Tie Icflenry Plalndealer. PtniLlSHED BY jr. Ck aCHKBMCK. HoHILNRY, ILLINOIS. i%.- What this country needs is de natured automobiles. Alfonso may visit South America. Is that a sign the baby is crying frights? " Social maneuvers are sometimes im portant in army life as well as mili tary tactics. A Massachusetts man has eloped with his mother-inlaw. Or has been eloped with by, more probably. Germany is rapidly catching up. Thev have had over 1,500 automobile accidents over there during the past glx months. TELEGRAPH KEYS SILENT mm IN NUMBER OF CITIES >. No more injunction can stop a free American from remarking that the euit against the snuff trust is nothing to be sneezed at. It was only right that the New York policeman who is worth only $500,000 should retire from thft force and give others a chance. •TBi ve uieerepu A Massachusetts man starred on his wedding trip without knowing where he was going to land. That is the way most men start when they get married. Emperor William and his partner were beaten by two girls in a recent game of tennis. Doesn't this come dangerously near putting William in the mollycoddle class? The man who has been following Dr. Wiley's advice about swallowing his food without chewing is under stood now to be taking indigestion tablets in the same manner. Announcement that a theatrical trust has been formed which covers the principal cities of the world shows that the combination move ment has reached a new stage of de velopment. . j A New Jersey horticulturist claims $6 have produced a strawberry near- ; iy as large as a potato. He might have been a little more explicit and described it as being almost as large .jfcfe a lump of coal. *• Goat lymph may cure locomotor ataxia, as the medical department of the state university hopes it will, re marks the Detroit Free Press, but there should be a lot of powerful ^motor in mule lymph. We discover the age of a horse, if are wise in such things, by look ing at his teeth, but who is wise enough to fix the price of a dental bill by looking at the patches on the molars of a fair patient? Should he enter the race for the mean man championship of the earth, the Arkansas undertaker who has a habit of stealing the shrouds from corpses that he meets in the line of business would win easily. A Tribune correspodent has discov ered that housework is the most at* tractive employment for women, but that, nevertheless, they shun it. Not being a woman, the correspondent should know. A committee of hired girls might view him carelessly and decide that shoveling sand was a more congenial occupation than writ ing, but that would not drive him to manual labor. 'if & • The first honorary degree of doctor Of medicine which Oxford university has ever granted has just been con ferred upon a man who had looked for ward to the practice of medicine in London. He gave up the idea years ago to devote his knowledge and his life to the poor fisherfolk of Labrador. The recipient of the degree is Dr. Wilfred T. Grenfell, and the degree Itself is, with peculiar significance in w* case, "honoris causa." :' |t is almost an axiom that no strike Wm succeed which has not public sym pathy on its side. The leaders of two recent strikes in New York must have forgotten this, for it is hard for the public to sympathize with men who let the garbage of a great city rot in the streets and breed disease, or with men who prevent the sufferers in the tenement-houses from getting ice. The wise leader is the one who first makes sure that he has a just cause, and then lets the public know all about it. So many thefts and embezzlements by employes have been committed, in New Yotk banks and other fiduciary institutions within the past few inonths that alarm has been caused and several of these establishments have, says the Indianapolis Star, de cided to demand that every clerk give bond whether his duties call for the handling of cash or not. If he does not handle funds a bond of $5,000 is to be required, and the amount is in' creased in accordance with the re sponsibility. m • Mexico is falling into line with the centennial celebration procession. President Diaz is arranging to com- memorate the one hundredth anni versary of the beginning of the re volt against Spain which led ultimate ly to the independence of the repub lic. The celebration will begin on September 16, 1910. . . . . . L W . OPERATORS IS SPREADING THROUGHOUT THE WEST-*"**. STUBBORN FIGHT 18 IN PROSPECT. Chicago.