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When, with "tremendous enthusiasm,"
"tumultuous applause," and
"resounding cheers," some American
citizen is nominated for the Presidency
of the United States at Chicago,
and when, later, some otner American
citizen, with ditto enthusiasm, ditto
applause and ditto cheers, is nominated
for the same office at Denver,
COLISEUM AT CHICAGO WHER
CONVENTION V
the male population of the United
States, or the great majority of it, at
any rate, will want to know just how
it was done, why it was done, and
"who done it."
At a National Convention each
State has its own headquarters, where
the delegates gather. They do a lot
of "conferring" with each other and
with delegates from other States.
They hold meetings and elect chairmen
and honorary vice-presidents.
The honorary vice-president has a
seat on the platform and an extra
ticket, but little else.
Prior to the calling of the convention
to order the National Committee
IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PANTRY.
The Favorite Sons (in chorus) ?
"Somebody's taken a bite out of my
pie!"
?From the Journal (Minneapolis.)
Is virtually in command of the situa
tion. With it lies the arranging of
the details, the "framing up" of the
procedure of the first session, the selection
of the temporary chairman,
and, in a great many cases, though
not always, the program making of
the whole convention, temporary and
permanent organizations, nominating,
and platform building.
It is the chairman of the National
Committee who calls the convention
to order, usually about noon upon the
day set. This year the Republican
National Convention will be called to
order by Harry C. New on June 16,
and the Democratic Convention will
be called to order by Thomas Taggart
on July 7.
The convention called to order, the
chairman requests the secretary to
read the call for the convention,
whiph is rlnnp Thpn the mil pall is;
gone through, and this takes a lot of
time. The next step is the announcement
by the chairman that the committee
offers to the convention as its
temporary chairman the name of Soand-so.
There are loud and prolonged
cheers, and by a viva voce vote
Mr. So-and-so is unanimously elected. I
Brief N?
The Roosevelt third-term bug which
attacked Washington as well as other
parts oC *.he United States a week or
two ago has disappeared.
Governor Albert E. Ivlcad. of the
State of Washington, stated his belief
that President Roosevelt would
not accept a renomination.
The threat of capital to go into
politics and make its influence felt,
just as labor threatens to do, has j
caused perturbation in both parties.
The Republican New York Press insists
that Judge Harmon can make
more trouble for the Republicans
than probably any other man in the
country.
A stampede which will nominate
Roosevelt is now out of the question.
It is apparent that for every vote that
leaves Taft for Roosevelt two will
jeave me umes ivi ian.
William J. Bryan's Nebraska bureau
gave out a statement claiming
for him more than two-thirds of the
Democratic National delegates already
chosen, and declaring that his
"domination is assured
There is usually little trouble over
the election of a temporary chairman.
The chairman then appoints a committee
to escort the temporary chairman
to the platform; the band plays,
the delegation from Mr. So-and-so's
State makes a lot of noise, and all is
merry.
It is incumbent on the temporary
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fILL BE HELD.
chairman to make a speech. He invariably
takes advantage of the opportunity.
He "sounds a keynote."
After the speech various resolutions
are offered. Usually these
have been arranged for in advance,
, and the temporary chairman works
according to a printed schedule,
| calling on John Doe and Richard Roe
at the right time, so that there may
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William J. Bryan. ,
be no hitch. Committees are appointor*
nno nn roenliiHnns whfo.h will
have the drafting of the platform;
one on credentials or contested seats;
one on permanent organization.
These are the important ones. When
they are all chosen, and there has
been a lot of hand-clapping and cheering,
as well-known men are appointed
to this or that committee, the temporary
chairman announces an adjournment,
usually until the next day. '
A Leap Year Dilemma.
?From the Washington Star.
