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Free press., 1907-01-19
scALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
Doctors and Remedies FruitIess-suf-
fered 10 Years = Completely
Cured by cuticura.

when 1 was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each Of my
lower limbs. / scratched them with a
brass pin and shortly afterwards both
of those limbs became so sore that
I could scarcely walk. When 1 had
been suffering for about a month
the sores began to heal, but small
scaly eruptions appeared where the
sores had been. From that time on
ward I was troubled by such severe
itching that, until I became accus-
toned to it, / would scratch the sores
until the blood began to flow. This
would stop the itching for a few
days, but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accom-
pany them. After / suffered about
ten years 1 made a renewed effort to
effect cure. The eruptions by this
time had appeared on every part of
my body except my face and hands.
The best doctors in my native coun--
ty advised me TO use arsenic in small
bathe the sores In q mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In ad-
dition 1 used other remedies, such
as iodine, sulphur. zinc salve, Is
Salve, - Ointment, and in fact I
was continually giving some remedy
fair trial, never using less than
one or two boxes or bottles. All
this was fruitless. Finally my hair
began to fall out and 1 was rapidly
becoming bald. / used IS -.
but it did no good. A few months
after, having used almost everything
else, I thought 1 would try Cuticura
Ointment, having previously used
Cuticura Soap and being pleased with
it. After using three boxes I was
completely cured, and my hair was
restored. after fourteen years of suf-
fering and an expenditure of at least
$50 or $50 in vainly endeavoring to
find cure. I shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested In
my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, Yer.
million, s. OAK, Aug. 1s, 1906"
Free press., 1907-01-19
TO ALL
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are SaPping Country of
It's Wealth.
SMALLER ToWKS CRUSHED
BY Assisting in the Capitalization
Of Wealth, Patrons of These In
stitutions Contribute to Their
Own Injury.

