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Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Toll Gate in London Erected in t135.
ton across the little thoroughfare
known as Abbey lane, but its counter
part; and tolls are still collected on
state occasions with much pomp and
ceremony.
This is, in fact, the Oldest toll gate
In England. 1t was erected in the
first instance by the monks belonging
to the abbey of Stratford Langthorne,
one of the earliest Cistercian founda-
lions in England. The abbey in those
early days held most of the lands on
which the present Whitechapel is
built. In fact, the name W%hitechapel
itself is considered by some to be de-
rived from an early religious structure
Of this order which stood in the open
field-now covered by the seething life
in the East end.
Curious enough, this old toll gate
at the top of Abbey lane still pos
sesses many ancient privileges, and
the gatekeeper is a person Of some i'm
portance. Even the London county
council has no power to open the gate
without the official consent of the
keeper.
At the old Abbey lane toll gate the
traffic is wise enough to pass around
the other side of the barrier by a pub.
lie th%oroughfare and thus escape the
toll. And so, the gatekeeper and his
barrier are left severely alone, except
on one or two official occasions when 1t
Is necessary to declare the gate a legal
barrier. In the early days this old
gate stood on one Of the highways be.
tween Stratford-then a struggling vii
lage surrounded by open felds-and
towns on the east coast, and there
was considerable coaching through It
about 100 years ago. The toll road
was never entirely abolished, but the
public built roads arolnd it, and thus
Its natural monopoly disappeared. One
or two efforts have been made recently
to have the old toll gate removed alto
gether, but the antiquarians have come
to the rescue, and so it stands to-day
the Oldest and one Of the quaintest
links with the distant past.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Grief That Kills.

"My poor boy" said the b%eneficent
old clergyman, who had encountered a
young waif sobbing in the streets,
what ais you? Some case Of dire
distress has touched your heart
chords, no doubt"
NO." shifted the lad, you're clear
off your base, old kazzozicks. Me an
Simply an de rest of de fellies tin
canned the NANCY. old yellow cur up
at Schwarz' grocery, and while old
Schwarz an de gang followed the
dog, l sneaked back to the grocery to
swipe dried apples. De Fido chased
into Schmitt's orchard and de gang
cribbed de SWEETEST peaches you ever
seen, an then dey smoked grapevine
cigarettes and set the barn a-1re. l
made a sashay into de apple barrel at
de grocery, an de delivery boy pasted
me with a bed-slat and it hurts yet.
and l didn't get to see de fire, n
didn't get nothin' to eat, and>1 visit
/ wuz dead--dog-gone It all!"-The
Bohemian Magazine.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Question of the Hour.

I'VE are really at a loss to know
how to punish Earle" she said. I'VE
have tried all the punishment in our
kindergarten list without effect. We
have reasoned with him and told him
that he will cease to be our pretty pet
and will grow up to be a bad, bad
man, and"
Madam" interrupted the gentleman
Of the old school. who was visiting
them, you will find on the trunk In
my room a very excellent strap that
l shall not need temporarily"
But, of course, he didn't know any.
thing about modern methods.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
The Missionary Mule.

"That mule" said the old farmer -ls
what I call a missionary mule an III
tell you why: 1t throwed one man on
his head, an when the mar wuz abie
to be up an about ag'in, he went TO
preachin'; an the last time the sheriff
come to levy on that mule the critter
kicked him cross the county line, whar
they wuz holdin' a campmeetin' an
I'm blest eff the sheriff didn't git relig-
ion an quit runnin' fer of1ce-wtch
wuz uncommon hard to do, seem that
the office habit run In his blood. l tell
you nuthin' in this here worp Is to be
despised, Wen as humble a critter as
a mule kin be a missionary"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
ANCIENT LONDON TOLL GATE.
Link Between Distant Past and Pres
ert Where Travellers Have Paid
Since 1885.

London.-Among curious mementoes
If the past which still adOrn-or, as
some consider, disfigure-the streets OF
he worlds biggest city, are a number
Of ancient toll gates. Some Of these
old barriers date back as far as the
eleventh century, and there is n in
the East end of London which can
trace it's history to the year 1875. This
toll gate still remains, not, of course,
the actual material of the first obstruc-
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
$500 Reward. sloo.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased TO learn
that there IS at least one dreaded disease that science
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure Is the only positive
cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease. requires q ~constitu-
tional Treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken IN
ternally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
Ing nature In doing its work. The proprietoro have
% much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails ia
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
intruder Amono the War Dogs.


