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Fought Under Six Flags.

A remarkable soldier has Just died
at Budapest in the person of Gen.
stephen Turr, one of the bravest
revolutionary generals that ever liv.
ed He commenced his military
career as a lieutenant in the Austrian
army. Then he fought for the Hun.
gartan revolutionary government
helped to quell a German revolution,
and joined Garibaldi in his great
struggle. On the outbreak of the
Crimean War he served as a volun.
teer in Omar Pacha's army against
Russia, and finally received a commits.
sion in the British transport service.
1t was while buying horses for the
British army at Budapest in 1855
that the general was seized by the
Austrians as a deserter and sentenced
to death. But both the British and
the French governments made such
emphatic protests against this sen.
tence that it was committed to ban.
tshment. Finally, the old soldier
settled down in Paris.-Tit-Bits.
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VIRGINIA STATE BOARDS.

Richmond Especially - Governor
Swanson appointed the following
members of the several board of Wis.
itors to the State institutions:
Virginia Industrial and Normal In
stitute, Petersburg-T. o. Sandy.
Burkville, and James Cannon, Jr.,
Blackstone. These will serve -four
years.
Deaf and Dumb and Blind Insti-
tute, Staunton-J. H. Lidsay, Char
lottesville; G. w. Butts, Suffolk, and
James b. Rawlings, Stanton. VIII
serve four years.
State Female Normal School,
armsville-Robert Turnbull, Law
renceville; James Nelson, Richmond;
c. Harding Walker, Heathsville; j.
s. Ware, Berryville; J. J. Owen,
Prince Edward, and j. B. Watkins,
Chesterfield. The appointments are
for four years. S. r.. Donshee, of
Fairfax, is named to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of r.
j. Noel.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
E. Johnson, Roa-
noke; r. J.. Noel, East Radford; j.
Cullen Darlington. Charlotte, and
Leslie c. Kline, Vancluse. They win
scrye four years.
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ThrottIes Snake Up A Tree.

Rural Mail Carrier Seitz is the
hero of thrilling adventure with a
hve-foot blacksnake He was upon
MS route on road near Springvale,
this county, when his attention was
attracted by the frightened cries of
two catbirds in a low tree, and he
stopped TO see what the trouble was.
A short climb brought him in
view of an immense biacksnake, with
It's head poised close to a nest occu-
pied by several young birds.
Seitz had not time to climb down
again for a stick or a stone, but
bravely seized the snake by the neck.
and its thrashing about almost caus-
ed him to fall; but he carried it to
the ground, and brought it home
alive. If he fails to make a pet of it
he will have snakeskin belt instead.
Philadelphia Record.
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PRICE OF MEAT FORCED UP FOR PROFIT ONLY
Beet Trust Really Reaching Out to Control the Retail Trade Of Entire
Country Dealers DeCaeHgh Price Of Corn Not Accented as
HCuSe--AdvaRCe Of From 20 TO 80 Per Cent in
Meat Forces Fish Dealers TO Raise Prices

New York City.-Without even the
Justification that the demand has in
creased or the supply fallen short.
the advance in the price of meat by
the powerful combination now reach
ing out to control the retail trade of
the country has reached a point
where hundreds of small butchers
must be driven into bankruptcy be-
cause they are unable to sell at the
exorbitant rate forced upon them.
with the added burden of the exac-
lions of the railroads in freight rates.
In Washington Market, the most
famous mart of its kind in the coun-
try, trade has been cut almost fifty
per cent. in year. Butchers who
needed six or seven big ice boxes last
year get along now with two or three.
The stalls that handled thirty or forty
car-cases now handle from ten to
twelve. Veterans in the business like
Peter j. Hickey suddenly find them
selves confronted with agents of the
Beef Trust as rivals in attempting to
gain hotel and steamship trade, offer
ing the product at a lower price than
lt is sold to the butchers themselves.
Deaf Ear Turned TO Pleas.
> Pleas and demands for fair play
are futile. No notice Of an advance
In price IS given TO any retail dealer
not controlled by the Meat Trust. He
must pay up once a week or go on the
black list, and if unable to meet his
obligations on the dot he locks up his
ice box and goes out of business.
The only explanation that the trust
makes as to why the price of beef
should be increased at a season when
the demand is smaller than at any
other time of the year is that the high
price of corn has made it necessary.
1t has been asserted that in the fat
tening of what is known in the trade
as finished beef" large quantities of
corn are required as fodder, and that
when the price of corn goes up the
price of beef must advance CORE
spondingly.
1t is asserted without qualification
by Old-time butchers in the Washing
ton Market that there has not been a
carcass Of a corn-fed bullock in the
market for twenty years or more and
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Feminine Notes.

