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The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
DECAYED STARCH.
A Food Problem.

An Asheville man tells how right
food did that which medicines had
failed to accomplish
For more than Is years" he says,
"I was afflicted with stomach trouble
and intestinal indigestion. gas form
ing in stomach and bowels and giving
me great distress. These conditions
were undoubtedly due to the starchy
food ate, white bread. potatoes, etc.
and didn't digest. | grew worse with
time, till, years ago, had an attack
which the doctor diagnosed as appen-
dicitis. When the surgeon operated
on me, however it was found that my
trouble was ulcer Of the pancreas, in
stead of appendicitis.
Since that time have had several
such attacks, suffering death, almost
The last attack was about months
ago. and l endured untold agonies.
"The doctor then said that | would
have to eat less starchy stuff, so
began the use of Grape-Nuts food for
! knew it TO be pre-digested. and have
continued same with most gratifying
results. 1t has built me up wonder
fully. | gained 10 pounds in the first
8 weeks that | used Grape-Nuts. my
general health is better than ever
before. my brain is clearer and my
nerves stronger.
For breakfast and dinner, each, |
take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts
with cream. small slice of dry toast
an egg soft boiled and cup of Post
um: and make the evening meal on
Grape-Nuts and cream alone-this
gives me a good nights rest and l
am well again" Name given by Post
um Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. The Road to wellville.' in
pkgs.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Bottled Grapec.

Vine growers in France market fresh
outdoor grapes all winter by new and
curious method. Bunches of grapes
when ripe are cut so that piece OF
the vine five or six inches long re-
mains attached. A large number Of
widc-necked bottles filed with water
are placed in horizontal rows in racks
in IA cellar and the stem of the grapes
is placed in the mouth of the bottle,
while the grapes hang outside. The
grapes do not touch the water. but are
supplied with water through the stem.
The low uniform temperature OF The
cellar is favorable to the preservation
of the fruit and the water Is supplied
daily to the bottles to make up for the
evaporation. Such grapes are expen-
sive. hut plenty of people are glad to
pay high price fer them.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Would Save Niagara.

Washington. A remonstrance
against the recommendations of the
International Waterways Commission
regarding the diversion of the waters
of Niagara river at the Fall of Niagara
was filed with President Roosevelt
Wednesday by officers of the American
Civic Federation and the Merchants
association of New York. The com
mission recommended that legislation
be enacted authorizing the diversion OF
60 900 cubic feet of water per second
The remonstrance urges that the diver
sion of that amount of water would di-
vert forty-eight per cent. of the water
going over the American falls and
would materially diminish the beauty
of the cataract. Although the Presi'
dent had approved the recommenda-
tions of the commission in message
to Congress. he regarded the re
monstrance as important and promised
his callers to refer the subject TO Sec
retary Taft and the members of the
commission.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
DENvER's FIRST STAGE.
Created Great Sensation Back In
Fifty-nine.

On the seventeenth of May, 1859,
Denver turned out to welcome the first
through coach of what was destined to
grow into the Overland Mail" an en-
terprise which, for sheer American
pluck and daring, must forever be
linked with the fame of the Pony Ex-
press"
Red shirts drifted to the outskirts
of the hamlet and dotted the hills
around, says "The Story of the Over
land Mail" in the Outing Magazine for
April. Hard,faced bartenders made
ready for the hottest night that ever
tore the camp loose" The artillery of
hos;ler and saddle-boot was unlim-
bered for an ecstatic fusilade. There
was lively betting In dust and nuggets
that the first through stage would be
gathered in by Indians, with takers as
eager to stake their faith that the
scalps of driver and guard would come
through intact.
At length a swirl of dust showed
far down the trail. 1t grew into yell
low cloud that crept toward the eager
hamlet. Then six mules. stretched out
on the gallop, emerged from this cur
tain and behind them was the lumber
ing, swaying stage, come safely
through, on time, and Denver was In
touch with the world where men wore
white shirts and lived in real houses.
The cheers that roared welcome 10
this heroic enterprise were echoed in
every western town which hoped and
longed for Il link of its own with the
home country, way back East
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
DO FISH REALLY FLY?
OPINIONS OF EXPERTS DIFFER
One Says Fins Simply Act as Aero
pIanes-Another Claims That
1hey Move swiftly as Winos,

