davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
DISAPPEARED
Coffee Ais Vanish Before Postum.

1t seems almost too good to be true,
the way headache, nervousness,
insomnia, and many other obscure
troubles vanish when coffee is dis
missed and Postum used as the
regular table beverage.
The reason Is clear. Coffee con-
tains a poisonous drug-caffeine-
which causes the trouble, but Postum
contains only the food elements in
clean hard wheat with a little New
Orleans molasses.
Phila- man grew enthusiastic re-
Gently and wrote as folIows:-
Until s months ago I used coffee
regularly every day and suffered from
headache, bitter taste in my mouth
and indigestion; was gloomy and
tactious, had variable or absent
appetite. loss of flesh, depressed in
spirits, etc.
ST attribute these things to coffee
because since I have drank Postum
feel better than I had for 20 years,
am less susceptible to cold, have
gained 20 lbs. and all the above
symptoms have disappeared-van-
ished before Postum There's a Rea-
son."
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, 1.-The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. of Postum
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05

proportion, down to from 80 cents to
81 cents on class E. Similar reductions
are made on the "a commodities named
in the complaint, but the far reaching
effect of the decision is seen in the
statement that if the roads do not re-
adjust the rates on other commodities
and to other intermediate points anoth-
er complaint may be fled
Traffic officials say the decision
means complete readjustment of rates
in the western intermediate territory
Similar complaints are pending be-
fore the commission in regard to the
rates to Phoenix, Ariz., and Reno, New,
and there are many other cities, the
rates of which are made on the same
basis as the Spokane rates-namely, the
transcontinental rate to the coast, which
was fixed to meet water competition,
plus the local rate back"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
HIS WORK GOES ON.
ROosevelt's Conservation of Resources
Idea Is Moving Forward.

Washington, March theodore
Roosevelt's progressive action having
for its end the conservation of the ma
TONS natural resources, today took
tangible shape when the joint COM
mittee on cooperation, which was
authorized by the governors confer
ence held in this city recently, held
its initial session to prepare a plan for
united action by all organizations con-
cerned with this problem.
The joint committee of eleven MEM
bers consists of six chairmen of state
conservation commissions and five
who are members of the national con-
servatiOn commission. The committee
will formulate a working plan, as
signing to the different conservation
organizations a definite plan of work
which is designed to achieve practical
results.
recommendation for the charac-
ter and scope of work to follow have
been submitted by all of the conser-
walton bodies in this country. and
these will aid the joint committee in
reaching an agreement for a cam
paign which will prove effective.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
IS GREAT VICTORY.
Chicago Shippers EIated Over Spo-
kane Rate Decision.

Chicago, March 5.-The Tribune today
prints the following news article:
Chicago shippers are congratulating
themselves on having won an important
victory over their competitors in New
York and the east through the decision
of the interstate commerce commission
in the Spokane rate case.
Complete copies of. the decision.
which was issued in Washington on
Tuesday, have been received, and after
comparison of the old with the new
rates established by the commission the
Chicago commercial interests discovered
they had obtained an advantage over
New York by a reduction of is % per
cent, while the eastern rates We're not
changed. Formerly the rates on most
commodities virtually were the same
from the seaboard as from Chicago.
THE reduction on first class rates is
from $3.50 to So; on second class. from
1910 to $3.50, and on other classes in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
AN ITCHING PALM.
No Cure for II. other Forms OF
Itching Preferable.

No Cure for 1t. Other Forms OF
Itching Preferable.
There is no cure for an itching palm
the money kind Even poslam, the
new skin discovery, cannot help it.
But when it comes to eczema, the
most annoying of itching skin troubles,
poslam will stop the itching at once
and cure the worst cases in few
days So with hives, rash, scabies,
split toes, piles, and scaly scalp, all of
which are different forms of eczema,
accompanied by severe itching and
caused by imperfect digestion and
careless diet.
Poslam comes in two-dollar Jars,
but fifty cents worth will answer in
curing any of the diseases mentioned.
It can be had of any druggist. Fred A.
snow makes a speciality of it.
That results are Immediate will be
amply demonstrated overnight by the
use OF the experimental ample which
the emergency Laboratories, 80 West
Twenty-hfth street, New York City,
viii send free by mail, in plain wrap
per, to any one who will write for it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
GERMANY APPROVES.
Foreign Office Comments on Taft's
Induction Into Office.