At Byron. Me. Miss Agnes Thomas
recently captured thirty-pound
turtle.
Jean Reds wedding presents made
one OF the finest displays ever seen
in London. -
American women in Paris have
formed circle as an adjunct to the
Lyceun Club.
Miss Estta S Rand, OF Lynn, Mass,
has been appointed deputy spperin-
( en,;e1E for he blind in Boston. She
l,f6 bteil secretary Of the Lynn As
debated Chfrities for more than
eleven yearx
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that the meat of corn-fed cattle is not
sold for general consumption, for the
reason that when the price Of corn Is
high the owner can make a greater
profit by selling 1t in the grain mar
ket instead of feeding it to stock.
There is not retail butcher who
is able to explain why he has had to
pay more for his beef and mutton
and pork and charge his customers
more. All he knows is that the price
is increased. The meat is ready for
his inspection and purchase, and he
can take it or leave it. The nearest
to an explanation of the increase has
been the price of corn, and next to
that the shortage in supply.
Increase Instead of Shortage.
The organ of the Meat Trust in
New York does not bear out the
shortage theory. In its last issue the
receipts of live stock in Chicago were
recorded as "336,1S0 head for the
week, anyincrease of 0.573. Deliv-
cries of cattle were S911 in excess of
the receipts of the previous week,
and 1872 head greater than the
same week last year"
AS the demand for the choicest cuts
of beef falls of the price of the
cheaper parts is increased by the
Dutcher so. tnat he can come some
where near getting even with the
wholesaler. In the populous east
side, where half cent in the price of
meat means much, the cut for which
there is the greatest demand is the
brisket, which is Invested of it's bone
before it is sold to the customer. One
year ago the. brisket was sold at from
thirteen to fourteen cents a pound.
This week the lowest price was TWEEN
~ cents. COrned beef that sold for
sixteen and fifteen cents a pound in
June, 1907, now sells for twenty
cents. Soup meat has gone up to
twelve cents a pound on the east side
and fourteen and fifteen cents a
pound in Jefferson Market, an in
crease greater in proportion than for
any other meat. Last January the
price of soup meat was from ten to
twelve cents pound, and year ago
the highest price for the best quality
was ten cents.
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WIFE WON.
Husband Finally Convinced.

Some men are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and theL
generous enough to give others the
benefit OF their experience.
A very conservative" Ills. man,
however, let his good wife find out
for herself what blessing Postum is
to those who are distressed in many
ways, by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
No slave in chains, it seemed to
NE, was more helpless than l, a coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerable
Notwithstanding from a troubled
sleep with a feeling of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, attacks
OF palpitation OF the heart that fright
ened me.
Common sense, reason, and my
better judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble. At last my
nervous system was so disarranged
that my physician ordered mo more
coffee
HE knew he was right and he
knew / knew It, too. l capitulated.
Prior to this our family had tried
Postum but disliKed it, because, as
we learned later, it was not made
right.
Determined this time to give
Postum fair trial, 1 prepared it &C.
cording to directions on the pkg
that is, boiled 1t Is minutes after
boiling commenced, obtaining a dark
brown liquid with a rich, snappy
favour similar to coffee. When
cream and sugar were added 1t was
not only good but delicious.
Noting its beneficial effects In me
the rest of the family adopted it-all
except my husband, who would not
admit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which drank
Postum two or three times a day,
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: 4 have decided to drink
Postum. Your Improvement is so
apparent-you have such fine color
that l propose to give credit where
credit is due And now we are
coffee-slaves no longer"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read "The Road to
Wellviiie," in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
ere genuine, true, and full Of human
knkeroeL
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Avoid Shower Raths.

One of the reasons now given for
the causes of a mans hair falling
out so steadily in summer is the con-
slant us of a daily shower bath.
The majority of men are given
over TO this practice. Even if they
do not have a set-up shower bath over
the tub they have a tube attached
to the faucet with a shower nozzle.
This they use over the head two or
three times a day.
The specialists say that this causes
the hair to deterioTate. 1t produces
falling hair and dandruff
A shower bath should never be al
lowed to fall on the hair. 1t is quito
easy to slip on an oilskin cap.-N. Y.
Times.
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The man who lives till he is more
than a century old and the child
who dies in infancy are alike includ-
ed in the law of averages. They
balance each others chances as =
were.
OF 100000 people living at the
age of 10. only 1854 will live to
the age of 21, only S2.2S4 will be
living at 40, only 40 will be living
at 90. and only 8 at 81 At 80, the
average man may take it that he has
under 35 years to live; at 40, under
2S years; at so. under 81 years; at
60 under ] 4 years.
In each and all of these cases, how
r. lives will determine whether he
will have longer or a shorter life,
but the average Will infallibly work
ont within space of 80 years.-Cas-
sells Saturday Journal.
An apology is satisfactory only to
the person who makes it.
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Painters at Manch ester, N. H., re-
Gently formed union.
Oakland (Cai.l unions have taken
steps to form union label league.
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters will meet peXt month in At
lantic CITY, N. -
In England the metal. engineering
npd shipbuilding trades normally en-
pi6y 100000 workers.
Walla Walia -(Wash.) trade unions
have shown themselves to be public
spirited Though their activity In sew
eral pubiic3 enterprises. particularly
the city park cax&paign.
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Omaha Drinks Mud-COn-
sumes ThirtY-onc Tons Each Day.

