Newspaper Page Text
I REJOINDER T O PROF. ^ BREDA'S ARTICLES Minneapolis Man Takes Up the Cud gels in Behalf of the Liberals of NorwayHe also Defends the "Landsmaal," the National Lan- guage of Norway, in Vigorous Fashion. * \ '*** t *** To tho Editor of The Journal. In The Journal appeared last sum mer two articles by Professor Breda, form erly of the University of Minnesota, In which he shamelessly slanders his own countrymen, the people of Norway H e re-hashed the most siljy twaddle that has appeared in the faiftitical reactionary pa pers in Norway. According: to the professor everything that is vile, foolish, extravagant, or fa natical in Norway is gathered in the lib eral paity He sings the same refrain that has Jee sung by conservatives In Norway Irom the times of "Wergeland and from the time when, about the year 183$ the farmers of the country first in a consider able body appeared in the storthing (Nor wegian parliament) and asserted the rights to which they were entitled accord ing to the constitution of 1814 The professor's statement that the his tory of Norway as an independent na tion covers only a period of eighty-nine years, is misleading Norway was inde pendent from the first dawn of its his tory In 1830 it was united with Den mark, at first nominally upon equal terms, but in 1536 It was made subject to Denmark and remained so till 1814 In the professor's opinion everything was lo\ely under the rule of the conservatives, while now everything is going to perdi tion This gives us the key to the stand ard by which he measures things. List of Supposed Sins. Of course, it is impossible to enter .into all tho details of the long articles. But to illustiate their one-sidedness and unre liability a few specimens aie selected The proiessor speaks about the increase of taxation and now unfavorably taxation In Norway compares with that of Swe den According to good authority state taxes in Norway fare 23 crowns per cap ita, in Sweden 22% crowns, and in Den mark 25 crowns In 1899 the local taxes In Denmark were 33 1-3 crowns per cap ita in Norway 28% crowns Increase in taxation seems to be a disease that is pre valent thruout the whole world We need only mention our own state and national taxes as an illustration A s to emigration, which the professor says is caused by bur densome taxes statistics show that it has been no larger under liberal adminis tration than under that of the conserva tives Among the supposed misdeeds of the liberal party the professor mentions the ' national insurance project " "When this "project" was first introduced into the storthing only twenty members voted against it Of these eighteen were lib erals and only two conservatives In de nouncing this measure the professor seems to forget that ' national insurance" has existed in Norway at least a far hack as the adoption of its present constitution, all office holders on retiring receiving a pension The professor does not explain whv one class in the commonwealth should oe insured and others not Under the head of "Spoils for the Victors" he makes a number of assertions about which it is sufficient to say that here as elsewhere he fails to produce the evidence What his object is in throwing all this dirt, it is impossible to understand "Hlgner Classes" Always Despised Labor. Manual Labor no Longer Respectable" is one of the headings in the professor's article Among Ihe so-called "higher classes" in Norway manual labor has nev er f 4 fbeen lespectable A person of the so-called "better class" cannot even cai-ry a package on the street without being stared at A s the white people of our southern states think manual labor re spectable only for negroes, so the upper class in Norway think manual labor re spectable onlv ior peasants When tle professor seems inclined to make the lib eral party responsible for the increasing number of persons seeking a higher edu cation he is about as sensible as the noted political speaker who made the populists responsible for the drought In Kansas As to 'class distinctions ' It Is not true that thev are yet abolished in Norway, and it is not in human power to abolish them A CrooKed Progeny. What the professor says about th "shaking of the bloody shirt' is the veri est rot It is a general idea among th common people of Sweden that Norway is subjeot to Sweden and the ruling classes of the latter country have always tried to assert Swedish supremacy over Norway But what is more deplorable is that there has existed in Norway itself an aristocratic clique that has largely sec ended such efforts Since the time when the able and redoubtable chief Erlinor the Wrynecked (or Crooked), In the twelfth century attempted to trade away a part of southern Norwav to the Danish king In order to get the aid of the