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The National tribune., 1908-03-26
TAFT FORGING AHEAD.
CONTINUED from mage one1

thing to print showing what the Taft
boom is not doing. Senator Hemenway.
who is the manager of the Fairbanks
boom, would have a lot to say on his
own hook about the progress of the
delegate-gettingc campaign, but the Vice
PRESIDENT does not approve of such
methods in his own behalf Represent
tative Mckinley, of Illinois, the Cannon
manager. Is member of the Repub-
ican Congressional Committee, and is
disposed to work along the lines that
committee has pursued in its campaigns
OF recent years Some people think,
however, that the methods which suit
a campaign for the election of a Re-
publican House Of Representatives are
not altogether suited for securing the
nomination of a Republican candidate
for the Presidency.
1t was amusing to note the fuss and
bother to which the allies had to go
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AN OBJECT LESSON.
tContinued from page one.)

the more intellectual topeng, which is a
very high, classical and refined presen-
tation of lyric drama.
The former is q sort of Punch and
Judy show, IN which the figures are
grotesQuely masked and shown on an
upright screen of sarong cloth, in front
of which sit the men, according to an
cient custom. the women taking their
places behind the screen.
The Snowman or "delang" is most
accomplished person, for he not only
manipulates the puppets, but he must
know by heart the whole of endless
epics, the recitation of which occupies
several nights. He must be able TO
dramatize popular myth or legend, 10
be ready at any moment to introduce
some new episode, to improvise dlalog,
have a good voice and a knowledge of
Kawi, the ancient Javanese. Besides
this. he conducts the "gamellan,' or ma
tive orchestra, so that to be good
delang necessitates the possession OF
many gifts.
But, unlike the prophet in his own
country, he is fully appreciated by his
enraptured audiences, who never dream
of criticising him in any way. and If
making a professional trip he is enthu-
siastically welcomed by every town and
hamlet he visits. In his own communi-
ty he is specially honored by being ex-
empt from paying taxes. his fellow-citi-
Zens gladly taking upon themselves that
office, considering themselves more than
repaid by the pleasure of his perform
ances.
The Jnvunesc Dance.
Before the Wayang commences there
is usually a dance performed by couples
of young girls in trailing robes, gathered
at the waist by silver clasp. the satin
skin of their bare shoulders stained yell
low, and their heads, necks and hands
glittsring with gems. They hold longl
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routes of the Pacific, and there was at
one time some friction among tHe Gov
ernments as to their control. Germany
! succeeded in getting concession for a
naval and coaling station on the islands,
but she was induced to waive this, and
the islands are now practically under
the protectorate of Great Britain. The
legal and financial affairs are under the
control of a British Commissioner, while
the archipelago is ruled by a King,
| George IL, whose ancestors occupied
the throne. The Legislative Assembly
meets every three years, and is made up
one-half of hereditary mobiles and one
half of representatives elected by the
people. There are about $50 square
miles in the group, with a population
of $4,000, nearly all natives. These are
Christians and Observation-Disclosures
and they carry on fairly large trade
for heir numbers in copra, fruits, mats
and peculiar textile made from bark.
The Population.
Among the -philanthropists,
who with little knowledge but strident
voice declaim against their race and
the work it is doing. the diminution of
the native populations is always a most
potent argument. The argument is all
the other way in the case of Java. In
1900, or before the Dutch began the
reformation of their colonial Foley and
the adoption of the present one, a rude
census showed that there were only
3,000,G30 people in Java and Madura.
Lack of food and bloody internecine
wars had kept the population down.
Under the enlightened. economic and
pacific policy of the Dutch, the popula-
tion has increased in the most wonder
ful way. According to the census of
1900 there were 28,746,6SS people in
Java and Madura, with the natives in
ftr G n lf .k ..l-.-
The birth rate among the natives COM
pared with the death rate is as 20 is
to IA. Chinese, Arabs. Hindus and
europeans have come into the islands
In considerable numbers, but after all
these form numerically an insignificant
proportion. In 1900 there were about
$1,000 lropeans; $4,000 Chinese;
1900 Arabs and 900 or 5000 other
Asiatics to 26,000,0O0 Javanese. AS
Java has only about $4,000 square
miles, or about the size of New York
or Louisiana, with six times the popu-
iation OF the great Empire State and
nearly 20 times the population OIL
Louisiana, the amazing results of the
Dutch system can be readily appreciat-
ed.
Religion and education are not MAX
Ing the progress that has been expected
and yet they are In flourishing con-
dltion. There are about 500 schools
established by the Government thruout
the island and more will be given as
fast as the people are ready for them. |
At present about 100000 Javanese
children are attending school, There
Is an excellent normal school for train
ing native teachers and 1t is expected
that each year will show a splendid |
tncrease as the graduates In this school
get out into the country ard get fairly
to work.
Perfect liberty is allowed for all re-
ngfons with the Christian missionaries
making headway everywhere, SO thatl
there are probably more than 100000
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
IF YOU NEED A MEDICINE,
YOU SHOULD HAVE THE BEST.

