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The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11
Hope for Humanity.

Let us face the future with courage and with faith. for of all the ages that have come and gone, not one has such hope for humanity as the twca. tieth .entury.-Josiah Strong.
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You Don't Have to Wait.

Every dose makes you feel better: 1lc To keeps your whole in,tde right. Not onz < De in n full bottle Sold on the moue2 back plan every where. Price 5J cents.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11
White Diamond Found.

X white diamond. weighing 149ta karats. has been found by d digger at karreepan. near Kimberley. who sold it for $l4. .405
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

Evangelists Torrey and Alexander are under engagement to conduct meetings next winter n the follow ing cities: Nashville. Omaha, Winni- peg. Buffalo, Pittsburg and Montreal.
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they excel other makes.
 If could take you Into my largo factories at Brockfon, Mass. ,and show you how carefully WI. Douglas shoes are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other make.
 Wherever you live, you can obtain ". |. Douglas shoes His name and price Is stamped on the bottom. which protects you against high prices end inferior shoes. Take no sabstts t,,e- Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes and insist upon having them.
 East Coioy fgefets used; they WiH not WedI brassg Write for Illustrated catslog oi Fall Styles.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

The Alliance Israellte university hes placed five Bialystok orphans in tte Ahlem agricultural school. and has as a first installment applied the sun O; 16.00O marks for their maintenance and education.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

Report Seeing Pure White Rock
 Lawmakers at work on a farm a' I,t.le Burstead. Essex. England. have recently seen pure white rock among a number of black ones.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

If man would know himself thor oughly he hasn't much time to waste in trying to find out things about his neighbor.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

When a bachelor wants to n1axe 2 married man angry, all he has to do is whistle the wedding march.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11
Not Gust as Good.-lt's the Best.

One box of Hunts Cure is unfailing ly. unqualifedly and absolutely guar. anteed to cure any form of Skin Dis ease. It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently curing all forms of Itching known.
 Eczema, fetter Ringwofm and all similar troubles are relieved by one application: cured by one box.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

Origin of EngIand's National Debt.
 England's national debt originated in the reign of William III. whose first loan WAS obtained in I694.
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A Harmless Laxative.

II you must take laxative. take Il harm. less one. Lax=Fos does not gripe, therefore does not irritate Irritation Is what does the harm. Price 50 cents.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11
TIRED BACKS.

Tine kidneys have great work to do in keeping the blood pure When
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

About two-thirds of a mans friencs are enemies in disguise
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

Onions and whisky form com ,tnation calculated 10 put almost any happv home out Of commission
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

The most important events in the average mans career are his birth and death.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11
Mrs. WinsIow,. Soothinp svrup.

For children teetning, sottens lums in Elimination silaSs IaIn. cures wind coc. s5e bottle
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prrNAM FADFLTss DYES produce the brightest and fastest eolor' ~i'h less work and no mgss.
The Monticellonian., 1906-10-11

There was time when the obecs woman was the light Of other daYa
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Al .n Dealers. In One Dollar Botti...
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POSTUM CEREAL.
COFFEE WAS 1T
People Slowly Lea m the Facts.
a

