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plain Of Marathon.

Since Lord Byron was offered the
plain of Marathon for s900-an ex-
travagant price except to an anti
quary--it has done nothing to re-
deem its character for dreariness and
desolation. According to a recent
traveller, even the children and the
beggars with coins and pieces Of pot
terry are absent We asked the
herdsman," he says, for remnants
of arms or pieces of money; he had
seen such things picked up, but knew
nothing of their value" Probably he
knew less of the decisive battle,
the scene of which was year or two
ago definitely located by a group of
Prussian officers. One remembers
with an uneasy feeling that there
were only 1872 heroes disposed of at
this great battle; but the Athenians
had the literary gift, and knew how
to take care of the reputation of their
race. 1t is curious to reflect that
twenty years have barely elapsed
since Greece took the trouble to ex-
plore Soros--the mound beneath
which lie the bones of the slain-and
thus place beyond the reach Of doubt
the fact that the victors Of Marathon
found sepulture on the plain where
they vanquished the Persian hordes
London Chronicle.
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What is Pe-ru-na.

Are we claiming too much for Peruna
when we claim it to be an effective
remedy for chronic catarrh? Have we
abundant proof that Peruna is in real-
ity such catarrh remedy? Let us see
what the United States Dispensatory
says of the principal ingredients Of
Peruna,
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal.
The United States Dispensatory says
of this herbal remedy, that it is largely
employed in the treatment of depraved
mucous membranes lining various
organs of the human body.
Another ingredient of Peruna, cory
dalis formosa, is classed in the United
States Dispensatory as a tonic.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient Of
Peruna. The United States DISPENSE
tory says of the action Of cedron that
it is used as a bitter tonic and in the
treatment of dysentery, and in inter-
mittent diseases as substitute for
quinine.
Send to us for a free book of testi-
monials of what the people think of Pc
runa as catarrh remedy. The best
evidence is the testimony Of those who
have tried it.
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of the happy homes of to-day is a 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-Informed Of the World; not of indi-
viduals only but of the many who have
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 by 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-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.,
only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
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Fallacies About Mars.

AS between Mars and Venus the
latter is probably better adapted to
life than the former, always suppds-
ing that other conditions than those
of temperature are fulfilled. 1t is
quite likely that a planet revolving
midway between the orbits Of the
earth and Venus would be better
adapted than our earth is to the de-
velopment of the higher forms of life.
On the whole, it seems from all the
data we can gather from science that
Mars is no better adapted to life than
the region around the north pole of
our earth or the tops of the highest
mountains. The conditions on Mars
seem to be unfavorable to any form
of life unless of the very lowest or
Professor Simon Newcomb, In
Harper's Weekly.
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REMAINS THE SAME
Well Brewed Postum Always Pal.
atable.

The favour of Postum, wheHboiled
according to directions, is always the
same mild, distinctive. and palata-
BILE. 1t contains no harmful sub
stance like caffeine, the drug in
coffee, and hence may be used with
Benefit at all times.
Believing that coffee was the
cause OF my torpid liver, sick head
ache and misery In many ways. r
writes an Ind lady, Il quit and
bought a package of Postum about
a year ago.
My husband and l have been so
well pleased that we have continued
to drink Postum ever since. We like
the taste of Postum better than
coffee, as it has always the same
pleasant favour, while coffee changes
its taste with about every new com
bination or blend.
"Since using Postum have had
no more attacks of gall collie, the
heaviness has left my chest, and the
old, common, everyday headache is
a thing unknown" There's a Reg
son.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellviile," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humas
interest.
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THE soLENoDoN.
The Only Specimens in the Country in
New York City.

