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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of letters remaining in the Keo-
kuk postoffice, uncalled for, for week
ending Saturday, Sept. %.
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Alcohol In Pe-ru-na--
An Unjust Criticism

very stubborn. She says that II she
were to be sick in the same way T
again she would certainly get Peruna
and take it, alcohol or no alcohol. So
you see if people will persist in such
foolishness there ought to be law to
prevent them
ventured to interpose a question.
You say the doctors could not cure
her, and yet you say Peruna did cure
her. What difference does it make to
you whether it was alcohol or some
other drug that effected the cure1'
We'll, l don't know that it makes
any difference, but it is deceiying the
people to give them alcohol even
though it does cure Them" he said.
I replied: why cannot exactly
understand that. Alcohol is drug,
the same as quinine or morphine. If
alcohol cures certain diseases where
is the deception? | understand that
Peruna people print on the label of
each bottle the per cent of alcohol
contained In Peruna. Each patient
may read it, If he pleases. cannot
see where there is any deception"
We'll, would not take Peruna,' he
persisted. Now, | was sick, had a
stomach disease. A violent pain, that
would come on about an hour or two
after each meal. 1t grew worse and
worse. | was also constipated. |
consulted several doctors in our city
about my health. l went to see a
prominent specialist in New York
city, paid out great deal of money,
but no help. One time I was having
bad spell on the train. The gentle
man who occupied the next seat was
a retired physician with whom | had
been acquainted. He said to me, MY
! friend. If you want to get we'll would
advise you to take a glass of lager
beer before each meal. I think thai
will cure you Having followed the
directions of several good physicians
without any assistance, | thought
would try the beer. In short time
4 found it was helping me and | got en-
tirely we'll. My bowels became regu
lar and had no more pain. No NOR
Il distress after meals. Now, If m.
I mother had used some remedy lik'
that it would be all right. But to per
sist in using some secret remedy lik
Peruna, / think it is outrageous"
Again ventured to ask some ques
tons I asked. What do you sur
pose was in the lager beer that effect
, ed the cure?"
"Why. I presume 1t was the stint
: liant it contained. Yes, no doubt
> was the stimulant.'
Il you know. of course, that the stln
) ulant in beer is alcohol, the same a
4 in wine or whiskey or any other alc'
t holic drink?"
8 eyes, / have heard say that bee
n contains about five per cent of ale
I hol.
y THAT is correct" replied. "Yo
/. took a bottle of beer before each mel
e did your
r YES"
/ 'In doing so you were drinking
/ pint of five per cent solution I
s alcohol
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Case to the Grand Jury.

In an information filed in the su-
perior court, Tucker is charged with
murder in the first degree. He was
not arraigned yesterday, but was
taken before Judge Mcnamara, who
advised him relative to securing legal
talent to defend him. The prelimin-
airy hearing was deferred on account
OF the grand jury being in session at
the present time, and he will be in
dicted.
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She Spoke at the Fair.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service
HIGHLAND CENTER, Wis, Sept.
%. Women are as vitality affected
by legislation as are men. All eco
nomic, industrial and social questions
are joint problems of men and wo-
men, said Mrs. Robert M. LaFollette,
wife of the senator. speaking at the
Richland Center fair here for wo-
mans suffrage. She expressed her
belief that Wisconsin voters will
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$50 Chinese Executed.

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
SHANGHAI, Sept. 2S.-Condem
for participation in mutiny at WI
Chang, Vice President Ii Yuan lungs
headquarters, $50 soldiers were exc
cuted. The other mutiners, about L.
900 in number, fled.
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nding Saturday, Sept. %.
Ladies'.
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w. l.. Dean.
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Monday morning to serve as grand
Jurors of the district court.
The political bug has not stung any
badly here.
G. R. Wolfenbarger of indianapolis,
Ind, spent Tuesday at home.
Heavy frost here Wednesday night.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
GIRL CLIMBER
TELLS Of FEATS
Miss Dora Keen, Back. from Black
burn, Says Cowardly Guides
Deserted Her.
SNOW DRIFTS FORM SHELTER

