EXCELSIOR BRAND
Oiled
Clothing and Slickers
The best of absolutely water.
proof clothing for all out-
door men—stockmen, farm-
ers, teamsters, miners, etc.
Don’t buy a garinent with-
out it bears Bawyer's Excel-
sior Brand.
It your dgaler does not
have “SAWYERS' send to us
for catalogue and pricee.
H. M. SAWYER & SON,
East Cambridge, Mass.
Lean Times?
Business conditiong are a great
deal wose in England than uere, re-
ports a Western railroad official just
returned from Europe. In this con-
nection may also be noted reports of
hard times coming from Italy, which
are rather curiously given as the
cause of numerous departures of
United States Italians for their old
homes. Having had plenty of work
the past year or two and saved
money, they are now going pack In
larger numbers than common for the
season to help relatives in distress or
undue eviction.—Springfield Republi-
can,
FITS, St. Vitus'Dance: Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve
Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. H. R. Kline, [.d.,931 Arch 8t., Phila., Pa.
Chief Statistician Pidgin, of Mas-
sachusetts, says that the increase of
cost of living for 1906 exceeded the
average wage increase.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing S for Chi
teething, softens Aid LA A Sipe
tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 25c a bottle
Usefulness of Icebergs.
When an iceberg is launched upon
its long journey its bottom parts are
barnacled with sand, bowlders and
other detritus gathered from the land
surface over which it has made its
tedious march to the sea. I'his bur-
den it gradually casts off as it melts
while drifting down along our conti-
nental seaboard. As a result of the
deposits thus made through count-
less centuries, combined with the
product of erosion carried seaward
by the rivers, the seabed for manv
miles cff shore has been gradually
filled up, creating those vast, sub-
merged plateaus, known as “banks,”
which extend from Labrador to the
Bay cf Fundy and form the breeding
grounds of innumerable shoals of
cod, herring, and cther valuable food
fishes. In this way the bergs have
performed an economic service of in-
calculable value, laying the founda-
tion for one of the world’s most im-
portant productive industries, and af-
fording a means of livelihood to those
hardy bands of “captains courageous”
who each year reap the harvests of
the sea. The bergs serve a further
economic purpose in that to their
tempering influence are largely due
the climatic conditions prevailing
over a great part of the interior of
North America.—The World To-Day.
Find New Cave.
Two gold prospectors recently dis-
covered in the Santa Susanna Moun-
tzins, about fifty miles from 1.0s An-
geles, Cal, the largest and most re-
markable cave in Western America
While looking for indications of gold
they found an opening which they en-
tered. The opening led to a great
cavern, consisting of many passages,
scme of them wide, but most of them
narrow and lofty, The passuges
lead into great halls, some an acre in
extent, studded with stalagmites and
stalactites in some cases so thickly
that it is difficult to get through
The walls of one of these halls are
covered with rude drawings, some al-
most obliterated, but others still
clear. The drawings represent inci-
dents of the chase, showing Indians
on foot pursuing bear, deer and other
animals. 41
Shadows Seem to Sing.
At the recent exposition of the
French Society if Physics exhibitions
were given of an ingenious combina-
tion of the phonograph with the
cinematograph, whereby the figures
upon the screen were caused to go
through all the motions of singing,
while the sounds issued concordantly
from the phonograph, so that the il-
lusion was astonishingly completa,
Similar combinations have been
made before, but seldom with so
much attention to details. The ap-
paratus employed is called the chron-
ophene.
TRANSFORMATIONS
Carious Results When Coffee Drink.
ing is Abandoned.
It is almost as hard for an old
coffee toper to quit the use of coffee
as it is for a whiskey or tobacco fiend
to break off, except that the coffee
user can quit coffee and take up
Postum without any feeling of a loss
of the morning beverage, for when
Postum is well boiled and served with
cream, it is really better in point of
flavour than most of the coffee served
nowadays, and to the taste of the con-
noisseur it is like the flavour of fine
mild Java.
