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I r- \ _ _ _ _ FAUS DOCTOR'S PRESCRIPTION. f s + + K3 ; . : : : ; , pn u . . Y fs 1F 1 j I i . 1 . . fh 1 ; - ' FOR \ ; QT 1 - - . r \ \VllliiiK- * Sit ) ' t. . . oll , . . ' .I' "I pay as I go , " declared the loud mouthed person. "No doubt you do , " answered the juiet man , "but I'd rather see the style of your departure than the color of your money. " When Rubber Become Jfecesimry And your shoes pinch , shake into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease , the antiseptic powder for tne feet. Cures tired aching feet and takes the sting out of Corns and Bunions. Always use it for Breaking In _ New shoes and for dancing parties. Sold . everywhere 25c. Sample mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted , Le Roy N. Y. . - Will Know Later. Stranger-I am told you have a "pur chasing agent" in this city. WhaJ does lie do ? . Native-Mister , we're payin' the Murriam commission $50,000 to fini out. 1 Mrs. WInslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething , softens the gums , re duces inflammation , allays pain cures wind colic. 25c a bottle. Quoth the Vegetarian. . Well when no more your purse can stand ' The uplift In the price of bejeJC , There's more nutritious food at hand ; Eat beans and rice and find relief. , . FASHION HINTS , . . 'L , U i ' i r I \ . e i . , " ' _ I , A late model in a simple evening coat : ; baa a queer little cape-hood arrangement , tij would be nice for the girl of slender _ ! nes. Fur collar , cuffs and tie ends , make a rich trimming , but heavy lace , or some- hing Persian in effect , would be equally . good for finishing the neck and sleeves. CLEAR-HEADED. Head Bookkeeper Must Be Reliable. The chief bookkeeper in a large busi- ness house in one of our great West- ern cities speaks of .the harm coffee did for him : "My wife and I drank our first cup of Postum a little over two years ago , and we have used it ever since , to the entire exclusion of tea and cof- fee. It happened in this way : , , "About three and a half years ago r I had an attack of pneumonia , which left a memento in the shape of dys- . pepsia , or rather , to speak more cor rectly , neuralgia of the stomach. My : ' 'cup of cheer' had always been coffee -or tea but I became convinced , after & time , that they aggravated my stom ach trouble. I happened to mention the matter to my grocer one day and - ie suggested that I give Postum a trial. , "Next day it came , but the cook - ' . made the mistake of not boiling , it . , - sufficiently and we did not like it much. This was , however , soon reme- . , died and now we like it so much that 7a , we will never change back. Postum. feeing a food beverage Instead of a A drug , has been the means of curing " ? my stomach trouble I verily believe , for I am a well man to-day and have used no other remedy. "My work as chief bookkeeper In f our Co.'s branch house here is of a very onfining nature. During my coffee-drinking days I was subject to nervousness and 'the blues' in addition to my sick spells. These have left me since I began using .Postum and I I can conscientiously recommend it to J those whose work confines them , to long hours of severe mental , exertion. " I : k "There's a Reason. " Look in Pkgs. for the little book , "The Road to Wellville. " Ever read the above letter ? A mew one appears from time to time. , They are genuine , true , and full of . . fctiman intercsi. : . f .J SCARCITY CAUSE OF I HIGH MEAT PRICES' Government Report Shows Live Stock Receipts of 1909 : Small. est Since 1904. : GREATEST DECLINE IN HOGS : . Last Year's Aggregate Meat Ship- ments from Chicago Is the Low- est in Five Years. \ . One contributing cause to the high price of meat , according to a report of the Department of Commerce and Labor , is the fact that live stock re celpts for the year" 1909 at seven lead- ing interior markets of the United States were the lowest since 1904. . The live stock receipts for the year 1909 in these markets aggregated 39,545,725 head. The receipts of hogs for the last year fell off particularly. For each of the four years previous to 1909 the hog receipts had been in excess of 19,000,000 head , totaling more than 22,000,000 in 1908 , falling to 18,834,641 last year. Cattle receipts for 1909 in these mar- kets , 9,189,312 , while comparing favor- ably with those of the previous year , fell 'helow : the totals for the three years before 1908. , Sheep fell below those in 1905 to 1907 , but compared favorably with 1908. Receipts of hogs at the Chicago market for 1909 show a de crease of 1,627,074 , as compared with the year before , or a decline of 19 per cent , receipts at Kansas City decreased 17 per cent , receipts at Omaha 12 per cent , at St. Joseph 28 per cent , while the decline at St. Louis was only 4 per