Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 25, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 December 1908 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT W. A. ENDLEY, Publisher WALKERTON. - INDIANA There is the usual cold comfort for all parties in the returns from Medicine Hat. ( Customs officers in New York had a big job on hand lately. They seized । 10,000 kid gloves. A scientist tells us that “metals get I tired.” Now you know why the gold gave out before it got to you. There is one advantage in looking ' for the north pole. In the face of the I gravest danger one can always keep j cool. At a spiritualist seance in New York, we are told, a man’s arm was lengthened two feet. That’s stretching it some. Anybody who doubts the ability of the American Indian to be as civilized j as anybody should observe him in a football game. That man who is going to cross the ocean in a balloon should pause to consider that the water in the Atlantic is still deep and wet. The inventive Yankee is still at it. During the last fiscal year the United States patent office received some 58,527 applications for mechanical patents. Kissing, declares Dr. Napoleon Boston, spreads more disease than flies. We scorn his statement because we don’t like his name. Reminds us of Waterloo and Bunker Hill. Away has been found to make paper out of cornstalks. This will create a pleasant harmony for the man who likes to combine his reading with the pleasures of a corn-cob pipe. The plan of the proposed Henry Hudson memorial bridge at New York calls for a reinforced concrete span of 710 feet, and represents one of the boldest engineering projects of the time. The Highways Protection league reports 932 automobile accidents occurred in Great Britain in 1907, killing 215 persons and injuring 675. For these accidents and other motor car offenses 2,270 persons were summoned, of whom 2,046 were convicted. There are at present on duty in the main thoroughfares of Paris 21 policemen who speak English, nine who speak German, and six who speak Spanish, and their usefulness has been so clearly demonstrated that the prefect of police has decided to add to their number as opportunity may arise. Brazil has spent $15,000,000 in the effort to hold up the world’s price of coffee by government purchasing and warehousing of the Brazilian production. The theory that a national govcaw^c anything it chooses in a verjJ, IWSnut. 11helm shdtnd Lar-brake. He has done many tjuxgs wisely, if not too well, and as he begins to slide down the years, turning inventor of a motor brake is a becoming climax to his other accomplishments. Whether It is a truly practical stopper remains to be proved. According to the Scientific American the fact that our macadamized roads don’t wear as well as those in Europe is because we don’t apply the theory of the stitch in time. European highway departments watch the roads and mend them wherever and whenever they need it without allowing the damage to become important. Now a medical expert comes forward to assert that the French heel, considered one of the greatest outrages inflicted by feminine vanity upon suffering nature, is not only proper, but highly desirable. Still, feminine vanity will not make so much of ihis practical vindication, as, in any event, it would have kept on wearing the French heel. Felicitations to the cranks! Am- ' bassador Bryce's tribute to them as I not infrequently the first pioneers of great causes, is distinguished appre- । elation. It is scarcely so enthusiastic, | however, as Dr. Holmes’ earlier ob- ; servation that there never was an । idea started that woke up men out of their stupid indifference but its originator was spoken of as a crank. -— 1 • Horace E. Bixby, 82 years of age, । still at the wheel after GO years as a Mississippi river pilot, enjoys the dis- ' tinction of having taught Mark Twain the art of navigation on the “Father of Waters.” He says Mark Twain became a good pilot, having but one fault—the excessive use of tobacco. Capt. Bixby is still hale and hearty ami enjoys telling of the various episodes of his eventful career upon the river. During the five years preceding I 1904-05 the total acreage annually un- j der indigo cultivation in India was ' 755,900. In 1905-05 this area had decreased to 330,400 acres, or a falling off of a little less than 44 per cent. The Mecca railroad is being constructed rapidly, solidly and methodically. Foreigners are employed in positions of leadership and management. By imperial order it is now proposed to complete the line from Medina to i Mecca, a distance of 280 miles, before the next pilgrimage. It is a good sign when in the non- ! sectarian colleges the president urges ' upon the students a proper observance of Sunday, as did the president of Cornell university at the opening of the . college year, remarks Youth’s Com- ' panion. In protesting against the discussion on that day of athletic and social matters pertaining to the col- ! lege, he said: “The observance of Sun- ’ day is the temporal sign that man belongs not only to time, but to eternity. I earnestly hope that Sunday may be 1 observed as a day of physical rest and spiritual mediation.” 1

