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The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
SwjtzerIand's SILK Production.

Few people probably suspect the
extent to which Switzerland figures
among the silk-producing countries OF
the world. which, so far as Europe is
concerned, have always been supposed
to be France and Italy. But Switzer.
land exports annually silk to the value
of about s2OOOO.O00. nearly all going
to European countries.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
In a Pinch, Use ALIENS FooT.EAsE.

A powder. 1t cures painful, smart
ing, neI ,ous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery OF
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. 10000
testimonials of cures. Sold by all
druggists. 25c. Trial package, FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted. lie Roy, n. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
Shells Make Good Paths.

Ground shells are being used for
paths in some of the London parks
with very satisfactory results, as they
do not make dust.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
COULD NOT KEEP UP.
Eroken Down, Like Many Another
Woman, with Exhausting Kid
ney Troubles.

Mrs. A. Taylor. of Wharton. N. J..
says: Il had kidney trouble in its
most painful and severe form, and the
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24

Mrs. WinsIow'H Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng. softens the gums reduces In
nammaton, aays pain, cures wind colt. 25c bottle.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
Yes. Alonzo, there are some fair
singers who are not blondes.

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color
more goods, brighter colors, with less
work than others.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24

INVENTORS proceed right Learn the truth about
] your invention before applying for putrnt-it may
save you money and disappointment Write for par.
ttculars TIE PATENT SEARCH CO., WARRINGTON, y. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24

WANTED More View Statesmen. Business pnys 500
" per month Farmers sons. students and clerks
preferred Standard scenic Co. Kansas city, Mo.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24

The school of experience is open
"a hours each day.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
60 Bus. Winter Wheat Pc, Acre

Thst- the yield Of Sazors Red Cross Hybrid Winter
wheat send .. im stanL: for free sample Of sar
Timntrv. Gr-ssrs, Bulbs Tres etc. for fail planting
h sALXEH SEED CO.. BoI - In Crosse. wis.
The Springfield herald., 1906-08-24
SALESMEN WANTED.

We want live. active and thoroughly experienced
salesman n this locality with sufficient money Ia
buy outright his hrst months supply of our sim
nlJcIty Low Pressure Hollow Wire Gnso-
line Lights. utility needed / n every store and
home n nd fully complying with lnsurnncornles. 10
such n man We will give exclusive sales right aud
guarantee TO refund money goods not solu n -
dnys Furt particulars request. The StandHrd-
Giilett Light Co, OBO N. Halsted 81. Chicago, ILL.,
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How Emperor William Is Battling
Against a Dangerous Heredity.

Emperor Williams father died of cancer
of the throat.
Emperor William himself had infantile
paralysis, and has had to struggle with
many infirmities.
1t has been whispered that he himself
is troubled with the same malady which
carried off his father. Royal blood is I'M
fortunately most generally deteriorated
blood. Emperor William knows this as
well as anybody. and is doing his best to
eradicate the bad blood from himself and
his family by the adoption of simple life
principles.
Through the visit of countryman of
his to Battle Creek, Michigan, while in
this country, visiting the Worlds Fair in
Chicago in 1893, Emperor William became
acquainted with the Battle Creek idea of
simple living and has to a large extent
adopted the methods in his family His
wife and children live the simple life and
take Battle Creek light baths. Their
uncle, King Edward, also has these baths
installed in his Windsor and Buckingham
Palaces for the use of himself and Queen
Alexandra.
Among other things GOOD HEALTH,
the oldest health journal in the world,
tells about the Battle Creek idea and the
simple life. Every number is brimful of
up-to-date ideas. Sample copy 10 cents.
One dollar year.
If you will cut this out and send to
GOOD HEALTH PUBLISHING CO.,
Battle Greek, Mich, with quarter you
will receive trial three months subscrip-
ton to this handsome illustrated monthly
health magazine Write to-day
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BoYIsH MIND WAS WORKING.
Youngster on His First Sail Over the
Raging MAN,"

