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The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
BY WAY OF COMPARISON.
Youngsters First Efforts in the Realm
Of Natural History.

Four-year-old Clyde was a preco-
cious youngster-very laxative and a
close observer. He and his father were
strollIng through the meadows one
morning when Clyde observed. for the
first time, some tadpoles in pond.
He waded In and cried out in delight:
"Oh, father, what are they?"
'Tadpoles. son." the father replied.
please, father, let's take them all
home with us, then come back and
find the mamma and papa. and well
have the whole family in our pond at
home"
The father explained how impossi-
BILE this would be, and as he walked on
q few steps large ugly frog hoped
across their path. Clyde's father said:
Look. son. perhaps there is the papa"
Clyde was very thoughtful. He
looked at the frog, then at his father,
then at himself and exclaimed:
We'll. father, was there ever so
much difference between me and
you?"
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
GENERAL NEWS,

The cholera epidemic in Manila is
almost entirely abated
A new popular edition of the letters
of Queen Victoria will be issued by
the London Times.
The bubonic plague has broken out
with redoubled violence in Terceira
one of the Azores islands.
The two months drouth in Pennsyl-
vania has been broken by rains in
nearly all parts of the state.
A magnificent hospital, built by the
Japanese government, was formally
opened at Seoul Sunday. 1t is one of
the finest institutions in the far East
and includes a school of medicine.
The election of rector for the Uni
versity of Glasgow has resulted in the
return of Lord Curzon with 947 votes.
The Aero club at Paris will give
banquet in honor of Wilbur Wright,
the American aeroplanist, November
5th, at which the clubs 1908 medal
will be presented to Mr.. Wright.
Broughton Brandenburg, charged
with selling a forged letter, purport-
ing to have been written by President
Cleveland, to the New York Times,
was placed under arrest at Dayton, O.,
on the 22d inst.
The burning of the grain elevators
of the Boston e Maine and Canadian
Pacific at Richmond, Vermont, with
loss of $300.0 900, was due to an explos-
ion of dust. All the eye witnesses were
killed instantly.
The trunk railroad in the island of
Formosa, now threading the island for
334 miles, was formally opened by
Gen. Prince Kanin of the Japanese
army Sunday. A concession to build
450 miles of branch lines has been
granted to the Formosa Sugar Refin-
ing Company. Ninety miles already is
completed.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
eAeYs ITCHING HUMoR.
Nothing Would Help Him-Mother Al.
most In Despair-Owes Quick
Cure to Cuticura.

Several months ago. my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
l doctored him, but as soon as l got
them healed up in one place they
would break out in another. l was
almost In despair. | could not get
anything that would help him. Then
l began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment. and after using them
three times. the sores commenced to
heal. He is now well, and not a scar
is left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood.
as one would think. Cuticura Rene
dies are the best l have ever tried.
and shall highly recommend them to
any one who is suffering likewise.
Mrs. William Geeding. 102 Washing.
ton ST., Attica. Ind. July %. 1907"
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Mhere Willie Mas

There is n humorous story of Mark
Twains Observation-Disclosures but it
doesn't match the following:
The Professor Cat the dinner table,
oh, by the way. Mrs. Chopsticks,
have you seen your little boy, Willie.
lately?
Mrs. Chopsticks-No, professor, l
have not seen him since ten O'Clock,
and can't imagine what has become
Of him. In fact l am very much wor,
ried about him.
Professor-Well, seeing Martha pour
me out that glass of water just now
reminds me of something that | had
on my mind to tell you some time ago,
but which unfortunately escaped my
memory 1t was Just about ten
o'clock, think. that ! saw little vii.
lie fall down the well.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30


Hon. R. 8. Tharin, Attorney at Law
and counsel for Antitrust League,
writes from Pennsylvania Ave, N. W.,
Washington, d. c., as follows:
"IIaving used Pernna for catarrhal
disorders, ! am able to testify to its
great remedial excellence and do not
hesitate to give it my emphatic endorse
ment and earnest Recommendation to
all persons affected by that disorder. 1t
is also u tonic of great usefulness"
Mr.. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer.
Ontario, Can, writes: Last winter l
was i'll with pneumonia after having la
grippe. l took Peruna for two months,
when 1 became quite well. 1 also in
duccd n young lady, who was all run
down and confined to the house, to take
Peruna, and after taking Pcruna for
three months she is able to follow her
trade of tailoring. can recommend
Pernna for all such who are i'll and re-
quire a tonic"
Pe-ru-na Tablets.
Some people prefer to take tablets,
rather than to take medicine in a fluid
form. Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets which represent the solid me-
dicinal ingredients of Pcruna. Each
tablet is equivalent to one average dose
of Peruna.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
The Still Alarm.

