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hence. the German population will be
double that OF France; for every passing
year the figures OF population change to
the greater advantage Of the German en-
pire-
Lack Of Soldiers Felt.
IN France" they declare. with all
/ truth. there IS a remarkable lack of
soldiers and iaborers. Although the re-
quirements OF the military service have
been considerably modified from time 10
time. It is increasingly dif8cuIt 10 I'll the
regular quota OF the army on a peace
footing. In a few years 1t will be wholly
impossible.
only that nation whose population Is
on the increase wiI be able. in decades
20 come. to hold its oE-n In the universal
competition for political and economical
influence"
The analysis Of French society. last
made upon the basis OF the exact count
Of the population as being IS, $50. .7ss. az
forded some striking hints OF the causes
that are operating for the elimination OF
the French from among the worlds peo-
pies
|, Females are markedly IN excess Of
HKzrnEr
Se9 Widows and divorced women
constitute sn army Of s3S4ss7; divorced
men and WidoweTs are less than half the
number. only l.O06.Ss4
There are s.7S,ll7 families. but I.a4Tas
Of those families" are without children.
while 2.249.357 have but one child ana
2,oiSe55 have the two that apparently
sufficient 10 maintain the normal Of popu-
lation, are in reality absolutely made
quste. because large percentage Of chill
dren perish before reaching the stage OF
reproduction in their turn.
Among twO-tkirds Of the French fsu1i-
lies the average number OF children does
not exceed three. and even that does not
sufiiee to maintain the standard. This
years returns show deaths 1900 IN excess
OF births.
sOciologists. studying these figures In
their quest after the secret cause. have
discovered It in the strsngest Of all
anomalies
Upon Francs. nearly a century after
his terrible activities ceased IN their ex-
ercise. rests the crushing curse OF her
vorshiped Napoleon
Land Is Drained of Men.
Creating an empire BY a series OF con-
hicts which drained the land Of all the
strongest virility that remained 10 it after
the sensualities OF its mobiles and the op-
preston Of its peasants. he sought 70
FerPetuate It BY plagisrizins from Mon
tescuieu an idea OF government which
vas destined inevitably 10 deprive the
conQuerors OF the very warriors they
needed 70 hold IN subsection the kingdoms
they had acquired II was as though.
having rounded I'D a den Of tigers. he
had planned TO reduce the number OF
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Alarm Felt in France and England Over the Lov-
ering Birth Rate-Comparison with Gro1vth
of the Population in Germany

