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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-10-06
For Over Sixty YeArs

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children's teething. I;
soothes the child. sottens the gums,
allays all pain. cures wind collie, and
IL the best remedy Tor diArrhoea-
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
| INVITE EVERY man,
WOMAN AND CHILD HERE
Every Person of Washington to Eat With
Me Tomorrow at My Expense.

This is an invitation that you simply
why.
I'm going to feed you on food that
'.stops the sharp pangs of dyspepsia in
two minutes by the watch" so swears
Mr.. Henry Gray. and many others.
A food that made Assistant Post
master Estes "feels like a 2-year-old in
clover pasture
A food that makes brains in five
hours and blood in four.
A highly nutritious, stomachic food,
made from the pineapple, and the
pawpaw-melon, figs. oranges, celery
and few other good things for the
nerves, stomach and bowels.
You may be starving your blood and
brain in the midst of plenty 1t isn't
how much you eat that counts, but it's
how you digest the food you eat.
You can't get steam out of water
without fire; you can't get BRAIN
power, nerve force and blood corpus
cles out of food without digestion
Thousands lack sufficient vital force
and don't know why.
They think they need tonic, a vaca-
ton or change of scenery. But they
don't. It's old indigestion that's the
matter with them, and six days use of
my Biscuit will prove 1t.
They don't get the strength out of
| their food. It's like running corn
through mill with the rollers too wide
apart; the corn goes through, but the
mill doesn't grind.
Don't think you must have a pain to
have indigestion.
Lack Of flesh. too much fat, pimples,
blotches. sallow complexion, lack of
nerve force. impoverished blood, insom-
mia. headaches. weak brain power, may
all be due to faulty digestive process
either In the stomach or bowels.
Eat my Biscuit along with your other
food for week and find out how your
digestive organs are working. If the
Biscuit helps you greatly, gives you
more force, strength and brain power,
you may set 1t down that your stomach,
liver and bowels were doing their duty.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
The Goth Ohio.


John W. Van Deman. Co. G. 60th
Ohio, Ferriday, La, writes concerning
that regiment:
THE exact date of the organizations
of the 60th Ohio for one year, whether
in August or October, 1851, can be
found from the records at Columbus,
o. The camp of rendezvous was at
Hillsboro. O., the home of Col. TrimbIe
and many of the men. Epidemics Of
smallpox and measles prevented active
service until February, 1852, when We
started to the front. We marched and
fought from Parkersburg, under Gen.
Fermont, thru West Virginia to Cross
Keys and Middletown. Stonewall Jack
son with one-third of Lees army
bagged us (with 1900 others) at
Harper's Ferry, Sept. Is. We were inn
mediately paroled and sent to Camp
Douglas. Chicago, Ill.,, having been at
the front five months without pay. We
were feeling sore about our capture and
were no doubt restive. Our time was
out and more than out for many. They
talked of sending us out to fight the
Indians who were raiding the North
west. Many would have been glad to
have re-enlisted after their first en-
listment was properly closed out.
Many of them did, and served until
the close of the war. I took no part
in anything like mutiny, If there was
any, but worked some days for farmer
at huslling corn where the stock-yardS
now are and also at church building
on 18th street and Indiana avenue un-
til I was paid and honorably dis
charged. We had no money, not much
clothing; nothing to do but to fight the
vermin the Johnnies had left in the
barracks. Some went back home for
visits at their own wishes. We could
get no furloughs.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Only yesterday your head may havo
felt dull and heavy: you had tho
blues; We're cross, nervous or irri-
table: everything seemed to go wrong.
and you couldn't tell why.
It's ten to one It was old dyspepsia,
slyly getting in his work. not enough to
cause you pain, but just enough TO dull
your brain, rob you Of your vitality,
upset your liver and deplete your nerve
force. Maybe you don't think 50, but
just try one package of my Biscuit and
see if they don't change blues to q
bright, CHEEKY red: make the old world
laugh in a merry glee and put vigor
and vim in your life again.
National Bank President Kinner, OF
Oiean. N. Y, had stomach trouble so
bad that he had to live on matted milk,
and even that caused him pain-he ate
three biscuits and went to eating his
meals-sounds like a miracle. Well,
have Mr.. Kinner's own letter to that
effect.
W. G. Roach, of Hornellsville, n. Y,
says he hadn't been able to work for
several years-had dyspepsia so bad
after eating my Biscuit two weeks he
got position and went to work, says
he can eat anything now and feels "tip-
top" This is only two of hundreds.
Mr.. Dyspeptic. have you ever heard
of the wonderful Biscuit that talks,
that really tells you itself what it can
do-that Nears. Five minutes after
you eat it the Biscuit begins 70 unfold
its virtues, and it will by actual demon.
stration prove to you more In regard
to it's merits In ten minutes than I
could probably make you believe tf I
wrote and read you ten heeks as large
as the dictionary,
sit seems like a Dream" swears Mr..
Charles F. Bowman. Cave me relief
In three MONTHS" says Mra, W, n.
Cruttenden. Stopped my pain in two
minutes" swears Mr., Joseph Fentiman.
You may know some Of these people.
or know somebody who knows them.
I'll send you their pictures and full
addresses if you want them, so that you
can find out all about my Biscuit and
the wonders it has wrought.
whether all this can be true-stop fts
I will send you absolutely free ono
large Csc. package of my Dyspepsia
Biscuit and wonderful Fig Chocolates.
at once, and let them prove what I
say, provided you will send me
cents to pay actual cost of postage.
Cut out and use coupon below.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
West of the Mississfppl.

