Ligonier Banner., Volume 45, Number 5, Ligonier, Noble County, 21 April 1910 — Page 6

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GOOD LANGUAGE. A very valuable habit for a family to acquire is ”thz;t'os using pure and preeise language. As a matter of art, such an acquisition is desirable.” There wre beauty aésd grace in the very form of language correctly and concisely spoken. There is a charm in the speak: er who is careful of his manner of speech. But far more important than the beauty, of correct speech is the intellectual vigor which 1t simulates and promotes. . The use of good language encourages the habit of clear thinking. Speaking well and thinking well naturally go together. The “intellectual process largely controls the manner of. expréssion. ~ This does not commend the use of stilted and pompous 'language, for that can be, and spmetim; is used, to conceal the lack of thought. Our object is to discourage mussy, incoherenf, scrappy and sgangy speech, because It tends to”ruin the mind and ‘morals, téo. People who use such language have confused ideas and tack an appreciation of what is true and beautiful. There is nothing more servfceable in making good clean men and womeh out of the children, than a hoxxs;ehold habit of clear and conclse expression. It promotes not only thinking, but thoughtfulness, and thought: Titness is one of the greatst virtues of a home. But make exact and proper speech one of the institutions of the home and it will remove from the heart many anxieties for the future of the ehild. :

The proposition to ecnange the date I of presidential ihauguration from March 4 to a 4 day late in April, in order l to avoid the risk of inclement weather, | has ben sidetracked for the present. There is opposition in congress on various grounds, but one of the most curious is that the movement ig in the ‘ interest :«0f the Washingtonians, who want d chance for “showing off” under favorable conditions. There really is . little glory for the Washington people in the Imauguration exercises, and as they bear the expense of the speétacular part of the performance there would not be any serious damage done If once in every four years théy did give t'hen&éelves the privilege of’ getting into. the spotlight. . But the really serious objection to Inauguratiqn day - in early March is the risk involved to the lives and health of the participants. o e . The immigration. into the United’ -States in 1909 did not reach record fig-: ares, the arrivals at New York, the chief port of entry, being 771,380, against 1,040,169 in 1907, which marked the flood tide. But the ingress of aliens indicated that prosperity had returned, for the ebb and flow of immigration correspond very closely to the industrial situation- in this country. There were some unusual features in “the 1909 immigration, including the arrival of 1,638 persons from Brazil to locate here. Ordinarly the drift is sup'posed to be in the other direction, Brazil being largely undeveloped and offering notable inducements to settlers. . iv A Cleveland schoolma’am when she was attacked by a highwayman threw him into a snow bank and then jutpped on him. This is a splendid ar_gument for the cleaning of sidewalks. 1f the sidewalk had not been cleaned where the schoolma’am was attacked there might have been no snow bank into which the highwayman could have been thrown. : ~ The Cincinnati telephone exchange has a new arrangement by which a subscriber who begins to “find fault witn “Central” is at once switch&d _to a sweet-voiced operator, called in the office terminology “Trouble,” who askshim gently: *What's the matter?” It's a great thing for the Cincinnati folks to have somebody to tell their trou bles to. | o~ A report comes from Constantinople that the European powers have proposed that Turkey sell Crete to Greece. Turkish pride may stand in the way of such a solution of the difficulty, but to disinterested ouisiders this would seem to be an easy way of getting rid of chronic trouble. .

The nation paid out $16,000,00Q for tuberculosis last year. Fresh air comes high, but we must have it. No one has yet suggested a patrolman to go about smashing in all closed bed-room windows. ;

An automobile scorcher at Yonkers has been fined $5O and compelled to furnish bonds that he will not drive a car for a year. This is something like punishment. : ! it is true that in eveéry comet year " something unpleasant happens. It is also true that something unpleasant happens in every other year. Knowiedge of svzordsmanshlp seems . to be an integral part of the French statesman’s outfit. . .. Last year there were 957,105 alien “immigrants into the United States. ~This was not quite up to the high water mark of 1,100,135 in 1908, but it i 'w"ah?more than double the number of .arrivals in 1908. : ~ . A Frenchman says he can under‘stand the language of chickens. This will be a valuable accomplishment, if he can persuade a fowl to tell its age. - Some beef is corned and much more —scorned in these days of the boycott,

SX DEAD IN FIRE

FIREMEN LOSE THEIR LIVES WHEN NEW HAVEN (CONN.) JAIL BURNS.

SCORE OF OTHERS INJURED

Great Excitement Prevailed Among 280 Prisoners But All Are Safely Removed to City Prison by Aid of State Troops. . .

~ New Haven, Conn.—ln a fire which partially destroyed the county .jail and completely burned:the New England chair factory adjoining, six firemen were burned to death Wednesday ‘and 20 others were serjously-injured. Fifty convicts employed in the chair factory were removed in safety. ‘When the fire broke out there were 280 prisoners in the jail. They were ‘greatly excited by the noise and smoke, which poured into the jail from the blazing chair factéry. They were kept in their cells, however, until the explosion of a small boiler spread the flames to the jail proper.

