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READ II IN NEWSPAPERS.

George Schaub, wetI known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon. Ono. Is a
constant reader of the DAYTON NOIkszci-
tung. He knows that This paper aims
to advertise only the best in ITS columns,
and when he saw Chamberlain Pain
Balm. advertised therein for lame back
be aid not hesitate A buvlng a bottle Of
1t TOR his wife. who for eight weeks had
suffered with tho most terrible pain, in
her back and could get no relief. lie
saws; "After using the Pain Balm for
few days my wife said to me. i feel
as thoegh born anew. and before using
the entire contents of the bottle the un-
bearahIe pains had entirely VANISHED
and she could again lake ND her house
mold duties" He is very thankful and
hopes that all suffering likewIse will
hear of her wonderful recovery, Tins
valuable Eminent is for sale 3y Janin
Il Suddath, druggists.
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Might as Well: Katie-.Mis'
LummiS, ma wants Z know # you
can let her have a cupO' sugar, two
eggs, m a few raisins m some flour,
Oh, yeS!-'n' a little butter" Mrs.
Lummis-"Well, | never, Katie
Porter, you go home N tell your
mother said if she'd wait till had
time t make it she come over
m take the cake.'-PhiIadeIphia
Bulletin.
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1902-06-19
"How III your boy getting alon,

Chow IL your boy getting along
at school" "Spleadidly-splend-
idly! | tell you. my friend this
boy OF mine will make his way in
the worIu, don't you fear. During
the time he's been going TO school
they have had thIrty,two examina
tiOns, and he's managed to dodge
every one of them, = Glasgow
Evening Times.
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Tho London correspondent OF
the MANCHESTER Guardian writes
"Referring to my remark about
the distance that volcanic dust
travels, Il correspondent writes that
shortly after the krakalon crup-
ton in 1888 he was II passenger by
one of the z, and 0. steamers.
outward bound for Australia.
When about midway between Co.
lomho and Albany, one very fine
night about 8 o clock, the lookout
Informed the officer on the bridge
that there was something ahead
that looked like breakers. Break
ers' was absurd. But the engines
wore stopped and the ship moved
slowly anead. Presently there was
a curious grating sound along the
sides, The Sea was like miIIpond.
and on buckets beng let down
samples of what the ship was pass
ing through were brought on deck.
Draining the water through hand
kerchiefs, people found fine lava
or pumice stone mixed with shiny
Seawced. All night long the ship,
at half speed, bored her way
through floating beds of this sub
stance. In the morning, after
sunrise, it was almost binding to
look over the side Of the ship, for
the paint on the bows and along
the water line was completely
stripped and the exposed parts
were FURNISHED to The brilliancc OF
Il mirror"
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vIRULENr CANCER CURED.

Startling proof of wonderful ad,
vance in medicine is given by druggist
G.W Roberts OF Elizabeth, w. Va An
old man there had long suffered with
what good doctors nronOunced Incur
able cancer. They believed his ca Sc
hopeless till he used Electric BrttcFs
and applied Bucklen's Arniea SaIve,
which treatment completely cured him.
When Electric Bitters are used to cx-
pei bilious, kidney and micro6e poi
sons at the same time this saIve eXorts
ITS matchless healing power. blood dis
eases, skin eruptIons, ulcers and sores
vanish. Blttets soc. SaIve 25c at Match
itoches Drug Co.
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Gone by one,' says the Norfolk,
NirginIan, "the most priced tradi-
tionS are succumbing to the re-
morscIc>S attacks Of the icOnoclaSts,
The latest to be attacked is the
long and firmly cherished belief
that whisky Is an antidOte for snake
bite. American Medicine asserts
that WHISKY not only iSn't a cure
for snake bite, but is actually hurt
ful. However, this is not concluS-
I'VE. 1t has never been claimed
that whisky would 'cure snake
bite but only that it would cOun-
teracr the effects of the poison.
And that is the main point. The
little bite does not amount to any
thing
The Natchitoches enterprise. (Natchitoches, La.) 1888-1965, 1902-06-19

What we did in Cuba was to an
nOunce formally by act of Congress
that we would leave the govern
ment and control OF the island to
its people so soon as "a government
should have been established un
der certain specified conditions.