cent. While the total number of cattle re ceived at these seven principal mar- kets was larger than the year before , the 1909 cattle receipts at Chicago , 2- 929,805 head , fell below the 3,000,000 mark for the first time since 1902. The annual aggregate shipments of packing house products from Chicago , 2,151,663,713 pounds , were below those reported for any of the previous five years , says the report. All the items in the grand total with the exception of pickled beef and pork show large declines , as compared with the figures for the previous years. The report also shows that grain re- ceipts at fifteen of the principal mar- kets during 1909 , 744,624,068 bushels were lower than for any year since 1904. ELEVEN DIE IN JMINE BLAST. : Gas Explodes in Pennsylvania Coal Workings-110 Held Prisoners. One American and ten Hungarians furnished the death toll of a gas ex plosion the other day in No. 2 slope of the Ernest mine of the Jefferson and Clearfield Coal Company , five miles north of Indiana , Pa. The explosion occurred in a heading where twelve workmen were located , and one of these , Andrew Krazcer , escaped by crawling a quarter of a mile on his stomach to evade the noxious gases. His inabil- ity to speak English prevented a lucid explanation of the cause of the explo sion. Some of the dead were found near the entrance to the heading , oth- ers lay along the track at short dis tances from each other , akngst at the face of the coal. Two bodies nearest the face were burned slightly about the face and arms. The position of the bodies showed the men had made des- perate efforts to crawl away from the heading. One hundred and ten meu working in the same slope escaped through other headings of the mine , although they were held back for about ten hours by the black damp until a rescue party of twelve mine bosses reached them. ARMOURS PLAN : MODEL TOWN. , Buy Hill City , Minn. , Site and Wooden Ware Company There. Arcnour & Co. have begun to make Hill City , Minn. , a model factory town. New houses are under way and. 175 families will be moved from Ithaca ani Marble , Mich. The Chicago packers have closed a deal with the owners of the Hill City town site and will ex pend $200,000 in improvements within a year. They have purchased all the property of the Hill City Wooden Ware Company. The Mississippi , Hill City and Western Railway , built into that section six months ago , was backed by Armour interests. : I Death Takes . Borub Suspect. i Prof. Martin Ekenburg , the Swedish i scientist , who , on being arrested in London last fall charged with com- plicity in several bomb outrages in Sweden , became temporarily insane but was later committed for- extradi tion to Sweden died suddenly in Brix- ton jail. The cause of his death. If officially attributed to apoplexy. I , Merchant Prince End * * LUe. < Blood dripping through the ceiling I led to the discovery of the suicide of Henry H. Schwabacher , 55 years old , president of the wholesale grocery arm of J. and M. Schwabacher , Ltd. , at his store in New Orleans. ! Mr. Schw r bacher , who was a millionaire , had suffered from stomach ailments for some time. . . . . . . . . -M . . . . , . REMINISCENCES OF THAT CHERRY TREE. . , . . : ; ; . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . " . - ; II. . . . . . : . . .O # , . . . . . . . . . . . ' : . ; ! , ; . . . . . : " . . . . . . . . : . . . . . . . . , " . ' . . _ , . . . . 0. . ' , . . . 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Using every power in mercy , Aiding men to live liko men ; Richly sowing seed that flourished , I Yielding love of countrymen. r Though his life was one of struggle Weighted , fraught with toll and care- , I Every year revealed a triumph , None : ; else gained but all should share. I True to God , to right , to nation , Yet upheld by dauntless will , Service rare to each he rendered Enemy to evil still. Custom long has usurped mem'ry One and all fond tribute pay , Now to freedom's fearless champion Dearer with each new-born day. CLAUDIA M. FERRIN. Washing-ton as Husband. George Washington married Mrs. . Martha Custis , widow of Daniel Parke Custis , January 6 , 1759. The wooing I ( was brief , but the married life long and happy ; for Washington , unlike many of the world's great men , made a most devoted and affectionate , hus- band. Mrs. : Washington was rather below medium height , but daintily formed with a pleasing face and hazel eyes. She had a graceful dignity of manner that enabled her to fill creditably her exalted position as First Lady in the Land ; but she was not an intellectual woman. One who knew her well de- scribed her as "not possessing much sense , though a perfect lady and re markably well calculated for her posi- . tion. " Her eccentricities of spelling were enough to raise the ghosts of. . every dead