The prisoners were then marched out on the lawn and so carefully guarded that not one escaped. Underescort of militia they were transferred in patrol wagons and automobiles to the city prison. | 4 Control of the fire was secured after a damage of $175,(0)00 had been sustained. As soon- as the ruins cooled a search was made for- the six missing firemen. Their bodies were found -alongside the nozzles of their burned hose lines, where they had fallen after the explosion. '

BRYAN DEFENDER OF SILVER

Nebraskan Says Taft Agrees With Him in Attributing High Prices : to Gold Flood. a 5 5

Washington.—The letter of William Jennings Bryan, written from Brazil and read before the Democrats who attended the Jefferson day banquet here and those at a similar dinner in Indianapolis Wednesday—the letter which caused a commotien among. local banquet committeemen at its initial reading because.of what some of them considered its ' unorthodox statements—is in part as follows: “President Taft, in his Lincoln speech at New York, February 12, attributed the present high prices mainly to the increase in the ‘production of gold, and the consequent enlargement of the volume of money.

“This unexpected indorsement of our party’s proposition in 1896, when we demanded more money as the only remedy for falling prices, is very gratifying. How valuable ‘that admission would have been to us: if it had been made during the campaign of that year when the Republican . leaders werf den¥ing that the volume of money had| any influence on prices, and asserting that it did not. matter whether we had much money or little, provided it was all good. | “We may now consider the quantitative theory of money established beyond dispute and proceed to the consideration of other questions. But the president and his predecessor have admitted the correctness of the Democratic position on so many questions that further argument is hardly necessary on any subject; we may now take judgmeént against the Republican party by confession.”

ROOSEVELT GOES TO VENICE

Former President Departs From Porto Maurizio With Italian Band Playing “Star Spangled Banner.”

Venice, Italy—Mr. Theodore Roosevelt and his son, Kerxpit, reached this city Wednesday in a special car which wak placed at their disposal and later in the day continued their journey to Vienna: = Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel remain at Porto Maurizio.@ : o o The demonstration given Colonel Roosevelt on his departure from Porto Maurizio was as impressive as was that tendered him on his arrival. The mayor had placarded .the town with a proclamation. thanking the American for his visit and referring to him in the most complimentary terms. On the streets flaming posters bore the message, “Come back soon.” - As the train pulled out Mr. Roosevelt stood on the car platform waving his -hat, while the band played “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the erowd shouted, “Long live Roosevelt!” :

Carmack’s Slayer Pardoned.

N.aﬁhville, Tenn.—Col. Duncan Cooper, convicted of the murder of exSenator Carmack, and sentenced to 20 years in prison, was pardoned by Governor Patterson Wednesday. The governor’s action came after the rendering 'of a decision by the supreme court, affirming the lower court in the case of Colonel Cooper, and granting a new trial ‘in the case of his son, Robin Cooper. !

Battleship Plans Burned.

Camden, N. J.—A two-story drafting building of the New York Shipbuilding company was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The engine and sanitary plans for the battleships Utah and Arkansas, on drawing:boards, were burned. The total loss was $lOO,OOO. ;

Four Thousand Workmen ldle.

Waltham, Mass.—The fifth shutdown in five months in the plant of the Waltham Watch company was announced Tuesday. Four thousand hands are affected. :

Million Saved to the City.

New York.—Three months of Gaynor administration in the department of water supply, gas and electricity have brought about a saving of $l,200,000 to the city, according to a report just made to the mayor by the head of the department. -

Last Vespucci Descendant Dies.

Florence.—Countess Amerigo Vespucci, the last direct descendant of the Florentine navigator who gave his name to America; is dead at the age of ninety-three years.

DISCOVER NO COOK PROOFS

NO TRACE OF EXPLORER FOUND : ON MOUNT M'KINLEY.

Fairbanks Party Scale Summit 'of Tallest Peak in America After : . 'Weary "Climb.

Fairbanks, Alaska.—The Fairbanks expedition to Mount Mcllinley, the tallest ‘peak in North America, reached’ the summit April 3 after a climb of one month from the base, it is just announced. No traces of I yctor Frederick A. Cook's alleged ascent of the mountain were found by the exploring party. = ' Thomas Lloyd, leader of the expedition, arrived here. -His companions were Daniel Patterson, W. R. Taylor and Charles McGonnigle, and all say they reached the top of the' great mountain. : ¥ 3

The expedition, which left ‘Fair: banks December 15, while the controversy ovér Dr. Cook’s disputed ascent was still raging, wds financed by August Peterson and William McPhee of this city. The plan was to go into camp on the mountain as high as possible, and, probably about the middle of May, make a dash for the summit. " The obstacles encountered were not

S 0 great as had been predicted, accord ing to the climbers..

