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Odd Breach of Promise Case.

One OF the most remarkable breach
of promise cases that have ever been
brought before the courts is about to
be tried in Athens. Plaintiff, q young
woman from the village Of Marco
poulo, some 35 miles from Athens,
bases her claims upon an ancient GUS
tom of the village, which, it is held,
will influence the jury in her favor.
The custom, which has the force of
law in the village, is as follows: On
certain fete days the villagers as
semble on the green, when dancing is
INDUCED in. Any girl wishing to
marry drops her handkerchief, and the
swain who picks it up is bound to
marry her. In the case in question
the young man, who picked up the
handkerchief by accident, had never
seen the girl before. When acclaimed
by the assembled villagers as the pros
pective husband of the girl he ce-
INJURED, hence the action at law. The
young girl is decidedly good looking,
and his lack of taste In not taking
her for bride is much commented on
in the village.
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for just what it is, and not try to kill It
by heavy tax. Manufacturers some
times try to force measures in their
own interests, but contrary to the in
terests of the people and the labor
trust is always active to push through
bills drafted in the interest OF that
trust but directly contrary to the in
terests of the people as whole. Wit
ness the anti-injunction bill by which
labor unions seek to tie the hands OF
our courts and prevent the issue Of
any order to restrain the members of
that trust from attacking men or de-
stroying property. Such bill is per-
haps the most Infamous insult to our
courts and the common people ever
laid before Congress and the Represen-
tatives in Congress must be held to a
strict accountability for their acts re-
lating thereto. But when bills come
before Congress that are drawn in the
interests of all the people they should
receive the active personal support Of
the people and the representatives be
instructed by the citizens. The Sena-
tors also should be written to and in
structed. II, therefore, you will re-
member your privilege and duty you
will at once-now--write to your Con-
gressman and Senator on this pure
food bill. Clip and enclose the copy
herewith presented and ask them to
make business Of following 1t through
the committee considering it. Urge
its being brought to a vote and re-
questing that they vote for it.
Some oppressively intelligent and
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could select, ana having been put on
his guard, might find q way to defeat
the watchfulness of the officers Of the
Republic.
Salvarez, however, found that he
could not obey the commands of the
President without betraying to the en-
emies of the Republic the fact that
their plot was discovered.
In the first place, there was only
one gun at Bolivar, and it was nearly
worthless Cannon had to be dragged
there from the castle. The infantry
would have to be Withdrawn, surely
by the 18th, to march to Bolivar, for it
was at Bolivar, no doubt, that the first
act of aggression was to take place.
So the General abandoned all
thoughts of secrecy, placed garrison
Of thirty men in charge Of the castle,
fondly kissed his wife and Jacinta
goodbye, and marched away to Boli-
var, with his band playing merrily, his
hundred and sixty odd men marching
proudly, and his artillery, consisting
of two guns numbering along in the
rear.
Reaching Bolivar, he SO placed his
guns as to command the river, and
calmly awaited the 18th and the Agos-
tura.
The 18th came, but no steamer came
in sight, General Salvarez smiled calm
ly to himself at this veriticatiOn OF
his hopes The gunboats had captured
the Agostura The soldiers played
games and got drunk, for surely no
enemy was near.
The 10Th was a day Of impatience,
| for, although it was plain that Agos-
tura need not be expected at Bolivar
and Salvarez was in a hurry to get
| back to his plantation, 1t was not be-
coming in a general of the Republic
md a friend of the President to put
his private affairs ahead of the safety
of the Republic, so he remained at his
| post.
On the Goth the steamer Ell Callao,
| from New York, arrived at her dock,
and among her passengers were two
young Americans, named Arthur Med
worth and Jack Tempest.
Medworth was TALL handsome
| young fellow, about twenty-five
years of age and Tempest was taller
| still, and OF gigantic breadth OF
shoulder, his development showing
| great muscular strength.
| These young men at once inquired
| for General Salvarez, and. having
found him, placed in his hand two very
| satisfactory letters of introduction
from the Venezuelan consul at New
| York
| When General Salvarez had read the
| letters of introduction and greeted the
| young men warmly, he took them to
his headquarters.
"Now. gentlemen" he said, when
they were comfortably seated, please
| give me all the information you have
in regard to this business. l am work
ing mostly in the dark. The Agostura,
| now. What do you know OF her.
| (To be continued)
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-02

