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' **1 J „ i?V -. - * v i'S;" t - g -K -1 -a i * * * t , * , ' . f > * r ;w- «**•**"£ 5Ty'if if,- THE MeKENRY PLAINOEALER MCHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. MCHENRY, . - ILLINOIS. my ""• ."" mi|j. • J j i it i f - V - ' New Pleasure Fleet. A Philadelphia!! has had a happy 'Idea, which will enable the country to take its pleasure sadly this summer, in the good, old "Anglo-Saxon" fashion, says a writer in Everybody's Maga- sine. He has invented a "pleasure railway." tills is to carry submarine boats or cars that will dive under a lake, pond, or other sheet of water, and run at various depths on the bot­ tom. A station stands at the water's edge. Thence starts the track, run­ ning in a vertically undulating direc­ tion to the bottom. The steel cars or boats are shaped like a hollow shelL The top part Is for passengers. The rest is to be a fresh-air reservoir while the car is under water. It is air and water-tiglit; On the* .upper side is a removable water-tight, dome-shaped hood of glass, whereby passengers make their exits and their entrances. A running cable pulls the car, operated by a grip in the passenger compart­ ment By a happy inspiration of cre­ ative fantasy the cars will be made in the shape of and painted to resem­ ble whales, sea serpents, krakens huge and black, crocodiles of old Nile, hor­ rible hippopotamuses, alligators, hydras and chimeras dire, gigantic lobsters and other marine forms usually seen darkly through and after Yorkshire rabbits and midnight musty ale. Then you can have on your lake buccaneers and buried gold and imitation coral reefs and Islets to suit the taste. Suffuse all with the glare Of electric light; and with all this scenery and these bobbing monsters even a melan­ choly man ought to sing for Uw., SECRETARY WILSON" DISSATD3- '̂ IttlED WITH MEAT **** « GRUDGING SPIRIT IS SHOWN Cabinet Official Says It Looks as If Owners of Abattoirs Want An- | other Clash with the GtfN* f eminent. BOAT CAPSIZES;- FIVE DIE 8AD DISASTER OCCURS IN SAB- BOB AT CHICAGO. WHEN THEODORE GETS TO PANAMA. ; " A Little Story About Flour. -Japanese astuteness has been no more strikingly illustrated than in the VY story told by Charles Edward Russell "in Everybody's Magazine, of their ob­ taining an independent and unlimited ? source of wheat supply. "Japan raises come wheat," says Mr. Russiell, "but not erough, and for years she has im­ ported heavily of American flour, which is our article of principal export to the Pacific. Years ago Russia leased from China a certain ample territory ?( •- in Manchuria, now tapped by the Rus- ' sian railroad. This territory contains gift* some of the best wheat land in the - • ' world--undeveloped. The Russians quickly perceived the wheat possibili­ ties of this region and had begun to it get :t into order and to establish mills and warehouses when the war came on. The silent little brown men, 'the * ' ' nation of imitators,' crumpled up the great Russian power like so much burned paper, and among the spoils of ;l their victory was the southern half of t, that leased Manchurian territory, the ^ choice wheat land, and the raihoad wr. that ran through It "That territory can grow wheat enough to supply all of the present •: western Pacific flour trade. ||^ "The Japanese government is now engaged in spotting that region with tex-' flour mills and developing the growing ? of wheat In a year or two it will be ready to produce flour. No hurry. The Japanese are never hurried. Quietly &T they plan and scheme; with wondrous skill they build the trap and prepare the tools, and when the proper time comes go forth with certainty to «win V the prey." !