The expedition, which was provided with Dr. Cook’s maps and data, €ndeavored to follow his supposed route, but utterly failed to verify any part of his story of an ascent.: . On September 16 a detailed description of the discovery of Mount MecKinley as related by Doctor Cook was made public. = The story appeared amidst much dispute concerning the actual discovery of the peak. In the article Doctor Cook told of numerous alleged hardships -and of the awe-in-spiring scenery in ‘a new world, 20, 390 feet above the sea level. -

ATTOANEY -GENERAL DEFIANT

Dcfends Administration Acts—Says Pledges Are Fulfilled to Presi‘dent’s Limit.

“Chicago.—George W. Wickersham, attorney general of the United States, speaking for his chief, William Howard Taft, Saturday presented to the Ijamilton club of Chicago a comprehensive, defiant defense of the present administratien. .

And he concluded with the following warning or appeal that reminded many of those at the banquet of the scriptural words: “He who is not with me, is against me:” - o *“l1 speak to an assembly of loyal Republicans.. I am sure I voice your thought when 1 say the time of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds is over and every one must choose whether or not he is for the president and the Republican party. He that ‘hath no stomach to the fight’ let him depart. Treason has ever consisted in giving aid and comfort to the enemy. If anyone wishes"tojoin the Democratic party let” him do so. But let him not claim to be a Republican and in and out of season work to defeat Republican measures and to subvert the influence of the Republican president.” And tracing the blame still farther ke found that if the bills failed to pass congress it would be due to the action of " the In?rgents. whom he did’ not hesitate tb class d4s ‘“traitors” and selfish obstructionists. .

WILLS $lOO,OOO TO CHARITY

Thomas-F. Walsh Leaves $10,000,000 to His Widow and Daughter, Mrs. i _Edward McLean. .

Washington. — When the will. of the late Thomas F. Walsh was filed for probate it was found that the son of the daughter of the millionaire would ‘be not the .“$100,000,000 baby,” but merely one of the many babies who can count themselves as merely millionaires when they grow up to man’s estate. .

The estate of Mr. Walsh, as shown by his will, reaches a total of $10,000,000; or maybe $15,000,000. The bulk of this sum is left to the widow and the daughter, now Mrs. Edward MecLean, and through her to the baby that has been supposed to be the “$100,000,000 baby.” One hundred thousand dollars is left to charity, but no specific beneficiary is named, =

FIND WIDOW DEAD IN TRUNK

Body of Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell, Who ~Has Been Missing for Six Days,’ Is Discovered.

Hannibal, Mo.— The body of Mrs. Gertrude Maxwell, a well-to-do widow, who lived alone on her farm, one mile east of Palmyra, was found in a trunk at her home by Sheriff Thomas C. Lasley. She had been missing since last Wednesday. The lid of .the trunk was closed, but not locked. A club was found in the room, but there were no marks of violence on the body. Mrs. Maxwell is the mother of Wade Maxwell, county clerk of Marion county.

Goat Meat Replaces Mutton.

New York.—The high price of beef and -mutton’ has led butchers on the East’ side to offer goat meat for sale as a substitute. The price is from five to seven cents a pound lower than that asked for mutton. Forest Fires Peril Mining Camp. Latrobe, Pa.—Farmers and citizens worked frantically Wednesday to prevent, if possible, the further encroachment of forest fires, which for two days have swept the hills, threatening mining settlements. - : : Cudahy Is Back in Kansas City. Kansas City, Mo.~—John P. Cudahy, the packer who attacked Jere S. Lillis, president of the Western Exchange bank, at the Cudahy home in this city last month, Monday returned to Kansas Cjty from the west. Mrs. Cudahy sa!d she did not know her husband had returned. _ , Wives Poison Grand Vizier. ¥ez, Morocco.—lt $s reported that Grand Vizier Madani Glaui has been poisoned by three of his wives and is in a critical condition. : :

w ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN LINKS NAME OF TAFT WITH ; SUGAR FRAUDS, SEES A CLEW TO CLEMENCY “Remarkable Sympathy” of Attorney 'General for Clients Charged— Scores President’s Brother for Acting as Counsel. Washington.—Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois by inuendo Thursday accused the president of the United States with being intimately concerned with the sugar trust and the sugar frauds. : Mr. Rainey referred to President Taft's message sent to congress about a.year ago in which the president advised against an investigation of the sugar frauds by congress for the reason ‘that “by giving immunity and otherwise it might prove an embarrassment in obtaining conviction of the guilty parties.”

