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Evening star., 1901-03-05
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Quality.
An Excellent Combination.
Am Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial effects of
the well-known remedy. SYRUP OF FIGS, manu-
factured by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
illustrate the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be incidentally
laxative and presenting them in the form most
refreshing to the taste and acceptable to the sys-
tenn. 1t is the perfect strengthening laxative.
cleansing the system eTectually dspeliing colds,
headaches and feyers gently yet promptly. and
ablfng one to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from every objec-
tonable quality and substance and its acting
the kidneys, liver and bowels without weakening
or irritating them. make 1t the ideal laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs are used, as
they are pleasant to the taste, but the medicinal
qualities Of the remedy obtained from SIENNA
and other aromatic plants. by a method known to
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to get Its beneficial effects and to avoid limitations
please remember the full name of the company
printed on the front of every package.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

BREATHING THROUGH TIE MOUTH
Few people realize what an impor-
tant organ the nose is. II is the first
Of the organs of respiration, and un-
less its functions are well performer
the whole breathing process is de-
ranged The nostrils are not open cav
tiles with smooth walls through when
the air passes in and out, as 1t woulu
through a rubber tube. They are di-
vided into several compartments py
5ony projections covered with mucous
membrane. and the volume OF air i'll
entering is broken up into seVeral
streams, so that all of it comes in coA-
act with the lining membrane,
This warm and moist membrane
catches the dust and other impurities
and warns the air so that 1t Will uo
40 harm when coming in contact with
The more delicate membrane IN lne
bronchial tubes and lungs.
When the nose is stopped up from
any cause one must breathe through
The mouth, and if this is continued
TOR any length of time the general
health will inevitably suffer.
The mouth itself suffers first. The
mucous membrane loses its moisture
and becomes infiamed. The air is
neither warmed nor purified, and it lr-
ritates the lining membrane OF the ar
passages all the way down to the lungs,
SO that condition of sluggish infiam-
nation is excited.
But the general effects are more serl-
GUS than the local. One who is
mouth -breather never gets enough air.
During the day he suffers less IN TINS
respect. for the nerve-centers are more
active and force the respiratory mus
cles to act more energetically; but at
night this vigilance is relaxed, the
amount of inspired air is greatly re-
duced. and all the tissues suffer for
want of oxygen. For this reason the
mouth -breather always feels tired and
out of sorts in the morning.
The mind suffers as we'll as the body,
and mouth breathing children are al
most always backward in their stud
les.
The question of the cause of mouth
breathing, or rather of nasal obstruc-
ton, on which the mouth-breathing
depends, must be reserved for another
article. As a rule, it is easily found
on examination by the physician, and
can be removed without difficulty
What we would insist upon here is
the absolute necessity OF its early re-
moval.
A child who always breathes with
open mouth, and whose voice has Il
nasal twang, should be examined anf
treated at the earliest possible moment
for the longer the trouble exists the
worse 1t is for the child mentally, NOR.
| ally and physically.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
A FORGOTTEN ADMONITION.

The Washington Times has many es-
timable qualities, but it occasionally
allows it's partisanship to carry it to
extremes. For instance, 1t reminds
congress that the president in his last
annual message said:
In our great prosperity we must
guard against the danger 1t invites of
extravaganza in government expendi-
lures and appropriations; and the
chosen representatives of the people
will, | doubt not, furnish an example
in their legislation of that wise econ
omy which in a season of plenty hus-
bands for the future"
Now, what could be more cruel than
this untimely reference to long since
forgotten admonition?
Perhaps after all, the republican
members will not feel entirely crushed
by this executive rebuke when they re-
member that the president has fire.
quently found it convenient to disre-
gard his own message, but it is for
tunate that messages are not re-reAl
at the close of congressional sessions.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
CHAPTER XII.

