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River Falls Journal.
C. IL Morse, Publisher.
RIVER FALLS. ■ WIF
In a tiny island called Minikoi, off
the southern coast of India, a most
peculiar state of society exists, for
woman is lord of all she surveys. Tho
wife is the recognized head of the
house. She owns it and everything
in it, while everything that her
husband, who works very hard,
can earn goes to increase her
wealth. Her husband belongs to her,
too, and when she marries him she
gives him her name instead of taking
his.
't he Swedish government has placed
orders for the conversion oi the steam
railways belonging to the Swedish
crown into electric roads. . s in the
case of the experiment about to be
tried on the great northern railway
in the United Stubs, saving in fuel is
the mein onject sought in discarding
steam for electricity. As in Montana
and Washington water is the source
from which power is to be derived in
the future for the propulsion of trains
in Sweden.
In Korea visiting cards measuring
a foot square are in vogue. The sat
uces of Dahomey announce their vis
its to each other by sending in ad
vance a wooden board or the branch
of a tree a.tistieally carved, says
Home Notes. When the visit is paid
the “card” returns to the possession
of its owner, who probably uses it for
many years. The natives of Sumatra
use for a visiting card a piece of wood
about a foot long, decorated with a
bunch of straw and a knife.
The Cincinnati Observatory is affili
ated with the International Geodetic
association. They have six observa
tories, all on the same parallel of lati
tude and distributed as widely as pos
sible in longitude. These are in Ja
pan, Russia, Italy, California, .Mary
land and Ohio. They observe sponta
neously, their purpose being to deter
mine the motion of the earth's pole
upon the planet. This is of great im
portance, because upon it depends all
surveys of the earth's surface.
The monkey is the most intelligent
animal. Poodle dogs come next; then,
in order, the Indian elephant, bear,
Mon, tiger, eat and otter. Ants, bees
and spiders are more intelligent than
horses and goats, and the wild rabbit
has considerably more brain power
than the camel. Tame rabbits come
almost last in the list and have less
intelligence than the frog. The lowest
form in the animal school is occupied
ny the nautilus, octop.is, python, tame
pigeon, deer, sheep, buffalo and bison.
Mme. Christine Nilsscn has discov
ered a novel use for old receipted bills
and sheets of music. Both of these are
made to serve the purpose of wall
papers. A survey of the walls of her
dining room on which are displayed
the bills of hotels and shops all over
the world soon convinces the beholder
that, though great singers are very
highly paid, they are obliged to live
at a most extravagant rate. Mme.
Nilsson's bedroom is papered with th?
music of the songs and parts which
she has sung during the course of her
career.
On the Mangishlak peninsula, in
the Caspian sea. there are five small
lakes. One of them is covered with
salt crystals strong enough to allow
a man and beast to cross tho lake on
foot; another is as round as any cir
cle and a lovely rose color. Its banks
of salt crystal form a setting, white
as the driven snow, to the water, which
not only shows all the colors from
violet to rosy red, but from which
rises a perfume as of violets. Both
the perfume and the color are the re
sult of the presence of sea-weeds, the
violet and the pink.
A singing well is one of the natural
< uriosities of Texas. In tine weather
a sound like that of an Aeolian harp
is given out by the well. At times
the sound is clear; then it recedes,
as if far away, and then it reaches
the ear very faintly. These changes
take place every few minutes and
with great regularity. With an east
wind blowing the water in the well
gets very low. and the mysterious mu
sical sound is faint. v strong west
w ind causes the water to rise and the
sound to increase in volume and clear
ness. Before a north wind the well
plays its wildest, pranks.
Nona's ark is generally supposed to
be the earliest ship of which we have
record, but there exist paintings of
Egyptian vessels immensely older than
the date, 2540 B. C.. usually assigned
to the ark, being, indeed, probably be
tween seventy and eighty centuries
old. Moreover, there are now in ex
istence in Egypt boats which were
built about the period the ark was
constructed. These are, however,
small craft, about 33 fe't long. 7 or
S set t Wide, and 2 . to 3 feet deep.
They were discovered six years ago by
the Fremh Egyptologist, ,1. De Mor
gan, iu brick vaults near Cairo.
Hooks for catching fish are as old as
\dam. made oi stone, bore and thorns,
not to mention deer horn and boars'
tusks. The bronze hook of the bronze
: ge was succeeded by the hook of iron.