--With Chicago as the cen ter, the strike of the commercial teleg raphers spread to nearly every section of the country Sunday, The strike fever seemed to run ram pant, city following city in suffering isolation. President Small, of the operators' union, said Sunday he would call a general strike Tuesday unless the trouble had been settled before then. Chicago remains virtually isolated. Although a few leased wires are work ing and the Associated Press continue to furnish the newspapers with the regular day and night reports, so far as the public is concerned Chicago is all but off the map. Every branch telegraph office in the city remains closed and at the main offices of the two companies there are only small and wearied forces. Numerous meetings of the operators were held Sunday, one of the most important being that of the men em ployed by the Associated Press. They notified Manager Thomas Sunday evening that they would strike Mon day at 7:30 p. m. unless they were granted more pay, an eight-hour day and one day off a week. Similar demands were made on be half of the operators employed by brokers and a reply demanded by 10 o'clock Monday morning. General Strike Tuesday? San Francisco.--It was announced Sunday by S. J. Small, national presi dent of the Commercial Telegraphers' union, that if by Tuesday next no way is found to bring about a concili ation in the telegraphers' controversy, a general strike will be called by him. Mr. Small further said that he had advised Charles P. Neill, United States commissioner of labor, that he could agree to an immediate resump tion of work if the government would insist upon an investigation or arbitra tion of the telegraphers' grievances. Exchanges Are Crippled. The effect of the walkout of the operators in Chicago was apparent first on the board of trade and the stock exchange. The Western Union has the exclusive contract for hand ling the stock quotations between the exchanges of the country, and the failure df the company to summon suf ficient loyal employes to handle the business put the brokers in a quan dary. The firms which have leased wires, employing their own operators, handled all the information regarding the security markets In eastern cities that was available up to noon. The Gold and Stock Ticker com pany, whi<;h is affiliated with the West ern Union and operated the wires from the New York stock exchange, ceased to send the quotations. All in formation relative to the market which comes from other cities came over the wires of the Postal Telegraph company or the private wires of the several brokerage houses. Hundreds lndorscr8trike. Several hundred operators held a special meeting in the quarters of the Chicago Federation of Labor in the Open Board of Trade building during the morning, and the strike was en thusiastically indorsed. . The meeting primarily was for the purpose of checking up on the addresses of mem bers of the Commercial Telegraphers' union, but it soon became a ratifica tion meeting. It was decided unani mously that the strike was to be kept up until the last demand of the em ployes was granted. A meeting of the grievance and ex ecutive committees of the union was heW at one o'clock in the afternoon, when the formal demands on the Western Union company were drawn up by presentation. These inolude the eight-hour day, a 25 per cent in crease in wages and recognition of the union. Small Rather Reticent. Oakland, Cal. -- Samuel J. Small, the national president of the Com mercial Telegrapher's union was seen in this city Friday afternoon and sub mitted to a brief interview. "The subject," he said, "is too deli cate to say anything about. Mrs. Nichols is, of course, the storm center of the strike and she and the San Francisco officers of the company are responsible for what has happened. The latter have not lived up to the agreement adopted two weeks ago. When an investigation is made some things extremelf sensational will come out. "We expect that the whole trouble will be settled in two or three days. President Clowry of the Western Union Telegraph company will have the facts before him in 24 hours and may settle it at once. I cannot say tnything about our demands, for g.