A tourist in an out-ofthe-way region
Of England put up one night at an
amiable old ladys cottage. the village
inn being full.
Now, the tourist was very dear.
which fact he took pains to impress
upon the old lady. together with in
structions to wake him at a particular
hour In the morning.
On waking a great deal later than
the time appointed. he found that the
amiable old lady. with commendable
regard for propriety. had slipped un-
der his door slip of paper on which
was written:
"Sir, 1t is half-past eight!"-Harp-
er's Weekly.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
NOT UP TO THE RECORD.
Boy Had, at Least Once Seen Larger
Pedal Extremities.

A pupil of one of the public schools
in Chicago sends this communication:
Dear Sir: In our school this morn
Ing an amusing dialogue took place.
"A primary teacher Of Chicago,
wishing to impress on her pupils the
necessity of greater quiet, said:
"I am a great deal larger than any
Of you. yet l don't make any noise
when I walk around the ROOM
Perhaps, remarked little seven.
year-old Kenneth. you don't wear
shoes
"'Oh, yes, do quickly replied the
teacher; Just look. Did you ever see
any larger than mine?'
Kenneth surveyed them carefully.
Yes he replied. slowly, 'once-in
a show. '-Waverly Magazine.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Eagle Lost Its Prey.

Eagles still hover over the crags that
make the Cumberland narrows noted.
John II. Horchler, an engineer, found
pheasant fluttering in his yard at
Cumberland and observed large
eagle flying away. The eagle had
dropped the pheasant and made fran
tic but unsuccessful efforts to recover
1t, flying into the yard. but was fright
ened away by the presence OF Mr..
Horchler. who found the pheasant
nuttering with jagged holes in its neck
from the eagles talons.-Baltimore
News.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
LOVES YOUNG DREAM COOLED.
Time of Sentiment Evidently Long
Past with Husband.

A certain well-known Bostonian has
been married long enough to have ac-
quired the average mans cynical atti
tude in respect Of the written express
sions OF devotion indulged in before
marriage.
One day the Hubbite was going over
with his wife a mass of useless papers
that had accumulated in the house
hold. They unearthed several large
boxes full Of love letters. After
hasty glance at them, the husband
said:
mo use keeping this junk, sup
pose? Here it goes"
The wife was hurt. "Oh, Clarence"
exclaimed she. how can you be so
brutal? Surely you don't want to de-
stroy your own love letters to me?"
We'll. keep 'em, il you want 'em."
cheerfully assented the husband, but
honestly. Helen, these seem too soft TO
fle!"-Lippincott's.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
AsToNlsHED THE DOCTOR
Old Lady Got Well with Change Of
Food.

A great scientist has said we can put
off "old age" if we can only nourish the
body properly.
To do this the right kind of food, of
course, is necessary. The body manu-
factures poisons in the stomach and
intestines from certain kinds of food
stuffs and unless sufficient of the right
kind is used, the injurious elements
overcome the good.
MY grandmother, II years DID,"
writes N. Y. lady, had been an in
valid for IS years from what was
called consumption of the stomach and
bowels. The doctor had given her up
to die.
Il saw so much about Grape-Nuts
that l persuaded Grandmother to try
it. She could not keep anything on her
stomach for more than few minutes.
"She began Grape-Nuts with only
teaspoonful. AS that did not distress
her and as she could retain it, she took
little more until she could take all Of
teaspoonfuls at meal.
"Then she began to gain and grow
strong and her trouble in the stomach
was gone entirely. She got to enjoy
good health for one so old and we
know Grape-Nuts saved her life.
"The doctor was astonished that in
stead OF dying she got well, and with
out a drop of medicine after she began
the GInpe- Nuts" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are ohnuine, true, and full Of human
Interest.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia X Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been The
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousandsQf
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, tibroid tumors, Irregularities.
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness or nervous prostratiOn.
Why don't you try itP
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
By Way of CHICAGO,