The aborigines of Colombia used gold
hooks, while the ancient people of
Peru made theirs of copper. The bronze*
hook of to-day is considered an expen
sive luxury. For years the most im
portant seat of fishhook manufacture
was Limerick, Ireland, but the once
popular “Limerick” has been super
seded by several styles of American
rnakt
Sllll 8»I II «■.
Reassuring Report to the Navy
Department from City
of Colon.
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS KEPT OPEN.
Vandina of Troop* by I ailed State*
Kt < oloii Vhon* to Have Been Jti*-
tilied bv Colombia’* A<ltni*»ion
’Hint ’-lie Could Xol Protect
nibu* Transit.
Washington, Nov. 2.5. Ih“ navy de
partment lias received the following
cablegram from ( apt. Perry, com
manding the battleship Iowa:
"Panama. Nov. 23.—Secretary Navy.
Washington. Situation quiet and satis
factory to us. IAII trains running.
■ Signed; PERRY.”
Duty of the I nited Mate*.
Washington. Nov. 25. I’he answer
of th"' Colombian government to the
representations of Consul General
Gudger, to the effect that the gov
ernment was unable to guarantee the
integrity of the railway communica
tion across the isthmus, was purpose
ly developed in order to make per
fectly plain the fact that the United
States was thoroughly justified in
landing its forces at Colon. With
this formal acknowledgment from
the Colombian government of its in
ability to maintain communication,
it becomes, it is said, not the privi
lege, but the duty of the United
States under the treaty of Granada,
to guarantee that communication,
even though the use of force is nec
essary. It is not intended to inter
fere between factions, conservative
or liberal, unless a faction places it
self in the position of obstructing
the purpose of the United States to
keep the Panama railroad open to
free traffic.
Insurgents Reported Vggrc**Ke.
Xi w York, Nov. 25. The Herald'*
Colon (Colombia) correspondent
cables the following concerning mil
itary movements in that vicinity:
It is announced by the insurgents
that one of their leader-.. Gin. Vic
toriana Lorenzo, with 1,500 men. is ad
vancing toward ( horrent from I’eno
nome. which is about 25 miles away
from the former place.
Gen. Herrara. a liberal chief, reports
that there is another force of insur
gents, about 600 men, near Panama.
Gen. Uribe-Uribe will arrive in
Colon on November 28, it is announced.
The arr.val of Gen. Lugo, who has
been with the insurgents at Chorrera,
is expected at Colon daily.
cai sits <.nt; at e.\< itement.
Action of President Cn*tro Make* Illg
Mir in V enrinel*.
Willemstad. Island of Curacoa, Nov.
23.--(via Hay tian Cable.)—The arrest
at Puerto Cabello of Ramon Guerra,
the Venezuelan minister of war, who
was elected last month to the post of
second vice president of the republic,
is report! d here to have caused much
excitement throughout Venezuela.
President ( astro has cabled his rep
resentatives here, saying the pres
ent revolutionary movement, which
is beginning to be called the Matos
revolution, has been frustrated. The
truth of his statement is denied here,
where it is said this revolution has
not yet begun. A steamer, alleged
to have on board 5.000,000 cartridges
and 15,000 Mauser rifles, destined for
the use of Venezuelan revolutionists,
is expected to arrive in the West In
dies about the middle of December.
The representatives of this revolu
tionary movement now here say the
revolt will start after these arms
nml ammunition are available and
that the moven.ent will receive the
active or passive cooperation of large
numbers of Venezuelans who, they
say. are becoming tired of the exist
ing state of affairs in Venezuela,
which is characterized by Gen. Cas
tro's political opponents as the
“state of anarchy ami persecution
created bv the Castro government.”
