PENMANSHIP A FINE ART.
Typewriting Has Not Driven Hand
Work from the Field.
There is a renasissance in penman
ship, despite the speedy comforts of
the typewriters. Ten years ago it prob
ably would not have occurred to any
one to show a page of manuscript at
any exhibition; to-day pages or books
of script form a feature of every show
which takes to itself the name of arts
and crafts. Some of the work is in
Roman capitals, but the form of letter
usually adopted is the unciel or half
unciel. Apparently all the writers
have founded themselves in these
models. Within these last few years
not only has the art attracted a good
deal of attention, but it has become
quite the rage, so that in some circles
it creates no more surprise now to
dearn that an amateur is taking les
sons in script than it would have done
some years back to be told that he or
she had taken to poker work. From
one viewpoint it is difficult to say
where writing ends and illustration
begins, but though in the recent re
vival the two arts naturally have gone
hand in hand, the scribe and the illum
inator are not necessarily one and the
same person. Some of the illumina
tions show most elaborate and minute
figure decoration, so delicate in color
ing and so refined in treatment that
it challenges comparison with the best
of old work.
The Real Ruler.
The duchess of Roxburghe, who was
Miss May Goelet of New York, has
taken up the prevalent craze to collect
animals and she is building a minia
ture zoo at Floors castle. In fact, the
duchess, a masterful little lady, lias
everything she wants. One of the
duke's tenants, wishing some conces
sion, went to the castle and told his
errand to an old retainer, adding that
he would like to see the master in
person. "Eh, moil," retorted the aged
servant, who is not entirely reconciled
to the new order of affairs, "there is
only ae maister in this boose thae
times and that’s no' the duke. Ye
should see the duchess.”
Emigration from Norway.
The number of persons who emigrat
ed from Norway in the calendar year
1906 was 28,274, of whom 11,290 sailed
from Christiania. In Daily Consular
Reports for February 1 the numbers
were erroneously placed at 31,158 and
14,174 respectively.
WEAK, PALE, THIN
Dr. Williams’Pink Pills Restored Mrs.
Robbins To Health and Also Cured
Her Daughter of Anaemia.
Mrs. Jo:ie Robbins, of 1121 Clar
St.. Decatur, 111., says: “1 was weak,
thin and troubled with headaches. My
appetite failed so that I did not rel
ish my food. I was unable to do my
work because my limbs pained me
so and my feet were swollen. 1 got
numb and dizzy, my tongue seemed at
times to be paralyzed so that I j
couldn’t speak distinctly. My extrem
ities, when in this numb state, felt as
if some one was sticking needles into
me all over their surface. Through
my shoulders at times I had such pain
that I couldn’t sleep. Many times I
awoke with a smothering sensation.
"When the physician’s remedies
failed to benefit me I began to look
for something that would. My sister.
Mrs. McDaniel, of Decatur, recom
mended Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills to
me and I at once purchased some. 1
was greatly encouraged when I saw
how they acted on my nervous condi
tion and continued using them until
cured. I am now able to attend to my
duties and have not consulted a phys
ician since.
"I also gave them to my daughter
■who had always been weak and who
at this time seemed to lack vitality.
Her cheeks were colorless and she
was thin and spiritless. She had an
aemia and we feared consumption, be
cause every time she went out. doors
if it was at all cold or damp she
would take cold and cough. But Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills brought color
back to her cheeks and strength to
her body.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent postpaid, on re
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boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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WILL BE HELD AT NEW ORLEANS
TO CONSIDER THE PANAMA
CANAL QUESTION.
New Orleans, March.—A call to gov
amors, senators and congressmen of
the South to meet In New Orleans
March 25 to consider the Panama can
al situation has been issued by the
New Orleans Progressive Union. W.
J. Oliver, whose bid for the canal
contract was not accepted, is one of
those invited.
One purpose is to secure an agree
ment among the gulf ports in a pro
ject to have the Panama Ralroad Com
apny's steamship service which now
runs out of New York, divided so that
some of the ships may touch at gulf
ports and Southern states receive
the benefits of any additional canal
trade thus secured.
Go to Federal Court.
