BERLIN'S POLICE.
Highly Organized System May Be
Introduced in Chicago
Chicago, startled out ot !U cynical
"what's the use" attitude by recent
revelations of graft, intemperance
and crime among its police, even
mong its high police officers, may
remodel 1U entire police system, dou
ble the numerical strength of the
force and copy the police system of
Berlin.
The revelations of the association
of Chicago police with criminals and
quasi-crlmlnals In the Lavln trial,
the startling Inference that the men
tupposcd to tie guarding Chicago
homes may be leading bands of rob
bers against them, and the even more
recent charges of James Edgar
Brown, the criminologist, condemn
ing Chicago's police system, have
caused a wave ot sentiment in favor
of reform, tter and complete. In the
police systems of the city.
James Edgar Brown's charge that
it is a "bald, horrible fact that con
ditions existing to-day In Chicago are
the most criminal and damnable of
any large city on the face of the
earth" has aroused police protest and
denial and the police themselves
have declared the Chicago system as
good as that ot Berlin In the face
of the fact that Mr. Brown proved
that serious crimes in Chicago were
six to one more numerous than those
of Berlin.
Tha movement In favor of adoption
of the Berlin system ot policing the
city has brought out many opinions.
Even the strongest adherents of the
Chicago system admit that It has seri
ous faults and that In results it can
not compare with that of Berlin. The
greatest protest is made against the
Berlin system o. registration of all
persons In the city a system used In
all' German cities. Yet Mr. Brown
and bis backers have proved by fig'
u res that the escape of a criminal in
Germany practically is unknown,
while the huge percentage ot Chicago
criminals escape and never are
traced.
If the friends ot the Berlin system
succeed in establishing it in Chicago,
every person in the city will be regis
tered at the nearest police station
and complete records of his comings
and goings, his movements and in
tended movements, his business, bis
family and his servants will be kept
The police then will be able, night
or day, to find or trace any person
within the city within a short time.
The Berlin system, its friends
claim, will kill at one blow the bail
bond evil, will decrease crime to the
minimum and give the maximum of
punishment.
The Berlin system, in a nutshell,
it applied to Chicago, would consist
of the following:
Stricter immigration laws.
Municipal inquiry as to the crim
inal or. pauper tendencies ot all new
residents.'
Registration of all residents.
'Written notice of each person in
tending to leave or enter the city and
a statement ot his business.
Legal prevention of the marriage
of criminals or paupers.
Doubling of the police force.
Placing of drunkenness and minor
offenses in separate class from
crimes.
JuBt what the police system ot
Berlin, which has proved the most
effective of any in the world, consists
of, few know. Beyond the fact that
all persons are required to register
and keep the police posted as to their
movements, and that an attempt to
depart without proper notification
meanB prima facie evidence of wrong
doing, the system has not been ex
plained.
Police officials in Chicago say
"Chlcagoans or Americans wouldn't
stand for it," which is a confession
on their part that the lawless spirit
is rampant.
The' Berlin police force, prior to
1848, was much the same as that ot
Chicago, except that there was no
grafting in it. It was badly organ-
ized and imperfectly governed. Then
some master mind worked out a po
lice system which policed the city.
Gradually the system has been per
fected, especially the system of rec
ord keeping, which is one of the
heavy burdens, and which is attended
to by a corps of clerks.
In the first place, the Berlin system
is strictly military and the force Is
known as the "Royal Berlin Police
Force." It Is an honor to be a mem
ber, and to be on the force there
means that the officer has served his
country well in other capacities. All
policemen in Berlin must have served
honorably at least five years In the
Prussian array and attained the rank
of non-commissioned officer. The
physical and mental requirements are
the same as those in Chicago.
When a non-commissioned officer
completes his term in the army he is
sure of a good position on the police
force. He applies for admission
chows his papers, Is examined and be
comes a member. But he Is not glveu
a club, a gun and a helmet and sent
out to travel beat. First he attends
the police school for four weeks and
receives Instruction in elementary
police affairs. After that he is sent
to his police station and kept there,
studying police duties and training
himself for the work. Eventually he
is sent out on to the street with an
experienced policeman and shown bis
ground.
