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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

The golden crested wren il the small
est not only Of British, but Of all Euro
pean, birds. It's average weight Is
only about eighty grains troy, so that
II would take seventy.two Of the birds
to weigh a pound. The length Of the
feathers Is about three and half
inches end the stretch Of the wings
about ave inches, but when the feath-
ers are taken of the length Of the body
does not exceed one inch.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

MOCK HEROES.
Senator Bally, Of Texas, Is a bright
young man who seems unable to re-
sist she temptation to play the dema-
Eogue. IN an address at a Confeder-
ate reunion at McGregor, Texas, few
days ago he said TO the old soldiers
"Not only did you fight on the side
Of your aeighbors, but on the side OF
right as we'll. They tell me 1 ought
not TO say that. A gentleman was
kind enough to tell me that might
some day be nominated for the Pres
idency II / didn't take the side Of the
the Confederate States. told him
that my nomination for the Presiden-
ey was a contingency that l had never
allowed to have Judgment in my brain,
but II there was anything in 1t would
give my chances for the Presidency
for the privilege OF defending the Con-
iederate soldier"
This is pure buncombe. The Con-
federate soldiers, and there are not
many OF them left, need no defence,
and II they did there is not man in
the South who is not ready to defend
them. To do so requires no courage,
no self-sacrifice, no exhibition Of mar
tyrdom In truth, about every South
era politician. certainly every Demo-
cratic politician or place hunter, makes
eulogy and defence of the old Confed-
crate partial part OF his stock in trade.
And this in spite OF the fact that the
Confederate veteran IS the last man
in the world needs defence before a
Southern audience, especially, and
before any intelligent audience any
where.
Commenting with characteristic
good sense on Senator Bailey's re-
marks the New York Sun says; 1.-THE
Confederate soldier needs no defence
at the hands OF Senator Bailey or OF
any other politician; that he believed
in his cause was proved by his valor
on many fields that we're lost before
he fired a shot. On the subject Of the
Confederate's constitutional right to
take up arms in defence Of his State
there are ADLER constructionists than
Senator Bailey, and not all of them
have been Southerners. Has not the
question passed into shadowland Of
academic speculation? Who wants to
turn it inside out but the politicians2
And JOS w. Bailey is one Of them"
The character and record Of the Con-
iederate soldier Is beyond the need Of
apology or defence. Even the constl-
tutional right Of the States TO secede
before the Constitution was interpreted
by the sword is no longer a subject Of
disputation. Senator Bailey need not
profess to fear that he injuries his
chances of becoming President by
making needless defence OF oonfeder-
ate soldiers. No section OF the coun-
try would hold such display of allie
ged courage and self-sacrificing de-
votion against him. But he has, we
regret to say, for he lisa man Of ability,
been guilty Of utterances that would
make him appear meanly small as a
candidate for the President Of the
United States and an aspirant for
voters OF all sections Of this great
country Miami Metropolis
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

When the British admiralty built the
splendid naval barracks at Chatham
they fitted up one Of the largest rooms
In fine style for court martials and
had Court Martiar' inscribed In a
big brass plate on the door. When Il
was about to be used for the first
time the discovery was made that the
regulations require all naval court
martlais to be held on the water.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

II think VIII invite the Bronsons.
I know they would be glad TO come"
"But. my dear. people who would be
glad 10 come are the very ones yon
should not invite. "-Puck.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

Harmless mirth is the best cordial
against the consumption OF the spirit
Wherefore jcsting Is not unlawful. n
II trcspassetli not IN quantity. quality
or season. Fuller
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

''YIs, mum. oi1l make yez as good a
cook as the mkt wan"
II don't know anything about the
next one, but you'll have to be better
than the last one."-Houston Post
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-09-08

The Manatee River Journal, one OF
the best week.-Mrs. in South Florida,
and n credit to Braldentown, cumplet-
ed its 18th birthday on the first OF
September. The News extends is
best wishoa 20 Brother Humphries.
and hopes he will continue to pros
per.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
Where Equality Truly ReIgns.

