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-•I •Y:YYY;'?-' Yv •• wmmwI *i* "r '"'•* fv •life** .A^ItWCrC W -Its* OhKx aad jic^v; «fc» ft*** v>f daw from llliiiiiilin-f"Y w> take Michigan. ar- ; h*v« been pro- Irtflitot • fceWf^fi almost every two to* pwt*Bt natural waterways of tha country. Por a time the development of railways obscured the interest I* the canals. The Erie canal and oth­ ers fell into comparative disuse. Meantime other countries have con­ tinued to open new waterways and make great use of them. The advan­ tages of water transportation, chiefly its cheapness as compared with rail-, *%way traffic, have revived Interest la canals. To say nothing of the Pan­ ama canal, the new Erie canal, which will take thousand-ton barges from the lakes to the ocean, and the Chi­ cago drainage canal, constructed as a sewage way and certain to be> com­ pleted as a ship way, are example* of what may be done. Our water­ courses lie In four systems--the rivers of the Pacific, the rivers of the At­ lantic, the Mississippi and its tribu­ taries, and the great lakes. That there will ever be a cut through the Rock­ ies to join the Pacific and the central­ is,. systems Is beyond the dreams of en- gineers, remarks the Youth's Compatt- 5 ion, but any one with a map may »• < ' trace the conduits that will make the _ other three systems a great unit ot |>/ traffic. Followjng streams where •J;, they show on the map, draw a line IpB' -ifrom the Mississippi to Green Bay, Irom Minneapolis to Duluth, from Cin- 6 clnnatt to Lake Erie, from Ashtabula || to Pittsburg, from Pittsburg to Wash- ^ *tngton--and the great inland cities have become seaports. Draw another line from Boston to Providence by j&g< way of Taunton or across Cape Cod-- the canal is already provided for-- f|." from New York to Philadelphia, from Philadelphia to Baltimore, cut the heel of Virginia at the mouth of the James, cut Florida along the thir­ tieth parallel, and a way is indi­ cated by which a steamer can go from Boston, to Galveston protected : from a foreign navy on the high 1*. The Power of Prejudice. ' A curious illustration of deep«eate& prejudge is seen in the strong oppo­ sition displayed toward the plan to construct a tunnel under the English '^channel from England to France, which has recently been revived and I kpnl a good chance to go through un­ less British hostility shall resuit in parliament blocking the scheme. The plan contemplates a double tun- k«el for railway purposes, about 24 Miles in length; tire estimated cost is $80,000,000; it Is believed the engineering problem is comparative­ ly an easy one, as the rock through ^Ywfcfcit a passage will be cut is of the chalky order and can, be readily p bored, and the financial and adminis­ trative phases of the ujklertaking been carefully looked after. It Yls admitted that the tunnel, if com­ pleted, will confer immense benefit, and that English manufacturers, by having a line by which their prod- • |neta can be shipped directly and with­ out breaking bulk to continental mar- :Ykets, will score enormous advantage. Still, there is a strong, antagonism to the tunnel, generate! principally by ! the Imperial defense committee, sees in the tunnel a menace . to national security. The fear of in- vasion appears to be uppermost in many British minds and this appre­ hension creates lively visions of an pouring in by way of the hole in the chalky Dover cliffs. Yet, says Troy Times, a little charge of dynamite would instantly put the tunnel but of business and the result- |ant flood would drown any foe who happened to be sneaking through to strike a deadly blow at Albion. Indians are not always the grave- faced orators of Cooper. According to Mr. Leupp, the commissioner of Indian affairs, they are the original American humorists. He once gave • some of them a lecture on their duties to the agent, pointing out that he a i needed time to eat, be with his family and to rest. An aged Indian of great dignity rose to explain that the last > agent for the tribe never did anything , but rest. A more familiar story is that of the Indian guide who^toldj^ , • traveler that it was not n<«esWryto |?