LETTER FROM
MRS. COOK
Entirely Recovered From Illness,
And Now Growing Stronger
Each Day.
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from this place, "and get stronger
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woman's tonic, I was very sick; and
the doctor's medicine did me no good.
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medicine."
Sleeplessness and nervousness,
from which many women suffer, often
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Others have obtained relief by tak
lag Cardui. Why not you?
Cardui is a popular medicine with
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lieve pain, bring roses back to pale
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medicine especially useful in women's
ailments, in the treatment of which it
has a record of over 60 years of suc
cess. At least it can do you no harm, to
give Cardui a fair trial.
It may be the very medicine you
need.
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tn," sent in plain wrapper on request.
Repentance as a habit would keep
one turning in a circle.
To Put It Mildly.
"They say he has a swelled head."
"I must admit that he seems to ap
preciate himself very much."
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Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudlne will relieve yon.
It's liquid pleaeant to take acts immedi
ately. Try it. JOc., 25c., and 50 cents at drug
stores.
Anyway Eve never had occasion to
marry Adam by asking two or three
times a day ' if she 'was the only
woman he ever loved.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, and see that it
Bears the rZ ,ru
Signature of Cua&CcZiC
In "Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
As Time Passes.
"Before you were married you used
to send your wife flowers."
"Yes," replied Mr. Meekton. "Now
ilt takes a diamond necklace to make
her as enthusiastic as she used to be
over a five-dollar bunch of roses."
SrOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE will
care any possible case of DISTEMPER,
:PLNK EYE, and the like among horses
of all ages, and prevents all others in the
same stable from having the disease. Also
cures chicken cholera, and dog distemper,
'Any good druggist can supply you, or send
to mfrs. 60 cents and $1.00 a bottle. Agents
wanted. Free book. Spohn Medical Co.,
Spec.- Contagious Diseases. Goshen, Ind.
Discouraging.
"George," said her husband's wife,
don't believe you have smoked one
of those cigars I gave you on your
birthday."
"That's right, my dear," replied his
wife's husband. "I'm going to keep
them until our Willie wants to learn
to rmoke."
MIX THIS FOR RHEUMATISM
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Really Does the Work, 8ays
Noted Authority.
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Thousands o? men and women who
have felt the sting and torture of that
dread disease, Rheumatism, which is
no respecter of age, persons, sex,
color or rank, will be interested to
know that It is one of the easiest af
flictions of the human body to con
quer. Medical science has proven It
not a distinct disease in itself, but a
jgymptom caused by inactive kidneys.
Itheumatism is uric acid in the blood
"and other waste products of the sys
tem which should be filtered and
strained out in the form of urine. The
function of the kidneys is to sift these
jioisons and acids out and keep the
blood clean and pure. The kidneys
however, are of sponge-like substance,
the holes or pores of which will some
times, either from overwork, cold or
exposure become clogged, and falling
In their function of eliminating these
E Olsons from the blood, they remain
i the veins, decompose and settling
about the joints and muscles, cause
Ihe untold suffering and pain of rheu
matism and backache, often producing
complications of bladder and urinary
disease, and general weakness.
The following simple prescription is
aid to relieve the wrst cases of
rheumatism because oi As direct ac
tion upon the blood and kidneys, re
lieving, too, the most severe forms of
fcladder and urinary troubles: Fluid
lis tract Dandelion, one-half ounce;
Compound Kargon, one ounce; Com
pound Syrup; Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bot
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each meal and at bedtime. The in
gredients can be had from any pre
scription pharmacy, and are absolutely
t.:rm!e and safe to mm at any time.
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2
High Court Decides
WASHINGTON. The Supreme court
of the United States has decided
a case which involved the proper
treatment of jurors. Because jurors
had been permitted to separate and
to read newspapers during a trial
the court was asked to set aside the
verdict. The case was a conviction
for murder at military barracks in
the state of Washington, where the
jury had been allowed to be present
while counsel argued about the ad
mission of alleged confessions as evi
dence. The Supreme court holds,
in an opinion written by Justice
Holmes, that the presence of the jury
during the argument was not wrong,
and that the members might rightly
read newspapers and need not be kept
together as a body.
