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THE WcHEHRY PLAIHDEALER] McHENRY PLAINDEALER CO. MCHENRY, ILLINOIS. The Evil of Easy Credit, j ; F; 'That people of moderate resources much given to living beyond their •il si means in the effort to keep up with their richer contemporaries is a fact long established. The Massachusetts bureau of labor statistics arrives af this old conclusion by a new route. In so doing, it suggests that to the extensive employment of credit and the installment system moral as well as economic unwisdom may attach. The bureau has gathered figures to show the uncollectible» indebtedness of the people of, the state. They are very large figures. A disregard is in evidence, amazing in the aggregate of its results, of the claims of butch­ ers, grocers and other small trades­ men. It is Implied in the report that to the spreading of the installment business to an extreme much of this evil is traceable. Credit has become so easy that the responsibilities of debt are more lightly regarded. As against traders, too, who merely keep : -books an immense advantage for col­ lections rests with dealers who hold ..contracts with forfeiture of goods as "one of the penalties of missing regu­ lar payments. The argument is hot • against the installment principle, llore often than not the system of part payments is a great help. It is. a special providence to many young people starting at housekeeping. It has assisted in the building of count­ less homes. These accomplishments justify its maintenance. But, re­ marks the New York Press, that the .system is abused there can be no dis­ pute. Extravagance loses its warn­ ing face when it is represented by a small sum per week or per month, in­ stead of a large sum cash driwn. fe practice of eating from a two dozen sour pickles a Dangerous Anti-Fat Treatment. Fat girls who are inclined to1 drink •inegar and eat pickles in the hope of reducing flesh may take warning .from the fate of Annie Gross, a 25- year-old St. Louis woman. She was "stout" and had been dieting to re­ duce her flesh. She ate no meat or heavy food and neighbors gave the Information that she had made a dozen to day and drinking from half a pint to a pint of vinegar every 24 hours. Sudden r /death came to her Sunday evening 0;i when she had left a party of her '•*{ friends to get a drink of water. At *-v- • the autopsy physicians found the in- |l l . ®er walls of the stomach almost com­ pletely eaten away. The cause of death was given as "hemorrhage of the stomach and acetic poisoning," dne to pickles and vinegar. It is easy, says the Chicago Sun, to see Jiow such results would naturally come more quickly to a stomach that was deprived of other classes of food. A similar condition has often bee a fotmd in the stomach of men who were small eaters and habitual drink­ ers of large Quantities of hard cider. The stomach is not a proper recepta­ cle into which to pour Quantities of strong acid. STREETS OF STRICKEN CITY RESEMBLE VAST CEMETERY STREET SCENE IN VALPARAISO, CHILI. of Earthquake Victims are I® mitted to Remain in Thorough fares of Valparaiso. TERRIFIC ADDS TO MISERY OF JM PfQPlE ,P Nfceds of Great Mass of Homeless Ones Too Great to Attend for Those Who Sue- , , s cumbed to Shock and Hunger. Valparaiso.--Valparaiso in ashes, like San Francisco, mourns its de­ parted glory, but is looking hopefully to a new future. There is no time to count the dead. The needs of 100,000 homeless peo­ ple, camped in the hills and helpless under beating rains, hungry, and with­ out food or shelter, are too pressing to care for those who are past the need of food and whose only shelter must be the grave. Estimates of the number of dead vary. Some police officials say it will reach 5,000. Others place the num­ ber at 3,000. In the municipal prison alone there are 250 bodies. In the morgue there are 50. In one church 60 more have been counted. But no systematic search for the dead has as yet been made. It is possible now to look over the ruins and take an acconnt of the des­ olation wrought by earthquake and fire. Predicted Disaster. It is a strange fact, commented on almost with awe, that the newspapers progaosticated the catastrophe If %' Thursday, only a few hours before the blow fell. The local astronomers based their prediction on the conjunction of Jupiter, the earth, and the moon. The first shock came in the midst of a terrific rain storm, at 7:50 o'clock Thursday evening. A few minutes later there was a second