None of us ever quite forget those
days-when our years were feW-of
dreaming about life on the raging
main, when the imagination reveled
in pirates and plumber from state
ly galleons and valorous deeds done
on storm-swept decks, says writer
in the New York Times. Recollection
of this period is, at any rate, suffi-
GENTLY vivid, so that the remark OF
a small boy could contribute maze
rally to the "gayety OF nations,
among the passengers on one of the
excursion steamers running from
Manhattan across the harbor to
Coney Island.
The steamer made her way across
the bay, lodging tugs and ferryboats
fortunately meeting no pirate craft.
The passengers, escaping gladly from
the city's heat, nibbled their sand
wiches and enjoyed the breeze. The
walters moved about the deck with
their trays. The boy, just from the
inland town, where his life so far
had been spent, sat rapt and wide
eyed. If one could but know fully
the mental content from which
sprang his words at last!
"Ma!" he cried, hoarsely, tell me
which one of 'em is the skipper!
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Another Diu at Powers.

A few days ago Gov. Cobb, of
Maine, and Hon. w. R. Pattangall,
prominent in politics in the same
state, were together on train. Mr..
Pattangall is a lawyer and an editor,
the writer of the humorous Needy
bemps Letters" appearing in his pa
per, the Machias Union.
In the course of conversation, Gov.
Cobb remarked to Mr.. Pattangall: II
don't see why you and Llwellyn Pow
ers should be so extremely antag-
onistic to each other. Neither of you
ever fails to give the other a rap
when there is opportunity
At this point an interested listener
in the car leaned toward their chairs
and asked: ''Is it really true that ex-
Gov. Powers is of Indian DESCENT"
well, the Indians deny it," Mr..
Pattangall answered, in his inimitable
manner
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GAS USED UNDER LIME kiLNs.
innovation by Connecticut Company
Is a Success.

The New England Lime company,
of Winstead, Conn, asserts that 1t is
the first to introduce gas as fuel for
lime burning The method is pro-
nounced an entire success. The grow
ing scarcity of wood fuel led to the
discovery of gas as substitute for
wood, and the company no longer con-
siders the gas method an experiment.
The efficacy and reliability of gas
have been demonstrated beyond a
doubt. Had it been impossible to find
a substitute for wood, said member
of the company, it would have meant
the restriction and perhaps the total
abandonment of the business. Gas
fires are absolutely clean at all times
no clinkers and no Understand the
lime produced is much whittier than
that burned by wood. Gas also pro
duces a more intense heat, and conse-
quently increases the capacity of the
kilns. The daily output at the com
pany's kilns is increased from 80 bar
rels per kiln to 100 barrels, or total
of 700 barrels daily.
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r..,...on 81 q Anrnst on4h a

Washington, D. c., August 20th.-A
determined effort will be made at the
next session of congress to prevent
another appropriation for the free dis
tribution of common garden seeds.
Congress now expends $4,000 a year
in giving away the commonest varie-
ties of peas, beans, turnip, squash and
numnkin seeds. They are divided into
40 900 900 packets so that the packets
cost about half a cent each. But as
large part of the appropriation is
expended in clerk hire, packeting the
seed, etc., the actual value of the
seed in a packet is much less than
half a cent. These packets are put
ND in packages of five packets, the
total cost of the packages being about
two cents each, and they are purchas-
able anywhere at five cents. Each
member of congress gets $4,000 such
packages, which he distributes to the
voters of his district.
The farmers say that these pack
ages contain so little seed as to be of
no value to them, while the total -ap-
preparation, if expended in sending
out really rare and valuable seed. or
in maintaining national agricultural
college, or divided among the state
agricultural colleges, would be of i'm
mense value to the farming interests.
They therefore protest against the
waste of public money. The seeds
men claim that as congress has, al
ready expended 100000 in giving
away turnip and watermelon seed, it
is time it should give away saws, axes
or hoes and give the seed trade a rest
Those who believe that congress
should cut off this perQuisite of it's
members now used for political pur-
poses, are writing their senators and
representatives urging them to abol-
ish the free seed distribution, and the
National Grange, many state and local
oranges, horticultural, agricultural
and other societies are adopting reso-
lutions condemning it. Mr.. William
Wolff Smith, of Washington, D. c., has
been selected to represent the oppo-
sition to the congressional free seed
distribution, and is personally answer
ing all inquiries concerning the same.
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Secretary Has Hard Job.