$L" hide his valuables "for there is not an­ other white man within a hundred ifi' miles." ' C 1 ov < v w, ww. Oft MONOPOLY IS WJIYED STANDARD COMPANY DECLARED WORST OF ALL TRUSTS. Interstate Commerce Commission, Report to Congress, Charges Every Crime Possible. In Washington.--The most terrific srr» ralgnment of the Standard Oil com­ pany yet made by either private or public investigator was that filed with congress Monday by the interstate commerce commission. Every conceivable corporate crime, from discrimination and false pre­ tenses to bribery, corruption of the presB and debauchery of public offi­ cials, is contained In the catalogue of charges. After a long and painstaking inves­ tigation ordered by congress, in which hundreds of witnesses were examined in various cities of the country, and CA N AFCCONT R ACT NOT LET. Government May Complete Work - with Contractors as Agents. Washington.--Secretary Loeb gave out the following statement Wednes­ day night at the White HouBe: "Reports in the papers seem to in­ dicate a belief that the canal con­ tract has been conditionally awarded to Mr. Oliver. This is not so. No de­ cision has been made even that the contract will, be awarded to any of the bidders. Mr. Oliver's bid was so hopelessly defective that it could not be even considered, and time was given him to complete it in shape that will enable it to receive consideration. If it is put into such shape it will be considered, together with the bid al­ ready made by the Gillespie-McArthur combination, which may itself be al­ tered; and then whichever bid, after the most careful examination, seems most advantageous may be taken, or both bids rejected and the canal be constructed under the direct supervl-ample opportunity was given the oil' _ _ °f_topUl,t0^defend ltself> ,the commls- ston of'the"government.""in"such"case the government would wherever it sion makes a report that completely overshadows the sensational disclos­ ures revealed in the report of Com­ missioner of Corporations Garfield on the same subject last May. Garfield's report was confined largely to the relations of the Standard Oil company to the railroads of the coun­ try; the Interstate commerce commis­ sion's report goes into the whole sub­ ject of monopolistic control of the oil market. With a wealth of detail it de­ scribes the devious methods employed by the Rockefeller combine to crush competition. The investigation oy the commis­ sion failed to disclose any Instance where a railway company has been in­ terested directly in oil lands or in pe­ troleum production, only one instance was discovered Where officials of a railway company were interested In the production and sale of oil. ALGEft HAS SOLDIERS FUNERAL. Military Note Predominant In Obse­ quies of Dead 8enator. Detroit, Mich.--It was distinctly a soldier's funeral that was held Mon­ day over the body of the late United States Senator Russell Alexander Alger, who died suddenly last Thurs­ day in Washington. With delegations present from the national congress and the state legislature, with the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit fully represented, there was no lack of recognition of the fact that Gen. Alger had been a statesman and sen­ ator. But as the title of "general" had never wholly capitulated to that of "senator," so the military note was predominant in his obsequies. The funeral was held at two o'clock at the dead senator's home on Fort street, West The service, consisting only of prayer, Scripture reading and a benediction, was read by Rev. E. H. Pence, pastor of the Fort street Presbyterian church, assisted by Rev. D. M. Cooper. ' Wyoming Senator iSlfci. Cheyenne, . Wyo.--State Senator Stephen A. D. Keister, of Lander, Wyo.. died of appendicitis \Yedaesday at Chadron, Neb. He became sick three weeks ago when coming to Cheyenne to attend tlMt legisla­ ture. There is no more difficult sort of legislation than that which deals with the distribution of water lights, and this is to form the subject of serious study la the near future. The top- Ography of the Mexican * republic--a jjilgitfy elevated tableland sloping grad­ ually northward into tha United ^States, but in almost all other direc­ tions furnishing more or less ab- rUpt declivities to the Sea, down | which flow the mountain streams-- in itself suggests untold possibilities la the way of water power. An attempt to develop the New 2ea- land flax Industry has again failed. ! There Is a large supply of the raw ma- | ferial, which grows luxuriantly in all s parts of the rural districts- of the and there is always a market le properly cleaned and dried which is equal to the j Bealaftd 'product. , ^ ' & SMI reports that nearly have plenty of work Prob- Play Trust Men Indicted. New York.