new York city.
The strangest American animal,
and also one of the rarest ad least
known of all mammals, is the solen-
odon, or alniqui Only two speci-
mems are known-one peculiar to
Cuba, the other to the Island of Santo
Domingo.
Although the solenodon is an in
sectivorous animal, yet in many
ways it resembles the rodents as we'll
as the ant-eaters, and is more like
certain fossil quadrupeds than like
any other living creature.
1t is about two feet in length, with
long, coarse hair and a naked rat
like tail. The forefeet are heavy and
strong, and are provided with stout,
curved claws for digging and tearing
apart rotten logs. The nose is long
and slender and exceedingly mobile,
and the whole appearance of the an
imal is peculiar.
For many years, says the New
New York Sun, the solenodon has
been considered extinct, and practi-
cally nothing was known of its hab-
it's. Few museums of the world pos
sessed even fragments of the remark
able animal.
In December, 1906, A. Hyatt Yer
rill undertook trip to Santo Do
mingo in search of this long lost an
imal, and succeeded in obtaining
three living specimens, which are now
in the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City, and are
believed to be the only specimens of
the Santo Domingo solenodon in the
United States, if not in the world
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GENERALS WIFE MURDERED.
She Had Been Shot Twice and Costly
Rings Torn From Fingers.

She Had Been Shot Twice and Costly
Rings Torn From Fingers.
London The wife of Major Cen
eral Charles Luard, of the British
Army, retired, was murdered in Ii
desolate wood near Sevenoaks, a
short distance outside of London.
No trace of the murderer has been
found, but the motive apparently was
robbery, valuable rings having been
taken from the woman's fingers.
Mrs. Luard was shot with a re-
volver, ,one bullet entering the temple,
another striking her behind the ear.
From the position of the body, ap-
parently she faced her assailant aud
he shot her at close quarters; the
bullet entering just below the left
eye. The second shot seemingly was
fred after she fell on her face. Her
hand had been pulled back and three
rings wrenched from the fingers.
Her dress was almost torn from the
body.
Mrs. Luard was tall and hand
some, about fifty-eight years old.
The circumstances surrounding the
tragedy are i'explicable. The Cen
eral and his wife were about to go on
a holiday.
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ATLANTIC CITY DRY,
LIQUOR LOSS $4,000
Gov. Forts Threat of Troops Ter
rorizes Resort Owners.
BIG CROWD, PERFECT PEACE
Placard in One Place Reads SRah
For Governor ort!''-Somer's
Point and Other Nearby Re
sorts Equally ''Dry.''

oVAt ~ AS4NANsAJ IA
Atlantic City.-The city was abso-
lutely "Nry1 on Sunday. 1t has not
been so on any Sunday for more than
two years, and the situation pre-
sented is the sensation of the present
season. It was the one theme Of the
Boardwalk comment, and many an
old stager found himself unconscious
ly wandering to favorite haunt only
to be confronted by an inhospitably
closed door. 1t is estimated that the
saloons lost $3.50, 900 by the strict en-
forcement of the order to close. Gov
ernor Forts threat to call the Legis-
fature and ask for power to put troops
here struck terror to all the resort
keepers.
In the full compliance with the
law, all window blinds in cafes and
saloons were up, SO any one could
gaze inside. There was not suspi-
cion anywhere of a side or back
door open for the hopelessly thirsty,
and high signs" of any secret order
whatever simply did not go. 1t was
Vase VI oil uOpG lOT d QIluh dUdu-
Ion ye who enter here.
A bulletin posted in Police Head
quarters read, with just the slightest
touch of humor:
Bulletin No. 4, a. m.-Saloons
all closed. No troops in town
Another bulletin officially signed
by the Chief of Police, was printed on
card. 1t read:
In 1861 it was hold the fort.
To-day it's Fort holds you"
II don't believe any town ever was
or ever will be more completely
closed so far as the enforcement of
the Sunday selling law is concerned =
said Chief of Police Woodruff
Closings were as complete on At
Iantic, Arctic and Baltic avenues here
as along the Boardwalk. Plain
clothes policemen who tried to buy
half-pint TASKS along Baltic avenue
we're told there was nothing doing"
Many of the corner saloons on Arctic
avenue were conspicuously placarded
thus: This place is closed 'Rah for
Governor Fort!"
Some thought the closing up on the
last Sunday in August would keep
many persons away from the resort,
but they were mistaken. For, If any
thing, the crowd which came to the
shore just to spend the day was unu-
ually large, thousands evidently hav-
ing decided to take run down to see
how the place would take the closing
proposition. If these expected any
excitement, however, they were dis
appointed, for there was no trouble
on any part of the island. The cafe
and bar proprietors had entered into
an agreement to comply rigidly with
the law, and comply they did with
the best of grace, beginning at mid
night precisely. The police used no
persuasive efforts, and all was as
peaceably accomplished as if Sunday
closing were the most usual of mat
ters at this place.
Hundreds of thirsty tourists, who,
failing to obtain the refreshment they
sought in beach cafes during the
morning, fastened to Somer's Point
by trolley with the assurance that
there would be no difficulty in getting
anything and everything a dry palate
might crave in the bay resort, four
teen miles from the city, They re-
turned in detection with the tidings
that Somer's Point was also dry.
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The man with a nose always rec
ognizes the smell of the place, and he
has only to land at Calais to smell
garlic. London's smell-when the
Londoner returns-is just SCOT and
fried fish. Paris always smells of
chocolate and wood smokes . Florence
is violets and sewage. But so soon
as you get to Russia the smell is quite
different. Moscow the city of fruit
that comes from the Crimea, has a
special smell of the cranberry (Which
has various names) in late summer.
And you cannot land in St. Petersburg
without noticing - instantly = the
smell of the place. Chicago Journal
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LATEST NEWS
BY WIRE.
Big Drop in Revenue.