Reviewing the history of the sugar trust and especially recent fraudulent

acts in underweighing raw sugar for the purpose of defrauding the government of millions in revenues, Mr. Rainey said: : _“Prominent stockholders and directors of the sugar trust were in grave danger not long ago; the doors of our penitentiaries were opening for many of them. They have succeeded, however, through their control of the Republican party in bringing about this most delightful arrangement: “The attorney general of the United States until his appointment was a sugar trust attorney familiar with the methods of the trust, exhibiting even now a remarkable sympathy for its officials in their- difficulties. - “The general counsel for the sugar trust is an ex-assistant attorney general of the United States, loyal to the Republican party, familiar with the methods and the seerets of ‘the attorney general's office. - “The brother -of the president -of the Uhited States is one of the attorneys for the sugar trust. ; “J. 'E. Parsons, father of the expresident of the New York county Republican, committee, is under indictment on account of an offense against the law in Philadelphia. " “And the president of the United States has advised against a congressional investigation of the sugar trust, for the reason that it might prove embarrassing. g )

“The last of the frauds by the sugar trust was ‘committed November 20, 1907. The statute of limitations is running every day and soon will be a bdr against criminal prosecution. Two hundred and nineteen - Republican members sit on the other. side of this chamber and since the message -of the president of the United States was read.not one of them has lifted his .voice against the sugar trust or in favor of an investigation by congress.” Mr. Rainey declared the sugar trust used political parties to corrupt men “as no other law-defying corporation ever has been able to do.”

THREE ARE DEAD IN WRECK

Six Others Fatally Hurt and Like Number Are Missing—Freight Train Leaps Track.

Spokane, Wash.—As a result of a disastrous wreck on the Northern Pacific railroad three miles west of Spokane Thursday, three men are dead, six are probably fatally injured and six others are unaccounted for. 1t is supposed that the mangled remains of the missing will be found in the tangled mass of wreckage. » Eye witnesses state that a freight train not under control, and which had reached a speed of 50 miles an hour, was suddenly seen to leap into the air and disappear in.a cloud of dust and debris. .

The train was east-bound in charge of Conductor R. J. McDonald and Engineer Arthur Lewis. Both escaped injury by jumping. They say the disaster was due to a defective rail or a broken wheel. . :

Suffragists Hiss at Taft.

Washington.—President Taft was hissed by the delegates to the National American Suffrage convention here Thursday night during his address to that organization welcoming them to Washington. Throughout the speech symptoms of disfavor were displayed by the delegates in the form of isolated answers from the body of.the convention about mooted points the president w@s§ making. This culminated in the dramatic hissing after he had stated substantially that one of his fears in the success of woman suffrage was that the most desirable element of American womanhood would not hold the offices that would come through the ballot. At the conclusion of his talk the leaders expressed their regret to Mr. Taft over the hissing incident.

Bank Robbed of $lO,OOO.

Spring City, Tenn.—Robbers blew the vault of the First National bank at this pldace Thursday and escaped with an amount exceeding $lO,OOO. Nitroglycerin was used in the explosion. Bloodhounds soon were placed on the trail, but thus far the safeblowers have not been apprehended. There was $10,200 in the bank vault, and in the morning only $3O was found. One of the robbers shot at S. E. Paul, assistant cashier, as he ran to the institution after the explosion. Paul was unhurt.

Fire Bug Attempts Murder.

Chicago.—An attempt was made to murder Mrs. Attie Knight, thirty-two years old, a paralytic, Thursday, by a fire bug, who tied down the woman to bed sheeting in her apartments, and then set fire to the place. The assdssin escaped, leaving the woman as he believed to be burned to death. The incendiary also endangered the lives of 600 other persons in the huge apartment house, who were aroused from sleep and fled from their rooms to the street in their night attire. All escaped uninjured. |

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HE Colorado desert contains ; enough wonders to make it at- - tractive as a field for the traveler of an inquisitive turn of mind who enjoys visiting little known territory. There is opportunity for adventure and scientific study. There are miles upon miles of sand dunes whose rippled surfaces remind one of the sandy bottom of a pool of water and whose aridity and menace to the inexperienced are unsurpassed by the worst sections of the Sahara or Tibetan deserts. 'Before the waters of the Colorado poured into the Salton sink, creating a lake nearly 600 square miles in area and 80 feet deep, there was a marsh with an incrustation of salt from six to twelve inches thick. This salt was so pure that the bed was worked with success commercially. It was constantly renewed in a way that would seem mysterious in the almost rainless land to one unacquainted with the geological conditions existing beneath the sloping surface of saline crystals. Water flowed down through the soil from the mountains bordering the desert on either side at some points under a pressure of 48 pounds to the square inch. -It forced its way up to the surface and was there evaporated, leaving the salt behind. . Mud volcanoes provide interest and excitement for the adventurous traveler. Before the Colorado burst through into the irrigation canal just below Yuma and flowed north through the dry channels of two ancient rivers into the Salton sink, there used to be mud volcanoes north of the Mexican border and just south of the sink. They were drowned in the lake which resulted from the floods of the Colorado. There are such volcanoes, however, in the desert in the northern partof Lower California. The volcanoes seem uncanny, so strangely out of place do they appear in the silt plain which constitutes most of the desert surface. i

The solfataras in California before their submergence had been visited a number of times by explorers, although not always with safety. They rose near mounds of volcanic rock. One explorer, in attempting to cross the thin crust which covered the hot mud bog separating the mounds from the solid ground broke through and was scalded so seriously that his explorations had to be abandoned and his life was in peril for a time.