lexicographer in hades. : I "I carried my little patt with me , " she writes to her sister , "and left Jack- ey at home for a trial to see how well , ( I could stay without him though we i i were gon but wone fortnight I was : ( . j quite impatient to get home. If I at aney time heard the doggs barke or a noise out , I thought thaire was a person sent for me. I often imagined ; he was sick or some accident had hap- pened to him so that I think it is im possible for me to leave him as long as Mr. Washington must stay when he comes down. " Yet Washington was , apparently , well satisfied ; for , even after so long a period as six months had passed since his wedding day , he refused to wander from his wife's side , and wrote from Mount Vernon : "I am now , I believe fixed at this- seat with an agreeable Consort for life. " And long after , when one of the great men of the world , he wrote to her : "I should enjoy more real happiness in one month with you at' home than I have the most distant prospect of finding abroad if my stay were to be seven times seven years. " His devotedness is best shown in the loving care he took of her all through their long married life. He not only assumed the entire management of her own large property , but also that of her children , and gave to them the af fection and care of a father. He even spared her much of the details of send- ing for her own clothing ; and such or ders as the following may be seen in his own handwriting : "A salmon-col- ored Tabby of the enclose pattern , with satin flowers to be made in a sack" ; 1 Caj , Handkerchief , Tucker and Ruf- - fles , to be made of Brussels lace or point , proper to wear with above neg- lee , to cost $20" ; " 1 pair black and 1 , pair satin shoes , of the smallest" ; and " 1 black mask. " Again he writes to his London agent : "Mrs. Washington sends home a. green sack to get cleaned , or fresh dyed of the same col or , made up into a handsome sack again would be her choice , but if the cloth won't afford that then to be thrown into a genteel , Night Gown. " There can be no question but what Washington had a happy home life , and * made a loving and faithful hus- band. Washington the husband , the homemaker , as well as Washington the soldier , the statesman , the patriot , should be held up as a pattern for all youth to cut their coming lives by. "Called" a Pompous Corporal. It Is told of Washington that upon one occasion he rode by a group of Lolter& wlw : eiito : ! yId : H9t > kno.v him. The men were engaged upon a difficult piece of work-that of trying to raise a heavy beam to the top of some military fortifications. The cor- poral was shouting at the top of his voice , but otherwise doing nothing. "Why aren't you helping them ? " Washington asked quietly. "Every man counts. " t f "Sir , " was the pompous answer , "you do not seem to recognize that I am the corporal. " "I beg your pardon , Mr. : . Corporal , " Washington replied , "but I find it diffi- cult to recognize that fact. " Then , dis mounting , he fell to helping the men and the beam was soon raised. "If you should need such assistance again , " he said to the corporal before leaving , "just call upon Washington , your commander in chief and I shall be ready. " WashIngton Family's Carryall. The most interesting relic that of recent years has been added to the historic collection at Mount Vernon was presented by Robert M. Bromfield of Philadelphia , and is the carryall used by Washington and his family for many years for light service. When he traveled abroad the father of his country commonly used a big English coach drawn by four horses and attended by negro postillions In , a livery of scarlet and gold. It was an Imposing spectacle , but for com- mon use the carryall , drawn by two horses was better , and it is a curious 4 1 1 " ; r. f - - - - - - - - - vehicle. There is no dashboard , and the driver sits with his legs over the whiffltree , supported by a small foot rest. The passengers climbed through a door behind. The carriage is still in very good condition in spite of Its age , and demonstrates the excellent workmanship of those days. Its ex- istence has been known for many years , but it took a long search to lo cate it , and it was finally found stored with other properties in the winter quarters of Forepaugh's circus at Phil- adelphia. The identification was made complete , and the interesting relic was transferred to Mount Vernon and placed in the coach house which was- built in 1733 and restored In 1894 by the ladies of the state of Michigan. Found It Wise to Confess. ! . J 's 11 . . ( . 