What bis duties are depend entire
ly upon what branch of the police
department he Is asulgned to. Crim
inal matters, detective work, factory
conditions, the schools, sanitary mat
ters, the erection ot buildings, the
supervision of foreigners, passports,
press, domestic servants, students
and amusements comprise the vari
ous branches of the department.
There Is only one feature ot the
Chicago police system that Berlin has
stolen and perfected, and that is the
system ot police telephones, which Is
now better than that of Chicago. -
The day's work at a Berlin station
begins with the "Appell," at which
the lieutenants In charge, usually a
ban who has held that rank in the
army, gives instruction in some
Ichosen subject, reads the orders an
the reports of the day. It Is the same
as tot Chicago rollcall, except that
there seldom are any absences and
in Chicago there is no instruction.
The policeman who, as the Chicago
police say, "travels beat, is instruct
ed to become personally acquainted
with every person in his district, so
as to know them by sight One of
his chief duties is receiving the re
ports of those who intend to depart
or securing reports on newcomers.
These reports are transmitted at once
to the station and recorded. Often
hundreds, even thousands, ot these
reports will be filed at a single sta
tion in a day, and they fill huge boxes
and files. These reports are recorded
by a corps of clerks in special books.
and in a flash the police can tell the
movements ot every man in the dis
trict for years.
The expense of the system Is large.
and It Is claimed by English and
American police experts that the
large expense is scarcely justified
by the results, although they admit
that In Berlin ninety-nine per tent,
and over of all big -criminals are
caught within a week and ninety-five
per cent, are convicted, while approx
imately eight per cent, of Chicago's
criminals escape and only about two
per cent, of Its murderers are con
victed.
Perhaps the supporters of the Ber
lin idea are wanting the support ot
Chicago women for their plan. They
call attention to the fact that the po
lice ot Berlin Insure good house ser
vants. In Berlin the police keep the relet-
ences of every servant. When a ser
vant is hired she must register, or
her employer must register for her.
and when she leaves or la discharged
she must bring her references to the
police station. Detectives then verify
them and give her a "character" to
carry to the next employer. British
experts claim that this system is pro
ductive of much private spite and
venom.
The station system is tho same as
that ot Chicago. There are two
"operators" on the police phones.
specially trained men who take and
send messages. Also, there is tele
graphic apparatus for sending orders
to other stations and to headquarters
or to outlying cities.
Policemen on night duty are per
mitted to sleep in the stations, re
moving only their coats and shoes,
ready for instant action, and in every
station there are sleeping quarters
for the men when not needed on
active duty. They do not live in the
stations, the sleeping rooms being
really only rest rooms for men not
needed temporarily.
In every station in Berlin there is
a Bergeant specially trained for the
criminal investigation department
and three detectives, and every sta
tion has its detective bureau, subor
dinate to the central criminal bureau.
But what would strike a Cblcagoan
as strangest ot all is that there are no
police courts and that the officer in
charge ot the station can hold court
instantly, except In cases of grave
suspicion and where a crime is com
mitted. There are two cells in each station,
one for men and one for women, and
no such thing is known as throwing
a prisoner "downstairs for the
night." A prisoner never is held In
any ot the stations more than eight
hours, for the Green Car, which is
the name Berlin calls the Black
Maria, calls at each station four times
a day at 8 a. m., noon, 8 p. m. and
4 a. m. and removes the prisoners
to the central bureau.
The prisoner is taken to the cen
tral bureau and subjected to further
inquiry before the president of police,
who is always present at the arrival
of prisoners. The president really Is
the greatest police power In the
world. He is Judge and jury togeth
er but only In minor canes. He
has the power to fine a prisoner or
sentence htm to imprisonment with
out further hearing in small cases,
The others are held for the regular
courts, the police superintending the
collection ot all evidence in tho case,
both for and against the prisoner.
The president has power to punish
all beggars and vagabonds, giving
them sentences immediately, accord
ing to his own judgment, and theli
protests are ot little avail in com
parison with the police registration
records, which show Instantly the
wholo career of the man. Chicago
Tribune.
Modern Samson in Canada.