138 DEAD IN MINE HORRIBLE RESULTS OF EXPLOSION AT MARIANNA, PA. SECOND BLAST IS FEARED Fifty-Six Bodies Are Recovered, But Work of Finding Victims Is Slow, Owing to Gases and Debris. Marianna, Pa., Nov. 30.—Fifty-six । bodies, all but two of them horrii were taken Sunday from the mine of I the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company i here, in which an explosion occurred Saturday, killing many men and casting into gloom what was until then considered the model mining town of the world. There is no doubt that the death list will reach 138 men. Officials of the company, who had stated that not over 125 men had been killed, Sunday night admitted that 138 men went down the shaft to work Saturday morning. According to miners and others familiar with the number of men generally employed in the mine, the death list will exceed the company’s estimate by at least 50. Exact Number Is Not Known. As in nearly all mine disasters, there seems no way at present of knowing how many men went to work. The number check-off system has again proven defective and from no source can an accurate statement as to the fatalities be secured. It is possible that the exact number of men killed will never be known. Up to darkness Sunday night 25 bodies had been brought to the surface in an iron bucket. Arms, legs or heads were missing from some and the trunks of others were burned, bruised and cut. Two Were Suffocated. Two of the men taken from the mine had been suffocated and their bodies were not even scratched. One of these was John Ivill, a cousin of John H. Jones, president of the Pitts-burg-Buffalo Coal Company, owners of the mine, who was employed as head time-keeper. Ivlll’s body was found beneath a coal-digging machine and it was apparent that the young man had crawled there in a vain effort to escape the deadly fumes. The body of the other man was found near Ivill. The unfortunate had placed his face in a pool of water, which all miners are advised to do when an explosion occurs, in a desperate attempt to fight off suffocation until rescued. The opinion was expressed by a number of expert miners that the mine will not be cleared of victims for several days. Danger of Second Explosion. Reports have been in circulation that a second and more terrific explosion is likely to occur at any moment. The company officials assert this is not Hue. There is considerable gas in the^pine, however, and there is undpubtedly danger < * - ‘an ui?_—«j^^^>theropes around thshaft, but there were few of the ha rowing scenes usually associated w' a mine explosion. Most of the relates " are English-speaking people, who their grief in silence. It is estir/ J that one-fourth of the victimflHß Americans. As rapidly as possilr g work of rescue is being carried K K short intervals new men are s« . into the mine to relieve others searching for the dead. Owing to the dangerous gases and the mass of wreckage in the mine, the rescue work is slow and is being carried on with great precaution. Experts from Pennsylvania and West Virginia are in charge of the work of exploration and are being materially assisted by J. W. Paul and Clarence Hall of the United States experimental and testing station in Pittsburg. WOODRUFF QUITS SENATE RACE. Withdraws in Favor of Root After Seeing Judge Taft. Hot Springs, Va.—Timothy L. Woodruff, chairman of the New York Republican state committee, Sunday eliminated himself from the senatorial race in favor of Secretary of State Elihu Root. This action was taken after a protracted conference with Presidentelect Taft and was followed by statements by both Messrs. Taft and Woodruff. Aside from these statements, each of which concedes the election of Mr. Root to succeed Senator Platt on January 19 next, no details of the conference were made known. Carnegie Sends $30,000 Check. Fayette, la.—President William A. Shanklin of Upper lowa university Sunday received a check from Andrew Carnegie for $30,000. in payment of his pledge to give that amount when $150,000 had been raised. Wild Man of Woods Dead. Virginia, Minn. —The “Wild Man of the Woods” was found dead in his shack about 20 miles northeast of here and his body brought to this city. In the shack of the strange man was found a notebook with the name “William J. Hill, Massey, Ontario.” Many Coke Ovens Reopen. Huntington, W. Va. —More than 2,000 coke ovens in the Norfolk & Western fields, which have been idle for almost a year, resumed operations Sunday night. Hermit Author Found Dead. Chicago.—Surrounded by his only friends —his books—Dr. John Norris, 70 years old, an author and recluse, was found dead in his little cottage in Riverside. For several years Dr. Norris has been known as the “hermit of Riverside.” Ohio to Test Option Law. Findlay. O. —Suit was filed here Friday afternoon to test the constitutionality of the Rose local option law, by which 54 of the 88 counties of the Gtate have voted out the saloons.

