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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

worth to the rest of the world six times as much as Russia, in proportion to its population
 Finland in 1903.
 But first let me give you the land in a nutshell. The country Is a great mass of granite rock, half surrounded by seas, riveted in between Russia. Norway and Sweden. It is land of forests and lakes and cultivated farms. It belongs to Rus sia and is ruled by the czar. but its pop ulation Is not Russian at all. It has al- together about 2.70o000 inhabitants, and of these less than 5000 are Russians The remainder are Fins. Swedes, Ger mans and Lapplanders. The Films num- Der more than 100000, the Swedes S50, 600, the German 1900 and the Lappland- CTS 1.200. <-4 The Films came originally from the heart of Russia. They were of two tribes. one dark haired and the other light. They drove the Lapplanders to the northward and have so crowded them out that there are only a few hundred left, and most of these work for the Films. The reindeer belong to the Films and such Lapps as remain are nomadic, many of them wandering about in the cold lands of the north. living in tents. A Chance for American Electricity.
 Finland has more lakes to the square mile than any other country. It is called the land of thousand lakes, and I am told that the lakes actually number 10, poo. They are joined by canals, and you can now go all over the country by wa ter. Many streams flow into these lakes and the sea. The country is rough and the streams have hundreds of waterfalls. A recent measurement of 700 falls shows that they could furnish about 1000, GOO horse power, and 1t is now expected that this horse power will be developed by electricity. Some electrical plants have already been put up and many others
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

N
 Another big bank is the Joint Stock Bank of the North for Commerce and Manufactures This has capital of s2.0oo.o0o and it pays dividends of 9 per cent. In addition to this there are many other prosperots banks and many saw ings banks.
 American Goods in Finland.
 But come with me to the Finnish stores and see If they have any American goods We need not go far to find them. There are California pears and peaches, Ore gon salmon and canned meats from Chi cago. There are sewing machines and typewriters, cameras and mimeographs and all sorts of American novelties. The most of the textile goods are German or English. but the merchants tell me that a great deal of Finnish cloth is made from raw cotton imported from the United States. The Films like our pork They smoke our tobacco and they light their homes with American petro- leum. They are importing our farm ma chinery, especially reapers and mowers, and now and then a thresher. Some of the farmers here have steam blows and there Is one who has an electric thresh- ing machine.
 Farming in Finland.
 Farming and numbering are among ttS chief businesses of Finland and farming leads. Only about one-third of the coun- try Is cultivated, and the land does not compare with ours in fertility. Never theless it is well handled and the farmers make money.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

are contemplated. The Westinghouse and General Electric people should look into the field and send their best drummers here to develop 1t.
 The Capital of Finland.
 write these notes in Helsingfors, the capital of Finland. The city has 10000 population. It is situated on the Gulf of Finland. on an excellent harbor, part of it being on an island which is connected with the mainland by a bridge. I came fin by sea from St. Petersburg, and when I landed it seemed to mo as though I were back in America. The people look more like Americans than Russians, and the buildings not unlike those of our cities.
 Some of the business blocks are large and several of them would be a credit to any city of the United States They are made of Finnish granite, in blocks as big as the biggest stone blocks used In the buildings of Chicago.
 The Films are not like the Russians They are better dressed and more intel ligent The Russian drosky. with its great bow over the horses neck, is not seen here. and the cabs and carriages
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
WHAT TO DO.

There is comfort in the Knowledge so often expressed that pr. kilmer's Swamp Root thc great kidrey and bladder rem edy. fulflls every wish n curing rheuma- tism. pain in the back, Kidneys. liver, bladder and every part 'f the urinary passage. It corrects inability 10 hold water and scaldlng pain in passing 1T, or bad effects following use or liquor, wine or beer and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to go often during the day, and to get up many times during the night The mild and the ex- traordinary effect of swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for it's wonderful cures of the most distressing cases If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists Tn fifty cent and one-dollar sizes.
 You may have q sample bottle of swamn- Root, the great kidney remedy, and a book that tells all about il, both sent absolutely free by mail, Address. pr Kilmer & Co.,. Binghamton, N. Y. When writing be sure to mention that you read this generous offer in The ffont- romery sunday Advertiser Dont's n5 Ike en~ rnistake. out remember the name, swamp Root. pr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. and the address, Binghampton. N. r.. on every bottle.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

