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future. But, after all, the destroyers Of
the forests-the lumbermen, the wood
pulp men, the makers OF railroad ties are
human. They do not destroy for the cake
OF destruction Of them would really
like to repair their own waste. Many are
already cooperating with the State and
national forestry services, systematically
replanting their cut-over lands and treat
ing trees as crops, to De grown as often as
harvested.
But here the states interfere and penal
ize forethought. By taxing the growing
trees they make it hard and often impos-
sibie for The owner to carry the crop to
maturity. Paying out cash every year for
taxes and taking nothing in for thirty
years is calculated to chill the enthusiasm
OF the average business man. The proper
time to tax trees is when they are cut.
When the owner is about to realize on his
crop, the state may take such share of
the proceeds as it thinks just. But while
the new forest is growing, restoring life to
barren hillsides and protecting the source
OF the streams that are the arteries of the
commonwealth, it is ruinous policy to
force its destruction by levying fines on
its existence.
The American Paper and Pulp associa-
ton, at its meeting on February Z, adopted
resolutions in this sense. 1t declared that
"the public should encourage the preser-
vation Of the forests by the owners by
sharing with them the burden entailed
thereby, more particularly in the follow
ing manner: Q by reducing taxation to
minimum, SO as to encourage conserva-
tive cutting, (2) by applying the taxes
received from wild lands to their protec-
tion from fire and to reforeststion Of
burned or already denuded districts"
The old-fashioned methods OF lumber
ing, under which third of the wood was
wasted, have been replaced by economical
processes which enable almost everything
to be utilized. The national forest service
offers its cooperation to all owners Of
woodlands who wish to undertake scien-
titic repianting. The lumbermen whose
sources Of supply have been exhausted,
the railroads which are beginning to suffer
from a shortage Of ties, and the wood
pulp men who foresee time Of famine for
their mills, are anxious to restore their
depleted resources. The chief obstacle in
the way OF general movement in tn.
direction is the barbarous taxing system
of the states.
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WEALTHY PHILANTHROPIST
HEALS CHICAGO'S POOR
City Is Excited Over the Remarkable Cures of a
Mysterious Man Whose Eccentricities
Are Startling.
Ind Clothing Pay.

