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NOTHING TO BRAG OF
England Gives Opinion of Russian
Successes.
JUST TO COVER THE RETREAT,
Rain. ImpasMble Roads and Exhauit-
ed Armies are Factors Sufficient in
Th«nt*elve* to Explain Cessation of
Hoetititle*.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 12 Apart from
skirmishes mid exploit* of scouting
jiarties. there is almost a complete j
■uspension of operations In Manchur-
ia. The heavens have interposed to
put a slap to blood shed. Rain. Im-
passable roads ami exhausted armh-s
are factors sufficient In themselves to j
ojydnin the cessation of hostilities,and
thest conditions are aggravated by a
dense fop overspreading the whole
of the (heater of war. Ilehind this
(Mil either side would be able to
change the disposition ef the whole
forces in absolute secrecy, but the
obscurity renders absolutely danger-
ous any attempt at a forward move-
went. When the curtain of mist is
lifted the fighting may ! • resumed
tinder totally changed conditions.
Associated Press correspondents at
• he Russian front record a successful
repulse of nif'lit attack on Russian
outpostH in tlie early hours of Octo-
ber 111 The Russians pursued the Jap-
anese anil captured n pun. which na-
iler the cover of the fog they were
able to remove.
The wild fiighl of rumors continue
in St. Petersburg, the rout or capture
of Japanese divisions or battalions and
a cores of guns alternating with alarm
1st stories of (it neral Kuropnt kin's re
treat cm Mukden, all equally untrue.
Wnr office declares there have been
no serious developments since cap
♦ tire of I/oneTree hill last Sunday, and
authorizes the Associated Press to de-
ny the reports that a Russian battal-
ion had been annihilated in trjing to
rccross the Tallte river. A prominent
general said.
"it is absurd to propose that a bat-
talion was still in the other side of
the Taltse river when the whole of
the eastern flank had withdrawn lti
miles northeast of the river. As to
i lie stories of (leneral KuiopatKin's
retreat. 4t is sufficient to refer to the
energetic scouting In-hind tho Jnpan-
ese I iocs to show that the Russian
commander is determined to mi\ with
the forces of General Oku."
The Associated Press is informed
ori kocmI authority that the sixteenth
army corps will be the next to start
for the front, 'lnis corps is stationed ,
hi Vitebek and belongs to the mill- !
tar.v district of Vilnn. which, as a!
ready annouueed by the Associated
Press la going out ns a part of the
second Mancburiau army, under thi
former chief of the Vllna district. 1
General Orippenberp. The corp-^ will
lircilmbly leave Vllna on Nov. mbcr s
direct for Harbin.
FAST AND FURIOUS.
SKIRMISHES AT CULE8RA.
Armed Maleontoats Appear 0* Tb«
Isthmus.
Colon, Columbia, Oct. 21.—News ha*
reached here that about 200 armed
men who are thought to be malcon-
tent Panamans rather than Colombian
soldiers have been men In the neigh-
borhood of Culebra threatening hos-
tilities against tlie Panama govern-
m« nt. As soon as the American au-
thorities of the canal tou became cog-
nizant of this force, marines were sent
out to ascertain their purposes. It I*
rumored that a skirmish occurred in-
land, in wl ch several were killed,but
there is no continuation of thla re-
port.
Assistant Soeiftary Darling said
that so far as he was aware no advic-
es had beeu received at the navy de-
partmfnt of the reported skirmish be-
tween Cnitcd States marines and Paii-
amans on the isthmus. If any dis-
patches had been recelved.the assist-
ant secretary e xplained, they in nil
probably would be mnt direct to the
department, and would not be deliv-
ered to the officers before morning. At
this time the navy has about 450 ma-
rines on the isthmus, a sufficient force
in the opinion of the administration
to cope with any difficulty which Is
likely to develop.
REPORT Of SEIZURE.
CREATES INDIGNATION IS A MYSTERY IN WASHIN6T0N.
Battle Fleet Attacks British Flshlnf
Boats.
Benny Yanger and Maurice Saycrs
Fight to a Draw.
