CONTAGION A QUESTION QF PREVENTION. Binks, drains, eating and cooking utensils, sick room linen and clothing frequently carry the dreaded disease- germ unnoticed by the househola. Thorough and hygienic cleansing is the best safeguard against infection, and such a safeguard is found in the universal household necessity— Borax. This simple preventive carries in it- self, disinfecting qualities which en- ter the fabric or act upon the article to be cleansed in a hygienic manner, eliminating ‘every unwholesome prop-" erty, rendering it contaglon-proof, while at the same time Borax is of ftself as harmless as galt. Unlike most disinfectants which de- pend upon their strength of odor or harmful-to-the-system qualities, to ar- rest or prevent contagion, Borax is Nature's remedy, being easy to ob- tain and easy to.apply, a simple solu- tion in hot water being all the appli- cation necessary and requiring no prescription, it can be obtained from any grocer or druggist in convenient, economical household packages. In addition to its disinfecting quali- ties, Borax is especially a household necessity, 2nd can be used for soften- ing water, cleansing and whitening clothes, clearing the skin, whitening hands, makes an excellent dandruff remover and can be used on the finest laces or most delicate fabrics without injury, while as an adjunct to the bath it removes all odor of perspira- tion and leaves the skin soft and vel- vety. ? Had an Even Temper. “When I heah vou tawk about havin’ a even tempah,” said the Ken- tucky colonel, “I can’t he’p thinkin’ of Jack Chinn and whut ole man Hutchins used te say of him back theah in Harrodsburg. Ole man Hutchins used to say: ‘Jack Chinn, he’s jes’ about the mos even tem- pahed man evah wus in the wuhld, he is. Mad all the time.” 48 ECZEMA COVERED BABY. Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw—Suf- fered Untold Misery — Perfect Cure by Cuticura Remedies. “My son, who is now twenty-two years of age, when four months old began to have eczema on his face, spreading quite rapidly until he was nearly covered. The eczema was something terrible, and the doctors said it was the worst case they ever saw. At times his whole body and face were covered, all but his feet. I used many kinds of patent medicines to no avail. At last I decided to try Cuticura,when my boy was three years and four months old, hav- ing had eczema all that time and suffering * untold misery. I began to use all three of the Cuticura Remedies. Ile was better in two months; in six months he was well. Mrs. R. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H., Oct. 24, 1905.” Why His Dress seemed Odd. One of the wittiest of English peers, is Lord Longford, and he has also earned the reputation of being one of the worst-dressed, In spite of the fact that for twenty years he has been in the Second Life Guards. “The story goes that a friend once met him in Ireland garbed in a pair of continuations which were. not on speaking terms with his boots, and chaffed him mercilessly about the “lucid interval’’ that occurred be- tween them. But ‘Tommy, as Lord Longford is known to his inti- mates, in no wise disconcerted, blandly explained that it was really a matter of high politics. “You see, my dear fellow, the breeches were made by a tailor wno is a rampant Orangeman, while the boots are the achievement of a ‘Fenian cobbler, so how can you expect ’em to meet?’ Changes in the Senate. When Congress meets in Washing: ton next month the Senate will have seventeen new members. Fifteen of the old members will be missing by reason of death, resignation or fail- ure to secure re-election, and there will be two new members from the state of-Oklahoma. If Rhode Island ends its deadlock and sends some one else in place of Wetmore that will mean 18 new faces. Four seats that were filled by Democrats in the last Congress will be filled by Republicans in the com- ing Congress, and the political com- plexion of the Senate, counting in two Democrats from Oklahoma and a Republican from Rhode Island, will he 61 Repubiicans and 31 Demo crats, WHAT WAS IT The Woman Feared? What a comfort to find it is not “the awful thing’ feared, but only chronic indigestion, which proper food can relieve. A woman in Ohio says: “] was troubled for years with in- digestion and chronic constipation. At times I would have such a gnaw- ing in my stomach that I actually feared I had a—I dislike to write or even think of what I feared. “Seeing an account of Grape- Nuts, I decided to try it. After a short time I was satisfied the trouble was not the awful thing I feared, but wes still bad enough. However, I was relieved of a bad case of dyspep- sia by changing from improper food to Grape-Nuts. “Since that time my bowels have been as regular as a clock. I had also noticed before I began to eat Grape- Nuts that I was becoming forgetful of where I put little things about the house, which was very annoying. “But sincethedigestiveorgans have become strong from eating Grape- Nuts, my memory is good and my mind as clear as when I was young, and I am thankful.