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The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
WHAT WE OWE TO INSECTS.
They Are of the Greatest Benefit to
Growing Flowers.

Prof Darwin said that IL It had not
been for insects We should never have
had any more imposing or attractive
flowers than those of the elm. the hop
and the nettle. Lord Avebury COM
pares the work of the insect to that Of
the florist. He considers that just as
the florist has by selection produced
the elegant blossoms of the garden, SO
the insects, by selecting the largest
and brightest blossoms for fertiliza-
tion, have produced the gay flowers Of
the field Prof. Plateau. of Client, has
carried out series of remarkable e1-
periments on the ways of insects visit
ing flowers. He considers that they
are guided by scent rather than by
color and in the connection he is at
variance with certain British natural
lists Whatever may be the attraction
In flowers to insects-as yet, 1t ap-
pears undefined-it is certain that the
latter visit freely all blossoms alike.
making no distinction between the
large, bright-colored ones and the less
conspicuous blossoms like those of the
currants, the lime. the planetree, the
nettle and the willow.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
'Msu. Cha5.ERr0wa

To be successful wife. to retain the
love and admiration of her husband,
should be q woman's constant study.
At the first indication of ill-health, /,
painful or irregular periods. head
ache or backache, secure Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
begin its use.
Mrs Chas. f. Brown. Vice-President
Mothers Club, 81 Cedar Terrace, Hot
Springs, Ark, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"For nine years dragged through miser-
able existence, suffering with Inflammation
and female weakness and worn out with
ment by a woman suffering as was, but who
had been cured 10y Lydia Z. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound, and determined to try it.
At the end of three months was different
woman. Every one remarked about it, and
my husband fell in love with me all over
again. Lydia +. Pinkham's VegetS Die Com
pound built up my entire system, cured the
trouble, and felt like n new woman. am
sure it will make every suffering woman
strong, well and happy, as it has me-"
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating Tor tlatulencc), displacements,
inflammation or liberation. that bear
ing-down = feeling, dizziness. faintncss.
indigestion, or nervous prostration
may be restored to perfect health
and strength by taking Lydia L.
linkham's Vegetable Compound.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
DAY OF TRIUMPH POSTPONED.
Dudekins Has Yet to Get Even with
Witty Charmer.

She had been having fun with poor
Dudekins for a long time. and he was
w.shful to get even with her. His
idea took the form of a brilliant conun-
drum. whose answer Dudekins
thought was locked in his manly chest.
II have a conundrum for you. Miss
Frances" he said when he next met
her.
"Ah." she responded. What is it?
Who gave it to you?'
81 made it up myself he asserted,
bridling somewhat.
Indeed, What is it?"
"Why are my clothes like the
moon?"
She hesitated a moment. and Dude
kins began to look triumphant.
You may think" she said, slowly
and Dudekins somehow ielt the sand
slipping from under him-''it is be-
cause they have a man in them, and
you i've perfect right to think as
you please. But, Mr.. Dudekins, opin-
Ions differ"
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

Quail starved to death by thousands
in the winter of 1904-05, but last win
ter they had an easy time except in
February and March. From Massa-
chusetts to Indiana the quail are so
scarce that restocking has become
necessary. The birds for this pur-
pose are hard to find. More than 100.-
600 have been captured in Alabama
and the southwest, where they still
occur in abundance, and have been
shipped north for breeding. Even
this supply is quite inadequate. and
may not last long. The quail. says
Country Life in America. is perhaps
our most popular game bird. and &
market will be found for all that can
be produced Complete success has
been had in raising them on small
scale. Why should not some one go
into the business on such scale that
he could turn out 100000 quail per
year?
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
Legally Her hushand,s Boss.

