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The McHenry Plaindealer Published by F. G. 8CHREINER. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. Daring this weather the softer the drink the better. It It the early bird, too, that ret* a look at the bird-men. Anatole France says that all war is doomed to perish. Meanwhile, swat the fly! DIMS HISLj TALL ALDRICH 8AY8 HE DID NCT PROM- ' I8E TAFT'S AID IN LORIMER'8 ELECTION. OFFERS TRUST CURB WICKERSHAM DECLARES NEW 8YSTEM NEEDED. MOTHER EARTH A-SOL-TED HE WAS 'NOT OBJECTIONABLE' Speaking of high society, a six foot New York man is to marry a seven foot girl. There are worse occupations, too, on a hot day than that of eating iced cantaloupes. Former Rhode Island Senator Re­ futes Much of the Evidence Given by the Chicago Lumberman Before Senate Investigating Committee. In 100 years the summer clad man will look back with horror on the coated man of today. Anybody who wants a coat of tan this summer ought to be able to achieve his heart's desire. Why swat the flies yourself when you can keep a pet toad to attend to the fiy swatting department? Danger from rabies would be greatly minimized if all dogs were given plenty of cold water to drink. Austria is to charge its tobacco smokers $15,000,000 more a year. Its object is not to cure them of smoking, either. A Massachusetts man was choked to death by his celluloid collar. An­ other argument for the modern, up- to-date rag stifler. A New York judge has decided that a woman is not entitled to alimony when she makes her husband cook his own breakfast. Hooray! Senator Clark has a $125,000 pipe organ in his mansion, but when it comes to music we have no doubt that the senator prefers ragtime. A kind-hearted New Jersey yard- master held a freight car five weeks on a siding because a thrush had built her nest on one of its trucks. A professor of chemistry stopped a runaway horse by dashing ammonia Into its face. There's a device that might be tried on runaway husbands. "Wheat from an ancient Egyptian tomb" has been successfully planted In Colorado, so good wheat must have been selected by the cute Arab guides Who put it in the tomb. Because her husband kissed her only twice a day during their honey­ moon a. New York lady has applied for a divorce. Probably they were stingy little kisses, too. Out at Omaha a debating society has decided that the horse is more desir­ able than the automobile. The so­ ciety must be made up of people who get wages instead of salaries. The kaiser's only daughter Is 18, of a sunny disposition, and will marry whom she chooes. Other recommen­ dations may be had by addressing her father at his Berlin residence. A New Jersey woman 1b said to have been Inoculated with rabies by being hit by a bullet which passed through a mad dog. Fast thing, the germ that can hook onto a bullet. The people of Charleston, S. C., are jubilant because fifteen babies were born there in one night recently. Charleston may be expected to imme­ diately apply for the taking of a new census. A "punch in the Jaw" delivered by a wife laid .her husband up for twen­ ty-two weeks. With a passion, for ex­ act detail, he also reports that the third vertebra was displaced one-six­ teenth of an inch. Washington.--Former United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island flatly contradicted at the Lori- mer committee investigation the story given by Edward Hines of Chi­ cago that Aldrich had asked him to urge Lorimer to become a senatorial candidate. In substance, Aldrich's testimony was to the effect that Hines ap­ proached him and asked him what the administration thought of Lorimer, and Aldrich informed him that Lori­ mer was "not objectionable" to Pres­ ident Taft This is what former Senator Aldrich accomplished during h!s short ap­ pearance on the witness stand: Denied that he sent for Edward Hines in the spring of 1901. Denied that he asked Hines to see Congressman Lorimer and impress on him "that the administration was very anxious to have a Republican senator elected in Illinois as soon as possible." Denied that he told Hines there were several important tariff sched­ ules coming up in the senate for the passage of which it was very im­ portant to have every available re­ publican vote. Denied that he sent for Hines and asked him to accompany him to the White House to discuss the Illi­ nois situation with the president Denied that he told Hines the pres­ ident and he (Aldrich) thought Lori­ mer could be elected and again asked Hines to urge on Lorimer "the neces­ sity of becoming a candidate and do­ ing all he could to be elected at the earliest moment possible." Denied that he sent any message whatever either to Lorimer or to Governor Deneen concerning the elec­ tion. Mr. Aldrich thought he had par­ ticipated In three conversations wtth Hines Washington.