• P- Pig Iron Statistics. According to preliminary statistics which have just been Issued by the bureau of census at Washington the production of pig iron in the United States in the calendar year 1904 amounted to 16,263,625 gross tons, val­ ued at $228,911,116, against 14,447,- 7#1 tons, valued at $206,512,755, in the census year ended May 31, 1900. The wage earners employed tn 1904 num­ bered 35,077, who received $18,934,513 In wages, against 39,241 in 1900 who received $18,484,400 in wages. The consumption of iron ore in 1904 amounted to 30,033,862 tons, valued at $100,945,369, as compared with 25,- 366,894 tons in 1900, valued £^t $65,- 902,922. Of the iron ore consumed in 1904 29,203,994 tons were domestic, valued at $96,206,246, and 829,918 tons were foreign, valued at $4,739,123, while in 1900 the domestic iron ore consumed amounted to 24,612,511 tons, valued at $61,795,473, and the foreign ore to 754,383 tons, valued at $4,107,- 449. The daily capacity of the com­ pleted furnaces in 1904 was 77,97d tons, as compared with 54,425 tons in 1900. As ascertained by the American Iron and Steel association the produc­ tion of pig iron in the United States In 1904 was 16,497,033 gross tons. , Lake commerce during April and the first four months of 1906 exceeded that of like periods in any earlier year, and suggests a new record for lake tonnage in 1906. For the month shipments from all points on these great bodies of water amounted to 4,365,505 net tons, while for the year to April 30 they aggregated 5,418,481 tons, a gain for the month of 1,275,042 tons, and for the four months of 1,592,656 tons If compared with corresponding move­ ments in the same period in the year 1*06, „ Chicago.--Another clash is immi­ nent between President Roosevelt and the Chicago packers. This came to light Sunday when Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture, having established him­ self at the Auditorium with the staff of experts whom he has brought here to revise the meat inspection bureau, gave out an interview in which he expressed in measured terms his "dis­ appointment" at the grudging spirit in which, he said, the Chicago packers are meeting the demand for reform. He went further, and questioned the sincerity of their declaration that they wanted government inspection. He said dryly that it looked to him as if they wanted "another fight" and then he let it be known, by the faintest hunching up of his broad shoulders, that the government was ready to give them one rather than accept any halway measures in the amelioration of conditions surrounding the meat industry. Indirectly the report of the Manu­ facturers' association is responsible for the situation. Ever since its pub lication Saturday morning the secre­ tary and his department heads have been making a close study of it, line by line. They found it anything but a "whitewash." They expected to dis­ cover evidence that these plants were being made the equal of the abattoirs abroad. They found, apparently, petty economy Instead. "It seems to me that the packers of Chicago have not yet learned their lesson," said the secretary, speaking slowly, to allow the pencil to keep pace. "This report of the experts re­ tained by the Illinois Manufacturers' association and the Chicago Commer­ cial association is eloquent of their evasions. It seems to us that the pack­ ers have had ample time, if they were so disposed, to launch much greater improvements, for instance, in the sanitary conditions of their plants." "Here in this report we find men­ tion made of toilet rooms ventilating into the workrooms. That will never do. The sanitary improvement of those plants must be on a broad, ef­ fective scale, if the United States is to permit the use of its guarantee label. t "Apparently some of them are try­ ing to economize in defiance of the demands of congress that they bring their plants up to modern standards. Such a policy is a mistake--I repeat it, it is a mistake--and can only result In the undoing of the halfway measures. "That is an expensive method in the long run. It will do the packers no good to get their backs up. Con­ gress has given the department power to insist upon wholesome conditions. That power, I have every reason to believe, will be exercised." "There will be no controversy be­ tween the government and the pack­ ers," went on the secretary. "That won't be necessary. In the event that they object to our close inspection of their canned products, for instance, there will be no label forthcoming. That is all there Is to it. I want to emphasize finally the fact that under the new law there will be a much more adequate inspection. At present our men do not leave the kill­ ing floor. In the future they will watch the meat through the dressing and canning processes. We expect to make