Within the short period OF five years the scornu pity voucsafed
by uroPe leading nations the United States coun
neglect OF the prime duty OF pecpace popagaon-as changed
to sudden desperate searching OF hearts
longer The shameful race suicide OF the Americans It
IS, Why cradles empty
The empty cadlel In teeng Europe that vacant nest IS now
appalling governments while whole peoples stand agas at dndng
numbers generation they stood dsmayed the presence
OF many.
Germany alone her cradles full She growing giant
among neghbors who dread her in the process dwn
Russia starving amid the snodeng fires OF her smolderng
oton mnuerabe sic infants born perish
lated millions take OF them beyond the sue that they
vanish as the herds DO from the ppe Where there
there little life.
Italy IN the SOUTH Perceives her children cradle
robbed by disease that ample amply ba
England from having taken huge pride her welco
ing parent IN horror Of nfancide questioning
ant insurance though babdevoung AIoloch her
true weakness identical with that Of France
held BY her legislators, ewes as the
horrible example OF all the world suicide
IS II TO be chide Teutonic Europe?
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members Of the stock exchange. the pro
duce exchange and men representing the
business interests generally.
Ar- Cleveland did not recede q step
from his tariff MEASURE Of 1857: on the
contrary. IN his public utterances. he
stood by every word Of it Tariff reform
was then understood in New York and
other States The Mckinley act OF 1880
showed the people what high protection
meant-increased cost OF nearly every ne
cessity OF living. and no profit TO any
body except the manufacturers. The tariff
scare disappeared entirely. and although
Nh Cleveland had been out Of Office FOR
four years. and nearly all the New York
politicians were against him. he was
again Tenouinated.
Harrity conducted a strictly educational
campaign Money did not figure IN II to
any great extent He sent out large
quantities OF documents. the purpose OF
which was to show that the business men
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/ keepers until none should be left 20 WELD
the whip OF government.
Into the fundamental law OF France he
/ injected the requirement OF a division OF
| the property Of the parents. at death,
among all their children It seemed to
mean complete equality Of al in the
family in their start in the race for for
tune.
The real effect became apparent within
two generations A pa1ernal inheritance
sufficient for one heir was poverty for
many heirs Tine couple who could dis
Germ no reasonable hope Of acquiring a
great fortune hastened 10 economlze IN
the number Of children who, under the
law, must divide the little they had.
The short-sighted law OF Napoleon stil
stands. crushing the population with the
dread OF children left TO starve, while the
dowry system lends II an ever-present
handicap
But that is not all French taxes fan
heaviest on the parents OF large families
from the house tax, which makes it i'm
nedlately costly for man TO have a nu-
meTous progeny. to ali the indirect tazes
which France has beer 50 astute IN cC1-
irving
Under laws such as these It IS not nee
essarily French nature that abstsins from
the luxury OF the weII-hTIed cradle; II Is
simply human nature, that cannot see
safety in numbers.
And the children who are born-ho-
they die on fl Francet Throughout the
land government. science. and philsn-
thropy are uniting now in the desperate
endeavor TO preserve 10 the nation the
babies that have the luck 70 get born at
all
II pa-fs ,F-,,,.l,r.,t 49,. --,-t.-.- .,-.
Consultations de NOurrissons are engaged
IN furnishing sterilized milk 20 poor moth
ers, and, more than that striving bysex-
pert medical advice TO teach those moth
ers how essential II is that their babies
must have their mothers own milk. as
nature planned when Cain and Abel came
into the world
Wonderful results have been obtained
Ten years ago in Paris the infant death
rate from stomach trouble ran as high as
- a week. at the Clinic Tarnier, out Of a
from 90 10 l4e. not one has died Of that
common ailment.
Infant Mortality Reduced.
The general rate OF infant mortality
throughout France IS being marvelouslv
changed through these consultations.
as they are called At Avalon prfor 70
their establishment. 100 babies out OF I 900
perished; now the deaths are only IS Der
Looo
Al Rogny. IL has dropped from 20 per
Loo 70 y; At Pont-sur- Youne. from I2s
to 90; al Hercy. from 20 To none: Al Bic
neau, from 81 70 none; al 1I0neteau. from
a 70 none; at st. Bris. from Io5 10 none.
and al Augy- from 1s0 20 none.
Ihis Is indeed. saving the children. for
the mothers. properly helped and instruct
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Vast th-ungs assembled Men and WoInen for
TIE nost part E,ddie-sEed. sszuEzied toEzrd the
cnurcn STEPS Md with excitement. frenzied With
this contagious curiosity. they beat o1e aaother
With their cisached fists ssriFing 70 asht 70 the
center
Is r the aged Dreyfus sEziu being assassn1tes g
! sEked the uuscular butcher beside ne
He SPOKE not but hit be-Eeen the eTes With
the butt Of his r5t L vas his reply 70 the cues
ton that had cost hin forward step
dug an eihoU into his ab5oDeu- I did not TIN
% Sc h1m SINK under the dlsabng stroke The
1re1zg had seized upon kickins. striking Tsud-
Ing. I forced nv Eay into the hearl q ; FrUup q
tzrruuptu allies who. oohe-ing. crashed onward 20
the Fs-y dooTz Of the edidcs-
Tae-s We b-hsld the marvel which al base Paris
had focEed 70 See
It vas real Frsnch baby.-Frun the FrsaeA Of
Philippe Camille.
Frenchmen Of to-day perceive no exsg-
ge-ation in that graphic sketch OF the
imaginary future They read II. and re-
marked. thoughtfulIy:
1t IS possible-perhaps even probable"
Publication OF the vital statistics Of the
nation during 1907 has left France worse
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were in favor OF Cleveland. and that he
was safe and conservative"
Carter, the Republican manager. tried
70 get large contributions from our in
fant industries" but the infants did
not answer 50 readily as they did in ISSs
Stiu. Carter never complained OF lack Of
money Neither Harr!ty nor Carter was
wen known IN New York. The former
had managed a campaign in Philadelphia
which resulted IN the election OF Robert
= Pattison, Democrat, as governor OF
pennsylvania Carter was a personal
friend Of Harrison. and was a conspicu-
Gus figure IN Montana politics. but when
he appeared in New York the newspapers
paid more attention % his vhiskers than
70 his political ability
While the campaign was In progress
there were numbers OF labor strikes. and
these were attributed 70 the Mckinley
tariff bill which added protection to the
manufacturers without increasing wages
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WHEN THE CRADLE IS EMPTY NATIONS BEGIN TO FEAR

