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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL.
Few People Know How Useful It Is
Preserving Health and Beauty

Neor,y everybody knows that charcoal
49, s,fast and most efficient dlsinfec.
tant and purifier In nature, but few real
i've its value when taken into the human
system for the sa.>e cleansing purpose
Charcoal is a remedy that 1he more
you take of It. the better; " ID not
drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases
and lmnurities always present In the
stomach and intestipes, and carries them
out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens the breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating onions
and other odorous vegetables
Charcoal erectually clears and improves
the complexion. 1t whitens the teeth and
further acts as natural and emlnently
safe cathart1c. NJ
1t absorbs the Injurious gases which
collect in the stomach and bowels; it
dislnfects the mouth ana throat IRON
the poison OF catarrh,
All druggists sell charcoal! In one form
or another; but probably the best char
coal and the most for the money IL IN
Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they arc
composed OF the finest powdered willow
charcoal and other harmless antiseptica
in tablet form. or rather In NE form of
large. pleasant tasting lozenges. the char
coal being mixed with honey
The daily use of these loaenges will
soon tell in q much improved condition
OF the general health, better complexion,
sweeter breath and purer blood. and the
beauty of 1t is that no possible harm can
| result from their continued use, but on
the contrary. great benefit
| "A Buffalo physician, In speaking OF the
benefits of charcoal says II advise
| stuarts Absorbent Lozenges 70 all pa
tents suffering from gas m the stomach
and bowels, and 1t clcars the complexion
and purifies the breath, mouth and
throat. / also believe the liver is great
ly benefited by tn, daily usa of them
they cost hut twenty-five cents box
at drug stores. and although in SONS
sense patent preparation: yet I believe
! got more and better charcoalFln STU,
arts Absorbent Lozenges than, III any Of
! the ordinary charcoal tablets"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
Books and Authors.

Mr.. James Branch Cabell. Of this city.
will have a novelette, In the June number
OF the Smart Set called THE Husbands
Comedy" The magazine will be out on
May 18th. We are assured that TINS IS
the most notable work Mr.. Cabell has yet
written, and there Is no doubt It Will be
eagerly read by all who have observed
the stellar career OF this brilliant young
Virginian.
The fact that the school board OF New
York city has ordered Uncle rom
Cabin" excluded from the school libra
rles Is matter of very considerable III
crary as well as political interest. It
was done on the ground reported IN tho
press dispatches that the omission OF the
book had been served and that it could
work only mischief for the future, These
arc excellent reasons for retirlng I'M
| Gle Toms Cabin"
The book. by the way, Is not nearly SO
bad as the play of that name. Mrs, Stowe
| gives an admirable picture of plantation
| life before the war, The vicious features
OF the book arc patent enough. but they
were worse magnified by tho people, who
took It up and dramatlzed It. AS lltera-
| ture, OF course 1t has very little to rec
ommend 1t. Its sensational character
and timeliness gave IT It's tremendous
| vogue.
Miss Mary Johnston VIII remain IN
Richmond two or three weeks longer,
Her sojourn In the Bahamas did her a
great deal of good. She Is looking very
well indeed and says that she Is feeling
| a great deal stronger--so much better, IN
deed. that she works little now ana
| then on her Ellzabethan romance, SIT
| Mortimer" which the Harpers are walt
Ing for to publish serlaly In their maya
zine. The people, too are waiting eager,
~ for the appearance Of Sir Mortimer,
but they would not for anything nave
their favorite author hasten tho book to
her. and its, detriment
Professor w. M. Lille OF the University
of Virginia. has retired from the chief
cditorship of the Virginia Law Register
owing to heavy professional requirements
upon his time, and Mr., George Bryan,
! formerly associate editor VIII hereafter
| have the sole editorial direction of that
valuable publication, Tho current Issue
Of the Register which announces the
change, Is very Interesting and typical
number.
Miss Martha w. Austin, the author OF
''Veronica Is the daughter of the Com
mander Of Austins Battalion of sharp
shooters In the Confederate army Hel
1 grandfathei. DR.. Austin, Of New Orleans
!; was one of the most noted and beloved
Il physicians In the South, 81 Although MISS
Austin has lived mach Of her life IN New
Orleans and at country place on th'
Gulf Coast. she had Travelled coniderably
She has studied at Sophie Newcomb Col
lege tTulune University, New Orleans
and at Radcliffe. and all her life -sher u
prary has been her playground. He
writing before this novel, Veronica,
took the form Of charming descriptions q
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
We we
foo Late :
Erieht'e Disease and Diabetes
Are Positively Durable.

