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ADVERTISING Yonr money tack —Judicious advertis ing is the kind that pays batk to you the mouev vmi invest. Space in this paper assures you prompt returns . , VOL. VII. - NO 2Q. Does Your Heart Beat Yes. 100,000 times etch day. Doe* it send out food blood or bad blood ? You know, for good blood is good health; bad blood, bad health. And you know precisely what to take for bad blood—Ayer's Sarsaparflla. Doctors have endorsed it for 00 years. ButwynuuuntU lUMlbsilsaal'* M*at. r lnuJ (■batSMXM ua Om Ms tbf M i« I Imwl of Mill nu«.d IMB 111* Mr Mf mm lular* J K. »» tU Hnk viUi Arsi** UMauu. AU »»—>i>ii / 1 9 iktit vma. ixuers sas^-. KKI'UKT 111- YUK UtNlllTlOH OF The Bank of Robcrsonvlllc At Robcrsonville, N. C. In the Slate of North Carolina, at the close of business April 6, 1906. KESOURCF.S. Loans and discounts fa4.8H7.49 Overdrafts 1,809.10 furniture and fixtures 3,406.50 Due from hanks aud I winker* 9,635.63 Cash it-.*ms 1,868.15 14a.606.97 LIABILITIES.^ Capital stock |i 3,000.00 Surplus fund 3,750.00 Undivided profits 106.41 Time deposits 1,550.00 Deposits subject to check 21,410.6: Cashier's checks outstanding 7*y 95 14j.606.97 State of North Carolina I County of Maitin. —t 1, J. C. Roliertson cashier of thealmve named Imik, lo solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the liest of my knowledge and lielief. J. C. Korkktson. Cashier. Subscribed anl sworn to before me this nth ('ay of April, 1906. S. L. Ross, Notary Public. Correct—Att st: J. It. Kobersou, Jr , A. S. Roberson Directors. You have tried the rest now try the Best -—-AT CRYSTAL Shaving Parlor Bank Building, Smithwick St. W. T. RHODES. Prop.; OUR MOTTO j« Sharp Tools Uwilikiri f.. I F.-IHAHRS |*oau|itly !»■ j >||. w« ukum PATENTSH 1 THAT PA*. U»» tWuwhljr. at mu ■ . ■ . 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These beautiful little globules are soft gelatine coated and whrn moistened and placed in the mouth you can't help from swallowing them Pine tiles contajn neither sugar nor ak-ohol just gums and resins obtained from our own native pine forests, com bined with other well known blad der. kidney, blood and backache remedies. Soid by S. R. Bigga. "" "" ' 'jgliL■ v, «& _>•' J PALMY DAYS I HUB Conditions as Existed at West Point in the Early Eighties. RESORTED TO CRUELTY. ' Defenders Claim It Oavalops Young | Man to Control Their Tamper and ' Think Before Acting—ln Ona Caj a I a Sentinel Diova His Bayonet Into j a Cadet's Leg. has prevailed at West Point I from the time the Military Academy ! was established. Wherevar we find three hundred or four hundred youug men. all physically tfrong. aoiastltic aiiy straightened up and sharpened to meet the demands of phyakal lite L there necessarily we also And a su \] perubundauec of spirit and vitality, says Obi. J. Blake in the New York Herald. I In ths ordinary haslnga aa soon ua candidates lor cadetstilp paaaed the phj. leal examination they were reliev ed of their money and rf-lw i-ouira bai.d. Their names, places atid dat*r of l.irth were recorded anil they wer. theu eonducted to a certain room In cad. t barracks where apeclally select ed cadet officers awaited them. Tin o)/> lng of the door of that room flunked the beglnniug of the candi dal) *' trials and tribulations. A squad of Sva ai ua were led lino a hall and stopped In front of (he lu qul ition door. The sounds of a roar ing "Come in!" bombarded our earn. I was somewhat atunned, but gently turned the knob, door and atepiied Inside, holding my hat in my hand. Behind a small table tut a oadet ofllcer about all feet four inch es In height, who, ou catching a glimpse of 111, leaped over the table, jammed his nuae In my face and yelled out: "What do you mean by entering my office with your hat In your hand? Get out. leave It In the hall and com*) hack at once." As I again stood before the giant manaater he seemed to calm down a little, and 1 so far recovered myself that I could see two more cadet offi cers sitting agalnat the wall behind him, both staring at me In such a vic ious way that I feared they would make a sudden dive and attempt to awallow ma. boots and all. The giaiit now commanded me to take ha p - altlon of a soldier. I put my hwd 1 togetner. swelled out my chest, atra'gbtened myself up and look J atratght to the front. "That Is very will. sir, but you do no look liko a soldier. Now put your little Angers on the seams of your trousers, cloie your Angers together, turn the (minis of your handi square to the front, lean slightly forward on your hips, draw In your stomach and throw back your ahoulders till the blades lap over." With much difficulty I Anally suc ceeded In satisfying him and he rc auiued his aeat behind the table. I felt very much out of gear and terribly twisted up. but I had regained com plete possession of my sensee. After getting out