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10 CTMATTA DAILY STT3TDAV. XOVRTimTrn < 5. IfifMI. IMMORTALirY OF THE SOUL Concluding Paper on the Greatest of Al Human Mysteries. ARGUMENTS OF NATURALISTS CONSIDERED Fonmlntlon of ( lie Doctrine of Ktrr- Inillnir Life Aiinlj'nln of the 1'o Tcrn. ruiictlnim ninl I'nr- of flic Soul. Pnpcr. Inimoiinllty Is Immunity from death. Death IB the cessation of life and Implies tbo destruction of a living thing as mich. Hencn death can tnko place only In living things. Only vegetable and nnlrrml things nro Raid to die. Thin term death Is not ap plied to the corruption of Inorganic things. When , therefore , \\o Bpeak of the Im mortality of the soul wo mean the per petuity , not only of Its existence , but also of Its life and of the vital operations that belong to It. Wo distinguish thrco species of Im mortality. There Is , first , essential Im mortality , or that Immortality which results from the essence of a thing ; secondly , natural Immortality , or that which results from the nature of n thing ; thirdly , Im mortality which In the result of a special grace from God. Essential Immortality or that which results from the essence of a thing effects that a bolrtg so exists and lives of necessity ; that the supposition of Its non-existence Involves nn absurdity. This species of Immortality belongs to God and to Him only. Natural Immortality , or that Immortality which a being possesses by reason of Its nature Is found In ouch beings as exclude from themselves every Imaginable principle of corruption and death and arc of themselves lit to exist and live perpetually. Such Im mortality wo attribute to the angels. Immortality which Is the result of grace Is the perpetuity of life In such beings as arc by their , nature Inclined to corruption , but nro preserved Incorrupt , by a special net of God. Such was the Immortality enjoyed by the first man while ho remained In the state of Innocence. v The human soul Is Immortal by nature. Wo distinguish Intrinsic and extrinsic Im mortality. Intrinsic Immortality , or Incorruptibility , Is n property by reason of which a substance oxclndcs every imaginable principle of corruption and Is designed naturally to live aluays. Extrinsic Immortality , or Indestructibility , is the abeenco of any external cause that could Impede the effect of Intrinsic im mortality or destroy a substance which by nature la adapted for perpetual life. The everlasting life of the human soul Is proved by showing that it possesses Intrinsic end extrinsic Immortality. ArBiinicnln of NnttirnllMtfl. The doctrlao of the Immortality of the BOtil Is assailed by the materialists , who confuse the body and the soul or assert that the soul Is a mere corporeal force and that It will parish with the body ; also by the pantheists , who maintain that the eoul Is nbeorbcd by tbo dlvlno substance and is deprived of Its Identity. It Is also attacked by all free livers , who are afraid of a future Ufa and who place the chief cud of man In the pleasures and conveniences of the pres ent life. The Immortality of the soul is ono | of the principal religious doctrines of the j Catholic church. Yet It Is certain that the I doctrine can bo proved on grounds satisfac tory to reason. It would bo next door to heresy for n Catholic to hold the opposite view. TOO euDstanco 01 the liuman soul is of KB very nature incorruptible. The conditions of corruption are not found la tbo human eoul. Corruption is effected by a separation be tween form and matter , or , according to the Rtomisto. by a dissolution of the parts of a thine. Consequently , when there Is no composition of matter and form nor of parts there can bo no corruption. We have phown. we think , that the soul Is not com posed of matter and form , but that it Is a mere form and altogether simple. There fore the principle of corruption does not ex ist in the soul and it cannot bo coruptcd naturally. Again , n substance Is corruptible only when H possesses n potency or tendency to be come another substance , by the extinction of its present form and the accession of anew now form. nut n spiritual soul contains nothing that can give rise to a new substance or frhat has any tendency to become a new substance. A spirit Is a mere form that In cludes nothing except form. Wherefore It cannot bo resolved or analyzed into any thing else , nor can anything arise from it fxcept itself. We conclude , therefore , that the soul Is naturally Incorruptible. Again , the soul has no tendency to non- For All Stages of First stngu , easy to "break up" feel Ing of iBHsltudo , chilliness , yet flushed face and heat In head , lameness and soreness In limbs and bones. Second stage , euro takes longer hend- nchy ; thirsty , jet water don't taste right ; fulness over eyes mid nose ; easy flowing discharge from nose ; drynees , scrapy raw feeling In throat. Third stupe , Is the full development of the disease and required persistent treat , mcnt , but always yields to " 77" It may bo La Grippe , or a Stubborn Cold ; Influenza , or Catarrh ; Sore Throat or Diphtheria ; Uronchltlu or Pneumonia , Miniiiiil of nil DlNi'iiMi'M nciit free , J' ' < ir sale by all dniKfilals. or sent on ro- celpt of price. 