All my life Ihave bee n such a slave 10 cOf-
fee that the very aroma of it was enough to
act my nerves quivering.
Il kept gradually losing my health hut l
used to say nonsense it don't hurt me.
Slowly | was forced to admit the truth and
the final result was that my whole nervous
force was shattered.
My heart became weak and uncertain in
its action and that frightened me. Finally
my physician told me, about a year ago, that
/ must stop drinking coffee or | could never
expect to be we'll again.
Il was in despair for the very thought Of
the medicines | had tried so many times NAH
seated me. OF course | thought of Postum
bb could hardly bring myself to give up the
coffee. Finally | concluded that ] owed it to
myself to give Postum a trial. 50 | got a
package and carefully followed tho direc-
tons. and What a delicious. nourishiag. rich
drink it was. DO you know | found it very
easy N shift from the coffee TO Postum and
not mind the change al all. Almost lmmedi-
ately after | made the change I found myself
better and as,the days went by | kept on inn
proving. My nerves grew sound and steady,
| slept we'll and felt strong and well b Ilancrd
with the old nervousness and sickness all
. In every way ! am well once more. y
Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
II rays 10 give mp tho drink thar acts on
some ,ke n poison, for health il the greatest
fortL %one can have.
There's a reason
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that the Higgins Cabinet would not or
could not stand for Hughes, and that
Hughes's nomination would mean the estab-
lishmeut in the State organization of a high
plane in politics for local political leaders,
and that il would result within a year or two,
should Hughes be elected Governor, in their
gradual elimination from the councils OF the
party.
Another song of the Odell siren was that
PresidentiRoosevelt was creating q political
aristocracy, as evidenced by his selections
Of Speaker Wadsworth and HeFbert Parsons
to represent him in fighting against a strict
machine control of party affairs IT this
State. But il was too late for any impress
sion to be made upon the forces lined up
behind 10Y Higgins as represented by his
kitchen cabinet. They all apparently lived
up fully to their agreementFto act together
here, although they did not get the kind Of
a candidate for Governor that their political
interests would thrive upon.
The nomination Of Mr.. Hughes is taken
bykeen political observers to mean a recon-
structed Republican State machine, which
will be in the absolute control of President
RoOsevelt's friends in every part OF the
State when the time arrives in the spring OF
1908 to select Presidential delegates to the
Hationa! Republican convention. When tho
Higgins kitchen cabinet Machine left Sara
toga late this afternoon it was in the same
position as an automobile which had skidded
down an incline on the side of the road and
lay upturned in the ravine.
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Percy Haswell says she heard o
-Blndfolded' from a friend and immedi-
ately got a copy.
Il never let it out OF my hands until l
finished it," she says. Its the most fasci-
mating thing l ever read in my life. / know
San Francisco so well-the old San Francisco
Of before the fire, OF course-that l could
follow the hero Of the story about every
where, and stand in spirit by his side while
the stirring things were happening all
around us. But l was as much in the dark
as he, for I, too, was 'blindfolded.' never
saw a book whose title fitted it so well as
Mr.. Walcott's. l wrote him about it, and
he modestly replied that the credit for the
felicitous title belonged to his publishers"
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It il not merely the hero, but the reader
who is -Blindfolded' in Mr.. Earle Ashley
Walcott's tale. No sooner is the young man
landed in San Francisco than he is tumbled
from one murderous assault into another,
without knowing what it is about, and he
fills up the intervals with speculations on
the stock market which are equally blind
to him. The reader naturally is kept in
equal ignorance. The authors art consists
in striking a breathless pace hat caves no
room for reflection. .
N. Y. Sun,
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HOW The "BIG STICK" DID 1T.
POLITICAL corr UNDER TIE
NOSES OF TIE LEADERS.