We ought to be equally definite
and explicit in the case Of the Phil.
ippineS. The Cubans knew just
what we wanted of them. The
FilipinOs do not yet know what we
want, because Congress has never
told them. Let us give Our word
to them US We gave it to the Gu
bans,-New York Evening Post,
Ind.
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HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE.

Now Is the time to provide yourself
ANA family with bottle OF Chamber
lain'S Collie, Cholera and Diarrhooa
Remedy. It Is almost certain to be
needed before the summer is over, and
If procured now may save you a trip to
town in The night or in your busiest
season. 1t is everywhere admitted to be
the most successful medicine in use for
bowel complaints. both for children and
auultS. No family can afford to be
without it. For sale by JaEin & Sud-
oath, druggists
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The famous decoration da,
speech made by Roosevelt. whicl
the Southern people will ever re
member, caused equally It's mucI
harsh criticism from his Northern
friends as from the Southern pcO-
pie who have had to bU tolerant Of
much, but this last insult has been
resented for them by friends and
foes alike. The New York Jour
nal says:
This newspaper feels bound to
confess that it sympathizes with
the men and women of the South
who resent Mr.. RooscvcIt's Deco
ration Day speech.
"Ihe substance of Mr.. Roose
velt's utteranceS. us Southcrncrs
understand it, is practically this :
You Southencrs lynch men
and burn them alive. You ought,
therefore. not to crItizlse officials
IN the Philippines wLo administer
the water cure, shoot unarmed
men occasionally, but never burn
them alive, except by accident"
ut IS true that in the South hu-
man beings are burned alive. Iti
Is also true that no man regrets
more earnestly than the Southern
er these horrible demonstrations
of the savage force of human re
''But it is not true that the
lynchlng of the criminal in the
South can be properly cIassed
with the wholesale torture and eX
ccutlon OF men and women in the
Philippines.
1.-THE Filipino who defends his
home against the armed forces of
the United States may be Il mis-
guided man.
1--WE sincerely believe that he
: opposing force that IN the cLd
viii benefit his fellows.
"But we desire to state, on be-
laIf OF the South, that the Filipino ,
defending his home, refusing to ,,
'etray his comrades to certain
Ieath at the request Of foreign {
fficer, is a very different person t
rom the criminal in the South t
rho has outraged and murdered a =
clplcss Girl,
"We heheve that we do the Pre-. u
ldent Of the United States GOOD {
ervlce when we seek to impress d
pom him the tact that the South c
rners who defend themselves. Il
ven violently, against Il horrible :,
anger to their women, are not L l.
riminals. The murdercrs whom I
ley treat occasionally with a Sc a
Gritty regrettabIc, but not inc0m- IC
rensibIe, should not share the e,
that we extend to dist >
II, peaceful islanders, struggling ~
ignorance against what they feel y
he foreign INVASION" a
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says what true religion and undehled'' is.
When people use the word in that way,
you VIII expect to ind under religious in
t~elligence the news that diphtheria has
been abolished IN the city OF New Bethie-
hem. that there are no persons in The
House OF Correction in Oneida County. that
Chile and Argentina have agreed together
that they viii build no warships for i've
years
Religion In Its larger sense relates to the
life Of man with God and God with man.
and all that comes OF that relationship.
This means that It relates to mems rels-
tons with men. and what comes Of human
society when IT IS governed by the Jaw Of
God
Jesus Christ. whose business was to unite
the whole world In the recognition Of God
and Gods Law. used 70 say that he came
to announce the reign OF God. or the
Kingeon CT God. as our Bibles put It. And
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Mount the poster or
WORLDS HEART is STILL YOUNG. SAYS THE REVEREND T. B. GREGoR

Cynic. retire to your den. There Is no
room for you in the sunny world OF human
sympathy and love. Your eyes are filmed.
your vision IL distorted and you cannot
see things as they are.