--Six members of the the* artcil trust--Marc Klaw, Abraham L. Erlanger, Charles Frohman, A1 Hay- man, 8amuel Nixon and J. F. Zimmer­ man--were indicted Thursday by the grand jury for conspiracy to get con­ trol of the theatrical business of the Country through the ownership of the­ aters and the production of thftatr^| attractions. - ' »* chose use contractors simply as agents. "The real object in. contracting the work Is to have assembled a large number of the best specialists in each class of work, and the prime consid­ eration will be the ability and fitness shown " in a variety of directions by the men making the bid. The presl» dent and the commission would not even consider a bid of merely one or two men. The work is already going well. Over half a million cubic yards were taken out of the Culebra cut in January, and the amount being taken out Is steadily increasing." CHICAGO CAR BARN8 BURN# Ninety Coaches Are Destroyed--N«r> row Escape of Firemen. Chicago. -- North side street car lines are crippled by the loss of 90 cars destroyed In the burning of the North Clark street barns of the Chi­ cago Union Traction company early Thursday morning. The lives of a company of firemen and many em­ ployes of the traction company were imperiled by the explosion of a huge gasoline tank. . The fire, which destroyed the barns, located on North Clark street, between Sherman and Dewey places, caused an estimated loss of $300,000, and will seriously interfere with North side' transportation for some time. The narrow escape of the firemen, in which two members of the company were thrown to the ground by the ex­ plosion and rescued from the build­ ing while unconscious, and the frantic efforts of the street car employes to save the doomed cars, made the fire a spectacular and thrilling blaze. It was patched by thousands of North side residents who were aroused from their sleep by the clang of iheflre gongs. • ' '"*> i '"'-'Y.Y'"Y:: School Superintendent Slain. Bastrop, Tex.--Col. J. C. Edmonds, superintendent of schools, was shot and killed Friday. R. A. Brooks, an1 attorney and assistant postmaster, has been arrested charged with the killing. ' • Missing Mayor RetuiMi^;Y"': Bloomington, 111.--Mayor A. G. Erickson, who disappeared on Sat­ urday, returned Tuesday night, having been to New York. He says: "I had an impulse to go some place, and 1 went." „ Second Hippie a Suicide. Philadelphia.--Edward P. Hippie, a brother of the late F. A. Hippie, who ended his life aflc» the wreck of the Real Estate Trust company,' of which he was president, committed suicide at his home Friday with a revolver. Christian 8cienee Wins. JUncoln, jieb.--rThe Beoate Friday killed the anti-Christian Science bill. The bill made it necessary for Chris­ tian. Science practitioners to secure a physician's license. A similar meas­ ure is pending in the house. Fifth Attempt to Wreck Train. Springfield, Mo.--A fifth attempt to wreck trains on the Kansas City, Clinton & Spdngfield railway was made one mile south of Osceola Tues­ day nlght. A section foreman found eight, railroad spikes between rails. Engine Explodes, Two Killed. Fort Wayne.---A Pennsylvania rail- rtmd engine pulling a freight exploded 12 miles west of here Wednesday killing two men, seriously injuring an­ other and practically demolishing the entire traij, o! 20 empty ctfrs. ;Y Governor o# Caracas Murdered. Caracas, Venezuela.--Gen. Luis Ma- ta y lllas, the governor of Caracas, was assassinated by a crowd of intox­ icated partisans of Vicente Gomez, the first vice president of the republic. Embezzler Gets Five Years. St. Louis.--C. H. Everly, formerly teller in the St." Louis Union Trust company, pleaded guilty Friday to a charge of embezzling $5,000 from the trust company, and was sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. ^Blg Building in Troy Burns. Troy, N. Y.