]. W. Penny. Sergeant. Co. K, I'd Kan.
Cav. Omaha, Neb., thinks the people
are in danger of forgetting that there
was an army west of the Mississippi
and that it did great deal of hard
fighting. He is sure that his regiment
was fighting regiment and made a
brilliant record The army west Of the
Mississippi may have been small, but IL
fought just as hard as any Of the great
Eastern armies. and it served in a poor,
sterile country where there were no
supplies and no railroads to bring any.
1t suffered far more from privation and
from lack of clothing and food than
the armies east of the Mississippi.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Baton Rouge.

John B. Cole, Audubon. Iowa, says
there has been much mistake about tho
regiments engaged at Baton Rouge.
The return Of casualties shows 3c3
losses sustained by the 9th Conn.,, 21st
Ind, 14th Me-. 30th Mass. 9Th Mich.
7th VT, Massachusetts, Cavalry and
Batteries There were
four officers killed and 80 enlisted men,
with % officers wounded and 243 men
and one officer and 80 men missing.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

man-at-large from Connecticut, and he
is the only Congressman-a -at-large from
a State that has other Congressman
save Colorado, but Brooks. of the latter
State, has but half million constitu-
ents to his credit.
Andrew Carnegie has made the re-
publics of the New World a gift of
S750,000 for the construction of
building in Washington where 1t is
hoped the peace of the hemisphere will
be safeguarded and maintained. An
nouncement was made that the IRON
master had given this princely sum to
the Bureau of American Republics, the
international association for mutual
progress among the sister powers of
North and South America, which has
grown to such important proportions
within the last few years, and which
was given so much encouragement by
the recent swing round the southern
circle by Secretary Root.
All the associated Republics have
"chipped in" for the purchase of
site for the building Mr.. Carnegie will
erect, and, it is expected, the work of
actual construction may begin within
a few months. The Bureau has been
occupying rented quarters on Lafayette
Square for many years, and each
twelfth month has found the space
obtainable adjacent to the Office more
and more cramped.
Hon. John Barrett, formerly Minis
ter to Colombia, is the present Chief of
the Bureau. He was eleced to the posi-
ton by the representatives OF the Re-
publics two or three weeks ago.
Congress some time ago appropriated
100000 for a site for the Bureaus
home, and the South American Repub-
lies have contributed about 100000.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Many Thanks.

