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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05

Trained eats are the latest fud o,
ffrnrn society women. Fashion ,lr-
cr"rS that the animal must be educated
entirely by its owner. and several of
the best known women in PariS.an
society are givin" ln hour Il day 10
training their pets.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05

rt,lIE season uI catching cold l. upon H..
Il Tho cough aud the snrrzr and the
nasai ,wang are to be heard on every
hand The origin ol chronic rltarrh. the
most common aud dreadful ~ diseases. Is a
Geld.
This j. the way the Chronic raiarrh gen
orally begins. \ person catches cold.
which hangs on louEvr than n$ual. he
co.d generally starts III TIA" head and
throat. Then follows *rnS''irrn's> "I th"
air pa,sayrs which incline one 10 catch
cold VERY easily. At last the person has Il
c,ti all the while seemingly. NOR" or les
discharge from the nose. hawking. >In, ting,
,rruucn, clearing "i the throat. n">,rl!:
stopped up. iull feeling in the head, and
sore. iutlamrA tbvoat.
The best time 20 treat "atarrh is at
the very hrginnins. \ hottie ri PrrunA
uroucrtN 'l-ed never fails 10 cure Il cum
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05
Tn tho IOyer's Eve.

Ais fair in love- especially the girl q
fellow is in love with.--rhlladelphia
Record. =
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05

In the interior of The extinct crater
ASA SAN. about thirty miles from tie
city of Kumnm"i", i'm Japan. 2uth"D
people live and prosper. The vr;t;,'%l
wall Of the crater is 500 zee; hi4u. Tilr
inhabitants rarely make II journey into
the uNlrr world. hui form almost Il
little nation hy themselves.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05

10 talk through Il human hnhy-.nr Il
row Of human bodies: for the llaljr- OF
thnt--iS one of The wcir,irSi of i" cir..-
lririan'S f"al~. If Il lrlruhoIr wire
by prrS"is. one in each hand. hu, far
apart, ii is quit" possible for 'wn indi-
N!uNhlS to carry on Il cDrVr"Sal on
through the body OF Il medium rs rra,i-
lily and distinctly aS if the lin" had
been properly connected.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05

The mnnutac;urT nf %ui! halls VA t;
ONE time. the end o! Ihr SiXtronln and
the bcginni" Of the seventeenth zen.
turirS. in tn" hands Of he Dutch. ana 4
heavy tax MAS placed upon such ~
were imported into Great Erilain. in
order to give The more expensive Brit
iSh lahorrr Il chance. .!amrS VI. Of
Scotland going 50 far as to give ,.nr
maker Il monopoly uT tn" mautIiArlurc.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05

\ Sanitarium has been established
over the limestone caves n l.urav. Va.
and air from the caves iS forced
through ih" rooms. This mir is free
from impurities aTl il gives Tin" guests
virtually the air of the noun ain aili-
tud"S without going there.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1903-02-05
GettiRg i'm
Oal I Time.
fII|~1I@~111~

IN Oh Sli.NCNIEN told me- this
* in tn" engineers room up at
4 the junction one night: he
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

Good journalism is so valuable that
it is a pity that there should be so
much bad journalism. Yet We have all
learned not to trust absolutely to the
daily press, and We never can trust it
absolutely so long as such a story is
possible as this, which is vouched for
by the London Globe:
A British journalist of good 'reputa.
tion was called on suddenly to write an
obituary of the late Bret Harte. He
sat down full of enthusiasm for his
subject, and with what seemed to him
pretty complete knowledge, and wrote
a glowing article. He sent it to the
printer.
When it came back in proof he was
appalled, to see that he had written a
column and half about Mark Twain,
Time pressed. There were only a few
minutes to get his article into the
paper. So he simple changed the book
titles and let it go.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Originality is simply pair of fresh
eyes.-T. w. Higginson.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares
and no real benefit.-Penn.
The greatest and sublimest power
is often simple patience.-Bushnell.
A life of pleasure even makes the
strongest mind frivolous at last
Bulwer
natures as perfume is to flowers
De Finod.
Most people judge others by the com:
pany they keep, or by their fortune
Rochfoucauld.
1t is not the place that maketh the
person, but the person that maketh
the place honorable.-Cicero.
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself; nothing can bring you peace
but the triumph of principles
son.
The conditions of conquest are al
ways easy. We have but to toll
awhile, believe always, and never turn
back.-Simms.
Whoever pays you more court than
he is accustomed to pay, either intends
to deceive you, or finds you necessary
to him.-Courtenay
Next to knowing when to seize an
opportunity, the most important thing
in life is to know when to forego an
advantage
There are only two powers in the
world, the sword and the pen; and in
the end the former is always con-
quered by the latter.-Napoleon.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
MALADlES OF THE RULERS.
Nearly Every Monarch Suffers From Some
Dangerous Sickness.