Seattle, Aug. 25-Miss Dora Keen
wealthy Philadelphia society girl noun.
tain climber, upon her arrival here yes
terday. told of the desertion of her party
of five cowardly Alaskan guides, who
left the girl and one other man. G. w
Handy. to face death from avalanches
on the side of Mount Blackburn.
Miss Keen triumphed not only over
Mount Blackburn but also over Skola
Pass, being the first woman to nego-
tiate the latter. She then proceeded
down the White and Yukon Rivers.
After arrival at the mountain from
eight to twelve feet of snow fell or
drifted each day. The party was with
out tents and was compelled to live in
snow caves They did not have a cooked
meal for five days.
On the fourth day three men asked
permission OF Miss Keen to leave the
party and return to Kennecot. Their
request was granted and they took
two dogs with them. On the last day
left with the six remaining dogs. They
never came back, fearing for their lives.
. Only one man, G. w. Handy, of Cor
dova, went to the summit with Miss
Keen. who. speaking of his bravery,
said:
Handy is a true mountain climber
and afraid of nothing, and it is to him
that I wish to give full credit for the
success of the expedition"
In speaking of the climb up the
mountain. Miss Keen said:
Carried own Fuel.
THE base of the mountain is $500
feet above sea level. The timber line
is $500 feet higher, and after that II
was necessary for US to carry our
fuel with us. Government maps give
the height of Mount Blackburn as
1910 feet, but I believe them to be
wrong, and estimate the height at H.
500 feet"
As she neared the summit of Mount
Blackburn she observed an enormous
peak on the Canadian side of the line.
TT was very far away and very
HIGH" said Miss Keen, but we could
not find it on the map. nor could we
see 1t when we were below the 1900
foot altitude. No person seemed to
know anything about this peak, which
was apparently $50 miles due east and
appeared to be as high as Mount Nc
Kinley.
THE trip over the pass is extremely
dangerous said Miss Keen. The route
is used little and is long and lonesome.
We met some members of the boundary
survey on the second day, and on the fifth
day we passed a lone man who had not
seen a soul for fifteen days.
The hardest part of the trip Is cross
ing Russell Glacier which took a day
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
WASHINGTON BANK
HOLDS BABY RECORD
Every New Arrival in Homes of EN-.
ployes Has Account Started
When One Day Old.

Every baby born to an employe of the
National Savings and Trust Company
starts life with a bank account. The baby
opens its account with the bank when
II is one day old. and for one-day old
subscribers the Washington institution
holds the record. Seven subscribers OF
this age have been secured to the bank
within the last eight years.
Wallace A. Whitaker, the paying teller
started the custom, as near as he can re-
member, about eight years ago. He
learned that a baby girl had been born
to Mr.. Devereux. one of the bookeepers,
and so made up collection among his
fellow-employes to start a bank account
for the baby.
By aid of much questioning, he dis
covered that the-baby girl had not yet
been named. AS the account had to be
opened in the name Of some certain
Miss Devereux. 1t was entered for Miss
Pumpkins" Devereux upon the books.
The bSsiness nom de plume Of Pump
kins' has been retained by the baby
ever since, though in private life she
is called Elizabeth.
The account for little Pumpkins"
Devereux established an honored pre-
cedent. The custom bids fair to be
handed down among the employees as
long as the institution stands. It is.
as Mr.. Whitaker states, a token of
appreciation that the babies born to
employees and officers of the trust com
pany have chosen to be born into that
bank instead of some one else's
Custom further DEGREES that some
amount be set apart and deposited on the
account OF the little ones every week. A
dollar week has so far been the mini
mum. The sums accruing to the baby's
credit are to be used later for some spe-
cific purpose. such as sending the child
through college OF giving It some special
advantages.
August has seen the opening of two
nerv accounts. On August 10 baby girl
was born to Mr.. Whitaker, the founder
of the custom. When Mr.. Whitaker was
ready to leave the bank for home that af-
ternoon he found that Miss Eleanor Da-
Wis Whitaker had already opened an ac-
count upon the books. He states that the
money, which will accumulate to her by
ten or fifteen years will be used in max
ing her finished little musician.
The latest to benefit from the custom
was Frank R. Ullmer. r.. who was born
on August 20. He is the son Of the paying
teller. and is the youngest patron Of the
bank.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
ATLANTIC CITYFOR
PRETTY HBIRESS