We ask you to consider the fact that
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really stands out pre-eminent as a rene
dy for diseases of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
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thousands of even the most distressing
cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly
because its mild and immediate effect IS
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Swamp-Root is not recommended Tor
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A Sworn Certificate of Purity Is with
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For sale at all drug stores, In bottles
of two sizes-fifty cents and one dollar.
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In order to prove what Swamp-Root,
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pertant, and that in coffee, bamboo,
rubber, copra and the, gums Is growing
every year.
In religion the people are divided
between Hinduism and Mahometanism.
Buddhism is also a strong element. 1t
is probable that Hinduism was the ear
Hest introduced, with Buddhism coming
later, and then Mahometanism being
taken up by the more intelligent and
energetic of the people.
The BattakS, who have been the
strongest resisters of the Dutch Govern
ment and who have achieved many
successes over the Hollanders in the
long series of wars, live in villages,
know something of agriculture, even
plowing their ground, and they breed
cattle successfully. They also work
metals and have rude reading and writ
ing. They practice polygamy, cannibal-
ism on those outside their tribes, and
also have man-eating as punishment.
They have steadily refused to become
Mahometans, but practice an ancestor
and spirit worship. They are somewhat
darker, taller and stronger than the
coast Malays.
The Fill Islands.
The Fiji Islands, which are a Crown
Colony of Great Britain, is the largest
and most valuable group in Polynesia
They consist of about 250 islands, of
which about one-third are inhabited
Altogether they have an area of about
$500 square miles, or that OF Massachu-
setts. While they are in the tropics, yet
the situation is such that the climate is
delightfully."- cool and heaithful, and they
are a resort to people who have broken
down from the debilitating diseases else
where. The population in 1901 was
1880, four out of five Of these being
natives and about 10 per cent Hindus
imported as laborers to work the sugar
plantations. Ethnolosists are in doubt
as to the race of the Fijlans, some re-
garding them as Papuans and the 9TH
ers as hybrid of the Chinese and negro
families. Still others consider them an
original and very old race. They are
fine sailors and skilful carpenters and
shipbuilders. Their, large canoes with
sail and outriggers are famous They
are also skilful in pottery making. They
We're once famous cannibals, but they
were converted by the missionaries and
have been Christians for many decades.
tho there are still survivals of old pagan
ialth and practices coming up at times
In startling way. They seem, under
the paternal care of the British Govern
ment, TO have become injured to the
diseases of civilization, and are holding
their numbers, if not actually increas-
ing.
The conversion of the Fijians was a
triumph for the Weslyan- -Methodists,
who reached the islands in 1895. and
In 1854 succeeded in converting thei
King and most of the powerful native
chiefs. Great Britain finally took over
the islands in 1874. Sugar is the lead
ing export, followed Fat some distance
by copra and green-Nuits.
The Tonga Islands.
The Tonga, or yriendly Islands, ss
they are most generally known. were a |
port OF call for oui whalers. They lie |
right In tha pathway Of one Of the great
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
Cathartics That Cause
Constipation.

grada, jalap, gamboge, blue mass, colo
cynth. assafoetida, senna, EPSON salts,
laxative mineral waters, podophyllin, cas-
tor oil. nux vomica, hyoseyamus, bella
only physicians know about, cause re-
action in the bowels, and result in chronic
constipation.
Of any one Of these sinful drugs, and just
as sure as you do, you help to paralyze
your own bowels. You can have them
move every day regularly without taking
any of these paralyzers if you will only
follow out my idea which has already
proved successful in hundreds OF cases"
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE By MAIL.

