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FOU FRAUDULENT USE OF MAILS Quack Medicino Dealers Simultane ously Arrested iii United States. Washington, Nov. 20.-A nation wide raid, involving 173 persons in tho principal cities of the country, was mnde to-day by post oilico in spectors and United Stntes marshals upon doctors and drug concerns, charged with misuse of the mails to solicit criminal practice or to dis pose of medicines and instruments connectod with such practice. Tho mid-the most active and far reaching ever made by any depart ment of the government-was under the personal direction of Postmaster General Hitchcock and Chief Inspec tor Robert S. Sharp, of the post of fice department. So carefully had its details been guarded that until the first of tho arrests were made at Indianapolis early lu the day practi cally nothing was known of the gov ernment's contemplated action. Working with clock-like precision, the inspection force, spread over 22 States, carried out tho prearranged plans, and at an early hour to-night the post ofilce department had re ceived word that nearly all of tho designated persons had been arrest ed. The results of the crusade are still being received to-night by the in spectors' divisions of the post office in the form of dozens of telegrnms from various divisional headquarters. In Isolated Instances it was fotrnd for various reasons to be impracticable to effect the arrests, but tho sus pected persons against whom war rants have been issued are under sur veillance and probably will be una ble to escape. Havo llecn LOng at Work! Chief Inspector Sharp and a large part of tho force of 390 inspectors had been engaged for seven months, under the orders of the postmaster general, in working up the scores of individual cases In which arrests wore made to-day. Many of thoso taken into custody were members of promi nent wholesale and retail drug con cerns or physicians well known in their own communities. The government will prosecute the eases "'rorously, according to a state riKV : Postmaster General Hitch cock. Pin work of the post office ln ri to-day ls the culmination of the crusade InVtlf?t'?d moic thor! two years ego against tho fraudulent and unlawful US'* ol" the inuib.," said Mr. Hitchcock. Mn that co m parn ii ..;!.> uriel time-we nave w iped uvu ol .ex istence concerns which have mulcted the people of this country out of more than $100,000,000 by frauds perpe trated through the use of the malls, and the courts have sent many of the promoters of the first fraudulent schemers to the penitentiary, where they are serving time. Tho wide publicity given to tho arrests made to-day will do more to put an end to this sort of criminality than any other process." Approximately 9a of tho persons arrested already have been indicted by United States grand juries in va rious parts of the country, and the coses of the others will be presented to grand juries now sitting as raj) Rheumatism Neuralgia Sprains MISS C. MAItONRY, of 2708 K. flt., W. Washington, J).U., writes : ' 1 suf fered with rheumatism lor llvo yoars mid I havo jubt got hold of your'Uni ment, mid ft lifts dom- mo HO much good. My k nrcs do nut pain and tho BWolling hits gOUO." Quiets tho Nerves MUH. A.WlUDMA?f, of U>3 Thompson St., Maravillo, Mo., writes : - " Tho jiorvo In my lofl was destroyed llvo yours ago mid left mo with a jorklng nt nluhi so that 1 could not sleep. A friend told rn? to try your Uniment mal now 1 OOUid not do without lt. I lind altor Its use I can sleep." **\ w vrr nt ??, 14 Is a good Liniment, I keep lt on hand all the time. My daughter sprained her wrist and used your Liniment, and it has not hurt her since." JosKPH HATCH KR, of Rellim, N. (!., lt.l-M>., Ne. 4. At All Ocnlors Prico 260., OOo., $1.00 Sloan's hook on horses, catlin, 1K>M? amt poajtr? ? irce. Address Dr. EarlS. Sloan, Boston Mans. ! .. .v > > > -Me ? Vi \\ idly as may ' < feasible. Strict enforcement of municipal j and