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ANOTHER SKEPTIC CONVERTED
The United Doctors Daily Convince
Hundreds of Their Great Power
in Curing Disease.
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Are you a skeptic has disease fas
tened his terrible hold on you have
you tried so many doctors that you
come to the conclusion that noae of
them know how to cure a real dis
ease? If so, you are In a had way. But
don't let your doubts keep you from
going to these really great specialists
Is the advice of all who know of the
great work being done by the United
Doctors in their Omaha Institute on the
second floor of the Neville Block, cor
ner of Sixteenth and Harney streets.
Here is a letter from Mr. John Neff
of 1918 Vinton street, Omaha, Nebr.,
who had given up all hope of ever
being well, but he cast aside doubts
and went to the United Doctors and
now he writes:
Omaha. Nebr., March 27, 1910.
Dear Doctors:
"When I came to the United Doctors
I was a complete wreck from asthma.
For years I had been so that I could
not rest at night, and if I walked a
short distance against a moderate
wind I would have to sit down and
rest to regain my breath. I was
scarcely ever able to breathe without
great labor, and life was a burden to
me. I have been under treatment
now with the United Doctors for five
months and I must say they have
done me worlds of good. It will be
some time before I can regain my en
tiro strength, although I can do a
fair day's work, rigtit now at the car
penter's trade, and cat and sleep good
every day. As for the asthma, that is
entirely gone, and I feel that with treat
ment for a little while longer It will
never return.
I am always ready to tell what I
know about the United Doctors and
their methods, and there is nothing I
would not do to help any other suf
ferer from the affliction of asthma to
find the right place for relief."
JOHN NEFF.
If you are a skeptic, how are you
to be convinced? If testimonials
from your friends and neighbors won't
convince you. what will? Would you
be convinced if you saw the wonder
ful cures made, saw it with your own
eyes? If so, go to the United Doctors,
whose Omaha Institute is on the sec
ond floor of the Neville Block, corner
of Sixteenth and Harney streets, and
eee it. Their waiting rooms are al
ways crowded with patients from all
over the country, who are being
quickly cured. A visit to the institute
will convince any skeptic
Tkca
HE quaint little community
of Beverly, Mass., Is pretty
certain to enoy the dis
tinction of ranking as the
"summer capital" of the
United States so long as
William If. Taft is presi
dent. The Tafts chose the
little seashore resort for a
vacation retreat for the
first summer of the present
administration somewhat as an experi
ment. No member of the family had
previously spent much time on the
famed "North shore" of Massachusetts
and consequently they were obliged to
accept largely on hearsay its clalni3
to pre-eminence as an ideal summer
playground. However, after their first
season at this pleasure domain the
White House household was more
than enthusiastic regarding the local
ity and forthwith decided to return
there in future summers. Hence the
action of the president in extending
his lease on the cottage he occupies
at Burgess Point.
For a decade and a half prior to the
election of William II. Taft as presi
dent, the present occupants of the
White House, together wiih the mem
bers of all the other branches of the
very numerous Taft family, had been
wont to gather each summer at Mur-
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Pa's Conclusion.
"What is an old adage, pa?"
"Generally speaking, an old chest
nut, my son."
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setts is a very lively
place socially in sum
mer, even rivaling New
port in that respect, and
the migration of a presi
dent to a summer resort
is always followed by the
transfer of many of the
diplomatic establish
ments from Washington,
to say nothing of the in
flux of ambitious social
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Too Much of a Target.
Brown I low did you feel, Jones,
when the burglar had j-ou covered
with his re'olver pretty small, eh?
Jones Small! Great Scott, no! 1
felt as big as the side of a house.
They Surely Would.
A little American boy with his fa
ther was visiting a market in a Mex
ican city. He saw a little native girl
with a small basketful of red peppers
of which she was eating one. His fa
ther was about to say: "She thinks
ehe is very smart," as the son called
his attention to it The boy spoke up
quickly, knowing what was to be said:
"Pa, would those red peppers make
you smart if you eat all of them?" His
father replied: "Yes. son."