COnkreSSman Cocks Gets the News From
Oyster Bay That the President Pre-
Terred Hughes. and when II Becomes
known They All Fall Into Lin
SARATOGA. Sept. 26.-Republicans Of the
Empire State Of New York, under the guild
ance of President Theodore Roosevelt and
protected by the big stick. "answer Charles
+. Hughes" to the State Democracy's rally
ing cry Of socialism and communism emanat-
ing from Buffalo.
Indications at midnight yesterday that
Charles +. Hughes would be nominated
for Governor by the Republican convention
we're fully realized to-day. He had no
opposition. The rest of the ticket the
Higgins kitchen cabinet named without
Interference from Mr.. Parsons or from
Oyster Bay. But the ticket below the office
Of Governor is Of little political Importance
to any combination of politicians unless the
Governor is in political and official accord
with it and all work together.
Last night it was expected that two
sessions of the convention would he held
to-day, the first to effect the permanent
organization OF the convention, to he fol-
lowed by a second session to be devoted to
the nomination OF candidates. But after
breakfast this morning the Gubernatorial
situation progressed so swimmincly toward
Hughes tina it was determined to COM
pIete the work of the convention in one
session. u
As a matter of fact the convention ac-
complished everything to-day in just short
Of two hours and a half, and before sum
| down Saratoga was deserted. 1t was the
big stick. welded in true Rooseveltian
| fashion which brought the apparently
muddled situation to a climax. The first
evidence Of it's use which could be OBJ
| served in Saratoga was at 1245 A. NJ. Then
| Representative W. W. Cocks, who looks
after the interests OF President Roosevelt
district in Congress, saw Herbert Parsons,
the president of the New York county Re-
publican committee, in his cottage at the
United States Hotel. With Mr.. Parsons
we're Senator Alfred r. Page of the New
York city legislative gas inquiry fame,
which was responsible for the friendship
which has existed since between Senator
Page and Mr.. Hughes.
When Mr.. Cock 8 had been observed
lea wing the telephone booth and hurrying
to the Parsons cottage it was remembered
that it was through a letter to Representa-
tive Cocks that President Roosevelt had
settled the Assembly Speakership contest
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him what he can or n do2'
Here the new chairman stopped and
looked at the old chairman.
How about that. Gov. Odellp' he said:
Odell shook his head decidedly and putfed
his cigar the harder, but he said nothing.
"Oh' very well" said Mr.. Woodruff, and
the committee adjourned.
The State committee by districts is now
constituted like this:
John J.. Bartlett Of Greenport. in place Of
Leander r. Faben of Jamaica. T.. I.
HARRY Jaquillard Of Brooklyn. in place OF
Robert W. Johnson of Brooklyn.
3-Lewis VI. Swasey of BROOKLYN.
Jacob \. Livingston Of Brooklyn.
5-Fredcrick j. II. Kracke Of Brooklyn.
~6-Timcthy l.. Woodruff Of Brooklyn. in
place of George II. Roberts.
michael j. Dady OF brooklyn.
s-George Cromwell Of Richmond county.
0-Clarence II. Murray OF New York.
lO-Samuel s. Koenig OF New York. In
place Of James F. Pegnam.
II-W illiam Halpin OF New York.
I2--John s. Shea OF New York. in place of
Smith Pine.
is-Henry f. O'Brien Of New York. in place
Of Edward Lautcrhach.
ll--Joseph n. De Bragga or New York.
in place Of John n. Gunner.
i5-Wiliam Harris Douglass Of New York.
in place of Abe Gruber.
I6-Samuel Krulewitch Of New York. in
place Of Frank Raymond.
I7-Moses NJ. Mckee Of New York. in place
OF samuel SrrasbourGer.
Is-William II. len Evck OF New York.
i9-Wiliiam l.. Ward Of West Chester. b
2O-Beniamin b Odell. Jr., of Newburgh.