The people have allowed the slow
murder of infants and adults by tricky
makers Of food, drink and drugs to go
on about long enough. Duty to oneself,
family and nation demands that every
man and woman join in an organized
movement to clear our people from
this blight. You may not be able to 60
personally to Washington to impress
your Congressman, but you can, in a
most effective way tell him by letter
how you desire him to represent you.
Remember the Congressman is in
Congress to represent the people from
his district and if a goodly number Of
citizens express their views to him, he
secures a very sure guide to duty. Re-
member also that the safety of the
people is assured by insisting that the
will of the people be carried out, and
not the Vaccinations of the few for
selfish interests.
This pure food legislation is a pure
movement of the people for public pro-
lection. 1t will be opposed only by
those who fatten their pockets by de-
ceiving and injuring the people. There
fore, if your Representative in Con-
gress evades his patriotic duty hold
him to strict accountability, and if
necessary demand equitable and hon
est service. This is a very different
condition than when faction demands
class legislation of the Congressman.
Several years ago the butter interests
of the country demanded legislation to
kill the Oleomargarine industry and by
power of organization forced class leg
| islatiOn really unworthy of free peo-
| ple Work people wanted beef suet
butter because it was cheap and better
than much unclean milk butter, but the
dairy interests organized and forced
| the legislation. The law should have
provided that pkgs. Of oleomargarine e
bear the statement of ingredients and
then let people who desire purchase it
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NEW FOOD LAW

carping critic may say this is simply
an advertisement for Postum and
Grape-Nuts. 1t is true that these ar
ticles are spoken OF here in public
manner, but they are used as illustra.
tions of manufacturer seeking by
example, printing on each pkg. truth
full, exact statement of ingredients, to
shame other makers into doing the
fair thing by the common people, and
establishing an era of pure food, but
that procedure has not yet forced those
who adulterate and deceive to change
their methods, hence this effort to
arouse public sentiment and show
way out Of the present condition OF
fraud, deceit and harm.
The undersigned is paying to the
publishers Of America about $2O,OOO.OO
to print this announcement In practf
cally all of the great papers and maga-
zines, in the conduct OF what he
chooses to term "an educational cam
pagn," esteemed to be of greater d.
rect value to the people than the estab-
lishment of many Libraries. That 10
held to be a worthy method of using
money for the public good. Tell tho
people facts, show them way to help
themselves and rely upon them to act
intelligently and effectively.
The reader will be freely forgiven II
he entirely forgets the reference to
Postum and Grape-Nuts, il he will but
join the pure food movement and
DO things.
c. w. POST.
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Turning Smoke Into Llg {.

