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Mly',WlBMBlP! -J "(1 nii.mi ftffppTi.,;T,tv.,,i.y.), ki' vj-r q&m$m m iVnwmmm ' tl 'a-fln M71 rlll Mr. 4 A .- v& ?r .' Ji3 Al , & " I.' V ;t '. 1 "4 y-? fft f '' MARION DAILY StctionTwo Paget 9-16 ?Et. H' w.ivvk (- 1 w $& li 'f a?: I 7v VOLUME XVI. NO. 1i,8. AIABION, OHIO, SATUKDAY EVENING, JANUARY II, 1908. peioe two cwxnm. . ,,- r'',;;; :v" v , ,.- . ' c- .- .,. - -" . ,w. ''. ! - ' ''fTM v , . . ' .-: v - "i ; v , , , . ,. r V l v. -v - i ' ' r ,a i - . 2 ,. j u MIRROR. 'V w x . jr V i-, t .'I "It f V 4 r in' t(SSS9lSSXXSSatSSXSSSSSS9 WEEKLY LETTER THE Excitement Prevails in Republican Official Circles on Account of the Uncertainty of the Political Fu ture-Are Looking and x3eVVXV6SSXCXX3SXSX (Special Correspondence) Washington, D. O., Jan. 10. A conBldorablo undercurrent of ox. tltcmont prevails In Republican or. iiclal circles on account of tho un. 'certainty of tho political future. Nearly all the offlco holders who hold positions above clerkships are stnf ! mi limit ftlllir ftVInnf r::rT;rb;. " T'.r .r ::.,. .. Ul. .UU.U, JUW, U.W ... be superceded b other imirioia, either Domorcats or of tho Hepubll 'can fectlon opposed to the Rooso. volt Administration, There is, therefore, great unrest In official Washington which is made more acute by tho unfortunate financial conditions Into which tho inutcito that depositors would bo country 1ms fallen, and tho practical just M unreasonable about waiting bankruptcy or tho United States for tholr monoy, although tho gov. Treasury. Thero Is only six mll-'ornmont had guaranteed tho pay. lon available cash on hand, and mont. Hence tho necessity for n ro tor. tho month of Uocombor tho ex- Rorvo fund largo enough to moot pondltures of tho government ox- Buch a gnnranteo, when ovorvoiio ceeded tho Incomo .by nearly e7ght Is calling for monoy Without hero iMiiuuu uoimra. oinco lAOcemuer 20th tho Secretary of the Trcas. ury ha been compelled to with draw from the Natlonnl Banks over $11,000-000 to pay tho pressing bills of tho government, and If tho Sllk.COn,',nT J" th? Customs flndv .nternal .Rovcnuo recolpts. the j-V4t.nii(i,(i(m now on nonoslt with thex'D?nks will havo to bo further aopieteq, Tho banks aro not in rondlttoh o repay any of that unt, for the Now York banks havo P?uc&,,f?a ia8h on hand than tho 25 perJcentv of their deposits which TOO VUW requires, and the banka.bppn phown hv tho long hoirtThv ad- 'OuUldvof iNow York, according to Jhey'eport of the Comptroller of tho Currency, have'.but lc por cent re feerye. ' ' j , . How to resume cash payments Is, therpforq, tho pressing question. ,Ono of tho principal financial ex perts of tho United States Treasury polned out to mo yesterday tho fallacy of Mr. Bryan's plan, for the government to 'gaornntoo do po'slts In National Banks. Ho MANY HOMES AND LIVES DESTROYED BY CARELESSNESS State Fire Marshal Says Parlor Match Should be Outlawed Careless Use of Matches in Ohio Burned 30 Children to Death Last Year. Tho careless use of matches In Ohio last' year llred 534 buildings and burned to death 30 children. fine 'parlor" match In common uso is the greatest convenience and tho greediest Incendiary ever Invented by man.. In the state It caus.es 12 per cent, of all fires; In large cities aiout 18 per cent. Tho Chicago To port Bhaws 21.4 per cent. Tho "par lor match" referred to herein Is In no way associated with love's aweet dream ijf all tho peoplo'wero taught tho umiiiom wuui uim wvu nio iwoU... nonmou9 flro.loss from Cbem. of ou.d be reduced to almost nothing.' But teacliors who warn against tho flro dangers