11 \ ' Bell-Even you men change 'youi ninds sometimes. Ben-Yes , I suppose that whea : George Washington commenced on tin cheu ' tree &e. 1ut ° delf to lie about it I , . AGREEMENT WITH GERMAHY. ' - - Commercial War Averted and Door Opened for Other Settlements. By the tariff agreement with Ger many announced the other day the United States has not only avoided a commercial war with the. empire , but has paved the way : for a settlement ol the differences existing with France and Canada. It seems certain now , that the busi- ness interests of the United States may look forward to a period of peace In the commercial relations of the coun- try. To obtain this result , Secretary Knox and his advisers In the State Department as well as the tarifl board , were compelled to abandon their demands for concessions on American live cattle and meat prod- ucts and for the modification of the German customs rules governing draw- back of duty allowed on flour when exported from Germany. A promise was obtained , however , that the German government would discuss these matters diplomatically with the United States. As German goods 'now will enjoy the benefit of minimum rates of duty , the French government must seek like treatment for its products , many of which com- pete with those of Germany. Other- wise the market here will be lost to them. If an arrangement be made with France as expected American goods will enter French territory upon pre- cisely the same grounds as those of other foreign countries. This will mean that the Franco-Canadian reci- procity treaty will be of small benefit to Canada , and the latter probably will decide , in view of the circum stances to accord to American Im ports treatment equivalent to that of fered to those of France. IS BARRED FROM VATICAN. Charles W. Fairbanks Fails to Visit Pope After Delicate Intimation. The visit to Rome of Charles W. Fairbanks , former Vice President of the United States , brought about a very delicate situation , owing to the fact that he wished to pay his respects to the King , the Pope and the American Methodist church. By a tactful ar rangement Mr. Fairbanks' audience with King Victor Emmanuel was fixed for one day , and that with the Pope for two days later , and when every- thing seemed satisfactorily planned , the Vatican suddenly announced that It . would be impossible for His Holiness to receive the former Vice President if he carried out his announced inten- tion to speak in the American Meth- odist church there , because the Meth : ; odists had been active in proselyting among the Catholics. Negotiations were immediately be- gun with a view to avoiding any un pleasantness , and a situation which might give rise to misconceptions , and in these negotiations : prominent Vati- can officials exerted every influence to remove the difficulties which had so unexpectedly presented themselves to Mr. Fairbanks' audience with the Pope. But Mr. : Fairbanks finally declared , that , although he was animated by a strong desire to pay his respects to. . the head of the Catholic church , whose followers had played such an impor- tant part as good American citizens , he could not withdraw from his prom- ise to deliver an ad < lress before the . American Methodist : church. ROBBERS HOLD UP TRAIN. Three Men Commit Bold Robbery on. . the Missouri Pacific. Three unidentified men held up and robbed the passengers on an east bound Missouri Pacific passenger train . . five miles east of Pittsburs , Kan. , the other night. They were unmasked. About $400 and a _ small amount of jew- elry was taken from the passengers. The robbers boarded the train on the outskirts of Pittsburg. They tool seats in the chair car and rode quietly along until the train was near Cornell , Kan. There they leaped from their seats , backed Conductor Garrity into a corner and drawing revolvers warn- ed him not to call for assistance. One of the robbers then covered the pas- sengers with two large revolvers. "You will now prepare to give up your val uables , " he said. "My partner here will pass among you. Please je quiet. " The "partner" thereupon produced a gunny sack and started on his collect- ing tour. From each passenger Us took everything of value. Money , watches , diamonds and rings all went into the sack. ' . WARRINER NOT BELIEVED. : . Disagreement in JFord Trial Shows ! Eight Jurors Voted for Acquittal. After twenty-four hours' deliberation the jury in the case of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart Ford , charged with blackma ing Charles L. Warriner , defaulting treasurer of the Big Four Railroad , was unable to reach an agreement and was discharged in Cincinnati. Judge Swing stated after he dismissed the jury that he had been informed that on the last ballot eight jurors had I stood for acquittal and four for convic : tion. The unexpected end to the case was explained by two of the jurymen I as due to the fact that a majority of their colleagues refused 10 give any credit to the testimony of Warriner. They asserted that a man who had confessed embezzling