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"IS- 'V * K" MORE JAPANESE 1 SNAPSHOTS 1W Fauj Things One Sees 4 m Round die World •r MARSHALL P. WILDER tCopyngbt 1 >ii B. Bowles.) While at the Imperial hotel. Tokio, we were permitted to witness a por­ tion of & Japanese wedding, that is, the feast and reception. Like our He­ brew friends in America, the Japs now hire the parlors di a hotel, chiefly because their little doll houses are so email. It was very funny; the women •11 like embarrassed images, done; up In their best kirrtonos and not saying ft word, while the men, in stiff, badly letting European "store clothes." stood •round id little groups and talked, looking like animated tailors' dum­ mies. One young man picked out a native air on the piano with one finger, while the children were the only ones who were at all happy, or didn't look as if t.1 wished they hadn't come. Says Mrs. Peace to Miss Sharp, a caller: "Mv husband and I never dis­ pute before the children. When a quarrel seems imminent, we always •end them out." Miss Sharp: "Ah, I've often won­ dered why they're so much in the Street'." Hateful thing, wasnt she? Japanese trains are small and slow, and seem not to think it necessary ever to be on time. Smoking is al­ lowed in every class, even In the sleeping cars. The bedding is clean and sufficient, but there are no springs in the beds, absolutely no privacy, and one tiny window for the whole compartment, public opinion being usually divided as to whether it shall be opened or closed. This reminds me of a story my friend. Col. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") used to tell. He said that once upon a time an Englishman who had never been in the west before was his guest. They The sellers of tea at the stations wttl give one a small teapot filled with hot tea, and a tiny cup, all for three sen, or a cent and a half In American money. • • • At the railroad stations during th® war with Russia one was sure to see parties of wounded soldiers returning from the front; or those who were de­ parting for the seat of war. These latter were always attended by a crowd of men and women, who w&ved srtiall Japanese flags and gave a shout jra the train moved away. This shout is really more of a screech than a good, round cheer, such as would be heard in America, for it seems as if there is some physical reason why the Japanese people cannot raise their voices without producing the most blood-curdling sounds. The street cries are all strident and unpleasant; the commands of officers to their Inen tinny and rasping-like, while Japanese singing, to a foreigner, is conducive to nervous prostration. Our Springfield Letter Special Correspondent Writes of Things of Interest at the State Capital. NEWS OF ILLINOIS HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST PROM ALL OVER THE STATE. DREDGE WATCH DROWNS I have spoken somewhat of the ex­ ternal attitude of these people. Of their interior attitude of heart and mind much more might be said, espe­ cially in regard to their late war with Russia, which was going on at the time of my visit. This was some­ thing they would not talk about. Any mention of the subject was met with an adroit change of the conversation into other channels; but intense patriotism, the most supreme confi­ dence in their ultimate success reigned in every heart. Examples of the most heroic self-sacrifice were not lacking. A Japanese mother had given her three sons to the war. The first was reported slain. She smiled and said, "It is well. I am happy." The second lay dead upon the field. She smiled again, and said, "I am still happy." The third gave up his life, and they said to her: "At last you weep!" "Yes!" she said, "but it is because I have no more sons to give to my beloved country!" Now, this is all very beautiful, but as my mission in life is laughter In­ stead of tears, 1 want to say that it reminds me of a little story of our country and our war--the war of the great rebellion. When, in answer to the call for troops, the blood of our noble volunteers had been poured out upon southern fields for three long years, there arose a class of men called "bounty jumpers" who, acting as substitutes for drafted men and taking a large sum of money for the job, sometimes "jumped the bounty" and disappeared instead of going to the front to serve Uncle Sam. These men were Subjected to a medical ex­ amination which, In the hands of un- L ONE OCCUPANT WAS A GERMAN ARMY OFFICER. were riding through a Rock Mountain canyon one day, when suddenly a tre­ mendous gust of wind came swooping down upon them, and actually carried the Englishman clear off the wagon seat. After he had been picked up, he combed the sand and gravel