The vice president of the United
States went into barber shop at his
old home in an Ohio village to get
shaved. He was busy talking with
some of the politicians when the bar
Der said: '1f you want to get shaved
you must postpone your conversation.
This is my busy day and l can't wait"
The vice president did not dismiss the
barber. He dismissed the politicians
and meekly crawled ino the chair
This is the law of the barber shop,
inexorable, inflexible and immutable. It
is subject to no repeal or amendment.
High or low, rich or poor, the call Of
next" like the bell of Macbeth, sum-
mons the customer to the chair or to
the door.
The law of the barber shop is the
essence Of democracy. 1t is the equit-
able treatment of the rich and the
poor alike that makes of the striped
pole the palladium of our liberties.
We may think that equal and exact
justice has departed from the court
and the Senate. So long as it reigns
supreme in the tonsorial parlor it is
sign that the fires of liberty are still
burning.-Leadville Herald Democrat
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
Electric Car Accident.

Denver, Colo. Aug. s.--Colorado 6
Southern switch engine No. 511 was
standing in the middle of the crossing
of the railway on lower Fifteenth
street last night shortly before
o'clock when Berkeley electric car No
10. with trailer. approached. bound
for the center of the city. The gates
at the crossing were down. The motor
man was unable to stop his car and 1t
crashed. front foremost, into the loco
motive. Upon street car and trailer
were probably ninety passengers, and
the force of the collision was such that
1t Is marvellous that none were killed.
AS 1t was. about twenty persons were
injured, but there were no fatalities.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
Thousands Of Women
ARE MADE WELL AND STRONG
Success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Rests Upon the Fact that II
Really Does Make Sick Women Well

Thousands upon thousands of Ameri-
can women have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkhams 8 vegeta-
BILE Compound. Their letters are on file
in Mrs. Pinkham's office. and prove this
statement to be a fact and not mere
boast.
Overshadowing indeed is the success
of this great medicine, and compared
with it all other medicines and treat
ment for women are experiments.
Why has Lydia E. Pinkham's vege-
table Compound accomplished its wide-
spread results for good?
Why has it lived and thrived and
done its glorious work for quarter Of
a century?
Simply and surely because of its ster-
ling worth. The reason no other med
lcine has even approached it's success
Is plainly and positively because there
Is no other medicine in the world SO
good for women's ills.
The wonderful power of Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be-
cause it is astimulant-not because it is
a palliative. but simply because it is
the most wonderful tonic and recon-
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the uterine system, positively
OChAN0 oAcSdcO aAa improvements dno
restoring health and vigor.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures, and physicians
who have recognized the virtue in
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com,
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due. If physicians
dared to be frank and open, hundreds
of them would acknowledge that they
constantly prescribe Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in severe
cases of female ills, as they know by
experience that it will effect cure.
Women who are troubled with painful
or irregular menstruation, backache,
bloating Tor fiatulence), leucorrhea,
falling, Inflammation or liberation Of
the uterus. ovarian troubles, that
bearing down" feeling, dizziness,
faintness, indigestion, nervous pros
tration, or the bluos. should take i'm
mediate action to ward off the serious
consequences and be restored 60 health
and strength by taking Lydia q. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Anyway,
write to Mrs. Pinkham,- Lynn. Mass. !,
for advice. It's free and always helpful
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
CANAL ANNIVERSARY
sEMI-cENTENNIAL OF THE 500
Grand Celebration of CT. Mary's Ship
Canal Between Michigan and
Canada-Most Used Water
way in the World.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Aug. g.
With the city crowded with thousands
of visitors and with hundreds of yards
Of bunting flying on both the American
and Canadian sides of the st. Mary's
river salute at sunrise from the gov
ernment ships in the harbor opened
the two-day celebration of the semi
centennial of the opening of the St
Mary's ship canal, which connects
Lake Superior with the lower lakes.
Fifty years ago the first ship canal
around the rapids in st. Mary's river
was completed and opened, with two
locks 800 feet in length, and a depth of
thirteen feet.
To-day the American canal has two
locks, one 515 feet long, the other 800
feet long and twenty-one feet in depth,
while there is also a Canadian lock l.
900 feet in length. More traffic passes
| through these locks than through any
similar waterway in the world. In
1904 $4,000 passengers were trans
ported through the canal and total of
81 $40, LOG tons of freight, with a value
of s340, 100000.
The semi-centennial celebration and
the erection later of a monument as
permanent memorial was made possi-
| Dlc Ny the dppIOpIldllOu Ol 9lO,UOU ny
the United States and $4,000 by the
state of Michigan, and the contribution
of considerable amount by the vessel
interests of the great lakes. Visitors
have been arriving in the city by hun
dreds since Monday. The two days Of
the celebration were declared legal holi-
days on both the American and Cana
dian sides of the river
| Vice President Fairbanks, Governor
Warner of Michigan and his staff,
United States Senator Burrows of
Michigan, Congressman Burton of
Ohio, Hon. William Livingstone, presi-
dent of the Lake Carriers Association;
CHARLES l.. Harvey of Toronto, who con-
structed the original locks, and Miss
Petty Poe, daughter of Gen. o. M. Poe,
who constructed the Poe lock, are
among the distinguished visitors pres
ent at the celebration. Hon. Rodolphe
Lemieux, solicitor general of Canada,
and party of Canadian officers also
are participating in the celebration.
The first day was devoted to naval
and military parades and Indian exhi
bitions and reception by Governor
Warner to the other distinguished
guests, followed by magnificent exhi-
bition of fireworks.
To-day the commemoration exer-
cises will be held and addresses will
be made by President White of the
semi-centennial celebration committee,
Governor Warner. Vice President Fair
banks and number of other prominent
guests.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
STRANGE. ISN'T irr