--Revelations concern­ ing the unusual interest shown in the election of a senator from Illinois by Senator Boies Penrose of Pennsyl­ vania, now chairman of the finance committee; an admission that he in­ vited Edward Hines to become active In the contest, and a suggestion that President Taft telegraphed Hines to get the Lorimer scandal "hushed up" --these were the developments of a day in the senatorial lnvestigatloa into the election of Lorimer. Senator Penrose had been casually mentioned by Hines in his testimony regarding the interest shown by the administration in Lorimer's elec­ tion. In his testimony Senator Penrose said that Hines' testimony about his interest in the election was substan­ tially correct. He went further and said that he believed Hines was work­ ing only for the good of the Repub­ lican party. Penrose told of Hines' great interest in the preparation of a lumber sched­ ule In the tariff bill of 1909. He told of their first meeting, when Hines Interviewed him about the schedule. They naturally fell to talking about the deadlock in Illinois. "I probably urged Mr. Hines, as a citizen of Chicago, to use his best ef­ forts to bring about a result. I was in favor of Mr. Lorimer's election. Mr. Hines reported to me continually as I met him in the tariff discussions. I rather think I Invited his activities in the matter. "I don't recall any one asking me to send a message to Illinois. It might have been, and I might have done it," admitted Penrose. A Philadelphia woman gets a di­ vorce rather than live In Chicago. Quoting George Ade: "Somebody must live here." However, the time from Philadelphia to New York has been cut to less than two hours. LORDS PASS THE VETO BILL Measure Curtails Powers of Peers and Adds to Rights of House of Commons. A Chicago doctor Is quoted as say­ ing that 60 per cent of the dogs that bite' people are infected with rabies. Then the popular impression that be­ ing bitten by a mad dog is fatal seems to be pretty thoroughly refuted, inas­ much as no rabies epidemic among hu­ man subjects has been reported. A man in New York who has achieved an international reputation as an inventive engineer while out on ball on a charge of larceny, now goes to Jail for two years and six months. The state can well afford to see that he has leisure in captivity to go on with his inventions. London --The veto bill, which cur­ tails largely the powers of the house of lords and adds immensely to the rights of the house of commons, was practically made a law. It passed Its third reading in the house of lords after three hours' debate with the op­ position of only a single peer The victory was won in a rather curious way. The members of the hou»e of commons threatened that if the lords did not accede to the new idea they, the commoners, would appeal to the king and have 500 new peers created Naturally there would be among the new ones many--a majority, Indeed -- who would support the commoners and vote with them. This idea of "dilut­ ing the blood of the house of lord*" horrified that august body. Suggests Body 8imilar to Interstate , Commission to Regulate Cor­ porations. Duluth, Minn.--Attorney General Wickersham. speaking before the Min­ nesota Bar association here, advocated a federal commission for the regula­ tion of corporations in the same way as the interstate commerce board now curbs the railroads. The cabinet member declared also that the duty of fixing prices of com­ modities might devolve upon this com­ mission, though he expressed some doubt of the practicability of this phase of the plan. The law of supply and demand, Mr. Wickersham said, no longer controls prices In the United States. For years, he said, the prices in all the great staple Industries have been fixed by agreement between the prin­ cipal producers and not by a normal play of free competition. An Interstate commission, the attor­ ney general added, would prevent vio­ lations of the anti-trust lawB and aid business men to maintain a continued status of harmony with the require­ ments of the statutes. "That further regulation of corpora­ tions carrying on commerce among the stateB may be necessary," he said, "is coming to be a matter of current comment. It has been openly advo­ cated recently by representatives of Bome of the largest combinations of capital, probably as a means of salva­ tion and to preserve under govern­ ment supervision great organisations whose continued existence is menaced by the recent interpretation of the Sherman act, the disintegration of which would be attended with heavy loss. To 6uch it Is a case of 'any port in a shipwreck.' Better continued co­ operative. life, even under a powerful master, than disseminated properties and segregated activities without con­ stant government supervision. BOSTON INVADED BY CHOLERA Woman Succumbs to Disease Whioh Is Traced to Sailors Taken as Lodgers--Men Disappear. Boston.