A great transformation takes place
in the body within ten days or two
weeks after coffee is left off and
Postum used, for the reason that the
poison to the nerves—caffeine—has
been discontinued and in its place is
taken a liquid food that contains the
most powerful elements of nourish-
ment.
It is easy te make this test and
prove these statements by changing
from coffee to Postum. Read “The
Road to Wellville,” in pkgs. “There's
& Reason.”
laneous decomposing substances,
The German Kaiser employs four
chefs, a German, an Italian, an Eng-
lishman and a Frenchman, so that
‘| he can have his meals served in any
style he may fancy. Sausage is one
of his favorite dishes, however, and
he has a fresh supply of frankfurters
made every day.
Compulsory spraying or dipping of
calves is said, by Wyoming cattle own-
ers, to result in heavy. loss, owing to
the pungent odor left on the skin
which kills the natural smell and ren-
ders the mother unable to recognize
her calf. Near Laramie over 100
calves died thus from starvation.
Napoleon was born August 15,
1769; Wellington was born April 29,
1769. Therefore, on the day of Wa-
terloo, Napoleon was forty-six, lack-
ing two months, while Wellington was
not quite two months over forty-six.
~—Nearly every house in Japan has in
the main reception room a raised
platform on which sits the familiar
idol of the Dal Butau (Buddha). If
the family hold to the older faith
of Shinto, there is also a statue to
the goddess of mercy, Kaunon.
Around these idols are-arranged the
swords, armor, ornaments and the
ihdi, the sacred tablet which bears
the name of the dead father, and the
date of his death. The shrine con--
taining the relics is made from the
holy sun wood (hi-no-ki). This re-
cess in the Japanese home is the heart
of the family life, and corresponds
to that niche in the mansion of an-
cient Rome wherein were placed the
Lares and Penates.
The historic plains of Abraham will
be dedicated as a national park at
the celebration next year of the three
hundredth anniversary of the-found-
ing of Quebec, provided those most
prominent in the commemoration are
able to have their way. At present
the plains are marred by a rifle fac-
tory, and instead of listening to the
demand that they remove to another
site, the owners of the plant demand
more room.
Portugal is making an effort to re-
claim 10,000,000 acres, nearly one-
half the country’s area.
Berlin University is the most nu-
merously attended seat of learning
in the world. It contains 7774 ma-
triculated and 1330 non-matriculated
students. All the States of Germany
and every country in Europe, from
Norway to Sicily, from Ireland to
Russia, are represented in its class-
rooms. g
In a recent picture of the govern-
ors of the various States and Ter-
ritories seventeen were shown to have
smooth-shaven faces, three wear
beards, two goatees, and eight are
noticeably bald-headed, while four
were pictured wearing glasses.
A PRESERVATIVE OF WOOD.
Successful Experiments Made in Bel-
gium -with Coal Tar Extract.
Vice-Consul J. A. Van Hee, of
Ghent, says that recent experi-
ments in Belgium made with a new
coal tar extract, known as “injectol,”
have given satisfactory results. He
writes:
“The experiments were principally
devoted to the treatment of wooden
poles and blocks used in;street pav-
ing. The product is a liquid, of a
dark brown color, very thin, and of
regular density. Its degree of viscos-
ity changes very little with atmos-
pheric variations. One of the prin-
cipal advantages is its pentration into
certain woods without any pressure.
For the antiseptic treatment of com-
pact woods, using the apparatus sim-
ilar to the “Breant” system, the time
necessary for the pressure and soak-
ing into of a given quantity of in-
jectol is considerably less than for
any other antiseptic liquid, including
creosote.