From recent reports received here
It appears that a number of inoffen
sive traders and citizens, incapable
of starting a revolution, have been
arrested in Venezuela at the govern
ment’s orders It is further said
that these political prisoners are to
be held as hostages for a premedi
tated forced loan by the government
(Willemstad. on the Dutch Islam! of Cur
«ena. i- 4>> mil, < in a direct line from the
V,t>,zu-'in . oast and 12 to 14 hours'steam-
Ir.R from the V« n< zu> lan ports of La Guay
r.i Puerto I'alnlio ir.<! Maracaibo. It
h is for years past been one of the seats
if operation tor revolutionary movements
against the established authority of Ven
izurla. its geographical position and the
f:i< t that it is foreign territory making It
valuable in this coni retien It is to-day
vi e of tin headquarters o! thenationallstor
r, volutior.ary movement against President
t' .-iro, and a refuge far Castro's political
er.niUs, Notwithstanding the efforts of
H i V. r . iuelan government to the con
trary. <• ommur.leation is maintained be
tween Willemstad and the nationalists In
V
Sends l'«< ~rattle Reply.
D< nver. Col.. Nov. 25. \,, t .. ;! , un
L.I- he, Il received bv Gov. Orman ask
ing him if he would participate in the
eonf t fence of gov e rnor* called by Gov.
V.m Sant, of Mlnnesota. for coopera
tion against railroads anti trusts The
governor replied that he would partici-
■ pate in the conference if it was possible
■ i t" him to be absent from the state
at 'hat time.
Acquitted
Mankato. Kai . Nov. 25 Roy Wilson,
eli.ire- vv "h killing William Johnson.
Ju v last, at Ezbon, was acquitted
Saturday. I’he trial has been on for
ten days. The jury was out for 24
hours Wi'-on was greatly affected
when ti e verdict was read and broke
down completely.
ALLEGED FAMILY OF ROBBERS
Supposedly Respectable People at
Pittaburg Held for Serie*
of Hold Robberies.
Pittsburg, Kan., Nov. 25. —George
Lane and family, consisting of his
wife, a 14-year-ohl daughter and an
adopted son. Is years old, have been
arrested and lodged in prison her®,
charged with being leaders of a gang
that has been systematically robbing
merchants of this city for the past
year. Lane and his wife are prom
inent in society and church work. They
have a beautiful home on West Fourth
street, where nearly SI,OOO worth of
the stolen goods was found.
According to the police. the
ized nearly every big store in Pitts
burg in lhe past y ear and suet ssfuily
battled the police was carefully
planned. The boy, an intelligent little
fellow, would conceal himself in the
store and be locked in when the store
was closed, and then in the night he
would open the rear door, after which
the robbery was easy. The arrest was
caused by the boy being captured in a
store and confessing. Lane is a con
tracting builder by trade and has al
ways been considered a respectable
citizen. It is said that several accom
plices in neighboring cities have been
selling stolen goods for the Lanes.
FOR CHINESE EXCLUSION.
Convention nt San Francisco he
inand* flic Reenactment of
the Geary Law.
San Francisco, Nov. 25. The Chinese
exclusion convention, composed of 3,000
delegates representing the state, coun
ty, government and industrial and civic
organizations in al! parts of California
on Friday adopted resolutions demand
ing the continuance of existing treaties
with China and the reenactment of the
Geary exclusion law. As a supple
mental report the committee on resolu
tions presented a statement which was
adopted recognizing the menace to the
industrial conditions of the coast of
the rapidly increasing number of Jap
anese and other Asiatic immigrants,
and asking that the matter be referred
to the executive committee, with in
structions to take such steps as may
be necessary to secure all possible pro
tection in the evils set forth. The con
vention also adopted a memorial stat
ing at length the reasons why the con
tinued restriction of Chinese and oth
er Asiatic immigration is demanded by
the people of the Pacific coast.
KILLS SON-IN-LAW.
Latter Wa« Whipping; Hi* Wife
When lhe Fiithcr Interfered—
Hatchet %gaiiiMt Knife.
Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 25. A special
to the Journal and Tribune from Jel
lico says that John T. Smith instantly
killed his sor.-in-la v, Frank Starr, be
cause the latter, while drunk, whipped
his wife. Smith was called home from
his work to settle what he supposed
was a small family row. When he ar
rived Starr attack,d him with a knife.
Smith secured a hatchet with which,
although slightly stabbed, he dealt
Starr a fatal blow. Smith surren
dered, Both men were miners.
Cnusc* Excitement In < liinn.
Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 25, Ac
cording to advices from the orient
brought by the steamship Kinshin
Maru, arriving Saturday, much ex
citement prevails in China over the at
titude of ti e United States relative to
the exclusion law and alarm is felt
among a large number of Chinese m vv
in China who are entitled to return to
the United States that a new law will
be enacted of >uch a stringent nature
that many of the privileged class will
be barred from returning, and hun
dreds are preparing to rush to the
United States before the law expires.