III 0 w y u H- III
Big Drop in Revenue.
Washington, D. C.-The monthly
statement Of collections of internal
revenue shows that the total for July
1908, was s22,029,316, which is a
falling off of $2,899,5 sos as compared
with July, 1907 BY far the larger
part of this decrease is in the colec.
tions from spirits.
To Go With President Roosevelt.
Austin, Texas. - Captain William
Mcdonald, revenue agent for Texas
and an ex-ranger, and John Aberna.
thy, United States Marshal for Okla
homa, accepted the invitation of
President Roosevelt to accompany
him on his African hunt
First Sewing Machine Man Dead.
Boston, Mass.-The death is an
nounced at Brookline of John James
Greenough, inventor and former SUI,
perintendent of the Patent Office al
Washington, D. c. He was the first
to take out patent on a sewing ma.
chine, invented the first shoepegging
machine and assisted in the construc.
tion of the first electric locomotive.
He was ninety-six years old
Millionaire Wouldn't Hire Doctor.
st. Louis, Moo. G. Cloud, sixty.
two years old, president of the Ham.
ilton County Bank at McLeansborot
ILL.,, and reputed to be millionaire
T. I,r e..
and two weeks ago was seized with
paralysis, but owing to his belief in
Christian Science refused medical at,
tention.
Soldier of Fortune Dead. g.
Pensacola, Fla.-Charles H. Hill,
native of Wisconsin, and at one
time a first lieutenant in the Ameri-
can navy, later captain in the Bra.
lillian navy, commanding the cruiser
Nitcheroy, and still later Rear-Ad.
miral in the Chilean navy, died here
In addition to serving in three ma
.vies he was commissioned a captain
in the Boer army.
Race Horses Dashed in Crowd.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.--One man was
killed at the Luzerne County Fair
when a great crowd swayed out on
the race track just as the horses were
started in the first event. The jock
eys made strenuous efforts to stop.
but could not, and the horses plunged
into the crowd. Chris Coates, aged
seventy-four, of Larksville, was run
down and killed.
Uncle Sam Wants His 35 Cents.
Washington, D. c. = The United
States Government seeks thirty y-five
cents reparation in complaint filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission against the New York, Chi
cago and St. Louis and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroads.
1t charges that a Federal employe
was charged that much in excess of
the regular fare for transportation.
Herd Tramps in Freight Car.
Chicago, Ill. - Policemen secured
the freight yards of the Illinois Cen
tral Railroad and arrested 164 tramps
found in empty box cars. Those ar
rested were herded into a freight car,
which was run to the police station.
Steals a Steel Bridge.
Bloomington, Ill.-Pleading guilty
to the theft of steel bridge in Yer
million County, George Proctor gave
himself up to the officers after re-
naming in hiding for several weeks.
The structure was washed away by
the foods of May, and found in. a
junk yard, having been sold as TWEEN
| ~ tons of old metal
a4yt
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A Kansas woman has broken into
the newspapers with a story to the
effect that Kate Bender died in a
Denver hospital seventeen years ago.
Since Kate has been hanged, drowned
and shot, to say nothing of dying
quietly in her bed, there is no reason
to fear that she will be one OF the at
fractions of next years Chautauqua
programs. The truth about Kate is
that she went to Laporte, disguised as
a man, to marry Mrs. Guinness, and
the widow got her. Emporia GAM
Gazette.
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This woman says that sick
women should not fail to try
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound as she did.
Mrs. A. Gregory, of 1856 Lawrence
st., Denver, Col, writes to Mrs.
Pinkham:
81 was practically an invalid for six
Eears, on account of female troubles.
underwent an operation by the
doctors advice, but in few months
was worse than before. A friend ad.
vised Lydia e. PinlSham's Vegetable
Compound and it restored me to perfect
nealth, such as l have not enjoyed in
many years. Any woman suffering as
did with backache, bearing down
pains, and periodic pains, should not fail
to use Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound"
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The Field OF sports.