latter In getting his son acknowledged as king of Norway contrary to Norwegian law, there have again anfi again appeared cer tain crooked c'asses who have been will ing to trade away a part of the country or its rights in order to rule over the rest The slogan of the modern crooked progeny of Erling the Crooked has been "Swedish supremacy rather than peasant rule'" By the aid of this element the Swedish expansionists have hoped to get the Swedish claims of supremacy enacted into law The danger of that supremacy is as real a danger as it ever was Pa triotic men in Norway do not desire a repetition or a parallel to the union under the Danish Oldenburg dynasty with nom inal equality, but real and growing su premacy on the part of the allied nation. "Fools" of Illustrious Rank. About the men in Sweden who have voiced the Swedish lust for supremacy, Professor Breda uses the expression "men who retaliated in kind " How nicely the professor puts in when the talk is of Chases Dyspepsia Cure P 4* Positively Cures Dyspepsia A single dose gives immediate * . ?relief * ,****.,- If Taken as Directed If Will Positively Cure the Most Chronic'Case in a Short Time. WEDNESDAY EVENING, the enemies of Norway's independence' Of course, the Swedes are sweet lambs who do not even bleat unless those "rad icals," those wolves of Norway, pounce upon them with their unreasonable "chau vinism 1 " Among the "fools," as tne professor calls them, who "retaliated in kind" was no less a person than Crown Prince Gustav, It is not very many years since he talked of a Swedish "promenade ' into Norway, meaning a Swedish inva sion of the country of which his, father is king and whose successor he is pected to become The "Joint Commission" Succotash. As to the report of the "joint ^commis sion ' the professor is also -Wrong He says Norway is to "establish her own con sular service, the relations of this con sular service to the Joint foreign office to be regulated by laws which cannot be changed -without prejudice to a possible future rearrangement of the foreign of fice " As to the "joint foreign office," there is, fortunately, as yet no such office As a temporary arrangement the foreign af fairs of Ndrway, much to the country's detriment, have been in the hands of the minister of foreign affairs of Sweden, or perhaps it may more correctly be said, that this has been so on account of the want of an arrangement The words "without prejudice to a possible future re arrangement of the foreign office" must be the product of the fantasy of some one's fertile brain According to the rc ieport given and signed by the Norwe gian cabinet Itself, the said laws cannot be changed without the consent of the law-making powers or authorities of both kingdoms In other words, Norway was to give Sweden an absolute veto with re gard to laws pertaining to Norway Of course, Norway ought to consent to no such abrogation ot its independence The ministers Stang and Konow, would not consent to it, and so were forced out of the cabinet Professor Breda's Astonishing Gullibility. How a man of any pretension to re spectability can be willing to peddle such idle gossip as that about Minister G Stang is incomprehensible. It seems the professor Is ready to believe anything however absurd, about members* of the liberal party. He tells us in good earnest that it was the Intention of G Stang the secretary of war, to commence w y against Sweden This G Stang could not think of doing, because he did not have the authority to do it If the king, the onlv authority in Norway that can lawfully declare war, were to commence war against his own subjects, the stor thing no doubt would take the necessary steps for the defense of the country ability he succeeded m accomphshinr a work which none before him had pos sessed the courage or the ability to do And in spite of all assertions to the con trary he did the work comnaratively cheap bex- Swedish Threats of War. The consular service, which is the pres ent subject of contention between Norway and Sweden is a matter -with regard to which Norway has a perfect right to tgke whatever steps it pleases. After the union between Norway" and Sweden "was^estabt lished however, the government ef'Swed en took the appointment of cons'Uis ^ftav Norway, as well as BwefleftAjnto Ka *wn hands, and for several "reasons Norway did not protest. As a writer says "The diplomatic and consular administration of the united kingdoms proceeds from a sys tem of officers to which Norway pays an annual contribution, .but over the organ ization and direction of which it has no right to exercise any control," In 1895 the Norwegian storthing resolved to es-^ tablish a separate consular service for Norway The Swedes threatened with a ' military execution"in other