immigration matters have absorbed
most of the time of Secretary Met
calf of the department of commerce
and labor during the past year, ex-
cept when he was sent to San Fran
cisco as the special representative Of
the president after the earthquake.
When Cortelyou organized the de-
partment of commerce and labor he
did so in such a way as to make the
secretary responsible for all sorts OF
detail, such as the heads of depart
ments usually leave to competent SUBJ
ordinates. Consequently, Metcalf fell
heir to a tough job. Also. it may be
said, congress is very niggardly with
its appropriations for this depart
ment, and Metcalf has barely. enough
money to get along with.
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MORE THAN MONEY.
A Minister Talks About erape-Nuts.

MY first stomach trouble began
back in 1885, writes a minister in
Nebr., resulting from hasty eating
and eating too much. I found no re-
lief from medicine and grew so bad
that all food gave me great distress.
1T was that sore, gnawing, hungry
feeling in my stomach that was SO
distressing. and 1 became sick man.
Grape-Nuts was recommended as a
food that could be easily digested.
Leaving the old diet that had given
me so much trouble, l began to eat
Grape-Nuts with a little cream and
sugar. The change effected in "a hours
was truly remarkable, and in a few
weeks / was back to health again.
My work as a minister calls me
away from home great deal, and re-
Gently l drifted back to fat meat and
indigestible foods, which put me again
on the sick list.
$50 I went back to Grape-Nuts and
cream and in four days / was put
right again. The old dull headaches
are gone, stomach comfortable, head
clear, and it is delight to pursue
my studies and work.
"Grape-Nuts food is worth more
than money to me, and hope this
may induce some sufferer to follow
the same course have"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich.
There's a reason
Read the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
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Adaptable.


"Adaptability to circumstances Is
a great thing" said John Sharp Will
liams. II was coming up Pennsyl-
vania avenue in car, and sat in one
of the smokers seats. The car was
crowded and two men who were smok-
ing were obliged to stand on the rear
platform. A man who was not smok.
ing sat in the rear seat
Seems to me- said one of the
men who was standing, that a man
who is not smoking should sit in the
forward seats and let those who want
to smoke have these seats. Now, that
man might just as we'll be sitting up
in front. He isn't smoking
"I know it, my FRIEND said the
man, turning around, but l am per-
fectly willing to be. You haven't
got an extra cigar, have your"
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Inhabitants of Quaint Old Town of La
Paz Unspoiled by Contact
with Foreigners.

Many interesting features arrest the
attention of the traveller at La Paz,
which is so far from the beaten path
that it is little changed by foreign
contact A limited number of electric
lights and telephones are the only up
to-date improvements. No tramways
are seen, OF other modern means of
altering the primitive life. A goodly
number of German and French, a few
English, and perhaps a dozen Ameri-
can residents make up the foreign
total of $4,000 inhabitants. A military
band plays twice a week in the plaza
when the people promenade-the aris-
tocratic portion walking back and
forth on the upper side of the square,
instead of encircling it as they do in
all other Spanish-American towns
which have visited. The young men
congregate to stare at the young Ia
dies, who are seldom on the streets
at other times. / did not see single
beautiful woman at the many such
gatherings / attended, but there are,
however, pretty types among the
Chola class, as that mixture of Span
ish, Indian and foreign blood is called.
Little glazed hats, high-heeled shoes
and fancy stockings, which are dis
played by very short skirts, form the
distinctive dress of the Cholas. Gaudy
shawls and jewelry, with the omi-
present bundle held on their backs by
vari-colored fajas. are also part Of
their makeup. Their usually pretty
teeth, eyes and natural rudy color
give them an appearance so pleasing
as to have made them famous in
southern countries. Especially on the
numerous feast days do they befeck
themselves in great splendor. Those
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DOCTOR CURED OF ECZEMA.
Maryland Physician Cures Himself
Or. Fisher Says: "Cuticura REM
edies Possess True Merit"

