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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28
Other Rails.

AtShison. L. & N. Missouri Pacific,
and union Pacific were all down from
y TO l point. St Paul dropped rs. Penn
sylvania e full point. Reading from a
close at 92H yesterday 10 an opening
al 9194 - SySs. Delaware & Hudson was
a pcint of. Great Northern dropped
Ia. Northern Pacific over point, and
the whole list kH1h.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

The reported currency movement for
the week indicate that the banks have
lost over 5000 900 10 the interior. The
Treasury disbursements were $1,000. 900.
The movement Of the cotton crop. for
tunately delayed earlier. began this week
In earnest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

In 1905 s112,OO0oO0 worth OF agricul-
tural machinery was marketed among
the farmers of the United States Capt.
tai employed. 1896. 10000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

tired holders are getting out OF the
industrials.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

Some buyers OF securities on the re-
cent severe break have given up their
OF timistic views and are getting out in
anticipation OF q new low bottom. at
which TO get in again
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

1t is question whether general busI-
ness prosperity can continue unabated
with such a large shrinkage In invest
ment values. Business men know that
Wall Street is a barOmeter-aside from
a certain speculative movement.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

The total banking capital of the
United States at the close OF business
1905 was s1.536.l69. 500. distributed among
1j.S29 institutions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

Money in the West Is leading at 6iAa7
per cent. October is expected to pass
without trouble.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28

Market. firm. Country cured hams
when properly trimmed and cured sell
promptly at good prices.
Calves. full dressed, &C; do, heads on.
1Ic Hog dressed calves Sc. Hams,
country. sugar cured. 1ial6c,
Dressed cattle, o4ll.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

RAILWAY AND INDUsTRIAI.s.
Subway 1914 1874 1915 16h II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-28
TREASURY STATEMENT.

increase.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08
PROFESSORS OF ENGLISH
FAVOR SHORTER FORMS.


Nearly all the professed students
OF language, nearly all the linguistic
experts, are ranged on our side. 1t
might be said, almost, that the more
9 man knows about the history of
English and of the science of lam
gHage the more likely he Is to be in
favor OF the progressive simplif1ca-
tlon OF spelling that we are adv0cat-
ing. Prof. Lounsbury, Prof. March,
ana Prof. Hempl are original mem
Ders OF Il board; so are the editors
OF h Centur, the Standard, and of
Webster's Dictionaries, and we are
glad to have the sympathy of Prof.
Skeat at Cambridge, and of DR.. MUIR
ray and DR.. Bradley, at Oxford. In
fact, the only two philologists who
have come out against as are Presi-
dent Wheeler of the University of
California, and Prof. Harry Thurston
Peck of Columbia-and President
Wheeler's specially is Greek and
Prof. Peck's Latin. / think that no
scholar whose special interest is in
our living English speech has made
any protest against our proposals.
I'm many of the objections raised
against our recommendations we
have been surprised to see signs of a
strange superstition There seems to
be a belief on the part of many that
there is now a fixed, regular, and au-
t~horitatiye spelling of our language
which has been unchanged from the
beginning. which was used by Shakes
peare and Swift and Scott, by Frank
lin and Emerson, a regular spelling
we are wickedly seeking to change
for the worse. / was told by n of
my graduate students the other day
that in the little town he came from
people believed that there was in
some book a final authority on the
English language, its usages, it's
grammar, and its photography. One
advantage of our campaign will be to
direct attention to the history Of
spelling and to it's principles. We
are forcing those who have never Civ
en- a thought to the subject to pay at
tention to the growth and develop
ment of English. This is an indi-
rect benefit of our action for which
we are entitled to gratitude.
I'VE have found surviving also the
old eighteenth century idea that a
language ought to be fixed once for
all. This was Swift's theory, and it
was the theory which caused the
founding of the French academy. or
course, a living language can never
be fixed finally; it is always growing
and changing, modifying its gram
mar and improving its spelling. 1t is
only when a language is dead that 1t
ceases TO change, and no language Is
more theoretically alive than Eng
lish is now."-Brander Matthews in
New York Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08
GIVEN ZIP TO DIE

B. Spiegel, 1904 n. Virginia st.,
Evansville, Ind, writes: For over
Eve years 1 was troubled with kidney
and bladder affections which caused
me much pain and worry. l lost
flesh and was all run down, and a
year ago had to abandon work en-
tirely. l had three of the best physi-
clans who did me no good and | was
practically given up to die. Foley's
Kidney Cure was recommended and
the first bottle gave me great relief,
and after taking the second bottle
was entirely cured Why not let 1t
help you? Sections Pharmacy.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08
SIMPLIFIED SPELLING
AS AN ADVERTISEMENT.

