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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Great stunt by Geronimo.

IN a single day Geronimo, when in
his prime, ran 40 miles on foot. rode
500 miles on one stretch, as fast as
he could change horses, and so COM
pletely wore out the column which
finally captured him that three sets
of officers were needed to finish che
chase, and not more than one-third
of the troopers who started were in
at the finish, says writer in Outing.
Wrinkled and crafty and cruel is
his swarthy face to-day, but the fire
of his Internal energy has died and
he is no more than relic of the
Geronimo of whom Gen. Miles said
after their first meeting.
He rode into our camp and dis.
mounted, prisoner. He was one Of
the brightest, most resolute, deter
mined men l ever met, with the
sharpest, clearest dark eye. Every
movement showed power and en-.
ergy."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.
Spent $500 on Doctors and Remedies
but Got No Relief-Cuticura
Cures in Week.

"Upon the limbs and between the
toes my skin was rough and sore, and
also sore under the arms, and l had to
stay at home several times because of
this affection. Up to week or so ago
l had tried many other remedies and
several doctors, and spent about three
hundred dollars, without any success,
but this is to-day the seventh day that
I have been using the Cuticura Rene
dies (costing dollar and a half
which have cured me completely, so
that l can again attend to my busi-
ness. l went to work agHn tonight.
l had been suffering for eight years
and have now been cured by the Cut
icura Remedies within week. Fritz
Hirschlaff, "a Columbus Ave, New
York, N. Y, March 30 and April g.,
1906"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
The American Invasion.

age American church member gave 81
cents to foreign missions, the record
being held by the United Presby-
terians, with SLIT per member 1t
seems that there has been a general
increase in giving, the Southern Bap.
lists having doubled their foreign mis-.
sion gifts within a decade, and the
Southern Presbyterians nearly SO.
Smoothing the Investigators Path.
| l found these missionary board Of
| ficials civil lot. / could have wished
in it's investigation of insurance mat
ters. The boards open wide up, and
then deluge one with information upon
his approach. In fact, the considera-
tion which, more than any other, tends
to predispose me, as an investigator
toward the missionary people is the
heartiness and frankness with which
they seem to welcome an investiga-
tion. Without hesitation they have
afforded me every facility for looking
into their work at home and in for
eign lands. They say: Find out the
worst apd tell the public, including us.
We want to see the thing with the
eyes of disinterested observer"
A New Side Of College Life.
Picked up in the forest Of facts amid
which found nyeelf. is the news that
Yale university has established mis-
sionary lectureship. with Prof. Harlan
P. Beach, an ex-missionary, as incum-
bent; and that Yale. Harvard, Prince
ton and the University Of Pennsyl-
vania, all now have foreign mission en-
terprises of their own, manned by
graduates and supported by alumni
and Students.
On the foreign field--to make a big
jump there are now 400 translations
Of the Bible. OF native converts the
American missionaries claim half a
million. while the total native Chris
tian population of so-called heather"
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CCopvrieht bv Josepb b BowIes ,