In this life aro Taw, The dangers of the "parlor" match aro manifold. In Igniting tho head often explodes or tho stick breaks 'and flaming chemicals fly nnd Ig nite wastepaper, sweepings, lace cur tains nnd tho clothing of womon and children, 1 Tho smoker, and often tbe housewife too, after using thq match gives It a twirl and a toss without oloking to see It It Is still glowing If It Is kopt alight long enough for the stick to bo burned through It (Willi In two-thirds of all matches, remain a red hot coal half an Inch ong during an average Interval of 48 seconds A largo proportion of matcto fires result from ono of these hot etlcks belrig thrown upon Inflam mable substances, WIOKEiD UAJREliESSNESS. The careless leave these matches ly ing about although ono of thorn may be Ignited by the sun's rays focused Upon It, by a bubble In a window pano, by a water bottle, by a fish globe by a apherlcal paper weight or by grandma's spectacles. Tmjso Jn drawers or on desks, thoy are liable to take flre-ftram rubhing qr ablow, On the niantlepiece they are often it FROM 1 NATION'S CAPITAL Preparing for Changes a claimed It would require a vory largo rcsorvo fund to bo kept on hand to meet conditions such as now eylst and that the tax proposed would not much mora than moot the buijk failures that normally occur. If tho proposed guarantee Is to be of benefit to depositors It must at once bo effectlvo when nnk fniia. to wait untu thQ ftsact8 of a bnnk cnn b() coL ,oct0(1 nn(, ,j8nose(, of uotoro tj10 Bovornniont guarantee would bo available would glvo no lmmedlato rellof to depositors. In times of panic i.eople want money and tho runn on tlio United States Treasury for gold In former panics, would pons tlor ntr li rv,n.mti oh lection to :fr. Brvnn's plnns or M.n I..1...... 11 . . . . . I . , --- "- banks. would undoubtedly mnko 'in itlonal Banks nerr-etunl and ib'M hOB TlOt boon tlm .DnmnnrnMn in.- ninny it would nn tn ntnfn "n""-. which has over been to ,11 - vorco tho Kovornment from tho .ronnv Tower !fr Brvan's plan , would make to the United SHti rPRSiiry a partner of nil thn Xat- lonpl Bnnkq. wlHinnt iiirMinntinff i tliir nronts The Indifference of tbe Vpnubip.in'mplorltv of rnncresi I to tbo flnnnplal distresspp wblrh hai iournment. when oulck loK,rtlMv, nptlnn na nnnnaanrv ,111 ,tfhr.t doubt heln to break down thb hold -,- -,.. .v -' i , IMI It ll'llMlh tho Bctittbllcan partv hns held for tho rnst ten years Tho fact Is tho TtenuMIcan politlolnns aro panic ntrlrkon nnd nfrnlil tn not Tlm' 'no in,m,. , . i ,. , 1 - -- " . Sliir ," , f0rlcnni1'9' but tllQ, "ow )n t,w ,umbop III "' "' " x ?"" V"'1 ,no.ra,?PB al, not belnf workc'1 fu tlmo irbV. 1 TV " Hkeh to nsk somo lmnl questions of their rorrosontatlvi. Ignited by the- heat from grato or' stove. They may be brushed or blown nt nn.l lirnltn mVinil MlAlf tl 1 1 fh f f .t ,m .b.., .. ",V ,""; : hey may be set off by tramping upon .n1?1' 'i . . 1,1 ii These are not sta ements o Imagln- ativo poBslbllltles; Uiey arc from tUo icw.uo ui iu,uw umu jiica. In reports of 534 fires from less ness with matches which care- "" curred last year tho exact character tir'TZr ,S follows;. Tho number In which match heads ftjiw, or glowlnjr sticks ...,. K..1.M.1 ...iv. .uu.o.. ... u, This fact says "clean up tho place." 'occurred In the cellar. Never a week passes in Ohio without a house being fired by tho uso of a match to Ilium- innto. n rfnf . Thn .nitric nr bot sticks of parlor matches started do- structlvo nres by first Igniting 21 carpets, 20 pieces of clothing, 23 bed or 0a ror eay "Ire y3"' "ur covorlncs. 23 laco curtains. 