Simplified spelling is being put to
many novel uses by advertisers. One
form which seems to be popular is
the simplified spelling b%lotters, which
have been issued by many business
houses, containing the list of the 800
words. This idea also has been TAX
en- up by normal schools; among 9TH
ers, the Westchester State Normal
school, of Pennsylvania, which has
given such blotters to its pupils. A
number of publishers, including a
Canadian house, have prepared
scratch pads for pupils, with the 500
words printed on the owe On one
of these scratch pads apepars also
pictures of President Roosevelt and
members of the simpliied spelling
board.
The publishers of Webster's Die
t~ionary also are using these words in
connection with their advertising, the
latest device being a little pamphlet,
which, after printing the simplified
forms, points out that 100 of these
words are preferred by Webster and
10 are given as equal authority,
while the rs words in the vocabulary
of the International practically are
found in the list of amended spell
ings. The publishers write: "As
fast as they are sanctioned by good
usage they will be added to the vo-
cabulary proper"
OF the blotters. probably the most
original is that issued by q public
stenographer at 1 Madison avenue.
where the offices of the simpliied
spelling board are located. This blot
ter contains, among other
ments, the following couplet:
Il do tvpewritipg, written or told;
All kinds of spelling-new and old"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08
sIMpLIFIED.

Hypnotism Is only vaguely under
stood by men of science, while the
rank and file know only it's effects
and nothing of its cause. Conse-
quently, the article on ~"Hypnotism, -
by T. Gilbert White, in the March
Metropolitan Magazine, is a revela-
ton for every n of us. Mr.. White
advances a plain and easily grasped
theory. He describes some of his
own experiences which are remark
able and entertaining.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08

Your brain goes on a strike when
you overload your stomach; both
need blood to do business with. MI
triton Is what you want and comes
by taking HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. Sex
tons Drug Store.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-08

All of the trouble a merchant
takes with his advertising is sub
tracted from the trouble you will
take in shopping.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22

know that he could have bought rs
cheaply and selected much more sat.
isfactorily at home. On a rural route
with which / am familiar and over
which most of the incoming letters
are from mail order houses and the
outgoing ones carry back money or
ders, lives friend Of mine who
bought watch from the catalogue at
what he considered rare bargain.
The watch came, to be sure, but 1t did
not go, that Is at the right speed,
and, although money enough was
spent on 1t to bring the price up to
a good figure, it was no better as
timekeeper than that famous watch
of Capt Cuttle's. Another friend
bought buggy at $34 and was elated
over his purchase until It came and
he saw that the top was very ordin-
airy article of oil cloth, instead OF
leather, and he was so ashamed OF 1t
that he sold it at loss to his hired
man and bought better one in q
neighboring town. A lady and her
two daughters bought shoes from the
catalogue and when asked why they
had trouble with their feet said 1t was
because of ill-fitting shoes. But such
instances of the bad effects of buy
ing sight unseen" are daily occurring
all over the country. 1t is only natur-
al and inevitable that such things
should happen.
Let us see what will be the effect
of this formidable diversion Of trade,
If carried to its logical conclusion.
Nearly all the business houses OF the
smaller towns will become bankrupt,
the value of town property will de-
cline, churches and schools will re-
ceive feeble support and the towns,
instead of being centers of business
and social activity will almost cease
to exist. The country in general will
become like many portions of the
south where the large plantations, by
getting their supplies in the cities,
have kept the neighboring towns
down to the CROSSROADS type-dreary,
implanted little places of half dozen
ramshackle houses The evil effects
of this loss of trade and destruction
of the value of town property will re-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
WILLING TO LET HIM DIE.
Singing Message Sent by Farmer
Worsted In Business Deal.

In the old colony town of Scituate,
Mass, once lived Deacon j, who
had yoke of oxen he desired to
SELL The news reached the ears OF
Farmer T, who lived in another
portion of the town, who was in want
of pair So he visited the deacon,
who met him with gracious smile
and led him to the oxen, which were
chewing their cuds and to all appear
ances ready for any amount Of toll
After some bargaining difference
Of five dollars remained. Finally the
deacon said: Il am old and feeble,
and shall not live long, and five dol
lars will be of no account" SO the
bargain was made. Farmer T. took
the oxen me.
They proved worthless could not
work, and had been heated. He felt
provoked at being sold, and, seeing
a person the next day who was going
to the part of the town where the
deacon lived, said: You tell Deacon
! he need not live another id
minute longer on my account"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
Secret of Japan's Success.

Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton of the British
army wrote the evening after one OF
the great battles which he had wit
messed between Russians and Japa--
nese in the recent war in Manchuria:
ITO bed! Although it is with re-
luctance that prepare to lose my grip
of the exciting consciousness that
have to-day seen the most stupendous
spectacle that it is possible for mortal
brain to conceive-Asia advancing,
Europe falling back; the wall of mist
and the writing thereon" Then as to the
meaning of this retreat OF Europe be-
fore advancing Asia: The more
think the more certain | am that it
was not strategy or tactics. or arma-
ment or information, which won the
battle of Liaoyang for Oyama, but that
1t was rather the souls OF the Japanese
troops which triumphed over the less
developed less awakened, less stimu-
lated qualities Of the Russians"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA.
Were Treated at Dspensary-Dd Not
mprove-Suffered Five Months
Perfect Cure by Cuticura.

"My three children had eczema for
five months. A little sore would ap-
pear on the head and seemed very
itchy, increasing day after day. The
baby had had it about a week when
the second boy took the disease and
few sores developed, then the third
boy took it. For the first three months
took them to the N Dispensary,
but they did not seem to improve.
Then l used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and in few weeks
they had improved, and when their
heads were well you could see nothing
of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 513
West goth St., New York, n. Y, Nov.
/, and 7, 1906"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22

barbering, blacksmithing or the serV-
ing of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive, but such lines OF trade can
not sustain a decent town. The
cause OF this widespread loss of bust
ness is the aggressive and destructive
competition OF the catalogue houses
in the big cities. 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities, II one felt that
the merchants OF his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
of the mail order houses to cut the
retailer altogether Is new thing, the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with a few lines of trade, this
form OF competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
a country town and it is even asserted
that savings bank department Is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over $500, 100000 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount OF $29 ,O00,-
900 in the past six months and Is now
incubating new plan to Increase its
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands OF people in the
hope of making them regular Gus
toners.
The skillfully worded advertisement
and the big catalogue, with its pic
lures Of articles in hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring TO buyers.
most Of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some Of the
articles below the usual prices are of
an inferior quality. while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer. AS was
shown last winter in a speech in con-
gress, articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of the mail order people with DELHI
crate intent to deceive. One OF the
instances given by this congressman
was Of some thousands OF finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
we're in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue, OF from an advertisement.
does not see the articles till they
come and is often disappointed in the
quality OF the most of them, but there
Is no redress as there would be II be
bought at home. He does not like 70
own that he is disappointed. so he
makes the best OF II and tries TO per
suads himself that he has saved
money. In many Instances hefis not
well enough informed in valves to
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
DO NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL-oRDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Use
II and Sold It to His Hired
Man--lt Pays to Buy
at Home.

Copyright, by Alfred c. Clark.)
The East End of London Is an ex-
ample of what the city does for hui
mainly in creating poverty, misery,
disease, drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is it any wonder that lovers
OF their kind are horror stricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grst is the bodies and souls of
men?
But there is another movement con-
nected with this current setting city
ward which, like it, is full of grave
menace to the welfare of humanity.
This is The dry rot now invading thou
sands Of villages and towns. 1t is not
lack Of capital or business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
freights Or.-exhaustion of the coil in
the surrounding country that is bring
ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back
ward. Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospect is for
a continued shrinkage in trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: Il believe the day OF
the village and town is over The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit,
tie fish. A few small lines OF business
that cannot be done by mail, such as
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
TACK THIS UP.
Simple Advice Which May Prove Of
Untold Value.

At the first sign of Backache or pain
in the region of the Kidneys, or weak
ness and Urinary trouble, the follow
ing simple prescription should be
used:
Fluid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon. one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces. Take teaspoonful after each
meal and at bedtime.
Any good prescription pharmacy
will supply these three ingredients at
small cost, which can easily be mixed
by shaking well in bottle. This is
said to force the Kidneys to filter the
sour acids and poisons from the blood,
overcoming the worst cases of Rheu.
matism.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
To BE Refilled.

