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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
EuRopE's LAST FEuDAL STATE.
Something About Mecklenberg and Its
Quaint Old Constitution.

The public announcement by the
grand dukes of Mecklenberg of their
intention to submit new constitu-
ton next year to the estates may her
aid the speedy disappearance of what
the Manchester Guardian describes as
the last feudal state in Europe.
'Mecklenberg," says the Guardian,
enjoys the unique distinction of hav-
ing carried medieval feudalism
through the storm of the revolution
into the twentieth century The very
name OF its parliament-the estates
of the knights and the towns-carries
the mind back to the days before the
passage from status contract when
the people of country consisted not
of individual men and women, but of
classes.
''ln MeCklenburg every owner Of a
knights fee, no matter how acquired
and there are some 200 of them-is
a member of the estates, while 49
towns contribute each a representa-
tive. The peasants are absolutely ex-
cluded from political rights, but their
loss is not very great, for the powers
of the estates are not much greater
than were those of the Spanish cortes
in the absolute days of Phillip II.
The feudalism of Mecklenburg is
the debased and broken feudalisn
which the monarchs of Europe per-
mitted to survive from the sixteenth
century to the revolution because it
left the mobiles privileges while de-
priving them of political power. There
are districts in which the grand dukes
are free to tax at their will, and they
publish no budgets, while the estates
have a closely restricted and partial
control over finance and legislation.
During the revolution of IS4S Neck
lenburg, like Prussia, received mod
ern constitution, but two years later
the kings of Prussia and Hanover
helped to restore the old order.
Since 1870 the grand duchy has
been a curious combination of i'm
pcrial Democracy and local feudalism,
for, while the mass of its people have
been shut out from local government,
they have enjoyed universal suffrage
in elections to the reichstag Such a
condition Of things has, of course
reused a good deal of popular discon-
tent, and has even impressed it's in
congruity upon the grand dukes, but
hitherto the knights have stood in
the way of change. Without the con-
sent of the estates no change may he
made in their privileges, and the
Mecklenburg Junker is byword for
obscurantism, even in Germany.
Whether the pressure of the present
ruler will overcome this opposition,
might please them both is likely to
accord with the just requirements of
the new age are questions that only
an optimist would decide hastily,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30

men who are considered fair shots on
board ship are not so trained was ap-
parent in the men sent for trial for the
rifle team. Many did not know how
to set the sight either for elevation or
for wind. Some did not know how to
align the sights, and of the new men
scarcely any knew how to properly
clean a rifle.
"One man given an excellent rifle
and having the sights correctly set
was able to hit the target but once in
ten shots at 200 yards. Another fired
for three days at eco yards before he
made "a out of possible so. And yet
these two men were sent from the u.
S. S. Pennsylvania to try for places
on the team! There were no other
cases as bad as these, but there were
other men sent out nearly as bad. Con-
siderable time at Guantanamo is de-
voted to baseball, boat races, etc. II
the opportunity were given for an
equal amount of team rife shooting it
would rank with these as a sport.
This was demonstrated at the Naval
academy this year, where the volun-
tary candidates for the rifle team out
numbered those. for any other sport"
Army and Navy Journal
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
SAILORS POOR RIFLE SHOTS.
Little Opportunities Given for Small
Arm Practice.

That the men of the United States
navy have but little proficiency in
small-arm practice is unfortunately a
fact. The official records of navy
small-arm practice in no way ap-
proach the splendid records of heavy
gun practice, and 1t is plain that the
men have very little knowledge of the
use of the rife. Lieut. Harris Laning,
U. S. N, who so ably captained the
navy rife team last season, in an Of
fetal report of the lack of instruction
in small-arm practice, says:
THE first thing that impressed it.
self on me was the fact that although
the navy has taken a high stand in
great-gun practice, its small-arm prac-
tice is lamentably poor. 1t is not to
be expected, nor is it desirable to de-
velop small-arm practice to the extent
we do great-gun practice, but every
man in the fighting force should be
given enough training with the rife
to make him at least effective with 9
rifle in case Of an emergency. That
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
Think of I&,

There were $1,53S 100000 worth of
whisky, wines, beer, tea and coffee
drunk in the year 1905. Estimating
whisky at So, wines, So, beer, 81, and
tea and coffee at 25 cents per gallon,
there would be 1908, 100000 gallons,
or enough if all run together, to make
a stream 5 feet deep, 80 feet wide and
S7S miles long, with enough people at
its mouth to drink little over mile
a day. This is for America alone.
Think of the great host of drinkers
it takes to consume this intoxicating
stream of mixtures that steadily
flows from the distillers of this coun-
fry
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
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Decreases PHYSICAL Strenuth

1t is no new principle that DR.. Fere
of the Bicetre hospital in France, has
made known in a recent article on
Work and Repose," but it is not the
less worth repeating. He has made
many special experiments, and an
nounces as their general result that
the supposed power of various al
coholic and other stimulants to in.
crease physical and mental energy,
and postpone fatigue, or avoid the eff
fects of fatigue, is illusory. There is
only one form of effective, recreative
r2pose-sleep; and sleep, in order to
exercise it's proper power, must be
natural. The sleep produced by alco.
hol, or narcotics is "a toxic somno,
lence having the appearance only OF
real reparative Sleep"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
"ShortS."