18 )"R which time nearly $dOO,000 has couches, and G baskets 'of clothes. In 20 cases tho flro started from a match being trod upon and In 5 from the match box falling. A flying match head alighting In an umbrella started a flro which consumed n homo. PARLOR" AGAINST "LUCIFTER.' Tho name ''parlor' Is given to all matches, except tho "safety" which are mado without sulphur, thereby avoiding the odor given out by tho 'luclfer" match which It drove from tho market, Its head contains nhos- phorous, chlorato of potaBh. rosin. whiting and powdered flint held to- gethor by glue. Phosphorous Ignites 'Gulf deep waterway project will not at 140 degrees Fahr. The heat pro- bo postponed by tho present Congress duccd by friction of tho particles of as any big general river and harbor flint In tho head whon It Is struck .bill will be, becnuso ot prevailing Ignltos tho phosphorous, tho chlorato financial conditions. Advocates of tho gives tho 39 per cent, of oxygen ltduop channel down tho Mississippi contains with explosive spluttering ivalloy expect to uriro, ngalnst any and Intoriso heat which flres tho ros- eastern opposition, that the tax pay In audi thoy together fire the par all n 'ers of Ulnols and of tho states from with which? the stick; la saturated .Chicago to the Quit of Moxlco already 0 I and tho stick Itself. By substituting either salt-petre or sulphur for the chlorate a silent and slow match 13 mado which docs uot snap and fly. When the chlorate or parlor match Is trod upon of otherwise Ignited It sounds Its own fire alnrm this Is Its only good characteristic. Saltpetre is' little used because It adds greatly to the danger of manu facturing. The sulphur match does not snap but Its odor bars It from good society. Tho head of tho sul CHICAGO THE GREAT LABOR CENTER OF THE UNITED STA1ES Cutting Down of Payrolls Throughout the Middle West Has Greatly Increased the "Floating Po pulation" Effort Being Made to Drive Out of Chicago the Black Hand Socisty. Chicago, Ills.. Jan. 10. -Tho whole sale cutting down of payrolls through out the middle west has now swelled tho normal 50,000 "floating popula tion" which throngs the cfneap lodg ing houses of Chicago each winter, even It: lite moVi prospsroifs tfnies, this year TcThearly 100,000. One un fortunate from Demer, a man of 07 who had just one nickel left, was stanlng life anew after losing $000,- 000 In o mining venture. lie had no: had a full meal for several days and .the throngs ho found In Chicago dls I ...... . i i. n..-n.. r i .courage" nil" "" u iinuiiy luiuiu 'employment in a suburb. Bach night a0veral hungry men have been given l. nnfrnn n.wl Pnn.ln Ipnlma ff.tn n couraged him ka?on stationed allot the cheap lo on the west sides. cheap lodging housss ara ov- or-crowded; tho Bridewell is filled to overflowing by meii""who have broken Into It rather than go ITunsry and the County Alms Ilous.s Is full to Its limit- Not In ten years has Hogan's inP" tho winter resort of hoboes. been BO overtaxed. The Salvation Army and Volunteers of America, tho misaionji nna ennnty lioaanuortoni are swiuniieu .ui mu uuMiiiuuB jiui iijiji. (hem. At this bcason usually the rall- roads keep employed tens 'of thous- nmla rt ninn rn t1ta vnnt nf lnli1 otf ... Some of Ulese wJ11 flll(, work nn tlm i nnMn wIiph mittinn- lmina nnd soniB nf thnm will no tn lnmlior . . .. ...n. . ,-... ?,,1U , ""ve "ol uccn ulKon on I0r iho winter work as usual. Chicago is tho gieat laibor conter of tho United States where tho Ice. lumber, man- tiracturing and railioad Interests re- emit for special undertakings and It is expected that the money stringency Will ROOIl lin mnillflnd en tlint thn modinod so that tho normal amount of employment will bo offered nnd tho army of tho unem ployed bo reduced somewhat. 