rigid requirements to conform with the best standards in the world." DETAILED WORK OF HOUSE Bills to the Number of 4,501 Passed by Congress, with Only 362 Left Undisposed Of. Washington. -- A detailed' state­ ment of the work of the house of representatives during the first session of the Fifty-ninth congress just closed, as given out by Winthrop C. Jones, tally clerk, shows that there were 4,501 bills passed by the house and 362 left undisposed of. The "bills" is inclusive of bills, simple, joint and concurrent resolutions. The total number of laws enacted by this congress is given officially as 3,989, while the Fifty-eighth congress in both its first and second sessions, en­ acted a total of 2,160 laws. There are exclusive of public and private reso­ lutions,, of which there were 54 en­ acted at the session just closed and 39 in the two sesions of the preceding congress. Squall Overturns Dingey in Which In- experienced Naval Reserves ,V . at Practftfc - \ j 1 CWcago. -- Five • members Chicago contingent' of the Illinois naval reserves were drowned after a desperate struggle in the water juet outside the harbor breakwater Thurs- T flay night, when a sudden squall over­ turned the dingey in which they were sailing. There were seven men in the boat ail but ode of them, the coxswain, being inexperienced. When the wind struck the craft the men were so frightened that they became entangled in the cordage in. their ef­ forts to right the boat, and their misdirected efforts helped to capsise the dingey. Thomas Coffey, the coxswain, en­ deavored to save the men who were* drowned, none of whom could swim. After the boat overturned, all floun­ dered about in the water for a few seconds. . Coffey swam toward Heeg and Pimes, byt -they clutched him around the neck and he was almost drawn down in the struggle that fol­ lowed. He was compelled to fight the men he would have saved, if be could, and when he finally released himself from their hold be was so exhausted that he could not dive for them as they sunk out'of sight The dead are: Ahthony J. Capo- dice, 20 years old, son of August Capodice, confectioner, 6510 Cottage Grove avenue; Ralph Heeg, 21'years old, 188 West Jackson boulevard; E. M. O'Carroli, 18 years old, 2927 Par nell avenue, clerk at 259 Clinton street; Joseph Pimes, 30 years old, 1659 Barry avenue, body recovered by life-saving crew; Robert E. Schram, 18 years old, 306 Haddon avenue, had enlisted this week, and was not yet formally enrolled. The survivors: Thomas Coffey, 23 years old, 256 Fortieth street, cox­ swain; Frank Randall, 18 years old, residence 3031 Canal street. The dingey, which was left behind when the Dorothea went for a cruise in Harbor Springs, Mich., started o^t on its trip of instruction shortly be­ fore nine p. m. Thursday. Six men in it were recruits and Coxswain Cof­ fee was teaching them the use of the sail. The squall struck them about an hour after they left the boathouse, and Coffey and Randall clung to the bottom of the overturned boat for half an hour before a boat from the life-saving station reached them. HEIR TO GERMAN THRONE. William HI. Arrives to Gladden House of Hohenzollern -- Presi­ dent to Congratulate Kaiser. Berlin.--Crown Princess Frederick William was safely accouched of a son at 9:15 Wednesday morning. The boy is well formed and strong. The news of the birth of his grand­ son was communicated to Emperor William by means of a wireless dis­ patch from Kiel to the steamer Ham­ burg, on which his majesty is proceed­ ing to Trondhjem, Norway. The ves­ sel was reported last in the Great Belt. » 0 There was great rejoicing at Pots­ dam when it became known that the crown princess had given birth to a son. A battery of artillery fired 101 guns to announce the birth of the prince. An hour later 500,000 copies of the Official Gazette, announcing the event, were given away. Emperor William decided, before leaving Potsdam, that the crown prince's child, if a son, should be named Wilhelm, and selected August 12 as the date for the christening. Oyster Bay, L. I. -- Congratula­ tory messages will go from Saga­ more Hill to the marble palace at Potsdam as soon aB President Roose* velt has been officially notified of the birth of the new German prince. This notification has nqt as yet been received officially, although the presi­ dent has seen the news and shares in the rejoicing of the German emperor. Prohibits Tinned Heats. Belgrade.