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supply of herbs on hand part Of this
supply being always kept in the reserve
warehouse on the Union railway tracks
Newspaper Advertising.
The Chattanooga Medicine Company
has spent millions of dollars In advertis
Ing its medicines in newspapers, alma
macs, booklets, street car cards. show
cards, etc.
Every important paper in the south
and west are used with large and liberal
spaces About 5000 newspapers, printed
In al least eight languages, are used, and
these are the best in their localities. The
following shows the character OF the pa
pers used birmingham, Age-H erald'
News and Ledger San Francisco. Cal,
Bulletin and Examiner; Denver. Post ana
News: Washington, d. c.. Times; At
lanta. Constitution; Chicago, News and
Record Herald; Indianapolis, News;
Louisville. Courier-J Journal: New Or
leans, Pcayune and Times-Democrat;
ST. Louis, Republic, Post Dispatch and
Globe Democrat; Baltimore. American;
Minneapolis, Tribune: Cincinnati, Times
Star and Post; Salt Lake City, Tribune;
Richmond. Times Dispatch; Honolulu,
Hawaii, Evening Bulletin.
Ladies' Birthday Almanac.
Coupled with this extensive newspaper
publicity Is the Ladies' Birthday Alma
mac, which in Itself Is one of the greatest
advertising mediums developed during the
past twenty-five years.
SO great has the demand become for
this little almanac that now the output
for single day Of the great plant erect
ed to produce this publication is three
times is large the entire circulation of
the first almanac sixteen years ago.
The almanac of 1887 had 5000 circula-
ton. while the edition for 1903 liz being
printed al the rate of 1900 day. 1t
will require ten months Of steady run
ming to complete the required 100000
copies. 1t takes a strip IF paper three
feet wide and 1900 miles long to print
the edition.
Early in December. 1902 the work of
e3 ss ha amana6 for 1904 YES Va end
compiled by the same editor. This skill
ful specialist devotes a great part of his
time during the entire year to this popu-
lar publication. He has brought 1t to
the position that it is annually sought
for and kept in 17.50o000 homes We do
not know Of any other advertising pub
lication in the English language so wide
ly circulated
The publishers claim that the popular
fty of the Ladies Birthday Almanac Is
not an accident. The book Is accurate
And it supplies informa ton most desired
by the people. The best obtainable ma
terial goes into 1t.
The publication Is certainly different
from the ordinary cheap patent medicine
almanac. Astronomer l3radfords calcu-
! lations. showing the time the sun rises
and sets moons phases eclipses, etc
DeVoe's weather forecasts for every day
| In the year. Indicated by n unique sys-
TEN of patent weather signals. practical
garden and farm hints for each month,
and birthday proverbs for every day are
among the best features.
Less than ten years ago the first copy
of the Cardui Weather Chart and Calen-
| dar were issued and 10000 copies were
sold ana given away as premiums So
popular has this little calendar become
[ that the issue for 1904 now well Ilnder
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his hand, gives from the French treasury
Il million francs 100000 to the struggling
colonies, but does it on the sly covering
up the transaction so that his goblet ween,
Be2umarchaiS, seems to be simply mer-
chant selling goods to the Americans. So
well, indeed, is the ma tier concea led that
after the death of Nergennes. Beaumar-
chais attempts to compel the United
States to pay him the million which had
been donated. 1t was not till 1894 that
GouYerneur Morris, our then minister to
France, was able to find the receipt which
Beaumarchais gave to the French treas
ury for the million francs
While French aid was coming to us
IN their roundabout way. Tom Paine pub
llshed statement In Philadelphia which
let the secret out; and the French min,
lister, Gerard, made such an outcry about
it that congress had to denounce 1t as
false. Paine's indiscretion was so palpa-
bic that efforts were made to dismiss him
from his post foreign secretary To re-
lieve congress as well as himself he re-
signed
Dr. Franklin goes abroad to make
friends for the colonies At first he is a
mere private citizen, living modest1y a
Passy on the outskirts of Paris He Gull
tlvates everybody and waits. Agreea BILE
to the women as well as the men, to
philosophers and politicians, to Masons
and to Catholics to atheists and to Cal
Vlnsts, to financiers and to literary men,
all are fish for his net. Franklin soon
becomes the fashion, the rage; and the
French alliance begins to walk on it's
own feet.
Il careless man with his papers and his
accounts is the good DR.. Franklin When
he returns to America and faces a con-
Sressional committee he is found to be
half Il million dollars short.
How about this deficit, DNtor?' In
answer to SO natural a question the good
doctor says:
Il was taught when boy to read the
scriptures and attend to them. and 1t Is
there said. "AluZ4.e not the OK that
treadeth out his masters grain.
OF Frankin's honesty care could be
no reasonable doubt; the money had
probably been used in Europe as secret
service funds are generally used.
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u. s. SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
Recommends Pe-ru-na.
For DYSPEPSIA and Stomach Trouble.
Catarrh Of the Stomach Is Generally
Called Notwithstanding to
Produce Artificial Digestion is
Generally Taken.
Hence, Pepsin, Pancraatin and Host OF
Other Digestive Remedies Has
Been Invented.
These Remedies Do Not Reach ths Ssat
Of the Difficulty, Which Is
Really Catanh.