A Belgian engineer named Tobi-
ansky of Altorff is said to have just
discovered a means for turning smoke
into light His apparatus collects the
smoke, no matter from what flre.
forces it into filtered receiver, where
it is saturated with hydro -carbure''
and turned into brilliant light. By
means of this invention, which the
Belgian papers are all busy discussing
at the moment, an ordinary kitchen
fire can be made to produce a light
equal to that of so Bees Auer. or, Il
preferred. 1t can be made to warm
four or five ordinary rooms o. drive Z
gas engine Of four or Ave horne
power.
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Many pure food bills have been in
troduced and some passed by State leg
islatures; many have been offered to
Congress, but all thus far seem objec-
tionable.
1t has seemed difficult for politicians
to formulate satisfactory bill that
would protect the common people and
yet avoid harm to honest makers and
prevent endless trouble to retailers.
No govt commission or officer has the
right to fix food Standards" to define
what the people shall and shall not eat
for what agrees with one may not
agree with another, and such act would
deprive the common citizen of his
personal liberty. The Postum Cereal
Co., Ltd, perhaps the largest makers
of prepared foods in the world, have
naturally a close knowledge of the
needs Of the people and the details OF
the business Of the purveyors (the re-
tail grocer), and, guided by this expert
ence have prepared bill for submis-
sion to Congress which is intended to
accomplish the desired ends, and mas
much as citizen Of the U. S. has a
right to food protection even when he
enters another State, 1t is deemed
proper that the govt take control Of
this matter and provide national
law to govern all the states. A copy
of the bill is herewith reproduced
Sec. / governs the maker whether
the food is put up in small packages
sealed, or in barrels, boxes or other
wise.
Sec 2 governs the retailer who may
open a barrel and sell the food in
small quantities. When he puts the
goods into paper bag he must also
inclose printed copy of the statement
of the maker which was affixed to the
original pkg, and inasmuch as the
retailer cannot undertake to guarantee
the statement of ingredients he must
| publish the statement of the makers
and add his own name and address as
| a guarantee of his selling the food as it
| is represented to him, which relieves
| the retailer Of responsibility of the
| truth of the statement and throws it
| upon the maker, where it properly be-
| longs
The remaining sections explain them
| selves.
The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, for ex-
| ample, have from the beginning OF it's
existence printed on the outside of each
| and every pkg. of Postum and Grape
| Nuts food a truthful and exact state
ment of what the contents were made
of in order that the consumer might
| know precisely what he or she was
eating. A person desiring to buy, for
instance, strictly pure fruit jelly and
willing to pay the price has a right to
expect not only an equivalent for the
cost, but further right to certainty
as to what he eats. Or he may be will
ing to buy at less cost jelly made
part of fruit juices, sugar and por.
ton of glucose. But he must be sup
piled with truthful information of the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-02
Booker T. in New York.

Booker 7. Washington is in New
York city urging upon the negroes the
necessity of working for practical and
not imaginary needs. In that city
there are $4,000 negroes. and Prof.
Washington is devoting his time in the
line OF widening their field of employ
ment. Stop talking politics and
work" is the burden of his advice to
his colored brethren.
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Among the "Speakers."

A meeting or reunion of the gradu-
ates Of deaf mute school was held in
a Western city recently, and an ac-
count of the proceedings was sent out
to newspapers by local scribe. This
account contained a careful list of
Speakers
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Memorial to The odore Thomas.

The May Festival association OF
Cincinnati will erect a memorial to
the late Theodore Thomas in that city,
toward which A. Howard Hinkle. for.
mer president of the association, has
started a subscription fund with S..
900.
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Country of Bathers.

From 100000 to 100000 persons go
to the public baths OF Toxic, Japan,
daily, and there are tens of thousands
Of private baths besides. The town has
fewer than 100000 people.
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Text Of Pure Food Bill.


WHICH
and the for
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A BILL
MANUFACTURERS SHIPPERS FOODS FOR
TERSTATE SHIPMENT FOODS AND PRINT
INGREDIENTS CONTAINED FOODS
THEREOF

Representatives
shall print package thereof made
Territory the District Column
a all ingredients thereof defined
a e ee 9.s m % m T ns
eea accurate by the makers Of such food and the name % and
English language
foo shipped fom any State the
% @ 6s T h pe @ it's " @ % % or % hf ahs M e n m accurate os eopv op of
the M food by for the thereof
poraion that recovered such food
That shall be unlawful urposey
Ingredients packages of as the
] and % or and nn w @ @ he TINS nne section o n nse
hundred dollars than five hundred dollars imprisoned not
the court
cause to be anayzed or examined chemically % or otherwise
original ubroksn Oxen the % nst Of coun % in any Territory
foreign The Secretary Of Agriculture shall make
rules and @ of Act
Of this Act and to make such publication Of the results the
who application
the Secretary OF
imprisoned exceeding days.
one s @ % as ef'sSa S h no s0
n ol @ s s nes M two hs . s Be
a
o
i
That this shall construed interfere
by the several States
Sec g. That all Of inconsistent with
in first
OF October, nineteen hundred
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-02

The supposed grave Of Eve is Wis
tied by over 100000 pilgrims in each
year. 1t is to be seen at Jaddah, in
cemetery outside the city walls. The
tomb is fifty cubits long and twelve
wide.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-02

Which would you rather be? The
victim of an anonymous note, or be
suspected of writing the note.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-03-02