State laws in the East was said by tho post il authorities to account for tho comparatively few arrosts in the largo cities tn that part of the country. While it was declared that violations of the law aro frequent In such cities as Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, tho ac cused persons, it was asserted, have been pursued closely by tho State and Federal olllcials. Condition on Coast. Post ofllce inspectors said tho hot bed of this class of ciiminality is in tho Pacific Coast States. In San Francisco, it was claimed, a fictitious | name was used by several well j known physicians, who employed a woman to do the necessary advertis ing and clerical work. Cases were solicited by correspondence and by printed circulars sent through the malls. Scores of complaints have been received by the department from respectable women, complaining of the receipt of this class of matter. Approximately 20 per cent of those arrested to-day are so-called "pill doctors"-men who advertised their practice by correspondence or other wise-and sent to their patients com pounds in tho form of pills or pow ders. Careful analysis of these com pounds by the government authori ties is said to have disclosed that sonle of them are wholly innocuous, while others ar? dangerous poisons. Under another section of the penal code, the sending of poisons through the malls ls expressly forbidden. One of the mon accused is said to have been tho secretary of the board of health In the city of his residence. He responded, lt is stated, to a decoy or test letter sent to him by the in spectors on the stationery of the I board of health. He has been Indict ed, according to the reports received I by the post office inspectors. Where Arrest? were Made. I Tho number of arrests to be made in the respective eitles follows: New York 2, Buffalo 3, Pittsburg 7, Indianapolis C, Chicago 9, St. Paul G, Fort Worth 4, St. Louis 3, Omaha 4, Oklahoma City 5, Portland, Ore., 9, Denver 5, Seattle 8, Spokane 5, San Francisco 7, Oakland, Cal., 8, Los Angeles 3, San Jose 3, Mobile 3, Marietta, Ohio, 3, Dallas 8. Two each in Albany, Washington, Memphis, Birmingham, Cleveland, Steubenvllle, Ohio; Duluth, Winona, Minn.: San Antonio, Houstoni Nevi Orleans, Kansai) Cltyi Topeka, Ala meda, Call Om* each In Atlanta', Olhclrina'ti, Toledo, Kl I h tica pol is, Calveston i ?ajt_ L.aku City) ? Linton," Elmira, N. Y.; East Orange, N. J.; Lancaster and Pine Bank, Pa.; Cumberland, Md.; Charleston and Columbia, S. C.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Columbus, Spring field, Mount Vernon, Dayton and Convoy, Ohio; Fort Wayne, and Ter re Haute, Ind.; Peoria, Ul.; Kala mazoo and Iron River, Mich.; Hol den, Mo.; Muskogee, Okla.; Wichita. Kans.; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Belling ham, Crescent and Tacoma, Wash.: Sacramento, Petaluma, Fresno, and Glendale, Cal. Back to the Farm. (By Will T. Hale.) "I'm goin' back to farm life, Bill I've left the crowded town; If I should want ter leave ag'in, jest take and knock me down! Yes, back among tho bumble ways, where water, time an' air Don't cost you half that you cnn make in RP ito of all your care! Jest like most boys a-growin' up, 1 thought tho farm too slow, An' longed for 'faster' ways, where men's main motto was to 'go'; I found a joh-four V's a week, four times what I'd expect, A-jumpIn' clods and splittin' rails, an' cusslu' dialect; An' ylt I'm goln' back, dear Bill, to whero It's 'slow' an' cool, An' of I leave ag'in Jest set me down a screamln' fool ! "You see I rented me a room upon a seventh floor-. Some nearer Heaven, In the town, than I had been before! I patronized the restaurant, and little friendship found, An* paid a porter, or some one else, fer every turn around; An* by tho time my month was out, this thing ls true I speak I'd dono 'blowod in' merc'n I had made at eighty-odd a week! An' so the way the monoy went in this new lifo of 'go,' I learned tho rhyme that fitted best was that 'ere slang word 'blow!' An' so I'm goin' back, dear Bill, where air and water's free, An' bread an' milk and sich make life Jest good enough for me!" Birds Carry Half T?n of Hay. St. Louis, Nov. 22.