shock, al­ most equal in violence. The second of the buildings In the city were spar­ ed by the earthquake and Are. The greatest force of the shock seemed to center around the cdmmer- cial district, where the great banks and commercial ho rises were situated. Most of the buildings there were either demolished of badly damaged. The Are completed the work of de­ struction. Dynamite Stops Fire. The fires which broke out after the earthquake have as a result of stub­ born efforts finally been suppressed. Dynamite was largely used to this end.' The streets of the city are constant­ ly patrolled by military and other forces. The authorities are taking en­ ergetic measures to maintain order. Many robbers hkve been shot and killed on the spot. Martial law pre­ vails. Meat is being distributed in the streets here by order of the authori­ ties and trainloads of provisions have been started from Santiago, but can­ not yet get through. It is firmly believed here that the Valparaiso earthquake was more se­ vere than the one which visited San Francisco. Losses in life and property are enormoup, but all estim<yjpe are as yet premature. '^jp Dead Rot in Streets. Buenos Ayres.--A Santiago dispatch says,, that hundreds of refugees from Valparaiso are arriving. They say the EXPENSES OF NATION UIS$ LEOPOLD, SEC LIEDERKRANZ. Picture Shows One of Double-Decked 8treet Cars, on Which Women Are Conductors, Traversing a Narrow, Crooked Thoroughfare of Older Por- tlo%of the City. • *... ^ . - * <- * MEXICAN BARRED FROM TEXAS SOIL p: #4 ATTORNEY GENERAL ROBB DE­ CIDES UNSKILLED MEN CAN­ NOT BE IMPORTED FOR RAILROAD WORK. VIEW OF WATER FRONT OF VALPARAISO, NAPLES OF AMERICA, DESTROYED BY EARTHQUAKE. SOUTH Last week Mrs. Elizabeth Hunt traveled through Connecticut in a motor car. Nothing strange about that; an automobile excursion is with- oot significance; but it happens the lady on this particular car was a cen­ tenarian. A very jolly one she must siA be, for she has gone five years above par, and yet says the motor is her fa­ vorite vehicle. But Mrs. Hunt is the "new woman," the very newest wom­ an, in fact, when at the age of 105 she enjoys life as though she were only 50. And who shall say this new note of the day, the Voman of 105, is not to be the answer to Dr. Osier's theory? One who" doesn't weary of life will subscribe to it, but for the woman incapable of perennial youth the out-' r look would, be boresome in the ex­ treme. Mrs. Hunt, however, is a liv­ ing example of the lnocuousness of With the promise this year of one of the largest grain crops the country lias ever known there is room for in­ terest in the reports from other lo- • „ calities. A fair yield is predicted in most of the wheat-growing regions o f Europe, but as the output is never large enough for old-world consump­ tion it is clear that the prospect is eood for heavy importations as usu­ al, and the United States will be the main source of supply. This is the general situation, and it should help to promote stability here, for big jgrain crops and large exports of breadstuffs are among the influences £hat guarantee prosperity. The predictions on the wheat crop 1906 range from 700,000,000 to 740,- •00,00 bushels. These are based on acreage and on condition at the pres­ ent time, when a large part of the crop Is harvested. In 1901 the crop wma 748,000,000 bushels. This is the only time that wheat has passed the •700,000,000 mark. The yield for 1906 Is certain to be next to the largest •ever gathered. As corn gives prom *se to break all records in magnitude the American farmer continues to be la clover. ix Over in Morocco the sultan's troops bave recently been parading with the beads of the pretender's followers <ctnck on their bayonets. It looks as though the pretender would be like­ ly to advancS his own Interests by ceasing to pretend and going into Some othrtr line of business. -,..A Philadelphia court has decided '"tfeat a love letter can not be probated as a will. It is clear that in such pro­ ductions the sound ai$ aria* !