Boston has one woman who is legal
ly her husbands boss. She is Mrs.
Ellor Carlisle Ripley, one of the as
sistant superintendents of the public
schools of the city and the wife of
Principal Fred H. Ripley. of the Long
fellow school of Roslindale. Mrs Rip
ley draws some $85 week of the
hubs wealth, about $500 more per an
mum than the man who has recently
became her hubby" An assistant
superintendent is virtually a super
visor and Mrs. Ripley is in reality her
husbands superior and could fire"
him in a minute if she saw fit Mrs.
Ripley is young woman of pleasing
personality.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
DIsFIeUReD WITH ECZEMA.
Brushed Scales from Face Like Pow
der-Under Physici cians Grew Worse
-cuticura Works Wonders.

II suffered with eczema six months.
had tried three doctors, but did not
get any better. 1t was on my body
and on my feet SO thick that l could
hardly put pin on me without touch
ing eczema. My face was covered.
my eyebrows came out. and then it
got in my eye. l then went to anoth-
er doctor. He asked me what was
taking for 1t. and told him Cuticura.
He said that was very good thing,
but that he thought my face would
be marked for life. But Cuticura
did its work. and my face is now
Just as clear as it ever was. l told
all my friends about my remarkable
cure. feel so thankful I want ev-
erybody far and wide to know what
Cuticura can do. 1t is a sure cure
for eczema. Mrs. Emma White. GAL
Cherrier Place, Camden. N. j.. April
25, 1905"
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
The Daily Press.
doRAD0.

Sir James Crichton- Browne, the en-
inent alienist. has just given the
newspaper press certificate as an
important safeguard of the general
sanity. ut is the antidote to cor
roding egotism and gives a worldwide
horizon to the the purblind and short
sighted" This In sense is true, nor
can it be disputed that the press also
furnishes an easily digestible intel
lectual pabulum." Sir James likewise
speaks with n specialists authority.
one must suppose, when he says that
many man has been saved from
melancholy and faulty by his daily
papers, and concludes; suppress
your newspapers and you will have
TO enlarge your lunatic asylums." We
would gladly accept for ourselves
and our colleagues tribute primarily
intended for the British press, and
we certainly will not venture to chnl-
lenge an expert on his own ground.
But before the newspaper cure is
widely applied in our sanitariums, we
should be glad to have the opinion of
local alienists on few specific points,
says the New York Post. Does, for
example. that peculiar institution, the
colored supplement, make for san
steadying effect for young girls to ven
tilate their blighted state and house
wives their MARTIAL grudges in col
q,
ed" For the Unequally Yoked." etc?
Sir James seems to regard the press
as bulwark against depression mere
ly; but over-elation and hysteria are
also abnormal symptoms; and it is
possible that yellow journalism con-
tributes just a little too much to the
febrile gayety of this nation.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

A notable fact about the vision of
insects and one which it may be sup
posed must largely influence their
view of the external world is the
number of facets or lenses in com
pound eyes. A German naturalist. X.
Linemann. has been painstaking
enough to count the number OF facets
in the eyes of no fewer than $50 spe-
cies of beetle. He finds that in the
same species and sex the number
increases with the size of the body.
There is usually no permanent differ
ence between the sexes as to the
number OF facets. Occasionally, how
ever, the difference is marked. as in
the case of lampyris splendidula, in
which the male has $500 and the fe-
male 800. One species. says the Phil
adelphia Record, is noted which has
the extraordinary number of $4,000
facets in its eye. The number of
facets is greater in the rapidly NOV
ing active forms than in the more
sluggish species.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
NO DAWDLlNG.
A Man of 20 After Finding Coffee Hurt
Him, Stopped Short.

