THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY H. VAN DYKE
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Brvan and The Chautauqua ( ir
cuit
Secretary of State Bryan is ]
reported in the dispatches as!
telling a Chautauqua audience ■
at Henderson, N. C., that he was
filling such engagements for the
reason that his official salary is
insufficient to maintain him in
Washington and he not only
needs the money, but sees no
reason why he should not eke
out a living in the channel of
industry with which he is most
familiar.
we (Jon t warn i<» seem captious
but we can’t quite see it us Mr.
Bryan does. Admit for argu
ment sake that he is not being
paid what he thinks his services
are worth, or as he puts it, that
he cannot maintain his position
in Washington on $12,000 a year
—w'hat then? Many men have
found themselves in like situa
tion and it is not uncommon to
find them doing outside work—
after hours, but we don’t know
of any who have justified them
selves in doing outside work on
the boss’ time. It is usual in
such cases for a man to either
quit or do his extra work on his
own time. We do not see that
Mr. Bryan can call any of his
time his own so long as he holds
the position he does. Mr. Bryan
may be a very great man, but if
he can do it he is the first who
was ever big enough to be sec
retary of state and Chautauqua
feature at the same time.—Fort
Smith Times Record.
Carrie* HI* Own Noum.
A Gorman artist cmrrle* a portable
hOHM about with him on bta antosao
Ml* tour*.
All th* Dlrfaranca.
"1 understand that th* smart *ot la
■nubbin* the IV> Ruck* because they
have • skeleton In chair closat." “Not
at ail The siuih in becauao ttaoy
41du‘t keep It there "
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Constipation, if Neglected,
Causes Serious Illness
Constipation, if neg'.c • 1. leads
to almost innumerable contphea
lions affecting the general health..
Man} cases of
typhoid fever,
appendicitis a n d
other severe dis
eases are trace
able to prolonged
clogging of the
bowels. Regard
the effects o t
constipation, C.
E. Ayers, o Sabin
St., Montpelier,
Yt. says:
•■l was afflicted
with constipation
and biliousness for
yean?, and at times became so bad I
would become unconscious 1 have been
found in that condition many times.
Physicians did not seem to be able to
do nje any good. I would become
weak and for days at a time could do
no worn. Not long ago 1 got a box
of Dr. Miles' loxatbe Tablets, and
after using them found l bad never
tried anything that acted in such a
mild and effective manner. I believe
1 have at last found the remedy that
suits my ease."
Thousands of people arc sufferers
front habitual constipation and
while possibly realizing something
of the danger of this condition, yet
neglect too long to employ proper
curative measures until serious ill
ness often results The advice of
all physicians is, "keep \ mr bowels
clean,” and it’> good advice.
Or. Milos’ Laxative Tablets are
11 druggists, at 25 cents a
lining 25 doses. If not
actory, your money is
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WORLD OWES DEBT TO WOMAN
Fostering of Agriculture Ha* Been
From the Beginning of Time in
Female Hand*.
Agriculture today depends chiefly
apon the work of the primeval woman
We are Indebted to the nomad's wtfe
for the greatest of all economic ser*
ices She tamed the young of the
more tamable animals, gave them to
her savage husband, and made of him
the more civil herdsman who for
ages followed hlB flocks after the man
ner of Jacob and l<ot. and Job This ,
fertile wife of the nomad became the
wife of farmers, and she made a farmer
of her son by placing In bta band tho
precious seed of the grains, the pres
ent basis of agriculture, the bread oC
man, and the concentrated food of all
our domestic animals
Where did this ancient mother got
these precious seeds’ In many cases
we do not know, and cannot even
guess. She found some plant with
one or two rich seeds, planted them,
and then generation after generation
her descendants picked over their (lb
tie grain patches, sclenting seeds to
be prectously preserved from the har
vest festival to the next spring
planting festival, which we now call
Easter Ily this process running on
through unknown generations of men, j
the plants became so changed by ths ;
artificial application of Darwin's law j
of selection that now no botanist dares
suggest what plant or plants were the
wild forebears of some of the present
grains from which the world today ob
tains Its bread
we are iuuhui.hu v.u ,
tent dwelling woman. But shall w*
accept her work a* final? Can science
do no better than follow along the
path she laid out’ The fact that ag
ricultural science is today doing lib
tie more than this I* one of the pa
thetic illustrations of the smallness of
our view —Prof J. Russell Smith, In
Harper's Magazine.