Upon hearing that Oharlcs A. Newton, tho
yardmaster OF the Southern Pscfc Company
~ Sacramento, had certain case OF Diabetes,
the business mon who were Investigating the
Fulton Compounds, wrote him asking him to
take " but they wcro late, As he. had already
heard OF It, .. per his letter In answer as
follows:
"sAoxAME1ro, July u, 1901.
DoAf Sirs. Yours OF the 18th received and
thank you for your Information regarding tho Dtn.
betee medicine made by J. j. Fulton. was perma.
renty cured OF Diabetes by this rnodofnc and now
II March 81 and juno 9th va. pronounced cured.
now enjoy my old diet In mild FORM but advance
more on Il o. time goes by, not wishing 70 attempt
too much At once. ] was very bad with tho disease.
Tho gravity WAS t0s8, and I was so weak could
scarcely walk. The physicians helped mo some, but
said there was no cure. then heard or ana went
to treating wieh the Fulton Compound, and only
took three bottles whom commenced to feel better,
health.'t No. 5rI 49,
~ know OF snothcr case Of Dabetes, an engineer
on the road who had the dsense for four yoars.
lie wont to Tucson to die. When was getting
better sent for him to como TO Sacramento TO GO
on tho same treatment. On his return ne believed
no medicine would cure him; but prevailed upon
him to try IT,. This was In May. He 10 now so
much improved that no 10 on his engine WORKING
every day: There are also two cases OF Erighea
Disease taking II whom told Of IT. hope ,omo
uns s oyer the country for the treatment OF these
dreadful diseases. Trusting have not said TOO
much, Yours,
"CnAs. A. NEWTON,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10

Doubleday, Page & Co. are issuing a
neat brochure descriptive Of the South
ern Novels and Serious Books" which
they have published. Seventeen books
are described among them being Before
the Dawn Veronica" The Battle.
ground" ION the Wing OF Occasions
THE Hearts Highway" The Rebuilding
of Old commemorative" Character
Building The authors mentioned are
Joseph A. Altsheler, Martha w. Austin.
Thomas Dixon, Jr.. Ellen Glasgow. Joel
Chandler Harris, Sara Beaumont Ken
nedy, Mary z. Wilkins, Howard Weeden,
Galllard Hunt. William Byrd. whose me-
moirs are edited by John Spencer Bas-
sett; Sidney Lanier, Walter a. Page.
Booker T. Washington and Katherine
Pearson Woods. 81 Besides description
of the story the price and makeup of the
book are also given
Following closely ion the victory Of Chi
cagos recent nayoralty contest, which
has made Carter Harrison national fig
ure, comes the interesting announcement
that Mrs. Harrison has given her pub
fishers a second book Of her charming
fairy tales for publication this fall. The
volume will Sc brought out sinythes same
beautiful, manner, yas was Prince Silver
wings" and Will BIO a companion to that
successful book In every respect.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10

THE NATURE STUDY IDEA, BY Pro-
fessor l.. H. Bailey, Editor OF Country
life In America, Doubleday. Page &
Co, publishers. New York, Net price
slO0.
This interesting volume Is an lluminat-
ing and suggestive study Of the new
movement originating in the common
schools to put tho child into sympathy
with nature and his environment to. the
end that his life may be stronger and
more resoureeful, This movement re-
lates education directly TO the life that
the pupil is to live 1t Is revolt from
mere misunderstanding in the grades and
from all perflnctorincss in school work.
lis aim is the full expression of person
alty. II is not the mere addition Of GER
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
"CnAs. A. NAwToR,
!" Yardmaster. 8. P. Co., Sacto."

Medical works ngree that Bright's Disease
positively recovering under tho Fulton Com
pounds. Common forms OF kidney complaint
aud rheumstis n offer but short resistanoo.l
Price, 81 for tho Bright's Disease and 30 for
the Dlnhetio Compoand John ]. Fulton Co., 42l
Montgomery st.. San Nrsncisoo, sole DOM.
Founders. Free tests made for pntients Do
scripttvo pamphlet mailed FREQ.
OWENS g. MINOR DRUG CO.,
Distributors.
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nature and essays. and Of stray bits of
dainty fanciful verse Miss Austin Ia a
woman Of high literary Ideals and Yer
onlca" doubleday, Page s. Coz Is dis
tinctly literary and artistic achieve
ment aEr
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
rbe emerson Centenary.