words, to make war upon Norway The latter coun try was not prepared for an attaok, and the law about separate consuls did not go into operation Necessity of Defensive Measures. But the opinion, became generjal, -not only among the liberals but also among tho conservatives, that everything possi ble ought to be done to hinder the re currence of such a situation by putting the country in a state of defense A plan was laid with this object In view and both liberals and conservatives were united in voting money for the necessary expenses Whee n G Stanlg appointed. secretary war he went to work to ? Xe U ^, t hof e nera l wil owas f the nation In building the fortifications about which such a hubbuWb has- been raised he simply executedc plan which dates eve'- so many y ?! b ^ 3a f lt n remarkable energy and r t iso saieds that the erection of the tu Kl1^0i frtr ses cost no more than the third part of what an ironclad battle ship costs , Minister Stamr denies most emphatical ly that he has had any intention of bringing on a war with Sweden, and con tinues as follows "It has also become apparent that these preparations-have ac complished their purpose Not a single voice in Sweden has now uttered threats of war, and it appears from the pro ceedings in the first chamber of the diet that the significance of these prepara tions has been- fully understood " These preparations then, ?nd not, as Professor Bjjeda says, Kussian oppression of Finland, are most probably what has caused a more reasonable attitude on the part of Sweden It can scarcely be sup posed that Swedish statesmen have ever been blind to whatever danger there may be from Russia * Professor BredIas says- "Mr Stang evi dently never thought of the possibility ?l WaiTnWl ^ 1 R i si a ' Now, the fact is that while Sweden has made threats of war against Norway, Russia has not Be sides, Russia is at present fully occupied in the east There is no reason wh Nor way should throw out a challenge to Rus sia by building fortifications Unjust Accusation Against Providence The professor winds up by a kick at the Norwegian language and with a hymn of devotion to B Bjornson It is unjust, as the professor does, to accuse providence of having cursed Nor way with a language, "which in its writ ten form K essentially identical with that of Denmark" That Norway- j , cursed with such a language is a "dispensa tion, not of pro\ idence, but of the want of national and public spirit, which pre vailed in Norway at the time of the refor mation % As far back as history reaches each of the three countries, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, haodf its ow separatee lan guage Eartib then -is now, had V ar 1 i AND num elanguage, r If, Indigestion THE MINNEAPOLIS J0UBNAL. fered vthe" Danish, language to" be forced { up6n them The people had at this time sunk to the lowest depth of political in difference and want of national spirit In 1450, Norway abdicated ,polit4callv, when Norwegian and Danish magnates at Bergen agreed that their respective Countriep were to be forever united un der one king, nominally upon equal terms, but really with Danish supremacy. In 148? there was aji abdication -with re gard to nationality In that year mem bers of the council of the kingdom of Norway agreed,vtogether - 3 do not say that they are going to learn English, but that they are going to learn "to talk " Professor Breda's Ignorance of the Facts. From th facts stated above, the reader will be able to judge how much sense there is in the assertion of" Professor Breda, that the "Landsmaal," is a "dead" or "artificial' language Why the Nor wegian language should be a "construct ed' or ' artificial' one any more than the Danisn Swedish or any other lan guage when, first taken into use as writ ten languages must be a mystery to all persons viewing the matter from an im partial standpoint Professor Breda seems to think that the dialects,oI^Norseay are dialects of the written (Dal^|M|l^&gl^e At any rate, people unacqilalirfed wlth^he facts will get that impression from^hls ar ticle It is not the case that the Nor wegians have a language "which J n its written form is essentially identical/ with that of Denmark, just as in America .you have the same language ^as they have in England " Such a comparison cannot properly oe made The. Engjjsh colonists brought their language with them fron* England But Ndrtway is not a Danish colony Its "people^are.! separate nation as old a the Danish, with their-own lan guage People in Norway arte now doing what ought to have been done 300 years ago' writing the country's own language, .Pro-, fessor Breda calls the use Of this lan guage a "fad " Fortuhafely, epithets like "fad * and "chauvinism," are not ajgu ments, and have no more striking the table with