GETS FIRST CABINET PLACE HITCHCOCK TO BE POSTMASTER GENERAL UNDER TAFT. Republican National Chairman Selected Because of His Ability to Advise President-Elect. Hot Springs, Va.—Frank H. Hitchcock has been offered and has accepted the position of postmaster general in the Taft cabinet that is to be. The official announcement of this conclusion regarding the first cabinet selection of President-elect Taft doubtless will not be made until Mr. Taft, has completed his cabinet, at which time it will be announced en bloc. Because of this view of the sit- ' nation no expression regarding the selection of Mr. Hitchcock was obtainable for publication from either Mr. Taft or the Republican national chairman. There were many reasons, it was pointed out, why it was expedient that Mr. Hitchcock’s status should be a „.—। .—i .... ■■■ i II mu fixed, at least so far as the principals are concerned, and a complete understanding is known to exist between them. As chairman of the Republican national committee, Mr. Hitchcock became more familiar than any other person with the political phase of questions likely to arise at the beginning of the Taft administration and the knowledge he gained regarding the personnel of the party will be of great service to Mr. Taft throughout his administration. Besides these reasons the national chairman admittedly possesses a com- I prehensive as well as a technical knowledge of postal affairs, gained by a protracted experience as first assist- ; ant and acting postmaster general. Mr. Hitchcock, accompanied by Charles H. > Boynton of New York, left here Friday night for Washington, where Saturday night he was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the executive and advisory committees of the national committee. He then will visit headquarters in New York. It is altogether probable that from this time on Mr. Hitchcock will be frequently In >AMER RAMMED AND SUNK. >aster in Fog Off Sandy Hook Costa Four Lives. A New York. —In the thick of a fog I off Sandy Hook Thursday the stout F steel freighter Georgie of the White Star line rammed and sank the light-ly-laden Panama line steamer Finance, outward found, with 86 passengers. The Finance went down within ten minutes after the collision, carrying to their death three of her passengers and one of the crew. The rest of the passengers, who included 19 women and 14 children, as well as others of the crew, were res- I cued by the boats of the Georgie. The freighter was not damaged. Os the passengers lost, one was a woman, Miss Irene Campbell of Pan- । ama, who clung frantically to the rail of the sinking vessel and could not be persuaded to release her hold, nor were the men who manned the small boats able forcibly to remove her. 12 WEDDINGS, ONE DIVORCE. Startling Statistics on Legal Separations in United States. Washington.—Higher divorce rate in the United States than in any of the foreign countries where statistics are available, is announced by the census bureau, which in a bulletin just issued, says that at least one marriage in twelve in this country ultimately terminates in divorce. The report covers the 20 years from 1887 to 1906, inclusive. From 1887 to 1906 there were 12.832,044 marriages and 945,625 divorces, against 328,716 divorces for the preceding 20 years. Divorce is now 2% times as common, : compared with the married population, as it was 40 years ago. Utah and Connecticut are the only two states showing decreased divorce rate. Desertion caused 38.9 of the total divorces in the 20 years. Missouri Woman a Suicide. Nevada, Mo. —Mrs. H. C. Moore, wife of Col. Moore, a leading merchant of I Nevada, committed suicide Saturday night by drowning herself. Mrs. Moore threw herself into Lake Park Springs, near here, which is owned by her hus- ; band. Addison Lysle Is Dead. Los Angeles, Cal.—Addison Lysle, i once a prominent citizen of Pittsburg i and formerly president of the national board of navigation, died here Sunday, aged 72 years. Ptomaines Kill Rich Banker. Tulsa, Okla.—J. George McGannon, millionaire president of the Central National bank here, died Friday of ptomaine poisoning contracted while ' dining in a hotel. McGannon came here two years ago from Seneca, Mo. Escaped Convict Is Caught. Chelsea, Mich. —A man arrested on | suspicion here was identified Friday as Harry Robinson, 58 years old, who 1 escaped from prison at Atlanta, Ga., March 21, 1908. He was serving time for a train robbery in Arkansas.