The miniature craters looked;mych like dilapidated beehives and emitted sulphurous vapors that, crystallizing, lined the vents with glittering yellow crystals. The hot water around the bases of some of the fumaroles was so acid that shoes or clothing moistened with it were destroyed. ! The second group of solfataras is about 40 miles south of the international boundary line, near the base of a dark butte named Cerro Prieto. They are much more active than were those on the north side of the line. They boil constantly and emit unearthly sounds. One of the riders of a big cattle company, according to a tale going the rounds of- the ca*tlemen, while under the influence of liquor, visited this infernal region with its puffing jets of steam, sulphurous odors, trea%erous marshes and weird coloring. e decided to explore the interior of ome of these Stygian caves. He had hardly disappeared from view before he reap-

Luxuries Imported by Chinese.

The table luxuries of the Chinese in this country are supposed to be confined to chop suey, rice and shark’s fins, apart from the sweets that are imported from the Celestial empire for their use. It is not generally known that chop suey should not be included among the dishes to which the so-called Celestials are used in their own country. It is a concoction made popular in California years ago when the Mongolian cooks catered, for the first time, to the Caucasian appetite. - But there is a fidelity to their native productions that is responsible for another food imported by them, despite the fact that the same might be obtained here in abundant quantity, namely, eggs. The custom house records show that in 1908 there were imported from Hong-Kong 11,801 dozen eggs, exclusively for the use of the Chinese. : :

Poorest Not So Badly Off.

' The average weekly income of what fs known as “a poor family” in New York city is $11.30, and the families gverage b 2-5 persons.

peared in a sobered state and started on a dead run for his pony. - “The crust’s too thin in this neighborhood for me!” he exclaimed. *I don’t believe the end of that hole is more than 40 feet from hades, and, while I'm a fair gambler and only an ordinary sinner, I don’t want to take any chances hereabouts. Calexico and the forget-it water for mine.” In some not distant prehistoric time the space now occupied by the desert was the head of the Gulf of Cal{ffornia. The water line on the rocks and the beach line in the sands can still be plainly seen. Over the floor of the desert are scattered myriads of shells of water mollusks. The mouth of the Colorado river was then in the neighborhood of Yuma, Ariz., 60 miles north of its present junction with the gulf. At the present time the river is discharging annually into the gulf enough of the .silts scoured out of the great canyons in Utah and Arizona to cover a square mile 53 feet deep. , Water is not the only element of na--ture which has had a hand in 'creating this the most arid desert in North America.. The wind has done its share as a sculptor and transporter .of soil. Sweeping down through the northern pass it carries countless tons of the sand deposited there by a group of small streams toward the southeast, throwing it up into great sand dunes along the southeastern edge of the depression. These dunes are six or seven miles wide and approximate1y 50 miles long. = The movement of the sands across the desert is almost constant at certain seasons of the year, when the wind is from the north. The clouds of sand can .be seen approaching while they are yet a great way off. : The erosive power of these tremendous sand blasts is incalculable. Dense and resistant rocks are deeply etched. It is necessary to place stones around the bases of the telegraph poles along the Southex:n Pacific railroad, otherwise they would be felled by the cutting edge of the sand stream. The sand etches off the softer parts of the wood, leaving the knots and harder rings in strong relief, erodes the fisnplates and bolts of the railway track and polishes and then cuts through as by acid tin cans strewn along the track. : A local hurricane which occurs off the east coast of Lower California in the origin of its name, “El Cordonaso,” has a connection with Oliver Cromwell.” There is a‘'legend among the people of that section that the lord protector once visited that coast in the course of the seventeenth century and ravaged it so severely as a buccaneer that when it fell to them to name the hurricane they could think of nothing so suggestive of its powers of depredation as Cromwell's visit, and named it accordingly. . There is excuse enough for the barrenness of the desert, as the rainfall 4s an unknown quantity. It is extremely capricious. Sometimes every season of the year will be accompanied by a fall of rain. Occasionally it will forget to fall at any season. It has been known to rain when no clouds were visible. In this strange country rain is a marked occurrence. - American Investors Busy. American investments in Mexico are now estimated at $700,000,000, and in Cuba at $135,000,000.