the fist It is not the table that is hurt, but the fist If it is 'chauvinism" when Ole Oisen does not want to be Oscar Lindqulst or Jens Jen sen, then let us have as much as possible of such chauvinism The work for the "Landsmaal" dates at least fiftj. years back A singularly long lived "fad," isn t it' Some of the finest of Norway's modern poetry has been written in it, and one, at least, of the greatest of all poetical works Songs have been written in it without number, and the young people out in the country sing as they have nevtr'sung before. Isn't it strange that a "dead" or 'Artificial" lan guage should find such favor' A Last Desperate Effort, ft is the progress that the language has made that has induced B Bjornsen and others to make a last desperate* ef fort against it The "50,000 signatures,1' which the professor writes about amount i really to 27,000, a difference of a trifle of 3 000 names After working In the sweat of their brows for three years, and. as m writer says, "raking together all sorts, men and women, young and old, lame and blind," the opponents of the "Landsmaal" have got the said number of 27 000, many of whom are now d*ad The queerest thing about the signatures is, that there are so many names of ad herents of the "Landsmaal" among them, especially in the list from - Christiania The names seem to have been copied from the city directories without con sulting their owners Another queer thing is, that often the same names appear over and. ovr again Of course, it is chiefly the same aris tocratic clique that is willing politically to submit to Sweden and intellectually to Denmark, that is opposed to the real STARVATION OANNOT CURE DYSPEPSIA Miss Clark Tells How She W as Restored T o Health After Years of Suffering. u If you cut off every article of food that disagrees with you, it will not~be long until tyou have nothing left. You cannot cure stomach troubles by starving yourself. The sensible, logical course is to get your stomach into- such shape that you can eat anything and digest it. Science has at last discovered a pleasant, reliable specific for the treatment of dys pepsia. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets cure stomach troubles by supplying the one element, the absence of which in the gastric juices, causes -indigestion and dyspepsia. They enable the stomach to digest all kinds of food and to^uickly convert it into neb red Wood. ^*. READ WHAT MISS CLARK SAYS: w^s " 1 was ra a very critical condition, very pale, could not eat anything. The thought of food was distasteful to me. I tried Rexall Dyspepsia. Tablets and immediately commenced, to gain. I was hungry for my meals and relished my food. ' dialectns Som time after the introduction of Christianity the language of Norway began to be used in writing The old Swedish and Danish never came into use as written languages In the first part of the fourteenth cen tury, literary activity In Norway ceased From this time forward the language of the three countries underwent great changes until the times of the reforma tion, when the three languages had ac quired pretty much the same form, as they have at present As above stated Norway was made subject to Denmark in 163w 6 At the samee time the Lutheran, faith which had be come widespread in Denmark, and Swed- ta,ltow- s nad e th GS.'t i U t nu\ official religion in Norway and Denmark To the political change the people of Norway were indifferent. To the change In religion a passive resistance was made In Sweden and Denmark, which were in dependent, the people began to write their own- language, but the Norwegians Suf- './,u*0iw4*&8mm n *t'i J ii J he color came back fo my face, and I com menced to think I had something to live for. -1 can cheerfully recommend Rexall Dyspepsia. Tablets L*rrni CIURK, 008 East Washington St. Syracuse, N. Y." "- W e guarantee Hexall Dyspepsia Tablets. S*rice^5c Sold only at our store or by mail. "" - jj-jp f VOEGELI BEOS. DETT G CO. It.KeeiiS'^Hcad Clear, The with Danish and Swedish magnates, that a university was an excellent thing for each of the two countries, Sweden and Denmark, but it did not seem to occur to them that a university would have been a good thing for Norway also When the^ Lutheran reformation was introduced into Norway there was an ab dication in regard to language Altho there is a greater difference between Nor wegian and panish than between Swed ish and Danish, it did not occur to any one at that time that the Norwegians, like the Danes and Swedes, ought to write their own language. A Slumbering Nation. To sum it all up in otte sentence The underlying cause of the political, national and linguistic abdication of the Norwe gians, was their utter want o t national and public spirit at the time. The people