Possessed of Samsonliko strength,
Albert Fisher saved his life by a re
markable exhibition of his power.
Fisher was employed as a stone
crusher, and his duties consisted in
feeding rocks into the huge machine.
To aid this he stood on a platform
just above the crusher. He had just
dropped a fifty-pound bowlder Into
the machine, when bis foot slipped
and he fell headlong between the
steel jaws.
No person was near to slop
engine. Bracing his shouldc.i
against the steel crushers, whlcu
were slowly closing, the sturdy work
man exerted all his great strength In
one powerful ffi.rt For a moment
the machine stopped, then the
massive sides drew apart, and finally
there was a rending of the steel
joints, and the cruBher fell to pieces.
Quebec Dispatch to Philadelphia
North American.
The Shopping Sex.
The Englishwoman never knows
when she enter a shop what she
wants. She is swayed by impulse,
grabs wildly at everything she likes
or thinks she likes, and probably,
comes back and grumbles the next
day. She is also completely lost if
the shopwalkers do not dog her
every footstep to Implore her to "look
at this charming toque" or conde
scend to "glance at this special lint
In cheap skirts." But the American
woman resents any suggestion thai
she does not know what she wants,
likes to be left severely alone, and
it Interfered with may abruptly leave
the shop. But while she is leso Irrl
Utlng than the Englishwoman, she
Is far mora exactug. London Ex
prew. -
KEH YOajUIH 111 Ml.
Some of the Things Done Daily in the
Metropolis.
Only A Mionofrraph.
A scandal was averted at the Hotel
Martha Washington ffor women ex
iluslvely) by the efficient sleuthing
of the house detective. The hour
was late and all the elderly spinsters'
lliimbers were untroubleu when a
Mrange sound was heard. A man's
voire above tho parlor floor at 12
o'clock! Curl papers and klmonas
were the costume most In vogue
among the group gathered In tho
hallway.- They listened, and once
galn the man's voice disturbed the
conventional halls of the hotel.
"Je vals falre des emplettes co
matin." observed the Intruder. "Je
vals, tu vas, 11 va," he added in clear,
resonant tone.
It couldn't be the night watchman
or the clerk. It was clearly a strang
er, a foreigner. A bunch of curl
papers and a kimono detached them
selves from the shuddering group and
marched down to the office.
"Where's the head bcllglrl?" de
manded their owner.
"She has gone home, madam," said
the rlcrk, "What can I do for you?"
"There is a man a creature a
foreigner upstairs! "
Tho house detective approached
the door of a bedroom and listened.
"Je connlaa le flla du Jardlnler,
Bssorverated the masculine voice.
The bouse detective thundered
at the door.
"What is it?" asked a startled
feminine voice.
"There is a man In your room."
Tho door flew open and revealed
tho Indignant face of the occupant.
"Man, indeed! I'd have you know
that I'm studying French out of a
phonograph, and if those old"
There was a soft mnrmer of curl
papers receding and the hall was
rlear.
Held Vp Two Policemen.
Louis Goldman, aged 15, ran away
from his home several days ago, tak
ing a Fourth of July pistol that ex
plodes nothing more harmful than
caps, and a collection of yellow-backed
novels. He rented a room for a
month, paying $4 to Leon Weinroch.
Thursday he wanted to bo home and
went to Weinroch for his money.
Weinroch didn't look at the transac
tion In Louis' light, and out came
the toy pistol. Weinroch quailed.
Two policemen got there Just in time
to see Weinroch count out $4 In
change under the steady gaze of tho
Fourth of July pistol. The boy ran
at sight of the policemen. He got
to tho roof and hid behind the water
tank. When his pursuers appeared
lie poked the toy pistol at them and
they dodged behind another water
tank. The neighborhood went to
the roof and dodged this way and
that as the toy pistol covered one or
the other. Finally the cops outflanked
Louis and captured him and his toy
pistol.
Snore Duet In A Window.