Mental and physical diseases have
in peculiar measure ravaged royalty,
the percentage of afflicted crowned
heads being much greater than that or
any other group of individuals. Ex-
cluding illness of the nature of King
Edwards and restricting ourselves to
chronic and incurable diseases, it is
found that almost every crowned ruler
is sufferer from some dangerous
malady.
The Czar of Russia has been afflicted
with melancholia since his earliest
days, and his malady has increased In
intensity and in the frequency of its
manifestations since his accession to
the throne of the Romanoffs. Not all
the skill of the renowned mental spe-
cialists of Germany, Britain and
France has succeeded in removing the
ever present blighting malady of the
emperor of all the Russians. 1t will
not be forgotten, moreover, that the
present ruler of the Muscovite EN-
incapacity of his brother, the natural
heir.
Germany's strenuous kaiser leads an
embittered life because Of his para
lyZed arm and an incurable disease
of the ear, which will ultimately reach
his brain. 1t will be remembered that
the emperor's father, Frederick, sue
cumbed to cancer.
Alfonso of Spain is admitted to be
stricken with scrofula, and it is con-
fidently asserted that the youthful
monarch has frequently exhibited
signs of insanity.
The Sultan has only very infre-
quent spells of freedom from melan-
cholia. and narrowing pen pictures
have been drawn of the abject condi-
ton to which the 'kingly malady" re-
duces Turkeys despotic monarch.
The late King Milan of Servia was
the subject of oft recurring fits of mad
ness, and the King of Wurtemberg
does not enjoy entire sanity. Bavaria's
last ruler terminated a wretched ex-
istence a frenzied suicide, and that
country's present monarch suffers from
softening of the brain.
Hapsburgs, Romanoffs, Bourbons
and Guelphs have been scourged by
the dread disease. which have to a
peculiar and striking degree, marked
out royalty for their own, and the
poisoned blood which has flowed from
their veins has cursed a dozen dynaS-
ties.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
How santos-Dumont Relaxes.

Santos-Dumont, the intrepid expert
meuter with dirigible balloons, quite
naturally, when on solid earth and at
home, prefers to find recreation in pur.
suits Of tranquilizing and non-ad.
venturous kind. Yet a recent visitor
to his house admits surprise at the par.
dcular form of mild diversion selected,
His whole house, or rather the rooms
where he is now staying in the Elysee
Palace Hotel" records a visitor, "are
filled with pieces of embroidery, tapes.
try work and knitting of his own do.
ing. When he is studying out a
troublesome problem in connection
with his airships he knits. When he
returns home, tired and nervous, after
several hours spent in the sheds with
his workmen, he knits. He says it is
q relaxation, and insists that he likes
Bits.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

taken. used it faithfully for two weeks,
and it completely cured me. have NOT
had any pains since, anywhere, but feel
like a new woman. ! am truly thankful
for what Peruna has done for me."-Bar-
bara Alberty.
rN~~~N~>N~~~~~N~~~~
Mrs. Kate Mann, 500 Bathurst Street,
Toronto, Ont. Can, vice President of tho
Ladies' Aid Society. writes;-"I am pleased
to give praise to Peruna for the blessed relief
found through It's use. ] suffered for years
with backacho and dragging down pains and
often had to go TO bed and stay there when
was so busy that could lily be spared. II
was therefore simple godsend to me when
Peruna was brought to my notice. Every
drop seemed to give me new life, and every
dose made mo feel much better, and prom
ised myself that II l found that 1t cured me
would advocate it so that other suffering
women should know of it. 1 have been in
perfect health for one year, enjoy work and
pleasure because in such fine health, and NO
trouble seems too heavy to bear when you are
in good health, Peruna has simply been
household blessing, and never will be with
out it again."-Mrs. Kate Mann.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

