Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1903 — Page 7

Possible Expianation.

“There’s on* thine In the Scriptures Ant pussies me," uid the old doctor, “end that is how to account tor the longevity of the ancients."' “Of course, this is merely a theory of my own," rejoined the parson, as a merrr twinkle appeared in his off eye, “but Ae fact that there was but few phytl#Rns in those days may have had somaAing to do with It.”

Every Walk to Life.

A. A. Boyce, • termer, living three and a half miles ■ from Tren-i ton, M 0.,( says: “A se-fe ▼ere cold set-g tied In my s kidneys and* developed so* quickly that? I was obliged* to lay off Work on account of the

aching in my back and sides. For a time I was unable to walk at all, and every makeshift I tried and all the medicine I took had not the slightest effect My back continued to grow weaker until I began taking Doan’s Kidney Pills, and I must say I was more than surprised and gratified to notice tbe back ache disappearing gradually until it finally Btopped.” Doan’s Kidney Pills sold by all dealers or by mall on receipt of price, fiO cents per box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo. N. T.

One of Many.

Naggsby—l say, old man, what do you do when you get home at an early hour in the morning. and find you have forgotten your night key? Jaggsby—Oh, I don’t have to do very much. 1 simply press the button and my wife does the rest CITS Permanently Cured. No fita or n*rrou»nr„»frr rile Brat day'* nua of l>r. Klin*'* Urcat Net-re Heatoror. Scad for PM EK »* •• trial bottle and treatlja. 08. R. H. lOIM. Ltd., Ml Arch St .. Philadelphia, Pa. What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. —-Johnson. Mrs. Winslow** Bootsnro Stout for ChlMraa laathlnr. aoftaaa tha iuu, radaeao iaSammatioa, siiaya pain, caraa wind oolio. K oanta a boltis.

: Straighten Up,: 4 ► 4 Ths main muscular support f of ► 4 body weak an and Ist to under ► 4 ► \ Backache I 4 ► 4 Of Lumbago. To restore, strencthaa ► 4 and straighten up, use £ j St. Jacobs Oil; 4 ► 4 Fries 35c. and BOe. ’ It Cares Colds, Couchs. Sore Throat, Croup, Tndasnza, Whooping Couch, Bronchitis and Asthma. A certain enre for Consumption In first stages, and a sure relief In advanced stages. Vse st once. Too will MS the excellent effect after taking tha first dose. Sold by dealers everywhere. Largs bottles S 5 cents and SO cents BROMO-* SELTZER CURES ALL Headaches 10 CENTS - EVERYWHERE Capsicum Vaseline Put Up In Collapsible Tubes. A Substitute far and Superior to .Mustard or say tootWl * •* Mommsod it 4rsa bast and aafaut sxtsraal shtf wu clSm far it, and It will be found to be lavaluabU lo the houaahoid. Many people or hr aandlas this amount to ua in poatags stamps, wa will M Ko artlols ahoalVbanoeeptod br the public unlaaa the asms carriaa oar labui, as atbsiwise it U not auauina. CHCSCBROUGH MANUFACTURING CO 17 State Street, New Yerfc City. HllipwppH tion. Pranluaa coupon In such box. Luasm d Bor-ntaaa ; bd»Mou roe Bu.Ofalcaso.

GOVERNMENT POSTAL AFFAIRS.