CHICAGO, March IS Especially. The people
Der of remarkable cures which have been
effected by wealthy philanthropist by
the name of Cooper.
His headquarters at The Public Drug
Store is besieged with crowds OF men and
women eager to be cured OF their ills.
Cooper is a quiet, gentlemanly person,
with the appearance OF student rather
than a business man. He is apparently
about thirty-one or two years OF age. He
first came into public notice by his phil
anthropic work among the poor The
large fortune he possesses has made it pos
sible for him to distribute many wagon
loads of food and clothing among those in
INDECENT circumstances since his arrival
in Chicago.
The first that was known of Cooper s
power over disease was when Mr.. John
Stauber, Of 1907 Broadway, Cincinnati,
Ohio, who was in this city on businass,
declared that Cooper, the philanthropist,
was the same person who saved his life
last March, after he had been given up to
die by his physicians. Mr.. Stauber stated
that last March the doctors told him he
would not live until May, as he was in a
terrible condition; every one said he had
consumption; he had a nasty cough, with
frequent hemorrhages, dizzy spells, and
was so weak that the least exertion or ex-
element would completely PROSTATE him;
there were severe pains in the stomach and
back, and his kidneys were in bad condi-
ton.
After my physicians gave me up" said
Mr. Stauber, "Mr. Cooper heard Of my
case and called to see me. He left a
peculiar medicine which began taking,
and | Immediately began to improve. My
cough stopped, my stomach no longer dis
tressed me, and my kidneys were in perfect
condition. / gained seventeen pounds in
seven weeks, and to-day am as well as
ever was in my life."
A few days after this, Mr.. r. L. Sidwell,
Justice of the peace living at 1892 Dear
born street, reported that Cooper had
cured him Of severe case OF stomach
trouble with q few doses of his peculiar
medicine.
His trouble had been Of long standing,
and ne had tried many different doctors
and medicines without relief. From the
hrst dose of Cooper's medicine he began to
improve, and is to-day in apparently per-
feet health.
This was followed by the still more re-
harkable cure OF Mr.. Thomas Webster,
employed at the Omaha Packing Com
pany, and living at $40 South Morgan
street. Mr.. Webster had suffered for years
with pain in his stomach, dizziness, pal
pitation Of heart, backache and all other
troubles. He came to Cooper's head
quarters and displayed an enormous tape
worm which he said had passed. from his
system after he had taken few doses OF
the Cooper medicine. Mr.. Webster said
all his suffering had left him as il by
magic, and he felt like new being.
The report Of these remarkable cures
new like wild fire, and the Public Drug
store, where Cooper is making his head
quarters, is besieged by people suffering
from all manner Of ailments.
Inc physicians Of this city are amazed
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at the work he is doing, and have tried to
shake the wonderful influence he has over
the people, even going so far as to threaten
prosecution, but as he does not accept any
money for his services and does not give
any medicine himself, they have been
powerless to interfere.
Cooper created considerable amusement
at the expense OF the doctors by asking
tbkm why they did not write their pre-
scriptions in English so their patients
would know what they were taking
Since the interest has become so wide
spread that Cooper cannot meet the people
personally, he is receiving an enormous
mail, and keeps a large force of stenog-
raphers employed in answering it. In the
meantime stories of marvellous cures con-
tinue to pour in.
Mr.. Vincent Trocolo, living at 472i
Armour avenue, had suffered agony for
months from rheumatism. In telling of
his case he said:
1.-TWO years ago, while in the best of
health, Was stricken down with rheuma-
tism, which affected my arms so that l
tooid uot EaiSt tntlll dpOSc MY uedu t VI
this reason had to give up my profession
as a musician and abandon my harp
altogether; / could not play it at all.
Gradually the rheumatism spread to my
limbs, and it was with great difficulty that
could walk; my appetite became very
poor, and began to get discouraged.
s'One day read OF Cooper's preparations
IN ba, "a hat bax. do
ing for Chicago people, and decided to
try them as a last resort, as l had tried
every known remedy, but without any re-
suit. / purchased treatment, and soon
after commencing same noticed an i'm
provement in my appetite, which became
normal again; also the pains in my arms
and limbs decreased, and was soon able
to raise my arms high above my head and
could walk without any difficulty. am
feeling fine and expect to go back to my
profession again; it will seem good to be
able to play on my harp once more, but l
should never have been able to do SO if l
had not used Cooper's preparations. They
saved me where all others failed.
81 want to praise these remedies all
CAL, they oiS SSAtaihiy "OhdOAAui'
Cooper claims. to have received the for
mulas of the medicines he is using from an
aged priest in a sleepy Spanish town in
Old Mexico. The Mexicans believed that
holy water, or some supernatural element,
entered into their composition.
Cooper receives an enormous daily mail.
Letters are coming from every part OF the
state asking for advice.
The philanthropist reads every letter
carefully, and replies to each one, advis-
ing the remedy which is applicable to each
individual case.
While his remarkable cures are the chief
topic of conversation, many stories are
heard on the streets and in business places
OF his goodness to the poor. His gifts OF
food, money and clothing have relieved
great amount of distress, and have
greatly endeared him to the people.
He is beginning to show the great strain
he has been under the past two weeks,
and it is understood that he will remain
here only one more week.
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PRIVATE FORESTRY.
Tree-Growing by Scientific Methods
To be Encouraged.

from Golfers weekly
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Wheat Pafont)

The answer makes,
Meets each demand,
Its rolls, loaves, cakes
Seem "Sleight Of hand"
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] William Weeks, Of Portland, q well
known hotel man, died in South Thomas
ton Friday, aged sixty years. He had run
hotels in Bangor, Belfast and Houlton.
Patents have been granted to Maine
inventors Is follows: r. w. Lowell,
Seaport, steering wheel; J. P. Manson,
Hartland, combined fender and track
cleaner; r. Gs Noyes, Patten, logging
sled
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Your life may be at stake when you notice
any sign Of kidney or bladder trouble, as
Bright's disease and diabetes start with o
slight irregularity that could be quickly cured
by Foley's Kidney Remedy. Commence tax
ing it at the first sign of danger. G.. A. PAR
CHER.
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The Lucky Quarter

Is the one you pay out for box Of Dr..
Kings New Life Pills. They bring you
the health that's more precious than jew
els. Try them for headache, biliousness,
constipation and malaria. II they disap-
point you the price will be cheerfully re-
funded at E. G. Moore's drug store.
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO CURE PAIN.
Necessary to Treat the Nerves DO
Internally and Externally.