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LAMPHER£ GUILTY OF ARSON IS SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR TWO TO 21 YEARS. I Verdict Is a Compromise—Several Jurors Held Out Long for Life Sentence for Murder. Laporte, Ind. — Ray Lam acre, charged with the murder of Mrs. Belle Gunness and her three children, by setting fire to the Gunness house April 28, was found guilty of arson Thursday evening by the jury which had the case since 5:30 o'clock Wednesday evening. Within five minutes after the verdict was reported. Judge Richter had sentenced the defendant to the state penitentiary at Michigan City for an indeterminate term of from two to 21 years. He will be taken to Michigan City at once to begin his sentence. Attorney Worden for the defense said that a motion for a new trial would be made, and should it be refused, an) appeal to the Indiana supreme court would follow. The Indiana supreme court is two years behind in its work and so this case could not be reached until after Lamphere had serv ’ the minimum time of his sentenc The 5 was something of a .J-’-ratal members of the jury. ejerstood, held out long T° r D ’ n the first degree with a life A So far as could be learnea, was for hanging. Lamp!. Thursday night said that he was confident the dead body in the fire was Mrs. Gunness’ regardless of what other people may think. He reiterated his innocence of setting fire to the house, though admitting that he was on the road and saw the fire that night. He also declared that he did not see Mrs. Gunness kill Helgeleln. “I have no complaint to make about the verdict. Things looked pretty blue, but the verdict might have been worse.” ACTRESS ATTEMPTS SUICIDE. Mrs. Eleanor Cowper Shoots Herself in New York Hotel. New York.—Mrs. Eleanor Merron Cowper, a widely-known playwright and actress, shot herself in her room at the St. Regis hotel Friday and will ■ probably die. She was a protege and business partner of the late James H. Wallick, manager and actor, who killed himself at his home in Middletown, N. Y. Before shooting herself, Mrs. Cowper wrote letters to her lawyer. Judge Herbert B. Royce of Middletown, and to John Hood, manager of the King Edward hotel in West Forty-seventh street, where she formerly lived, advising them of her intention to kill herself. A brief history of her life, largely devoted to recounting her career on the • stage, was found in her effects. Boat Sinks; Hundred Drown. Manila. —The coasting steamer Ponting, carrying a large number of laborers from NarLacan to the rice fields in Pangasinap Province, struck a rock and sanlrt*M!ay night during a storm, off the towiji of San Fernando in Union Province. It is estimated that a hundred oilthe passengers and crew of the PontXg were drowned. The steamer VigJlya rescued 55. Kills Brother and Mother. New York. —With aim so deadly that all five shots he fired took effect. William Kallebrun of Jersey City Friday night shot and killed his brother Leo and then his aged mother, Mrs. Victoria Kallebrun. The tragedy took place in the apartments of Mrs. Kallebrun in New York. Kallebrun had come from Jersey City with a friend, Albert Trogunwyos, to secure money from his brother Leo, and. the shooting resulted from fact that Leo would not give his brother money. Kallebrun was arrested soon after the murder. Kaiser Worried Into Illness. Berlin. —Emperor William’s cold has passed off, it is currently reported. But he is suffering from obstinate insomnia brought on by worrying over recent events in Germany. It is rumored, too, that his defective ear, which always becomes painful when be is run down, is causing him great suffering. His doctors have ordered him to take a complete rest. It has been decided that he shall go to Corfu —the Greek island in the lonian sea as soon as possible after the Christmas festivities of the court at Berlin