IN HOUSES OF CORNSTALK
Primitive Dwelling Places That Are
Occupied by the Poorest Claes o«
Egyptian Peasants.
On the outskirts of Alexandria we
passed numerous group# of Bedouins,
camping by the side of the Mahmou
dieh canal. Out In the fields men and
women, dressed alike In the loose cot
ton gown of the country, were busily
at work The flelda were dotted with
curious doorless structures made of
cornstalks. They are used as tempo
rary homes at certain seasons of the
year, as. for Instance, when the crops
are being gathered.
loiter on I entered one. and found
it to be not more than flve feet
srpiaro; one could not stand upright
Inside. The place contained nothin*
but a few jars and cooking utensila.
In the winter the occupants wrap
themselves up in their clothes at
night, covering the heads also, but
leaving the feet bare. The hut I saw
was occupied by * man and his son
These people, of course, are the fel
laheen—the peasants—the pure Elgyp
tian of the poorest class.—Christian
Hereald.
13,000 Miles of Silver.
The greatest money count In the his
tory of the United StateB Is now on.
Bvery piece of money In the country*B
billion bulging treasury must be han
dled and sack security fingered. A
corps of men—the moat expert money
, counters In the world—will Work et
the taek dey and night, hot tt will
take them sixty days to finish U.
There ere 16d.70M«0 stiver dollar*
alone In this vest ram. Much of the
coin counting la done by weighing, hat
there Is an Ingenious machine which
digests silver dollars, quarters and
halves and counts them as test as a
man can turn the handle. If the sil
ver dollars were stacked one on top
or anotner, tney wooia lower
miles high If they coaid be laid In
a continuous Hue, each touching the
other, the sliver horde would stretch
out for a distance of 13,000 mile*.—
Robert D. Helni In Leslie’s.
Egyptian Justice.
In ancient Egypt all court business
was carried on iu writing, in order
that the decision might aot be In
fluenced by oratory or personal ap
peal. The laws lay before the Judges
upon a table, and the accuser declared
In writing how he had been Injured.
whereu[>on the defendant stated In
writing what he had to say Then
came a rejoinder from each party to
the case, after which the Judges de
liberated among themselves until they
had hit upon the proper legal penalty
for the party who had In the mean
time been adjudged guilty This point
being reached the president of the
Judges touched with an Image of
Thmel, the Goddess of Truth, ' the
manuscript of the guilty pleader and
the case was over.
1 Tha President.
The president of the United states
has nothing whatever to do with the'
making of the laws of the Individual
states or of the United States. He Is
pufelv and simply the national execu
tive, his business being to carry out
the laws that are made by the con
gress. In order to be able to make
laws the president would need to be
an absolute monarch, like the caar of
Russia or the Sultan of Turkey. As
It is. he is simply the head servant of
the people, with his duties clearly laid
down In the constitution, and from
which he cannot deviate. Instead of
making the laws the laws are made
by the legislative servants of the peo
si* for him to execute.
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ALICE CHANG CHRISTENS SHU
Chln:se Girl Who Always Wear* a
Native Costume and Makes
Fine Fudge.
Miss Alice Chang the second daugh
ter of the minister of China, and
Mm*. Chang, and a quaint little Orien
tal lady of Washington's diplomatic
set, was the centei of attraction the
other day on the occasion of tbe
christening of the Chinese cruise!
Pelhung. at Philadelphia. The Pet* :
hung is ths first Chinese warship of
American construe on. and llttla Miss
Chang proudly stood sponsor for It.