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little booklet, ‘The Road to Well- ville,” in packages. ‘‘There’s a Rea- son.” - chamber. GOT HIM ON THE RUN. Oklahoma City.—Not a saloon is open in Oklahoma, and the new State is as dry as Sahara. Five hundred and sixty saloons were put out of business. The day before the gosing the liquor stock was disposed of at bargain prices and the saloon doors an windows are now draped in crape. One saloonkeeper has placed an empty barrel in his window accompanied by these words: “Everything going out and nothing coming in.” . —Week’s Cleverest Cartoon, by F. Bowers, in the Indianapolis News. MRS. ROMADKE, A MILWAUKEE MILLIONAIRE’S WIFE, TELLS REASON FOR TURNING BURGLAR Glamour Thrown by a Yellow Newspaper Over Adventures of Criminals | Attracted Her to a Similar Life~-She Craved Excitement and Had Nothing Else to Do. Chicago.—Mrs. Evelyn Romadke, wife of the Milwaukee millionaire trunk maker, who was sentenced to serve a prison term for burglary, told the story of her downfall to Judge Bretano. She left a home of luxury in Milwaukee, where she had everything a woman naturally would desire, to come to Chicago to assoclate with thieves, and eventually entered upon a career of burglary to satisfy her own morbid craving for excitement. She declares emphatically that she owes her down- fall to the constant perusal of stories of crime printed in what she called the “yellow newspapers.” “I had nothing else to do,” she said. to add to my amusement or happiness. took to reading copies of this newspaper.” exaggeration of everything but the iniquity of their offenses, attracted me. “I wanted to meet these thieves,” Mrs. Romadke continued. “I had the idea I would be absorbed in the stories a real burglar could tell. I wanted to test the interest awakened in me in their lives and see whether it was real. I even had a desire to try whether I myself could steal without detection. “Well, I came to Chicago. Part of the time I lived in a South Side flat. It was there I met Albert Jones, the negro. for the woman from whom I rented my room. I saw him and asked him the time. He drew from his pocket a woman’s watch, and with it inad- vertently a woman’s diamond ring. “He glanced at me surreptitiously, and stealthily put it back in his pocket. Here was I face to face with a thief. We were at the door of my apartment. I pulled him into it. ‘I believe you are a burglar,’ I said, and then stopped him as he was about to speak and move away. “ ‘Stay here,’ I said. ‘I have wanted to meet a burglar for some time. I am interested. I want to know you. I will not give you away.’ ‘I can tell you some stories about stealing that would make your hair stand on end,’ | Jones -told me, or something like that, and that was the way we became acquainted. I talked with him, getting tho stories at first hand and not from the yellow newspapers any more, Then I planned with him to try my own hand. I did it, vou know not how many times, and I thought I was doing it undetected. I guess I wouldn’t have been caught if I had kept my head.” : Mrs. Romadke was weeping when she finished her story. AND NOW FINLAND ABOLISHES ALL LIQUOR. Drastic Prohibition Results Frcm Women Voting--‘Sentiment’’ Rules-~ It is Believed the Czar Will Veto the Measure. London.