Willing to Pay for Rammer.
When the British square at the bat- j
tie of Abu Klea, in the Nubian des
ert, was penetrated by the dervishes,
one of them attempted to spear a gun
ner who was in the act of ramming
home a charge. The Briton brained
the Sudanese, but the rammer head j
split on the man's hard skull. Next day '
he gunner was sent for. Mistaking
the reason, and knowing from experi
ence that soldiers are charged for
government properly which they
break, he led off with: "Please, sir, '
I'm very sorry I broke the rammer,
but I never thought the fellow's head i
could be so hard. I'll pay for the i
ray Bay. Ontario, a picturesque report
on the north bank of the St. Lawrence
river. They hae not. to this day. lost
any of their affection for the humM
that was so long the rendezvous of
the Taft clan, but Murray Hay is. of
course, in Canada, and the president
is not supposed to go beyond the bor
ders of the United States, even for a
vacation. This put up to the president
and the first lady of the land the
problem of selecting a new summer
domicile.
That the North shore of Massachu
setts was chosen was largely due to the
influence of Miss Mabel Boardmnn.
j the well known Red Cross loader, and
Mrs. Taffs closest personal friend.
! The Boardmans have long had a sum
mer home at Manchester-by-the-Sea. which is but
a few miles from Beverly and Miss Boardman
' like her parents. Is more than enthusiastic re-'
carding this "summer colony belt." She accom
panied Mrs. Taft on a house hunting expedition
i last spring, and was her chief adviser in the se
lection of the roomy frame cottage which was
finally chosen as the "summer White House"
One factor in the satisfaction of the Tafts, and
an influence in the decision to return to Beverly
this f-ummer. is found in the circumstance that
this vacation retreat proved beneficial to Mrs.
Taft. It may be remembered that Mrs. Taft broke
down in health only a few weeks before the time
set for the departure of the family for their sum
mer home. When the physicians prescribed abso
lute quiet some of the friends of the mistress of
the White House were dubious as to the effect of
Beverly, for although the town is a quiet enough
community, the whole North shore of Massachu-
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leaders so that a "summer capital" quickly
springs into existence as a setting for a "summer
White House."
However, all misgivings to the contrary, "Mrs.
Taft was enabled to enjoy a thoroughly quiet and
restful summer at Beverly, and this program will
be repeated this season, for the health of the
first lady of the land continues anything but ro
bust. The Taft cottage being located on a point
of land and surrounded by water on three sides.
Is well located with reference to quiet, and also
for the securing of the sea breezes which have
proven Mrs. Taft's best tonic. On the land side
the house is located only about a hundred yards
from a trolley line, but it is well screened by trees,
and the fact that the cottage may be approached
by land from only one direction makes it a com
paratively simple matter for the secret service
men to intercept unwelcome callers.
President Taft has planned for the summer of
1910 a much longer and more restful vacation thau
he was able to enjoy last year. when, it may be re
called, the extra session of congress and the fight
over the tariff kept hlsn In Washington until well
Into August. The president hopes to get to Bever
ly early in June, and with the exception of occa
sional trips, mostly to nearby points, will remain
there throughout the heated term. A year ago ths
president planned to devote most of the summer of
1910 to a trip to Alaska a journey that would have
far surpassed in point of time consumed and num
ber or miles traveled, the famous transcontinental
"swing around the
circle" in which
Taft Indulged dur
ing the autumn of
1909. However, va
rious influences,
primarily the state
of Mrs. Taft's
health have
caused the presi
dent to abandon
this Alaska trip,
and he will rest
quietly at Beverly
save for visits to
fairs. - conventions,
etc., none of which
will consume more
than a few days.
