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, body with an abundant supply OF
pure, rich blood.
No matter how powerful the in
tellect or the resources of intellectual
power, it must be backed up by
physical force. Every day the
youth or man must manufacture a
pint of rich, arterial blood, that is
pure, stimulating to the brain. and
that can rebuild the tissues that were
destroyed in yesterdays work.
Il have been a sufferer from in
digestion for some thirty years, at
times" writes Mr. S. w. .Mullenax
of Circleville, w. Va. "and have
used medicine from several OF our
best physicians, which gave me only
a little temporary relief. They said
| could never be cured. Last winter
| was stricken with the worst spell
that | ever had | suffered with SUCH
severe pains in the pit of my stom-
ach that | could neither work nor
sleep, and my weight went down
from one hundred and ninety-hve
pounds to one hundred and sixty
pounds in about two months time.
| then concluded that | would try
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery. By the time the first bottle
was gone | felt some relief from my
severe suffering, SO continued until
| had used four bottles of Golden
: Medical Discovery and two walls of
Pleasant Pellets | am truly thank
full for the great benefit which | have
received from your medicine, and
car cordially recommend it to 9TH
ers."
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KNOW THYSELF.

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wiser, a book of 1000 pages. For
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there is much controversy and many
variations to choose between.
The beauty of the colorings and ma
terials employed in the days of the
Louis cannot be surpassed; for instance,
there are the wonderful blue and the
vieUx rose, with both of which we are
familiar, and If neither Of these suits
us we can adopt that curious blue-green
of later period, or the lovely old white
and gold brocades. Ia conjunction with
such glorified fabrics we want, of course,
beautiful lace, and some old paste or
enamel buttons. But the lack of these
things need not dishearten the Would-be
wearer of the Louis XVI. corsage. Let
me advise her to look carefully among
the relics Of the past, and if she cannot
find any ace-edged handkerchiefs which
she could utilize let her buy some very,
very fine plain Brussels net or some good
imitation lace Nowadays the manufac-
turers are obliging enough to initiate
the old-worId designs in a truly mar
velous manner. And Partisan diamonds
are indeed a faithful reproduction Of the
beautiful gems worn in the days of
Louis XVI.
A lovely model brought out by one
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was at Washington. His candidate
Van Buren-was turned down in favor
of Polk. In effort to placate the OPP
position the nomination for vice presi-
dent was given to Silas Wright. One
of the first messages to- flash over the
wire after the completion of the line
was notification of his nomination. In
the heat of anger at Van Buren's de-
feat he wired back an emphatic
declination, a thing which he would
not have done on sober second
invention proved his undoing.
A most amusing incident occurred
after the nomination of Taylor for the
presidency in 1S4S by the whig party.
1t was before the days of the postage
stamp and cheap postage, and mail
was largely sent subject to collection
of postal charges from the recipient.
The president of the convention sent a
letter of notification to Gen. Taylor,
who was on his plantation in LouiSi.
ana, informing him of his nomination.
At this time every political crank in
the country had become seized with the
inspiration to write Gen. Taylor, and
he soon became exasperated at the
heavy expense to which he was put
in claiming his mail. At last he IN
formed the postmaster to send back to
the dead letter Office all mail not pre-
paid. Soon after this order was given
the letter of notification came along
and. inaSmuch as it was not nrenaid
it was dumped into the dead letter
Office sack and never reached Gen.
Taylor's hands Week after week the
party leaders waited for some re-
Spouse from Gen. Taylor, and none
came. At last delegation visited him
and the true conditions learned. Alb
other notification letter was then at
once mailed, but this time with the
necessary postage provided.
The excitement and noise of cleo
ton night have always marked the
presidential contests in this country,
but the most remarkable scenes ever
witnessed at any election occurred at
Philadelphia after the election of Lin
coin in 1860. Mobs filed the streets
and violent encounters took place be-
tween the opposing political factions.