t. X-U. S. Senator NJ. c. Butler from
r. South Carolina, was Senator from
that state for two terms. In a re-
cent letter to The Peruna Medicine Co,
from Washington, d. 6. says:
"I can recommend Peruna for dys-
pepsia and stomach trouble. I have
been using your medicine for a short
period and I feel very much relieved
It Is indeed q wonderful medicine
besides a good tonic. M. c. Butler
The only rational way to cure dyspep-
STA Is to remove the catarrh Perdna
cures catarrh, Peruna does not produce
artificial digestion. 1t cures catarrh and
leaves the stomach to perform digestion
in natural way. This IS vastly better
and safer than resorting 10 artificial
methods.
Pcruna mas cured more cases df dys-
pepsia than ali other remedies com
bined. simply because It cures catarrh
wherever located. If catarrh is located
in the head, Peruna cures it. If catarrh
has fastened itself in the throat or bron-
chial tubes. Peruna cures it. When
tarrh becomes settled in the stomach,
Peruna cures it, as well in this location
as in any other.
Peruna is not simply remedy for
dyspepsia. Peruna. is a catarrh remedy,
Peruna cures dyspepsia because II is gen
orally dependent upon catarrh.
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MILLIONS FOR STEAMERS.
Great Britain Practically Takes Over
the Cunard Line

London. August 4--The agreement be-
tween the admiralty, the board of trade
the postmaster general and the Cunard
Steamship Company. dated July 90, was
issued in parliamentary pa per this even
ing. Accompanying the agreement Is
the draft of a trust deed securing the
debenture stock for which the govern
ments advance. sl3000.000, for building
the two steam ships is made. The mail
carrying agreement substitutes for pay
merits by weight q nxed arnua! pc yment
of $4,000 during the life of the contract,
which is for twenty years dating from
the hrst sailing Of the second Of the
two steam ships It provides that the
mall shall be carried more speedily than
at present.
All the companys sseam ships between
Liverpool New York. Boston, the Med
iterranean ports and Havre. including
the new boats. which will have speed
o q to % knots, viii be at the disposal
OF the admiralty for hire or purchase in
the event of war The vessels must be
maintained under the British haS and
managed without any undue increase in
freight charges or undue preference
against British subjects. The masters
officers and engineers Of all the vessels
must always be British subjects and
the same condition applies to at least
three fourths of the crew on the Cam
pania, Umbria and Lucania until the
new vessels have been completed, and
thereafter on the new vessels all the
certlhcated officers other than the en-
gineers. and not less than half the crews
must belong to the royal naval reserve.
The company is not allowed to sell
any vessel whose speed is II knots and
upward without the consent of the gov
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Morgan's Deal with England.

