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astrous to the family than sudden
death of the providing head. The
healthy members are deprived OF the
necessaries of life 10 provide some
slight medical aid and small measure
of comfort for the invalid, so that by
the time the end comes the whole fam
ily is frequently half starved as well
as wholly impoverished, and to make
matters worse the survivors are apt to
spend the last cent on the funeral.
vice and crime are yet more dlscour-
aging sources OF distress. the num-
ber of children rendered homeless
through the misconduct OF their par
ents is large and is increasing. In
TEMPERANCE is the most common form
OF vice and brings countless evils IN
its train. Sooner or later the Gerry
.pent comes down on the miserable
home. The parents are sent TO penl-
tentiary or workhouse, or are simply
nut under bonds to contribute to the
snpport of the children. The children
mass through the Children's Court 70
on ASYLUM. and are sometimes glad tc
escane from their homes, public chari
Nv meaning to them warmer clothing
sufficent food and comfortable bed.
Inability to obtain work In New
York usually means incompetency
london Is full Of the unemployed pu'
that is hardly the trouble as yet IL
the American metropolis.
Law Against Desertion OF Chiider"
Desertion has become 20 commoi
that several states have recentl.
nassed laws making IL a felony
Under these laws the authorities ar
able to impose heavier penalties ant
also to secure extradition IN cas-
the deserting parent has gone to som
other state. The number OF chudre
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MESSAGES UNDERGROUND.
n Jesuit Of Pennsylvania the Inven
or OF a New Wireless Telegraph
System.

Father Joseph Murgas of Wilkes
Barre, pennsylvania, expects, within
the next month or two to be able to
send wireless messages to Europe by
means OF his new system which is
now In practical operation.
Since the completion of the aerial
wireless system and its development
to its present stage Of perfection
Father Murgas has been experiment.
ing with an underground service
which he believes will be more valu-
able than the aerial system. His ex.
periments so far have been limited
to short distances with moderate cleo
trical power and shallow holes. But
he is now completing underground
stations in Wilkes-Barre and Scran.
ton and will conduct the experiments
on a larger scale.
So far as he has proceeded with
this work, SO successfully has his
theory OF underground wireless tel
egraph worked out that recently he
announced he had no doubt of his
ability to send an underground mess
age to Europe and that the expert
ment will shortly be made, despite
the fact that 1t is estimated 1t will
cost 100000.
To accomplish this, he says. a shaft
5000 feet deep must be sunk In this
country, and one OF similar depth in
Europe. Each of these will have to be
concreted to render II impervious tc
dampness, which would destroy the
efficiency of the wires with which the
sending and receiving apparatus will
be connected with the surface. A
great deal Of power will also be re
quired.
The shafts at Wilkes-Barre and
Scranton are 300 feet deep and tn,
distance fs eighteen miles. The shat
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piece OF ooBeLIN TAPESTRY FROM FRANCE

PiISL VI OOOLLNN NV
d States Ambassadors and Min
t,dne in the various capitals of the
mUrld. Two governments, those OF
Cuba and France had already made
all arrangements for governmental
gifts ere the intimation came from
Washington and CT course, In each case
the original plan was carried out but
at the other courts Of the world the
governments took no action but mere
ly left matters in the hands OF the
rulers who were, to be sure, at entire
liberty to send presents provided they
paid for them out Of their own pockets.
Incompatible CobeIin Tapestry.
or the thousands of wedding pre-
sents valued at hundreds Of thousands
of dollars which arrived at the White
House during the first half OF the
month of February undoubtedly one
of the most attractive was the won
derful pieces of Gobelin Tapestry, the
off of the Republic of France and
which was presented to Miss Roosevelt
a, nerson by NJ. Jusserand, the French
Ambassador to the United States.
This Gift has especial significance from
tba fact that the factory where II
NOS manufactured was established by
Iouis XIV and Is under the direct con-
troI Of the government or France.
Never before have the looms In this
Erencb governmental tapestry plant
rroduced O work Of art that was not
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designed as gift either for royalty or
for some distinguished son of France
and even such honor has been paid
but rarely.
1t was the wish of the French people
and officials to present to the White
House bride the most exquisite and
precious thing that could be selected
and quite naturally they selected a
special product of their best workshop.
This Gobelin tapestry,-the only one
of the kind ever sent to this country,
has as it's design a reproduction OF
a painting made by Ehrman of Stras-
burg, a famous Alsatian painter.
The tapestry is two feet wide and
four feet long and the predominating
colors are blue, green and yellow. 1t
was made fully fifty years ago and the
subject is allegorical in character, re-
presenting a woman of the Middle
Ages dressed In long flowing robes OF
blue and yellow and standing before
a lectern making illuminations upon
scroll. The figure Is almost In pro-
file and the dark hair is curled about
the head in classic style. Around the
main picture Is a border wider at
each end and narrower on the sides
in which wreaths, leaves and medal
lions appear at intervals. This tap
estry, small as it is, is said to be worth
from $25,000 to $4,000
Jeweled Necklace from Cuba.
For the new Republics gift to the
daughter of President Roosevelt the
Cuban government appropriated the
sum of $4,000 and the Cuban Minis
ter at Paris was entrusted with the
task of purchasing the handsomest
jeweled necklace that could be obtain
ed with this sum. The White House
bride, by the way, has received sever
al pearls and diamond necklaces.
Most of them have come, however,
from relatives of the bride and
New York friends.
The German Emperor did not take
the world into his confidence with re-
ference to the present sent to tn
young lady who christened his yacht
but it proved to be jewelel bracelet
for which the Emperor and Empress
selected and matched the
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RICH WEDDING PRESENTS.
GIFTS TO PRESIDENTS DAUGH,
TER THE MOST MAGNIFICENT
EYER PRESENTED.
Valued at Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars-Rare Tapestries, Silk,
Jewelry and other Ornaments from
Every Country.