The prince of Wales CHANGED to be in
this country and in the city at that
time, and from his balcony window he
looked down upon the wild tumult
and witnessed what he verify believed
at the time were the dying agonies Of
the republic. WILLIS S. EDISON.
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hand. First comes the little apron, next
to that the shirt, and over that the inner
and outer kimono and last of all the
obi, which is both her glory or her
shame, for the law of the land demands
that a Japanese Womansof an undesira-
BILE class must tie her obi in front to
distinguish her from her respectable
sisters.
If you follow party of women along
some good shopping street in Japan,
their wooden clogs Gathering louder
than their gentle tongues, the soft greys
and browns of their kimonos swaying
with that rhythmic movement peculiar
to the country, you will presently see
them stop in front of a low shop, its open
front screened from the street by blue
cotton curtain hung from bamboo pole.
The curtain is lifted, and in another
moment the symphony OF greys and
browns has disappeared.
On the other side of the blue curtain
the high wooden clogs are kicked of,
and with graceful bows and many rub
bings of the knees the little women re-
turn the respectful greetings of the
flock of boys who spring to their feet
and rush to the front of the shop to well
come their customers.
On the floor of the shop, nothing more
or less than raised platform with
canopy over it, there are numerous fiat
cushions for the customers to kneel on.
The master Of the shop invites the ladies
to smoke by pushing towards them
hibachi of hot charcoal. He then dis.
patches some of the clerks to fetch arm
fuls of tempting crepes and obi-silks
from the iron safe at the back Of the
platform. When the clerks come hurry
ing back-it is etiquette for an inferior
to hurry towards his master or patron
he deposits the precious bundles on the
floor in front of the kneeling mousmees.
Tea in diminutive cups on diminutivc
table tray has been daintiIy served in the
interval.
The buying of new obi, or a crepe
kimono-which will not only last the
purchasers lifetime, but her daughters
as WELLS an affair Of much moment.
The shopkeeper does not expect his Wis
itors to spend in a few minutes the
uIOuSy JudC udS plObdOlJ IoACu AOh6
years to save; nor does he expect her to
know in the space of two hours what
design of an obi will satisfy her aesthetic
sense for the next ten years. Hurry and
impotence are unknown quantities in
Japan.
A woman is wanting in one of her
souls who is wanting in patience, and
the woman who hurries is wanting in
self-control. So the contented little
party will spend their whole day squat
ting on their knees before a mass of
silks and crepes, choosing and bargain
ing and exchanging polite compliments
with each other. Fresh relays of tea
are brought In and plenty of local gossip
and news is exchanged between the GUS
toners and the shoopkeeper.
You may see just another group of
women accompanied by some pretty and
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cal campaign, the longest in it's his
tory. Three or four months is long
enough to-day, but up to the COS it
was common thing to have the can
didates nominated and the contest Re-
gun year, and even two years, before
the election. This Jackson-Adams
campaign was unique in that it was
contest for the Nspoils of Office. The
Jackson forces raised the slogan of
ITO the victors belong the spoils," and
after Jackson was installed in the
white house it brought to Washington
motley crowd Of hungry office-seek-
ers and fastened on the nation sys-
tenn which even the best efforts OF
civil service reform have not been able
to entirely eradicate.
The campaign of 1886 can be styled
the dirty-linen campaign, because each
party INDUCED in most vindictive
methods and assailed the private char
acters of the candidates far beyond the
lines of decent disputation. The
Cleveland-Blaine contest was the last
experience of the kind to which this
country has been treated, and such
methods are coming more and more
into digfavor.
1t will be a question in the minds of
some whether the discovery, or inven-
ton, of the party platform was mis-
fortune, or a blessing. The democratic
party of 1910 was the first to formally
adopt one, and it certainly was mod
est beginning, for it contained only
about 600 words, divided among nine
planks. But the platform building
proclivity grew rapidly. At it's next
national convention the democratic
party doubled the size of it's platform.
and four years later nearly doubled it
again. 1t is interesting to note that
the first party to adopt a platform
went down to defeat at the election.