On his way to his office after a hur-
ried breakfast the merchant, Karl
Namelos, received letter from his
wife. For the letter-box?" "No, dear;
It's for your own self, but :"
For me? A letter from :" eyes,
darling! Please ask no questions, but
do as you are bidden. Don't read it
until you are in your office. Now 60"
1t was an uncommon experience. His
own wife, with whom he had Just been
chatting at the breakfast table, now
formally gives him letter, which he
is to read in his office. CuriousI What
could it mean? At the Office he opened
1t. The writing was struggling. The
beginning was solemn. He read 81
am forced to make you communica-
ton which will doubtless evoke your
displeasure. But it is my duty to
make the fact known to you, and l am
firmly resolved to follow the dictates
of my conscience and dvulge it. be
the consequences what they may. For
more than a week / foresaw that 1
should be driven to take this step, but
l locked the secret In my breast un-
til this morning. and now the truth
must be told! But do not blame me
too harshly for the action am TAX
ing, and, above all things, do not let
it worry you too much. :" Here
Herr Namelos turned the page, with
trembling hand and palpitating heart.
''The fact is" the letter went on to
say, "the coal-cellar is empty, or very
nearly so, and 1 want you to order
Goals this very moment, or else we
shall have no fire even in the kitchen.
You always forget it when 1 ask you
in the ordinary way, and, at the risk
of rousing your wrath, l determined
to bring it to your notice in an extra
ordinary manner. l trust that you
will not forget it so easily this time"
And he did not. Neither did the lady.
If the gossips speak truth.-Berlin
Correspondence London Telegraph.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
Extends Educational idea.

The idea of the National Government
taking an active part in the construc-
tion of the highways, so popular three
quarters of century ago, has for sew
eral decades been considered obsolete.
But the interest manifested in the
Brownlow bill, which provides for ma
tional aid to road building, shows that
this idea is very much alive.
1t is now ten years since the popular
demand that Uncle Sam do something
to help out of the muddle to the estab-
lishment of an Office of Public Road
Inquiries in the Department of Agri-
culture. The work planned was to col
iect and disseminate practical informa-
tion concerning the roads Of the coun-
try and means and methods for their
improvement. The preparation of bull
letins anu circulars on road building
occupied several years, and it was well
done. Uncle Sans good roads" office
Is veritable Information bureau" on
the subject.
The educational idea was carried fur
ther, and during the past three years
the object lesson feature has assumed
greater Importance. The idea as car
ried out is very simple.
lsWhen the people of some progressive
community, or the authorities of some
educational institution want piece of
road built to illustrate the benefits of
good roads and the methods of building
them, application is made to the De-
partment of Agriculture, and, when
ever possible, Government expert is
sent to supervise the work.
Recently a number of prominent and
progressive railroad men have come to
the conclusion that the Improvement of
the roads in the territory tributary to
their lines would materially increase
their business. So popular has this
idea become that the officials of some
of the leading railways have come for
ward with offers to cooperate with the
Government in the object-lesson work.
Another voluntary factor in this CO.
operative work is the manufacturer of
bodybuilding devices who desires to
bring his machinery to the attention OF
the public.
In this cooperative work the Govern
raent furnishes the experts, the manu-
facturers the machinery and the rail
roads the transportation This idea has
proven extremely popular. Object-les
son roads have been built under Gov
ernment supervision in twenty States
and SO great has been the demand fol
national aid of this kind that large
number of applications have to be re
fused every year because the funds ap
propriated by Congress are insufficient
to employ and pay the expense OF
enough experts to Dc the work. -
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
THE MEN AND WOMEN
Who Enjoy the Choicest Products
of the Worlds Commerce.
knowledge of what Is Best More Inn
portant Than Wealth With
out 1t.

