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GOOD CHANGE
Coffee to Postum.

The large army Of persons who
have found relief from many chronic
ailments by changing from coffee to
Postum as a daily beverage, Is grow
ing each day.
1t is only a simple question Of try
ing 1t for oneself in order to know the
10y CT returning health as realized by
an Ills. young lady. She writes:
81 had been a coffee drinker nearly
all my life and 1t affected my stomach
caused insomnia, and | was seldom
without a headache. had heard
about Postum and how beneficial it
a so concluded to quit coffee and
try it.
81 was delighted with the change.
I can now sleep we'll and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
ten strong, and l can eat Without SUI
fering afterwards. think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
my brother also suffered from
stomach trouble while he drank cof-
fee, but now, since using Postum he
feels so much better he would not go
back to coffee for anything"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
arc genuine. true, and full Of human
interest.
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GAVE HIS LIFE FOR AHOTHER'S
Brave Act of Assistant Chief at
Fire in Milwaukee.
James Cunning Risked Certain Death
to Save Captain SHEDS, Who Had
Recovered From Pneumonia.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Giving his life
for a subordinate, Assistant Chief
James Cunning, Of the Milwaukee
Fire Department, heads the list Of
six who persisted in a 100000 fire at
the city plant Of the Johns-Manville
Company. OF the dead five are fire.
men, the sixth being a Greek laborer
who saw the explosion Of the barrel
Of varnish which started the fire. Of
the ten injured eight r aremen, and
three of the injured cannot live.
Unusual features marked the fire,
not the least being the manner in
which Chief Cunning went to his
death. Chief Cunning a moment be-
fore the wall crashed in, carrying
down two engine companies working
on an adjoining roof, ordered Cap
tain William Shields to go to the
ground because Shields was on his
first tour Of duty after an attack OF
pneumonia.
Shields refused to take duty else
where, but Cunning insisted, and as
Shields reached the ground the crash
came which carried Cunning and the
two companies through the roof Of
a four-story building to the ground.
To recover the bodies it was necessary
for men with ropes to go down into a
pit of fire Through a narrow hole,
hand owe hand down a rope, which
was used to hoist out Of the pit the
bodies of the dead and dying.
The wives of Chief Cunning and Of
Pipeman Crafts went to the hospital
to see their husbands, supposedly still
living. Both women tainted when
told of the death of the two 1remen.
The head nurse at Emergency Hos
pital almost tainted when she lifted
the covering from the head Of Pipe
man Jack Mckee and recognized her
brother-in-law. She telephoned her
sister, then went on about her work
throughout the long afternoon.
1t was not known that the two
companies had persisted under the
ruins until Pipeman Nimmer, with
his back broken, climbed In delirium,
with his body dragging below his
waist, out of the debris where six
teen comrades lay helpless. He could
only beg for help for the others. He
was fatally hurt.
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Stamps up to the denomination Of $500
have been issued by the Government OF
Victoria, Australia.
IN AGONY WITH ECZEMA.
Whole Body a Mass Of Raw, Bleeding,
Torturing Humor - Hoped Death
Would End Fearful Suffering
In Despair: Cured by Cuticura.


Words cannot describe the terrible &C.
zema l suffered with. 1t broke out on my
head and kept spreading until it covered
my whole body. l was almost a solid mass
of sores from head to foot. / looked more
like a piece of raw beef than a human being.
The pain and agony l endured seemed more
than ] could bear. Blood and pus oozed
from the great sore on my scalp, from un-
der my finger nails, and nearly all over my
body. My ears were so crusted and swollen
l was afraid they would break off. Every
hair in my head fell out. | could not SIT
down, for my clothes would stick to the
raw and bleeding flesh, making me cry out
from the pain. My family doctor did all
he could, but l got worse and worse. My
condition was awful. / did not think |
could live, and wanted death to come and
end my frightful s~ufferings.
in this condition my mother-in.law
begged me to try the Cuticura Remedies.
l said I would, but had no hope of recov-
cry. But oh, what blessed relief l expert
enced after applying Cuticura Ointment. 1t
cooled the bleeding and itching flesh and
brought me the first real sleep had had In
weeks. 1t was as grateful as ice to a burn
ing tongue. I would battle with warm
water and Cuticura Soap, then apply the
Ointment freely. 1 also took Cuticura Re
solvent fer the blood. In a short time the
sores stopped running, the flesh began to
heal, and l knew I was to get well again.
Then the hair on my head began to grow,
and in a short time I was completely cured.
I wish / could tell everybody who has &C.
zema to use Cuticura. Mrs. VIM. Hunt, l35
Thomas St., Newark, N. j., Sept. %, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
Of Cuticura Remedies, Boston, Mass.
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g uicideL League" Grewsome Epidemic
One Man With Revolver. Hunts Another With a Bell in Dark
Rocm-Correspondent Tells of Strange Means
Taken to End Lives.