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. L'4 Benny
Yanger of Chicago and Maurice Say
•■is of Milwaukee went six rounds to
a draw before the Milwaukee I toxins
club. The Itnut was fast and furious
from siart to finish. In the fourth
round Yangers had Savers hanging
on at the bell and seemed to have a
good advantage. Bayers rallied In th<
fifth and pot. even honors. In the
ninth during a hot mix-up Sayers land-
ed a bard right on Yatmcr's jaw
nearly unbalancing him This blow-
earned the Milwaukee boy a draw.
Diplomats Fear to Meet.
Washington. Oct. '.Ti. Count I'sc-sini,
(he Russian ambassador, and Mr.
Takablra, tho Japanese minister, have
ugrc ed to a treaty of peace, but it im
plies only to themselves In their of-
ficial positions. I'nder the rubs of
diplomacy it would be a gross breach
<>f etiquette for cither to rcrognbn
the other while their countrle- are at
war
More Russian Boats.
Cherbourg, Oct. 25.—Four mon Rus
Blan torpedo boats have arrived hero
conveying a collier.
RICH STRIKE IN COLORADO.
Gold and Silver Quartz in Mountains
West of Durango.
Durango, Col. Oct 24.—'The retri-
ed discovery of extensive bodies of
quartz rich in gold and silver in the
La Plata rango of the Rocky Moun-
tains. west of this city, has creatcd
Kreat excitement. Hundreds of men
have gone to the locality and many
mineral claims have already been In
cated. Assays obtained Rre said to
run from $50 to over $2,000 to the ton.
In Fit ef Madness.
Elgin. III., Oct. 25.—Dragging his
wife from the car In which they were
riding, Frank Loo, a teamster of this
city sbet and instantly killed the wo-
man and then shot himself through
the head. Ho was taken to the hospi-
tal and Is believed to be improving.
Working on a Circular.
Rome. Oct 25.—The pope Is now
working oa 4 circular to be addressed
to the French clergy. It will make no
Inference to politics. The pontiff will
merely encourage the aocial and re-
ligious actio* oI Ike oUrir.
TWO ENGLISHMEN ARE KILLED.
Searchlights are Turned on the Fish-
ing Fleet by Warahios and Fire ia
Opened—May Have Been Mistaken
For Japanese Torpedo Boats.
Custom House at Puerto Plata Is Al*
ready In Oihar Hands.
Washington. Oct 21.—The reported
seizure by the I'nited States of tho
custom house «i Puerto Plata, presum-
ably arises from the already accomp-
li: lied or contemplated occupation of
that port by an American, designated
by the commission which awarded to
the Santo Domingo Improvement Co.
$1,500.0110 damages against Santo Do-
mingo. That award was automatical-
ly self executing, and provided that if
Santo Domingo failed to pay the award
tho agent named by tho commission
was to take charge of four of the cus-
toms ports of the island and apply GO
per cent of the revenues to the pay-
ment of the claims The affair is not
one in which the I'nited States gov-
ernment is interested.
CAN'T SEE THE END.
Lieutenant Burbank's Trouble Seems
To Thicken,
Lt avenv. orth. Kans., Oct. 21.— Brig-
adier General ,1. Franklin Bell, com-
mandant of the staff college at Fort
I.eavenworth appeared in person In
the district court here at the trial
of the case of Lieutenant Sidney S.
Burbank, Sixth I'nited States Infan-
try. against Mrs. Conception Vasqucz,
a F ilipitio woman, who claims to be
bis b gal w ife. Ilurhank alleges that
lie never married the woman, and now
wants to have the records of the al-
leged ceremony at i aside as forger-
it General Bell came to eourt for
tin purpose of delivering a table-
mam from Central Wade, in the Phil-
ippines. asking for a continuance and
explaining why the testimony of Mrs.
Vasque/. was not taken when the oth-
er depositions were ninde.
Trafalgar Day in England.
London. Oct. 21.—Trafalgar day was
elehratcd at home antl In the colonies
with tin1 usual decorations and din-
ners. Nelson's flagship, tho Victory, at
Portsmouth, was gaily decorated with
ilags and decked w ith laurel and flew
Nelson's famous signal. The base of
Hie Admiral's coluniti In Trafalgar
square here was elaborately covorec1
with wreaths.
Switchmen Strike.
