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brick-dust OF sediment IN the urine,
headache, back ache. lame back. diZZi-l
ness. poor digestion. slsepiessness, ner-i
vousuess. heart disturbance due TO bad
kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad
blood, neuralgia. rheumatism. lunbaECs
bloating, irritability. WORKOUT feeling.
leci- Of ambition, may be loss OF flesh,
sallow complexion, OF Bright's disease,
may be stealing upon you, which Is the
worst form Of kidney trouble.
SWamp-R0Ot is Pleasant to Take.
II YOU are already convinced thasi
Swamp-R rot IS what YOU need, you can
purchase the regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles al all drug stores
Don't make any mistake. but remember
ths name. Dr. t<flmers Swsmp-ROOt,
and the address. BinghamtOn. y. Y
which You viii find on every bottle.
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STILL NO CURE FOR CANCER

Remedies Widely Heralded mt First
All Prove DisappOintments.
Premature advertising of medical
theories which have not gone beyond
the stage of experiment Is not without
its dangers. The X-ray was hailed on
all sides as the long-sought panacea.
Within a year after IT'S discovery 1T
had been tried on all sorts of maladies
and the papers We're reporting results
nothing short Of miracles. Conserva-
tive medical men asked In vain for
time to observe results. But what now
Is the attitude of the profession to-
ward X-ray therapeutics? 1t has re-
placed none Of the Older methods, GER
tainly no surgical operations, and with
cancer 1t Is used only when every sur
gical measure has failed, and then only
to decrease the rapidity Of the tumor's
growth.
The alleged trypsin cure for cancer
has been similarly trumpeted more
loudly than the scientific tests yet war
rant. The results OF DR.. Boards ex-
periments on mice he considers encour-
aging, but in cases of human cancer IL
| Is yet years too soon to make any post
| tive claim whatsoever. OF cancer there
are many types; some grow quickly
and without removal are rapidly IA
! tai; some again, are 30 slow in their
growth that years may pass before
their presence Is even recognized. 1t
Is not easy to decide, even when the
result appears most conclusive, wheth-
| er a cure of cancer has been effected.
Formerly surgeons believed that IL
cancer did not recur in its first site
within one year the patient was free OF
danger That time Conservation
time" as surgeons call lt) has been
increased first to three, then to five
years, and at present one of the most
experienced surgeons In this country
believes that cancer may recur even
after ten years.
Thus it is evident that the factors
which enter into any adequate determi-
nation Of the value of trypsin as
remedy for cancer are not simple nor
do they quickly become manifest even
to the conscientious and scientific ply
siclan.-New York Post.
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- stomach It has long been the most abused
and outraged of orgaAs with the result that have
almost become nation of dyspeptics 1t has been the
victim Of egazed wholesale poisoners before whom the
Borgas Of Italy and all other infamous oxcologists of
history fade into utter nsgnfcance There is no more
ominous and appalling sight In the world than the in
Vulnerable red lights that flash from the drug stores Of
American cities they the danger signals that tell
every citizen of the continual to health and life
that turks In his daily food
The world keeps moving and the march of science and
civilization shams frauds and humbugs of
every kind Without revving the days when every man
smoked his own bacon and grew his own cabbage we
are getting that every may obtain genuine and
wholesome diet, be he carnvorous or vegetarian that
every man may know what he is eating If he be
newly married and his wife does the cooking The era
of the wooden nutmeg is gone the era of the painted
strawberry is going The clouds OF gastronomc doubt
and danger drift away behind the sun of health and
digestion gows in ront soon according to the signs
we may reach the happy period when the food color
artists cease from troubling and the aduterators are
at rest
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various approved methods not only in
genious but effective for temporarily
arresting the sonorous, rasping and Vi
brating respiratory spasms. The most
popular, perhaps, is the elbow thrust
In the ribs. Next comes the gentle
pinch of the nose, WHEREBY part of the
wind current Is shut off. Some have adj
vised that the nose be elasped by a
clothespin even before retiring, but nm
fortunately the subject Of the experl-
ment almost Invariably demurs. Others
have recommended sitting on the chest,
but this Is rather HAZARDOUS procede-
ing for both parties, and so also Is a
temporary twist Of the windplpe. un-
less performed by skilled manipulation.
But no matter what is done the dis
ease Is well known to recnr Indefinite
".
In most Instances death appears to
be the only common relief for the peace
disturber and his surviving relatives.
But the end should never be hastened.
The poor policeman for the present can
be safe In his cupola, but how long re-
mains to be seen. Twice last summer
the place was struck by lightning. The
main hope now is that man and cnneIa
may both alter their habits before 1t be
too late, Meanwhile the neighborhood
must plug its ears and wait New
York Herald.
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.orhou shaIt Rememher.n .