Copyright by Joseph B. Bowles)
Mid Pacific. - l am on the trail
Of the American missionary. His
footprints are large and deep and
many, and l shall certainly come up
with him. Then we shall know what
sort of individual he is-whether a
haloed saint, as the religious papers
represent, or a double-dyed knave, as
many other papers and people assert,
or a plain. everyday American, try
ing to do an extraordinary job to the
best of his ability.
Rather queer, isn't it, that after hav-
ing been in the business of exporting
missionaries for well-nigh a hundred
years, America should actually know
20 little about the article himself, and
be so decidedly divided as to his
value?
For the American missionary has
been more a subject of controversy
than American canned beef. Hundreds
of persons who have visited foreign
parts and say that they know, and
thousands who declare that they have
that the missionary is sort of pious
bunco-man; that he is not wanted
where he works, that he is an unmiti-
gated nuisance, and that he is keenly
alert to the welfare of number one.
COntrariwise a vastly larger num-
ber of persons, in every part of the
land, firmly believe, and support their
conviction by their coin, that the mis-
Sionary is a saint and a hero, and the
selfess servant of a thankless worlds
welfare. All criticism of him they
sweepingly resent; and are loath to
hear aught to his dispraise. The
Apotheosis of the missionary is char
acteristic of modern religious life.
On a Still Hunt for Facts.
Curiously enough, the public hears
only these two opinions of the mis-
sionary. one of which represents him
as a scoundrel or a fool, the other of
which exalts him as a demi-god. So
far as / am aware, nobody has ever
set out, independently, and represent
ing no board, society or cause, to find
out, impartially, the exact facts in the
case. This is the mission l have un-
dertaken. My journalistic integrity is
pledged to the duty of ascertaining,
without favor or fear. exactly what
sort of person the missionary is, how
ne works and amid what conditions,
and whether the task he has imposed
upon himself is worth doing at all, and
If SO, whether he is doing it WELL
To that end l shall personally ex-
anime, on the ground, representative
enterprises of all denominational and
undenominational missions. l shall at
tempt to study the workers them
selves, and hear their own side of the
story. With equal diligence I shall
consult qualified native opinion and
search out the foremost foreign critics
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25

and have families; the former repre-
sents the salary promised to the mis-
sionaries of the China Inland Mission,
the Christian and Missionary Alliance,
and a few other undenominational
bodies.
What It Pays to Be a Missionary.
The unmarried college-0red man
who goes to the foreign field gets
about $500 a year; it may be a hun
dred dollars more, or, more likely, a
hundred dollars less, according to his
denomination. A married man gen.
orally from 81 900 to $1,2OG, with $1OO
extra for each child, if he belongs to
one of four or five denominations. An
unmarried woman gets $500, 5000 or
even $500 year, with no prospect of
increase. The missionary's stipend is
based not on the idea of compensation
but OF simple support. A mere living
is all that it is designed to afford the
missionary. All who choose this call
ing, say the boards, must renounce
hope of earthly gains.
Every missionary contracts to stay
seven years before receiving a fur
Tough; then his expenses home will be
paid, and he will receive one-half sal
ary while off duty. He is forbidden
to engage in outside money-making
pursuits. AS a rule, if he writes a
book, its royalties must be turned
back into the treasury of his board.
So it strikes one that, even consider
ing the lower cost of living in the
Orient, the financial inducements to
a cultivated young person to become a
missionary are rather meager. Wheth-
er this fact shuts out all but second
class men and women remains to be
found out.
Sending That Penny to the Heather.
Everybody has heard the charge
that for every penny which gets to the
mission field, SO cents is required to
send it. Business men, who believe in
business methods even in religious af.
fairs are the most frequent critics of
the expensivenesS of the conduct of
the missionary propaganda. l deter
mined to look this matter up, with
quite surprising results. Here are the
official figures. in all their dryness, of
the cost of collection and administra-
tion of foreign mission funds last year
by leading denominations:
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MRS HENRY LEE

Owing to modern methods of living
not one woman in d thousand APP
proaches this perfectly natural change
without experiencing train of very
annoying and sometimes painful
symptoms.
This is the most critical period of
her whole existence and every woman
who neglects the care of her health
at this time invites disease and pain.
When her system is in deranged
condition or she is predisposed to
apopleXy or congestion of any organ,
the tendency is at this per i O d
likely to become active and with a
host of nervous irritations make life a
burden. At this time also cancers
and tumorS are more liable to form
and begin their destructive work.
Such warning symptoms as sense
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, melancholia, dread of i'm
pending evil, palpitation of the heart,
Irregularities, constipation and dizzi-
ness are promptly needed by intel
ligeDt women who are approaching
the period of life when this gre u
change may be expected.
Mrs. Fred Certia, 1O14 So. Lafayette
Street, So. Bend, Ind, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the ideal medicine for women who
When a medicine has been
actually thousands of women, yc
it, 81 do not believe it will help
and family to try Lydia E. Pink
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25