Sait Lake, Oct. 24.—Owing to the
rush of work, the Union Pacific, Rio
Grand and Southern Pacific Switch
, ing crews struck for help to clear the
yards at Ogden and Rent*. The men
have worked night antl day.
DEPOPULATES A VILLAGE.
Coal Company Will Suspend Opera-
tions Indefinitely.
Pittsburg, Pa , Oct. 20.—The direc
I tors of the Allegheny Coal company
have decided to suspend operations
j indefinitely nt their Ilarwick mine
next Saturday. This will almost de-
populate a village of 1,000 people.
Awaiting Baltic Fleet.
Vigo, Oct. 25.—Five coal laden Ger-
man steamers are here, awaiting the
Russian Baltic fleet, which Is expect-
ed next week.
Scalc of Attorneys' Fees.
Centralia, Mo., Oct. 25.—Judge Wel-
lington Gordon, of Columbia, president
of the Iloone county bar association,
has arranged for a meeiing of tho
lawyers of the county, for the purpose
of revising the fees of tho members
and to make the fees uniform.
Abandoned Gun* and Store*.
| St. Petersburg. Oct. 25.—Lieutenant
i General Sakharoff reports that the
. Japanese precipitately retreated from
Shakhe villagi- to the south bank of
1 the Shakhe river, nlmudonlug their
' arms and stores.
Preparing for Battle.
! London. Oct. 25.—A message from
| Mao Yang says mat both armies
I were tills morning preparing for anoth-
' er great battle. This battle, it is ex-
pected. will decide the fate of Mukden.
' The Japanese have received seventy-
; two guns from I'ort Arthur.
Hull. England. Oct. 25.—A. >1. Jack-
son & Company, solicitors for tho own-
ers of fifty Hull fishing boats, have no-
tified the foreign ciflice and admiralty
of an attack on the Hull fishing fleet
by the Russian second Pacific squad-
ron, commonly known as the Baltic:
fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Ilo-
jestvensky.
The official information is that the
Russian squadron fell in w ith the Hull
fishing fleet in the North sea. Tho
first portion of the fleet passed safe-
ly. Then tho Russian ships turned
searchlights on the British vessels for
some time and a little later opened
Are.
The steam trawler Crane was sunk
and the decapitated bodies of her
skipper antl mate have been brought to
Hull. The boatwain and other mem-
bers of the crew, who are understood
to be seriously wounded are on board
n mission ship. The only slightly in-
jured member of the t ic.v has arrived
st Hull.
The news has rreated intense (sensa-
tion and indignation in Hull. The
Moulmein arrived with h< r tlag at half
mast. Her skipper states that the
trawlers were fishing about 220 miles
cast by norther of Spurn Head at 1
o'clock Saturday morning, the weather
being hazy. when the outlines of sev-
eral vessels, apparently wnrsliips,
sailing In a line, were dimly seen.
Whilst the crew were watching the
ships, searchlights were flashed upon
them, in the glare of which the Moul-
mein's crew observed what they took
to be torpedo boats approaching, ap-
parently with the Intention of boarding
the Moulmein. They steamed away,
however, and soon the fishermen were
horrified to find they were being fired
Upon.
First one antl then another trawler
was struck by flying shot. What
seemed to be a round shot went
through the Moulmein gallery. Tho
Mlno. lying nearby, was also struck
with many shots, but. fortunately, tho
damage was above her waterlino and
none of her crew was struck.
THE WAY THEY DO IN MEXICO.
Engineer Who caused Wreck Gets
Four Year* in Salt Mines.
Denver, C'ol., Oct. 24.—Ptdiee Cap-
tain Frank Lee received information
that bis brother. Timothy J. Lee, the
American locomotive engineer, who
has been held In prison at Zacatecas.
Mexico, since the first of last May, has
been found guilty of responsibility for
the wrecking of a train which he was
pulling and has been sentenced to
hard labor in the salt mines for four
years. United States Senator Thomas
M. Patterson will continue his efTorts
to have the state department at
Washington Intercede In the unfortu-
nate man's behalf. Engineer Lee was
seriously injured in the accident for
which he was Imprisoned.
Escaped Through a Sewer.