Miss Susie Liewallen, Rand, Colo,
wants to thank veterans all over the
United States for the many copies of
the song. 1.-The Last Fierce Charge" !"
which they have sent her
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
California Comrades

c. n. Adams. Cookshire, Quebec,
Canada. wants to hear from his old
corn rades of Go. D. 1st Gal Cav.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Representative Richard Bartholdt, of
Missouri, Chairman of the American
Branch Of the Interparliamentary
Union, has received through Nicholas
Murray Butler a bronze medal, which
he values most highly. 1t came from
Baron d'Estournelle de Constant, Presi-
dent General of the Council General Of
the Association for International Con-
ciliation, and was the expression of the
appreciation felt by the association of
the services rendered by Mr.. Bartholdt
to the cause of universal peace.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Wealth of the United States.

The Department of Commerce and
Labor estimates the wealth of the Unit
ed States to be $107,104,211,917, as
follows:
CJo,. VOL
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

George Leavens Lilley is a Congress
man who represents the largest con-
stituency of any Member in the House.
His constituency numbered 90S,420
souls at the last census. 1t is only fair
to explain that Mr.. Lilley Is Congress
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Senator William B. Allison of Iowa,
has arrived in Washington, and will
take up his work as Chairman of the
Committee on Appropriations at once.
The aged Iowa Senator says that his
health is much improved, and he hopes
to remain in the Senate all the rest of
the session.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Two States exceed the $4,000. .000.-
900 mark, New York with $14. 40. .000.-
900 and Pennsylvania with $11,473,-
000, 900, with other front rank States
as follows: Illinois, $3.50. .08O, 900; z;
Ohio, $500. 100000; Massachusetts,,
$4,s56, 100000; California, SAILS. 5.000.-
08O, and Iowa, s4.048,0 100000. Five
States each possess more than S3.000,-
600, ,O00-Missouri. Minnesota, Michi-
gan, New Jersey and Indiana. The
States of Wisconsin. Texas. Kansas and
Nebraska have each in excess of $2,-
900. 100000.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Congressman A r. Webber. repre-
senting tie 14th Ohio District in Con-
gress, was married New Years morning
at Hinckley. O., to Miss Nettie Finch
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
c. II. Searles. at his home.
The bride is second cousin of the first
Mrs. Webber, who died in a Washing
ton hospital last March. Hinckley IS
the boyhood home of Congressman
Webber
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
DEAFNESS
BOOK FREE

I have written hook on Deafness and
how to cure 1t that I will gadly send NIB
sofutely free of charge to any sufferer
from Deafness. 1t will bring happiness
and hearing to many, many people who
are now deaf, for 1t explains in the clear
est manner the new method of curing
Deafness easily and painlessly right in
your own home.
The book contains just the medical in.
formation and advice every victim of
Deafness needs-knowledge that would
otherwise cost a large fee. 1t explains
how and why Deafness comes on; what
causes ringing. buzzing head noises:
how the inner passages of the ear get
blocked and how they can be opened;
and best of all the steps to take to cure
Deafness thoroughly and permanently.
Many fine pictures illustrate its inter-
esting pages.
Don't suffer with Deafness any longer!
Learn at once how 1t can be cured from
this helpful book that contains know1.
edge gained in my twenty-one years OF
practice as successful Deafness Spec
ialist. Write your name and address
plainly on the dotted lines, cut out the
Free Book Coupon and mail 1t at once
to Deafness Specialist SprOule, Ala
Trade Building, Boston.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Secretary Root will appear before the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
his week to second the demand of some
of the United States Ministers that their
salaries be raised from $500 to $1O,-
600. in order that they may meet the
higher cost Of living. of which they
complain.
The Ministers now receiving $500
are stationed in Denmark. Morocco,
Norway. Paraguay and Uruguay. Por-
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

President Roosevelt has gathered
about him more wealth than any Presi-
dent who ever sat in the White House.
At the same time it Is true that the
men whom he has put his hands on to
do his work are men OF ability, and
they have been selected for their fit
ness for their places. Among the rich
young men who have been put in prom
inent places by President Roosevelt are
Assistant Secretary of State Robert Ba-
con. James Rudolph Garfield, soon to
be Secretary of the Interior; John e.
McIlhenny. Civil Service Commissioner.
and Clifford Pinchot, the official Ma
tional Forester The fortune of each
of these gentlemen is large, and their
Government salaries represent mere
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