--The six-story brick building owned by the Troy Waste Manufacturing company, one of the largest structures in the city, was de­ stroyed by fire Friday night. Tt»0 loss is about $300,000. Risk Men Elect Cleveland. New York.--Grover Cleveland, form­ er president of the United States, was elected chairman of the Association of Life Insurance Presidents at a meet­ ing of the executive committee of that organization Thursday in this city. Buried Baby Alive; Indicted. Springfield, O.--The grand Jury Thursday returned an indictment against Matilda Bailey and Martin Myers on the charge of assault with In- tent to kin in burying alive the baby of their 17-y^ar-old granddaughter. EVAN8 8UBMIT8 REPORT Commander of Atlantic Fleet and Seo- retary Metcalf Add Their Com­ mendation to Naval car's Courap. *W^s§!n^ton.--In uneqirtvt&al teMi President Roosevelt Friday approved Admiral Davis' entire action in con­ nection with'his visit to Kingston, Ja­ maica, to render aid to the stricken city, and in addition requested the secretary of the navy to express to Admiral Davis his heartiest commen­ dation on all that he did. The long expected report ot Ad­ miral Davis of the circumstances lead­ ing up to the withdrawal of the fleet from Kingston reached the navy de­ partment Friday and was at once laid before the president. Inasmuch as he already had announced that the diplomatic phase Is a closed incident, the report itself will not be made public, but late in the day Secretary Metcalf gave out the letter of Ad­ miral Evans, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic" fleet, warmly commend­ ing Admiral Davis for his conduct of a situation "which was, to say the least, somewhat embarrassing." The admiral remarks further that it was particularly fortunate that there was at hand an officer such as Admiral Davis to deal with the problem which arose. Commended by Evans. The correspondence is supplement­ ed by a strong letter of commenda­ tion of Admiral Davis by the presi­ dent and by Secretary Metcalf, who adds, his approval and commendation of Admiral Davis' "distinguished service to humanity." The letters are as follows:. ^ "United States Flagship Maine, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 23, 1907. --Respectfully forwarded, approved, to the secretary of the navy, through the bureau of navigation, the report and its appendices made by the of­ ficers who were on the spot and there­ fore best able to judge, appear to set forth the whole situation very clearly. "The commander-in-chief feels that he cannot too highly commend Ad­ miral Davis for the very dignified and masterly manner in which he conducted a situation which was, to say the least, soqjewhat embarrass­ ing, and he deems it particularly for­ tunate that there was at hand an offi­ cer such as he to deal with the prob­ lems which arose. President's Hearty Praise. "The commander-in-chief heartily approves the commendatory re­ marks relating to the officers and men of the ships who accompanied Admiral Davis, but they did no more than is expected of officers and men In the navy, and no more than would have been done by officers and men of oth­ er ships of the fleet, and indeed, the ships sent were not chosen" above those of others of the fleet for any other reason than that they were more nearly ready for steaming when the news of the disaster was received.-- R. D. Evans, rear admiral, United States navy, commander-in-chief, United States Atlantic fleet." The president to Secretary Metcalf : "The White House, Washington, Feb. 1, 1907.--To the Secretary of the have read carefully the re- port of Admiral Davis submitted by you, together with the report of Ad­ miral Evans commending the actions of Admiral Davis at Kingston. I re­ turn them herewith and desire that you express to Admiral Davis my heartiest commendation of all that he did at Kingston. I approve his en­ tire action. He upheld the best tra­ ditions of our navy in thus rendering distinguished service to humanity.-- Theodore Roosevelt" ?y^ Letter from Me>ailftY-,;:>;./ Secretary Metcalf to Adinlral Davis: "Navy Department, Washington, Feb. 1, 1907.