IT SURELY IS WRONG.
To shirk responsibility *n politics or
to be indifferent to the public welfare.
Not to be able to carry on intelli
gently conversation upon current top
ics.
To ignore the forces which -are im
proving civilization in your own coun
try.
To know nothing cf the things we
see, handle and enjoy every day of
cur lives.
To be ignorant of the general his
tory of the world end of the various
countries.
Not to know something of the great
est leaders, reformers, artists and
musicians of the world.
Not to have intelligent knowledge or
the general affairs of the world and the
inter-relations of nations.
To be grossly ignorant in these days
of free schools, cheap newspapers, pe
riodicals and circulating libraries.
Not to know- enough about the laws
of health, about physiology and hy
giene, to live healthfully and sanely.
To vote blindly for party, right or
wrong, instead of for principle, be
cause you have been doing so for
years.
Self-Defense.
“I broke my auto.”
“That's too bad.”
“ies. but if I had net broken it, It
■would have broke me.”—Boston Post.
BEAUTIFUL
E0T7 THEY MAINTAIN TEE CHASMS
OE THEIR SEX.
Tho Tmportnnr»* that Attarlir.i to the Care,
of the lllood If One Wafiis lirs^ht Eyes
ami a Clear Complexion*
Every sensible woman naturally wishes
to appear attractive. .She knows the value
of bright eyes, delicate complexion and
lively spirits. Sho knows also that
good health is at tho basis of her charms,
and that good blood is the source of good
health.
Miss Mamie Conway has a complexion
which is the admiration of all who know
her. AslceR if sho could make any sug
gestions that Would be helpful to others
less fortunate, she said :
“My complexion would not have
pleased yon, if you had seen it two years
ago. It was tin a about as bad as it
could be, and it gave me a gr< at deal of
dissatisfaction. If you want a good
complexion you must take care of your
health, espeeially of the condition of
your blood. My health was at that time
completely broken down. I was nervous,
had frequent headaches, a torpid liver
and a great deal of pain in that region.
I suffered also from indigestion. It was
clear that my blood was in bad condition,
for pimples broke ont all over my face.”
“It is hard to realize that, for there
Isn’t the slightest trace *it such blem
ish es now."
“It was unfortunately quite other
wise then, and a long time passed before
I found anything that gnvo me any re
lief I became very weak and listless,
Tho doctor’s medicine did me no good,
ami I took a number of highly recom
mended tonics with no bettor result.
As soon, however, as I began to use Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills for Palo People my
complexion cleared up, and after I had
taken two boxes there was not a sign of
a pimple left on my face My cheeks
became rosy, I gained flesh and have had
perfect health ever since.”
Rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes ar3
merely signs of healthy blood. They have
come not only in tho case of Miss Conway,
whose homo is at 1211 Hist Eighth street,
Canton, Ohio, but t > thousands of
women for whom Dr. 'Williams’ Pink
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A.MANA THE HOME OF COM
MUNIST SETTLEMENT.
^emi-Centennial Will Be Celebrated
Soon — Organization Survives
Many Privations, But Comes
Out Successful.
Amana, Iowa, the largest communistic
settlement in the world, this year cele
brates its semicentennial, after an exist
ence which for privations and hardships
is unrivaled in the history of any like
sect in this or foreign countries.
In 1842, four leaders of a body known
as the True Inspirationists set sail for
America, to seek a site for a city which
was to be the home of these people; a
place where they could practice their
oeliel's and be free from the prosecution
which their convictions forced them to
undergo in Germany. The leaders, once
in America, became the victims cf land
sharks, and purchased a tract near Buf
falo, where their followers settled the
next year. Ebenezer, as the settlement
was then known, was for the decade
spent on the spot, harrassed on one side
by Indians and on the other by the white
land snarks.
Such conditions were not conducive to
communistic life, and again the trusted
four were sent to seel; another home for
the Inspiraticnisis. This time, it was
specified, the site must be on the further
bank of the Mississippi, and. with wis
dom bred of ten years’ experience in the
Newr York settlement, the communists
decided upon the site afforded by the
Iowa river in the northwestern part of
Iowa county, Iowa, and in the course of
a year the entire settlement had moved
their belongings to the site. The town
was called Amana, meaning “remain
true,” and, despite the oft-proven truth
of the assertion that there is little in a
name, it seems that prosperity and hap
piness has been the lot of these humble
Germans.
Communism has a history which is a
formidable rival of that of the Puritans.
There have been many attempts to estab
lish towns exclusively for these people,
but as the principles of their belief give
each man equal rights, and as there has
been, almost without exception, some
ambitious person seeking to obtain more
than his share of control, the settle
ments have nearly always been failures.
With Amana it has been very ciffer
[ ent. The leading lights who headed the
| movement were C. M. Wir.zenreid, John
Beyer, Jacob Witmer and Friedrich
Iieinemann, and these men always had
the best interests of their sect at heart.
Since 1855, when the settlement was es
tablished, the number of persons ad
MEETING HOUSE IN A.MANA.
hering to the sect has jumped from 500 to
1,900, and the towns have increased from
the single little village of Amana to
seven prosperous cities. At present
there are West Amana, South Amana,
High Amana, East Amana, Homestead.
Middle Amana and the original village.