KA/iAe?n o Inf nf roo 1 TX/orlr
JUU.LlU.gy LUC A CtCOO O. *UV U4. T- u
is done. Three or four men, sometimes
more, but never many, get together
in a back room of a hotel and
talk and smoke cigars. They are the
leaders. j
Part Played by Committees. i
At the second session of the con- i
vention the committees report. They
have held sessions in the meanwhile t
and have decided the contests, ar- i
ranged for the permanent organiza- c
AUDITORIUM AT DENVER WHERE
CONVENTION WIL
iws INotes About the Conv
The Chicago Tribune finds Johnson
leading for Democratic Vice-President i
with twenty-two per cent, of the *
j votes. Ex-Governor Douglas, of Ma3I
cnr>hnspHq is sernnd with sixteen tier ?
I cent. Chanler gets only seven per i
cent., Culberson and Gray still less,
and Hearst brings up the rear.
Wyoming, California, Missouri,
South Carolina, Hawaii, Alabama and
[Texas are counted on as certain to
elect Bryan delegates.
Minnesota's twenty-two votes are
conceder to Johnson, and Delaware's
six to Gray.
Senator Knox, it is said, does not
subscribe to the idea that Taft's nomination
is inevitable.
The news from Washington indicates
the nomination of Secretary
Taft on the first ballot.
The Omaha World-Herald,of which
William J. Bryan was once editor and
which stands close to him, editori&lly
coto #v?of T/-?v?n \Tifnhol1 flip lnhnr i
leader, is possibly the strongest man 1
whom the Democrats can nominate (
ifor the Vice-Presidency. I
>g|M|
tion, adopted the platform. T
Committee on Contested Seats a
that on Permanent Organlzatlc
however, are ready and they repo
The contests decided, no matt
how, the permanent roll of the cc
vention is made up and called. Th
the Committee on Permanent Orga
ization reports, and the permane
chairman is named, cheered and <
corted to the platform. The pr
cedure is identical with the electii
of the temporary chairman, me pe
manent chairman, too, must make
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Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota.
speech. It, too, is of the "keynoti
variety.
The Committee on Platform r
jorts after the permanent chairms
i!is made his sDeech. When the ma
:er of the platform is disposed c
jither by the committee reporting <
>y the announcement that it Js n
eady to report, the permanent chai
nan announces another recess; ma
Vice-President Fairbanks.
3e until the next day, possibly t;
ater in the same day.
Now back to the little room go tl
tour or more bosses who do the hea1
work; back to the hotel lobbies, tl
;heatres, the cafes, the sight-seeii
;ours go the other delegates. Cor
promises are effected, promises a
nade. Eventually, in the back roo
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Gov. Folk. Judge Geo. Gra
tnd not in the convention hall, wh;
s to be done is finally determined i
i rule.
Again the convention meets,
he platform has not been adopted
s now. Then nominations are in o
ler.
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iL BE HELD.
entions.
The Rhode Island delegation is ui
nstructed, and will be subservient 1
he wishes of Aldrich.
Even yet the vision of a Rooseve
itarapede is disturbing the rest of tl
nore nervous of the Republicans.
It is altogether likely that as a r
>ult of the convention of the Nation
Association of Manufacturers thei
will be formed a business men's poli
cal party ao take a hand in the a;
jroaching campaign.
Frank H. Hitchcock, in charge <
Secretary Taft's campaign, issued
statement at Washington to the effe<
;hat 582 delegates, or ninety-or
nore than needed for nominatio:
would be pledged to the Secretary.
Republican leaders in Congress ai
low working earnestly on a plan i
Drevent any break at the Chicago coi
,-ention that might disrupt party ha
aony.
It begins to look as if Mr. T3rva:
d case lie were nominated at Denve
voula not have a single newspaper <
:onsequence in New York City suj
jorting his cacdidacy.
!r. ' Thomas E. Watson. e
a (Already Nominated For President bj
? the Populists.)
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I When the nominations are all made j!
and the speeches all heard there j
comes the balloting. This means a
call of the States. The leader of each s
State may rise in his place and cast t
the vote for the whole delegation ?
from that State. He may announce
it as so many votes for So-and-so and ?
so many votes for Thingamebob.