“It has been found that where creo-
soted poles in the ground have only
resisted decay for a few months,
those treated with injectol remained
unattacked after three years. Sim-
ilar experiments were also made with
railway sleepers, treated with differ-
ent antiseptics. Some were soaked
in a mixture of coal creosote, creo-
sote and chloride of zinc, and two
were treated with injectol. After
having been left for two years in a
steeping vat composed of miscel-
it
was found that the two treated with
injectol were still in good condition,
while the others were almost com-
pletely destroyed. Similar results
were obtained with wooden blocks
for street paving.”
Poetic Justice.
Here is one instance where a man
was known to get ahead of a woman.
In Warrensburg, Mo., a woman had a
man arrested for allowing his cow to
trespass on her property. The man
was fined $1 and costs. During the
trial it came out that the woman's
property was overgrown with tall
weeds. The man filed a complaint
against the woman for violating the
anti-weed ordinance and she was
fined $5.50 and costs.—Kansas City
Journal.
DUN'S WEEKLY SUMMARY
Fall Retail Trade Reported Excellent
—Liberal Distribution of Wearing
Apparel in Leading Cities.
Interest centers in fall retail trade
and results are all that could be
desired. There is no sectional dil-
ference on this point, all leading
cities reporting a liberal distribution
of seasonable wearing apparel. Sup-
plementary orders are coming to
wholesale and jobbing houses, and
satisfactory results with autumn
goods encourage manufacturers to
extend preparations for the next sea-
son.
Mercantile collections have also im-
proved, October payments being fair-
ly well :net thus far, although rates
for commercial paper are abnormaily
high. Among the manufacturers the
most notable increase in orders is
reported by New England shoe shops,
while there is no idleness at cotton
mills, and the reduction of steel out-
put is not significant. In some lines
there is a sentiment of conservatism
that eliminates much of the custom-
ary speculative business, and this is
regarded with satisfaction by those
who appreciate the importance of
moderation until the financial pres-
sure is reduced.
No change has occurred in the con-
dition of the iron and steel indus-
try. Few sales of pig are reported,
and some sections of the market are
slightly weaker, but as a rule, steadi-
ness prevails, and Bessemer is $3.50
per ton higher than a year ago. Ex-
port trade has broadened in several
sections of the market, large tonnage
of wire going to Canada.
A better feeling exists in primary
markets for cotton goods, while mills
‘are producing as rapidly as possible
without overtaking orders to any ap-
preciable extent. Jobbers in the
west continue to transact a large
business, although the money market
is still a restraining feature. Fewer
goods are sacrificed by second hands,
removing the most depressing influ-
ence.
Narrow print cloths are sold well
up to next spring, while wide goods
are taken less freely.
MARKETS.
PITTSBURG.
Wheat—No. 2 EY
No. 2
yO
Corn—No 2 yellow, ear
No. 2 yellow, shelled
Flour—Winter patent
Fancy straight winters
Timothy
Dairy Products.
Butter—Elgin creamery
Ohio creamery.
Fancy country roll
Cheese—Ohio, NeW. ..covvereennnnns
New York. new
Poultry, Etc.
Hens—per 1b
Chickens—dressed
Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh
Frults and Vegetables.
Potatoee—Fancy white per bu....
Cabbage—per ton SE
Onions—per barrel
BALTIMORE.
Flour—Winter Patent
Wheat—No. 2 red
Corn—DMixed
Eggs
Butter—Ohio creamery...cceeeeeees
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour—Winter Patent
Wheat—No. 2 red.
Corn—No. 2 mixed
Oats—No. 2 white
Butter—Creamery
Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts
NEW YCRK.
Flour—Patents
Wheat—No. 2 red
Corn—NO. 2... ii eivressrnrinaray
e
Kggs—State and Pennsylvania....
LIVE STOCK.
Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg.
Cattle.
Extra, 1,45) to 1,67) 1bs3
Prime, 1,300 to 1.40) lbs
Good, 1,200 to 1,3) lbs
Tidy, 4,050 to 1,150 1bs
Common, 700 to 8)) lbs
en Ce ae UV OY CY CO
Prime heavy
Prime wedium weight ............