Prof. William Lyon Phelps OF Yale
went to West Point last fall to lee
ture. He was lecturing in the chapel,
the cadets were rigidly paying at
tention, erect, eyes front, each mar
a ramrod of military etiquette. An
Irish setter entered the chapel door
and ambled snifingly down the aisle
and up on to the platform. The ca
diets squirmed under the eagle eyes OF
their officers but not a man smiled.
BILLY" noticed the strain. He looked
down at the dog wagging its tail benev-
olently on the rostrum. what!
How's this?" said Prof. Phelps. "A
setter? Why, l expected to see moth
ing but West Pointers up here
Yale Alumni Weekly.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
"coFFEE DOESN'T HURT NE"
Tales That Are Told.

II was one of the kind who wouldn't
believe that coffee was hurting me-"
says a N. Y. woman. you just couldn't
convince me its use was connected
with the heart and stomach trouble l
suffered from most Of the time.
my trouble finally got SO bad I
had to live on milk and toast almost
entirely for three or four years. Still
l loved the coffee and wouldn't believe
It could do such damage.
"What I needed was to quit coffee
and take nourishment in such form as
my stomach could digest.
II had read much about Postum,
but never thought 1t would fit my case
until one day I decided to quit coffee
and give it a trial and make sure about
1t. So I got a package and carefully
followed the directions.
"Soon l began to get better and was
able to eat carefully selected foods
without the aid of pepsin or other d.
gestants and 1t was not long before
was really q new woman physically.
Nov / am healthy and sound, can
eat anything and everything that
comes along and I know this wonder.
full change is all due to my having
quit coffee and got the ~nourishment
needed through this delicious Postum.
"My wonder Is why everyone don't
give up the old coffee and the troubles
that 60 with it and build themselves up
as l have done, with Postum"
Easy to prove by 10 days trial Of
Postum in place Of coffee. The reward
Is big.
There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letters A new
one appears from time to time; They
are genuine, true. and full OF hunian
Interest.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Not Our Discovery,

The Greek, Eratosthenes, 25O B. C.,
taught the doctrine OF the rotundity
OF the earth. and the ideas Of the
sphere, its poles, axis. the equator.
arctic and antarctic circles, equinoc.
tial points andthe solstices were quite
generally entertained by the wise men
of that time. There were plenty Of
men in Rome, therefore, who were
prepared to talk about the earth as =
sphere and to make globes illustrating
their ideas.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Foolish Question.

A New York chap wants to be told
why theater tickets in that city do not
indicate the hour Of the beginning Of
the performance. Should think he
would know. The hour is not men.
toned because nobody is yer on time
at the beginning Of the performance.
What would be the good Of wasting
printers ink?
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Soon after l began taking Doan's Kid.
ney Pills / passed several gravel
stones. l got we'll and the trouble has
not returned. My back Is good and
strong, and my general health is bet.
ter"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

and how to cure
them. Mrs. w. G..
Davis, of Groesbeck.
Texas, says: Back.
aches hurt me so I
could hardly stand.
Spells of dizziness
and sick headaches
were frequent and
the action of the kid.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
When COURAGE Failed.

Duke" said the heiress, eagerly,
did you see father"
"Yes."
"Well?"
1--WE talked about the weather"
what? Lose your nerve againl
Why don't you brace up and talk like
a mana subject of a king on whose
domain the sun never sets!"
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time / was in your fathers Office he
kept grinning at a big painting"
What painting?
1.-THE battle Of Bunker Hill."-Lp
pincott;tSA
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Truly Literary.

Jinks-Harkins doesn't strike me
as literary. Yet he declares that he
never feels SO comfortable as when
he is snugly settled in his library.
Binks-Oh, that's not surprising.
His bookcase is q folding bed
Harper's Weekly.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Woman Is considered the weaker
vessel-and there is an old maxim to
the effect that the weaker the vessel
the thicker the paint.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Natural Obstacles,

Natural Obstacles.
Artist-I will guarantee, sir, t,
paint you a speaking likeness of you,
wife.
Customer-You can't do that.
Artist-Why can't 1?
Observation-Disclosures she's dumb.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
The Easiest Wav.

II wonder if there isn't some way
we can get our assemblyman to advo-
cate good roads,"
"Give him an autO."-BrOoklyn Life.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Do not force yourself to take offensive
land harrful) d%rugs-take Garfield Tea,
Natures Herb laxative; it overcomes con.
stipation, purifies the blood, brings Health!
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

For Headache Try Hicks capudine.
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles. the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It's Li~quid-pleas-
ant to take-Efects Immediately. 10, Is
and Soc at Drug Stores.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Skill to do comes of doing, know.
ledge comes by eyes always open and
working hands, and there IS no know
ledge that is not power.-Emers0n.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Ampiauous.