-; ' -'Russia is reported now to be trying divert emigration to eastern Si beria. There is a popular Impression that shsdtas been doing this for some time. -JH*' >'iV A Buffalo paper, says the vacation lluiblt undoubtedly makes America bet ter. That may be true on the whole, %ut doesn't it encourage otherwise H-uthful persons to magnify« three- idch fish into three-feet monsters When they come back with a coat of tan thick enough to hide their blushes? Automobiling enriches the blood " v And insures sound sleep, according to k. .4* -|jje doctors. Not if you- have bought four machine pn the excitement plan; however. •i WHERE OPERATORS ARE to Chicago v.\, «i*>.., • St. Louis.\ 2 St. Paul. X Minneapolis .. ^ Milwaukee <2 Denver Kansas C i t y . . . . . Memphis ... 1,700 600 .. 125 100 f 100 3 85 • 400 J 80 New Orleans - 210 Topeka, Kan 45 ... Sedalia, Mo 2 • Pueblo 18 ® Jackson, Miss 23 J 135 ~ *4 .O Dallas, Tex.... Houston. Tex. Nashvilie, Tenn 75 f Columbus, O..'^ 33 6 ^ Meridian, Miss. 8 8 El Paso 15 Salt Lake City 38 Helena, Mont. 40 Fort Worth, Tex. 18 Oklahoma City............ 25 Birmingham, Ala.......... 100 Augusta, Ga 20 Sioux City.. 25 Omaha 87 Knoxvflle, Tenn...... ." 20 Council Bluffs 35 Charleston, .§. C. 35 Galveston 40 Atlanta, Ga 150 Texarkana, Ark 4 B DEMANDS OF STRIKERS. Summary of Terms Submitted by Operators to Postal Offi cials with a 30-Minute "Time Allowance." Fifteen per cent. Increase in wages. Eight hours for day operators and seven and one-ha|f hours for night operators. Time and one-half', for over time. Abolition of "split,trick" and other obnoxious features. Right of promotion to 'be gov erned by merit, fitness, and abil ity. Additional telegraphers shall be compensated at the rate for established positions ef the same class. Lunch and short relief shall be given in the order of applica tion, and whenever possible no telegrapher shall be compelled to work more than four and one- half consecutive hours without a lunch relief. Telegraphers temporarily fill ing positions of higher rating than their own shall be paid the salary of the position temporar ily filled. oooooooooooooooooooooooooo everything is in a chaotic condition at present. "Mr. Stewart of the department of1 commerce and labor arrived here to day and will look into the San Fran cisco and Oakland situation. He will immediately get into communication with Commissioner Charles P. Neill at Washington and. the whole matter will be adjusted quickly, provided Col. Clowry instructs his subordinates to treat the San Francisco and Oakland operators humanely." Company Will Fight Hard. New York.--The Western Union Telegraph company will fight the strike of its operators in the west ern cities, in the east, or wherever the' men may go out. It expects to win; as it claims to have won in 1883. A strike among the 3,000 operators of Greater New York city is imminent, though the sentiment among, the em ployes is said to be divided. The foregoing is not an official an nouncement, but is an expression of opinion concurred in both by men as sociated with the executive affairs of the Western Union and by representa tives of the Commercial Telegraphers' union. A man who enjoys the confidence of high officials of the Western Union said Friday night: "The men have no grievance. They have the strike fever and the younger element, which appears to be in con trol in the west and to which a period of idleness would work no particular hardship, is anxious for a showdown which will test the strength of the organization throughout the country. The company will fight, for to surren der would be suicidal." Kansas City, Mo. -- Practically all of the 330 Western Union tele graph and Wheatstone operators in this city struck Friday because the company insisted on some of them working, with the Chicago office. The Difference. "Pa, what's the difference between he meaning of prepared and ready?" "Well, there's many a person who may be prepared to die, but I never saw one who was ready."--Chicago Record-Herald. Didn't 8trike Him That Way. Church--Did you ever serve on a grand jury? Gotham--Well, I served on a jury once, but I didn't see'anything grand about it--Yonkers Statesman. Failed to Win. Joe (at club window)--Say, there goes a winsome little woman. Fred (sadly)--Yes, I thought she oould be won some, but she informed me that I was entitled to another think.--Chicago Daily News. How She Knew. She--Your last book was a success, wasn't it? He--Yes. "The reviews were so unfavorable I was almost tempted to read it."