Atlantic City. where life is a cycle of
pleasure for those with the wherewithal.
is said to be the destination Of pretty
Mrs. Mary Hume Collins Allen. twenty
one years old. reputed heiress to 100000.
who gained much notoriety recently when
arrested for alleged failure to pay for a
vanity set purchased from a Georgetown
jeweler for s1s.4o. .s.
In a big motor car, just built for two.
rakish, low. and fast. but recently pur-
chased at a cost Of $1,000, Mrs. Collins,
who first gained riotoriety when she mar
ried her first husband at the age of. four
teen years and next came into the lime
light when she was divorced, departed
from the National Capital on Thursday
last with young Alien.
Were on to Atlantic City. and we
don't know when we'll be back" said
Mrs. Alien as she bid adieu to her friends.
Mr.. and Mrs Allen have given up the
little apartment at So17 Dumbarton Ave-
sion Of part OF her fortune a fortnight
ago, and has made arrangements for the
lease OF an expensive suite on Columbia
Heights.
Milton Baer. the Georgetown jeweler,
on whose complaint Mrs Allen was ar
rested on charge Of larceny BY trick
last night declared that the case has
not yet been settled, but he admitted
that lawyers are at work trying to ef-
feet settlement. Despite the fact that
Mrs. Allen seems anxious to tell her
story in court on the date set, August 90.
It il regarded as not likely that the
case viii ever reach court.
Relatives Of Allen last night declared
they do not Know his Whereabouts, but
they expect him to tour for several
weeks before returning here to take pos
session OF the new apartment. Before
leaving. Mrs. Alien promised that her
birthday party. which was called of
because OF her arrest, will be given
shortly after she returis to the National
Capital TOR tie ~iatSt.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
ABANDONED BABY
ALMOST DEvOURED
BY MOSQUITO SWARM

Philadelphia, Aug. $50 terribly bit
ten BY hordes of hungry mosquitoes that
her life hung by a thread, a six-week-
old baby girl was found among some
bushes in a lot at River Avenue and State
Street. Camden. The child was sent to
the Homeopathic Hospital and the doc
tors expect to save her life. They say
that a little longer in the open would
have brought her death.
The child was discovered by Peter
Knowles and Mark Keller, as they walk
ed along the lonely street of that section
Their attention was attracted to a low
wall. more like the cry of some small
animal in distress than that of a human
being. They were greatly astonished when
their investigation revealed the little one.
The child has blue eyes and fair hair
and was fairly well dressed.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
CHINESE REBELS RAMPANT.
Burn and Sack Town and Pa
Twelve to Death.

Tiehtsin. China, Aug. 25.-The recent
edict ordering that all queues must be
cut on started rioting among Gen. Chang
kuet's troops Saturday night and the
town Of Tung Chow. near Pekin, was
looted and practically destroyed by fire.
The foreign missions were not molested,
but the situation Is regarded as serious.
Twelve natives were killed and a larger
number injured. The government is
sending loysl troops from Pekin to
quell the riotiug and q clash with the
outAw t930i6fD 61en6 iaSvitabJe
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26

am the only woman who has ever made
this trip. l was told that another wom-
an had tried 1t and was lost. The gov
eminent should build a railroad over this
route. as there are rich copper deposits
In the White River district"
After a tramp of is miles we stopped
for six weeks at Canyon City, an eight
Lighthouse village, where helped to build
a boat which brought US down the White
River ls3 miles to the Yukon, which We
followed to Dawson. On our trip down
the White River we did not see a single
person.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26

scents. and perhaps the ancient beaver
hat are coming back.
The whiskers and the clothes will be
somewhat modernized. it In expected
Just as the whiskers will be entitled
''biplanes or dirisibies or --wtreiess''
or Teddy Tickiers' or Woodrow
Wanderers" or Taft Teasers," so the
clothes will be called "Radium Flashes
and other up-to-date bits of nomen-
clature.
Well, whiskers cover a multitude OF
dents and knobs and ingrowing chins
and outgrowing chaps and bifurcated
jowls. And the BARRIERS ought to make
as much trimming them as anything
else
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
my Poor Feet !"
Changed to ''lsn't
zing-zing Great y
Every Tablet Is Concentrated
Happiness for Troubled Feet.