talued at nunoredS OF thousands O1
Dollars-Rare Tapestries, Silk.
JeweIry and other Ornaments from
Every Country.
No other American girl has received
wedding presents so numerous, valu-
able or interesting as those which
have been showered upon President
Roosevelt'S Oldest daughter. Nelly
!, Grant who, next to Alice Roosevelt,
had the most brilliant White House
wedding received many costly gifts
from all parts of the world but her
trophies pale by comparison with those
of the first White House bride of the
present century. For one thing there
were only two hundred guests at the
marriage of Nelly Grant and Algernon
Sartoris whereas nearly one thousand
persons were invited to the White
House wedding of 1906 and of course
the number of presents in the latter
case outnumbers those in the former
instance in the same proportion.
Recognized as Great World Power.
Then too, Uncle Sam was not near
ly so much of a World Power IN the
days of President Grant as he has
been since the Spanish-American
War and consequently it is small won
der If the various rulers Of the world
have manifested greater interest in the
nuptials of the daughter of the pres
ent Chief Magistrate than they did
in the similar ev mt a quarter of GEN.
tury ago.
However, it should be explained
just here that President Roosevelt's
daughter has received very few pre-
sents from foreign governments-al-
most all of the gifts having come from
the sovereigns or other rulers as in
hividuals. That the governments
should not send tokens was the express
wish of President and Mrs. Roosevelt
and was clearly indicated to the
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gems. The Kaiser's envoy In America
and his bride senta set Of dessert plates
of Dresden China. The Represent
ative's fellow Congressman from Ohio
gave silver loving cup said to have
cost $500 and the Congressman re-
presenting the State Of New York
made up a fund and purchased a
splendid set of ornamental glass made
by Tiffany. The White House bride
has reason to congratulate herself that
all foreign donors. including the Eur
opean and Oriental sovereigns arrang'
ed to themselves pay the duties on
their wonderful collection OF silks,
rugs, vases and other ornaments. III
the Presidents daughter had been
Obliged to defray from her private
funds the import tax on these SOU
venlrs It would have played havoc Tor
some time to come with her personal
income of $4,000 year.
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at the former city was completed and
partly concreted when 1t filed with
water and another one will have to be
bored. The Scranton shaft is now
nearly completed.
Father Murgas' wireless system diff
fers from all others by dispensing with
the Morse system and substituting
musical tones-each tone represent
ing a letter or a code word or group
of words, SO that a speed about ten
times as great as the fastest Morse
code can be attained.
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REWARDED BY CARNEGIE.
Miss Maud Titus Presented With a
Medal and an Educ ton.

When Miss Maud Titus of Newark,
N. j., rescued her friend Laura Reif-
snyder from drowning in a yachting
accident in Casco Bay, Nova Scotia,
July 80. 1904, she did not know that
her act placed her under the watchful
eye of Andrew Carnegie, the Steel
King. Miss Titus and her unfortunate
friend were out yachting on that fate
full day when a sudden squall upset
their yacht. Miss Titus is an expert
swimmer, while Miss Reifsnyder un
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A Vask Greenhouse.