Short sheets, short blankets, short
mattresses and short bedsteads are
said to do more harm to hotels and
railroads than all other causes COM
bined. Doctors complain that at some
hotels they cannot make their pa
tients comfortable. When they pull
the cover over their shoulders it
comes off their feet, and vice versa.
This state of affairs is probably
harder on commercial travellers than
any other class of men. 1t is getting
so that only very short men can be
commercial travellers. Hotels that
treat their guests well in this respect
should advertise the fact, so that trav-
cling people can know where to stop.
Doctors should use their influence
with hotel proprietors to have this
nuisance topped.-Medical Brief.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
And what did they ask for it?"

-Alu "hdL ulu Iley DISK lot II.
Only $50,000 They wouldn't have
asked that much only they were both
butchers, and they wanted to go back
east and start big retail shop with
Persian rugs on the floor and mirrors
all along the walls. l couldn't help
but sympathize with their scheme"
And what did you do?"
We'll, I am tender-hearted, sym
pathizing man, and after few talks
with them, l bought the mine for $780,
600, and saw them depart"
"And then you found that they had
swindled your"
20, no. / found that l had got the
best of them. They had lied to me
most outrageously, and there wasn't a
pound of silver ore in the mine, but l
had beaten them"
But we fail to see how" said three
or four men in chorus.
why, they only got $4,000 Of me
to open a retail butcher shop with
rugs and mirrors. Suppose they had
wanted to open wholesale shop, with
rare old paintings on the walls and
landscapes on the ceiling, and had
paid them $1G0, G0,000."-Cincinnat En-
Quirer.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30

munity. and his most praiseworthy act
is attributed to Interior motives, per
haps to very selfish and unworthy
ones. One of the most familiar in.
stances Of this is the case of a man
who ranks among the most liberal dis
tributors of public benefactions in the
world to-day, whose name is on every
ones tongue, and yet he is the subject
of bitter attack, and his benefactions
are attributed to his desire to place
certain securities in conservative
hands throughout the country. 1t Is,
of course, impossible to please every
one, and the dissatisfied element are
certain to feel a bitterness in direct
ratio to the size of the fortunes in
volved.
The diseases of the rich are still
another disturbing factor in this bal
ance. 1t is no exaggeration to place
a number of distressing physical ills
in this category. The nervous and
mental strain of handling a great for
tune is exceedingly trying upon the
strongest organization. 1t was Jay
Gould who remarked, during the ex-
citement of a great financial panic,
that a man controlling a fortune of
$50, 900, 900 had no time either to eat
or sleep. A man in active control of
a great fortune is obviously under
tremendous strain. AS a result cases
of physical breakdown in Wall street
are common, and men young in years
are often old in health.
kidnapping Plots.
It is only short time since plot
was revealed to kidnap John D. Rookie
feller and hold him for the payment of
an immense ransom. Here is another
danger which man less conspicuous
for his wealth avoids. The case was,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30

Mr.. Carnegie, in his book, The EN-
pire of Business" says: "The first
most seductive peril, and the destroy
er of most young men, is the drinking
of liquor. l say to you that you are
more likely to fell in your career from
acquiring the habit of drinking liquor
than from any or all the other tempta
tions likely to assail you. You may
yield to almost any other temptation
and reform-may brace up, and, if
not recover lost ground, at least re-
main in the race, and secure and
maintain a respectable position. But
from the insane thirst for liquor es-
cape is almost impossible. l have
known but few exceptions to the rule"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
S 3 REysAISgR5laaGaea E "
TAFT ON TEMPERANCE.
Strong Condemnation of the Use OF
Intoxicating Beverages.

