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WORTH MOUNTAINS OFGOLD During Change of Life, says Mrs. Chas. Barclay Granite ville, Yt. “I was passing through the Change of Life and suffered Mfrom nervousness symptoms, anti f Vegetable Com pound has proved of me, as it LydiaE. Pinfeham’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 suffer ing women I am willing to make my trouble public so you may publish this letter.”—Mrs. Chas. Barclay, It. F.D., Granite ville, Vt. No other medicine for woman’s ills has received such wide-spread and un cfualified endorsement. No other med icine 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 ft has been curing female complaints such as inflammation, ulceration, local weak nesses, 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. Barclay says.it is “worth moun tains of gold ” to suffering women. Ktnalica of the Vernacular. “Hullo!” “Hullo! Oozat?” “Smee—Mayme. Thatchoo, Moll?” “Yeh, ’tsmee. Wotsup, Mayme?” “Saymoll, wajja mean b’tellinfanbout —can yeer me, Moll?" “Yeh, I herja. Telliner wot?” “Core shoo dunno!” “Core si don’t. Ooozbinstuffin yuh?” “Nunna yerbiz. Betchacant guess “Bettacan! Fantole ” “Awgit out! Haintseeenersince ” “Yesh av! Yoon her wuz ” “Aw frevvin sake canchoo lemmy “Lookeer, Mayme! Owbout Billan you cumminover ” "Nuthindoon. Gee, I gottastoppen go backstore! Goo by.” “Awfulsorrygooby.” Lanie back and Lumbago make a young man feel old. Hamlins Wizard Oil makes an old man feel young. Absolutely noth ing like it for the relief of all pain. In Norway the longest day lasts from May 21 to July 22 without inter ruption. In Cuba the State telegraph offices have been combined with the postal department. Mrs. Winslows Sooth two Stbus for Children toothing; softens the gums, reduces inflAmmstion.nl> b|i t>ain. cures wind colic. £> cents a bottle. Great Britain makes use of over $2,- 000,000 worth of shellfish every year. STOP THAT PAIN TAKE Gold Medal Haarlem Oil CiV3?SUriES "Odorless and Tasteless." Totir pains and aches from KIDNEY. LIVER, BLADDER OR STOMACH TROUBLE will begin to disappear the first day you take GOLD MEDAL HAARLEM OIL CAP SULES. Holland Medicine Cos., Scranton, Pa. Dear Sirs: In writing you this, I am doing Something that I have never done before, vol untarily. Several weeks ago I saw your cou fon in the “Timcs-Star,” and as a last resort thought I would try your Haarlem Oil Cap sule;. You sent me the coupon, and to make a long story short, I am now on my second box. 1 am. or was suffering from what I sup posed was kidney trouble, caused by an over indulgence of beer, and the pair. I suffered at night was excruciating, and left me feeling bad all next day. I have since then stopped drinking beer, thinking that wo*r!a aiiay the pain, but without any good resulrs. But your capsules have given me so much case. I felt that not to —rite you would be doing you an Injustice, hence tfiis letter. I am going to continue their use indefinitely. Thanking you for your generous kindness in sending a cou pon, 1 am. Yours very sincerely, T. VV. REHNAN, 1057 Freeman Ave. Cincinnati, O-, March 22, 1909. Get a bon today. Capsules 2S and 50 cents. Bottles, 15 and 35 cents, at all druggists. HOLLAND MEDICINE CO.. Sole Importers Scranton, Pa. If your Druggist cannot supply you, write us direct. mm ((Midi —... 1 ..1... ...1 I ■ FOR LITTLE FAT FOLKS Most grateful and comforting is a warm bath with Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings with Cuti cura. This pure, sweet, econom ical treatment brings immediate relief and refreshing sleep to skin tortured and disfigured little ones and rest to tired, fretted mothers. For eczemas, rashes, itchings, irritations and chafings. Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment are worth their weight in gold. Sold UrniuctK’Ot the wortd. Depot* T.od<3ml TZ. CfcartertKiuae So : A Ps*. AiMtr*- I! H. Town* A Cos.. Sydney: B k Pul. Calcutta: Chins, Hoag Konf Prist Cos.: Japaa. llartiya, Ltd, Tokio. Russia. Ferreio. Moscow; So A true. Lenaoa, l id, Ope y.S.A. aouex Prat * Ota. Carp, dot* Prop#, Bww WOMEN - OF THE CIRCUS. They Are Careful Ltvera and Very Feminine In Their Tastes. The woman of the circus leads a much more careful life than her sis ter of the stage, says an exchange. Of her diet she must be critically careful, for in performance a mistake of an inch means death, and to be in the best physical condition she must pay the price in a life almost ascetic. The girl who spends the working hours of her life flying through the air thirty feet above the hard tanbark cannot take any chances. They are genuine women, too. For instance, it is told of one remarkable trapeze artist that she is always afraid when she is on a railroad journey and that this is the one fea ture of the life of the circus that she fears. Another who is a notable tight rope artist, and capers and dances on