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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

r. c. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review of
Trade" says:
Peace and prosperity Succinctly ex-
press the results of an eventful week
international mercantile markets re-
Sponded to the cessation of hoStilities,
and period of commercial development
may be expected TO follow the return of
confidence. Capital that had been
diverted into bellicoSe channels will be
used for construction instead of deStruc-
ton, and the United States win secure
a stronger hold on the markets of the
Orient.
Domestic reports were scarcely less
encouraging. Leading branches of man
utacture are increasing productive capac-
ity, especially in departments pertaining
10 railway equipment; textile mills have
little idle machinery; footwear factories
are running freely, while in structural
work there Is no evidence of lessened
activity Visiting buyers still throng the
great Jobblng centres and place orders
Tor distant delivery that testify to faith
IN vigorous demand for consumers.
Liabilities of failures in August were
S4.35o,ooo less than last year, and the
latest crop news increases earlier esti-
mates of record-breaking cereal produc-
ton, most of the harvesting and thresh-
ing being completed, but cotton returns
are less satisfactory, many experts re-
duclng their estimates to Io,5oo,ooo bales
or less"
Bradstreet'S says:
Wheat, including flour, exports for
the week are I,42o,25o bushels, against
I,I7o.34o last week, I,S3o.5II this week
last year, 3,I3I,S3o in 1908 and 6.2z6, 200
IN 1902. Corn exports for the week are
I,Io3,37o bushels, against oS7,2o last
week, 7Io,562 year ago, S6S.74I in 1905
and 2I.Io6 in 1902"
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TWO Fish Unaccounted For

"Old" Gorton OF Manchester was an
ardent disciple of Izaak Walton. On
one occasion he was sitting upon the
railroad bridge in company with some
u the young men of the town. pur-
suing his favOrite occupation. The
fish did not bite well. however, and
one of his companions, becoming i'm
patient, unnOticed by the old man, got
up, wound up his line, and started for
home, throwing a couple of fish into
Gorton's basket as he passed.
After a time GOrton, too, tired of
his Door lpck, prepared for dearture.
Lifting the the cover of his basket.
he looked in, counted his catch. and
said, with surprised and disappoint-
ed voice: why, I had five cunners.
and now there amt but seven! Where
the DEVILS tother two?"
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I4arvard's President Appreciated.

Some years ago a physician was
summoned in haste to attend a patient
at ". On arriving at the island.
and inquiring for a conveyance to the
house he wished to visit, he was d.
rected TO farmhouse. Here the doc.
tor found a man, whom he requested
to harness a horse. at the same time.
in the interest of his patient, desir.
ing him to be lively.
The man pleasantly and promptly
compiled, harnessed the horse, and
was speedily driving over the road at
good rate. The doctor discussed
farming, and was struck with the gen
eral information and conversational
powers Of the driver. On arriving at
the house half a dollar was rendered
the man, but it was politely declined.
What is the name of your intelli-
gent farmer?" asked the doctor after
he had finished his professional visit.
What, the gentleman who brought
you to the house? That was Presi.
dent Eliot of Harvard"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07
She Was Safe in Nstick

Little Hester, years old, was Wis.
* her grandparents, who are very
acc Scotch Presbyterians. One day.
having done something naughty, her
grandmother took her in her arms.
talked to her about being good and
finished by saying: God sees Won.
land he will not love you if you are not
"a good little girl"
! Hester opened wide her wondering
heyes, and gravely looking into her
.,grandmother's face, said: But. grand
ma, he can't see me when l am at
hone, for there is no God in Naticlz 4"
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Anxious for His Divorce

Rhode Island LAWYER who devotes
much of his attention TO the procure
= ment or divorces. tells the following.
One day last month there entered
my office prosperous looking Ger
man, who. without much preliminary
conversation, stated that he wanted
q divorce. Suffice it TO say that the
mass of facts elected from the appli.
cant would have served to obtain sew.
eral divorces. At that. IL was a toss
ia. whether the man or his wife
u the better entitled to a judicial
eparation. So l limited to the German
that IL might be well for him TO al
low the woman TO get the divorce
She's woman. you know added.
and it would be wiser for both of
Spp'
fhe-man gazed anxiously at me
for some minutes. Then he exclaimed
excitedly:
You think I haf done enough to
her alretty. eh?
Certainly answered |.
Because he added eagerly. IF
haf MT, den I'll go and hit her once
nowr"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07
in THE FIELD OF LABOR.