One Of the suburbs of Chicago Is the
site of well-known school of theol-
ogy, from which go out each weekend
many members of the senior class to
try their voices as supplies"
A passenger on 4 Monday morning
train was surprised at the number OF
them who got off at the station
What are all these chaps getting
off here?" he asked the brakeman.
Them" asked the brakeman. 20.
they're returned cmpties, for the col
lege."-Youth's Companion
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
Didn't Suit Him.

People who patronize the cars rum
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says writer in the Boston
Herald.
On the afternoon Of election day IN
November one Of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
corner Of the car.
Just before IT reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll Of the r, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild"
Yer liar! It's John B. Moran!"
shouted the sleepy one, waking up
suddenly.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22

Allcock's Plasters have successfully
stood the test of sixty years use by
the public; their virtues have never
been equaled by the inscriptions i'm
itators who have sought to trade upon
their reputation by making plasters
with holes in them. and claiming them
to be lust as good as Allcooks."
Allcock's plasters stand to-day in
dorsed by not only the highest medical
authorities, but by millions of grateful
patients who have proved their ell
cacy as household remedy.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22

act upon the value Of farm property
by cutting off the home market. They
will add to the taxes on lands by re-
ducing taxable values in the towns.
Surely it is not to the interest Of any
body, except the bloated corporations
carrying on the mail order business,
to see the towns and villages fall into
decay. A live town Is not only OF
value to the lands surrounding 1t, but
its we'll stocked business houses are
a convenience and benefit to the
buyer. Even II money could, In the
long run, be saved by ordering every
thing from the city, the inconvenience
and uncertainty Of 1t would always
make such shopping unsatisfactory.
Ordering from catalogue Is a leap
in the dark, except in the case of a
few articles whose color, shape and
quality are always the same:
To the man who can soberly look
on both sides of the question and who
can put himself in the place OF the
other fellow" the query will come:
Is it best from mere within, or even
for a certainty OF saving from one to
half dozen dollars in a year to turn
my back on the old. convenient ways
of doing business. and to do my part
toward running the business of my
old acquaintance and friends. and OF
destroying the value OF property in
the town where my friends live?
Il. b. MILLER.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
An Alaska Volcano Active.

Seattle, Wash, March l5.-Word
has been received by the Post Intel
ligencer from Valdez, Alaska, that
the volcano on the Island of Akutan,
off the Peninsula of Alaska and not
far from Unalaska, was in active
eruption when the Steamer Dora
passed the island February %. All
the passengers were aroused TO wit
ness the sight which is said to have
been magnificent one.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
Insane Farmers Deed.

Hill City, Kan, March 15.-Pat
Egee, an insane farmer, living near
Hill City attempted to kill his wife.
j. J. Plumb with other neighbors
came to the rescue and Plumb was
killed instantly by rifle shot.
Egee then stood the others off with
his gun and forced neiehbor 10
hand him poison, which he took and
died in Is minutes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
New Metric Chart.

a new metric chart representing
geographically measures of the inter
national metric system OF weights and
measures has been prepared by the
bureau of standards of the department
Of commerce. and labor. and viii be
furnished free TO any school teaching
the system.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
postoffice and Store Robbed.

Ardmore, ]. T.. March 14.-Safe'
blowers at Kingston wrecked the safe
In the store of w. A. Williams, where
the post, office is located and secured
nearly $780, Federal officials are in
yestigating the case.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
An 400 Barrel Well at 1900 Feet

Tulsa, /. T., March 15.-Great ex-
element prevails over the report OF
an 800 barrel oil well near Cleveland,
Oklahoma at depth of $500 feet.
The gusher comes from a we'll twice
abandoned and may reinstate Cleve.
land as an oil center.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
Northern pemoeratIe senators.>

After March the only Democratic
senators. who do not represent south
ern states. will be Newlands of Ne
vada and Teller of Colorado. and their
terms will expire in 1909. Newlands
is native of Mississippi. aud is
radical Democrat of the modern
school. Teller has been a Republican
most of his life.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
aenort Missionaries Killed.

Shanghai, March 15.-It is reported
from Chinese sources-that Wesleyan
mission has been destroyed near
Mingpo and that, their missionaries
were killed. The report is not con-
fired from foreign sources.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22
Hawaiian Missionary Dead,

Honolulu, March 15.-Mrs. S. n.
Castle, an early missionary in the
Hawaiian Islands died Wednesday.
She was 30 years of age
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-22

Paris, March 15.-Maurice Grau,
the we'll known impressarios is dead.
WEEKLY NEWS sUMMARY-s4T.