The decision upsets the common
practise of trial courts. In important
cases, notably those for murder,
jurors are kept under surveillance,
almost as prisoners. In their selec
tion their intelligence is questioned
and knowledge of - current events
made ground for challenge. Then
they are marched and and from the
court room after the fashion of a
chain gang in custody of an officer,
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Foreigners Help Enforce Food Laws
DURM THESE"
J: PURE FOOD
ooiTb LAWS
00 N0THIN
AMV MORE
UNDER the pure-food laws of the
United States it is as much a
fraud on the public to give an incor
rect impression regarding the origin
or place of production of an article
for human consumption as it is to give
a wrong impression regarding the
contents, nature or composition of
such an article.
Foreign governments have been co
operating with the government of the
United States to prevent the mis
branding and incorrect labeling of
food products originating in those
countries. France has been very ac
tive in this respect, and it is now il
legal In France to label as cham
pagne any wine produced outside of
certain well-defined boundaries. A
sparkling wine produced elsewhere
than in the legally defined champagne
country cannot legally be sold as cham
pagne, even though experts might de
clare that it possessed all the qual
ities of wine so grown and even was
superior to them. The same thing
holds as regards cognac, and It is
probable that similar regulations will
be adopted regarding certain popular
brands of cheese and other things
which the public associates with trade
The Bonding of Government Officials
S
IT'6
WORTH A
& 1,000, ooo
I TO IKSURF
(thisohe
HOW many government officials are
honest and what it is worth to in
sure their honesty are questions that
will be answered on a scientific basis
shortly. Experts in the service of the
congress have passed much time re
cently attempting to reduce the an
swers to a few concrete figures. Their
work is said to be drawing to a close.
It will cost about $10,000.
The question arose In reference to
the bonding of governmental officials.
About a year ago several officials ap
pealed to congress to raise their sal
aries because the bonding companies
had increased the cost of their bonds
to such an extent It made their sal
aries look like withered autumn
leaves. For instance, one man's prede
Minister Wonders
WISH 1KMEW WHERE!
AT I Mat be A
COUNT OR A SEHHOft I
THE MINUTER AND AC Am
MAY NOT -OH CIt
I GIVE IT UP
HEN the frollicky little monarch
of Portugal had to flee before the
uprising Insurgents he left one of his
most loyal subjects In Washington up
in the air, and he has been wondering
since where he is at. Senor de Alte.
known as Viscount de Alte, Is, or was,
the regularly accredited minister to
Washington from Portugal. He is a
gentleman as well as a diplomat, one
not always following the other, unfor
tunately, and has been very well liked,
indeed, In Washington, but he would
give something pretty right now to
mow whether he Is a diplomat or just
plain gentleman of leisure.
Since fat little Manuel was deposed
i count de Alte has comported him
Rights of Jurors
forbidden free converse with family
and friends. In theory jurors are
ministers of justice, a part of the
court. They are chosen as honest
men from the worthy citizens, and
they serve not as suspects, but as
honorable officials. They lose no priv
ileges as members of the community
when they are called to assist the
judge by rendering a verdict. Experi
ence shows the need of guarding
jurors from tampering and sinister
approach, but this must be done with
out sacrificing ' their liberty. That
rural jurpr had much sense on his
side when he asked: "If we can't
read the papers and must be kept to
gether 'incommunicado' why should
not the judge be treated in the same
way?" '
The tribunal of final resort decides
that jurors do not cease to be free
citizens and do not leave their con
sciences at home when they enter the
box. If they are fit for their duties
at all they can be trusted to read pa
pers and listen to lawyers and they
need not be herded all the while in a
mass while a case is on-
The Supreme court thus gives its
Influence in favor of proper privileges
and courteous treatment to the picked
men who are summoned to help hold
steady the scales of justice.
Often jury service is irksome and it
cannot be wise to add to its hardships
beyond what is necessary. The sys
tem is a vital part of the defenses of
society and of property.
names. Olive oil labeled Lucca has
been found by the pure-food inspec
tors coming from Greece and from
Spain and from other places aside
from Lucca itself.
