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The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion of the I'd Ohio H. A.

The Annual Reunion of the I'd Ohio
II. A. will be held at Greenfield, High
land County. o., Thursday. Oct g. Write
to J. II. Wickersham, Greenfield, O., for
information regarding railroad rates and
hotel accomm odations. Thomas NJ
Sechler Secretary Moline ILL
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion Of the ash ohio.

The 33d Annual Reunion of the 3Sth
Ohio will be held at Bryan O., Sept
3. Camp fire on the evening of Sept 2
Francis Kennedy. Vice President; V. w
l'seks. Secretary. Delta, o.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
sou,heru H,ino,. Rcunion.

The Reunion of the Southern Illinois
Soldiers and Sailors Association will
take place at Anna. ILL.,, Sept 25-26-27.
j. II. Hamon, Secretary, Anna, ILL.,
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion of the 4th and 5th Independent
Battallons Ohio Cav. and 18th Ohio Cav.

The 4th and 5th Independent Battal-
ions and 18th Ohio Cav. wilr hold a
Reunion at Briggsdale Church, near the
home of Comrade VIM. Watts, three
miles from Columbus, o., on the Grove
City and Morgan Electric Line, Aug. o.
Howard Asten, Secretary, GAINESVILLE, o.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunio.,of ahc I4.d n v

Comrade Frank Johnson, Secretary,
OSdensburg. n! Y, announces that the
Annual Reunion of the l42d n. y. will
be held at Ogdensburs. n. y, Aug. 22
and 23.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion os she soth Iown.

The 30th Iowa will hold its 25th An
nnal Reunion at. Fort Madison. Iowa,
Sept. As. NJ. NJ. Miller, Secretary,
Mediapolis. Iowa.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15

The survivors of the Army of the
Tennessee will hold a Reunion at Sara
toga during the coming National En-
campment.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion of jackson County Veteran As.
s0clatiOn.

The 18th Annual Reunion of the
Jackson County tFowa) Veteran Asso-
citation will be held at Maquoketa. Sept.
2-3. Tlc Sons Of Veterans, Woman s
Relief Corps and others will assist, and
1t will be in concert with the Maquo-
keta's homecoming celebration. VAL
Ientine Denick, Commander, Miles, Iowa;
Harvey Reid Aditltant
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion of the 4sth Ohio.

The 46th Ohio Will hold their 9th
Annual Reunion at Lafayette, Allen
Co, o., Aug. IS and 29.-Capt. John
Akerman, President; ]. c. March, Sec
retary, Herring, o.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15

The Reunion of Berdans Sharpshoot-
ers will be held at The Wicrs." n. H.,
Aug. 27. rs. 20 and so.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Heuuton of the 4tb Mass.

The 22d Annual Reunion of the 4th
Mass. will be held at Nancasket Point
Hotel, Aug. 16.-J. G.. Talbot. Secretary.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Rcunlon of Go. ID. 1st Mich. CAV.

The 22d Annual Reunion of Co. D,
(Col. Broadhead's) 1st Mich, Cav. will
be held at Ovid, Mich, Aug. 20.-I w.
Smith, Secretary, Owesse, Mich.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15
Reunion of the 4oth Mas.

The 40th annual Reunion of the 49th
Mass. will be held at Pittsfield Thurs
day, Aug. %.
The National tribune., 1907-08-15

The veterans residing in Westmore
iand County, fa.. will meet in Annual
Reunion at Onv!oSd Park. Aug. "a
The National tribune., 1907-08-15

IA. The Trunk Line Association, the
Central Passenger Association, the New
England Passenger Association and the
Eastern Canadian Passenger Associa-
tion have each granted q rate of one
fare for the round trip going and re-
turning same route for variable routes.
one and onc-third fare. Extension NAV
be had by deposit of tickets al Saratoga
Springs, Albany and New York The
Southwestern Passenger Association
makes a rate of one first-class fare plus
So for round trip (using fares effective
Feb. L. 1967) from stations on lines
parties thereto, via all publishing ticket
,soutes by which all standard short-line
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
SURVIVAL or MAN