London. August 6-The agreement OK
the international Mercantile Marine Com
pany with the British admiralty and the
board of trade is published in parlia-
mentary paper tonight.
1t provides that the British companies
included in the combine shall remain on
a footing of equality with other British
companies in respect to any military
naval or postal services, that the British
government may require from the British
Mercantile Marine Company. No British
ship In the combine shall be transferred
to a foreign registry without the con-
sent of the PRECEDENT of the board OF
trade The vessels shall continue to De
Differed by British subjects and carry
the same proportion of British sailors
as is prescribed in the case of any other
british ships engaged in the same line
of trade.
The vesses shall still be subject to
hire or purchase by the admiralty on
the same tens as existed PRIOR TO the
combination. At least a moie1y of the
TONNAGE built or acquired during the con-
tinuance of the agreement shall be reg
lstered as British. Any company hereat-
ter taken into the combination shall be
subject to the same terms The BRITISH
companies included in the combine shall
continue 20 be British companies quail
fled TO own British ships, and at least
a majority of their directors shall be
British subjects. Nothing shall be done
to ieopardize the existing British register
or the right of vessel TO fly the British
flag.
The agreement shall continue for TWEEN
ty years. dating from September p, 1902,
and shall be terminabe thereafter at
five years notice on either side. 1t is
provided that the British government
has the right to terminate the agreement
at any time should the combine pursue a
policy injurious to the interests of the
British mercantile marine or British
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MADE THE TRIP IN THREE DAYS
Record Breaking Run from New
York to Los Angeles.


Los Angeles, August 7.-At &c O'CLOCK
this afternoon the special train bearing
Henry p Lowe, chief engineer of the
United States Steel Corporation. drew in
at La Grande station, having completed
a run from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
a distance of more than $500 miles, In
the fastest time on record.
Mr. Lowe left New York on Tuesday,
August 4. at 2:45 p. m, and arrived In
Los Angeles rs hours and 81 minutes
later, an hour and q minutes more than
three days of actual running time The
run from Chicago was made over the
lines Of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad. a distance Of 2,256 miles.
This run clips five hours and five min
utes off all previous records.
The record breaking run just finished
by Mr. Lowe was undertaken to gain the
bedside of his 11-year-old daughter, who
was dying In Los Angeles. The child
died early Tuesday morning, but Mr..
Lowe was not advised of her dealt until
well his AS the schedule had
been prepared by the railroad. the trip
was continued as originally planned. ex-
cept that it was made in ten hours less
time than that scheduled from Chicago
to Los Angeles
The special reached San Bernardin0
nine hours and twenty minutes ahead Of
time. 1t then had a clear track to Los
Angeles 63 miles. The run over this last
stretch Of track was a cord-breaker,
the speed at times being as fast Is
miles an hour. Mr.. Lowe was hastily
driven to the Westminster hotel, where
he joined his wife. who has been pros
trated since the death OF her child. The
previous record for a trans continental
run was made by A. G. r. Peacock,
director of the United States Steel Cor
poration. who, on March 2, 1900, made
the run from Los Angeles to Chicago over
the Santa F'e railroad In ffty-seven hours
and tftysix minutes.
The record stood until today. when It
was excelled by the Lowe special by five
hours and five minutes
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CONDITIONS BAD ON
ST. VINCENT.
Sufferers from Late Eruptions Of La
Soufriere Dying of Hunger and
Disease, Though the Gov
ernor Holds Large Sums
for Relief.