The president is
planning a very
busy and beneficial
summer on the
golf links. The courses in the vicinity of Beverly
Include some of the finest and also some of the
most difficult in the country, and the chief magis
trate's summer program calls for three or four
hours of golf every day. He will not lack for
worthy partners and opponents either. His espe
cial chum "Jack" Hammond and W. J. Boardman.
have cottages nearby: his brother. C. P. Taft of
Cincinnati, also a golfer, has leased a cottage on
North shore, to be near his brother this summer,
and he will also have with him Capt. Archibald
Butt, who In addition to serving as the president's
military aide can likewise ahvays be drafted for a
golf game. Next to golf the president takes delight
in motoring on the magnificent roads of the North
shore perhaps the finest In America. Several of
the White House automobiles are transferred to
Beverly, and these place the president within easy
reach of three or four different golf courses.
WASHINGTON. Grave, gray-bearded
members of the United States
senate committee on commerce list
ened recently with respectful atten
tion to the arguments of a 13-year-old
boy in knickerbockers whose head
barely topped the table which sepa
rated him and his dignified auditors.
The youthful orator was William E.
D. Stokes. Jr.. of New York, and his
theme was wireless telegraphy and
telephony. He is president of the
Junior Wireless Club of America. Ltd..
and he Is opposed to certain features
of the Depew bill, which provides for
government regulation of wireless tel
egraphy. Master Stokes said the members of
his organization were amateur wire
less telegraphers, all of tender years.
He told the committee that the boys
favored a nominal license fee for
wireless operators, the license to be
revocable for "malpractice."
The boy lobbyist's voice was youth
ful, but his words were those of a
grown man and a scientist and his
hearers smiled broadly at hearing him
roll fluently from his tongue the
polysyllabic technical terms of his
craft. However, they paid respectful
attention to his arguments and ap
peared impressed by what he said.
When he bad finished his argument
against the bill the boy turned
prophet. He said that in ten years it
would be possible for persons on land
to communicate with distant points
by wireless.
"It a man has an automobile break
down 25 miles from home, ten years
from now," he said, "all he will have
to do will be to take out his wireless
kit. call up his butler and tell him he
will not come home to dinner."
Master Stokes also Informed the
members of the committee that for
eign nations were far ahead of the
United States in the development of
wireless telegraphy and blamed the
era of wireless stock exploitation this
country has experienced. He said
there were between 25.000 and 40.000
boys in the United States interested
in wireless telegraphy and expressed
the belief that their experiments
would prove of great value to the na
tion in the future.
Young Stokes is the son of the pro
prietor of the Ansonia apartment ho
tel in New York, and will be remem
bered as the first person to devise a
receiving box for the interception of
wireless telephone and telegraph mes
sages. This device was perfected in Sep
tember. 1903. on the roof of his fa
ther's hotel. It was the result of long
and secret experiments in which the
boy was unaided. When his inven
tion was examined by wireless ex
perts they pronounced him an electri
cal prodigy.
Animals In Kitchen Peril to Health
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INSECTS play a large part as me
chanical carriers of disease and
none is worse than the common house
fly. yet It Is allowed to infest meat ex
posed for sale, bread and sweetmeats,
berries, the edge of the milk pail and
the food on the kitchen table.
The keynote of cleanliness Is espe
cially sounded with respect to keeping
pet animals in the kitchen. The fur
of the cleanest of them must come in
contact with many things which we
would not care to have touch our food.
This information is imparted in a
bulletin issued by the department of
agriculture, prepared under the super
vision of the office of experiment sta
tions. It is entitled. "Care of Food in
the Home." and is for free distribu
tion. Its author. Mrs. Mary Hinman
Abel, has advanced many new ideas
and called attention to many simple
house methods that make for cleanli
ness and wholcsotneness of foods in
the home.