—Finland furnished this week a striking example of the effects of universal suffrage combined with virtual control by Socialist theories. Its Legislature consists of a single chamber of 200 members. Fifty-six per cent. of the voters at the last election in the towns and fifty per cent. in the rural districts were women. Nineteen women were elected members of the The Social Democratic party elected eighty members, and it has other sympathizers. It has just passed a drastic act for the total prohibition of spirits; wine, beer and alcohol, which may be kept only for medical and technical pur- poses and for the use of Russian troops. Even the use of wine for the communion service is forbidden. No one may keep alcoholic drinks in his house unless he can prove that they were in his possession before the act was passed. The police have full rights of search and the penalties vary from $20 fine to penal servitude for three years. There is no provision for loss of capital in breweries, distilleries or private houses. The Baroness Gripenberg, one of the best known women members, said that in dealing with a question of this vital social importance it was quite time “to leave reason aside and let sentiment prevail.” This moved the Times to remark: “I was married, but no one tried | I read all my books, and then I | She mentioned one by name. | “The glamour which it threw over the acts and adventures of criminals, the | He came to do some cleaning | | | | | | 1 FHANCE MO TRIE FEVER IMPROVES RETAIL TRADE Manufacturers Are Restricting Pro- duction, However, Until Normal . Conditions Return. Dun’s Weekly Review of Trade says: Improvement is reported in retail trade. and sentiment is more hope- ful in some commercial departments, but pending the resumption of active “demand manufacturers restrict pro- duction. Financial conditions are less disturbing, much relief resulting from larze imports of gold, while a better feeling was caused by the an- | nouncement of further government aid. although the propesed bonds and certificates have not yet increased the actual supplv of money. Mercantile collections are irregular, | some sections of the countrv report- | ing unexpectedly promnt settlements. | while at other points they are slow. | The final return .for October indicated a favorable trade balance for the United States of $68.747.482. and still | better results are promised for No- | vember ‘hv preliminary reports avail- | able for three weeks. No futher dif- | iculty is anticipated in meeting pay rolls now that the mid-month set- | tlemenis have been made without serious delay. Tittle alteration is noticed in auo- | tations of iron and steel, reduction | in prices being averted by the re- striction of output. Any pressure to force sales would result in conces- sions, but producers maintain the statistical position bv shutting down | all capacity for which there is no | demand. While actua cancellations | are few, many requests for deferred | deliveries are received, and all de- | partments of the’ industry await more | settled financial conditions. inquiry is noted for | [oA fair plate, wire products and pipe, the sentiment on the whole being somewhat bet- | ter than last week. Reduction in blast furnace activity has checked the vigorous movement of ore, and it lis probable that lake shipments will | not exceed 41,000,000 tons for the | season. There will be a new record. returned | | Clotliiers’ salesmen have ) | from first .trips, the volume of spring | business comparing favorably with | normal years. " MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Wheat—No. 2 red | yo—No.: | Corn—No 2 yellow, ear No. 2 yellow, shelled. Mixed ear... Qats—No. 2 whit No. 3 white... Filour—Winter patent. » Fancy straight winters Hay—No. 1 Timothy Clover No.1 Feed—No. 1 white mid. ton Brown middlings.............. Bran, bulk......... Siraw—Wheat Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery Ohio creamery.... Fancy country rol Cheese—Ohio, new New York, new Poultry, Etc. Hens—per 1b Chickens—dressed Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh Frults and Vegetables. | Potatoes—Fancy white per bu.... | Cabbage—per ton Onions—per barrel.... iyive BALTIMORE. | Flour—Winter Patent | Wheat—No.' 2 red. “There we have the true inwardness revealed of the Social Democratic | revolution naked and umashamed. inaugurate the ‘Age of Reason,” and we know what that meant. It was reserved for the Social Democratic revolution to inaugurate the ‘Age of Sentiment,” and we have yet to learn all that that means. At any rate it means, so far as it has gone in its chosen home of the Grand Duchy of Finland, one heavy blow at the principles of liberty.” It is not expected that the.law will ever come into operation, for the veto of the Czar is regarded as certain. FRANCE HAS GOLD BEYOND HER NEEDS. * IL Enormous Holdings In Her Great Bank and in Other Financial Institu= tlons~-~No Objection to Lending, But the French Have a Liking For Government Guarantees. Paris.