Because Dr. Dalrymple believed
that public decency was being vio
lated when he saw an intoxicated
man sleeping beside a live pig in a
saloon window, he made a complaint
to police headquarters. Detectives
arrested John Ueld. Dr. Dalrympl
appeared before Justice Van An ken,
"This man." said the physician, "was
so drunk that he did not know what
he was doing. If you should fine
him I would be willing to pay bis
fine, but the parties who placed him
in that front window with a pig
should bo punished." "Some persons
may think there was something fun
ny about this, but I do not," said
Justice Van Auken. "I am going to
find out who put Reid in that win
dow, and when I find the man I will
punish him. I will discharge you,
Reid", and I want you to help me.'
Reid says that all he remember!
was that a wager was made that he
would not lie down beside the pig.
A Million Pounds of Turkey.
Tho annual feast of turkey was a
greater and a more expensive feast
Thursday than in ninny years. It
was estimated by an expert that in
Greater New York a million pound!
of turkey were eaten; thut the cost
of the feast was from 25 to 30
cents a pound, and that if the turk
eys were packed In rows eight deep
they would fill the roadways and the
promenade of the Brooklyn Bridge
from end to end. More thnn seven
thousand charges of the municipality
feasted on the noble bird under the
supervision of the Department of
Charities. Twenty-six hundred men
and women sat down to a bountiful
feast of turkey and chicken stew on
Blackwell's Island, and in the Metro
politan Hospital 2000 patients and
300 employees had a fine Thanksgiv
ing dinner. The chango from prev
ious years was that that were no
religious services.
Few "llagiiniiilliii" rarailes.
But 12 permits were issued by
police of this borough for "ragamuf
fin" parades through the clty'B streets
Thanksgiving Day. Patrolman Fred
erick Kremmerbeln of the Bureau of
Information said that he remembered
when 100 and even more permits
were issued for Thanksgiving Day
parades, only four or five years back.
(Swallowed Monry And Poison.
Saying he had nothing to be thank
ful tor, Henry Jimmerson, of Stam
ford, Conn., bade his friends and
family good-bye, Bwallowed a silver
halt dollar and drank an ounce and
half of laudanum. Prompt atten
tion by Dr. Biggs in the Stamford
Hospital saved his life.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The women of Basel, Switzerland,
are among the ablest ribbon makers
in the world.
The amount of money in circula
tion per capita in India is about 5
rupees, 8 annas, or less than $2.
The majority ot inhabitants of
Abyssinia are of the Caucasian race
and are well formed and handsome.
There have been landslips of thir
ty or forty acres at a time at Lyme
Kegts, England, whole fields 'llding
toward the sea.
A quaint superstition is prevalent
In many English villages. When a
woman Is going to be married every
effort Is made to prevent her from
seeing her wedding ring before tho
ceremony, as it is considered that a
sight ot It except at the altar is
bound to bring bad luck.
A singular birth ciiBtom prevails
In Yorkshire. In parts of the WeBt
Hiding It is quite common for visi
tors to a house in which a new baby
has appeared to carry with them as
an offering to the infant a new laid
egg, some salt, a piece ot bread and,
la some cases, it peony.
C0;.-."ERCI.M COLO.
Weekly Review of Trade and Latest,
Market Reports.
R. O. Dun ft Co.'s weekly review
of trade says:
i In all departments of agricultural.
Industrial and mercantile activity the
current year is surpassing even the
phenomenal record ot 1905, which in
turn eclipsed all preceding years.;
Leading manufacturing Industries are
reclvlng orders for delivery far into'
next year, the volume ot forward',
business being exceptional for iron;
and steel products, and a sharp ad-,
vance In the price ot raw cotton tes-i
jtlfles to the consumption by splnnors.j
Operations continue at the maxi
mum In pig-iron furnaces, yet de-!
liveries are so unsatisfactory that lm-,
ports are constantly arranged. Con
fidence In well-maintained consump
tion Is evinced by purchases abroad;
for delivery next year, and demands,
from the United States have ad
vanced foreign quotations.
Less activity Is noted In the hide
market, due to the overbought condi
tion rather than any lack of inquir
ies. The foreign decline hns not yct
reached the point where hides are
offered for shipment hither. Strength
and quiet continue to characterize
the leather market, the only activity
belnj noted in belting butts and oak
backs suitable tor belting purposes.
