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is SUNSHINE sENEFIclAL7

The startling statement is made by
Major Charles q. Woodruff, an army
surgeon, that sunlight, far from being
beneficial to the treatment Of tuber-
culosis, is increasing Tuberculosis, In
sanity and suicide among humanity.
He says:
Goods sunlight has credit for more
false merits than any other of the
many superstitions to which men have
fallen victims We recognize the fact
that it kills bacteria, but we ignorant
" fall TO reflect 1t has just as fatal
an effect on the protoplasm which
composes. the human system. Gods
sunlight is producing neurasthenia
and cardiac feebleness and anaemia,
is promoting tuberculosis, and increas-
Ing insanity and suicide every day.
not only in the tropics but here in
New York.
Gods cloudiness' wherever it is
found, the shade of dark houses and
trees and awnings, is promoting
health, sanity and long life"
III Major Woodruff says Minnesota is
too far south for the Scandinavians
and that they are dege1eratins. The
iEnglishman, he says, could not main.
stain himself in New England and has
already been replaced by the French
man. 1t isn't question Of heat, he
says, but of light.
q Unless he abandons this nonsense
about Gods sunshine and artincially
provides himself with defense against
light, his dangerous enemy, the blond
man. who lacks a natural defense
against it, evolved in centuries Of exis-
tence on the shores of the Mediter-
ranean, will perish" he asserts.
Major Woodruff's views are rather
revolutionary in nature, and it is safe
to venture the assertion that inva-
lids will seek Gods sunshine with just
as beneficial effects as before he made
his discovery.
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a smaller investment for storage pur.


poses.
This policy of the shippers applies
especially to coarse freight. There is
hardly siding IN the smallest village
in this country where there are not
number OF freight cars, standing load
ed or partly loaded with coarse freight
coal, lumber. brick, etc.-which Is
left there until it happens to suit the
convenience of the shipper to take it
away. Formerly shippers removed
goods promptly to their own ware
houses or yards and drew therefrom
what they needed for their own use or
to supply their customers. That is not
their present practice, for they have
discovered the economy of using
freight cars as warehouses and remov-
ing the contents only when needed for
immediate use. This is true of the
whole country. 1t applies to cars load.
ed with grain, coal, lumber, and in
some instances with merchandise. 1t
is true of the manufacturer and of the
merchant.
The responsibility for the general
shortage of cars does not lie entirely
with the railroads 1t lies largely with
the shippers and manufacturers, who
in spite of constant complaint and eX-
+hortation cannot be induced to unload
or load cars SO promptly as they once
did,. II all the car shops in the country
were run at the full capacity they
could not turn out cars enough to end
the shortage SO long as cars are used
to store freight instead Of to move 1t.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-04-27
THE SOCIAL HOUR.
Was the First He Beat.

A Scottish lawyer, with liking for
billiards, had occasion recently to
visit small town in the west of Scot
land While there, seeking to pass
the time, he found new and excel
lent billiard table, says the Boston
Post.
Upon inquiring II there was any
body about who could play, the land
lord referred him to one of the ma
tives. They played several games,
but the result was against the law
yer. Try as he might, the. country
man won every time.
"Mr. -, the lawyer remarked.
Eve quite reputation at home. They
consider me good billiard player,
but I'm not in your class. May in
quire how long you have played? ?"
ooh, for while back" replied the
native But, say, dinna want to
hurt yer feeNn's, but you're the first
fellow ever beat"
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In the course of row in the Arkan-
sas legislature Representative Foster
of Cleveland county hurled two heavy
glass tumblers, as we'll as ink wells
and other available missiles, at the
head of Representative Quinn Of Gar
land. The object of the target lodged
the missile, as he did several follow
ing attempts on the part of Foster,
however, before his fellow members
of the house could surround and pin
ion him. Foster had hit Evangelist
Lowery on the arm, inflicting a SER
ious wound,
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ENGLISH AS SHE is SPOKE.
Do you speak English?