You calling shopping. walking wemenl You
business men. always tramping over hard pave
rnents! Bang! Bangll Bang!ll Every time your
feet come down they feel worse-d ont theyl
And foot perspiration. corns. callouses.
bunions-make you feel like rag all overi ling.
ling for you'll
lest plunge the suffering feet into hot water
with ling -Zlng in 1t and feel the pain fade away
and the pleasure come with aRUSHt
TrsyslEs. Mail Carriers, Collector, lnspsetoss,
Elsetxieians;-aA out Of door workmen - need
Zins-Zne ~ tie time. :
Quit crineins, cramping .iimping and doubling.
up with foot agony. There are hours and hours
Of foot pleasure In every tablet of Zing-Zing.
II your druekist Il out of ling ling. send -
1Dr packaoo 10 Gelbaugh Q Smith. Chicago
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26

The whiskers are coming in with the
old Styles in clothes. Fancy, curtain
looking vests. with glass buttons; high
stocks, instep straps for restraint of
ascendent trousers, lace-bordered hand
kerchiefs-yes, for men-with wonderful
The Washington herald., 1912-08-26
: URIC ACID
NEVER CAUSED
RHEUMATISM

WANT to prove it to your satisfac-
ton. If YOU have Rheumatism, acute or
chronic-no matter what your condition
"RHEUMATISH-Its Causes and Cure"
Thousands call 1t the most wonderful
book ever written" Don't send a stamp
it's ABSOLUTELY FREE.
JESSE A. CASE. Dept. "a. Brockton,
The Washington herald., 1912-09-22
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
CIVILIAN, UNHAND THAT GIRL

I'd like to battle always for the right!
To have a lot of noble things 10 say.
I'd like to put the villainous to flight:
I'd like TO be the hero in a play.
Id like to rescue damsels in distress.
To listen to their thanks in languid
way
I'd like 10 foil the smooth adventuress;
I'd like to he the hero in a play.
I'd like to pose from eight to half-past
ten,
With now and then, perhaps. a
matinee.
I'd like to be that loveliest of men.
The fashioned plated hero in a play.
Uncle Pennywfse Says;
The automobile is only in its infancy.
so there is hope that it may eventually
become less noisy.
A Familiar Term.
why didn't you arrest that man when
l denounced him as a pickpocket!' de-
manded the irate citizen.
II thought II was just a little political
discussion explained the policeman.
September ~ In History.
September 90. 1isO-Richard I digs his
sheet-iron overcoat out of the moth
balls.
September %, 15S4-Sir Walter Raleigh
arrives in America and is wooed by an
Indian heiress with 100000 clam shells.
Familiar Headlines.
He didn't know II was loaded.
They tried to exchange seats in the
canoe.
She was riding on the back of the
motorcycle.
Chauffeur thought he could cross be-
fore train arrived.
Harvest Days.
The plums are purple on the bough;
The woodcock call.
The caterpillars ripen now
And daily fall.
True Artist.
Did you study acting in a school or
go on the stage at an early age?"
Neither" said the prominent star. II
learned how to be an actor by jumping
off a bridge"
Natural Iuserencc.
You must be opposed to big business"
"Why?"
You don't advertise"
just the Thing.
Madame, I'm a charity worker"
Well. l wish you would work for me
q couple of days on those terms"
The Washington herald., 1912-09-22
GOSSIP GATHERED IN THE
COURT, CIRCLES OF EUROPE

I have three I'll favored daughters un-
married? No. no. Sir Gideon, We will
force him to wed our Meg"
Now. tradition says that Meg Murray
was the. ugliest woman in the four coun-
ties. and that she was called. in the
homely dialect Of the time. "Meiclle-
mouthed Meg" Sir Gideon. like a good
husband and tender father. entered in
to his wifes sentiments and proffered to
Sir William the alternative OF becoming
his son-in-law or decorating with his
carcass the kindly gallows at Elibank."
The lady however was so very ugly that
Sir William, the handsomest man OF his
time positively declined the honor Of her
hand and heart. Three days were allow
ed him to make up his mind and It was
not until he found one end OF rope
made Fast to his neck and, the other
knitted to a sturdy oak bough that his
resolution gave way and he preferred an
ugly spouse to the moose. 1t is chronicled
that they were afterwards a. very happy
couple. She was fine hand at plckllng
the beef which he stole; and marauder
that he was, he had little reason OF being
twitted with the fact that he married her
only to escape the gallows
The Elibank family is among the mos.
ancient in Scotland. One of the ancestors
fought in the battle OF Fiodden, wh.re
he was killed. Another. Gen. Murray.
commanded a b:Isade at the battle OF
Quebec. and was the first Governo. "f
Canada. One OF the brothers Of the prcs-
ent Master OF Elibank. the above men
toned ex-whip of his party, who re-
Gently was raised tC the peerage. Is the
administrator OF St Vincent. Another,
Capt. Murray, is a member of Parlia-
ment.
A ministerial chiaf whip has plenty 10
do in England nowadays, but one duty
of his Office has disappeared. Eye.y yenr
at the close of the session. the ministers
dine together at the Trafalgar After
dinner. the chief whip produces his ac-
count and reads 1t aloud: and II is said
that the man whose name appears IN
the division list the smallest number OF
times has a wooden spoon presented 10
him. When the Derbyites were in power
last. Sir John Pakington. is 3 asserted.
was the successful candidate for The
spoon. Mr.. Whiteside presenting It 10 the
honorable baronet with infinite huinor
and fun.
Obviously the idea was borrowed from
the wooden spoon bestowed upon the
last Junior optime in the Cambridge
Mathematical Tripos. FLaNEUR
Copyright, 1872, by Court Gossip syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1912-09-22
Shaw and the Women.