Sect Insists on Much Rest. A new sect has been formed at Tiflis. The “half-weekers,” or ‘“polnedeli,” as they call themselves, teach that only three days and a half in every week ought to be given to work, the rest should be devoted to recreation and the recuperation of the strength lost in labor. Idleness is a sin, it is maintained, but so is overmuch work, and every man ought to regulate his life so that he may have an equal share of activity and of rest. The founder of the movement, the prophet Kusmitch, lives up to his high ideals, and although he is a cobbler and has a wife and children to support, he does not hesitate to leave off work every Thursday afternoon and to re pose till Monday. ;

Destroy Greek Currant Vines,

“Greece has been producing too ‘many currants to make the currantraising industry profitable. Enough vines are to be destroyed to reduce the output by 25 per cent., and $2,316, 000 is to be expended at once in reimbursing the owners for the uprooting of their vines

L A Small Loaf. - o A halgfamished fellow in the south- | ern states tells of a baker (whose loaves had been growing “smaller by degrees and beautifully léss”) who, when going his rounds to serve his customers, stopped at the door of one and knocked, when the lady within ex: claimed: “Who's there?” and was answered: “The baker” What do t you ‘want?” “To leave your bread.” | “Well ,you néedn’'t make such a tuss-§ about it; put it thmugp the keyhole.” { There s more Cstarrh In this section of the country | S2an all other diseases put togetber, and. until the last | few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great | many years doctors pronounced it a local disease and Euu‘lbed jocal rémedies; and by constantly failing cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and therefore requires constitutiooal treatment. | Hall's Cs#arth Cure, manulactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Tuiedo, Ohio, s the only Constitutional cure on | the ma.ket. It Is taken internally in doses from 10 | drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one | hundred dailars for any case jt fails to cure. Send for ctfculars and gﬂlmnuu | Address: F.J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, Ohlo. f Soid by Druggists, 75c. . { Take zmu Family Piils for constipation. : % To love abundantly is to lve 1! abundantly, and to. love forever is to | live forever—Drummond. : : Lewis’ Single Binder . cigar ‘is never | doped—only tobacco in its natural state.;' A good many things are Importaht.l if true. e e ; |

* : e During Change of Life, says Mrs. Chas. Barclay Graniteville, Vt.— I was passlrxég through the Change of Life andsuffe sy from nervousness LU andotherannoyin§ sk U | symptoms, and I e /| can trulE sai that ] Vegetable ComR ¥::d pound has proved S At worth mountains SR G of gold to me, asit A Y restored my health S (2% Al and strength. I T CRyg I IR never forget to tell l‘,l y my friends what g N laydiaE.Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me during this trying period. Complete restoration to health means so much to me that for the sake of other suffering women I am willing to make mg trouble public so you mag publis this letter.” —MRs. CHAS. BARCLAY, R.F.D.,Graniteville, Vt. No other medicine for woman’s ills has received such wide-spread and unqualified endorsement. No othet medicine we know of has such a record of cures of female ills as has Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. For more than 30 years 1t has been curing female complaints such as inflammation, ulceration, local weaknesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache;-indigestion and nervous prostration, and it is unequalled for carrying women safely through the period of change of life. It costs but little to try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, and, as Mrs.Barclaysays,it is ‘““worth mounfains of gold ” to suffering women. Trial Bottle Free By Mail If you suffer from E?ﬂepsy. Fits, hllinglckness. BSpasms, or have children that do €O, my New Discover{ will relieve them, and all you are asked to do is to send fora Free Trial§2 Bottle of Dr. May's Eplleopticide Cure It has cured thousands where evérything else failed. Guaranteed by May Medlca]rinbomto-y Under Pure Food and D-ugs Act, June 80th, 1008 Guaranty No. 18971, Please write for Special Free #2 Botus and give AGE and complete address - DR. W. H. MAY, 548 Pearl Street, New York. Please menuop this paper. Druggists fill orders. - ® ® Constipation . 4 Vanishes Forever Prompt Relief--Permanent Cure CARTER’S LITTLE > LIVER PILLS never ‘ . fail. Purely veget- . -able—act surely CARTE " but gently on : Stop alter {BIVER dinner PILLS. i improve the complexion — brighten e cyes. Saal Pill, Small Dos, Seal rics GENUINE must bear signature : | | big knee like this, but your horse may ‘ B 3 Afzegd ot byl Do MR ‘ ABSORBINE = will clean them off without laying the Before After horse up. No blister,no h:ir gone. £2.00 Eer bottle. Book 8 E free. ABSORBINE, JR., for mankind, §1 and £2. Removes. Painful Sm'l'lhggs, Enlarged Glands, Goitre, \Vens‘ Bruises, Varicose Veins, Varicosities, Old Sores. Allays Pain. Your druggist can supply and give references. Will tell you more if you write. Book free. Manufactured onlg by W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F., 810 Temple St., Springfleld, Mass. 16-OUNCE BOTTLE J& FREE ON APPROVAL A full 30 day treatment. Convinclnsrx‘)lroot that MANINE will pem-nentlg cure .nf g habit. Guaranteed to contain no habit forming drug. Try it at our risk—you to be the sole. judge. {lddrela Manine C 0.429 Manine Bldg. St. Louis, Mo. PATENTS Zestegia AR T PATENT YOUR IDEAS. They may bring-n‘-‘m'-m & o Pt Ao Rox . &f.'wmum' E'ﬁ lamicted vt} Thompson’s Eye Water

