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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-03-23
NATURE TELLS YOU
As Many a Wenatchee Reader Knows
Too Wen.

As Many a Wenatchee Reader Knows
Too Wen.
When the kidneys are sick,
Nature tells you all about it.
The urine is natures calendar.
Infrequent or too frequent action;
Any urinary trouble tells of kidney
ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure all kid
ney Ills.
People in this vicinity testify to
this.
A. H. Kay, blacksmith, w. Fourth
street, Ellensburg, Wash, says:
ANYONE who follows my occupation
for any length of time is almost sure
to have backache sooner or later
Last summer I was taken with an
acute attack of this trouble and 1t
chung to me for a month or more.
happened to read about Doan's Kid
ney Pills and although I had but lit
tie faith in this remedy, I began its
use. To my great surprise received
relief after the first few doses. Doan's
Kidney Pills went directly to the seat
of the disease and have not had an
attack of backache since"
For sale by all dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
N. Y, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
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HolU Lincoln Was Reelected

siderably more than double that sum
would be required to re-elect their can.
dfdates. To whom should be allotted
the herculean task of obtaining IL
immense sum?
1T was at this trying moment that
the name of Harry Vanderbilt was
suggested as that of a man who knew
many prominent men In the money
centers. Who put forward his name
Mr.. Vanderbilt never learned, but i'm.
mediately thereafter he was asked to
undertake the raising of the campaign
fund. and. with characteristic mod
esty. he replied that he would do his
best to get together the badly needed
funds.
Quietly. and with his mission
Known to only few. Mr.. Vanderbilt
began the task Of trying to raise at
least two hundred thousand dollars.
and as much as three hundred thou.
sand dollars II possible. The first city
that he visited, as now remember II.
was Boston. There he made personal
appeals to men of wealth who were
OF the Republican party. and at last
secured from them. either in actual
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Already Planned.

There were few persons who knew
the Locke family even in a casual
way who had not discovered that Mrs.
Locke was In the habit of nagging her
husband and children. She loved
them dearly, but at times nobody
would have surmised 1t.
What did Mr.. Locke say when he
found himself safe after those hours
of danger?" some one asked a friend
who had been in company with Mr..
Locke on an ocean steamer which met
with an accident in mid-AtIantfc. He
never says the ordinary thing"
NO." said the friend, with a dry
smile. "he didn't that time. said
to him, James. we ought to make
something more of our lives from
having them spared to us in this way
for ! felt pretty solemn, can tell you.
I've no doubt James did. too, but what
he said was. William, a good share of
the rest Of my life will be spent in
explaining to Theodore how I hap
pened to choose that steamer when
there were dozens of others that
reached home without any accident
Youths Companion.
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reverse numerical order and the Treasurer
shall notify the bondholders thereof by an
| advertisement in one of the papers published
in the City of New Orleans and one pub
lished in the. City of New York. at least
sixty sixty days prior to the day on which the
and denomination of said bonds; and il said
| bonds are not presented for payment at such
| time, then the interest shall cease thereon.
The dissolution and liquidation OF the
Worlds Panama Exposition Company shall
not IN any manner affect the validity of the
bonds herein authorized to be issued by said
corporation or the collection of the tax levied
by this Constitutional amendment or by that
proposed by Act No. Two of 1910 as afore-
This amendment to the Constitution shall
prevail over all other provisions of the Con-
stitution of the State Of Louisiana. as well
as any proposed amendment to the Constitn-
tion to be voted on at the coming election
to be held on Tuesday next following the
first Monday in November. 1910. which may
directly or indirectly conflict herewith. ara
shall be deemed supplemental to the amend
ment proposed by Act. No. Two f2) of the
Acts OF the regular session of the General
Assembly of the State of Louisiana for the
year 1910, and In case of conflict Herewith
the provisions of this amendment shall pre-
vail and this amendment shall be in force
and erect only in the event the said proposed
amendment submitted for ratification by Act
No Two p of the Acts of the regular SEES
sion of the General Assembly of 1910 is
election to be held on Tuesday next follow.
ing. the first Monday in November 1910, and
IS declared 10 De seif-executing and to confer
directly the authority herein granted without
an enabling act of the Legislature
Section 2. Be it further resolved etc.
That the official ballot to be used at the
said election shall have printed thereon the
words:
For the proposed amendment to the Con
stitution of the State of Louisiana author
lang an issue of bonds by the Worto g
Panama Exposition Company and the levyil,
o. q further tax in the City of New Orfesns,
al! in further aid of the exposition cele
brating the opening of the Panama Canal -
and the words, Against the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the Stat, OF
Louisiana, authorizing issue of bonds by
the Worlds Panama Exposition Comm INV and
the levying OF further tax in the City of
New Orleans, all in further aid of the expo
sition celebrating the opening of the Panama
Can3l and eaci eiector shalt indi cate. as
provided in the general election laws Of the
State whether he votes for or against the
proposed amendment.
p. NJ. LAMBREMoNr.
Lieutenant Governor and President OF the
Senate.
II. G.. DUPRE.
Speaker OF the House of Representatives
Approved: august 10. 1910.
J. Y. SANDERS
Governor of the State of Louis,S,a
true copy:
John +. MICHEL.
Secretary Of State.
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FAuLTFINDING AS A SAUCE
Restaurant Patron Explains How Call.
Ing Down the Walter Makes the
Fare Enjoyable.