The light demand from Bhoe manu
facturers In this vicinity Is atrrlbuted
to the Inventories usually taken at
this time.
Liabilities of commercial failures
thus far reported for November
ber amounted to $6,809,901, ot
which f2,957,909 were In manufac
turing, $3,643,477 in trading and
$208,155 in other commercial lines.
Wholesale Markets.
Baltimore. Flour Dull and un
changed; receipts, 9,004 barrels.
Wheat Easy; spot, contract, 74fi
74; spot No. 2 rod Western, 77
77; November, 74 74; Decem
ber, 7474'4; January, 75
75; May, 80; steamer No. 2 red,
68 ?j;68.; receipts, 21,966 bush
els; Southern by sample, 5563;
Southern on grade. 68 tft 74 'A.
Corn Firm; spot, old. 50(fi 50;
new, 48 t 48; year, 48 ta
48; January, 4 8 & 48; Febru
ary, 4 8 (fj: 4 8 l,U ; steamer mixed, 45
rrt'46; receipts, 72,315 bushels; new
Southern white corn, 41?! 48;
new Southern yellow corn, 41-'i
48.
Oats Easier; No. 2 white, 39R
40 No. 3 white, 38MsJ39; No. 2
mixed, 38 V4; receipts, 20,997 bush
Is. Rve Firm; No. 2 Western domes
tic, 75 76; receipts, 3,050 bushels.
Butter Steady and unchanged ;
fancy imitation, 23 24; fancy cream
ery, 32 33; fancy ladle, 20 21;
store-packed, 18 20.
Eggs Firm; 32.
Cheese Active and unchanged;
large, 13; medium, 14; small,
14
New York Wheat Receipts, 1C!
000 bushels; exports, 116,061 bunti
els; exports, 116,061 bushels; sales,
2,300,000 futures and 192,000 spot.
Spot easy; No. 2 red, 79 elevator;
No. 2 red, 81 f. o. b. afloat; No. 1
Northern Dnluth, 83 c. 1. f. Buffa
lo; No. 2 hard winter, 77 c. 1. f
Buffalo; No. 2 hard winter, 77 c.
1. f. Buffalo.
Corn Receipts, 39,775 bushels;
exoprts, 35,216 bushels; sales, 50,
000 futures and 88,000 spot. Spot
steady; No. 2. 64 elevator and ti f
o. b. afloat; No. 2 yellow, 54; No. 2
white. 54. Option market was
stronger on a scare of Decembei
shorts and with the West, closing c
to c higher. January closed 61
Oats Receipts, 183,700 bushels
Spot steady; mixed oat.B, 26 32
pounds, 39; natural, white, 30 33
pounds, 38 39; clipped white, 36 Q
40 pounds, 38 43.
Philadelphia. Wheat quiet bufc
steady; contract grade, November,
7675. Corn dull and unchanged;
November, 48 48. Oats steady
Bnd in fair demand; No. 2 white,
natural, 39.
Butter firm and lc. higher;
extra Western creamery (official
price), 30; street price, 31; extra
nearby pvlnts, 33.
Eggs firm and In good demand;
nearby fresh and Western fresh, 32
at mark.
Live poultry Bteady and In fair
demand; fowls, 11 12; old
roosters, 89; spring chickens,
11 12; ducks, 12 13; turkeys, 16
'017; geese, 12 13.
Live Stock.
New York. Beeves Receipts,
ll,131 head. Steers more active; top
I grades steady; others 5 15c. hlgh
1 er; bulls firm; cows Bteady to firm;
fat cows higher. Steers, 3.50 5.80;
oxen and stags, 3.20 4.35; bulls,
2.904.00; cows, 1.153.65; few
choice fat Ohio, do., 3.90 4.10.
CalveB Prime veals strong; oth
ers steady; graBsers almost nominal,
but firm. Veals, 4.50 9.00; culls,
4.00; fat calves, 3.604.00; dressed
calves steady; city dressed veals, 8
13 c. per pound; country dressed,
6llc. Sheep and Lambs Sheep steady;
prime lambs firm to 10c. higher;
medium grades, 15 25c. higher.