-Half a ton of hay which sparrows had transported, straw by straw, to tho belfry of the Maplewood Congregational church, was discovered thcro by workmen who were preparing to put a new roof on the edifice. Search for the aperture through which ?he hay was brought revealed a small oponlng be tween two of the weather boards. The straw had been fashioned into many nests in which numerous generations of sparrows had boon hatched. The worst thing about taking a chance is that you can't always put it back where you found lt. ! ?g. SIGNERS OF DECLARATION, .Jo fr -* fr fr Poem that Embraces Dio Names fr fr ot Famous Americans, fr fr fr fro J? fr fr ?J? ?J. fr ?|? fr fr fr fr . JJ fr frfrfr It will not be denied that tho mon who, on July 4, 177G, pledged "their lives, their fortunes and their sacrod honor" tn behalf of our national lib erty deserve the most profound rev erence from every American citizen. Dy arranging In rhyme the names of the signers according to tho colonies from which they were delegated it will assist the youthful learner In re membering the names of those fath ers of American Independence. I. I The Massachusetts delegation i That signed our glorious Dlecaration Were Hancock, Gerry, Robert Paine, The great John Adams, and again Another Adams, Samuel by name. II. New Hampshire, called the "Granite State," Sent Whipple, Bartlett, Thornton, great, Alike In counsel and debate. i III. Rhode Island's delegates, we see, Were Stephen Hopkins and Ellery. IV. Connecticutt, excelled by none, With Wolcott, Williams and hunt ington. V. New York as delegates employed Lewis Morris and William Floyd, With Francis Lewis and Livingston, Who died before the war was done. VI. New Jersey to the Congross sent Hor honored college president, John Witherspoon, with Stockton, Clnrk, Hart, Hopkinson-'all men of mark. VII. Though Pennsylvania need not blush For Morris, Mortore, Wilson, Rush, And though mos* men might seem as dross To Cylmer, Taylor, Smith and Ross, To Franklin each his tribute brings Who neither lightning feared, nor kings. VIII. The men from Delaware-Indeed As true as steel In utmost need-' Were Rodney, with McKean and Read. IX. "My Maryland" ls proud to own Her Carroll Pncn', Chase and Stone. X ; On old Virginia.; roll vye see j The gu ted Hiehard Denn Leo. (Ard, just ;H< earnest to be fr?e? His brother, Francis Lightioot Lee, And Wy the and Nelson, patriots true, i With Harrison and Braxton, too; But of them all, there was not one As great as Thomas Jefferson. XI. I North Carolina's chosen men We know were Hooper, Hawes and Penn. XII. M And South Carolina's vote was one By Hey ward, Lynch and Middleton. ' XIII. i From Georgia came Gwlnnett and Hall And Walton, too, the last of all Who signed our precious Declaration, The pride and glory of tho nation. Couplet ftlnxims, (C. H. Meiers, In Farm and Home.) A resolution put In uso ls better than a good excuse. Give friends tho benefit of doubt; Don't let your faith In them die out. lt does ?mt prove that you are right To beat your neighbor in a light. If you must cheat to win a game Stop playing ere yon come to shame. The man who hates a bird's sweet song Knows less of virtue than of wrong. Mon who perform the greatest feats Look plain and common in tho streets 'Tis better far to try and fail Than to just sit around and wall. Don't, scorn the poor man whom you meet ; To-morrow he might own $'our street. The noblest thoughts and deeds of men Are not recorded by the pen. Heroes alone, In life's groat plot, May scorn tho weak; and they will not. Live each day so no one need weep O'er your misdeeds the while you sleep. Each jealous thought kill at Its birth; True love and faith command their worth. When dealing think: Would this seem fair If