SMotow*e Report Shows Reform and Bl( Appropriation Needed. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow’s annual report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1903, says the government haa been robbed for yean by contractors and dishonest postal officials, but that a reformation is scheduled. “An investigation, which la still in progrtaa, has shown that for a number of years supplies for the free delivery service have not been purchased with an eye eingle to the public interests,” says Mr. Bristow. “Both in the matter of quality and the cost of equipment the ruling hae been Individual gain. This applies to articles furnished under regular contract, such as street collection boxes and carriers’ satchels, as well as to those bought in the open market under exigency privilege, which haa been much abused. “Favored contractors, abetted by a trusted but unfaithful official, have corrupted the public service. An early and thorough reformation will be undertaken along the line of service equipment with the prospective result of improved service at reduced cost. Fraudulent contracts have been abrogated. In the reletting of contracts honest competition wiif hove fair and free play." Mr. Bristow makes recommendations as follows: An appropriation to construct Inspectors* lookouts in postofflees wherever necessary in the opinion of the Postmaster General, that the interstate commerce law be amended so as to prohibit common carriers from siding and abetting in the green goods, lottery or any other scheme carried on partly by mail and partly by common carrier in violation of the postal laws; that special agents and postal inspectors be designated rural agents; that the provision that rural carriers shall not be prohibited from doing an express package business be repealed; that the maximum of a rural carrier be increased to $750 per annum for a route of twenty-five miles or more in length and that a law be enacted requiring assistant postmasters, cashiers and other employes to give bonds to postmasters direct and holding postmasters responsible under their own bonds. The estimated expenditure for both city and rural free delivery service during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1904, aggregates about $47,060,000. There are now in operation 19,896 rural free delivery routes. It is estimated that 3,260 additional routes can be established out of the appropriation aow available, the total to be in operation or ordered established by March 1, 1904. To maintain the service on these routes during the fiscal year from July 1, 1904, to June 30, 1905, will require $13,500,000.

FRED STRUBE CAUGHT.

Illinois Fugitive Captured in Missouri Confesses to Murder. .¶ Fred Strube of Topeka, Ill., wanted on the charge of murdering Miss Alice Henninger, was arrested at Macon, Mo.,

[Illustration of Fred Stube.]

FRED STRUBE.

Woods and City Attorney Nat M. Lacey. He said it was jealousy on his part which prompted the deed.

He had been attentive to Miss Henninger for some time. She attended the marriage of a sister in Mason City, Iowa, and while there met another man, in whom she became interested, and he noted a difference in her manner toward him. On the evening of the crime he attended a box social in company with Miss Henninger and her sister. .¶ When they arrived at the Henninger home, on their return, he let the sister out and drove hurriedly on with Misa Henninger. He spoke of her cold manner. She told him she could not marry him.

.¶ This incensed him and he picked up a monkey wrench lying in the buggy and struck her twice. She fell to the ground and he leaped from the buggy and made sure she was dead. He then took the body to a nearby field, wrapped it in the lap robe and partly buried it in the sand. He proceeded to Beardstown, and from there went to Quincy, where he crossed the river on the boat and got into Missouri. He sold his horse and buggy, then went to Kirksville and later to Macon County. .¶ Strube was returned to Illinois and placed in jail at Springfield, the authorities fearing he would be lynched if taken immediately to the scene of his crime.

The Comic Side of The News

By the beef trust arithmetic when cattle go down meat should go up. Ice la forming on the ponds almost in sufficient thickness to attract tbs attention of the foolkiller. If Senator Smoot loves peace of mind he may wish he were at home with thoee wives be has not got Some of the Chicago rioters who met the police suddenly discovered that the running was also good. ' That New York woman whose hair Is turning green should be careful to keep away from the cows. In Panama they most be of the opinion that the $10,000,000 la burning a hole In Uncle Sam’a pocket They are now caring consumption with the Finsen rays. Is there no way they can be used to attack tha historical novel germT Panama may have thought that by making an offensive and defensive alliance With J. Pierpont Morgan it could defy the earth. . It Is a poor theatrical year In New York. People find that losing money 4n Steel stocks is about all the amass *e«t they can afford.

by Chief of Police James Woods. The crime was committed on the night of Nov. 14, six miles east of Havana. When arrested Strube did not deny his identity or guilt, bnt refused to talk. Afterwards he broke down and made a full confession of the crime before Policeman