2l-Louis F. Payn OF Chatham.
~?2--Cornelius V. Collins Of Troy.
23-William Barnes. Jr.. OF Albany.
2I-Horace G.. Tenant of Schoharie. In
place of Reuben l.. Fox.
a5-7John X. Stewart OF Amsterdam. in
place OF Cyrus Dewey.
28-John r.. O'Brien of Plattsburg.
27-Dayid r. Strobel OF Herkimer. in place
OF Thomas Wheeler.
2s-John p. Mott Of Oswego.
.9-Francis Hendricks Of Syracuse.
sO-George W. Dunn of Binghamton.
3I-Charles n. Belts Of Lyons.
32-George ". Aldridge Of Rochester.
33-J. Sloat Eassett Of Flmira. In place OF
J. B.. II. Mongin.
/ 3i--John A. Merritt OF Lockport.
~35-Charles Grimm, Jr.. Of Buffalo.
36-John G.. Wickser Of Buffalo. in place OF
William G. Warren,
! 37-George II. Witter OF Buffalo.
Delegate at Large. Charles W. Anderson,
2o3 West Tooth street. New York. to repre-
sent the negro race az usual in the committee.
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-Blindfoldedl" For once the title hits
the nail of the story on the head. Blind
folded" the reader will find himself on the
very first pages Of Earle Ashley Walcott's
story, and the bandage is not removed until
the last. 1t is an exciting game of Blind
Mans Buff" from start to finish. You may
think you have your man a dozen times,
but a dozen times he will elude youth
short, there is a shiver for every page, a
shock and surprise for every chapter ending.
The setting is weird, the seamy-side OF
San Francisco. There are some good char
acters-old Mother Borton Of the lodging
house, who befriends the hero, and who
might have come out Of Dickens, and the
mysterious Doddridge Knapp, king OF the
street" with the face OF a wolf, in whose
employ the hero finds himself, with a check
book good for millions, to buy or sellat the
kings command. h excitement never
flags. II is rough house all the time. The
story is not advised as a soporihc.
N. Y. Globe.
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Since the awful disaster that befell San
Francisco, any story depicting life as it
existed before the great earthquake takes
on an added quality of interest, becoming
not only a story but a record as well. This
is the case with "Blindfolded," by Earle
Ashley Walcott, from the press of The Bobbs-
Merrill Company. Its striking incidents OF
San Francisco adventure, bringing in the
life Of the Chinese quarter, and including a
night excursion into the opium-denso of that
district, possess now a degree Of appeal ever
greater than would have been the case a
year ago.
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For a narrative Of adventure fit to make
one sit stark, staring wake till cockcrow,
for a tale OF tantalizing n labyrlnthine
mystery read "Blindfolded," by Earle Ash
ley Walcott. The puzzle is presented at
the jump, and as it unraveis 1t appears to
grow constantly more complex. Tor mas
terry of mystery it would be hard to surpass
this unusual story.
II IL 4 strange mix up Of dual identity.
A young man finds himself taken for a
cousin, whom he strongly resembles, and
whom he has Just seen murdered without
apparent reason. He is compelled by a
force Of circumstances to impersonate the
murdered man and take up his hazardous
and subterranean mission without having
the slightest idea what that mission is. He
essays a triple task-to find out what he is
trying to do, to do it, and to escape assassi-
nation. All three prove to be extremely
difficult. 1t is in reality a detective story
Of the >very highest order without any de-
tective in 1t. Seldom has there been writ
ten a more generously exciting n more
genuinely interesting tale Of adventure.
-Glepcidnd Plain Dealer.
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KILLED WIFE AND SELF.
G rIme Of jealous Sw cdish MachlnIst, APP
parently Insane.