1t must be apparent to every one that
qualities of the highest order are neces-
sary to enable the best of the products OF
modern commerce to attain permanently
to universal acceptance. However loudly
heralded, they may not hope for worldwide
preeminence unless they meet with the
general approval, not of individuals only,
but of the many who have the happy
faculty of selecting, enjoying and learn
ing the real worth of the choicest prod
ucts. Their commendation, consequently
becomes important to others, since to
meet the requirements of the well in
formed of all countries the method of
manufacture must be of the most per-
feet order and the combination the most
excellent of its kind. The above is true
not OF food products only. but is espe-
cially applicable to medicinal agents and
after nearly a quarter of century of
growth and general use the excellent
remedy. Syrup Of Figs, is everywhere
accepted, throughout the world, as the
best of family laNatives. Its quality Is
due not only to the excellence of the
combination of the laxative and carmin-
ative principles of plants known to act
most beneficially on the system and pre-
sented in the form of a pleasant and re-
freshing liquid, but also to the method
of manufacture of the California Fig
ty and purity essential in a remedy in
tended for family use. Ask any physi-
clan who is well informed and he will
answer at once that it is an excellent
laxative. If at all eminent in his pro-
fession and has made a special study Of
laxatives and their effects upon the sys-
tenn he will tell you that it Is the best
of family laXat.ves, because it is sim
pie and wholesome and cleanses and
sweetens the system effectually when
a laxative is needed without any I'M
pleasant after-effccts. Every well-in-
formed druggist of reputable standing
knows that Syrup of Figs is an excel
lent laxative and is glad to sell it, at
the regular price of fifty cents per bot
tie, because it gives general satlsfac-
tion, but one should remember that in
order to get the beneficial effects of
Syrup of Figs it is necessary to buy the
genuine, which is sold in original pack
ages only; the name of the remedy
Syrup of Figs and also the full name of
the Company-California Fig Syrup Co.
printed on the front of every package.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
When She Took Out Her Teeth.

She was not yet middle-aged and she
was not ill-looking. She was better
dressed than most others among the
women suburbanites going home to
Jersey. But she didn't care. She had
a bad cold and sneezed and coughed
alternately. The tears ran down her
cheeks and her nose grew redder every
minute. Something else, too. made her
uncomfortable, and more than little
apprehensive. Every time she sneezed
a look of alarm spread over her face.
At last there came a time when she
could not stand it any longer. Under
the battery Of sympathetic eyes she
took out her front teeth, sneezed twice
in comfort and slipped them in her lit
tie reticule.-New York Sun.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
The Presidents Mended Trousers.

"If you do not believe that Mr.. Roose-
welt is the most democratic President
we have ever had, look at his trousers.
1 doubt if any of his predecessors ever
wore patched garments while occupy
ing the White House."
This was the remark of visitor at
the executive offices the other day as
he came out from an interview with
the President. Curiosity prompted the
man addressed to look at the Presiden-
tial trousers when he was admitted.
and, sure enough on the left leg Of a
pair of neatly creased striped trousers
was the evidence that some skilled
needle-woman had repaired rent in
the garment. There had been a tri-
angular tear in the leg Of the trousers
lust below the knee, which had been
closed very neatly with needle and
thread. but the extent Of the damage
was still plainly visible. AS the
patched place was just over the spot
where the President received an injury
in the trolley accident last summer 1t
looked very much as though the pair
Of trousers he wore then are still do
Ing duty.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
A Famous White Flag"

In Lord Roberts town house in Port.
land place is an interesting relic which
never fails to attract attention. 1t is a
small and not over clean ''white piece
of linen" Of irregular shape, and is
placed in a very conspicuous position,
Very few visitors fail to notice it, but
: one can even guess what it is until
they are told. They they learn that it
is Cronje's flag of truce" which he
sent in preparatory. to his surrender at
Paardeberg, now nearly three years
ago. "Bobs" is an enthusiastic me.
mento collector, and his house is liter
ally c,ammed with relics which he has
picked up in the course of his lengthy
military career, and all of which have
some interesting story attached to
them.-St. James Gazette.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
Vapor Motor for Boats.

The first large vapor motor applied
to navigation is to he placed on the
fishing boat of M. Emile Attain, now
being built at Boulogne. The vessel,
which is 80 feet long, and is designed
to carry 300 tons, will be provided with
200-horsepower motor, together with
sails, and will also have a 25-horsepow-
er motor for operating nets. The mo-
tors will use either gasoline or alcohol,
of which the tanks will contain 5000
gallons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
ELEPHANT Stealing.

