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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

G5E7SESE5ESG5E
DYSPEPSIA Is often Caused By Catarxh
sef the StomaeA-Peruaa Relieves Ca
fa'-rA Of the Stomach and Is Therefore a
\ Remedy For Dyspepsia.
~ Hon. M. G. Butler, Ex-U. 8. SEN
ator from South Carolina for two
Ok terms, in letter from Washington,
~ .. c., writes to the Peruna Medicine ]
~ Co, rs follows: !
N ~ can recommend Peruna for !
x dyspepsia and stomach trouble.
sli have been using your medicine for 7
q short period and / feel very much
relieved. 1t Is Indeed q wonderful
ID medicine, besides good tonic"
S-s-s-S>-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s
S@ATARRH of the stomach is the cor
~ rect name for most cases OF dyspep-
1 sia- In order to cure catarrh of the
s0tomach the catarrh must be eradicated.
II Only an internal catarrh remedy,
5such as Peruna, is availa BILE.
Peruna exactly meets the indications.
Revised Formula.
Tor q number Of. years requests
II have come to mo from multitude OF
grateful friends, urging that Peruna
he given 4 slight laxative quality.
q have been experimenting with laxa-
tive addition for quite length of
time, and now feel gratified to en-
nounce to the friends Of Peruna that
~ have incorporated such a quality In
/ the medicine which, In my opinion,
I can only enhance its wel-known bene-
/ 1cial character.
IS. B. HARTMAN, M. D."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Mrs. Winsl0w's soothing syrup.
For children teethng s0ftens the gums, reduces In
dAmmation. allays psin wind coiic. $50 bottle
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
Torture Of Women.

1t was a terrible torture that Mrs.
Gertie Mcfarland, Of Kings Mountain,
N. c., describes, az follows: Il suf-
fsred dreadful periodical pain, and be-
came so weak was given up to die,
when my husband got mo Wine OF
Cardui. The first dose gave relief, and
with bottles am up doing my work.
! cannot say enough in praise of Car
hut." A wonderful remedy for WON.
ems Ills. At druggists: $1.Oo.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
AN EVERYDAY STRUGGLE.
Men and Women Of Every Occupation
Suffer Mlseries from Kidney
Complaint.

J. G. Lightner, 703 So. Cedar st..
ABILENE, Kansas, Is one OF the thou
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Too many people are interested In
business that Is none Of their bust
ness. .....
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11
All She Wanted

Young Mr.. Moneybags-Cou1d you
wish for q better moon than that?
Miss Practical-Yes; honeymoon
Comic Cuts.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Don't discuss your worldly affairs
at the church door.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

II woman couldn't cry there
would be lots Of pleasures in the
world that she couldn't enjoy.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

The real reason men like to 60
fishing is because women folk never
want to go along.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1906-05-11

Garfield Tea cures sick-headache, bilious
attacks, liver trouble and constipation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23
PECULLAR HLSTORY OF WORDS

nifed the consecration Of the altar by
sprinkling It with the blood Of the
sacrifice, literally TO make bloody"
thus strictly when we say God bless
you" We are asking that those for
whom we care should be sprinkled
with blood.
From its sacrihcial sense bless"
gained the sense of sanciification IN
general and through this wide ap-
plication Il reaches tie modern sense
Of protection and preservation.
The dandihed members Of that se-
lect club in Piccadilly, London. The
Bachelors would be naturally hor-
rified at the suggestion that they are
COW herders. Yet the title is from
the low Latin "baccalarius." a farm
servant, especially a oowherd. from
the low Latin "bacca" Naun vacca)
COW II is not difhcult to understand
how the word for watchers OF nocks
and herds. usually the merest lads.
became IN course Of time Synonymous
with those VINO we're young and un-
Z 1namelee with domestic rsspOnaihilb
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23