(By Charles E. Woodruff. NJ. D0
 So much popular attention has been given to the diminishing birth rate in civilized races that 1t is astounding there has been so little said as to its real significance as a natural law which has been operative in all species of plant or animal. man included, whenever the conditions of existence demanded 1t. In the struggle for ex. istenee there are thousands of factors determining survival, and the number of offspring from one pair of parents Is strictly regulated by these factors In the long run species must re- main stationary numerically or dimin- ish, for 1t cannot increase to over run the earth. Hence the death rate is exactly equal to the birth rate as a rule. and there is q death for every birth. It may be stated in other terms No matter how many offspring there are, nor how long the parents live, nor how often they produce all the off, spring perish except two on an av- craze, and these two take the place of
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
POTENT LIQUOR IS SAKE.
Iafcadio Hearn's Testimony as to
 Strength of Japanese Wine.

There is no liquor in the world upon which man becomes so quickly in- toxicated as Japanese sake (rice winel. and yet none of which the eff teets last so short time. The in texieation is pleasant as the effect ot opium or hasheesh. It is soft, pleas ant. luminous collaboration, everything becoming brighter, happier, lighter. then you get very sleepy.
 At Japanese dinners it is the rule to become slightly exhiiarated. but not to drink enough to talk thickly or walk crooked. The abilits 10 drink at ban ouets requires practice-long practice
 There are banquets of many kinds, and the man who is invited to one at which extensive drinking may be ex- Pected is careful 10 start in upon an empty or almost empty stomach. By not eating one can drink good deal. The cups are very small and of many curious shapes. One may be expected to empty 50. A quart of sake is a good deal; two quarts require .Fon nerves to stand. But among the Japanese there are wonderful drinkers. At a military officers banquet captain offered me a tumbler holding good pint of sake. l almost tainted at the sight Of l. for it was only the first But a friend said to me Only drink little and pass it back. which l did. Stronger heads emptied cup after cup like water.-Lettees oi Lafeadio Haar1
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
Struggle for Existence.

kind of aquatic vegetable which the book said was necessary. So he caught lot of sunfish. catfish. suck CTS, eels and clubs and dumped them into the waters of the pit, and then forgot all about it.
 These fish multiplied with amazing rapidity. Several years later fish erman on his way home from a trout stream happened to pass this particu- lar pit, Merely as joke he baited his hooks with worms and made a cast He had scarcely done so when his reel commenced to sing and to his great amazement he pulled out two enormous sunfish. Inside of half an hour he had filled his creel.
 He made quiet investigation and readily obtained permission from the owners of the pits to experiment in fish culture. He commenced to plant black bass and yellow perch. He went about it secretly and the owners, who did not want to be annoyed by appli- eants for fishing privileges. also kept quiet. To-day those pits fairly teem with fish.
 In the shallewer pits the same en, terprising individual introduced land terrapin which are nov bringing in 8
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery f2 Years-Eczema In Rough Scales, Itching and In.
 flamed-Cured by Cutieura.