-- Life. The Way Out. Walter--We cannot serve half a portion to two persons, sir. Patron--All right. Serve It to me and I'll sublet it to ipy friend here.--- Life. ~ Matter of Feeling. Mr. Blinks--What? Thirty years old to-morrow? you told the minister who married us only two years ago that you were 18. Mrs. Blinks (wearily)--Well, I felt IS then.--N. Y. Weekly. AMBIGUOUS* Parke--How long does it take you to put on a tire? Lane--With or without?. "With or without whfitj' "Yourt wife talking to you while you are doing it?"--Life./ SentimentMv Stranger--You Americans are very sentimental, don't you think f Native--Oh, very. Whenever there's a railroad accident, and 40 or 50 of us killed, we talk about it for fully a week after.--L4fe- MOROCCAN TOWNS AND COA8T IN ZONE OF PRESENT TROUBLE. ft SPAIN At CFDOA •A'f EAN 'Mttt^c^rNohyTETUAN^^j/ VVbnfV J- •? . . . SPANISH caHiR&L UT "JlrB-UWE&' SfAKBJi c6f (CASASLANCAj 7MAZAGAN UNftKHTtRCNCH control; ,LARACH£/<>UNDEft 5»Ahi|5H C&WTMH, CONTSOt. tiLA&A r*CNCS A ___ CONTROL ° FLX UNDER MIXED ©MBPULNEZ. («. % V *W. X . ; O'MOGADORv O mm ««« ^MOROCCO - CITY „ Sj O HAWIAKISH ^ * SAFFr; UNPEft rfttNCN. -CONTPOU Scene of Disturbance, WRIT OF ERROR IS GRANTED STANDARD OIL IS PERMITTED TO TAKE ITS APPEAL. Judge Qrosscup, However, Refusee Su persedeas Without a Bond Other Than for Costs. WILLIAMS IS THE NOMItyECt Chicago.--Judge Peter S. Gross- cup, of the United States circuit court of appeals, Friday afternoon granted to the Standard Oil company of Indiana a writ of error allowing the defense to take its appeal from the judgment of Judge K. M. Landis, who imposed the record-breaking fine of $29,240,000. Efforts of the defending lawyers, Moritz Rosenthal and Merritt Starr, however, to obtain a supersedeas stay ing the execution of the judgment dur ing the review of the case by the high er court without furnishing more than a bond for costs were thwarted. Special Assistant District Attorney James H. Wilkerson and Assistant Dis trict Attorneys Harry A. Parkin and Francis Hanchett appeared for the government to contest the defendant's attorneys in their efforts to obtain a supersedeas without any more than one bond for costs. It was the contention of the govern ment that the bond should be fixed at $29,240,000, the amount of the fine im posed by Judge Landis, in order to se cure the government pending a stay of execution. The assignment of errors contains 116 citations in which Judge Landis is declared to have erred during the course of the trial of the oil company. It is the contention of the defense that the court erred in overruling and not sustaining the demurrer to the In dictment on the ground that the Elklns act, under which the indictment had been drawn, had been repealed by the Hepburn bill. New York.--Several stocks quoted in New York fell to new low record levels Friday. Notable among them was Standard Oil, which at one time during the day reached 466, the lowest point touched in many years. A little later the stock was offered at 475 with no bidders. FOUR KILLED IN WRECK. Pennsylvania Passenger Train 8lde- swiped By Runaway Coal Car. Pittsburg, Pa.--Four persons were killed and 25 injured in a railroad wreck Tuesday on the Buffalo and Allegheny division of the Pennsylva nia railroad at Kelly, about 35 miles from this city. The wrecked train was the Titusville express, which left Titusville, Pa., for this city at 7:10 in the morning. At 11:30 while passing through Kel ly the train was sideswiped by a gon dola coal car and the engine, tender, baggage and express cars with the three day coaches were derailed. The dead are: Mrd. Alonzo Huff and male infant, of Johnstown, Pa.; M. B. Irwin, of Oakmont,. Pa., engineer of the passenger train, and George Cochran, of Rlmesburg,, Pa. Lady Godiva Rides Again. Coventry, England.--Mounted on a white palfrey and decorously clothed in masses of hair, pink fleshings, and clouds of gauze, a modern Lady Godiva Tuesday gave a representation of the historic ride through the city's streets. Many of the local clergy, who had been preaching against the fleshings as being suggestive of nudity, left the city temporarily, but most of the peo ple of the county and 80,000 to 100,000 from the outside had a sight of Lady Godiva as she traversed the six miles. Kansas Pioneer Is Dead. El Dorado, Kan.--N. F. Frazler, pres ident of the Citizens' State bank, a pioneer and one of Kansas' wealthy men, -died at his home here Thursday, aged 62 years. Boilermakers Won't Arbitrate. Los Angeles, Cal.