Sheep, 3.005.25; culls, 2.00; lambs,
6.757.85; culls, 5.00.
Hogs Market firm. State and
Pennsylvania hogs, 6.35 6.65; pigs,
6.75.
Chicago. Cattle Market steady;
common to prime steers, 4.0047.40;
cows, 2.65 4.76; heifers, 2.60
5.00; bulls, 2.404.50; calves, 3.00
7.60; stockers and feeders, 2.40
4.50.
Hogs Market 5 10c. higher;
choice to prime heavy, 6.25 6.30;
medium to good heavy, 6.05 6.15;
butcher weights, 6.20 6.30; good to
choice mixed, 6.10 6.22; packed,
6.7506.00; pigs, 6. CO 6:10.
Sheep Market strong; sheep, 3.25
6.60; yearlings, 5.006.00; Iambs
6.25 7. 60.
WORTH REMEMBERING
It is stated that the Incomes ot
physlclanB in England have decreas
ed 25 per cent, during the luBt three
years.
The Chinese are showing an in
creased liking for cigars and cigar
ettes. Europe's beet sugar crop for 1906
7 is estimated at 6,473,000 metric
tons. '
There are more than 120 India
rubber manufacturers in the United
States, employing more than 15,000
operatives.
Every cyclist In Rou mania la forc
ed by the authorities to have hb4
name and address not only on the
frame ot his machine, tmt also on tho
lamp glass, so that it may be read,
at night.
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?
Profit bf the Experience of One Who
Has Found Relief.
James R. Keeler, retired farmer,
ot Fenner St., Caienovia, N. Y., says:
"About fifteen years ago I suffered
with my back and
kidneys. 1 doctored
and used many reme
dies without getting
relief. Beginning
with Doan's Kidney
rv V?1"8- 1 found relief
' from the first box.
and two boxes re
stored me to good,
sound condition. My wife and many
of my friends have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills with good reRUlt and I can
earnestly recommend them."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Hcreetch Owls On Knginc Pilot.
"That's sendin' an engine some
when you make 'er overtake and kill
birds on the wing," tald a railway
yardman at the union depot. He
found three dead screech owls on
the engine pilot of a Burlington train
that had Just arrived.
The engineer and fireman knew
nothing of the owls. It Is supposed
the birds were on the track and flew
up Just as the engine reached them.
Kansas City Times.
French horticulturists have appar
ently been very successful of late In
raising dwarf trees, and one of the
features ot dinner parties among the
rich now is to serve the fruit upon
the tree. '
Catarrh Cannot Ho Cored
with local ArrucATiONB, oa they can
not reach the neat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional diseane,
and in order to cum it you miwt take inter
nal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia taken
internally, and acta directly on the blood
and mucous iiirfacea. Halt Catarrh Core
ia not a quack medicine. It wai prescribed
by one ot the bent physician in this coun
try for yean and ia a regular proscription.
It ia composed of the best tonics known,
combined with the best blood purifiers, act
ing directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients
is what produces such wonderful results in
curing Caturrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney A Co., Props., Toledo, O.
Sold bv Druggista, price 75c.
Take Hall's family Pills for constipation.
It is now the custom in New York
City, with few exceptions, for girls
to attend the public schools without
wearing hats. On pleasant days there
is only one hat to about twenty girls.
Ordered His Own Execution.
A sergeant-major in the German
army named Llzmann, stationed at
Bremen, committed suicide recently
by ordering 15 of his men to take
aim at his heart and Are.
Llzmann called out the men for
practice in execution drill and had,
unknown to them, loaded their rifles
with ball cartridges. He imperson
ated a doomed man and stood at 15
paces from the firing party. He or
dered them to aim at his heart,
and carefully tested the level of
their weapons. He corrected one
man whose rifle was pointed too low.
Then raising his cap he gave the
order to fire, crying at the same time,
"Hoch, der Kaiser." He fell dead,
shot through the bodv In 15 nlaces
The sergeant-major was some time
ago court-martialed for accldently
shooting a civilian in the course of
a heated discussion. He had an ex
cellent military record, but was sen
tenced to a term of imprisonment.