Two papers on the eternal flying fish
problem have appeared almost simui'
taneously, and express widely diverse
views. says the London Field.
In the one published in the Lahrbuch
of the Austrian geological survey, Dr.
Abel, after describing the various
kinds of fossil flying fish, concludes
that neither the typical flying fish oF
the flying Sunards ever use their pect-
toral fins rs active organs of flight.
On the contrary, the initial impetus by
means of which these fishes arc
launched into the air is due entirely 10
powerful, screw-like movements of Tic
tail fin, and this impetus is suflicien
to carry them to the end of their jour
ney, the wings" acting merely as par
achutes. In other words the flight Is
precisely similar TO that of Il fiat s'onc
when thrown up so as to ricochet from
the points where it touches the water
till it finally falls.
In the second paper, published in
the January number of the Annals AMI
Magazine of Natural his DRY, the au-
thor. Col. C. d. Durnford, takes the
precisely opposite view. maintaining,
on mechanical grounds, that the aero
plate theory. as the above may be
called. is an absolute physical impos
s.bility, owing TO the fact that the
wing surface is far too small in pr"
portion to the size and weight of the
body to sustain The fish during ,it
long fight.
This being admitted. the only alter
native is to suppose that the wings
are moved with an exceedingly rapid
vibratory motion throughout the whole
flight, and are thus, after the first in
itial impetus, the propelling power
The author further maintains that the
wing movements which many obserr
| ers have noticed when II flying fish
| touches wave are not movements de
novo, but merely such Il slowing down
of the continuous rapid vibrations as
to render them visible to the eye. |!
! Col. Durnfords mechanical data are
trust worthy-as they seem to be-his
| case appears to be proved.
The next point. however, to ascer
| tain is whether the muscles which
work the pectoral fins of flying fish
are really capable of imparting tc
| them the power of maintaining those
rapid and continuous vibrations which
are the essential part of the new the
Ory.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Secrest Sentenced.

beaverton Saturday, Judge Car
penter pronounced sentence upon 20
liceman Charles Secrest, convicted ol
the murder of Thomas johnson at the
Cottage Bar saloon on the night OF
February Sth.
Before announcing the sentence
Judge Carpenter denied a motion for
new trial. Sentence was pronounced
when the court convened for the al
ternoon session.
You have been an officer of the law
Yourself, Mr.. Secrest, and it is with great
sorrow that | find myself called upon
to pronounce this sentence spoke
Judge Carpenter. u find, from talk
ing with those who know you. that
when you were sober and living up to
your obligations, you were good, "A
faithful officer. But you have commit
ted a crime, and the sentence of this
court is that you shall be returned to
the county jail and from there as
speedily as it is convenient you shall
be taken to the penitentiary at Canon
City for term of not less than 1our'
teen nor more than twenty years.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
The Best Guaranty of Merit
Is Open Publicity.

Every bottle of DIR. Pierce's world
famed medicines leaving the great labo-
ratory at Bufislo, N; y, has printed
entering into its composition. This fact
alone places DR.. Pierce's Family Medi-
cines in q class all on Themselves. They
cannot be classed with patent or secret
medicines because they are neither. This
prescribe them and recommend them to
their patients. They know what they
are composed of, and that the ingredients
are those endorsed by the most eminent
medical authorities.
The further fact that neither DIR.
Picrce's Golden Medical Discovery, the
great stomach tonic, liver invigorator
heart regulator and blood purifier, nor his
"Favorite Prescription" for weak, over
worked, broken-down, nervous women,
contains any alcohol, also entities them
TO place all by themselves.
Many years ugo, DIR. Pierce discovered
that chemically pure glycerine, of proper
strength, is II better solvent and preserv.
ative of the medicinal principles resid.
ing in our indigenous, or native, mcdi.
cinal plants than is alcohol and further
more, that it possesses valuable medicinal
properties of its own, being demulcent,
antiferment.
Neither of the above medicines con.
tains alcohol, or any harmful, habit
forming drug, as will be seen from a
glance at the formula printed on each
bottle wrapper. They are safe to use and
potent to cure.
Not only do physicians prescribe the
above, ron-secret medicines largely, but
the most intelligent people employ them
people who would not think of using
The ordinary patent, or secret medicines.
Every ingredient entering into the com
position of DIR. Pcrce's medicines has
the strongest kind Of an endorsement
from leading medical writers of the
| IL,
medicines put up for like purposes has
any such professional endorsement.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure con-
stipation. Constipation is the cause of
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. One pellet is II gentle
laxative. and two Il mild cathartic. Drug
gsts sell them, and nothing is Just as
good.r Easy to take as candy.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Z.lu Orator Wins.