25c. or live for Jl.CO , Humph- re > s Homeopathic Medicine Co. , Cor , Wil liam & John Sts , , N. V. , No Matter iWhat your politics may be you'll laugh to V tpUt your sides " over JUDGE during the campaign of J900. JUDGE has politics In pictures for the politician humor for the humorist , and all-around good-natured satire for everybody. JUDGE'S cartoons are features of every Apolitical contest that a good American chould not miss , * JUDGE is published weekly and Is to be found the world over. It is sold at JO cents per copy , or by the year at $5.00. Remember , please , that i _ _ Judge" is ; the Prince'of Caricaturists being. Every corruptible ) thing naturally tends to non-being. Hut In nature the only thing that has a tendency to non-being Is matter. Matter has n natural oppetlto for the forms which It doca not possess and thcrcforo tends not to bo that which It Is In the actual present. Hut an Intellectual sub stance has no matter and consequently no tendency not to bo that which It Is. There fore an Intellectual substance Is Incorrupti ble. liiiloiipiiilrnt of ( lie IIoil } ' . The human soul Is also Incapable of acci dental corruption , That Is to say , It cannot perish oo a consequence of the death of the body , and , therefore , It continues to live and to operate spiritually , The soul h a spiritual principle and has an actual being proper to Itself and Independent of the body. Because It is a spiritual substance the soul cannot perish with the body. Tbo nature of the Intellect shows It can not pcrloh with the body. The Intellect Is a power of the soul only and can act , and docs act , without tbo aid of an organ , It follons , therefore , that the corruption , or destruction , of the body can not Injure the soul , e\cn accidentally , j The fatigue which a person often expert- i cnces as a consequence of Intellectual work Is due to the Infirmity of the body and not to any debility on the part of the intellect Itself. While associated with the body the soul performs certain mixed and Inferior operations , viz. , Imagination and sensitive memory. It performs these operations In partnership with the body , and consequently they are not purely Intellectual opera tions. When , therefore , the poncrs of the body on which these opera tions depend become weakened the fatlguo wo experience Is the result , but Is not chargeable to any weakness on tbo part of the soul or intellect Itoslf. The soul cannot suffer Injury from that which constitutes Its perfection. Nothing can bo Injured by that which makes It per fect. Dut the perfection of the soul consists In being abstracted from the body by science and virtue. As regards science , the perfec tion of the soul Increases In proportion to the Immaterial nature of the subject which it considers. Tno perfection of virtue con sists in elevating man above the passions of the body and In enabling him to govern and restrain them according to reason. It fol lows , therefore , that the soul Is perfected In stead of being Injured by Us separation from the body. As St. Thomas Aquinas reasons : If the soul Is perfected as regards Its opera tions by leaving the body , certainly its sub stance cannot bo injured in its being by a separation from the body. OtiJcolH of the Intellect. Again , the proper object of the intellect Is the necessary and the incorruptible. Its proper object Is essences , which , regarded In their Intelligibility , are necessary and In corruptible. Dut the object of a faculty must agree with the nature of the substance to which tbo faculty belongs. It follows therefore , that the substance of the soul is Incorruptible. And as the soul is incorrupti ble as regards the Intellect which Is Inor ganic , certainly intellective life cannot perish when the body Is removed. Again , the Boul has a necessary knowledge of per petual life. That which a being knows naturally and of necessity Is designed to pro duce in H a tendency or proclivity toward Its natural end. Now , man possesses a natural and necessary knowledge of per petual life. Intellective * knowledge regards its object in a universal manner and in a manner abstracted from time and place. Con sequently man by his Intellect necessarily knows a llfo that is elevated above the con ditions of time and Is thcrcforo perpetual. From this fact follows In man a natural In clination toward perpetual life. Wo con clude , therefore , that perpetual life Is the ordained end of man. As St. Thomas Aquinas remarks , mere animals , which do not know being except in the present , desire to erdet now , but not always. On the other hand , beings that apprehend and know what perpetual existence Is desire it naturally. Again , the mind of man Is Inclined toward the incorruptible. The propensities of a being manifest its