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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
Psychology OF Murder.

There is an inclination gradually
rising from the pleasure of seeing
anything killed 10 the most over
powering desire to kill. It is possible
TO pass by impcrceptible gradations
from the extreme case to the normal
state in the following order: The
pleasure of killing, the overpowering
desire TO kill, the pleasure of looking
on at killing, the pleasure of seeing
the blood of animals shed, the pleas
ure due TO the representation of vio-
lent and bloOd-thristy melodrama,
and, lastly, the pleasure of reading
bloodthirsty novels or hearing ac-
counts of murders, which is purely
an affair of the imagination. If there
is one psychological law more firm
~ established than another, both by
facts and argument. il is that every
intense epreSentatiOn-i. g, idea
OF an act tends to realize itself How
is ii, he goes on, that artists who feel
things violently never pass them into
action? Because the law is in them
subject not to an exception, but to
a deviation by the creation of a work
of art which delivers them from the
haunting idea. Morbid art is thus a
defense against abnormal tendencies
which otherwise would tend to trans
form themselves into action. Man
being a carnivorOus animal retains
the trend of idea that the blood-in
his acts of necessity and amusement
is the main thing-he must always
be killing something, and with many
the killing is the chief object of life.
Current Literature
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

The woman sprang from her chair.
~Laddie." she cried in dazed sort OF.
way. "Laddie. no. you are too large
for my Laddie. but, but-Oh,"s She
sobbed, Il remember now-the storm
the rocks-rny Laddiel-I've lost
my baby"
Her husband was at her side. try
ing to explain. Edith, It is all right.
dear" he said unsteadily. you have
been Ill, and Laddie has been lost
but I think think we have found
him. This little boy"
But Edith was not listening. She
had slipped TO her knees by the boy,
searching his face for familiar feat=-
ures. Pushing back his hair she
hunted until she found a tiny scar.
then she caught the child in her arms.
MY little son." she murmured, my
Laddie grown big"
After a few moments she raised a
tear stained face to her husband and
held out her hand. AS he looked into
her eyes he saw that the old listiess
expression had vanished, and with a
glad, happy cry, though tears glist-
ened In his eyes, he caught them both,
Flotsam and his Lady. in his arms.
God is good" he whispered. "He
has restored both my treasures when
1 had given up all hope. Boston
Post
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer
ing women l am willing to make my
trouble public SO you may publish
this letter. "-MRs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID, Graniteville, VT.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and I'M
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such record
of cures of female Ills as has Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years it has been
curing female complaints such as
Inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostratiOn, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change of life
1t costs but little to try Lydia F..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs. Barclay sayS,i it is '.worth noun
tains of gold to suffering women.
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ouaint Injunction in WIN.

The quaint testamentary injunction
OF an eighteenth century gardener
and botanist was last evening OBJ
served for the 180th successive year
at Shoreditch Parish Church, when
what is knownAassthe vegetable lee
ture" was preached by the vicar, the
Rev. e. r. Ford. In 1929 Thomas
Fairchild died at the age of sixty
three years and bequeathed &25 to
the church wardens of Shoreditch,
stipulating that the interest should
be paid each Whit Tuesday for the
delivery by a selected preacher for
an address on "The wonderful works
of God in creation, or the certainty
of the resurrection of the dead by
certain changes OF the ANIMAL and
vegetable forms of the creation"
Fairchild had extensive gardens in
the days when 1.-The Hoxton hamlet'F
was noted for its productions, and
he introduced many varieties of for
eign fruits and flowers. In the bor-
ough councils small public garden
in Hackney road, close to the church,
there is a tombstone recording the
Injunction as to the lecture.-Lon-
don Evening Standard.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
COMMERCIAL
Weekly Review of Trade and
Market Reports.