the country There is a university for 25OO students of whom 400 are ladies. There are also business and technical schools including ? agricultural schools, 2s dairy schools 14 schools for cattle managers and schools for gardeners. Finland has about 200 newspapers of which 13O are printed in the Finnish tongue The most of the people are Lu- therans There are a few Baptists. a few Roman Catholics and few who be- long to the Orthodox Greek Church of Russia
 Money in Finland Banks.
 I dropped into the Union Bank here to get some money on my letter of credit. and got it. At the same time l gathered some information about the banking bus mess. It is profitable. The Union Bank is now forty years old and it has been paving dividends of from 10 to A per cent since it's beginning Its capital was originally s6e0.000, but il has been raised to SSo0OOo and the bank now has more than twice that amount as a surplus It has about SIS 0Oo.OOO of deposits and its stock is quoted at 800, paying about per cent. on that valuation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

hours for children are limited. Boys and girls between twelve and fifteen years of age may not be employed more than seven hours a day and they must be al- lowed one hour for luncheon. Children between fifteen and eighteen may be worked for fourteen hours a day pro- vided they have two hours rest for meals but no children can be employed at night.
 Russian Finland.
 The czar Is doing what he can to Rus sianize Finland. The people here are more like the Swedes than the Russians They are independent and Hberty-loving and the majority of them hate their masters. They have a constitution which provides that they shall have their own parliament. and that it shall take the assent of this body to levy new taxes or change the constitution.
 Within the past few years the czar has claimed the right to do as he pleases about almost anything. He can now dis miss any official and the mail is open to the inspection of the Russian officials. According to a recent order any matters relating to Finland that affect Russia may be settled by the czar without the con- sent of the Finnish parliament, and by other orders the old military system. which was like that of the Swedes. has been wiped out and the Russian military system instituted All young Films have now to serve in the Russian army. This has caused great distress and many of the young men are emigrating to the United States to escape the three years service required.
 The Russian Language.
 There are 27O0.OOO people in Finland. and of these only 5000 speak Russian. Nevertheless Russian has been declared the official language of the country. and this must be used in all public docu- ments. The Films have been noted for their free thought and for their public spirited newspapers. Within the past few years the Russians have been sup pressing all journals that seek to create a sentiment adverse to them. A number of papers have been wiped out, and oth CTS are now subject to censorship. In- deed, the freedom of Finland is fast passing away.
 FRANK G. CARPENTER
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The average farm is small. There are altogether about 11s.0O0 farms in addition to 72OOO small holdings
 Much of the land is farmed by tenants and of late years some by syndicates of peasant farmers who combine together. The Jokkis Joint Stock Company, for in stance. owns 10000 acres. and it has half of this under cultivation. It uses the best of modern machinery, and has twelve miles of railroad on It's estate Such companies would make fine customers for American farm tools.
 How the Films Make Butter.
 Much of the land here is devoted to stock raising and dairying, There are something like a million sheep. 300 900 horses and 100000 reindeer in Finland
 There are million and half cattle, and among them some of the finest milk CTS on earth. Some of the Finnish cows give over 5000 pounds of milk each per year. and from seventeen to twenty pounds of this milk will make a pound of butter. The butter is excellent. and it is Tn great demand throughout north ern Europe. Much of 1t is put up in cans and shipped all over the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