DyerS and fishers of Mecrane, Saxony.
and surrounding districts are or strike
Women weaverS, numbering 1900. in
the silk factories of JEST, Italy, have
struck work
a lockout in the marble quarries of
Carrara, Italy, has thrown Coco men out
Of employment.
1t is estimated that there are approx
mately 100000 brooms used annually
in Michigan.
new international of building labor
erS, one to amalgamate all the present
ones, has been started
Three hundred and seventy foundries
in Philadelphia produce machinery val
ued at $38,372,o7I annually.
Berlin Germany carpet wcavers have
won a twelve weeks strike, gaining an
average increase of per cent
Paper bagmakers are about 10 be ad-
ded to the ranks of the organized women
workers i'll London, England.
approximately the number Of Chinese
imported and at work in the Transvaal
is between 1000 and $4,000.
The lumber OF employees on the rail
roads of the United States in 1904 was
100. Izi, a decrease of I6,4I6 from the
year Shore.
|nr1uH< kpcal of tho Int4gnational Plate
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POured eoId in ais reetb

This story has come to light in n
police court. A young man from Chi.
cago arrived in New York. hoping to
4 Jain work as a waiter.
..'il'a-was.- arrested A.
ltealing a roll of cloth fronf-a-tAlor
shop, in broad daylight He pleaded
guilty to the charge, and told the fol.
lowing story:
All the money l had was spent. I
bad no friend to help me get work. I
ne Sxped my overcoat and spent the
y ~ | got on it, except Is cents. I
- that for a pair of jliers. which
used to TO rip the gold teeth from
my mouth. These cost me SIS and I
pawned them for $3.50, all l could
get, and when that money was gone
had to steal or starve.
went(to a clothing shop. picked
1ip roll of cloth in plain view of its
owners, and stood ten. feet from the
door. waiting to be sent to prison.
where L-would be sure of a bed and
-seme food"
Recorder Golf paroled the young
young man and the officials saw that
he was sent to his home in Chicago
cleveland Plain Dealer.
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MIS-. Bessie AinsLey

Lydia E. Pinkhasc's Vegetable Compound
made me a well woman, and feel 80 CRATE
full that ! am glad to write and tell you of
my marvellous recovery. 1t brought me
health, new life and vitality"
What Lydia r. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Ainsley it will
do for every woman who is in poor
health and ailing.
It's benefits begin when its use begins.
It gives strength and vigor from the
start, and surely makes sick women
well and robust.
Remember Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound holds the record for
the greatest number of actual cures of
woman's ills. This fact is attested to
by the thousands of letters from CRATE
ful women which are on file in the
Pinkham laboratory Merit alone can
produce such results.
Women should remember that cure
for all female diseases actually exists,
and that cure is Lydia L. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Take no substi
tute.
If you have symptoms you don't
understand write to Mrs. Pinkbam,
Lynn. Mass, for special advice--it is
free and always helpful.
'Ound Succeeds Where others Fail.
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BIRDS SENSE OF HUMoR.
Man CT Experience Awards Palm to
Roast Duck,

was reading magazine article
the other day-Fm always reading
something" said the hardware mer.
chant, that had it that DR.. Kennedy
had discovered that birds have a sense
Of humOr. One of his anecdotes was
to the effect that robin was feeding
ter yourg with earthworms. when a
crow. ieigning lamenesS. appeared on
ne edge of the nest With open mouth
and claimed share of the meal. The
ROBIN looked the intruder over Dicked
up u bit OF dead twig that resembled
a worm. and hastily thrust il into his
throat. The crow was so greedy that
ne nearly chOked TO death before he
realized that he had been deceived.
can easily believe that. but I've al.
ways thought that the bird whose
sense of humOr was most highly de.
veloped was the duck. A roast duck
VIII have more fun with you in a
dumb, SOLEMN kind of way than any,
hing that wears feathers. | don't
except women or Indians.
We taken carving lessons and /
Know just where the joints Of a duck
ought to be-. but they're never where
they ought TO he; they're always
somewhere else What's worse. they're
never located alike In any two ducks
again. III you have one duck you can't
MAKE II go around, and If you have
more than one there's too much. And
the way d duckll bound and spring of
from the knife and go under the table
with you. if you're not careful, is won.
derfui. roast duck always seems to
say to me:
You've got me where | cant do
lot to you, but you'll be sorrier than
am at that. before we're through with
one another"
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WHOLESALE MARKETS.