There are two sides to the restau
rant fare complaint. as evidenced by
this incident. that happened when two
brothers, bachelors, met here the 9th.
or day and celebrated their reunion
with dinner. runs a story in the Kan.
sas City Times.
II wish we could have this meeting
back home, where We could eat things
that mother cooked" said John.
Eyes. It would be NICE" said Jim.
But l would not want to try 1t
long"
Why. Jim, what do you mean?" said
John. Mother was the best cook
In the township. Her blackberry jam
took first prize at the country fair"
Il know all about that" said Jim. Il
remember when the other kids at
school used to steal our cinnamon
rolls. The preacher used to visit US
svery week just to have a chance at
her fried mush That's just the trou-
ole; it's too good. 1t was all right
when we were kids. but Just now what
would we do for appetizers??
Il never feel as though I have had
enough until give the waiter CALI
ing down. You're Just the same. Do
you think you could enjoy a meal now
without knocking on the way the
things were cooked? visited down
home last summer. thought would
stay six weeks just to get chance to
eat mothers things again. You know
yourself that faxed up a telegram
calling me away after four days. I
was getting indigestion. At the first
breakfast we had wafles and maple
strip. The finest you ever saw. But
! nearly choked over them just be
cause could not say anything about
heir tasting like flannel. Every other
meal was like the first. When the
cherry pies came at dinner time 4
ionged to say something about their
being punk. I could not say a word
about the butter outranking Gen. Leon.
ard Wood. | could not accuse the
spring chicken of being bantam roost.
or fifteen years old.
You may think you are having a
hard time. but just go back home and
try 1t for awhile. You will soon sigh
for the good old waiter back in the
city whom you can sccld and then
heal his wounded dignity with a quar-
ter"
Jim's speech was interrupted by the |
appearance of the waiter bringing the |
dinner. John thrust his fork In the |
steak. 1t felt tender under fork. but |
just the same he looked savagely at |
the waiter and snarled: II ordered |
porterhouse steak. not sole leather"
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cash or pledges. $1,000. Next he can
vassed Philadelphia. where he also
secured q large sum. then New York
and several other cities. In none wac
his mission known to or even sus-
pected by any one ON whom he did
not call; and in this manner he at
last got together fund that totaledR
close on to three hundred thousand
dollars. to the great delight and relief
of the national committee. Then.
having been assured by those in the
secret that he had performed a great
service in behalf Of the Union, Mr..
Vanderbilt went back to his duties an
appointment clerk In the treasury do
partment.
Just how Mr.. Vanderbilt induced
the men he visited to contribute to
the campaign fund. no one ever knew
exactly" added Mr.. Jayne. IAN any
one ever learned from him was that
he made personal appeals. He never
boasted about the important part he
played in making possible the re-elec-
ton of Abraham Lincoln. am one
of the very few men with whom Harry
Vanderbilt ever talked about this feat
OF his; and l am certain that am
the only one now living who knows
personally that 1t was he who raised
the Lincoln campaign fund Of 1864"
Copyright. 1910. by K. j. Edwards,
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The Parishes of Washington and ST. Tam
trict.
The Parishes of Ascension, ST. James anS
Assumption shall compose the twenty seventh
district.
The Parishes of ST. John the Baptist, St
Charles and Jefferson shall compose thu
twenty eighth district.
The Parishes of st. Bernard and Plaque
mines shall compose the twenty ninth dis
trict.
The Parishes of Caldwell and La Sale
shall compose the thirtieth district
The Judges of the several districts as
herein provided for, shall each receive the
salary of Three Thousand Dollars, payable
monthly on his own warrant, provided the Gen
eraf Assembly of the State of Louisiana may
in their discretion. redistrict the judicial dis
tricts provided for in this Article
Provided that in no case shall the Dis
trict Judge receive q salary of more than
Three Thousand Dollars.
Provided further that this Act shall take
effect from and after January 1. 1912
p. NJ. LAMBREMONT
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
H. G. DUPRE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Approved: July T. 1910.
j. Y. SANDERS,
Governor of the State OF Louisiana.
true copy:
JOHN 4. MICHEL
Secretary OF State.
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Harry Vanderbilt Obtained Nearly
100000 to Pay for the Campaign
by Personal Appeals to
Wealthy Men In the East.