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

ooe Hundred Years Ago. The twentieth anniversary of the evacuation of New York by Sir Guy Carle’ton’s British army was celebrated in that city. Hundreds of adventurers are flocking to New Orleans as a result of President Jefferson’s message recounting the immense riches of the new Louisiana terri tory. English citizens were frightened by reports that 12,000 vessels were bnilding and 800,000 Frenchmen nnder arms ready for an Invasion of their island. Hayti secured its independence of France after three years of revolutionary war. Seventy-five Years Ago. The Postmaster General reported 28,956 persons employed in the United States postal service, with 17,534 horses, railroads being practically unknown. The first American tin was extracted by Prof. Hitchcock of Amherst College from ore found near Goshen, N\ Y. Galena, 111., surveyors reported that it would require a canal only one and onefourth miles long, with one lock, to connect Lake Michigan with the Mississippi river. Bolivar was asked to accept the imperial crown of Colombia becaust of the continued dlstnrbances there, executions for political crimes taking place daily at Bogota. The quantity of cotton manufactured In the United States yearly was estimated at 120,598 bales. Fifty Years Ago. Livingston and Shelby counties, Illinois, were swept by prairie fires. John Mitchell, an Irish exile who had escaped from Van Dieman’s land, arrived at New York from San Francisco and was given a public reception. President Franklin Bierce was criticised for allowing an English mode carpet costing $3,000 to be laid in the east room of the White House. Over 65,000 bußhels of grain were reported to have been shipped from Milwaukee, Wia., in thirty-six hours, of which 14,000 were for flour mills at Cleveland. The steamer Winfield Scott was sunk near San Francisco, 500 passengers and $1,100,000 in gold from the California mines being saved. Forty Years Ago. President Lincoln was attacked by a mild form of smallpox, business at the White House being transacted practically under quarantine. The siege of Knoxville, Tenn., was abandoned by the rebels under Gen. Longstreet, and preparations were made to retreat Gen. Longstreet’a rebel army was repulsed in a fierce assault on Fort Sanders, at Knoxville. Tenn., that city and Burnside's imprisoned Union troops being finally saved from capture. President Grant, in his annual message to Congress, reported that the navy was being put on a war footing because of threatened hostilities with Spain and that the Madrid government was fast losing its authority in Cuba because of the Intrigues of the slave holders there.

Thirty Years Ago. Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia, former vice president of the Confederacy, in sn interview at Washington declared the “United States must get Cuba at all hasarda, with or without war” with Spain. Jay Cooke & Co. of Philadelphia, at that time the best known banking firm In the United States, and famous as the United States government's fiscal agent during the Civil War, was placed in a receiver’s hands. Secretary Robeson reported the United States navy inferior to that of any “respectable” naval power, there being only forty-eight ironclads, with 121 guns. Henry Ward Beecher, in a sermon, urged moral suasion and education as a core for Mormoniam, and the repeal of the anti-polygamy law, which, he declared, only made martyrs of the sect James G. Blaine was re-elected Speaker of the National House of Representative*, and Alexander H. Stephens, former vice president of tha Confederacy, was sworn in as Congressman from Georgia. Twenty Years Ago. The city of Khartum, Egypt, was thrown into a panic by reporta that El Mahdi's force was advancing upon it when only 2,000 men could be summoned for defense And only one month’s rations were on hand. ▲ force of 6,000 Bedouins and 2,000 gendarmes was dispatched to Suakim by the Khedive of Egypt to oppose El Mahdi’s advancing army. Ten Years Ago. John Mcßride, then president of the United Mine Workers of America, predicted the dissolution of the Knights of Labor, which had 70,000 members, only 40,000 of whom were "paid up.” 1 Rumors that a gigantic steel trust was ps be formed by the Rockefellers, to induds the Carnegie and Illinois concerns Rad control that industry in the United States, were denounced by Secretary Lovsjoy of the Carnegie company as "ShadM.” ” *

Pipes of Peace.

L Everyone who protends to collect Indian ornaments has peace pipes, leather pieces painted with Indian heads, birch bark and basket umbrella and folfstlck holders, gayly adorned with qnlvers of many kinds, mats, bowls and baskets. Bat few possess whole otter skins, decorated down the sides with five round-looking glasses as large as the palm of the hand; whole buckskin suits magnificently embroidered in beads, or the rare and exquisite work of the Haldl Indians of the Pacific coast of Alaska.