nature and Its end. As these propensities flow spontaneously from the nature of a being the'y denote its end and Its most Intimate disposition. Although the senses Incline the human mind toward the corruptible and the corporea ] , yet by its own superior power It rises to the Incorrupt ible and the incorporeal , takes delight In them , makes efforts to reach them and finds peace and rest only In their possession. For their sake It will often relinquish all earthly things and desires , undergo the severest pain and even face death Itself. The mar tyrs of religion and patriotism prove- the truth of this statement. We conclude , therefore , that the human mind Is destined to enjoy an Incorruptible llfo and Is not ex tinguished when the body dies and falls away. One McntiH of DcntrncUon. An Incorruptible soul cannot be deprived of existence except by means of annihila tion. Tb.e manner in which a thing perishes must depend on the manner In which It was produced. A created thing can bo destroyed by annihilation only , because annihilation is the only process that Is opposed to produc tion by creation. As the soul is created and not produced by a secondary caueo or out of pre-existing matter , its only possible way of ceasing to bo Is by annihilation. For tbo rent-on that no created thing could create the soul , no creature can destroy It. God could certainly annihilate the soul , but it lu to bo observed that such annihilation would bo opposed to the natural Inclination of the soul , which Is naturally constituted to live perpetually. Annihilation would there fore be a miracle. Wo hold that when the soul leaves the body It Is Immortal because no extrinsic cause can destroy It , and God does not annihilate It. As wo have seen , the soul can perish only by annihilation caused by God himself. We uro certain that God will not annihilate the human soul , because , considering the actual order of things , euch annihilation would bo contrary to Ills dlvlno attributes , viz : His wisdom , goodness , justice and sanctity. Wa conclude then that the soul Is not de stroyed by any cause whatever and that It Is Immortal. The annihilation of the soul Is contrary to the wisdom of God , because In annihilating the eoul He would bo acting In opposition to the design Ho had In view when lie created it , It Is destructive of the very nature of God to suppose that Ho could change the ; plan Ho had In view when Ho produced Ills creatures. Ho treated them In order that they might exist according to the propertiesand propensities that are born In { them and obtain tbo end that necessarily i > Hews from these same properties and I propensities , In exercising tbo creative act I God could have had no other end In view than to obtain by means of the natural powers of HlH creatures that grade and mode of glory which they are adapted to give Him , Hut from the essence of the eoul springs the property of living ahvayu and tbo propensity towards perpetual life. It fol lows therefore that God Intended to be glorified by means of the perpetual llfo of souls and that He cannot destroy them with out contradicting Hla own designs , a supposi tion that would bo opposed to Ills wisdom. Thus argues SI , Thomas Aquinas , and also in the following manner : God , the author of nature , would contradict His own decree wore He to bubtract from things that which la proper to their nature. Hut it Is the property of Intellectual natures that their existence shall be perpetual , Therefore , Gct will not take this property from them. Contrary < o ( ioiI'M AVI cloiu. The annihilation of the eoul could nut occur except by a miracle. Such a miracle , however , would bo Inconsistent with the wisdom of God , According to divine wisdom miracles ere Intended to enhance the glory of God and procure the sanctlflcatlon of men , The annihilation of the eoul would oppose the glory of God and prevent the sanctlflca- tlon of men , because It would present a most excellent manifestation of the dlvlno attributes and cntlco men from virtue and Incllno them to ctll , Supposing the annihilation o ( the Boul , wo take away the reward of virtue and the punishment of evil In n llfo to come. Therefore , the wisdom of God forbids the annihilation of the soul. God dcstrojs nothing even in this world. Matter , which Is incorruptible In It self and Is the subject of Innumerable trans mutations , remains always the same. For a greater reason God will not destroy souls which of themselves possess self-being and self-life. Annihilation Li opposed to the goodness of God , because It would render Impossible the gratification of the most noble desires and Inclinations of which man Is capable and of which God himself Is the author. Annihila tion Is also opposed to the justice of God. The Justice of God requires that virtue anJ vice shall receive their duo reward. That they do not receive it In this world Is a. matter of experience and argues the exist-1 enco of a future and perpetual life. The annihilation of the soul