AS a remarkable instance of how
1t Is possible for man to accomplish
work regarded at the time as oil
supreme importance and still remain
In comparative obscurity, the case
OF Harry Vanderbilt, a nephew OF
Commodore Vanderbilt, who died re
Gently in New York city, at a green
old age after making a fortune for
himself as manufacturer, is of es-
pecial interest. For this Vanderbilt,
on the authority OF his lifelong friend.
b. j. Jayne, who earned a name and
fortune for himself in the seven
ties by uncovering a nest of great
customs frauds. should be accredited
with the honor of having made 1t pos
sible for Abraham Lincoln to secure
his reelection to the presidency in
1864.
For some years prior to the out
break of the Civil war;" said Mr..
Jayne. who is now almost eighty
years of age, Harry Vanderbilt held
a responsible position In he Ports
mouth (New Hampshire) navy yard;
but when Salmon p. Chase became
Lincoln's first secretary of the trees
ury, Mr.. Vanderbilt went to that de-
partment as appointment clerk, re-
naming there for more than ten
years. or until the middle of Grants
administration. It was during Lin
coins first administration that sar.
Vanderbilt's ability as a trusted DO
litical worker was discovered and
proved on several. occasions by the
party chiefs.
1T is well known that, following
Lincoln's denomination. the party
leaders in charge of the campaign
greatly feared that Mr.. Lincoln wouiI
fail of reelection on account OF the
inability Of the national committee
TO obtain funds sufficient to carry or
thorough and aggressive campaign.
Il was at very anxious period of the
war. The drain on the resources of
The nation had been exhausting and
10 immediate relief was in sight. |
Taxation had reached what appeared
% be the limit of safety aid all de- !
hands for money for political pur-
'oses were met by sullenness or alb |
'olute refusal.
The national committee seemed to
'e powerless to find way out of the |
situation. Its chair
nan. Henry j. Raymond, the dfstin-
uished newspaper editor, was not an
dept in the art of raising campaign
unds. and he had a profound distaste
or ordinary political methods of get
Ing money for campaign purposes
iov. e. d. Morgan of New York, his
PREDECESSOR in the national chairman
hip. had collected upward of hun
red thousand dollars to conduct Lin
oln's first campaign, but it was es-
mated by tie party leaders that con-
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Lecture Beecher Forgot About