the slender surface of a thin wire twenty-five feet above the ground is afraid to cross the streets in a crowd ed city. They know the danger of their call ‘ng. Accidents happen right along, but they are not published to the world, for the circus .m ist ever carry a message of cheerfulness. But in surance companies, though they will grant insurance to a locomotive engi neer, will never do so to a circus acro bat. Even on the road there Is plenty of domestic life to be found among these women. Many of them are great read ers. The foreign performers spend a large part of their time learning the language of this country. Some have sons or brothers at college. An interesting point about the life of the circus that would commend it to almost any woman is the fact that it seems to be a sort of panacea of old age. The open air life, the constant exercise and the careful regimen have their reward. Most performers of any merit are well paid, and the life on the road is sufficiently economical to enable them to save a considerable proportion of this salary. This money is largely put into handsome homes where dur ing the off season the woman of the circus can be for the time actually the woman of the home, her dearest ambi tion. PROVED BY TIME. No Fear of Any Further Trouble, David Price. Corydon, la., says: "I was in the last stage of kidney trou ble—lame, weak, run down to a mere y rr N skeleton. My back was so bad I could hardly walk and the ViSfe y kidney secretions E much disordered. A L week after I began T '■ j using Doan's Kidney ...I could walk without a cane, and as I continued my health gradually re *mHi ‘ turned. I was so grateful I made a public statement of my case, and now seven years have passed, and I am still perfectly well.” Sold by all dealers. 50c. a box. Foster Milburn Cos.. Buffalo. N. Y. London Street Beggan. That the skilled beggar can make a larger sum a week than the average industrious working .man was one of ♦he opinions advanced by the chairman (Robert Pierpont) at the annual meet ing of the London Mendicity Society. It was probable, he said, that in the streets of London alone something like £IOO,OOO a year was given away in casual charity by persons who knew nothing about the conditions and cir cumstances of those to whom they gave. The total number of begging letters received by the society during 190S was 1,358, which, with those already in their possession, made a total of no fewer than 238,938. He pointed out that about 28 per cent of begging let ter writers were utter impostors, and only about 13 per cent were deserving of help. Mr. Pierpont reminded those pres ent that the society was originally formed by the first Duke of Welling ton, owing to the number of beggars who, professing to have served under him at Waterloo and in the Peninsula wars, continually accosted him in fire street for alms. —Reynolds’ Newspaper. Ito niemlp, President Edward O'Neil, of the Master Butchers' Association of New York, was discussing the advance in meat prices due to the wheat corner. “And these wheat cornerers,” said Mr. O'Neil, "ca.ll themselves patriots, eh? They’re lu the Washington and Lincoln class. They only cornered the wheat to prevent Europe from taking it away from us and leaving us to starve. Patriots;” He laughed Harshly. “It reminds me.” he said, "of John Stockton, who was renowned for his domesticity. Two women were talk ing about Stockton. The first said: “ ‘He has very domestic tastes, hasn’t he?’ " ‘Oh. very,’ the other woman re plied. ‘He flirts wtth every cook they have,’ ” THREE REASONS. Back with Two Le(i a>4 Tea Fingers. A Boston woman who Is a fond iSnther writes an amusing articla about her experience feeding her boys. Among other things she says: "Three chubby, rosy-cheeked boys. Bob, Jack and Dick, aged 6, 4 and 2 years respectively, are three of our reasons for using and recommending the food, Grape-Nuts, for these youngsters have been fed on Grape-Nuts since infancy, and often between meals when other children would have been given can dy. "I gave a package of Grape-Nuts to a neighbor whose 3-year-old child was a weazened little thing, ill half the time. The little tot ate the Grape- Nuts and cream greedily and the mother continued the good work and it was not long before a truly wonder ful change manifested itself in the child's face and body. The results were remarkable, even for Grape- Nuts. "Both husband and I use Grape-Nuts every day and keep strong and well and have three of the finest, healthiest boys you can find in a day's march." Many mothers instead of destroying the children's stomachs with candy and cake give the youngsters a hand ful of Grape-Nuts when they are beg ging for something in the way of sweets. The result is soon shown in greatly increased health, strength and mental activity. "There's a Reason." Look in pkgs. for the famous littl* book, "The Road