BY IA unanimous vote the judges oil
the annual public speaking contest held
at Columbia hall, New York, April 9Th,
awarded the first prize TO Pka lsaka
Seme. an African prince. This is the
first time in the history Of the Curtis
medal competition that negro student
has contested. His subject was The
Regeneration of Africa and his ora
ton was delivered with convincing
earnestness that won the audience
that filed the hall.
Some is a senior at Columbia and eX
poets TO get the degree of bachelor OF
arts at the close of the college year
when his people will send him to
study law at oxford. When he com
pletes his course he will return to Iu
luland. where, II is said. a governments
appoint ment awaits him.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

Going through the hospitals In our
large cities one is surprised to find such
a large proportion OF the patients lying
on those snow-white beds women
and girls, who nre either awniting
or recovering from serions operations.
Why should this be the casep Sim
ply because they have neglected Them
selves. Female troubles are certainly
on the increase among tho women OF
this courtry-they creep upon them
unawares, but every one OF those
patients In the hospital beds had plenty
of warning in that bearing down feel
ing, pain at cft or right of the abdomen,
nervous exhaustion, pain in tho small
of the back. dizziness, hatnlency, dis
placements of the organs or Irregular
tiles. All of these symptoms are lndi-
cations of an unhealthy condition of
the female organs, and If not needed
the penalty has to be paid by a danger
GUS operation. When these symptoms
manifest themselves, do not drag along
until you are obliged to go to the hos
pital and submit to an operation
but remember that Lydia T.. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has saved
thousands of women from surgical
operations.
When women are troubled with ir-
regular, suppressed or painful periods.
weakness, displacement or liberation
of the organs, that bearing-down feel
ing, inflammation, backache, bloating
Tor aatulency). general debility. indi-
gestion, and nervous prostration, or are
beset with such symptoms as dizziness,
lassitude. excitability. irritability: ner-
vousness, sleepressness. melancholy,
.all-gone" end "want-to.bc-left
alone" feelings they should remember
there is one tried and true remedy.
i~d;n z ninkhanIo NeAefahle Ecm
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
NO HEREDITARY FEAR.
Fowls Become Wild by Experience Of
DANCER.

A powerful motive in choosing the
ruffed grouse for experiment is the
fact that a myth has seemingly spread
over the entire country to the effect
that this species is untamable, says a
writer in April Country Live in Amer
lea. knowledge of the species, its In
stincts, habits, foods and general char
acter could be obtained by actually
tanning and living with the birds bet
ter than by any other method. Can a
fear hatch out of an egg? If a fear
can hatch out of an egg, what is to
hinder n thought or an idea from
Matching out of an egg? If thought
and an emotion can hatch out of an
egg, why not volition hatch out Of
an egg?
Why, then, may not complete char
acter hatch out of an egg? and where
is the need of experience, training and
education? After about ten years of
careful observation and experiment
with number OF different species, |
am prepared to maintain the thesis
that a specific fear cannot hatch out of
birds egg. Given the physical con
ditions necessary to the life and COM
fort of the species, hatch the eggs, and
one species is as tame as any other and
will not show fear of man or of any
thing else until 1t has learned by in
struction, experience or natural infer
ence that the object in question is dan
gerous.
The fact remains, all the popular
statements to the contrary notwith-
standing, that a grouse chick hatched
in an incubator or under n hen, from
an egg taken from nest in the woods
is every whit as tame as chick of
the domestic fowl; and it remains so
until it experiences something TO make
1t wild
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Proposed Mining Temple.