A great deal is made at creameries, and there is one man who has established a creamery and buys his cream half frozen. His works are at the port O. Hango. and the peasants for miles around freeze their cream into soft mass and thus ship 1t in bulk. This reduces the freight rate. and they say 1t does not hurt the cream. Finland's exports of butter now amout to $s.ooOOOo a year.
 How the Farmers Live.
 The best of the Finnish farms are in the southern part of the country Here you find good houses of two stories painted red with white window frames. Nearly every well-to-do man keeps a separate house for his guests, and the
 better farmers have four or five horses and twenty or thirty cows. Some have American reapers and mowers, and not few have steam engines. In some places the houses are grouped together in villages, and in others they are scat- tered over the farms.
 Farther north the farmers are poorer,
 and in some parts very poor. In times past when the crops failed they lived
 upon bread made of pine bark and chopped straw. Now they use rye bread, sour milk and salt fish. Tn many fam files the bread is only baked twice or thrice a year. The diet Is such that it | causes catarrh of the stomach. and in
 some parts of the country nearly every
 other man or woman is a dyspeptic. How the Films Bathe.
 | There is one thing. however, in which | the Films surpass any people of Europe. refer to cleanliness. Every family has its own bath house, and the bath house is often built before the dwelling is built. It usually consists of a large room with ledge wall up under the roof, There is an oven in the room in which heated
 water is thrown. causing an enormous amount of steam to pour out. The bath CTS lie on the ledges and thus steam out
 the dirt. whipping themselves with birch | twigs now and then to accelerate the | circulation. Every one takes a bath Sat urday night and in hard working sea- | sons one every night. There can be no cleanliness without precipitation, and a man who has not taken a Turkish or | Russian bath does not know what it is | to be clean.
 Saving the Forests.
 | After a century or so of wastefulnese | the Films are beginning to save their | forests. They have been cutting the trees | much as we have. and millions of acres
 of timber have been wiped out without | adequate return. Today there are gov ernmcnt laws as to forest culture and 1 numbering. A school of foresty has been established. some of the woodlands have
 been drained and a general interest in conserving the trees Is manifested. The
 big trees of the government forests have
 been counted. It is estimated that there
 are more than SO.0O0.0O0 trees of mer-
 chantable quality left, and that the
 crown forests number twice as many. Pines and Paper.
 f You have heard of Norwegian pines. There are thousands of them in Finland, ! although they are being rapidly cut for shipbuilding and numbering. There are
 saw mills and blaming mills in many
 parts of the country. and the numbering
 business is rapidly increasing. It might
 pay Americans to look into this field for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
EVIDENCE
 FROM MEN OF NATIONAL PROMINENCE
Congressmen, Governors, Generals, Consuls,
 Recommend Pe.ru.na,

No other remedy received the unqualified ndorse ment of distinguished American citizens as Pe- runa. The pharmacopoeia does not furnish catarrh remedy we'll It is acknowledged on all hands that Peruna and caarh ndeliby associated that to speak of one is to think of the other.
 Bureau of Statistics Department In Bureau of Statistics in Agricultural Department Washington D. C. writes: "Peruna is only remedy for equally effective for colds and aches arising from the same It is most excellent tonic debated systems. Many of my friends have successfully and have hesitation in giving 1t my recommendation. ."-Almont Barnes.
 Fred S. Goodrich ex-member of Congress from Flor ida writes the following ietter from Shaw runa is not only catarrh but also most wig orous tonic of frien0s have been ben efted by hesitation in recommending 1t to the publc."-Fred s. Goodrich.
 Congressman H. Henry Powers of Vermont writes Morrisvile. Vt:
 "Peruna have used in my family with success can recommend 1t excellent family remedy and very ry Powers
 It is a we'll known that the gunpoat Hist destroying the torpedo destroyers of the spanish other vessel Lucfen Young. com mander gunboat Hist during the battle of San tiago specially mentioned by Admiral Sampson for his gallantry In recent letter from Washington D. c. he writes: ,.,. :. = .-. =. .....-. have been fully established by the of the same most Successfully by many of my acquaintances and can recommend any who is so afflicted to try ft"- Lucien Young. = ...A
 We have testimonials file from over fifty members of Congress Governors, Generals, and many other men of dignity and promi MzZNZ> nence ZZROS
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are much like our own. The women of the lower classes wear about the same dress as the well-to-do Russian peasant women. but otherwise they look more like the Germans
 An Intelligent People.
 The Films are more intelligent than the Russians. Helsingfors has five times as many book stores in proportion to it's population as St Petersburg. The books are printed in the Roman text, which seems friendly after my long experience With the Greek hieroglyphlcs of Russia. The sfsIts over the stores are in Roman and one can spell out what they mean. The majority of the people here can read and write. which is not the case in Rus sia. There are public schools all over
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
THE INVASION
 OF FINLAND
American Goodc Sold There in Large Quantities. The
 Nations Oddities.
(Copyrighted, 1s03 by Frank G. Carpen.