--Asiatic cholera has reached Boston and caused one death, while two foreign sailors who are believed to have brought the dread disease here after being taken ill disappeared and their whereabouts is unknown, according to a statement given out of­ ficially by Chairman Samuel H. Durgin of the Boston board of health. The cholera victim was Mrs. Tamas- sino Mastrodenico, who died at the de­ tention hospital on Gallup's island. Mrs. Mastrodenico took Into her home as lodgers a few weeks ago two sailors who were members of the crew of a steamer supposed to have sailed from an Italian port. The sailors subsequently were taken ill and disappeared. Efforts are being made to locate them. The children of Mrs. Mastrodenico are under observation at the quaran­ tine station and the board has already begun the work of examining the many persons who may have come into contact with the dead woman. Her house in the congested Italian district of the city will be thoroughly fumigated and all precautions taken to protect the 25 families, Including some half a hundred children, who also live there. Mrs. Mastrodenico, until she was Isolated, was attended constantly by her daughter, Mary, who slept with her. LEWIS STRANG IS KILLED Noted Auto Driver Crushed tc Death In Attempting to Avoid a Wagon. Blue Rivers, Wis.--Louis Strang, the noted automobile race driver, was instantly killed near here, when, in an endeavor to avoid a wagon his automobile careened and went crash­ ing over a high embankment Strang was driver of a car carrying the technical committee of the annual endurance tour of the Wisconsin Auto­ mobile association. In the car with Strang were three other passengers, including Joe Jag- gerberger, also a driver of Case cars, and Lester Clark of Richland Center, Wis. The name of the other passen­ ger has not been learned. Strang did not Jump, but remained at the wheel and was crushed to death in the fall of thirty feet MORE PROOF OF MINE BLAST Superstructure of the Maine Blown Upward Gives Further 8upport to Outer Explosion Theory. Ha»a.nit--The remains of four of : Maine's crew were found crushed I arr.Mc,; pt beneath the superstruc- | ture that had been thrown up forward ft is more and more appar­ ent fhat *be Maine was blown up by an exterior explosion. COWARD ' Certain vague allusions in the pa­ pers lead to the suspicion that Keo­ kuk is building a dam across the Mississippi which will conserve all the water of that eccentric old stream that is not needed for the mainten­ ance of its catfish. Keokuk hitherto baa been called the "gate city." Hence­ forth it will be known as--but this is merely conjectural. A physician tells us that yawning is good for the health. At any rate people who are in the habit of yawn­ ing rarely break down from overwork. A Frenchman who recently visited this country says that he found many climates in America. Quite true, and Bow and then they have a habit of coming all at once. Five hundred women and children arrived in New York a few days ago oq their way from Scotland to join their husbands and fathers who have become farmers in Minnesota, Sas­ katchewan and other states and prov­ inces between there and the Pacific. This la one of the explanations of the of Scotland's population. Catch Alleged Counterfeiter. Hartford, Conn.--Secret service agents arrested Jesse Schroeder, charged vftth being the source of the supply of counterfeit bills which have been in evidence for some time in Ohio and Kentucky. Missouri Educator Is Dead. Kansas City, Mo--J. V. C. Karnes, a widely-known attorney and educa­ tional worker, died at his home in this city, aged seventy. For years he was a member of the board of cura­ tors of Missouri university. Small Gotham Bank Closed. New York--Announcement was made that the Audubon National bank, a small Institution at Broadway and Forty-third street, will go into volun­ tary liquidation because of misappro­ priation of funds by one of its officers. National Bank Examiner Hanna is in charge. Tax John D. on (6,000,000. Cleveland, O --John D Rockefeller's real property in Cleveland and Cuya- hoga county has been appraised at $6,000,000. Alexandra Still Mourning. London Queen Mother Alexandra has let It. become known to her friends that she intends to prolong her period of mourning. She will not participate in any other gayeties for some months to come. Dreams, Fflls Four 8torles. New York--While dreaming he was witnessing a prize fight, Dennis O'Meara, an express driver, rolled from his bed out of an open window, and fell four stories. O'Meara was badly bruised, but not otherwise hurt Wilson Sees 1912 Victory. . Asbury Park, N. J --Six hundred Democrats at a banquet at Avon heard Governor Wood row Wilson predict Democratic success in 1912. It was idle to talk of the formation of a third party, said the governor. Asks Safety for Ranchers. Washington.