Baltimore. FLOUR - Steady at de
cline and unchanged; receipts, 1905
barrels
WHEAT-Dull and lower; spot. con
tract, S1Q8IH; spot, No , red West
ern, S2dS2H; August, SIGlSIT: Sep
tember. SIH@SI3S; October, S2GS2X :;
December, S44d84}S; steamer No. ?
red, 746744.
CORN-Easy; spot, 6oG6oH; Aug
uSt, ooGooH; September. 5oE; year.
4o1S0,4oB; January, 4S3SG4S}l; Fcbru-
airy, 4SHG48H; steamer mixed, $50
OATS-Firm; new No. white, 20
sales; new No. 3 white, 2oG2oX; new
No. ? mixed, 271lG2S.
RYE-Firmer; No. Western, 62C0
HAY-Old, steady; No. timothy
and No: I clover mixed, unchanged.
BUTTER-Firm, unchanged; fancy
imitation, 10000; fancy creamery. 22Gi
23i fancy ladle, I8@Io; storc-packed.
I6GI7.
EGGS-Firm. unchanged. 20.
CHEESE-Stoady. unchanged; large.
ne; medium, ITM; small. II.
SUGAR-Steady, unchanged; coarsl
graduated. 5.45; fine, 5A=
New -WHEAT@Spot steady
No. red, S61s elevator and Sz3$ +. o. b..
atioat; No. I Northern Duluth, o2]S to
arrive t. o. b. aAoat; No. l Northern
Manitoba, SSH 10 arrive f. O. b. afloat.
CORN-Spot steady; No ?, 6IM Gle
vator and t. O. b. aloat No yellow.
81; No. white, 62H. Option market
was without transactions, closing nomi-
nally unchanged TO sc. net higher; Sep
TENDER closed ooM; December closed
52%
OATS-Spot steady; mixed oats, a6
to 81 pounds, 2o02oH; natural white.
80 to 81 pounds, 3oG3I; clipped white,
go TO 40 pounds, 331z035II.
K1E-Steady; No. ? Western, 81 c
j. f. New York.
BARLEY-Steady; feeding, $4,000
CHEESE-Strong. State ui'i full cream
small colorcd, and white fancy. II: do,
fair TO choice, IoN@roN; large colored
and white fancy, II.
o EGGS-Easy and unchanged; receipts
LARD-Firm; refined, firm; CONT
nent, 845; South American, 900; com
pound, $500.
COTTONSEED OII4-Firm; prime
yellow, 2o}4M3oH.
SUGAR-Raw, steady; fair refining,
33s; centrifugal, % test, 3 3I-32@4; mo-
lasSeS sugar, 3s; refined, steady
PkANCTS-Easy; fancy hand-pick-
ed, 545H; other domestic, 305N.
POTATOES - Weak; Long Island
and Jersey, per 100 pounds, I5o0Lz5;
do round jersey, per barrel, I.256I. so;
sweet potatoes, Jersey, per basket, z5G
I.25.
CABBAGES-Weak; flat dutch, per
100, 100000; Wakefield, 3ooG4oo.
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TRY TO MlsLEAo DOCTORS.
Too Many Patients Refuse to Speak
the Truth as to Their Ailments.


the Truth as to Their Ailments.
1t was late, the doctors patients
had either passed away or were mend
ing. and he was sitting with a num-
Der of his acQuaintances In a corner
of the clubroom.
IT'S strenuous life we lead"
droned the man of medicine. with
the grim side turned uppermost as a
rule, but now and then we get
laugh out of it-a laugh with the lid
on, of course; we can't afford to show
were amused. l often wonder" he
went on, genially, why some of you
chaps ever send for a physician. You
don't tell him the truth once in TWEEN.
ty times. You're in a bad way and
you're sorry, and to hear you talk
I'd think your mouths were colo stor.
age boxes for butter. You suspect that
lobster or n rich sauce you ate the
day before yesterday is at the bottom
of the trouble. You know what's
curled up in you and you're fright.
ened out of years growth for fear
I'll learn.
Accordingly, instead of taking me
into your confidence you tell me an
impossible story. And if l cross-exam-
Inc You closely and hedge you in you'll
reluctantly admit that you've been
somewhat indiscreet. You smoked
four cigars Thursday and took six
drinks. Doesn't it ever occur to you
that l know by your flutters that you
smoked from breakfast to bed and
TOOK sixteen drinks and six more for
good measure?
II l were TO believe you and dose
you for your ailment as you describe
IL you'd never get well. Now and
then | have to give you strychnine
and nitro-glycerine to restore the &C
ton OF the heart and to listen to you
l might conclude that you'd had too
much pink ice at children's party.
AS | limited, we doctors get some
fun out of you. but what do you do
1t for? We were not always doctors,
we haven't always taken the best care
OF ourselves and we're not FOOLS"
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FACTS WORTH REMEMBERING.