For how shall she remain supreme II
art. retain her colonies. or even stay
strong enough 70 keep her acres from fol-
lowing Alsace and Lorraine into some
hungry foreign nav. unless she produce
the babes who, in the darkening future.
are destined TO be herself?
The France Of to-day beholds herself
weak; she sees the France Of tomorrow
weaker: but the France OF the future she
sees unborn.
II needed a startling sermon, from the
lips OF the American who instantly com
mands the attention OF civilized peoples.
to direct public scrutiny TO the national
evasion OF racial duty; and, what with
the lands drawing advantages OF re-
sources and government, its aIlurement Of
the best populations the Old World has
still to spare. sufIices to maintain a
growth that remains the envy Of the na-
tions.
With France only the bare figures and
the bare, abortive remedies proposed have
edged beyond the reserve OF a people
unanimous in their endeavor TO conceal
their recreancy- But that has been enough
Confessed before the world. brilliant
audaclous, economical, prudent France
stands exposed in the nakedness Of its
cradles, furnished with all the essentials
layettes TO noUrishment. unfurnished with
that one essential which is Indispensable,
the baby
Has n Foe at Her Door
And always at her very door. thrives
the dreaded menace Of the ancient ana
steadily expanding foe, Germany. The
land OF the Kaiser takes in her statistics
OF population pride equal to the huniii-
alton with which France contemplates
hers She announces them with naughty
superiority.
The German empire, at the time Of its
formation, had 100000 inhabitants
France, at the time, had between $4,000
and 100000. a difference which, for all
practical purposes. was actual equality
In lso5 the population OF Germany had
increased to more than 60.0o0. 900. At the
beginning OF 1907 It had reached S. 500. COO
In the fifteen years between 1880 and 1905
Germany added TO her population II, 10000
human Seings.
France. within the same period. had
advanced only a puny million. The Ger
man rado of increase was more than a
dozen times that Of the French
Now the German empire has 2. 10000
more than France. an advance OF 80 per
cent A dozen years, and the relative
rates OF increase viii have given Germany
q Preponderance amounting to 3o,0oo, o0e-
perhaps more than that. for the French
net total OF population, now made public.
shows that the deaths are at last coming
TO exceed the births; that the nation. ike
a plant, for years able to maintain barely
its original numbers. Is dying out with
the generation that was originally TOO
weak 70 increase and thrive
A little farther On. the German pub
hcists boast, say. twenty-five years
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OF employees The most notable OF these
strikes was that Of Homestead. al the
Carnegie works. which hindered greatly
the Republican national and State tickets.
Harrtty took advantage Of every situa-
ton, and brought 20 the support OF the
Democratic national ticket a large proper
ton Of the vote Of both business men and
laborers- Cleveland carried the country
by y electoral votes 20 Is for Harrison.
and II the popular vote Cleveland had
5-5so.e9 70 5I15,o0o. Cleveland and Jackson
are the only Presidential candidates in the
history Of the republic who made three
consecutive contests. carried a popular
plurality or ajority each time and IN
creased il at each successive contest
Each was defeated in one battle. but re-
celved a larger popular vote than the sue
cessful competitor.
The first Bryan campaign. in 1886. did
not interest New York. because Il was a
foregone conclusion that he would be de-
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The English Language.

Prom Illustrated Bits
Two Durham pitmen meet near an ad-
verdsement boarding. whereoa is dis
PLAYED poster announcing a public
meeting.
Geordie-Is thoo gannen te you polly
tickle lecktor2
Biliie-Mebbes: what's 1t aaI aboot.
anyway
Geordie-Manyud Suffrage
Billie-Gh. the SuTeryiets,
Georaie-Na. Billie. it's nOvt te &c v-fv
sunergets. it's yen man yen vote
biliie-Ne mannor O. use, Geordle.
nlnny; "A Gamma onnerstan' thoo.
Geordie-WeeL ivvory bloomin' Iaddie is
te hev baliy rotten vote.
Biliie-Noo IA ken thoo nicely Ts.,s
gan theEither.
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He Rennireh lin.

From Harper's woeEly
Just before Mark Twain's daughter.
Miss Clara Clemens. sailed for Europe she
attended reception at which she met
one Of the friends Of her Hartford child
hood who had been very small boy. but
had grown TO be an unusually tall man.
Thinking that Mark might not remember
the friend. she said 10 her father.
You remember Tom Jones father"
I remember part OF him. replied Marx
Peering Up at Jones. but il seems 10 ne
Il would take a week 10 remember al OF
him
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-09

Turkeys dressed. 1Sc to 22c ID;
not dressed 14c TO Ice ID
Chickens. dressed. > 1-2c 10 2@e;
NOT ss=esseG. l Lee to 16c ID.
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SWEET MELODY FLOUR.
REAU1'1FUI. WOMEN
Paris Is Fun of Them and Nearly
An Csc TnrisIan Snge.