€ . 40,000 FARMERS AND DAIRYMEN P A all over the country are using the National Cream Separator 1 ‘every day in the year. Most of them have tried other makes & No Hard 3 /:E but find the Liisg 4 '/‘\ { National Cream Seeharator FEIEL] superior in every point of importance. eir nccumulated Lightest ‘\: @ i experience should &of great value to you in selecting a separRuaning V}\ % ator. Read the following: /) LR : NORTH STOCKHOLM, N. Y., March 24, 1900, Easiest S N The Hastings Industrial Co., Chicago,lll. L Desr Sirs:—There is no machine that will come up to the NATIONAL Cleaned A \ in all points. . They turn easily. are easy to clean and they are durable. e . Have used it &ht years,and it 1s funning fine today. = ‘ e C ; - e ' Yours truly, <= . Signed) 8. 8. CURTI. S B Your dealer will demonsirate a National free of eharge if you Closest |5/ | insist. Our illustrated catalogue mailed free to farmers and Skimmer 1 1 dairymen. : = : =l B THE NATIONAL DAIRY M INE MPANY : " " -Goshen, rndl.nl . AC!’ cﬁ?caqo. {ilinole

Sarsa| illa - v - By virtue of its unequaled blood-purifying, nerve-streng-th‘emng, stomach-tomng. appe-tlte-restormg propertles, 1S the one Great Spring Medicine. Get it today. In liguid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. 100 doses §l. What Prof. Shaw, the Well-Known Agriculturist, Says About It: “I would sooner raise cattle in Western i Canada than in the corn belt of ‘6O A . the United States. Feed (RE ‘is che.{wr and climste N better for the purpose, S ‘ Your ;na‘rket“wnl un'-_ TOVe aster han ou “ - ﬂ ftqurs wi‘i‘lvgvnk!ucgulm LYWPTER g Jemis i allel {‘-‘-(Fmi)m xmn{: of the International bound. n:vz. Your vacant land EE will be taken st a rate L e s . ® bav noug : l@ in the United o DA g mh, alana :bn nwlant f\: ~gug:=’.' homes toﬁke up this land.”” Nearly ik «2470,000 Americans ms" N “.“ wﬂlt-'ntornndmukenmlrlmmes § .'{" in Western Canada this year. 3 AY/BBLEY 1909 produced another large 1 ‘qag crop of wheat, oats and barley, = ‘.& in addition to which the mu({o N = [%| exports was an immense item, “.‘ﬂ’_” ’ (Atitle rui:i::z.. dairying, ;m:;-fl ) arming and grain growing in the s ) 1 f Manttoba,’ - RSNI Eeoviae o M ancho. fackas ‘“_-—i‘;p § Free homestead and pre-einp- £ Hdd tlon areas, as well a 3 lands heid 1Y by mi‘l;m“and lurf\d C_('!}]d’-lﬁ'hivﬁ,wul X i} provide homes for millions. ey, * \Qg’; pAdn(ptahlP soll, h(\uhhhlxl clb i k'é chmate.b nplvn&ihl p;‘hﬂlclvlﬂ and 3 ~ re N ood rallways, '_""-, ?Aﬂ "F‘::r u(::zl:r': lﬁﬁ«‘s’. ‘gemgﬁf\give &\ " g "’é towrgwhy‘:he (‘uuntri'::nd ;\.t{":('l'li‘l': (B ey o ticulars, write to Sup't of Immi. = [ ):X.’ tion, Ottaws, (‘nnstdz. or to the v -\_,m{?'- &uﬂm Government Agen '-'bf\ {.'“ S C.J.Broughtos, sl2Nerchantsloank Trust -~ ‘}'s’ﬁ? mdg.,(‘hlugo.lll.l;:.ﬁll.knlgo:“, Ml;nc = Bl Traetion Terml idg., Indlanapolisy [~ W Geo. 4. Hall, 150 84 St Milwankee, Wia. R>At B R S A . A Package 1 e > ” : ; of “Paxtine Will Be Sent Free of Charge to Every | - Reader of this Paper.