A pupil of one of the public schools
In Chicago sends this communications:
Dear Sir: In our school this morn
ing an amusing dialogue took place.
A primary teacher of Chicago, wish
ing to impress on her pupils the nee
essity Of greater quiet, said:
II am great deal larger than any
of you, yet 1 don't make any noise
when I walk around the room"
Perhaps" remarked little seven
year-old Kenneth. "you don't wear
shoes"
"Oh. yes do" quickly replied the
teacher, "just look. Did you ever see
any larger than mine?"
Kenneth surveyed them carefully.
YES" he replied slowly. "once-in
a show."-Waverly Magazine
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
He Would Talk,

This is a busy wire, l tell you"
roared the excited man in the tele-
phone booth.
And from the other end of the wire
came this:
II don't care, ! will talk
Get off the wire!" shouted the
other. beside himself. You don't want
to talk with me-"
But It was no use.
1--WE paid ten cents to talk" came
the answer. "and I'm going to do It,"
And talk he did, busy wire or not.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Anticipated Cause for Sorrow.

Ina came In from the country on her
fifth birthday to visit her cousin May.
At night they were put to bed early.
An hour passed, when heart-brealling
sobs were heard from the children's
bedroom.
whats the matter. children?"
asked Mays mother. entering the dark
room.
From under the bedclothes Ina
sobbed out: May won't give me any
of her peanuts"
But May has no peanuts" replied
her aunt
II know that" sobbed Ina, but she
said II she did have peanuts she
wouldn't give me any."-The Define
ator.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
The Inner Voice.

Mamma was trying to teach her
four-yearold daughter the difference
between right and wrong. She said:
Listen, baby, and you will hear lit
tie voice in your heart. which will tell
you what God wants you to do"
A few days later. having some dis
turbance in digestion, and hearing a
rumbling noise within herself. she
called to her mother: Mamma, NAM
ma, come quick; God is talking to me
in my stomach"
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Unto Date.

A little girl six years old gave an
afternoon tea to some of her friends.
and she wished to make 1t as perfect
q reproduction of those given by her
mother as was possible.
What shall you give your friends
to eat?' asked the same mother.
81 don't know" replied the embryo
aesthetic, unless give them pink It's
sue paper and cambria tea. Uncle
Tom says that's the most fashionable
thing"
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
One Of tie
Essentials

Of the happy homes of to-day is vast
fund OF information as to the best methods
Of promoting health and happiness and
right living and knowledge Of the worlds
best products.
Products of actual excellence and
reasonable claims truthfully presented
and which have attained to worldwide
acceptance through the approval of the
Well-Informcd Of the World; not of indi-
viduals only. but Of the many who havo
the happy faculty OF selecting and obtain
ing the best the world affords.
One of the products OF that class, Of
known component parts, an Ethical
remedy, approved by physicians and COM
mended py the Well-Informed of the
World as valuable and wholesome family
laxative is the well-known Syrup of Figs
and Elixir OF SIENNA. To get its beneficial
effects always buy the genuine, manu-
facturcd by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only. and for sale by all leading druggists.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

There Is more Catarrh In this section OF the country
than all other diseases put together and until
few years was supposed to be incurable For great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
prescribed local remedies. and by constantly failing
to cure with local treatment. pronounced II incurabe
Science has proven Catarrh To be constitutional dis
Ease. and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by f. J. Cheney
c.. Toledo Ohio. Is the only Constitutional
the market. 1t Is taken internally In doses from II
drops to teaspoonfu 1t acts directly On the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system. They orcr
hundred dollars for any case II falls to cure. Senc
TOR circulars and testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. T5c.
Take IIalls Family Plls for constLpatIon.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Making Her.eIf At Homo.

Alice, aged four. on the arrival oe
her aunt. said: "Now, Aunt Mary, do
make yourself at home while here"
Her aunt replied: what must DO
to make myself at homer"
Little Alice said: pitch in and help
mamma work"
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Mercenary Marriages.