INTERNALLY anu FsAterhuhy.
Nervous headaches. rheumatism, nel
ralgia, toothache. and other ner'
troubles need internal treatment
well as external. Get right at IL
nerve centre with a small dose 4
Neuralgia Anodyne, which will sooth
and quiet the whole nervous syster
At the same time. rub a little Anodyr
on the affected part. and 1t will fir
it's way through the pores of the ski
to the aching tissues and throbbin
nerves.
Neuralgia Anodyne Is so uniforml
successful in curing all aches an
pains that it is sold by dealers every
where with the understanding that II
money will be refunded IL it does n
do all that is claimed fer 1t. A larg
sized bottle costs but rs cts.
Neuralgia Anodyne is also invaluab
in quickly curing colds. Group, So
throat. etc, and in taking the sorS
ness out Of bruises. sprains, cuts ar
chilblains. Made by The Twitche!
Champlin Co.. Portland. Me.
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K,rrERY TO CARIBOU.

,obn McCann, . we'll known real estate
,..,er Of Bangor, died Thursday, aged
..venty- nine years.
Augustus Hartford, aged sixty-eight,
no lived alone ct Hanpden, was burned
=. death in fire which destroyed his
house last Thursday night.
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Constipation causes headache, nausea, dizzi-
ness, languor, heart palpitation. Drastic
physics grippe, sicken, weaken the bowels and
don't cure. Doan's Regulets act gently and
cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask your drug
pist.-Adpt,
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The Washington County railway station
at Midtown was burned Friday, togsthsr
with small amount Of freight. The
books and papers Of the railroad and az
press companies were saved.
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The housewives cry,
The maidens' prayer,
Bread, Biscuits, Pie
Beyond Compare"
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Foley's Orino Laxative is sold under posi-
tive guarantee to cure consti patton, sick
headache, stomach trouble, or any form q
Indigestion. II 1t fails, the manufacturers
refund your money. What more can any ono
dor G.. A. PARcHRR.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
Unanswered PRAYER.

An unanswered prayer Is no proof
of al ~unhearing God. There may be
reasons in the great purposes of our
heavenly Father why a petition may
fail Of a direct answer. The creature
may err, not understanding the will
of God; but the Creator cannot err.
AS many a child of God has looked
back over his life he has seen where
the goodness and benign wisdom of
God has been manifested in with.
holding the things asked for.
But II the direct answer to the pc
tition has been withheld we believe
that In some way there will come a
blessing because of it, and that no
earnest, faithful prayer Is ever lost to
the suppliant. 1T may not be INV
way; it may not be thy way; but yet
in His own way the answer will
come. 1t may be years in coming; it
may be in some wholly unexpected
way, through some channel we never
dreamed of, and which at the time
of the prayer we knew nothing of;
but it will come to us with blessing.
Indeed, we in our obtuseness may
be living in the very atmosphere of
answered prayer and not be aware of
it. If the answer does not come in
the way we look for it, let us look
around and see il the flower we
longed for is not blooming elsewhere,
OF If our life at some angle does not
touch God more intimately than be-
fore. We may look for the answer in
a tally-ho, but 1t may come in the
form Of some poor beggar on the
street.-United Presbyterian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
BIG FIRE AT GREENWICH.
Business Section of Connecticut sum-
mer Town Swept.

