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SOPHIA
KITTLE5EN
HEALTH VERY POOR-
RESTORED BY PE-RU-NA.
atarrh Twenty-five Years
Had a Bad Cough.
Miss Sophia Kittlesen , Evauston ,
Illinois , U. S. A. , writes :
"I have been troubled with catarrh
for nearly twenty-five years and have
tried many cures for it , but obtained
very little help.
"Then my brother advised me to try
'Perunn. and I did.
"My health was very poor at the time
I bopin taking Peruna. My throat was
very sere and I had a bad cough.
"rjcruna has cured me. The
ckrnrtic catarrh is gone and my
health is very much improved.
"I recommend PC run a to all my
' riond < ! who are troubled as I was. "
PERI IN A TABLETS : Some people
tablets , radior than medicine in a
fluid form. Such people can obtain Peru-
na tnblots. which represent the medici
nal ingrpilionts of Perurin. Each tablet
equals ono average dose of Ponina.
Man-a-lin the Ideal Laxative.
Manufactured by Pcruna Drug Manufactur
ing Company. Columbus. Ohio.
The Victorian ISii Ii.
"The England \\hich spoke the Inn-
gunge which was already dying in the
eiglitee-u-sixties was before all things
1 vrorJd of the country. The sights and
tsounds of nature played a far greater
-part in the lives of the mass of the
people than they do to-day. This is re-
ilcclcd , for instance , in the way in
which .birds ami animals were spoken
of ami the names given them. I have
myself once or twice heard old people
In the country speak of the hen ua
"Dame Parllet. " One is familiar with
Oic phrase from books , of course it is
Chaucer's "Porrolette" but once or
twice as a child 1 actually heard it. J
suppose it wonl.l be impossible to heal
'A : " : \ \h.M'o ii"v. London Outlook.
sailer from Fits , Falling Sickness or
fI a ms , or have Children that do so , aiy
Ncv/ Discovery and Treatment
vr > ll giio them immediate relief , and
all jou arp n kc l to < io is to send for
a Fret liottie of Dr. ilaj's
EPILEPTICIDE CURE
Oooipl IPS xv.th Food nnd Dnic Act of Concro s
J in < itihl'J'fi. ' Complete directions , nl otes-
t..i > ' i.il-i of rntl'S. etc. . tKEK lu mail.
Es trtiS l rtijcud. Guo AGEr..idfuIliulaicaj
W. U. uAY , tl , D. , 546 Fcsr ! Slteei , SJK York.
'The Handy Doctor in Your
\ I ' Vest Pocket
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'T'S a thin , round-cornered little
Enamel Box
When carried in your vest pocket
it means Health-Insurance.
Jt contains Six Candy Tablets of pleasant
'taste , almost as pleasant as Chocolate.
Each tablet is & working dose of Cas-
carets , which acts like Exercise on the
.Bowels and Liver.
It will not purge , sicken , nor upset the
tsfomach.
Because it Is not a "Bile-driver , " like
Salts , Sodium , Calomel , Jalap , Senna , nor
.Aperient Waters.
Neither is it like Castor Oil , Glycerine ,
or other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricate
the Intestines for transit of the food stopped
citp in them at that paiticular time.
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The chief cause of Constipation and
Indigestion is a. weakness of the Muscles
that contract the Intestines and Bowels.
Cnscarets arc practically to the Bowel
Muscles what a. Massage and Cold Bath
jaie lo the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to
. contract , expand , and squeeze the Digestive -
* tive Juices out of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver In
tsuch a way as to make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This is why , with Cascarets , the dosa
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead of increased , as it must be with all
other Cathartics and Laxatives.
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Cascarets act like exerclss.
If carried in your vest pocket , ( or carried
In My Lady's Purse , ) and eaten just when
you cuspect you need one , you will never
, knowatick day from the ordinary Ills of life.
Because these Ills begin in the Bowels ,
-and pave the way for all other diseases.