St. Louis, Oct. 24.—Clyde Stratton,
who was arrested here, has admitte-d,
according to the police, that he escap
cd from the Mansfield. O., reformatory
by crawling through a sewer for sev-
ral hundred yards and climbing
through an open manhole. Stratton is
being held for the Ohio authlritlcs.
FIERCE FIRES SWEEP.
Russian Embassy Thinks Tkoy Were
Mictakea For Jap Submarines.
Washington. Oct, 25.—Astonishment
that the Russian commander should
have committed such a blunder as to
lire on inoffensive fishing vessels, as
reporti-d in the Associated dlspatclics
I front Hull, prevails in official circles.
I At the same time, these officials are
' prompt to express the opinion that
the Russian government will promptly
disavow the ucl and apologize when
the- facts are fully line The trage-
dy. It Is nallned add the compli
cations which the Baltic licet ban al-
| ready eucot.nlcred ever since it was
determined that the vessels should
j go to the F ar East.
No information of Friday night's oc-
currence lias reached either tho state
department or lite Russian cmbnssy.
At the lat'er place the officials were
quick to ay that the firing on the fish-
ing vessels, no doubt, was a mistake,
for which the. Russian government will
make a prompt reparation and apolo-
gy. It was clue unquestionably, they
think, to u misapprehension as to the
character of tlie vesb Is find on. the
Russian admiral probably thinking
they were submarine boats belonging
to the Japanese.
The Russian government has been
conducting an Investigation into re-
ports that Japanese submarine boats
would aim to intercept and destroy
the vessels of the Baltic fleet on its
way to the East, and for this reason
unusual vigilance was imposed on
Vice Admiral Rojestvcnsky. The lat-
ter is known to be a painstaking and
careful officer. Russian officials say
the whole arTnir Is a regrettable aud
depelorablo mistake.
RUSSIAN SPIES PERHAPS.
Th:y Visited the Railroad Yards and
Made Inquiries.
Spokr.ue. Was.. Oct. 24.—Advices to
the Chronicle from lllylard state that
men believed to bo Russian spies have
visited the Great Northern Railway
yards at this place apparently seeking
to trace the shipment of Japanese tor-
pedo boats enroutc to the coast. Early
in the evening a party of rough look-
ing strangers, believed to lie Russians
appeared nt the yards making inquir-
ies for these cars. The yard men re-
fused to tell them, but they learned
elsewhere (hat the boats would arrive
later. \Vhen ihe boats arrived the
men reappeared, looked at cars, took
the ear numbers and disappeared
aualn. The boats were shipped west
'he same night. They are on flat cars
covered with canvas and billed as ma-
chinery
SEARCH OUT AND PUNISH.
President Roosevelt Send* Out Order*
For Investigation.
Guthrie. O. T.. Oct. 24.—As the re-
sult of a murderous assault, about
thirty days ago. committed upon Colo-
«"l Shepard. a member of the Choc-
taw townslte commission of the In-
dian territory accidentally coming to
the knowledge of President Roosevelt,
instructions have been received by
the Indian Territory officials direct-
ing them to Immediately search out
and punish the perpetrators of the
crime. The assault was committed
at Hartshorne, I. T„ where Colonel
Shepard was attending a meeting of
the commission preparatory to plac-
ing the lots on sale. There were no
witnesses, J. C. Wilcox being the last
seen with Colonel Shepard. Efforts to
connect Wilcox with the crime have
so far proved futile.
1 The incident was not officially re
ported at the time and was incidental-
ly mentioned by an Indian Territory
man. being received by the president.
Orders were al once issued from the
white house Instructing the depart-
! mcnt of justice nnd of Indian atTairs
to begin an exhaustive investigation.
Note—Tho following article lias
been widely published and is oue of
the most remarkable Illustrations of
the value of careful marshalling antl
analysis of facts in presenting a sub-
ject to the public.
LEVELER8.
Great Volumes of Smoke Indicate a
Terrific Conflagration.
San Diego, Cal., Oct 24—Fierce fires
are sweeping over the mountains and
canons in the vlchiity of Escoudldo
and are approaching the town from
two sides. Great volumes of smoke
rising from the hills soul ti of Ih-rna-
do and the direction of Valley Center
Indicate a terrific conflagration and
cause much apprehension.
