AMATEUR AERONAUTICS. |
Do not stick~pinsTnto the enevlope,
even if the balloon is a stationary
one.
Never leave the cnr while in mo-
tion—especially when at a consider-
able altitude. It hurts.
Do not throw out empty bottles
when pasisng over densely populated
urban rural districts; they will only
get broken.
Should your grappling-iron •'grap-
ple" a harmless old gentleman and
lift him off his feet, do not be too
angry with him; let him down gently.
When passing over a friend's estate
try and resist the temptation of drop-
ping a sand-bag through his conserva-
tory somebody may be there, and be-
sides, your friend may be a retaliator
and a first-class rifle shot.
Stat* or Ohio. City of Toledo, i 89i
„ j UCHBiKYUTaaUe8 oath that He ti «enlo!
Frank J. ^hbn«x I Then icy & Co., doing
HALL'8 CATAEBU CCBB. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subserved In my presence,
tbUMUday of December, A. D£_1wG;GLEASOX,
j Notary Pdblio.
bi'jo'd and^ucmK^urfa^^f
•ystem. Send for 'Ijf'^HENKY & CO., Toledo, >.
constipation..
Went with the Suit.
Muggsy — Where did yer
watch? , ,
Gaffer—Got it wld a suit o clo es.
"Aw! go'n; de clothin' men ain't
glvin' away no watches like that wid
suit3 o' clo'es."
"Well, dls was a second-hand
THE RAILROAD RATE- BILL
Never Loses Its Strength
Synopsis of the Important Pro-
visions of the New Law.
git d«
suit
and publish the tariffs or rates and
charges as required by said acts, or
strictly to observe such tariffs until
changed according to law, sh;ill be a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
tnereof the corporation offending shall
be subject to a fine of not less than
51 000 nor more than $20,000 for each of-
fense; and It shall be unlawful tor any
person, persons or corporation to offer,
grant or give, or to solicit, accept or
receive any rebate, concession or dis-
crimination in respect to the transpor-
tation of any property in interstate or
foreign commerce by any common car-
rier subject to said act to regulate
commerce and the acts amendatory
thereto whereby any such property
shall by any device whatever be trans-
ported at a less rate than that named
in the tariffs published and filed by
tuch carrier, as is required by said act
to regulate commerce and the acts
amendatory thereto, or whereby any
other advantage is given or discrimin-
ation is practiced.
Every person or corporation who
shall offer, grant or give, or solicit, ac-
The Term Common Carriers Includes
Railroads, Express Companies.
Sleeping Car Companies and Pipe
Lines—Passes May Be Issued to
Railroad Employes—Authority of
Commission to Fix Rates.
Washington.—The following Is a
synopsis of the important sections of
the railroad rate bill.
Section one makes the law apply to
corporations or persons engaged in
,he transportation of oil or other com-
modities, except water, by pipe line, to
those engaged in transportation of
passengers or property by railroad or
. artly by railroad and partly by wa-
ler, between states.
"Common Carriers" Defined.
The term common carrier is de-
scribed as follows:
The term "common carrier," as used
hi this act, shall include express com-
panies and sleeping car companies. The
term "railroad," as used in this act.
shall include all bridges and ferries   . _
used or operated in connection with cept, or receive any such rebates, c •
any railroad, and also all the road in cession, or discrimination shall
use by any' corporation operating a deemed guilty or a misdemeanor, an
railroad, whether owned or operated
under a contract, agrement or lease,
and shall also include all switches,
spurs, tracks, and terminal facilities of
what belonged to a gent what was in every kind used or necessary in the
swimmin'."—Philadelphia Press. | transportation of the persons or prop
"—  T~.* «r,« erty designated herein.
