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New In Natural History. " Not all English children are well • posted on live stock. The following | “howlers” are from essays exhibited at a recent show: “The young horses j have long legs, so that it might keep ; up to its mother when wild lions like the lion and tiger are after them to devour them.” “The fowl,” declares still another, “when.alive is used for cock-fighting and when dead for its beautiful feathers.” “The pig gets Its wool coat off in summer. Then we get the wool of it. The pig is re garded as a bad creature.” MEDICAL FAILURES. An Authority Bays Three-Fourths 5f Graduates Are Unfitted to Practice. That 3,000 out of the 4,000 gradu ates turned out by the Medical Col leges each year are whollly unfitted to practice medicine and are menaces to the communities in which they set tle was stated by Dr. Chester Mayer, of the State Board of Medical Exam iners of Kentucky at a meeting of the American Medical Association’s Com mittee on Medical Education, held in Chicago not long ago. Dr. Mayer said | that only 25 to 28 per cent of the graduates are qualified. Fifty-eight per cent of the graduates examined in 28 states were refused licenses. With few exceptions these failures took a second examination in a few weeks and only 50 per cent of them passed. “This does not mean that deficien cies in their training were corrected in those few weeks,” Dr. Mayer said. “It probably shows that experience showed them what the test would probably be and they ‘crammed’ for the examination. Dr. W. T. Gott, Secretary of the Indiana Board said: “The majority of our schools now teach their students how to pass ex aminations, not how to be good phy sicians.” At the session of the American Medical Association held in Atlantio City in June, Dr. M. Clayton Thrush, a professor in the Medico Chirurgical College in Philadelphia said: “Many doctors turned out of the Medical Schools are so ignorant in matters pertaining to pharmacy that they know nothing about the properties of the drugs they prescribe for their patients!” Dr. Henry Beats, Jr., Pres ident of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Examiners, after scrutiniz ing the papers of a class of candi dates for licensure said: “About one quarter of the papers show a degree of illiteracy that renders the candi dates for licensure incapable of un derstanding medicine." A great many more physicians and chemists might be quoted in support of the astounding charge that 3,000 in competents are being dumped onto an unsuspecting public each year. What the damage done amounts to can never be estimated for these in competents enjoy the privilege of di agnosing, prescribing or dispensing drugs regarding the properties of which they know nothing and then of signing death certificates that are not passed upon by anyone unless the coroner is called in. Probably there is not a grave yard from one end of the country to the other that 'does not contain the buried evidences of the mistakes or criminal carelessness of incompetent physicians. During the last year there have been perhaps, half a dozen known ! cases where surgeons, after perform ing operations have sewed up the in cisions without first removing the gauze sponges used to absorb the blood,.and in some cases forceps and even surgeon’s scissors have been left in the wound. How many of these cases there have been, where the patient died, there is no means of knowing and comparatively few of the cases where the discovery is made in time to save life become gen erally public. Reports from Sanita riums for the treatment of the Drug Habit show that members of the medi cal profession are more often treated in these institutions than members of any other profession, and that a majority of the patients, excluding the physicians themselves, can trace their downfall directly to a careless physician. How many criminal operations are performed by physicians is also a matter of conjecture. Operations of this class are, unfortunately, very frequent in large cities. Some gradu ated and licensed physicians, many of them of supposed respectability, make an exclusive practice of crim inal medical and surgical treatment. Dr. Henry G. W. Rheinhart, Coroner’s physician of Chicago, estimates the number of criminal operations, annu allly, in Chicago alone at 38,000. How many resulted fatally are unknown, as when death results, the real cause is disguised in the death certificate, which the physician signs, and which no one but himself and a clerk sees. Probably not one case of malprac tice in 1,000 ever becomes the subject of a law suit but in the last year ap proximately .150 cases wherein the plaintiff has alleged malpractice have been reported in the newspapers, and owing to the social prominence and the favored positions of many physi cians not more than half the new suits stated, probably, result in any newspaper publicity, but it would probably not be an exaggeration to state that the total cases of malprac tice, not involving criminal operations or criminal medical practice, would amount to 150,000 or more case to each physician in the country. This estimate is, of course, more