Best heavy Yorkers
Prime wethers, clipped
Good mixed.
Fair mixed ewes and wathers
Culls and common
5 09
Simplen Tunnel Full of Radium.
A newspaper at Geneva claims
Prof. Joly has completed a geological
examination of specimens of the
strata collected from borings for the
Simplon tunnel. He found richer
traces cf radium than any hitherto
discovered in Europe. He believes
the presence of these deposits caused
the abnormal heat experienced in
building the tunnel.
Why Currants Are Nutritious.
The reason why currants are so re-
markably nutritious is that they con-
sist, to a very large degree, of sac-
charine in its most easily digestible
form—that of grape sugar. The
piquant flavor of the currant, which
adds so much to its pleasantness as
a food, is derived from the valuable
percentage of tartaric acid which the
berry contains. Potash is also present
in the form of cream of tartar and is
dies’ Picterial.
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LOST PAPERS FOUND.
+
Valuable Original
ing to Spmanish Rule in Louisiana.
The lost “Corondolet” papers,
which for more than a century eluded
the search vf the historians of the
world, have been found in the Ban-
croft. Library of the California State
University, by Prof. Henry Morse
Stephens and F. J. Taggart, custod-
jan of the library. - It will now he
necessary to rewrite the history of
the Southwest.
The papers are the
ments of the Spanish rule of Louis-
iana, and contain all the historic
events of the period. The documents
were lost while in transit to Spain.
Upon learning of the discovery of
these papers upon which is based the
most important facts of the early
history of the Southwest, Prof. Fred-
erick J. Turner, one of the best
known historians in the United
States, said:
“The discovery of these papers will
make necessary the rewriting of the
history of the Southwest.”
Baron de Corondolet was the last
Spanish governor of Louisiana. The
papers contain reports to the gover-
nor throwing light on the early his-
tory of Western explorations. Be-
sides the Corondolet papers, there
are among the Pinart manuscripts
special collections relating to the
Dutch West Indies, particularly the
governmental records of the Dutch
Island of Curacao, to the Danish
West Indies, including the letter book
of one of the early governors of the
year 1733, and particularly to the
Spanish -islands of Cuba and Porto
Rico.
official docu-
A TERRIBLE EXPERI ENCE.
How a Veteran Was Saved the Ame
putation of a Limb.
B. TI'rank Doremus, veteran, of
Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind.,
ie gays: I had been
showing symptoms of
- kidney trouble from
the time | was mus-
tered out of the ar-
my, but in all my life
1 never suffered as
in 1897. Headaches,
dizziness and sleep-
IB lessness, first, and
i% then dropsy. [1 was
weak and helpless,
having run down from 180 to 125
pounds. I was having terrible pain
in the kidneys, and the secretions
passed almost involuntarily. My left
leg swelled until it was 34 inches
around, and the doctor tapped it
night and morning until I could no
longer stand it, and then he advised
amputation. 1 refused, and began
using. Doan’'s Kidney Pills. The
swelling subsided gradually, the
urine became natural and all my
pains and aches disappeared. | have
been well now for nine years since
using Doan’'s Kidney Pills.”
Sold by alldealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Keeps in Practice.
Paderewski frequently cits at his
instrument until well into the small
hours of the morning, says Tit-Bits.
Hence he seldom rises until 9 or 10
a. m., and immediately he is dressed
he gets to work, generally practicing
on the piano, but often
He keeps to his task until 1 o'clock,
and not a minute earlier does he
break his fast.
" Paderewski
STATE OF OHI0, C1TY OF I'OLEDO f ss
_ Ltcas COuNTy, ne
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he 1s
senior partner of the irm ot I.J. CHENEY & |
Co., doing business in the City ob loledo,
County and State atoresaid, and that said
firm will pay thesum of ONE HUNDRED DOL-
LARS for each and every cuse of CATARRH
that cannot be cured by the use of I1ALL’S
CATARRI CURE. Fraxg J. CHENEY.