. "Vest Pocket" box 10 cents. 75"
EC sure you get the genume rnade only
' by the Sterling Remedy Company , and never
in bulk. Every tablet stamped "CCC. "
N EW LAW obtained
e by JOHN w. MORSIS.
Wasnlngton , D. a
FROM THE COMMONER
MR. BRYAN'S PAPER
A HoMtoti K.Yiisi le.
The Prcsid it in his recent message
gives an illustration o trust methods ,
lie { oils of Boston's experience with a
coiMlfin.itionvhifh secured control of the
market. lie says :
"Allppatioiuj are often made to the effect
that there is no real need for these laws
looking to the more effective control of
the grr.it corporations , upon the ! ground
that they will do their work well without
swh control. I call your attention to the
. icrornpaiiying copy of a report just sub
mitted by Mr. Nathan Matthews , chair
man of the finance commission , to the
Mayor and City Council of Boston , relat
ing to certain evil practices of various
. orporations which have been bidders for
furnishing to the city iron and steel. This
report shows that there have been exten
sive combinations formed among the vari
ous corporations which have business with
the city of Boston , including , for instance ,
a carefully planned combination embrac
ing practically all the firms and corpora
tions engaged in structural steel work in
Xi-w England. This combination included
substantially all the local concerns , and
many of the lar.go.st corporations in the
United States , engaged in manufacturing
or furnishing structural steel for use in
any part of New England ; it affected the
States , the cities and towns , the railroads
and street railways , and generally all
I'or--ons in that section of the country. As
r.-.ranis the city of Boston , the combina
tion resulted in parceling out the work by
collusive bids , plainly dishonest , and sup
ported by false affirmation.
"I have submitted this report to the
Department of Justice for thorough in-
u-aigation and for action if action shall
pro- practicable.
"Surely such a state of affairs as that
rtuove set forth emphasizes the need ot
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- - fvi..Mi Jo-r'slntion. not morelv be-
, POOP. YORICK ! "
fiiu.se of the material benefits such legis
lation will SOPH re , but above all because
this federal action should be part , -and a
largo part , of the campaign to waken our
popple as a whole to a lively and effec
tive condemnation of the low standard of
morality implied in Mich conduct on the
part of great business concerns. The first
duty of every man is to provide a liveli
hood for himself and for those dependent
upon him ; it is from every standpoint de
sirable that each of our citizens should
endeavor by hard work and honorable
methods to secure for him and his such
a competence as will carry with it the
opportunity to enjoy in reasonable fash
ion the comforts and refinements of life ;
and. furthermore , the man of great busi
ness ability who obtains a fortune in up
right fashion inevitably in so doing con
fers a benefit upon Hie community as a
whole and is entitled to reward , to re
spect and to admiration. P ut among the
many kinds of evil , social , industrial and
political , which it is our duty as a nation
sternly to combat , there is none at the
same time more base and more danger
ous than the greed which treats the plain
niul simple rules of honesty with cynical
contempt if they interfere with making a
profit ; and as a nation we can not be held
guiltless if we condone such action. The
man who preaches hatred of wealth hon
estly acquired , who inculcates envy and
jealousy and slanderous ill will toward
those of his fellows who by thrift , energy
and industry have become men of means ,
is a menace to the community. "
This is a splendid illustration of the
manner in which the public is robbed bj
private monopoly. It is time that the pri
vate monopoly was exterminated , for its
extermination , instead of destroying busi
ness , will revive business and at the same
time relieve the public from one of its
menaces.
Pleading vrith the Speaker.
Newspaper dispatches say that Presi-
Jent Roosevelt invited Speaker Cannon to
biie White House. May . " , and bluntly
rold him that unless he allowed the House
to do something for the public interests
lie would be respensible for Republican
lefeat. The President particularly want
ed the wood pulp bill passed.