The extraordinary popularity of fine AJ) charges made for any service ren-
white goods this summer makes the dfere(] Qr tQ be rea<jered in the trans-
choice of Starch a matter of great im- tation of passengers or property as
portance. Defiance Starch, being free aioresaid> or ln connection therewith,
from all injurious chemicals, is the Bba]! be jugt am] reaHOnable; and every
only one which is safe to use on fine ug|. and unreas0nable charge for
fabrics. Its great strength as a stiff- gu(jh service 0r any part thereof is
ener makes half the usual quantity of hibited and declared to be unlaw-
fitarch necessary, with the result of
perfect finish, equal to that when the Wh&t Passeg May Be Issued
goods were new. section relative to the issuing
" ~~T of railway passes is as follows:
Hardened. A No carrier subject to the provis-
Papa-My child, if I shall die PennI" lono of this act shall hereafter, direct-
less, are you well prepared to fight the ^ ^ lndirectly, issue or give any ln-
battle of life? terstaate free ticket, free pass or free
Blanche I think so, father I trangportatlon for passengers, except
been through three engagements al- officers, agents, employes, sur-
ready.—Washington Star. '• - - —-
geons, physicians, actual and bona fide
attorneys, and members of their im-
mediate families; to ministers of reli-
gion local and traveling secretaries of
_ Young Men's Christian associations, in-
Thore is something wrong about the mates of hospitals and charitable and
father who Is not a hero in the eyes eieemosynary institutions; to indigent,
of his little ones. destitute and homeless persons, and to
1 when transported
Yellow clothes are unsightly. Keep them
white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All
grocers sell large 2 oz. package 5 cents.
such persons
ty
Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. writable societies or hospitals, and
Made of extra quality tobacco. Your
cr or Lewis' factory, Peoria, 111.
You never make a mistake by talk-
ing to a man about himself.
AOAiTPfrRU-NA.
A Case of
STOMACH CATARRH.
Mary OBriem
Miss Mary O'Brien, SOG Myrtle
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., writes:
"Peru na cured me In five weeks
of catarrh of the stomach, after
suffering for four years and doctor- |
ing without effect. In common with
other grateful ones who have been
benefited by your discovery, I say,
All hail to Peruna."
the necessary agents employed in such
transportation; to Inmates of the na-
tional homes or state homes for dis-
abled volunteer soldiers and of sol-
diers' and sailors' homes, including
those about to enter and those return-
ing home after discharge, under ar-
rangements with boards of managers,
and female nurses that served during
the civil war; to ex-union soldiers and
sailors and ex-confederate soldiers;
and to owners and caretakers of live-
stock when traveling with such stock
or when going to point of shipment or
returning from point of delivery,
Exceptions to the Rule.
Provided, that this provision shall
rot be construed to prohibit the Inter-
change of passes for the officers, agents
and employes of carriers, and members
of their immediate families, nor to
prohibit any carrier from carrying
p?fcsengers free with the object of pr .•
vidlng relief ln cases of general epi
demic, pestilence or other calamitous
visitations, nor prevent such carrier
from giving free or reduced transpor-
tation to laborers transported to any
place for the purpose of supplying any
demand for labor at such place.
Cannot Own Coal Mines.
All common carriers are prohibited
from transporting from one state to
another any article manufactured,
mined or produced by the carrier or
i under its authority, and owned wholly
or in part by the carrier; except that
pipe Imes operated by oil companies
may transport their own commodities
well as those offered for transporta-
tion by competitors.
Section 2 amends section 6 of the
conviction thereof shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $1,000 nor
more than $20,000: Provided, that any
person, or any officer or director of any
corporation subject to the provisions
of this act, or the act to regulate com-
merce and the acts amendatory there-
oi, or any receiver, trustee, lessee,
agent or person acting for or employed
by any such corporation, who shall be
convicted as aforesaid, shall, In addi-
tion to fine herein provided for, be lia
ble to imprisonment ln the peniten
tiary for a term of not exceeding two
years, or both such fine and imprison-
ment,' ln the discretion of the court.