: The great literary event or TINS mon.h
Is the one hundredth anniversary or me
birth of Ralph Waldo Emerson, which oc-
ours on May 25 The current magazines are
full OF Emersoniana, and formal observ-
ances Of the centenary Will pc theld IN
Boston and Concord. The New York So
clety of Authors will celebrate the event
Nv a banquet at the waldorf sat which
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe is expected to be
present, and among the speakers VIII be
President Schurman of Cornell, and Colo
mel Henry Watterson.
One of the memorials Of the nnnlver-
sary will be the publication by Houehton,
Mitf,in & Co. Of the first three volumes
Of a deflntlve Centenary Edition OF
Emerson's Complete Works, the other
volumes to follow later In the year. I'M
portant features of this edition VIII pc
the addition of explanatory notes Mt the
Emerson, who edits the work and con-
tributes an Introduction giving IN brief
compass n fresh and authoritative ac-
count of his fathers life and work Fur
thermore, the edition will contain two
and possibly three volumes of unpubr
lished material which recent examination
of the Emerson manuscripts has brought
to light, ~
Two other Emerson books Will be pub
lished this month by Houghton. Mifllln q
Co., "The Correspondence Between Ralph
| waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm"
edited BY Frederick W. Hollis and Emer-
sons essay on Compensation" with an
| Introduction by Bliss Perry
The Atlantic Monthly. Harper's MONTH
INV. The Critic, The Literary Digest and
other magazines and literary journals
contain articles and reviews Of length on
the subject of Emerson and his WORK.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
Tho Re.r.lnid Plans

A story is being told in London about
n man prominent in public life. whose
name may not be mentioned. which H.
illustrates the insecurity OF human pre-
parations. He was planning an enter
tainment. on an elaborate scale, TO be
given TO various friends in the neigh
horhood OF his country-seat. Unfortun-
ately, his nearest neighbor, close re
lative. is highly uncongenial TO himself
and his intimates, and he racked his
brains to devise scheme by which he
might avoid the necessity OF inviting
the undesirable cousin TO be among his
guests
Il have itr' he announced to his wife
at breakfast on the morning of the
event. 'I'll send him some tickets fo~
abe play tonight in town. OF course
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
Home Made Fruit Ladder

The average fruit ladder, as foun5 in
most orchards, is not particularly de-
slrable mainly because it is not dgN
signed fer this particular work. TIN
broad top of the common ladder makes
1t almost impossible to get it among
the branches in a firm position. Where
one mas considerable fruit TO gather, a
special ladder constructed after the
plan of the one in the illustration will
De found not only useful. but viii save
considerable time in the fruit-gather-
ing season.
A pole, preferably green one from
the woods, should be secured having
If of the desired length. The largest
end should be split up about three feet
and a brace inserted to keep the sides
apart. The ENDS which stand on the
ground should ~ sharpened or covered
with sharpeneG pieces of iron, which
any blacksmith can fashion and at
zach. Bore holes enc and one-half
inches in diameter in both sides as far
apart as the rurgs are to be placed.
The irungs should be formed of some
tough wood SO that they may not be
made too bungling At the top of the
pole strip of strap iron is fastened
with a long hook so that it may be
passed over the branches of the tree.
The illustration on the left of the cut
shows how the hook is fastened on.
This ladder will cost but small sum.
and if we'll made will last for years.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
LOST 81 900. 900 BY WEATHER
Chicago Merchants Hit by Unseasona.
BILE Conditions OF the Summar