Copyright. 1906. by Alfred c. Clarlt)
Every year millions upon millions of
dollars find their way from the towns,
villages and rural districts of the coun-
try to the Golfers of the mail order
houses in the cities, and go to the up
building of enormous institutions in
the centers of population. Naturally.
the sources from which the contribu-
tions are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
4 story so stupendous that its full sig
nificance cannot be grasped in mo-
ment, but the mere sight of which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1905 two mail order
houses, located in Chicago, did a busi-
ness amounting in round numbers to
$SO,O00,000. In the year 1904 these
same concerns did a business of about
$62,oGO,0G0, a gain of 100000 or
nearly so per cent. in a single year be-
ing thus exhibited.
These figures.represent the sale last
year of one dollars worth of merchan-
disc for every man, woman and child
in the country by two catalogue houses
alone, and those operating from the
same central point. Dozens more of
varying size and Importance are oper-
ating all over the country from coast
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to coast and from border to border.
A fact not generally known is that
hundreds of concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels are
awaiting only a parcels post law to
unloose literature, already prepared
IN many instances, which would pro-
ject them into the mail order field, and
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands of
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex-
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re-
ferred to, already occupying immense
buildings, found themselves cramped
for room. One of them expended not
less than 81, 100000, and probably more,
Sor a new home. The other lately has
secured a new location and also will
expend at least $1,000,000 for an i'm
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual
ly on the subject must become i'm
pressed that the influence of the mail
order business is toward the central
ization of wealth, and how enormous
part it is playing in this direction
will be understood from second
glance at the figures which have been
given above.
1t is due to himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly of himself what the final out
come is to be if the mail order busi-
ness shall continue to make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
1t is useless to repeat the well worn
argument of the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels of trade to leave
| their customers more money than
ever to devote to home enterprises
and institutions. The fallacy of this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute com
parsons of goods, as to their quality
| and prices. TIE refute it finally and
! indisputably by a simpler and more
direct method it is necessary only to
ask the reliable business men Of any
of the smaller communities to show
the evidence from their books and ac
counts of the harm the mail order
/ habit is doing their communities.
1t is truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting o,
the sun that no country or section Oi
| a country can prosper unless the peo
| pie as a whole shall be prosperous
Such general prosperity as may exisi
cannot be retained if the institutions
of the already larger and wealthiel
communities are to continue to b
built up by contributions that shoule
be spent at home from the Thousands
| OF smaller communities.
The need of the country, desper
ate need upon which the welfare o
the individual depends, is for th'
upbuilding and continued progress o
the smaller communities. so that th'
wealth Of the country may be distrib
uted over the entire country. and no
congested and controlled in larg'
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state, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and punishable by a
fine of not less than $500 or more
than 81 600, and by Imprisonment in
Jail for not less than 80 days or
more than six months for each and
every offense.
The attorney general and county
attorneys are given specific power to
start inQuisitorial proceedings to as
certain if any such monopolies or
combines exist, in order to get the
necessary information for the en-
forcement of the act
During the course OF the transac-
ton OF the routine business a mo-
ton was carried directing the rail-
road committee TO order the printing
of 500 copies each of the important
railroad bills which have been intro
the Quincy bill providing for Secur-
ity for deposits in the banks of the
state was ordered also.
On a motion of Senator NoftZger,
which prevailed, the senate adjourn
ed at 10:45 o'clock until 4 O'Clock on
Tuesday afternoon.
1t is expected that the election to
choose a successor to Mr.. Curtis in
the First district will be late in Feb
ruary or early in March. Governor
Hoch will issue a call for the cleo
tion as soon as the vacancy occurs,
which will be January %, the day
the legislature meets in joint assem-
bly, to elect
The law provides that thirty days
notice must be given between the
date of the call and the special cleo
ton. Some of the candidates have
wanted a late election so that they
could have time to make their fight,
but pressure has been brought to
bear on the governor for an early
settlement of the case and his call
may provide for an early election.
Arthur Capper, chairman of the
First district congressional commit
tee. will issue a call for a meeting
Immediately after the governor S
call The committee must give ten
days notice for a primary election
or a convention. 1t is probable that
the primary election system will be
used to settle the contest, as Curtis
has established that precedent in the
district He was nominated by a
primary last spring, and it is prob
able that the committee will give the
other contestants for the place a
chance to get out and make votes in
that way.
Charles Curtis has received nearly
700 telegrams and letters congratu-
| lating him on his victory in the Re
/ publican caucus. The letters from
! his friends in Kansas began coming
| today There were nearly 200 OF
them. Nearly all of the kilograms
are from prominent politicians
newspaper men. senators and mem
bers of congress living outside of the
! state.
Free press., 1907-01-19
RESPONDED TO HIS NAME.
Dog Had Coed Excuse for His Appear
ance in Church.

willie was asleep and Dan was
lonely" says Our Little Ones. ''Wil-
lie is the minister's son, Dan is his
dog. 1t was Sunday morning, and
every one was at church but these,
two friends. 1t was warm and sunny,
and they could hear the good preach
er, for their mouse was next door to
the church.
Dan,' said Willie, 1T is better here
than in church. for you can hear every
word, and don't get prickles down
your back, as you do when you have
to sit up straight
In some way, while Willie was
listening he fell asleep. Dan kissed
him in the nose, but when Willie went
to sleep he went to sleep to stay, and
did not mind trif1es. So Dan sat down
with the funniest look of care on his
wise, black face. and with one ear
ready for outside noises.
Now, the minister had for his sub
ject Daniel. This was the name he
always gave Dan when he was teach
ing him to sit up and beg, and other
tricks. While the dog sat thinking,
the name Daniel fell in his ready ear.
Dan at once ran into the church
through the vestry door. He stood on
his hind legs, with his fore paws
dropping close beside the minister,
who did not see him, but the congre-
cation did. When the minister shout
ed Daniel again, the sharp barl1s
said: Yes. sir as plainly as Daniel
could answer.
''The minister started back, looked
around, and saw the funny little pic
ture; then he wondered what he
should do next, but just then through
the vestry came Willie. His face was
rosy from sleep. and he looked lit
tie frightened. He walked straight
toward his father and took Dan in
his arms, and said:
Please 'scuse Dan, papa l went
asleep and he ruined away
Then he walked out with Dan, look
ing back on the smiling congregation
The preacher ended his sermon on
Daniel as best he could, but then he
made a resolve if he ever preached
again on the prophet Daniel he would
remember to tie up his dog
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NeveIlst,s EariY EarnInas.