Every violation of this section shall be
piosecuted in any court of the United
States having jurisdiction of crimes
within the district in which such vio
latlon was committed, or through
which the transportation may hav
teen conducted; and whenever the of-
fense Is begun ln one jurisdiction and
completed in another It may be dealt
with. Inquired of, tried, determined,
r.rd punished ln either jurisdiction In
the same manner as if the offense had
been actually and wholly committed
therein.
Authorized to Fix Rates.
Section 15 authorizes the Interstate
commerce commission to fix rates as
follows:
Sec. 4. That section 15 of said act be
amended so as to read as follows:
~Eec. 15. That the commission is au-
thorized and empowered, and it shall
be its duty, whenever, after full hear-
ing upon a complaint made as provided
in section 13 of this act, or upon com-
plaint of any common carrier, it shall
be of the opinion that any of the rates,
charges whatsoever, demanded,
charged, or collected by any common
carrier or carriers, subject to the pro-
visions of this act, for the transporta-
tion of persons or property as defined
in the first section of this act, or that
any regulations or practices whatso-
evei of such carrier or carriers affect-
ing such rates, are unjust or unreason-
able, or unjustly discriminatory, or un-
duly preferential or prejudicial, or oth-
erwise in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this act, to determine and
prescribe what will be the just and
reasonable rate or rates, charge or
charges, to be thereafter observed in
such case as the maximum to be
sum of money, or any other valuable
consideration, as a rebate or offset
against the regular charges for trans-
portatlon of such property, as fixed by
the schedules of rates provided lor in
this art, shall be deemed guilty of a
fraud, which is hereby declared to be
a misdemeanor, and, shall, upon con-
viction thereof in any court of the
United States of competent jurisdic-
tion within the district where such or-
fense was committed, in addition to
any other penalties provided by this
act, be subjected to a fine equal to
three times the sum of money so re-
ceived or accepted, and three times the
value of any other consideration so re-
ceived or accepted, to be ascertained by
the trial court; and In the trial for
such offense, all such rebates or other
considerations so received or accepted
fo" a period of six years prior to the
commencement of the action may be
considered, and the said fine shall be
three times the total amount of money
or three times the total value of such
considerations so received or accepted,
the case may be: Provided, that the
foregoing penalties shall not apply to
rebates or considerations received prior
to the passage and approval of this act.
In addition to the above the commis-
sion is empowered to make joint rates.
Orders of the Commission.
Any carrier, any officer, representa-
tive, or agent of a carrier, or any re-
ceiver, trustee, lessee, or agent of
either of them, who knowingly talis or
neglects to obey any order made un-
der the provisions ot section 15 of this
act, shall forfeit to the United States
the sum of $5,000 for each offense.
Every distinct violation shall be a sep-
arate offense, and in case of a continu-
ing violation each day shall be deemed
a separate offense.
Provision for Court Review.
The court-review provision of the
bill Is as follows:
If any carrier falls or neglects to
obey any order of the commission
other than for the payment of money,
while the same is in effect, any party
injured thereby, or the commission in
its own name, may apply to the circuit
court in the district where such carrier
has its principal operating offiop, or ln
which the violation or disobedience of
such order shall happen, for
forcement of such order. Such applica-
tion shall be by petition, which shall
state the substance of the order and
the respect in which the carrier has
failed of obedience, and shall be served
upon the carrier ln such manner as the
court may direct, and the court shall
prosecute such inquiries and make such
investigations, through such means as
P. shall deem needful In the ascertain-
ment of the facts at Issue or which
arise upon the hearing of such
petition. If, upon such hearing as the
court may determine to be necessary,
it appears that the order was lawfully
made and duly served, and that the
cairier is in disobedience of the same,
the court shall enforce obedience to
such order by a writ of Injunction, or
other proper process, mandatory or
otherwise, to restrain such carrier, its
officers, agents or representatives, from
further disobedience of such order, or
to enjoin upon It, or them, obedience to
the same; and in the enforcement of
such process the court shall have those
powers ordinarily exercised by It ln
compelling obedience to Its writs of
injunction and mandamus.