Kinsstown St Vincent, July 10.-(Cor-
respondence of the Associated Press.)-
The Sentry publishes an article today
calling public attention to the miserable
condition OF the many sufferers from the
late eruptions of the Soufrere.
The condition Of the stricken families
says The Sentry who are sick, starv-
ing and penniless. excites the pity Of the
hardest heart and fires with Indignation
the minds of those who are aware that
this unfortunate, nay disSraceful. cir
cumstance, is the direct result of the acts
of a despotic governor In chief, who
treats with contempt all opinions not In
accordance with his own.
I'm spite of the advices Of men whose
knowledge Of the islands, physically and
otherwise, placed them In a position to
be his eXcellency's advisors In such a
matter as the settlement Of these people
on suitable lands, Sir Robert LleWelwyn
located sixty of the starving families
on unhealthy spot of ArnosVale land
without placing at their disposal q foot
of cultiva table land. no rations and at
a time OF the year when the prospect
of there being sufficient employment for
Il livelihood was the falntest.
THE result IS that many of these peo-
pie weakened by constant hunger, have
fallen easy victims OF the malaria that
fingers in the stasnant pool near which
they have been lodged Nor are these
the only people deprived of the human
comforts which belong to them out Of
the relief funds that were subscribed
by a sympa thizng world on their behalf
Others. though better located. are also
suffering from want of food the employ
ment afforded on the estates near by be-
ing inadequate to keep them, and there
are. until now. large numbers of these
half-naked laborers still living under the
temporary shelters at Colonnaire. and
under dirty, tattered tents which were
erected in the center of Barroulic for
over twelve months. These temporary
shelters are harbingers of disease and
immortality. In the face Of this misery
sum Of $4,000 to the credit of the
Soufriere relief fund was recently remit
ted from this government to England a t
a cost Of $1,000 to be invested. 1t is said,
for the permanent interest Of the col
ony, as though the work of relieving
immediate distress had been completed"
The Sentry expresses the hope that its
exposure of the situation In St Vincent
may lead to the matter being taken UP
In the British parliament.
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did France and the United States first
begin to come together.
We have already had glimpse of the
elderly lame man" having the ZAP
pearance of an old wounded French Off
GER who mysteriously hung around Phil
adelphia in November. 1875 dropping
vague hints and dim notifications that he
had come in behalf Of the king of France
Confronted by committee and urged
to say something one could do business
on, the elderly lame man drew his fin
ger across his throat. eloquently, and
said:
Gentlemen I shall take care of my
head"
This vas De Bonvouloir, a very re-
specta BILE scion of the French nobility
He had come at the instance of his gov
eminent, yet so violative of treaty was
ii for him to be there that he knew full
well that his king would repudiate him
if things went wrong and that his poor
old head might pay the forfeit which
would, in that event. appease the just
wrath of Great Britain.
Writing home about his conferences
with members of the continental con
gress. Bonvouoir states:
Each comes to the place indicated in
the dark, by different roads"
Verify ones brain evolves reflections
VIXEN one stands at this fountan-head of
national greatness That was, in truth
the commencement of the French alliance
upon which our success was founded
Slas Dcanc goes to France, and the i'm
portant portions of his letters to his
home government are written in invisible
ink.
Explaining to John Jay how to read
Dcane's letters, Bcaumarchais writes:
You will use a certain liquid Chat Mr..
Deane told me you had) upon the margin
Of the printed sheets so as to make legibla
what Mr.. Deane has written. Should it
not have its proper effect which ] am
afraid of, as the letters were put into
a tin box in a barrel of rum which has
eat through. and | am afraid has dam
aged them. the inclosed letter is of the
same contents.
Think of the correspondence between
France and America going by way of u
tin box hid in barrel of rum
Nergennes, the French mi,sixter of for
oign affairs, not daring to openly show
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The Life and Times of
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Continued from Fourth Page

scorned IN those days. Every savage
has his value. NO man is tested as to
his religion If he be ready to serve the
cause. Baptists can preach now. Qaak-
ers are human beings. now.
Tho Indians come TO a conference at
Eastou, Pa. Congress selects a commits
sion to treat with them. and Tom Paine
ss secretary. They carry a thousand
dollars worth OF presents along, to be
put where they Will TO the most good.
The conference is held IN the German
Reformed church. There Is an organ
in this church, which IS one advantage.
We will soothe the savage ear with mu-
sic. II the rural organ. primitively play
ed, does not reduce the red man to
pliable state Of mind, something else
must be tried. Rum! SO our congress
sional committee brings along a supply
Of New England rum. Few are the In
dams who can resist this New England
beverage.
The organ sounds, the rum barrel is
broached-we Will now shake hands and
all take drink. while the organist plays
something appropriate. The official re-
port states that after shaking hands,
drinking rum, while the organ played, we
proceeded to business" Wise in their
generation We're our forefathers.
We have already seen how congress
first denounced Great Britain for sur
rendering Canada to the Catholics; and
then sent influential Catholics to enlist
Canada against Great Britain. In vain
Charles Carroll of Carrolton and the
Reverend John Carroll explain and ne
gotiate The language congress had used
against the Catholic church too
strong and too recent; the timely con
cessions England had made to the church
were too valuable; Canadian Catholics de-
cided to let well enough alone. No help
could be had from the north. But in an
other part OF the sky there was a rift III
the cloud. France. though bound to Eng
land by solemn treaty, was smartng
from the wounds Great Britain had given
her, hungered for revenge-yet was afraid
to strike.
AS accomplices In . criminal enterprise
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SCHOLARS FLEE FROM CHINA.
They Fear the '. rath of the Dowager
Empress.