Neville meanwhile, lay where the
Doctor left him. but not for long. The
sound of the pistolshots and the shouts
that followed had reached the ears of
policeman in the town below, who,
whistling for one of his compeers, ran
at full speed towards the spot from
whence the sounds seemed to come.
At the bottom Of the hill they were
met by the Doctors empty dogcart,
which his fast-trotting horse was TAX
ing safely home. They stopped and
turned its head in the direction from
which it came.
We'll need it very likely" said one:
there's an accident"
With violence" replied the other,
turrying on his way; cor else what's
the meaning of the shots?"
The sound of groan close at hand
arrested his steps, and the next mo-
inent both the men We're kneeling by
Neville's side.
bad business" muttered one. "This
is murder, or very like it."
Neville unclosed his eyes for min
ute Doctor; burglar; follow on;
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
SELF-CLOSISG FAUCET.

Here is handy, self-cfosing faucet,
which is designed for use in connec-
tion with water coolers and public
drinking fountains. Everyone knows
that it Is not always convenient to use
both hands in drawing a glass of water,
and if one hand is engaged with a
bundle it is not an easy task to manip-
ulate the faucet and hold the glass at
the same time. Then. too, in the case
of public fountains the persons par
taking of the water will most likely
leave the faucet open unless some sort
of spring valve Is provided. For these
reasons this faucet should prove a
practical device for its purpose. 1t
consists of tubular head loosely
mounted on the end of the outlet pipe.
Inside this pipe is flat-headed bolt,
having washer which fits tightly
against the upper surface of the in
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
CHAPIER NIL

Six months had passed, and one sun
ny afternoon late in October Clarice
Seymour and Janetta were seated on
the wall which surrounds the Alham-
bra in Grenada.
On one side lay the ruins Of the
beautiful Moorish palace, with its vista
of courts. enchanting alike to the eye
and the imagination; on the other
they could see down the sloping sides
of the hill on which the palace is
built, across miles Of smiling plain, to
the purple line of the Sierra Nevada.
They had been travelling about to-
gether ever since the awful burglary,
with its attendant deaths of the bur
glar and his victim, Neville Howard
OF the events which had Immediately
followed Janetta. PROSTATE in mind
and body, knew little or nothing; and
the moment it was possible to move
her Doctor Drake had suggested that
she should be sent abroad with a
nurse.
Il shall take her. Clarice had said.
Il will have a serviceable maid; but
Janetta will need some one she knows
about her if she is to get we'll.
"You?' the Doctor had exclaimed,
half incfeduousy, Are you equal
to the task?'
Il am equal to anything that will
make Janetta well.' Clarice had re-
| piled. And the Doctor went on his
way greatly wondering.
After all Clarce's improvement in
health was only the fulfIlment of his
own prediction. The shock which bade
fair to wreck Janetta's life, or deprive
her of reason, had helped her friend
to the better exercise Of both. The
need for eXertion had come, and in her
devotion to Janetta, Clarice had laid
aside her own weakness.
So the two started off on their trav-
els together, and by slow degrees ia
/ netta began to rally from the awful
mental shock she had undergone; and
| Clarice. in her loving care and watch
fulness, had cast aside the last traces
of invalidism, and had grown as pref
ty and animated as in the days before
her accident.
TO hear Janetta laugh was sufficient
reward for an hours amusing chatter
and the first day she could walk q
mile the fact had To be duly chfon.
icled in long letter to Doctor Drake
who, from time to time. came out tc
see how his patient prospered.
Happily these days were passed, and
Clarice, as she watched Janetta's beau.
tiful face this afternoon, thought thai
her task was completed Janetta was
really as well and strong as even
again, only there was that touch oi
pathos about the curves of the mouth
that told the tale of some great sor.
row. Janetta turned, conscious that
she was watched, and smiled at hel
companion.
What are you thinking of, dear"
THAT you are as beautiful as ever
that at last even think you quite
well-well enough to go home, Janet
ia. We've wandered about so many
months that I'm homesick, and be-
lieve I should welcome the sight Of
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
AN uNAMERIcAN PUNISHMENT.