--In addition to closing her frontier to all Servian cattle, Austria- Hungary has prohibited the bringing in of tinned meats from Servia. Metropolitan Alters Plans. Sofiia.--Mons. Neophylos, the recent­ ly appointed Greek metropolitan of Varna, has been compelled to abanr don his idea of landing at Varna and returned to Constantinople via Kus- tendje on the ship on which he arrived. JCol, Watterson tells the young men to "go south," while U-ncle Jim Hill bids them go west by north. Torn by conflicting emotions, most of the young men probably will remain Where they are. * " 1 • • ' . ! ' . . I E - Edison says he has discovered how to cut the price of automobiles in two. It will soon get so that even •ditors can have 'em. King Leopold of Belgium persists to his ambition to be tbi worst gen­ tleman in Europe, -> •• aaL Chinese Volunteers Parade. Shanghai.--An unprecedented and interesting spectacle was witnessed here Sunday when 4,000 Chinese vol­ unteers, who have been drilling as­ siduously for the past few months, paraded through the settlement t Rescues Aeronaut at Sta. Boston.--James K. Allen, the aero­ naut who left Providence, R. I., on Wednesday in a balloon, was rescued at sea Friday by the Boston Ashing schooner Francis V. Sylvesia and was here by that vessel. , , • v jKrs. Thaw Coming Ho^||^ L London.--Mrs. Thaw, mother "of Harry Thaw, now in the Tombs, New York, charged with the murder of Stanford White, Bailed from Dover for New York Friday on board the steam­ er Kaiserin Auguste Victoria. American Judge for China. Washington.--Attorney General Leb- beus R. Wilfley, of the Philippine islands, has been appointed to the judgeship of the United States court in China, which is to replace the present consular court Judge Wilffey is a na­ tive of St. Louis, Mo., and in 1901 was appointed judge of_the court of first instance of the Philippines. A few4 months later he was advanced to the attorney generalship of the islands. Holds Up Five Stages. Wamona, Cal.--Five Yosemite val­ ley stages were held up late Saturday by a lone highwayman who obtained a considerable amount of money and jewelry. The conveyances were halted in rapid succession at a curve in the road near Ahwanee at the Identical spot where a lone bandit, operating a year ago, relieved several wealthy tourists of their valuables. ; Monument to Revolutionist. Mltau, Courland.--The police dis­ covered in the district of Friederichs- stadt a granite monument weighing a ton which had been mysteriously erected to the memory of a revolu­ tionist slain during the recent revolt Piano Plate Molders Strike. Springfield, Q.--- Piano plate molders to the number of 160 and an equal number of helpers went on a strike Friday. The' molders demand .an in­ crease of 15 cents on each plate and a reduction in hours from ten to nine. Los Angeles Public Buildings. Washington.--A contract for the con­ struction of the United States court­ house, post office and custom house at Los Angeles, Cal., was let by the treasury department The contract price was $918,000. ;• Weil-Known Contractor Newark, N. J.--Joseph B. Sanford, one of the pioneer dock builders and railroad contractors of the country, and head of the firm of Stanford ft Brooks, of Baltimore, died at his home here,aged,75. • r WOI.MVEm met snovftL fU. SHOW-wo flow TO mmul me vm iw f?OCH£JT£fi? H6QALO SODA TJkHK KILLS SOT HEAT FROM FIRE CAUSES AP­ PARATUS TO EXPLODE. YOUNG GIRL BADLY MAIMED Seventeen-Year-Old Miss, with Both Legs and an ArmBroken, Can­ not Survive HerT, Injuries. r RAILROAD AND EX-OFFICIALS FOUND GUILTY OF REBATING V . .V" . ----- VERDICT ADVERSE TO C. A A. RE­ TURNED BEFORE JUDGE X>££- , DIS AT CHICAGO--IMPOl^ ^ _ TAUT VICTORY FOR GOVERNMENT. Chicago.