to WellTille. ’ Ever read the abo>c letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full ol human interest. MISSOURI UR ON SURE Freak Laws Bar “Coke” Fiend, “Knucks,” Dirks, Booze on Trains and Cigarettes. BED SHEETS NINE FEET LONG. Tine SIOO to Give Boy “Makings”— Nude Art Goe*—Publish Scan dal? Mercy, No! That sentiment in Missouri is drift ing toward the puritanical is evi denced by a glance at some of the eighty new laws enacted by the State Legislature last winter and which have now become effective. One meas ure provides that even the nude in an must go. Another makes it an offense, punishable by fine or jail sen tence, for any newspaper or periodical to publish scandalous items, even though they be a matter of record in cmirt. Revolvers, “knucks,” dirks and ill deadly weapons are practically driven from the State. A dealer may not even exhibit these weapons in his show windows, and if any one other than an officer be fo’nd with one in his possession, ‘‘it’s '.us pen’ for him.” Except on dinir.g cars no liquor may be drunk on any train within the borders of the State. Colored and white women are to be segregated hereafter in the State reform schools. Because a Kansas City man covertly hooked up an electric fan with an electric wire passing his lodgings by means of a steel “stick” umbrella, a law was passed making it a felony to steal electric power. It will be a mis demeanor to publish anyCJ..~ promot ing divorces. Ar.y boy umitr 18 years of age caught smoking a cigarette will be liable to a fine of $lO, and anyone selling to such a youth, or giving to him a cigarette, or “the makings," will be liable to a fine up to SIOO, one-half of which is to go to the informer. A hog, no matter how much of a razor-back, is to be held to be worth more than S3O for criminal prosecu tion purposes, at least. It will be grand larceny to steal one. The new game law is practically prohibitive. The man who never hunts will feel it, in that it is to be a jail offense to sell any game whatever in the State. There will be no more game served in restaurants. Hunters may eat what they kill, or may give it away, but they may not sell it. No game may be shipped into Missouri from other States. Traveling men now sleep under nine-foot bedsheets, made that long so as to fold back over antique “com forts. “Coke” fiends may find themselves deprived of the right to run their own business by the appearance of a guardian. One more law of State-wide Impor tance limits the working hours for women to fifty-four in the week. DIVORCES MEAN U. S. FALL. Archbishop Glrnnon Sny* Evil Will Ituin Republic. Declaring the greatest curse that hovers over the United States is the divorce evil. Archbishop Glennon, of St. Louis, delivered a masterful ser mon at the dedication of the Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene in Salt Lake. Cardinal Gibbons was present. Arch bishop Glennon said: “We are going through a crisis. How long will it stand, this republic of ours, if the home begins to fall? When the home 'alls the republic falls, and when the republic falls, the last support of lib erty and progress falls. Our homes are overshadowed by divorce. With every divorce at least one home is broken and one home is ruined. If we would maintain the standard of Chris tianity we must maintain its sweetest blossom, the Christian home.” I.aMt of the Stae Conehe*. The last of the old-fashioned stage coaches that supplied the scattered settlers of the plains country in southwestern Kansas wtih mail from the outside world once each week will 6oon be discarded and automobiles will take their place. In that coun try of long distances the settlers and ranchers are so progressive that they want to hear from the outside world evgry day. The twice-a-week mail service with stage coaches and buck boards would not do. The railroads have halted and hesitated about plunging through this long stretch of plains country and the lonely settlers of the prairies appealed to Fncle Sam for relief. The government is now determining the feasibility of serving the people living in three counties in southwestern Kansas and one county in southeastern Colorado with a daily mail service by automobile. InvestiKatinjx Straw Diteaae, Dr. Joseph Goldberger, of the Ma rine Hospital service staff, who was sent to Philadelphia to investigate the nature of the epidemic known as straw disease, because first taken by members of a yacht crew who slept on fresh straw beds, has proved at least its infectious character by at once catching the disease. The disease is described by the city health authori ties as a hivelike inflammation of the skin, resembling chicken pox. ordin ary hives and itch. Dr. Goldberger, to make the test, held his bare arm in contact with the straw taken from one of the beds on which a person afflicted with the disease had lain. M. Vandervalde, the