1t came as a shock to London suf-
fragists to learn that George Bernard
Shaw, who favors votes for women,
was brutal enough to declare publicly
that the Englishwomen equal Fighters
sent to prison there, ought to be per-
mitted to starve themselves if they so
desire.
This creating of amazement is ex-
actly what Shaw was driving at. Moth
ing else is to be expected of man who
is positively unhappy when he cannot
amaze the community. By the exploding
of such little side shows as these, no
less than by writing for the stage, Shaw
earns his daily bread. He always says
the unexpected, and therefore the very
reverse of what he says should be ex-
pected of him.
Shaw's may be sort of sympathy
with the victims of forced feeding by
the state in Holloway jail, but if it is,
it is as erratic as the man himself. He
would relieve the British government
of responsibility for deaths on the
ground that the right to commit suicide
should be recognized, but he fails to
say whether he believes such martyr
dom to the cause of equal suffrage
would help or injure it.
1t is too bad that the sincerity of
Shaw's argument cannot be tested. II
might be, if he were in the trying posi-
ton of having his female kin among the
imprisoned suffragists.
Shaw, by the way, as Socialist has
funny way of showing it by advocat-
ing indiyidualism in, so extreme a, form.
The Washington herald., 1912-09-22
4 True Artist.

Did you study acting in a school OF
go on the stage at an early age?''
Neither" said the prominent star. 81
learned how to be an actor by jumping
off a bridge
The Washington herald., 1912-09-22
STEAMSHIPS.
ny GEORGE FITCH.
Author of eat Good ola siwash."

Steamships were invented about cen
tury ago. but did not become virulent
until hotel, keepers began b1ilding them
quite recently
Robert Fulton built the FIRST steamboat
by inserting an engine into the thorax
Of a large barge. With this boat ne
made several miles an hour and Travelled
from New York to Albany in a day.
causing many people to demand his ar
rest for exceeding the speed limit.
In 1873 the first steamship crossed the
ocean. 1t was a small boat called the
Savannah" and had none of the modern
conveniences. carrying lifeboats instead.
Its trip was successful. and soon after
ward steamships began to grow in length
with the rapidity of cucumber plants.
until the are now SO long and wide that
unless a seasick passenger gets good
sprinting start he can't reach the rail by
fifteen feet. .,-..--.
Steamships are now built with steel re-
enforced with precious woods and rich
upholstery. They have engines strong
enough to yank the pyramids out by the
roots, tunnels wide enough to use as
railway tunnels and anchors SO big that
when a couple of them are dumped over
board the next tide rises six inches
higher.
Steamships now run at the rate Of thir-
ty miles an hour day and night. and
cross the ocean in less than five days,
stopping only when Providence inter-
feres. It is a thrilling experience to
stand on the eleventh story OF a modern
skyscraper steamship which Is travelling
at the rate of half mile minute
through a fog and to realize that II an
iceberg should be 30 reckless as to get in
the way, It would get a dent which II
would carry for life.
Steamships are equipped with passenger
elevators. al fresco cafes, sun parlors.
swimming pools. palm gardens, gymna-
siums, vegetable gardens. vaudeville the
aters. pipe organs, squash courts. hre
ESCAPES. Turkish baths. and neat maps