AN UNAMERICAN PUNISHMENT.
In response to a senate resolution.
General Macarthur has reported to the
war department, his reasons for de-
porting Editor Rice OF Manila. The
general says that Rice's offense was
the malicious publication of false
charges affecting the integrity of the
administration of the office Of captain
of the port" The report declares that
Rice was told that he must give bond
not to republish the offensive charges
or must leave the island According
to General Mac Arthur the editor
maintained an attitude of defiance
and was necessarily sent home The
complete report of this affair will be
awaited with interest. Deportation In
an unamerican punishment and ought
to have no place in our criminal code
If Rice was guilty of libel he should
have been tried for libel. The fact that
he suffered deportation rather than
agree not to republish the charges
would indicate that he believes the
charges TO be true. The administra-
tion did net think the jury system
necessary for the protection of Fill
pino subjects, but are American citi-
zens to be denied the right of trial by
jury when they criticise military or
carpet-bag officials? Even those who
are indifferent to the denial of justice
to the Filipinos are likely to resent
this arbitrary treatment of an Ameri-
can. Especially should newspapers
protest, for if free press is not to be
| tolerated in the Philippine islands
what can be said in defense of the
freedom of the press here?
General Macarthur in his report
gives us another side light on imper-
ialism. 1t would seem that freedom
of the press has as much difficulty as
the constitution in following the flag
into our new possessions.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
QUEER FANcIEs IN FOOD.

Odd Dishes That Are Placed Before
Guests at Fashionable Functions.
Odd food fancies are met at nearly
every house. | know a hostess who
uses rock candy for sweetening in her
afternoon tea and maraschno cherries
for flavor, one to each cup. Nobody
else brews such delicious tea, her
friends declare and they never seem
comes in neat package. of crystal,
which are dipped up by an antique su-
gar spoon. Another young hostess
made a speciality of cake and beverages
/ in which she could serve whipped
/ cream. She was under salary from the
| proprietors of flavoring extracts,
which they were continually booming
and was supplied with the material,
which she demonstrated in her re-
freshments every afternoon. She was
popular girl and had instituted a tea
hour before she became an advertising
agent. She was devoted to cooking,
and therein lay her value to her en-
ployers. She began with vanilla, made
cakes favored with it, and put it in
her tea. 1t adds a most fascinating
flavor to the fayorite feminine bever-
age. Then she added chocolate to her
tea outfit and used whipped cream.
The next day she changed to lemon
tlavoring, then to almond and orange
and created such a degree of interest
through her afternoons that questions
began to be poured over her. There
was her chance to speak a good word
for the makers of the havOrs, and she
used it in such clever way that their
popularity was established without
anybody suspecting her interest in it.
You can readily see how valuable an
assistant she was.-Pittsburg Dispatch
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
Conlnloner Comment.
Extracts From W. J. Bryan's Paper.
THE MONOPOLY MUST BE PRE-
VENTED.

THE MONOPOLY MUST BE PRE-
VENTED.
The billion dollar steel trust will
serve a useful purpose If 1t awakens
the people to a realization to the men
ace Of private monopoly. The exist
ence of such a combi1atiC.' Of capital,
absolutely controlling several lines of
business, doling out daily bread to
tens of thousands of working men and
dominating a large part of the busl-
ness world, is in itself indefensible and
insufferable. The Kansas City plat
form points out a remedy-the only et-
fective remedy proposed. Congress
has power to regulate interstate COM
merce; it has power to prescribe the
terms upon which a corporation Or
ganized in any state can do business
outside of the state. Let congress
compel all corporations to take out a
federal license before engaging in in
terstate commerce. or. if that is too
harsh, let is require that corporations
having a capital above designated
amount shall take out license. This
license could be granted by the inter-
state commerce commission, or by
some commission created for the pur-
pose, to corporations upon certain con-
ditions. The first condition should be
that there is to be no water in the
stock, and the second, that the corpo-
ration is not attempting to monopolize
any branch of industry or the produc-
tion Of ary article of merchandise. The
license should be subject to revocation
if the conditions are afterwards Vin'
lated. 1t should be made unlawful foi
such a corporation to use the mails
the telegraph lines or the railroads
outside of its own state until the H.
cense is granted. Such system would
contine monopoly to the state of its
origin, and even New Jersey would
soon tire of a monopoly under such
conditions. This is the remedy sug-
gested in the democratic platform; il
the republicans have better one lei
them produce it. They are in power
and are responsible for the continued
existence of every trust They have
the president, the senate, the house
the attorney general and the courts
They can destroy every trust il they
desire to do so.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