r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review
Of Trade says:
Reports from the principal cities
unite in confirming the revival in
trade. The prospect is that the vol
ume in business will before long at
tain such proportions that maximum
capacity will be reached and labor
be at a premium. In the iron and
steel trade this condition, indeed.
seems TO be already in sight, and
that the wonderful expansion is no
mere mushroom growth Is evidenced
by the advance orders for 1910. The
railroads are enjoying such increases
in earnings and such assurances OF
good crops that they are buying free
!y OF steel rails and other supplies
Bradstreet's says:
Jobbing trade and manufacturing
industry tend TO expand as the vaca-
ton season wanes and harvest pos
Sloilit1es grow into certainties. From
number of markets, however, come
the reiteration of reports that pur-
chaserS take hold conservatively and
that retailers are still cautious buy
ers. Currency shipments to the
country are charging and money is
certainly firmer. Something like a
SOLDERING process has been witnessed
In the securities markets, which are
lower all around. Perhaps the most
encouraging features reported this
week come from few of the lead
ing industries.
Business failures for the week
ending with August 10 were 1873,
against PIG last week, 236 in the
IKE week of 1908, 1853 in 1907, 155
IN 1906 and IT'S in 1905"
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A Matter of Principle

will you have my seat?" he in
CURED politely.
"On the ground that am aged and
decrepit?"
mo. indeed, madam"
THAT I am young and beautiful.
and possibly not averse to Irritation "
Certainly not. That is"
Then it's simply because you are
gentleman. in this respect differing
from the fat person on the left and
the scrawny person at the right. I
am glad to learn Of your principle.
sir, but this is my corner. "-PhiladeI-
phia Public Ledger.
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Love Birds.

we tried to keep the railway car
rlage to ourselves" said the English
girl who can appreciate joke against
herself, even when on her honey
moon. At Birmingham the guard
opened the door and in spite of Wal
ter's scowls lifted a small girl into
our compartment, making rather
embarrassing apologies. She was a
little girl Of about seven and she sat
on the edge of the seat and stared
about her. What is the matter?'
said Walter. L don't see the birds. ,
said the small girl plaintively.
'Birds-what birds?' asked Walter.
When 1 came from the other train
your guard said to my guard: ooh.
shove her along with the love
birds."'"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
4 Lawn Barber.

A major in a certain regiment has
a great contempt for incapacity of
any kind and is somewhat impatient
A sergeant complained to him that he
could get no man to undertake the
duty of barber to the company.
Is there no gardener in the COM
pany?" asked the major testify. See
if you can find one and send him to
me-"
The man was duly sent, but on re-
ceiving orders to act as barber ven
tured TO eXpostulate
Great guns!" cried the major, eff
YOU can cut grass you can cut hair.
3 1Gvld do it, Oakland Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
The Most Wonderful Highway
Ever Built.
By GRETA BRYAN.

Standing at the edge of the road
running over the top of Fish Creek
Hill, out in Arizona, you can slip a
pebble from your fingers and it will
shoot almost straight down a thou
sand feet without stopping. But for
the fact that the government has
built 1t broad and comfortable, with
easy grades and many safe turnouts.
it would be simply terrifying to go
over this road.
You have no need to be told that
bodybuilding in a country such as
this was difficult, for as soon as you
learned what was meant by the Salt
River project, you understand that
Uncle Sam had undertaken a tre-
nendous job. But like everything
else he has ever set himself about
doing, he is carrying it through adj
mirably. A more difficult task, how
ever, was never undertaken than
building the road over Fish Creek
Hill. The engineer himself, after the
surveying party reached the top,
called a halt. For he wanted time to
think over the problem staring him
in the face, and which certainly de-
manded thought.
Looking over the cliff he saw into
blind canon, where there was not
even foot-trail. A tiny stream Of
water, and few green trees were
barely discernable O thousand feet
below. But how to get there with a
wagon road, over which tons and
tons OF machinery must be hauled.
was another question. To go around
the canon meant adding fifteen miles
to the road. which was not to be
thought of. d.
/ The only thing, he found, was to
blast a road down the face of the
steep cliff, which was no sooner de-
cided upon than it was undertaken.
And the result is a great thorough
fare built for forty miles through
the heart of a rugged range of noun
tains, and for the most part literally
carved from the living rock. The
most wonderful highway ever built
by man
1t is not to be wondered that the
early Indians, uneducated as they
were, viewed the country round about
here with superstition and awe. For
everywhere a panorama of noun
tains. steep-walled canons, and mar
row valleys are spread out to the
sight. And then the colors which
come and go upon these rocks and
stones as the changing light sheds
its varying glow upon the morning
scene, or the golden glory of a sun
set impresses its splendor upon the
wonderful range of vision! For in
some places the road over Fish Creek
Hill was cut from a rock that is milk
white, and again in places-the noun
taintop was blasted of, and the road
built from the river up, while a lit
tie further on there is a long swing
on the edge Of profound gorge. and.
climbing higher, every step telling of
the difficult problem which has been
successfully worked out in road
building, until finally the wonderful
highway comes to the top of the mar
row gorge the Salt River has cut
through the mountains, and you look
down upon one of the worlds great
est engineering works in process of
| construction-the Roosevelt dam
against which the turbulent stream
will beat itself to stiffness and create
the largest artificial lake in the
world.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
THREE REASONS
Each With Two Legs and Ten Fin
gers.