out of his whiskers and said: "I say! I think you overdo ventila­ tion in this bloomin' country!" My berth was over the wheels, and this* together with a roadbed of which a coal railroad in Pennsylvania would be ashamed, produced such jolts and bumps that my brain felt as though it had been through an egg-beater. The compartment was full, one occupant being a German army officer, who, be­ side being in full uniform, even to enormous fur-lined overcoat, sword and spurs, brought in to choke the little available space a satchel, a large flat wicker hamper and a pack­ ing box. He also had a very indus­ trious and far-reaching snore with him. The third occupant being a travel- Ins Catholic priest and, like the BO! Picked Out a Native Air on the Piano. dler, a man of huge proportions, I was rather interested to know which of these was to occupy the berth over me, for It seemed a flimsy sort of af­ fair, and I took particular pains to see that it was well propped up. I was rather relieved to find it was to be the soldier, for I consoled myself with the old adage that the pen is mightier than the sword and decide'd it would be a worse calamity to have the church down on me than the army. ; Even if sleep with all these consider­ ations bad been possible, the frequent 4 stops 'fc'ould have completely put it to flight, for the moment a train arrives at a station, no matter what the time of night, the sellers of lunch boxes, * Ixot milk, tea or tobacco begin to cry :their wares, in tones that are like the wailings of lost souls, and for penetra Ei' . tion and volume unequalled by any- ™ it* uoy experience. l y , ' • : scrupulous physicians (who received a large fee If the man "passed"), was not always as rigorous as it should be. A doctor who was seen coming out of the examining room with a very sour face was greeted by a friend with a "Hello, Doc! What's the matter? Didn't you pass your man?" "Pass nothin'!" "Why, he looked all right!" "All right! Why he was sound as a nut; but the colonel of the regiment suggested we stand him up on a high table and make him jump to the floor, and, by Jove! if his confounded glass eye didn't fall out and spoil the whole business!" While Japanese men are more and more adopting European dress, the women assume it very slowly, the men not encouraging it, seemiag to prefer their womenkind in the national cos­ tume. There is reason certainly for this preference, for a Japanese woman is picturesque in her own costume, even though she may not come up to standards of western beauty. While in the borrowed plumes of other coun­ tries Bhe is like the daw decked out in peacock feathers, that neither be­ came him, nor made him other than he was. The working class still cling to the ancient costume and methods. To-day ladders are made of bamboo, the rungs lashed fast with rope, as they have been made for generations. The streets are watered with little carts having a row of holes at the back, and pulled by men, who fill them slow­ ly and laboriously one bucket at a time, while the sidewalks are watered by two perforated buckets, suspended from a bamboo pole laid across the shoulders of a man, who trots in and out between the people, turning and twisting until the walk is thoroughly sprinkled. Everything seems to be done the hardest way, and those who work, work very hard. The few men who have a horse dray never sit and drive, even when the dray is emptyy but al­ ways walk ahead, dragging the patient brute along. Loads are more frequent­ ly carried on handcarts, pulled by men, women or boys. In going up a hill three or four men will pull or push, intoning a sort of droning song as they work. In the country districts life in its most primitive and ancient aspects may be seen. In the rice fields men and women work side by side, their ankles-bleeding from contact with the stubble, wielding tools of a pattern as old as the cultivation of the grain. The evolution of the new Japan from the chrysalis of the old is an in­ teresting study just now. All signs point toward the springing up of a new country, full-fledged, ready to spread its bright wing# and fly away from the old, that has, wrapped it close for so many centuries; but the time is riot yet. Springfield.--The Democratic state committee has placed itself on record as favoring the nomination and elec­ tion of William J. Bryan for presi­ dent. Resolutions, strongly worded, were adopted fayoring such a course, and Roger C. Sullivan voted for them. The committee took the action indicated, and directed the issuance of a call for the state convention to choose delegates to the Denver con­ vention, to be held in Springfield 'fhursday, April 23. The call for the | state convention assigns one delegate for every 200 votes or major fraction j thereof cast for Parkfer and Davis in 1904. The number of delegates cred- 1 ited each county follows: -*• j Adams 31|Lee 8 [Alexander & Livingston ,.. 