The government is now taking up
the question of requiring the numer
ous varieties of coffee imported into
this country to be honestly labeled.
A recent meeting of the pure-food
board w-as held for the purpose of
taking testimony regarding the label
ing of Brazilian coffee. After hear
ing testimony from experts present
showing that the practise has grown
up of labeling coffee with the name
of the port whence it is shipped re
gardless of the place of origin, Doctor
Wiley stated that an effort would be
made to reform this practise, which
the importers admitted to be wrong,
and that the matter would be proper
ly taken up in due form with the
government of Brazil through the
state department, to fhe end that the
Brazilian coffees, which form by far
the greater part of the coffee used in
the United States, should be sold
under their proper designation.
Prominent importers from New
York testified that Brazilian coffee
had been shipped to Arabia In order
that it might be reimported . from
Aden as Mocha coffee, and they said
that the practise was still In force, al
though, as Dr. Wiley remarked, the
dealers did not always go to the trou
ble of shipping coffee to Arabia for re
export before branding it as fine Ara
bian coffee.
cessor played the races and his surety
paid the fiddler, whose bill amounted
to about $10,000. , The successor was
compelled to pay about 15 per cent of
his salary in order to induce a surety
or bonding company to run the risk
of his following in the footsteps of the
other man.
Chairman Tawney of the house com
mittee on appropriations proposed to
limit the amount to be paid for bond
ing government officials. That called
down the wrath of the bonding com
panies. A hearing resulted. The gov
ernment employes made more com
plaints about the increase In rates and
the surety companies complained
about the government officials being
so stingy with statistics and other in
formation concerning the departments.
The result was the appointment of a
committee by the house and senate to
investigate the subject. This commit
tee hired a corps of experts to go over
the field, figure out, the percentage of
faithless officials and the cost of insur
ing the government against loss.
Where He Is At'
self in the safest, sanest and most con
servative manner. It has not been
possible to find a flaw in his comport
ment or deportment since he found
himself a diplomat without a country.
He does not know whether he is "mis
ter," "senhor" or "viscount." Possibly
he may be all three, as the pruning
inife of the Republicans has not yet
;opped off any of his titles.
Senhor de Alte has not resigned his
rost, for, as he has been perfectly ac
ceptable to all parties concerned and
as Portugal, republic or monarchy,
wants a representative in the United
5tatesandhas a very good man on the
ground, thoroughly established and
acquainted with the ins and outs, it
would be right good diplomacy to
!eave him here. The Portuguese min
ister has been consistently "out"
whenever newspaper people have
called upon him. In fact, the policy
of. lying low or sitting tight, just as
ou care to put it. Is the diplomatic
ne which Senhor de Alte has found to
i;est fit the situation.
IEWEIII1 FI1IICE
ACCURACY AND PUBLICITY
PROVES TO BE A POPULAR
MOTTO.
Prompt Response to Bold Move of
President Vail. "Accuracy" Reduc
ed Western Union's Surplus $13,
O00.0CO. "Publicity" Restored Con
fidence and Its Stock Went Up.
Are the great financiers of the
country beginning to see a new light f
Time was, until recently in fact, when
the men. at the head of the big cor
porations "kept their business to
themselves," as far as the law would
allow. Capable men at the head of the
big concerns, long realized the weak
ness of their position, but what was
needed obviously, as in all great re
forms was an unmistakable occasion
and a courageous man. The occasion
arose in the purchase of the Western
Union Telegraph company by the
American Telephone and Telegraph
company, and the man appeared m
Theodore N, Vail, President of the
purchasing corporation.
It was last December when public
announcement was made that the
Gould holdings of Western Union had
been taken over by the Telephone
company.
On account of the high esteem In
which the management of the tele
phone company is so generally held,
great things were predicted as a re
sult of the absorption of Western
Union. By the press of the country
the "deal" was most favorably com
mented on, it being widely pointed
out that under the direction of such
men as Theodore N. Vail and his as
sociates, the telegraph company was
bound soon to work Itself into po
sition where it could offer the public
far more efficient service than it had
ever before been able to offer.