of me all he wish ed to know, he made me thoroughly understand that obedience was tne first duty of a soldier, and then di recting nay attention to a oW.wln fly crawling on the wall he command. I me to keep my Anger pointed at it and under no circumstances to lose It 1f I did not wish to land In the guard house. The fly was very restless 1 concentrated my attentions u|sin It and tried to follow it, but in doing ao I stirred up other fllaa and In tho mixup • I oat my charge. Haruileaa hatlag materially assists In bringing raw young men within th« Influence of that discipline so noces aary In military service. It develoi 1 Mm character and teaches the youni; man to control and curb hid temper and to think before he acta. From a military point of view It does more. In my opinion, to teach the meaning of obedience to orders than any text book ever printed, for it punishes In aurh a way as to leave a (anting, but. after all. not an unpleasant Impres sion If carried to the dangerous extent of teasing up In the blanket or to a bru tal or Indecent extent In any way the guilty should be dishonorably dis missed and forever debarred from holding a commission in the United States army. It la true UmU flghts do aometlmaa result from basing. Nations do not settle their troubles every time by arbitration, then why should we aspect It of young men? Why foihid young men to light in a school where they are educated and trained to light T Wlidn nations light nations It Is man against man, and. though the practice la discouraged, yet It Is safe to any thai It will nev«r be abolished. I would make a rule of conduct something to the effeot that after the light the par 1 tlcipmts should shake hands, declats all differences sett tad. and that the one who draws first blood shall l>e given the victory. Under some such rule all fights resulting from hsr.li. | or other causes could be easily and satisfactorily settled without serious harm to the contestants. I say, con tinue decent and harmless hazing, but eondemn and punish,severely when il descends to the leval of football. »- He Couldn't Believe It. "Ooah!" said tlhe artist's ancle frot" I the country, as he was look) if through the itudto. "It's wonder!nl ' dar.g my buttons If It ain't!" | "1 am very glad you find my wi.rw , ao Impiuaslve," replied the ambltiotts . yoeag painter. "Bat, any Henry, tell me, honest, do jrou make enough oat of yoar palntln's 1 to bay all them frames?'—Chicago Record-Herald. Providence smiles on the Just, bat MmUbm because It la a Joke. ffijc m ittprist. WILLIAMSTON, N. C.,FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1906 LESSENING ARMY DESERTIONS Methods Adopted at Fort Laavawm-th With Qood Results. The aerloua problem that is uow com routing the War Department Is how to prevent deaertious from the army. "The onitated meu are coming uioro to regard the oath or allegiance which they take upon enteriug tao service as not binding, anil on this subject the Secretary of War in his annual report speaks at some lengtu: "The ioss to the government on no count of desertioos is roughly estim it ed about $400,000 for the year Uo ,; it (desertion) has been called t .o 'banc and disgrace of the army, " are excerpts from the Secretary ot War's aunual report recently aulinrt ted. The report of the Inspector General ot the Army for the flßcal year l»o5 shows that there were 6.813 deser tions from the army during the year, or 11.07 per cent of an average en listed strength of 68,975. The report of the Military Secretary for the same period shows that the desertions were tin per cent of the whole number of enlisted men In the service during the year. That was 9ti.24ti. What is the War Department doing to prevent wholesale desertions? in Kurt Leavenworth, where desertions are fewer than at any other army post, despite the tact that it is the laigeßt In the United States, having an unlisted force ot 3,000 men, ntnoty nit.e per cent of the privates have better sleeping quarters and butter food than they ever had In civil life; their barracks are models of sanitary construction; they have porcelain lin ed baths, lavatories ot slate, with run ning water, and nickel plated flxtures; electric lights in their bunk, lounging and dining rooms; warm bedclothing, the beat and warmest of outer cloth ing for winter, good light and heavy underwear, fur gloves and fur caps and heavy overahoes for winter marching; steam heated quarters, a reading room and a good library. In each barracks are pool and billiard tallies, and the gymnasium, which Is also used as an entertainment hall for the enlisted men, having a largo stage, drop curtain and scenery In It, has in connection a big swimming pool, where the men may swim both summer and winter. This building Is considered the largest used for this purpose in the United States army. All theße conveniences are for tho mental