Alum, Flint and Sulphuric Acid.

It la reported that in many localities houses are inflated by peddlers trying to sell or introduce so-called “cheap’’ or low-priced baking powders, either directly or by an order upon a grocer. In most Instances deception Is used, and It Is claimed that the article Is a genuine baking powder and has all the merits of a pure article. Housekeepers should he on their guard against this danger to their food. Alum powders are almost always lowpriced. But they are well known to be detrimental to health. In England and In some sections of this country their sale Is prohibited by law. Congress has forbidden tbe sale of food containing slum In the District of Columbia. Tbs highest authorities condemn their use. Dr. S. W. Johnson, for instancy Professor of Chemistry at Yale College, says: "Bread made with a baking powder containing alum must yield a soluble alumina salt with tbe gastric juice, and must therefore, act as a, poison.” It is well known that these so-called “cheap” goods are made from alum or the veiy cheapest materials. One of them was recently analyzed at Yale College and found to bei one-quarter sharp pointed grains of ground flint. Others are filled with sulphuric acid, and salts of lead are also found in them. ' In baking powders be sure to get a reputable well-known cream of tartar brand, and never buy from peddlers.

OUR DAILY PAPERS.

An Institution Upon Which Modern Life Is Dependent. The interrelation of Journalism and home life has undergone a complete revolution with our modem conditions. Half a century ago journalism was little more than political pamphleteering, with a few scraps of general news. When Horace Greeley began the New Yorker, when Thurlow Weed was the great whig editor, when Edwin Croswell spoke for the Albany regency, politics was the altogether dominant note. A little crime, a small budget of foreign news when the fortnightly steamer arrived, sometimes a letter of travel, a President's message, a speech of Clay or Webster—these things filled np the columns. How vastly different, how all-em-bracing the newspapers of our day! The great modern paper has become not only the daily mirror of the world, but the complete expression of our business and home life. We are dependent on it In almost all relations. The merchant must have it not merely for the general news, but for Its accurate reflection of the currents of business. /The housewife must have it for Its indispensable report of what enters do largely into home life. The educator must have it for its dally suggestion and material Indeed, whether we acknowledge It or not, the newspaper has become the controlling influence In determining our standards of living, education, fashion and almost everything else. The spirit and strength with which the best papers have broadened themselves to the largest requirements of our modern life are worthy of all admiration. They offer rich sources of suggestiveness and culture for all. They have their dally lessons in history. They not only satisfy the boy with their sports, but they stimulate him with their Incentives to broader knowledge. They not only meet the demands of the women and the girls for the fashions, but quicken their interest in the larger relations and prizes of life. The breadth of information and the range of inquiry covered by the best newspapers are marvelous, and their value as an educative and molding force Is Incalculable.—Good Housekeeping.

Versatility.

Towns —I could scarcely refrain from laughing at Dumley’s fiancee when the remarked that he was “so versatile.” Browne—Well, he Is rather versatile. Towns—WhatT He’s s regular idiot Browne —Yes, but he’s so many different of an Idiot—Philadelphia Press.

Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot roach the seat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood sr constitutional disease, and in order to euro U you must toko internal remedies. Hall’s Catarrh Cure la taken internally, and sets directly on the blood aad mucous surfaces. Hall’s Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one ad the beat physicians In this country for years, and is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined with fbe best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. Tha perfect combination of the twe Ingredients Is what produces such wonderful results In curing Catarrh. S«ad for tee™m,F: * 00., Props., Toledo, Q. Sold by Druggists, price 78c. Hall’s Family Plfla ore the beet. A speed of 40,000 words an hour was reached in a recent test of the Polish and Vlrag system of telegraphy between Berlin and Frankfort, Germany. We ark never without a bottle es Piso’s Care for Consumption In our house.— Mrs. B. M. Swayxe, Wskits, Okla., April 17. IML The total income of all American fanners last year waa about $5,500,000,000. If you want creamery prices do as the creameries do, use JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR. Orange of tbs tint of the sunset Is said to he Urn eater es hope.