But a very few months had elapsed
when It became apparent to the new
management that a modern and up-to-date
appraisal of the company's
assets would make possible a far
greater degree of efficiency of oper
ation. "Here," they said to them
selves, "we've bought control of this
property and we know it's immensely
valuable, but we don't know just
how valuable. These appraisals of
real estate and securities owned were
made a long time ago. If we have
a complete inventory made) of every
thing we've got we can announce the
facts to the public, start a new set of
books, and begin our responsibility
to stockholders right there."
How Inventory Was Taken.
The most expert accountants and
appraisers to be had were put at the
task. Their labors lasted over eight
months. Their report and Its publi
cation by the company marks an ep
och in finance.
It began by recommending an ad
justment of the difference between
the appraised and book values by a
charge of $5,595,089 against sur
plus. Book values of securities held
were reduced to market values, bad
and doubtful accounts were "charge
ed off," an allowance vt $2,000,000
was made for "depreciation," another
of $500,000 for "reserve," and so on,
until the old surplus of $18,867,000
came down to $5,136,000.
It required courage, the publication
of this statement to stockholders, say
ing In effect: "The property of
your company has been reval
ued: the surplus Isn't nineteen mill
ions, as you have been led to be
lieve, but five millions," but it was
the truth, and President Vail did not
flinch." "Accuracy ana publicity,' he
declared, was essential. "The stock
holder has a right to know. The
shares of this company are scatter
ed from one end of the Union to the
other. This is more than a' private
corporation. It is a great national
enterprise. The public is entitled to
the facts.
The report was ordered published
forthwith. Financiers of the old
school and speculators generally were
aghast What would happen? Would
the bottom drop out of Western
Union when the shareholders realiz
ed that their propetry was worth
$13,000,000 less than they had sup
posed? But the amazing thing
happened. The stock went up and
stayed up. The public had respond
ed to this remarkable display of
frankness and confidence; to the new
motto, "Accuracy and Publicity."
The full significance of the action
of the new board is stated concisely
by Harper's Weekly In these words:
"Is this policy of publicity and of
open-handed dealing with sharehold
ers and public the forerunner of a
similar movement on the part of oth
er big corporations? Certainly it is
to be hoped that It is. In the case
of these big companies, dependent
upon public patronage and doing busi
ness under public, franchise, can
there be any question of the right of
the people to know? '
"That right is being recognized.
It is recognized now In this epochal
act on the part of the telephone and,
telegraph interests. It Is the dawn
of a new era in corporation finance."!
Rider and Ridden.
I never could believe that Provi
dence had sent a few men into tha
world ready booted and spurred to
ride, and millions ready saddled and
bridled to be ridden. Richard Rum
bold. Longevity In Birds. .
Wild geese have been known to
live to the age of 100, and the raven
commonly lives 50 years. A record is
said to be exUnt showing that a cock
atoo once attained the ripe old age
of 81 years.
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THE
CRUCIFIXION
Ssnday School Lessen far Dec. 11, 1910
Specially Arranged lor This Paper
LESSON TEXT-Matthew 27:15-50. Mem
ory verses, 4, 41-42.
GOLDKN TEXT "He was wounded for
our transgressions. He was bruised for
our iniquities." lea, 53:5.
TIME Friday morning, April 7, A. D.
, from six o'clock A. M. till three
o'clock P. M.
PLACE (1) Pilate's judgment hall eith
er In Herod's Palace In the western part
of the city; or in Castle Antonla adjoin
ing the Temple area on the north.
The Roman trial, before Pilate,
was in the palace of Pilate, opening
into a large court. See place. In the
Jewish court the charge brought
against Jesus was blasphemy, that is
treason against God and the Jewish
commonwealth. The penalty was
death.
When the leaders brought Jesus be
fore Pilate they hoped that the gov
ernor would accept their verdict, and
simply countersign their sentence
without inquiring further, taking for
granted that they would not have con
demned a man to death unless he de
served it. But Pilate asked: "What
accusation bring ye against this
man?"