and moral welfare of the en listed men, but until recently the War Department had been neglecting the physical It provided gymnas iums, but did not show the men wlia' use to mako ot them. All men, it was suggested by a high army officer, are interested more or less In athletics. The soldier baa had his "setting up" exercises to give him a good car riage tor years, but this form of ex ercise becomes tiresome to him. At present an effort is being made at army posts to have the men Inter estod in athletics generally, and while It has been tried at some with lndll feront results, Colonel Hall, command unt at Fort Leavenworth, and Captain E. L. Dutts, Eighteenth Infantry, au thor of "Butta' Manual of Calisthen ics," which Is In use in tho army, have aroused quite a rivalry among the enlisted men of the many brnuch es of the service represented at tht, fori. The commandant has set aside days for athletic contests and time for men to practice. During the fall ot 1005 a sorter of athletic contests was hold and a sll ver cup presented to tho winning team. Cash prizes from tho post exchange fund were also offerod to the best indllvdual contestants. First field meets were held and tho differ ent companies In each battalion rep resented. The company having the best athletes was thon placed In com petition with the best company of some other battalion. The Anal events were among the best Individual atli letes of each company, and the en thusiasm aroused was sufficient to convlnoe the authorities that those athletic contests should bo hold every year. It was no unusual sight to see from one hundred and fifty to two hundred men out dally practicing (or thl events. An athletic fluid near the main parade grounds was constructed with a quarter mile running track encircling It. Here such 'contests an wall scaling,'tent pitching, mule pack ing and the usual college athletic events were arranged. Excellent time was made in ail. The wall scaling proved the most exciting and inter esting. Twolve men would scale a ten foot wall in thirty three seconds. All army records were broken by these athletes, and nearly every man of the three thousand either took part or stood about the field to cheer his favorite. The authorities at Fort Loavon worth think they have, in a measure at least, hit upon a plan to keep m"ti from deserting—ln keeping them In terested. The athletic feature, tliey feel, should be Introduced Into ev. ry army post in the United States, Ha wail, the Philippines and Alaska. The New Naval Officer. It has been noticed that the newer school of naval officer haß been edu cated nut of his old bluff style, and the Admiralty has now Instructed the of ficers "to give their words of com mand In a loud, distinct and decisive manner." The Japanese language contains no fewer than eighteen synonyms for the personal pronoun "I," one for each :/ass of people; and etlauette makes it unlawful for a person belonging to one rank in society to make use of the pronoun pertain Inf to aacither. 1 era 1 n! Is More Courageous and Strong er Than the American Dot;. HUNTS MAINLY'BY SIGHT. English Huntsra Have Developed Spe cies to Suit Conditions in Eng-1 land—American Has Tongue ind ' Scents Hla Game to Psrtaction—j Syf'tem of interbreeding. It Is not surprising to lenrn that lh» wvt ni vde In Virginia to iliityif er which was 4he]butter breed ot i»x hounds, the Auietinn or the I: ,H h, served no practical, purpose aird I. It tb" question which h.ts I>p«u ills. m;i injv huntsmen for twenty-live years ju t where it wan before. ; here ste many >: jwi In the vleiulty nl I'hilnd Iphla wh b know a great ,li al nlioitt American soil and those of old England, the honv vof this matiiitflce it *|h.rt of hunting Iteyr.xrd with a bay ingl a splendid hunter w'lll will tn!«e a beilfte like the wind, ami while they watched the tc«t>with Intc 1 est hecadse it w;u» the llrst time Amer ica had been pitted f3ugl >:id In that wa), they" when it wns over, ntid like the woman some philos opher wrote about who was convitt. ■ ed against her wiU, remained of the xai''i> opinion atiil. Although the Immediate result of th« two parks from different conni rls was a decision in favor of the Ameri can animal, the adheretits of the "hound Atnerlcantu" took no gloty from it, while tho lovers of English docs, after isdnting out the various dillleultlsH which handicapped their favorite breed, w«ra prone to de clare that up to the last day of the test nobody knew which set of dogs had won bcoause of the good showing of both. Many Americans assert that the English hound does not give tongue when on tho trail of a fox, so as to he heerd any dlstanoo, while the American hound hag a voloe like a to;; born and he u«« i !' F-upMsh hounds are not as good «>n tiio soeut th>y na), as the America!, do; a: I Ihey have many trults wh!