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InfIanled Kidneys

Medical writer's declare II incura BILE
after the sixth month whether albu-
menous or not
of 1t as Kidney trouble" and lets IL
go but the census shows this appalling
fact-out OF $4,000 deaths from kid
ney troubles the last census year over
nine-tenths OF them (5S,000) took the
form called ''Bright's Disease" al
though 1t is quite probable that nine
tenths of these up to the last mo-
ment thought OF II as and called II
Kidney trouble" when as a matter
OF fact the only possible hope laid
through a specific for Bright's disease.
There never was one until Fulton
worked out his Renal emollient (Ful-
tons Renal Compound.)
Since then inflammation of the kid
neys. whether albumenous or not or
whether called kidney trouble" or
"Brights disease" or whether six
months or six years old commonly
yields
II you have had kidney trouble over
six months no matter what you call
1t, II is the only hope. Efficiency 81
per cont where patients do not wait
until bedridden although some OF
them recover. II can be had In Salt
Lake City at Schramm j ohnson Drug
Co.
We desire TO hear from and advise
with patients not noting the usual
Improvement by the third bottle.
Literature mailed free. Write John
]. Fulton Co, 212 First ST.. San Fran
cisco, Cal
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ITS unity can be found than these beau
tlful rooms"
Although "a Certain Rich Man" Is
william Allen Whites first sustained
work OF fiction, he was well known as a
writer of short stories before the pub
ncatlon of the novel which has been
so successful this year. Two volumes
OF his stories. 'Stratagems and Spoils,"
ana The Real Issue" come from the
Macmillan company this week, Dec. 1,
Both arc new editions of books which,
In another form, have already won sue
cess. Mr.. White knows the people and
country of which he writes. he under
stands and can express the spirit OF
American democracy. OF all our novel
lists and story-tellers, Mr. White is the
most national.
Writing In the Harper's, M. Moore
Morgan describes the manner in which
the American flag obtained its name
"Old Glory" The naming was spon-
taneous, shouted out by Capt. William
Driver, when his vessel, the Charles
Doggett, was presented with a new flag
on his return to Salem in 1881. Capt.
Driver always kept his flag in his
camphor-wood sea-chest, which had ac-
companied him in all his voyages
around the world" says the author.
During the Civil war. the captain was
living in Nashville. Tenn, and many
attempts were made by Confederates to
destroy "Old Glory" but the hiding
place was never discovered 1t was
sewed into quilt. and remained there
untf 1.-THE Federals captured the city,
when the old man climbed the capitol
dome and hoisted it. The flag now In
Essex institute at Salem, Mass, which
is claimed to be the original "Old
Glory" Is stated to be substitute put
forth by the captain for the better pro-
tectio7 of the original. "It is expected
that Mrs. Roland the captains daugh-
teri will present Old Glory to the His
torical Association OF Tennessee. and
together they will again be united In
the city where sleeps the old sea-cap-
tain"
Messrs. Little. Brown G Company an
nounce new editions of three of their
fall juveniles, just published. Girls OF
by Eta Anthony Baker;
"Wigwam Evenings" by Charles A.
and Betty Baird's Golden
Year" by Anna Hanlin weikel-which
would indicate that the girls of the
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NOTES