I’oMt Office Robbed.
Rollersv Hie, 0.. Nov. 25.—A gang of
five robber., blew the post office safe
here at night and secured S3OO worth
of stamps and SSO in money, besides
funds belonging to the local lodge of
Maccabees. The gang drove here in
a rig stolen at Helena, where they had
previously looted the general store of
L. F. Weaver of valuable merchandise
and a small amount of cash. The
thieves escaped leaving no clew.
Mr*. Dale Improved.
New York, Nov. 25.—Elizabeth Howe
Dale, who is accused of the murder
of her five-year-old child Emeline. is
still in St. Mary’s hospital. Hoboken,
where she was taken after her arraign
ment in court. She is said to be much
improved in her physical condition
Mrs. Dale is under guard day and
night.
River Steamer Burned.
Yazoo City, Miss., Nov. 25. -The
steamer City of Knoxville, with >OO
sacks of seed and 89 bales of cotton,
struck a hidden obstruction below
the city, came up and sank at the
wharf She may be raised. The
barge Dewey with 1.300 sacks of seed
sank at the wharf Friday night.
tutomobflle Riicen Postponed.
Cincinnati. Nov. 25.—The automo
bile ract- set for Oakley Park Saturday
afternoon have been postponed until
Monday on account of the rain. Four
nier, the expert chaffeur, is h°re, and
has given some exhibitions of hl- skill
on the streets.
FnrixiiiK Department Burned.
Canton O, Nov. 25 The forging
department of the Cleveland Axle
company’s plant was burned at an
early hour Saturday morning. Loss
estimated at from $30,000 to $40,000
Escape* from Jail.
Academy. W. Va , Nov. 25 Jerome
Kelson, who murdered Mrs. Simmons,
escaped from jail at night with two
other prisoners. Blood hounds are in
pursuit.
■«MMS
Reasons for Leaving Sofia for
Constantinople Not Clearly
Understood.
MAY HAVE GONE AFTER THE MONEY.
Believed He AA ill Issue I Itlmatnm to
llriKiiixl* OfferiiiK to Pay ,£IO,OoO
for Ml** Stone’* Releaae—Muat He
Accepted AAitbin Ten Day*—.An
other Letter from .Vila* Stone.
Sofia. Nov. 25. Mr. Dickinson, the
diplomatic agent, here of the United
States, started Friday for Constanti
nople, there to confer with Spencer
Eddy, the secretary of the United
States legation, as to the best means
of hastening a solution in the dead
lock which has arisen in the negotia
tions over the release of Miss Stone.
Mr. Dickinson will probably return
hen-, bringing with him cash with
which to pay Miss Stone's ransom, as
her kidnapers insist this payment be
made in Turkish gold.
May PreMent I Itimatum.
Mr. Dickenson is considering the
advisability of presenting an ulti
matum to the brigands, in which he
will fix ten days as the period within
which £10,500 must be accepted by
the brigands as Miss Stone's ran
som. If this proposal is not. accept
ed by her captors all dealing with
the bandits, so far as the United
States is concerned, will cease. If
these conditions have not already
been dictated by Mr. Dickinson the
ultimatum comprising them will al
most certainly be delivered as soon
SCENE OF TROUBLE IN SOUTH AMERICA,
CARIBBJEAJT I
SEA X
"« Port t(mo" ’ 1 IT
y uza/ PS
A,
ax
Isthmus of s'
Panama f
Map Showing Situation of Colon. Which Has Been Taken by Colombian
1 n mu rgents.
as the American diplomatic agent re
turns from Constantinople.
Caixive* In Good Health.
According to the latest informa
tion received here both Miss Stone
and Mme. Tsilka continue in rather
good health. According to the state
ment of a person who arrived from
Dubnitza the captives have been re
moved from a village near Dubnitza
to a point near the frontier, and Miss
Stone got wet while crossing the
river Struma.
Another Letter from Mis* Stone.
New York, Nov. 25. A dispatch to
the World from Sofia says: Another
letter from Miss Stone, the American
missionary held by the brigands, has
been received Mr. Dickinson, the
United States diplomatic representa
tive, absolutely declines to disclose its
contents, except to say that Miss Stone
and her companion in imprisonment,
Mme. Tsilka, are well.