Chicago Merchants Hit by Unseasona.
BILE Conditions OF the Summer.
The unreasonable summer which has
about drawn to a close has cost the
shopping district Of Chicago an enormous
sum. A principal man in one of the
leading stores of State street says the
loss amounts to an even $1,0O0000. The
retail business of the dry goods houses in
Chicago long ago learned TO recognize
the desirabihty of the normal season, and
while it often has been said of Chicago
that it had only two seasons, summer
and winter. the trade of State street has
always looked for and to a great extent
anticipated the four seasons covered by
the almanacs.
There is nothing N the economy of
business which enables the dealer in dry
goods to anticipate an abnormal season,
said the authority already quoted. II
he buys for a spring trade, and the
spring is too warm or too cold, or too wet
o. too dry, all that the business man has
anticipated for that season is awry and
nothing can save him from loss
There are times when through some
unforeseen circumstance a bit of abnor-
NAL weather will lend itself to the max
ing of money for a house. or even for
several houses, but in the loiG run it is
recognized that the nearer the weather
keeps to the normal which the public has
learned TO expect, the better will be trade
in general.
In general way an abnormally cool
spring and summer will show quickest
in the underwear sections and in the
dress goods departments of big house,
but at the same tizae it may be counted
upon that every unreasonable day of any
kind leaves its marks upon the seasons
profits in State street. The unseasona-
bic day, of whatever character it be,
means simply chat fewer shoppers come
downtown by reason of it. On top of
this condition is the further influence
that the uGGeasonableness may have on
the prospective needs of the customer;
usually the unseasonableness means that
the customer will be less inclined to an
ticipate normal need. and in not com
ing downtown because of this possible
want the merchant downtown loses the
sales of hundred other things which
are sold because they are seen-handker-
chiefs, laces, perfumes, collars, gloves,
buttons, and the like
IF women coming downtown to make
definite purchases only should in all
cases make only these definite purchases,
it would be hard lines for State street.
But thousands of dollars every day are
spent in the street just because the
shopper chances TO see something on dis
play which catches her fancy and seizes
upon it because of itself or its price or
the advantage TO which it is displayed to
her view"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
Koepinr Sweet Potatoes,

To keep well sweet potatoes should
be dug when the soil is quite dry and
afterward spread thin to cure for ten
days at least in an outbuilding secure
from rain and frost Road dust one
third of which is composed of fine sand
is best for packing in. Place layer of
dust in the bottom of box or barrel or
whatever is used to pack in, then a
layer of potatoes, being careful to COW
er every potato completely with dust
before adding the next layer The last
layer is dust. We keep sweet potatoes
in this manner all winter, and they
seem as fresh as when first packed
We keep them in an clubhouse until
severely cold weather, merely covering
the boxes with carpeting, etc. When
severe cold sets in they are removed to
room where a fire is kept part Of the
day only. Failure to keep well is often
due to too much heat or packing away
in too warm materials-Cor. Ohio
Farmer.
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&kNZS
S{P2@sRR

Mike Dorgan, the old outfelder of the
New York Giants, has a son playing out
in Denver.
kid" Carter, the game Brooklyn
fighter, again gave Gus Rubin a hard
battle at Philadelphia.
A battle between Jim Corbett and his
old rival, Fitzsimmons, will undoubtedly
be arranged before long.
In three seasons but three major
league pitchers have held opposing teams
down TO no hits-Mathewson in 1901
Callahan in 1902 and Fraser in 1908
ICY" Young shut out Cincinnati without
a hit Sept. is, 1897
Adrian G. Arson. who knows a good
ball player as well as anyone in the
country, awards the palm to Jajoie az
the best on the diamond. "Old Anse"
says that the Cleveland star is a shade
better than Hans Wagner of the Pitts.
burgs.
Bob FitzsimmoAs and George Gard
ner have been matched to fight before
the Yosemite Athletic Club of San Fran
cisco the latter part of November. Gard
ner has for some time been after Fitz to
bind a match and his manager has at
last succeeded in getting the lanky ones
consent.
The Olympian games, TO be held in
connection with the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis next year, viii, in the expectation
of their promoters, make up the greatest
athletic meeting of modern times. Ey-
cry country that can boast Of having
men of athletic ability will be represent
ed at this meeting. The best runners,
jumpers and weight throwers of the Brit
ish Isles will be on hand to compete.
France. Italy, Germany. Austria, Bel
GUM, Switzerland and Spain Vill also
send men who can perform va On the
track and field Australia viii be repre-
sented by strong team, for athletics are
very popular in the Antipodes. America
anS CanacB will have larger teams than
the other countries. In fact, the Amer
leans and Canadians expect to carry of
practically all OF the prizes.
Billy Delaney, in his endeaver to show
why Jeffries should draw the color hne.
says that Joe Walcott has done more
harm to pugilism than any other living
fighter.
Billy Keller finishes up among the
leading batters in the American League
He is now one of the most enthusiastic
American Leaguers. and prophesies 8
great season for the New York club
next season.
Hugh Duffy, vho viii manage the
Philadelphia team 81 the National
League next SEASON, is one Of the oS
guards of the Boston team. This yea
he managed me Milwaukees, who wcr
the pennant in the Western League.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13