"WtnA sort of time did you have in
your automobile trip"
Ion, we had a perfectly killing
time!"
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Time is the best test. For over fifty
years Hamlins Wizard Oil has been the
most popular remedy in the United States
for the cure of Rheumatism, Neuralgia
and all pain and Inflammation.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Ask Your Druggist for Allen. Foot.E.,..

II tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
~, and have just bought another supply.
1t has cured my corns, and the hot, burn
ing and itching sensation In my feet which
was almost UNDESIRABLE, and I would not
be without it now.-Mrs. w. ]. Walker,
Camden, N. j." Sold by all Druggists, Csc.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
THE WRETCHES.

Uncle-How is it, young man, that
you failed again in your examination?
Nephew-Why, the wretches asked
me the very same question / could not
answer last year!
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Fifteen cities of the United States
have 100000 population or over.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
AlLING w EN-.
Keep the Kidneys Well and the Kid.
neys Will Keep You Well.

Sick, suffering, languid women are
learning the true cause of bad backs
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
GENEROUS.

Clarence Dubb-May I have this
dance, Miss Sharply?
Miss Sharply-Certainly! don't
want it!
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
new WHITE HOUSE DOCTOR.
Col. Guy L. Eide, Who Will Look At.
er Presidents Health, Well
Known in Profession.

Washington.-Col. Guy L. Edie, U.
S. A., special physician to President
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24
Red. Weak. weary. watery Ey

Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con-
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists.
The habit of viewing things cheer.
fully, and of thinking about life hope
fully, may be made to grow up in US
like any other habit.-Smiles.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

He who is buried in thought lodges
the undertaken.
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens tho gulas, reduces In
nammation, allsys pain, cures wind collie. 25cs bottle
Lower coast gazette., 1909-04-24

In point Of geographical elevation
Madrid is the highest city Of Europe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30
THE CAUSES OF INDIAN POVERTY.

The wanton murder Of Sir William Wyllie and
the prompt execution of bis murderer. who ap-
pears 70 have been the drug crazed tool of other
malignant conspirH tors. have serve 10 draw re-
newed attention 10 the condition of British
India and the real grievances Of its inhabitants
That they have some reel and serious causes OF
complaint is not TO he disputed, while on the
other hand it is difficult to perceive how any I'M
BIASED and well informed student OF Indian af.
fairs can conclude otherwise than that their
woes are largely self-imposed and that the means
of relief for which the most noisy md conspi cuous
agitators are clamoring would II granted prove
not only inadequate and inefficient but actually
mischievous. India is beyond doubt naturally
one of the most productive, and therefore no
tentisily richest. countries on the globe IL is
also practically for the great mass Of the people
one Of the poorest. That is 10 say. il is one Of
the countries in which the margin between feed
ing and starvation. between life and death, Is
narrowest.
This contrast should not exist but il does. and
the causes of il are not difficult 10 discern The
chief immediate cause lies in the industrial sys-
TEN of the country, 10 which the peopIe seem to
be inseparably welded by the lingering Influence
Of caste. Capitalism. which is the dominant in
dustrial factor in other lands. is almost unknown
In India. and is organization. Each man
works independently for himself He incurs the
risks OF his trade. and makes its profits or suf-
fers lis losses. The vast majority of Indian
artisans. that is 10 say, are in almost precisely
the same stage of industrial DEVELOPMENT or
lack Of Development which those of Great
Britain were in century and half ago before
the rise Of capitalism and the factory system.
And, of course, they are in competition on every
hand with countries in which organization has
reached high degree OF efficiency. They are
multitude OF separate individuals each acting
ON his own Initiative. arrayed against an eouaI
multitude organized into disciplined army and
acting IN concert under common direction
That, we have said, is the chief Immediate
cause Of Indian poverty. But back of il lies
the cause or That cause. TO wit, the deficient or
perverted education of the people Most Indian
artisans know nothing OF their trades but what
they have learned from their fathers or from
the narrow guilds 10 which they belong. Tbev
cannot read, and therefore cannot learn more
from books and papers. They cannot travel and
therefore cannot learn by observation Of their
/ fellow workers In other places. As for those
who, in increasing numbers. do seek and soauire
education they are no better off il as well for
Instead of learning technical industries they see,
purely academic education which will III then,
/ Tor entrance 70 the already overcrowded nrofes
slons or 10 the equally overcrowded civil SER
vice. If only nine-tenths of the ..bahus-
who Try 10 act and talk as though they were
tnglishmen bad been content to remain trua
Indians ard 10 have acquired the technical edu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30