CENSUS TO COST $12,930,000. Director North Proud of Small Increase Over 1900. Washington. — The cost of taking the next census, as estimated by Director North in his annual report just issued, will be $12,930,000. The director points with pride to the fact that this sum is but $410,000 more than the cost of the census of 1900, and says that this will be accomplished "in spite of the enormous growth in the population during the last decade, a growth largely contributed by for-eign-born people who do not speak English, a class which it is very expensive and very difficult to enumerate. If the work can be done for this sum it will be the first time in the history of the nation that a census has been taken and compiled at practically the same cost as the prior enumeration.” The increase, he says, heretofore from decade to decade has been about 50 per cent. The enormous saving, says the director, will be effected by reason of the existence of the permanent census bureau and the installation of the bureau’s own tabulating machines, which, he states, will do the work faster and more efficiently than the machines which were rented. THREE THOUSAND HOMELESS. Great Flood Works Havoc in West _ —Guth ri a, CLkla Guthrie, Okla. —As the result of a 48-hour downpour in the valley of the Cottonwood river and its tributaries, the Cottonwood overflowed here Sunday afternoon. Several hundred homes are partially under water in West Guthrie and 3,000 people are'homeless. The river Sunday night was one foot higher than ever before in its history, and rising 12 inches an hour. Hundreds of people who refused to get out of the flooded district, believing that the river would not rise as rapidly as it did, fired shots of distress before sunset and many boats with an army of rescuers brought the tardy ones to places of safety. Street car service is completely at a standstill. The city's water plant is under water. Five thousand dollars’ worth of cotton belonging to the Farmers’ Oil mill was washed away down stream and 2,000 bales are still in the water. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe roundhouse and shops are inundated. All railroad trains in and out of Guthrie have been annulled. Detained Chinese Escape. San Francisco. —Twenty-one out of 116 Chinese held at the Pacific Mail dock pending the decision of the immigration officers as to whether or not they were entitled to enter the United States, escaped from the detention shed at Second and Brannan streets about 12 o’clock Saturday night. Four of them were recaptured in Chinatown Sunday and returned to the shed. Immigration officials, the local police and the officers of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company are prosecuting a vigorous search for the others. Three Hunters Probably Drowned. Thessalon, Ont. — William Menor, D. Menor, his son, and Fred Eno failed to return from a hunting trip when expected. Friday a searching party found the wreck of their rowboat. It is believed the boat capsized in the rapids and that all three were drowned. South Dakota’s Gold Output. Pierre. S. D. —The report of the state mine inspector, filed with the governor, shows South Dakota's gold production for last year to have been the highest in the history of the state —57,460,000. The mica output for the year is valued at $85,000. Indian Bureau Official Resigns. Washington.—Maj. Charles F. Larrabee, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, and for 28 years connected with the Indian service, has resigned, to take effect November 30. No Dinner Suicide Cause. Chicago.—Despondency over his inability to provide a big Thanksgiving dinner for his family is thought to have caused Stillis Hagen, 40 years old, 797 North Forty-first avenue, to commit suicide at his home by Inhaling illuminating gas. Pray for High Tariff. Joplin, Mo. —Protestant pastors throughout the Kansas and Missouri zinc mining district offered Thanksgiving day prayers for a higher tariff on zinc ore.