Omaha, Neb. - That citizens of
omaha drink thirty-one tons of mud
1aily in the water from the Missouri
River was the testimony in the Fed
eral Court in Omaha in water works
case by the City Chemist
Ths city makes the charge that the
water company does rot furnish un-
adulterated water and refuses pay
ment- of the city bill on that account.
AS drawn from a hydrant. glass of
Missouri River water cannot be seen
through until IL settles.
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Market Price of Fingers
Fixed at $500 Each

Columbus. Ohio.-Four Columbus
men have offered a finger each for
$500 to A. Z. Balloux, of Wheeling.
w. Va. who lost his fingers in an ice
cream freezer recently. He is in the
hospital at East Liverpool, Ohio, and
his brother, Joseph Balloux. made the
offer of $500 a finger on the sugges-
ton of the surgeons. The men who
have offered to have their fingers cut
off are Robert e. Robbins, w. f.
Thompson, o. E. Mansperger and a
man. signing himself ID"
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What n Poultry Man Says About 20
Mule Team Bornx.

AS am in the poultry business, I
had ten white chicks to wash and
prepare for show. used "2O-Mule
Team" Soap for washing the birds,
and ] can say from years of erper-
ience washing white birds, never be-
fore have found a soap or Borax
that cleaned my birds so fine and
easy. had a great deal of comment
on my birds being so white. ]. A.
Dinwiddie. New Market. Tenn.
All Dealers, / and ID cartons.
Sample and booklet, sc. Pacific
Coast Borax Co, New York.
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According to Mulhall's estimate,
13O,OO0,0O0 persons speak English
and 100000 German. Russian is
spoken by upwards of S5,O0O,0O0;
but these numbers are far exceeded
by the 360,OO0,OOO to 100000, 900
Chinese and 100000 or more
Hindustani.
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Mrs. Frank Stroebe, r. f. D. 1, Apple
ton, Wis, writes: 81 began using Peru
ma few months ago, when my health
and strength were all gone, and L was
nothing but n nervous wreck, could
not sleep, eat or rest properly, and felt
no desire to live. Peruna made me look
at life in different light, as began to
regain my lost strength.
certainly think Peruna is without
rival as tonic aud strength builder. "
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cleveland, Ohio-Control of the
sex of infants is a practical PROPOSE
ton, according to DIR. Frank Kraft,
secretary of the American Institute
of Homeopathy. DR.. Kraft says he
has discovered no new principle, but
has shown the practical application
of one originating with the evolution
theory. The principle, he says, is
based on the law of the survival of
the flttest. Dr. Kraft makes these
declarations in a book just off the
press.
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advanced practically two cents a
pound.
Last years receipts of cattle at
Fort Worth exceeded 100000, the
majority calves and heifers, which
presages a shortage for probably two
years to come. Yearlings and two
year-olds sold this spring to feeders
have been bringing from SO to So a
head more than last year, and it is be-
lieved they will go higher.
The past two seasons have been I'M
usually favorable, the open range sea-
son much longer than usual. The
loss from storms last winter was in
significant and the calf crop this
spring unusually large. This may
improve conditions within two years.
but neither packers nor cattlemen an
ticipate much change in conditions
before that time.
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The International Congress on
tuberculosis will be held in Wash
1ngton next September. A great ex-
hibition illustrative of what is being
done the world around in the fight
against the disease will be held in
connection with the congress, and
the two will continue from Septem-
Der 81 to October ~.
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DOCTOR SAID USE cUTIcURA"
For Bad Case of Eczema on Child
Disease Had Reached n Fearful
Stakeholder Resulted I'm

hen L was small I was troubled with
= eczema Tor about three months. 1t was all
over my face and covered nearly all of NV
head. It reached such a state that il was
tust large scab all over, and the pain and
itching were terrible. / doctored with an
able physician for some time and was then
advised by him TO use the Cuticura Rem
edles, which ! did and was entirely cured.
L have not been bothered with it since. I
used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment,
but do not know exactly how much was
used to complete the cure. Miss Anabel
Wilson, North Branch, Mich, Oct 20. 'O7.H
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seemed a helpless in
valid, but now / enjoy
the best OF health.
X l d n e diseas e
brought me down ter
ribly. Rheumaticaches
and pains made every
move painful. The Sc
profionC uro-~ A..
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1t is reported, with entire plausi-
bility, that practically every one of
the 5000 $50 gold-pieces that form
ed what may be called the first edi-
ton of the Saint-Gaudens eagels has
already been withdrawn from circu-
lation, and, having been carefully
laid away by coin collectors, will
never again serve as currency.
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InfICx and Occur of