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Gives one a sweet breath; clean, white, germ-free teeth—antiseptically clean mouth and throat—purifies the breath| after smoking— dispels all disagreeable perspiration .ﬁxl:ody odors—much appreciated by ty women. A quick remedy for sore eyes and catarrh. "> A litlle Paxtine ‘ppwder dis- — solved in a glass of hot water pA\T'l':E‘? makes a delightful antiseptic soYeviia lution, possessing extraordin N LA cleansing, germicidal and he?-' & i ing power, and absolutely harm. N b less. Try a Sample. 50¢. a large box at druggifts or by mail. THE PAXTON TOILET CO., Boston, Mass. Bad : I aste . F - in your mouth removed while . y you wait—that’s true. A Cascaret taken when the tongue is . . thick-coated with the mnasty . - - squeamish feeling in stomach, . . ) brings relief. It’s easy, natural way to help nature help you. s " CASCARETS—IOc box—week's treat- " ment. Alldruggists. Biggest seller in the world. Million boxes a month. _ in your locality, to assist us in M_vour people .corn, wheat and alfalfa land, in the best agricultaral district in the United States. We own thousands of acres In Pawnee and adjoining Counties. Write us for a proposition on our own farms. Pawnee County.with a population of only 8.000. annually roduces 4.000,000 busgels of wheat. One acre of al;"axxa vields from six to eight tons each year, worth from €l2 to 818 per ton. 2 i FRIZELL & ELY, Larned, Kansas, . . = REAL ESTATE, NP NSNS NI NSNS NNINN NG N NSNS NSNS NN NN ‘ - . 1f you are Your Opportunity .27 7 if you know how to raise potatoes and other crops which go with them, there is a fine opening for you, in a location where you can soon mag?e §lO to t:'z an acre land worth $lOO to §l5O an acre. This has oftén been done in Tidewater,Virginia. The pioneer work has been accomplished and the region proved of faat value for potatoes. Largwiel%s made. The istret is within 24 hours of 10.000.000 people. There are Other splendid regions on the Sounthern Railway lines for potatoes and other truck crops. Write now far information. M.V, Richards, Land and Industrial Agt., 13%th St.,Washington, D.C. MOX',_I}ANA LANDS that will produce 40 to 60 bu. winter wheat, 25 10 40 bu. spring wheat. oatsoften yield 100 per acre, all other small grains in proportion. Cornm, all grasses, vegetables, small fruits and apples, make wonderful yields. This land is well adapted to stock mlsin%tnnd dalrying, excellent pure water, from 10 to 30 ft. Lignite coal free. Price $12.50 to $23.00 per acre 1-3 cash. Parties leave Bt. Paul each Tuesday. This is your opportunity, accept it, now, and get the choice land, don't hesitate, come. Geo. Noltimier, 216 N. Y. Life Bidg-, St. Paul, Minn. > L WONDERFULLY FERTILE WISCONSIN. 2 For SBale—One of the finest farms in Kau Claire County. 200 acres, all cultivated. Good bu\ldinga fine soil, fine creék 8 miles from railroad town. miles from Eau Claire. Thickly settled. 3 milestostore, feed mill, creamery, etc. Schoolnear by. On Rural Route. New railroad building; depot to be Bmiles B'ﬁ' - SACRIFICE SALE—32) acres, %& miles ffom raiiroad city, creek and river; no buildings: only 15 acres waste land. 518.60&: acre. Write us about these'two farms. C. L. Allen, Kau Claire, Wis. OKLABOMA LOANS AND LANI%&. Why take4ord i)er cent for your money. ® make and have for sale first mortgage farm and city loans that net our investors 6 to 8 per cent, that are just as safe investments as real estate security can be, We also have for sale, choice farms in all parts of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma City prwemes both large and small. Write us for map. e invite correspondence. A.C.Farmer & Co., 208 North Robinson St., Opahom City, Okla. FBUIT LANDS—unexcelled on the continent. improved or unlmgroved. ensg terms, beautiful climate and scenery,abundant fishing and shooting. Marvelous yields, profits often €M per acre. Ouz fruits sweep prizes everywhere. é’mau capial needed. Quick success for the industrious. Going fast. Kootenay-Slocan Fruit Co., Limited, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. < A FOR SALE lfesaciere A nada, '\ CLASS WHEAT LAND, close to railways and gelevaw;s. !l;;)rn{ngall{xfomur?n ‘n: to Xﬂee and rms of payment. on or write the unde CHAS. X. BARNES, Rooss Javw, T FA'BM LANDS FOR SALE—I have for sale several improved farms with orchards. Aiso ;omexcm. ovg,r sm{np llands. %ood &r tmlti.u general arming and grazing, in stee County, Michigan, B. Juergenpqyer. Mcn ' ¢ SOUTH ALABAMA LANDS—Tractsfrom 10to ek 50,000 - acre*b (near Mgbnege l_:‘nlt«ut&ei tor oranges, pecans, tobacco, peache es. mate assures early v bles of su.hnds Shearer &

A FEW GOOD FARMS In Eastern Jnn of Kunsas. Splendid corn and alfaifa land to exchange for merchandise or other pr?sperg. Whas have you to offer. Address P. O. Box 746, Chicago, lil