"Dinna marry for the siller, Jock"
said old Sandy. sagely, to his son, who
seemed to show symptoms of the
awakening Of young mans fancy;
gin ye dae, yen aye regret it. For
am tellin' ye, when marrit yer
mither. I hadna but ae shilln', forby
she had auchteen pence. And for all
the 15 year O. oor marrit life, l ne'er
heard the last O. the odd saxpence."-
=. @. Luck, in West Coast Magazine.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Cruelty to Skeletons.

The Heiress-But it's nothing extra
ordinary for the count to have a fam
lily skeleton, poppa, nearly all noble
men are similarly situated.
Mr.. Bigpile-Of course they are,
darn 'em! they can't earn enough to
keep a little fat on their poor skele-
tons bones!
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Little BRIGHT Ewes Aoain.

Not the Spirit Medium this time, but
medium of far greater wonder, one
that brings back the brightness and
vigor to poor sore inflamed eyes with
but few external applications. Who
is SO ignorant not to know of DR..
Mitchell's famous eye salve? Sold
everywhere. Price 25 cents.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Uncle Eben.

"A heap O. men," said Uncle Eben,
"gits a reputation fob great wisdom
by pertendin' to know mo- dan dey
does an den persuadin' you to blame
yoh own ig'nunce foh not comprehend
In deir explanations" Washington
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
IL Didn't Work.

II would like" said the gentlemanly
agent, ito call your attention to a lit
tie work which 1 have here"
well, let me call your attention to
whole lot of work which / have
here" replied the man at the desk
Chicago Record-H Herald.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
All the Difference.

Nini-George says that my beauty
intoxicates him.
Elsie-I heard that he said you were
enough to drive man to drink
Journal Amusant.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Husselton (out of patience)-Great
Snails! Why. this train is simply
crawling along. conductor. What's the
matter?
Conductor (without batting an eye)
Perhaps the engine has turned tur-
tle
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Proof Is inexhaustible thst
Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. Z. HANSON,
sO4 +. Long St., Columbus, Ohin,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
al was passing through the Change
of Life, and suffered from nergqS-
ness, headaches, and other annoying
symptoms. My doctor told me that
Lydia L. Pinlsham's Vegetable Com
pound was good for me, and since tab
ing it feel so much better, and csQp
again do my own work. ! neve. forgeA
to tell my friends what Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for mo
during this trying period" .
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
The Sorrows of Man,

For ten years I've been trying to
drown my sorrows and they won't
drown"
mo wonder! They've had time to
learn to swim"-The Smart Set.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

1t costs more to get out of trouble
than 1t does to keep out.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Even in fishing for compliments It's
the big ones that generally get away.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
Have Little Care for the Morrow.

In the Congo the extravaganza OF
the average white man is astonishing.
Champagne is the invariable order OF
the day for men getting few hundred
dollars year. and the ofticial. usually
lands in Antwerp after three years
with enough money for spree. when
he must sign and so back.-Worlds
Work
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

There isn't much meat on the bone
of contention.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Mrs, Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens tho gums reduces In
nammAton, aliays pain. cures wind collc sc ootuo'
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Anybody can preach economy-the
thing Is to practice 1t.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30
verv Unklnd,

Very Unklnd.
Stage Door Johnny-Now what do
you think is the first necessary for q
nice little supper?
Experienced Show Girl-A nice big
lobster.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

II Your Feet Ache or Burn
ret a 75c package of Aliens Foot -Ease. It aivos
quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Pettit's Eye saIve Restores.
No matter how badly the eyes may be
diseased or injured. All druggists or How
ard Bros, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Your use of leisure throws light
on the whole of your life.
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

Arabella-Ah, John, there was
time when you couldn't see enough Of
me.
John-Well, 1 can see plenty of you
now. can't I?
The Springfield herald., 1908-10-30

important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that 1t
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
BOMB lMPER|LS
HUNDRED LIVES
IN A TENEMENT
Black Hand ExplOdes Internal
Machine in Hope of Killing
Rich Doctor.