A woman sees a hat or bonnet in q
milliners window. It Is in the latest
style, SO she determines to have that
hat--or one just like 1t.
No use to ty to dissuade her-shs
wants that kind OF u hat. No other
will suit her.
There she displays her will power,
and probably does the same with
everything she buys for herself or her
family. She makes, as 1t were. FEM
mime declaration of independence"
Is II not surprising. therefore, to find
grocers to choose for them in import
ant matters like foodstuffs?
In spite of the fact that grocers as a
rule have long ago realized the neces-
sity Of catering to their customers
rather than their own desires. there
are still few of the other kind left,
who show a marked inclination to per-
suade customers to take what they do
not ask for. or desire.
Take Lion Coffee. for instance. tho
leader of all package coffees. an estab-
lished favorite for over twenty-five
years in millions of homes. on account
of its absolutely pure and uniform
quality.
wouldn't you thing 1t impossible
that single grocer can still exist who
would oppose such an invincible argu-
ment of merit. by trying to persuade
a customer to buy loose coffee In pref
erence to Lion Coffee?
Loose coffee has no standard quality
nobody can guarante that 1t II
even clean.
OF course. really independent and
intelligent women know this. and so
do up-to-date grocers. but II women
were as particular about coffee as
about hats. no kind of grocer could be
without Lion Coffee.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
PEACE ENVOY TALKS.
M. Witte Makes Light of Japanese
Successes.

New York, Aug. 3.-The Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, with M. Sergius
Witte, the senior Russian peace envoy
arrived in quarantine yesterday after
noon. Mr.. Witte was in good health.
On shipboard. M. Witte was gener-
ally reticent when the subject of his
mission was mentioned. However, to
an Associated Press correspondent,
who accompanied him from Cherbourg,
Mr.. Witte said:
"The Russians have had reverses,
but this does not signify that they have
lost the power which was known to
the Muscoyite before the war, nor does
1t mean that Russia has become neg
| ligible quantity nor that the Japanese
have acquired by result of the recent
victories such a supremacy as to make
the Russian empire consider them a
truly redoubtable enemy"
1T must be taken into consideration, ("
says M. Witte, that the Japanese had
been preparing for war for about ten
years, while Russia was entirely un-
prepared. wishing for and trusting in
peace. The Japanese fought in their
own neighborhood under all favorable
conditions, while the Russians had to
be sent 900 yersts from their head
quarters by railroad entirely INSULT
Client to their needs, and to fight a CO.
lonial war with all coefficients against
| them.
What is going on in the Muscovite
empire. he said. cannot have any in
fluence on her foreign policy and even
less on the continuation or cessation
of the war.
"The great majority of the Russian
people," said M. Witte. ''do not attach
10 the conIict in the far East the I'M
portance which is given to 1t in Europe
and America. 1t is considered as a
very distant colonial war, but the whole
Russian people would rise as a single
man the day in which they should
think that it is no more the question of
a colonial war, which is not dangerous,
but conflict threatening the security
of the country
w Witte indicated. notwithstanding
these views, that he does not mean to
say that he will not make every possi-
BILE effort oward the conclusion of
peace, adding that he is favorable to
peace as a Russian and man, having
always worked to prevent war and un-
derstanding that at present nearly the
entire world desires the end of the con-
fliCt
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
ME TOO
Tho "Tall Enders" That Follow Gem
ulne Articles.