Who ever would have supposed that
the telegraph could wreck one mans
political fortunes, while the lack Of
quick communication could help one
candidate into the presidential chair?
but such has been the record of his
tory. Jackson was made president
because of the naval glory which came
to him at the battle of New Orleans
after peace had been declared. There
were no steamers, cables or telegraphs
to advise him that the war was over,
and so he won laurels without which
he never would have been the pOpu-
lar hero he afterwards became. And
because the telegraph line had just
been opened up between Baltimore and
Washington, Silas Wright, a New
York politician, owes his loss of the
vice presidency. The party cOnven-
ton was being held at Baltimore. He
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less sombrely-clad mousmee. Perhaps
she is some bride-elect going to choose
some article of her rousseau. This time
they are on their way to the vendor of
lacquer or coral hair combs and hair
ornaments. The mousmees hair is ele.
gantly. and, to our minds, deliberately
dressed, but it has no valuable combs or
pins in it. But wait till you see her as a
young wife! her hair will then take two
hours to dress, and in it she will wear
one of the lovely combs she is now on
her way to purchase. Hair combs and
hair ornaments generally are Japanese
woman's equivalents to jewelry, and so
beautiful are the designs. and so ex-
quisite the lacquer, that they often cost
fabulous prices. The best artists are en-
gagged to execute the designs, and the
most skilled orkmen carry them out,
so that they are really works of art. Her
ornaments, pocket dressing cases. to-
bacco cases, and fans are the objects Of
feminine vanity which Japanese lover
or husband may bestow upon the woman
he aGores.
These are the principal articles Of
womans personal shopping, but OF
course, there are the tabi, or foot gloves,
and the geta, or high clogs Ca clog shop
is one OF the most typical sights in
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discover a single worm, while the Sec
Ond will go over the same ground and
secure enough for both.
One might read of the first elections
in this country and not be struck by
the really funny situation of no party
in the field, no platform Or declaration
of principles, and, strangest of all, no
candidate, and yet those are the exact
conditions which prevailed at the be-
ginning of the political history of the
country. OF course, it was generally
understood that Washington would be
elected, so the fOrmality of a nomina-
ton was not thought of The electors
were selected by the state legislatures,
and when they met the unanimous
vote was for Washington, a condition
never known again in the history of
the country save at the election of
Monroe, and even in his case there
was one vote of sentiment against him,
for one of the electors in the New
Hampshire electoral college voted Tor
Adams because, as he said, he was not
willing that any other president than
Washington should receive unani-
nous electoral vote.
1t may never have occurred to the
voter Of the present day that there
was a time when the vice president
was elected without having been voted
for. Up to 1904 the only one voted
for was president. Each electOr cast
his ballot for two presidents, the one
receiving the highest number of votes
being declared elected president, and
the next highest, vice president. But
the Jeffrson-Burr contest demonstrate
ed what a serious difficulty could arise
when there was a tie vote, and a
change in the elective method for the
two offices was made.
There is no one living to-day that
can remember the time when parties
did not hold conventions and nomi-
nate candidates for president and vice
president, and yet UP to 1880 not
candidate had ever been nominated by
a national convention of any party.
At first, congressional caucuses named
the tickets and then the state legis-
latures took a hand in the business Of
naming candidates for president and
vice president. But it was not until
the anti-Masons met in national con-
Yention at Philadelphia, two years be-
lore the election of 1882, and named a
ticket, that the country had it's first
lesson in party organization and the
naming of candidates. The year fol-
lowing, the national republican party
now called the democratic, followed
the example set and met at Baltimore
to name a ticket 1t was at this con
vention that the two-thirds rule in the
naming of candidates was first adopt
ed and observed, and it has served
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for the tenth part of a halfpenny will
purchase some ingenious paper toy in
Japan.