Washington, March.—The house
has passed a Senate bill amending
the act enabling the people of Okla
homa and Indian Territory to form a
Constitution by providing for the
transfer of cases from courts in In
dian Territory and Oklahoma to the
United States District and Circuit
Courts of the state of Oklahoma. It
is made necessary, explained Mr.
Hamilton of Michigan, chairman of
the Committee on Territories, by a
provision in the statehood act which
provides that all cases in which the
United States is a party should be
transferred to the United States Dis
trict Court and Circuit Court. All
criminal cases pending in the courts
in Indian Territory are brought un
der the name of the United States,
and the effect of the provision would
be to transfer all criminal cases to
the United States District and Circuit
Courts of the Eastern district of the
state of Oklahoma and crowd the
dockets of these courts for years to
come. The bill also fixes the salar
ies of United States attorneys and
marshal in the two districts of Ok
lahoma. The statehood bill omitted
to fix the salaries of these officers.
The bill now' goes to the president
fur his signature.
Disarmament Improbable.
Vienna, March.—Prof. DeMartens,
Russian imperial councillor of stale,
in an interview on the subject of
Sir Henry Canipbell-Banermann's ar
ticle in The Nation on the question
of limitation of armaments at the ap
proaching peace conference at The
Hague, said he did not believe that
the discussion of the limitation of ar
maments yould have practical re
sults because, tinder existing condi
tions, it. would be impossible to obtain
a unanimous vote and the conference
did not recognize the principle of de
ciding a question by a majority vote.
Nevertheless Great Britain's initiative
should be welcomed as a valuable pre
cedent for future conferences, exper
ience having shown that the coming
conference would be in a position to
carry through questions which the
first conference had discussed only in
formally.
Newspapers Denounced.
Baltimore, March.—Cardinal Gib
bons, Sunday, in a sermon, denounced
"salacious journals" and newspapers
printing objectionable advertisements.
Taking as his subject, “Spiritual
Reading," he said: “Never admit into
your homes any newspaper or peri
odical which ventilates obscene news
and licentious scandals. There is one
kind of literature in which we all in
dulge and of which we partake as
regularly and with as much relish
as our daily bread, without which
life would be dull and tedious—a lit
erature which has become almost a
necessity of our daily life. Now, there
are good and bad journals, as there
are clean and unclean animals.
Fast Mail Runs.
Washington, March.—Postmaster
General Cortelyou has issued instruc
tions defining the attitude of the post
office department regarding fast mail
trains. He states that while the de
partment should insist upon the most
expeditious service feasible, it should
not exert its authority to such an
exfent as to compel the establishment
of railroad schedules inconsistent, with
entire safety to all persons carried
on these trains. The postmaster gen
eral thinks that there is danger of
tome of the roads being overtaxed in
the matter of speed.
Fostal Conference.
Washington, March.—Postmaster
General Cortelyou has directed Sec
ond Assistant Postmaster General
Shallenberger and Mr. H. M. Bacon
of the third assistant postmaster gen
eral's office to proceed to Ottawa,
Canada, and confer with the postal
administration of that country with
reference to questions which have
arisen between the two administra
tions covered by postal treaty, with
a view to a satisfactory adjustment.
Female Bull Fighters.
El Paso, Tex., March.—Ten thou
sand people witnessed a novel sight
at the .Juarez Plaza del Toror Sunday
— a bull fight, in which the places
of matadors and banderillos were fill
ed by professional female Spanish bull
fighters. The matadors killed three
and failed to kill the fourth bull, and
two of the kills would have done cred
it to any matador. In the audience
was Madame Nordica, the prima don
na, in whose behalf one of the bulls
was killed and who rewarded the ma
tador with a roll of bills.
PREACHER AND THE POET,
Writer Speculates on Shakespeare as
a Churchgoer.
Probably Shakespeare did his own
thinking on questions of religion, said
little, and conformed strictly to the ex
isting order. Still we question if he
was a good churchgoer. The town and
church of Stratford had a decided bent
toward Presbyterianism, and there is
reason to think that he did not get
on well with it in this respect. Him
self the wisest of preachers, he does
not seem to have been fond of preach
ing. That which sounds most like it
—and very wise it is—comes from
Polonius. whom he calls "a prating old
fool." We fear that when he walked
to church with his wife he went no
farther than the porch, but strolled
along the Avon, where he was found
bv Susanna and Judith on "a grassy
hank” in'Mose converse with “daisies
pied and violets blue," and “herb-o'
grace" as became Sunday. And in
.winter he was not sorry "when cough
ing drowned the parson's saw." The
preacher and the poet have never got
on well together, and will not until
they are identically the same person,
as Cardinal Newman says; and they
must not divide and antagonize what
God have joined together.—Theodore
T. Munger in the February Atlantic.
A Big Bargain for 12 Cents Postpaid.