In the great review of Moses, re-
corded In the Book of Deuteronomy
the phrase occurs again and again 4:
'1'hou shalt remember" In fact, the
Bible continually calls us to dwell
upon the loving kindness of the Lord.
Forgetfulness of God is branded as one
of the worst of sins-indeed, the point
of departure for most of them. This is
no idle admoniti0n. Our memories are
sometimes weak where the goodness of
God is concerned, and very tenacious
in regard to our own miseries. 1t Is
due to God and to ourselves that we
remember the way He has led us.
Nothing will keep the soul alive to
all its duties SO much as the living pre-
servation of the memory of Gods good
ness to us. There Is no better founda-
tion for our hope of the future than
this. The mercy of the past becomes
an argument for more mercy In the fu-
ture. Because Thou hast been nv
help, therefore in the shadow of Thy
wings will rejoice" Most of our de-
spondency may he traced to forgetful-
ness of Gods goodness In the past.
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MosLEM RULES OF EATING.
Most of Them Seem Based On the
Best Sanitary Ideas.

Most of Them Seem BASED On the
Best Sanitary Ideas.
The rules set down by the old Mos
lem precept as to how to behave re-
ligiously and appropriately at meals are
interesting though whether they are
devoutly complied with in times of fes-
tival is doubtful. Here are some exam
pies Wash your hands and mouth be-
fore eating. When eating never put
one leg upon the other nor put your
good digestion.
Never be slave of your repast and
never touch any meal II you are not
hungry. Be ever content with what
you find before you and never give
yourself great pains in preparing
choice dishes. Be always If possible,
at the table in company with friends,
as the prophet never partook of his;
meals alone Always begin and end
your meal with thanksgiving to Allah.
Always eat with your right hand and
swallow, before and after food, little
salt.
1t shows good upbringing and is
pleasing to Allah ever to put into the
mouth only small morsels and never to
make any observations upon the de-
fective qualities of dishes. Never cut
bread with a knife, but, as the prophet
did, break 1t. Never choose the fruit
offered. but take any at hazard. Never
wipe your fingers with bread. Avoid
blowing on a hot dish, but wait until
it gets cool Eat dates, apricots and
other similar fruit one by one, remem-
bering in eating them thus the unity
of Allah.
Avoid at the table drinking much
water. Your meal finished, use attent-
lively the toothpick, gather up the
crumbs and wash again your hands
and mouth. Lastly. render thanks to
Allah.-London Lancet.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-05
STUDIES OF GULF FISHES.
Carnegie Laboratory Finds the Sea
Denizens Have short Memory.