Copyrighted, 1903. by Frank G. Carpen. s'is. ter)
 - tf Helsingfors. Finland.
 have stopped here on my way from Russia to Sweden to look up American Interests in the land of the Films. This country Is steadily increasing as cus- toner for American goods. It has some of the thriftiest people of northern Flu rope, with wants about twice as great as the average man the world over. The people are comparatively poor but their foreign trade now amounts to s100, 900 GOO . year and their imports are equal to an expenditure of $S3 for every man. wo- man and child in the country. In Rus sia the imports do not average more than 5 per person. so that Finland is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with your water and let it stand twenty-four hours; q sediment or settling indicates an un- healthy condition of the kidneys; if it stains the linen it is evidence of kidney trouble; too frequent desire to pass 1t, or pain in the back is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
His Life Saved by Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
 Rau1adu

"B. L. Eyer a well known cooper of this town. says he believes Chamber lain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem- edy saved his life last summer. He had been sick for a month with what the doctors call bilious dysentery. and could get nothing to do him any good until hs tried this remedy. It gave him imme- diate relief" says B. T. Little, merchant, Hancock, Md. For sale by all druggists.
 adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13
Descendants of Revolutionary Heroes

Miss Marion H. Brazier has been in- structed with the formidable task of making collection of thousands of pho tographs of descendants of colonial and revolutionary men and women for the St. Louis fair These will adorn the long room of Independence hall Gin fac similie) and will prove a valuable exhibit, as each picture will be accompanied by a brief sketch of an ancestorN After the fair they will be placed in the Congress sional Library in Washington.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

If you eat without appetite you need PrickIy Ash Bitters. It promptly re- moves impurities that clog and impede the action of the digestive organs, creates good appetite and digestion, strength of body and activity of brain.
 adv-wed-fri-su.
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Louis E. Van Norman. editor of The Chau- tauquan, is to wed Donia Kratnowsld. Po- fish Princess.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

When a woman really loves her husband the oVerworked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-13

If you derive prompt and satisfaetory results from the of write at to Dr. Hartman giving a full statement of your case. and he will be
Middletown transcript., 1903-04-18

at 1912 q. M, 6.l4 p. M, week days Returning
leave Lewes 6.45 a. m. and l.Zs p. M week
days.
Leave Harrington for Rehoboth 1912 a. m.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Returning, leave Rehoboth LOT p m. tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, l04z q. m; ana
eA p. m. week days. Returning, leave Berlin
656 m and l.03 p. m. week days.
Leave Massey for Chestertown ana way SUI
tions 1000 3 m. and 537 p. m. weekday
Returning, leave Chestertown 7.lS Q. m. anu
2S5 p. m. weekdays.
QUEEN ANHE q KENT r. R--Leave Towlsen9
Tor Centreville and way stations 3 Us q. m, ano
a.08 p. M, week days Returning, leave Centre
vile 7.46 q. m. and 23s p m, weekdays.
DELAWARE & CHEsAPEAKE r. R--Leaye clay;
ton for Oxford and way stations 9.4s g. m, ana
o.2 p. M, week days. Returning, leave oxtofo
6.oo q. M, and l 40 p. m, weekdays.
CAMBRIDGE q SEAEoRD r. R.-Leave Seai0ru
for Cambridge and intermediate stations II. " =
m. and 652 p. m. weekdays, Returning, leave
Cambridge zoo am. and 2.32 p. m. Week-oays;;
CorEECTT0N.-At Porter, with Newark anu
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, VIII
Queen Anne's 4 Kent Railroad. At Massey,
for stations on Baltimore &, Delaware bay
Railroad: At Clayton, with Delaware 4 Chesa-
peake Railroad. At Harrington, with Deiawar9,
Maryland Virginia Railroad. At Seaford, Win
Cambridge q Seaford Railroad. AT Deimar'
with New York. Philadelphia Norfolk.
w. w. ATTERBURY. General Manager
J. X. WOOD General Passenger Agent.
Middletown transcript., 1903-04-18
Daily. lDaily except cundav.