A Boston woman who is a fond
mother writes an amusing article
about her experience feeding her
boys.
Among other things she says:
Three chubby. rosy-cheeked boys.
Bob, Jack and Dick, aged 6. and 2
years respectively. are three of our
reasons for using and recommending
the food. Grape-Nuts, for these
youngsters have been fed on Grape
Nuts since Infancy. and often be-
tween meals when other children
would have been given candy.
- gave package of Grape-Nuts to
a neighbor whose 3-year-old child
was a weakened little thing, i'll half
the time The little tot ate the
Grape-Nuts and cream greedily, and
the mother continued the good work,
and it was not long before a truly
wonderful change manifested itself
In the child's face and body. The re-
suits were remarkable, even for
Nuts.
Both husband and | use Grape
Nuts every day and keep strong and
we'll and have three of the finest.
heaithiest boys you can find in days
march,"
Many mothers instead of destroy
ing the chiidren's. stomachs with can
dy and cake give the youngsters a
handful OF Grape-Nuts when they are
abegging for something in the way OF
yeets. The result is soon shown in
in~sly increased health. strength
.oE the atal activity
:" Va" ss for the famous little
Dad 20 Ws~'le."
A new
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
Mans Inconsistency.

Two men whose offices we're on the
second floor were on the first Soc ;,
waiting for an elevator. Long and
impatiently they waited.
You're not looking extra well,
Laudsel," remarked the lawyer.
No, Rangle," replied the real es-
tate man. Think III join an ath-
letic club l need the exercise"
Me, too"
Still they waited for the elevator.
kansas City Times.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
A Substitute For Work.

Physical culture. father. is per-
fectly loyelyl" exclaimed an enthusi-
astic young miss Just home from col
lege "Lookl To develop the arms
l grasp the rod by one end and move
il slowly from right TO left"
well. Welt" exclaimed her faith
err; what won't science discover
next! II that rod had straw at the
other end you'd be sweeping. Sue
cess.
And She F'roze Him With q Stare.
Lady wish to be taken standing
In my hat.
Photo Artist-You can be taken
sitting in 1t. IL you like. l am sure
there is plenty of room-Illustrated
Bits.
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cure, 4 t merely tenn
porary benefit. Rev.
Maxwell S. Rowland,
OF Toms River, n. j.,
makes a statement in
this connection that
is worth attention.
Says he: Il was sud-
dCnly saken with an
attack of kidney
trouble, had severe
pains In my back
and loins and was
generally run down.
Doctors were not
helping me, so | be-
gan using Doan's
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