* entirely absent. shock completed the work of destruc­ tion. In those few awful moments the people deserted their houses and the whole population fled through streets already choked with the debris of col­ lapsing buisdings. The rain was falling in torrents. The electric lights had been extin­ guished with the first shock. The gas lights in the streets, in the shops, and in the houses were ou^. The night was of inky blackness. People in Mad Panic. Into this inferno of ruin and dark­ ness, through streets choked with de­ bris and tangled fallen wires, more than 100,000 terrorized, panic-stricken, screaming, maddened persons fled, seeking in vain for shelter from the storm and for safety from collapsing houses. The parks and plazas afforded the most convenient shelter and to them the terrorized people stumbled and groped their way. But the great masses of the crowds, unable to find room in the parks, found their way to the hills. Fires in a score of different places dispelled the darkness, and soon whole quarters of the city were in flames. All Thursday night and all day Friday the fire raged unchecked. The water supply gave out and dyna­ mite was used in a vain endeavor to check the conflagration. Fire's Complete Destruction. By Friday midnight the flames had completed the work of destruction be- gua^by the earthquake in practically wftcfle eastern two-thirds of the the elty. Saturday's dawn brought hope that the fire had burned itself out, but a strong wind came up from the south, and the flames Bwept onward with re­ newed violence, completing the de­ struction of the residence district. Probably not more than 20 per cent. water and gas supply has given out and that the city is. practically desert­ ed. Bodies of the decomposing dead fill the streets. Refugees now say that 12,000 people lost their lives. President-elect Montt has gone to the afflicted city. • 7 Appeals have been received from Iquique and Tacna for aid. Ships are now leaving the harbor to secure food. ^ The Lyceum building collapsed, killing the dean and his entire fam­ ily.. The towns of Melliaqullla, Quillota, Santo Rio, Beroncogua, Casa Blanca and San Felipe, all in the Andes re­ gion, are in ruins. The situation at Tacoma and Arica is reported to be serious. There is no water and the electric lighting ma­ chinery was destroyed by the earth­ quake. Valparaiso.--While confusion akin to panic still prevails, it is at last possible to gauge the full extent of the destruction done by the successive earthquake shocks of Thursday and Friday. The most conservative estimate off the dead places the: number at 2,000, while it is certain that scores of bod­ ies lie buried in the ruins which re­ main untouched. The damage to property is enor­ mous, $250,000,000 probably will, not cover the loss. The fires which threatened to com-, plete the ruin done by the earth­ quakes have been checked, but at the cost of the city's water supply. City la Desolate. The ruined city presents a scene of inexpressible desolation. It practical­ ly has been abandoned. Earthquakes and fire have left more than 100,000 of its population homeless. Those whose homes escaped des­ truction long ago deserted them in terror. ' • Washington.--An important ques­ tion respecting the importation of la­ bor from Mexico into the United States for work on railroad construc­ tion in Texas has been determined by the department of justice. The ques­ tion was whether men employed as la­ borers on ordinary railroad construc­ tion were? "skilled" or "unskilled," in the meaning of the, law. The depart­ ment of justice has decided that the men are "unskilled" laborers and that therefore, cannot under the law be admitted into the country under contract. ' Mexicans Denied Admission. On June 9, 1906, Doreteo Arellames, a Mexican, applied for admission at El Paso, Texas, and was debarred by a board of special inquiry on the ground that he was a contract labor­ er, and that his entry into the United States was in violation of the immi­ gration act approved March 1, 1903. An appeal was taken at the Instance of J. E. Hutt, who has a contract to furnish labor to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad, and the Fort Worth and Denver City, rail­ roads, all east of Albuquerque, N. M., and George H. Mosher, who has a similar contract for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad west of Albuquerque as far as the Pacific coast. On June 25, 1905, Sebastian Sotelo was denied admission at El Paso by a board of special inquiry under the .alien contract labor law. The appeal was taken at the instance of the Ben Heney company, of Tucson, Ariz., which has a contract to furnish labor for the Southern Pacific between El Paso and San Jose on the coast line and to Fresno on the Valley line. Question of Skilled Labor. The question Involved the construc­ tion of the term "skilled labor" In sec­ tion 2 of the immigration act of March 3, 1903, it being contended by the