---Sir: The department has carefully considered your report and those of your subordinate officers, on the aid rendered by your Squad­ ron to the distressed* people of Kings­ ton, Jamaica, after the disastrous earthquake and conflagration which visited that city. The reports, with Admiral Evans' indorsement approv­ ing your actions and praising your able performance of duty in the face of so much confusion and difficulty, have been submitted to the president. "The president directs the depart­ ment to express to you his heartiest commendation of all you did at Kings­ ton. In his note to the department he states that you upheld the best traditions of our navy in thus ren­ dering distinguished service to hu­ manity and approves your entire ac­ tions. The department desires to add also its approval and .commendation of your able service, and those of the officers and men under your command, Very respectfully, W. H. Metcalf, seo retary." r Solomon Turek Is Dead. York.--Solomon Turck, tKe old­ est explosive powder manufacturer in this country, died at his residence in this city Wednesday. He was 79 years of age. Mr. Turck was twice Demo­ cratic mayor of Dubuque, la. Sir John See Is Dead. ey, N. S. Vf.--Sir John See, ex- premier and colonial secretary of New South Wales, 4s dead. He was born in England in 1862 and was a director of many Australian public companies and institutions. ^ Five Die In Powder Blast. •Marion, 111.--Five men were killed and 11 were hurt by an explosion of powder in the Johnson City and Big Muddy coal mine at Johnson City. The explosion occurred near the cage landing in the mine. ; Socialists Kill a Bandit. Warsaw, Russian Poland.^--Social­ ists Wednesday undertook and carried out the execution of a bandit who made an unsuccessful attempt to secure $600 tram the Commercial tank pf Warsaw, , . REMAINS OF BROUGHT IE VICTIMS IFASE.-'* Four,6fwi^fB|M In Terrible Disaster if County, < Charleston, W. Va.--Work on W-. covering bodies in the Stuart mtee ff proceeding rapidly find under favorable conditions. At noon day 60 bodies had been recovered. It Is thought there are 18 more in the mine. , The disaster is perhaps the worst, in the number of killed, In the history of this state. Most of the men were Americans and many of them were married and had large families* There were a dozen or more colored men and 15 or more aliens. The rescue work. wa| commenced as soon as the Wrfeckpd {Hurts of the shaft- house could be repaired. About two hours after the explosion three men were lowered Into the shaft in an Im­ provised bucket. Before descending 60 feet two of the men were overcome with foul air and the third was barely able to give the signal to his comrades at the top. All further attempts were abandoned for the time. Air was supplied to the mine by sev­ eral large fans, but the mechanism was damaged and the fatis were Idle for about two hours. The fans were started again and If the men were not all killed by the force of the explosion It may be that they will have air enough to survive until the rescuers reach them. The Stuart mine has but one open­ ing, although an entry has been driv­ en to connect with the parallel mine a •short distance away. Thi§ work has beew about accomplished. The Stuart shaft has three compartments, two for the cages and one for an air shaft. One of the coal cages had been taken out for repairs, leaving the compart­ ment clear, and it was not damaged. It was through this that the three men attempted to descend in, the Im­ provised bucket. Smoke and dust poured into the air for hundreds of feet from the venti­ lating compartment and It was wrecked. It is stated that nearly all the men were at work in the eiftrles near the bottom of the shaft. MAIL ORDER HOU8E LOSES. Injunction to Stop Alleged 8ottth Da­ kota Boycott Is Refused. Sioux Falls, S. D. -- Judge Gar­ land of the United States court Friday denied the application for a temporary Injunction of Mongomery Ward & Co., of Chicago, against the officers and directors of the South Dakota Retail Merchants' and Hard­ ware Dealers' association, and E. J. Mannix, editor of the Commercial News of Sioux Falls. The Chicago concern alleged that It was unable to purchase goods from jobbers and wholesalers, because of a boycott maintained by the association and Ed­ itor Mannix, and sought an injunction to restrain the defendants frofti boa- tinulng this alleged boycott BIG FIRE IN PHILADELPHIA. Damage Estimated at $500,000 Caused at.Baldwin Locomotive Works.' Philadelphia.