may prove to be bad egg when he
reaches foreign shores; but every col
lege man in the land knows the stock
from which he springs. / recalled
while leaning over the rail conversins
with Mr.. Hong-Kong merchant
that few weeks before had read an
enthusiastic autograph letter from
President Roosevelt to Rev. DR.. Ar.
thur H. Smith Gather of the project
of bringing Chinese students to Amer.
lean universities) concerning the lat
ters books on China. A few days
previously DR.. Smith had been the
presidents guest at luncheon.
AS a matter of candor l may say
that thus far 1 am having some diff.
Guilty in running down to particulars
the countless charges against the mis-.
sionaries. I hope to have better for.
tune in foreign lands AS an illustra.
tion of my troubles, there is the in.
stance of fellow passenger on the
Trans-Pacific steamer, the wife of a
Philippine official She had learned
the nature of my quest. Il am glad
you are going to get after the mis-
sionaries, and hope you will rip them
up the back" she began, breezily
I'VE who travel and live out here
know that they are bad lot" Yet
she could not, when urged, become
more definite, and, although long q
resident Of Manila, and an Episco
palian, she confessed that she had
never heard or met Bishop Brent, the
brilliant head of the Philippine mis-
sions of her church.
Good Morals But Bad Manners.
Already l have dim suspicion that
one reason for the antipathy which
many travellers have to missionaries
is to be found in the latter's attitude
toward life aboard ship and in port
cities. The missionary is, infer, often
narrow and intolerant, and desirous o.
imposing his standards upon every
body. He is prone to make unman
nerly remarks about the amount OF
drinking that goes on, seven days 6
WCSh1 dDOdlu olLp' uO IuCOSSdul
gambling, also, of the smoking room
and ship saloons gets on his puritan
ical nerves. He cannot see-and he is
entirely too blunt and inconsiderate,
believe, in expressing this opinion
why practices should be counted goot
form aboard ship that are contrary tc
the law of the land when ashore. Tha,
IS the way he justifles his tactlessly
aired opinions.
Tourists do not like to have the
narrow standards of the missionaries
thus flung at their heads consciously:
and they are not likely to form az en-
tirely favorable estimate of their crit
les. "Too many young missionaries
said a famous veteran missionary t,
me a few minutes ago, think thai
they must start out by trying to con
vert the whole ship. They do not tr,
to mingle socially and congenially
with their fellow passengers. They
acquire an identity as missionaries
rather than as men and women"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
City Man Is Worst Bore.

1t is moot point which particular
kind of shop" is the dullest for an
outsider to listen to. Many people
vote for golf shop. There is certainly
much to be said for this view. Unin-
telligible discussions about approach
shots and slicings make an uniniti-
ated hearer yawn about as quickly as
most things. The author of Social
Silhouettes," however, votes for the
conversation of the hardened city
man. There is, think" he says,
mo kind of conversation known tc
man which can for moment COM
pete in point of dullness with the hab.
itual discourse Of the genuine city
man."-London Globe.
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lands is a million and a half.

lands is a million and half.
Hard Knocks for the Missionaries.
Quite different are the stories
hear in other quarters. One of the
higher officers of the Pacific Mai
Steamship company assured me, as
one who knows, that the mission
aries are a lot of grafters. But" he
added, with the characteristic com
mercial spirit of the day, Il do moi
want to see their graft stopped, for il
pays us to carry them"
A Hong-Kong merchant aboard shiT
declared that 'the missionaries are 8
pack of scoundrels. They are over
bearing, lazy, pestiferous fellows, re
cruited only from the very lowest
ranks of society in America and Great
Britain" That last was little more
than l could swallow, for it went con
trary to my personal knowledge In
numerous instances. The missionary
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and ascertain their views. In word,
with no other purpose than to give the
American public fair, frank, full
story of this controverted subject, l
have started on this journey around
the world. Whatever the conclusions
I may report, they will at least be
honest.
The Largest American Business
Abroad.
The biggest single foreign enter
prise in which America is engaged is
this one Of foreign missions. The rest
of the world, and especially the Orient
knows the Western Continent chiefly
by it's missionaries. Figured in dol
lars, the business last year cost the
american public $780,, ,165, paid in by
an organization with approximately
l2,0G0,000 shareholders of all religious
denominations, Protestant, Roman
Catholic and Mormon. (The foreign
mission work of all countries costs
e15,000.000 yearly.) For all this enor.
nous output the tangible returns to
America were practically nothing.
True, the missionary helped to create
a market, for the American packers
products, and for American locomo-
tives, and sundry other forms of mer-
shandise. But the church members, as
church members, who put up the
money, proflted not at all by this.
Apparently. the missionaries them
selves. Of whom America maintains
3,776 in japan, China, Korea, the Phil
ippines, Burma, Siam. India, Thibet,
Persia, Turkey, Egypt and the South
American countries, do not get rich
out of this vast sum. According to the
Official figures. which l gathered be-
fore leaving the United States, the
missionary's' salary ranges from moth
ing to $500 year. The last.named
figure il paid to veterans Of the Bap-
tist denomination. who are married
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
AGE TOLD ~ THE PULSE.
From Birth to Death the Beats Have
a Steady Decrease.