--Striking boiler- makers of the Pacific division of the Southern Pacific Friday declined the offer of arbitration submitted by the company. The strike may be extend ed further east on the Harriman lines. Dies of Mushroom Poisoning. Kalamazoo, Mich.--Emerson B. Biyiwnelle, one of a party of 14 people who were poisoned by mushrooms at White's lake several days agp, died Friday night at his home her# ^ Four Killed In Collisloit. " Dalton, Ga.--Four trainmen are dead and three seriously Injured as the result of a head-on collision be tween a southbound local freight and an extra freight train on the Western & Atlantic railroad, one mile north of this place Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Russell 8age Gives $50,000. New York.--Mrs. Russell Sage has given $50,000 for a new building for the Long Island railroad employes branch of the Young Men's Christian yssoctation at Long Island Cltfv •' Vardaman Accepts Defeat in Missie sippi Senatorial Contest. Jackson, Miss. -- The Demo cratic state executive committee has d e c l a r e d C o b - gressman John Sharp Williams as the party nomi nee for the United States senate. The canvass of the returns show ed a majority of 648 votes for Williams, the to tals being as fol lows: Williams,59,496; Vardaman, 58,848. There will be J. S. Williams. no contest over the result. After a short caucus by the two fac tions it was finally agreed to abide by semi-official returns as furnished Secretary of State Powers from the various counties and which show that. Mr. Williams has a "majority of 648 votes. The motion to declare Mr. Williams the nominee was seconded by the friends of Gov. Vardaman. The committete then formally declared Mr. Williams nominated as United States senator. This is considered the final settlement of the now cele brated contest. A J RAILWAY STRIKE MAY SPREA*. Other Western Roads Threatened-- Citizens Man Fuel Train. Denver, Col.--There is no prospect of a settlement of the strike on the Colorado & Southern road, and it may spread to other western railroads. Grievance committees of the Denver & Rio Grande and other roads are in the city, and they will make a demand for an additional two cents an hour for the yardmen. Sixteen of the larger mines near Trinidad, depending directly on the Colorado & Southern for handling their product, closed down Wednesday? To prevent the closing of their mines and to relieve a threatened coal famine at Central City, ten of Central City's* most prominent citizens manned a train of fuel destined for that 41* trict. G. W. DELAMATER A SUICIDE. Once Prominent Pennsylvania Politi cian Takes His Own Life. Pittsburg, Pa.--George Wallace Del- amater, once candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, and who served as state senator from Crawford county from 1887 to 1890, committed suicide by shooting Wednesday in his offices In this city. Occupants of neighbor ing offices in the Diamond National bank building found him dead with a 38-caliber bullet hole in his right tem ple. Grief over the death of his father, George B. Delamater, at Meadville, Pa., on May 6, and the sudden death of his son, James Scott Delamater, in June at Connellsville, Pa., is believed to be the cause of his suicide. , , All Opium Dens Closed. Canton, China. -- In accordance with the imperial decree recently issued all the opium dens in Can ton were closed Friday without dis turbance. The departure caused re joicing throughout the city, the streets were decorated and a number of pro cessions, headed by bands playing lively airs passed through the mala thoroughfares. Magills Allowed Early Trial. Clinton, 111. -- Circuit Judge Coch ran has allowed the petition of the defense for the immediate trial of Fred Magill and his wife, Fay Graham Magill, who are under indictments charging responsibility for the death of Mrs. Pet Magill, the first wife of Magill. The Magills are at liberty on $5,000 bonds pending trial. Beautiful Ceremony in Rome. Rome.--The anniversary of the cor onation of Pope Pius X. was cele brated Friday in the Sistine chapel with religious solemnity, great pomp and magnificence. All the cardinals, the papal court, the diplomatfc corps accredited to the Vatican, the heads of the religious orders and the members of the Roman aristocracy were pres ent, forming a picturesque scene. The papal secretary of state, Cardinal Merry Del Val, officiated. The pope was seated on the throne; while the choir tinder Mgr. Perosi sang. P. R. Budd, Coal Magnate, Diss. Pittsburg. Pa.