'How over. , tho winter or 1007 and 190S U likely to ITo ono of tho hardest ex perienced by men of tho unskilled class for many years. Government of corporations by re ceivership, which was tried out hero last week on the Chicago & Milwau kee Electric Railway was brought to an end mj" summarily that such ox- MfiflmoMtp ni tint lllrnttr rt 1m n Tho rPeolvnAiiln wan h,i on , ivii,mon. U HtltOk J IJ ill C 41 LO II a Airn ff lin t nf Ainnt luimn nntn i without notico to the company and 0 tho coniplalnt of nn unUnJn per. l8on w"t claimed $2300 of stock In ' b com, b f Ltof.thfader of recon, . u VM ft mmnlf.to miMnrlon to Pl,lnnf a r. Frosti fo-r thQ lieavy conginn ii.ni.lr , l,,,ll.ll l. .i l..i nwiiv ui l.uuuill lis 1UUU JIUO Mil waukee was carried on without letup ? ' y agency of tho past four months and tho road , nrocticallv pomniotPd Tho court iwiji.i. ordered tho rcoMvprshlii iVa. 'XeuMt tw day lafor Preston , "var I rJarBea ? ,we,ro, that Ul fmy securities had been used fop developing other enterprises. J'ho fftc,s nro th,at f",1,8 company has not Isued a Bl"Bl0 (lollar s. worlh ot st.ock een extended for permanent 1m- proyomonts ami uowcrmuiiui um ui surplus earnings. Tho company has ample fuifds to completo tho road and ,moet all obligations.' it sucn a ro- celvorshlp should become n prccodont In tho United States, It, would open wide tno door to tho most dangerous assaults upon tho socurlty ot ror porato enterprise. Banks and mer cantile housed would not bo safe from similar thunderbolts. There now is prospect that an up proprlatlon bill for tho Lakos-to-tho phur match has no sulphur in it. lA solution of sulphur Is used Jo ,mpVognato the stick. It $s too slow In lighting for tho nervous American's" use. Tho sale of the parlor match should bo prohibited. This would be no hardship to manufacturers bpcniise safety lriliTches, which can be lighted only by rubb'ng them on the box, arc mado on tho same machine. D. S. CREAMER, State Fire .Marshal. have expended millions of dollars to ward biich "a waterway and that it Is thcrofoic not In the same category with most 'projects for which federal 'aid Is sought. Tile amount which will be asked ofiiip federal govern ment will be much less than Chi cago In Its sanitary canal, Illinois In Its $20,000,000 appioprlatlon voted, and the buuTTtCrn states already have provided towaul a deep waterway Tho IlUnols situation has been the k.ey6tono"one, but now tho difficulties and opposltloh involved In It aro lapidly 'Co' Inc cleared up, and op ponents of this middlemost project can llnd fn Its no' ground"; for nrgu mont. .It Is likely that one result of this Illinois contest wfil be the cre ation of a State commission to havo chargn not only of the Chicago Sani tary Canal but of other canals with in tho State. fTho New Year's girt or ?2.000,0C0 by John D. Rockefeller to I1I3 pet Institution In Chicago brings tho total of glftfljand bequests i ?lltutloii3 throughout the United States for tno last year up to $152,000,000 which breaks al records of tho kind In tho history of the country. In 190G, $100, 2S1.000 was tho total of gifts and be quests and ton years before tho total was only $33,070,000. Tho Rocke- - . .,.- tenor ounoiactions 01 iyv uuiuuuiuu Jta $40,000,000, of which the biggest litem, $32,000,000, v,ent to tho general 3 or iui7 amounted board of education. During 1907 ,.