In a letter found in his quarters
he wrote that after having been a
loyal and zealous soldier he would
never consent to the degradation of
undeserved Imprisonment.
Wrong; Kind Of Sponges.
Mrs. Tom L. Johnson, discussing
the other day the school of house
hold science that she is helping to be
found In Cleveland, said:
"No Cleveland girl, after a course
in our school, would ever make the
mistake that a young bride maue
last ' Thanksgiving. This young
bride, after serving her husband a
Thanksgiving dinner that was so-and-so,
said, as the dessert of mince
pie was brought on:
"I intended, dear, to have some
sponge cake, too, but It has been a
total failure."
" 'How was that?' the husband
asked In a disappointed tone, for he
was fond of sponge cake.
" 'The druggist,' she explained,
'sent me the wrong kind of spong
es. " Pittsburg Press.
NO MEDIt'lXE
But Change of Food Gave Final Re
lief. Most diseases start in the alimen
tary canal stomach and bowels.
A great deal of our stomach and
bowel troubles come from eating too
much starchy and greasy food.
The stomach does not digest any of
the starchy food we eat white bread,
pastry, potatoes, oats, etc. these
things are digested In the small in
testines, and if we eat too much, as
niost ot us do, the organs that should
digest this kind of food are overcome
by excess of work, so that fermenta
tion, Indigestion, and a long train ot
ails result.
Too much fat also Is hard to di
gest and this Is changed into acids,
sour stomach, belching gas, and a
bloated, heavy feeling.
In these conditions a change from
Indigestible foods to Qrapo-Nuts will
work wonders In not only relieving
the distress, but in building up a
strong digestion, clear brain and
steady nerves. A Wash, woman
writes:
"About five years ago I suffered
with bad stomach dyspepsia, Indi
gestion, constipation caused, I know
now, from eating starchy and greasy
food.
"I doctored for two years without
any benefit. The doctor told me
there was no cure tor me. X could
not eat anything without Buffering
severe pain In my back and sides, and
I became discouraged.
"A friend recommended Orape
Nuts and I began to use It. . In lest
than two weeks J began to feel better
and Inside ot two months I was a
.well woman and have been ever line.
"I can eat anything I wish with
pleasure. We eat Grape-Nuts and
cream tor breakfast and are Tory
tnnd ot it" Nam given by Posturn
Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the
little book, "The Road to WellvllVe"
A Pirate Ntorv.
This tale from Hongkong shows
the ingenuty and courage of modern
Chinese pirates; "Ten men, who ap
peared to be narmless inuorers,
boarded the BntiBh steam tauncn
Flenam Just below Wuehow. They
had been on board only a little time
when they suddenly produced re-
vo'vers, searched and bound the pas
sengers and crew, and took charge
of the vessel. Their captain took the
rudder and deliberately collided,
while Eoine at high speed, with a
larger Chinese launch, the Chanfook.
The robbers were flung to the deck
by the force ot the colllnion. but
Instantly sprang up and leaped on
board the Chanfook.
"Again the crew and passengers
were carefully searched, robbed and
bound. This done, they were thrown
headlong on to the captives lying
at the bottom of the Flenam. The
pirate leader then returned on board
the latter and quickly wrecked the
machinery. The Flenam, helpless
and with her helpless cargo, was cut
adrift. Steaming up in the dark on
the Chanfook, with no lights show
ing, the pirates attacked a commis
sioner's armed launched, on board
of which a guard of eight soldiers
was watching over a valuable cargo,
but this time they were beaten off.
"In no wise discouraged, the pir
ates Bteered off, and next attacked
and overpowered the launch Salyik.
When the dawn came the pirates ran
the Chanfook on the beach and made
off unharmed. Their night's work
had brought them nearly $5,000.
Chicago News.
FITS,St.Vitus'Dance:N-rvouP Disease per
manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. W trial Ixittle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline, L,d.,SKl Arch St.. Phila,, Pa.
A man's conscience trouble him less
than the fear of being caught at it.
FACE ALL BROKEN OUT.