When books We're beech trees
Sounds funny, doesn't It? The word
book" Is the Anglo-Saxon Doc"
beech tree. so-called because all books
were written on beechen tablets.
Have you ever asked yourself how
that strange word. halo" the circlet
OF holy light which surrounds saints
heads. comes to have it's meaning?
You naturally think that there is very
little In common between saints and
oxen; yet It is 70 the patient OK that
the former owe their halos.
Halo Is the Greek halos. "the
threshing floor" on which the OK
trod out a circular path as he moved
the threshing beam around.
Some pictufe sque-minded Greek
looking one night at the iEdistinct
misty circle round the moon. said TO
himself. 1T is like the path the OK
trsads." and 80 the ring Of light was
called the halos. and thus BY easily
comprehensive steps it came TO mean
the 'nimbus" round a sacred head
The word blessing Is the Anglo
Saxon "blodison" from blod. and sig
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23

dom his ideals faded and his sturdy
principles relaxed.
And so, although he had successes,
he also had failures. and after fve
strenuous years he was forced to adj
NIT to himself that he was no nearer
the goal Of ambition than he was on
the night he left Sally under the apple
blossoms Nay. not 50 near, for his
ideals were shattered. his purpose
weakened, his character sullied, and
his hopes and ambitions perverted.
All this time he had been oorre-
spending with the dear girl back at
We ions Corners, and this corre-
sr a. ace had been the principal
ch,al which had held him to his old
sch ne of life one morning, as he
was trying to recover his nerve after
a debauch during which. besides shat
tering his nerves he had lost his posi-
ton and spent all HIS money, his mind
turned to the picture of the sweet girl
under the apple trees with the fra
GRANGE Of the blossoms all about.
Fool iooll" he cried bitterly to
himself. Il have thrown away the
substance for the shadow | am more
than a fool am cur. have kept
her waiting while have dallied away
my time and talents"
Then he made a mighty resolve, and
ne wrote her in remorse and humility
and contrition. telling her the whole
truth -or as much Of it as any man
ever tells any woman-i'eleasing her
from her pledges and announcing that
he started for South Africa on the fol-
lowing dag to lose himself il the dia-
mOnd fields tc win like a lion or lose
like a jackall
/ Five years later a gaunt, disheyeleC
man stood on the dock in New York
wearing in his face an expression hall
way between happiness and despera
/ tion Milton Dayton could not keeI
1 down the exultation he felt al breath
ing again the air Of his native land
after FIVE years of hardships and fail
ure and disappointment in South AZ
rica On the other hand, he faced here
/ the same problems he had faced il
South Africa, and before he wen
there His scanty store of money
would last but a few weeks. He wai
over 80. had made a failure every
where was more or less broken IL
health and strength and wholly dis
/ pirited. TO him came all the dream
and aspirations and confidence of hi
lost youth. and he cried aloud in bit
terness. With all his strength AM
purpose--aye, and talent, for he hat
had talent, so everybody said-her
he was, stranded in his early thirties-
discouraged, broken and a quitter.
Then. like mirage, came to hin
the scene in the old orchard ten year
before. The smutty freight house
and the swearing roustabouts and tn
chugging tugs faded from his sigh
and hearing, and his nostrils wer
alled with the fragrance of apple bios
some, while, by the moonlight throug
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23

Phllology! Horrid sound, suggest
ing dry-as-dust professors studying
Sanskrit and Aryan roots. Yet there
IS many a word in common use To-
day which. studied properly, can
zen Us quite a romantic story Of its
birth. of its use and misuse, passing.
like coin. from age to age. till 1t Is
beaten into modern shape, hiding un-
der its often prosaic later meaning
many an interesting glimpse into past
days.
Where idiots were always sane, this
was 50 in Greece, for BY their word
idieaes the Greeks meant a private
man" as distinguished from one who
followed a profession or participated
in public life; one who had private
means- independent
Then It came to be an ignorant
man without knowledge, professional
or otherRisa; a sense which deepened
into the abusive nature which the
word has now from the fact that the
Greeks held It Indispensable for every
1elf.rcspecting and intelligent man %
take a part 10 public nfe
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23