8worn to betorc me and subscribed 10 my
presence, this 6tb day ot December, A. D.,
1856. A. \W. GLEASON
{seal Notary Public.
iall’s Catarrh Cureistakeninternally.and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur-
faces ot the system. dend for testimonials,
free. F.J. CHENEY & CO. l'oledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75¢.
Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Four Apples for Rent.
Mr. Claiborn, owner of the cider
and vinegar works and the sorghum
factory east of town, is the man with
the best right to lament over the
fruit failure. He sated that (ae cider
and sorghum portion of his mill will
remain shut down for the year, the
operation being with grain.
There is no sugar cane to speak of,
and no apples at all. As striking evi-
dence of this latter fact he visited
his farm in Salem township. Under
the terms of the lease he is to receive
‘one-half of the apples grown in the
orchard” on the place. His renter
informed him that Mr. Claiborn’s
share will be just four apples, and in-
quired whether he wanted them de-
livered in town or would come after
them.—JIola (Kan.) Record.
SLEEP BROKEN BY ITCHING.
Eczema Covered Whole Body For a
Year — No Relief Until Cuticura
Remedies Prove Perfect Success.
“For a vear 1 have had what they call
eczema. I had an itching all over my body,
and when I woull retire for the night it
would keep me awake half the night. and
the more I would scratch, the more it
would itch. I tried all kinds of remedies.
but could get no relief. I used one cake of
Cuticura Soap, one box of Cuticura and
two vials of Cuticura Resolvent Pills—
which cost me a dollar and twenty-five
cents in all, and am very glad I tried them,
for I was completely cured. Walter W.
Paglush, 207 N. Robey St., Chicago, Ill,
Oct. 8 and 16. 1906.”
Switzeriand’s Chief Revenue.
Switzerland's greatest industry, the
entertaining of tourists, has been ofii-
cially computed to bring $22,000,000 a
year, $7,000,000 more than the public
revenue of the whole confederacy.
PUTNAM
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Documents Reiat.
composing. .
Perfect
Womanhood
The greatest menace to woman's
permanent happiness in life is the
suffering that comes from some de-
rangement of the feminine organs.
Many thousands of women have
realized this too late .to save their
health, barely in time to save their
lives.
To be a successful wife, to retain
the love and admiration of her hus-
band, should be a woman's constant
study.
1f a woman finds that her ener-
giesare flagging, that she gets easily
tired, dark shadows appear under
her eyes, she has backache, head-
ache, bearing-down sensations, ner-
vousness, irregularities or the
‘‘blues,” she should start at once to
B build up her system by a tonic with
specific powers, such as
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
thegreat woman's remedy for woman’sills, made only of roots and herbs.
It cures Female Complaints, such as Dragging Sensations,
Weak
Back, Falling and Displacements. Inflammation and Ulceration. and all
Organic Diseases, and is invaluable in the Change of Life.
and Expels Tumors at an early stage.
It dissolves E¥
Subdues Faintness. Nervous §
Prostration, Exhaustion, and strengthens and tones the Stomach. Cures #
Headache, General Debility, Indigestion, and invigorates the whole
female sysem. It is an excellent
Kidneys in either sex.
remedy for derangements of the 3
Plants With Brains.
Brains of plant life are the tendrils. |
Sensitive plants retract their leaflets
wlien people appreach, as if they re-
sented further intimacy. - All vines
which develop climbing organs called
tendrils will reach out toward us if
we place our hands fm contact with
theni, and will even use a finger as a
support to climb on. These tendrils
will wind just as readily around a
twig or grass stem. Tendrils are
capable of exhibiting faculties and
going through evolutions more won-
derful than perhaps is realized. With
their sensitive tips they test the ob-
jects they come in contact with, ap-
parently considering their suitability |
as a support, and then accepting or
rejecting them as the case. may be.