or less conjecture. Untimely deaths and permanent disabilities are frequent and occur within the knowledge of al most every one, when life could have been saved, or health restored had the physician been skillful, careful and competent COLORADO NEWS ITEMS ! A Palisade man recently sold I,OXI boxes of pears for $2,564. | Barney Levy, a pioneer clothing • dealer at Colorado Springs, is dead Mayor Speer of Denver is out with a sharp stick after tHe illegal wine rooms. Forty acres of land planted to wheat near Windsor thrashed 1,706 bushels a few days ago. Montrose is to have a new pressed brick plant. About $25,000 will be in vested in the enterprise. It is claimed that at least 2,000 car loads of fruit will be shipped from the Western Slope this year. A Berthoud man has fourteen acres 1 of oats that average a little over i ninety-nine bushels to the acre. ; Mathew J. Drury, a Denver hotel keeper, drank poison because his business was a failure. He died. | Corn, the ears of which average ten Inches in length, and grown without j irrigation, are being exhibited in Wind- : sor. | There is more ore being shipped to the smelter in Durango than ever j before in the history of San Juan dis trict. Ten acres of young apple orchard recently sold for SIO,OOO near Clifton. They come high, but think of the re turns. Cimarron is showing oats that stand seven and one-half feet high and pota toes that weigh three and one-half pounds each. | Gunnison county, chiefly known for J its mineral products, will produce the ‘ greatest crop of hay and grain this year ever grown in the county. j Grand jury indictments have been coming thick and furious at the Fort i Collins during the past week and hard- j ly a druggist remains free from the j bar. : Mining has taken on a new lease of | life in the Wet Mountain valley. The old Bull Domingo mine is being cleared ; out and put in fine shape for opera- j tion. I Routt county has never been blessed with such abundant crops as are now I being harvested this year. The meadow lands are a forest of hay ; stacks. j Fous and six-horse teams are arriv- ; ing every day in Gunnison with marble quarried in the county. The marble is said to be equal to any quarried in the world. The bees have been busy around Greeley this summer. One man has 1 taken thirty-four tons of the sweet stuff from 500 hives. The honey is valued at $5,000. Fifteen acres of wheat near Long mont yielded 1,149 bushels of good wheat, according to the report of the thrashers. Can any state in the Union show anything to approach this? The fruit growers of Delta are so prosperous this year that they are go- ! ing to put some tens of thousands of dollars of their surplus cash into a building from which to market their product next year. A contract has been let by the City Council of Idaho Springs to Thompson & Wilkie for the construction of a res ervoir on Chicago creek to cost $20,- 000. The reservoir will be for the storage of 60,000,000 gallons of water 1 to be taken from the headwaters of I Chicago creek. The work is to begin I at once, so that the reservoir can be ; completed in time to catch the spring I water. j District Judge Harry P Gamble, at i Pueblo, this morning granted the peti-1 tion of the Eastern Colorado Power Company in condemnation proceedings to take immediate possession of the Barker ranch below Nederlands for the construction of a reservoir. The i amount of damage will be fixed by a jury. The company offers $25,000, but Mrs. Hanna C. Barker demands ; SIOO,OOO. An all-day temperance meeting was ‘ recently held at the First Methodist I church in Colorado Springs under the | auspices of the State Prohibition League. Secretary A. B. Taynton was . one of the speakers, and the Roberts j male quartet furnished the music. The Rev. C. B. Wilcox made the principal t address, and the meeting was the be ginning of an active campaign for pro hibition In El Paso county. George C. Briggs, ex-mayor of Love land, is having made at his expense a mammoth sign bearing the inscription “Loveland Grand Canen.” It will be placed on the walls of the canon just opposite the entrance. When it is ready a party of Loveland business men will take it to the canon and the , occasion will be celebrated with ap propriate ceremonies. This is being indorsed by the Loveland Chamber of Commerce. Because, as she alleges, he entered the house late one night without mak ing any noise, and also because his palate, on a specified occasion, failed to respond adequately to the tempting edibles set before him, Mrs. Silas A. Long, of Colorado Springs, wanted a divorce from her husband. These were the woman’s chief reasons for accus- i ing husband of being cruel, and they [ appeared so flimsy to the court that the woman was denied a decree. Former Congressman Franklin E. Brooks at Colorado Springs has re ceived a letter from Secretary William H. Taft, written en route from Yel lowstone park to Portland, Oregon, and in which Taft thanks Coloradans for his part in the reception accorded to , Republican leaders when they were in Denver a few days ago. Taft says: “I could understand after breathing the . atmosphere of Denver where you ac- J quired your