The Cleveland won the first race
for the Upton Yacht Cup on Lake
Michigan.
Spanish Queen won the $4,000
race at Kalamazoo, Mich, trotting
the second heat in 2.07A.
The Philadelphia cricket team won
its match with the Marylebone eleven
at London by twenty-five runs.
The Duke of Westminster will es-
say the task of attempting to bring
back to England tho international
Cup for motor boat racing, which the
American boat Dixie won in the races
contested In the Solent last year.
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Herd TraInps in freight Car.
Steals a Steel Bridge.

Bloomington, Ill.-Pleading guilty
to the theft of steel bridge in Yer
million County, George Proctor gave
himself up to the officers after re-
naming in hiding for several weeks
The structure was washed away by
the foods of May, and found in a
junk yard, having been sold as TWEEN
~ tons of old metal
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How,s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known f. j.
Cheney for the last IS years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN Il MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ngdirectly upon the blood and mucuoiis sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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CURED HER THREE CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

Some years ago my three little girls had
a very bad form of eczema. Itching erup-
tions formed on the backs of their heads
which were simply covered. | tried almost
everything, but failed. Then my mother
recommended the Cuticura Remedies.
washed my children's heads with Cuticura
Soap and then applied the wonderful oint-
ment, Cuticura. / did this four or FIVE
times and can say that they have been
entirely cured. have another baby who
is so plump that the folds of skin on his
neck were broken and even bled. used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
the next morning the trouble had disap-
peared. Nine. Napoleon Dueeppe, Al Du-
luth St., Montreal, Que, May q, 1907.
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ATLANTIC CITY DRY,
LIQUOR Loss $4,000
Gov. Forts Threat of Troops Ter
r0rizes Resort Owners.
BIG CROWD PERFECT PEACE
Placard in One Place Reads "Rah
For Governor Fort!n--Somer's
Point and Other Nearby Re-
sorts Equally "Dry."