R forring to the conference between the
Presitteet and tba Speaker , Walter Well-
man in a dispatch printed in the Chicago
cage Record-Herald says :
"Why pass a bill simply because the
newspaper publishers want it ? The coun
try will declare we' have discriminated in
favor of the newspapers and we will re
ceive the.righteous swatting of the voters
because we have done something for them
and not for the rest of the people. "
This , in substance , is understood to be
the Cannon argument , or excuse , for not
yielding to widespread pressure anent
free-listing pulp and paper. It is an ex
cuse , however , that has been readily met
by the ne\r plan of action at the White
House.
"If you want to do something for the
rest of the people as well , you have the
chance. " That .was in substance the an
swer given to Speaker Cannon to-day.
"Here's the postal savings bank proposi
tion. It has been urged by the adminis
tration , is in the interest of the whole
people , and the people , having studied the
matter , want the system established. They
want that just as much as the publishers
want wood pulp and print paper on the
free list. You alone stand in the way of
both propositions. Act in both matters ,
or get off the lid and let the House act
and then it can not be said that Congress
was discriminating in favor of any single
interest. "
This must be interesting reading for
Republicans who yet believe that the Re
publican party intends to represent the
people.
Here the President of the United States
invites the Speaker to the White House
and pleads with him to give Republican
publishers and. of course , publishers gen
erally relief from tariff imposition. Axel
when the Speaker says that a wood pulp
bill would be a dangerous object lesson
for voters who yet imagine that the for
eigner pays the tax and that "the rest
of the people" will then demaud some re
lief , the President says ho might give "the
rest of the people" the postal savings
bank. "Uncle Joe" is right so far as the
object lesson is concerned. A great many
Republicans who have for yea re patiently
submitted to tariff exactions arc very like
ly in the face of tariff revisions for the
benefit of the newspaper publishers to
ask "why not tariff revision for consum
ers generally ? "
And why not tariff revision ? If it is
good for the newspaper publisher why not
give it to the consumers generally ? And
how does it happen that this great po
litical organization , whose loaders insist
that it is the party of the people , the
"party of God and morality , " can not be
persuaded to legislate in public interests ?
It can hardly be coaxed to give enough
in the way of remedial legislation to
which the Republican political managers
may point as an excuse for the re-election
of their party to the control of the na
tional government.
So the Eye May Sec.
An Elgin National watch , seven jewels ,
in an open-face twenty-year gold-filled
case costs the American retailer of
watches $10.75 , which may be represent
ed by a line thus :
This same watch is sold to the dealer in
England for the sum of $7.41 , which may
be represented by a line thus :
The American purchaser is therefore
compelled to pay , in addition to the deal
ers' regular profit , thirty-seven per cent
more for an American made watch than
the English customer is compelled to pay ,
which may be represented by this :
Paid by American purchaser.
Paid by English purchaser.
The American watch trust is enabled to
thus rob the American consumer by rea
son of the protective tariff.
Why delay tariff revision ?
InnnrJiiR Bank Deposits.
A citizen o Illinofs writes to ono of
the Oklahoma officiate ae follows : "I am
very much plca d wifsh jpnr lavr for t -
curing l > ank deposits. I have been n
resident of Illinois for a number of years ,
was a depositor in a bank that failed
there , and on account of your favorable
banking laws for depositors , I transfe'-
rc'l my account to the b nk of
Oklahoma. My account is small , but ( t
amounts to more than seven thou.'rarxl
dollars. I have friends who loft Illinois
with twice as much as I had , who wrot- *
to , Okla. I and my friends
came from county , and therr
are other friends who will transfer tlieit
accounts to remain on deposit because
they like the security.
I write you for no other purpose than
to let you know how the people of other
States appreciate the banking laws of
Oklahoma. Wishing you success , I am ,
yours truly , . "
The Commoner has a copy of the let
ter , but the name of. the writer , together
with the name of his county in Illinois ,
and the name of the banks in Oklahoma
to which the money was sent , have been
omitted that no injustice might be done
by the publication of the letter.