-. nneii Sana mado rifts amount- .Ing to 513 coo.OOO and Mr Carnegie's rec.ora Was $1350,000 Dr. D. K. Ipcaraons, of Chicago, gavo 12(1,000 to iolRh Bmall rolleges and P. A B. .widoncr, of Philadelphia, gavo $10, I.a. n . i v 'ooo.OOO to found an art museum It Is Interesting to notn that tho Insti tutions to which tho biggest gifts havo boon made rank as follows: Educational Institutions ...$73,000,000 Charities -10.452,290 Religious organizations.... 9,313,892 Museums, art galleries and public Improvements 17,247.100 Public libraries 2,913.000 In this tendency of millionaires. 'tt return to tho people the millions iwreste-1 from thorn," as R. T. Crane. of Chicago puts 'it, Mr. Carnegie did not head tho list ln3t year as he has for a number of years past. The latest broadside at President Hnrahan of tho Illinois Central, fired in tho namo of Stuyvesant Fish, tho militant former oxocutivo of the railway, by his legal at torney, Mixwoll Edgar, dscloscd soma Interesting figures regarding tho taxes paid by tho recipient of a .-10.000 n yar salary, It scorns that 1o a year, was Mr. llnrahnn's oontrhutlon to tho public exchequers levied on n porsonnl property os. scFsmont of $200. This year nn othor cipher was added to tho as sessment and Mr. Edgar says It wns tho district attornoy of tho railway who apnoarod to ask for a reduction for Mr. Harahan, which tho board of review unkindly re. fused In tho years IflO.VO and 7 Mi . Ha-.ihan received $100,000 In salary, which holpod Romo In paying nch taxes Mr, Fish's attornoy uvH pow that ho expocts to havo n mnlorltv control hv March p, and In thot case Mr. Fish will remove to rhlcin,n to attend to tho duties of nrpsldent nf tho bg ralway of wheh ho was tho head for so manv vonrp, until tho TTarrlman coup In 'Mlnnls frjitrnl ptock co'iped him to to bo defeated for rc-olcctlon. Ton million letters nnd parcels woro receUed at tlu1 Chicago Post offlco Inst j oar incorroqtly address ed. Ilinso figures show how onor uioub Is tho problom which Undo Piim workR out n handling tho Tnnlls In this city whoro ench year tho Innreasf In business amounts to 'i million dollars, Last year tho In neaso of receirvts over tho provlous yior wa3 f,2,822if)2(l. Purine tho THEOLDE ' , , Ugi0!0& 'I A itvibute my J A WmAseto mmmm i wmmmMmxsmwjjm . : : ' '-:& SBmMjm-iimms'mmm' Mr. Isaac Brock, iiq ISAAC BROCK, a citlcn of MeLennan county, Toxas, ha lived for 110 years. For many years ho resided at Bosquo Falls, eighteen miles west of Waco, but now lives with his eon-ln-law at Valley Mills, Texas. Some tlmo ago, by request, Undo Isaac camo to Waco nnd sot for his picture, holding in bis hand a stick cut from tho gravo of General Androw .Inckson. Mr. Brock Is a dlgnllled old gentloman, showing fow signs of decropltudo. Ills family Blblolrt still preserved, and it shows that tho date of ills birth was writ ton 119 years txo. Ask Your Druggist j oar jf'JiOCO 1" currency was found Icrfco In the mall sacks and tho own. tih or f7.l.'j.5(j of this woro discover ed. At ho tlmo tho nrcsont fodor.il ulldlng w.'.m begun tho business of tho Chicago Poot offlco nmountod fo thhty million tons a year but bj tho tlmo tho buildings was ready for occupancy the annual business vns sovonty million tons n year and for that reason tho postil clerks havo ben working In crowded nnd crumped quarters ovor slnco. Thero 'oms to be hopo thnt n sup'plomen- tnry bulbing will ho furnshed by . ,...