--Fire, whU$ starto$ with an explosion in tlie paint shotv destroyed one entire section of th# big Baldwin Locomotive works Tue*. day night, entailing; feels of $500,000. The destroyed bUllitttg Is about 175 feet long by 150 deftp, facing on Spring Garden street a& i immediately adjoining the main offico at Broad and Spring Garden streets, and the erect­ ing shops, smith shops and foundries on the south. These buildings were threatened with destruction, as were other departments in the rear of tlje destroyed building and the entire fire department was called out. MRS. SAGE GIVE8 A MILLION. Handsome Present to Rensselaer Poly­ technic Institute Announced. New York.--At the annual meeting of the alumni association of the Rens­ selaer Polytechnic Institute, held at the St. Regis hotel Friday night, an­ nouncement was made of the gift of Mrs. Russell Sage of $1,000,000 to that institution. Mr. Sage was a trustee for the in­ stitute for more than ten years, and his nephew, late Russell Sage, II., was graduated from the school. It Is understood that the funds will be applied to the establishment of a new department to be called the "Russell Sage school of mechanical and electrical engineering." Makes Gambling a Felony. Phoenix, Ariz. -- The legislative assembly Friday passed and the governor signed a bill previously pass­ ed by the council repealing the statute permitting, the licensing of gambling in Arizona. The criminal code, with­ out this statute, makes the ruffling of a gambling, game a felony. TJtae new law takes effect April 1. famous Horse Trainer Dies. Lexington, Ky.--Charles Marvin, one of the most famous drivers and trainers in America, died In a hospital here Friday, afeed 68 years. He was the owner of many national perform­ ers during his day. Bad Fire at Harrisburg. Harrisburg, Pa.--Eight buildings in the center of the business district of Harrisburg were -either destroyed or badly damaged by a fire early Friday morning, Involving a loss estimated at $250,000. Cleveland Broker Convicted. Cleveland, O.--A verdict finding Robert E. Gill, Eucli<$p avenue stock broker, guilty of operating a bucket- shop was returned by a'Jury in the common pleas conrt Thursday after­ noon. .• t Toronto Hello Gins Strike. Toronto, Ont.--Because the Bell Tel­ ephone company insisted on increas­ ing the working hours of the telephone girls from five to eight hours a day, about 400 girls weat on strike Thurs­ day afternoon. Yield: P says: "Back- as hurt me so X 4a, pfjf V-y' Teat, Feb. 5.--Browns- - , * thern terminus of the f - ? ville is jfri i •eetlda jpfpt' profi la « * not eaci it of ft-.sMMej&' iirai irregtt* lar. Soon after I .began taking Doan's Kidney Pills I passed several gravel stones. X got well and the trouble has not returned. My back is good and strong and my general health better." Sold by all dealers. 60 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. T. ... St*t« Prison Muftes Meney. The Connecticut state prison for the flwiwS' ycar ended September 30, 1906, established a new record of rev­ enues. Earnings from .productive la­ bor aggregated $57,411, while receipts from various other sources swelled the total Income to $61,015. This showing, representing nearly 74 per cent, of the ogter&ting expenses of the Institution, surpasses the income ex­ hibit of any previous year, and en­ abled the prison management despite the high cost of supplies, to limit to $23,861 Its drafts upon the state treas­ ury. v Land Seekers' Frtie Information Bureau. To assist in tbi$' Settlement of lands along its lines, the Burlington Route has established a Land Seekers' In­ formation Bureau which will furnish free information, valuable to seekers of western land*. If you are looking for a home in thfe west, write to D. CLEM DEAVER, Gen'l. Agt., of the BURLINGTON'S LAND OT3EKERS' INFORMATION BUREAU, 1004 Far- nam St., OMAHA, NEB., describing the kind of land you want, and he will tell