appellants that laborerc ordinar­ ily, employed in the construction and maintenance of the tracks of railroads were skilled laborers within the mean­ ing of the term as used in the act, and that if labor of like kind could not be found unemployed in the United States, laborers of this class could be imported into the United States under contract. Acting Attorney General Robb, in his opinion, says: "It is probable ex­ perience demonstrated that very few skilled laborers were brought to this country under the provisions of sec­ tion 5 of the act of 1885. For this reason when the law came to be amended in 1903 it Was not deemed neecssary to limit the exception to its operation to new industries as was the case in the original act. In other words, congress, recognizing the vast difference between skilled and un­ skilled labor, concluded that it might with perfect safety permit skilled la­ bor to be imported in all cases where 'labor of 4ike kind unemployed could not be found in this country." But no such exception was made in favor of the importation of unskilled labor. Indeed, to rule otherwise would, in ef­ fect, nullify the whole law. Should Favor Home Labor. "The act was designed and intended for the protection and security of the American laborer, whose welfare every patriotic citizen is bound to pro­ mote. Laws designed for his ben^|t should, if possible, be so construed as to effectuate rather than retard the ob­ jects for which they are enacted. "It is certainly not for the executive department of the government to nul­ lify the will of congress because de­ clining or failing to give the words of the act their natural and logical im­ port Especially is this true in a case involving the welfare of such a very large number of our own citizens. Moreover it does not appear that since the enactment of this law in 1885 it has ever before been contend­ ed that unskilled alien contract labor could legally be Imported. ~ Orders Aliens Deported. "The determination of the question as to what is skilled and what is un­ skilled labor within the meaning of the law rests largely with you. I en- tereain no doubt, however, that 'ordin­ ary hands, commonly employed in the construction and ^ maintenance of tracks of railroads,' are not skilled laborers within the meaning of the im­ migration act of March 3, 1903. Hav­ ing reached the conclusion that they are not skilled laborers, it follows from what I have previously said that such laborers may not 'be imported into this country under contract in any event." Immediately on receipt of the opin­ ion, Acting Secretary Murray of commerce and labor dismissed the ap­ peals of the aliens and ordered them to he deported. AMOUNTS APPROPR1A LAST ..Mr"- •> • * Thret Years Ago My System* a Run-Down Condition. J* Pe-ru-na My Restoration to* nd Strength." GE SUM FOR PENSIONS Twice as Much Apportioned to Veter­ ans as Is Required- for Maintain- i Infl Army and One-Third More \ Than Navy Gets. Washington]--According to a state­ ment issued by Thomas P. Cleaves and James C. Courts, chief clerks, respectively, of the senate and house committees on appropriations, con­ gress, at its last session, appropri­ ated for the fiscal year 1907, $879,589,- 185.16, representing an increase of $59,404,550.20 over the sum appropri­ ated the last session of the Fifty- eighth congress for 1906. The largest item is contained in the appropria­ tion for the post office department, the amount allotted being $191,695,- 998.75. The next largest sum was given for pensions, the money appro­ priated amounting to $140,245,500, or nearly twice as much as was allowed for the support of the army and over forty millions more than was granted for the naval establishment. * Of the net increase of $59,404,550.20 over 1906, it is stated $42,447,201.08 was" for the Isthmian canal, the bal­ ance being accounted for through the appropriations for the carrying out of the meat inspection law, the continu­ ance of contracts for river and harbor work, the reorganization of the diplo­ matic and consular service, and the extension of the rural free delivery service. On the subject of new offices and employments, Messrs. Cleaves and Courts say: "The new offices and employments specifically authorized are 6,934 in number, at an annual compensation of $6,615,870; and those abolished or remitted are 5,285 in number, at an annual compensation of $4,010,109, a net increase of 1,649 in number and $2,605,761 in amount. 