II ia true that she world is not as good
as IL ought to be. There is stll room
for Improvement But despite Its selfish
ness and greed. despite its many failingS
and shortcomings. the world Is still beau
tiful in its indestructible instincts OF good
ness and of love. And 1t viii be better by
and by. Commerclalism is selfish and the
love OF gain Is stubborn: but in spite Of 'ts
Rrasping and greed the human heart is
attuned 10 lofty symphonies. and those sym
phonies must at last express themselves IN
the universal life OF man.
Copyright. 1907. BY W. R Hearst.
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Nor was the thought far wide Of its mark.
for the compassionate eyes did find Il.
While the birds were singing their early
morning songs and the street was as yet
free from the tramp OF passing feet. the
hostess Of the house opened the door and
looked down upon the lite human rosebud
at her feet.
One look was enough. hat one look en-
abled the hnd-hesrted woman 10 size up the
full situation. and reaching down she took
the little stranger into the hospitality OF her
EMBEDDING arms. Smiling through her tears.
the good woman was not bind TO the fact
that she had been made the unconscious
agent. Of a most holy mission. for the little
one cuddled down against her breast and
went instantly to sleep.
The little one had found a home. for wher-
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will be OF use are children OF God; they
know that the rule OF God requires that
each Of his chldren shall have air and wa
ter and light and food. Paraguay must not
say to Canada: I have no need OF thee
Nor again must Cape Colony say 10 swed IN.
I have no need OF thee" The religion OF
the century will make the worlds lie a
common life.
Next for an American. a citizen OF TINS
ReuubuIc II Is easy to see that II Gods rule
requires that the life OF the world shan Oe
a common life. the religion Of the century
will require a cordial good understandinE
tween the. different white races OF men IN
America. the dominant white race AT
up and renew and strengthen the yassai race
OF negroes
Can It ind out the modus vivendi for the
little handful Of the ted race. and can It In
terpret the good things Of God 50 a. TO
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ever helplessness looks up imploringly to
love and love looks down tenderly upon
helplessness there Is home. But the good
woman who picked up the little stranger
was SO situated that she could not keep a..
wood police.
The babes first night in the police sta
ton was passed as peacefully as though II
had been sleeping in It's own little cradle
under the watchful exss Of a loving mother.
Tho real mother WsG for some unaccount-
able reason. 6erel!ct 10 her duty. but about
the helpless little one love was busy with
its teadereSt assiduities.
On tiptoe the big policemen moved in and
out, lest the little ones slumbers b. dis
turbed. and the matron at the station was
moved TO deepest pity as presently the lit
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faithful to them. and in the few instances
where the mother love fails there Is yet
always mother love enough TO hn up the
gap.
From the beginning OF the world until the
present time there has always been the
love that looked down compassionately up
on the helpless innocence that. looked Up
shall ever te-
crowned the Acropolis % the Athens Of
Pericles was one dedicated TO the godli!Se
virtue % pity. and as It was in the City
OF the Violet Crown - II is in the city by
the great u~nsalted seas: the human heart
IS stHl human. and as often as helplessne's
cries out for assistance love Is close by 70
reach down its helping hand. Then. o
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anybody who Is engaged in bringing in the
rule OF God is at work in this introduction
Of 1t IS convenient to call absOlute re-
hgion. hat means the religion OF the
whole world
1t is the religion OF people who Introduce
the rule OF God instead OF the sway OF con-
tagion. or. perhaps they introduce the rule
OF God IN place OF what Artemus Ward
would call "~cussedness." or. perhaps. IL Is
the rule OF God In place Of the rule Of some
caucus. or, perhaps. OF some hereditary
rulers"
The world is, in a way. a smaller world
than 1t was a hundred years ago: It is. in a
way. a much larger world. It is smaller
because I can talk 10 my brother in Ct
Petersburg and receive an ansver IN an
hour. Il IS larger. because / am a th01-
sand times stronger physically than my
great-grandfather was . hundred years
ago-that - On the average. = werhnEman
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control a thousand times as much sorce
as he could then.
This means that the races Of the world
and the people Of the world must come to-
gether and work together In the new CEN
fury as they did not begin to do in the year
1so2 In isO9 Europe was just starting on
the great Napoieonie war.