30 ignore the difference between Am
sterdam and Batavia Now the resi-
dents of the island have gracefully
Yielded to the influence of the climate,
and have adapted themselves to It's
limitations and exactions. The women
remain in their houses all day In what
seems TO unaccustomed eyes to be star
Ting dishabille, even when compelled
to go ont appearing in splendid car
riages barefooted and with as little COW
ering as possible. They sit around the
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
How to Get the Advice.

All you will have TO do is TO cut out the
coupon, I'LL In your name and address on
the blank lines, and send ii to Prof T. Fl.
Midgley, 1851 Midgley Block, Kalamazoo,
Mich. and he will, by return mail, send
you absolutely free, his book showing you
how to cure yourself of chronic eonstf-
patton right at home, the "Midgley way"
without pills. potions or powders-for-
ever He will also send you by letter
his expert advice upon any point relating
to Constipation on which you may ask in
formation. Mail the coupon today.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
Results of Constipation.

"When a train Is stuck In the tunnel
and cannot be dislodged., 1t stops traffic
With the body 1t is worse. because when
so feet of bowels, the poison from the
blockade Is going to be soaked up BY the
little capillaries on the inside lining of
the bowels, and all this poison is rushed
1T goes to the brain naturally, and in
every part of the body, every organ be-
ing fed on this polluted blood, or sewer
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
! Gives a Remarkable Talk on How Ms
Constipation Without Medicine.

You will be amazed to see the array OF
letters that are received daily by this
benefactor OF mankind who answers all
letters sent to him and asks no charge
for the advice which he freely gives.
These letters are from worn-out, pill
ridden patients who have tried the ''Midg
ley way as a last desperate effort, and
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
24-Hour Habit" All Importa Mt.

at is one of the simplest things in the
world to cure even the worst case of
chronic constipation, and yet nearly every
other man and woman you meet, is posi-
lively so stopped up to be hardly able
to think clearly. To get the "habit''
every "a hours regularly works wonders
By the "habit" i don't mean the cathar-
tic habit, but l mean that natural, easy
move" that every one ought to have with
out having to make a rush for the pill
box every night
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have been cured as easily as though they
had but u mere cold.
For the benefit of our readers we have
taken the trouble TO pick out at random
a few of these letters and publish them.
For instance, Mr. +. G. Jackson, who had
almost become a mere skeleton and had
suffered for 10 years, cured himself in a
few days
Mrs. Morgan Parkhurst, of Gerry, N. Y.
suffered for 80 years and cured herself
in 80 days; and so on down the list.
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Suffered 20 Years, Cured in
80 Days,

tom MI Ms Seo' r,t r. barker, ts ~ Baiey h ST. Bos
bled with constipation for Is or 20 years
and had tried every drug in the market.
He cured himself in one month, the
''Midgley way
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
To the Readers
Of The National Tribune

For the benefit of our readers we pub
lish timely and interesting talk by Prof
L. II. Midgley on a point which is most
vital TO every man, woman and child In
this country-the way to stop the spread
ing danger of chronic constipation. All
he says is true evidences of 1t are so
letters from those who have done as he
advocates, that we think it will be pub
lie benefit to make them known. We
recommend Prof Midgiey most earnestly
tn rpaders
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
Jackson, Old Boy, You're
LOOKING Fine"

Mr.. f. G.. Jackson. Mining Engineer Of
the American Flag Quartz Mine at Comp
ley, Dear Sir.-I took your advice. 1 have
gained 10 pounds In weight and my
friends remark as meet them Jackson.
almost every kind Of patent medicine for
10 years to no good. Your advice has
proved a marvellous one. ! was almost
a skeleton, but now i feel as young and
God and Prof. Il. ii. MIdgey."
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
Must Quit Pill Habit.