> '1 v tbT develop ments of the country In which ihey live whlcn render them uselees for us.' In this ruggmi ooiuitry. He triay do very wall In thie gardens at Rnglanrt. where they huut foxe,s by Hif.ht, but he will not do hore Is : - ause he is mttie. A well kuown hound trainer snye: El»rht«ien years ago we brought ovi r to Richmond County, Stuten lslnnd. forty of the liest Eftglish bounds friHil Meinlowbrook ami Hathawny Kennels, and they proved worthJees. They run with a low murmur and we lost them in the woods. Charles E. Mather, who loves title Enpllsb hound, was delighted with the outcome of the "tent" In Virginia, al though It was not won by bis f.vv orlte breed. "They were working In a different climate from their own. Tho Eng llrh climate Is moist, and tlhe Virgin lan climate Is dry. Now, everyono knows that a pack of houuds trained to follow a heavy miont, such as hangs In n moiwt soil, will not do as well n another pack trained In the pursuit 1 f \ lißht neent In our dry climate. "In tihe old country they have no thick woodland which they cannot rid through like we have here, const quently they have for hundreds of. years bred dogs without respect fo their voices, and when we Import ,li• English dog and work him In Americ a we litid that their voices are too llgbi When they go through the woods aftcr tlie fox and we make a detour of mile; to ride around thut woods we lose the bounds because we cannot hear ilhtt "Over In England, owing to the land conditions, they hunt foxes differently The country, for the most pan, Is op on, aid one can see the fox as he runs Wheal the fox lo*»»» the pack, as b tl'-vrly does, many times, the hunters' have trained their animals to run Imeli to the horses ajid have the riders tell them whlcK way to go. "We cannot do that In America. W( cannot see Mr. Fox at all, and It !■ strictly up to the dog. We want tbam to spread out and look for the trail and not come trolling In looking foi us So you see we have tui develop our own kind of dogs In this country The English dogs will not do. "Yet, there are a great many llik traits alsnit an English pack. TN v are more courageous than our bound . and stronger In build and legs. We Im port good blood evary year, but no from the middle ootintry of England We ,"ot our stock from Fife, In Bcol land, because thoro the climate and l-)' '|eripe, with It* ruggediiess and w'olland depths, more nearly np proar ties our own country. The ho,df *toel>. of course, la the original Aui'-i - lean hound. Ho has the sense t spread out when he "loses," and hi vol els stentorian. What ho needs Is xtrongtb and courage, and the dogs of ■>. have that." The fact reniAlna, It would seem, that rince a pack of hounds are bred to do the same work —trailing the fox -and »ince they do this work under different conditions In England and In America that the only reaaoiable answer to the qunstlon is that Eng li-H hounds are best for ICngllsh hunt ing ard American hounds are best for America. Interesting Scenery. "Been across the continent, eh! And what sort of scenery did you like the best?" "The kind we had from St. I.ouls to Denver. Violet, eyes, brown hair, and a stunning tailor-made gown."—Pitta burg Post. If the rich wer» not envied ther«j would not b« muab fun being rich. MEXICO'S FEAST Of SOULS Celebration by Msatlxoa In Honor of Dead Spirlta. The Feast of the Souls Is celebrated hy the mestizos and Indiana of Old Mexico each year as regularly as Americana celebrate Christinas and Ihe Fourth of July. They give pres ent a to the children on thlß day, but presents that would horrify an Amerl cun child, for most of them are re in Indors of death. The Feast of the Soula laats two dn>s, during which the stjlrlu of the d .il are supposed to come back to the world and visit their, bodies in Hie graves, and their friends and rel atives. The boulb of children comu 011 the flrst day and the souls of the older lolk on the second. A week before the coming of the dead such cities aa Puebia and Cho lula, where the people are largely mestlsoa and Indians, begin to put ou a holiday apeparance. Everybody cleans house and gets out lilb best clothes. The public markets, plazas and street cdrnera are thronged with gill sellers. Standing behind the board on which the stock of toys la displayed the hawker calls out his wares. Some ot their. invitations to buy are: "Hero are the lioest nkckUina in the row." "Our dead people are the sweetest of all." "These are the nkulls you want." "A whole funeral procession cheap." The throngs go from placti to place buying what they can afford, the wealthier getting the moat elaborate mucrtos, and the poor peons satis fying their children with a candy skel eton or picture. You can buy birds utnl uninialH made out of plaster, pew ter ami wood us well as candy, but the ordinary half breed boy or girl would rallied have a real muerlo, so most ot the mestizo gifts are of this kind. 011 