4
sorts Equally ''Dry.'
Atlantic City-The city was abso-
lutely dry" on Sunday 1t has not
been so on any Sunday for more than
two years, and the situation pre-
sented is the sensation of the present
season. 1t was the one theme of the
Boardwalk comment, and many an
old stager found himself unconscious
ly wandering to fayorite haunt only
Ito be confronted by an inhospitably
closed door 1t is estimated that the
saloons lost $4,000 by the strict en-
forcement of the order to close. Gov
ernop Forts threat to call the Legis-
iature and ask for power to put troops
here struck terror to all the resort
| keepers.
In the full compliance with the
law, all window blinds in cafes and
saloons were up, SO any one could
gaze inside There was not a suspi-
cion anywhere of side or back
door open for the hopelessly thirsty,
and high signs of any secret order
whatever simply did not go. 1t was
a case of "all hope for drink aban-
don ye who enter here.
A bulletin posted in Police Head
| quarters read, with just the slightest
touch of humor:
Bulletin No A, a. m.-Saloons
all closed. No troops in town. .
Another bulletin officially signed
by the Chief of Police, was printed on
card. 1t read:
I'm 1861 it was hold the fort
To-day it's Fort holds YOU
II don't believe any town ever was
or ever will be more completely
| closed so far as the enforcement of
the Sunday selling law is concerned" :"
said Chief of Police Woodruff.
Closings were as complete on At
lantic, Arctic and Baltic avenues here
as along the Boardwalk Plain
clothes policemen who tried to buy
half-pint TASKS along Baltic avenue
were told there was nothing doing"
Many of the corner saloons on Arctic
avenue were conspicuously placarded
thus: This place is closed Rah for
Governor Fort!"
Some thought the closing up on the
last Sunday in August would keep
many persons away from the resort,
but they were mistaken. For, if any
thing, the crowd which came to the
shore just to spend the. day was unu-
ually large, thousands evidently hav-
ing decided to take a run down to see
how the place would take the closing
proposition. If these expected any
excitement however, they were dis
appointed, for there was no trouble
on any part of the island. The cafe
and bar proprietors had entered into
an agreement to comply rigidly with
the law, and comply they did with
the best of grace, beginning at mid
night precisely. The police used no
persuasive efforts, and all was as
peaceably accomplished as if Sunday
closing were the most usual of mat
ters at this place.
Hundreds of thirsty tourists, who
failing to obtain the refreshment they
sought in beach cafes during the
morning, hastened to Somer's Point
by trolley with the assurance that
there would be no difficulty in getting
anything and everything dry palate
might crave in the bay resort, four
teen miles from the city. They re-
| turned in detection with the tidings
that Somer's Point was also "drv."
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Praise and Blame.

The mere fact that praise and
blame are at present the corner
stones of our moral and social sys-
TENS goes for nothing. We shall out
grow that just as we have more or
less outgrown the primitive desire to
kill each other. And can any one
deny that a world in which blame
did not exist would be far more hab-
table, civilized and logical? Prom
r. P's Weekly. N.Y.-36
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FALL KILLS BASEBALL RooTER
Forgets He is in Tree Top in His
DeIirium of Cheering.

Campbell, Mo. Forgetting his per.
ilous position on the limb of tree II
his enthusiasm over home run made
by his favorite baseball team, Robert
Shoemaker, sixteen years old, waved
his arms in a frenzy Of delight, with
the result that he fell from the tree
He broke his right arm, suffered q
fracture of the skull and received In.
ternal injuries. He died in his home
three hours after the accident.
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GEORGE P. RowELL DEAD.
Founded the American Newspaper
Directory and Printers Ink.

Poland Springs, Me--George P,
Rowell, of New York, prominent for
many years in the newspaper adver-
Using business, died in the Poland
Springs House, following an illness
of more than month. Mrs. Rowell
and number OF friends were with
him. The body was taken to Lam
caster, N. H., his boyhood home, for
burial. S.
George Presbury Rowell was born
in Concord, VT, on July 4, 1898, He
was educated in the Lancaster IN
H) Academy. In 1866 he founded
the advertising agency of George p
Rowell & Co., in Boston. Two years
later he removed to New York and
began the publication of the Amer.
ican Newspaper Directory in 1869
In 1888 he established Printers Ink.
a weekly publication.
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The Men Australia wants.

The type of men we require is the
man who is not afraid of hardships,
who is game to strike out ION his
own and who can rely on himself
to pull through. Some people have
an idea that an immigrant should
have everything done for him by a
paternal governmenth his. passage
paid and land ready awaiting his ar
rival. It would, of course. be fatal
for the government to spoon-feed inn
migrants in this way Britannia.
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Kim Argentire ARMY Bin.

Buenos Ayres, Argentine Rep, Via
Galveston, Texas. The Senate passed
to committee the bill for armaments
voted by the Chamber, thus putting
an end to the matter II 1t had re-
.iected the bill the Chamber could en-
act law approving it by two-thirds
majority.
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FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who. have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ng-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
tion, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don'tyou try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.