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tending purchasers. Write to-day.
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Crosse, Wis.
Where It Hurt Most.
“Young gentlemen.” said the college
president, notwithstanding the fact (
that he was addressing the students,
“young gentlemen, hazing must he
stopped and stopped at once. It has
injured the college more than any
of you ever could gftess. Only last
week a gentleman declined to give
us $1,000,000 because there was so
much hazing. Hazing is a bad thing
financially.”
"How about morally?" asked the
student.
“Aw-aw, really, there may be some
thing in that, but—aw—the—the point
has never come up, and 1—aw—am
not prepared to answer. But the point
Is worth considering."—Chicago Jour
nal.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, { ,,,
Lucas Gouty. (
Frank ,J. Cuknky makes oath that he Is eetAor
Sartner of the tlrin of K. .1. Cheney <fc Co., doing:
usluess lu the City of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said lirm will pay the sunt of
ONE HlTXl)KED DOLLARS for each and every
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of
Hall’s Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me ami subscribed In my presence,
this bth day of December, A. D.. 1886.
. — . A. W. GLEASON,
1 JTRAL J- Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. .1. CHENE V & CO., Toledo, O.
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Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
Crisis Averted.
The two men met, stopped and
glared at eacli other.
Then one of them spoke.
“Rivers,'’ he said, "you are wrong! '
It’s a lie! 1 haven't the grip!”
"Brooks,” impulsively exclaimed the
other, "it’s an infamous falsehood! It's j
a base slander! I don't know of any :
cure for the grip, and 1 wouldn't tell
you of it if I did!"
Then they solemnly shook hands
and passed on.
Not “Just as Good”—It's the Best.
One box of Hunt's Cure is unfailing
ly, unqualifiedly, and absolutely guar- :
anteed to cure any form of Skin Dis- j
ease. It is particularly active in ;
promptly relieving and permanently
curing all forms of itching known.
Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm and all
similar troubles are relieved by one
application; cured by one box.
Prolific Playwright and Novelist.
W. J. Locke, the new secretary of
the Institute of British Architects, is
a writer of plays and novels. His first
book appeared in lfc'.M and each year !
since then be has completed a book.
His plays have been very successful
and liis latest effort in that direction
will shortly be brought out in Loudon, j
Notwithstanding the existence of
switches, pads, drug store complex
ions, belladonna and pneumatic con
trivances such as are described in the
advertising pages of magazines, you
never have heard ix>f a self-made
woman.
Senators Much Alike.
Senator Simmons, of North Carolina,
and Senator Taliaferro, of Florida, look
enough alike to be twin brothers.
They are about the same size and
build; each has a heavy crop of hair,
which is kept closely trimmed, and
their short, stubby mustaches are
much alike. Both have dark eyes
and there is probably not two pounds
difference in their respective weights.
If it were not for the fact *haf the
Florida senator has a few more gray
hairs in his head than his North Caro
lina colleague it would be almost im
possible for the senate employes to
tell them apart.
CHILDREN TORTURED.
Girl Had Running Sores from Eczema
—Boy Tortured by Poison Oak—
Both Cured by Cuticura.
“Last year, after having my little
girl treated by a very prominent phy
sician for an obstinate case of ec
zema, I resorted to the Cuticura Rem
edies, and was so well pleased with
the almost instantaneous relief afford
ed that we discarded the physician’s
prescription and relied entirely on
the Cuticura Soap. Cuticura Oint
ment, and Cuticura Pills. When we
commenced with the Cuticura Reme
dies her feet and limbs were covered
with running sores. In about six
weeks we had her completely well,
and there has been no recurrence of
the trouble.