You young and middle-aged men and
women who eat and drink everything you
like, and you old men and women who are
addicted to pilleating to keep your over
due bowels going, you don't realize that
there would not be one one-hundredth
part of the disease on earth today IL your
bowels were absolutely regular.
you can shake your fist at almost any
old disease known, II you've got the bowels
that do business every "a hours. This
is plain talk, but every doctor will tell
you the same thing, only he may be more
particular in his Language. but it won't.
have the impression on your mind.
Now, you can't cure constipation, with
cathartics and one OF the reasons why
there is much constipation today is be-
cause there are so many drugs, liquids and
unnatural bowel movers guzzied and swal-
lowed by so many thousands of people.
"It is true these cathartics sluice ont
the bowels clean, but they also sluiee
out that bowelmoving juice or secretion
which Nature has put in every good bowel
to make 1t work easy and right When
this natural Juice" In the bowel Is
cleaned out your bowels become mere dead
pipes. Then you get a<bad case of con-
stipatlon and pills are swallowed to do the
moving This goes on, over and over again.
Take 1t for granted now that you have
got to quit taking pills and drugs, castor
oil, cascara, jalap, gamboge and all other
cathartics before You can ever hope to
cure your constipation.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
Doctors Admitted Drua.Sin.

The Chief Clerk of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, located at New Brurs-
chronic constipation for the past six
years, taking most all of the pills and
potions ever heard of. At one time i
sition with the Railroad, as I felt my days
were numbered.
One physician told ne that he as well
as others were powerlesS to cure consti-
patton with drugs, saving that the nnrra-
tiyes iniame the bowels and eventually
paralyze them. / followed your advice.
nave not spent penny for drugs of any
sort, and / am cured
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age. } IL goes to your face in the form OF
pimple-poison and breaks out on the skin,
IL goes TO your head and gives you head.
acne and dizziness, 1t goes to your brain
stnln ana makes you drowsy, IT weakens the
breath, 1t goes to the liver and causes
olliousness. 1t goes to the kidneys and
eventually gives rise to Bright's disease,
u goes to the heart and makes 1t thump.
II goes to the eyes and they lose their
Iustre, II makes your nerves fabby and
weak and out-o'-sorts, and this is the ad-
vance agent OF all kinds of disease, which
you couldn't get at all IL there was pnre
rich red blood flowing In your veins and
your whole body was in primo condition
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How You Can Stop CONSTIPATION
Forever. ID


"If you will do as l. sayiyou can get
rid Of your constipation right now and
forget about it ever after. You will never
realize, until you have tried II, how pleas
ant and delightful It is to- have every
day-bowels that you don't have TO worry
over. -gths o.
"Forget forever, from sow on, that
there are any pills, powders or potions for
moving the bowels. They will move them
selves If you will just give them start
the .'Midgiey way" You viii never real
ize how gratifying 1t is to have regular
bowels and how fine 1t feels to really
live, until you have tried It,.
~ am willing to tell anyone, who will
take the trouble to ask me, just exactly
how to use this simple method, and to
cure himself or herself right at home SO
that 1t will no longer be necessary to
dose with all kinds of harmful drugs and
acids. don't ask a cent for this in
formation. have published book
which contains this Midgley method In
detail, and as it. would be impossible to
tell you In this brief space what 1t con-
tains. / will send this book to any man or
woman who is interested enough In cure
to send for II" .I'S-tfi' SAs4s
Here Is Opportunity Of Life
time to Be Cured. .r.a.-..-
Here is the greatest opportunity to be
cured Of chronic constipation that you
have ever had come to your notice.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
No Concentration of Forces.

3sV VI rOFccS
But even then there came a question
as to whom the statement should be
accredited. No one of the managers
wished to stand sponsor for it under
his own name, lest there be public mis-
apprehension about it. So they fiddleJ
around for much of one afternoon, the
upshot being that permission was given
ultimately to say that the statement
was one In which all the field of cans
didates acquesced
This is typical of the way the allied
campaign is being run. There is lfttls
concentration of forces There is q
general understanding not to duplicate
work in any one State or Congressional
District. but no one of the favorite sons
is doing anything in particular that will
help any one of his rivals, and very
often keeps out of given locality bes,
cause he thinks some one else should
go in there and do the work. MeanS
while the Taft workers slip into that
muster the influential local
people, spend money in greasing up,
the machinery. and when the convent
tions are called are very apt to have al
majority of the delegates for the nomf1
nation of the Secretary of War. That
is Why the advance of the allied booma,
has been so slow, and why so often tflG
allies have been outgeneraled.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26