wireless telegraphy that the ether
wares which carry its messages, un-
like Eght,wayes, suffer no absorption
in mist or fog.
A French microscopic has devised
a method OF detecting and recogniz-
Ing traces of blood on knife blades
and other opaque objects. even when
the stains cannot be seen with the
naked eye. The light of a Welsbach
burner is concentrated upon the part
OF the object under examination
through a tube which is placed
obliquely above the object glass and
which carries an iris diaphragm. a
condensing lens and'a total refiec-
ton prism. A Photographic camera
may be substituted for the eyepiece.
The sweet pea, which can trace it's
history back to 1899, when the plant
was first cultivated by a priest in
Sicily, was recently recognized in New
York when the Sweet Pea Society of
America gave its first exhibition at
the Museum of Natural History.
Among the exhibits were collections
from the private gardens of John d.
Rockefeller, Miss Helen Gould, How
ard Gould and Samuel Untermeyer.
Heidelberg is to have a special in
stitute for experiments with radium
in treating diseases
Dermatologists are now agreed
that warts are microbic in origin.
Professor Turner, of Oxford, says
that every thirty years some thirty
thousand minor earthquakes take
place.
The idea of flow is generally asso-
ciated with the movement of liquids
and gases. and indeed the term fluid
is usually restricted to these two
states of matter. Nevertheless it is
beginning TO be understood that near
ly every substance is capable of a
movement corresponding to the idea
OF flow, and that such a thing as
absolute rigidity does not exist.
The flow Of solids occurs in such
mechanical operations as the drawing
OF wire, the manufacture of drawn
tubing, the production of various
shapes in the forming press and in
the spinning lathe, and all these are
well known to the engineer. To the
general observer it is apparent that
we have in the mountain glacier an
example of continuous flow of an ap-
parently solid mass, and that too
without rupture or disintegration.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

from nervousness
andother annoying
symptoms, and /
can truly say that
diaE.Pinkham's
We &c ia BILE Com.
pound las proved
worth mountains
of gold to me. as it
restored my health
and strengt tn. /
never forget to tell
my friends what
LVdiaE. Pinkham's
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you AND L.

Parts o. the Cosmos, You and
The offspring of infnityl
The atomed Ego shall not die
But live through all eternity
Great Karma rules and you and
Are subjects of omnipotence.
Ours net TO pause nor question Why
Ours but TO yield obedience.
Nirvana waits, and YOU and
Shall be the flowers, the ripened fruit
OF reincarnate earth and sky
The region of the absolute.
Il. s. Waterhouse, in Brooklyn Life.
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COpsideratc.

Four old Scotchmen. the remnant
of club formed some SO years ago,
were seated around the table in the
clubroom. 1t was A. NJ, and Dou-
gal looked across at Donald and
said in a thick, sleepy voice:
Donald, dye notice what an awful
peculiar expression there is on Jock S
face?"
Aye" says Donald, 81 notice that
four hours"
What? Deead, Why did We no
tell Ine?"
"Ah, no-no-no," said Donald
Am no that kind o. man to dis
turb a convivial evening. Tit Bits
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Kidney PiIIs. They brought me
prompt relief, and as continued taxi
ing them the pains in my back disap-
peared and the kidneys were restored
to normal condition"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster-Mil5urn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Only q dreamer asks Time and
Tide to wait for him, when he might
head" them on, sell Time for money
and make Tide turn a mill wheel.---
Atlanta Constitution.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Lame back and Lumbago make young
man feel old. Hamlins Wizard Oh makes
an old man feel young Absolutely moth.
ing like it for the relief Of ali pain.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

At the present rate of increase in
travel ii is estimated that the rail-
ways of Manhattan and the Bronx
will carry 100000 passengers
in 1920.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

The record OF bone yield from a
single whale was 3,1OO pounds, Which
at the time was worth nearly s2O,-
900.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

The deadly gauge of Nero's drunk
enness was a finely wrought intaglio
ring. When he could not see the f1g-
ure on it he knew he was drunk.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

6iclz's CAPUDINn Is the best remedy
relieves the aching and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
the Cold and restores normal conditions. It's
liouid-effects Immediately. iOc-. CSC. and
koc.. at drug stores.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
Live Stock.