Greenwich, Gonna fire, In which
eight were injured and which did
damage estimated at $%250,000, de-
stroyed much of the business section
of the town. simultaneously fires
sprang up in different sections of the
town, SO that at one time there were
twelve different residences of summer
jewellers burning, some of them a
mile from the scene of the big fire.
1t was only the promptness of the
Fire Departments of Stamford, Port
Chester, East Port Chester, Rye,
G~lenville and Mianus that saved the
town.
The fire started at 11.f5 a. m. in a
paint shop in the rear of F. A. Mosh.
ier's livery stable. 1t is supposed to
have caught from a bonfire built
nearby by children. The grocery
store of George A. Finch was soon
ablaze, and before water could be
put on this the carriage repository
of John H. Ray & Son was ablaze.
Before aid from other towns reached
here the postofice building, owned
by William E. Ritch, took fire. The
Government employees had a rush to
get the mails and Government prop
erty to a place Of safety. The top
foor of this building is the operating
room of the telephone company. The
operators were forced to abandon the
board. thus shutting the town of
from telephone communication.
The fire now swept eastward and
caught a four-story frame flathouse
licking it up in five minutes. limo.
thy Laughlin's grain and feed store,
stored full of hay, caught at the same
time.
The brisk south wind bore burning
fragments of the buildings a mile OF
more into the heart of the section oc-
cupied by the summer residents. AL
most simultaneously the residences
of Herbert B. Stevens, a New York
merchants; E. Jay Edwards, DR.. Carl
p. Martin, DR.. E. o. Parker, Washing.
ton Marshall, Stephen Peck, Charles
Merritt, G. H. Carter and the build.
ing of the Fairfield County Golf Clut
caught fire.
The Edwards house, which is
owned by Mrs. Sarah E. Brush and is
valued at $4,000, was totally de.
stroyed. The house of DR.. Martin
was partly destroyed.
The fremen now gave up trying to
save the burning section except the
~postofice, and established an immune
area. They succeeded after an hours
light in putting out the fire in the
postofice building and in keeping the
flames from spreading further.
The injured were: Joseph Martin
A. B. Lorrden, Fred Crawford, Gin.
ton Barnes, Dick Mosick, Bert DAILY
Private Hikcox, of Twelfth Company.
The losses were generally covered
by insurance.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
pR0HIBITIONISTS NOMINATE
CHAFIN AND WATKINS
Platform Proposes Direct Election Of Senators, Inheritance and
Income Taxes, Bank Deposit Guarantees, Uniform
Divorce Laws and Woman Suffrage.
) essesssee ses % ssses
3 For President, EUGENE W. HAHN, Of Chicago, iii. :
: For vice-President, AARON S. WATKINS, of Ada, Ohio. T:

only Upon intelligence and ability to
read and write the English language:
IA. The preservation of the min
eral and forest resources of the coun-
try and the improvement of the high
ways and waterways"
Believing in the righteousness of
our cause and in the final triumph of
our principles and convinced of the
unwiliingness Of the Republican and
Democratic parties to deal with these
issues; we invite to full party fellow
ship all citizens who are with us
agreed"
Samuel Dickie, of Michigan, chair
man of the Resolutions Committee,
when asked from the floor of the
convention whether the thirteenth
plank meant a declaration for woman
suffrage, responded that 1t certainly
did.
The new National Executive Com.
| mittee of the National Prohibition
party is made up as follows. Charles
r. Jones, of Chicago, chairman; A.
G. WolfeIbarger, of Lincoln, Neb.,
vice-chairman; w. G. Calderwood, OF
Minneapolis, secretary; Felix T. Nc
| Whirter; Of indianapolis, Ind, treas
urer; o. W. Stewart; Chicago; A. B.
Stevens, Tyrone, Pa; Felix G.. Hen
erickson, Cumberland, Md; j. B,
Granfll, Dallas, Tex, and Samuel
Dickie, Albion, Mich.
During the nominations Carrie Ma
ton appeared on the platform and
was cheered. She declared at the out.
set that the candidate must be a man
who does not use tobacco, as well as
one who Is d prohibftionist. She
named no candidate and was finally
called to order and forced to conclude
abruptly.
One incident during the collection
OF the big campaign fund in the con.
%vention was the turning over of 5000
to the National Committee by the ex
ecutors of the estate of the late James
Campbell, of Pennsylvania. Camp
bell left a piece of land to the party
1t was to be farmed or employed il
any way the trustees saw fit, ant
what it made over and above the ex
penses was to be turned into the Pro
hibition fund. This year the contri
button amounted to $500. Dead, yer
speaketh," said Oliver w. Stewar'
when this contribution was an
nounced. The convention arose and
gave a silent C~hautauqua salute il
memory of Mr.. Campbell.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
BISHOP h. C. POTTER DEAD
Noted Churchman Expires After a
Long Illness at Cooperstown.
Unconscious All Day, He Passed Away
Without Suffering; Wits and
Children at His Side.