of Norway, among whom for centuries the, greatest political, religious, and literary activity had prevailed, had ndW jrunk into slumbera most profound slumber They were wide awake only in one particular, and that with regard to their private, per sonal rights. Graduallv as a result of Swedish inva sions and wars with Sweden, the national spirit was again aroused, but after cen turies of slow growth and nearly a cen tury of regained national independence, there are still people in- Norway, who are willing to trade away a part of their country's rights, and a still greater num ber, who think that the Danish language, intermixed with a few Norwegian words, is the proper thing for Norway, and that the real Norwegian language has no right to recognition Ridiculous Ideas- Among the People. The common people, and many others too, used to think: that their dialects were corruptions of the written language, and the idea has prevailed among them that their spoken language La inferior to the written language, which has been forced upon them As a woman In destitute cir cumstances used to tell her ragged chil dren to run and h'de under the bed when neighbors or strangers called at the house, so the common people of Norway had been taught to hide their supposed linguistic rags in the presence of persons speaking the onljr orthodox, semi-German Danish language In this way a certain want of Independence and want of self-respect has been instilled into the common people and this is probably the reason why so many Norwegians coming to this country try to get rid of their own language as soon as possible, and they must needs "spikke Inglls" even to their own countrymen, al tho their ways of speaking it is BO imper fect that It reminds one of a. hen trying to play the part of a crowing rooster Can you guess, gentle reader, what expression the Norwegians use, when they speak of acquiring the English language Active, The Body Healthy. Professional peopld in? all walks of1 life, actors, ihinlsters, lawyers, con gressmen, senators, school teachers, and others who use theft? Jirain from day to night find an, '^lood Wtoe" a wonderfully nourishing and stimulating property -whlcla feeds the "brain, lteeps the mind clear and thus enabl es one to do a greater amouril^f mental work, without suffering fatigue, which fol lows overwork of a tired and insuffi ciently nourished- brain. "Blood Wine" h&l a most powerful effect upon the nerves of the body. It r will quiet one when restless. It will soothe one when worried. I t checks oncoming nervous diseases, and, cures deep seated troubles* of this kind. If yours is mental Work, /'Blood Wine" will give you greater^ enduranc e, de velop your capacity *tor work .and thus increase your eapffimg poweirp. It drives disease out^oi^t&e system and keeps the entire 1bo4y WQT.kin& as nature intended it should* * 1 W . T. BUNE'S, *- Few plays and few people last se a s on made the hit that Mrs. Leslie Car ter did in " Du Barry." 9 They **^ l, only a part effect "than'j' tna t ** l s on sl( of the country is said ^o be represented -in it, and that therefore, it is not -a national language According to this view, Danish, Swedish, JSnglish, etc are still less national, be6ause when they were first written one dialect became predomi nant ovei the rest In Danish when words were lacking, tbev were borrowed from other languages, especially German The professor thinks, that 'by a large accession of words and phrases from the dialects," the so-called Danish-Norwegian language has become ''in all respects "& truly national language" Why this ac cession of words, whose form must usual ly be changed in order to haimonize witji the general form of the Danish language, is not language "construction," while he calls it "artificial," and "constructing a dead language" to use the wofdfs' of the dialects in their original form in th& feal national language of Norway, the p*pr fessor does not explain, It is very doubt ful whether the Norwegian 'words used in the "Danish-Norwegian1" MORTIMER KALPIN. Mortimer Kalpin, the Coming Tragedi an, Says: "Blood Wine" is an excellent tonic. It invigorates and strengthens and I take great pleasure in recommending it most earnestly to my friends. Mr. Kalpin's work is a nerve and brain wrecker I t is such that few people c an endure It was this work that drove Booth, Forrest and other great actors into their graves. Such people ne ed a medicine for protection, to keep off disease and to nourish the brain and wasted tissues, and "Blood Wine" is the best thing known for the pur pose. v Mrs. Carter was supported by bright, intelligent, capable people, one of whom was Mr, W . T. Bune, who owes his present good health to 'Blood Wine.' It saved Mr. June's life from the rava ge of