consequent perpetuity OF the forests. That Is the
wise principle which needs 70 be generally ap-
piled TO all resources which are capable of per-
petuafion. AS for those which are inevitably to
he exhausted. ell that can be done is 10 make
the process OF exhaustion as slow as possible by
avoiding all possible waste. Years ago our coal
deposits were bosstingly spoken of as mex
hsustihie. and millions of tons were wasted out
right. Now the date of their exhaustion is with
in caiculable distance, and thoughts of care and
economy are aroused.
This congress and other such gatherings and
writings The subject will perform an ines
timahly valuable service if they Undue tie nation
generally with a rss ization Of the practical
utility and profit of economical methods I'm the
present time and with realization Of the i'm
morality which there is in wasting resources so
SIS 10 deprive future generations Of q natural
Inheritance which belongs TO them as much as
70 us. The endowments OF nature are not 10 he
squandered. but used not by and for few,
hut for sll the people and not for a short space.
but for all time. The results of neglect Of those
principles are stamped indelibly upon lands
where decay has dried up realms to deserts"
IL will be 10 our great credit if we successfully
set the better example before the world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30
10TH STREETS COMPLIMENTS TO 18TH.

Some people are never satisfied We have il
on the authority of members of that organlza-
tion-and who should know better than they
that the rule OF Tammany is benefcent, and
that it is powerful because Il is human" The
Republican Club however is critical Appar-
emily that body doesn't sympathize with the
deep humanity Of Tammany. II has frequently
taken occasion 10 find fault with the operations
Of the dominant political organization Of New
York County. Perhaps II has noted the fire.
quency with which property owned by good
friends OF the Wigwam has been found available
for public purposes. and how it's value has been
enhanced when such availability became appar-
emit Not content with these merely local OBJ
sertations however. the captious critics from
the Republican Club have turned their attention
To matters outside the city limits but in which
the people OF New York generally and the tax
payers in particular are presumed TO take an
interest
Notwithstanding the prevalence of liquid re-
fTeshment parlors in the CITY, many Of them CON
trolled by local Tsmmsny statesmen the city has
found il necessary 10 go up the state for further
additions TO the water supply. And il Is 10 this
that the reader of Pamphlet No. Of the Repub-
lican Club will find his attention directed. Not
realizing that Tammany man serving the pub
lie can't be expected TO do so for nothing the
suggestion is made that the cost of acquiring
land should not approach so nearly the actual
price paid for II. especially when II is remem-
bered that many land owners whose property will
not be affected by the new reservoir would be
glad to have the prices paid by the city made
the standard of values for farm lands in that
locality.
IL appears that up 10 date about 50 100000 has
been expended in the purchase OF land i'm the
Catskills and Of this sum 81. 303.3O9 aud some
odd cents went for the land itself while the
tidy fortune of Ss96,69O and the remaining odd
cents went for the expenses of making the pur-
chase. An instance of the generosity of the
purchasers is also cited. As compensation for
strip of about ten acres through a farm the
city paid S1,42I an acre, although the owner,
with tears in his eyes. probably insisted that he
was practically giving IL away at that price and
that planted In strawberries used as a chicken
ranch IL could be made far more valuable TO the
proprietor After the award had been confirmed
he sold the remainder of the tract utterly
ruined, no doubt, by the tramping OF the sur
yeyors over IL and the deliberations of the con-
demnation commissioners upon it. for few cents
above S2s an acre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30

cation necessary for industrial and commercial
leadership among their own people, India would
to-day be far better off than it is.
What is needed 10 cure Indian poverty is that
the Indian people should be edusated in the in
dustrial arts and sciences. should organize them
selves and their industries in the manner of
other lands. and secure for themselves the adj
vautages Of combined capital and manufactures
organized on wholesale plan. Cottage industry
was once good. but to-day il is a hopeless
anachronism. \ dozen men in a power factory
to-day can do the work Of hundred or Il thou
sand toiling at hand looms. The problem of
India is not Of politics. 1t is one of instruc-
ton and of the better direction of the industrial
potentiality Of the people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-30
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. MONDAY. AUGUST 80. 1909.

where. That Is to say, there Is reciprocity IN
commerce. and there is also reciprocity in prohts
ard advantages. Such results are highly gratify-
ing. and provoke only the regrets that the treaty
was not more promptly made and that It's terms
were not more generous and more general
There We're and are special reasons for reel
procty between this country and Cuba which
do not apply. or AT least not in nearly so great
II measure. 10 our trade with other Latin-Ameri-
can countries. But there is opportunity. through
the exercise Of tact. discretion and enterprise,
for similar increase of our trade with them.
IL will he an easy exercise IN statistics TO COM
pute what it would mean in commercial profits
for our sales 10 Central and South America to
be doubled in the next four years. though we
must leave TO ina gination. which is not likely
20 be exaggerated the political and other benefits
which would accrue from such an achievement.