--The Chicago & "Alton Railroad company and two former of­ ficials of the road were found guilty Friady of granting rebates. Punishment for the offenses charged is a fine of not less "than $6,000 nor more than $120,000, according to the district attorney. The punishment has not yet bqen fixed. The road is declared guilty on each of eight counts. Secret ^conces­ sions granted by the company to Schwarzschild & Sulzberger formed the basis of the Indictments. This is considered one of the most important victories of its kind won by the government. It means the be­ ginning of many prosecutions. The attorneys of the railroad gave notice of an appeal. They may, how-, ever, in view of the evidence, decide- to waive further effort to prove the in- noeence of the road of conspiracy. Judge K. M. Landis overruled a mo­ tion made in behalf of John M- Faithorn and Frederick A. Wann, former executives of the Chicago & Alton railway, charged with giving rebates to Schwarzschild & Sulzberger that the cases be taken fropj. the jury and a court order entered in favor if the defendants. The basis of the motion made by the attorneys for the railroad men was that the refunds, assuming that they had been made, did not consti­ tute rebates as contemplated by the law. The judge says that it appears from the evidence that prior to 1901 the Chicago & Alton Railway company charged the belt road four dollars a car for hauls from the packing com­ pany's platforms, over the packers' private tracks and the belt line tracks to the Chicago & Alton tracks, and^ that the belt line ppid one dollar to the packing company for the part of ROOT REACHES PORTO RICO Italian Cruiser Joins in Salute from Morro Castle to UnitedStafces Cabinet Officer* San Juan, Porto Rico.--Troe cruiser Charleston, with Secretary Root and party on board, arrived here at four o'clock Sunday afternoon. The Charleston entered the harbor at considerable speed. She established a record run between New York and San Juan, making the distance in three days and 19 hours. The trip down was uneventful. , As the Charleston entered the har­ bor she received salutes from Morro castle and the Italian cruiser Umbria. Gov. Winthrop and his secretary, A. H. Frazer, went on board the cruiser, and after the exchange of greetings the secretary's party came ashore in naval launches. They were greeted at the landing of the naval station by Capt. Rohrer, commandant of the station, and his staff, the ma­ rines being drawn up in honor of the secretary. . ' , ^ Wealthy Tfouth DroViied. Ashland, N. H--H. McK. Twombly, Jr., only son of H. McK. Twombly, the well-known capitalist of New -Tork and Newport, was drowned Thursday night while swimming in Big lake, Bix miles from Ashland. have Natal Troops Slay Rebels Durban, Natal.--Natal troops completely surrounded and defeated a rebel body in the Umvoti district. Five hundred and forty-seven rebels were killed and few escaped. There jfere no white casualties. ^ As tor and Bride Arrive. v New York.--Waldorf ABtor, son of William Waldorf Astor, of London, arrived here Sunday on the steamship Celtic, accompanied by his bride, who was formerly Mrs. Nannie Langhorne Shaw, of Virginia., Deadlock Record Broken. Des Moines, la.--The record in deadlocked conventions was broken Friday wHen the Thirty-seventh dis­ trict Republican convention ad­ journed without result to meet at Iowa Falls July 19. H. President Grants Pardon. Portland, Ore.--Former Judge A Tanner, who committed perjury in or­ der to shield his law partner, the late United States Senator John H. Mit­ chell, was pardoned by the president M. • ^ " V; •' ' the haul that was over the tracks of the company. This practice Is said to have been known to the Alton company and con­ tinued until January 1, 1901, when, for some reason which does not ap­ pear, but at the alleged request of Schwarzschild & Sulzberger, the . ar­ rangements were changed so that the Alton company made the payments direct to the packing company, In­ stead of through th$ medium of the belt company. Coincident with this change the belt line filed new schedules show­ ing its rates for moving the packing company's traffic to be three dollars a car, which amount the Alton ab­ sorbed in its tariff collected from Schwarzschild & Sulzberger and paid over to the belt road. CHOLERA SITUATION BETTER Decrease in Number of Cases Reported - j*t Manila--Number of Deaths from Scourge. *1 Manila. -- The cholera situation has improved. The report at six o'clock Thursday nigjit shewed ; 19 new cases since midnight of July 4 and ten deaths. The report for July 4 shows 28 cases and 19 deaths. For the