you where it can*be had, and what it will cost you. Her Method of Indorsement. A bride's mother presented her with a check on Christmas day. With a feeling of the utmost importance she took it down to the bank in which her husband had opened an account for her. The cashier took the check, then handed it back politelv, saying: 'Will you please indorse it, ma­ dam?" "Indorse itT' repeated ihO lalde, puzzled. "Yes, acroes the back, you know," replied the man, too' busy to notice her bewilderment. , f „ The bride carried the check to a desk, laid it face downward, and nib­ bled the end of a pen thoughtfully. Then inspiration came. Dipping the pen, she wrote triumphantly across the back: "For Fanny, from Mother, Christmas, 1906."--Llppincott's Maga­ zine. * POTENT LIQUOR" IS as' is Lafcadio Heam's Testimony Strength of Japanese Wine. Ttatee Is no liquor in the world upon Wld<^ a man becomes so quickly in- toxica ted as Japanese sake (rice wine) , "and yet none-of which the ef­ fects last so short a time. The ln- toxl^tlpn is plepsant as the effect of o$ium or hasheesh. It is soft, pleas­ ant luminous exhilaration, everything becoming brighter, happier, lighter; then you get very sleepy. At Japanese dinners It is the rule to become slightly exhllarited, but not to drink enough to talk thickly or walk crooked. The ability to drink at ban­ quets requires practice'--long practice. There are banquets of many, kinds, and the man who Is invited to one at which extensive drinking may be ex­ pected is careful to start in upon an empty or almost empty stomach. By not eating jane can drink a good deal. The cups are very small and of many curious shapes. One piav be expected to empty 50. A quart of sake is a good deal; two quarts require iron nerves to stand. But among the Japanese there are wonderful drinkers. At a military officer's banquet a captain offered me a, tumbler holding a good pint of sake. I almost fainted at the sight of It, for It was only the first. But a friend said, to me: "Only drink a little and pass it back," which I did. Stronger heads emptied cup after cup like water.--Letters of La£ca4J? Hears. ' W:5;i MAY BE COFFEE V i>-1 Causes ail the Trouble When the house is afire, it's like a body when disease begins to show, it's no time to talk but time to act--delay is dangerous--remove the cause of th^e trouble at once. "For-a number of years," says a Kansas lady, "I felt sure that coffee was hurting me, and yet, I was so fond of it, I could not give it up. I paltered with my appetite and of course.yield­ ed to the temptation to drink more. At last I got so bad that I made up my mind I must either quit the use of cof­ fee or die. "Everything I ate distressed me, and I suffered severely almost all the time with palpitation of the heart. I fre­ quently woke up in the night with the feeling that I was almost gone,; heart seemed so smothered and in Its.action that I feared it woulAjtfiop beating. My (reath grew short and the least exertl&n set me to panting. I slept but little W suffered from rheu­ matism. "Two years ago I stopped using the old kixM of coffee and began to use Pogtum Food Coffee, and from the very first I began to improve. It worked a miracle! Now I can eat any­ thing and digest it without trouble. I sleep like a baby, and my heart beats full, strong and easily. My breathing has become steady and normal, and my rheumatism has left me. I feel like enother person, and it is all due to quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee, for I haven't used any medicine and none would have done any good as long as I kept drugging with coffee." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich: 'Them's a Reason." Read the little book, "The Road to :#epvlll^^||r pfcgsfoY, AH: grocers. We cepted. _ :. y: • ' i There*5!