Carnegie Laboratory Finds the Sea
Denizens Have short Memory.
The Carnegie institution laboratory
at the Tortugas consists of eleven build
ings upon Loggerhead Key and is de-
signed to afford the best possible facili-
ties for the study of life of the Gulf
stream and the coral reefs. The lab
oratory is provided with a seagoing
yacht and three good launches for visit
ing the neighboring reefs and for
cruises over the Gulf stream. The
yacht is sixty feet long and can remain
at sea for weeks at a time, being pro
vided with powerful engine and sails.
| Researches have been conducted dur
Ing the last two summers. The follow
ing brief statement will give fair
idea of some of the best established
results achieved by investigators work
ing at the laboratory
One investigator studied the habits
Of the reef fishes and found that the
most abundant predatory fish of the
Tortugas reefs was the gray snapper,
which commonly feeds upon little sill
very sardine.
If some Of these sardines be dyed
| bright red and then thrown into the sea
| together with some normal silvery sar-
dimes the silvery ones are at first
eaten more readily than the red, but
the gray snappers soon learn that
bright red sardines are good to eat
land will then devour them as eagerly
f they were normal in color.
he investigator then dyed some sar-
bright blue and threw them In
ther with red and silvery ones At
the blue were relatively avoided.
soon the gray snappers learned that
they, too, were palatabIe. Small por-
tions Of jelly fishes were now attached
to the blue sardines and the gray snap
| pers seized them greedily, but were
stung by the pieces of jellyfsh. In
few minutes they learned to avoid the
blue, but still ate red and silvery sar-
dimes. The next day, however, the
gray snappers had forgotten this expe-
rience and the patient Investigator was
obliged to teach them anew.
Another investigator demonstrated
that even such lowly creatures as sea
anemones and corals pursue the meth
cd of trial and error in their behavior
and that they recognize things injuri-
Gus and avoid them. Moreover, they
at first avoid each sort of injurious
stimulus in fixed and constant way,
but If this fails they adopt new meth
DDS.
The associative memory of caterpil-
lars may endure about half minute,
but they cannot retain the memory of
an experience for so long time as a
minute and half. Results such as the
above may appear trivial to the lay
reader, but their import increases when
it is considered that these simple
forms relate to the beginnings of mind.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1907-04-05
Gas pipes Made Of Paper.

Gas pipes of paper are being made
In France. Manila paper is cut into
strips equal to the length of the pipes
to be made. They are then placed in a
receiver filled with melted asphalt and
wrapped around core of iron until
the desired thickness is reached. After
being submitted to strong pressure
the paper ls coated with sand, cooled
and core withdrawn and the outer pipe
surface covered with a water proof
preparation. 1t Is claimed that these
pipes are as good as and more econom-
ical than metal ones.
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HOME FROM ADAM TILL NOW.
Place Where Painters and Plumber,
Meet at Intervals.

Place Where Painters and Plumbers
Meet at Intervals.
The home is supposed to be place
where children can congregate, pro-
tected from the allurements Of the
world and the advice Of the neighbors,
and where parents can quarrel judi
ciously without too much interruption;
says Life. In reality, however, the
home Isl place where decorators, paint
ers, furniture men and plumbers meet
at intervals In order that they may re-
vel in luxury Of their own.
Homes have been In vogue for some
little time. Adam and Eve started the
first ones and It would have been well
with them had 1t not been necessary
to send out the washing Thus the SER
want question was started and the ruin
of man followed.
A home is what Is left after you have
paid the taxes, the interest on the mort
gage and the installment man. To own
more than one home is not to have any.
Homes were at one time popular in
this country. When. by going out in
the back yard to milk the COW, one was
In danger of being scalped, the home
was at the height of its popularity.
Owing, however, to the decreasing de-
mand for babies and the increasing
demand for alimony, homes are being
looked upon with disfavor.
In. the suburbs the home still flick
ers on, kept alive by certain instincts
handed down from past age
1t is Impossible at present to say
Just how long the home will continue
to exist 1t Is hard to raise children
and mortgages at the same time.
Ii is quite evident that cooks and
children are gradually disappearing
This greatly simplifies the problem.
In all probability the race of the fu-
ture will be divided into two classes
thosa who, having become worn out
looking for servants, are now in sani-
tariums being taken care of by the
government, and those who still con-
tlnue to work for the trusts, unincum-
bered by babies or bank accounts.
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NOVEL CURES FoR SNORING.