"I wish to inform you that your wonderful Cuticura has put stop to twelve years of misery l passed with my son. AS an infant l noticed on his body red spot and treated same with different remedies for about five years, but when the spot began to get larger l put him under the care of doctors. Under their treatment the disease spread to four different parts of his body. The longer the doctors treated him the worse it became Dur ing the day it would get rough and form like scales At night it would be cracked, inflamed, and badly swol- len, with terrible burning and itch ing When I think of his suffering. 1t nearly breaks my heart. His screams could be heard downstairs. The suffering of my son made me full of misery. I had no ambition to work, to eat, nor could I sleep. One doctor told me that my sons s eczema was ineurable, and gave it up for a bad job. One evening saw an article in the paper about the wonder lui 1uIlCuId anu dt0iutu ic Slst IL q trial tell you that Cuticura Ointment is worth it's weight in gold, and when had used the first box of Ointment there was a great improvement, and by the time I had used the second set of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint- ment, and Cuticura Resolvent, my child was cured He is now twelve years old ard his skin is as fine and smooth as silk Michael Stein man, Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn. N. Y, April 16, 1905.'
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the number of the worlds people at that distant time can be had. From the figures given Of the armies of the ancients a fair estimate of their popu- latiens may he made, and it shows that numerically the old peoples were weak. War In those times was so regularly recognized as a part of life that at least one-tenth of the male population was regularly in service. Consequently, when we read of a con quering army, such as Alexander's, set ting out with 3O.000 foot and 5000 horses, those figures probably repre- sent the full extent of the national re- sources.
 From figures such as these il would appear that the Persian empire in it's heyday did not contain so large a pop ulation as Pennsylvania does today; Egypt, under the Pharaohs. probably had smaller population than New York city. and many of the beautiful ancient cities which industrious arch eologists are daily bringing to light had fewer inhabitants than many third-class post office towns in the United States today. When Columbus discovered America there were not, from indications observed. a million inhabitants in the entire western hemisphere.
 The greatest increase in the worlds population was observable during the nineteenth century. which. with It's scientific spirit and remarkable In. ventions. spread the benefits of hy- giene and sanitation. Yet wars and railway accidents surpassed the rav ages of any hundred plaques known to history In the United States alone. during the last ten years. there has been an average of 1000 persons killed and 65,000 injured a year. The Ma poleonic wars depopulated France and the civil war in the United States and the recent Russo-Japanese war far surpassed In extent the casualties of the greatest conflicts of antiquity.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
Most Intelligent Live.

Now. the English are able to sur viYe simply because they have the in telligence to avoid the causes of death. Thus ir one end of Europe the most intelligent are being select ed for survival. in the other the most robust though lacking in intelligence. It is the rule which has guided our de velopment since man was created; in- creasing intelligence selects for sur yival the more frail who are not bur dened with unnecessary bone and muscle.
 The alleged deterioration of the English nation is the normal evolution and not the disaster which sociologists are so prone to think. It is part and parcel of the high growth of Demo cratic civilization in Great Britain, which is impossible in Russia, where there is not sufficient intelligence. The social organization of these frailer but brainier English types is therefore wholly unsuited for the robust but stupid mujik. and the men who are trying to graft these forms upon the Russian organism are merely doing harm.
 The average family is now about four. and if they all survive 1t means doubling of population each genera ton. which in few centuries would not leave standing room in the United States In another two or three cen turies. if our death losses continue to diminish at present rates. the birth rate will drop naturally to a fraction over two children per family.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07

substantial revenue Some of the pits, however. are so dangerous of ap- proach, owing to steep, overhanging and crumbling banks. that only the most daring venture within casting distance.
 At one pit a nearby tree affords a lodging place for those who enjoy the novelty of fishing from a tree. One man has erected a tall scaffolding. from which vantage point he casts his line
 Black bass thrive better in these pits than any other fish They grow to enormous size. and the coldness and purity of the water give them not only a gaminess but soiidity of flesh which they do not acquire in the fin. est bass streams in the state.
 Several years ago the owner of a piece of property on which was an abandoned ore pit dumped a lot Of bass and pickerel fry into the pit. Just as soon as they grew big enough the latter promptly destroyed the bass, but he now has one of the finest of pickerel preserves. In celd weather. when his pits freeze over. he makes money by leasing out .4sAing privileges.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
MNlN12H2l Q

Philadelphia The latest estimate of the total population Of the world Is l.4S7, ,900,000 yet a French statistician, Dr. Meslier. has just published some figures by which he strives to prove that the human race Is dying out.
 Limited to the birth rate in Europe an and a few other countries of white population, Dr. Meslier appears to have established his ease His figures. at any rate. are startling but as he leaves out of consideration some of the most populous countries and pro life peoples-the Asiatic races-it is doubtful if he maintains his position.
 Taking the years of 1881 to 1903, he says that for every thousand married women from 15 10 55 years of age taken from different countries the births have decreased in England IS per cent, ten per cent. in Scotland ten per cent. in Bavaria, seven per cent. in Italy, seven per cent. in Sweden, II per cent. Tn Russia, r per cent. in France. r per cent. in Den mark, IS per cent. in New Zealand, 24 per cent. in Saxony, 25 per cent. in the state of Victoria and 8 per cent fin New South Wales As the census returns of the United States for 1900 are as yet incomplete, there are no satisfactory figures upon which Dr Mesller can carry his comparisons to this country.
 If the birth rate figures are missing the mortality statistics of some 36 of the principal cities of the United States show that there Is an apprecl. able decrease in all but two cities New Orleans and Columbus-between 1890 and 1900.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble.