The thoroughness with which these |
tips do their work is illustrated by an
instance with a grape vine. A cherry
branch whose leaves had been vari-
ously punctured and scalloped by in-
sects hung near the tendril and a par-
ticular leaf had just one hole in its
blade, not over three-sixteenths of
an inch in diameter. So careful had
been the exploration of the leaf's
surface that this one small hole had
been discovered by the tendril, which
had thrust itself nearly three inches
through the opening.—Chicago Tri-
bune.
The Origin of Gloves.
It is not known when gloves were |
first invented, but they are very anc- |
ient. The first clear account of |
them comes {rom Xenophon, where
the . writer speaks of the Persians |
wearing them to protect their hands
from cold Homer describes Laer- |
tes working in his garden with gloves |
to protect his hands from thorns, and |
Varro mentions the wearing of gloves |
by the Rcmans. Gloves have long |
had a symbolic meaning. In the |
eleventh century came the custom of
throwing down a glove as a chal-|
lenge, and gloves were early ued in |
church rites. They were not worn |
Ly women until after the Reforma- |
tion . In preparing the leather for
gloves it had to be ‘‘fulled”’ with a |
peculiar kind of clay to lend it soft- |
ness and flexibility, and this was a
trade the secret of which was guard-
ed for many years. The men who
knew this trade were called fullers,
and thus the proper name of Fuller
came into existence.— Washington
Herald.
American Tourists Buy Them.
The head maid if the Queen dow-
ager of Italy ‘makes a thousand
pounds a year from the sale of her
mistress’ cast-off clothes, which are
given to her as a perquisite. The
purchasers are, for the most part,
American tourists. |
\
lip,
The Farmer’s Ultimatum.
An aged Jersey farmer, visiting &
circus for the first time, stood before
the dromedarys cage, eyes popping
and mouth agape at the strange beast
within. The circus proper began am&
the crowds left for the main show,
but still the old man stood before
the cage in stunned silence, apprais-
ing every detail of the misshapen legs,
the cloven hoofs, the pendulous upper
and the curiously mounded back
of the sleepy-eyed beast. Fiftcem
minutes passed. Then the farmers
turned away and spat disgustedly.
“Hell! There ain't no such and
mal."-—Everybody’s Magazine.
Juniper is said to be the most dom
able of woods.
lengthens the life of the -
wagon—saves horse-
per.
the world—contains
powdered mica
-asmooth,
hard coating on axle, and
reduces friction.
If you want your ontfit
to las? and carn money
while it lasts— grease
the axles with Mica
Axle Grease.
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IT IS WONDERFUL HOW QUICKLY THE
PAIN AND STIFFNESS GO WHEN YOU USE
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THIS WELL-TRIED, OLD-TIME
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excellent style, easy-fitting,
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Pigs SHOES FOR EVERY MEMBER OF
THE FAMILY, AT ALL PRICES.
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Edge Shoes cannot be equalled at any
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Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes.
direct to factory. Shoes sent everywhere by mail.
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W. L. DOUGLAS
$3.00 & $3.50 SHOES THE WORLD
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more Men's $3 & $3.50 shoes
than any other manufacturer.
THE REASON W. L. Douglas shoes are worn by more people
in all walks of life than any other make, is be
i and superior wes
The selection of the leathers and other materials for each pars
cause of their
ing qualities.
looked after by
the most completeorganization of superintendents, foremen and
skilled shoemakers, who receive the highest wages
shoe industry, and whose workmanship cannot b
If I could take you into mv large factorics at Brockton. Mass.,
and show you how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you
would then understand why they hold their shape. fit better,
paid in the
e excelled.
Sr
o>
other make. i
price
\s name and price stamped on botton. Take
If he cannot supply you, seal
alog free. W.L.Douglas. Brockton. Maes.
You
MONROE DRUG CO., Quincy, lllincis-
dye in cold water better than any other dye