Some delegate may protest and ask B
for a poll of the delegation. Then a
each name will have to be called sep- 1
arately. f
No matter how long it has taken to '
choose a nominee for the Presidency, J
the whole performance has to be gone a
v
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HI t
i. a
jpp 1
'ill
William P. Stone,
Republican Sergeant-at-Arms.
through again when it comes to nominating
a candidate for the second
place on the ticket. Ther6 are not
bo many "favorite sons," however,
and one ballot frequently suffices.
More noise, more enthusiasm. The
convention has nominated the ticket.
Then resolutions of various sorts are
passed. They are unimportant. The
hotel keepers of the town are thanked
for the splendid hospitality they have
?-4-vI
Col. John I. Martin,
i Democratic Sergeant-at-Arms.
y, dispensed, and not one -word is said
~? about high prices. Everybody who
can be thanked for anything at all is
i9 tnanked. The gavel with which the
. convention has been kept in order is
: presented to some one, probably the
permanent chairman. The band
r" plays. Cheers are given from time to
time. Everybody shakes hands with
everybody else. It is a grand occasion.
The convention adjourns
sine die.
Alton B. Parker will not bo the
first defeated Presidential candidate ^
to go to a National convention as a
delegate. Mr. Bryan was a delegate
to the St. Louis convention four years ^
ago. j
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Some Senators are angry over the 1
assertion by the President that he is i
independent of?Congress in the exercise
of command over the army and j
navy. *
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Governor Hughes announced that j
he would not accept election as Vice- 1
President of the United States, much ]
less a nomination for that office. '<
James Van Cleave, of St. Louis,
n-. president of the National Manutacto
turers' Association, threatened a bolt j
of 11,000 Republican manufacturers (
K from the party ticket in the coming j
ie campaign if it sanctions the Preai- i
dent's policy toward labor.
At Ogdensburg, N. Y., William
al Randolph Hearst, of New York, has
re been sued in the Supreme Court by r
t- David T. Lethan to recover $250 ex- r
p- pended by the plaintiff for campaign *
purposes. *
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ct Newsy Condensations.
lfi In connection with the assertion
Q' that Speaker Cannon tries to look j;
like Lincoln the New York Sun i?.3
lc | serts that "To look like Lincoln is the r
| most valuable political asset known j
Q" | in the Middle West."
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Politicians in New York City i
learned that Senators Thomas F. t
r, Grady and .lames ,T. Frawley will re- r
:>? ceive nominations this fall to succeed
P- Representatives W. Bourke Cock ran
i and Francis Burton Harrison,
iRRY OHM THE STAND
nsanity Case Ends Abruptly After
Jerome's Examination.
)nly a Few Questions Asked of
White's Slayer, Who Was Very
Nervous on the Stand.
PouzhkeeDsie. N. Y.?Harry K.
Thaw's plea for his liberty from Mateawan
Insane Asylum, where he has
teen confined since his acquittal for
he murder of Stanford White on the
;round of Insanity, was left to be de:Ided
by Judge Morschauser after a
hree-day proceeding here. The hearng
in the habeas corpus proceedings
jpought by counsel for Thaw ended
ifter District Attorney William Travirs
Jerome, of New York, had made
he sensational request that Thaw,
ehom he had called to the stand, pernit
his alienists to examine Thaw and
udge of his mental condition, as
teretofore they had had no opportunty
to converse with the defendant.
Thaw was not permitted to repond,
the Court Itself tellihg him not
o do so. The Judge, however, sug;ested
that Thaw confer with his
ounsel, and that perhaps they might
lecide that it would be wise to grant
he request.
Thaw, his lawyers, Messrs. Graham
,nd Peabody, and Dr3. Pilgrim, Evans
md Jelliffe, who had testified that
?haw was sane, went into the Judge's
irivate room and after a conference
asting a little over an hour came
>ack into the courtroom and said that
""haw would submit to a uersonal ex
imitation, but not by the alienists
yho had appeared for Mr. Jerome.