week ending July 4 there were 116 cases and 99 deaths. Two Americans--Robert Imobertz and Hart--are dead, but to date only five Americans have been seized with the disorder Thus far cholera has not appeared in the American sec­ tion of the city. The Americans who have "been stricken live In the native sections of Manila. The bureau of health has refused to permit the sale of foodstuffs that may have been liable to infection. The efforts of the doctors engaged in combating the disease show results in the decrease of the number of new cases. While the disease started in stronger than the great epidemic of 1902, the authorities believe that they have the situation now under control. Meadville, Pa.--One killed, another fatally injured, while three are seri­ ously burned, is the result of a fire in a soda bottling works here MondaJy The fatality and injuries were caused 'by a bursting soda charging tank, falling walls and the flames. The loss is estimated at $7,000. The cause of the fire is not known. Two residences and a barn immedi­ ately adjafeent to the bottling .plant were consumed before, the, fire was controlled. When the flames reached the charg­ ing* tank it exploded with a terrific roar, and pieces of the heavy metal were thrown with great force in every direction, subjecting the eift ployes who had not made their escape to a veritable charge of shrapnel. Walter Fries, 14 years of age, was struck and instantly Wiled, while Eleanor Martin, 17 years old, had one arm and both legs broken, be­ sides receiving Internal injuries from which she cannot recover. When the walls fell in Mrs. Minnie Baird 23 years old, was covered with burning woodwork and, besides the serious burns, was severely bruised. She will recover. John; Allen, a fireman, was cut about the head by falling pieces of slate and Fred Bell, another fireman, was overcome by" heat. They also will recover. > PORTO RICANS HEAR ROOT Secretary of State Tells Islanders tfnited States Is Interested in Their National rogress. ">• San Juan, Porto Rico.--Elihu Root, the American secretary of state who arrived here Sunday on board the cruiser Charleston pn his voyage to Rio Janeiro as the representative of the American government to the Pan- American congress, was entertained at luncheon Monday by George Cabot Ward, at the Union club. Auditor Hyde, of Porto Rico, pro­ posed the toast to President Roosevelt. In responding Mr. Root recalled his solicitude and interest for Porto Rico during the first days of his administra­ tion as secretary of 'war while Porto Rico was yet under military govern­ ment. He said he fully appreciated the difficulties attending the island's adjustment to the new conditions re­ sulting from its separation from Spain and the severance of relations be- ween church and state. The United States, Mr. Root said, was greatly interested in the welfare of the island and in holding its friend­ ship,. and strongly desired for Porfo Rico the utmost prosperity and hap­ piness. ELEVEN MEN KILLED BY CARS Loosened Brakes Permits Coal Car­ rier to Speed Down Inclined Trwflr and Spread Deatb^ 5 1 Alto>na, Pa.--A runaway mine car, flying like the wind down a mine branch track that runs from Puritan to Portage, just before mid­ night Tuesday, reaped a frightful har­ vest of eleven, men killed and several Injured. The car had been left standing near Puritan when the mines closed, and some malicious person loosened the brakes and permitted the car to speed down the sharp incline. The disaster happened on what is known as Martin's branch, a stretch of track four miles long that acts as a feeder for several mines that are lo­ cated between Portage and Puritan. v The car was stopped one mile west of Portage, but in the short space of three miles eleven (pen were instant ly killed. Cloudburst in Ohio. Wellsville, O.--A cloudburst, in the country, just back of this city, sent a torrent of water down McQueen's creek and Trotter's run causing a loss of thousands of dollars. Over 200 homes and business houses were flooded and foundations weakened so that people would not. remain in^ the housos. Oil and Rate Probe. yCleveland, O.