. Do you speak English?
Well, then--do you speak 1t cor.
rectly?
How long has it been since you said
'between you and l" instead of ''be-
tween you and me-" or, worse still,
between he and T. instead of "be.
tween him and me?"
1t is not because you don't know any
better. OF course not. 1t is because
you forget Still. yon did not forget
to wash your face this morning, did
you?
1t is amazing how many people go
through life smacking the English Ian.
guage (Which never did anything to
thenn) in the eye day after day. We
know one exceedingly well-to-do pro.
fessional man who will say 81 done it,
yet he is master Of arts from ia.
nous university.
Suppose you take stock of your
grammar.
Do you say He do not?" Then Why
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KEEPING THE UNDERWORLD I'M
CHECK.

T. . . .
Chicago Examiner.-M William 7.
Stead, the London editor and all round
reformer is to honor Chicago with
another visit soon and may possible
write another book about u.s.
Mr.. Stead Is equally at home pro-
noting peace congresses. interviewing
European monarchs and making mid
night tours through the slums Of great
cities. AS an all round "uplifter" and
dissector Of human problems he dis
tances all contemporaries Municipal
sore spots are his hobby.
When Mr.. Stead was last here lie
informed the world in book form what
would probably happen .'If Christ
Came to Chicago" Mr.. Stead's re-
turn visit will doubtless convince him
that such supernatural visitation is
still far of But he will find new
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Enough to Make a Man Mad.

From the New York Herald.-w. J..
Corners, chairman, Of the state demo-
cratic committee Of New York. went
to Saratoga one day with John P. Sui
Ivan, another democratic leader Of
the Empire state 1t was about the
first state convention Corners had at
tended.
"I'm going to have tn best money
can buy" said Corners to Sullivan.
They went to a hotel, and when he
heard the Saratoga prices he wilted.
He compromised on a room for $3.50
day somewhere up near the roof.
Sullivan paid much more and took
several rooms
Corners met Sullivan soon after.
How'd they fix your" asked the
present state chairman.
First rate was the answer. They
gave me nice rooms-a suite"
"The hi they did," was the disap-
pointed answer. He called bell boy.
Here, you; you go to that red
haired clerk over there and tell him
to send suite suite up to my room
right away. or I'll pull him over that
counter"
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FAIRBANKS IN DIES MONIES.

Des Moines Register and Leader
Vice President Fairbanks is not an or
ator But it is safe to say his COM
ing to Des Moines on Saturday next to
speak at the annual Grant club ban
quet will be attended with unusual in
terest.
The vice president is described as a
cold and distant man. He Is neither.
He Is self-contained man. He is cor
dial after the manner of those who do
He does not bubble over with merri-
ment, never Is angry, has the same
handshake for friend and foe, is kind
ly to everybody, and intimate with no
body. If the President OF the United
States were merely an administrator
and not a leader he would be the ideal
president.
AS senator from Indiana the vice
president was in the same position Of
influence that Senator Allison holds
In Iowa. The two men nave much in
common, although not alike. 1t was
as senator that the vice president took
Indiana permanently away from the
democrats. He organized republican,
ism, and was in the state a. more pow
erful factor than President Harrison.
He could have been senator to the end
OF the chapter
The vice president Is popular in In
dianapolis, where he began as a young
man. Everybody In Indianapolis is for
Fairbanks. He is comfortably we'll to
do, the result of snrewd investments
some years ago. Having provided a
competency, he has given up the
further pursuit of personal ends, and
in the city and state he is known as a
public spirited man, who is devoting
his time and energies to the general
betterment.
Comparison has often been made be-
tween the vice president and McKin.
ley. If the vice president is nominated
and his visit to Iowa is not without
forethougnt-it will be as a successor
to Mckinley. There is nothing Of the
Roosevelt about him. He can live In
peace with the President, but the storm
and stress of the past four years have
been as uncongenial to him as gas
explosion in the kitchen of q thrifty
housekeeper.
The vice president is willing that
the world should progress in orderly
fashion He sees no occasion for leaps
and surges. If he speaks of Grant II
will be of his solid qualities, in a solid
way. The brilliancy of genius is not
his, nor does it attract him in others
| In conservative substantial way he
| is one of the real statesmen of the day
and he appreciates the substantial
qualities of the services of others. But
he is an administrator, not a leader
And there are days of leadership.
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THE kNoTHoLE.