'Deducting from the net increase of 1,649 new salaries and employ­ ments, 163,6 additional employes for the postal service, there remain only 283 net Increase in employments for all other departments and. branches of the public service." FORMER BANKER CRIES FRAUD Ask Wags 8cale Conference. Cleveland, 0.--A committee from the United States Window Glass Man­ ufacturers' association, in session here, called upon representatives of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers to confer on the wage scale. Two Hurt by Fireworks. Connellsville, Pa. -- Two persons were seriously hurt during a fire­ works exhibition which was a clos­ ing feature of a three days' centen­ nial celebration. A spark set off ten giant rockets which shot into a crowd. Plethora of Cash. Pan Francisco.--With money pour­ ing in at the rate of $1,000,000 a day from insurance alone, the ban^s of this city are more crowded with de­ posits than ever in their history. Com­ batively little is being drawn. Soldiers Relieve Police. y Flock.--In consequence of ^Hie wholesale murder of policemen her^, of whom another was killed Friday, all the regular police have been re­ lieved and their places filled by dra­ goons 8 ad reflcmen. .• • 8ets New Auto* Record. New York.--L. I. Whitman and E. S. Carris, who arrived at the Astor house here Friday at 11:55 o'clock in a 36-horsepower machine, thereby*es­ tablished a new cross continent au­ tomobile record. Attempt to Kill Policeman. Tula, Russia.--An attempt to as­ sassinate Police Lieut. Solivanoff was made in the public gardens here. The would-be murderer who escaped, fired four shots, wounding Solivanoff and Wiling a waiter. v . [ , * V ' Accident to Cannon Ball. Forney, Tex.--The Cannon Ball passenger train on the Texas & Pad-: fic, due here at 9:24 a. m.y was ditched, on a 15-foot grade about one and a half miles west, resulting 1ft serious injury to seven persons, two severely. ' 1 V, Gasoline Tank Explodes. ^ Peking.--By the explosion gasoline tank used in connection with a lantern show here a general of the .army and another official were killed afed several persons we;e wounded The occurrence caused gisal (,'arm. Chicago Financier Alleges He Was Defrauded While in Prison. Boise, Idaho.--^Charles W. Spauld- ihg, former treasurer of the University of Illinois and former president of the Globe Savings bank, Chicago, who re­ cently completed a term of seven years' imprisonment in the peniten­ tiary at Joliet for embezzlement of funds entrusted to him, began suit in the federal court here against James H. Brady, chairman of the Re­ publican state central committee, and others, to recover valuable interests in tRe Idaho Canal company and the Pocatello Power ft Irrigation com­ pany. Spaulding charges that through con­ nivance with the trustees handling his property while he was in prison, the Idaho men gained control of his interest in the two companies, worth $270,000, for $70,000. Spaulding alleges that the property Involved Is now paying dividends on more than $1,000,000. To Rebuild Ruined Houses. Sofia, Bulgaria.--The cabinet lias decided to rebuild before winter and at the expense of the state, all the houses burned frt Ahiolu during the recent fighting there between Greeks and Bulgarians. Heavy Rain at J.ohnstewn» v' Johnstown, Pa.--An unprecedented rainstorm here Sunday that resum- bled a cloudburst, flooded Moxham, the fashionable residence section of the city and caused thousands, of dol­ lars'^ dapage. v.*;!*.--- i. --, v: Camp on High Pea^* f4 ' Bombay. -- Dr. Wllliani Hunter Workman, well-known traveler and mountain climber, and his wife. Fan­ nie Bullock Workman, recently as­ cended a peak of the Nunkum range, over 23,000 feet high, and camped. Peaceful Settlement Expected. TokloJ--It is confidently asserted here that the Aleutian islands loci- dent, involving the killing and cap­ ture of a number of Japanese seal poachers, will be amicably settled without the slightest complications. HEAVY DAMAGE BY CLOUDBURST Streets of Freeport, III., Flooded, Peo­ ple Taken from Homes in Boats. Freeport, III.--More than $100,000 damage was done to Freeport Sunday morning shortly before daylight by a cloudburst that appeared in two or three portions of the city. Streets became running streams and entire families were taken out o{ their homes in boats. The Illinois Central and the Chica­ go, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads suffered disastrous washouts and traffic has been Impeded all day on the Madison division of the Illinois Central. Johnstown, Pa. -- An unprece­ dented rainstorm here Sunday that resembled a cloudburst, flooded Mox­ ham, the fashionable residence section of the city and caused thou­ sands of dollars damage. The business section of the city is some distance from the flooded sec- Mm"#&d safe from any Named for Congress. Pottsville, Pa.