In rho beauty show three years
ago gold medals, were awarded to
FIVE different women:
TO The most beautiful woman bn~
tween 20 and 20; between IS and
80; between 30 and IS: between IS
and 80. and between 40 and IS.
y society reporter who interviewed
NH five women n the Interest of his
paper, reported that all OF them
had beautiful hair. and that each OF
the five enthusiastically attributed
her luNurant hair to Partisan Sage
Partisan Sage Is a discovery or =
celebrated scientist. who spent the
best years of his life TO perfect this
great hair tonic.
In giving his recipe to the people
lie said: PA risinn Sage = the mos$
delightful! hair dressing in the world.
but II Is more. than a hair tTcssinas-
1t cures dandrum by killing the
germs that infest the roots Of the
hair; it stops falling hair: II gives
vfgor and strength TO the hair roots:
it prevents the hair from tnrntns
gray"
Sturm and Wilson sells Partisan
Sage ut 80 cents a large bottle.
and guarantee 1T to do all tiiat is
claimed for it or money refunded.
If You do not reside near drug
gist who sells Partisan sage. send
80 cents to GirouN Mfg. Company.
BuGalo, y. Y. and n bottle VIII bn
sent You by express. all charges pre-
paid.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-12-09
.PBIGEs OF PRODUCE
m LOCAL MARKET
What Has TO Be Paid for
Table Things in
the City.

The followxns Svtan prices prevail
In the local produce market:
Eggs SEC dnz.
Country butter. sSc 10.
Creamery butter, SSc ID
New cabbage. &c lb-
Radlshes, punches for Zoe.
Rhubarb. SC bunch.
Pineapples. 20 snd 25E each.
New Reefs. Zoe bunch
Egg Plants, 10 and 1bc-
sweep potatoes zoe gallon.
Pumpkins. 1 ; to 25c-
Celery, 1Oc stalk.
Lettuce. zoe III.
CauiiRower. CSC.
Carrots, 10c-
Manages, 4Oc doz
Spinach. 15c gal.
Cranberries. 15c at
Canning pears. S1.50tbu.
Bermuda onions, Sc ID.
RaIe. Toe gallon.
Onions, 20c gal.
Cucumbers, zoe and s5c.
Apples, zoe gallon.
Ounces. 35c gal.
Turnips, sc gal.
irish Potatoes. soc peck.
Asparagus, loo punch
cocoaautss 10c-
California navals. 80 to soc. dcz
Malaga Grapes zoe lb.
Grape Fruit 10 and 15c.
TURKEYS. dressed. 1sc to 22c ID
not dressed 14c 70 Ice ID
Chickens. dressed. II 1-2c 10 &c;
NOT s=essed. Il 1-2c,to 16c III.
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Aibro corder. OF Big Isaac. spent
the night in the city.
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W A N I Ed!
70 MEW

18 MEN
Who are willing TO invest
$1,000 each with me in a block
of 200 beautiful lots. 25x1 30
feet. in rapidly growing sub
urb of Oklahoma city, which
can be bought at the very low
price of 500 each, If taken at
once. You can make your own
selection, take rs many as yoU.
want. and take deed IN your
own name, or join in the COM
pany as you like. title perfect,
Terms. oue-rourtn cash: bad
auce monthly or 3, 6, 9 and II
months, with pet. interest
will take twenty lots and guar
autee every lot bought to adj
vance 90 pct. each year or
double in value in four years.
or will deed my twenty lots
to the other parties Interested.
Only those who can invest and
wait two to four years wanted
IN this transaction. POSSIBLE
tiles almost unlimited. now
own many thousand dollars
worth OF property in the same
town and know that there IS
absolutely no risk In huyinS
these lots al above prices. They
are Located all around the large
new puhlic school building and
within two TO five blocks of p.
o, bank, n. r. station. stores.
mill. church. etc. Over thirty
new buildings erected since last
May including elegant public
school building, tho fat iron
building. corner of Broadway
and Main streets. with a front.
age. of 100 feet, containing six
store rooms. fats. etc. which
am just composing. several
other good store buildings and
homes. There has been about
TWO miles OF concrete side
walks laid recently and many
other valuable improvements.
Electric cars from city every
hour. For particulars those
Interested shonId call at once
at
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sUPERFLUoUs HAIR. MOLES AND
OTHER FACIAL BLIcSIISHES
Removed by the Electric Needle.
Con. F'hOn I16 Miss NIHude Hon
324 Water st.
CLARKSBURG, w. VA.
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swEEr ME1opY FLouR.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
why He Concealed III. Calling.