Troubled Almost a Year Complexion
3fow Perfect and Skin Soft, Whit
and Velvety.
"I had been troubled with a break
ing out on my face and arms for almost
a year and had the services of several
physicians, but they didn't seem to do
any good. Some time ago one of my
friends recommended Cuticura to me. 1
secured some, and after using it several
months I was completely cured. 1 can
highly recommend tXticura Soap as be
ing the very best complexion soap made.
It creates a perfect complexion, leaving
the skin soft, white, and velvety. 1 now
use Cuticura Soap all the time ond rec
ommend its use to my friends. Maud Log
gins, R. F, D. No. 1, Sylvia, Tenn., Aug.
1, 1805."
A distant relative who Is "close" Ib
both far and nciir.
To Clean a Carpet On the Floor.
Sweep the carpet thoroughly, then
sprinkle with coriiineal or coarse salt and
sweep again. Dissolve a bar of Ivory Noap
in three gullons of water, and with a
sponge or soft broom, go over the carpet.
Rinse in the same way with clear, warm
water and let the air pass thrcugh the
room until the floor is dry. ,
Eleanor R. Parkzh.
Some feminine complexions are com
plex affairs.
Wortli ivi. .
That Allcock's Plaster are -lie highest
result of medical science and skill, and 111
ingredients and method have never been
equaled.
That they are the original and genuine
porous plasters upon whose reputation
imitators trade.
That they never fail to perform their
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That for Weak Back, lUieuuialism.
Colds, Lung Trouble. Strains and ail Local
Psins they are invaluable.
That when you buy Allcock's Plasters
you obtain the best plasters made.
There are only four letters In love,
but there are thousands of love letters.
Mrs. Winslow'R Soothing Synipfor Children
ullays pain, cures wind colic, 25oabottle
The experience we buy la the only
kind really worth the price.
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ill?
aeffiUPOTAS
On the left, a patch of
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planted at same time, in
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These pictures are taken
from an experiment sta
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What Do They Cure?
Tho above question Is often asked con
cerning lr. Pierce's two leadlnu medi
cines "Golden Medical Discovery" and
-Favorite Prescription."
Tho answer Is that "Golden Medical
Discovery "Is a most potent alterative or
bliKKl-ptirlfler, and tonic or invlgorstor
and new espoclnily favorably In a curs
tlvo way upon all tho mucous lining sur
faces, an of the nasal piisfBge. throat,
bronchial tubes, stomach, bowels and
bladder curing a large percent, of catar
rhal caVe whether hn disease affects tl.i
nasal paSafto, the throat, larynx, bron
chia, storaacliNlas catarrhal dyspepMa)
bowels (as muiiipiirJiJJTA bladder,
uterus or other pelvic orgB"rr? Even
the chloric Itr "'""'"p ffniT. if lliuai-
is a powerful yet gcnlTy acting uivigoratr.
lug tonic and nervine. For weak worn
out, over-worked women no mutter what
has caused the brenk-down, "Knvoritn
Prescription "will bo found nut effective
in building up tho strength, regulating
tho womanly functions, siilxluiiig pain
and bringing alsmt a healthy, vigorous
condition of the whido svstem.
A book of particulars wraps each lxittln
giving tho formul-.e of bj't.h medicines and
quoting what scores of erolr.Mit med
ical authors, whoso works nre consulted
by phvsleluiis of all the schools of practice
as guides In prescribing, say of each In
gredient entering Into these medicines.
Tho words of prnisu liestowod on tlm
several Ingredients entering Into Doctor
Pierce's nxxllclnes bv such writers should
havo inoro weight than any amount of
non professional testimonials, because)
such men urn writing for the guidance of
tneir meoical nreitiron anu kuow suumi
thev speak.
Jtoth medicines are non-alcoholic, non
secret, and contain no harmful hahlt
formiiig drugs, being composed of glyceric
extracts of tlinrootsnf native. American
medicinal forest plants They are both
sold by dealers in medicine. You can't
afford to accept as a substitute for one of
these medicine of known composition,
anv secret nostrum.
Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to talco as candy, regulate and In
vigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
ar tlie rnmmnn hirinlitrr:
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