NEW YORK. May 20.-The refusal OF
a, wealthy Italian physician to comply
with the demands of Black Hand crimi-
nails for money resulted in the lives of a
hundred persons being placed in grave
danger for a few moments today, when
a bomb was exploded in the tenement
house at BIG East Eleventh street. Four
persons were injured and the other &C.
cupant of the house rushed into the
street in panic while the doors and
beams which had been twisted out by
the explosion tumbled all around them.
The lower part of the house was almost
completely wrecked. None of the in
jured was dangerously hurt, with the
exception of Tony Lambarro. who was
crushed by falling timber and internally
injured.
DR.. Attillio Caccini, who had an office
on the ground floor of the tenement
house, old the police that he had re-
ceived a number of threatening letters
of the Black Hand type.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
COSTLY PICTURES
At EAST ORANGE
LOAN EXHIBITION

The loan exhibition of paintings,
which is being held under the auspices
of the Woman's Club of the Oranges
and the Municipal Art League, of East
Orange, opens Saturday evening in the
assembly room of the Woman's Club
house, East Orange, with a private
view and reception. The exhibition
will continue until Saturday evening,
May 80, and will be open from 2 to 6
p. M, and from s to IL p. m. 1t will
not be open on Sunday. There will be
no admission charge, the only r~estric-
tion being that children under 16 years
of age shall be accompanied by par
ents or guardians.
The pictures are all owned by resi-
dents of this locality, and are of inter
est for that reason, but in addition
they are said to be pictures of intrinsic
merit. Every picture which is to oe
exhibited has been passed upon by
William j.. Baer, of East Orange, the
well-known portrait painter, who was
a member of the jury which selected
representative paintings for the ST.
Louis Exposition.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
INDIAN BRAVES
AND SQUAWs IN
ANNUAL POW-WOW
Big Time of the Year for South
Orange and Neighboring
Tribes.

Indian chiefs n quaws from near
by surrounding tribes visited the camp
of Hiawatha Council No. SO, Degree of
Pocahontas, the woman's auxiliary to
Winnemucca Tribe. Improved Order
of Red Men, of South Orange, in the
South Orange Village Hall last night.
The occasion waA the annual pow-wow
and dance of that organization.
The grand march, which included
fifty couples, was led by Miss Josephine
Johnson, of Riggs place, n Edward
King, of Second street, South Orange.
Presentations of bouquets were made
to Miss Johnson and Mrs. Thomas R.
Simpson, the P~ocohontas of the degree.
The floor manager was Edward King,
and he was assisted by Frank Rhatican.
The arrangements committee was COM
posed of Thomas Simpson, as chair
man; Mrs. James Murray, Mrs. Thomas
Simpson, Mrs. Frank Weight, Miss
Josephine johnson and Edward King.
The reception committee consisted of
Thomas Simpson, Mrs. Charles Davey,
Miss Elsie Cook, Mrs. Hannah Gregan,
Mrs. Michael Ryan, Alfred Allen, Mrs.
Agnes Carse, Miss Katherine Harmon,
Mrs. John Fox and Mrs. Katherine
Sullivan.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-20
NEW HEADS OF EAST NEWARK
FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE CHOSEN

After the election Murray invited the
firemen to a repast in the firehouse, and
an entertainment followed at which
Thomas j. Carey presided. Those TAX
ing part were: Lieutenant Victor A.
Coak1ey, Engine Company No. 6; Lieu
tenant Mullin, Engine Company No.
20, and Fireman Timothy Manning,
Hook Inc Ladder Company No. 6, all
of New York city. Thomas j. Carey
gave a fine exhibition of buck and wing
dancing.
Professor William Milwitzky inter-
ested those present with a tale of his
travels. Others taking part were; AS
sistant Chief Charles Johnson, of Har-
rison: Recorder Edward NJ. Fitzgerald,
James Hamell, James Mullarky, Ar
thur Greenfield. John Dixon, Peter Mil
Ter. Joseph Kahn, John Conlin, former
Chief Charles w. Anderson, William j.
McGlennon, Collector Terence H,
O'Donnell. William Hanlon, Joseph y.
Mcdonald, John Burns, anne Nc
Grath, Edward Wright, James Wright,
John H. Martin, John P. Celia, Thomas
Bergen, Thomas e. Gleason. jr., George
White. William A. Carey. Louis Mar
der, Joseph McTague and William
Windle. Foxing bouts concluded the
nights enjoyment.