—Never before perhaps in the history of France has there been such occasion for pride in the wealth of the country as during this week, when practically every Stock Exchange in Europe and America has been sending petitions to Paris for more gold. Although much gold has left Paris in the last fortnight, France still has more of the precious metal than she knows what to do with. French thrift knows no limits. In France no one is idle; every one saves. Nor is money saved to be hoarded. The huge semi-official banks which have no counterparts in America, and which not only accept deposits but give advice concerning investments, have more customers to-day than ever before. The Postoffice Savings Bank, State controlled, where a deposit of one sou is as welcome as that of a hundred francs, also shows a tremendous increase in business for the present year. Although the maximum account allowed to one depositor is only $300, it is estimated that the deposits in the Postoffice Banks this year will run up to near a billion dollars by the end of December. Money lent abroad is doubly profitable in the case of France, for a fair percentage of it is brought back to France by the horde of foreigners who annually visit this favored land. New Portrait of George Washing- ton Here From Scotland. New York City.—Bearing a por- trait of George Washington when he was a major in the Colonial Army, R. W. Austin, American Consul at Glas- gow, Scotland, arrived. It will be sent at once to Washing- ton, where it will be put on exhibi- tion before it is taken to Mount Ver- yon and hung there. The portrait, which is life size, is still the property of the People’s Palace in Glasgow, but it is loaned to the American Gov- ernment for an indefinite period. Death Test Which Will Prevent Possibility of Burial Alive. Paris.—A new death test, which absolutely precludes the possibility of burial alive, has been discovered at the Lariboisiere Hospital, in this city. Experiments have shown that radlo- graphs of bodies, taken even a few | minutes after death, reveal clearly the outlines of all the organs, where- as if the radiographs are taken .dur- | ing life the organs are not revealed. The discovery has caused a great stir in scientific circles. The earlier revolutions were content to | | Cows. ....... | | Corn—Mixed,...... Eggs ok Butter—Ohio creamery. PHILADELPHIA. " Flour—Winter Patent.... Wheat—No. 2 red... Corn—No. 2 mixed Qats—No. 2 white. Butter—Creamery... Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts. NEW YCRK. Flour—Patents.......c.covcrsennsnns LIVE STOCK. Union Stock Yards, Pittsburg. Cattle. Extra, 1,450 to 1,60) 1b3 Prime, 1,300 to 1,40) 1b3 Good, 1,200/10 1,800 1bs........... Tidy, 4,050 to 1,150 lbs... atv a 0 3 ~1 cS ut oS Ce we Cw dm Cm thm ie COT 8 ey Heifers, 700 to 1.100 Fresh Cows and Springers Coco cuuc Prime heavy Prime medium weight | Best heavy Yorkers .: | Good light Yorkers. Prime wethers, clipped Good mixed Culls and common Lambs Veal calves Heavy and thin calves.. Railway Gets Franchise. The borough council of Smithfield has granted a franchise to the Brownsville, Masontown & Smithfield Street Railway Company, which is projecting a line with connections from Morgantown to Pittsburg, only 59 miles long. Germany has nearly one-half of the breweries of the world. CHRONIC. “Well,” said Ascum, “if you don’t like your job get another one. “I would,” said Growell, “if I was sure I'd like it any better.”—Philadel- phia Press. A LIGHT, SENTENCE. De. Auber—This is a portrait of | Judge Blank. What do you think I ought to get for it? Criticus—Oh, about Chicago Daily News, cix months.— Central America. The story of Central America is a story of broken peace pacts and dis- solved unions. Beginning as one kingdom under Spain, the five prov- Inces became separated in their act of independence, but immediately thereafter sought reunion and incor- poration with Mexico. Separation from Mexico and dissolution of the union followed, and then wars, truces, federations ana secessions came in swift succession. Salva- dor’s appeal for a United States pro- tectorate, Gautemala's pretentions to hegemony, the rise and fall of the sixth state of Los Altos, the patriotic statesmanship of Morazan, the atroc- ities of Carrera, the United Provinc- es of the Center of America, the Panama Congress, the Central Amer- ican Federation, the lic of Central and United States together with cidents, names passed into America, of Central innumerable and . essays, history,. leaving other cepting on