The verdict of Pilate was, "I find no
fault in this man."
From the mockeries in Pilate's
court Jesus was led away to be cruci
fied. '
Jesus was so weak from his long
and Intense sufferings that an African
from Cyrene was compelled to help
him bear the cross.
The distance was from half a mile
to a mile, according to the place of
starting (the, tower of Antonia, or
Herod's palace) and the location of
Calvary. In advance was a soldier
carrying a white wooden board on
which was written the nature of the
crime. Next came four soldiers, un
der a centurion, with the hammer and
the nails, guarding Jesus, who bore,
as always in such cases, the cross on
which he was to suffer (John 19:17,
r. v.). Then came two robbers, each
bearing his cross and guarded by four
soldiers. As they went forth into the
street they were followed by a great
multitude many with eager curiosi
ty; priests exulting over their en
emy; Mary, with other women, weep
ing (Luke 23:27).
This scene is vividly described in
"Ben Hur:" "He was nearly dead.
Every few steps he staggered as if he
would fall. A stained gown, badly
torn, hung from his shoulders over a
seamless under-tunic. An Inscription
on a board was tied to his neck. A
crown of thorns had been crushed
hard down upon' his head. The mob
sometimes broke through the guard
and struck him with sticks, and spit
upon him. Yet no Bound escaped him."
The seven words from the cross:
1. Father, forgive them; for they
know not what they do, was probably
spoken In the height of the agony,
when the cross with the victim upon
it was dropped with a sudden wrench
into its place in-the ground.
2. Today, shalt thou be with me in
paradise. To the penitent robber, to
ward noon.
3. Woman, behold thy son. Behold
thy mother! Toward noon, when com
mitting his mother to the loving care
of John.
4. Elo i, Elo 1, la ma sabach thani.
Aramaic for My God, my God, why
hast thou forsaken me? Spoken in
the darkness and depression of spirit
near his death, about three o'clock in
the afternoon. The sole expression of
spiritual suffering.
5. I thirst, in the intense thirst of
his dying hour. The sole expression
of bodily suffering.
6. It is finished. "The Workers's
Cry of Achievement, the Sufferer
Cry of Relief."
7. Father, into thy hands I com
mend my spirit His dying cry, "the
triumphant note of a conquerer."
"Redemption through his blood," so
frequently referred to in the New
Testament, gives the highest possible
expression of love. Blood Is life, the
life he gave to save us. But this In
cludes the whole life of Christ, his
coming, his life work, his death on
the cross, and his resurrection it was
this Christ who expressed his su
preme love and his Father's love by
giving his life that we might live. The
sacrifice on the cross was the highest
proof and the strongest expression of
the love of God to man. Christ proved
the greatness of his love by what he
was willing to suffer for those he
loved. Ruskln says that "the fountain
in which sins are indeed washed away
is that of love, not of agony." But the
agony was the measure and the proof
of love. It declares God's love to
man "in letters that can be read from
the stars." The fact is that there is
no other way to express in language
that all can understand the highest
degrees of heroism, courage, self-sac
rifice, and love. It is these qualities
we see rather than the agony, as we
do not see the particles of matter in
the air by which the sunlight is dif
fused, but we see the light.
Every power and every motive that
can touch the heart of man to lift
fern out of sin Into the kingdom of
heaven radiates from the cross, as the
completion of the sacrifice of Christ.
It shows to us the evil of sin, since
redemption from sin demanded such a
cost It reveals to us the loving heart
of God. It showB that we cannot en
ter heaven unless we are cleansed
from sin. It teaches us the value of
salvation, great beyond our concep
tion. It shows the value of our souls,
of character, of a right Ufa. It sets
us an example of doing right at any
cost, erea of our lives.
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Paris green performer much aston
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"What was it?"
"She found looking at the clock and
other familiar devices useless, so she
ordered some refreshments and her
mother sent her a plate of breakfast
food."
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Office Boy Yes, sir.
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