The fact that banks of Oklahoma am
made secure by a law that compels all
the banks to stand back of each bank
is already having its effect. There is no
doubt that Kansas and Nebraska will
adopt a similar law as soon as the Leg
islatures can be elected , and the reform
is bound to spread. At present , many of
the leading bankers are opposing it un
der the false impression that it would
hurt the larger banks. It will not take
from the large bank any legitimate ad
vantage , and the bankers themselves will
soon be compelled to favor the law , be
cause the people will demand the secur
ity and will send their money where the
security can be found. Why not make
tfie banks safe ? Why not protect de
positors ? We should have laws. State
and national , giving assurance to deposit
ors that their earnings , when deposited
in banks , will be safe. The bankers who
have opposed such legislation are respon
sible for the growth of sentiment in
favor of postal savings banks. Their
selfishness is short-sighted and they will
find , by talking to their depositors , that
they are destroying the influence they
used to have as advisers. Many bankers
are already taking a broader view of the
subject and are advocating the guaranty
plan. May their tribe increase.
Secretary Tuft Misquoted.
Secretary Tail claims that he has been
misquoted. lie did not say that "wo must
Ix k forward to a gigantic controversy
between labor and capital : " he was quot
ed as saying this , but as expressing the
hope that it would be peaceably settled.
What he said was. ' "That unless labor
ers united into organizations , the laborer
would stand no chance in that inevitable
controversy that wo always hope will be
peaceful but that must exist that inev
itable controversy as to how labor and
capital shall share the joint product of
both. "
The Commoner is glad to aid in set
ting Mr. Taft right before the public ,
for it can appreciate fche annoyance of
incorrect reports of speeches.
An Aldrich bill under the Vreelaml
name would provide just as much commer
cial stenoh.
Senator Warner of Missouri talks like
a Republican who realizes that the negro
vote of Missouri can not possibly change
the result this year.
While claiming great credit for trying
to preserve our forcsts bJ' mpans of tlie
"forest reserve act , " the administration
continues to offer a premium for the de
struction of forests by retaining the tariff
on lumber and wood pulp.
When Mr. Tener of Pennsylvania takes
a seat in Congress he will find his for
mer experience as a baseball pitcher
handy. He will have to perform some
mighty curves in order to get anything
worth while post Speaker Cannon.
The wages of o,000 Massachusetts
cotton mill operatives were cut ten per
cent last week. The week before GO-
000 other operatives were subjected tea
a similar cut , and 35,000 more will get
Che same kind of a Republican tariff pros
perity dose next year. The full dinner
pail is bcoemiagsometlirag of a hollow
Bricklayers in Japan are paid 3G cents
a day.
In the building trade of the United
Kingdom there axe employed about 1'JOO-
& 00 people.
An effort is being made to organize the
frorkmen of MexJco on the same lines as
they are In ther countries.
For the twenty years 1887-1000 the av
erage of unemployed among 030,078 Brit
ish trade unionists was 4.o per cent.
i 'Montreal ' ( Canada ) 'longshoremen object -
} ject to the bonus system * introduced by
j tbe shipping men , but the latter refuse to
a.bIisi it.
The recently organized Master Barbers'
Association at San Francisco , Cal. , has
pronrieed to finance the Barbers' Union in
Its efforts to put all .the shops in a sani
tary condition.
The Congregational Ministers' Associa
tion of Minneapolis , Minn. , Las asked the
local Central Labor body the privilege of
oajing dues the same as other organiza
tions. The offer was declined.
In the installation of a co-operative
sewing shop at Manhattan , another prac
tical side of the Women's Trade Union
League has developed along lines of great
utility to the women workers.
Los Angeles. Cal. , has a new publica
tion which is devoted to the union label
of the various organizations. It is in
tended to instruct all classes of people as
to labels and what they stand for.
An effort is being made at Washington ,
B. C. , by the unions of organized labor
to prevent the awarding of government
contracts to firms and individuals who
won't employ union labor , or observe the
eight-hour law.
Organized electrical workers in Minne
apolis , Minn. , are taking more than an
ordinary interest in the proposed street
illumination plans , and are making an
organized campaign in favor of electricity
in street lighting.