--American ranchera in Lower California are being threatened by the so-called Mexican liberals. The United States has requested the gov­ ernment of Mexico to afford them ade­ quate protection. yfllT TAFT RECIPROCITY MEASURE CARRIED BY SENATE BY VOTE OF 53 TO 27. WILL BECOME LAW JULY 26 Amendments That Encumbered Can­ ada Pact Quickly Swept Aside When Time Comes for Decisive Ac­ tion--Party Lines Are Wiped Out. Washington.--The Canadian reci­ procity bill waB passed by the senate by a vote of 53 ayes and 27 nays, and the business for which congress was assembled in extraordinary session was concluded. President Taft did not receive the measure for signature before leaving tdr Beverly as the house had ad­ journed before the senate took the final vote, and the engrossment of the bill must take placc while the branch in which it originated is in session. The house does not meet again until July 26, when the final formalities will take place. Every amendment was voted down by a larger majority than that by which the original bill finally carried --in all cases where a roll call was had. On the final passage 21 Repub llcans voted for the bill and 24 against 32 Democrats for it and 3 against The only significant thing as to votes on the various amendments was the practically unanimous disposition on the part of friends of the reciproc­ ity measure not to allow anything to mar the agreement entered into be­ tween executive officials of the Cana­ dian and United States govern­ ments. Most of the votes on amendments on which there were roll calls ran about 16 to 64. The highest votes ob­ tained in favor of any amendments were those on the Nelson cattle and farm products proposition and the Mc- Cumber scheme to prevent elimination of the duties on grain in bond. The former was defeated 23 to 58 and the latter 21 to 54. No big crowds niled the galleries when the end came, but there were many members of the house on the floor as the flpish approached. There was no oratory--Just a series of roll calls, which brought the main issue to a vote. Ottawa, Ont.--The favorable action by the United States senate on the reciprocity agreemnt puts the govern­ ment in a somewhat stronger position, but It is conceded that it will not prove a factor in breaking the pres­ ent deadlock on the question in the Canadian commons. The leaders of the opposition profess to see no change in the situation and assert that they will continue the filibuster against a measure which, they claim, is the entering wedge looking to dis­ solution of Canada's ties with the mother country. Under parliamentary rules the ma­ jority cannot force closure on a ques­ tion of this kind. The opposition can delay a vote indefinitely by providing speakers to continue debate. A dissolution of parliament and an appeal to the country In a general election with reciprocity as the issue is the only course left to the govern­ ment, and it is expected that Premier Laurler will take advantage of the first opportunity within a fortnight. The new parliament would be able to enact the agreement before the first of the year. Pays $22,500 for Pitcher. Minneapolis, Minn,--Barney Drey- fuss, president of the Pittsburg club of the National league, has purchased Marty O'Toole, St. Paul's sensational spitball pitcher, for $22,500, the high­ est price ever paid for a ball player in the history of organized base­ ball. Andrew Johnson's Aid Dead. Nashville, Tenn.--Edmund Cooper, secretary to President Andrew John­ son, is dead at the age of ninety at his home in Shelbyvllle, Tenn. Tsx Dodging Comes High. Eastford, Conn.