--P. R. Hudd, president of the Budd Coal company, of Cincin nati and president of the A. R. Budd Coal company, of this city, died at the Monongahela house in this city Thursday of cancer. He was born in Cincinnati 60 years ago, and was in terested in the coal business practi cally throughout his business career. He leaves a widow and three sons, A. R. Budd and B. C. Budd, of this city, and C. M. Budd of Memphis, STRUCK BY TOO FACTORIES AND RESrotNCCS ill IpA CROSSE, WIS., WRECKED. SHADE TREES UPROOTED Pleasure Seekfers Thrown Into River When Their Craft. Aro»... ..... ^ ̂wamped--Report*|*# Drowning. «'V* - La Crosse, Wis.--The worst tornado •ever experienced in La Crosse, swept through the city at eight o'clock Sun day morning, and in 15 minutes had done an enormous amount of damage, so great, indeed, and widespread, that no accurate estimate of its extent can be made, but it will run into the tens of thousands of dollars in the city of La Crosse alone. The storm worked "great havoc to factories, residences, churches and electric companies, and brought to earth thousands of the most beautiful shade trees, making the streets and walks In places impassable. The tor nado was accompanied by a furious rain. The day was fair and warm, with no prospect of weather disturbances, and hundreds of people were already upon the rivet for the day, or had gone into the country on picnic par ties. The greatest alarm was caused when the savage, twisting wind struck the water and the frail pleasure craft on it. In many cases the boats were swamped, the inmates being thrown into the water and obliged to swim to shore. In other cases, the occupants of the boats, unable to get to shore with them because of the wind, aban doned them and, leaping into the wa ter, swam for shore. There are re ports of drownings, and one witness claims to have seen a boat containing two men overturn and go down with its passengers, but there has been no confirmation of tjiese reports. All along the river front the storm swept, doing great damage to the fac tory district. At the Listman mill, where the Foster Construction com pany of Milwaukee is erecting a big plant, the superstructure of the mill went down. Among the plants which suffered most was the new Mitchell brewery, now in process of erection. The huge steel and concrete chimney, 85 feet high, was torn off close to the ground and crashed in a mass of ruins across the street. DARING CHICAGO ROBBERY. Maaked Men Rob Cash Drawer of the Hamilton Club. Chicago.--Two hold-up men invaded the Hamilton club at Clark and Mon roe streets at 10 o'clock Saturday evening. Although they missed an op portunity of relieving several promi nent Republican politicians of their poqket money, they emptied the club's cash drawer and the pockets of its employes. The robbery was daring, but it net ted the perpetrators about $50. After terrifying their victims with revolvers, the ro&bers forced them into an ele vator and ordered the conductor to "shoot it to the top." Then they walked out and disappeared. PA8SENGEA TRAIN WRECKED. Engineer Is Kilted and Fireman Fa> tally Injured. Springfield, Mo.--Passenger train No. 108, the fast Memphis-Kansas City train on the St. Louis & San Francisco railroad, was wrecked near Mountain Grove, Mo., 70 miles from here, Sun day, resulting in the death of Engineer James McKen»a, of this city, and fatal injuries to Fireman James Overland, of this city. T%e train was running at a high rate of speed when, it is sup posed, a defective rail ditched the en gine. Cafled a Fool; Wants $1,000. Macon, Mo.--On the indignant as sertion that the station agent at Salis bury, Mo., called him "a fool in the presence of a large number of people, many of them ladies," J. L. Roberts has filed a bill in the Macon circuit court demanding $1,000 dam ages from the Wabash Railroad com pany. Mr. Roberts is official stenog rapher for Judge Samuel Davis, of the Fifteenth circuit. Low Water 8tops Sawmills. Eau Claire, Wis.--All the sawmills but one have been compelled to shut down, owing to low water in the Chip pewa river. The shutdown probably will last for a considerable time, as the only relief will be a rise of the> river from copious rains. Two Stores Burned in Memphis. Memphis, Tenn.