est lane must have a turning, and that therefore the further t»ose states proceed in their unhappy way the nearer they come to the inevita- ble turning point. : Impossible Work. He went down, and bravely. remained on the bottom some minutes, then he signaled impatient- ly to be drawn up. They drew him up and he motioned for them to re- move his helmet. As they started Mike?” he replied. “Take the durn “I'm done the fore- was the where the matter, lid off me,” wid divin’.” “Why?” said man. “I's never worruk,” excited answer, “at enny job I can’t spit on me Dispatch. Deafness Cannot Be Cured diseased portion of the way tocure deafnesg, and that is by consti- tutional remedies. Deafness is caused byan the Eustachian Tube. bedestroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten case of Deafness (caused bycatarrh) that can- not be duredby Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F.J.CHENEY & Co.,Toledo,O. Bold by Druggists, 7c. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. . Not toc Be Hocked. Walter S. Hale's compliment {to Rear Admiral Coghlan (retired), at the dinner of the Schley Camp of Spanish War Veterans, may not have been in. perfect taste, but it was very witty. “You hocked der Kaiser,” he said, “but you must never hock this,” and pinned the gold badge of the veterans on the admiral’s broad breast. strenuous cam- | paign of Barrios, the Greater Repub-| the | America | in- | have | the | states no better off than before, ex-| the ground that. the log- | He to do this the foreman said, “What's hands.” —Pittsburg | bylocalapplications as theycanuot reach the | ear. There is only one | inflamed condition of the mucous lining of | ‘When this tubeis in- | flamed youhave a rumbling sound orimper- | fect hearing, and when it is entirely closed | Deafnessis the result, and unless the inflam- | mation can be taken out and this tube re- | stored to its normal condition, hearing will | arecaused bycatarrh, whichis nothingbutan | inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. | We will give One Hundred Dollars for any | Teaching Mandarin. The college of Eastern Languages in Berlin has engaged four educated Chinese to teach Mandarin. For six hours a week each gets a monthly salary of $357. FITS, St. Vitus’ Dance: Nervous Diseases pen manently cured by Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. H. R. Kline, L4.,931 Arch 8t., Phila., Pa. Every renter of flats in Des Moines, Towa, is required to sign an agreement not to cook onions or cabbage in the rooms. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children teething, softens thegums, reducesinflamma- tion, allays pain, cures wind colic, 5c a bottle According to statistics Tokio 65 per are teetotalers. issued at cent of the Japanese Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. Joy of Living ‘in Metropolis. New York has a new record. Public Service Commission reports that one person is killed every fif- teen hours by her trolley cars, ele- vated and subway lines | Boston Globe. The included. — | Money Scarce in winter? Better turn yout extra time into cash. I pay $3.00 per day, in cash, for good work, and supply all the capi- tal besides. Write for details to-day. This offer will not ap- pear again, ATKINSON, 1024 Race St., Philad«lphia, ANTED---DIEN and WOMEN 1 pores a iy to sal sive territory given energetic workers, Write for prop- osition. Sales Dept., The Cerena Mills, Chicago, lL To convince any and do all we claim box of Paxtine wi book of instrue- PAXTIRE: brane af- mouth, by direct local treatment. Its cur- ommending it every day. 00 cents at and hcals fections, such as nasal catarrh, peclvie ative power over these troubles is extra~ druggists orby mail. Remember, however, FREE woman that Pax- for it. We will tions and genuine testimonials. Send mucous cgtarrh and inflammation caused by femi- ordinary and gives immediate relief. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TOTRY IT. tine Antiseptic will improve her health send her gheotmiely free a large trial h your name and address on a postal card. me m-=- nine ills; sore eyes, sore throat and Thousands of women are using and rec- THE R. PAXTON CO., Boston, Mass. P.-N. U. 48, 1907. If afflicted with wenk eyes, use Thompson's Eye Water NO MORE MUSTARD PLASTERS TO BLISTER THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER-IRRITANT. i: PEPPER PLANT Satins Sh Noa Capsicum-Vaseline. 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