The Defender, the New York Prohi.
bition paper which secured from Gen.
Fred Grant a remarkable interview in
which the general described himself
as a crank" in his adherence to total
abstinence and hatred of liquor, now
prints an equally significant converse
ton with Hon. William H. Taft, sec
retary Of war. Secretary Taft is
quoted as saying: Looking at it in a
general way and speaking from an
experience in public life covering many
years, can only say that to the active
individual, drinking is unsafe and a
hindrance to success. To the youth it
is a positive danger, and for doctor
to prescribe liquor for any but the
| aged, is real crime. For a person
who has passed on to the evening of
life and is out of its active duties, a
little liquor can do no positive HARM
because he has passed the habit-form-
ing period and has no important duties
to perform. But to any man who is
actively engaged in responsible work,
would, with all the emphasis | pos
sess, advise and urge: Leave drink
alone absolutely" The secretary de-
clared himself a teetotaler. He espe-
cially emphasized the Importance of
abstinence to anyone whose occupa-
tion takes him from one climate into
another. He attributed the fearfully
detrimental effects of the Philippine
liquor, vino" upon the American sol
diery, not to the quality of the bever-
age so much as to recent change of
climate which the troops had under
gone. He said that when soldiers
come back from the Philippines, Amer
ican beer has just as bad an effect.
so it can be readily seen,' the secre-
tary proceeded, that to him who
changes his residence periodically, the
effect of drinking alcoholic beverages
is more pronounced than on the indS-
vidual who is permanently located in
one place,-an effect which in all
cases, however, is disintegrating and
demoralizing to the physical, mental
and moral fiber of the drinker. Then
the soldier and his like should be nom
drinkers for another very important
reason,-drink makes a man more sus-
ceptible to disease. With hardly an
exception, the men who are incapaci-
tated first in the preliminary activities
of any campaign are the drinkers. The
same is true in every effort Of life
that demands the best energies of a
man."
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30

of course, unusual, but, on the other
hand, the fear of kidnapping hangs
very heavily over the families of the
rich. AS result the children of fam
lilies of great fortune have, as a mat
ter of fact, less liberty than children
Of families in much poorer circum-
stances.
The fear of blackmail, again, is
much more general than is generally
supposed. The mail of practically all
men of great wealth constantly brings
them threats of every possible kind.
The person who attempts blackmail
may have no discriminating knowledge
whatever. In most cases he probably
has not, but the menace is none the
less disconcerting. A considerable
part of the public is always ready to
believe the worst of men in high
places, and clever blackmailer may
do incalculable harm.
Our great modern fortunes, again,
are often amassed with amazing rap
idity. 1t has never before in history
been possible to accumulate such
wealth in so short period. 1t is for
gotten that there is another side to
this situation, and that the danger of
losing such fortunes is corresponding
ly great. The financiers, while they
make enormous gains, must also face
frightful losses. Scores of men might
be mentioned who have risen to great
wealth in a few years, only to fall
again and be forgotten. The expert
ence of James r. Keene, for instance,
who has several times been worth mil
lions and at other times been millions
in debt, has many counterparts on
smaller scale. The struggle Cor wealth
is so frantic and the element of chance
so great in the manipulation of great
sums of money that it is perhaps more
difficult to retain money than to ac-
quire it.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
Had to Give Up His Wine.

A Frenchman in South America, a
maker of wine, became a seeker of
religion at the mission services. He
could find no light. He could not
even pray for it. Something kept
saying to him: What about your
wine? What about your wine?' my
wine is all right" he would reply
ut is good, pure wine; there is moth
ing the matter with it, But he could
not gain the peace he sought until
he took an ak, knocked in the heads
of his wine casks and let the wine
run out. The moment he did this, his
tongue was loosened; he began to
pray, and quiet took possession of his
own soul.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
Horses for servian Royalty.

To the long list of valuable animals
which have passed as gifts from one
monarch to another must now be add
ed two of the finest horses owned by
the sultan. These have been chosen
as presents to King Peter and the
Crown Prince George of Servia. Every
precaution is being taken to insure
the safe transport of the animals.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for their care, and one of the
sultan's officers will superintend the
four grooms in charge of their deliv-
cry to King Peters stables.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
THORN.S IN THE
ROSE OF PLENTY
NOT ALL FUN TO BE WEALTHY
Men of Millions Condemned Isolation in Life Pursued
by Selfish Creed While After Death There Are Spu-
rious WidorUs viii Contests, and Half a Hun
dred Other Kindred Ills.

New York-The embarrassment of
riches is, of course, proverbial. To-
day the burden of wealth is probably
greater for the possessors of great for
tunes than ever before. A multi-mil-
Iionaire is a marked man. He is de-
MED privacy even in the most intimate
family relations, and he is constantly
besct by armies of beggars and must
be guarded like any king. At his
death hordes of claimants fight over
his property, his memory is bitterly
attacked and his character perhaps
blasted by INSCRIPTIONS heirs through
long years of litigation.
A short time ago Mr. James Henry
Smith. universally known as Silent
Smith, man of great wealth and the
dispenser of wide private benefaCtions,
suddenly died. He had lived life Of
singular seclusion. A man of very sim
pie tastes and habits, he had always
Stunned notoriety in every form.
Any ordinary man of his character
might have enjoyed a secluded life,
but for Mr.. Smith it was a constant ef-
fort to live his own life in his own
way. On his death it was announced
that he had left a fortune of more
than $50,O00O0O The embarrassment
OF riches has literally followed him
into his grave. Instantly a crowd of
relatives and claimants, many of whom
he had never known, appeared on the
scene.
His widow is obliged to retain the
best counsel and instantly prepare for
a long and presumably bitter conflict
in order that his dying wishes as ex-
pressed in his will may be carried out.
In this undignified scramble for his
millions every detail of his life will be
gone into, and this by expert lawyers
and in no friendly spirit. Mr.. Smiths
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
Royal Family Names.