--Because he evaded the payment of his personal tax of $2, Arthur Miller, a wealthy resident of this place, must pay a fine of $300.99. The fine Is the largest ever imposed for this offense. American Bids Too High. Santiago, Chile--The government has refused the American offers for the construction of two battleships of the Dreadnought type, owing to the high prices asked. It will accept the I offer of an English firm. VETERANS HEAR TAFT PRESIDENT TALKS PEACE TO BLUE AND GRAY. Announces Arbitration Treaties With France and Great Britain Will Be Signed Within Ten Days. Manassas, Va. -- President Taft in addressing several thousand Union and Confederate veterans made a vigorous plea for international peace and was applauded and cheered most heartily. The president declared that a gen­ eral arbitration treaty both with Great Britain and with France probably would be signed within the next ten days. He added that he hoped within the next few days to announce that three other great powers would enter into similar agreements with the United States. He did not go so far as to indicate the nations that he had in mind, but it was generally be­ lieved that he referred to Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. Japan ul­ timately may come into the far-reach­ ing peace pact, but the negotiations with the empire as yet are Bald to be merely tentative. President Taft reached Manassas after a tempestous trip. It was so strenuous that the presidential party abandoned their motor cars here and returned to the capital by train. Mr. Taft laughingly likened his troubles in getting to Bull Run to those that some folks 50 years ago had in get­ ting away. "I brought some senators and repre­ sentatives down with roe from Wash­ ington," he Bald, "and because of the exigencies of the road and the storm and strife of the elements we came far more slowly than some senators and representatives who came down here half a century ago went back." WALL PAPER MEN INDICTED Members of Alleged Trust Are Ao- cused of Violating 8herman Law in Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio.--Four indictments were returned by the federal grand jury, which haB been investigating an alleged wall paper trust. The indict­ ments charge conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman law. The Indicted persons are official* of wall paper jobbirg houses. They are: J. B. Pearce, president of the J. B. Pearce Wall Paper company of Cleve­ land; Norton Newcomb of St. Louis, Edward E. Maxwell of Chicago and C. C. Aler of Columbus, O. Bond was fixed at $5,000 In each case. The specific charge against the In­ dicted men is that they met In Cleve­ land May 30, 1910, and after a secret session, notified wall paper manufac­ turers of' the country that If they sold wall paper to 5 and 10 cent stores the Jobbers would boycott them. GATES' FRIENDS ARE HOPEFUL Strloken Financier Is More Than Hold­ ing His Own, and Complete Re­ covery Is Looked For. Paris.--Although the condition of John W. Gates is still critical, he con­ tinues to,make slight gains. Doctor Gro8, after his second visit to the patient said while It would be several days before the physicians could say definitely that Mr. Gates was out of danger, his condition at present justified confident hopes for his recovery Denies Ambassador Will Resign. London.--The foreign office denied a report cabled from the United States that James Bryce contemplates retir­ ing from his post as British ambassa­ dor at Washington, following the con­ clusion of the Anglo-American arbitra­ tion treaty. Thlrty-8even Massacred. Livingstone, Rhodesia.--German Dis­ trict Commissioner Von Frenkenberg, two white sergeants, 14 police and 20 carriers have been massacred by the Okarango tribe of Bechuanaland. Finds Comet In Pegasua. Geneva, N. Y.--Dr. W. R. Brooks, di­ rector of the observatory at Ho- bart college, announces he has dis­ covered a comet in right ascen­ sion 22 hours, IS minntes, 40 seconds and declination north 20 degrees, 37 minutes, with motion northwest The comet is in the constellation Pegasus. Miss Whitney Engaged to Wed. New York.--The engagement of WU- lard D. Straight of Oswego, N. Y., and Miss Dorothy P. Whitney was an­ nounced here. roiS 5T[EL RING CONGRESSIONAL PROBER8 GET DATA FINING COMPANIE8 BREAKING LAW8. FINES $1,000 FOR VIOLATORS Chairman Stanley Places on Record the 1900 Agreement--Firms Were Required to Give Monthly Statement. Washington.