would be destructive of God's holiness. Ills sanctity requires that He ehall not deprive men of the only motives that are capable of Inducbg them to do good and avoid evil. As regards men in general , experience teaches that the most efficacious and practical means of re straining them and keeping them within the borders of good morals Is the doctrine of Immortality , together with the everlasting rewards and punishments attached thereto. It would seem that the order of dlvlno prov idence toward mankind in thlo world Is founded in the destination of man to a per petual and Immortal life. The practical agreement of all men In ancient and modern times regarding this doctrine IB a strong and weighty prcof in favor of Its truth. Seimrndoii from the 11 oily. We may now consider the question as to how the soul operates when It is separated from tbo body. When the soul leaves the body it Icscs ito sensltho and vegetative powers , because these powers do not reside in the soul alone , but In the composite being , man , made up of body and soul. These powers require a subject that is corporeal. After the separation between the body and the soul , however , these powers remain potentially in the soul as in their root prin ciple. The reason is because the soul , though separated from the body , retains the ability to live over again the sensitive and the vege tative llfo and to exercise their powers in case it should be reunited with the body. When the soul Is separated from the body It retains its spiritual powers Intact. , viz. , Intellect and will. The essence , or the sub stance of the soul , which formerly gave human being and life to the body/ now that the body is absent retains its own being and lives Its own Intellectual life. The separated soul exerciser its Intel lect just as the pure spirits do , viz. , without the help of the Imagination. Of itself the intellect is the soul's ability to know spiritual and universal things. The soul can exorcise this ability In two ways , viz. , by perceiving the intelligible through the medium of the imagination , or by perceiv ing it directly and Immediately. The human intellect acts naturally in both ways , the way which It selects depending on the manner of its existence ; that is to say , whether it be united with the body or sepa rated therefrom. As the sajlng in phi losophy has It : "The mode of a being's action depends on the mode of Us exist ence. " Whllo the intellect Is In tbo body It understands by referring to the picture set before it by the imagination , because this way of understanding agrees with Its actual life. After the separation between it he body and the soul the Intellect will un derstand naturally without tbo use of 'the Imagination , just like purely spiritual In telligences. Hence , after the separation tbo soul is diminished as regards its sensi tive and vegetative faculties , but is per fected and rendered freer as regards its power of understanding. The human .Intellect , therefore , has two modes of being , ono mode is In the body during the present life , and 'the ' other Is self and solo being after the separation. When/ the soul is separated from the body it Is in an unnatural and incomplete state If wo regard It as a form of the body , because then It da deprived of Its natural Instrument and Its sensitive and vegetative powers. If we regard It solely as an Intelligence , separa tion from the body places It in Its natural state , because self-existence or subsidence la natural to an intelligent being. Theao ipapers will give the philosophic readers of The Dee a fair sample of the principles and arguments of Catholic think ers on the subject of the human soul. In hope your readers have found them Inter esting. ( Rev. ) P. F. M'CARTHV. Tin : oiiTmniis. . Adolph von I'lchlor. the Tyrolean poet , celebrated his eightieth birthday recently. Mrs. Morlu Allen of Klyrln , O. , who In OS yeurs of ase , is the oldent member of the Woman's Relief corps. JCKHO Bracken of Mason City. la. , cele brated his 101st birthday recently while serving' on it Jury in that town , lie IH the oldest man In Iowa. Charlotte Kmbden , who died at Hamburg on October 14 , aged X > years , mirvlvcd her brother , the poet Heine , by thlrty-thrc'o je.irs , though she was born only two years after him. According to the latest report of II. Clay Kvanu , commissioner of pensions , there l now only one survivor of the war of 1812 Hiram Cronk of northwestern New York. He la 95 years of age. I Judge wylle , for years one of the most I iMomment llgureH on the dlntrlct bench , la mill living In WauhlriKton , and though oi'er 90 years old , IP In vlROtous health , Just week hd spent a day In gunning. Itev. 