On the Feast of the Girls there are
presents of dolls to be bought for every
little girl. The O-Hina-Matsuri, or
Honorable Feast Of Dolls, is one Of the
prettiest sights in Japan. In the temple
grounds, where the fair takes place,
there are hundreds of stalls decked out
with every sort and condition Of Jap
anese dolls, and there are thousands OF
little human dolls decked in the gayest
of brocades and the most elaborate obs
toddling about with their gentle grey
clad doll-mammas, whose sleeves are
heavy with the parcels of dolls that are
slowed away IN them. The O-Htna-
Matsuri is a world Of dolls, smiling,
bowling, black-eyed dolls who are never
too grave and never too gay.
A woman's shopping in Japan knows
no such fierce excitement as after-season
sales.
DOUGLAS SLADEN.
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Il can always tell when fall comes"
said man who is not very sensitive
to cold, but whose ears are acute, "by
the cessation, or the apparent cessation,
of the musical sounds that in summer
are familiar in my neighborhood," &C
cording to the New York Sun.
Cali night long, around where live,
in summer, we hear through the open
windows the sound of pianos and pic
colos, comets and clarinets, bass horns
and bassoons, oboes and flutes, guitars
and mandolins, violins, trombones. sax
ophones, accordions and monographs,
all going at once in gigantic, volcanic,
tremendous, uproarious tumult; then
there comes a time when, suddenly,
become conscious that this tumult has
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Japan, and an occasional paper um"
brella to purchase; and in the very cold
weather she will require a more padded
kimono jacket; but, as one of these will
last her her lifetime, the purchasing OF
them is as seldom seen as dead DON
key.
But there is another class of shopping
which she has to do besides; her frugal
housekeeping, which consists principal
ly of rice and tea and pickles-and there
is the present buying. Japan is land Of
present-giving. The money spent by
housekeeper in Japan on presents must
be as much as the money spent on food.
At the Boys Festival, or the Feast of
Flags, as it is called, the women flock in
hundreds to the temple fairs to buy flags
for the decoration of their houses, and
toys of every description suitable for
boys. Every boy in every household Is
the recipient of at least half a dozen
presents from his friends and relatives
on that day. Even the poorest can af-
ford to buy flags and toys for their boys:
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Certain of the Indian tribes of Mexi-
co have a curious belief about the cac-
tus button. This is a small apple of a
certain kind of cacti Before it is ripe
it is plucked and pressed fiat until it
is about the size of an American So
cent piece, but of about half the thick
ness. These cacti buttons are sold at
quite high price, because the plant is
somewhat rare and is found only in
high, rocky places, generally difficult
of access. This cactus has the effect
of leaving the most wonderful and
rose-colored dreams to him who in
dulges in it. The story of the Indians
is that this cactus was once the food
of the gods. The evil spirit stole it
from men who had found it and begun
to eat it. He hid it in the steep
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ceased. And then | realize it is because
the windows everywhere are closed and
the sounds shut in, so that I no longer
hear them. l don't feel the cold myself,
and so my windows are still open; but
other people, more sensitive, have closed
theirs; and so when | no longer hear
the sounds of their pianos and piccolos.
comets and clarinets, oboes, flutes, and
all the rest OF them, why then I know
that it is fall. Butt know, also, that
the volcano is only slumbering; and that
In due time we shall hear again the
same chorus, all going at once, in gigan-
tic, volcanic, tremendous, uproarious.
catacIysmic tumult, when on the first
warm night the windows are opened
again in the gentle springtime.
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Marriage Fee Ten Cents.

Ten cents was the fee offered Rev.
B. E. S. Ely, of Rockford, Ill, by 3
Wisconsin young man, whom he had
just married. The newly made groom
claimed that that was his last dime,
saving only enough to carry himself
and bride back to Beloit For that
amount the parson had also allowed
the young man the use of room to
arrange his toilet. Mr.. Ely refused
the dime, but the young man left it
on a table.
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beautiful Directoire modes,
and other houses are producing wonder
full, quaint Japanese styles made of
beautiful cloths, embroidered or piped
with velvet, and sometimes finished with
deep fringes of silk and chenille.