* no more fertile region in all this broad land .of ours than tween $e#Nueces and the Rio Grande, * ; V* None wilt produce a greater variety 0^: ,, - fruits anil vegetables, or produce thenC * , - >* more abtwdiitly; and what counts fo*f' , f more, the ftnlf coast country will pro*^ * V; duce them at times when no other re|~* gton can. Two crops per year of the* staple vegetables is the regular pin* ; gramme. And yet up to the fall o? 1904 comparatively little was 'knotfkiC of this marvelous fertility. The re* 1 glon has heretofore been given oveis , ti-; to cattle raising--ranches of thousands ^ of acres--thus tying up all this vsst^, V natural "Winter Vegetable Garden" tint" ' der the merciless hoof pf Texas bee^/ - * producers, ."C.,- •But this is all changing" and chang*;^ Ing fast Eastern and northern farm^.. ^ ers and fruit growers are flocking intoi, ^ this country. Towns are springing up ---ranches have been cut up into farms- !! * --on every hand Is the evidence of a|fe, new era of prosperity and of develops ment along the line of extensive irrlV gated farming. There is an underlying sheet o: clear artesian water which has beettAv|pj,, tapped by hundreds of wells, and mortp^^Sj; are being sunk dally. This provide^ *4 a never-failing source of supply for the ._ /' one element needed to make this coun-s. •' ^ ..., try a veritable garden, and there ara^'V^ those who predict great things for this' „ Gulf coast' of Texas. . I am advlsedf|-|p!K that 16 car loads of people were^|!"l#f pointst;^ Louis, Brownsville &Y^ brought down from different along the St. Mexico railway by the Rock Islandff§"'>;if^f trains alohe on January 15, which waa^", the date of a low-rate excursion. ' At this pace the country bids fair: to be peopled in short order. And all' ' It needs is people. Y Y#Y • L'J In another fart of this fafer zut'll be Y\ found an interesting advertisement re-„ ;t-a gardinff this country and how io °\ lj\ more about it. ' ' -"v • •• *•- ;; '•S':,* Couldn't Figure It Out. ^#! The story is told of a lank, discon-«: > solate looking farmer who one day/^;:' during the progress of a political / meeting in Cooper Institute stood on" the steps with the air of one who; " ' has been surfeited with a feast of?.', • " some sort. * « "Do you know who's talking In\ there now?" demanded a Stranger briskly, pausing for a moment side the disconsolate farmer, "or aroY-';' you Just going in?" Ill No, sir, I've just come out," said '< :Ac'Vy. f , - - -- m ----;-- -- -- -- the farmer, decidedly. "Mr. Evarta i*j| talking in there." / "What about?" askeid the stranger. "Well, he didn't say," the farmer', answered, passing a knotted handf across* his forehead.--Youth's Com-i'^yj. pan lon . . . . Universal Atmosphere. £ The Swedish savant Ryberg haa^ suggested that the discovery of the^SJ element metargon In the air strength- ^ > ens the theory of the existence of universal atmosphere extending be~J|fJ^, tween the planets and throughout thepf? solar system. This, it is said, waa| already known to exist In the sun be-|, fore Its discovery, some eight or nines-,, ^ years ago--that 1b, In the immediate^,;. . ^ surroundings of the sun, in all com- ,. ^ 'V s ets and in meteorites--from which v ' ">,j facts the Swedish scientist infers that 'r"|VJ* • it constitutes a common atmosphere*^- .i: , jt for our system. ' ^ Tb«N to tnoM Catarrh tat&teMetion of tbioomir lh» *11 oti»r dlieaaM put togistlnr, and until ttw tut few yaan waa aappoMd lobe tamrabla. fewyaaia vaaiwppoaaa to be In ^traa^H^aafll local faiDiaolaa, a^i^t 1 to eon with local treatment, pro: Fop a |MI^ % . it* local diaaaaa aa*'.>v>. " by constantly falling' % • ; , praBoaneed it tncarabl«. . Balra Catarrh Cura, manufactured by F.). Cfeac a Co., Toledo, Ohio, la the only Constitutional can the market. M ia taken interaaiiy la dote* from w drqjpa to a teaepooofol. It «<!U 4irMHy <m tSOfeed and maeoaa (arfaeee of the gyttem. They offer one hundred dollar# for any ease it falls to care. 9mA tor circulars and testimonials. Address: V. J. CBENKT * CO., Toledo, Ohiew ; fei Sold by Druggists, 7Se. Take Hall's Family Pills tor constipation. Even a busy man must take % day off sooner or later for the purpose of attending his own funeral. w X-c' SICK HEADACHE P A DTTS'C I liftlVlOW^*!?"^ •* > •:' disteaoaaadTooHMriy Kaitng. • A perfect was- • edy&vlX2zlne«8.XU»K*. "" - Y Dimntnerw. Bad VMfcr J.vV •„,>./ in the Vautfc. {festal; ' •* «top*Ma Jn*»sue, * JTOBP0 wnuu ffeagrr sum mi. anting. amuHML &MMM Must Bear Fa»-$imile Signature •trUIE SUSITITVTES* VICTOR FIELD '• FENCE, . ywetea property, will remain tl«l»*. 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