That the British empire looks after
its children the world over is well il
lustrated by the fact that the crown
agents for the colonies are inviting
tenders for the supply Of four sailing
ships, or three steamers, to carry In
dian emigrants from Calcutta to Fiji.
1t is the annual trip of coolies to the
Fiji colony, there to work in the plan
tations. The paternal Indian govern
ment takes complete charge of the af-
fair. The coolies are recruited UP
country, brought to Calcutta and placed
in charge of the officer of emigrants
for fortnight or so, in order that
weaklings and those developing dis
ease may be weeded out. Then they
are shipped to Fiji or Demerara or
other West Indian colonies in govern
ment controlled ships and indented to
the planters for five years, the gov
ernment fixing the rate of wages, the
hours of labor and the conditions of
life.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
NEM MELDING pRnCESS

In the new process of welding in
vented by Doctor Goldschmidt of Es-
sen, compound called "thermit," :"
made of aluminium and certain metallic
oxides, is employed to obtain an extra
ordinary degree of heat. With the aid
OF a meltlng-pot, rails and pipes can
De Immediately welded at any place.
Ihe pot being filed with an inflamma
pie mixture and ignited, a few spoon
RUS OF thermit are added, and the tenn
perature quickly rises as high as 5000
degrees Centigrade. An aluminium OK
lde Is then poured on the part of the
rail or pipe, to be welded, and the work
Is done, so quickly that the pot is
cold and can be taken into the hand
after being emptied."
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
BEGGARS BIG AND LITTLE.


issue contains this editorial
although this is the season of pros
perity, and the number of people out
of employment is comparatively small,
beggars seem 10 be even more numer-
Gus, persistent and insolent, both up
town and downtown, than IL former
winters. Cannot the police do more
to keep them within bounds than they
have been doirg?'
1t is not difficult to understand why
beggars ere persistent and insolent,
but when we are told by the New York
Tribune that they are even more num-
erous than in former winters, the fact
would seem to call for some explana-
ton. In this connection it may not be
out of place to say that if the New
York Tribune was as Jealous in its
efforts to keep subsidy beggars within
bounds as it is to curtail the privil-
eges of the common every day beggar,
who will be satisfied with a loaf of
bread the Tribune would be remem-
bered by a grateful people for other
reasons than that it was once edited
by Horace Greeley.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

Koch's theory that mosquitoes
should be let alone, but that people
should be cinchonized, Major Ross con-
siders as impossible to put into execu-
tion in a British colony, such as, for
instance, Sierra Leone. The best meth
cd, in his opinion, is destruction or
removal of the mosquito by means of
surface drainage, cutting down under
growth, and the use of various Gull
cides.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
DISSOLUTION OF RONES

1t is considered certain that bacteria
play an important part in the dissolu-
tion of bones, so that if rapid dissolu-
tion is desired, it follows that the bac-
terra should be afforded every oppor-
tunity of doing their work. This NAV
have some bearing upon our methods
of the disposal of the dead, saws the
London Lancet The action Of bacteria
is not likely to be facilitated by bury
ing bodies at comparatively great
depth beneath the surface. Some re-
cent experiments have shown that
when sifted bone-meal waa inoculated
with various bacteria, and kent wet a
remarkable resolution of the constitn-
ents of the bone, including the inor-
ganic as well as the organic matters
took place. The latter resolved them
selves, as might be expected, into sim
pier compounds of the type of ammo-
mia, but the most curious results con-
sisted in the fact that the solpble
phosphate Of lime was converted into
soluble phosphoric acid. The expert
ments were confirmed by utilizing oats
grown in large pots with bone meal
and inoculating with different bacte-
ria. The yield of oats was far greater
than when the bone meal was inocu-
lated in this way. Several species of
bacteria were employed with the re-
suits which varied widely. As a rule
the organic substances which act as
polsons in the human body arc Of a
very complex nature, and as they are
resolved into simpler ones their toxic.
ity diminishes and finally disappears
In the putrefaction processes, the mr..
ganisms concerned are rapidly break
ing down complex toxic substances in.
to simpler innocuous products. Bac-
teria, however, in certain diseases
may elaborate poisons of highly com.
plex constitution. Thus we have two
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