Belgian Social ist leader, announces that he w ill go to the Kongo to defend the American missionaries, the Rev. Dr. William M. Morrison and the Rev. Dr. William Henry Sheppard, who are under in dictment there for criminally libeling the Kasai Rubber Company, a Kongo Free State corporation. The steamer Cadillac of Cleveland was sunk in a collision with an un known vessel opposite the St. Clair flats in the St. Clair River last night. The crew remained on the steamer, w hich was only partially submerged. The Nebraska millers have won a victory in their fight on Secretary' Wil son’s ruling against bleached flour. It is understood that the Secretary will not urge his order in the matter. Fire destroyed the home of Mrs. Caroline B. Alexander at Castle Point. N. J.. on the Hudson River. The house was valued at $40,000, and furnishings, including picture*, at SIOO,OOO. Howard Quick and Percy Barron were killed by lightning while descend ing into a coal mine at Idaho Springs. Col. Quick's father was operating the machinery that runs the cage. BIG CROPS IN EUROPE. Production Is Reported Greater than That for Two Years. With the mid-harvest reached in Europe, the Department of Agricul ture issued a report showing the con ditions of the crops in foreign coun tries. The conditions are the least promising in Central Europe. As to this section the report says: ‘‘Little improvement was permitted last month because of the weather. In Germany and Austria-Hungary a con siderable decline in this year’s wheat crop and a moderate decrease in rye seem assured. The reduction in wheat in Central Europe will be 50,000,000 bushels below last year, when a bare average crop was reaped. “Western and Southwestern Eu rope,” the report adds, “are reaping crops much more satisfactory. In Great Britain, on an increased acre age, the condition of wheat is placed 4 per cent above average. “In Spain a yield is expected suffi cient to supply the domestic demands. In Italy the crop yield generally seems satisfactory, but the quality is poor. An official estimate places the prob able harvest 10 per cent, or about 15,- 000, bushels, above last year. “The latest official crop report of France is unfavorable as regards con dition, but an average wheat harvest is still possible, owi,.g to the increased area. “Throughout Eastern and Southern Europe good crop conditions have been maintained. In Roumania, in spite of a smaller area of wheat, a crop much larger than last year is expected. In Bulgaria and Servia the promise is favorable, while in Russia the crops are rated good. In the latter country the acreage of winter wheat is un doubtedly less than last year, hut spring wheat is the crop much more largely grown. “Outside of Europe and the United States, Canada is the only important producer which harvests its crop--, at this season; latest reports thence are decidedly encouraging, indicating for all grains, except winter wheat, a crop much in excess of last year. “It is still too early to judge of the between-season crops to be furnished by India, Australia and Argentina. The favorable monsoon in India gives promise of a favorable season, but it must be borne in mind that the next wheat ( crop has not yet been sown there. “Seeding in Australia has been fa vored by plentiful rains. In Argen tina serious drought prevailed for months and at the date of the latest reports had been broken only in part; a lavge decrease in the area under wheat seems certain.” MISSOURI FARMS. Greater In Suintier Than Those of Any Other State. Missouri has more farms than any other State in the Union. Within her borders are 284,886 farms, which aver age 120 acres to the farm. The im proved land to each farm averages 75 acres, or 62% per cent. These farms are worth $35 per acre on an average. Among the States of the middle west Missouri has smaller farms than many of them Ohio is an exception, where 276,000 farms average only 88 acres. Illinois has 264,000 farms, of 124 acres each. -lowa has 228,000 farms, of 151 acres; Kansas 173,000 of 288 acres. In the United States farms average 116 acres, but only 50 per cent is improved land. The average Missouri farm has 15 cattle, 4 horses, 1 mule, 26 hogs, 5 sheep and a fraction of a goat. Fully one-third of the State’s popu lation depend directly or indirectly upon animal products for their exist ence. The income from animals and animal products is $130,000,000 an nually. Fifty-five per cent of the farmers have their principal income from live stock. DEATH OF MRS. CULLOM. Wife of IllinoiH Veteran Senator Ex pire* in W'a*hiniston. Mrs. Shelby M. Cullom, wife of the Illinois Senator, died, in Washington the other day after a long illness. Mrs. Cullom was one of the last women in official life who was in Washington during the stirring days of the civil war at the time of Lin coln's assassination. Mr. Cullom took his seat in the lower house in March. 