Remetie Party Perluheii.
Pocahontas. Va., Nov. 25.—The Baby
mine has probably added eight more
victims to its lost and dead. At ten
o'clock Saturday no others had entered
the mine to look after those lost Fri
day. There is but little doubt that all
the officials who entered Friday are
dead. Every man in the party was
prominently known.
Scientist’* Cow Killed.
New York. Nov. 25- Tests made by
experts from the Brooklyn health de
partment revealed the fact that the
cow owned by Dr. George D. Barney,
cultures from which he used to inocu
late Mi«s Emma King, had tubereu-
Li.-is Accordingly, the animal was
killed by the health officials.
Another Lady Appointed,
St. Louis. Nov. 25.—Mrs. Fine T.
Ernest, of Denver. Col., has been added
to the board of lady managers of the
world’s fair by the national commis
sion. Mrs. Ernest is the wife of a
prominent banker and stockman of the
west, and is well known in the Rocky
mountain country
DR. GARTRELL GUILTY.
Old Man Convicted of Murder of
Donegan .Near % morel*
.M iMKouri.
Butler, Mo., Nov. 25.—Dr. J. L.
Gartrell, on trial for killing D. B.
Donegan, a Colorado miner, was Sat
urday found g-uilty of murder in the.
first degree. The prisoner, who is
70 years old, listened with indiffer
ence to the reading of the verdict.
Dr. Gartrell, his son, P. \Y. Gartrell.
and Donegan were traveling" overland
to Oklahoma last March when Done
gan was killed, near Amoret. Mo., the
motive being apparently robbery.
Donegan's body was found in the creek
with his head mashed in and later the
Gartrells were arrested in Kansas City
while trying to sell the miner's wagon
and horses. Dr. Gartrell, who was
tried first, took lhe stand and said he
had killed Donegan with an ax in self
defense, while Donegan was in the act
of braining him with a monkey wrench.
They had quarreled, he said. His son,
t he prisoner declared, w as asleep when
Donegan was killed, anil had nothing to
do with the fight. Dr Gartrell testified
that he had lived in Texas, California
and Missouri; that lie had held the
offices of state legislator and sheriff in
Texas, and was once in business in
Texas.
Young Gartrell will now be tried on
the charge of complicity in the murder.
It is the theory of the prosecution that
the Gartrells conspired to kill Done
gan for his money and outfit,
INHUMAN ROBBERS.
Attempt to Cremate Four I’ernon*
VV lion. They Had Robbed at
Kan*a* City.
Kansas City, Mo.. Nov. 25.—Adolph
Carlson, an Armourdale saloon keeper;
Louis Arlinger, his night bar-tender;
Tom Schwaber, a packing house em
ploye, and the saloon porter were
drugged in Carlson's place of business
across the line from here, early Satur
day morning, by two robbers, w ho ad
ministered “knock-out" drops. The
robbers secured S2OO in cash and $l5O
in checks, and then, while the four
men lay in a stupor on the floor, they
locked the doors, set fire to the building
and escaped. The fire was extinguished
before much damage was done and
the men were rescued unhurt.
To FAninino .Slomnrh for Poison.
Jeffersonville. Ind., Nov. 25.—The
stomach and other organs of the body
of Charles Goodman, the tramp said
to have been poisoned in Jeffersonvilte
by Newell C. Rathbun, November 6,
who was indicted Friday in the Clark
circuit court for murder in the first
degree, were removed Saturday morn
ing by Drs. Kastenbine, of Louisville,
and Peyton and Graham, of this city.
The stomach will be thoroughly ex
amined for traces of the laudanum
which is said to have killed Goodman.
No definite results are ex))ected inside,
of ten days or two weeks.
Opposition to Clin nihorln in.
London. Nov. 25.—Once more has Jo
seph Chamberlain, the colonial secre
tary. proved his right and title to be
the most thoroughly hated British
statesman. The storm *ow ragingin
Germany over his animadversions on
the Prussian army has had a powerful
reflex in Great Britain.
Hanna ria n Budget.