Baseball games?-You bet IKE
them; | attend whene'er can.
AS rooter, I'm an expert, oh, I'm
ev'ry inch a fan.
When the home boys make tally you
will hear my joyful shout.
And my sorrow is sure heartfelt vixen
they put our fellows out
complain about decisions whea
think they are unfair.
And 1T tickles me to see the other fel.
lows fan the air,
But the interest show today Is far
from SO intense,
AS the kind | knew when looking
through knothole In the fence.
delight in gong back in mind to
that old tcyhooi time.
When my pockets sslfo,n had the
chance to hold more than a
dime;
When / used to worship Beckley and
Kid Nichols was my style.
When used to brag Oh Anderson. Tub
WEIGH and Reyn ,lde too
When marveled at Kid Swartzel
when he sent the horsehide
through.
II 1uose Gays tnougnt mat victory
for our boys was immense,
1t was JOY, real joy, that came to mo
while looking through the feLce.
Now sit up in the grandstapd on a
rented cushion seat,
And drink the bottled soda when
start to feel the heat.
But have to buy score card to Keep
tab Oh who is who,
can't tell each players record as In
kid days / could do.
Baseball games You bet like. them.
but today they're not the same
AS they were when I barefooted. tray-
eled out to see the game.
Oftentimes feel longing, yes.
longing that's intense
To go back to those old kid days and
the knothole in the fence.
SBida Dudley in Denver Post
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COL. WATTERsoN TALKS.

Col Henry Watterson, the kentucky
editor who so long has been national
figure is not inclined to take a roseate
view of democracy's chances In the
coming presidential race. Seen upon
his return from a European trip. Mr.,
Watterson expressed the belief that
the democratic party might have a
glorious chance of winning If there
happened to be cholera in the Philip
pines, yellow fever in Cuba, and if
wheat dropped to DO cents bushel and
corn to 10 cents"
After expressing this rosy view Of
the situation, Col. Watterson turned
his attention to Bryan. The colonel
did not doubt Mr.. Bryan's ability to
carry out his threat to drive every
body out of the democratic party who
did not accept the initiative and refer
endum "He is pretty good driver"
said the colonel. HE has already
driven good many thousands ont of
the party, has driven the power of the
democracy out of the north and has
driven democratic majority out Of
congress
Airing his views further on The
chances of democratic success, the
n COlCucl says.
Il Whether the democratic party win
be able to accomplish anything de.
ponds on whether the fragments that
are lying around loose In every direc-
ton can be collected and united under
one program. At present there seems
to be in the north at least two fac
tons Of the democracy, which :letest
each other more than they detest the
republicans. In the south the demo-
Gratis wear the label only, and are held
together by the race question Besides,
the democratic party lacks executive
leaders. The stock has run down
through disuse. The party seems to
have exhausted all it's resources in
finding out the wrong way to do things.
1.-THE republicans, on the other hand,
have developed in recens years three
or four crops OF. first class political
managers. The only thing for the
democrats to do is to begin to think
together on some subject and quit at
lacking each other"
Which seems like sensible advice,
too, which might well be taken home
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FREAK LEGISLATION.