--At the Republican primary election In the Twelfth con­ gressional district, former Congress­ man Charles N. Brum defeated former United States Subtreasurer W. S. Iflfr ,fnr the nomination. (<> • >• ill1.-. 'Changes at Fort Riley. : * r f*ort Riley.--Six companies of the state militia of South Dakota and the Eleventh cavalry arrived Sunday to attend the army Maneuvers. The Ar­ kansas regiment left for home after a v/eek's stay at camp. Former Wetl-Known Actor Dead.* New York.--William B. Cahill, for­ merly a well-known actor, is dead. He was born In Ireland, and achieved a reputation before he came to Amer­ ica with Lydia Thompson. In the '50s Cahill toured the United States. JETl Oil Will Close Wells. T.--The three-cent jedufe- tlon in the price of oil made by the Standard company will have the ef­ fect of stopping operations in the tecritory field and the shutting down of $11 wells now in operation. MESABA RANGE GREAT FURNACE Lack of Wind Prevents Fire Spread- v ing Over Territory. Duluth, Minn.--Lack of wind Is the only condition that prevents terrific spreading of the forest fires on the Mesaba and Vermilion ranges. The Mesaba is a veritable furnace as a re­ sult of the flames devastating the parched ground. Millions of dollars' worth of property, including towns and mines, is in peril, and all depends on the direction and force of the wind. People at various points are "back­ firing" to prevent the encroachment of the fires upon towns or mining properties. Bids for Chinese Laborer Washington. -- Specifications for bids to furnish Chinese labor for the construction of the Panama canal were issued Monday by the Isthmian canal commission. The basis for bid­ ding is invitations for 2,500 coolies, al«- though It Is made clear that the com­ mission may call for such additional numbers of Chinese laborers as it may need, should the experiment be successful, but the number shall not exceed 2,00 per month. Workmen Are Killed. Charlotte, Mich.--Three Italian la­ borers are dead, two are dying, and 15 more are lying injured in the Char­ lotte house here as the result of an accident on the Michigan Central railroad two miles east of here. A work train crew was re-laying tracks and the engine backed into the train while the 60 laborers on the work brain were eating their dinner. Visible Supply of Grain. Now York.--The visible supply of grain Saturday, August 18, as com­ piled by the New York Produce ex­ change, was as follows: Wheat, 31,- $49,000 bushels, increase 226,000; corn, 2,710,000, decrease 875,000; oats, 4,919,000, decrease 147,000; rye, 1,359,- 000, decrease 47,000; barley, 869,000, decrease 248,000. Two Die In Burning Barn* Larimore, N. D,--Two, and possibly three, men lost their lives in a fire which destroyed the livery stable of Thomas Kelly. Two bodies, neither of which has been Identified, were re covered from the ruins. Thirty horses also perished. Pacifying Ruslsa. - BL Petersburg.--Last week's ctlK tistics show that 58 officials were mur­ dered and 43 were wounded in Ruslsa proper, that 60 bomb stations were discovered, that six safes were rifled of money and that 63 persons were robbed. Wealthy Farmsr Kills Himself. Vincennes, Ind.--Joseph Robinson, a wealthy fartoer, depressed by ill health, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver at the D» jeans hotel here. He leaves a family. He carried $20,000 life Insurance. Rockefeller Is Better. Cleveland, O.--John D. Rockefeller, who last week was confined to his bed for a short time as a result ol an attack of stomach trouble, was out Monday and came downtown to at­ tend to some business matters. Buried with Military Honors. Washington.--With full military honors the funeral of Thomas H. Mar> tin, former senior vice commander-in- chief of the G. A. R., who died sudden­ ly at Minneapolis, at the recent ep campment, occurred Monday. Returns from Visit to Haakon. OopenhaiJ^n.