-, .,K, t-sR, ono near to tho rallrond stations nnd costing, i'.riOO.noo. Ono of tho fow post-! offlco cmrlpes who hnvo witnessed 'its growth Is tho postmaster's 1 1 Ivnto secretary. Mlbs Bertha Duep. e'er, who Is tho samo onorgotlc oung woman who climbed tho flng rtnff on tho temporary building to rpsp 10 tho flag that had boon 'orgotten in tho hurry of romoval t-t tho nmv building. She Is study inn Into lit n itlrvli Inm nA, 1 .. .1 ' ..,... ... ,,,MM mn m-u.nii .wui wooa avo., Marlon, O., says: "I w.ll soon errodunto though sho dooi'iised Doan's Kldnoy pills In the not oxnoct to practice law whllo spring of 1S99 and found them to bo wniio nor present salary of $2rM continues. 1MI In thn nrtrnnl7Pfl nPPnrt wlilpli tlir, i II i c i Vi V V,, i siaiu '""'"ness wnicii made mo weak Italian nnd Sicilians of Chicago aro ami out 0f sorts all tho tlmo. I was making to drlvo out th mombors so ga,i i0 flnrt thIs prompt relIot a tho Black Hand .Socioty, tholr that I gavo a testimonial for publlca ..rgnn'z.itlon. tho Whlto Hand so. t'on at that time, and during the c ety, has ongngod nn Itnllan dotec. flvo years since then I have not had tlvo. who 13 famous In Europo for a single symptom of kidney trouble. I tervlco ho rondorod tho Italian havo been recomniondln Boaii's eecrntnrv of Stato at Romo. Ho Kidney Pills ever slnco and on one l,t to bo n war secretary and will oicaslon. I procured n box at tho glvo lectures throughout tho city jIi,IoclcPn' ' Pharmacy for a neighbor on "How to detect tho password oflwno 1,nl kldnoy trouble, nnfl tho 'ho Bhelc TTnnd", "How to keep treatment proved just ns effoctlvo .s Ihr secret that you havo tllspovowrt ,mv own cas0-" a Blnck Hand mombor." and How For sa, by nH fcrt '' t) rovea.1 to tho Whlto Hand what von hno discovered without at thosamo time exposing yourself to, lUomQmbor tho BnmoDonn.s dmieor of vengeanco " Tho Whlto mu, l(Ufa po otnc,.t 1'nnd Society pf Chicago Is com- . rosed of merchants nnd business yrj. j. .mbo, Piano tuner, from To mon nin.iiuc whom nro such names ,wi0l Ohio. Is In tho cltv. Leave ord ns Oarlbaldl "and Volnl. names that crs at C. E. Porry's otflco. r.jo famous In Italy, Somo of tho' l-10-3tpd ST MAN IN Escaped the Terrors of Many Winters By Using Years Old Last Birthday. Born before the United States were formed. Saw 22 presidents elected. Pe-ru-na has protected him from ! ; ; all sudden changes. Veteran of four wars. Shod a horse when 99 years old. f Always conquered the grip with I 1 i'c-ru-na. Witness In a land suit ct the ago 1 or iiu years. Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest remeuy or the age tor catarrhal , troubles. ---------------, for Free Peruna Black Html have left Chicago. Their iu-mhers havo become wealthy and nro deiermtred to drlvo out th last of iho territories by whom tho I allan colony of this city, ns well as othors. hns been known to suf fer. Already ten members of tho WE FEEL VRT C!If NCE OF THE "WEATHER A Bad Back is Always Worse Dur. ing Wet or Changeable Weather "cuiucr Is your back like a barometer? nocs 'l foretell every change ot "edl?e1'-. Does every cold S3ttle on your kid neys? Bring aching, throbbing pains? iDnob It disorder tho urlno? Tho kidneys nro calling for help. Uso DonnV Kidney Pills, Guaranteed by Marlon testimony. .Mrs. .loiin Potter, of 233 Gre.on- . . .worthy al confidence. Ono box of this r.excollont remedy nelloved me of an ... ... ....Riiai- i,uii in i jib uacic aim n con- t'fiiiH, iMisier-.MUDurn uo,, liuuaio, New York, solo agents for tho Unit ed States. i Pe-ru-na. IN speaking of his good health and ex treme old age, Mr. Brock says: "After a man has lived in tho world as long aa I havo, ho ought to havo found out a great many things by ex perience I think I havo dono so. "One of the things I have found out to my entire satisfaction ts the proper thing for ailments that are due