A pocket series of Mr.. Thomas
Hardy's stories is to be published
soon, and lately complete edition OF
his books in 20 beautiful volumes was
issued in America with success When
Mr.. Hardy took the manuscript OF
Under the Greenwood Tree" to the
late Mr.. Tinsley that enterprising pub
Usher offered the novelist the sum OF
$125 down for the book. Mr.. Hardy
accepted the sum, although he owned
that he was "a bit disappointed" add
ing that nevertheless he meant TO
keep on" Next came his book "A Pair
of Blue Eyes" for which Mr.. Tinsley
gave the novelist $500, saying: There
Is no money in the book, bat can
see that Hardy is going to get a grip
some day"
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amounts in comparative few eeRters
of population
The efore, the man who sends away
from his own community money which
he might have spent at home and per-
mitted a fair profit to the home mer-
chant to be retained there for the
benefit of the community. is injurIng
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In a large number of instances he is
doing more than this. Unwittingly, or
unthinkingly. perhaps, he is violating
his own principles of right and justice,
for, at the expense of his own COM
munity, he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which he continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct their
energies particularly toward the peo-
pie of the smaller towns and the agri-
cultural districts. In hundreds OF
thousands of the homes Of these the
catalogue of the mail order house is as
regularly received as the home paper
The man on the farm last year sent a
very large portion of eighty millions
of dollars to two of these institutions.
in one community, alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting.
purely for the sake of the argument,
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save a few dol
lars on some OF his purchases, or even
that he could do so on ali of them, can
he afford to continue to impoverish
his own community. upon which his
own prosperity, the very value of his
LAND depends?
If he will ask himself this question
and consider it sOberly and fairly in
all of its phases, including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits of a single article, we think
his answer must be that he cannot
The wonderful productivity of this
country has been sufficient to over
come the various adverse economic ia
fluences which have existed during the
period of years in which the mail or
der business has accomplished its
Free press., 1907-01-19
The Puzzle Solved

Some time ago a merchant in Mar
blehead. Mass, was discovered in his
store at very late hour, and in reply
ing to inquiries, he said:
My confidential clery is missing" ;"
And what of it?''
why. I'm looking over the books.
but they seem to be all right"
Have you counted your cash 90
Yes; and 1t is correct to a dollar" "
Looked over your bank book?"
81 have, and it is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle, you see He's
skipped. and 1 can't make out what
for"
Been home since noon?" :
No"
Perhaps he's eloped with your
wife,
He hurried home. and found this to
be the case
Free press., 1907-01-19
Lono-Lost Treasure Found.

The director of the treasury OF
Brazil while hunting for some lost
papers has made an astonishing dis
covery. A box which had not appar-
emily been disturbed for many years
was found to contain gold, silver and
diamonds to the value of at least $780,
900. Among the valuables recovered
are the imperial crown and scepter of
Brazil, valued at $105. 900. and the i'm
periaI mantle, bordered with gold
The box in (which the treasure was
found is believed to have been de-
posted in the treasury since 1886.
Free press., 1907-01-19
Always 10 Be pepended upon.

When person gets up in the morn
ing with dull headache and a tired.
stretchy feeling, it's an almost certain
indication that the liver, or bowels,
or both, are decidedly out of order
At such times Nature, the wjsest
and best of doctors, takes this means
to give warning that she needs the
help and gentle assistance which can
best be obtained from that old fam
lily remedy, Brandreth's Pills, which
has been in use for over a century.
They are the same fine laxative
tonic pill your grandparents used
when doctors were few and far be-
tween, and when people had to have
a remedy that could absolutely be de
pended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended
upon, and are sold in every drug and
medicine store, plain or sugar-coated
Free press., 1907-01-19

One group of government employees,
at least. must be admitted to do their
work at small expense. The engineers
OF the land office during the last fiscal
year surveyed $500, 900 acres of public
land at an average cost of four and
one-half cents an acre. Even this is
an increase over the expense in pre-
vious years, which has been three
and one-half and four and one-third
cents. The reason is that most of
the level, accessible and easily sur
veyed land has been disposed of. That
which has to be surveyed now is
mountainous or inaccessible, and con-
sequently the cost is greater.
Free press., 1907-01-19