--Congressman Stan­ ley's expected sensation in the in­ vestigation of the steel trust was sprung in the form of an alleged agreement entered into In November, 1900, by eleven steel companies to co­ operate for their mutual interest and to form an organization known as "The Steel Plate Association of the United States." No sooner had the committee met than Chairman Stanley put into the records a copy of the alleged agree­ ment. It first came to light through Eugene Bonnewell, an attorney, and F. B. Kauffman, a job printer, both of Wayne, Pa., who acquainted Chair­ man Stanley of their information. Any steel company Violating the te^ms of the agreement, it is assert­ ed, laid itself liable to heavy penalties and fines of as much as $1,000 have been imposed. Each firm was re­ quired to make monthly sworn state­ ments relating to shipments, rolling production, etc., and any member who shipped more than his apportioned amount was required to pay a fine on each pound of such excess, the money collected being divided among the members who did not ship up to their alloted share. Section 9 of the agreement, reads: "All .sales between parties to these agreements shald be at full prices, as provided in agreement B and all shipments shall be reported by the manufacturer, on which a pool tax will be charged the same as outside par­ ties. the purchaser also to report ship­ ments of all such materials so bought, for which they shall claim and receive credit." Richard Lindabury, counsel for the United States Steel corporation, pro­ tested against the introduction of copy of the agreement because it was not signed and because the date as given was one year in advance of the formation of the United States Steel corporation. Mr. Lindabury said that there was no such agreement in the flies of the steel corporation and he denied all knowledge of it, but the copy of the agreement as read was placed in the committee's report. COMMONS IN WILD DISORDER Premier Is Howled Down When He Attempts to Obtain Considera­ tion of Veto 6il1. London.--Scenes of wild disorder marked the session of the house of commons. Half a dozen times the premier arose to move consideration of the lords' amendments to the par­ liamentary bill and each time he was howled down by a din so terrific that the speaker had difficulty in making himself heard as he appealed to both sides to observe parliamentary de­ corum. After trying for three-quarters of an hour to get a hearing and finding himself unable to prevail against the uproar, Premier Asquith cut short his projected speech and amid a hubub declared that if the lords would not consent to restore the veto bill, even with reasonable amendments, to substantially Its original form, the government would be compelled to in­ voke the exercise of the royal prerog­ ative for the creation of new peers. Unable to restore order Speaker Lowther declared the sitting sus­ pended. ROADS MUST CUT WEST RATES Interstate Commission Issues Sweep­ ing Order Affecting All Freight Charges Between Coasts. Washington.--Decisions of far-reach­ ing importance were announced by the interstate commerce commission. They afreet directly all freight rates between the Atlantic ocean and the Pacific coast. Particularly, they affect the rates in the territory lying be­ tween Denver and Pacific coast points. By the opinions handed down the commission has attempted to arrive at a definite relation of the rates to the non-competitive points as com­ pared with those to the coast, and has laid down the extent to which the rates to Interior points may exceed the coast rates. In all the cases decided the carriers are given until October 15 to file tar­ iffs with the commission, constructed In accordance with the views set forth in the opinions. The net result of the decisions will be to give lower rales on all west­ bound transcontinental traffic to cities In the inter-rocky mountain territory. Wickersham In Denial. Washington. -- Attorney General Wickersham branded as falsehoods the charges of Delegate Wickersham of Alaska, that the attorney general had "shielded Alaskan criminals," and had allowed the statute of limitations to run in an alleged coal contract fraud case. Last Survivor of Seminole War Dead. Chattanooga, Tenn.--W. F. M. Rice, ninety-seven, the only survivor of the Seminole war, is dead of old age at Flint Springs, Tenn. "Not Guilty" Gompers Plea. Washington.--In lieu of1'formal an­ swers to the contempt charges against them, Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor entered oral pleas of "not guilty" before Justice Wright of the District Supreme court. Indianian Slain; Rival Accused. EvansviHe, Ind.