lessor was sent to the hotel where
MI. Beecher usually stopped, to get
trace of the missing lecturer. II DOS
sible.
Yes. Mr.. Beecher was stopping at
the hotel. the clerk informed the pro-
lessor. who thereupon fastened to
Mr. Beecher's room, knocked upon the
door and was told to come In, which
he did at once. But before he could
frame even a how do you do" Mr..
beecher. spying him, let. out an
astonished I declared followed 1t up
by hastily pulling out his watch and
looking at it, and exclaiming in dis
may. Why. it's going to four, and you
nave been waiting for me all this time
at the divinity school,
"Hc grabbed for his hat. Then. an
he was reaching for his overcoat. he
turned on the professor with quaint
smile,
"'Oh. WE'LL he said, I might az
well make full confession. When
left my home in Brooklyn this morn
ing bought copies of two or three
morning newspapers. There was
something in them that interested me
greatly, and intended to read all
about 1t on my way to this city. But
after got seated In the train a friend
came along. | shared my seat with
MIN, and he talked to me all the way
here. SO that I did not have an on
portunity to read my papers. But as
soon as got to the hotel saw that
| would have an hour Of leisure before
the lecture began, so slipped up here
and began reading-and. do you know.
found the reports of the event so
graphic that l actually forgot all about
the lecture. It's in the Anglo-Saxou
blood to. be interested In such m
event, doctor was reading about
the Suilivan-Ryan fight which took
place yesterday down in Mississippi
For moment or two Mr.. Beecher
looked the professor of divinity
squarely in the eye. Then he reached
over and dug that gentleman In the
RIBS. And now that have made nv
concession he said, laughing. I'm 60
ing to say something to you. would
De willing to wager that you yourself
read the report of that battle witk
pare knuckles this morning before
you went to the divinity school,
Well. Mr.. Beecher.' replied the
professor, I might as well confess
too. ! did get up little earlier than
usual this morning and go to the front
door for the morning paper. It hadn't
come. so actually waited at the doc,
until the boy brought it. Then sat
down and read the report Of the fight
before breakfast
Mr.. Beecher beamed on his com.
panion in wickedness. Come he
said, and linked arms with the other
And that shameless professor after
wards told me that the lecture which
Mr.. Beecher delivered a little late,
vas the best he ever heard that gift
ID orator make on any platform"
Copyright. 1910. by E. J. Edwards,
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7lUeed's Methods in Business

to put price upon his twenty acres
Tweed. In fact, was insistent that Mr.
Mead should do so. but the merchant
as steadily insisted that his place was
not for sale.
But you will sell If you can get
your price. won't you?" Tweed finally
asked. You will certainly sell the
property for Tweed price?"
What do you mean by q Tweed
price?" asked Mr.. Mead.
Why" was the reply, "a price that
Tweed will be willing to pay"
Mr.. Mead laughed. well, would
sell that twenty-acre lot for $55. 900. :"
he said. still laughing. That is $2,75O
an acre. You would not be willing to
pay that for it,"
Instantly lived turned to the sta.
ton agent. Look here" he said. lend
me pen and ink. win your" At the
same time he pulled out check book.
opened it. seized the proffered ink and
pen, wrote out a check for $4,000 on
the little shelf before the ticket agents
window and handed 1t to the aston.
ished and nonplussed Mr.. Mead. Nov
that I have paid you. Mr.. Mead" he
said. you can send me the warranty
deed at your convenience"
A high value upon the property at
that time would have been $500 an
acre. Today high value upon 1t
would probably be thousand dollars
an acr'. almost two-thirds less an acre
than Tweed paid in the heyday of his
Copyright. 1910. by e. J. Edwards.)
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Newspaper Accounts Of the Sullivan
Ryan Prize Fight Caused the
Preacher to BE Late for En-
aagement at Divinity School.

The well nigh universal interest
that was being taken In q certain event
scheduled to take place In San Fran
cisco on July has served to remind
me of the lecture that great and pow.
erful preacher. Henry Ward Beecher,
forgot all about. Ny authority for the
anecdote, which reveals one side of
the abundant human nature which
was SO characteristic of Mr.. Beecher,
is the late Prof. Johnson T. Platt of
the Yale Law school.
Mr.. Beecher was always favorite
lecturer at Yale, before the divinity
school," said Professor Plat. "You
may recall that he delivered several
series of lectures on the Lyman
Beecher foundation. named after his
father, and at other times he also lee
tured before the school.
We'll, on the afternoon of the par
ticular Beecher lecture l have in mind
the hall was packed to the doors with
students and others eager to hear
him. The hour set for the beginning
of the lecture was three O'Clock, but
when 1t arrived there appeared no
Henry Ward Beecher. to the mild
surprise of the professors in charge,
Tor hitherto Mr.. Beecher had never
been tardy in appearing in the hall.
But when it got to be nearly half after
three and still no Beecher, the sur
prise and CONSERVATION were great.
and. after hasty consultation. a pro-
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illustrated by the ImpuIsive Manner In
Which the "Boss" Bought Some
Property He Wanted to Add
to Country Estate.