Gooperstown, N. Y.-The death of
the Right Rev: Henry Goldman Potter
Occurred at his SUMMER home, Fern
leigh; and Immediately the following
signed statement was given out by
the physicians:
Bishop Potter passed very peace
fully away at S.3G p. m. His strength
gradually failed during the past TWEEN
ty-f6ur hours; and there was no phys.
ical suffering"
The death bed was surrounded by
only members of the Potter and Clark
families and the two physicians.
Present were Mrs. Henry C. Potter,
two daughters of the Bishop, Mrs. c..
B. Davidge, of San Francisco, Cal,
and Miss Sarah Potter; the Bishops
son, Alenze Potter, of New York, and
three sons Of Mrs. Potter, F. Ambrose
Clark, Edward S. Clark; Stephen c..
Clark and Mrs. F. Ambrose Clark,
all of C~ooperstown.
1t was or the 23d day of June that
the present illness anne on, heat pros
tration having played a part in the re-
turn of the malady. 1t was not until
Saturday, the 9th, that the case as
sumed a very serious phase. The
Bishops condition varied for many
days.
Bishop Potter had been Bishop of
New York since 1886. He was elected
Assistant Bishop in September, 1888.
His uncle, the Right Rev. Horatio
Potter, Bishop of New York, was
then ill. A few months before he
became the successor Of his uncle
Henry G. Potter was invested with
the full powers of Bishop and by the
law of the church as Assistant Bishop
he became Bishop on the death of his
uncle, which occurred while the
nephew was in Spain on a journey for
the benefit of his health. Coadjutor
Bishop Greer, who succeeds Bishop
Potter, is abroad.
Bishop Potter was born in Schenec-
tady, N. Y, in 1885. His father, the
Rev. DIR. Alonzo Potter, was vice.
president of Union College. The
Bishop was educated at Philadelphia
and in Virginia, and was ordained as
deacon in 1858. He was rector first
of Christ Church, Greensburg, Pa,
and afterwards of st. Johns Church,
Troy, N. Y. Then he became assistant
rector of Trinity Church, Boston, and
later was chosen as the rector of
Grace Church, this city, whence he
stepped into the Bishopric.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
How to Find Our Blessings.

If one should give me a dish Of
sand, and tell me there were particles
of iron in it, I might look with my
eyes for them, and search for them
with my clumsy fingers, and be I'M
able to find them; but let me take a
magnet and sweep it, and how it
would draw to itself the most invisi-
BILE particles by the power of attrac-
ton!
The thankful heart, like my finger
in the sand, discovers nc mercies; but
let the thankful heart sweep through
the day, and, as the magnet finds the
iron, so it will find in every hour some
heavenly blessing; only the iron in
Gods sand is gold.-O. w. Holmes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
DIR. William Elmer Dead.

DR.. William Elmer, one of the best
known physicians of Trenton, died at
Atlantic City. He had been i'll since
last September. DR.. Elmer was born
at Bridgeton In 1840, later being
graduated from Princeton and the
University of Pennsylvania. He was
the third DR.. William Elmer in direct
descent, and one of five generations
of the family graduated from the
medical school of the University of
Pennsylvania. DR.. Elmer leaves four
children-William Elmer, an %electri-
cal engineer Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at P~ittsburg; Walter Gray
Elmer, a practicing physician, of
Philadelphia; Arthur Elmer, of Phil
adelphia, and Miss Alice Gray Elmer,
of Trenton.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Bet Nearly Cost His Life.

Barton Longman made a wager
with George Wa11en, at Montclair,
that the latter could not eat two
large packages of soda crackers with
In thirty minutes. IT was stipulated
in the agreement that no liquids were
to be swallowed during the time al
lowed for the consumption of the
crackers, Wallen got away with the
first package III less than fifteen min
utes, but had not eaten a dozen of
the second when his mouth became
parched and he swallowed with great
difficulty. Then he began to gasp,
and the spectators realized that he
was choking. One Of the crackers
had stuck in his parched throat. DR..
w. j. Bull removed the obstruction
and thus saved his life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
Governor Glenn at Ocean Grove.

Governor R. D. Glenn, of North
Carolina, arrived at Asbury Park re-
Gently, and made three religious ad-
dresses. The Governor spoke in neg
ligee attire, but ne occupied the pull
pit like a professional minister of the
gospel. He told of. the temperance
work in North Carolina, and said the
curse of this country was the grow
ing desire to accumulate great wealth.
What the world needs, he declared,
Is more God-fearing men and women.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-24
Profitable Things

The sooner we are impressed that
this present life is uncertain and very
short, and that the future life is sure
and endless, the better it will be for
US. Also to learn that material
things cannot satisfy the soul, but
that a man must be rich toward God
before that aching void can ever be
filled, and that godliness is profitable
unto all things and we may add unto
all time.@Thc Rev. w. F. Bryan.
Methodist, Dallas, Texas.