Denver.-As a spur to the Generos
ity of other Colorado men and sub
stantial aid to the mining temple to be
erected soon, in Denver. David II
Moffat and Simon Guggenheim have
each donated S50,000 to the fund with
the proviso that the remaining $3.50,
600 or 100000 to be subscribed by the
mining men of the country. BY these,
gifts, which, 1t is expected, will be in
creased by others of large size soon,
the new structure to be known as the
International Mining Temple, is prac'
tically assured.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
"My Endorsement of Pc-ru-na
is Based On Its Merits"
Ed. Crumbo.


I'D. CRUMBO, Ex-Mayor of New
II Albany, Ind, writes from 51l l..
Oak street:
my endorsement of Peruna is
based on its merits.
g If man is sick he looks anxiously
for something which will cure him,
and Peruna will do the work.
II know that it will cure catarrh of
the head or stomach, indigestion, head
ache and any weary or sick feeling.
g 1t is bound to help anyone, if used
according to directions.
81 also know dozens of men who
speak in the highest terms of Peruna
and have vet to hear OF anyone being
disappointed in it."
Mr.. Crumbo, in later letter, dated
Aug. %. 1904. says:
My health is good at present, but if
should have to take any more medi-
cine l will fall back on Peruna."
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
The following letters cannot fan to
bring hope to despairing women.

The following letters cannot fan to
bring hope to despairing women.
Miss Ruby Mushrush, Of East
Chicago. Ind. writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
81 have been IA great sufferer with irregulAy
periods and female trouble. and about thTes
months ago the doctor, after using the X.Rny
on me- said had an abcess and would have
me to try Lydia Il. Pinkham' s Vegetable
Compound as II last resort, and It not only
saved me from an operation but made me en-
tirely we'll"
Mrs. Alice Berryhill. OF ala Boyes
Street, Chattanooga, Tenn, writes:
Dear Mr.. Pinkhnm:-
Three years ago Hfo looked dark to ma
had liberation and Inflammation Of tbs
female organs and wa9 In serious condition
"Ny health was completely broken down
and the doctor told me that II was not OPP
Grated upon would die within six months.
/ told him ! would have no operation blt
would try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. He tried to influence me againsA
it but / sent for the medicine that same day
and began to use it faithfully. Within nve
days felt relief but WINS not entirely cured
until used it for some time.
"Your medicine il certainly fine. ! have
! induced several friends and neighbors to take
it and know moro than a dozen who bad
female troubles and who to-day are az we'll
and strong as ! am from using your Vsgs-
table Compound"
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound at once removes such troubles.
Refuse to buy any other medicine. for
you need the best.
Mrs. Pinkham. daughter-in-law Of
Lydia L. Pinlthnm, invites all sick wo-
men to write her for advice, Her advice
and medicine have restored thousands
to health. Address, Lynn, Mass
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
In a Pinch. Use ALIENS FooT.eAse.

powder. 1t cures painful, smart
Ing, nervous feet and ingrowing nails.
It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Makes new shoes easy. A
certain cure for sweating feet. Sold
by all druggists. 25c. Trial package.
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted. lie
Ro. N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Good HcaIthi

How to get it. How TO maintain It..
Take natures medicine, Garfield Tea.
the mild laxative. 1t is made of herbs.
1t purifies the blood and establishes n
normal action of liver, kidneys, stom-
ach and bowels.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

cnreh No nts or nervousness nfter
I'll , ir-t dny'-u. OF pr Kline st'rent Nerve Restor
or Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and trrnti-c
,l: H. IL KLINE. Ltd aJi Arch Street Philadelphia Ia
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

Eating n quail n day for month is
an easy stunt compared with writing
twenty jokes n day for year.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

So far as kpown now, the hen is the
only one that has to work while laying
off
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

The Consoling One-Tacre Is a silver
lining to the blackest cloud. The DIS,
consulate OnC-I suppose so. but did
You ever notice that ii always is ON the
o,ner side of II?
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Important to Mother

Sunday School Teacher hope none
of you boys will ever be found among
the goats. Tommy Tucker-lIow can
we help 1t, Miss Smithers? We're kids,
mint we?
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

1t may be wrong to steal kiss. but
n fair exchange is no robbery.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