I were ho who listens there? You have no right to ask of Jim A favor you'd not do for him. Must when they think they know Itali, Wise men, like aviators, fall. Give men the chanco that each one needs To rise above youth's foolish deeds. Despite what others claim, I say: Tho world grows better overy day. Giving away old clothes Is tho eas iest of all known forms of benevo lence. Some men are never moro possess ed of a devil than when they are self-possessed. JESl/S, LOVER OF MY SOUL. l luirles Wesley's Famous Hymn Was inspired by n i> lightened Bird. (Kansas City Star.) Religion has always been weddod to song, wliatever tho stage of civili za! ion or tho form of worship, ft hy t?? JO and melody have acted and reacted upon the religious life of the wo?ld, until i . ls easy to undor .Uutd bow the largest and most per nr.uw.nr contribution one can make to thc rc-' lg ions life Is to write for it a new song which will lift lt on the wings pf praise and prayer to the higher things. Th > greatest hymn written by un inspired man is undoubtedly "Jesus, I.ovei of My Soul," written by Charles Wasley. lt stands next to and possibly be side the great Song of David, which 1? balled 'ho Twenty-third Psalm tho lil * L- Drown thrush of all earth songs, homely, but sweet to human hearts: " i he Lord is My Shepherd." Wejltev'B '?ymn shares with David's 'be honor! of bringing ponce and comfort ? 3 thc largest multitudes; ( have been the earliest lisped In childhood and the last to linger on the j bp gue when the singer crosses i he bar. "JV?KUS. Lover of My Soul," Is one of thc noblest expressions of Chris tian filth and hope In all literature, ...nd so shares with the Twenty-third Psalm the first place In the hearts of thousands as the two voice the prayers of Christendom. Charles Wesley wrote this hymn at tin agc of 32, and the story of its origin ts that he stood by an opon window on a summer day, and a llt (jlrd; frightened by a thunder : omi flew into the room and sought refuge thore; this incident inspired tho writing of thle hymn. Dei ?rv Ward Deecher, speaking of his fa ?liol's death and his love for this by in nj said: "I would rather have written that hymn of Wesley's thau to have the fame of any kind on i'ai-fn It ls more glorious. There la mot e power in lt. I would rather be tipo author of that hymn than to haw ibo wealth of the richest mil lionaire, pi New York. He will die ?ind pvss. out of- men's thoughts. He Will have .'ono nothing to stop trou ble or encourage hope! His money will be scattered by division. In three or four generations everything couiv? ?.ground crain for rortls trlbui on; but. that hymn will go on slpgtatfjl until tho last trump brings fort'h ho nip 1 band and then I think li will mount up to the very Lit one pf God." M u io Takes Owner's Dody Home. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 21.-Wil liam ?rcen a wealthy farmer living just north of the city, was stabbed to 'eat:- ast night while returning t ! from tho city. There arc po clip . tho murderer. . .rei . is driving a mule hitched I n whj ott' and the body of tho man was catri< ;l home by the faithful an imal, vyners lt was discovered lying t Mic bottom of tho vehicle hy mem bers pf tho family. I ia venge is hinted as a motivo for . irlrn . -.nd detectives aro working ti] 6n thin .heory. toymen's Work. Westminster,' Nov. 18.-Editor K " vee Courier: Please publish the following programs: .'rs. Munday, December 1st, A' Cross Roads No. 1-W. M. Lemmpns and A. Gaines, speakers. At Jordania-W. M. Brown and V M Co ry, speakers. The speaking at tho above places will commence at 10.30 a. m. Wo hope for good crowds, and each speaker will be oh hand promptly. Thc program will bo arranged for ;):<. remainder of December, and will bo inade public later. ,i. W. Sbelor, Chairman Pro Tom. W. M. Lemmons, Secretary.. J i< kled tho Buffaloes. (Kansas City Journal.) Low n bankes railroad man once I rioil to rotoct telegraph poles in ?..'