Daily. Daily except cunday.
stops to leave passengers from WiIminp.
.on ana points north. or IKE passengers fo,
points south OF Delmar. ~ o'
York Division 'iohi New
=, r. Stops only on notice to Conductor or aeer t,
y" Stops to leave passengers rom Middle.
town and points south. INV. ~
stops to take on passengers for Cane
Charles and beyond. NJ SHPe
W stops 10 leave paaeergers from noiY !.
soutn OF Delmar, or take passengels for Y II,
mlngton and points north. soi VIZ
.on Saturdays arrives 925 u. M
arrives DAILY except Saturday aud Sunday
WV INV OAsTLE AccoMMoDATIoH TRAnrs Il 90 20
wilmington Isl, IS a. M, 3.0l. 4.02 a,od -
r. m, week days Leave New Cast,a . oI0 :,
a.53. II .02 a. m, asa, 6,4I D, m week dovs o.a'
express trains leaving Harrington g 10 M
nno arriving at BIO p. M, week. .davs run
through solid to and from Baltimore. via rorta,
BRANCH ROADS
DELAWARk, MARYLAND Il VIRcrNr.
Leave harrington for franklin Civ nj E. 81. ~
stations ~ AZ m 6lt p M week davs pa,ssy way
ing u x Train leaves Franklin City $40 4. =. ons
Leave anklin City for ChiEcoteavu. f.,.
n ing Ieaye ghineoteague I0.l5 a. mad 5an n
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Lewe.
Middletown transcript., 1903-04-18
BALTIMORE &OHI0
RAILROAD.
Schedule in effect November %. 1902.
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Schedule in effect November %, 1902.
All trains illuminated with Pintsch light.
IN press trains.
Trains leave Wilmington, Delaware Avenue
NEW YORK, week days, t5.2e, ts4O, tlO.5:
a. M. ti2.2l, t. Sc. t5.ls, lRoyal Limited) t7.42
LOO tgg E n Reyaf sgad1ys fSsT ls4S HE HE
PHiLA DELPHIA, week days. 1926, $50
49, IS, 72O, tS09 1910, tl0.55, 1857 a. m. tl2 81
f2.56, 3.l5. t4.5S, t5.ls (Royal Limitedi, 1885
I9 40. 1913, iii IS a. M; t256, $50 t,.is, (Roya
f,imitedl, fiit 642, l7.4a, s S. t1O55p. m. N-o' -
Chester week days $50, e. As, 10, tS09, t9.4o
tl05s, lO.57 a; m; 10, 4SS, t6:S5, 6.42, T. a
iii .S5 a. m; 4.S0 6.42. t7.4. S. Ito IS p. m.
Atlantic City, week days, t645 and 1910 a.
m; 1l2.2l, t2.56and 1919 p. m. Royal Lmited)
Iape May and Ocean City, week days, t6.ls
A. m; t2.56 p. m. Sundays, :0a m; t.. 81 p m.
Sea isle City, week days. t6.45 a. IN; t2.58 p.
M. Sundays, 5;2S a. m; ~ 56 p. m.
Baltimore and Washington, week days, t4.l4
1904. tll:3l a. m; "A, t2;o9, 3R t4.46 1870
Royal Limited), ts.0i, tl0.l3 M Sundays,
t4.4, 1904 a, M; l4, t2o9, 1910. t6.20, (Koyal
Baltimore and way stations, week days, SIS
a. m $50 p. m. Sundays, 9.05 a. m; 5 81 p. m.
Newark, week days, t4.l4. 6.55, ts4. tll.3l a.
M; tl,24, $50 t4.iG. 5.l2, 1901 p: m. Sundays,
Pittsburg week days, tS04 a: M; IA 46, tl0 l3
%. m. Sundays, tS.0s a. M; t3.40. tlO.l3 p. m.
Chicago, daily, t8.0i a. m; t3 40 p. m.
Cincinnati and st. Louis, 1901 a. M; tl.2i,
HOBS p. No., daily.
Singerly Accommodation, week days, 6.55 a.
M: $50. 6l2 p. m. Sundays, 905 q. M; 5.37,
7.32 p. M.
Landenberg Accommodation, week days,
Leave MARKET ST. STATION FOR
Baltimore week days, 250 p. m.
Iandenberg, week days, $40 q. M; ESQ, g. 30
p. m. SUNDAYS, 9.40a m. 6.4op. M:
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA for wilmington,
week days. t3 50 $50, 1880, l0.0O, tIO.56 a. M !;
tl256 tlsz zi5 tSos i t3io % go % t5so tsls
m. Sundays. tS35. f7.aO, 500, 1000 a. m tl25O,
+I.s7, 2.I5, f50S, ASS, f5.4S. tRopal Limited)
$50, +7.26, t9. .3S, 10.s0p. m.
"Royal Limited" is composed exclusively of
Pullman parlor. observation and dining cars.
No ex ira fare except regular Pullman charge
Delmarvia Telephone, No 1873 A.
Rates to Western points lower than via any
other line.
II. 4. MILLER. Tray. Passenger Agent.
Wilmington, Del.
" D. B. MARTIN, Manager of Passenger
Traffic.