14 ! Bojnt" 6jLogan 15 i Boone 2|Maeon 15 i Brown . r;M»eoupin 22 Bureau lOiMadisim ...v 27 Calhoun 4, Marion 12 Carroll SjMarshall 8 Cass iOMason ....... 9 Champaign 19|Massao 3 Christian 16jMcDonoush 14 Clark lliML-Henry 7 Clay 10 McLean 21 Clinton lliMenard ,-... 8 Coles 17lMercer 7 Cook 535iAlonroe 7 Crawford ll|Montgoniory 16 Cumberland SiMorgan 17 l>e Kalh 6|Moultrle 7 l>e Witt 9iGgIe 6 l<ouglas S Peoria 2S Du Page 7'Perry 7 Kdgar 17|Platt : 7 Kdwards 3'Pike lfi Effingham 12jPope 3 Kavette ...' 13|Pulaski 4 1'ord 5i Put nam 2 Franklin 9|Fiandolph 13 Fulton 19 Richland 8 Gallatin S'Rock Island 11 Greene 13 Saline 9 Grundy 4 Sangamon 38 Hamilton 10 Schuyler 8 Hancock 17 Scott 6 Hardin 3 Shelby 15 Henderson 4|Stark 3 Henry 7 St. Clair 41 Iroquois 12'Stephenson 16 Jackson 12|Tazewell 16 Jasper lOiUnion 10 Jefferson 12|VermIlion 18 Jersey 9|Wabash 6 Jo Daviess SjWarren 8 Johnson sKVashington 8 Kane 14| Wayne 12 Kankakee X'White 14 Kendall 2!Whiteslde 8 Knox 91 \Vill 16 Lake 81 Williamson 10 La Salle 2SIWinnebago 6 Lawrence 9|Woodford 10 Republicans Lead Hold-Over List. Fifteen Republicans and seven Dem­ ocrats will make up the hold-over list of the board of supervisors this year. Of this number seven Republicans are from the city of Springfield, and the party will again control the organiza­ tion if seven of their candidates are elected in April. Six assistant super­ visors and a supervisor-at-large are to be elected in Springfield this spring. An interesting campaign has been opened and the Republicans will work In an effort to retain control of the county body. The Republican members are: Christopher McLaughlin, Springfield township: Charles J. Oleott, Rochester; Eli Weber, Pawnee; John H. Conner, Divernon; Charles M. Reed, Laomi; Frank Hershman, Chatham; Roscoe Smedley, Maxwell; W. F. Ernst, Gardner, j Capital township--Joseph D. Meyers, George D. Parkin, James Osby, Thomas E. Lyons, George Simmonk, A. B. Coch­ ran, George E. Keys. The Democratic holdovers are: John M. Matthew, Ball: George R. Ross, Cooper; J. H. Beam, Cotton Hill; Joseph F. Smith, Auburn; B. L. Barber, Fancy Creek; Alfred Brain. Talklngton; Thomas P. Moughan, Woodside. Cannon Indorsed at 8pringfield. Republicans of Illinois enthusiast­ ically indorsed Joseph G. Cannon as a candidate for the presidency, de­ clared in favor of a revision of the tariff and elected four delegates-at- large to the national convention. The men chosen are United States Sena­ tors Shelby M. Cullom and Albert J. Hopkins, Gov. Charles S. Deneen and Mayor Fred A. Busse of Chicago. The convention also indorsed the administration of Gov. Deneen and that of all other state officers. The candidacy of Gov. Deneen to succeed himself was not mentioned, it, being understood that only matters of na­ tional import were,to come before the convention. The Cannon men had things entirely their own way, and there was not a whisper of opposition throughout the day. All motions were passed unani­ mously and without argument, and the applause that greeted the reading of the plank Indorsing the candidacy of the speaker was enthusiastic. The tariff plank of the platform was the subject of much discussion, and nothing definite was done with it until Congressman Boutell arrived. It de­ clared in favor of tariff "revision," it being the idea of its framers that the word is more comprehensive. It was generally believed until Just before the convention met that the tariff plank would declare for "adjust­ ment," but at the last minute, it was after some debate, stricken out, and revision alone was asked. The sug­ gestion was also made that legislative committees of the national house and senate proceed immediately to gather necessary information looking to such revision. Body of Charles Harrison Is Found in Ditch Near Greenvlew--Qone Three Days. Big Deneen Caucus Held. Seventy- nine counties were repre­ sented in the caucus at Gov. Deneen's office. Assurances have beeu re­ ceived from four others that their or­ ganizations will be with the governor in his campaign for renomination. The counties represented at the cau- sus follows: Adams, Alexander, Bond, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clinton, Coles, Craw­ ford, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Edwards, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Fulton, Gallatin, Greene, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Henderson, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, Jo Daviess, Johnson, Knox, Lake, La Salle, Law­ rence, Lee, Macon, Macoupin, Madi­ son, Marion, Marshall, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Monroe, Montgom­ ery, Morgan, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Piatt, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Ran­ dolph, Richland, Saline, Sangamon, Scott, Shelby, Stark, St. Clair, Taze­ well, Union, Vermilion, Wabash, Wayne, White, Whiteside, Will, Wil­ liamson, Winnebago. Illinois Milk Dealers Stand Pat. The Illinois Milk Dealers' assocla^ tion met in Chicago and decided to "stand pat" on the compromise offer of one and two dollars a week increase in wages to the members of the Milk Drivers' union. This attitude of the dealers puts the question of a strike squarely up to the men. A report of the negotiation committee was pre­ sented by John H. Marsh, chairman of the committee and president of the association. Considerable criticism was aimed at the members of the committee for offering as much as they did. After some discussion it was decided to abide by the offer of the committee, but to make no further compromise. The drivers are insistent on their demand of five dol­ lars a week Increase over their pres­ ent scale of $15 for first year and $16 for second year drivers. They main­ tain the offer of the dealers is a "gold brick" and that few of the 1,600 drivers within the union would actual­ ly receive an increase. Must Inspect All Mines. The coal mines in which any work of repairing is going on should be in­ spected as long as the men are at such work in the mines, is the construction placed by the state mine inspectors at a meeting held here on that section of the mining law which provides for inspection. Some of the inspectors had held that the law only contem­ plated inspection of the mines when the mines are actually in operation. Supreme Court to Take Case. The supreme court of this state probably will be given a chance to re­ view tbe case of Flint Montgomery, son of a former member of the legis­ lature, who was convicted in the cir­ cuit court a few days ago on a charge of larceny. A motion for a new trial was made and Judge Thompson de­ nied a rehearing of the .case. The ruling of the court was excepted to by Montgomery's counsel, and it is likely an appeal will be taken. Montgomery was indicted for taking money from two Frenchmen. No Strike, 8ays Statement. An authoritative statement was is­ sued from Danville to the efTect that there will be vm shut-down of the mines of Illinois district No. 12, em­ ploying nearly 5,000 men, pending a settlement of the question of a wage schedule for the next two years. The operators and miners will, it is said, get together on a schedule. It was also announced that, In all probabilities, none of the Illinois mines will close down. The statement emanates from officers of the mine workers and op­ erators Meats High; Supply Is Low. Farmers of Illinois who raise live stock for the Chicago market will not benefit by the increased price of meats established by packers and retailers the other day and boosted still higher more recently. The cost of all meat, excepting veal, has been increased during the past few days from one to five cents a pound. Farmers, owing to their shipping of all available stock during the recent financial panic, are said by the packers to have exhausted the supply and now will not reap the benefit for the increased price offered by packers. The prices of meats in a majority of the butcher shops in the residence districts of Chicago and the increase in cost during the last two weeks is as follows: Price. Inc'se. Porterhouse steaks 26 @27c 5 c Loin and ribs of beef 18 @19c 2Vic- Pork chops 10Vfc#12c 4 c Muttun 12 @13e 3 c Lamb 19 2 c Pork sausage 10c 1 c Ham He 1 c Premium hams 18c .... Bacon 12 ®18c Veal 13 @15c Publishers Hold Session. The publishers and business man­ agers of newspapers of several of the larger cities in central Illinois held a business session in the Leland hotel the other afternoon. H. M. Pindell of the Peoria Journal acted as chairman of the meeting, and H. C. Schaub of the Decatur Review as secretary. The visitors were entertained at a dinner at the conclusion of the meeting. For Lincoln Memorial Psrk. At a meeting held in the county courthouse an organization was per­ fected looking toward setting aside the four blocks bounded by Capitol avenue and Edwards, Seventh and Ninth streets, for a public park, of which Lincoln's home shall be the cen­ ter. The park is to be known as the Lincoln Memorial Home park. Attack Two-Cent Rate Law. At two conferences in Chicago be­ tween presidents of Illinois railroads and their general counsel, it was de­ cided to attack the constitutionality of the two-cent passenger rate law In the state. Action