HE DROPPED DEAD.
Double Tragedy in Texas.
Butla, Texas. Oct 25.—At a Mexican
dance a row arose In which Pedro
Ballnsuelo was shot to death by
Claude Martin. The body of Martin
was found with a knife driven through
his heart. Several Mexicans are sus-
pected of complicity in the killing of
Martin, and a posse of 500 men is
searching for them.
Run Blockade.
Shanghai. Oct. 25.—News has been
received that the Rteamer Canton,
which sailed from this port, baa suc-
cessfully run the blockade at Vlad-
ivostok
Tried to Summon Hi* Son by Tele-
Phone.
St. Louis, Oct. 21.—While standing
nt a telephone in his room at the
Buckingham hotel, endeavoring to
summon assistance, Albert Shorwiu of
Leadvillii, Colo., dropped dead from
licart failure. Mr. Sherwin's son Wil-
liam was standing in the hotel office
when the operator called nim to the
telephone, saying: "Your father says
he is dying and wants to spe-al. to
you."
Jap* Ruumt Attack.
Chefoo, Oct. 25.—The Japanese on
October lt> resumed their attack on
the Russian outer works at Rihlung
mountain. After four hours' fighting
they succeded in capturing a number
of the Russian trenches and one small
hill.
Railway in Bad thapa.
St. Petersburg, Oct. SO.—News from
Irkutsk has It that the Circum Baikal
railway, on the completion of which
the Russian authorities counted much
for transporting troops, etc., ia la a
bad stat*.
More Russian Guna Taken.
Tokio, Oct. 20.—A report from the
seat of war has It that fourteen Rus-
sian guns were captured.
Japanea* Right Repulsed.
St. Petersburg. Oct. 25,—The Jap-
ese right flank tried lo advance but
i was repulsed. General Kurnpatkln has
! ordered an advance of the Russians,
j but the rain prevents the carrying
out of his orders.
Ruth Supplies to the Front.
i St. Petersburg. Oct. 26.—The govern-
ment is now engaged in putting forth
every effort to rush supplies and re-
inforcements to the front. All traffic
on the Siberian railway, except for
soldiers and ammunition, has been
suspended for six weeks.
To Hold Mukdn.
London. Oct. 25.—Dispatches from
Field Marshal Oyama seem to Indicate
the Bhakhe river as tbe immediate ob
jective of the Jajtanese original ad-
vance. and appearances indicate that
another great battle is about to begin.
Karopatkln will endeavor to hold Muk-
den.
10,550 Ruaalana Killed.
Tokio, Oct. 28.—Manchurian head-
quarters, reporting by telegraph, says
that the number ot Russian dead found
oa tbe battlefield and Interred up to
Oatober 22, make* a total o( 10,MO.
The Mission ef Whisky, Tobacco and
Coffee.
The Creator made all things, we b«-
feve.
If so, Ho must have made these.
We know what lie made food and
water for, and air and sunshine, but
why Whisky, Tobacco and Coffee?
They are here sure enough anJ
each performing its work.
Thore must Ik> same grout plan be-
hind it all; the (boughtfill man seeks
to understand something of that plan
and thereby to judge tliome article's
for their true worth.
I.et us not say "bad'' or "good"
without taking testimony.
There nre times and conditions
when It ccrtulnly seems to the casual
observer that these stimulant narcot-
ics are real blessings.
Right there Is the ambush that con-
ceals a "killing" enaray.
One can slip into the habit of either
whisky, tobacco or coffee easy enough,
but to "untangle" Is often a fearful
struggle.
It seems plain that there are cir-
cumstances when the narcotic effect
of those poisons Is for the moment
beneficial, but the fearful argument
ngainst them Is that seldom ever docs
one find a steady user of either whis-
ky, coffee or tobacco free from disease
of some kind.
Certainly powerful elements In their
effect on tho human race.
It Is n matter of dally history, testi-
fied lo by literally millious of people,
that Whisky, Tobacco and CofTee are
smiling, promising, beguiling friends
on till- start, but always false as hell
itself in tbe end. Otice the > get firm
Hold enough to show their strength,
they insist upon governing and drive
the victim steadily towards ill health
in some form; If permitted to continue
to rule, they will not let up until phys-
ical and mental ruin sets in.