energy in pushing things and know now why it was that the Pike’s Peak celebration went through.” j The largest check ever drawn in f Berthoud in payment for a. wheat crop was in favor of W. T. Bransom, a farmer living near Berthoud, for $12,- 622.12, drawn by Lovejoy Bros, and paid by the Berthoud National Bank. I Bransom had 400 acres of wheat and harvested 18,000 bushels. In addition to his wheat he has about 300 acres in sugar beets, which promise a heavy tonnage. Should they average twenty tons, which is not unlikely, he will receive $30,000 for his beet crop. This is the largest acreage grown by a single Individual in tbs wo*ld. HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR. Thousands of Boldiers Contracted Chronic Kidney Trouble While In the Bervice. The experience of Capt. John L. Ely, of Co. E, 17th Ohio, now living at 600 East Second street, Newton, Kansas, will interest the thou sands of veterans who came back from the Civil War suffering tor tures with kidney com plaint. Capt. Ely says: “I contracted kidney ! trouble during the I Civii War, and the oc- I casional attacks flnal • ly developed into a j chronic'case. At one time I had to use a crutch and cane to get about. My back was lame and weak, and besides j the aching, there was a distressing ■ retention of the kidney secretions. I j was In a bad way when I began using : Doan’s Kidney Pills in 1901, but the j remedy cured me, and I have been . well ever since.” j Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. JOKE ON THE CONGRESSMAN. Waiter Drew Wrong Inference from Guest’s Attitude. A Georgia congressman gleefully tells of an experience during his last j visit to New York. I The representative had put up at an American-plan hotel. When, upon sit | ting down at dinner the first evening •of his stay, the waiter obsequiously , handed him a bill of fare, the con j gressman tossed it aside, slipped the I waiter a dollar bill, and said, “Bring • me a good dinner.” J The dinner proving satisfactory, the southern member pursued this plan during his entire stay in New York. lAs the last tip was given, he men ! tioned that he was about to return to . Washington. J Whereupon, the waiter, with an ex pression of great earnestness, said: j “Well, sir, when you or any of your I friends that can’t read come to New York, just ask for Dick.” —Harper’s Weekly. He Set a Date. A merchant in a Wisconsin town who had a Swedish clerk sent him out to do some collecting. When he re turned from an unsuccessful trip he reported: “Yim Yonson say he vill pay ven he jells his hogs. Yim Olesen, he vill pay ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack 3ay he vill pay in Yanuary.” “Well,” said the boss, “that’s the first time Bill ever set a date to pay. I Did he really say he would pay in I January?” “Veil, aye tank so,” said the clerk. “He say dat it ban a dam cojdday ven you get that money. I tau tW ban n Yanuary.”—Harper’s WJ&ekly. What the Poet Says. After their honeymoon to Niagara , Falls they came back and settled on the old farm. “Gracious, Sile!” said Cynthia. “Why ! are you in such a bad humor?” | “Making butter is blamed hard j work,” grumbled Sile, removing the beads from his brow. “Oh, cheer up, Sile. Don’t the poet say that it is ‘love that makes the . world go round’?” “Yes, but, by gosh, it don’t make the churn go round.” The Truth. | Gobsa Golde descended painfully j from his 90-horse power limousine, j “I wish to purchase,” he said, “an ■ engagement ring.” I “Yes, sir,” said the eager clerk. “We : have just imported a superb ring, sir— two ruby hearts surrounded —” | “No,” said the aged millionaire, in a disillusioned voice; “no, that won’t • do. There is only one heart concerned in this affair. The girl is marrying me for my money.” Dutch at Home and Abroad. Holland has a population of only 5,- 000,000, but there are 40,000,000 of peo ple in the Dutch East and West In dies. The Dutch are not at present much addicted to emigration. In the United States, at the time of the last census, there were only 105,000 per sons of Dutch birth. The number of Netherlanders in the Dutch East In dies Is barely 12,000. FOUND OUT. A Trained Nurse Made Discovery. No one is in better position to know the value of food and drink than a trained nurse. Speaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkes Barre, Pa., writes: “I used to drink I strong coffee myself, and suffered * greatly frora headaches ard indiges tion. While on a visit to my brothers I had a good chance to try Postum Food Coffee, for they drank it alto gether in place of ordinary coffee. In two weeks after using Postum I found I was much benefited and finally my headaches disappeared and also the Indigestion. I “Naturally I have since used Postum ‘ among my patients, and have noticed a marked benefit where coffee has been I left off and Postum used. “I observed a curious fact about Postum when used among mothers. It greatly helps the flow of milk in cases where coffee is inclined to dry it up, and where tea causes nervousness, j “I find trouble in getting servants to make Postum properly. They most always serve it before it has been boiled long enough. It should be