People now demand the right to
know exactly what they eat.
To be told by maker or retailer that
the food is pare" is not satisfactory.
Candy may contain pure" white
clay or pure" dyes and yet be very
harmful. Syrups may contain pure
glucose and yet be quite digestible and
even beneficial Tomato catsup may
contain small amount OF salicylic or
boracic acid as necessary preserva-
tive, which may agree with one and
be harmful to another.
Wheat flour may contain portion
Of corn flour and really be improved.
Olive oil may be made Of cotton seed
oil. Butter may contain beef suet and
yet be nutritious.
The person who buys and eats must
protect himself and family, and he has
right to, and now demands, law
under which he can make intelligent
selection of food
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
MOB CAME BY TRAIN
Lynched White Man Awaiting Third
Tria. For Murder.

Tallulah. La. May 3O.-Robcrt T
Rogers. white man. awaiting his
third trial on the charge of numbering
Jesse Brown, merchant at Girard
Richland parish, was lynched by a
mob which came from the west on a
special train over the Vicksburg,
Shreveport a. Pacific railway. The
mob came fully prepared with lock
smiths. who had no trouble breaking
into the Jail. The Jail was unguarded,
and the sheriff. who lived some dis
lance away. was not aware of what
was going on until he saw the mob
leading the man on Rogers was
strung up TO a telegraph pole. and az
soon as the mob felt assured he was
dead II quickly dispersed. The fear
that Rogers would escape punishment
for his crime because of legal techni
calities prompted the lynching.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02

CALVIN Ii. TAYLOR,
Attorney at Law. Berlin. Md Prompt attention
IIvcn all business.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
Baltimore Herald Sold.

Baltimore. May SO.-The Evening
Herale. which has been In the hands
asger for the past two months.
nubllc auction foI is2 600.
being the purchaser
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
Killed Rx Fall Of Auto.

New York. May Reuben J. Tay-
lor. superintendent of the Continental
Fire Insurance company. was killed by
the fall of his automobile over n 35.
foot embankment on Riverdale avenue
Mr.. Taylor. who was accompanied by
his wife. attempted to drive up steep
hill, when the car began to back Mrs.
Taylor jumped and escaped unhurt,
but her husband chung to the wheel
while the car continued rapidly down
hill until II crashed through a fence
and went over the embankment
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
PANIC IN DEPARTMENT STORE
Collapse Of Water Tank Caused VII,
Rush For the Street.

New York. May 80 by The collapse
OF a tank on the roof of Adams Il Co.'S
dry goods store in Sixth avenue. fol-
lowed by panic among customers and
clerks, nearly a score of persons. most.
ly women, were more or less seriously
injured.
The store was crowded with custom
crs when the tank. owing TO the giving
way of supports. toppled over on a
dome skylight covering n central court
precipitating 10000 gallons OF water
and shower Of broken glass on the
main floor A number of clerks and
customers were cut by fragments OF
glass and other debris. and a panic en-.
sued. in which hundreds of women
made frenzied efforts to reach the street
in the belief that an earthquake had
occurred and the building was about &c
fall. In the rush many were knocked
down and trampled on.
Firemen and ambulances were quick
ly on hand. and the injuries of about a
dozen persons were dressed by the sur.
geons
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
WANT BEEF
TRUST REPORT
House Resolution Asks the President
10 Submit It.
IT IS NOT YET COMPLETED