One of the most important sugges
tions is that in regard to ptomaine
poisoning. On this subject the author
says:
"Food may become dangerous even
before it shows outward signs of de
composition and the danger hardly
be recognized without laboratory ap
paratus. It is no uncommon thing
to hear that a large number of per
sons attending a banquet were taken
violently ill within a few hours. These
cases of wholesale poisoning general
ly occur in summer after a heated
term. It is a safe rule to eat spar
ingly of foods liable to changes in
hot weather and where the serving
of a large number at one time brings
a strain on the culinary forces, whet
material is certain to be served which
has been prepared a considerable tim
in advance."
Mrs. Abel thinks ordinary kitchen
methods fall short of today's require
ments, especially with respect to sani
tary science. The old fashioned ha
tred for dirt is not enough. This ap
plies especially with respect to the
cleaning of kitchen utensils. For in
stance, boiling has long been known
to kill whatever was the cause of
"spoiling" food. However, most house
keepers did not "boil out" the milk
cans. etc.. but simply scalded them.
As a reward for cleanliness it is
suggested that the merchant who
keeps his goods in a sanitary condi
tion merits patronage for his efforts.
The praise and blame of the buyer
has much to do with the keeping up
of the standards of the dealer and it
is held by some writers that the grow
ing use of the telephone In ordering
the dinner, thus bringing about ab
sentee buying, is responsible for many
bad conditions.
The author further states that "not
one customer in a thousand sees the
conditions under which bread and
pastry are manufactured and it is this
removal from public view and criti
cism that constitutes the chief diffi
culty in enforcing existing laws for
the proper construction of bakeries
and for sanitary methods for carrying
on the business.
The concluding topic in the bulle
tin has to do with cleanliness in pub
lic eating places and calls attention to
the results of the inspection of res
taurants and lunchroom kitchens in
this city by the hoard or health,
which indicated that the matter is one
which needs to be under control.
Proper ventilation in kitchens and
suitable sanitary conveniences ma
king for clean food, are matters of
public hygiene.
Where Men Fought and Fell
rammer so
vthe case."
as to hear no more of
For the Critics.
. Creston Clark, whose untimely
death at Asheville robbed America of '
a serious anu capame actor, was
somewhat impatient of criticism. To
a Philadelphia critic he once said:
"You chaps are unwilling to accept
a man for what he is. You want to
change him to your own taste. But
each of you has a different taste. To
whose inclination, then, is be to
bend?
"No, no! Take the artist for what
he is. That is the right critical atti
tude. Don't be Jike the farm urchin
I onco saw an urchin who. as he
stoned a frog to death, repeated se
verely: " Til 1'arn ye to be a toad "
There is a reason
Why Grape-Nuts does correct
A weak, physical, or a
Sluggish mental condition.
The food is highly nutritious
And is partially pre-digested,
So that it helps the organs of
the stomach
To digest other food.
It is also rich in the
Vital phosphates that go
Directly to make up
The delicate gray matter
of brain and nerve centres.
Read "The Road to Wellvillew
In pkgs. "There's a Reason."
POSTCM CEREAL OOUPANT. HO,
JUiU Creak. Mick.
Spurred by the efforts or Miss Georgia Frazer
a descendant of an old revolutionary family, and
Charles M. Higgins, a wealthy manufacturer of
j Prospect Park West. Brooklyn, the city authori
ties are taking steps to acquire for the erection
of a suitable monument and a children's play
eround the plot ol ground covering two city blocks
en which part of the battle of Long Island was
fought in the Revolutionary war on August 27.
177G. The plot is located between Third and
Fifth streets and Fourth and Fifth avenues.
Brooklyn, and there are now only about ten
houses on the entire plot, which Is owned by the
Litchfield ostate. The rest of the land is vacant.
Directly behind the row of houses In Fifth ave
nue, between Third and Fourth streets, stands an
old w lllow tree, marking the site of the old Stone
house at Gowanus, where an important engage
ment between the British and Americans was
fought. The Americans, although inferior in num
bers, dislodged the British troops from the old
Stone house, which was used as a fort, and as a
result Washington was able to cross the East
river with his army, thus saving the patriots from
utter annihilation and virtually deciding the coun
try's fate.