You always get full value in Lewis
Single Binder straight Sc cigar. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc cigar.
Made of extra quality tobacco. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, Ill.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13
Worth Knowing

DO you think that Ba22s is mil
lionaire?' II don't see how he can be. {.
he has never been sued for divorce or
breach OF promise"
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

Fortune knocks once at every mans
door, but misfortune frequently crawls
in at the window.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

\ fellow may feel rocky without be
ing a Rockefeller. That Is to say
there's u difference between II Rocky
Teller and rocky feeier.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

Mrs. Windows sootnlnK Syrup.
For children teething, softent the gums. rsduces
!snLation asys pain, cures wind cole. DC bottle.
The candicd date is not more sugary
han the candtdatc-Defore election.
The Springfield herald., 1906-04-13

lydia E. Pnham Vsetabe Compound Succeeds Where others FL
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26
ABANDONED FARMS.

'"The New York, New Haven Il
Hartford is at present engaged in a
very interesting experiment" writes
Broughton Brandenburg in The Tech.
nical World Magazine, which, strictly
speaking, is hardly such any longer
as its efforts have been crowned with
success from the beginning. The
road covers the lower half of New
England with an astounding network
OF lines; and as result of the opening
of the richer lands of the West and
South, the men who had been toilinp
on the impoverished New England
farms. small and stony, forsoo them
took their families, and left New Eng
land The price of land declined un
TIL there came to be many farms tina,
could be bought for dollar an acre
and at last a great number were en-
tirely abandoned. By reason OF the
road carrying to and fro Italians who
had landed in New York and wished
to go to the cotton mills of Lowell or
the shoe shops of Lynn, etc, and Ital.
ians who had landed in Boston and
wished to go to New York, the news
of these abandoned farms came to be
noised among the Italians, and they be-
gan to take them up. The men could
work in the nearest factory, and the
women and children cultivate the
ground. The Italian is a born irriga-
tor; and now, all along the New Ha
ven road, can be seen garden-like es-
tates that We're once abandoned by
their previous owners. The road was
quick to see the trend of the Italians,
and is bent on encouraging it. 1t is
probable that a combined industrial
and agricultural population of Italians,
Poles, and Portuguese, aggregating
millions in number, will be gained 10
the territory traversed by the road"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-04-26

favorite game for girls, and from time
immemorial it has been their chief
sport during the New-year's holidays.
Indeed, the New-year is not considered
complete without it. In the soft
Indian atmosphere that hovers over
the fairyland of Japan in the mild
month of January the little ladies' ap-
pear on the streets and the games be.
gin. The crowds are so great that 1t
is difficult for pedestrians to make
their way. New. fresh garments are
donned for the occasion. You see
hundreds of groups of girls dressed in
their softest and most picturesque
kimonos and obs (sash) of rich silk
with embroideries and brocades of
variegated hues. When the game be-
gins it is striking and animated
scene that holds the spectators for
hours in the charm of the merry
making. As the girls strike back the
shuttlecocks, twirling them in the air,
they look like butterflies, the long
sleeves of their kimonos lending re-
ality to the changing spectacle.
Here is the way native describes
the scene: But what is all that
noise and laughter in the streets =?
| Ohio! my little ladies, and you, nurse
and boys. too. At the game of battle.
dore and shuttlecock. Good. Strike
on and strike back and let the twirline
thing skim the air high and low in
| curves and straight lines. from Miss
| Hama to Master Kamesan and Kane
san to OyoneSan, hence to maids and
boys, round and round the circle!
But mind, boys and girls, it is decreed
from time immemorial that whoever
misses to catch shuttlecock which is
let fly at him or her shall each time
suffer stroke of ink, black and broad
to be daubed on the face.
Now, on with the camel Ho
Santars, don't run away Nor win ]
let We. Here! one of thy eyebrows
is light of hair. There! let this dror
of ink make it up. Ha! ha. But
don't laugh, girls, the turn may come
to you. There! didn't tell you
Onigo! Too bad TO rob you of the
red of your cheek! He! he! Let the
innocent twirlers go round and round
till misses and masters and all shall
dance jig of dark Africa. For that
is one of the ways we play the game
of the shuttlecoc1 and the battledore
here in Japan on the New-year's day.
New York Herald.