In Is1s there was nc missionary enter
prise, there was no opening up OF the ports
OF China. there WIS no Federation Of Aus
trslia. In 1907 we are already thinking OF
the real oneness OF the world
Whoever then looks forward TO the great
duties OF the century sees that the practical
union OF the world Is In she forefront OF
those duties. II win not do 70 have three
hundred people crowded together on every
square mile OF Belgium. Wide there are ten
thousand. vacant sqsare miles OF the hnest
country cod ever made with no better in
habitants than Eophers in the western part
OF ArksnSaA
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OF THE NEW RyEaw~aE w~AH"@

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
aD DO not dare write Of this without
defining words. and know very
well h ms the average talk Of
men religion espesSents something
very limited. you night say mar
row II you were cynical But as Lam go
ing TO use the word. religion means some
thing Infinitely wide.
When you take a newspapef4nd zee that
there Is a heading for religious intelligence.
you know that this means that you are 10
md something about bishops or archoish-
ops. or you sre to find What Doctor Smith
or Mr.. Jones thinks OF the Book Of Prov
srbs, or you are 70 azd that the meeting
house IN Cranford has been shingied. or
that e set Of teaspoons has been presented
10 the wife Of the clergyman But this
limited use Of religion Is not the only use
for q very great word.
The word does not otter occur ir the
zIhls, but = deeszoe1axEhere Saint James
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tie blue eyes looked up to her and the little
hands were stretched out. as much as TO
say; You Will keep mt in perfect peace
II win De a long time before the benedic-
ton % that baby's presence will be forgot
ten ID the E~ngIewood station. For years 20
come the strong men who tiptoed about the
station Will b. purer for the pull that was
made at their heartstrings by the fugitive
little stranger who. smiling upon them In
its helplessness. disappeared as suddenly as
it came.
For twenty-four hours the uiatron Of the
EnElewoOd Station kept the Waif. thinking
that some WelI-;o-do family would adopt it.
but. no one showing IN. the little candidate
for mercy was handed over to the sisters
at st. Vincent's orphanage.
The Chicago American had taken up
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II. N the other hand, they accept the
invitation. they are not at all gracious. and
never think OF calling after the function is
over. Many OF them spend their time at
the clubs, frequently selecting a window
near the corner. where they can look out on
both sides OF the clubroom and ogle any
ladies who may chance 10 pass the cIu5.
II they 20 to she Country Club to dine.
they do not take the trouble to make them
selves ~presentable. II they participate IN
games It is just the same-they make no
apology for their unkempt appearance.
They expect TO dance with every young
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know how to deal with the Asiatic races9
White men. black men. red men and yellow
men. the Twentieth Century must nnd out
how between the Atlantic and Pacific these
four races shall live and move and havO
their being IN one nation"
And first OF all and last OF all. an these
four duties mean that the religion OF the
century scattered among the leading nations
Is strong enough and determined enough to
keep the nations OF the world at peace with
each other.
When any young man or young woman
asks where TO catch on" as the car OF the
world rolls forward. the answer OF the r.
Igious man is:f"You viii highly determines
personally 10 assist in one Of the three great
railway enterprises. or to lend a hand with
spirit in the ca1kiHation OF the Americas
races. OF to cohsecrate time and opportunity
20 the cause of universal peace"
copyriSht, Loa. ~ W. R EsarsG
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the story. and on Saturday a carriage
rolled up 20 St vincent's Orphsnage. a
splendidly dressed woman with satisfactory
references rushed into the orphanage. Of
fered TO be a mother TO the child. received
1t into her arms and drove away.
In the meantime applications for the hid
poured in upon the American thick and
fast. More than twenty applied in one
day. Letters from the far West came i'm
ploring the opportunity OF adopting the lit
tie child that had been 80 strangely put
aside by its Pother.
And so we may learn tF0t human nature
IS not al bad. At most Il IS only had
in spots. The worlds heart IS stnl tender.
All. yes! There's plenty Of tenderness
The mothers that desert their children are
few in comparison with those who are
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are directed toward some one already mar
ried. Il Is not claimed that all society men
in Washington do these things. but that
a coterie Of them do violate ali the
rules OF polite society. simply because they
dare TO do so.