ChicagO-Cattle - Market steady
steers, S5.5O@7.80; cows, $500
5.25; heifers, $3.50@6; bulls, $3@
1885,. calves, SO @S .755; stockers and
feeders, .$3,75 @5.15. .,:-t
Hogs-Market 10. to 1 sc. higher;
choice heavy, 1918 @S.25; butchers
$500 8.25; light. mixed. $3.50
8; choice light, $50 $40; packing,
$500 7.SO; pigs, $3.50 a 8; bulk of
sales, $7.65 OSLO.
Sheep-Market 10 to 15c. higher
Kansas City - Cattle - Market
steady to 1Oc. lower; choice exports
and dressed beef steers, $6.5O@75O;
fair to good, $4,25@ $40; Western
steers, $410@6.S5; stockers and
feeders, $29O@5; Southern steers,
1925 40; Southern cows, $3.50
GA; native cows, $2,25 @5; native
heifers, $32O@7; bulls, $500
$50; calves, $4@7.35.
Hogs-Market steady to sc. high
sr; top, $7.95; bulk OF sales, $3.50
97.90; heavy. $7.8007.90; pack
ers and butchers, 7.80@795; light,
S7.50@7.92h; pigs, $5.2507.25.
Sheep Market strong; lambs. SC
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

IL human being continued to
grow at the same rate as he does in
his first year he would be 6S feet tall
at the age OF 10.
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MUNYON'S EMINENT DOCTORS AT
YOUR SERVICE FREE.
Not a Penny 90 Pay For the Fullest
Medical Examination.

Medical Examination.
n you are in doubt as to the cause
OF your disease mail us a postal re-
uuesting a medical examinationb blank,
which you viii fill out and return to
ms. Oar doctors will carefully dag
nose your case. and If you can be
cured you will be told so; If you can
not be cured you will be told so. You
are not obligated to us in any way. for
this advice is absolutely free; you are
at liberty to take our advice or not as
you see fit Send to-day for a medi-
cal examination blank, fill out and
return 20 us as promptly as possible,
and our eminent doctors will diagnose
your case thoroughly absolutely free.
Munyon's, SD and Jefferson Sts.,
Philadelphia. Pa
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

A full grown cat has 80 teeth,
while a dog has AZ.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie 25c bottle
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Iwo-thirds of the native population
of Uganda has been wiped out by
the sleeping sickness in seven years.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Kansas bank commissioners find
sl45 deposited Tor each man. woman
and child IN the State.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

The bamboo tree does not bloom
until it's thirtieth year.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. ChaS. Barclay

Graniteville, VT. 81 was passing
through the Changeof Life and suffered
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Cor HRADACHE-IsSckx PUDINB
Whether from Colds. Heat, Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine Will relieve YOU
It's hQuid-pleaSant 70 take-acts immedi-
ately. Try It. l0c.. 26cI and SOC ~ druG
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Three-fourths OF typhoid patients
are under thirty. B. n. u. 50.
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Wants Her Hand. Too.

And that young man kissed you
on the lips? Why didn't you offer
him your hand?" said the father.
"Oh. l didn't have to papa" said
the girl; 'he's going to ask you for
that! "-Yonkers Statesman
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

One who suffers with backache or
any form of kidney trouble wants a
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26
MUST BELIEVE 1T.

Every Reader VIII Conccdc the Truth
of This Statement.
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Ar
&SScTENCB

It is one OF the many marvels OF
wireless telegraphy that the ether
wares which carry its messages. un-
like hght,wayes, suffer no absorption
in mist or fog,
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1909-08-26

Most grateful and comforting is
a warm bath with Cuticura Soap
and gentle anointings with Cuti-
cura. This pure, sweet, econom-
ical treatment brings immediate
relief and refreshing sleep to skin
tortured and dishgured little ones
and rest to tired, fretted mothers.
For eczemas, rashes, itchings,
irritations and chafngs, Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment are
worth their weight in gold.
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liza, r. Towns a Co. sydney. India. II. X Paul,
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