When the settlement was first made
IS,000 acres were purchased In the soci
ety, and now it is recorded that the or
ganization owns 30,000 acres, and its
property is declared to be of considera
ble value.
The system of government of the soci
ety is that of a sort of commonwealth
Trustees are selected by the members
and from their number a president is
elected. Each family is allowed a spe
cified sum as a general account. Everj
member of the community is obliged tt
work, and the work is graded according
to his or her physical capacity. Laziness
and shirking is unknown. The fore
most industry of these people is agri
culture. Amana woolens, which an
manufactured in the Iowa town, have £
reputation which is world-wide.
Equality is the leading feature of com
munistic life, and, despite the promi
nence which a member may have ob
tained during his period of membership
his final resting place is marked by the
same simple, undecorated headstoiu
that is found on the graves of the others
W. AY. GARRISON.
The Caras Are Out.
’“You are not eating as much candj
as you did last year,” said the younj
man with the box of bonbons.
“No, indeed,” replied the pretty girl;
"mamma read in an old almanac tha
sweet things affect the heart.”
"I believe it.”
"You do?”
“Ye®, you affected mine.” And sh(
blushed redder than the ribbon on thi
bonbon box.—Chicago Daily News.
POINTS ON APPENDICITIS.
*ersey School Superintendent Turn*
Loose on Vermiform Mis
information.
Many a layman lias been "stumped”
in trying to master the intricacies of the
vermiform appendix. But let everybody
take heart, says the New York Sun.
In an aristocratic New .Jersey suburb
recently the superintendent of public
schools was visiting a grade while a lesson
in physiology was being demonstrated.
The teacher was explaining the construc
tion of the spinal column. She compared
it to a string of beads in order to snow its
formation, and drew a diagram for further
illumination.
When the lesson was finished, the super
intendent suggested that a most impor
tant feature of the spinal column had not
been explained.
"It is this curious, pointed section at
the base,” he said, indicating the end of
the vertebral column, “which is called
; the vermiform appendix. You have all
heard of appendicitis? Very good. Well,
that is the name given to a disease which
is caused by an inflammation of this ap
pendix. An operation for appendicitis
means an amputation of this useless ap
pendix.”
There is a new superintendent of public
schools in that suburban New Jersey
j town.
rHE NEIGHBORS ALL
USE THEM HOW.
Quick Cure of llliennintlmn 1>y Dodd's
Kidney Fills—How They Saved
the Shop of a Kansas Black
smith— Cure Was Per
manent Too.
Goodland, Kan., Feb. 20th.—(Special)
—So quick and complete was the cure of
N. E. Albertson, a local blacksmith, mat
it almost seems like a miracle. He had
Rheumatism so bad lie feared he would
have to give up 1ns shop. One box of
Dodd's Kidney Pills drove away all the
pains and they have never returned.
Speaking of his cure, Mr. Albertson says:
“I had Rheumatism in my shoulders
and arms for years. Part of the time it
was so bad 1 could not sleep at night.
My arm hurt so that it seemed J would
bate to give up my blacksmith shop. 1
went to the drug store and bought one
box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and took
them. 1 have not hail the Rheumatism
since. A great many of the neighbors
are using Dodd’s Kidney Pills since they
saw how they cured me.”
A pupil in a Lynn (Mass.) school was
B'ked by his teacher to give the definition
of a vacuum. "1 can't just describe it,”
said he, “but I have it in my head.”—
Lippincott’s Magazine.
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iu Torturing, Disfiguring Humors
—<><> Chocolate Fills S5c.
Cuticura Resolvent PiRs (chocolate
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j years’practical laboratory experience in the
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purifiers, however expensive. Complete
external and internal treatment for every
humor may now be had for $1.03, con
sisting of Cuticura Soap to cleanse the
shin. Cuticura Ointment to heal the skin,
and Cuticura Resolvent Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood. A single set is often
sufficient to cure.
Raisuli is coming rip in the social scale,
liis name is now written Rais I'li. All
he needs to get right into tiie swim is a
hyphen.—Washington Times.
Millions In Onts.
Salzer’s New National Oats yielded in
Mich., 240 bu., in Mo., 255 bu., in N. D.,
310 bu., and in 30 other states from 150
to 300 bu. per acre. Now this Oat if gen
erally grown in 1905, will add millions of
bushels to the yield and millions of dol
lars to the farmer’s purse!
I W tyj M (VJ W Off I
Homebuilder Yellow Dent Corn grows
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gest yieldcr on earth!
Salzer’s Speltz, Beardless Barley, Maca
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and Earliest Cane are money makers for
you, Mr. Farmer.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE A'U) 10c
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Crosse, Wis.. and receive their big catalog
and lots of farm seed samples. [K. L.]
Civilization advances, but poverty prows.
“We ask you for predigested bread,” cry
f the poor, "and you give us an urpusteur
| ized stone!”—Puck.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Brorno Quinine Tablet s. All
druggists refund themoney if it, fails to cure.
L. W Grove’s signature is on each box 25c.
Some of us are too apt to confuse rrati
ttidc with the rate of interest.—Chicago
Tribune.
Do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump
tion has an equal for coughs and colds.—J.
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, lnd., Feb. 15,1900.
The less polish a man has the more re
flections he is apt to cast.—Chicago Daily
.News.
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