Savoy is the family name of the
king of Italy, the founder of whose
house was Humbert of the White
Hands, Count of Savoy, who died
about the time of the first crusade.
The patronymics of the grandduke
of Baden is Zachringen. That of the
reigning family of Bavaria has for
near 1000 years been Wittelsbach, a
name taken from a village in Upper
Bavaria; while the king of Sweden is
of course Bernadotte, being the
great-grandson of Pyrenean peasant
of that name.-Sunday Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
A VERY RARE CASE.
Where an Investor Got the Best of
Promoters of Bogus Mine.

We were talking about copper
stocks and the money that had been
made and lost in them, when the man
who had been consulting his diary for
che last quarter of an hour closed the
little book and turned and said:
Gentlemen, that reminds me of one
OF my first mining experiences. l had
100000 left me, and while casting
around to go into something read the
prospectus of a silver mine in Mon
taIa. After bit made up my mind
to go out and have a look at the prop
erty, and / went. / found a hole in
the ground where some ore had been
taken out, and found half dozen men
who told me that the thing was a
ewindle. 1t certainly looked like one,
but am q man who has horror of
doing anyone an injustice. I waited
to talk with two brothers who owned
the mine before condemning it." r
And they said 1t was all right Of
course?" was queried.
Yes. they did"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30
WEAK PEOPLE
MADE STRONG AND ENERGETIC
BY DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS.
General Breakdown Caused by Defi-
cient Blood Quickly Corrected by
This Tonic Remedy,

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A feeling of general weakness, poor
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You may think that they have no relation
to each other and that you will worry
along, hoping all the time to feel better
soon. This is a mistake, for every one
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before health will be restored again. A
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Mr.. j. G. Havey, of 95 Willow St.,
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eyes. couldn't concentrate my mind
OA my WO4hS Gbl1SL OlIO W uO 81
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II was finally forced to give up
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A pamphlet on Diseases of the
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30

Mrs. Lenora Bodenhamer, R. F. D. l..
Box 90, Kernersville, N. c., writes:
g suffered with stomach trouble and
Indigestion for some time, and nothing
that | ate agreed with me. l was very
nervous and experienced continual
feeling of uHeaSineSS and fear. took
medicine from the doctor, but it did me
no good.
81 found in one ofyour Peruna books
description of my symptoms. l then
wrote to DIR. Hartman for advice. He
said had catarrh of the stomach. /
took Peruna and Manalin and followed
his directions and can now say that l
feel as well as l ever did.
81 hope that all who are afflicted with
the same symptoms will take Peruna, as
it has certainly cured me.
The above is only one of hundreds who
have written similar letters to DR..
Hartman. Just one such case as this
entities Peruna to the candid consider
alton of every one similarly afflicted. If
this be true OF the testimony of one per-
son what ought to be the testimony of
hundreds, yes thousands, of honest, sin
cere people. We have in our files great
many other testimonials.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-30

rected attention to the very general
use which is made Of private detec-
lives by people of great wealth. The
fact comes as a surprise to many. So
quiet a figure and so much beloved a
character as Miss Helen Gould, for in
stance, frequently employs private de-
tectives as a safeguard against rob-
berry. Many well-known millionaires
go about accompanied by q gentleman
Unlocking detective who acts as a
bodyguard. In many cases these men
are not employed so much to guard
against robbery as to protect them in
case they should be threatened with
actual bodily harm. Should the mail
OF some wealthy man contain some
threatening letter it is not uncommon
for a detective to be called in and en-
gagged for a few days, perhaps for a
long period, either to run down the
writer of the letter or to personally
accompany the wealthy man to and
from his Office.
Detectives Always on Hand.
Even in their most private social
functions it is common for people of
great wealth to employ detectives,
sometimes several of them being on
hand. Some years ago Mrs. A. T.
Stewart appeared on the piazzas of
summer hotels with a detective hover
ing within few feet of her to safe
guard the fortune in diamonds she
wore. To-day things are differently
managed, but the necessity for pro-
lection is none the less real. Fash
ionable weddings, where a fortune in
wedding gifts are known to be col
lected, are almost always policed. 1t
is common for private detective
agency to be called upon and the en-
tire arrangement looking toward its