consumption. H e says "Grave fears recently entered into my life that I might be obliged to give up iny profession, as I had been af flicted with a hacking cough for many months. It bothered me continually. I began to lose flesh and strength. M y memory commenced to fail me, and my nerves were unquestionably on the verge of giving away. I tried doctors and a number of advertised things, but nothing seemed to exactly fill the bill. With little faith I to ok to ' Blood Wine,' and I have found it one of the best medicines ever pro duced. It has given me a clear head, active brain, stro ng pair of lungs, stopp ed my coug h, increased my appe tite, and put several pounds of flesh on me. I c an sound its praise throughout the universe. Free frialloffle! If you live at a distance and-1 cannot call at the druggists below, you can buy Blood WMe" dii ect from the manufacturers, and you cam nave a free trial bottle by cutti ng out ibis coupon and send-' ing: it to LOU IS EjA&DELIN CO,, Manufacture^, Worcester, Mags. ?9* VOEGELI BROS., Corner Washington and Hennepin. national language of Norway, Bjornson, who, whenr his feelings jare concerned., does notf search very defeftly into thifttes, has allied himself with fhls clique, In the hope of getting a majority against the "Landsmaal" in the storthing. This is ihe principal ^reason why he has suddenly discovered that everything in Nbrway is going to perdition under the rule of the liberal party Conflicting Arguments Against "Lands- maal." The arguments against the "Lands maal" are of the most conflicting sort On the one hand St is alleged that it is "constructede'' ouetd ofbecause the large number of dialects of the country on the other, thinks that by the accession of tens of thousands of Greek viords into tho Eng lish langtiajre this language has become Qreek' *T N o one* has been harder at work in language "construction" than Bjornson Probably no one has used more Norwegian words In his "Danish-Norwegian" than he But since it has become apparent that the "Landsmaal," the real national language of Norwav, is a living force, he has suddenly discovered that the dialects "smell" from the stable arfd the barn yard Lately he has had a complete edi tion of his words published In ha\ing this -work done be has employed a, Dane to expurgate all the Norwegian words probably excepting those words, however, for which there is no adequate Danish word No better commentary could be desired with regard to Professor Breda's "truly national language'" One of the queer ideas often expressed is, that resistance against Swedish su premacy necessarily implies hate or ill will against Sweden Another queer iaea is, that to insist upon the use of the real Norwegian language is to insist upon undue isolation You might as well main tain that Ole and Peter cannot be good fiiends unless they are linked together with a chain Or that Ole cannot enjoy the benefits of society unless he gives up part of his identity and apes or imitates Petei W e who claim full political and national equality for Norway loie none the less to dwell upon the glorious his tory of Sweden, oi the splendid literature of Denmark P P Iverslie 3237 Nineteenth avenue S, Minneapolis amount- -to as many as a thousand woras This the professor thinks is sufficient to ma ke Danish a "truly national language" for Norwayl In like manner he probably Cures create confidence* and have made out practice larger by fa? than that of any other physician or council of physicians" ever in the Twin Cities Our patients are not disappointed, for we never promise them more than we per form "We have recently xlemonstratea to legions of men the truth ot what we claim that our special treatment for Mule. Pelvic Diseases is as certain to cure them as it is that the sufferer engages our services and*"follows our directions All that deep knowledge expert skill, vast expe rience and thorough scientific office equipments can accomplish is now being done for those who come to us for the help they need Varicocele Varicocele impairs Vitality' and destroys the elements of manhood. Surgery seldom cures but always weakens, the parts We daily dem onstrate t&at Varicocele can be positively cured without cutting, burning, or any other painful and inconvenient form of operation Instead of the organs being maimed and mutilated, they are preserved and strengthened pain ceases entirely and almost instantly, swelling soon subsides, healthy circulation is rapidly re established, and every part of the organism affected by the disease Is thoroughly restored. 