Washington Herald.-When a mem
Der of the Texas legislature undertook,
some time since. to secure the enact
ment Of law which should regulate
the length of the beds In the hotels,
the average American declined to re-
gard the matter seriously. There was
almost as much amusing comment
when the Missouri legislature devoted
considerable time to the wisdom Of
giving tips to servants Other legisla-
lures have also discussed questions
which failed to appeal to staid and
conservative minds, but, after all,
nothing has yet approached the actual
enactment of the legislature of Kan
sas. This state has always been noted
for the eccentric character of its leg
islators and its statutes. Sometimes
it was the long whiskered PETER and
sometimes it was the unsavory Bur-
ton. Always, however, Kansas Is In
the front with freaky men and still
more freaky laws.
Take, for instance, this remarkable
statute, which forms part of the Kan
sas enactments. 1t Is found in an act
relating to automobiles. and regulating
their speed and operation on the pub
lie highways Of the state. After defin-
ing what is meant by the terms auto.
mobile" and motor vehicle" 1t pro-
ceeds as follows:
Nothing in this section shall be
construed as In any way preventing,
obstructing, impeding, embarrassing
n In any manner or form infringing
upon the prerogative of any political
chauffeur to run an automobilist band
wagon at any rate he sees fit compat-
ible with the safety Of the occupants
thereofs provided, however, that not
less than ten nor more than twenty
ropes be allowed at all times to trail
behind this vehicle when in motion, in
order to permit those who have been
so fortunate as to escape with their
political lives an opportunity to be
dragged to death; and provided, fur.
ther. that whenever q mangled and
bleeding political corpse implores for
mercy. the driver of the vehicle shall
in accordance with the proyisi ons of
this bill, throw ollr The life line
Imagine the duly elected legislators
OF state solemnly incorporating this
absurd declaration into an otherwise
practical and sensible law. and mag
inc the capacity Of an executive who
afflxes his official signature to such alb.
solute foolishness.
Gould such legislation have been en-
acted anywhere else than in Kansas
We do not believe 1t could.
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cent times have been Rosa Bonheur,
Nine. Dieulafoy and Patti. The oppo-
,sition to the proposed decoration of
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt is fresh in
mind.
Doubtless the most dramatic episode
of the peace conference. everything
considered, was the decoration of It's
president with the badge of the mill
tary society founded by the greatest
of modern warriors. Yet why was the
ceremony shorn of its most impressive
feature? Why was the accolade omit.
ted and the knightly kiss that goes
with it?
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years old it would seem that Mr.. Bur
bank is dealing too theoretically with
Q practical question. If every boy or
girl was assured a college education,
it would be very well to keep them
out of school until they we're ten. But
this is far from being the case The
boys left in many cases as the
sole support Of widowed mothers,
would be illfitted to take up their bur
den at 10 or IA or 15 years of age If
they had not entered school until they
were ten.
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ANDREW CARNEGIE LEeIoNNAIRs

New York World.-Mr. Carnegie as
q commander of the French Legion Of
Honor is privileged to draw pension
of 1000 francs. He is entitled also, If
he dies in France, to military funer.
al, distinction which should appeal
to him as man Of peace. AS insignia
Of his rank he may wear the necktie
of the order with its pendant cross
and in the lapel of his coat the covet-
ed button The order provides a good
school for. his daughter, sister or
nieces, If he desires to avail himself Of
it, presumably with reasonable Ii
brary privileges.
BY skipping the lower grades of
chevalier and officer, Mr.. Carnegie
ranks with Professor simon Newcomb,
the astronomer, also commander He
outranks President Nicholas Murray
Butler of Columbia, who is an officer,
and Professor Brander Matthews Of
the same university. He is below Gen
eral Chaffee and General Horace Por-
ter, on whom the cross of grand OFF,
Ger has been conferred.
This famous order of merit was
founded by Napoleon In 1902 to replace
the orders abolished during the revo-
luton. It comprised originally 1865
chevaliers, 45O officers, 300 comman-
ders, 105 grand officers and grand
master, Napoleon. AS at present con-
stituted 1t makes provision for approx
imately $4,000 mem bers. Through the
generous recognition by France of dis
tinguished service OF any kind, bene-
fetal to the republic or in behalf Of
humanity, many Americans have re-
ceived the decoration. 1t has been be-
slowed on James Hazen Hyde for his
work in promoting the Alliance Fran
caise; on James Stillman. on worlds
fair commissioners and college pro-
fessors. In January last, six crosses
of the legion were given to Americans,
and in July, 1906, f1ye.5 Various French
cities have been decorated with the
order, and altogether since its crea-
ton fifty women. among whom in re
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Quite so.