Tho "Tall Enders" That Follow GEN
uine Articles.
1t is sometimes interesting to watch
the curves imitators make to get the
public to buy limitations of genuine
goods.
Every now and then some one will
think there Is splendid opening to
fix up something like Postum Coffee
and advertise the same way and take
some of the business.
An imitator is naturally ignorant of
food values and how to skillfully
make a cereal coffee. on scientific
lines.
Such men first think of preparing
something that looks and tastes like
the original. with no knowledge of
how the grains should be treated to
prepare them so that the starchy part
is transformed properly and the val
liable nourishing elements made di-
gestible.
Such limitations may be foisted on
the public for a short time, but the
people are critical and soon detect the
attempt, then the imitators go out of
business.
Something like 400 Of these little
factories have been started in various
parts of this country In the past 8
years, and practically all of them have
gone the ''long Journey" Just lately
a new one has come to life and evil
IDENTIFY hopes to insert itself in public
favor by copying the style of the Post
um advertising in the papers.
This is a free country and every
man who makes an honest product
and honestly labels it has reason for
some recognition, but the public has
the right to know the facts.
Postum is the one original and gen.
uine Cereal Coffee, made skillfully
and for definite purpose. 1t has
stood through all the wars of the i'm
itators. has won the approval Of the
Physicians and the people.
People who really seek to free
themselves from the coffee habit and
at the same time to rebuild the soft
gray matter in the nerve centers, and
thus reconstruct the nervous system.
broken down by coffee. can rely ON
Postum
There's = reason
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
GRATEFUL TO cuTIcuRA
For Instant Relief and Speedy Cure Of
Raw and ScaIy Humour, Itching
Day and Night-Suffered
Months.

'I wish you would publish this let
ter so that others suffering as l have
may be helped. For months awful
sores covered my face and neck, scabs
forming, itching terribly day and
night. breaking open. and running
blood and matter. l had tried many
remedies. but was growing worse,
when I started with Cuticura. The
first application gave me instant re-
lief, and when / had used two cakes
Of Cuticura Soap and three boxes OF
Cuticura Ointment. was completely
cured. (signed) Miss Nellie Wander
Wiele. Lakeside, N. Y"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
Better Than Ice Water.

For those who believe that ice water
is unhealthy the "olla" of the Latin
countries and Mexico is earnestly rec
commended in this hot weather. The
"olla"-the Mexicans pronounce 1t like
"olya"-is porous earthen jar. Its
pores are continually sweating little
beads of water, which, by the principle
of evaporation, keep the liquid within
at cool temperature. halfway be-
tween that Of hydrant water and thai
of ice water.-New York Sun.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
secretary's Denial.

Washington, d. c.. Aug. s.-Secre.
tary of Agriculture Wilson has issued
the forestry service have written ar
ticles for magazines prior to the pub
lication of the results of government
work in public reports.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

r COSLer-MllDuTu
Co., Buffalo,
N. Y.
Gentlemen:-
My experience
with your valu-
able re m g d y
has been equal
ly gratifying to
both myself and
friends.
(Signed)
ODETTE
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

The only time girl is willing to
admit she hasn't the smallest feet. in
offers to give her a pair of her silk
stockings II they will fit her.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
"A

If you have a good grocer,
stick to him; if not, don't
you know one?
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
TEA
1t goes to the spot.