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In the yellow waters of the Tyno now lies an unpretentious looking craft , which Is practically certain within the next few days towin tbo distinction of being the fastest steamship over constructed. She is a naval \csscl , her majesty's torpedo boat destro > cr Viper. She has been built by the Parsons Marino Steam Turbine company , of which the Hon. Charles A. Parsons , the originator of the turbine engines , is managing di rector. If she fulfills the expectation of Mr. Parsons and the experts of the Urltlsh admiralty offlco she will bring about an important change In the construction of torpedo boat destroyers. Therefore the In terest of naval men In all parts of the world Is centered upon the boat and upon her impending trial trip. The Viper Is the first vessel of any , prac tical Importance to bo built on the turblno | principleIt Is true that the Turblnla was hardly more than a toy boat. She was built as an experiment , to prove the feasi bility of the turbine for marine propulsion. What Mr. Parsons learned from the Tur blnla ho has embodied In practical form in the Viper. In external appearance the new boat docs not differ greatly from others of her class now In use. Her four short , wide funnels suggest a tremendous draught across her nro grates. Her lines are the lines of the PLANS OF THE NEW TURBINE PROPELLED TORPEDO BOAT VIPER. fast steam yacht. She has a turtle-back protective deck forward , where the wash of the waves will come when she strikes a forty-mile gait. Otherwise she does not differ from her sister ships of less speed. Her length Is 210 feet , her beam 20 feet and her draught between flve and six feet the latter an evidence of the extreme light ness of her working machinery. Her dis placement , In Tact , Is only 325 tons. In interior arrangement , however , the Viper Is very different from the ordinary vessel of her class. Her boilers are much larger , her engines and shafting much smaller and the whole working mechanism of the boat seems much more simple , than that of the ordinary steam vessel. How the \c\v Hunt AVorkd. | To understand the operation of the new vessel It will be necessary to explain briefly the turbine engine on which her claims to superiority rest. In ordinary engines of the reciprocating typo such as are used generally In steamships the steam passes from the boilers through cylinders of high | and low pressure and thence is applied to the shafts which drive the vessel by means of pistons. In applying the power the mo tion is changed from the vertical move ment of the piston head to the revolving movement of the shafts. The same thing may be observed any day by watching the piston rod that drives the wheels of a lo comotive. By this method of applying the power the piston changes its direction with every revolution of the machinery It drives , and this continual change of direction with every stroke of the engine causes the vibra tion which Is always present In this method of driving machinery. ItH Turblno Engine. In the turbine engine , which Mr. Parsons haa perfected after fifteen years of ex perimental work , the steam Is applied di rectly to the shafts which It drives. There are no cylinders and no pistons. The only gear used Is carried by the shaft itself and by the chest which encloses It. This gear consists simply of hundreds of small steel blades projecting from the shaft Inside the chest and fixed at such an angle that tbo steam as It enters the chest exerts Its power against them and turns the shaft. Similar blades are fixed to the Inner walls of the chest In a stationary position. These are Interposed between tbo rows of revolv ing blades and slant in the opposite direc tion In order to turn the full force of the steam directly upon the latter. The steam passing through tbo chest strikes the face of the hundreds of little blades and turns the shaft. Tbo action Is the same as that of water in driving a turbine water wheel. Tbo device seems simplicity Itself , although It has taken fifteen years of experimental work on the part of Mr. Parsons to bring about its successful application to etcam propulsion. It la euny to see that by applying the steam In this manner so that the moticn Is steadily in one direction a much higher rate of speed Is possible than could bo ob tained even with the best appliances un der the reciprocating system. In fact the only limit of speed Is the amount of steam power that can be applied. The Turblnla'a screws were run at 2,500 revolutions per minute , which Is ten times the rate at tained in vessels of the ordinary type. Another advantage of the turblno system Is that It utilizes practically the whole power of the steam. As the steam travels away from the bailers It constantly ex pands , of course , and tbereforo exerts I es pressure to the square Inch , But by In creasing the size of a shaft's collar and of the blades which It carries , the same number of revolutions per minute may bo obtained from steam of a lower pressure. In the Turblnla they passed through tbrco of these phases , beginning with a prernuro j of 225 pounds to the square Inch and emerg ing with a prersuro of less than a pound , i while by the arrangement described the j three shafts all revolved at the same speed. KnorinoiiH