Pekin, August Six scholars whose
essays at recent examinations proposing
reforms in the administration OF China
we're denounced by the censors, have fed
from Pekin through fear of arrest and
execution. 1t is supposed that they have
gone to apan.
Marshal gu, who was summoned to
the capital to explain his failure to crush
the rebellion in southern China. has had
an audience with the dowager empress
which is reported TO have been unsatis-
factory TO him. 1t is predicted in official
circles that Su will be included in the
autumn list Of those condemned to be
executed
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Fai1ed To Kill with Rods.

Pelin. August edwin T. Williams.
the Chinese secretary of the United
states legation. has made an extensive
investigation into the execution OF Shen
CHEN. the reformist journalist, who was
put to death by orders of the empress
dowager July 81. and has handed Minis
ter Conger detailed report, proving
20 fI,r +hrea or four hours. despaired of be
i iog ' abe to % fuldl the dowaser empress
n ln5 and. Welding to Shen's pleadings
Ia end his misery, strangled him with
tbair hands
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German Ambassador Visits President

Oyster Bay, N. y, August Saga
more Hill. President Roosevelts country
home. was the scene today of an in
teresting ceremony. Baron Speck Won
Sternberg, who has been minister plen-
tpotentiary of Germany to the United
States since Ambassador Won Holleben
returned to Europe. and who. recently.
on the retirement of Mr.. Won Holleben,
was elevated to the rank of ambassador.
presented his credentials as amhassa-
dor, and was received formally in his
new diplomatic rank by President Roose-
Welt
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Confesses To Defrauding Preachers
Society for Large Amount

Boston, August Tn a letter written
last Tuesday from Montreal to the pas
tor of his church in East Boston. Rev.
Willard S. Allen, treasurer of the Preach
ers' Aid Society of the New England coz
ference of the Methodist Episcopa
church. confessed that he was a defaulter
to the amount of more than $4,000 of the
society's funds
Mr.. Allen has been treasurer OF the
society for twelve years and clerk of the
East Boston district court for twenty
nine wears, and for sixteen years was a
prominent member of the school COM
mittee of Boston. He left home about
week ago without announcing his desti-
ma ton. and the first heard from him was
the letter to the East Boston clergyman.
Mr. Allen said that he lost the money IN
speculation. He requests the min ,ster
to notify the members of the Allen family
and the officers Of the society of MS c;n
feSSiOn
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GENERAL GORDON TO ATTEND,
Win Be Among Famous Guests OF
New Hampshire Veterans.

poeton Mass, August 7.-IopeciaIl-
.n,onv the famous men who are to be
-r,,ne+S ~ the New Hampshire Veterans
Association s9 at it's reunion at The Weirs'
Iol,a Vinnencsaukee in August are Lieu
t a,- General Miles, Baron Won Stern
f bara German i ambassador and a veteran
Of or the r. Franco-Prussian war and 6 - RAJ
John b. Gordon, commahcer %
1Tnited Confederate veterans
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Sugar Planters of Mexico.

Mexico City August 2-The sugar
planters organization is making rapid
progress. and 1t will soon formulate ]
scheme for promoting the expectation of
surplus sugar to England and the con-
tinent. All important sugar planters have
Joined the organization. and 1t has ben
agreed to export 20 per cent of the prod
uce and not to sell sugar for The local
market until supply for export has been
manufactured.
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LAYING Gable to Alaska.

Seattle, Washington, August 4.-The
United States cableship Burnside has ar
rived from Sitka where she completed the
preliminary work of laying the cable be-
tween this city and southeastern Alaska.
She is here to take on board 600 miles OF
Cable
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Connecticut's First Woman Bankrupt

New Haven, Conn, August Miss Sarah
s. Platt, young woman who has dealt
In stocks for several years. has filed a pc
titon in bankruptcy. She Is said to be the
first woman In this state to take advantage
Of that law. Miss Platt's liabilities are only
about S 10000 A slump in mining stocks
Is said to have caused the trouble.
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trade The lord high chancellor is APP
pointed referee in any dispute arising out
OF the agreement His decision Is law
and the fact shall be final.
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Shot Husband Through Heart.

Arkansas city. Kans,. August New.
ton Farrs. while drunk today, attacked
W. W. r,.fe With a chair. when she shot
him through the heart. She has not
been arrested. ~'---,4.--.------.