will be taken as soon as it is possible to prepare the bills. The proceedings will be upon the as­ sumption that the law comes within the decision of the supreme court in the Minnesota and North Carolina rate cases. It was the general opinion that the decision makes the way plain and easy for an Illinois court declaration. Close Public Schools. Public schools have been closed and all public gatherings forbidden at Eu­ reka in Woodford county, because of an epidemic of smallpox. Many resi­ dents are under quarantine. Addi­ tional cases have beon reported at Blood in Edward1! county where the contagion is prevalent. An inspector of the state board, who returned from Monee in Will county, reported that he had discovered one case of the dis­ ease there. Cases of smallpox are un* der surveillance at Terre Haute. Greenvlew.--The body of Charles Harrison, 20 years old, an employe of the Devault dredge boat, who had been missing three days, was found the other morning in a dredged ditch on the farm of Mrs. Jessie Hubly, seven miles northeast of this city. There were no marks of violence on the body and as the young man had been subject to heart disease it is supposed that he fell off the boat and was drowned. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by accidental drowning. COMPEL NO CHANGE | The Evolution of Household Remedies. ' c#., - SLAYING OF RULERS ALWAYO WITHOUT EFFECT. Disraeli's Assertion That "Assassin*, tion Has Never Changed the His­ tory of the World" Is a Truth Beyond Question. BANKER ROBBED OF $5,000. Bold Crime Committed in Daylight at Lincoln. Lincoln.--Frank Froerer, president cf a Lincoln bank, and owner of the Lincoln Mining company, was held up by highwaymen In Lincoln and rpbbed of $5,000--the monthly pay roll of the company. Three men did the work and two of them were caught, but the third escaped with the money after a running fight with the police and dep­ uty sheriffs. The robbery occurred within two blocks of the public square. Froerer was on the way to the mine in a light wagon carrying two satchels containing the money in small amounts already counted for the miners. He was stopped on the street by three men in a buggy and two of these got out of the buggy and, jumping into Froerer's rig, quickly bore him to the ground and grabbed the satchels, threw him into the bug­ gy, jumped in and started out of the city at a fast clip. Froerer, who was not seriously injured, returned to the office and notified the officials. The sheriff and night captain of police started at once and pursued the rob­ bers two miles, at which point two men left the buggy and took to the cornfields. After a short time they were discovered and a duel began. Five shots were fired before the two surrendered, but neither was injured. LELAND PREY OF FLAMES. Famous Hostelry in Sprinfield Partly Burned. hotel, known which Springfield. -- The Leland one of the most widely hotels in the country, and has been the center at political gatherings for the last 30 years, was severely damaged by fire Thursday, entailing a loss qn the proprietors, the Wiggins estate, of about $75,000. The fire broke out while the Repub­ lican state convention was in session, three squares away, and when the del­ egates received word that the hotel was burning they leaped from their chairs, tore wildly for the doors and hastened to save their effects. No lives were lost, nor was any person in­ jured. Adjust Suit at Havana. Havana.--After a short conference Edward Gill, police magistrate, threw the case of" the Schlltz Brewing com­ pany, by J. Davis of Springfield vs. Herman Roemer, a saloonkeeper of Havana, out of court. Davis claimed Roemer owed the brewing company a sum of money. Roemer claimed the brewing company owed him a larger sum, thereby offsetting his indebted­ ness. An agreement was reached. Boy Found in Hog Pen. Decatur.--Believing that his two- year-old son had beeti kidnaped and was being held for ransom, Charles Dulick, a farmer living near Tower Hill, notified the Roy Bendure detec­ tive agency in this city and asked that a bloodhound be sent to the scene at once. Before the dog arrived the child was found in the hog pen on tho Dulick farm, playing with the hogs. Prank Causes Big Fire. Winchester. -- A careless prank of night marauders resulted in much damage by fire to the home of M. W. Sappington on Depot street. The fine residence was partially destt-oyed. Meet at Social; Marry. Greenvlew.--A courtship of six weeks' duration which originated at a church social culminated in the mar­ riage of Miss Marion Stewart to Ho- bart Austil. Charge Boys with Burglary. Taylorville. -- Newton Martin and John Pointer of Edinburg were brought to Taylorville and lodged in jail on a charge of burglary. Deserter Arrested. Beardstown.