Strum I'oncr. . The Turblnla had three propellers , all driven by one set of engines. The \lper carries a double set of engines port and starboard each -working two propellers. The horse power of her engines Is 10,000 ( In reality It Is probably more than ( hit ) ngalnst the 2,000 horsepower of the Turblnla and Hha Is expected to make something like forty knots an hour , considerably surpass ing tbo Turblnla'a record of thirty-five knots , The Viper has boilers , one-fifth larger than those of the ordinary torpedo boat of her size ; there are nearly 2,000 feet of ad ditional beating area. When one reflect ? that by using turbines 20 per cent Increased clllclency is obtained from the hteam , It will bo seen ( bat In the matter of ava'la- ' ble steam power the Viper possesses an Im mense advantage o\er other ships. Another factor which adds to this advantage Is her extreme lightness ; her tonnngo is a third lees than that of other destroyers cf her dimensions , tine has twice the horsepower of tbese thirty-knot boats to drive lets boay i weight. Certainly that make * * the claim of superior speed look reasonable. From the Viper's boilers the etcam passes lo two hlgh-prcssuro turblno motors which drive the two outer propeller shafts. From there It Is conducted to two low-pressure and two reversing turblno motora driving the Inner shafts. These prupcllcrs , It should bo borne In mind , do not project be yond the ptem of the vessel. They leave the engine room nt a slight don nw aril angle which carries them further below the surface - face than would bo possible If they extended - tended directly astern and gives them a grip of the water which the light draught of the vessel would otherwise prevent. The for ward screws are some thirty feet ahead of the stern. Dy thus separating the screws each set has Its own water to work In and Is undisturbed by the action of the others. Vllirntloii Done Atvny AVItli. The turblno system possesses certain features which Its Inventor thinks of par ticular advantage to torpedo boats. One of these Is , of course , the high speed possible. Another Is the light weight of the engine- room micchanlsm and the cnnsenunnl Unlit draught of the vessels , as well as the pos sibility of carrying more weight In the form of armament. Another Is the complete freedom from vibration. All those who have ridden on the Turblnln agree In saying that there Is less vibration on board her than In any other vessel they have over known. In fact , Mr. Parscna claims that the very slight vibration noticeable on tbo Turblnla was duo to the action of her nlrpump engine , which was of the old-stylo reciprocating type , in the Viper this has been replaced by turblno driven alrpumps , so that the Inventor Is con fident that in the now vessel there will bo a cwnplcto absence of vibration. It Is easy to understand that this Is a matter of the greatest importance in launching a torpedo or firing guns. The ono point to which the opponents of the turbine have clung Is the assertion that with the terrific speed which it Imparts It will be impossible to reverse a vessel so quickly as can bo done with those of less opeed. Of course It la a matter of prime Importance that a torpedo boat .destroyer should be able to stop , to turn and to run away quickly. On the basis of thoTurblnla's performance In this respect Mr. Parsons is confident that the Viper will do all these things as well as any other vessel , if not better. Of course the only way to reverse any ship is to set her propellers to revolving In a backward direction. On the Viper this can bo done to all intents and purposes In stantly , and the fact that she carries four screws to each propeller enables her to overcome the forward Impetus more quickly than can be done In the case of a vessel with single-screw propellers. Therefore the Viper can como to a stop as quickly as an ordinary vessel in spite of its greater forward speed , and 11 can run backward at a rate estimated by Mr. Parsons at sixteen knots per hour , or rather less than half speed. On the other hand the Viper's en- clncs can be worked up to the top noted of efficiency much more quickly than those of the ordinary tvne. It can co from a standstill to full speed In about thirty sec onde , Instead of In ten to fifteen minutes , as is required by reciprocating engines. This Is a factor In Imparting agility which Is of the highest importance. An Event of Importance. Of all of these accounts the result of the Viper's trial test will be looked upon with the keenest interest by all naval men. If she proves n success It will mean that all the torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers In existence to day , representing investments of hundreds of millions on the part of dif ferent governments , are put out of date by that very fact. The usefulness of such beats lies in being able to outrun and outmaneuver - maneuver all other craft. As soon as this superiority disappears their usefulness Is gone , There Is no reason to doubt that the Viper will prove a success. Its builder Is serenely confident. Moreover , ho asserts , not without reason , that within ten years all steamships traveling busy passenger routes and making short journeys such as cross- channel and coast boats will bo driven by tuiblno motors. The British government , too , seems to have confidence In the new boat , for they have already ordered another to be built on practically the eamo plans. Evidently the English naval experts believe that the tur bine vessel Is the coming typo and desire to bo first in the Held In securing representa tives of it. Mr. H , T. 