Nell-"T once told girl a secret
and it never leaked out" Belle Poor
girl! Was 1t the responsibility that
killed herr"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

Some mems motto is never to buy
anything Iney can borrow or borrow
anything they can steal.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

Defiance Starch is guaranteed biggest
and best or money refunded. 16
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price. so
cents per box.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

Nothing makes man SO angry as
to have some fellow swipe an umbrella
that he had just borrowed from tho
original owner when he wasn't look
ing.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05
THE PLAYwRIeHT-sTAR
odette Tyler, Famous Actress, Values
Doan's Kidney Pills.

Doan's Kidney Pills.
Miss Odette Tyler is not only one of
the best known dramatic stars in
America, but has written and pro
duced successful play Of her own
Miss Tyler has written the following
grateful note, expressing her apprs-
citation of Doan's Kidney Pills:
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

schillIns's Best is good foosrule to measure
him with.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

A widow never tells her age; she's
always old enough to know better.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

Every person thinking OF visiting the
Uintah Indian reservation in eastern Utah,
to be opened for settlement August 2Sth,
should have a Homeseekers' Guide and
sectional map. 1t tells everything Sent
postpaid for Soc Address w. H. En-
mons, 700 18th St. Denver. Colorado.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

Men who know 1t all are seldom able
to furnish the proof
The Colorado statesman., 1905-08-05

/ september 1th; Friday, September
Sth; Saturday, September 9th.
During the week entertainments will
be given In different parts of the city,
consisting of numerous campfires. full
program will be given officially later
and daily in the papers.
Reunions will be held by about sew
enty-five associations, such as army
posts. divisions, brigades, battery and
cavalry associations, regimental asso-
ciations, battle of Shiloh and Gettys-
burg survivors, blockading squadrons,
Berdan's Sharpshooters' Association.
United States Veteran Signal corps
Association, Colorado veterans. Union
ex-prisoners of war, Iowa Veterans.
Hurlbut's Fourth division army of Ten
nessee, National Association Army Mn,
sicians, Manned Veterans Association.
New York Iron brigade, reunion OF col
ored veterans.
The w. r. c. and Ladies of the q. A.
X. and the Department of Colorado and
Wyoming will keep open house" dur-
ing the week beginning September 4th.
Free concert by ten military bands.
The Modoc Glee Club, twenty.four in
number. of Topeka, Kansas, Organized
In 1875. has attended fourteen national
encampments, was present In Denver
at the rational encampment in 1889.
Gen. L. j. Anderson, past department
commander of Kansas, has fathered
tnis organization since its inception
and will bring the boys" to Denver
to make glad the hearts of the old com
rades OF the G. A. r. by singing the old
patriotic and war songs of the Union.
They will appear at the various camp-
nres and reunions during encampment
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-01-28
THE ISLE OF PINES.

Many Ottumwa people are interested
in the resolution now before congress
regarding the Isle of Pines. On this
little piece of land grow magnificent
forests of pine and the climate is of a
most desirable character. Its soil is
rich and fertile and altogether 1t Is
coming to be regarded as an excellent
place to live. Several Ottumwa people
own property there and some expect
to make their homes there in the near
future. But they want to remain citi-
zens of the United States, a privilege
that was promised to them when they
bought the land. At that time the war
department had declared that the Is
land was the property of the United
States. Since then, however, 1t seems
that some change Of mind has come
over the authorities at Washington
with the result that the island Is about
to be turned over to Cuba in ex-
change for naval stations.
The owners of property IL the Isle
Of Pines are naturally greatly dis
turbed by the turn of affairs and they
have sent a petition to President
Roosevelt and to members OF con
gress asking that the value of the Is
land as a possession and the rights OF
the United States citizens who have
purchased property there be consid.
cred before the arrangements for naval
stations are completed and beyond re
call.
1t is to be hoped that congress will
look favorably upon the resolution in
troduced by Representative Richard
son of Tennessee, the OF which is
that the pending arrangements be
held up until the value of the land and
the condition of affairs as regards citi
zens of The United States can be In
i vestioated