my face was afflicted with eczema
in the year 1897. I used the Cuticura
Remedies, and was entirely cured.
am a practicing physician, and very
often prescribe Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Soap in cases of eczema,
and they have cured where other for
mulas have failed. l am not in the
habit of endorsing patent medicines,
but when find remedies possessing
true merit, such as the Cuticura Rem
edies do, 1 am broad-minded enough
to proclaim their virtues to the world.
I have been practicing medicine for
sixteen years, and must say | find
your Remedies A No. 1. You are at
liberty to publish this letter. G. M.
Fisher, NJ. D., Big Pool, Nd, May "a,
1905"
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His Interest Was Personal.

An eccentric member of the British
parliament who died recently endeav-
ored vainly during quarter of GEN.
fury to get passed into law a bill for
preventing persons from standing out
side windows while cleaning them.
During his last session the old fellow
complained to colleague that his OBJ
ject in introducing the bill had been
quite misund erstood by the house for
these 25 years. 81 introduced the
BILL" said he, mot for the sake of the
window cleaners, but for the sake of
the people below, or whom they might
fall. The idea of the bill was suggest
ed to me by the fear that a window
cleaner might fall on myself"
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Facts About Alaska.

Alaska is an Interesting region In
area she is twice as large as Texas,
with California thrown in, but her
resident white population numbers
only about 10000, though in summer
she has from 10000 to 10000 more
whites. In fur, fish and minerals she
is rich. Since her annexation she has
furnished $50,O00,000 of furs, $60,000,-
900 of fish and $70,000,00O of minerals,
chiefly gold and silver. Her output
of gold, which was 100000 in 1904,
was $16,00O.00O IN 1905. and will be
fully $26,000,000 in 1906.-Leslie's
Weekly.
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Tree Made Into House.

A singular maple tree on the left
bank of the Oder, in Germany, is at
least a century old, and has been
twisted and cut into kind Of circular
house of two stories. A firm, leafy
floor has been formed by causing the
branches to become gradually woven
together. Above this is smaller Sec
ond floor, similarly formed, and the
ends of the branches have been
woven into solid walls, in which eight
windows on each story have been cut.
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vegetables and meat" he replied. 1T
aims to give control of perishable
products to city commission mer-
chants.
"They had thi. control before the
private car took it away from them.
The private car system carries fresh
fruit, vegetables and meat from where
they were produce direct to where
they are consumed, guaranteeing
prompt delivery in good condition,
securing a universal market at fair
prices and distributing hundreds of
millions of dollars to the farmer, cat
tie and fruit raiser through applying
business methods to the shipment
and selling of his products and leav.
ing the control of those products in
his own hands.
abolish the private car! AS well
abolish the express and postal sys-
TENS and compel each railroad to
have it's own express company and its
own postal service"
"The Railroads Will Not
Replace the System"
"But will not the railroads put in
a refrigerator car system OF thsir
own?"
mo"
why not?"
"Well, in the words of General
Manager Mohler of the Union Paci-
fic, no railroad could possibly afford
to have refrigerator cars enough to
send them out over all the other
railroads as it would have to do, to
take the place of the present private
car system, and no railroad would
undertake to be responsible for prod
ucts shipped in it's refrigerator cars
over other lines and the consequence
would be that the producer would
find it impossible to get cars when
he wanted them and also impossible
to place any responsibility for the
shipment of his products except over
the one particular railroad that tap
ped his territory"
what do you think is the remedy
for the conspiracy of the cities?"
"The Remedy
Is Agitation"
Agitation. Let the people under
stand the true situation and they will
put the power back where it be.
longs"
where is that?"
with the country people-those who
produce the commodities and wealth
0F uyI chn
the supreme say as to the manage
ment of the enterprises which are
conducted solely for the purpose Of
handling their products. That is all
any of the railroads or trusts or pri-
vate car systems exist for"
"Then you think the people can
control these things if they try?"
"Of course they can. The country
people are an overwhelming majority.
They are two-thirds of the total popu.
lation. When it comes to intelligence
they are the people of this country
who have the brains and the ability
to solve great questions same as they
have the industry that creates the
wealth of the nation. They can
control all money, all legislation.
every railroad, every trust, every in
surance company, They have but to
realize this fact in order to have the
country people know their tremendous
power"
"How can they be made to realize
it?"
Through the country press. Let
the thousands of independent, clean,
honest newspapers which the country
people read print the facts regarding
these great questions and the rest
will take care of ITSELF"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-23
switzerIand's SIX Production.