The Governor of North Carolina and
the Governor of South Carolina are said
to have exchanged pieasantries at one
time. but this time the Governor of the
old North State is after citizen of that
State. Representative Blackburn. That
gentleman declares that the Governor
of North Carolina manipulated votes, or
bought 'em, or did something to get a
lot of votes away from him.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

And here's another damage" affair."
Secretary Taft has sent a recon-
nendation to Congress for an appro-
priation Of 100000 to reimburse vari-
,us saloonkeepers in the city Of San
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

The enormous customs receipts thus
far in the fiscal year continue to excite
the qualification and amazement of the
Treasury officials Never before in the
history of the United States has there
been such an inflow of money to the
Treasury from the customs collectors.
The customs receipts thus far in the
fiscal year have been, in round numbers.
$159.000, 600. This is about $14 200, 900
more than receipts from customs in
the same period of the preceding fiscal
year.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

In effect DIR. Galloway proposes to
make each Congressman the agent of
the Agricultural Department In ex-
tending these seed experiments. He
would cut off entirely the annual sup
ply of ordinary varieties of beet seed,
corn, onion seed. tobacco seed and so
on thru long list. The headings of
IS separate plans that he outlined to
the Committee on Agriculture indicate
what DIR. Galloway proposes to do
These headings were Extension of
Arabian Alfalfa in the Southwest, I"
Extension of Alfalfa Growing Into
States Where 1t Is Now a Staple Crop"
Extension of Cold Resistant Alfalfas."
Extension of Dry-Land Alfalfas,"
distribution of New Varieties of Cot
ton" Introduction of Mating Plant
and Its Growth in the United States"
The Improvement of Cowpeas. New
Tobacco Varieties" Introduction and
Testing of Alkal-Resistant Crops"
Scrains for High Attitudes" "Adapta-
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

Senator McCumber smiled back, ard
replied gently that he was following the
custom which seemed to be a settled
one when he entered the United States
Senate some six years before. Senator
Hale raised his eyebrows somewhat. aad
then seemed to recognize the fact that
he had really seen Senator McCumber
before in the nearby past and to re-
member that he had been sworn in as
Senator from the short grass country up
North somewhere, smiled, and the incl
dent closed with McCumber getting his
day, as has been the custom for years. AS
the younger Senator past into the cloak
room a little later. one of his colleagues
slapt him on the back and said heart
lily:
'McCumber, you are now FULL
fledged Senator. You have been lee
tured by Uncle Eugene Hale. No man
can read his title clear until Uncle
Eugene has spoken his piece over him"
And here's another damage" affair:
for of hao
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

except under the mineral law, for for
est reservations.
The areas in acres of coal lands with
drawn by States are as follows: Utah.
5,644,SO0: Wyoming, 16,139,520; Colo
rado, 13,0S5,2O0; New Mexico, S.311,-
$50; Oregon, 1,105.920; North Dakota,
1,774.0S0: Montana, 1862, 2,000; Wash
ington, 2.5S0,4S0.
For irrigation projects: Oregon, 1885,
800 acres; Wyoming, 96,640: Nevada,
1880: Montana, 3SO.544; North Da-
kota, 1880; South Dakota, 6S.953;
Idaho, 1880; Washington, 40.
915 acres: California. 1,s10.667; Colo
RADIO, 671,317; Florida, 2,09a; idaho,
7,704,306; Montana, 6,490,723; Nevada,
1.160,5S4; New Mexico, 2,O91,063: Ore
gon, 3,544.33S; Utah, 241,683; Wash
ington, 2,407,100; Wyoming, 51S,735.
In the last six months the Executive
Departments of the Government have
sent S,742.196 pounds of matter through
the mails. If paid for. this would have
cost $1,491,036. POstmaster-Genera
COrtelyOu transmitted this information
to the House to show how expensive
the franking privilege is when it is
only confined to the Executive Depart
ments.
The statement does not include the
tons and tons of matter that goes about
the country in the mail bags through
the efforts of Congressman to dissem-
mate their speeches and communicate
with their constituents.
The Press., 1907-04-03
The Land of DucIxs.