Berlin, March 5.-The German foreign
office views William H. Taft's assump-
ton of the duties of president of the
United States as likely to lead to still
closer friendly relations between Amer
lea and Germany and calls attention to
the progress made in this direction dur
ing the administration of President
Roosevelt. The peaceful tone of Presi-
dent Taft's inaugural address has crea-
ted most favorable impression in gov
eminent circles and the ministry of the
interior is awaiting tariff revision with
the keenest interest.
There is, however, considerable anxi-
ETY. among German exporters over a
disturbance of commerce under the
agreement reached with the S. N. D.
North commission.
The newspapers a1lude to the orderly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
WORST IN THE U. S.
Washington's Municipal Shelter Is
Even Worse Than Chicago's.

Chicago, March 5.-Edwin A
Brown of Denver, who is devoting his
time and fortune to the investigation
of the conditions of the poor, says
yVashincton shelters the worst mu-
nicipaI lodging house in the United
states He has just returned from the
capital, where he spent several days
"dovn and OUT element. He spent
day at the municipal lodging house
and came to the conclusion that 1t is
even worse than that of Chicago,
which, he says. he had formerly con
sidered as bad as could possibly exist.
aI got into Washington last Satur-
dav-" said Brown. 81 was dressed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
HE STOLE A SNAKE.
Burglar Carried 1t Away in Suit
Case and Sold 1t.

Los Angeles. Cal. March Ere this,
men have committed burglaries and
been caught, but probably never before
did man purloin a real live boa con-
strictor and land in the tolls of the law
Sylvester White. a beardless young
party, has been brought down from
Nisalia and locked up charged with
stealing a four and a half foot boa
constructor, the property of William
Leroy, a collector of reptiles. Leroy's
residence on Wall street was burglar
lied about a week ago and several
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
PATRICK OUT AGAIN.
Appears in Court a Second Time to
Plead His Own Case.

New York, March 5.-Albert T. Pat
trick, convicted of the murder of Will
liam March Rice, left his prison quar-
tiers at Sing Sing again today to make
his second appearance within a week
as attorney in his own case in a
Brooklyn court.
commuted to life Imprisonment by
Governor Higgins, has begun habeas
corpus proceedings claiming that he
never sanctioned the Communication and
that he should either have been freed
or sent to the electric chair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
Killed His Mother AS She Slept.

Holland, Mich, March 5.-Elton
Baldwin confessed today to the
prosecuting attorney that he killed his
aged mother who was found dead
yesterday in her farm house two miles
from Saugatuck- He said that he was
afraid she would charge him with
having burned their barn and there
fore killed her with Ratchet while
she was asleep.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
EXECUTES 7 NEGROES.
State of Louisiana Conducts Hanging
in Wholesale Way.

Baton Rouge La, March 5.-The
execution of seven negroes in
Louisiana today follows the conviction
of six Of them for murder and one
for criminal assault upon a member
of his own race.
A petition for a reprieve for Willie
Williams, convicted of the murder Of
another negro in Jefferson Parish was
denied by Acting Governor Lamber-
mont but his request that he might
have a bottle of wine with his last
meal on earth was granted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
CASUALTY LIST.
Three Dead and IS Injured During
Inaugural Ceremonies.

washington, March 5.-The record
of casualties incident to the Inaugural
ton ceremonies of yesterday was
three deaths, three probably fatally
injured and more than IS persons
slightly injured.
The Dead:
SAMUEL YOUNG, aged %, of this
city.
NORMAN A. STALL, Is years old,
of Richmond, Va.
ANDREW B. DORIAN. of Pittsburg,
Pa
The Seriously Injured:
Policeman Frederick Dirk
Samuel Carter of Virginia.
William Deneil of this city.
Samuel Young was electrocuted by
stepping on live electric wire on
Wisconsin avenue; Norman A. Stall
died of epilepsy while viewing the
parade, and Andrew B. Doran, Pull
man conductor, died of heart disease
upon arriving at the Union station last
night.
Dirk was severely injured in an at
tempt to arrest a Greek for dis
orderly conduct: Carter was stabbed
in the abdomen by a negro and Deneil
was overcome by gas.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
At the Novelty.