When a man has lived to be 10 years
old with a 40-year-old habit grown to
him like knot on tree, chances are
he'll stick to the habit till he dies.
But occasionally the spirit of youth
and determination remains in some
men to the last day of their lives.
When such men do find any habit of
life has been doing them harm, they
surprise the Oslerites by degree of
to men under 40 only.
Il had been a user of coffee until
three years ago-a period of 40 years
and am now TO- writes N. Oak.
man. Il was extremely nervous and
debilitated, and saw plainly that l
must make a change.
Il am thankful to say l had the
nerve to quit coffee at once and take
on Postum without any dawdling, and
trary, commenced to gain. losing my
nervousness within two months, also
gaining strength and health otherwise.
For a man of my age, l am very
well and hearty. / sometimes meet
persons who have not made their
Postum right and don't like it. But
tell them to boil it long enough, and
call their attention to my looks now.
and before l used it, that seems con-
vincing.
Now. when l have writing to do,
or long columns of figures to cast up.
feel equal to it and can get through
my work without the tagged out feel
ing of DID,. Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
book. THE Road to Wellville.' in
pkGs. There's a reason"
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
Wireless Telegraphy.

Wireless telesraphy is steadily
growing in Importance. and our gov
eminent has been among the foremost
in turning the method to practical ac-
count. A plan is under way looking to
the creation of system in the Phil
ippines by which communication may
be had along the entire coast of those
islands through the establishment of a
series of stations. The idea is already
in effect in this country, where a
chain of government wireless stations
extends from Portland, Me-, to Gal
weston, Tex. The value of such a sys-
TEN In communicating official orders.
conveying news of storms and for
other practical purposes has been
fully proved. There is need of like
arrangement in the Philippines. Wire
less telegraphy is not yet brought to
perfection. There are many Difficult
ties to overcome before communica-
tion can be invariably swift and GER
tain. but the service is improving and
its extended use is justified.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
rreasures for the Louvre.

Attention is called by the Travellers
Gazette to recent acquisitions by the
Louvre, notably of life size bust In
chalk, primitively colored. OF the her
init king OF the eighteenth dynasty.
Akhoumalon, or Amenophis W., one OF
the strangest figures in the long line
of the Pharaohs. The bust is re-
markably fine specimen of the art OF
the period. and is well preserved. Be-
sides this. there are four sepulchral
urns in blue porcelain from the tomb
of Rameses ii. In these urns was
found. besides funeral linen, certain
organic matter. which is being chem.
ically examined.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
Governor Masoon in Cuba.

Havana.-Sunday, Gov. Charles E.
Magoon's first day as governor of
Cuba, passed busily but quietly. The
palace was singularly still compared
with the eventful days of the last re-
sime. Governor Magoon said to the
Associated Press that he was looking
forward with confidence to peaceful
administration. He expressed the
warmest appreciation of the work ac-
complished by Messrs. Taft and Ba-
con, both in the pacfication of the isl
and and laying the foundation for a
smooth and successful system of pro-
visional government. The governor
sees no reason to anticipate further
sudden changes in the situation or
any especially sensational Incidents
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
c. & S. improvements.

Fort Worth, xas.-Announcement
was made Friday by President Frank
Trumbull of the Colorado & Southern
that work will be begun this month on
rock ballasting the 451 miles OF track
between Texline and Fort Worth. The
work will take approximately one year
and will cost the Colorado e. Southern
100000. When the line from Texline
to Fort Worth has been ballasted the
entire system of the road from Den.
yer south with the exception of the
fifty miles from Pueblo to Trinidad.
will be heavily ballasted. I.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
Japanese Companies Make Money.

Shipping companies are profitable In
Japan. For the past year teLdinE
March 81 last the Nippon Yusen Kai-
sha wrote of $4O1. 500 for depreciation.
$169, 900 for insurance, $3.50 for re-
pairs, carried $4,000 to reserve. paid
$4,000 for directors and auditors
fees. gave the managing director
bonus of 100000. gave employees gen
orally 100000 in bonuses, paid $685.
900 in is per cent. dividends. and loft
$492.0 900 at credit OF profit and loss
account
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

Japan is reported to have an
nounced its decision to hold in the
near future an international exhibit
ton. There have also been reports of
a proposed fair mt Barcelona, Spain
The jamestown exhibition of 1907 will
hardly be an old story before another
great fair is opened in some part of
the world.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

A citizen of Kansas City writes that
natural gas has cut down his annual
fuel and gas bill from s175 year to
S74. to say nothing of freedom from
tending a furnace. Better look over
the iceman's account before announ-
cling the millennium.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
Want Them to Know Country.