II hope" said the young man, .sthat
partial concealment Of the truth is no
lie. IL 1t is, am telling whopper
eight now, and I'm a divinity student
too. That is what l am lying about.
I don't tell that l am studying theol-
ogy If / did wouldn't find it so
easy to hold this job. I'm one of the
down-on-his-luck students who has to
work his way through college. One of
the first things l learned when l be-
gan to look for position was that the
average employer of labor has no use
for the divinity student. Somehow ev-
cry man engaged In business holds the
opinion that a young fellow who is
studying for the ministry lacks back.
bone, and he Is afraid to trust him
with important duties.
"After had ingenuously explained
my circumstances to about twoscore Of
employers and had been turned down
by all of them got wise. am work.
ing now. The boss doesn't know l am
pegging away nights on church his.
tory. Ii he did the chances are he'd
discharge me, not because he has any
grudge against parsons or church his
tory, but because he, like everybody
else, would think hadn't pluck enough
to earn my salary."-New York Times
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Staggered Webster.

In the somewhat famous case of
Mrs. Bodgcn's will, which was tried
In the Massachusetts supreme court
many years ago, Daniel Webster ap-
pearcd MS counselor for the appellant
Mrs. Greenough, wife of the Rev. Will.
liam Greenough of West Newton, was
a very self possessed witness. Not
withstanding Mr.. Webster's repeated
efforts to discomfort her she pursued
the even tenor of her way until Web
ster, becoming quite fsarful of the re-
suit arose, apparently in great agi-
iation, and. drawing out his largo
snuffbox, thrust his thumb and finger
to the very bottom and, carrying a
deep pinch to both nostrils, drew 1t up
with gusto, and then, extracting from
his pocket n very large handkerchief, he
blew his nose with a report that rang
distinct and loud through the crowded
hall.
He then asked, Mrs. Greenough, was
Mrs. Bodgcn a neat woman?"
II cannot give you full information
us to that, sir. She had one very dirty
trick" replied the witness.
What was that, MADAME"
She took snuff
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Channels For Soldier River {

Logan, Ia, July s. Engineer
j. S. Wattles Of Missouri VAL
ley has completed his surveys
and filed his report on the d.
version of the Soldier river.
The proposed new channel for
the Soldier river has its begin
ming in the northwest quarter
of section 34-81-44, Jackson
township Of Harrison county,
and runs southwest to Elm lake
and under the railroad bridge
at this point, thence southwest
to Round lake, and thence
southwest into the Missouri
river in the southeast quarter
of section 15-8O.45 Of Morgan
township. The length of the
proposed channel is 6.62 miles.
Estimated cost of channel with.
laterals, SOL, 1873; number of
acres to be benefited 1854
bottom width of channel at
upper end, thirty-five feet; at
lower end, forty feet; slope, one
to one; grade at upper end,
three feet per mile; at lower
end, fifteen inches per mile.
Engineer Wattles has also
made estimates on another
channel for the diversion of
the Soldier river, tapping the
river channel at the same
point in section 81, jackson
township, and following the
former line for about two miles,
where the proposed channel
will run due south six miles
and then turns to the south
west and runs into the Missouri
river in section eight of Clay
township.
Length Of proposed channel,
14.25 miles; bottom width at
lower end, for forty feet; at
upper end, thirty-fve feet;
slope, one to one; estimated
cost, $145,537.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-07-09
Stevenson az He Talked.

He used to stand OH the hearth rug In
the smoking room, says Walter Crane
In his AN Artists "Reminiscences" of
Robert Louis Stevenson, the center of
an admiring circle, and discourse very
much in the same style as that in
which he wrote. 1t gave one the I'M
preston of artiticiality rather-l mean
his manner of speaking and choice of
words, as If carefully selected and cul-
tlvatcd. If remark was offered by
one of the company he would perhaps
accept 1t and turn about, much as II
conjurer does when he borrows hand
kercllicf or a hat from some one in his
audience, or perhaps he would work 1t
into his next sentence, returning it to
his interlocutor improved-wrapped in
silver paper, metaphorically speaking.
His personal appearance was quite as
unusual as his speech-a long, pale,
thin face and lanlS hair, quick and PEN
etrating eyes and rather sardonic
smile. The world in general, especial
ly in clubland, wore white shirts and
collars as 81 rule, but Stevenson sported
black ones.