HUNDREDS PERISH JAPANESE STEAMERS IN CRASH OFF PORT OF CHEFOO. DISASTER IN DENSE FOG ._____ Both Ships Sink, Carrying Down with Them Many American and European Passengers—Victims May Number 700. Chefoo, China. — Two Japanese steamships collided off this port Mondaj afternoon. Details of the accident were lacking, but it was reported that | a total of 700 persons had been drowned. According to the best information available, the vessels were passenger boats and heavily loaded with Europeans and Americans. The crash suddenly came in a dense fog. The lookouts were unable to see more than a few yards ahead, and could not give the alarm in time for the passengers and crew to take to the lifeboat . The ships crashed with a mighty impact within two minutes after warning cries had been sent down to those below. Instantly there was a frantic rush for safety. Not stopping to lower the boats, scores leaped into the sea. Most of these were drowned. The vessels sank soon after the collision. taking down with them the passengers and crew who were asleep at the time of the accident. The catastrophe was appalling, the news agency says, and was so complete that for a time not even the names of the ill-fated ships could be learned. The Japanese government went to work on the case, and expected soon to have the boats identified. ABRUZZI YIELDS TO FAMILY, Duke Cables Miss Elkins That Their Match Is Off. Rome, Italy.—The Elkins-Abruzzi match is now at an end for all time, according to information received from the most trustworthy source. The marriage has been abandoned definitely and there is not likely again to be any question about it. All efforts to ascertain the exact reasons have been unsuccessful, but it is evident that they are based upon family objections on both sides which ! cannot be overcome. This information is confirmed by the fact that the Perseveranza of Milan, a newspaper which is regarded as the mouthpiece of the Italian foreign office, declares the engagement is now off. Simultaneously with this publication the duke of the Abruzzi has dispatched a long cable message to Miss Elkins declaring that he has been unable to remove insuperable obstacles to tfie marriage. PORT AU PRINCE IN A PANIC. | Approach of Rebels Frightens Every One But the President. — ; Port an Prince.—Every hour brings .the revolutionary army nearer to Port au Prince, and a feeling of impending ; disaster has taken possession of the people. The advance guard of Gen. . ■ Antoine Simon’s forces is now not more than 25 or 30 miles from this city and up to the prefcent the insurgents have swept all before them. The government losses at Anse a Veau on Friday and the rout of the loyal troops have caused consternation among the officials of the government, with possibly the sole exception of President Nord Alexis. Every effort to have him take himself out of : the country has proved a failure and i the aged president, who has faced many revolutions before, announces his determination to fight to the last. SATTERLEE GETS NAVY OFFICE. New Yorker to Be Assistant Secretary of the Department. Washington.—Herbert L. Satterlee of New York, it is understood, has ■ been tendered the position of | assistant secretary of the navy । to take the place of Thomas H. | Newberry, who Tuesday became secretary of the navy, succeeding Victor H. I Metcalf, whose resignation became esI fective then. Mr. Catterlee is a son- ! in-law of J. Pierpont Morgan. Two-Cent Rate Is Upheld. Washington.—The supreme court of : the United States Monday reversed the decision of the United States circuit court for the eastern district of Virginia, holding to be unconstitutional the order of the state railroad commission fixing a two-cent passenger ; rate on state business, the effect being I to uphold the order. Fleet Sails from Manila. Manila. —The American battleship fleet under Rear Admiral Sperry sailed promptly at eight o’clock Tuesday morning. The next port of call is Colombo. Ceylon. Racial Riots in Prague. Prague, Bohemia.—The racial riots, which were widespread Sunday in this city, were resumed Monday, the Czechs and Germans coming into coni flict in various quarters. The police j cleared the streets with swords and । bayonets, many persons being injured. East Buffalo Yards Reopen. Buffalo. N. Y. —Under the closest reI strictions the East Buffalo stock yards, which had been closed because of the ; foot and mouth disease among cattle, . resumed business Monday. “Innocent Bystander” Shot. Philadelphia.—Richard Burk, a bystander, was shot in the breast and probably fatally wounded and Andrew Lonergan was shot in the arm. in a pistol fight between Lonergan and George Medway Monday. To Head Inaugural Parade. Washington.—Chairman Stellwagen of the inaugural committee appointed Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff. I'. S. A., to be grand marshal of the inaugural parade. Gen. Bell an- ' nounced his acceptance.