“In July of this year a little boy
in our family poisoned his fiands and
arms with poison oak. and in twenty
four hours his hands and arms were
a mass of torturing sores. We used
only the Cuticura Remedies, washing
his hands and arms with the Cuticura
Soap, and anointing them with the
Cuticura Ointment, and then gave
him the Cuticura Resolvent. In
about three weeks his hands and
arms healed tip. So we have lots of
cause for feeling grateful for the Cu
ticura Remedies. We find that the
Cuticura Remedies are a valuable
household standby, living as we do
twelve miles from a doctor. Mrs. Liz
zie Vincent Thomas. Fairmont, Wal
den's Ridge. Tenn., Oct. 13, 1905.”
Keep Your Face to the Sunlight.
I know an old man who has had a
good deal fit' trouble and many losses
and misfortunes, but. he started out it
life with a firm determination to trv
tract just as much real enjoyment
from it, as he went along, as possible
—not in dissipation, but in wholesome
recreation and fun. He has always
tried to see the humorous side and the
duty of happiness.—O. S. .Harden in
Success Magazine.
Itch cured in 30 minutes by WoolCord’3
Sanitary Eotion. Xever fails. At druggists.
Efforts of a homely girl who tries
to look pretty are very often vain.
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Author Fond of the Country.
Arthur Stringer, the author, is an
enthusiastic farmer, and has a tine
fruit farm at Cedar Springs, Oat.,
where he spends his summers.
“It Knocks the Itch.”
It may not cure all your ills, but it
does cure one of the worst, it cures
any form of itch ever known—no mat
ter what it is called, where the sensa
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Ringworm and all the rest are relieved
at once and cured by one box. It’s
guaranteed, and its name is Hunt’s
Cure.
Inducement to Undertakers.
The following advertisement ap
peared in a paper of a small town in
Colorado:
“For Sale—An old established, well
paying undertaker's establishment.
The city is in a very unhealthy loca
tion. where the mortality is very
great. There is only one doctor in the
whole town. The deaths from fever
alone pay the expenses, and the rest
is clear profit. There is no competi
tion."—Judge.
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Address Dr. Earl S.Sloan,Boston,Mass,
The General Condemnation of So=Called Patent
or Secret Medicines
of an injurious character, which indulge in extravagant and unfounded pretensions
to cure all manner of ills, and the
National Legislation Enacted to Restrict Their Salo
have established more clearly than could have been accomplished in any other way
The Value and Importance ol Ethical Remedies.
Remedies which physicians sanction for family use, as they act most beneficially and
are gentle yet prompt in effect, and called ethical, because they are of
Known Excellence and Quality and oi Known Component Parts.
To gain the full confidence of the Well-Informed of the world and the approval of
the most eminent physicians, it is essential that the component parts be known to and
approved by them, and, therefore, the California Fig Syrup Company has published for many
years past in its advertisements and upon every package a full statement thereof. The per
fect purity and uniformity of product which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical
character are assured by the California Fig Syrup Company’s original method of manufacture,
known to the Company only.
There are other ethical remedies approved by physicians, but the product of
the California Fig Syrup Company possesses the advantage over all other family laxatives
that it cleanses, sweetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts, without
disturbing the natural functions or any debilitating after effects and without having to
increase the quantity from time to time.
This valuable remedy has been long and favorably known under the name of
Syrup of Figs, and has attained to world-wide acceptance as the most excellent of
family laxatives, and as its pure laxative principles, obtained from Senna, are well
known to physicians and the Well-Informed of the world to be the best of natural
laxatives, we have adopted the more elaborate name of Syrup of Figs arid Klixir of
Senna, as more fully descriptive of the remedy, but doubtlessly it will always be
called for by the shorter name of Syrup of Figs; and to get its beneficial effects,
always note, when purchasing, the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—
plainly printed on the front of every package, whether you simply call for Syrup
of Figs, or by the full name, Syrup of Figs and Hlixir of Senna, as Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna is the one laxative remedy manufactured by the California tig
Syrup Company, and the same heretofore known by the name, Syrup of Figs, which
has given satisfaction to millions. The genuine is for sale by all leading druggists
throughout the United States in original packages of one size only, the regular price
of which is fifty cents per bottle.
Every bottle is sold unde*, the general guarantee of the Company, filed with the
Secretary of Agriculture, at Washington, 1). the remedy is not adulterated or mis
branded within the meaning of the Food and Drugs Act, June 30th, 1906.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
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