The alienists who should made this
xamlnation, it was stated, should
ie selected from some who had never
ppeared in the case. Another condiion
was that the examination should
>e restricted to a personal study of
he relator and should not be founded
?n testimony of previous trials.
District Attorney Jerome instantly
ejected these terms, saying he would
leserve to be committed to an asylum
limself if he should accept them, and
here the question ended.
Thaw was on the stand only ^ short
ime before Jerome sprang his suririse,
and answered the few questions
lut to him generally without much
lesitation. The first question, retarding
the nature of the proceedngs,
caused him some perplexity, but
ie finally answered deliberately that
ie was seeking the rights of an Amercan
citizen.
Both sides have agreed to offer no
irguments in the case, but each will
>resent briefs on the constitutional
luestion raised by Thaw's counsel at
he beginning of the hearing, to the
ifTect that Thaw's commitment to
tfatteawan was unconstitutioual.
rhaw will remain in the Dutchess
Vimtv Pnnrt Unnaa until tho Hpfis
on is rendered.
Never since the day when Evelyn
'Jesbit Thaw appeared as,the star witless
in the first trial of her husband
or the killing of Stanford White has
10 interesting a chapter in that celeirated
case been revealed as fell durng
the second day's proceedings from
he lips of Dr. Amos F. Baker; superntendent
of the State Hospital for
he Insane, at Matteawan, who has
lad Harry K. Thaw in his keeping
tnd under his personal observation
luring the last three months.
Without hesitation Dr. Baker ex)ressed
the opinion that Thaw is a
rictim of paranoia. .
In the opinion of most of those who
lave listened to the testimony adluced
in the habeas corpus proceedngs,
his testimony is likely to prove
:onclusive in the mind of Judge Morichauser,
regardless of the combat of
jxpert alienists.
Opinion among disinterested auditors
is well nigh unanimous that
Thaw is destined to go back to Mat;eawan,
there to remain for an indefllite
period.
?INDS CONVICTED BANKER DEAD
Son Refuses For Hours to Let Marshal
See Corpse.
Baltimore, Md. ? John H. M.
Jeiger, former cashier of the Canton
Mational Bank, convicted of misappropriating
the bank's money and
sentenced to five years in jail, who
Evas out under $10,000 bail pending
in appeal, was found, dead in his
lome by the United States marshal
!vho went to arrest him.
At 7 o'clock p. m. Geiger's con anlounced
that his father had died and
:he marshal desired to see the bcdy.
The son declined, but pointing to the
loor of the room, which was locked,
said the marshal could break it down
if he wished to. An undertaker who
lad been sent for was told his services
ivere not yet required.
After the family physician arrived
it a late hour the marshal was aduitted.
The physician said death was
lue to hemorrhages.
WEST POINT MAN SUICIDE.
Former Sccond Lieutenant Shoots
Himself at Washington.
Washington, D. C.?Charles E.
3amford, of Trenton, N. J., a gradlate
of West Point, who resigned
,'rom the army as a second lieutenint
in September, 1906, shot and
tilled himself in his room at the Re
jent Hotel, in this city.
Bamford had recently been engaged
in civil engineering, but a leter
addressed to Adjutant-General
\insworth, asking for a reappointnent
to the army, which was found
n his pocket, leads to the belief that
lis visit to Washington was for the
purpose of being restored to the
irmv.
Rains and Bad Rouds.
Farm work, retail and jobbing
business and the movement of old
:rops to market have been restricted
)y heavy rains, low temperatures or
jad roads.
"Waiting on Legislation.
Jacob H. Schiff, returned from Euope,
declared business here would
lot return to normal conditions until
t were seen what kind of tariff legisation
this country is going to have.
Notes of the Diamond.
Fred Clarke's brother "Josh" is
aaking good for Cleveland.
In Cleveland southpaw pitcher Bill
..attimore is pronounced a sure And.
Fred Tenney is playing a fast game
iround first base for the New York
Nationals.