There are more ducks in China than
In all the rest Of the world. China, lit
orally, is white with these birds, and
day and night the country resounds
with their metallic and scornful voices
Children herd ducks on every road, on
every pond, on every farm, on every
lake, ON every river. There is no back
yard without Its duck house. There Is
no boat, little or great, without Its
duck quarters. Even In the citieS OF
China ducks. abound. They dodge be
tween the coolies legs. They hit
sQuawking, out Of the way Of the
horses. Their indignant quack will moi
unseldom drown the roar OF urban com.
merce. All over the land there are
great duck Matching establishments,
many of them of a capacity huge
enough to produce $4,000 young ducks
every year. The Chinese duck is ex-
tremely tender and delicate-the best
tame duck for eating In the world
Duck among the Chinese is the staple
delicacy. 1t is salted and smoked like
ham or beef, and duck eggs are eaten
as chicken eggs are In America.
The Press., 1907-04-03
THE HOT CROSS BUN
TWO THEORIES AS TO THE ORIGIN
OF ITS MARKING.

Symbols In the Shape of Pretxels and
Certain Cakes-The Siege of ROs-
took and the Bakers of Schwaan.
German Commemorative Cakes.
Who would think of the pretzel as an
astronomical symbol or the hot cross
is said that originally the one was in
tended to represent the sun and the
four seasons and the other to convert
pagan England to Christianity The
former is declared to have been first
made by the Romans, who called 1t
the annulus-a word they are said to
have formed out of annus, a yearly
which they meant year ring. The ring
represented the suns annual circuit
and the four spokes the seasons. 1t
was afterward known under other
names in the more northerly countries
of Europe. There are two stories Of
the origin of the hot cross bun. The
Christian missionaries to England are
said to have discovered that, although
they could alter the views of the peo-
pie on religious matters, they could not
induce them to abandon their time
honored pagan customs. One Of these
was the eating of a certain kind Of
cake in honor of the Goddess Of
Spring. They decided to put the sign
of the cross on the Saxon buns and
launch them forth on a missionary en-
TOW Mi Iicnn 0ir
mission.
The other story is that in early times
in the observance of holy week the
church was more strict in the matter
Of fasts than now. Only a certain
amount of food could be- eaten. This
was indicated by two boundary marks
made in the dough to show the length
and width of the piece. The loaves
were sold in churches and were car
ried from place to place by pilgrims.
So the custom of crossing the bread
used on Good Friday became fixed.
These are not the only: kinds of
shapes Of bread whose origin has been
traced to odd circumstances. The cres-
cent shaped rolls which one, sees in
some parts of the city had curious
birth On one of the occasions when
the Turks, besieged Vienna, Peter
Windler and his wife had bakery in
that city. This bakers patriotism was
tinctured with a sense of humor and
possibly a sense of business. At any
rate, he conceived the idea Of making
rolls in the shape of a crescent, the
emblem of the Turks. They found
ready sale, for. everybody wanted to
devour the half moons typifying the
Mohammedans at the outer gate.
Germany is the home of commemora-
tive cakes and bread; Other countries.
while having as many varieties, have
not woven, sentiment about them to
the same extent.
A great many Americans would not
know what schwaanerkuchen is unless
they asked a native Of the old German
city Of Rostock. 1t Is to be had only
at certain season of the year because
it commentaries kindly act Of many
years ago. Rostock was surrounded by
an enemy. The, city gates were closed,
and the enemy had come close to the
walls, with clubs, spears, heavy mortar
sings and many other old time imple-
The Press., 1907-04-03
The Oldest Bank Note..

The oldest bank notes In the world
are the flying money" or convenient
money, first issued In China In 2697
B. @. One writer tells that the ancient
Chinese bank notes were in many re-
spects similar to those of the present
day, bearing the name of the bank
the date OF issue, the number Of the
note, the signature Of the official who
issued 1t and Its value in both figures
and words. On the top of these curl.
GUS notes was the following philosoph-
lie injunction: Produce all you can
spend with economy" The note was
printed in blue ink on paper made
from the fiber of the mulberry tree
One Of these notes bearing the date
1899 B. C. is still preserved in the Asi.
attic museum at st. Petersburg.