Elephants are not the class of goods
in which one would expect petty lar
ceny to be brisk. In Siam, however,
elephant stealing is remarkably preva-
lent. One British forest company
alone had fifty elephants stolen from it
in a year. The average price of a
working elephant in Siam is $3.50.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

q ten years, Sdiu toSSiSthiJ
Crandall at the headquarters of the
American Road Makers, New York
City, "has been phenomenal; in fact,
more money has been raised and eX-
pended in that period than in the pre-
vious 100 years. New Jersey, Connect
acut, Massachusetts and New York
have been pioneer States in carrying
on this work. The sentiment favoring
highway improvement has been infec-
tious until nearly every State in the
Union is now vying with it's neighbor
In an effort to better its highways.
Millions of dollars are now being spent
where hundreds of thousands were ex-
pended ten years ago. New York
State, as in most other things, seeks to
lead in this, and started a movement
last year to eXpend $1,000,000 a year
upon her public highways for ten con-
secutive years, half of which was to be
paid by the State, thirty-five per cent.
by the county, and fifteen per cent. by
the township within which improve
ments were made. All Of the proposed
Improvements We're to be of a volun-
tary nature; that is, no county or town
ship would be obliged to improve any
of its roads except from choice. The
million dollar year scheme failed, but
$S00,000 was appropriated by the State
and expended during the last year"
According to State Engineer Bond, who
is the First Vice-President Of the
American Road Makers, this plan for
improving the highways of New York
State has been far more successful than
dts promoters dreamed of. Mr.. Bond
states that during the last year, '"There
have been 1913 miles of road completed,
comprising seventy-two roads in twen-
ty different counties. There are sixty
two miles of road, comprising forty
eight roads, in eighteen different coun-
ties, in process of construction, thus
making a grand total of 300 miles of
highways completed, or partially so.
In addition to this, 33S miles of road,
comprising ninety-nine roads in twen-
ty-two different counties, have been
surveyed and mapped, for which the
Board of Supervisors of each county
has appropriated its half of the cost
estimated at S1,391, ,913. These county
OmclalS are now waning Tor an equal
appropriation from the State before
proceeding with the construction.
"Up to the present time 466 miles of
road have been surveyed, portion of
which is mapped and in the hands of
the Supervisors, and S4S miles of road
have been petitioned for. which have
not yet been surveyed or mapped. A
grand total of 2007 miles of road, in
'Iorty-three of the sixty-one counties of
the State, have been petitioned for
since the operation of the Higbie-Arm-
strong law. The various counties have
petitioned for 1852 miles of road thus
Tar, for which the State has made no
appropriation, and which, at $4,000 per
mile, would require as the States
share, about $7000,o00."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

Last year altogether 62,799 persons
emigrated by way Of the port of Ant
werp, Belgium. OF these the far greater
number were Russians, Poles and Hun
garians, and nearly $4,000 Of them
went to the United States. The re-
mainder embarked for Asia, South
Africa and South America.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11
DISGUISED CATARRH
Stea1thy, Insidious, Weakening Enemy
Thousand Women Suffer Need1esSIy This Cause

There are a multitude of women, espe-
eially housewives, and all other women
obliged to be on their feet constantly,
who are wretched beyond description,
simply because their strength and vitality
is sapped away by catarrhal discharges
from the pelvic organs. These women get
through their daily duties tired, only to
60 to bed at night as tired as before.
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Mrs. Eva Bartho, 1873 East 18th street,
". Y. City, N. Y, writes:-"l suffered for
three years with what Is generally known as
1eucorrhea, In connection with liberation of
the womb. The doctors advocated an opera
tion which dreaded very much, and strong
ly objected to go under 1t. Reading of the
value Of Peruna, l thought 1t best to give
this we'll remedy trial, so l bought
three bottles of it at once. Now I am a
changed woman: Peruna cured me; 1t took
nine bottles. but felt so much improved
kept taking it, as / dreaded an operation so
much. am to-day in perfect health, and
have not felt SO well Tor fifteen years."-Mrs.
Eva Bartho.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-05-11

Mud" is present, living, national
issue, affecting the happiness of all
classes and ages everywhere. Its ex-
termination would be one far reaching,
perpetual victory for peace and pros
perity. Mud costs the nation more an
nually than all other drains upon its
resources combined. 1t breeds isola-
ton and ignorance, poverty and pollu-
ton