They stood in the same orchard.
under the same old trees, and the air
was laden with apple blossoms as Of
yore The same old moon also light
ened the scene with its soft rays
Yes" he said, Il have come back
come back in defeat and humiliation.
It's all my fault and have nothing to
ask of you-only ! couldn't help COM
ing to the old place once more-the
only place where / ever have been
happy"
The girl, now a woman In the very
prime of glorious maturity, turned her
calm eyes full on his.
DO you remember what | said when
you went Milt2"
He raised his eyes to hers and took
a single step forward.
do / remember" he said. What
ever happens, success or defeat, l am
waiting for YOU DO remember?
But | forfeited all that five years ago .
But I meant it-forever, Milt," and
the calm eyes dropped and the face
flushed rosy in the moonlight.
In an instant he had her in his arms
and her arms were about his neck, and
her face. upturned as it had been ten
years ago. invited and received the
same salute
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23

The trees. ne could see again the sweet
face Of bis sweetheart with her fresh
fed lips upturned 90 his.
And In his ears. of sudden, rang
the words
Remember Milt. whatever hap
pens. successor defeat. am waiting
for you
In Hash Ct came to him that he
had missed the best goods the l;oda
had offered him-that he had passed
by the one great unselilsh, loyal de-
voted love life had held or could hold
for him
lie groaned aloud IN anguish.
Through the fog of the Hudson came
again, in tones as clear as bell, the
words
Whatever happens success or de-
feat, / am waiting for YOU"
Success or defeat--aye, that's the
rub. Defeat--bitter. bitter defeat"
cried Milton. striking himself in tho
face mirthlessly time and again. And
went out SO cock sure of success.
And broke my life, and hers, with
my accursed folly"
Presently he went and sat down on
box His old clearness of thought
came back to him Stlll in his ears
rang the words; Whatever happens,
success or defeat, ] am waiting for
| you" To go back to her-that would
be his salvation. Her great love and
her strengthening hand would reyivi-
fy his cclrage and strength and give
/ him new purpose
He shrank hack abashed. "No, no,
he said, 1T would be a towards act to
go to her in defeat ard run besides
| released her and deserted her hvC
years ago-and God knows, she MAJ
be married
"Rememb Mnt whatever hap
pehsh suce or defeat, | am waiting
for you. Came out of the ether sof
and clear, and ne caught the vtcy in
toxicRtion of her voice and the odol
Of the apple blossoms nearly suffocat
ed him.
Slowly he arose and made his wal
to the depot
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-08-23

Connections made at Kiowa with all Santa Fe
trains, at Enid with all Frisco and Rock Island
trains, at Guthrie with Santa Fe north and South
NJ, X. r., C. r. l. & p, Oklahoma Eastern and
Fort Smith & Western.
The most convenient way to get to and from
Oklahoma city and Guthrie. Tickets sold through
and baggage checked to destination
). J. cUNNINeHAM, c. j. TuRPIN,
General Passenger Agent General Agent
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31

thew find that the comrades that knew them best
have died or in the changes that have occurred they
have lost all trace Of them. Memory mas ialied
and they cannot recall at will material facts dates
names and consolidation OF commands, changes IN
officers. letters of companies and numbers OF regl'
ments have to a considerable extent caused loss
of identity. When the records are at their com.
mand the applications are almost invariably BRIEF
to curtness They set down the bare TACT OF SER
vice, injury and dates, and the comrades or COM
missioned officers are equally as brlei. Inc spaces
in the applications allowed for answers are more
than ample for all their purposes, but the other
fellow-he is never at loss, he and his colleagues
know exactly where they were-On paper-and every
particle of available space ON the application IS
used for telling the story of faithful service ana
are many and all the direct result of exposure and
disease" contracted during the (they rarely ever
complain of wounds, when they are hurt 1t IS from
falling off from wagon. AS one reads the record,
this mental comment is unavoidable, what splen-
did specimen of manhood, If it could have only es'
capped the blighting hand of war"
It is asking rather much of the Boards of County
Commissioners and of county officers, familiar with
the parties, to discourage applicants or turn down
applications for pension. They want to keep their
offices to get better and in every instance the
man who applies has not only his own vote, but con-
trolls several Others all of which will be used against
the unfriendly official. Again, this feature of the
matter presents itself: The applicant is pauper,
or will be-; he will be the county If he does not
get on the pension roll, and many of these officials
think the State better able to bear the burden than
is the county.
Repeal all existing pension laws and enact a new
one providing for Pension Commissioner endowed
with full powers for investigation; do away with the
Pension Board constituted, but leave all the
operating machinery where it is-with the Comp
troer-and the grounds for complaint as to delay
in action and the danger of getting improper parties
on the pension roll of the State will be minimized.
The objection will be raised in some quarters that
this is creating a new Office. It is true, but the
tenure of the Pension Commissioner cannot, in the
nature of things, be for very many wears, because
with very very few exceptions, the soldiers of the
South have all passed their sixtieth year, and the
large majority of widows are equally as old; none
necessity puts period to the existence of the Office
of Pension Commissioner.
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31
I've Been Thinking CHARLES p1 eT LOOMS