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( d.dly Mndt fret the receipt of tiili wonderful remedy la blm elC atboma m W g | This is about the time of year when a man commences CJj to wonder whether his back is going to last him the day m out. * > J The back is the mainspring of the human system , but i if the mainspring gets the tempering taken out of it , it's a mighty uncertain thing lo depend upon. The back of the man who has worked hard all summer is f apt to lose a good deal Jaci zzUv of its tempering the hot August days. Kid neys are affected by the heat and the hard work ; they don't suc ceed in getting all th ° 'v poisons out of the s 'vi blood , and then trouble i begins. The back is never right if the kidneys are wrong Backache s the very first sign of KidneyS trouble. Backache , and lame back and urinary troubles Pills.'v are the earlier stages. Then come diabetes and Bright's disease. Af ter that there's only ono thing /CAjIrit / rJ ' : " r H J Death. There's no curing Bright's 4MP Disease. There is a cure for every other . form of kidney trouble , though , S * C LiJ | An easy , absolute certain X cure Doan's Kidney Pills. Hundreds of Omaha citizens have found it , and rejoice j in health and strength that they had not known be- j fore in years. The proof of it is in their own state- i ments. Here is just one instance Mr. Alfred Wllletts , fireman of theSllver , _ Plating Department of the U. P. ehops , living nt 2110 Grand avenue , says : "For about six months a dull aching over the region of my lUdnoys VUB much moro pronounced If I stooped or did anything requiring a strain on the muscles of the back. Thinking Doan' Kid ney Pills might help me I procured ; a box at Kuhn & Co.'s drug etore , corner 15th and Douglas Sta. , and they did me a world of good or I never would have advised others to procure the remedy and take a course of the treatment. " Bonn's Kidney Pills Are For Sale nt All Drug Stores 50c n box Eoster-Milburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. Useful Holiday Presents < & Presents that go far , cost little and give pleasure. A great feature with us. ELEGANT , APPROPRIATE AND ECONOMICAL. Books are cheaper this year than ever before and novel- has the publishers' at ranched such perfection as it has at the present. \V * have a vast aggregation of holiday editions , suitable for all ages , at prices that make the thrifty book lever rejoice. Our society stationery department is by far the largest In the city. Wo have always in stock the newest tints and latest sizes in fine cor respondence paper. Boxes containing from 24 sheets of paper , with envelopes to match. \ to four quires , make an elegant and useful gift. Wo have them in all prices from Co to $5.00. Visiting Cai ds , Monograramos , Horaldi'c Croats nnd Artistic En graving executed in most careful manner. Wo carry besidf-s the above a complete line of Stationery of all kinds and our prices'aro as low as any , quality of goods considered. Our line of Christmas Cards is this year the prettiest antl moat artistic of our thirty-threo years' experience , and are cheap enough nnd fine cnouirh to huit everyone. Prices from 60 upwards and wo furnish a box or an envelope for every card. na MEGEATfl STATIONERY CO > Telephone 234. 1308 FARNAM ST. I Don't You Think | Your Move ? % Just look around your oflice ! Are yourg windows clean ? Is the gas light dim ? Do j | = you come up in a dinkey , crowded little g | elevator that doosn't run nights or Sun-.J5 | days , and is run by a fresh elevator boy g who jarfi your breakfast every time you ride ? If so your oilice is not in -.The Bee Building. . Hut it ought to bo. There is no janitor borvico like tholiu You have electric light , btcatn heat and perfect elevator scrvico. There are no undesirable offices in the buildlnj. . The three or four vacant ones are as good as any In the building. We'll take great pleasure in Knowing you thoin. R. C. PETERS & CO. , Rental Agents. Ground Floor , Bee Building. . wwiwwww Exclusive refill ! en co district. High , dry , healthy. Clood Neigh borhood. Water , CJas , Klectrlc- Ity. UnKoim Shade. Heet of School ! ! . Street car fare Oc. transfers to all Omaha llnce. Low Taxes. No Saloons. NAME OF SWIFT Gn Lard , on Ham , on Bacon Isaguaranin of purify. Swift and Company , Chicago , KunsiiB City , Oinahu , St , Louis , tit Joseph , St. Paul ,