the morning of tho flrßt day ot the feast every child expects toys On getting out of bod be clamors, "I'apa, mamma, give me my death!" Children go from IIOUBO to house, and after a polito exchange of greetings, casually say, "Ml afrenda, senor" (my present, Blr). and receive fruit, bread, a cup of chocolate or a toy. Usually every one visits the cem etery in the forenoon of the flrst day. So netimcß In the cemetery a line of tallies la net against the wall; upon each uro placed a human skull, a bowl of holy water and some money to pay for prayer#. Tho priest passes from table to table ropeatiug prayers aod sprinkling holy water. Everywhere In homes candles are burned fur the family dead, small candles for Lbe little children, large ones for adults. Tableß are spread with afrenda* —food for the dead, such us bread, cakes, fruit and wine or pulque. These tables are more sim ple uud attractive among the lmliuus than among the mixed population. Most curiouß and crudest of ull are the quulnt pottery toys made in hu uiuti uud animal forms and censers in u coarso ware of red, yellow and wlilto colors, the colors being due to vegetable substances. Those are purely Indlau uud their use and manu facture have been handed down for generations Through all the bustle and move ment of this market tho Indian pur chasers wander, usually In fumily groups. They buy one or more of the lurgo baskets, some of the small bas kets, rattles, bunches of the death floivor, caudles, copal, pottery, broads and tho beautiful (lower mats. These purchases axe distributed among the members of the family, who, tbns loaded, Joyously sot 'out for homo to prepare for the coming of tho souls. Tho village streets are cleaned and swept; trails of the yel low llowors of death are strewn from the road to the lioubc to guide the souls. They suppose that tho SOIIIB of the children begin to come at U o'clock lu tho afternoon, 40 the mother lays out u clean flower mat upon tho floor; on It Bhe arranges the toys, baskets and rattles, breads, foods tho little one used to love, a cup of chocolate, etc. The father places the copalgum lu Ihe censor, lights It and tills the room with the Bweet incense. The mother calls the little souls In turn: "My .Juanlta, here is your feast; hero are your toys." "My little Maria, come, take your things." The doors are left open In order that the little BOUIH may not And themselves shut out. No one would disturb or touch the gifts until after the feast. The lu dians have a legend that one time a little child stood looking longingly at a dish of swoets. Finally he yield ed to temptation and touched one to taste It. Immediately the Angers stretched out to rob the dead were destroyed. 350 Year Old Turtle. About the time the Galapagos Is lands were discovered a young turtle was born there. He died the other day in the Zoological Gardens, I>jn don. He was at leaßt 350 years old. When he was feeling well he would eat an rnucli grass as an average-cow. The Nom-De Plume. Literary men sometimes derive their names-de-plume from strung* sources. Robert Uarr, when driving through the main street of an Ameri can town, came ' upon the name "Luke Sharp" over an undertaker's shop. It was a rather grim jest, but Us grlmness so tickled the humorist that he decided to adopt It ai a pen name. In the Unltnd States 1,620,000,000 gallons of coffee are drunk every L«- CHINA'S m MIITIRY Promises to be as Perfect a Ma chine as the Japanese Army. USED FOR DEFENSE ONLY. Amam Experts of Western Natiora In the Thoroughness of Its Man oeuvres—Cavalry Shows Weak Points Dus to Bmall Ho rse'a— Troopo Smart and Intelligent. When about thirty military attaches accepted an Invitation from the Chi nese Government to go and witness Koine military manoeuvres at a place ealled Hoihlon-Koo they looked for ward to a pleasant Journey up the river, a ride to the walled city of Ho cliion, and then an amusing exhibition by a few hundred Chinese sold lira drenied In new uniforms of Weatern style. There Is nothing In a military organ ization that foreign experts watch more closely than 1U transport. The efficiency of that branch Is regarded an the Index of ths efficiency of the army as a whole, sod new arnUett al numt Invariably display wenkuens In this respect. For the Chinese manoeu vres the troops had been drawn from widely separated districts. They were concentrated at a point over fifty miles away from the neareet tMU*rm'ks, nnd In some lristauoea hundreds of miles aways from their home atatluna The scheme thus necessitated the employ ment of a great deal of transport to provide tents, bedding, and food. Un der almllar condition* many an organ ization In Europe or An>«rlua would havo broken down. Even In Oeruianv there have been Instances In recent years of troops engaged In manoeu vres marching all day and bivouack ing at night without food or shelter. The