The Reader of Novels was wont to Judge of
mans character by few sharply defined actions set
forth by the novelist and the woman who scolded
her children in the FIRST fifth, and seventh chapters
was, of course, vixen. So also the who spoke
ungrammatically each time he made his appearance
in the book was man of low social position and
the fellow who refused to make Christmas presents
was an incurably mean man.
Having become used to these snap judgments of
his fellows by constant reading of novels, the
Reader fattered himself that he could judge of
mans character by the first thing he said by the
first thing that was said of him by his neighbor
And so it happened that the Reader of Novels
found himself in a strange place that did not seem
to be on this earth at all, and a man with noble
brow and weak chin and strong mouth and near
set and lustrous eyes and large and generous
ears and large feet and small hands and bull neck
stood near by, and one who looked like judge was
talking about him and naming his characteristics.
"He was often cross to his wife," said the judge.
"Ah male scold" said the Reader of Novels,
readily. 80 =.
"He was very fond of children"
whats thati" said the Reader of Novels, scent
ing something homogeneous.
zone time his heart set to murder his brother,
and only his brothers fight prevented his death"
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31

Inc question OF State questions is one of absorb
ing interest to the taxpayer to the pensioners and to
the Confederate Veterans who are not pensioners
and never expect to be- The pittance that the peo
PIE willingly hand out quarterly to the men who
made Florida glorious even in defeat is but a small
reward for the service rendered but It ia all that
the people can afford under the existing conditions
Perhaps with the careful wedding out of unworthy
len car 1T WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO IN.
CREASE THE PRESENT PENSION FIFTY PER
CENT; on such sum the pensioner, by economy,
might manage to exist, but how are these unworthy
beneiciaries to be gotten off, and kept off the rolsY
AT every State encampment of the Florida Divis-
ion, U. @. ", for several years past, the pension
question and it's abuse has been under discussion
and changes in the law have been suggested for the
protection OF the funds and the worthy Confederate
soldier, but none OF the changes made remedied the
evil In process OF time opinions crystallized until
the two last encampments unanimously recommended
the creation of the Office of the Pension Commits.
sloner. 1t was urged in the interest of the State
ana OF worthy pensioners. Such an officer would
relieve the State of its present list of uSworthy
pensioners and protect it against fraud in the
future. The Commissioner should be a Confederate
soldier, man of highest integrity, fearless and
Just Such man would guard the fund and help
the needy applicant by prompt attention to the ap.
plication. something that is impossible, because
the gentlemen that compose the Pension Board are
oil department officers and every hour of each day
is full OF department duties II is fact-known
only to few outside of the capitol-that for nearly
three years the Pension Board has held it's sittngs
at night, because there was no time during the day
in which to attend to pension matters. This is an
injustice to these officers They should be allowed
at least the night for rest and recreation.
In considering applications for pension, the Board
uses its best judgment, but IL matters not how care
fully they examine the documents before them frauds
will slip in just so long the present system con-
tnues in vogue The Boarq has before it only docu-
mentary evidence and this has in a number of in
stances been made to show anything but the truth
The Board must take the evidence that is submitted
and they do except in rare cases where a member
happens to have some personal knowledge of the
would disappear before a Commissioner, because
such officer would be vested with full power to
investigate every claim presented, and the prospect
Of personal contact would exert mighty influence
FOR the suppression of fraud The fact that the Com
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31