--L. M. Brewer of Mani- to, Masop county, a deserter from the coast artillery, was arrested here by the chief of police. March Against Liquor. Decatur. -- Women and children marching the streets bearing banners and transparencies with the legends, "Vote Yes," "Please Protect Us," prob­ ably will be one of the ante-election features, if plans now considered are carried out. Burglars Visit Meat Market. Owaneco.--Burglars broke into the meat market of Hamilton & Robinson by prying open a window, and stole three guns, a shotgun, a rifle and a re­ volver. No money or meat was taken. Calls Lincoln Pastor., Pittsfield.--Rev. W. H. Cannon of Lincoln has been called to the pastor­ ate of the Christian church in this oity. He is a native of this county, ilev. W. E. Spicer recently resigned to accept the pastorate of a church in Arizona. Armed Farmers Rout Gypsies. Virginia.--A band of gypsies num­ bering 12 wagon loads were routed from the neighborhood of Jules by a posse of 30 armed and mounted farm­ ers. Political fanatics apparently never will believe with Disraeli that "as­ sassination has never changed the history of the world." In Portugal they evidently hoped by the murder of the royal family tdf overthrow the monarchy. Repeatedly some analogous notion has possessed assassins. They have always been disappointed, but it is astonishing how slightly the numerous political murders have influenced the course of history, says the Kansas City Star. The killing of Caesar is an example of the futility of assassination. It was done on the ground that he had sub­ verted the republic and had estab­ lished himself as a virtual dictator. Brutus, one of the leaders in the plot, was the typicS.1 political dreamer, high-minded, devoted to advanced principles, impractical. He failed to see that the character of the people had changed so that the old republic was no longer possible and that Caesar was dealing with the situation as a practical man. The assassina­ tion could not alter national character so it failed to restore the republic and the Caesarian regime was continued by the practical Augustus. William of Orange, leader of the Netherlands revolt against Spain, was killed by order of the Spanish king. But the murder did not pacify the in­ surgents and the revolt was carried through to independence by other leaders. Henry TV. of France, the greatest of the Bourbon kings, was killed by a religious fanatic who resented his tolerance toward the Huguenots. But the edict of Nantes, which granted freedom of religion, was not affected by the king's death. It remained ef­ fective for nearly a century and final­ ly was revoked by Louis XIV, as a part of' his general policy of unifying the realm. Alexander II. of Russia was mur­ dered by conspirators who hoped by terrorism to do away with the Rus­ sian autocracy. The effect of the as­ sassination was precisely the reverse of what had been planned. It hap­ pened that the proclamation announc­ ing the granting of a constitution was in type when Alexander died. His son repressed it and the autocracy was more firmly established than ever. It was not until the lapse of a quarter of a century had flooded Russia with Eu­ ropean enlightenment that freedom began to establish Itself under consti­ tutional forms. The murders of presidents--of Lincoln, Garfield, Carnot, McKinley-- were without political effect. In general, men in authority wl stand for some definite policy repre­ sent at least a strong faction in the nation. If they are removed from office by death the policy usually finds expression through another leader. The assassin cannot destroy the ideas that his victim represents. That is why Disraeli's assertion has proved approximately correct. The modem patent medicine be* Bern is th© natural outgrowth of % Qid-time household remedies. In the early history of this ooun EYEBY FA2IXLY HAS ITS H03 KAJ)E MExfi ifiSi Eo. t itters, laxatives and tonics, were to bo found in almost every house, compound* 6d by the iiousewife, sometiia®g assisted *>7 the apothecary or the family doctor. 8uch remedies as picra. which wm awes ana quassia, dissolved in applo brandy. Sometimes a hop tonic, n»gi|o of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A •core or more of popular, home-mads remedies were thus compounded, formulae for which were passed alongf from house to house, sometimes written, sometimes verbally communicated. The patent medicine business is a, natural outgrowth from this whole­ some, old-time custom. In the begin­ ning, some enterprising doctor, im­ pressed by the usefulness of cms these home-made remedies, would t.air* it up, improve it in many ways, manu­ facture it on a large scale, advertise it mainly through almanacs for the home, and, thus it •wotiM become used over a • large area. LATTERLY THE TSmm- HOLD HEMEDY BUSINESS 'fOOI A MORE EXACT AMD SCTEFTIFIC FORM. Fennia was originally one of these old-time remedies, It was used, by th+ Mennonites, of Pennsylvania,, before 3ft was offered to the public for sale. Dr. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM­ POUNDER OF PERTTNA, is of Men- nonite origin, First, he prescribed It for his neighbors and his patients. The sale of it increased, and at last he established a manufactory and fur­ nished it to the general drug trade. Peruna is useful in a great many climatic ailments, such as coughs, cold% sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal diseases generally. THOUSANDS UF FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE USE OF PERUNA and its value in the treatment of these ailments. They have learned to trust and believe in Dr. Bartman's judgment, and to rely en his remedy, Peruna. I1 at Two Sides of the Street. A drummer who had forgotten the ifference in the laws of the various ates found himself on one occasion in Bristol, through the main street of which town runs the Virginia-Ten­ nessee line. He walked Into a dru? store on the western side of the street. "Give me a package of Turkish cig­ arettes, please," he said. "We haven't any cigarettes," was the reply, "but we can let you have almost anything else you want, from morphine up." The drummer was puzzled for a mo­ ment, but decided that he must have misunderstood the clerk. v "I want some cigarettes," he re­ peated. "No cigarettes in Tennessee," an­ swered the clerk, "but you can get them across the street. That's Vir­ ginia." Thanking the clerk for his in­ formation, the drummer crossed to a drug store opposite and laid in a supply to last him across Tennessee. He had reached the door when a thought struck him. "Have you any morphine?" he asked, turning to the clerk. "Sorry, sir," replied the Virginian, "but they don't sell it In this state. But I think you can get some across tbe street. That's Tennessee." The New Puritanism. It must correct the Puritan lack of tenderness, but < without sentimental- ism, declares President King of Ober- lin college. It must correct the Puri­ tan lack of breadth, but without a false and undiscriminating tolerance that Is mere indifferentism. It must correct the Puritan false asceticism, but without an equally false realism that would exalt the physical above the spiritual. It must correct the Puritan underestimation, almost con­ tempt, of beauty, but without that false aesthetijcism that forgets the artist is first of all a man, and must regard, above all, the harmony of his own being, and seek In his own life the ideal expression of the highest Ideals. And the Puritanism must add, not less the great positives of the modern spirit, the scientific sense of unity, law, growth and the need of time in the entire moral and spirit­ ual world. Evil in Overwork. Another clever accountant has in Jured his mind by overwork. Some people need to be prodded before they will work. Some need to be restraine or they will work till they drop. Soon­ er or later the man that will not hus­ band his strength and keep a reserve of energy pays for it by enforce! leisure. Softie people hate to work Some people hate to play. As Burns said, life is all a variorum. No human being can ever be induced to profit by the experiences of another human being. We are a stiff-nscked and re­ bellious generation. Economy r m decorating the walls of your home, can be most surely effected by using SaxutarolVall Goaiixtg The soft, velvety Alabas tine tints produce the mo artistic effects, and make tlit home lighter and brighter. Sold by Paint, Drue, Hardwire and General Stores in carefully sealed and properly labeled packages, at 60c the package for white and 66c the package for tints. See that the name A!aba«t!ne- ;• on each package before it is opened cither by yourself or the workmen. The Alabastine Company Grand Sapids, Mich. Butnn Office, 105 Water Street, Hew York City. Western Canada Typical Farm Scans, Shewiitf Stock Raiainc fca WESTERN CANADA Sutue of the choicest lands tor growluje, •took raisingitiulmixed farminftiu tlieuew dis­ tricts of Saskatchewan and Alberta have re­ cently been Opened fur Settlement under the Revised Homestead Regulations Entry may now be made by proxy (on certain conditions), by the father, mother, son, daugh­ ter, brother or sister of an intending- home­ steader. Thousands of homesteads of 100 acres each are thus now easily available in thaae vreat grain-growing1, stock-raising and mixed (Arming sections. 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