Next spring Edgar Selwyn will play
In "The Scarecrow." Percy MacKaye's 5
play Of New England life In the latter
part Of the Seventeenth Century. There
have been three recent performances +
The Scarecrow. two at Boston and
one at Cambridge. So successful have
these been that II. B. Harris. the
theatrical manager. secured the play
at once for Mr.. Selwyn's coming season.
AS Mr. Macl<aye says in the preface
The Scarecrow" is in a certain sense
based upon Nathaniel Hawthornc's s
fantasy. "Feathertop." but it is by no
means true TO say that the play is a
ufamatization of this little story.
AT the same time that his play has
been winning so much praise, Mr.. Mac
hayes new volume OF poems has at
tracted much attention AS the re-
Viewer In the Boston Transcript says:
BOOKS of poetry on verse are plentiful
IN these days, cut few of them have
The meanlngful vigor, the present In
sight, the compelling interest. the vivid
imagination. that Mr.. MacKaye mas
united in his first collection" The new
volume contains number of poems on
wlcely different subjects. ranging from
'Tconderoga." read on the occasion OF
the recent celebration on Lake Cham
plain, to seven lines of significant hu-
NOR on the katy-did.
Some OF the treasures of the new Mu-
scum of Fine Arts In Boston are re-
counted by Walter Pach in Harper's.
What Is important for the rest of
American, and even for Europe to
Know" he says, '"is that these grand
things are really here; marble of :he
golden age of Greece( stnupendous Gre
atlons Of Egypt. the life and art of that
wonderful East, whose message we are
beginning to understand. There are
some cases OF Persian water-colors-a
revelation, to be studied and fingered
over till the strangeness of them Is no
longer strange. and our lives are en-
riched by their art. There are por-
celains and potterics from the Persiuns
and from the Arabs, things of amazing
beauty, and seen here in a proportion.
that many an Old World museum
might envy. Nothing more conducive
to broad view of the human race and
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as dangerous and wicked and dam
nable. he was compelled to withdraw IL.
Such Is the case. There arc grossly
prurlent. and morbidy tlmld people,
who might haply be hurt. and with
these the world is well-stocked :"
Yet 40 years after R. L. Stevenson
SAID thot tho wonderful love scene be-
tween Richard and Lucy was the most
oeRntiiul love passage In the whole
range of English fiction, and one which
shouid be Reprinted and given to all
true lovers.
FOR YOUNG GIRLS ONLY.
Robert Hichens. who is winterlng In
Rome. writes that there seems a keen
desire on the part of many people that
no books should be published that arc
not specially adapted to the minds OF
very young iris, II the English
nation Is really anxious TO be protected
from those playwrights and novelists
VINO care for truth. look life In the
and wonderland even, perhaps. very
young girls-aS they really are. I sup
pose 1t is useless to protest DISLIKE
immoral books and do not wish them
TO be published But many moral
books, which 1 am glad have been
published and widely read, contain
passages which no very young girl
is the very young girl to dominate
the intellectual world in England?"
POETS LOVE LETTERS.
AT the beginning of the New Year
q mystery regarding Alfred de Mussct
VIII be revealed There is in the ma
tional library of France a little Iron
oox containing love letters from the
poet to an unknown woman. letters
that are said to be the most beautiful
the most passionate of his writings
These letters came to the national
library in curiously romantic way,
Thirty years ago NJ. Jules Troubat was
librarian In Compiegne castle. In this
historic old town, which has changed
wonderfully little since 1t was the
headquarters Of the Scottish archcrs of
Louis EI, an old lady lived among the
memories of the past. De Musset had
been dead for 25 years when this old
lady. who loved him and remembered
him as II she had known him ycster-
day. told her friend Troubat that she
was going to destroy his letters. He
persuaded her not to do so. '"They
belong" he said, Ito the literature Of
our country"
She at last consented to hand over
the letters, on two conditions; her
namo was TO be deleted. and they were
to be kept sealed up for so years When
Troubat died. he left them to the ma
tlonal library with the provision that
they should not see the light until 1910
Next month this literary treasure will
be Solemnly opened by the governor
of the library In the presence of tho
secretary of state for the fine arts
CHARLES OGDENS.
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through fear than through tempta-
.,on' more have fallen into treachcry
ana shame through fear than through
an the desires and passions of the
heart. And yet one may be rid of fcor
wltnout special clcvcrness or skill OF
salntiiness-only by applying Will A
man cannot VIII not to suffer. or want,
or ole, but he can will not To be afraid
BeIief. submission, and loye-thesa
may not be In each mans reach. but
courage Is None so aiIlng, so anxious.
o,, ,ueSpera'e' but he can rcpudiate
self-pity and shake off fear boI6 nn
his head and make strong his hcart
he may Will a million dollars and go
penniless. but when he wills endur
ance. 10! 1t is there,
And once one has faced suffering
couraEeously. strength pours In on
every side. The ruddy sun that warns
man. the stars that watch his slcep.
encourage him. The triumphant
winds that sweep down from the SKI
the glad. bright sea that buffets him
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llashes salt and terrible laughter. All
tne elemental powers. the forests and
the very stones of the mountains conn
municatc patient endurance. Always
life Itself can impart strength to en-
counter life. Who has not. in his
daily walk. been fortified by the
patient Kindness of some shop woman:
the delicate, hard-carned mirth OF n
lonely widow. the warm. bright self
ior%etfulnoss of the oroken- aeariec,y
And of the rarer and divlner mani
ieStations who saall sneak? or tho
oVerworkcd ana ov5: ourdcned VINO
gayly pick up all their klndred's and
Their neighbor's burdens to add to
their own, OF those under sentence of
death who smile along their uncom-
planning way; of tie weary and the
needy who passionateIV give up their
lives to some ideal of liberty or devo-
tion. Unknowing. such carry strength
In the very folds OF their garments as
we brush them by in the street.
HaTper'S
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Purity In Fiction" Cry Has
Aroused ENGLISH Authors
London Literary Letter
Especial Correspondence }