The old Stone house of Gowanus is not visible
now and very few of the present generation know
anything about it. The plot where It stands was
very low much lower than the surrounding
places and it became a dumping ground. As a
result the historic house has been buried by 16
fret of earth. A willow tree which stood at the
entrance to tin old house was also buried, but
fioin its branches rose another willow tree.
"mijnc nrri it is because of thi
tree that the movement to uncover the old house
and erect a lasting monument to the defenders
of the country who fell there has received such
an impetus.
Mr. Higgins. who, although of Irish extraction.
Is an ardent American patriot, was touched by
the survival of the old willow and looked upon It
as a mute appeal to those now living to remember
the men who fought and died that the country
might become free forever. His attention was
called to the spot by a book written by Miss Fra
zer in which she gives the history of the old Stone
house at Gowanus. Miss Frazer's attention was
first called to the house by a painting executed
by Louis Grube In 1846 at the order of George An
derson, her granduncle. Miss Frazer spent her
girlhood at the home of her uncle. Thomas Kaston
of Newport. R. I., to whom the painting had been
sent, and she took a great interest in the picture
and the story attached to It.
At a dinner given recently by the Prospect
Heights' Citizens' association at which Mayor
Gaynor. who is a neighbor, was present. Mr. Hig
gins aroused the enthusiasm of the gathering by
his appeal for the restoration of the old Stone
house and the consecration of the plot sur
rounding it to the memory of the revolutionary
heroes who fell there.
He said it was a patriotic shame that the his
toric spot should have been neglected so long
Mayor Gaynor, Borough President Steers and oth
er otlicials who were at the dinner let It be known
that they were In favor of the restoration of the
old Stone house, and the board of estimate is ex
pected to make an appropriation for the purpose
in the near future.
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Miss Frazer. who Is very modest about her con- i " flavored cigars, heart specialists
nection with the matter, told a reporter how she . from throughout the country who re
came to discover the site of the old Stone house J cently attended the congress of Amer
"After much research." said she, "I found a ; lean physicians and surgeons gath
bronze tablet that had been erected many years ' ered in Washington to discuss wheth-
ago on the front of the two-story brick house that
stands at the corner of Fifth avenue and Third
street. It was almost hidden by grime, and In
the shadow of the "L." It contains this inscrip
tion under a picture of a battle field:
"Here on the 27th of August. 1776. 250 out
of 400 brave Maryland soldiers under the
command of Lord Stirling were killed in
combat with British troops under Lord Corn
wallis." "I found that the old Stone house around which
the battle was fought, and which was also called
the Cortelyou house, had been burled under 16
feet of earth, nobody knowing that It was famous
75 years before the battle of I,ong island was
fought In and around it. It was built in 1699 by
Nicholas Vechte. a Dutch colonist, and in 1730 It
passed to the Cortelyous, the price being $12,500.
In 1846 the Litchfields, who now own It, bought
the property from the Cortelyous. It stood on the
banks of a brook emptying Into Gowanus creek.
15 or 20 feet below the present street level, and
was famous as the largest and most substantial
house on Long island at the time.
"The spot became a city dumping ground, and
in 1846 only the upper part of It was visible. Some
one took away the iron brace that supported the
roof and the roof fell In. Graduallv it was cov
ered up entirely, but I believe that when it is I
unearthed the lower portion of the house will be j
er the prolonged and excessive use
of tobacco meant "sudden death." At
the close of a lengthy debate they
were far from reaching an agreement
as to what was the real effect of the
use of tobacco on the heart.
Dr. H. L. Eisner of Syracuse. N. Y..
introduced the subject by discussing
the influence of tobacco on hyperten
sion in the circulatory system. Smo
king in moderate amount by grown
persons might not be injurious, ho
said, but he expressed a belief that
smoking was injurious to those who
had hereditary heart afflictions.