I, The most eligible men in Washington are
prevented from accepting many social at
t%entions or invitations on account OF thei-
complete absorption in affairs during the
session OF Congress-the very time when So
cial functions are most numerous.
That class are excused from attending,
but they arg never rude enough to neglect
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Il viii not do TO have people in Alabama
complaining OF their negro population and
hanging them with %grapeyines when they
choose. while there Is a paradise waiting
for those black men In ten thousand differ
cnt places between Alabama and the Ar
gentne.
II an American writes them down. the
first three physical duties Of the century
are:
L To build a four-track railway fr9m Que
bee TO Pa1agcnia. so that the union Of this
hemisphere may be more complete.
? A smaller railway OF four track Ks from
the Atlantic 10 the Pacific. through North
ern Germany md, European and Assatie
Russia
J cecE Rhodes's foGr-tfask railway from
Cairo TO the Cape. wketBerth Philistines
understand It or not. religious men know
that AL the people TO whom the seer always
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Intelligence and true nobility OF character
form no part Of their professions They
have a penchaut for gossiping and often
manage to start a prejudice against some
one more worthy than themselves. They
have no computations about accepting
courtesies and subsequently making fun OF
their hosts. They are responsible for many
OF the stories and criticisms that have
been worldwide at the expense OF their
most generous entertainers A collegiate
education and all the Indulgence OF polite
society will not make a gentleman OF one
vbo Is not a gentleman by nature.
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lady. where dancing IS a part OF the auuss-
ment. without asking the permission OF
her chaperon. They drive or walk with
out removing their cigars or cigarettes or
asking permission to continue their smoke.
They promenade with their chums on the
avenues and streets frequented by ladies.
often stopping 10 discuss the ladies after
they have passed. They are generally the
devotees OF some matrun IN whose home
they may be seen constantly bearing them-
selves IN a very free and easy manner. lie
cause they do not wish to marry any ore.
and think they are safe II their attentions
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to at least acknowledge invitations. It Is
the leisure class against whom the charges
are made and who are the offenders. They
are generally men who are careful to keep
in With the wealthy who come to the city
AM who they imagine viii give ~exyrav1-
gan; entertainments OF all kinds. They
have visions OF theater parties. late suppers.
char lpagne AMI terrapin and other ~luxnries
which they especially enjoy and cannot at
ford. They are. usually up In all. fads u
society and understand the art Of fRttery 10
perfection. In fact. their wits are their only
capital
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Such are never guilty OF rudeness, espe-
ciaIly to hosts We hear much Of gentle
men Of the old school. who are men who
have been brought up under the more,
e~xactinE requirements OF the old re-
gime. when women never compromised
themselves by smoking cigarettes. drinking
ocktails or otherwise participating with
men in the small vices supposed to be mas
culine: they frowned upon familiarity and
demanded the strietest prophecies. in their
presence. at least.
Copyrighted. 1899. by W. R. Hearst
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WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
AFT was a little more than q week ago
that, as a reporter put It. "twc fool
ish, helpless little hands reached out
and asked the world for a home"
This mute appeal came from q
month-old little boy baby that had been
abandoned by is mother.
But-to the glory Of human nature be it
o~bserved-the abandonment was not abso-
lutely heartIess, for. instead OF being tossed
cut into some back alley. the little Innocent.
dressed in the prettiest way imaginable. was
t~enderly placed upon the doorstep of a West
Se~venty-ninth street home in Chicago, with
the thought, doubtless. that compassionate
eyes would be sure to find the little waIf
before 1t had suffered much from cold or
hunger.
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necessity IN social affairs hat they can be
as rude as they IKE. They receive invita-
tions to Dime and all sorts Of social eunc-
tons. and II these invitations are not from
their set they do not take the trouble TO
notice them. They nelthert so nor send
their regrets. or can afterwards TO &C.
knowledge the compliment paid them.
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wRITTEN ToR IL suNpAy REPuRLIc.

THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
. hear constantly complaints
against society men who
imagine because they are
much in demand In this city
of hifav man ana ~ r,,.h :,