Jimmy Williams, who was traded
>y the New lork Americans to bt.
^ouis, has batted in more runs for
ho St. Louis American Club than any
layer of the team.
Catcher Roper Brcsnahan, of tlio
Cew York National?, still wears his
rickete"'s shin-guards.
IffORflPHOBJAJtCTl DIESf
UUilli-sm U Moreh Rraudu Mpfltl
nullum lit mui ??i> wiuivij > ????
Fate He Knew inevitable. :
Doomed Inventor, Soothed by Ophites,
Passed Into Final Convulsions
Within Time Predicted.
Brooklyn, N. Y.?With nervous
cwitching of the hands and facial contortions
that horrified the distressed J
members of his family, but probably ,
unconscious of the frightful agony of ,
it all because of the merciful use of ]
opiates, William H. Mars'a, Flatbush j
inventor, died from hydrophobia at ,
4.50 o'clock in the afternoon of the
third day since the scientists told him ,
'his case was hopeless, in bis home,
No. 74 Ocean avenue. He was told
by Dr. William L. Wheeler, director
of the Pasteur Institute, three days
before that he had come too late and 1
that the Pasteur treatment would not '
avail. Calmly the condemned man <
asked how many days he had to live, ,
and on being told not more than four ,
days were between him and death
A*a<aM Via nrtnlH mPPt his fat.fl I
without fear, having his business in
rood shape, and that in another day i
ne could take up the loose ends of
his affairs and await death.
There wa3 no trace of nervousness
beyond the contortions of his mouth l
and the convulsive tightening of his
jaws as Marsh drove away in his car- j
rlage from the Pasteur Institute to i
wait a far worse fate than the State
decrees to the slayer of his fellow ,
man. Having made his business affairs
straight, the Inventor went to
his home and to bed. The fearful 1
convulsions had seized him. He ex- (
acted the promise from his private 1
physician, Dr. Cullinan, that he would
be kept under the influence of opiates, a
that his physical torture might be
lessened. He was only partly con- ,
scious when the final convulsions pre- ,
ceding death came upon him and he i
died as peacefully as It was possible
for medical science to devise in such
harrowing conditions.
Marsh was president of the Standard
Water Meter Company, Nos. 245
to 249 Robinson street, Flatbush. 6
He was one of those remarkable char- t
acters who accomplish great things t
and seldom are heard of by the gen- S
eral public. He invented many me- e
chanical devices and made and lost g
four large fortunes. His water meter 'I
was rapidly making him another fortune
when his death resulted from his ^
affection for his daughter's pet span- r
iel puppy. His case is rare in the his- 1
tory of rabies. He was not bitten, t
but inoculated with the virus of rab- p
ies. The pet dog was bitten by a
mongrel that ran mad six weeks ago
through the neighborhood near
Marsh's shop. The spaniel Fluff, of'
?->?! J IfnwflK ttto n ttawtt fan/? t*to a T
WUIWU xuatou noo T VI J J.UUU, nuo
romping about the shop door when a
the mad cur tore its side. Marsh i
called a veterinary surgeon and had <]
the wound dressed. Then he cared a
for Fluff himself. The grateful ani- .
mal licked Marsh's hands in dumb
recognition of the tender treatment ^
of its wound. There was a "hang- t
nail" on one of Marsh's fingers, and i
it is believed that through this insig- g
niflcant abrasion the virus, passed t
into his system. In the medical records
of the malady there is said t.o be
only one other case similar to
Marsh's, that of'a man in Paris who
received the poison through a wound, t
Every hour that the inventor lived e
after he became afflicted with the ter- f
rible disease was one of extreme men- r
tal and physicial agony to himself
and of misery to his family.
/lartfyat. that Mloa 77* rl n a H ^
X c 10 uauggi vuau AUI>JO uuuu ^.
Thompson, aged twenty-five, Mr.
Marsh's stenographer, may have f
been inoculated with rabies. The t
young woman astonished her friends t
by saying that she had been bitten by c
the dog which poisoned Mr. Marsh.