directly to the effects of the climate. For 119 years I have with stood the changeable climate of the United States. "I havo always boon a very healthy man, but, of course, subject to tho affec tions which nro duo to sudden changes in inocumatoanil temperature. "As for Dr. Hart man's remedy, Pe-ru-na, I have found It to be the best, If not the only reliable remedy for these affections, it has been my standby for many years, and I attribute my good health and ex trcmc old age to this remedy. "It oxactly moots all my require ments. It protects mo from tho evil of foots of sudden chanires: It crlvna mn strength ; it keeps my blood in good cir culation, i nave como to rolyuponit almost entirely for tho many littlo things for which I noed medicine. "When epidemics of la crlnnollrstlm. gan to make their appcaranco in this country 1 was a sufforor from this dli- caso. "I had several long sieges with the grip. A t first f did not know that Pe-ru-na was a remedy for this disease. When f heard that la grippe was epidemic catarrh I tried Pe-ru-na for la grippe and found it to be Just the thing." In a later lottor, Mr. Brook wrltos: "I am well ana fooling as woll an I havo for years. I would not bo without Pcruaa." Yours truly, A lottor dated July 8, 1900, wrltton for Mr. Brock by his wlfo, Sarah J. Brock. states: "Last winter I had just gotten UP Out Of a Sncllof sickness. whn I commenced taking Pcruna. I imnK it improved my health very much." In a postscript, Mrs. Brock adds: "lie receives a groat many lottors inquiring about what Poruna will do. T rtr. m, answer them all, as I think thoy can tjw u, uumu mm iry ji.u Almanac for I908. l.ving has been mado by threaten ing doatli or dlsnster to anyone who refused 'o contrlbuto to them just 1 form if dlvorhlon that they'prac icod with profit in their native land which Is not likely to remain -. permanent Institution in Chicago. THE C. D. M. RY. The short and direct routo between .Murlon, Delawaro and Columbus. Passengers delivered In business pait of tho cities without transfor or delay. THROUGH TlCICUfl'S ono way or round trip to London, Spring field, Dayton, Clnclnatl, Hamilton, Lancaster, Canal Winchester, Grove port, CIrclovUlo, Chllllcotho, AshvJUe, Kingston, and Intermediate points. For rellablo Information apply to A. L. NHERBAMER, Genl. Supt. E. J. SCHOENLAUB, Agent, -w&c-tf Marlon, Ohio. By means of four small pulleys, an alarm clock, two wolghts nnd a fow yards of cord Joseph McLean of South Manchester, Conn., Is enabled to sleep later mornings and to dress In a warm room. Tho contrivance is connected with the furnace In the cellar In such a way that whon tho alarm clock goes off at 4 o'clock tho furnnce door closes and the drafts: open. Rlieumalifni Cared In 24 Hours T. J. Blackmoro, ot Haller &' (Blackniore, Pittsburg, Pa., says: "A (shoit tlmo slnco I procured a bot ,tle of Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. It got mo out ot the houso In 2t hours, I took to my bed with rheumatism nlno months ago and Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheu matism Is tho only medicine that did mo any good. I had flvo of the lest physicians In tho city, but I re ceived very littlo relief from them, know Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism to bo what It Is repre; Ecntcd and take pleasure In recom mending It to other poor sufferers." Sold by Tho Dumblo Pharmacy, Druggist, Opp. Kerr House. "Meet mt at Kalwr'a Candy Bnop' 11 -U-U M AMERICA ' . ft wi ,4 i'. a'? V s: ' .VI vW -M B ' , , I 'tV ' kn. . b l ft r ifi .S ,i j tV '.KiT t . ,' VVf l .v: .i- ' ilA. M tiAAt. i '-OT. '.