The atmosphere Of the earth acts
very much in the same way as does
the glass OF a greenhouse-it allows
the rays Of the sun to pass through,
but imprisons the heat. Thus 1t Is
colder on the top of mountain than
at the sea level, because. though the
mountain-top Is slightly nearer the
sun, the atmosphere is very much iesa
dense.
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HOMES FOR CITY WAITS.
NUNBERLESS ORPHANS IN GREAT
CITLES--MANY DELIBERATE
LY DESERTED.
Eight Million Dollars in Charity Last
Year in New York Alone-Country
Homes Provided in Cases Where
Practicable.


Practicable.
At one Of the vacation Bible classes
last summer, some tenement children
were taught a word-guessing game.
One of the words selected was
home" The little girl whose turn it
was to guess failed to get clue, and a
boy trying to help her, said, Think Of
something that smells awful and you
want to get away from Quick" The
child guessed "house." The dirt and
foul atmosphere of his home is dis
gusting to even the tenement child
himself yet home is the child great
est necessity. Authorities on the sub
Ject strongly advocasS th6S private
fortunes of philanthropists as weh as
state and municipal funds be devoted,
not to building institutions for depen-
dent children, bu. to pen2ioning wild
ows with families and finding foster
parents for orphans.
or the 100000 children under IA
years OF age who form 1S per cent OF
the population of New York City, 25,-
600 are homeless waits. About half Of
these forlorn little ones are babies be-
tween the ages OF two and four.
The causes that operate TO bring
about this pitiable condition are those
that fill the warehouses; and PRISONS
death of one or both parents, injury
through accident, consumption, vice,
crime, inability to obtain work and In
competence, desertion, juvenile de
pravity.
Many Half Orphans.
Complete orphanage is less frequent
than is generally supposed. In most
cases that come under the attention OF
the charities associa tons, the children
are half orphans. However when the
father is the surviving parent, the re-
suit as far as tho rreaking up OF the
home is concerned is the same. A
man rarely succeeds In keeping his
children together. If they are very
young a woman's care is imperative,
and where poverty prevents the hiring
OF nurses, the charitable institution
is the alternative. II a widow is left
with a family the child1, L stand a
better chance, For not only is 1t motor
ions fact that q mother will work
harder and more effectively than a
father to keep the brood together, but
the charities commissioners, recogniz-
ing the value of even the poorest kind
OF a home to the child, will give sub
stantial, If limited, aid to that end.
The Great White Plague.
Consumption carries Off 1-S the met
ropolitan population. The lingering
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chusetts and Pennsylvania children In
the second class are placed in country
families and their board paid by the
state.
Since taking up this method Of pro-
viding homes for it's charges, the
Children's Aid Society of New York
City has had 23,52S children legally
adopted and secured homes In the
country for 25,537 others who receive
wages. At present it is placing an
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Size of Brains.

A large brain does not necessarily
indicate intellect. The brain or an
illiterate person has been found to
weigh more than Of the most celebrat-
ed scientists, poets, and philosophers.
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The Great White Plague.

Consumption carries Off Is the met
ropolitan population. The lingering
illness in tubercular cases is more dis
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and investigating mind, IN earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1S43 she married Isaac Pinkham,
builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness. They had
four children, three sons and a
daughter.
In those good old fashioned DAYS II
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling in physician only in specially
urgent cases. BY tradition and eX-
perience many of them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs.
Mrs. Pinkham took a great interest
In the study of roots and herbs, their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that Just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods of
all kinds; so, If we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
OF the field there are remedies ex-
pressly designed to cure the various
ills and weaknesses of the body, and
~ " 10 iiNi W StuTtli IieSc out,
and prepare simple and effective medi.
cines for her own family and friends.
Chief OF these was a rare combina-
ton of the choicest medicinal roots
and herbs found best adapted for the
cure of the ills and weaknesses pccu-
liar to the female sex, and Lydia Il. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learned
that her compound relieved and cured
and it became quite popular among
them.
All this so far was done freely, with
ont money and without price, as n
labor of love.
But in 1873 the financial crisis struck
Lynn. It's length and severity were too
much for the large real estate interests
of the Pinkham family, as this class
OF business suffered most from
fearful depression, so when the Ccnten
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other source
ofincome had TO be found.
At this point Lydia r. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound was made known
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter.
with TIER mother, combined forces to
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GARDENING IN JULY.
Fight Insects, Drought and Weeds
Stake the Tall Plants-Look
Out for Seed Bed.