Especial Correspondence
7 ONDON, jan. 5.-Since the IL
brarians mounted that high
hobby-horse OF theirs which they
call Purity in Fiction, the au-
thors are In a huff. From the press
one learns that novelists are pernicious
and that librarians are prudish Tho
time is imminent, It is declared. when
authors Will be compelled to write
knowing that their livellhoods and
their regulations are at the mercy OF
a dozen bcwildered tradesmen reading
for dear life at the rate OF a dozen
books a week.
William De Morgan Is among the
first to protest against the assumption
on the part of the librarians of power
of detraction without mourning the re-
sponsibillties of libel He has ex-
pressed to his publisher the wish that
under no circumstances shall any book
of his be submitted to the librarians
before publication. BY the way. with
reference to De Morgan's latest novel
ut Never Can Happen Again." which
was recently boycotted by the llbrari-
ans because Issued In two volume FORM
tile puDIiSHcI IL 10 nuTnOT the W0lm Dt
the Librarians by getting out special
one volume edition.
$50 long as any one can buy 1000
of my words for six cents" says De
Morgan. II do not care whether they
have them In two volumes or In one
volume. No one can say I am giving
short measure"
JOHN LANE ALARMED.
To return to the censorship which
the circulating libraries propose to In
stltute with regard to new books. John
Lane says.
"The more I think of the new censor
ship In fiction the more I am alarmed
at the future of imaginative literature
in this country. or course. I may be
wrong, for 1t depends wholly on the
men who arrogate to themselves this
most difficult of all tasks. but 1t seems
to me certain that, however we'll select
ed or we'll appointed. had they existed
say fifty years ago. they would have
banned The Ordeal of Richard Feverel'
by George Meredith. Indeed. I have
in my possession two pathetic letters OF
Meredith's. written In 1859. relating to
that work in which he says;
II find I have offended Nude and
the British Matron He will not, OF
haply dare not. put me in his adver-
tised catalogue. Because of the i'm
morallties depict, oh. canting Age! I
predict a deluge Nude is Metternich:
and after him.. s.-. Meantime L am
tabooed from all decent drawingroo
tables.
"On rc-readlng portions. cannot but
say there Is dulness In the book here
and there; dulness and weakness. My
fingers start 20 tear out those passages.
nevertheless the main design and moral
purpose I hold to. ."
In another letter Meredith writes;
"Apropos of Nude. Chapman wrote
to ask about the exclusion in question
Nude, it appears, took 400 copies
(deignlng to say that he had some hope
of mel He replied that he had adj
vertised 1t as much and as long as he
could. but that. In consequence of the
urgent remonstrances OF several re-
spectacle families, who objected to 1t
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-15
BOOKS