--The United States grand jury,of this federal district be­ gan Monday the investigation of vio­ lations of interstate commerce and anti-rebate laws alleged to have been committed by various prominent rail­ roads and the Standard Oil company. A dozen or more witnesses, more or less prominent in the railroad and oil business, were present in response to subpoenas. w- Sentence in Land Fraud Case. Portland, Ore.--Henry Meldrum, for­ mer United States surveyor general for the district of Oregon, was Thursday sentenced to pay a fine of $250 on each of 21 counts and to serve 60 days in the federal pentitentiary at McNeil's Isl­ and, Wash., for conspiracy to defraud the Uoited States government in con­ nection with land deals in this state, New Coast Freight Line. San Francisco.--The Southern Par ciflc company has decided upon a new freight line between this city and Oakland for the handling of trans­ continental freight for the orjeat The line is to be 67 miles long. v - Fire on Oil Steamer. Singapore.--The British oil steamer Indranl with 300 drums of naphtha and 35,000 cases of oil on board, caught on fire Sunday eaBt of this harbor. Many drums were and the fire was put out. ^ Offers for Panama Bonds. , Washington.--Secretary Shaw is in receipt of offers for small blocks of Panama canal bonds. The secretary has received about 100 bids for bonds, but all of the bids are for small amounts, except one, which was for $2,000,000. Kills Woman and Self. • Manning, la.--At two o'clock Thurs­ day morning, Ernest Koehnke, • young farmer, shot and instantly killed 17-year-old Lucy Fisher, and then ended his own life. Miss Fisher Koshnks's attentions. " Named by President. i Oyster Bay, N. Y.--President Roose­ velt filled the place of solicitor to the department of commerce and labor by the appointment of Charles Earle. This place was made vacant by the appointment of Edwin W. Sims, as Unite# States district attorney at Chicago. The president also appoint­ ed Richard K. Campbell as ehipf of the bureau of naturalization. BLOATED WITH DROPSY. fhe Heart Was Badly Affected W%f» the Patient Began Using Doan'ft. Mm. Elisabeth Maxwell, of 415 West Fourth St, Olyupia, Wash., says: "For over three years I suffered with » dropsical condi­ tion without be­ ing aware that it was due to kidney trouble. The early stages- were principally backaehe and* b e a r i n g d o w » pain, but I went along without worrying much ^ . until dropsy set *0, |iy feet and ankles swelled up, my hands puffed, and became so tense I could hardly close them. I had great difficulty in breathing, and my heart would flutter with the least exertion. I could not walk far without stopping again and again to rest. Since using four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills the bloating has gone down and the feel- Ings of distress have disappeared.": Sold by all dealers, 50 cents a |"o§ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, ¥, * ^rl Horsebreeker. v Ifffes Winnonah Von Ohl,,^ a' New Jersey girl 20 years old, is making quite a reputation as a horsebreaker. Five years ago, a slender slip of '» girl, she went to South Dakota with her mother, who had been sent thither for a change of climate. Miss Win­ nonah learned to ride bronchos out there and on returning east she took to training and breaking horses, in which work she -has been remarkably successful. She has never sustained any injury while thus engaged. Notice to Barley Growing Farmers. Do not cut your barley before It is thoroughly ripe. Second, shock and cap well. Third, do not thrash out of shock. Fourth, stack your barley and let it sweat and cure in stack, take care so that it does not heat in bin after thrashing. By following these instructions you will improve- *the quality of your grain and thereby realize the highest price in the mar­ ket. The Maltsters will absolutely re­ fuse to purchase barley which has been otherwise handled. John Noth, Secretary, United States Maltsters'^. Association. i ' : Accept-Signatures in Irish. '*">• Irish language revivalists have just •cored a notable victory. The direc­ tors of-the National bank have agreed o accept checks signed in Irish, pro­ vided the signature is repeated in English. One of the advantages of this system, as the bank points out,. Is that it acts as a double protection against forgery. Scriptures in Russia. It is raher remarkable