Grand opera in vaudeville is prov
ing very popular at the Novelty thea
ter this week. The Zingari singers,
a company of eight accomplished
from celebrated grand operas at that
playhouse and their act is declared to
be one of the most enjoyable ever
seen on the Novelty stage.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05

things taken including his most val
liable snake. The police claim White
confessed to them that he had sold
some of the stolen property, including
the boa constructor.
1t is believed the snake was carried
from Leroy's house in a suit case.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
Free Laxative
Cured Legions

Realizing how difficult it is to con-
vince the average person that one
remedy is different from another, even
though recommended for the same pur-
pose, and that where one fails the other
may still succeed, the dispensers of DR..
CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin, the great herb
laxative compound, have for several
years sent free trial bottles of the
remedy to any person who would send
name and address.
Through this offer many hundred thou
sand samples have been distributed. DR..
Caldwelps Syrup Pepsin has never been
recommended for anything but such con-
business sour stomach. indigestion, flat
ulency. dyspepsia. sick headache, heart
burn and similar symptoms of stomach,
liver and bowel disease. That it will
perience OF Mrs. Lydia Dixon. of AIinSo,
Ky. Mrs. N. Cuninngham. OF Talent, ore.
s. r. Tucker. of Hattiesburg, Miss. and
4 host of others They originally sent
for the free trial bottle. and then, being
convinced that the remedy was helping
them. they bought the regular 60-cent or
81 size bottle of their druggist, and in a
While DIR. CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin is
sold by druggists with the guarantee that
It will do as claimed or money will be
refunded. yet any reader suffering from
Invited to write to DR. Caldwell at the
address below for free test bottle, which
will be cheerfully sent. We doubt If
there is laxative In America that has SO
Dr. CaldweIPs Syrup Pepsin. Owing TO
It's special ingredients it has proven a
great life-saver OF children, women and
Sd folks. It is pleasant to take and
If there is ANYTHING about
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05

The hrst repertoire Company OF the
season opens at the Grand Monday,
March s. The opening bill will be
1.-THE Old Sexton said to be one of
the prettiest plays of the year, in
Producing lots of good singing and
plenty of vaudeville! The Readick
company is high class and will change
bills nightly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05

ascent of Mr.. Taft to the constitutional
ruleship of 100, 000, 900 people and the re-
tiremenI of Mr. Roosevelt to private life
as an impressive political spectacle.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the Grand.

E. H. Sothern is the attraction at
the Grand tonight. playing the famous
role Lord nundreary," in which his
father starred for many years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-05

II there Is anything about
your atlment that you don't
understand. or if you want
any medical advice. write
to the doctor. and he will
answer you fully. There Is
no charge for this service.
The address is DR.. w. B.
Caldwell. 5oe Caldwell bldg.
Monticello. III.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16

made of Indian corn, has
neither BARN nor leaven, but is
unfermented, and in the state of
dough their drink is water" iii.
14.)
The following is the most recent
account (by DR.. Petit) of the.con-
dition of the peasantry in the
pellagrous district of the Gironde:
"The cultivation of this district
consists of millet, rye, a small
quantity of maize, and a few rare
Vineyards. The soil d. 90 not suffice
for the nourishment u the mil err
able population who cultivate IT.
They are %slovenly. and sleep in
their clothes; their labour is in
general of the severest kind. and
they are very i'll fed. Their food
is mostly a porridge of millet !;
maize Is rarely part Of their diet
elsewhere he says, sin all these
provinces the flour of maize enters
largely into the food of the
people'], which includes a little
rye-bread, sour most Of the time,
a few sardines, and rancid lard.
Meat is almost excluded from
their food; sometimes onfete-days
ole may Q a quarter of mutton
or veal at the repast. Their usual
drink is water, and mostly bad
water; wine is not drunk except
in well.to-do families. Their
dwellings are deplorable; they
are lowroofed and damp, built of
waffle, and constantly enveloped
in re k. 1t often happens that man
and beast live together. Pellagra
RACES as an endemic among these
populations"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16
PELLAGRA.
concluded from page ~