Dr. Judson Daland of Philadelphia
told of a family of four whose parents
had died of causes other than angina
pectoris. Three of the brothers, cigar
manufacturers, who were compelled
to smoke more than 20 cigars a day.
developed angina pectoris, while a
sister ait the age of 52 never had suf
fered from the disease.
So far the anti-tobacco men had had
the floor. Dr. It. G. Curtin of Phila
delphia rose to stem the tide. He told
of 60 cases of angina pectoris, iu
which seven of them were in female
subjects.
"Women commonly do not use to
bacco." said he. "although I hear re
cently they are taking It up."
He pointed to Japan, "where boys
begin to smoke at nine and girls at
ten. and where angina pectoris is not
common." to prove that tobacco did
not cause the disease. He said it
might aggravate the disease but not
cause It. So might the mind, for that
matter, he said. He told of an Epis
copal bishop who always had an at
tack of angina pectoris when he drove
up hill and of another patient who
was accustomed to have an attack of
this disease when he ran for a street
car.
Taft In Quandary; His Cook Has Quit
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found in a good state of nresorvatinn
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Etna Center of Interest
Mountain Now Accessible to Tourist,
Who No Longer Need Fear
Assaults by Bandits.
Since the opening, ten years ago. of
railway from Giarri to Catania, on the
island of Sicily. Mount Etna has been
the most accessible of volcanoes.
This miniature line makes a complete
circuit of the mountain, rising at one
point to 3.810 feet above the sea level,
and those traveling in the first-class
compartment, which is fitted with
glass sides, are able to enjoy the
scenery in perfect comfort
Before the construction of the rail
way the journey was full of peril, for
Sicily Is infested with bandits. Not
long ago Foster Rose, who owns the
largest sulphur mines in the island.
was kidnaped and imprisoned for 20
days, when a ransom of $15,000 se
cured his release.
Alexander Nelson Hood, an English
man, who spends a portion of each
year at Bronte, the beautiful estate
presented to Admiral Nelson by Fer
dinand IV.. never goes beyond bis
garden without a mounted escort.
No Organ on Wash Day.
The connection between a cathedral
organ and washing day appears very
remote, but Bangor has provided one.
Recently the corporation diverted
the supply of water which works the
engine of the blowing apparatus at
the cathedral, and now the pressure is
so light that, particularly on Mon
days, when the washerwomen are
busy, the engine declines to work, and
consequently the organ cannot be
played. The cathedral authorities
have complained to the corporation.
London Graphic
Other men's sins are before our
eyes; our own, behind on back.
TO be the White House cook and pre
pare the food for the president, his
I family and guests Is an honor, but to
be the bride of an Irish policeman de
tailed for duty at the executive man
sion has proved more attractive to
Martha Peterson, who has resigned.
Now when Martha decided to be
come the wife of Policeman Mulvey
she thought of her cousin In Sweden,
who she says is a better cook than
herself. So she recommended her
cousin to the president as the chef.
The president was considering the ad
visability of having Mrs. Mulvey's
cousin to come over to Washington to
do the White House cooking when the
question arose: Is Swedish cooking
an American Industry to a great
enough extent to demand protection
under the contract labor law?
Foolish question No. 667.766! No.
not at all. but the chances are it will
be a mighty serious question with the
honorable the attorney general of the
united btates and the honorable the
solicitor general, ditto, ditto, to say
nothing of the president of the same
place, who needs the cook.
Just how serious are the intentions
of the president toward his former
cook's relative in Sweden time alone
will divulge, but labor union officials
are not so reserved. They, through
Secretary Frank Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor, cannot
understand how the president can
even consider the importation of a
cook from Sweden.
Mr. Morrison said he could not go
Into the details of the affair, because
he did not know them, but he said the
president ought to know all about the
law and ought not to think of doing
such a thing. The contract labor law
is plain and its provisions are not to
be evaded.
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