When the doctors of the Pasteur
Institute treated Mr. Marsh they
asked him if any one else had come I
In contact with the dog. He said that e
his son Ramsey and Miss Thompson c
bad petted the animal while it was in c
the factory in Robinson street. g
Miss Thompson und Ramsey Marsh ^
went to the Pasteur Institute to be
treated.
From all parts of the country let- *
ters and telegrams of sympathy to 1
the number of 200 came to the Marsh I
home, No. 74 Ocean avenue, Brook- c
lyn. The telephone was kept con- "]
stantly ringing. Persons as far away g
as Chicago, Pittsburg and Ph.!!?.d?iphia
called up to offer help and ad- J
vice. 3
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BRYAN. J
Alabama, California and Washington *
Vote For the Nebraska 11. >
Birmingham, Ala.?Bryan's majority
in Alabama will be fully 3 to 1
over Johnson. It is practically settled
that three of the declared Bryan delegates
have been elected?John W. 1
j Tomlinson, of Birmingham; Coa- 1
gressman S. Thomas Heflin, of the 1
Fifth District, and Congressman H. ; 1
D. Clayton, of the Third District. j i
Fresno,'Jal.?The Democratic State j
| Convention adopted a platform in- j
structing the California delegation for *
W. J. Bryan. t
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Spokane, Wash.?The Democratic r
i Convention instructed its delegates
for Bryan. The platform demands a
non-partisan tariff commission trust
regulator, and adequate initiative and
referendum legislation.
Washington, D. C. ? Reports received
here show that the Democratic
State conventions of Missouri, c
Michigan and South Carolina in- c
structed their delegates to vote for 1
William J. Bryan at Denver. c
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Prune Crop Small. j
It is generally admitted that the ^
prune crop will be one of the smallest ^
produced in both California and the
Northwest, but New York buyers are
Qot disposed yet to take hold.
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May Corn Up to 79 Centi. t
May corn shot up three cents, i
reaching seventy-nine cents at Chi|
cago. a price exceeded by the yellow j
cereal only twice in the history of the j
grain trade.
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Among the Workers. j 1
r
British coliery enginemen decided 1
| at a recent meeting to join the Na- r
j tional Federation. 1
I A strike against the "open shop'' a
| plan caused 900 stone cutters to go a
j on strike at Quincy, Mass. ^
, The hod carriers' international ^
body has 292 branches of the associa- | t
I tion distributed in the United States j s
| and Canada. i:
I Tlu* Federated Council of the or:
sanitations of the shopman employed c
i at all points of the N. Y., N. H. and a
j H. Railroad was made permanent re- 4
1 cently. 1
. FOUND JHE CAUSE.
After Six Years of Misery and Wrong
Treatment.
John A. Enders.- of Robertson Avenue,
Pen Argyl, 7-a., suffered for six
yeai*s with stingingpain
in the back, vio?
lent headaches and
MS*" fll dizzy spells, and was
V assured by a specialist.
that his kidneys were
all right, though the
secretions showed a
reddish, brick - dust
3edlment Not satisfied, Mr. Endere
started using Doan's Kidney Pills.
"The kidneys began to act more regularly,"
he says, "and In a short time
[ passed a few gravel stones. I felt
better right away, and since then
have had no kidney trouble."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milteurn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The. Eternal Tip.
It is as foolish to attempt to stop
tipping as to oppose the ocean tide,
rips will never be suppressed. The
word may be changed, but the thing
will not disappear. It is so human
to be generous.?Parfs Journal.
FITS. St. Vitus' Dance. Nervous Diseases per
nanently cured bv Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr.H.R. Kline, Ld.,931 Arch St.,Pbila.,l>a.
Loss of life in mines in America is far
greater than in Europe.
Mru. Winslow'a Soothing Syrup forChildren
teething, softens thegu*is, reduces intiammatlop,
allays pain, cures wind colic,25c a bottle
Generally the right ear is larger than
the left. i
Garfield Tea, Nature's mild Herb laxative,
igreeably stimulates the liver, overcomes
constipation, rids the blood of impurities
ind clears the complexion. All druggists.