1865, and remained there continuously until 1871, when, after a period of pri vate life, he was made Governor of his State. Mrs. Cullom could count a variety of episodes in her long and successful career as wife of a public man. She was the second wife of the Illinois Senator, his first being her eld est sister. Few couples in public life, it is said, manifested the sincere af fection which always marked the rela tions of Senator and Mrs. Cullom. Chicnnro “Fratu” In Trouble. There are hard times ahead for Chicago’s public school “frafcs" and sororities. The president of the Board of Education, despite the fact that he has a sou and a daughter who have belonged to them, declares that he ha* no use for them, and the new superintendent of schools. Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, is strong in her opposi tion. Mrs. Young believes that the “frats" should be wiped out. She favors, as a substitute, a plan which has been a success in one high school, where the faculty has instituted a series of afternoon and evening dances and entertainments for all the pupils. A club house has also been provided in a nearby building. Sommer Mk Flight Record. The world’s record for length of flight in an aeroplane was taken from Wilbur Wright in France, when Roger Sommer, in his Farman biplane, stayed in the air 2 hours. 27 minutes and 15 seconds. Wright's previous record was 2 hours. 20 minutes and 57 seconds, made at Le Mans last December. Second Tom Thnmb Born. A boy baby was bom to Mrs. Ed ward Rathbun, of Streator, 111, which weighs but one pound and eleven ounces. The child is well developed and healthy. Make. Unlit of 12.456 Pieces. Mrs. Allison Bunnell of Terryvllle, Conn., has two bedquilts that have 5.- 25S pieces in each. She also has on* containing 12.456 pieces. All are her own make. Mrs. Bunnell is over 80 years of age and devotes much time t* sewing, being an expert with the nee dle. Because of mental or physical defi ciencies half of the candidates for commissions in the United States ma rine corps hailed to pass the examina tions which have been in progress at the marine barracks in Washington In his leased summer ihome at Beverly, Mass., President Taft has been seeking rest. All except the ab solutely necessary official business was left behind, and no interviews are granted. The president is recuperat ing to be ready for his big circle swing through the West and South, beginning September 15. A tentative outline of this coming trip w r aa given to-the press before he left Washing ton. This indicates a total mileage of about 13,000. Accompanied by Lis private secretary and military aid, a number of reporters and guests at different stages of tne journey, the President will travel ia his private car, attached generally to regular trains. The day he is to start will be his 52d birthday, and his first official stop after leaving Boston will be Chicago, thence via Madison, Wis.; Minneapolis, Des Moines, Denver and to the Seattle Exposition. The return trip will take the party southward to the Mexican border, where Diaz Is to shake hands with Taft; a four days’ sail down the Mississippi from St. Louis; a stay on his brother’s ranch in Texas and a homeward sweep through the South after attend ing the Waterways Convention at New Orleans. A heavier' business than has ever been known in a single year is looked for by Chairman Knapp of the Inter state Commerce Commission for Amer ican railroads during the present fiscal year. The serious situation anticipat ed, not only by Judge Knapp, but by other officials of the commission, and by operating railroad men generally, is that there may be a shortage ot cars. The crop prospects are consid ered so bright that the transportation companies may be taxed beyond their capacity to handle the freight. Ac cording to figures submitted to the commission, the railroads have recov ered from the low business pressure of a year and a half ago, and now are handling almost as much traffic a? they did in the rush months of 1907 which was the banner year in Ameri can railroading. The present system of handling the receipts and disbursements in the Uni ted States treasury ;.t Washington aud the subtreasuries in all the important cities of the country is now being carefully scrutinized, with a view to probable changes in some details, by a Chicago firm of expert accountants. Certain changes in the system will probably be made in order that the treasury may respond more promptly to the business demands of the coun try at crop periods and other crucial times. The investigation also will re sult in better designs for subtreasury buildings that will, if possible, prevent future thefts of money such as thal of $173,000 at Chicago as well as an other at St. Louis some time ago. A proposal to make smaller the size of our paper money is receiving favor able