From any action upon such petition
on appeal shall lie by either party to
the supreme court of the United States,
and in such court the case shall have
priority in hearing and determination
over all other causes except criminal
causes, but such appeal shall not va-
cate or suspend the order appealed
fiom.
The so-called Allison provision pro-
vides that all cases for the annulling
Always
the
Same
Calumet
Baking
Powder
Is Most Healthful,
Wholesome end Economicel
$1,000.00
given for anything injurious to health found
in Calumet Baking Powder.
Do not be induced to pay 45 or 50 cents
  pound for the Trust baking p™der«;
they leave large quantities of Kocbelle
Salts in the food.
The constant dosing of Rochelle Salts
will derange the digestive organs. YoUI
physician will tell you this.
charged; and what regulation or prac-    
tico in respect to such transportation is QfU^°rate as made by the commission
just, fair and reasonable to be there- glvould be brought in the district
after followed; and to make an order where the carrier against whom such
th2t the carrier shall cease and desist Qrder or requirement may have been
from such violation, to the extent to mat-je j-ias ltg principal office.
which the commission find the same to other provisions of the bill provide
exist, and shall not thereafter publish, ^ ^ shall be empow-
demand, or collect any rate or charge to require annual reports from all
for such transportation in excess of the common carriers, and providing that
maximum rate or charge so prescribed, jeports shall be of the fullest
and shall conform to the regulation or characler. giving the commission at
practice so prescribed. All orders of ^ Um0s' access to the books of com-
Lbe commission, except orders for the tarrlerSi heavy penalties are en-
payment of money, shall take effect . inea tor fa5se entries In accounts. A
within such reasonable time, not less ^ ^ 000 or imprisonment for a
than 3 Odays, and shall continue In of yearSi or both, is decreed
Mr H J Henneman, Oakland, Neb., present law so as to make it obligatory , fOTCO for SUCh period of time, not ex- | ^ exam,ner who shan wrongly
_rit ' • ' on the part of carriers to file with the | ref)(3tng two years, as shall be pre- . divulge information acquired through
'1 waited before writing to you about commission and keep open to the public | p( Tibed In the order of the commis- examihation3 of accounts. Circuit and
my sickness, catarrh of the stomach, gchedules showing all rates, fares and ( Kion> uniess the same shall be suspend- (Ustnct courts are to have jurisdiction
which I had over a it charges between different points on e(1 or modified or set aside by the com- writs of mandamus compell-
JJ^otWBtavTu?edWbhu°t I Sn sure its own route and points on other i m{Rglon or be suspended or set aside ; £ conimon carriers to obey the or-
SX T am cured, for I do not feel any routes, when a through rate is made, by a of competent jurisdiction. | ^ ot ^ commlssSon. Bills of lad-
tnat 1 am cmc ,   „.    ho marie m .     «imnration. or romnanv i
more ill effects, have a good appetite
and am getting fat.
" So I am, and will say to all, I am
""'fthaBk°^  for vour kiudnes.. I SlTngof alfcontraots and agreemeou.
"Peruna will be our house medicine between different lines.
Penalties Are Provided.
The penalties provided for violation
hereafter."
Catarrh of the stomach is also known
In common parlance as dyspepsia, gas-
tritis and indigestion. No ><>edicme
will be of any permanent benefit except
It removes the catarrh.
A Great Tonic.