Case of OMending Policeman sug-
gests Remedies for Disease.
Very many OF our readers will be
Interested in the ultimate fate of the
unfortunate snoring policeman who has
been banlshed from his fellow sleepers
and Gagged at night In sound-proof quar-
fers. Perhaps the dreadful infirmity,
now that 1t has the official recognition
of his superlors. may call for some
suitable scientific treatment. II so the
great army OF snorers can covertly
watch the outcome with all the cunning
and complaceney of undiscovered trans
gressors.
We are glad we can make the start
with perfectly fair case. for convic-
tion OF the nuisance Is always most diff
ficult to obtain. The culprit must be
caught with the snore on him and in
the presence OF reliable ear witnesses.
No one has ever been known to ac-
knowledge his fault coluntarlly. On
the contrary. one OF the surest signs OF
the confirmed malady Is his persistent
denial Of ifs existence. He is not salts
iied to plead lack OF generalization and
absence OF accountability, but openly
impugns the motives Of his clamorous
accusers The worst Of It IL that on all
other matters he Is perfectly reasons
able This makes It extremely diff
cult to obtain bis consent for treatment
OF any sort
We speak now OF snorers as a class.
The only easy way Is 70 tackle them
when theT cannot resist There are
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companies $1320O0OO0 a goody portion of which sum
they themselves contributed.
1t is late in the day. but at last people are beginning
to learn that of all insurance the best is to build prop
ery In the first place. construct that internal fires
confagratons inct but the minimum Of damage.
And 1t can be done easily and at such slight additional
cost above that of the most fmsy construction Why
take for instance the Board of Underwriters laboratory
in Chicago, the most perfectly reproof building in the
country, with all the frs" and accessories that
have been clamorng for for to make buildings
more thoroughly proof against fire. and In spite of all
that 1t has cost but trfe 10 cent more than
If 1t had been built in the usual shoddy way Consd
erng Its longevity freedom from repairs and the elm
nation of insurance, at least the payment of heavy
premiums and that building within few years of its
erection and great economy to the ind
vdual and from the day of its completion godsend to
the community.
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Moral Courage.

To do wrong, or, what is the same
thing, to refrain from doing right when
the time for action arrives, because we
are afraid of what other people may
say or think, is the worst form Of slav-
cry. To break such bonds, we need
deeper conservation to truth and duty.
We may admit all the arguments
against such bondage, and yet fail to-
escape it; but IL we are faithful and
loyal to the good and the right-if in
our inmost heart we love and honor
them above all things, we shall find con-
tinually growing within us that moral
courage which wins for us our best
freedom.
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The Licorice Plant.

Black licorice is made from the
starch to prevent it from melting in hot
weather. The licorice plant grows for
the most part on the banks of the Tigris
and Euphrates rivers, which flow
through immense treeless prairies of
uncultivated land. The climate of these
great plains is variable. Half the year
1t is mild and pleasant, but for three
months it is very cold, and for three
months in summer hot Winds sweep
across the country, raising the tenn
perature to 104 degrees for weeks at a
time.
The licorice plant Is a shrub three
feet high and grows without cultiva-
ton In situations where its roots can
reach the water. The usual time of
collecting is the winter, but roots are
dug all the year around. At first the
root is full of water and must be al
lowed to dry, a process which takes
nearly a year. 1t is then cut into small
pieces from six inches to a foot long.
The good and sound pieces are kept,
and the rotten ones are used for fire.
wood.
As the valley of the Euphrates con-
tained one of the earliest civilizations
in the world, 1t is probable that licorice
is about the Oldest confection extant
and that the taste, which pleases near
ly all children today, was familiar to
the little brown boys and girls of Baby
lon and Nineveh 5000 years ago.
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Happiness from w,,h,,