darkened rooms and the spectators
take refuge in safe corners.
The hunt begins. The hunters
eyes are bound. He is allowed six
shots, guided by the sound of the
bell. If he fails to hit the tiger, the
roles are reversed, and the hunter be.
comes the tiger. This continues until
blood flows.
Another society has champagne
evenings" where M among twenty
bottles is drugged with morphia.
Sometimes in a single night there are
numerous secret suicides, for which
there is no plausible explanation, CIV
ing rise, says the Mails correspond
ent, to the suspicion that the victims
belong to the. same league of self-de-
struction.
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Women Attacked by Berlin Slashers
Series Of Crimes Upon Inofensive Females Seems to Prove
More Than One ripper" is About-Seem to Seek
Pleasure of Pain, Not Money-CutT Them With
Knives in Broad Daylight, Flee,
Neglecting Possible Booty.

suburb of Observation-Disclosures, but
the blade broke against the steels o,
her corsets. The assailant then bea'
his victim to Inconsistencies. She
was found half an hour later and TAX
en- to a hospital.
Later in the evening the wife o!
another butcher was wounded IN the
thigh, this in the eastern section OF
the city.
In each instance the assailant, who
seems to wear silent shoes, ap'
proaches his victim without %arousins
suspicion, delivers his attack sudden
ly and then fees.
The people of the laboring quar-
tiers of the city are much excited over
the frequent assaults. The streets
are deserted at night by the females
who frequent them usually. The po'
lice, whose watchfulness is high
keyed, are nonplussed.
Many more arrests hare beer
made, but all the prisoners were able
to prove their innocence. Some.
however, first suffered from the fury
of the imaginative crowds. A drum
ken man who opened his pocket knife
and flourished 1t was nearly killed.
Some cases have occurred Of WON
en- who have cut their W clothing
and pricked themselves for the pur'
pose Of becoming objects of public
interest and sympathy. Whether the
list of twenty-six victims includes any
of these is not clear. 49,.
The idea originals held that some
maniacal Jack the Ripper was the au'
thor of the attacks has been aban.
doned. It is believed that the impu'
nifty of the perpetrator Of the earlier
outrages has encouraged sundry
toughs to initiate him. This theory
If possible, increases the alarm, which
in some districts has become a panic
The police. whose very consider
able efforts have hitherto failed to
stop the crimes, have enlisted the aid
of the House Owners Association,
This has been willingly given. and III
addition to the concierges of apart
ment houses, who have been in
structed to keep a close watch for at
tacks on women, special. watchmeu
have been employed to guard the
houses and patrol the streets.
The police have also asked trolley
men, iremen, letter carriers and 9TH
ers whose work lies in the streets, tt
act as special constables. Further
more, they have issued an appeal to
women of all classes to keep theil
presence of mind in the event OF ar
attack being made on them. and tt
try to insure the capture of the Grim
inal. The general public are urged
if they witness an assault, to deyote
their endeavors to catching the as
'rsailaut rather than to hanging around
the victim.
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REDCRoss Pie ana
Ffstula Cure and
Book sent By mail
FREE
REA CO. DEPT. "a MINNEAPOLIS. MINI.
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Raising Money For Charity.