General Nogi, the Japanese COM
mander who captured Port Arthur, the
Russian stronghold, has been seriously
hurt by being thrown from his horse.
1t seems like the irony of fate, after
escaping the perils of great war, to
meet with so comparatively common
place an accident. The incident re-
calls the annoying experience of one
of the famous fighters in our own civil
war who. having gone through that
famous conflict, later lost a leg as the
result of a mule kick.
Free press., 1907-01-19

New regulations of the steamboat
inspection service restrict the use of
sirens and other steam-whistles in
New York. Philadelphia and Boston.
Only fire-boats and government YES
sells are to be allowed to sound the
hair-raising siren. The improved reg
ulations are in considerable measure
due to the persistent work of one
woman, although she has been assist
ed by many other vigorous pleaders.
We are willing to endure the neces-
sary noises of life, but good health
demands that we shall be spared un-
necessary shocks to the nervous sys-
tenn through the delicate ear.
Free press., 1907-01-19

A striking appeal TO the well-to-do
owner of a motor car who exceeds the
speed limit was made recently by the
police commissioner of Boston. The
number of policeman is limited. When
they are detailed to watch motor car
drivers they are withdrawn from their
proper duty of guarding homes and
preventing disorder. Business men
and professional men rich enough
to own motor cars, have property
which needs police protection. They
sacrifice part of this protection. says
Youths Companion, by keeping some
of the police on the watch for their
offenses against the road laws.
Free press., 1907-01-19

1t has just been discovered that
Gashavant C. Pandit, very wealthy
-high-caste Hindu and a protege of the
Gaekwar of Baroda, is working as
common laborer in an acid factory at
Roscoe, n. d. Pandit, though said to
be worth millions, works and lives as
the other laborers do. Industrial con-
ditions in India are in a deplorable
state, he declares, and it is his inten-
tion TO take part in the task of revo-
lutioniZing them in his native land.
Free press., 1907-01-19
Small LandhoIders in Eaypt.

small landhOlders in Egypt. 5.000,00
acres being cultivated by over 1.0o0.-
600 landowners. of whom 5000 are
Europeans, owning, on an average a
little over 100 acres Nine hundred
and forty peasants hold under five
acres each. or % per cent of the
whole cultivated land: while 1900
men of means have holdings above 80
acres, their total being over 2.250.000
acres. or a per cent OF the whole;
proprietors Of between Ave and 20
ceres having p psz cent.
Free press., 1907-01-19

"At no period, perhaps, has the
spirit of reform exerted itself more
strenuously than in our own time, but
this has been not because we are pes
simistic, says the Boston Globe, but
because we are distinctly optimistic.
The pessimist accomplishes no re-
forms; he leans back and sneers at
those evils which he thinks hopeless
of correction. 1t is the optimist who
achieves improvements, because his
indignation is fresh and hopes are
high.
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Knew the answer.

A motorist, who was touring in Ire
land, one day met a native on the road
who was driving a donkey and cart.
Thinking he would have little fun
at his expense, he began:
What is the difference. Pat, be-
tween your turnout and mine %
The native looked at the questioner
a minute or SO. and then replied:
Not a great deal The donkey's in
the shafts in the one end and on the
seat In the other"
The me7orfst asked no more conun-
drums
Free press., 1907-01-19
French Presidents "DoubIs -

N. Fallieres was, until recently, be-
neved to be the only president of the
French republic who had no double.
but his counterpart has been found
The man who most resembles him
physically is a respectable merchant
Of the Rue Saint Honore, who playa.
his part with decorum and dignity. He
wears exactly the same kind of blue
butterfly necktie with white dots as
the president, the same kind, of hat
and exactly 80 oddly cut a beard. And
On his promenades he is always ac-
companied by friend who could cas-
lily be taken for the presidents pri-
.Vate secretary. Dignifed and with
measured steps, the enviable double
walks through the Faubourg Saint
Konore and feels overjoyed at being
saluted on all sides-
Free press., 1907-01-19

Judge Addison, a well-known jurist
Of London, recently retired, was in the
habit of indulging in the oldest OBJ
servations while trying cases. On one
occasion opposing lawyers were
wrangling over the question. When
does an egg become stale?" The
judge, who had vivid recollections of
close election contest in which he fig
ured. declared that the real test of
an eggs staleness was the moment it
became fit for use at contested cleo
ton.
Free press., 1907-01-19
Real Enthuiast.