The real sources of happiness are in
ourselves, not In our possessions; in
our Imagination, not in the novel; In
our appreciation of beauty, not in the
picture; In our musical culture, not In
the piano. Your enjoyment of the beau
ties of nature-the sea, the mountains.
the fiowers-will depend not upon the
sea, or the mountains, or the flowers.
but upon yourself. Some men will find
more Joy in the prairie than others In
the Alps, some more joy In the desert
than others in the flowers and forests
OF California. Is it the rich, the merry.
the powerful, the popular, that are
blessed? We look about us and we
know that this is not true, though we
act as though it were. Blessed are the
poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful.
the pure in heart; this we know Is
true though we act as though 1t were
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Nobody ever thought OF Miss Candace
West as intellectual, but doubtless had
any one supposed that she would take
literally the text, Let your light SO
shine" half a dozen worthy and we'll
meaning friends would have FASTENED
to try to convince her that 1t did not
mean wasting kerosene oil every night
to light the bit of road In front of her
house when she could SO Ill afford to
do 1t.
1 Miss Candace never forgot the way
the command flashed upon her. She had
finished her frugal Sunday dinner, and
her tiny house being In immaculate
Sunday order, she sat down by the
window, as she always did, to read her
three chapters. She always read the
Bible through In order, but 1t must be
confessed that the prophecies and the
epistles were difficult duty. Now she
had come to Matthew again, and was
reading with the simple unquestioning
interest of child And then she came
to it-"Let your light SO shine before
men,"
1 Miss Candace started and turned her
eyes to the narrow, unlighted little
street before her door.
why, l never thought Of that" she
exclaimed.
But having thought of it, she never
questioned the matter. The only prob
lem was to think how she could save
enough oil to burn till 10 o'clock every
night. Miss Candace thought till 10
O'Clock would be long enough, 1t was SO
seldom that anybody passed at night.
/ So her duty began, and as the weeks
passed, the lighting of her lamp became
a humble act of worship.
/ One day the minister's wife called,
and learned about the light, and the
tears came to her eyes as she listened.
/ Dear Miss Candace," she said, II
wish that we all lighted our bits of
road as we'll as you do"
+ Five years later Miss Candace died.
In all those years she had kept her
lamp lighted, although so far as she
knew, nobody had ever needed 1t. She
had never thought to Inquire about that
part of it.
| At her funeral the minister spoke of
her lamp. 1t had probably done no
material service, be said, but no one
could estimate the moral influence of
it. AS he ended, there was a little stir
in the company, and young woman
rose.
1T isn't customary for friends to
speak, know" she said, "but l must
Some of you here may remember me;
was Maggie Anderson. You used to
call me wild, and l was. But none of
you knew that / almost ran away with
d man five years ago.
II knew what it meant, but was
hard and bitter and didn't believe in
any one, and agreed to meet him on
a certain night.
when the time came | slipped out
but l never got to him. Do you know
why? l couldn't pass Miss Candace's
light tried again and again, but
each time shrank back because l fen
as If 1t would show how bad was
and yet at the same time, when
/ looked away from 1t, was afraid to &C
around through the dark. 1t seemed tC
me as If that light somehow came
straight from heaven, and if crossed
1t should be lost.
II went back, and few days after
that got work in Canton. / am mar
ried now, and happy, but IL it hadn't
been for Miss Candace's light Oh
wish had come back and told her
always meant to some time
Youths Companion.
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Siberia phenomenay
peculiarly
Permission readily granted sink shafts
tue
sixty feet and that all the
ground landlord and all gold extracted sold previously
the ndord There philanthropy
- In no bound to the
the use of MILL The field Is thus practically
reefs which would probably opened by m ~
tors who frequently
is thus continually touch with all that duly records the
results In u
as we'll as do their share of the
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cisco offers the latest illustration of how much insurance
really does protect Property to the value of fully
$350OO0000 destroyed the city and country suf-
fered business loss by the fire in that city Of nearly
billion dollars; 1t will take at least $12000OO0 clean
up the city, and undoubtedly $400000000 and twenty
years time to rebuild 1t. For all of that terrific loss
cost the citizens will receive from the insurance
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When a man comes around, and In
duces a society 10 get up play, mem
hers Of the society say their purpose
is to make money. Really, the members
want to act; usually. they know they
win lose money.
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Judge Your face is familiar. Seems
to me young man about your size with
a black patch over his left eye was
tried once before.
The Prisoner-Youse are mistaken,
yer honor, it weren't me, cuz | wuz
wearin' me patch on me odder eye den.
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Each wilIing to yyea.

Maiden lady (rescued from drown
ing. to her rescuerl How can ! ever
thank You, noble young mang Are you
married?
"No; have you pretty daughterg'--
Meggendorfer Blaetter,
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In the national archives Of France
Is an ancient secret Golfer which, for
some reason or other, has never been
opened since it was confscated from
the original owner, although the key
Is with 1t.