How old are you? Ask your pulse.
The human pulse has a wide range,
even in perfectly healthy persons.
The female pulse always beats fast
er than the male, and from birth to
death the pulse beats steadily de-
crease. It has been said by great
authorities that the age and sex of
a person could be ascertained by the
rate of the pulse alone. Babies at
birth have a pulse beat of 100 times
minute in case of a girl and $50 in
the case Of boys. At the age of four
or five the pulse beats will have fall
en- respectively to 10 and 100. Maid
ems and youths pulses average 95
and 80. Mature men and women av-
erage so and IS. Elderly men and
women have an average of 60 and so.
An old woman's pulse rarely, if ever,
sinks below so, but among men a
pulse beat below SO is quite common
There are, however, great variations
consistent with health. Napoleon s
pulse is said to have beaten only "A
times q minute
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Tunisian Bazars.

Real storehouses Of delight for the
visitor are the bazars of Tlnis. On
merchant has a $4,000 carpet which h,
likes to display. This huge, filmy ere
alton he will fling into the air for the
benefit of possible customer and al
low it to settle itself gradually or
the ground. This it does, unlike ar
ordinary carpet. So exquisitely fine
is the weaving that it imprisons all
bubbles large enough to hold a man
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
ReIated vIndlcatlon.

If there is one thing more than an
other which from our childhood W.
have heard was grossly unwnolesomt
and opposed to all medical advice
that thing certainly was Christina!
pudding. Now it seems (by the bes
medical advice) that to cali Christina.
pudding wholesome is entirely fain
and approximate expression of itI
merits.
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DON'T eRuMBLE AT TRIPLES.
twenty-five Bushels Wheat and Forty
five Bushels Oats Per Acre Are
in Western Canada.
Saltcoats, Sask.,
Sth December, 1906.

Sth December, 1906.
To the Editor.
Dear Sir.
willingly give you the result OF my
four and a half years experience in
the District of Saltcoats.
Previous to coming here ] farmed in
Baldwin, st. Croix County, Wisconsin,
and as have heard a great deal about
the Canadian Northwest, l decided
to take trip there and see the coun-
try for myself. / was so impressed
with the richness of the soil that |
bought half section of land about
fire miles from the town Of Saltcoats.
l moved on to the land the following
June and that year broke 80 acres,
which l cropped in 1904, and had 80
bushels wheat per acre. In 1905, with
an acreage of 160 acres, had "a bush
els wheat and 35 bushels of oats per
acre. In 1906, with 175 acres under
crop, had 25 bushels wheat and As
bushels of oats per acre.
From the above mentioned yields
you can readily understand that l am
very well pleased with the Canadian
West. OF course, have had to work
hard, but / don't mind that when ]
get such a good return for my labor.
To anyone thinking about coming to
this country / can truthfully say that
if they are prepared to work and not
grumble at trifies, they are bound to
get on. Some things 1 would like diff,
ferent. but take the country all round
l don't know where to go to get a bet.
ter.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
TeIephone lnvades Siam.