Ask a hundred intelligent men and
women to name the one best book ever
printed and large majority will prob
ably agree on the same book. Perhaps
not more than so will agree on the best
three. Ask each of the hundred to
give list of ten, and no two lists will
be alike.
The selection OF books is a subject of
great interest; it has ever proved q
for "of the making of books there Is
no end The first notable attempt to
winnow from all the worlds good lit
erature the very best was Sir John
Lubbock's famous list of "One Hun
dred Best Books" Since then many
other selections have been made by
noted scholars and educators. The lat
est contributions are DR.. Eliot's "Flve-
Foot Library" and ex-Presldent Roose-
velt's "Pigskin Library"
All of these. and many others which
will appeal, even more strongly to the
book-lover are given in little book
Just Issued by the Globe-Wernicke COM
pany. Cincinnati. and which they send
for the asking. 1t gives not only lists
of S, TO- IL, %. so and 100. but there are
special selections for children, for boys
and for girls graded according to age;
lists of great books and lists of enter
tanning books: classified lists of novels,
etc Not only the classics. but the
really good books OF today. are In
cluded.
The contributors. besides the famous
men named. are such noted authorities
as James Baldwin. Hamilton w. Mabie
and Prof. w d. Howe The arrange
ment Is admirable. Those who are
giving thought to the selection of n
home library Will find this compact and
convenient book a veritable treasure
house OF information.
William Dean Howells' genius is
never mcllower than in his reminls-
cence of travel. AS in Certain De-
Iightful English Towns" and in Lon
don Films" he shows In this volume
q rare American sense OF English coun-
try and English types.
Here the author describes his modest
liking for Liverpool, discusses some
merits of Manchester. enjoys himself
''in smokiest Sheffield" finds a nine
days wonder in York. and relates two
Yorkshire episodes: spends the day at
Lancaster. enjoys Cambridge, mother
OF the American Athens" discovers
Aberystwyth and Llandudno. two little
Welsh watering places. and finally in
dulges In a good-tempcrcd chronicle of
English characteristics. The book Is
beautifully illustrated Harper &
Brothers, Publishers. New York.
Just what "the masses" read has
always been more or less of a problem
to discover. According to The Labor
World, however. there is no one more
popular than Jack London. He is one
OF them" 1t says. land writes as one OF
them. inspired and prompted by oil
OF those Suffcrings, hopes and asplra-
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A TRAVELLING SALESMAN

II. F, Beers. 617-7th Ave. Peoria.
Ill. writes: II have been troubled for
some time with kidney trouble, so
severely at times 1 could scarcely
carry my grips. After using one
bottle of Foley's Kidney Pills I
have been entirely relieved, and
cheerfully recommend them to ALL"
Foley's Kidney Pills are healing and
antiseptic and Will restore health and
strength. SchrammJ ohnson Drug
Co.
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HERITAGE.

N0uHns Is ,ost-nor grief, nor Joy. nor pain
NO wreckaGe OF today OF Yesterday
inc boundlcss granaries of life re,.In
All that the spendthrift ages cast a,,
ana c'ei, least grain we add unto their store
whethcr II spring of happiness or tenrs
ohan uo"er every unborn soul the moro
with good or iii to breast the con,,nc u.
BY Charlotte Becker in Hamnton,s n,o.N, s."'''
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ON COURAGE.

More men have suffered through
ignoble fear than through all the mall
aides of earth: more have sinned
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A GARDEN AND A ZOO.

i planted Pennyroya close the rardc, r.no.
boomcd with niclels. and siIvcr arr 1890
a people think its dor rather stronr ,,d
gathered each 1t eandp placed q IN o.. -
i planted Dogwood after that, Doswooa .u..
bossomed little puppies could h.
bark would sound ilcs
tina Deono pm "e" u"
when the Willows and k,tnoc r,o,ros 49,,
The garden grew SO noisy that absud
So decided quickly one could do
My plans I'd lay for beasts and turn o Too
planted Dandy Lions, but believe me when I,oy camo
They erowcd little but acted ratIcr tono
The striped Tiger Lilies thought
mcekly
Twas a funny garden a afunnZ ZooI
the only thing that
plan
-Irene Elliott Benson, Harpers
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
NHASE, GOAQyfyNe