.? ;prn " .ansas from the buffaloes, ilgni I y failed, is related by H. .'. t? /bei , a pioneer of Pawnee coun ty, ia follows! HI ? et tiers remember that for y )i could see a white polished bolt on t ory telegraph polo, where II iola ad scratched their shaggy Wi rt tormented by buffalo ?i . I vas told that many poles .vi li roi en by thc vast army of ... (lu;'/ animals. A certain rail road ofluial, who lived In Boston, >. u - tin shoes were made, bought .ill tba pegging awls on the market :i11tl li id I ie section men drive them Into [Jip ,')8ts until they looked Uko giant cacti. " bi herds came and saw and con .jiie They fought for first place at tho pol s. and tickled their mangy Ifith ty i I tho awls, which were bro ken by . o joyful bulls that, still i lu-o m tho remnants until the poll i fell. Ncodless to say, the ro il I ll vis were wlthdarwn from ?c?vico nt once." . -- A $ypmnn Is as old as she looks, ill ii young as sho thinks she lookjlt Hie pi is mightier than the v,iu, but tho dollar is mightier li th the .vnnon. The Light for the use-tho best lamp you c There is no glare; no nicker. The is a low priced lamp, but you can Rayo lamps are lighting more thu Save the Children's E yjzr^zF Made in varie At Dealers STANDARD O rWk,N.J. (I...rp.r.*.dl, IN THE 1>A11K Wo find "friends" in the sunn And friends in the bright, brig But oh, for the friend that ho In the dark, dark days. We find "friends" that greet u As we bask In good fortune's But, alas! how seldom we fin? In the dark, dark days. There aro "friends," just "fri When one's brow wears the lai But, oh, God! keep for mo on In my darkest days. Fendleton, S. C. Mrs. Hetty Oreen Now 78. New York, Nov. 21.-Mrs. Hetty Green, "the richest woman in the world," was 78 years old to-day. "It's no holiday, though," sho declared at her square little rosewood desk at the head of Wall street. Why should I take a holiday and waste a whole day just because I happened to be born on November 21, 1834?" Mrs. Green consented to relax just long enough to dictate a series of don'ts" for girls. They were: "Don't envy; don't overdress; don't fail to go to church; don't oat anything but good, wholesome food; don't cheat In your business deal ings; don't forget to be charitable; don't forget to take a lot of exercise; don't forget the many laws of God." Snits for divorce are carding yoke peck. ?i blas, dis ?sas? Smoke Pleasure a for the Man 9 I ? There ts smoke pleas and North Carolina bright le other pipe tobacco. Thoroi then granulated A perfect rolled as a cigarette. One ana a half ounc only 5c, and with each sacs papers FREE The other pleasures are with the coupons in each sa Mixture. These presents dc of the pleasure that you an< talking machine, free, or su halls, skates For reading nome for all home an buy is the Rayo. light is soft and clear. The Rayo not get better light at ?fry price, tn three million homes. lyes-and Your Own. ghted without removing chimney or ade. Easy to clean and rewick* ?us Gtylcu and for ?ll purposes. ? Everywhere IL COMPANY a fi mw Jcrooy) BtlUmor*, Md. DARK DAYS. hino a-plenty, ;ht ways, Ids ono fast s gladly rays. 1 a true friend ends," and nothing more, J rois-the bays e friend I had -John Bailey Adger Mullally. Augusta Man Shoota Self. Augusta, Qa., Nov. 21.-Thomas Farris, 23 years of age, shot himself through the heart at 2.30 o'clock this morning when a woman, Lottie Fow ler, with whom ho was Infatuated, informed hi ni that she intended to return to Atlanta to-day. Lottie Fow ler came here several weeks ago from Atlanta and went to the under world district. Young Farris saw her often and became grlef-strlckon at the thought of her doaprture. When he informed her that if she persisted in leaving Augusta he would kill himself, the woman did not take Farris seriously. A revol ver shot, however, showed how much in earnest he was, and he fell dead with a bullet through the chest. 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