The real jaQuettes seem to gain favor
with middle-aged ladies, but not with
our younger mondaines. After all, the
three-quarter length tight-itting coat in
peau de sole, trimmed with fringe and
ruchings in black or puse color, is some
what ageing.
For morning wear in the Bots great
many scarlet and white sac coats are
worn trimmed with kid and cloth en-
broideries. These are worn with trot-
teuse skirts.
In the afternoon we see fur tippets
with triple capes and fichu ends. There
are also some pretty shawl-like wraps
Of lovely pastel cloths, embroidered and
edged with fringe There is no doubt
that the graceful shawl line is very
beautiful in wrap, especially when the
wrap is Of faced cloth embroidered with
embossed velvet taking in'the various
shades Of 'the costume, for everything
is still perfect study in color.
Brown, bronze and wine shades pre-
dominate, together with the real, old,
faded vieuX rose.
Charming are the evening wraps of
lace over chiffon, embroidered with
shaded panne and velvet leaves, finished
with ermine or chinchilla collar and
cuffs. Sometimes, too, these wraps
show fur edgings. The three-quarter
length is a favorite one, but the Jo-
sephine wraps are fully trained.
Bronze-brown opera cloaks are won
derfully beautiful, lined with shaded
chiffon and lace, and further adorned
with huge collars and deep cuffs of sable
or mink. A vieux rose velvet wrap [
lately saw had a lovely overcape of
chinchilla, and regal purple velvet
mantle was trimmed with many rows of
ermine.
1 must not omit to describe Jo-
sephine dress of thick cream Liberty
satin, the long train of which was edged
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WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Rich Sands Are Discovered.

The sands Of Pacific township in
Columbia county have been pro-
nounced by experts in Chicago, Pitts
burg and elsewhere the very finest in
existence for use in the manufacture
of plate glass. After a series of thor
ough tests Chicago parties have ac-
quired control of IL acres of land of
A. F. Porter, a cousin of Postmaster
A. A. Porter, of Portage. The sand
on this tract is said to have been
demonstrated to be 40 feet deep. It
is expected that the shipment of sand
will begin early in December
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Train Robbers Are Fooled.

A wooden bridge so feet long, in an
isolated place three miles below Prairie
du Chen. on the Chicago, Milwaukee
and ST. Paul road, was burned. The
work is supposed to have been done
by a gang of train robbers who had
planned to ditch the night passenger
trains. A hunter who happened along
was roughly handled in the darkness.
He was unable to get a description
of the men, but believes there were
six or eight of them.
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little women of Dai Nippon (Great
JAPAN are very iota as feminine in their
love of shopping as their big sisters in
America, although etiquette, which is
fetish in Japan, forbids them giving
much expression to their excitement
To the Asiatic to understand man is
to know that he is fool too weak to
have learnt self-control; but after you
have lived in the Land of Great Peace,
where smiles express anything but
pleasure, and where laughter is reserved
for grave occasions, you will come to
know that shopping is one of the few
real pleasures japanese woman is per-
mitted to enjoy.
Though fashion in dress never
changes in Japan and woman's needs
are very few there are always obs
(sashes) to tempt the weak, and coral
and lacquer hair combs and ornaments
to rival in your neighbours hair.
You can count all the articles of
womans apparel on the fingers of one
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long and faithfully in every demo-
cratic convention since that day.
The odd circumstance arose in 1924
of Calhoun being elected to the vice
presidency by large majority, while
no one was elected to the highest Of
fee. This threw the election into the
house for a second time, the first be-
ing the Jefferson-Burr contest in 1904.
Adams was victorious over Jackson
and Crawford, and this so embittered
the Jackson men that, Immediately
after the Inauguration of Adams, they
opened the campaign for the next
presidential election, so that the coun-
try was treated to a four years polid-
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mountains, where it was lost for many
hundreds of years. But man, who
was born with a taste for it in his
mouth, never gave up the search for 1t
until, at last, he found it. 1t still has
the power to give one visions OF
heaven, its ancient home.