From times immemorial in China
q donation of 10000 taels 10: charity
has secured for the donor the much
priced peacock's feather, while Tor
half that sum a title Of nobility is
conferred on ones ancestors to the
third generation. The late Emperorof
Brazil followed the same method
when erecting a hospital in Rhode
Janeiro. Having found difficulty In
obtaining the necessary funds, he n
nounced that the title Of baron"
was to be conferred On every SUBJ
scriber of 100000 milreis, and that
of "count" on subscribers Of 100000:
milreis. This announcement pro-
duced the desired effect and the hos
pital was soon completed. The OPEN
ing ceremony was performed by the
Emperor and attended by. a large
number Of the newly ennobled, who
did not altogether relish the words In
scribed in letters Of gold on the
gable Of the new building: Human
Vanity to Human Misery. London
Chronicle. f
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BOY KILLED ESCAPING KISSES.
Ink-Eraser in Vest Pocket Pierced
His Heart.

New York City.-The bashfulness
of George Spencer Millett, an Office
boy, caused his death in the Metro
politan Life Building, at T~wenty-tbird
street and Madison avenue. He
didn't want to be kissed by half a
dozen pretty stenographers. In run
ming away from them the lad STUN
bled and fell. A k%een-bladed ink
eraser that he had in his vest pocket
penetrated just below his heart. He
died a few minutes after an ambu-
lance took him to the New York Hos
pital.
Spencer, as they knew him at his
home, No. 425 Pleasant avenue, was
fifteen years old. He had a present
or two in his pockets when he went
to the office, and announced, when
questioned about them, that 1t was
his birthday. The girls threatened to
kiss him once for every year of his
age.
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REPORT ON PANAMA
| IS SENT TO CONGRESS
Attack on Lock Type Impedes
Building Any Canal.
PLANS and WORK APPROVED
Engineers Estimate Canal Cost at
$3.50, 900, OO0-Roosevelt Lowers
Gatun Dam Twenty Feet-He
SAYS 1t Was Needlessly Strong.