The Japanese war department has
made arrangements to send teachers
and students of the middle and high.
er schools and colleges to Manchuria
and Korea free of charge during their
vacation. More than $4,000 persons
expect to make the trip.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
To Give Work to Russian compan

AS nothing came Of the attempt last
year to raise IN Balaclava bay the Brit
ish ironclad with her treasure during
the Crimean war, the Russian ad-
miralty officials at Sebastopol now
propose to intrust the task of bringing
up the treasure to a Russian salvage
syndicate
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
sALEsMEN WANTED.

We wanta live. active and thoroughly experienced
salesman in this locality with uricienl money 10
buy outright his first months supply of our slim
plcity Low Pressure Hollow Wire Case
line l-tghts. utility needed | n every store nmd
home and fully compivi ing with insurancer rules. Iy
such man We Will give exclusive sales right nhI
guarantee TO refund money goods not sold n y
days. Furtherparticularsn request The Standard-
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

In the Arabic there are 600 words
with which to designate the camel.
Owing to the fact that the ship of
the desert" is about the most ornery
brute in creation, some of them are
doubtless unfit for publication.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

To prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day-Use Defiance Starch
saves time-saves labor-saves annoy
ance, will not stick to the iron. The
rar'q
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

Glasgow locks up scorcher's auto
mobile for thirty days, but the consti-
tuition OF the United States fort!ds
cruel and unusual punishments.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
German Railroad Innovation.

The Saxony railway from Limbach
to Waldenburg is to be one of the
first German roads to be changed from
steam to electricity.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19
WOMEN WHO CHARM
HEALTH IS THE FIRST ESSENTIAL
It Helps Women 70 Win and Hold
Mems Admiration. Respect and Love

Womap's greatest gift is the power to
inspire admiration, respect, and love.
There is beauty in health which is
more attractive to men than mere regu-
larity OF feature.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

sesias. ;l ing: Ts$sns = e shas:: ss So e s.sS
Misses' q Childrsn's Shoes. &2.o6 70 Hl.OO.
Try w. L. Douglas Women's, Misses and
Chiidren's shoes; for style, At and wear
they excel other makes.
II I could take you Into my large
factories at Brockton, Mass. ,and show
you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes
are made, you would then understand
why they hold their shape, fit better,
wear longer, and are of greater value
than any other make.
Wherever you live. you can obtain W. l:
DoaRlas shoes. His name and price Is stamped
on the bottom, which protects you against high
prices and inferior shoes. Take no sabsfk
tute. Ask your dealer for W. l. Douglas shoes
snd Insist upon having them.
fast Color Eysiets used; they lH not .pedr byassv
Write for Illustrated cataloK Of Fall Styles.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Dept. II Brockton, Mass.
The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

GET QIGQ II you are young man willing tc
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The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

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The Springfield herald., 1906-10-19

Hongkong.-The British steamer
Hankow. from Canton, was burned at
$40 O'Clock Sunday morning while ly-
ing alongside her wharf. Hundreds of
Chinese passengers were burned to
death and a valuable cargo was de-
stroyed. All the European passengers
and crew were saved. The steamer,
with 1000 Chinese passengers. men.
women and children. seven Europeans,
ard a rich cargo, arrived from Canton
at 3 O'Clock, being on fire at the time.
The Chinese steerage passengers were
thrown into fearful panic and the
inflammable nature of the cargo made
| impossible to save them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11
BtG LAND DECISION.
Tsaousanaa of Acres of Kansas Dir
 Goes dO Railroad,

