each and two containin
v * n. This leaves two vacant space
r f tit lire occupation. A change in th
ig involves an expense' of many thot
nds of dollars. The army will nee
out thirty-live hundred new flairs , an
e Treasury Department Avill have t
pply about four hundred and fifty fo
dcral buildings throughout the Unite' '
ates.
' ' "
I'
An Indian fight tool : place on "tin
tor of the United States Senate the
her day. Of course neither Indiai
t his scalp. Senator Curtis of Kan
s : ; IH ! Owen of Oklahoma , both o
lorn had Indian ancestors , disagreec
or the propriety of designating Mr
ven ay a "ward of the government. '
le necessity of treating the Indians
national wards is disappearing rap
y. and the controversy betweer
le-rokee and Kaw e > n the floor of the
uate is a picturesque reminder ol
iit : if taking place.
In recognition of the growing intlni.i-
between the regular army and tin
tional militia. Acting Secretary ol
ar Oliver lias issued an order crc
ing a new division in the War De
rtment. to be known as the division
militia affairs. Col. E. II. Weaver.
the coast artillery , has been named
chief. It will supervise and particl-
te in national guard affairs.
Representative Sfort of Kansas ,
itirman of the House Committee on
riculture , proposes the establishment
100 experimental farms of one acre
h in every county in a group of four
-stern > ricultural States for the
n > ese of giving the farmers a prac-
al demonstration of the best uieth-
; of growing different kinds of crops.
" "
The Signal Office of the War Depart-
nt has received ten bids for the con-
ue-tion of a dirigible balloon , the
is running from $0,000 to $33.000.
e specifications cover the construc-
n of a balloon to carry a combined
ight of 350 pounds and at least 100
inels of ballast , and to have a speed
twenty miles per hour in still air.
[ 'he United States Patent Office re-
ts that in the last year there has
-n an increase of 100 per cent in the
' .nber of applications for neronauti-
patents , the majority of ideas deal-
; with a combination of the aero-
ne and the dirigible balloon.
i'he President in a letter to the At-
ney General has directed proceeds -
: s by injunction to compel certain
Iroads of the South , where Jim
, to furnish
3\v cars are operated
lal accommodations to white and
ored passengers , as ordered by the
erstjite Commerce Commission. He
ors particularly to the case of the
shville. Chattanooga arid St. Louis
llway. whiejh has not complied with
! order. .
THE PAINTING SEASON.
Good results in painting at the least
cost depend largely upon the material
chosen. Paint is a simple compound'
and the ingredients can be easily test
solid or pigment should
ed. The part
be * White Lead. The liquid part
should be Linseed Oil. Those best informed
always buy these
formed on painting
ingredients separately and have their
minter mix them fresh for each job.
Before the mixing the test is made.
bit of White Lead
Place a pea-sized
or piece of
> n a piece of charcoal
vood. Blow the llame against it and
; ee what it will do. If it is pure
iVhite Lead , little drops of bright , pure
netallic lead will appear , and with pa-
ience the White Lead can be e-nm-
of nn'taJ-
ilcti'ly reduced to one globule
is because pure White
ic lend. This
Lead is made from metallic lead.
You may test dozens of other so-
: alled White Leads and not be able
o reduce one of them to lead. If they
vill not change wholly to lead but
eave a residue , it is clear that some
idulterant is present.
If you should have your painting
lone with such materials , no matter
low cheap they might seem , it would
e costly in the end.
National Lead Company , Wood-
ridge Building. Xew York City , are
ending on request a blowpipe free ? to
ny one about to Lave painting done ,
o that the White Lead may be test-
d. With it will be sent a handsomely
rinted booklet having as its frontis-
iece the "Dutch Boy Painter , " re-
reduced from the original painting ,
'his little painter has become noted
s the guaranty of pure White Lead.
HE HAS NO GAS WORRIES.
L IIoiiKcliont Ovrncr Anchor. Hla
Home Xeur a Private AVell.
One man there is in the west sida
'ho sits with his familj- before a nat-
rnl gas fire in the evening in a room
ghted by natural gas , with no worry
3 to whether Kansas City's supply of
atural gas holds out or not , says the
lansas City Star. Samuel Isabel is his
ame. He is a fisherman at the mouth.
f the Kaw River. He lives in a 20x40
) ot houseboat , but his houseboat is the
avy of all the many other fishermen
ho live near the mouth of the river. '
Seven years ago several west side
icn formed an investment company ,
ic object of which was to bore for
atural ga-s in the bottoms near the
aw River. One well was sunk and gaa
icountered , but capped and for sev-
al years the gas was put to no use.
Last summer Isabel moved his honse-
> at down the river and anchored it
jar the well.
"I thought It looked like a good
ting , " he said , "so I kept quiet and got
> work. I bought an old water tank to
> e as a container. Then I bought liOO /
et of iron pipe at a low price. After
irchasiug a few more accessories I
id my gas plant complete. I pi pel
y houseboat and put in gas fixtures
id stoves. Now I don't have to buy
ij coal for stoves or oil for lamps ,
id I have the best-lighted and heated
athouse on the river. "
Wlien he laid his pipe from the well
his house Isabel perfected an inge-
ous contrivance so that when his
use moved or was rocked by the rise
id fall of the water the flow of gaa
as not affected. Other fishermen
tve applied to Isabel for use of part of
e gas , but he says that as he found
first he will not risk ovcrtnxinsr his
twline by having too many consumers
it.
In Humbler L.ife.
The two newsboys were fighting' despot *
ely over a game of craps.
"Frenzied finance , " mused tha profess
, passing on.
COFFEE EYES.
f
Acts Slovrly J > nt Frequeiitly Pro-
The curious effect of slow daily poi-
ning and the gradual building in of
sease as a result , is shown in num-
rs of cases where the eyes are af-
2ted by coffee.
A case in point will illustrate :
A lady in Oswego , Mont , cxperi-
ced a slow but sure disease settling
on her eyes in the form of increus-
; weakness and shooting pains with
ivy , dancing lines of light , so vivid
at nothing else could be seen for
nutes at a time.
She says :
"This gradual failure of sight alarm-
me and I naturally began a very
rnest quest for the cause. About
is time I was told that coffee poison-
j sometimes took that form , and
lile I didn't believe that coffee waa
i cause of my trouble , I concluded
quit it and see.
'I took up Postum Food Coffee in
te of the jokes of Husband whose
perience with one cup at a neighbor's
.s unsatisfactory. Well , I mada
stum strictly according to directions ,
iling it a little longer , because oC
r high altitude. The result waa
irming. I have now used Postum
place of coffee for about 3 months
fl my eyes are well , nex-er paining
or showing any weakness. I know
a certainty that the cause of the
iuble was coffee and the cure was in
itting it and building up the nervous
item on Postum , for that was abso-
ely the only change I made in diet
1 I took no medicine.
My nursing baby has been kept In a
fectly healthy state since I hava
i
id Postum.
'Mr- . a friend , discarded cof- -
and took on Postum to see if 1 _
ild be rid of his dyspepsia and fre
; nt headaches. The change pro-i
: ed a most remarkable improvement
ckly. "
there's a Reason. " Name given br
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rtum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich ,