tive peoples; and just how his inter-
est in these branches was awakened
is rather curious.
Some people may recall DR.. Powell,
who was famous as an ethnslogist
When Dr. Keckeler was a young man
he had his attention drawn to Pow
ellis work. and was induced to take
up that line Of study, together with
the attendant sciences Of phrenology
and hereditary criminology. 1t is the
pursuit of these studies which has led
him among strange peoples. One time,
for example, DIR. Keckeler went into
the region in which the Roman Em1
pire went to pieces, and took up the
native tribes there, who, with practi-
caly no intermarriage with outsiders,
have come down in blood, and, what is
more important, in dialect and Gus
toms, from the old Goths and Vandais
and what not, that went to make up
the hordes OF old Europe Another time
the strange race Of goitered people of
Europe were studied by the DOCTOR
with the result of his finding constant
intermarriage 70 be perpetuating
most horrible affection. Still another
trip had as its desideratum the arsenic
eaters of the Tyrol, a race comparable
to the ginger fiends and the NOR
phine fiends of our own city In
the results of their habit, and to the
clay eaters of the Kentucky noun
tains in the nature Of it's partaking.
Then, too, DR.. Keckeler shuns moth
ing in the way of danger when en-
gagged on his trips, and his visit TO the
lepers of the Hawaiian Islands mag be
cited as only one of numerous similar
experiences. 1t is hard to name any
curious tribe or race of Europe, and
but few of Asia, that he has not lived
among in the pursuit of his studies.
On trip DIR. Keckeler secured some
pictures in the heart of Russia and
Finland. South American and Aus
tralia are still untrodden ground with
him. but the North American CONT
nent, including Iceland; Europe to the
most northerly bounds of Norway. and
to the wilds of Russia. where Asia
and Europe grow to one Turkey and
Bulgaria. and the Levant. Egypt and
the far Upper Nile, Arabia. Tangiers,
the Desert; in fact, all the great routes
of the four grand divisions might be
charted ON his maps
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
How Mozart Died.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was
born at Salzburg in 1866 and died in
1To1 near Vienna. In July of that
year he Indirectly received a COM
mission from Count Walsegg. an anna
teur who was anxious TO be thought
q great composer, TO write requiem.
Mozart set about the work at once,
but was interrupted by other tasks.
He fell i'll in November and never re-
covered "On December he had the
score of his requiem brought TO him
in bed. and tried 4 passage. singing
the alto himself. while his brother-in-
law, Hofer. took the tenor, and Setback
and Gerl from the theater the soprano
and bass. When they got 10 the first
few bars of the 'Iacrimosa' it sudden
ly came home to him that he should
never finish it. and he burst out crying
and put away the score. In the even
ing Eussmayer came in and Mozart
gave him some directions about the
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
Rarharons Punishment.

1t was sixty years ago that England
abolished flogging at sea; it has long
been abolished in our army and navy;
and now the Gear of Russia has abol.
ished the harshest remnants of the
barbarbic punishments of former
times. namely, castigation with cudg
els and cat-o'-nine tails, claiming to
the car and shaving the head, which
were still inflicted for certain offenses
on persons eXiled to penal settlements
or to the mines. Castigation with the
cato nine tails and even with cudgels
not infrequently ended in death, and
was one of the harshest forms of the
death penalty, being death by torture.
The abolition of the cudgel and of the
"cat" does not, however, mean the pro-
hibition of corporal punishment alto
gether. The revised statute of June 10
prescribes chastisement with birch
rods up to 100 blows. Barbaric pun
ishment can be inflicted by birch rods,
if not as severely as by cat or cudg-
ell. The better way would be to abol-
ish punishment by flagellation alto
Weekly.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13

e-third Of the college graduates now
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-10-13
Crnn. for Orchards.

If the soil in the orchard is in good
shape and fairly rich, the best cover
Srop is undoubtedly crimson clover,
and this may be sown at any time
now. If the soil is poor crimson clo-
yer is not likely to succeed, 90 that
something tina will add humus to the
soil should be used esther than to at
tempt to get the benefit of the leg
umes. For sowing in an orchard of
this kind rye will probably be most
satisfactory 1t should be sown about
the 1st of September, and plowed I'M
der in the early spring. and then the
summer cultivation of the surface soil
taken up again. 1t is quite probable
that following this method will put
the soil in shape so TINT another fall
it will be fit to grow crimson clover.