TaouRands of Acres of Kansas DtFf
 Goes tO Railroad,
 Topeka, Kas.. Nov. i0.--Fhousands of acres of the most valuable farm lands in Kansas, together with a large amount of land located in towns and cities of the state Is given to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway by a decision handed down today by the Kansas Supreme Court m the case of that raiIyFay company s-galnst one Watson,
 Tn July, 1866, Congress granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Southern branch, now the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company. a right of way, 200 feet wide from said raliway to the south line of the State, a distance of about f6o miles
 AftepwaFd patents were issued 10 private persons for land through which the railroad runs without ex- cepting the right of way. The per sons holding these patents have treat ed the right of way as being only 100 feet wide,
 l. snts have been made by them on the outer fifty feet on each side of the railway tracks and they have occupied the land without disturbance for ioany years, The railroad company brought suit to ouBt these occupants, and the court now decides in It's favor.
 Among the larger places touched by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas are White City, Council SroYe, Emp7- ria, Burlington. Chanute, Parsons, 0swego and chetopa.
 The opinion was written by Justice Rpgch, who said the case would finally De decided in the Unlted States su- preme Court as an act of Congress B Involved.
 Prom formef decisions of the higher court Justice Burch holds that the grant to the ground took effect imme- diately oA the passage of the act and that eli parsons who bought lands adjoining the railroad property took their titles subject to the eompany's rights. This Is based on the fact that the ohleials of the land department could not issue patents to persons which would allow the purchasers 8 been given to the railroad.
 The right of way is granted to the railroad with the express provision that all troops and munitions of war should be carried free, however. and private individuals could not en- croaeh on the right of ray since the county has been settled. 60 that the company can be deprived of the lands.
 The case decided today should not De confused with the suit of the Mis- souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad against the government for the land g. ant in Indian Territory in which Kansas Is acting as trustee for the railroad companies. The latter case IS now in the United States Supreme Court.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11
BUYS asExIcAa CENTRAL.
Great Road of sewthera Republic Party
 OR Rack Fwlnm6


 Fl Paso. Texas. Nov. 10.--It was re- ported here today on reliable authority that the Mexican Central Railroad has been purchased by the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific and is now part of the Rock Island system.
 4 connecting link will be built from Brownwood to Fl Paso to be used by the Rock Island in place of the El Paso and Southwestern tracks in entering El Paso.
 This is said to be the important announcement whieh President A. A. Robinson stated in Mexico City would be made within a week. The lnfOrma, ton is derived frem both Mexican ana American. sources
 The Mexican Central is the most i'm portant line in the republic of Mexiec and Is the only road in Mexico that Is not largely owned by the Govern ment. At present the Rock Island ent- CTS El Paso via Santa Rosa, N. M, over the Fl Paso and Northeastern.
 Col. J. l.. Bell, who built the EI Paso and Northeastern, who has been here for some time, says that he is here for the purpose Of constructing an i'm poTtant line 9f railroad from Fl Paso to the northeast which is understood to be the connecting link between the Rock Island and it's new property, the Mexican Central.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11
Piles
Seattle Gentleman Cured with Les Than . Box of The PyFami0
 Pile Cure,


 Anyone Caa Easily Tess It and Prove
 It, for Free sample is Seat by
 Mall to AlI.
 Seven out of ten rsacers of this par per are tortured with piles or some form of rectal disease. You are, or you would not be reaaIng this article. Thirty years ago doctors carried a lancet in their vest pocket and bled neople for ali sorts of diseases and bied them hard--some5mes a quart at a time. It was the fashion then, All that is changed nowadays and q doctor with q lancet would De considered a curiosity,
 Five years ago doctors "cut out piles wherever they got the chance, All that has been changed since the marvellous soothing, healing and cura- tive properties of Pyramid Pile Cure have become known.
 By every mall We get letters like this:
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 If you want positive proof Of the curative value of this remedy send to inc Pyramid Drug Company, 6l Pyra- mid Building. Marshall, Mich. You will receive a free, trial package by return mail. Try it, then go straight to your druggist get a Sect. box and set well,