The minister and Mme. Chang ao
companled their daugfctar to Phlladel-;
phla for the ceremony, also taking'
their elder daughter. Miss LJly Chang,
and their son and his wife, tbe secre
tary of the legation and Mme. Henry j
Chang
Miss Chang, whose Chinese name la (
Tuyi Chang. Is a diminutive little:
woman of sixteen summers, and has .
acquired a number of Occidental man
nertsms during her sojourn In this
country.
Miss Alice and her older sister are
favorites with the young official set.
The feminine members of the various
legations and emhc isles rarely enter-|
tain without Miss Alice as either a
I-1
MIm Alice Chang.
guest or an assistant hostess. On all
occasions Miss Alice wears her native
garb.
To many of ber American friend*
•he has confided that she feel* freer
In them than she would In the clothes
the young maidens of this country
wear. At nearly all of the young ;
people’s gatherings which Miss Alice
attends she la elected the fudge mak- j
er. as she has the reputation of ex- j
celling In this art
NO MAN-FLY ON MONUMENT |
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great Commotion at Oapltal on Re
port That New Yorker Was
Scaling Shaft.
Rumors that a New York "human
' By," who has been scaling office build
ings In that city, was climbing the
side of the 555-foot Washington monu
ment gave this city no end of excite
ment the other day.'
Someone discovered a black spot on
the side of the shaft, about 150 foot
from the top. and then the report
startad.
Hundreds rushed toward tho rntpa
ment grounds, a half mil# from the
center of the city. Along Pennsyl
vania avenue crowds ootlected at ev
ery corner and windows and door
ways rapidly filled with people.
Newspaper photographers, who
were early on the scene, and other
Investigators brought bqgjk word that
the supposed figure ontT a 8pot
left by last night’s heavy gain; but up
co an eariy uour uu rcuunji*
▼aula avenue still insisted they could
see the figure move.
I The war department, which con* |
trols the monument, was besieged
with telephone calls.
Nearly three hours after the first
explanation a telephone message from
the capltol said that congressmen
w ere watching the spot through opera
glasses, and were convinced It occa<
sional’.y moved a little.
Has No Jurisdiction.
One of Representative Kahn’s Cali
fornia constituents wrote to him not j
long ago Inclosing blue prints of a do- |
vice he had thought up for “scrutinis
ing heavenly bodies,” as he put it* j
He wished to have an appropriation
of a million dollars or so from coo- j
gross to perfect his device, so that thw
humblest citizen cov.Jd know Just |
what Is going on In Mars and various ^
celestial points.
Kahn didn't like to offend the mat
with a flat refusal of congress to ap>
propriate this money, and be put It t»
him like this:
"We have gone over the situation j
carefully, end the best lawyers among ,
as are of the opinion that we can do j
nothing for the reason that congress
’ has no Jurisdiction over heavenly
bodies.''
Stimulating Effect of Advertising.
And one of the most wonderful |
things about advertising Is the stimu
lating effect. It has on the advertiser,
whether It be stor. factory or city. ,
Haven't you noticed that the merchant
cbo advertises In “ong and effective
fashion is the one w’hose goods are ;
well displayed in spotless store,
whose business m aods are sound.
hose msrchandlsi measures up t*
the highest st&n.. md*—Herbert &
Hwston.
STOMACH TROUBLES
Mr. Ragland Writes Interesting
Letter on This Subject.
Madison Heights, Va.—Mr. Chas. A.
Ragland, of this place, writes: “I have
been taking Thedford’3 Black-Draught
for indigestion, and other stomach troub
les, also colds, and find it to be the very
best medicine I have ever used.
After taking Black-Draught for a few
days, I always feel like a new man."
Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain
in pit of stomach, and a feeling of full
ness after eating, are sure symptoms of
stomach trouble, and should be given the
proper treatment, as your strength and
health depend very largely upon your
food and its digestion.
To get quick and permanent relief
from these ailments, you should take
a medicine of known curative merit.
Its 75 years of splendid success, in the
treatment of just such troubles, proves
the real merit of Thedt'ord’s Slack
Draught. Safe, pleasant, gentle in action,
and without bad after-effects, it is sure
to benefit both young and old. For sale
everywhere. Price 25c. n. o ijt.
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