boiled 15 to 20 minutes after boiling begins and served with cream, when It is cer tainly a delicious beverage.” Read “The Road to Wellville” In pkgs. “There’* a Reason.” MR. JOHNSON NOT TO BLAME. Good Old Lady Understood How the Mistake Occurred. There is a good old lady who cannot resist speaking well of all her ac quaintances. On Thanksgiving day she told the colored man who did chores about the place that he might go into the barn yard and help himself to a chicken. The man obeyed with alacrity and was most profuse in his thanks. In the course of a few days the lady’s husband informed her that on Thanksgiving day neighbors had seen Mr. Johnson seize two choice hens from the coop. “I did tell him to take one,” con fessed the lady regretfully, “but, you know, dear, how intensely Mr. John son celebrates the holidays. Why, he simply cannot help seeing things dou ble.” THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA. Were Treated at Dispensary—Did Not Improve—Suffered Five Months —Perfect Cure by Cuticura. “My three children had eczema for five months. A little sore would ap pear on the head and seemed very itchy, increasing day after day. The baby had had it about a week when the second boy took the disease and a few sores developed, then the third boy took it. For the first three months I took them to the N— Dispensary, but they did not seem to improve. Then I used Cuticura Soap and Cuti cura Ointment and in a few weeks they had improved, and when their heads were well you could see nothing of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 513 West 29th St., New York, N. Y., Nov. 1, 5 and 7, 1906.” New to Him. The leading lady of a road company playing in one of the smaller cities in Ohio concluded that she would press some of her lace collars one morning. She accordingly rang the bell, and when the hall boy appeared said: “Bring me up a hot iron.” In course of time he returned empty handed, and when the lady answered his knock he said: “I couldn’t get it for you, lady.” “And why not?” she asked, mysti fied. “The bartender said he didn’t know how to mix it.” Starch, like everything else, is be ing constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the lat est discovery—Defiance Starch —all in jurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, in vented by us, gives to the Starch a Btrength and smoothness never ap proached by other brands. No Grace. Four-year-old Anna was Invited to take luncheon with the family of one of her little friends. Before they par took of their meal, the head of the house asked a blessing upon the food, during which time Anna chattered con stantly. Not wishing to reprove the child, her hostess said, “I suppose you don’t have grace at your house.” “Oh, no,” the little girl replied, "we have Bessie.” —Harper’s Magazine. Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the dlf* eased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to cure deafn»-».and that Is by constitutional remedies. Deafness U 'mixed by an Inhumed coudltlon of the mucous llnl rr )f the Eustachian Tube. When this tube la Inf . -jd you have a rumbling sound or Im perfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed. Deaf ness is the result, and unless the Inflammation can he taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condi tion, hearing will bo destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which lx nothing but an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Bend for circulars, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Had Measured It. “How far,” asked the flrtt automo bilist as they met at a turn in the road, “Is it from here to the next town where there’s a repair shop?” “Eleven hills, three bad bridges, one long stretch of deep sand, and two ar rests,” answered the second automo billst. With a smooth Iron and Defiance Starch, you can launder your shirt waist just as well at home as the steam laundry can; it will have the proper stiffness and finish, there will be less wear and tear of the goods, and it will be a positive pleasure to use a Starch that doeB not stick to the iron. j Her Idea of a Wooden Leg. Hewitt—Is your wife a woman of practical ideas? Jewett—Well, I could imagine that if I lost a leg she would think that the vacancy could be filled by taking one of the legs out of a pine table that we no longer use.” —Judge. Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a itfoand sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of la Use For Over 30 Years. The Kind You Have Always Bought. The great question in life is the suf fering we cause; and the utmost in genuity of metaphysics cannot justify the man who has pierced the heart that loved him. —Benjamin Constant. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Ryrap. For eblldren teething, softens the gums, reduce* In flammation, allays pain, cures wind collu. 25c a botUa. Virtue is bold and goodness never fearful.—Shakespeare. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color Mere foods brighter and faster colore than any other dye. One 10c oackage colors all libers. They dye is cold water better than any other dye. You can dye Ml BMMrtwSliMt ri*eU>* apart. Write Nr tree booklet-Hew to Pyo. leach and Mu Cetera. MOM ROE DRUG 00., Qulmoy, Mtmmtm A Little Courtship Comedy. A good-looking, well-to-do bachelor of Manchester was being teased by some young women of his acquaint ance for not being married. He said: “I’ll marry the one of you whom on a secret vote you elect to be my wife.” There were nine women in the com pany. Each one went into a corner and used great caution in preparing her ballot and disguised her handwrit ing. The result was that there were nine votes cast, each receiving one. The man remains a bachelor, the friend ship is broken up, and the women, all mortal enemies, united In the one de termination that they will not speak to the man again.—The Tatler. Sheer white goods, m fact, any nn% wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done In a manner to enhance their textile beau ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you will be pleasantly surprised at the Improved appearance of your work. Cool. “What does that stranger on tho beach mean by his signals?” demand ed tho man at the helm. “Did you ever see the fellow before?” “No,” answered the girl in the yacht ing cap, “but he has just proposed to me by wigwag, and I have accepted him. Our engagement, therefore, is off. Kindly put me ashore.” The inoEt obstinates car© of Eczema can b© nuie':ly and completely cured by the application of llcULcll’a Olnlniuwt. It alao enrea Dlotcby, Rough and rimplod Skin, Erysipelas, Tetter, Ulcers, and all other skin diwmrs. Before applying the ointment, bat ho the parts affected, using lleUkcll'a Medicated bonp. lietaLell'a Mood and Liver MU* tone up tho liver and purify tho blood. Your druggist sell* these preparations. Ointment, 6oc a boxj Soap,use acake; Pills, 2-*>cabottle. Send for book of testimonials and learn what these wonderful remedies have done for others. JOHNBTCN, K3LLOWAY A CO., S3l CoMMtitE Strut, Pmaoelphu, Pa. "SKSSSai Thompson's Eye Water W. L. DOUGLAS A $3.00 & $3.50 SHOES THE^VORLD Mfiff»BHOEB FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. AT ALL PRIOEB. jUM 1 AOC nnn ( To mny onm who can prove W. L Mg lX|k )Douoiam doom not mako S omit mi £Mt\ DeufOMl )moro Mcn'mSS A 93.50 a homo irffiWte iklffK flCVvaa m (than mny ofAor manufacturer. TIIE REASON W. L. Douglas shoes aroworn by more people wWjF I \ PJM By In all walks of lifo than any other make, is because or their mKm excellent stylo, cosy-fitting, and superior wearing qualities. tWkIM The selection of the leathers and other materials for each part _ jr.fcTM of the shoe, and every detail of the making is looked after by the mostcomploteorganization of superintendents.foremenand If ISw skilled shoemakers, who receive the highest wages paid in tho y^tea9»J‘m ■hoe industry, and whoso workmanship cannot be excelled. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton.Mass., ~ yjjtf W and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you AJT would then understand why they hold their shape, tit better, wear longer and are of greater value than any other make. 1 *▼ My *4 OUt FdooandSß 00/d Bond Shooa cannot bo cquallad at any pr' —•• CATJTIONI Tne genuine have \V. L. Douglas name ami price stamped on bottom, i No .Substitute. Ask your doaler for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he cannot supply you, send direct to factory. Shoes scut everywhere by mall. Catalog free. Wd-Douglas, Brockton, Mau> JgB| Dainty, Crisp, Dressy JPr Summer ■/rTwL. Skirts are a delight to the refined woman every- V where. In order to get this result see J ■ : that the material is good, that it is cut in iMim Defiance MM Starch in the laundry. All three things are im ■ll . / /fj(1) portant, but the last is absolutely neces \ sary. No matter how fine the material or h° w daintily made, bad starch and v.mSmMB poor laundry work will spoil the effect lYyl^iitvvV anc * ru ' n clothes. DEFIANCE * ll STARCH is pure, will not rot theclothes Wff// L- // II \V nor cause them to crack. It sells at ioc 111 l\ \\ a s * xteen ounce package everywhere. jfA (/1 I \ f®®* Other starches, much inferior, sell at ioc ///\ vl //( I!. f° r twe l ve ounce package. Insist on I 1 1 getting DEFIANCE STARCH and bo Defiance Starch Company, Omahs, Nebraska. 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H Many thousands of weak, Ir* regular, suffering women have, in the past 50 years, been greatly H benefited or cured by the use of that well-known, successful, purely vegetable, female tonic and cura- H five remedy yCARDUI WOMAN’S RELIEF Birnes, of Alto, Tex., |B caught cold, which E3j gular and gave nie B shoulders and sides. B weeks 1 could not Cardui brought me B n; I have no more B ira in very good H Druggists g < FREE ADVICE, H id describing symp- H 9 ir.s Advisory Dept., K* joga Medicine Co., Tenn. E348 gHH pxmnnrs — HAIR BALSAM JHCleinwa aud beautifle* the h.tr r Promote* * luxuriant growth. jHMevcr Foil* to Hertore Gray Hair to Its Youthful Color. tralp diaraaea & hair tailing, niTPIITO WaHon V.. fol.-0.-n. Pntnnt Attar ft# A I M I II".'. W:iHl.»n«t«iu. i>. C. Africa I M I kll I W Trot). Turin* low. Uiahowt nf. DEFIANCE STARCH S^Rigg W. N. U., DENVER, NO. 38, 1907.