and 60 at first, re-appeariug at the
same spots and gradually becom-
ing fixed. The grand difference
in leprosy, at least in the nodular
variety of it, is that a new growth
of a granulomatous kind arises at
these spots in the skin and around
the nerves. The occasional deep
discoloration of the pellagrous
skin in certain spots has suggest
ed q resemblance to Addison's
disease of the ~suprarenals, and
has even made the diagnosisdif-
cult. But after the c%utaneous
disorders the curse of pellagra is
something sui generis; the mel
ancholy, imbecility, or mania, as
we'll as the mummified state of the
body, are peculiar to it. With
ergotism the points of resem-
blance are more perhaps in the
causation than IN the nosological
characters; both diseases a r e
specifically due to damaged grain,
ergotism being caused by the
presence of an actual bulky mar.
asitic mould on rye, whereas pei.
lagra is more probably caused by
fermentation and decomposition
within the proper substance of the
m%aize-corn. As regards heredity,
it is much less marked in pellagra
then in leprosy, but there are good
grounds for believing that the
disease is in fact inherited some
times by the offspring; infants at
the breast may show the symptoms
of it, but that fact is not L. itself
conclusive for heredity, for the
reason that infants at the breast
are partly fed on the household
polenta. AS regards contagious
ness, there is no more proof of it
in pellagra than there is in
leprosy.
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
AND Observation-Disclosures Is peculi-
arly a disease of the peasantry,
being hardly ever seen in residents
ofsthe1town. In Italy thess number
Of peasants affected by:it was esti-
mated in 1879 at 100, 900, the
distribution being as follows:-
Lombardy, 40,888; Venetia,
29,386; Piedmont, 1892; Ligurla,
148; Emilia, 1928; Tuscany,
1882; the Marches and Umbria,
2155; Rome, rs. In Lombardy
the worst centres are in the pro-
vinces of B~rescia, Pavia, Piacenza,
and Ferrara. In Itaiy the disease
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16

it has become more prevalent in
it's earlier seats at the same time,
There is very little of it in central
Italy, while southern Italy with
Sicily, is abolutely exempt, not.
withstanding the common use of
Indian corn il. the form of bread
and macaroni. The first anthem
tic information of it's existence in
Gsscony came from near rcachon
in 1918, after which it spread
along the cost Of the Gironde aud
the Landes. It has extended
subsequently along the left bank
of the Garonne and towards the
Pyrenees but around OAK 1t is
said to haYe decreased consider.
ably of late. In Roumania, where
the medical profession3 is unani-
nous in tracing it to the use of
damaged maize, 1t dates from
about 1833~46. It is only since
1856 that it has become endemic
III Corfu, under the circumstances
already mentioned.
L1TERATURE.-La Pellagra IN
Italy, Rome, 1880 (official report
with appendices relating to
rance, Spain, and Roumania,
aud copious photography extend
ung to fifteen pages). An article
IN "The Pellagra in Italy," in
the Edin. Rev. for April 1881, is
based on this report. The author.
ity for Corfu is TypaIdos. The
b7st inquiries On the toxic pro-
pertles of damaged maize are
those of Lombroso. See also
give the firm a much larger and
better store room and will put
them directly in front of their
warehouse. They carry a very
E lrsch, Historische geograph-
ische Pathologie vol. H., I'd 3D.,
Stuttgart, 1888 (Engl. trans.)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16
Kills Her Foe Of 20 Years.

"The most merciless enemy 1
had for 20 years." declares Mrs
James Duncan. of Haynesville,
Me-, "was Dyspepsia. I suffered
intensely after eating or drinking
and could scarcely sleep. After
many remedies had failed and sew.
eral doctors gave me up, I tried
Electric Bitters, which cured me
completely. Now 1 can eat any
thing. am 70 years old and am
to get my health and
strength back again." For Indl-
gestion, Loss of Appetite, Kidney
Trouble, Lame Back, Female
COMPLAINTS, it's unequaled. Only
FOO at all druggists.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16