When the house is atire it's like 8 body when disease begins to show. it's no time to talk but time to act-delay is dangerous-remove the cause of the trouble at once.
 For number of years says a Kansas lady, Il felt sure that coffee WAS hurting me, and yet. l was SO fond of 1t. could not give it up palteEed with my appetite and of course yield ed to the temptation to drink mUIe Al last I got so bad that I made up my mind must either quit the use of eof fee or die.
 Everything I ate distressed me anG suffered severely almost all the time with palpitation of the heart I ire. qaently woke up in the night with the feeling that I was almost gone.-my heart seemed so smothered and weak in its action that l feared it would stop beating. My breath grew short and the least exertion set me to panting. slept but little and suffered from rheu- matism.
 Two years ago I stopped using the old kind of coffee and began to use Postum Food Coffee. and from the very first I began 10 improve. It worked miracle! Now can eat any. thing and digest it without trouble. sleep like baby. and my heart beats full, strong and easily. My breathing has become steady and normal. and my rheumatism has left me. I feel like another person, and it is all due to quitting coffee and using Postum Food Coffee, for I haven't used any medicine and none would have done any good as long as l kept druggine with coffee Name gwen by Postum Co, Battle Creek. Mich. There's 8 Reason" Read the little book, "The Road to Melville" in pkgs. Al grocer2
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
Thinks Little of Chinese Army.

Dr Morrison. the well-known corre- spondent of the London Times at Pc king, went to see the recent maneu- vers of the modernized Chinese army in the neighborhood of Chang-te.fu. He describes them as a repetition of the performance of 1905-a set piece carefully prepared long beforehand by number of Japanese advisers. The ineflieieney of the officers is still con spicuous and the field training of the men inadequate. but the material is good. Dr. Morrison hints that with out Japanese officers to direct affairs the eontending armies would have been little better than a rabble.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07

number are better able to produce good ones. and If the animal must feed and protect the young. the drain is too great If many offspring are produced. There is then a selection or survival Of those which are the most vigorous that is. those having the fewest off spring. In time this process results in a very small birth rate. Some sea- birds, for instance. lay but one egg a year.
 These are the rules operative also in the ease of man. There was a tirne when he was struggling for existence in far different way than he now does. He could not give much care to his children. and when they contracted diseases he simply watched them die, for he was ignorant of the ways of euring them The infantile death rate was enormous, as it is at present in the sarase races.
 The bF2in of primitive man in- creased in size from the survival of Inc most intelligent In each genera ton during this awful early struggle with d severe environment. and then civilization gradually arose by reason of this increased brain. Men were able to raise children which formerly perished
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
THE WHITE PLAGUE
SYSTEMATIC WARFARE WAGED TO WIPE OUT CONSUMPTION.
Warming That lntemperance Increases the Liability to Contract Disease Neglected Colds q Prolific
 Source.

Organized effort is now being made throughout the United Stated to fight consumption. A warning is given against intemperate habits. which in crease the liability to consumption. while splitting is public places is de precated. as the disease Is frequently contracted from dried sputum.
 Colds should not be neglected. as they leave the lungs in a peculiarly receptive condition for the tuburcu- lar germ. The following simple for mula will break up a cold in twenty four hours. A leading authority on lung trouble says that when pre- pared from pure ingredients, it will cure any cough that is curable
 Take half ounce Virgin Oil of Pine tPure); two ounces glyeeriRe and half pint good whisky Shake well and use in teaspoonful doses every four hours.
 The ingredients can be secured from any good prescription druggist at small cost. and to avoid substitution should be purchased separately and mixed in your own home.
 Virgin Oil of Pine tPurel is put up in half-ounce vials for dispensing. Each vial is securely sealed in a round wooden case, with engraved wrapper, with the name-Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure). prepared only by Leach Chemical Co. Cincinnati. o. plainly printed thereon. There are many rank limitations of Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure), which are put out under various names, such as Concentrated Oil of Pine. Pine Balsam. etc. Never accept these as a substitute for the Pure Virgin Oil of Pine, as they will invariably produce nausea and never effect the desired result.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
Birth Rate of Past.