From Harper's Weekly.-teWhile 1t
is, of course, platitude to say that a
wise teacher learns by instructing
Others" recently observed an instruc-
tor in preparatory school in Brook
Ign, lit is permissible to remark that
he frequently picks up some curious
information In this way.
81 once asked boy to explain. IL he
could, the difference between animal
instinct and human intelligence. 1t
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The solemnity of a marriage cere-
mony before a Des Moines justice ut
the peace was broken when the bride.
groom suddenly demanded that as a
part of the obligations assumed by
the bride she must covenant to build
the early morning fires. The gallant
Justice refused to pin down the blush
ing bride to any such promise and
the groom was compelled to withdraw
his demandS
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SHE GOT MARRIED.

A pretty teacher taught a school,
But didn't teach 1T long.
A pretty teacher taught u school,
Please listen to my song.s
She isn't teaching any more
We said the maid was pretty,
just see If you can figure out
The answer to the -ditty.
Birmingham Age-H Herald.
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FORCED TO DRAW THE LINE.

Philadelphia Ledger.-An English
female addicted to writing sets down
the painful averment That she never
had the pleasure of meeting an Amer
lean lady or gentleman Too bad, but
American ladies and gentlemen have
to draw the line somewhere.
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MORE pUzzLERs.

Topeka Capital.-The New York
World is printing an editorial serial on
What Is Democrat?" When 1t gets
through with that query 1t might fol-
low it up with Where Is Democrat"
and finally wind up with, Way Is a
Democrat?"
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THE WORST is FEARED.

Fremont Tribune.-If the political
pipe dreamer" is at this early stage
of the game seeing lurid visions, what
sort Of nightmares will he evolve
when things get to going good and
hot? It's shivering proposition even
to consider.
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PLAIN u. 8. SUFFICIENT.

Louisville Courier-Journal.-C Colonel
Harvey, who has called President
Roosevelt Bombastes Furioso, may
earn that for purposes of anathemati-
sation plain United States beats the
lead languages hands down.
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A sermon against vanity is given
in the arrest at Chicago Of Charles
g. King, president Of Scotland, S.
D., bank, on the charge Of misapply-
ing the funds of the institution. King
might never have been arrested had
he not been identified by photo
graph which his vanity had prompted
him to have reproduced on the banks
checks
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STILL WAITING.

Sioux Falls Argus-L Leader. Senator
La Toilette mas declared himself for
Roosevelt; but Roosevelt has not de-
clared himself for La Toilette.
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was q pretty hard question but the
lad was equal to 1t.
II we had instinct he said, we
should know everything we needed to
know without learning It; but views
got reason, 80 we have to study our
selves most blind, or be fool"
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Rupture Women Blood
Skin Diseases the Throat
Bowels, Kidney Diseases
TESTIMONIALS
people who want of the whom
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-04-25
What Makes Spring EARLY or Late.

Rene Bache, in the Reader Magazine:
Until recently it was taken for granted
that the heat given off by the sun was
always the same in amount, not differ
ing one day from another, or one year
from another. But it has been finally
ascertained, through a long series of
experiments, that the amount of heat
given out y the sun is constantly vary
ing, and that at times it is not less than
one-sixth greater than at other times, a
difference amply sufficient to account
for exceptionally cool summers or warm
winters on the earth. Indeed, their can
no longer be any doubt that we owe our
weather, to a great extent, to the solar
luminary, and our government is at
present engaged in painstaking study
Of the subject in the observatory on
Mount Whitney, CAL, the expectation
being that, when it has come to be more
fully understood, science will be able, by
observation of the suns activity, to
make forecasts of meteorological con-
ditions for at least six months in
advance