to produce their statement Manager
Hitchcock had quietly conferred with
Secretary Taft, the manuscript, clainn-
ing States that would make majority,
was prepared, and all at once there
was notice that the newspapers could
have the material.
Up at the Capitol, on the other hand,
there was great running to an6 fro for
the greater part of a day. much putting
of heads together in obscure corners,
many whispered consultations. Mean
while man was at work on the data
whichtne various candidates have kept
on the action of the divers State and
Congressional Conventions. held to date.
There was little difficulty in getting the
statement ready, for it was recognized
that the figures of the allies were, all
things considered, quite as accurate and
quite as reliable probably as the figures
promulgated from the Taft headquar.
ters. !
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Was Near Death.

Thos Needham, 1923 s. 44th Ave, Chi
ago.. says: 81 suffered from chronic
constipation for 10 years. / tried every
cathartIc In the market in vain. Doctors
could do nothing, and death seemed near.
By following your advice / cured myself
permanently In just one month.
The National tribune., 1908-03-26
The Tonsa Islands.

The Tonga, or y'riendly Islands, ss
they are most generally known. were a
port OF call for ou, whalers. They lie
right In tha pathway Of one Of the great
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29

Scotland, was one of the carly settlers {
Valley, having resided In this vicinity f.
nearly fifty years. She was ~ years oil
and leaves a son, George SPIN ger 4
Omaha, and a daughter, Mrs. FlcCk {
Elk city. lnterment was in the Bvatsyil
cemetery beside her husband, who ha'
been dead about nine years.
FRElMONT-Mrs. Caroline Hodge Of thl
city died yesterday morning at sat Lake
City after a brief Illness from paeumonlg
complicated with heart trouble, with whic
she had been afflicted for snme time. Sh'
was spending the winter with her daugh
was the widow OF the late o. NJ. Hodg
and had lived In Fremont lince 1853. Sh
Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. q. w
f. Dorsey and Mrs. John Thompson o.
Sumpter. Gre. Her remains Will be broug II
to Fremont for burial. the funeral prob
ably being held on Tuesday.
NEBRASKA CITY-Mrs. Jane Dunbs,
Wilson died at her home, near Dunbar, on
Thursday, AGED SO. The deceased was born
In County Antrim, thirty miles from Bel
fast, ireland, Juiy 10, 1915, She was the old.
est of seven children. but none OF them sur.
vlVe her. She came to America with heI
parents in 1879. She remained in New York
for some time ard In 1899 moved Ia Ontario
Canada, and in 1892 was married to Thomas
Wilson and settled on a farm near STRAIT,
arriving here on November /. I'D with me-
husband homesteaded near Dunbar, where
she has since resided. Part of the old farm
is now part of the townsite of Dunbar. The
townsite was first called Dern'son and az
terward changed to Dunbar. The first post
office was located in the old home as I
was also the freighting and stage station
Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-29
Joke ON OFFICER MORGAN
Somebody - looked at the Police
station Under His
Name.

Emergency officer Ed Morgan was the
butt Of considerable joking at the police
station Saturday. as an Edward Morgan
booked there on the charges OF drunken
ness, vagrancy and begging on the street.
gave him quito a shock when he first saw
the entry on the jail record.
Who's putting up this joker" demanded
officer Morgan, his face c%louding at the
idea that anyone should even joke about
him as a drunk or "vag.'' ut won't
be such a joke when 1 get the man who
did It," he added. and the bluecoats in the
jail office looked up with some concern, as
Morgan is more than a boaster when it
comes to anything in the athletic line, hav-
ing quite a record as a boxer. wrestler and
Splinter in local circles, both on and off
the police force.
well, there was an Ed Morgan booked
this morning. but ! guess II wasn't you
responded one of the men, and Officer Ed
Immediately cooled off and smiled. for sure
enough there was the mans record: Ed
ward Morgan. Elsin, H.. drunk, vagran
and begging on the street; arrested by
Patrolman w. E. Smith,
The next time officer Morgan scents Z
joke he says he is going to look at th'
books first. However, he does not expec
that many Ed Morgans will be "copped."