5- *"J S\ v Stricture Neglected or badly treated Strlctare is progres sive, soon Involving in its destructive course the whole Oenito-Uilnary Bjstem Cutting, stretch ing, tearing are harsh and savage reminders of old fogyism The atrletly modern, original methods employed bj* us la the treatment of Stricture are entirely free from the tortures of surgery* and are absolutely safe and painless All abnormal growth is dissolved, leaving the water channel entirely**open and absolutely free from obstruction, every unnatural discharge is stopped, and all irrigation along the walls of the Urethra and in the region ot the Prostate Gland, Bladder and Kidneys is allayed New YorjrFire canted damage of $150 000 iu Kingsbridge at the upper end of Manhattan island Tluee firemen were severely*burned Guthrie Okla Moses Keokuk, the oldest In dian of the Saac and Fox tribes, Is dead, aged 85 EATE CONFIDENCE Whe n Other s Fai l Consul t THE EMINENT DOCTORS AND SPECIALISTS AT THE BINZ MEDICAL INSTITUTE, 47-49 WASHINGTON AV S, MINNEAPOLIS IN- CORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA and acknowledged to be the LEADING MEDICAL INSTITUTE for the CURB OF DISEASfBS OF MEN in the Northwest Specific Blotd Poison Prompt and heroic treatment is the only kind that shonld ever be used In combating the "King* of blood diseabes Only temparthy relief MEDICAL INSTITUTE 47-49 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn . AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE AS A CORPORATION. OCTOBEB 2S, TD03^ Krm,Km^m$i * f % H I HENRY. H i Henry, the great minstrel king, and proprietor and manager of H i Henry's famous minstrels, has been entirely cured of a rundown condition, and put in a healthy, condition by the u se of "Blood Wine." Mr. Henry's words should carry weigh t, as he is a v.ery conservative, sensible, successful man and the one'great thing that counts most toward these characteris tics is good health. The followi ng is a word foreword copy of Mr. Henry's letter: "I have been asked so many times lately the Clause of my good health and generally improved condition, that I feel like letting you know that it has been brought about by the use of your 'Blood Wine,' which I consider a most remarkable remed y. "The remedy is one of sterling vir tue, and withal devoid of that nau seous or drug taste one expects to find in medicine, it being -what might be termed a very pleasant beverage, while its moderate cost plac es it within the reach of all. "I feel quite certain that a trial will convince the user of its wonderful powers in the recuperation of wasted energy, the awakening of dormant functions and its general building up where a vital tonie is needed. Though not much given to the use of remedies I c an most cordially recommend youf 'Blood Wine' as being of great value." Couldn't G o to His Office-Had. Rheumatism. I n Terre Haute, Ind , is a prominent lawyer, named A. J. Kelley. Every one in the city knows hi m, and also knows what a sufferer he was with TRIAL IS BEGUN WJJnjejte Tefl* of ^Parks' Attempt tj? gx tort $500 from Tiffany,'"- ' N ew York, Oct 28The first -witness called in the present trial of Samuel Parks on the charge of extortion was Benjamin Thackara, who took the stand when court opened to-day Thackara is the man who it is alleged, was sent by the Tiffany cor poration to aef Parks to ascertain whv the men ^err^wed bv it stopped working in some buildings In this city last De cember He told of his meeting with You Can Often Save a Day's Travel or A Day's Time. by rheumatism. Mr. Kelley is now well, and this is what he says. "I have taken about thr ee bottles of 'Blood Wine' and must say in my case its action has been marvelous, simply magical. M y old trouble of rheuma tism which has bothered me almost constantly in different degre es of se verity has entirely left me. I feel free of it, the first time in years and c an truthfully say that 'Blood Wine' is the best thing I ever used." Pastor and His Wife Both Cured. Both were run down, both were in poor health, nerves unstrung, appetite poor, couldn't sleep nights, worried, fretted, and became discouraged. A friend advised them to take "Blood Wine" and they were completely cured. Now they both earnestly recommend "Blood Wine." . L'O^G*.--- DISTANCE Using the Long Distance Lines of the Northwester n Telephon e Exchang e Compaty . can come from hot spring baths specifics, mer cury, potash or other mineral mixtures and poi sons During the past year we have originated and perfected a cure for Specific Blood Poison that is absolutely safe, rapid and permanent, and leaves no injurious after effects Every ex ternal symptom soon disappears, while the blood, tte tlB8\iete, the nerve fibers the bonea and tne whole system are cleansed, strengthened and re stored to perfect health and purity. Nervo-Vital Debility There is certainly no victim of Nervo-Vital De bility or Male Weakness but what hopes to be re juvenated some time You should not lose your grip on