The attempt to combine the business
men of all France into a non-political pro
tective association , to be known as "The
Federation of French Manufacturers and
Business Men , " is reported to be making
satisfactory progress.
The officers of the International Brass
Molders' Union of North America report
that since the establishment of the inter
national , in October , IDOi , the member
ship has increased to 10,000. The organ
ization pays sick and death benefits.
Of the 232 labor organizations formed
last year in Canada , ol were formed by
railway employes. 43 by metal workers
and 41 in the building trade. Ninety-
four organizations were formed in On
tario , 51 in Quebec , 2S in Alberta and 22
in British Columbia.
Practically one out of every throe
union men in the State was idle at the
close of 1907 , according to the quarterly
bulletin of the New York State labor de
partment. In New York City the percent
age was 34.2 as compared with 32.7 for
the remainder of the State.
Duriug the year 1007 , G-1S3 new indus-
! ries were reported in the South , com
pared with 0,411 in 11)0(5 ) , which was the
best record ever made. The loading
States were Texas. 3,3-53 ; Oklahoma ,
794 , and Virginia. Tennessee , North Carolina
lina , Alabama and Arkansas , from 400
to 5oO each.
An act was passed by the Tennessee
Legislature to make it unlawful to allow
any female child under sixteen to work
in any manufacturing establishment more
than sixty-two hours in any one week in
1908 , or more than sixty-one bout's in
1909 , and after Jan. 1 , 1910. more than
sixty hours.
Much enthusiasm is displayed by the
labor men of Baltimore , Md. , over the
passage of the new eight-hour law , which
is regarded as effective. The new meas
ure , which passed the Legislature several
weeks ago , is now in force. It is pat
terned after laws in several of the West
ern States , and has stood the test of the }
United States Supreme Court.
A team from Dakota Wesleyan univer
sity defeated a team from Hamline uni
versity in a debate at Hamline.
A committee of St. Paul Aldermen has
adopted an ordinance providing that here
after school buildings in the city shall beef
of fireproof construction.
St. Olaf College of Northfield defeated
Gustarus Adolphus College of St. Peter
in debate. St. Olaf had the negative of
the municipal ownership question.
Rer. Edwin A. Schnell of La Porte ,
Ind. , has been elected president of the
Iowa Wesleyan university at Mount
Pleasant , Iowa , and has accepted the po
sition.
James A. Bull , for many years an ac
tive supporter of the Minnesota State
agricultural school , died suddenly at his
home in Bdina Mills , a suburb of Min
neapolis.
Anti-vaccinationists won a signal vic
tory when the Minneapolis board of edu
cation overruled the action of Health
Officer Dr. P. M. Hall , and ordered the
reinstatement of Roy Larsen as a pupil
at the Seward school , despite the fact
that he has not been and will not be vac
cinated.
The Sisters of St. Joseph , who main
tain a school in Crookston. Minn. , are
making application of John D. Rockefeller
for money for additional buildings on
their grounds and have sent to him letters
of recommendation from many of the lo
cal merdhants.
By a recent action taken by the board
of trturtces , the State school of science at
has become affiliated with the
Dakota , agricultural college. Grad- I
rates Of fee K&ool of science may
nLor ffea a rrioolfciral ccrtk fe vfc
mlc8 , and graduate upoa
ot t $ I
One of
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fund of information as to the best methods
of promoting health and happiness
right living and knowledge of the world's
best products.
Products of actual excellence and'
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and which have attained lo world-wida
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Well-informed of the World ; not of indi
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ing the best the world affords.
One of the products of that cla-s , of
known component parts , an Ethical !
remedy , approved by physicians and com
mended by the Well-informed of the
World as a valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna. To get its beneficial ,
effects always buy the genuine , manu
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co. ,
only , and for sale by all leading druggists.