Chinese had therefore set them selves a task at which many a com mander In the Weot would have quail ed. Y«t everything worked perfectly. The commissariat was efficient to so high a degree that nothing had to be bought In the villages in the neigh borhood of the manoeuvres. As prs)t of how well handled the troops wero the foreigners remark that throughout four hot and trying days hardly a man fell out. At the Ho-chlen manoeuvres the ex cellence of the organizatlom surprised the foreigners, but the discipline and appearance of the troops surprised Hhein even more. Tie London Times had at Ho-chlen its correspondent who was with Gen. Nogi during the siege of Port Arthur, a nuui who, having seen some of the finest displays of heroism In the history of warfare and some of the most wonderful soldiers, could not be accused of having a low standard to Judge by. Yet this is what he says of the Chinese Army: "Hetwe«u a European and a Chinese regiment on the march there Is noth ing to ohoose. Physique, equipment", and deportment Impress one ns be ing much the same. A Western sol dier, perhaps, Is Inclined to look bor ed,whereas the Chinaman seems more keen, and appears to take a 'greater in terest in his work. At attention the Chinese Infantry stand like heroes, rigid and Impassive, yet in attitudes instinct with life, the expression of their faces firm, often suggestive of strong character. Skirmishing Is con ducted In orthodox fashion, the men showing great attention to the work In hand, oarofully following every or der with regard to sighting rifles. fte. They avail themselves of every scrap of cover when advancing, while the control of each subaltern over his section of the line and of the com pany commanders seems absolute. The Chinese engineers have mod ern equipment, and It Is even said that some of the foreign military of ficers at Ho-chlen observed new meth ods which they advised their Govern ments to adopt. The bridging work Is described as equal to anything the Japanese did In Manchurln. and II it declared that the celerity with which a regiment was embarked ami disem barked could have b*in surpassed nowii-ere in the world. The foreigners saw a telegraph section at work, and It was evident that the men knew perfectly well what they were about. Finally, a field hospital followed each brigade, and every battalion was accompanied by a batch of stretch) •• bearers. Th# medical branch of the service had very little I*> do, because hardly a man fell sick or needed at tention, but It was there, up to date, and seemingly quite efficient when It was needed. What does It all mean? The Euro pean Government*— and. from all in dications, the American Government — think they know only too woli what it means. They expect an awakening In China compared with which the effect of the awakening of Japan on tho world will be as nothing It Is a mat ter of arithmetic. The population ttf Japan is about 60,090,000. Tint of China Is between 400,000,000 and fiOO.- 000,000. It means Asia for the Asiatic*— the end of Occidental conquest and con trol, the and of policies of grab and aggression. In the not very far dis tant future It may mean a now dom inant civilisation. The Lu-Chun, or new Chinese army, as distinct from the old Jnefßcl»nt pro vincial bodies, now consist* of six divisions completely organized, two di visions nearlng completion, and two provincial divisions being formed. By the end of the presemt year the army will constat of at least ten divisions, each of 12,000 men. Everything in being done with quite as much thor oughness ns Japan ernr displayed. London'* Lord Mayora hav« durluq the put decade oollertod more than $100,000,000 (or ch*rlt*ble and ben* frgWt wnxww. | A DVERTISINQ « your mone y •>"«* •—Judicious advertia-X | in K is the kind that pay. back toyouT T ibe money you invert. Space in this f paper assures you prompt return* . WHOLE NO. 329 Thousands Have Kidney Tnmbls and Don't Know it. How To Find Out. Fill a bottle or common glass with youj water and let It stand twenty-four hours; a . sediment or set -J-'LT'' " ,n f Indicates so r! unhealthy condi -jjffCif "on of the kid ■W T IT NEYS; " 11 >UIR * 1 your linen It is "Irll evidence of ktd- CIJXt ney trouble; too n| l A frequent desire to pass it or pain in the back Is also convincing proof that the kidneys sad Mad der are out of order. What to Do. There Is comfort In the knowledge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer s Swamp- Root, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish In curing rheumatism, pain In the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain In passing It, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the dsy, and to get up many time* during the night. The mild and the extra ordinary effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized. 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