Speaking of applying the artistic
to ordinary duties reminds me OF my
unmarried aunt with whom l lived
when 1 was child. She used some
times to do such a fine job of making
the beds that she would make US
sleep on the floor. because she hadn't
the heart to see her work spoiled. -
EXCHANGE
Free press., 1907-01-19
rhe Embler1 Is Alrlaht.

Guthrie. Okla, Jan. H." Alfalfa"
was again offered as the floral en-
hlem of Oklahoma today. George
Guthrie. Okla, Jan. 12.-The San
Ia Fe railroad company yesterday
announced a decided reduction Of
rate on all grain and grain pro-
duct shipments from Oklahoma
points south of Arkansas City to
Galveston, for export shipment. The
reduction amounts to two cents. or
from the rate OF 80 lie to 2S 1-2e,
and will result in a saving of thou
sands of dollars to Oklahoma ship
ners. The new rate will become eff
fesffye February l.
Free press., 1907-01-19

A wealthy American girl is going to
marry a baseball player This IS GER
tainly an indication that the tastes of
the girls have been elevated since the
days when they used to pick out dukes
and counts.
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greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty WELL" While the
increasing flow of golden millions from
their source in the land of the coun-
try to the already great centerssf OF
money and population has held back
the growth of the smaller communi-
ties, it has not yet occasioned a great
disaster. The test will come with the
first pinch of hard times" a condi-
ton which no country ever has been
able to escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those COM
munities VIII best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources.
JOHN s. POTTS.
Free press., 1907-01-19

Ben Sheldon, veteran county clerk
OF Lander, Wyo.. was defeated for
reelection by a big majority. He
was opposed by young women. who re-
sented his action in discharging girl
employed in his office because she in
sisted on wearing a peek-a-boo waist
Free press., 1907-01-19

OnRcers of the geological survey
have lately announced that the coal
deposits in America will not be ex-
hausted for four or five thousand
years. Since 1875 the country has
produced more than 5000. 100000 <ons
of coal, whereas its total production up
to that date was only 7o0.O0O.OOo tons.
Free press., 1907-01-19

James Bryce, the new British am
bassador to this country, has declined
to receive a title. He need not ex-
pect to become popular with our
heiresses.
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New Rate is Eneetive.

Guthrie, Okla, Jan 12.-The Uni
ted States attorneys Office at Guth-
RE has received from the secretary
OF agriculture letter relating to
the pure food and drug act, which
contains the following: In reply to
your letter Of December 81, 1906
you are advised that all foods and
drugs sold within the territory on
and after January /. 1897, must con
form TO the provisions of the pure
food and drug act of June 80. 1906,
and the regulations made thereun-
der. 1 enclose a copy of these regu-
lations''
Free press., 1907-01-19

The New York restaurant offer is
no longer available for Count Boni on
account of the formation of the Society
for the Prevention of Unnecessary
Noises. He has taken TO wearing red
ties and purple waistcoats.
Free press., 1907-01-19

Hicks, the miner who was entombed
for fifteen days at bakersfield, Cal.
says there were some moments when
he enjoyed his Imprisonment. He
was not bothered by book agents or
insurance solicitors and it didn't cost
him a cent for coal or groceries.
Free press., 1907-01-19

What does the Kaiser know about
good cooking, anyhow? He has no
fond memories of the kind mother
used TO make.
Free press., 1907-01-19

Man is a plain necessity says one
of the women writer's. Oh, well, he
wouldn't be so plain if he fixed up"
the way woman does.
Free press., 1907-01-19

OF languages which so widely diff
fer among themselves as to be in
comprehensive without particular
study the number readily exceeds
I 600