1t is estimated that 100000 worth of
diamonds are stolen every year from
the South African diamond mines.
The British consul at Cadz, Spain.
says that it will pay to establish steel
works in that city, and recommends such
an enterprise to capitalists.
Among the staff OF the royal garages
81 Italy semi-military system has been
introduced. The director will wear the
inform OF an army captain and the
,hauffers that of the ranks.
The Department of Agriculture dur
ing the last two years has taken great in
crest in promoting gardening work and
botanical study among the pupils of the
pubhs schools of Washington. ~
Urban building boom in LondonI
IA ked and thousands OF :villAs.si1I
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THE IDEAL WIFE
Shapes the Destiny of Men-The Influence Of a
Healthy Woman Cannot Be Overestmated.

Seven-eighths of the
men in this world marry
a woman because she is
beautiful in their eyes
because she has the quail
ties which inspire admira-
ton, respect and love.
There is a beauty In
health which is more at
tractive to men than mere
regularity of feature.
The influence of women
glorious in the possession
OF perfect physical health
upon men and upon the
civilization of the world
could never be measured.
Because of them men have
attained the very heights
of ambition; because of
them even thrones have
been established and de-
stroyed.
What n disappointment.
then, to see the fair young
wife's beauty fading away
before a year passes over
her head ! A siclSly. half
dead-and-alive woman,
especially when she is
the mother of g family,
is a damper to all joyous
ness in the home, and a
drag upon her husband.
The cost of a wife's con-
slant illness is a serious
drain upon the funds of a
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07
CUTICURA GROWS HAIR
ScalI Cleared OF DRndrun and Hair Re
stored by One Box of Cuticura and
One Cake of Cuicura Soap.

a. w. Taft, of independence, Va, writ
ing under date of Sept. Is, 1904, says: 81
have had falling hair and dandruff for
twelve years and could get nothing to help
me. Finally | bought one box of Cuticura
Ointment and one cake of Cuticura Soap,
and they cleared my scalp of the dsndruff
End stopped the hair falling. Now my
Tize Cuticura Soap as toilet soap.
- gned) A. w. Taft, Independence, Va"
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Live Stock.

Chicago TTLE-Receipts, 5000 :
market steady; good to prime steers.
5.5o.Go.3o; poor to medium, 4oc0545;
StockerS and feeders, 22504.3o; cows.
2.5o'd4.5o; heifers, 22oG475; Gamers,
I.25G2.4o; bulls, 2.2oM4oo; calves, 400
d7.5o; Texas fed steers, 3250546o;
Western steers. 3.5o<G5.oo.
HOGS-Receipts, 10000; market &C..
lower; mixed and butchers, $500 .3zX :;
good to choice, heavy, 10000 80; rough,
heavy, 5.7oCa5.o5; light, $500 2zT !;
bulk of sales, 5.9oG6.25.
SHEEP-Receipts, 5000 sheep steady :;
lambs, Ioc. higher; good to choice weth-
ers, 5.25@5.5o; fair to choice. mixed,
4.6o0l5. 90; native lambs. s.so0z6o.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
leething, soften the gums reduces Innamma-
ton .allays pain, cureswind collie 25c "A bottle
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IN ~ BLACK" SLACK POWDER SHELLS
The " Nublack" is a grand good shell. 1t is
good in construction primed with a quick
and sure primer. and carefully loaded with
the best brands of powder and shot. 1t is a
favorite among hunters and other users of
black powder shells on account of its
uniform shooting, evenness of pattern :
and strength to withstand reloading. (
A L T II M 3
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GUST THE DEMON.
A TussIe with Coffee.