Washington. May 30.-Representa-
live Sulzer. of New York. introduced
0 resolution calling upon the president
"if not incompatible with the public
interest" to send to the house at his
earliest convenience the reports OF
Charles r. NELL and James Is. Rey-
nolds I'm connection with their nves-
tigation Of the meat trust the stock
yards and the meat packing houses of
Chicago. ILL.,. and other places, and all
data, exhibits and correspondence In
any way relating to the same"
II Is understood that Representative
Finley OF South Carolina. will intro
duce a similar resolution at the sug-
gestion OF Minority Leader Williams.
The report of Messrs. NELL and Rey-
nolds special commissioners of the
president. regarding their investiga-
ton into the sanitary and other condi-
tions existing at the several packing
houses. is being facilitated. but II was
stated that probably II would not be
submitted before Thursday. Neither
Mr.. Neill nor Mr.. Reynolds will dis
close the nature of their report, but II
can be stated authortatively that II
will not contain afiidavits or testimony
of any kind from any one. but rather
will be a complete summary of what
they themselves saw.
To supplement the report which will
go to the president. the investigation
IL still going on. based on certain
charges which II is stated the presi-
dent desires 10 have either confirmed
or denied When this information
reaches here Messrs Neill and Rey-
nolds will then submit complete de-
tainel statements OF the conditions as
they found them. They made the fol
lowing authorized statement:
"Nlessrs. Reynolds and Neill. who
made the investigation of packing
house conditions for President Roose-
welt. gave out statement In reply to
what appeared in a morning paper as
al interview with Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Bloor.
"They state that the implication
that any of the documents, or formu.
laes. or statements, submitted by Mr..
or Mrs. Bloor were used as basis
for any part of the report is wholly
without warrant The representatives
OF the president went out solely for
the purpose of reporting the conditions
as found by them after personal OBJ
servation. and their report will state
nothing as a fact that they did not see
for themselves. Mr.. and Mrs. Bloor
acted independently of Messrs Rey.
nolds and Neil, and entirely on their
own responsibility. They spent some
days in Chicago working industriously
and did bring a number of people to
Messrs. Reynolds and NELL. and sub
mitted to them some written state.
ments on practices and conditions said
to exist in the packing houses. Practi-
cally nothing submitted by them or
stated by any OF those brought with
them could be accepted as in any way
adequate proof conditions of practices
alleged. Nor could any of the state
ments he verified or made basis for
any part of the report.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
Railroads Liable For Injuries.

Albany y. ". May 30 Railroad
corporations will be liable for personal
injuries TO employees even when caused
by the negligence of fellow-employes
under the terms of the so.called Barnes
liability bill. which became a law by
the signature of Governor Higgins
The bill Was perhaps the most impor-
tant labor bill passed by the leyisla
ture this year and II was bitterly
fought by the railroad corporations Al,
every stage of It's progress.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
PACKERS WELCOME INSPECTION
Favor Any Kind That Would Improve
Meat Industry.

Chicago. May 3l.-lnstead of oppos'
Ing government inspection and SAM
tary regulation OF meat packing plants,
as contemplated by the Beverage bill,
Chicago meat packers declare that
they will welcome such Legislation. al.
though II is contendcd that the larger
houses are now sanitary.
Official statements were made by
Armour & Co. Nelson Morris & Co.
Swift & Co. and the National Packing
company. declaring that these four
concerns were infavor OF any inspec-
ton or regulation that would add i'm.
provement to the meat packing In
dustry
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
Wood Alcohol KIN. Two.

Northport. l.. l.. May 3i.-Charles
Pushinssky and William Dominica k.
two farmers OF West Hills. are dead
as result Of drinking wood alcohol
Two other men. whose names arr not
known. are dying from the same
cause A druggist, who Ia alleged Ia
have sold them the alcohol. was held
by the police for examination.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02
Mea. Revelations Shock England.

London, May 30.-The revelations
regarding the beef packing industry
in the United States have caused a
sensation here. Questions will be
raised in the house of commons with
a view to ascertaining how far II is In
the governments power to protect the
British public. The London newspa-
pers this morning praise President
Roosevelt for his courage in probing
the matter.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-06-02

his oldest son. Michael. and his two
daughters. who had devotedly attended
him throughout his illness. and OF
many OF his most intimate friends, In
Guiding John Dillon. Shortly before his
death Father l!atton had been with
him. Mrs Davitt who had been In
constant attendance on her husband
until IA few days ago, when she her.
self was taken iii. lies PROSTATE In the
same hospital too weak to leave her
room She has not yet been informed
OF her husbands death.
II Ia stated that Mr. Davitt left a
written message. but II 80 its purport
has not TRANSFERRED
Death was due to blood poisoning
which followed two operations for
necrosis of the jaw Lone and spread so
rapidly that all efforts TO stay its
course were unavailing. Mr. Davitts
illness BEGAN with an insidious attack
Of toothache. TO which he paid no at
tention until John Dillon urp q him to
have recourse to medical advice.