for twenty-five years would not hesitate to perjure himself against a woman whom he believed to have been the cause of hur exposure. - - - ' w - . "I JURY fiNDS c COLONEL.i SWOPE WAS pmSONEW .iI .iI I I Coroner's Jurors Say Death WaIY Caused by Capsule Given by Hyde. ; " EXPRESS DOUBT OF INTENT : Verdict Follows Testimony Given by' Nurse , of Deceased Kansas City Capitalist. Colonel Thomas H. Swope came to- , his death by reason of strychnine ad . ministered in a capsule by Dr. B. C. | Hyde , husband of the millionaire's ! niece , according to the verdict of the ! coroner's jury in Independence , Mo : Whether the drug was administered with felonious Intent the jury declared It was unable to determine. The jury was out but a little more than an hour. The greater part of this time was de voted to discussing the case. But one ballot was necessary to agree upon a verdict. With the testimony of Miss Pearl Keller , a nurse ; of Dr. Ludwig Hek- toen of Chicago of Mrs. Logan H. Swope and of Dr. Frank Hall in the inquest over the body of Colonel Swope in Independence , Mo. , came develop- | ments in the mystery of the million ' aire's death more startling than anyi . \ facts heretofore produced. Miss Keller's detailed story of tho ( ! last moments of Colonel Swope's life , replete with features of happenings in { the Swope household , produced a sensa-i tion. Miss Keller testified that im- . mediately following the death of Colo ' , nel Thomas Moss Hunton , Dr. B. C. , Hyde asked her to use her influenced with Colonel Swope to have him ap-f pointed administrator of the Swope es- tate. Mr. Hunton had been the ad- ministrator. On the morning of Colonel Swope'sj ( death , the nurse said , she gave him a < three-grain capsule , supposed to con-i tain dyspepsia medicine. This she did ; at the direction of Dr. Hyde. Twenty ! minutes later Colonel Swope was in a. convulsion. His death soon followed fOllowed.f Five minutes after Colonel Swope's death , according to the witness , Dr. Hyde appeared , and with Attorney John G. Paxton secured . Colonel I Swope's will from his vest pocket. ' Dr. Hektoen testified that one - sixthj ! of a grain of strychnine was found In ! . one-seventh part of Colonel Swope's ; liver. He believed there might be ai grain in the entire organ. Half aL grain would cause death. - WIRELESS APPEAL SAVES CREW , : Operator on Sinking Steamer 3 en . . tucky Off Hatteras Brings Aid. Thanks to wireless telegraphy and the international distress signal "S. , | 0. S. , " which has superseded the fa. ( I mous "C. Q. D. , " Capt. Moore and hiai crew of forty-six men are safe onj board the Mallpry line steamer Alamo , ( bound for Key West , while their ves- ' ' sel , the steamer Kentucky , lies at the bottom of the sea off Cape Hatteras. The Kentucky , a wooden vessel of 996 ! gross tonnage and 203 feet long , was bound from New York to the Pacific1 ! to carry passengers between Tacoma and Alaskan ports for the Alaska Pa- cific Steamship Company. E First news of the Kentucky's dis < : tress was received at the wireless sta- tion at Cape Hatteras at 11:30 a. m. There the operator heard the "S. O. S. , " quickly followed by this message : "We are sinking. Our latitude is 32.10 , longitude 76.30. " Almost simul- taneously the operator beard the . steamship Alamo respond to the Ken- tucky's : call for help , informing Capt. Moore that the Alamo was making all speed to the sinking vessel's assistance. The Navy Department at Washing- ton in the meantime flashed wireless messages along the Atlantic coast dis patching the battleship Louisiana and : two revenue cutters to the scene but : later word came from the Alamo that1 it had arrived first and had taken off. : sll hands in safety. This is the mes- sage as received in New York from. the Cape Hatteras station : "Latitude' 82.46 , longitude 76.28. Steamship Ala- : mo has just taken Capt. Moore and1 ! crew of forty-six men' from sinking steamship Kentucky. Water already had reached fireroom and steamer will sink before midnight The Alamo is now proceeding to Key West. " - OPERATE ON KING GUSTAVE. Swedish Monarch Submits to Drastic : Remedy for Appendicitis. King Gustave of Sweden was oper- ated on in Stockholm for appendicitis. The official reports given out state that the operation was a success. The King , had been suffering from continual in- nernal pains. It was not for .several hours that the physicians diagnosed his case as one of appendicitis. requir- ing , an immediate operation. The phy sicians first diagnosed the King's ill- ness as catarrh of the stomach , and the matter was taken with such little seriousness that several members of the royal family attended a concert. At 10 o'clock they were all summoned to return to the palace where they were apprised of the physicians' In- tentlon to operate on his majesty. . - . 1