Ernest Swenson, 20 years old, and his
wife Nandine, 24yearso old natives Of Sweden.
we're found Head last night with their
throats cut and arms slashed at 81 Tomp-
place. Brooklyn. They were married
five months ago in a Swedish church in
East Twenty second street, this borough.
For several months they lived in New
Jersey. Swenson began to act qucerly; he
got an idea tina his wife had several ad-
mirers and said he would move to Brooklyn
so that she might escape their attentions.
Although he worked daily at his trade
of machinist he constantly brOOded about
his wife. Rec ntly she consulted with his
relatives and friends and asked their adj
vice concerning him. They concluded that
a trip to his home in Gutenberg Sweden,
would be beneficial TO him. He agreed to
go. Mrs. SWensOn said she would folloW
him on tho next steamer.
SwensOn made arrangements Tor sailing
Yesterday, but baked at the last moment
and returned 10 his lodgings with his wife.
Swepson had cut his wife's throat and
wrists With a razor. with which he killed
himself.
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JAPS, MARDT GR4S At COMFY
Recorded 10y HashixuchI in HIS Own Jap
Anese-AmerIcan STYLE.

Recorded by HaShixUchI in isis Own Jap
anese-AmerIcan style.
The Japanese Roll the Ball" game people
in Coney Island had another Msrdi Gras,
this time Of their own, on Tuesday to wind
up the season a. well az to give a home
coming reception to Sutekichi Funo, their
fellow trader. who has been to the Russo
Japanese war a. a lieutenant Of the COM
missariat department, and has not as yet
been accorded the reception since he re-
turned this summer
Nearly all the Japanese in Coney Island.
Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beafh, and
their wives and daughters, together with
a half dozen businesses men and newspaper
men, all Japanese, from New York and
Brooklyn, who have been invited to be
present at the jollification, numbering about
one hundred, gathered together at noon
at Paradise Of Japan, Manhattan Beach,
where they spent all that afternoon to have
a good time, away from their daily toll and
mol.
The affair was conducted altogether in
Japanese style, with the exception Of soda
water, claret, beer and whiskey. which
were served together with The Japanese
lunch of osushi seasoned rice). takenokO
young bamboo sprout), kinoko flower Of
decayed trunk Of tree. dried fish. end so
forth, prepared by Nishimiya of Sands
street, Brooklyn, for the occasion.
Speeches were delivered, health Of Lieu
tenant Funo was drunk, prosperity Of the
ball game business men was banzaied and
han2aied and banbHnzaied in Japanese
American ST. le. Sumo Jarancse wrestlinGI,
Jiu-JgtsI and X ,n-Jut6I Jar anesc fencingi
were in obliged in by spne Of those resent
for the amusement Of their friends. grarho-
Theoretically recorded ~Jnranesc songs Of
Fir same, 1aiwauiri and Other GOpular
songs were wound out Of tie grarhoL hone.
epic poems We're rccited by TIE writer's,
and finally cnNClop = we're Tassed around.
one for CaCl Tcrspn. that contained "A slip
of Us' er on which was written n NUM- or
and q sentence. Prize were given out in
response t. tho meaning Of tho sentence.
The slip that the reporter received con-
tanned this sentence, "KuTo' RtEin Of Rus
STA, and he did not get ANYTHING for IL,
because Kuropatkin retreated for nothing.
All enjoyed the afternoon and adjourned
before dark, with the horc of continuing
the custom Of holding this winding up
Publication every year
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the attempt Of Mr.. Odell and his friends
to claim the credit for Mr.. Hughes's nom
nation. Mr.. Odell gave ont a statement
saying he had informed George W. Aldridge
last night at 3 A. NJ. that it Mr.. Aldridge
and his friends did not come out for Black
he and his friends would throw their dele
gates to the aid of Parsons in the effort
TO nominate Mr., Hughes.
As a matter Of fact, political observers
expressed the opinion that President Roose-
welt and Mr.. Parsons, Gov. Higgins, Mr..
Franchot and Mr.. Hendricks had played
fine politics in bringing about the Hughes
solution of the con vention situation. One
experienced Republican went on 10 say
that the President and his friends had played
the game with Bruce and Woodruff with the
knowledge that if they came out for Hughes
before the day of the convention such up-
State leaders as Odell. Black, Bracket,
Payne, O'Brien, Aldridge and other local
Republican chieftains throughout the State
who make politics their business and who
do not measure up to the Roosevelt standard
of political leaders would form a combina-
ton and nominate a ticket of their own.
They had the recent experience Of Platt
and Odell getting together in an endeavor
to control the State committee.
Their fears were justified. for ever since
Mr. reached Saratoga he and his
emissaries were found trying to form a
combination between the Odell. Bracket
and Black forces n n number of upstate
local bosses who formerly had trained in
the Odell-Platt camp, but h recently
have been marching under the Higgins
banner. Odell and his friends played their
hest card in an end avor to get enough
delegates together to control the conven-
ton with "A view to the nomination of Frank
s. Black, but Mr.. Black himself at no time
since his arrival here had admitted that he
was a candidate for Governor, but on the
contrary insisted time and time again that
he would not accept a nomination.
The argument which dell felt was the
most potent TO use upon local leaders OPP
posed TO him, such as Aldridge, O'Brien,
Ward. Barnes, Bracket n Black, was
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SAM BERNARD WANTS ANOTHER
WALCOTT BOOK.

yes, l caught the 'Blindfolded' fever
from Georgia Game" said Sam Bernard, the
famous comedian. She telephoned me
one day to read it. She has such excellent
judgment that l obeyed without delay.
What is it all about? Why, there's a mys-
terious child, an old man, money and mys-
tery-especially mystery. From the first
lines to the beginning Of the last chapter
you are led literally 'blindfolded' from
place to place. People tell you startling
things; you see people killed; you G2n't
know what it's all about; but you're curious
to know, and so hurry on to the end. !
wish Walcott would rush up and write
some more"
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-
4 nearly missed getting to the theatre
for a matinee because | was 'b~lindfolded,''
said Peter Daley in a letter to Earle Ashley
walcott, the author, recently. Il picked
up your book 'Blindfolded' after break
fast. That's all. What happened?
In less than fifteen minutes l was oblivi-
Gus to everything outside its pages. was
so absorbed in what your characters were
doing that I didn't notice the clock. l felt
my Wallets hand on my shoulder and heard
him say that it was 1 in the afternoon.
and that it was Saturday.
~ can't go; I'm "b~lindfolded. -" l replied
without looking up.
There wasn't a sound for an hour,
and then l heard a sneeze. l looked up
and there was my valet standing behind me.
He hadn't moved. He had caught a glimpse
Of the book and had been reading it over
my shoulder since he had called me an
hour before-it was ? O'Clock. / stuck my
hat on my head, grabbed the book and
started for the theatre. l read every spare
moment. Ihave never seen anything so i'm
teresting.'