When William NJ Tweed, who is no
orious in the history of American graf
as Boss" Tweed. was at the height
Of his power. In New York city-when
In other words, the metropolis Of the
New World practically ate out Of his
hand-ho lived the greater part of the
year not In the city that he and his
ring were robbing right and left. but in
the town of Greenwich. Conn.
There Tweed bought farm In 1865.
1t is now the country home of Mrs. A.
A. Anderson, who is well known
throughout the country as a woman of
great philanthropy. In the farm as 1t
was when Tweed bought it there were
forty acres, and upon the place Tweed
began at once to spend a large amount
OF money. The barn which he built
cost $4,000, large sum for such q
building in those days. and it gained
national notoriety.
About five years later Tweed decided
that he would like to secure an adjoin-
ing piece of property and add 1t to his
Souutiy uOIuc. us WdB trdCl Oh
twenty acres owned by the late Fred
erick Mead, who in his time was a
prominent merchant and banker in
New York city. Tweed was very anx-
ious to obtain possession of Mr. Mead's
acres because he felt that they would
round out and complete his own place.
Whatever else may be said to Tweed's
dishonor, this must be said In his IA
vor-he was a man Of good deal of
artistic taste and had keen eye for
natural beauty.
What will you sell that twenty-acre
tract for?" Tweed said to Mr.. Mead
one day.
Il don't think l want to sell It at
all, was the reply.
Well" said Tweed, think it over,
and II you can decide upon q price let
me know"
Several weeks later Tweed. meeting
Mr.. Mead at the Greenwich railroad
station a. they both were on their way
10 New York city, pressed the latter |
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PIowman pIods His Weary wav.

To turn a single acre of ground
with 12-inch plow requires 81
miles of heavy furrow travel a writer
In the Worlds Work says. In pillow.
ing one square mile of land the soil
tary plowman and his horses must
walk $3.50 miles. 1t would be easier
land the distance is less) to walk
around the earth at the equator (if
there were no ocean, than to follow a
piow turning a prairie of five square
miles. To equal our national tale of
plowing--the work of myriads of
teams. each using force sufficient to
move seven tons over a good stone
road-it would take an army of 1850
plowmen to travel as far as from the
earth to the moon and back again.
For the worlds yearly labor of this
Kind 1t would send about 10000 men
on that same 5oo.oo0-mile journey.
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Studying sIrd .iabit..

Whether birds. especially migrator,
ones. return to the same nests ves,
after year Is question of much in
terest to the naturalist Swallows that
summer In England do not white,
north OF Africa. but an observer at
Hien Halden, Kent. England. has re-
corded that one returned on April 1;
to a nest It occupied last year. II
was recosnized by ring placed on II.
leg May 8. 1909.
To gain better knowledge Of hire
habits more than 1000 British birds
were last year marked with inscrfbeS
aluminium rings, and twice as man,
more win be similarly tagged this
year.
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India Punch.

Make an orange strip, using one
cupfui of water and sugar. two oranges
and two lemons. When very cold ada
one pint cold India tea and one cunfuI
OF fruit juice fuse the Juice from a can
OF fruit, such as cherries, raspberries
etc.,, and then water enough 70 make
two quarts in all. -
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Cure for Sleeping Sickness.

A new treatment for the sleeping
sickness is called the cold cure. and
requires a refrigerator with a hos
pital ward installed in 1t. The room
is painted white. devoid OF carpet, but
made comfortable with table, deck
chair and an electric light. The pa
tent who submits to the treatment
sits for hours at time In the ward
which is kept at a temperature Of
from 10 to 20 degrees below freezing
point. The rom Is IL feet by 8 feet
and has double wooden walls, the
space between being packed with cot
ton.-Popular Mechanics.