consideration at the hands of Secretary of State MacVeagh and along with this change new designs are to be made in a way that will give to every note of the same denomination the same portrait. The sidfe of the bills will be near to that of French paper uioney, or about a quarter smaller. Director Ralhow of the Bureau of En graving and Printing has reported that he has found a chemical solution or wash in which old and dirty bills can be made almost as good and quite as clean as new. Economy is the main point in both these proposed plans for the currency. Within the last six or seven weeks the information ureau of the Depart ment of Commerce and Labor has pro vided jobs for more than 3,000 of the army of the unemployed, most of these men having been directed to the wheat fields of the Northwest. The informa tion is supplied only in lines of un skilled labor, the labor unions having objected to any activity in lines within their operations. The timely arrival of the Taft, yacht off Biddeford, Me., prevented a dire catastrophe when a power boat met with an accident with a party of twenty abroad. Two persons drowned ancj three are likely to succumb to the effects of the accident. The entire party w*ould have been lost but for the arrival of the presidential boat. September 15 President Taft will start on his great trip through the West and South, during which he will cover a total of 12,000 miles. The es timated cost of the trip is $15,000. The government settles this bill, as now the President is allowed $25,000 a year for traveling expenses. Acting Secretary of the Treasury Reynolds has ruled that hides and Philippine cigars held in bonded ware houses when the tariff law went into effect might be withdrawn free of duty. Regulations have also been is sued to govern the sale of unmanu factured leaf tobacco. They provide that every dealer shall annually make a return for registry of his place of business and amount of tobacco han dled. Midshipman Kenneth Whiting, in command of the submarine Porpoise, now stationed at Manila, in order to demonstrate the possibility of escape from a submerged submarine through a torpedo tube, has performed that feat. While the Porpoise was lying at the bottom of the bay, Whiting crawled into the tube and grasped the inner handle of the water gate or port, which is opened by machinery. As the water rushed in he was drawn out far enough to clear himself with out injury and swam to the surface. The famous Roosevelt tennis court has been infested by workmen who will soon begin excavations for the new $40,000 extension to the presi dential offices. By the time President Taft returns from his Western trip a new suite of rooms will have been erected at the rear of the present offices. The native women of Ecuador are so used to strong beat and light that they even do their spinning out of doors in the blazing sun. HNO LAXNESS IN BURKS Test* by Comptroller Show Ma jority of Directors Fig ure-Heads. FEW FAMILIAR WITH LAWS List of “Bad” Institutions Formed— Must Be Examined Every Three Months. Comptroller of the Currency Mur ray, who since his appointment by President Roosevelt has been doing a lot of house-cleaning, beginning with the national bank examiners, is now paying some attention to directors of national banks. There are 50,000 of them, and a short time ago they were astonished to receive a letter from the Comptroller of the Currency asking them what they knew about the loans and discounts their cashiers were mak ing, the signatures and collateral of borrowers, and the general habits of employes of their banks. In other words, Mr. Murray wanted to know if ae directors were really directing. The information now in the posses sion of Mr. Murray is to the effect that only 25 per cent of the national bank directors are familiar with the condi tions of their banks in all details. Four per cent practically admitted that they knew nothing of the state of the banks with which they are connected. Loans were .approved by directors in only 31 per cent of all cases. The offi cers had full control and used their own judgment as to loans in nearly one-half of all the institutions. Eighty per cent of the directors could not cei tify to the genuineness of signatures on notes discounted by the banks. Six ty per cent tacitly permitted officers to permit overdrafts. Comptroller Mur ray is wrought up over the laxness displayed in the examination of loans and collateral by directors. In 800 cases this examination was made only one a year. In only one half of the banks was the condition ot reserve regularly inquired into by the directors. The cash, however, was counted periodically by a committee of the directors in a substantial ma jority of the institutions. The Comptroller has classified every national bank in the United States. Those whose directors admitted that they were not familiar with the work ings of their institutions have been classed as “bad” banks and will b 6 subjected to four examinations each year. EMPEROR BEGINS 80TH YEAR Francis Joseph Observes Birthday and Rulers Congratulate. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has entered upon his eightieth year amid the universal congratulations of his people. However diverse the races in the monarchy and however bitter the internal conflicts, all unite to honor the venerated ruler whose assiduous EMPEROR TRANCIS JOSEPH. devotion to his duties is everywhere recognized and admired. The Emperor was deeply touched by the action of King Edward in sending his chamberlain from Marienbad with an autograph letter of congratulations and a costly birthday present. It pleased him the most of all the mes sages from foreign sovereigns. UNCLE SAM RANKS SECOND. French Consider American Nary Stronger than Germany’*. The Paris Temps takes issue with Deputy Michel, who declared in the French chamber that Germany stands second among the naval powers. The Temps points out that second place Is held by the United States, which with a fleet of sixteen battleships “accom plished an admirable feat in circum navigating the globe.” The paper adds that all English authorities clasß the United States second among the naval powers. Germany, therefore, would be third and France fourth. Orville Wri*cht Sail. Away. Accompanied by his sister, Orville Wright sailed from New York for Ger many, there to conduct flight trials in his aeroplane for Emperor William. In an interview Wright said that his ma chine could carry enough fuel to keep it aloft for twenty-five hours, but he did not assert that he could fly in it a distance of 1,000 miles, the theoretical maximum distance which the power would allow. He thought that aero planes would be used in carrying malls before many years. Abrozst Climbs Highest. The Italian duke of the Abruzzi has returned from his ascent of Mount Godwin-Austen, in India, with anew world’s record, having climbed to a height of 24,600 feet This mountain is the next highest to Mount F.verjt. Wife Leaves Riches to Dogs. By the will of lira. Mary F. Snow of Hartford, Conn., Miss Phila C. Mil ler, a spinster living at Orange. Mass will receive the income from SIO,OOO for taking care of Mrs. Snow's two small imported dogs. The deceased left her husband but $2,000. Dies of Hiccoughs. After suffering for more than ten weeks with hiccoughs, John M. Ferris, aged *7 years, is dead at Springfield. Ohio. Although attended by three phy sicians, nothing could be done to stop the hiccoughs, and he gradually suc cumbed to exhaustion. Black Mss Tamed White. Jacob Thomas, a remarkable colored man, died in Le Roy. X. Y. Thomas color in the last twelve years changed from the darkest hue of the negro to white, so much so that he v, ou*d be passed in the streets as a white man. ■CASTQRIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the /y\ Signature /Jam /sf A A I P w /1\ ■? upium.Morpmne norHweraL ft \\lr Not Narcotic. 4 A LT teipeofMlkSWLlimmL |\/\ :Jl Pumpkin Sttd- * all ( a . jfv In Pi % (jsg Aperfect Remedy for ftmsfipa- I 11/ S-Jj# tion.SourStomaeh.Dlarrtoca 1 l|v m m ran H 'Worms .Convulsions .Feverish V m Lfl F 11 If Q T nessandLossorSlEEF- \J* FUI UlUl Far Simile SignatureoT *| i , If |nggy Thirty Years CASTQRIA Exact Copy of Wrapper. THC centaur oomhny, hcw York city. Ynje‘ First Violin. An interesting story is told of M. Eugene Ysaye. In his younger and poorer days he was very anxious to secure a Guadagnini violin which he saw in a pawn broker's window in Hamburg. Although he had not the wherewithal, he asked the pawn brok er to lay it aside, as he might be able to purchase it some day. The man agreed to keep it for a certain time. Ysaye went back to his rooms with very mingled feelings. How could he raise the necessary money? That was the question which puzzled and wor ried him. To his great surprise he met a friend who had just arrived from Belgium, and in despair begged him to lend him enough to buy the wonderful instrument. “It’s a large sum to pay,” said the friend, “and I haven’t enough money with me.” “Would you lend it if you had?” asked the violinist. “Yes,” was the reply. “Look here, then,” said Ysaye, “you deal in diamonds?” “Yes;.” “Then leave a few diamonds as security and get me the precious Guadagnini." Ysaye’s friend was surprised at the proposal, but realizing the earnestness of the request, consented to do so. “In this way,” says Ysaye, “I was married to my first love among the fiddles —my Guadagnini.” MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT YOUR SERVICE FREE. Not a Penny to Pay for the Fullest Medical Examination. If you are in doubt as to the cause of your disease, mail us a postal re questing a medical examination blank which you will fill out and return to us. 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