Italy has more convictu per capita than
iny other country.
H. H. Green's Sons, of Atlanta,Ga.,are
the only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
world. See their liberal offer in advertise*
ment in another column of this paper.
Laboratory Tests in German Shops.
One of the features of the big Geraan
machine shops Is the laboratory
laminations of materials. At the
iUdwig Loewe Works, which ship*
ilgh grade castings to the United
Itates, the chemical and physical is
xceedlngly complete. The German
Itate railways require that for all loaotlve
cylinders a bar shall be cast
srith the cylinder and of the same
netal. This bar must be broken only
n the presence of an inspector, and
iy him is subjected to chemical and
ihysical test. .
Wonderful Submarine City.
Sponge divers on the coast of Tunis
nade a wonderful discovery not long
igo. The divers dropped into the
nidst of the ruins of a large city.
There are fallen monuments, marble
ind bronze statues, and a partially
alien temple of immense size. It
vas probably a coast city of prehisorlc
times, and had been swallowed
ip by some convulsion of the earth or
iea. The Tunis Government intends
o make a thorough exploration..
The Suppression of Consumption.
There is good reason to believe
hat any Infectious disease can. be
luppressed. We no longer greatly
ear yellow fever. It has yielded to
nethods of suppression even in its
;trongholds. Smallpox, the first of
ill Infectious diseases that was treatid
scientifically, still makes itself
elt as a scourge; but it la due only
;o the ignorance and prejudice of
hose who will not avail themselves
if the very simply and long estabished
means of preventing the malidy.
The one plague that holds its
)lace obstinately, that refuses to
iurrender to any sort of treatment, is
:onsumption. Yet it is an infectious
lisease and communicated only by
jerms; and it has no power to convey
itself through the air, but only
>r at least almost altogther, by
neans of food and water. It makes
ts way to the lungs, or whatever
>art of the body it attacks, almost exilusively
by the way of the stomach.
The knowledge of this fact has inipired
the hope that "the white
)lague" might be made easily to
ield to the treatment that has
jroved itself effective in some simlar
diseases?namely, by isolating
he patient.?Nashville Christian Adrocate.
? In These Reckless Days.
"It costs so much more to educate
t boy now than it did when I was a
cid," sighed Mr. Phroogle, reluctanty
buying another pair of shoes for
roismy. "That's the second pair he's
lad since school opened."
Tbe nignesc paia ornciai in me
government, service, with tne excepion
of the Viceroy of India, is the
jord Lieutenant of Ireland, who re:eives
$20,000 per annum.
FIT 'THE GROCER
Wife 3Iada the Suggestion.
A grocer has excellent opportunity \
o know the effects of special foods
>n his customers. A Cleveland gro:er
has a long list of customers that
lave been helped in health by leaving
iff coffee and using Postum Food
'offee.
He says, regarding his own exper
?,rn?? ??/> I ko/? Kaon
fcLCe: iwu jeaia agu i uuu uv.v.u
[rinking coffee and must say that I
vas almost wrecked in my nerves"Particularly
in the morning I was
:o irritable and upset that 1 could
lardly wait until the coffee was
erved, and then 1 had no appetite for
>reakfast and did not feel like attendng
to my store duties.
"One day my wife suggested that
nasmuch as i was selling so mucb
'ostum there must be some merit in
t and suggested that we try it. 1
ook home a package and she pretared
it according to directions. Thd
esult was a very happy one. My
lervousness gradually disappeared,
md to-day I am all right. I would
.dvise every one auecieu m auj na;
dth nervousness or stomach trou* H
iles, to leave off coffee and use Posum
Food Coffee." "There's a Rea- H
on." Read "The Road to Wellvllle,''
ti pkgs. H
Ever road the above letter? A nert S
ne appears from time to time. They D
re genuine, true aud full of buuiad
merest.
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