A man under that spell (and "under
the spell" is correct) of any one of
these drugs frequently assures himself
and his friends. "Why, 1 can leave off
any time 1 want to. I did quit for a
week just to show I could." It Is a
sure mark of tho slnve when one gets
to that stage. Ho wiggled through a
week, lighting every day lo break the
spell, was finally whipped, aud began
his slavery all over again.
Tho slave (Coffee slave as well as
Tobacco and Whisky) daily reviews his
condition, sees perfectly plain the
steady encroachments of disease, how
ihe nerves get weaker day by day and
demand the drug that seems to smile
nnd offer relief for a few minutes nnd
then leave the diseased condition
plainer to view than ever and grow-
ing worse. Many times the Coffee slave
realizes that he Is between two fires.
He feels bad If be leaves off and a
little worse if be drinks and allows
tho effect to wear off.
So it govs on from day to day.
Every night the struggling victim
promises himself that he will break
tho habit and next day when he feels
a little bad (as he Is quite sure tu).
breaks, not the habit, but his own res-
olution. It Is nearly always a tough
light, with disaster ahead sure if the
habit wins.
There have been hundreds of thou-
sands of people driven to their graves
through diseaso brought on by coffee
drinking alone, and It Is quite certain
that more human misery is caused by
coffee and tobacco than by whisky, for
tho two first are more widely used,
nnd more hidden and Insidious in the
effect on nerves, heart nnd other vital
organs, and are thus unsuspected un-
til much of the dangerous work Is
done.
Now. Reader, what Is your opinion
as to tho real use the Creator has for
these things? Take a look at the
question from this point of view.
There is a law of Nature and of
Nature's God that things slowly evolve
from lower planes to higher, a sturdy,
steady and dignified advance toward
more perfect things in both tbe Physi-
cal and Spiritual world. Tho ponder-
ous tread of evolutionary development
Is fixed by tbe Infinite and will not be
quickcned out of natural law by any
of man's metbeds.
Therefore wo seo many Illustrations
showing how nature checks too rapid
advance. Illinois raises phenomenal
crops of corn for two or three years,
if she continued to do bo every year
her farmers would advauce In wealth
far beyond those of other sections or
countries. So Nature Interposes b bar
every three or four years and brings
on a "bad year."
Here we see tho leveling Influence
at work.
A man Is properous in his business
for a number of years and grows rich
Then Nature sets the "leveling Influ-
ence" at work on him. Some of* bis
investments lose, he becomes luxuri-
ous and lazy. Perhaps it 1* whisky,
tobacco, coffee, women, gambling or
dome other form. The Intent and pur
pose Is to level him—keep him from
evolving too far ahead of tbe masses.
A nation becomes prosperous and
great like ancient Roine. If no level-
ing Influence set in she would doml
nate the world perhaps for all time.
But Dame Naturo sots her army of
"levelers" at work—luxury, overeat-
ing and drinking, licentiousness, waste
and extravagance. Indulgences of nil
kinds—then comes the wreck. Sure
Sure, Burs.
The law of the unit la tho law ot
the mass. Man goes through the same
process. Weakness (in childhood)
gradual growth of atrongth, energy,
thrift, probity, prosperity, wealth, com
fort, sue, relaxation, self-indulgence,
luxury, tdleness, waate, debauchery.
diiease, and the wreck follows. The
"levelers" are In the bushes along tbe
pathway of every successful man and
woman, and they bag tho majority.
Ouly now and then can a man stand
out against these "levelers" and hold
liis fortune, fame aud health to the
end.
So the Creator has uso for Whifky,
Tobacco and Coffee to level down the
successful ones and those who show
signs of being successful, and keep
them back in tbe lace, so that the
great "field'1 (the masses) may not be
left too far behind.
And yet we must admit that same
all-wise Creator has placed it In the
power of man to stand upright, clothod
in Iho armor of a clean-cut, steady
mind, and say unto himself, "I dcclino
ti. exchange my birthright for a muss
of pottage.