Continue the work OF fighting In.
sects. drought and weeds and to that
work add the following:
Stake the dahlias and all tall
plants having heavy tops-it will be
too late after windstorm has broken
them over, warns Eva Ryman- Gail.
lard. in the National Magazine.
While chrysanthemums do not
break as easily as dahlias they will
look better all the season through il
well staked and tied now. When
working among them do not forget to
pinch back the branches to force new
lateral shoots and secure greater
number Of blooming points. If train
ing for a single-stalk specimen plant.
keep all side shoots pinched back as
fast as they appear. Give plenty OF
liquid fertilizer from now on If the
soil is not rich enough to produce
such blooms as desired.
Look after the plants Intended for
the winter window garden and sec
that they are prdned to compel
compact form OF growth. u the pots
are plunged i'm the garden tu.n them
frequently TO prevent the roots from
taking hold in the soil under them.
Sow ransy seed for late flowers.
and seeds Of hOilyhocks and other per-
ennials for next years blooming.
These s1mmersown seeds MAKE stur
day plants before cold weather and
bloom profuscly the next season.
Make a seed bed and let the plants
grow i'm # until large enough to
transplant easily. then put I'm perma-
nent place. Some growers advise
sowing seed where 90 can come up
among other plants, but the risk Of
their being destroyed while wedding
or cultiyaung is against the method.
II one forgets that seeds have been
sown in a particular spot the pulling
Of weed near them may disturb the
seeds just as they arc sending down
their Grst roots and ruin them com.
pletely.
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SuperSfifi0ns of the Sea

to be seen in halo OF cloud and mis-,
over Good Hope. and also the silent
man OF Wexford Harbor. the wander
Ing soul Of the Dutch skipper who lost
his smack on his way TO Dublin SOME
three centuries ago.
Ghosuy apparitions are not. howev-
er, the only ones to be feared az sea.
In the case OF St. Elmo's fire these ap-
partitions take the shape OF spectral
lights suddenly cleaning from yard
arms or mastheads u was known by
ancient navigators as Castor and Pol
lux-the best omen II seen double. but
a signal danger II seen single.
Jack has n score Of well known su-
perstitiOns, many OF which are Of very
long descent. such as the presence OF
fgurehoads, the blessing Of ships and
the crossing Of the line" And fl wiz
be remembered that the Prince and
Princess Of Wales both paid tribute to
old Neptune while on their journey to
Australia.
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Legends Believed IN by Sailors Ar,
OF Extremely Ancient
Origin.

Al sailors are superstitious, and the
Icrcnds Of the sea are legion. ranging
from ihantom ships TO spectral lights
suddenly cleaning from yardarms and
mastheads That many OF these
legends are very ancient may be
proved by the fact that sea harpies are
described by Homer and Hesiod. while
according To Virgil they plundered
Aeneas during his voyage 70 Italy. The
beautiful sirens, too, are OF classic
origin
Weird. indeed, are the tales of haunt
ing spectres. 1T to send ones nerves a.
sbivering after a hearty supper. well
suited fer Christmas time ghost stor-
jes.
There are the four COLLINS OF Dun.
ter's Ness. not ghosts, bit evil water
spirits. who appear twice a year. only
tn midginter, but bring bad luck ia
very short time to the ship from which
they are sighted
We muat mention ADMINISTER, the
dreaded Ghost Of the Cape, that used
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restore the family fortune. Thev
argued that the medicine which was
SO good for their woman friends and
neighbors was equally good for the
women of the Whole world.
The PinlShams had no money. and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling n gross of bottles.
Then came the question of selling
it. for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired a Job
printer to run off some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the medi.
cine, now called Lydia +. PiulShams
Vegetable Compound. and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons in
Boston, New York. and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were. to n great extent,
selfadvertising, for whoever used 10
recommended IL to others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam.
lily had saved enough money TO COM
mence newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia II. Pinl<ham and her Vcge.
table Compound have become house.
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs are used annu.
ally in it's manufacture.
Lydia Il. Pinkham herself did not
live to see the great success of this
work. She passed to her reward wears
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work rs
effectively as she could have done il
herself.
During her long and eventful expc-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful to pre-
serve record of every case that came To-
her attention. The case OF every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
careful study, and the details, includ-
ing symptoms, treatment and results
were recorded for future. reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since nre
available to sick women the world
over, and represent u vast collnbora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled In any library in tho
world.
With Lydia r. Pinlsham worked her
daughter in law, the present Mrs.
flnknam. she was cdrefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction OF the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued it, and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia Il. Pinkham dropped her
pen, and the present Mrs. Pinlsham,
now the mother Of IL large family, took
1T up. With women assistants, some az
capable as herself, the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office of no other
person have so many women bocn adj
vised how 90 regain health. Sick wo-
men, this advice is yours for Health"
freely given II you only write to ask
| for it.
Such Is the history Of Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs; the ono
great medicine for womcn's ailments,
and the fitting monument to the noble
woman whose name il bears.