--Fire Sunday gut-' ted the retail millinery store of J. S. Summerfield and the retail jewelry store of the Burns-Barry company. Loss on stock and building $50,000t partly covered by insurance. Would-Be Lynchers Are Foiled., Lexington, Ky.---Bud and Charles Tarr, negroes, were spirited from jail at Georgetown Sunday by Efeeriff War. ring and brought to this city to pre vent being mobbed. The negroes walked Into the place of business of Albert Sacre and, after forcing him Into a quarrel, Btruck him across the head with a club, fatally Injuring him. Warring learned that a mob was col lecting and would attack the jail Sun day night. He appropriated the auto mobile of Richmond Levering and brought the men to this city.. Moors Continue Attaaki. Paris.--The official news received from Tangier Sunday showed a seri ous condition of affairs there. The re gion around Casablanca is swarming with thousands of fanatical tribes men who, mounted on superb horses, are swooping down Incessantly upon the French forces, but are never able to drive home their attacks against the withering fire of rifles and gnu* of the troops. Tbe reckless courage of the tribesmen is attested by th« manner in which they return to the A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampi* tatlon of a Limb. x B. Frank Doremus, veteran, ** Roosevelt Ave^ Indianapolis, Ind., , . savs: "I had been "V ' showing symptoms of ^ kidney trouble from the time 1 was xnus- tered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, diz- ziness and sleepless- ness, first, and then dropsy. I was weak and helpless, having run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kid neys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled un til it was 84 Inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. 1 refused, and began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills." 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Full Information on * request to W. B. Knlskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, C. & N. W. Ry., Chicago. 1n Extremis. The yacht was heavily becalmed. There were but ten bottles of cham pagne in the lockers. Their last signal of distress had been sent up, without bringing any response. ' "Gentlemen," exclaimed the commo dore, in a quavering voice, "I can no longer conceal the hideous truth froni you.- Sobriety stares us in the face!" *It was a wildly various scene which ensued. Some blasphemed, some prayed, some, in an access of frenzied wantonness, sang songs, while some sat stoically By, awaiting their fate with at least an outward calm.--Puck. No, Nqt'es a Rule. George P. Angell, Boston's brilliant and powerful defender of animals from cruelty, was talking about nature faking. "My friend, Will Long is no nature faker," he said, "but I admit that many of our myriad nature writers are. These men's idea of a lie seems too closely to resemble that of a little boy I know. "The boy's teacher said from her desk one afternoon: " 'I want every pupil who has never told a lie to hold up his hand." "There was a doubtful pause. Two or three hands were raised. Then my little friend piped out: " 'Teacher, is it a He if nobody It out?'" ^ Depends on the Dogs. ^ Asa Goddard, of the American Au$iO- mobile association, was recounting in Worcester some of his touring adven tures. "One summer morning," he said, "the approach of a great flock of sheep obliged me to pull off the narrow coun try road. I halted my car, and watch ed with interest the passage of the sheep, the intelligent dogs and the shepherd. "I had a short talk with the shep herd about his odd and difficult trade. " 'Look here,' I said, 'what do you do, driving sheep like this on a narrow road, when you meet another flock coming in the opposite direction?' " 'Well,' said the shepherd, *ye just drive straight on, both of ye, and the one that has the best dogs gets the most sheep.'" High*Priced Meat may be a Blessing If it gives one the chance to know the tremendous value of a complete change of dletT •try this for breakfast: A LittI* A dish of Grap*-Jftt1*ttndCrttm A S'oft-'BoiUd Bgg Some Jfic*. Critp Toa*t Cup <if TU*lt-mad* V,V Tartum That's all, and yon and well-fed until 1 THEN REPRATV v -v -C,' And at night have a vegetable dinner, with a Grape-Nats pudding for dessert. Such a diet will make a change la your health and strength worth trlaL "Thera'e a Wbmsaon.! uT>m Ro*A to Watt**)*." in pkca. ̂ -•