"I will not deaden my senses, weak*
en iny grip ou affairs and keep my-
self cheap, common and behind in tor-
tune and fame by drugging with whis-
ky, tobacco or coffee. Life Is too
short. It Is bard enough to win tho
good things without any sort of handi-
cap, so a man is certainly a fool trad-
er' when he trades strength, health,
money und the good things that coma
with power for the half asleep condi-
tion of the 'dmgger.' with the certain,
ty of sickness aud diseases ahead."
It is n matter each individual must
decide for himself. ^1 c can be a lead-
er and serai god if he will, or he can
go along through life u drugged clown,
a cheap "hewer of wood or carrier of
water."
Certain It Is that whllo the Great
Father of us all does not se'em to
"mind" if rome of his children are
foolish nnd stupid, l.e seems to select
others (perhaps (hose he intends for
some special work) nnd allows them
to be threshed und castigated most
fearfully by the.--e "levelers."
if a man tries flirting with these lev-
elers a while, and gets a few slaps as
a hint, be had better lake the hint, or
a good solid blow will follow.
When n man trlc3 to live upright,
clean, thrifty, sober and untlrugged.
manifesting as near as he knows what
the Creator intends he should, happi-
ness, health and peace seem to come
to him. Does it pay?
This article was written lo set peo-
ple thinking, to rouse the "God with-
in," for every highly-organized man
and woman has times when they feel
a something calling from within for
them to press to tbe front and "be
aliout the Father's business." Don't
mistake It; tbe spark of the Infinite
Is there and it pays In every way—
health, happiness, peace and even
worldly prosperity—to break off the
habits antl strip clean for the work
cnt out for us.
It has been the business of the
writer to provide n practical and easy
way for people to break away from
the coffee habit and be assured of a
return to health antl all of the good
things that brings, provided the abuse
has not gone too far. and even then
the cuses whws th* body ho* been re-
built on n basis ot strength and health
run Into tho thousands.
It is an easy and comfortable step
'o stop coffee instantly by having well-
made Postum Food Coffee served rich
and hot with good cream, for the color
and flavor Is there, but none of tho
caffeine or other nerve-destroying ele-
ments of ordinary coffee.
On the contrary, the most powerful
rebuilding elements furnished by Na-
turo are In Postum and they quickly
set about repairing tbe damage. Sel-
dom is It more than two days after
the change Is made before the old
stomach or bowel troubles or com-
plaints of kidneys, heart, bead or
nerves show unmistakable evidence
of getting better, and ton days' tinie
changes things wonderfully.
Literally millions of braln-working
Americans to-day use Postum. having
found tbe value and common sense in
the change.
C. W. POST.
Generous Deed of Elk*.
Through the generosity of the
Bridgeport lodge of Elks. Peter Mar-
koon of Walllngford. Conn., will profit
by the unfortunate accident which he
met with whllo witnessing the Elks'
banner raising. A runaway horse ran
him down and dislocated his collar
bone.
The bone was not fractured as at
first reported. Markoon was here
looking for work, and when tho Elks
heard that he had a wife and family
dependent upon him for support they
sent a committee out to Investigate.
Markoon. as a result, was sent back
to Walllngford to-day. after tho Bridge-
port lodge of Elks had paid bis medical
expenses, secured his ticket, given him
money for incidental expenses, and
told him to calculate upon )8 per week
for the next four weeks.
The Elks went further. They noti-
fied the Walllngford lodge to take care
of Markoon and help htm to get em-
ployment. Markoon is not a member
of the order, never was, and the Elke
were not in any way liable for tbe ac-
cident.—Boston Globe.
The Eternal Feminine.
He—Will you—O, will you be mine
forever?
She—Mercy, no! I Just accepted
Chclly Saphedde last night.
He—WhatI Has all yonr encour-
agement to me meant nothing of af-
fection?
She—Oh. 1 assure you It has meant
a good deal. In fact, I don't know
how I'd have managud without you.
You see, until you catno along and 1
began to be so nlcs to you, Cholly
didn't reetn to have any serious in-
tentions at all.—Baltimore American.
Thia One of the Years.
Johnny—Pa, when was tbe year of
the big wlndf
Father—Any year when there was
an slectloa.
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