Those Intelligent Flies.

During s hot summer campaign In Illinois, Congressman Cannon sought temporary rest In a hammock stretched under the trees In the. yard of s country hotel. From his window the shade looked Inviting, but on the spot he found the lawn strewn with tomato cans, potato peelings and other debris. On many of these more or less unsanitary mounds were myriads of flies. “I had no sooner stretched myself In the hammock,” said Mr. Cannon, “than these flies attacked me, seemingly by the million. It was intolerable, and in no pleasant frame of mind I looked up the proprietor. “ ‘What do you mean?’ I demanded, ‘by etretching your hammock In that fly-haunted Add of torture you call s lawn?’ “ 1 know the flies are bad out there how,’ he answered, ‘but, Mr. Cannon, you ought to use the hammock during hammock hours, aud you’d have no trouble from the flies.’ “ ‘What are hammock hours?’ I Inquired. “‘From twelve noon to two In the afternoon, dally,’ he replied. 'During those hours flies will not attack you In the hammock.’ "I was much Interested in the man’s Socratlc skill in evading the issue, and, wishing to draw him out, I asked: “ ‘Why are there no flies around the hammock between twelve and two?’ "'Oh,’ he rejoined, *at that time they’re all In the dining-room.’ ”

No Danger.

“Look here, old man,” said the tonsorlnl artist to the restless man in the chair, “if you don’t keep still I’m liable to cut you.” “Oil, I’m not afraid of that,” rejoined the helpless victim, “as long as you continue using that razor.”

Sure Indication.

Knox—Piker must be financially embarrassed. Blox—-Why do you think ao? Knox—He is beginning to smoke 10cent cigars and his wife dresses better than formerly.

Bright’s Disease Oured.

Whitehall, 111., Dec. 7.—A case has been recorded in this place recently, which upsets the theory of many physicians that Bright’s Disease Is incurable. It is tbe case of Mr. Lon Manley, whom the doc tors r told that he could never recover. Mr. Manley tells the story of bis case and bow be was cured in this way: “I began using Dodd'a Kidney Pills after tbe doctors had given me up. For four or five years I had Kidney, Stomach and Liver Troubles; I was a general wreck and at times I would get down with my bnck so bad that 1 could not turn myself in bed for three or four days at a time. “I had several doctors and at last they told me I bad Brlgbt’a Disease, and that I could never get well. I commenced to use Dodd’s Kidney Pills and I am now able to do all my work and am a}l right. I most heartily recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills and am very thankful for the cure they worked in my case. They saved my life after tbe doctors bad given me up.” There are 2,242 foreign students in the technical schools of Germany.

"^^feAlice of Atlanta, Ga., escaped the surgeon’s knife, by using Lydia £ Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “ Deab Mbs. Pinxham I wish to express my gratitude for the restored health and happiness Lydia E. Pinjtham’s Vegetable Compound has brought Into my life. “I had suffered for three years with terrible pains at the tinge of menstruation, and did not know what the trouble was until the doctor pronounced it inflammation of the ovaries, and proposed an operation. “I felt so weak and sick that I felt sure that I could not survive the ordeal, and so I told him that I would not undergo It. The following week 1 read an advertisement in the paper of your Vegetable Compound in such an emergency, and so I decided to try It. Great was my joy to find that I actually improved after taking two bottles, so I kept taking it for ten weeks, and at the end of that time I was cured. I had gained eighteen pounds and wae la excellent health, and am now. “ Yon surely deserve great success, and yon have my very beat wishes. Vise Anns Baxlbt, 50 North Boulevard, Atlanta, Ga. —SSOOO forflt ts or If Inal System Irtttr prwVaff ysmJsseses oiliest Ss pfAll sick women would ba wise If they would take Lydia E. Ptok* ham’s Vegetable Compound and he wen.

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