has increased very considerably
within the last thirty years thus,
in the province of Vicenza the
number of persons known to be
pellagrous in 1858 IS was 1880,
in 1850 it was 1914, and in 1879 it
had risen to 34OO. There are no
accurate returns from the Asturias
and other affected provinces of
Spain, but the malady there is
said to have declined very mater
ally of late. In Gascony, where
it did not begin until about fifty
years ago, it is somewhat common,
most in the Landes than in the
Gironde; in one district of the
latter Petit estimates that there
are 200 cases III a population of
5000. In Roumania the total
number is given at $500, Moldavia
having a larger share than Wal,
lachia. In Corfu it exists in ~
out of the III communes, the
proportion of cases for the whols+
island being 80 per 1000 inhaLi.
tants.
Maize was grown in Europe fo1
many years before pellagra show.
ed itself (see Maize); but the
outbreak of the disease corru'
ponds Oh the whole closely i
time particularly in Gascon,
and Roumania) with the introduce
ton of an inferior kind of maiy
as the staple food of the peasantr,
The first accounts of pellagrs
come from Spain. Casal in 1862
described the disease in the Asturi-
as under the name of NAL de ia
rosa; it is said to have been no
ticed first in 1875 around Oyiedo,
being then confined within very
narrow limits. The Asturias are
still its headquarters in Spain,
but it is prevalent also in
Burgos, Navarro, Zaragoza Low.
er Aragon, Guadlajara, and
Cuenca, and it is met with
in other provinces as we'll. In
Italy 1t was first reported from
the vicinity of Lago Maggiore,
and a few years later Tin 1750) it
broke out simultaneously in the dis
tricts Of Milan, Brescla, Bergam,,
and Ledi, extending afterwards
to Como, Cremona,s Mantua, and
Pavla, and to the whole Of Lom.
hardy before the end of the GEN.
fury. It became endemic also in
Venetia on the one side and in
Piedmont on the other, almost
contemporaneously with this.
Within the present century it has
extended it's area southwark into
Emilia and into Tuscany, while
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16

*Of the peasantry of the As.
turias, Townsend, a traveller of
the last century, says:
"Ihey eat little flesh, they
drink little Wine; their usual diet
is Indian corn, with beane, peas.
chestnuts, apples, pears, melons.
and cucumbers; and even thei,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-11-16
Does Not Stimulate

/ Ayers Sarsaparila does not stimulate. 1t does not make
you feel better one day, then as bad as ever the next. It
is not a strong drink. No reaction after you stop using it.
There is not a drop of alcohol in it. You have the steady,
even gain that comes from a strong tonic and Alternative.
We wish you would ask your doctor about this. He
knows: Trust him: Do as Re says. JC-7cc7C Co, LoueH, Moss
What are Ayers Pills? Liver Pills. How long i've thc7 beer sold? Nearly sMt
DO doctors recommend them? Ask your doctor end FIR Mt
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-19
WED AFTER If YEARS APART.
VI. \. Alley and Miss Hackett, Old
Sweethcarts. Meet by Chance.

Worcester, Mass.-After a lapse of
IA years, the threads Of a romancettt
begun in Maine Il years ago were
picked up as the result of a chance
meeting on the street in Boston with
in the past few weeks by NJ. Albert
Alley of New York. and Miss T.
Hackett of Boston. and the old love
story was revived and terminated in
their marriage here tonight at the
home OF Rev. DR.. Edward Parson
Drew.
Sixteen years ago Mr.. Alley, n pros
porous insurance man of As, and Miss
Hackett, then only 10 years old, met
at a Maine summer resort. Two years
later they became engaged to be mar
ried.
Mr. Alley went to New York and en-
gagged in business, and in some unac-
countable way-that there was any
serious quarrel or breach is denied
they drlfted apart and did not meet
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-19
TO REVIVE POPEs MAGAZINE.
Southern Literary Messenger TO BE
Re-established i'm Richmond.

Richmond, Va-Practical work
looking toward re-establishing the
Southern Literary Messenger was
started here today when Mr.. L. s.
Smyth, Of New York, who has been
here before with Prof, Phelan OF
Chattanooga, arrived in this city to
look after securing the necessary cap
ital for the commencement of work.
1t had been decided definitely that
the home of the magazine shall be
Richmond. its former home when Ed
gar Poe and other prominent names
in literature were subscribers TO its
pages.
Mr. Alfred B. Williams, editor of
the News-Leader, has been selected as
editor-in- of the magazine While
il is not intended to make tn periodi-
cal sectional in character, it will,
nevertheless, have a distantly South
ern tone. 1t is hoped that the capital