Washington, D. C.-In his special
message to Congress, accompanying
the report of the engineers who re-
Gently visited the Panama Canal IN
company with President-elect Taft'
President Roosevelt threw down the
gauntlet to those Senators VINO
threaten to reopen the entire canal
question and advocate the digging OF
a sea-level ditch. The President de-
clared that any criticism on the pres
emit lock plan Is really an attack on
the policy of building any canal at
ALL" He added that any change IN
the system would be "an ~inexcusable
folly" The recommendation OF the
engineers unequivocally indorses the
lock canal. It disposes of all the
minors as to the stability OF the
Gatun dam by declaring that struc-
lure to be entirely safe n capaoie
of outstanding all strains to when
it may be exposed. The engineers
estimate that the complete cost OF the
canal will aggregate $36O,0OO,O 600
The Presidents message touches
on all these points and then excorl'
ates those who have ventured to eX-
press their belief that a sea-level
canal is the only feasible system. The
leader of these critics is Senator Kit
tredge, chairman of the Committee
on I%nteroceanic Canals. Senator For
aker also is allied with Mr.. K~ittridge,
and it is declared that the only rea-
son why a vigorous fight has not been
undertaken by these two Senator'S Is
found in the fact that both retire
from public life March q, inc the
congested condition of legislation in
Congress at the present time pre-
cludes any consideration Of the ques'
ton before that date.
81 commend to YOU" he says to
Congress, "the most careful consider
alton of the report. The engineers
show that the only criticism which
can be made of the work on the
Isthmus is that there has sometimes
been almost an excess of caution IN
providing against possible trouble.
AS to the Gatun dam itself, they
show that not only is the dam safe.
but that on the whole the plan al.
ready adopted would make it need
lessly high and strong, and accord.
ingly they recommend that the height
be reduced by twenty feet, which
change. in the plans I have accord
ingly directed"
The engineers report that, as the
Gatun earth dam was the central
point of discussion, they gave it, IN
der instructions from Mr.. Taft, first
consideration in the light of all new
evidence" and they add that the
type of dam now under construction
is one which meets with their "unan.
imous approval" They say they are
satisfied that there will be no dan.
gerous or Objectionable seepage
through the materials under the base
of the dam, nor are these materials
so soft as to be liable to be pushed
aside by the weight of the proposed
dam so as to cause dangerous settle
ment. We are also satisfied that the
materials available which 1t is pro.
posed to use are suitable and can be
readily placed to form a tight, stable
and permanent DAM"
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Berlin, Germany.-The newest de-
generacy, displayed in unprovoked
and cruel attacks upon virtuous and
unoffensive women, continues to man
ifest itself here.
Over twenty-five such outrages
have been committed. There seems
to be more than one %decadent. such
as Jack this and Jack" that, who
committed wanton and inexplicable
assaults against women in other capt.
tails, without, taking booty; without
seeking, apparently, anything but the
qualification of a semi-mantacal I'M
pulse.
Five attacks made upon women IN
the eastern suburbs brought the days
total I'D to seven and the aggregate
to twenty-five since the beginning OF
these vicious assaults.
One woman was seriously wound
ed. The others injuries were slight.
1t seems enough for. their assailants
to cause them to suffer pain.
Many persons, most Of them wom-
en-, declare they have see the mys-
terious assailant, but, as he turned to
the injured woman, he escaped. The
description of these witnesses agree
to a certain extent. So the police
might .theorize that n man Is gull
ty of all the attacks. But many Wit
nesses swear that three men simulta-
neously attacked one girl, a servant,
in the street. One with a sharp
knife stabbed her in the abdomen,
then the three ran away without even
attempting to take the bundles or the
purse the girl carried.
The police have doubled the pa
troll in the streets, and are watching
particularly women Of whatever char
acter who walk out, unaccompanied,
day or night.
A merchants wife, a staid woman
of irreproachable character, was
walking in a street in the southern
part of the city. She had not the
Slightest warning from her assailant,
who approached her from behind,
laced her and struck at her with a
knife. The hand she raised in de-
tense was wounded and then the man
stabbed her in the thigh and fled.
Five women of the working class
were wounded in the city and in the
suburbs, two were seriously hurt.
The first attack occurred in the Mo-
abite quarter at 9 o'clock in the
morning in the open street. The as
sailant stabbed his victim in the up
ber arm. Another woman was
wounded in the thigh during the fore
noon in the northern section of the
sity. A girl was attacked at 3 p. m.
In the eastern section. She warded
off the blow with her hand. which
was wounded.
In the eveTing one of these deca-
dents attacked a butchers wife in the
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Fred Big Wind, p. M.

Representative Halvor Stevenson,
of Minnesota, recently made a recon-
mendation for the appointment of a
postmaster at Twin Lakes, Mimi,
which caused a laugh to roll from the
seventh to the lower floor OF the Post
office Department. Mr. Stevenson
proposed that Star Bad Boy, who has
been a good" boy ever since he has
been a Federal postmaster, be sue
ceeded for political reasons by Fred
Big Wind.-Chicago News.
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400 LIVES ARE LOST
IN A THEATRE FIRE
Film Starts Blaze at Entertain.
mentA lin Acapulco.
FESTIVAL FOR A GOVERNOR
Roasted Bodies Of the Penned-1n
Audience Buried in Trenches
Wooden Building Entirely De-
stroyed.