Mr. Austin M. Small. Astoria, Ore.,
writes: "During the hot weather of
the past summer I lost my appetite. I
tried Peruna, and found it pleasant to
take, a splendid appetizer and a great
tonic.*"
and no change should be made in Any person, corporation, or company i ^ ^ ^ tesue(j by any common
these rates without giving 30 days' no- , who shall deliver property for Inter- carr}er accepting goods for transporta-
tice of change. It also provides for the gtj,te transportation to any common | maklng railroad companies liable
' crrrier, subject to the provisions of1 '
this act, or for whom, as consignor or
consignee, any such carrier shall trans-
port property from one state, territory.
or district of the United States to any
other state, territory or district of the
 r't to further regulate comemrce with | United States or foreignu.co"nt7; Tm°  
foreien nations and among the states," I shall ™ oth^wise. dl- I The interstate commerce commission
approved February M 1« , «* .mead- an, ] will <™alat of seven member,,  bo
ed so as to read as follows. J device whatsoever, receive or , shall draw salaries of 510,000 per an-
I -ep", %m"uecb common carHer aariaum eacb.
of these rates are as follows:
That section 1 of the act entitled "An
for loss or damage done in transit
over their or any other line. The^com-
mlsslon Is empowered to employ spe-
cial agents or examiners with full
powers.
This act takes effect and Is ln
force from and after its passage,
NOTES ON COTTON GROWING.
About 70,000 bales of cotton is this
year's crop of the Laguna section of
Mexico. The Mexican mills will also
require an additional 80,000 bale.
from the United States during 1900.
The British charge in Guatemala
has forwarded to London a sample of
weevil-resisting cotton grown in the
Iletalhulen district of western Guate-
mala. It is called "Pachon," is a
short-season cotton, productive and
with a fiber of good length and tex-
ture.
The Turkish minister of agriculture
Is about to buy 2,200 pounds of Amer-
ican and Egyptian cotton seed for the
improvement of the quality of cotton
raised in Turkey. The seed will be
distributed in the provinces of Adana,
Aid in and Salonika, according to the
Levant Herald.
The exports of raw cotton from
southern Nigeria In 1906 declined to
96 306 pounds, having been 28i>,6J9
pounds in 1904. This falling off is ex-
pected to adjust itself during the pres-
ent year, when the new plantations
will commence to yield, states the
Government Gazette of the Niger a
protectorate. It has also been re-
ported that there was some cotton
to be shipped from northern Nigeria.
Pitied Pitcoe.
A man who bad started with a
friend on a week's automobile tour
stayed away two weeks. When finally
they got back to town, he went home,
and his wife received him coldly.
What he dreaded was a scolding an4
an upbraiding. "I am so glad to ba
back with you here, dear," he said;
"but I pity Pitcoe. Poor old Pitcoe?
"What Is the matter with Pitcoe?*
Raid the lady, sharply. "Ah, poor fel-
low." said her husband, "at this mo 
ment his wife is giving him the very
deuce!" And that wily speech ge|
him oft    
THE DOCTOR'S WIFE
Agrees with Him About Food.
A trained nurse says: "In the prac-
tice of my profession I have found sq
many points in favor of Grape-Nuts
food that I unhesitatingly recommend
it to all my patients.
"It is delicate and pleasing to tha
palate (an essential in food for the
sick) and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
of teeth renders mastication impos-
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet I find Grape-Nuts and al-
bumen water very nourishing and re-
freshing. This recipe is my own idea
and is made as follows: Soak a tea-
spoonful of Grape-Nuts In a glass of
water for an hour, strain and serra
with the beaten white of an egg and
a spoonful of fruit juice or flavoring.
This affords a great deal of nourish-
ment that even the weakest stomacln
can assimilate without any distress.
"My husband is a physician and he.
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orderal
it many times for his patients. i
"Personally I regard a dish oB
Grape-Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit
as the ideal breakfast for anyone-
well or sick." Name slven by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
In any case of stomach trouble,
nervous prostration or brain fag, at
10 days' trial of Grape-Nuts will work
wonders toward nourishing and re-
building, and tn this way endins: th 
trouble. "There's a reason" and trial
proves.
Look tn pkw. for th«> famous little
book, "The Road to Wellvllle.,,