The Siamese minister of public
works has received the sanction OF
the king to the proposal to acquire
and install an entirely up-to-date tele.
phone system in Bangkok. The sys'
tenn decided on is the one known as
the central battery system. The in.
stallation will go to public tender.
Phya Sukhum is now engaged in ar.
ranging for new cable from Koh.
Si-Chang to Sirachi with connection
to Bangkok,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Famous Book Free.

Every reader of this paper can get free
of charge one of DIR. Coffee's famous books
which tells of a new method by which
persons afflicted with Deafness, Head
Noises, Sore Eyes, Failing Sight from any
small expense.
Write a letter Immediately to DR.. W. O.
Coffee, 800 Century Bldg, Des Moines, la.
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MRS. FRED CERTIA

are passing through Change of Life. For
several months l ffered from bot flashes,
extreme nervousness, headache and sleep
lessness. had no appetite and could not
sleep. l had made up my mind there was
no help for me until began to use Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, my
bad symptoms ceased, and it brought mo
safely through the danger period, butt
up my system and l am in excellent health
consider Lydia F.. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound unsurpassed for women during
this trying period of life"
Mrs. Henry Lee, 60 Winter Street,
New Haven, Conn, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
"After suffering untold misery for three
years during Change of Life i heard OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
| wrote you of my condition, and began to
take Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and followed your advice, and to-day
l am well and happy. l can now walk any
where and work as well as anyone, and for
years previous l had tried but could not get
around without help. / consider your medi-
cine sovereign balm for suffering women ="
Women passing through this critical
period should rely upon Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If
there is anything about your case
you don't understand write TO Mrs.
Pinkham, Lynn. Mass, for advice. 1t
is free and has guided thousands 10
health.
successful in restoring to health,
1 cannot we'll say without trying
me-" 1t is your duty to yourself
ANS Vegetable Compound.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Good Theory, Poor PraetIee.

To encourage temperance the Brit.
ish admiralty allows sc cents a month
to sailors who forego their daily ra-
ton of rum. But, as sailor who does
not wish to drink rum can draw his
rations and sell them to other sail
ors at so cents or even more a month,
the temperance plan is not so sue
cessful as was hoped.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Little Ones PRAYER,

Mary always gets a little piece Of
candy every day to keep her from be,
ing naughty. One day she was
naughty, and she did not get her
candy. That night when she was go.
ing to bed she said her prayers as fol-
lows: Our Father, who art in heaven,
please give me my daily candy"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Astonished the Professors.

At a recent examination a British
candidate in the London College of
Music defined a musical interval as
"a short pause for refreshments"
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A bird in the bush is worth three in
the hand-from the birds viewpoint.

Take Garfield Tea in the Spring-it will
save YOU many days of headache, lassitude
and general i'll health. This natural laxa-
tive puriiies the blood, cleanses the sys.
TEN and establishes a normal action OF
liver, kidneys and bowels.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Il Cures While You Walk,

Aliens Foot Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating. callous. and swollen. aching
feet. Sold by all druggists Price 25c Don't
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, Y. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25
Illinois Pheasant Hatchery.

Out of $500 English pheasant eggs
lately imported by the game commits
sioner Of Illinois 5000 healthy chicks
have been hatched.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25

Pure! Pleasant! Potent! Three inter-
esting facts about Garfield Tea, the Nat
Mal laxative. It is made of Herbs and is
guaranteed under the Pure Food and Drug
LAW
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Yours truly,

NoISH6UJ y. D. OLDO-N'
Write to any Canadian Government
Agent for literature and full particu
lars.
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Good channe h Nama.

William street in New York city,wa,
known as Horse and Cart street
back in the eighteenth century.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25

Old Sofas. Backs Of Chairs. etc. can
be dyed with PUTNAM FADELESS
DYES, fast, bright, durable colors.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25

Mrs. WlnslOw's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums, reduces in
nammaton, allays pain cures wind collie 25c bottle
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-25

Lies often tread on the toes Of the
unshod truth.