Few people probably suspect the
extent to which Switzerland figures
among the silk-producing countries of
the world, which, so far as Europe is
concerned, have always been supposed
to be France and Italy. But Switzer-
land exports annually silk to the value
of about s20,OO0,OOO, nearly all going
to European countries.
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said prominent man in Chicago the
other day.
These gigantic combinations OF
capital and power aim TO put every
dollar of the peoples money, every
pound of meat, bushel of wheat, mile
Of railroad and every country bank
under control of the cities.
'The cities produce nothing, but
control everything They would
starve and freeze if it were not for
the country, yet while country people
are busy growing grain and cattle TO
feed the cities, city people have plenty
Of time to scheme how to get this
grain and cattle into their own hands
soon as it Is ready for market.
"And they succeed.
"The price of corn, wheat and cat
tie is fixed in the cities. Shipments
of all products are under city control.
Country Money Flows
Into the City Banks"
Country money is also under city
control The country banks carry
their reserve deposits in city banks.
SAYS reserve money of country banks
must be carried in city banks desig-
mated Repositories in order to count
as cash in vault
"Two-thirds of the money in city
banks is country money. Thirty-five
of the fifty billion or so in the Han
over Bank of New York is deposits
of country customers This ratio
holds good of all.
"This money is used to control
Wall street and the trusts.
Insurance money is another of
the three great rivers of cash which
flow into the cities and control the
corporations which control the coun-
try. It's an endless chain by which
the country produces all the wealth
and turns it over to the cities.
The Object of
Rate Legislation.
Legislation aids the cities.
Legislation as to meat, pure food
and all that sort of thing means in
the end only the trusts can do bust
ness. The country butcher can't af-
legislation.
"The big concerns are the only
ones in any line that have money
enough to keep quality up and prices
down.
Rate legislation will concentrate
wholesaling by making it impossible
for wholesalers to ship goods from
York. Chicago and ST. Louis, where
the political organizations are that
control congress-
"The railroads are the friends of
the country. Not from friendly mo-
tives. They are as selfish as the rest
of the trust but their prosperity de-
ponds on the prosperity of the coun-
try people So they build up the coun-
try, settle new fields, stimulate agri-
culture, cattle-raising, manufacturing
and wholesaling, and thus create traf-
fic The more business and popula-
ton are scattered the better for the
railroads and the better for the coun-
try
Railroads want legislation that
will distribute prosperity through the
country, and the cities want legisla-
ton that will concentrate prosperity
in the cities"
1.-THE Private Car
Helps the Country"
What do you think of the private
car question:" was asked.
Legislation against the private
car is legislation against both the
producer and consumer of fresh fruit,
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t tor t ure l went
through now seems
to have been al
most unbearable. I
had back-ache, pains
in the side and
loins, dizzy spells
a n d hot, feverish
headaches. T b ere
w ere bearing-down
pains, and the kid
ney s tion s
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-08-23
sheIIs Make Good Paths.

Ground shells are being used for
paths in some of the London parks
with very satisfactory results, as they
do not make dust
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LiUe the Primitive Life.

Of Chola blood are widely separated
from the stupid and unattractiva In
dams. but cannot aspire to the inner
aristocratic circle.-Outing Magazine.