The ancients did not leave any very authentic records of the population of their cities or countries. but such frag. mentary information as has descended to our times shows a steady and con tinuous growth in the number Of the worlds people, says the Philadelphia Ledger. While the birth rate, propor- tionately. was perhaps greater in some parts of the world 2.000 years ago than 1t is today, long years of warfare and eonvulsions of nature, to say nothing of accident, assassination and disease. kept the growth of population within narrow rate of progression.
 Only the barest estimates of the population of the world are possible before the nineteenth century. Even now universal census is wanting. but the present means of estimating lead to more reasonable results than were possible so recently as hundred years ago.
 The cry that the human race is dying out was not unfamiliar in ancient Rome and In Sparta. Efforts were made in those states to rectify the falling birth rate by enactlng yarl. ous laws. In the meantime a new world has been discovered and the globes population. despite innumer. able natural and artificial drawbacks. has grown probably hundredfeld.
 Many misconceptions Of the size of the population of the ancient mon. arches and people. it seems. have
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
NERVOUS HEADACHES
Or. Williams Pink Pills Will Cure Most Cases and Should Interest
 Every Sufferer

Nobody who has not endured the suffering caused by nervous heal ache can realize the awful agony of It's victims. Worst of all, the ordin- ary treatment cannot be relied upon 10 cure nor even to give relief Some doctors will say that if a person is subject to these headaches there is nothing that cgA be done to prevent their recurrence
 Nervous headaches, as well as neu- ralgia. are caused by lack Of nutrition -fhe nerves are starved The only way to feed the nerves is through the blood and it is in this way that Dr. Williams Pink Pills have accom- plished so many remarkable cures.
 Mrs Addie Merrill. of 39 Union Street, Auburn, Me, says: For years I suffered from nervous mead oches, which would come on me every i've or six weeks and continue for several days The pain was so severe that l would be obliged to go to bed for three or four days each time 1t was particularly intense over my right eye. tried medicines but got no re- lief. mad no appetite and when the headache passed away l felt as if l had been sick for month. My blood was thin and l was pale. weak and reduced In weight.
 q read about Dr. Williams Pink Pills in paper and decided to try them. 1 first noticed that they be- gan to give me an appetite and I commenced te gain In weight and color My headaches stopped and have not returned and I have never felt so well as l do now,
 Dr. Williams Pink Pills are sold by all druggists or sent. postpaid. on receipt of price. 50 cents per box. six boxes s250. by the Dr. Williams Medi- rine Company, Schenectady, N. r.
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07

Perhaps the most popular fishing places in the country are found in Le- hiah county, Pennsylvania When the failure of Jay Cooke X Co. of New York started panic which later swept over this country. it closed every hematite ore mine in Lehigh. and caused the loss of millions of dol lars. These abandoned ore mines, covering acres of land and ranging in depth from 30 to 100 feet, gradually began to fill up with water. and in that condition they have remained for years.
 It was a boy who first conceived the idea that these ore mines would be ideal breeding places for fish. He had read book on ash culture and he no tieed tba' 3 baftieular pit had the
The Monticellonian., 1907-02-07
"We Have Many Similar"

The following is an extract from a letter received from Mr H. H. Mey- FITS. of Stuttgart, Ark: You would greatly oblige me If you would intro .duce Hunts Lightning Oil at Mllidge- vile. H.. as l have many friends and relatives there. in whom l am much concerned, and l understand the On k not kept there. l can recommend It as the best medicine 1 ever had in my house. It cured me of bad case of the Bloody Flux in less than one half hour, and it cured my grand daughter of a bad case of Cholera M1 1bus in very short time"