SITOyGUs r
Mexico City.-Between $50 and
300 persons were burned to death
and many injured in a fire which de-
stroyed the Flores Theatre in the
City Of Acapulco. +
The Flores Theatre was q wooden
structure and more than 1000 per-
sons crowded it to witness a special
performance given in honor of Gov
ernor Damian Flores, of the State
Of Guerrero, who was visiting the
city. One Of the numbers Of the pro-
gram consisted of a series Of moving
pictures. While the operator was
exhibiting these a film caught fire and
a blaze was quickly communicated
to some bunting which had been used
for decorative purposes. In an in
credibly short time the flames spread
to all parts of the structure. There
were only three narrow exits and the
panic-stricken audience rushed to
them, many falling, to be crushed to
death, their bodies choking the way
to escape to others. b.
The screams of those imprisoned
were terrifying. Owing to the rapid
ity with which the fire spread and it's
intense heat, it was impossible to at
tempt rescue work, and those impris-
oned were literally roasted alive, as
the fire burned with little smoke and
few were sufocated. 1.-THE efforts Of
the fire department were confined to
attempting to save the adjoining
buildings. and they succeeded so that
the property loss was small. The
telegraph Office, postofice and Gus
tom House were damaged, but all Of
the Governments records and regis
tered mail were saved.
Pitiful scenes lof' grief were en-
acted in the streets Of the little west
coast port. Men, women and chill
dren wandered from place to place,
hunting for relatives or friends.
Many. of the dead are from the first
families of the State, the affair at the
theatre Being a social event of impor-
lance and calling out the wealthiest
and oldest families for miles around.
In some instances entire families
were wiped out of existence. The
municipal authorities caused large
trenches to be dug. and into these the
bodies of the dead were laid. Ac-
cording to kilograms received from
there recognition of the head has
been an impossibility, owing to thu
fact that the bodies were burned, in
most cases, to a crisp. ID.
kilograms sent to the American
Consul at Acapulco asking for the
names Of the American dead were
not answered.
Acapulco, on the west coast Of the
State of Guerrero, is n Of the three
important ports Of the Pacific coast
Of Mexico. Nearly all of the steamer
lines make it a port of call, and the
harbor is accounted the best in Mex
leo.
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EDITORS INDICTED FOR LIBEL.
Grand Jury at Washington, D. c.,
Charges Joseph Pulitzer and Others.

Washington, D. C.-The Federal
Grand Jury returned indictments
against the Press Publishing Com.
pany of New York (the World) and
Joseph Pulitzer, owner; Caleb N.
Van Hamm, and Robert H. Lyman,
editors of that paper, and Delagan
Smith and Charles R. Williams, own
ers of the Indianapolis News, charg-
ing libel in publications in connection
with the purchase of the Panama
Canal by the United States Govern
Ment.
The indictment against the pub
fishers of the Indianapolis News
charges Smith and Williams with the
crime of libel in seven counts, and
that directed against the New York
World charges Pulitzer, Van Hamm,
Lyman, and the Press Publishing
Company with libel in five counts.
The persons alleged to have been
libelled in the published stories are
President Roosevelt, J. Pierpont Nor.
gan, Charles P. Taft, Elihu Root,
Douglas Robinson and William Mel.
son Cromwell.
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given me, and I am recommending 1t
to all my friends."-Mrs. w. S. FORD,
1888 Lansdowne ST., Baltimore, Md
The most successful remedy infthls
country for the cure of all forms OF
female complaints is Lydia p: Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. ItThas
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thousands of women who have been
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Hsyou would like specialnadyIce
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charge.
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London.-The Daily Mails ST..
Petersburg correspondent declares
that neurasthenia is claiming an ever
increasing number Of victims in all
sections of st. Petersburg society and
throughout Russia in general.
A surprising number Of people,
tired of life, seek death by various
methods. Persons of fashionable So
ciety journey to Finland and fling
themselves into the romantic Imatra
Rapids. Strange clubs and societies
are in existence. One of these Is
styled "Tiger and Hunter" Two
members draw lots to decide who
shall be the tiger and who the hunter.
A silver bell is hung around the
tigers neck, and the hunter is given a
loaded revolver. Both enter large
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A SimpIe

LET me see," use the man, my
wife told me to be sure to meet her
at the main entrance of Silk & Nosh-
uns at 10 o'clock, as she would take
the car from home at $50 sharp and
be at the store just at 10. So wont
need to be there until IL or later"
But" says the unmarried friend,
won't she be disappointed?"
"Not a bit. 1 know she will be half
an hour late catching her car and
that she will allow another half hour
for me TO be late keeping the appoint
ment. "~Chicago Post.
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The World of sport

Now that Matty Mcintyre has
signed his contract, the Detroit out
field is all in line.
Jem Driscoll has made more than
$4,000 out Of boxing bouts since his
arrival here last fall.
Frank v. Goodman. who coached
the Columbia baseball nine last year,
has been reengaged for the coming
season.
Mcclure will be Manager Lajoie's
right-hand man next season. He will
relieve Larry of the duties attending
the overlooking of the catching and
pitching staff.