lite because Inferior remedies have failed to benefit you Our special treatment for this trouble, varied and modified to suit each indl vidual case, is an unfailing cure to which a vast army of restored men to day owe their sturdy health1* and happy condition in life Under it all disagreeable symptoms soon disappear, drains of vigor are stopped, prematureness prevented, masculine power thoroughly restored and man hood made complete. Correspondence If you cannot visit us personally, write the symptoms^ that trouble you most and you wVU receive an honest and scientlfie opinion ot your case, together with our latest medical book, free of cost. \ A vast majority ot cases can be cured by our system of home treatment, which is the most successful system ever devised We make no charge for private counsel by letter, and give to each patient a legal contract in writing, backed by abundant capital, to hold for our promise Physicians having stubborn cases to treat are cordially Invited to consult with us. Our office hours are from 9 a m to 5 p m , and from 7 to 8 30 p m Sunday 10 to 12 30 only Address all communications to Circleville, O. Gentlemen"My wife and I have taken three bottles of your 'Blood Win e' with good results I recom mended it to a neighbor, who says it is improving her health, I find that it is all that it is represented to be and cheerfully recommend it to others." W. H. Thomas, Pastor M. E . Church. Had Kidney Disease"Blood Wine* Cured It. Buffalo, N . T . "I can't praise 'Blood Wine' too highly, it cured me after other reme dies had failed. I suffered with kid ney and liver trouble, besides my blood being very th in Six bottles of 'Blood Wine' made me well and strong. I say to everyone troubled as I am, uso it" 'D. Eldredge. 1161 Broadway, "4*. *' Parks, and of having asked him why tha men had stopped work Parks said, ac cording to the witness, "Tiffany is fined $500, an J you'xe not prepared to Bet tie send Tiffany to -see me " ^ ^Thackara said that he asked Parks to go and see Tiffanj, but that the accused replied "You go back and tell Tiffany to gM =3, and Jerome and the whole crew " K"* Denver, Col Herbert S Howe, the 15-year-old son of Professor H A Howe of Denver univer sity, has discovered a new and large group of spots at the upper edge of the sna's disc Medical Advice Call or Write the Guaranty Doctors A SURE CURE Is what we will ive you beyond a doubt if your case is curable, if not, we will not accept your money, and promise to do anvthing for ^ou The certaintv of our bvstems of treatment has been estab lished by their absolute reliability in the many thousands of cases we have cured, some of them very severe, and had even been pronounced incurable by specialists. Having a thorough knowledge of the dis eases we treat we are able tf decide in an instant whether you are within reach of medical science, and if not there ls no amount of moiey that will induce us to hold out any hopes to jou for we pre serve our professional reputation only by being careful to promise no more than we can perform VABICOCELE Itching, painful knotted and twisted ap pearance of scrotal veins indicate this dreadful life draining affliction TV e cure this disease without operation, and under our treatment the congested "worm like" blood vessels soon disappear The parts are restored to their natural condition, vigor and strength and circulation re-established. STEICTUEE We cure stricture without the knife or instrunent by an application which acts dlrectlv on the parts affected, dissolving the stricture completely The treatment is painless, arid In nowise interferes with bnsl ness duties LOSS OF MANLY VIGOE You may be lacking in the .power of manhood If so. we will retore you what you have lostthe snap, vim and vigor of nianhood-'-v.hich may be the result ot in discretion, losses, drains, emissions, ex cesses and umatnral discharges CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON It may be in its primary stage, it may I na-ve b*cv nexeAttaxy or contracted In days We cure all its complications \Ye stop its progress eradicate ever vestige of poison from the system, and Ma with out the use of mercury or potash eBr We cure all irritation, frequent desire, stoppage pain in back brickdust sediment, scanty flow and catarrhal conditions Free chemical test Bring specimen of orlne. ^ */**+ PILES $ " " We^" cure without operationTin tea days. No detention from business, no add in jection or ligatures used THE GUARANTY DOCTORS 230 HENNEPIN AVE, MINNEAPOLIS HOURSDaily, 8 a m. to 8 P-jn^JJug- day mornings, 9 to 1 p. m. V PEIVATE DISEASES Delicate discharges cured All burning, itching and inflammation stopped in 24 hours, cures effected in many cases in seven days Medicine furnished free KIDNEY, BLADDEE DISEASES