pertty. He no longer starts or on n
haul OF 1000 miles or more. ana the
locomotive has banished him from the
trade routes OF other days, but the
progress Of civilization In the west has
been so much more rapid than the
progress OF railroad building that the
wagon freighter controls a greater
trafac today than he ever did in the
past With the opening OF Indian res
ervations to settlement, the reclama-
tion OF vast stretches OF the desert bv
irrigation. the extension of dry farming
methods to lands heretofore thought
to be forever worthless. and the ex-
ploitation OF resources IN sulphur. salt
borax, soda and asphalt hitherto neg
lected. the freighter's services are in
demand in every section OF plain. desert
and mountain not reached by the rail-
roads There viii soon be no blank
places on the map. and to travel a
days journey without seeing a hnr,an
habitation will not much longer he nos-
sible; but 1t will be many decades h.
fore the railroad builders can catch nm
with the home builders and thus SUNNY
adequate transportation facilities 10 ,ha
millions who are peopling the west
Until that day comes the wavo,
freighter must continue to play no con
temptible part in the economic nf. o.
the people of the vast region hssv..n
the river and ths coaat"
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
The Problem of Feed and Water

The great difficulty the long haul
freighters had to contend with was to
obtain feed and water for the livestock.
Supplies OF that kind could not be car
ried along. so the route had to be laid
out and camping places selected with a
view to obtaining grass and water.
When the mules and oxen on a single
trade route across the plains were num-
bered by the tens of thousands, pas
turage was consideration that some-
times gave Areason for great anxiety.
Fuel. also. in a treeless region was
scarce and difficult to obtain. wood be-
ing commonly sold at points in Colo
rado and Wyoming at $50 a cord.
Probably the. largest firm OF over
land freighters was that of Russell,
Majors & Waddell At one time they
owned 5000 wagons and $4,000 oxen.
1t is estimated that their rolling stock
and motive power" equipment would
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22

have made a caravan at least 40 miles
in extent.
Greatest of the transportation mag
mates of wagon freighting days was
Ben Holiday. but the larger part of
his business consisted in running stage
coaches and carrying the mails For
the last named service the government
paid him $1.250,0oo a year. His Con-
cord stages constituted the limited
trains of that era. just as the pony
express was the fast mail" No rail-
road magnate OF later days ever pos
sessed the unquestioned control of
transcontinental transportation that
lay in Holidays hands from 1861 to
1856 The first stages over Holidays
central overland route left ST. Joe, Mo,
and Placerville, Cal, simultaneously
July 1, 1851, covering the 1000 mile
trip in IL days. For the traffic be-
tween these two points 100 Concord
stages and 2,750 horses We're required.
However, these were but a fraction of
Holidays equipment. He operated
scores of smaller lines, branches and
The San Francisco call., 1910-05-22
ox0 CoNeORO S1A@F,
rs. oA0R =.
THE DAYS OF the
OVERLAND CARAVAN
BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND
THE MISSOURI RIVER ARE PAST.
BUT THE CRACK OF
The DRIVERS WHIP IS
STILL HEARD ON MANY HIGHWAYS
By John L. Cowan

nj OF long ago. at a hearing before
IN the interstate commerce commits
sion at san Francisco. consider
able surprise was excited by the pro-
duetion in evidence of railroad freight
tariff of the year 1872. proving that
freight rates at that time were consid-
erably lower between Reno, New. and
Sacramento. Cal, than they are today.
For the further explanation of traffic
conditions of a generation ago, an old
document was produced containing tes-
timony given by the late Senator Leland
Stanford, before the senate committee
on Pacific railroads. to the effect that
the competition the railroads had to
meet in 1872 was that of OK teams
Revelations of this kind are interest
ing. rather than important; but that OK
team and prairie schooner competition
was Of sufficient magnitude to hold rail-
road freight rates. even for long
haul" at materially lower level than
those now prevailing in certain locali-
ties is surprising.
Wagon freighting over the magnif-
cent distances of the west reached its
high tide SO years ago. and continued
In undiminished volume for a decade
until the driving of the spike Of gold at
Promontory point, Utah. marked the
completion of the first Pacific railroad.
II is a little difficult for the present
generation to appreciate the real mag
nitude Of this wagon freighting busi-
ness In Pittsburg a vast industry was
built up manufacturing the huge
COnestoga wagons in which the bulk of
the freight was carried. Many OF these
wagons were II feet long and six feet
in depth, haring from the bottom up
ward, with a capacity of anywhere from
5000 to 10000 pounds. The motive
power was supplied by from six to II
yoke OF oxen for the slow freight trains
and from six TO 10 teams of mules for
the fast freight. The average speed