SEEMED WORSE EVERY DAY. A Dangerous Case of Kidney Complaint and How It Was Checked. Mrs. Lucy Quebeck, Mechanic St., Hope Valley, R. 1., says: “Eight years

ago I contracted severe kidney troubleand my back began to ache continually. Every day it seemed worse. The least pressure on my back tortured me, and I could not stoop without a bad twinge^

The kidney secretions passed irregularly with pain, and I bloated badly. My head swam and spots flitted before my eyes. One doctor said I was incurable. However, I found prompt relief when I started using Doan's Kidney Pills, and the troubles I have related gradually disappeared.” Sold by all dealers. 50c a box. Fos-ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. WAS VERY FULLY OCCUPIED. Situation in Which Bibulous IrishmanHad His Hands Full. Some one asked George B. Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury, if he intended becoming a candidate for gov ernor of New York. Now Mr. Cortelyou had an especial aversion for leading questions, so he answered by telling the following story: Two Irishmen celebrated St. Patrick’s day and started home together, but became separated. Finally they discovered themselves hugging lamp posts on opposite sides of the street. “How are yez, Pat?” called Mike. “Fair,” says Pat, “how are yez?” “I dunno,” says Mike; "come over and see.” “I can't come,” says Pat. “Why can’t yez?” says Mike. “I’ve got me hands full shtayin” where I am,” says Pat —N. Y. Herald. BAD ITCHING HUMOR. Limbs Below the Knees Were RawFeet Swollen—Sleep Broken— Cured in 2 Days by Cuticura. — Some two months ago I had a humor break out on my limbs below my knees. They came to look like raw beefsteak, all red, and no one knows how they itched and burned. They were so swollen that I could not get my shoes on for a week or more. I used five or six different remedies and got no help, only when applying them the burning was worse and the itching less. For two or three weeks the suffering was intense and during that time i did not sleep an hour at a time. Then one morning I tried a bit of Cuticura. From the moment it touched me the itching was gone and I have not telt a Lit of it since. The swelling went clown and in two days I had my shoes on and was about as usual. George B. Farley, 50 South State SU Concord, N. H., May 14, 1907.” ACCURATE INFORMATION. Fortune Teller—This line here shows that you will die in a year. Client—Good heavens' In a year? “H'm—yes—but in which year I can't quite tell you.” TWO GOOD STORIES BY BARRIE. One Told by Successful Author Is Decidedly Against Himself. Mr. .1. W. Barrie, the author of “What Every Woman Knows," tells a good story against himself. A lady of his acquaintance had taken a friend to see one of his plays, and, quite astonished, ne asked her why she did so. "Oh,” was the reply, ■"it's such a quiet street for the horses’” He also tells of a playgoer who received no response to his repeated requests to a lady in front of him to remove her huge hat. At length, exasperated, he said: "If you won't take off your hat, my dear madam, will you be so kind as to fold back your ears?" —Woman's Life. LIVING ADVERTISEMENT Glow of Health Speaks for Postum. It requires no scientific training tc discover whether coffee disagrees or not. Simply stop it for a time and use Postum in place of it, then note the beneficial effects. Tae truth will appear. "Six years ago 1 was in a very bad condition," writes a Tenn, lady, “I suffered from indigestion, nervousness and insomnia. "I was then an inveterate coffee drinker, but it was long before I could be persuaded that it was coffee that hurt me. Finally I decided to leave it off a few days and find out the truth. "The first morning I left off coffee I had a raging headache, so I decided I must have something to take the place of coffee.” (The headache was caused by the reaction of the coffee drug—caffeine.) “Having heard of Postum through a friend who used it. I bought a package and tried it. I did not like it at first but after I learned how to make it right, according to directions on pkg., 1 would not change back to coffee for anything. “When I began to use Postum I weighed only 117 lbs. Now I weigh 170 and as I have not taken any tonic in that time I can only attribute my recovery of good health to the use of Postum in place of coffee. “My husband says I am a living advertisement for Postum. lam glad to be the means of inducing my many friends to use Postum. too." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Reason.” Ever rend the above letter? A new one appears from time io time. They j are stenuine, true, und full of human. Interest.