Illustration Sbotring' Mixed Farming : Scene la
Some of the choicest lands for erain crowfnj : .
clock raisinir and mixed farming Jn the new dis
tricts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have re
cently been Opened f or Settlement under the
Peysed ! lomestead Regulations
Entry may now be made by proxy ( on certain
conditions ) . by the father , mother , sem.dauehter.
brother or ulster of an intending homesteader.
Thousands of homesteads of 160 acres each are
thus now easily obtainable In these jrreat
Errowfaff. stock-raisinjr and mixed forming
lions.
There yon xvin find healthful climate , coed
neighbors , churches for family worship , schools
for your children , jrood laws , splendid crops ,
* nd railroads convenient lo market.
Entry fee m each case Is 510.00. For pamphlet ;
"Lasl Best West."particulars as to rates , routes ,
best time to co and where to locate , apply to
\V. D. Scott , Superintendent of Immigration ,
Ottawa. Canada , or E. T. Holmes. 315 Jackson
St. , St. Paul , Minn , and J. M. MacLachian , Box
itf ) , Watertown. bo. Dakota Authorized Goveru-
ttier.t Agents.
Plu.iaa say when * ; on saw this advartiBomant.
The Gentle KelniiT.
"Immeasurable are the rebuffs that
the helpers of the poor , the seekers af
ter c-harity for their suffering brothel's
undergo. " said a New York charity or
ganization olIK al. "A friend of mine ,
u Methodist minister in a small west
ern town , told me the other day of Ins
last rebuff , a not unkind one. Enti-r-
ing the ollice of the local weekly , the
minister said to the editor :
' "I am soliciting aid for a gentleman
of refinement and intelligence who is
dire lu-od of a little ready money b
who is far too proud a man to mre
his sufferings known. '
" 'Why , ' exclaimed the editor. pushIng -
Ing up his eyeshade , 'I'm the only ch ip
in the village who answers tint de
scription. What's ? this gentleman's
name ? '
. " 'I regret. ' said the minister , 'that r
am not at liberty to disclose it. '
" 'Why , It must be me , said the ivli-
tor. 'It is me. Jts mo. sure. Hoax on
prosper you , parson , in your go .J
work. ' "
A DmiRer Avoided.
It was a wise young man who paused
before he answered the widow who had
isked him to guess her age. "You ii\\i , t
have some idea about it , " she saiJ ,
with what was intended for an .sr-'h
sidewise glance.
"I have sex-eral ideas. " he admitted ,
svith a smile. "The only trouble is
that I hesitate whether to make jou
ten years younger on account ofour
looks or ten years older on account of
your brains. "
Then , while the widow smiled and
blushed , he took a graceful but speedy
leave. Youth's Companion.
The use of electric power m th pnvit
Btaple industries of the south is constant
ly increasing , and a vor\ broad central-
station devol < i ; - - .r' : - iTnrlf-r vray.
DR. TALKS OF FOOD
Pre.s. of Hoard ot Health.
"What shall I eatV" is the daily hjt
quiry the physician is met with. I do
not hesitate to say that in my judg
ment a large percentage of disease is
caused by poorly selected and improp
erly prepared food. My personal ex
perience with the fully-cooked food ,
known as Grape-Nuts , enables me to
speak freely of its merits.
"From overwork , I suffered several
years with malnutrition , palpitation of
the heart , and loss of sleep. Last sum
mer I was led to experiment personally
with the new food , which I used in con
junction with good rich cow's milk. In
a short time after I commenced its use.
the disagreeable symptoms disappeared ,
my heart's action became steady and
normal , the functions of the stomach
were properly carried out and I again
slept as soundly and as well as in my.
youth.
"I look upon Grape-Nuts as a perfect ,
food , and no one can gainsay but that
it has a most prominent place in a ra
tional , scientific systenTbf feeding. Any
one who uses this food will soon be con
vinced of the soundness of the principle
jpon which it Is manufactured and may
thereby know the facts as to its true
svorth. " Read "The Road to Wellrille , "
in pkgs. "There's : i Reason. "
ver read the above letter ?
new one appears from time to
I"hey are genuine , true , and full of
human i