In some parts of France. writes con
sue John G. Covert, in what are calIed
the schist lands, chestnuts form a ver,,
important article of daily food Tbay
are boiled, pulverized and eaten liks
our mashed potatoes. In every o,t,,
and nearly every village during tbs
fall and winter they are sold in door
ways and on street corners fresh from,
large roasting pans. About noontimo
numbers OF poor people may be saen
around these roasting pans waiting to
invest their pennies. Nine or ten
chestnuts are given for cent. Thew
are about the size of our horse chest
nuts.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

Senator Spooner's suggestion that a
congressional commission be sent to
the Philippine islands TO investigate
conditions there possess obvious merit.
1t is difficult for congress to legiSlate
for the needs of country which few
of its members have ever seen, and
concerning which the reports are 50
conflicting as they are regarding the
Philippines.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT.

The latest determination of the We.
locity of light is that announced by
Monsieur Perrotin before the French
Academy of Sciences on November 5,
1900. 1t was obtained by the Fizeau
method, in which the rate of rotation
of a toothed wheel, between whose
cogs the light passes on its way to
distant reflector, furnishes a means OF
measuring the speed with which the
light moves. In this case the distance
between the stations was nearly
twelve kilometers or a little less than
seven miles and a half. The deduced
velocity was 299, 900 kiIometers per sec
ond. This is forty kilometers greater
than the estimate of Neweomb, and
differs about as much from the meas
urement of Nicholson at Annapolis in
1882. Nicholson used the Foucault
method, in which a revolving mirror
is employed and his result was 299,-
853 kilometers per second.
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

A nobleman in Madrid. after spend
ing his fortune and getting deeply into
debt, lost his wife His friends advised
him to marry rich bride but to the
dismay of his creditors, he married a
poor woman. When asked why he did
so, he answered, For revenge. TO
make my rascally creditors rave"
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13
WYOMING's BOTToMLEsS LAKES

The Big Horn basin in Wyoming is
famed in Indian legend as the place
where spirits from the happy hunting
grounds come to commune with the
living. One story told is that in years
to come the palefaces would lay claim
to the sacred place and that they would
dig pure gold by the shovel full from
Its depths. Lakes Arta and Irma are
very deep, and if there is any gold in
them it is yet to be discovered, as the
bottoms have not yet been fathomed.
These lakes are named after the
daughters of Col. w. f. Cody, who
took so much stock in the Indian
legend that he purchased the entire
$4,000 acres comprising the basin,
The colonel says that if gold is never
found 1t will make no difference to
him as the land is worth millions for
agricultural purposes. The water OF
the lakes is said to have curative prop-
critics
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

terror shoulder as shown. When the
lip of a tumbler is pressed against the
lower edge of the tubular head it tilts
the bolt out of vertical line and con-
sequently lifts one side of the washer
sufficiently to let the water flow until
the tumbler is withdrawn, when the in
ternal pressure again seats the washer
and stops the flow. To avoid the LA
bility of breaking the glass the lower
edge of the fitting head is provided
with rubber ring, which is retained
within a groove by its own elasticity
Marble Hill press., 1901-03-13

Early in the eighteenth century Isaac
Watts wrote noble hymn, beginning
20 God, our help in ages past" 1t has
been comfort and an inspiration to
countless minds. When the first gov
ernor general of the federated Austria
liam colonies, the Earl of Hopetoun,
took his position, preparatory to the
administration to him of the oath Of
office, a choir Of thousand voices
sang the hymn which Watts gave to
the generations. Thus in a time and
a land far distant from that in which
the poet wrote the hymn fulfilled its
mission.