--Noah Russell, aged twenty-nine, was shot and killed, and Elbert Meridith, aged thirty, is ac­ cused of the crime. He Is missing. The men were rivals. CURE TH»T SORE THROAT fiore throat is Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the throat, if this membrane happens to be at all sensitive a predisposition to core throat will exist Pax tine Toilet Antiseptic la both a preventative and a cure for sore throat because It possesses extraor­ dinary cleansing, healing and germi­ cidal qualities. Just a little in a glass of water, used aa a gargle, win It relieve all soreness and strengthen the mucous membrane of the throat, and thns overcome all tendency to •ore throat. Paxtine is far superior to liquid an­ tiseptics or Peroxide for all toilet and hygienic uses. Paxtine may be obtained at any drug store, 25 and 50c a box. or sent postpaid upon rcccipt of pries by Tli% Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass. Bend for a free sample. IT8 STRONG POINT. De Auber--Yes, I've Just finished that painting. Do ypu like the per­ spective? * Orvllle Blunt--Yes, it's great. The further away you stand from It th| better it looks! 8eventy-one Years In a Shoe Shop. Charles H. Wilson of Troy, N. Y., occupies the unique position of having been in business 1* one building for 71 years; at least he will have completed 71 years In the shoe business at 242- 244 River street August 12 next This record, it is believed, can be equaled by few if any shoe retailers in this country. Mr. Wilson has also been in business for himself for more than 50 years. Mr. Wilson is today Just ae much In active business as he was al­ most three-quarters of a century ago, when as a thirteen-year-old lad he en­ tered the employ of John I^eonard Williams of Troy. To be exact, that was August 12, 1840. Mr. Williams kept a shoe store at 242-244 River street in a building which had been erected in 1803, and so the building now occupied by Mr. Wilson for his nbtail shoe business is one of the old* est buildings in Troy. Work for Extinction of Tuberculosis. Exhibitions showing in graphic form the prevention of consumption have been shown in every state in the United States, except Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and Wyoming, and also in most of the Canadian provinces and in Mexico. Porto Rico and Cuba, ac­ cording to a statement made by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. There are now 25 states and ,16 cities hav­ ing permanent and traveling exhibits besides the two operated by the Na­ tional association Itself, and the total number of similar displays is over 200, including about 150 small school exhibits. The first tuberculosis ex­ hibit In America was shown by the Maryland Tuberculosis commission in January, 1904. In 1906 there were four such exhibits. And Then He Escaped. "William," said Mrs. Peckem, stern­ ly, "did you ever stop to think that some one might steal me when you are away?" "Well," responded the poor husband, with a far-away look, "I was a little alarmed when a horse thief was prowl­ ing these parts last week." Mrs. Peckem stiffened up haughtily. "A horse thief, eh?" "Yes. I heard that he carried off two or three nags from this district." And then Peckem made a bee-line for the door. FAL8E HUNGER A Symptom of 8tomaeh Trouble Coi* rected by Good Food. There is, with some formB of atom* ach trouble, an abnormal craving for food which is frequently mistaken for a "good appetite." A lady teacher writes from Carthage, Mo., to ex­ plain how with good food she dealt with this sort of hurtful hunger. "I have taught school for fifteen years, and up to nine years ago had good, average health. Nine years ago, however, my health began to fail, and continued to grow worse steadily, % spite of doctor's prescriptions, and everything I could do. During all this time my appetite continued good, only the more I ate the more I wanted to eat--I was always hungry. "The first symptoms of my break­ down were a distressing nervousness and a loss of flesh. The nervousneaa grew so bad that finally it amounted to actual prostration. Then came stom­ ach troubles, which were very painful, constipation which brought on piles, dyspepsia and severe nervous head­ aches. "The doctors seemed powerless to help me, said I was overworked,, and at last urged me to give up teach­ ing, if I wished to save my life. "But this I could not do. I kept on at it as well as 1 could, each day grow­ ing more wretched, my will-power alone keeping me up, till at last a good angel suggested that I try a diet of Grape-Nuts food, and from that day to this I have found it delicious always appetizing and satisfying. "I owe my restoration to health to Grape-Nuts. My weight has returned and for more than two years I have been free from the nervousness, con­ stipation, piles, headaches, and all the aUmenta that used to punish me so, and have been able to work freely and easily." Name given by Postum COc, Battle Creek. Mich. Read the little book,'"The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason * •vcr read the above letter* A Me appear* from time to time. Ther •v* ctaola*) traa, u< fall ot ktuaaa PBStu