Resp o
Fort Worth. TeXas-The present
prices Of cattle on the hoof in Texas
the highest in twenty years-are
due principally to the influx of a mill
ion settlers in the past two years, the
occupation OF ranch lands and the
sale of cattle to clear off the big pas
lures.
Best meal and grass fed steers now
sell on the hoof at Fort Worth from
$5.75 to sc a hundred pounds; corn
fed steers sold last week at $7.25 and
grass-fed steers have sold here this
spring at $6.75, the highest price
ever paid in the history of Texas cat
tie raising.
A year ago the best steers brought
$40. and two years go to-day moth
ing was offered that would bring as
high as 50 a hundred. In two years
the price of COWS on the hoof here has
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dered and my heac ached to distrac-
ton. was In a bad condition, but
medicines failed TO help. lost
ground daily until 1 began with
Doan's Kidney Pills. They helped
me at once and soon made me strong
and WELL
Sold by all dealers. 5Ocents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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1t is we'll known to scientists, as
serts the author, that savage races
and races which exist where the con-
ditions of life are hardest produce a
preponderancao male children. From
this fact he deduces that nature rec
ogniZes in the female the weaker sex.
Thus, he says. in times of plenty fe-
males are likely to predominate
Some thinkers on the subject even go
so far as to assert that hard times
produce male children because the
struggle for life is harder.
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One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease powder. Itmakes tight or new shoes
Easy Cures swollen, hot, sweating, aching
Ill druggists and shoe stores, CSC. Don'tac-
sept any substitute. Trial package FREE bv
mail. Address Allen s. Olmsted, LeRoy.N Y
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Too Much For The Old Man.

Good morning, sir" said the ar
fist, politely, that's perfect COW of
yours down there in the field; I'd
like to paint her, if you don't mind. ="
BY heckt' exclaimed Farmer
Korntop; Il reckon we won't Git
outer hyari I'm tired o. you Per-
kins' Purple Pills fellars. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
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Capudine Cures Indigestion Pains,
Belching, Sour Stomach, and Heartburn,
from whatever cause. It's Liquid. Effects
Immediately. Doctors prescribe it. l0c.,
25c.. and Soc. at drug stores.
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FITS, st. Vitus'D Dance Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Hines Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. r. Kline, Id. 1871 Arch ST., Phila,, Pa.
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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
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. PinIxham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn. Mass.
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A Hint.

ON my knee l begged her for q
kiss
And what did she say?"
Told me to get up and be prac.
teal. - Louisville Conrier-Jonrnal
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Hicks Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overworkcd, or
what not. II refresEes the brain and
nerves. It's Liquid and pleasant to take.
lOc., 25c., and &c. at drug stores.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-07-09

Sixteen ounces Of gold would be
sufficient to gild a wire that would
encircle the earth.
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A man can forgive most anything
the woman he marries except sing
ng to him to entertain him so he
won't want to spend the nights out.
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The reason a woman spends her
money right away is her husband
needn't give her any more till she
Toes.
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Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinfiamma-
lion, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
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If absence makes the heart grow
:onder it's up to the wise young man
% go home early.
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To Drive Out Malaria and Build I'm
the System

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LEss CHILL TONIC You know what Won
airs taking The formula is plainly printed
on every bottle, showing it is simply Oui-
nine and Iron in taSteless form. and the
most effectual FORM For grown people
and children 500.
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Proof is inexhaustib1e that
Lydia e. Pinlxham's Vegetable
Compound carries women safely
through the Change Of Life.
Read the letter Mrs. E. Hanson,
3O4 Z. Long ST., Columbus, Ohio,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 was passing through the> nSnge
of Life, and suffered from netS -
ness, headaches, and other annoyineR
symptoms. My doctor told me that
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound was good for me, and since TAX
ing it feel so much better, and can
again do my own work. never forget
to tell my friends what Lydia r. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound did for me
during this trying period"
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HEAurH BRINGS HAPPINESS.

Invalid Once, a Happy Woman Now.
Mrs. G. r. Shelton. Pleasant street.
Covington. Tenn. saws: "Once
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The colony OF Barbary apes. on the
Rock of Gibraltar. is the only one or
It's kind in existence. and Is being
protected by the British government.
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Dr. Frank Kraft Says infants Law O
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An apology is satisfactory only TO
the person who makes it.