that, not­ withstanding the disturbed condition* of affairs in Russia last year, tb& British and Foreign Bible society re­ ports a banner year in the circulation of Scriptures, over 500,000 copies being; distributed in European Russia, be- a very large number in Siberia. . Sacrifice Made by Judge, Jttstice. Holmes, of the supreme court, in order that he may preserve his mind free from distractions of in­ formation and misinformation that would Impair his efficiency and wis­ dom as a jurist does not allow him- self to read the newspapers. Error of Reformers. One trouble with most would-be re­ formers is that they begin at the wrong end of the task. Lewis' Single Binder straight Sc. Many smokers prefer them to 10c cigars. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, 111. Charity may cover a multitude of sins, but a lot more will spring up. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Sjrrnp. For children teetblng, softens the gums, reduces allays pain, cure* wind colic. 2Bc a bottMt Glittering generalities are !&s rhlne- stones of speech. . • Emigrant Rat$ War. Hamburg.--The reduction in emi­ grant passage rates announced by the North German Lloyd Steamship com­ pany is th^t company's answer to the Hamburg American line's cut of the same amount. The situation begins to look extremely like a rate war be­ tween* the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd lines. Wisconsin Congressman Dead. Chicago--Congressman Henry Cul- len Adams, of Wisconsin, died Mon­ day at the Auditorium hotel as a re­ sult of his efforts at the session just closed While 1n a weak physical con­ dition. Michigan Jurist Dead. Grand Rapids, Mich.--George Proo- tor Wanty, United States ju»Jge for the western district of Michigan, un­ derwent a surgical operation in Lon­ don last Friday and failed to rally, dying Monday. His wife was with him. Head for Kankakee Asylum. Lincoln, Neb.--Dr. James L. Green, superintendent of the Nebraska hos­ pital for the insane at Lincoln, has re­ signed. Dr. Greene has accepted the superintendency of the Illinois hos­ pital for the insane at Kankakee. 7 •i " George Ade Not Engaged. Indianapolis, Ind.--The report'of the engagement between Miss Lucy Tag- gart, daughter of Thomas Taggart, chairman of the Democratic national committee, and George Ade, the play­ wright, is authoritatively, dehied. * Wisconsin'Financier Dead. ~ Oshkosh, Wis.--John R. Morgan, aged 7b years, a prominent lumber man and banker, died Monday. He was president of the Morgan company. He was also vice president Qf the • K<>ny - OPERATION AVOIDED EXPEBIEHCEOFMISS MERKLET She Was Told That an Operation Was Inevitable. How She Escaped It. When a physician tells a woman suf­ fering with serious feminine trouble that an operation is necessary, the very thought of the knife and the operating table strikes terror to her heart, and our hospitals are full of women coming' for just such operations. A4tfr/MararotA7erf(hy There are cases where an operation JH the only resource, but when one con­ siders the great number of cases of menacing female troubles cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ pound after physicians have advised operations, no woman should submit to one without first trying the Vegetable Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for advice, which is fref* Miss Margret Merkley, of 275 ThtaMt Street, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: "v;^ Dear Mrs. Pinkham: " Loss of strength, extreme norrouracqk •hooting pains through the pelvic orgai* bearing down pains and cramps compelled. , me to seek medical ad vice. The doctor, after making an examination, said I had a female trouble and ulceration and advised an opera­ tion. T o this I strongly object**! and decided to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- ~ pound. The ulceration quickly healed, all the bad symptoms disappeared and I s||| ©nee more strong, vigorous and well." Female troubles are steadily on iHtb increase among women. If the montl^ ly periods are very painful, or too fre­ quent and excessive--if you have pain or swelling low down in the left sidd^ bearing-down pains, don't neglect your* self: try T.vdift R Plnl^ham'a VewtithW htwiiiniifiif ^ W-r ' WiiypOniMli ' ( -> * > ' ' ' "X. '"i