There is something fairly delnonia-
cal in the way coffee sometimes wreaks
Its fiendish malice on those who use ii
j. lady writing from Calf. says:
My husband and l, both lovers of
coffee. suffered for some time from a
very annoying form of nervousness
accompanied by most frightful head
aches. In my own case there was
eventually developed some sort of af-
lection of the nerves leading from the
spine TO tho head
II was unable to hold my head ND
straight, the tension of the nerves
drew ii to one side. causing me the
most intense pain. We got no relief
from medicine. and were puzzled as 10
what caused the trouble, till friend
suggested that possibly the coffee we
drank had something to do with 1t, and
p~-'ivised that we gEit it and try Pos
Trsrr-Segee.-
I'VE followed his advice. and from
the day that we began to use Postum
we both began TO improve, and In a
very short time both OF us were en-
khrely relieved. The nerves became
teady once more. the headaches
ased. the muscles in the back of my
ck relaxed, my head Strengthened
p<nd the dreadful pain that had so
tlshed me while used the old kind
coffee vanished.
AVS haxe 2s62Ek asumed the use OF
I'd the for
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FtISpermanently cured. Motifs ornervous-
ness after first days use of Or. Kline's Great
Nerve Resto rer, S2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. II. II. KLINE, Ltd. ,93I Arch St. Phila. Pa.
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Poet and Fool.

This story of Alexis Piron, the
French poet and epigrammatist, is
told by the writer of French Men of
Letters"
Piron was unfortunate enough to be
arrested one night by a watchman in
the streets of Paris, and was taken the
following morning before the lieuten.
ant of police, who haughtily Inferno
gated hip concerning his business or
profession.
81 am a poet" was the reply.
ooh. hot poet, are your" said the
official. II have a brother who is a
poet"
Then we are quits" rejoined Piron,
"for have a brother who is a fool"
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Japan's gold production in the year
ended February Is was $5.976 OC0.
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- Piso'S Cure for Consumption is an In faIlible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II, 1909
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The population of Bangkok is estimated
at SOC. 900 souls
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The Emperor of Japan has recently given
5000 to the Y. M. &. 4.
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Z ney Pills helped me~-sfrft away when
| began with them. and three boxes
cured me permanently"
FoStcr-Milburn Co, Buffalo. n Y
For sale 10y all dealers. Price. so
cents per box.
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houSehoId, and too often all the doc
toring does no good.
If woman finds her energies are
hagg1ng, and that everything tires her,
dark shadows appear under her ewes
her sleep is disturbed by horrible
dreams; if she has backache, head
aches, bearing down pains, nervous
ness. whites, Irregularities, or despon-
dency, she should take means TO build
her system up at once by tonic with
specific powers, such as Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
This great remedy for women has
done more in the way of restoring
health to the women of America than
all other medicines put together. 1t is
the safeguard of woman's health.
Following we publish, by request, a
letter from young wife.
Mrs. Bessie Ainsley of GIL South 10th
Street, Tacoma, Wash, writes:
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-07

The Great AntIseptIo,
Sloan's Liniment, for all mosquito bites,
1T kills yellow fever and malaria germs
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surFeRINos.
IsRacked with Pains-
\ 10 rscuneis f1onw1er

fSRcHeo Win Eutn2-
30 Pounds Heavier.
ght. Of 1T2 Main St.
SAYS: In 1898 [
with sharp pains i'm
the small OF the
back and had such
frequent dizzy
spells that 1 could
scarcely get about
p the house. The
Q urinary passages
were also quite ir-
regular. Monthly
periods were SO
di stres sing /
'naph Tlvf- -
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OF strike Of hremen and laborerS in
tunnel work at Ninth avenue and Thir-
ty-third street. The men are employed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
and want an increase in wages. The
bremen receive $40 a month and work
seven days week. They want $50.
while the labOrers want an increase
from $I.75 to s. a Jay. A general fight
began when the men went out, and po-
lice reserves had to be called to dis
perse a crowd engaged in stoning the
work trains
Taking a quantity of Paris green.
Mrs. Florence Caskey, ESQ Willis ave-
nue., left note for her husband, Adei-
bert W. Caskey, lawyer, asking him
to follow her so that they might be
buried together. She gave 10 reason
for the act, but the note was full of
tenderness and repeated declarations
that they had been happy together.
Dragged by a COW, Otto Behold. a
farmer of Corona, l.. l., is in St. Johns
Hospital with broken right leg,
badly Cut body and possibly internal in
IurieS He had sold the cow and was
taking her to her new owner when she
objected and ran away. He was tan
gled in the rope and dragged until it
broke under his weight
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Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-

Ever since my child was born have suf-
fered, as hope few women ever have, with
Inflammation. female weakness, bearing-down
pains, backache and wretched headaches 1t
affected my stomach SO that / could not en-
JOY my meals, and half my time was spent
in bed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Gem