--Mr. O'Brien, the American minister to Denmark, re­ turned here Monday from a visit to Stockholm and Christiana. He had a long, private audience with King Hfakon of Norway on August 18. JUTlSS RICKA LEOPOLD, 187 Matin street* Menasha, Wis., Sec'y Lied- erkranz, writes : "Three years ago my system was life a terrible run-down condition and I was broken out all over my body. 1 to be worried about my condition «.nd f. was glad to try anything which would; relieve me. "Perunm was recommended to me as a fine blood remedy and tonic, and If soon found that it was worthy of praise. "A few bottles changed my condition materially and in a short time I vaa all over my trouble. " I owe to Peruna my restoration to health and strength, t am glad to en­ dorse it." Pe-ru-na Restores Strength. Mrs. Hettie Green, R. R. 0, luka, Til.,, writes : "I had catarrh and felt misera­ ble. I began the use oi Peruna anj, began to improve in every way. My head does not hurt me flo much, m$| appetite is good and I am gaining ii£ flesh And strength." GA8 U8ED UNDER LIME KILNS. Innovation by Connecticut Is a Success. Cempanjr 1he New England Ltme company^ of Winstead, Conn., asserts that it IIS the first to introduce gas as fuel fozr ;- lime burning. The method Is pr#|v hounced an entire success. The gro^S-'f ^ Ing scarcity of wood fuel led to thiir discovery of gas as a substitute fof wood, and the company no longer con­ siders the gas method an experiment*,. The efficacy and reliability of gag* ' have been demonstrated beyond |fe» • doubt. Had it been impossible to find! a substitute for wood, said a member of the company, it would have mean& - the restriction and perhaps the totat. abandonment of the business. Gai fires are absolutely clean at all time# --no clinkers and no cinders--and thi^ lime produced is much whiter tha||^, ^ that burned by wood. Gas also pro-- duces a more intense heat, and consul q u e n t l y i n c r e a s e s t h e c a p a c i t y o f t h f l » > ' kilns. The daily output at the com.- J pany's kilns is increased from 80 baft- | rels per kiln to 100 barrels, or a total" / of 700 barrels daily. Suffered for "White Lie." Is a white lie ever justified? That: at least some people believe ft ha»- no excuse is proved by the following; tale: An ancient rabbi came to a citjrr Where all the people were truthful*,; . married one of the inhabitants, had$ two children and prospered. One day a neighbor called when the rabbi's* wife was washing her head, and the* rabbi, going to the door, was seized.. ' by false modesty and said that shfr* , had gone out Thereupon both of hitr: ; children died, and, as no one died that city before reaching old age, tha^' neighbors made inquiries, the rabb|* confessed what he had done, and was-,* ordered to leave the city Immediately, Pushing Cape to Cairo Line. In a report in the London Times it- is stated that the Cape to Cairo rait- . way in South Africa has been openeifejl so as to run over the Kafue river oiffe"'* a bridge which stands on 13 spans*, each 100 feet, with pillars resting on a bed 16 feet under the water. Ka­ fue river is 266 miles north of Victoria, falls, arid the distance from Capo* Town is 1,906 miles. The railroad*, however, is now at Broken hill, 34T miles beyond the falls, the line having^ been pushed on while the bridge was*, building over the Kafue river. 8ALLOW FACES Often Caused by Coffee Drinking. How many persons realize that cof­ fee so disturbs digestion that it pro­ duces a muddy, yellow complexion? A ten jiays' trial of Postum F< Coffee has proven a means, in tho sands of cases, of clearing up complexions. A Washn. young lady tells her expe­ rience: "All of .us--father, mother, sister* and brother--had used tea and coffees for many years until finally we alH had stomach troubles more or less. "We were all sallow and troubled* with pimples, breath bad, disagree^- able taste in the mouth, and all of us* simply BO many bundles of nerves. "We didn't realize that coffee wags the cause of the trouble lintil one day? we ran out of coffee and went to bo: row some from a neighbor. She gavi us some Postum: and told us to tr# that y * "Although we started to make It^ % , we all felt sure we would be sick It? we missed our strong coffee, but w were forced to try Postum and weitfi^r surprised to find It delicious. "We read the statements» on them.-5* pkg., got more and in a month and half you wouldn't have known us, We were all able to digest our f< without any trouble, each .one's ski became clear, tongues cleaned off an nerves in fine condition. We neveij| - '4. use anything now but Postum. Therein Is nothing like it" Name given byf* 4 Postum Cc.. Battle Creek, Mich^afr Read the little book, "The Road to|« rc-yilYUJf" "Thwg's a jompwii'* * ' ' M - ;