missioner would personally investigate every case
that he had the slightest to suspect and that
condgn punishment would promptly follow every
attempt to defraud the State would deter improper
application.
It has been acked, "Why, if the Veterans know
certain parties are now improperly on the roll, do
they not report the matter to the BOardT The
answer is easy. To make such report would put
them in the attitude of the complainant and volun-
tary Witness which would subject them at once to
the covert attack of the fraudulent pensioner. The
man who would swear falsely to secure pension
for himself for his neighbor, would have no hest
fancy in setting fire in the dead hours of the night
to the home of the informer, and not only burning
the house, but all the inmates; nor would he hest
tate to commit murder from the bushes or fence
corner; besides that no true man likes to assume
the roll of the informer. "Tell tale" is stigma
that even children dread It may be argued that it is
duty, and that is true but has the State any right
to ask or expect good citizen to put his life the
save the State few dollarsH Not when it is in
the power of the State to protect itself without in
any way endangering its good citizens
In some sections of the State there are nests
OF deserters and these fellows are constantly making
assaults on the Pension Board. They swear for
another; the record shows them in groups often
of three, swearing for each other and later
all get on the pension roll, provided death does not
intervene to prevent This, however, is a somewhat
remote contingency, because men of that stamp
long-lived both on and off the pension roll They
were never exposed during the war to any condition
that would tend to break down their vitality; where
as, the good soldier met wounds and disease waded
freezing rivers, marched for days in snow and ice,
almost, If not quite barefooted and in the thnnest
OF wellworn rags. slept night after night the wet
and freezing ground with only an apology for a
blanket or stood picket in the pouring rain or
kept vigilance in rifle pits half filled with mud and
water, and lived for months on the meagerest of ra-
tons, raons 80 short and so poor that of these
away even unfit food for his dogs. Placed along
side of the good soldier, it is little wonder that
these men are hale and strong and long of years.
There is a peculiar feature noticeable in the pen
sion application of good soldiers. The men who did
their whole duty, more often than not, find consid
cradle difficulty in satisfactorily establishing their
claim. This is owing to the fact that they never
apply until the wolf is cawng at their doors, then
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31
CHARLES BAT'TEL LOOMS

vi course" said the Reader of Novels. "He is
getting truer and truer to his character"
he established club to which young men were
welcome and at which no intoxicating liquors were
sold' and said in all sincerity that be believed i'm.
moderate drinking to be a curse"
The hypocrite," said the Reader of Novels"
ne voted the Republican ticket"
y, Good" said the Reader of Novels, who was a
Vermonter. '' VIM ""'
he voted the Democratic ticket"
lurncoat" said the Reader of Novels.
he gave generously of his means to help a Door
man VINO had been bufeted by the world and smoke
tumely" ONp'''" n'N !" 'on
VINO was this, anyhow" said the Reader of
NOVELS, more and more puzzled.
1, he said malignant things behind a mans back,
never knew that" "''A'oe' "'
49, pity he didn't. He would have exulted," said
the Reader of Novels '''N
-, ne reproached man in all sincerity for saving
IKE things OF another behind his back and had a
poor opinion OF that backbiter from that time on"
Ihls IS beyond me-" said the Reader of Novels.
lie refused night after night to give UP his seat
Continued on Eleventh Pase)
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31

"a thug" said the Reader of Novels, always to
himself.
"He denied himself all that makes life worth liv
ing in order to make the last days of his mother COM
Portable and moved by good impulse he divided the
estate with his brother although it had all been left
to him."
"The same man?" said the Reader of Novels,
dumbfounded.
"He did despicaby mean act in business and
was never sorry for it,"
"Ah, though so,' said the Reader of Novels.
"Iis true character is coming out"
"He told vulgar story to friend and both
laughed at the undoubted humor of it,"
"Ah, hal" said the Reader of Novels Gle is be-
ing drawn little truer to life"
"He was deeply moved by spiritual poem and
appreciated it sincerely that he wrote it out and
carried it with him, and finally learned it by heart
and tried to govern his life according to its precepts
"The deuce he did" said the Reader of Novels.
incredulously.
"He told another vulgar story"
He'd better have given up shamming" said the
Reader of Novels.
"He drank more than was good for him, and was
in condition of inebriety by young people who
had respected him as governor of the church"
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-03-31
March 81, 1000
Sixth Page
THE SUN
by GEN. FRED l.. ROBERTSON

Aid Cassed
State Pension