Buda-Pesth, Nov. 25.—Dr. Lukacs,
minister of finance. Saturday intro
duced in the unterhaus the budget for
1902. In this the revenue is estimated
at 1.050.570.018 crowns and the expend
itures 1,036.749,083 crowns.
Indicted for Murder.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov 25 —The grand
jury shortly after noon Saturday re
turned an indictment agair.s; Mrs.
Maud Emma Hooks, charging her with
the murder by poison of her husband.
Sew Fael for Locomotive*.
One of our largest railroads has decided
to substitute oil in the place of coal as fuel
for its locomotives, and while there may be
some doubt as to its success, there is none
concerning the value of Hostetter’s Stom
ach Bitters. It has been given a thorough
trial during the past titty years, and iiae
never disappointed any sufferer from dys
pepsia, indigestion, constipation or flatu
lency who have given it a fair trial. Be sure
to get tae genuine.
Make* It Too Easy.
“Yes,” said the lawyer, “business i*
bad."
"What’s the reason?” asked the casual
caller.
“The new bankruptcy law,” was the re>
pl.v.
" \\ hat's that got to do with it?”
“Why. it enables a man to beat his cred
itors without going to the trouble of hiring
a lawyer to help him do it.”—Chicago Post.
St. Jncob* Oil for Cheat-Cold*, Hron
chiti*, Croup ami I’leurlay,
An outward application for bronchial dif
ficulties is many times far more effective
than syrups, cough mixtures, cod liver oil,
4c., simply because it penetrates through
to the direct cause, which is, as a rule, an
accumulation of matter or growth tightly
adhering to the bronchial tubes.
St. Jacobs Oil, possessing as it does those
wonderful penetrating powers, enables it
to loosen these adhesions and to induce free
expectoration. Cases have been known
where expectorations have been examined
after St. Jacobs Oil has been applied, and
the exact formation was clearly shown,
where the adhesions had been removed or
pulled off the bronchial tubes. All irrita
tion of the delicate mucous membrane of
the bronchae is quickly removed by the
healing and soothing properties of St. Ja
cobs Oil. In cases of croup and whoop
ing cough in children St. Jacobs Oil will be
found superior to any other remedy.
St. Jacobs Oil is for sale throughout the
world. It is clean to use —not at all greasy
or oily, as its name might implv. For rheu
matism, gout, sciatica, neuralgia, cramp,
pleurisy, lumbago, sore throat, bronchitis,
soreness, stiffness, bruises, toothache, head
ache, backache, feetaehe, pains in the chest,
pains in the back, pains in the shoulders,
pains in the limbs, and all bodily aches and
pains it has no equal. It acts like magic.
Safe, sure, and never failing.
Very Dear.
“Dost love me, George?” she whispered.
“Sweetheart,” he answered, fondly, “you
are the dearest thing on earth to me!”
Which was quite true; for, what with
box suppers and earnations and chocolates,
she got most of the young man’s salary.—
San Francisco Bulletin.
AVH.AT CAI SES DANDRUFF.
Greatest European Authority on Skin
Dlaeaaes, Say* It’s a Germ.
,The old idea was that dandruff is scales
of skin thrown off, through a feverish con
dition of the scalp. Prof. Unna, Hamburg,
Germany, European authority ou skin dis
eases, says dandruff is a germ disease. The
germ burrows under the sealp, throwing up
little scales of cuticle, and sapping the vi
tality of the hair at the root. The only hair
preparation that kills dandruff germs is
Newbro’s Herpicide. “Destroy the cause,
you remove the effect.” Not only cures
dandruff, but stops falling hair and causes
a luxuriant growth. Delightful hair dress
ing.
When a fool hen takes a notion to sit
she doesn’t care whether there are any eggs
in the nest or not, and some men are built
on the same plan.—Chicago Daily News.
I do not believe Piso’s Cure for Consump
tion has an equal f<sr coughs and colds.—
John F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind., Feb.
15, 1900.
WHAT WE ARE TOLD.
There is one millionaire in the
United States to every 20,000 inhab
itants.
A factory at Deepwater, Mo., has
been obliged to stop by a shortage
of water.
The pulgat, a Burmese measure, is
the only foreign measure exactly
corresponding to our inch.
This season the Maine woods have
yielded an albino moose, three or
four albino deer, and two pure al
bino squirrels.
New Y’ork state farmers are buy
ing potatoes for their own con
sumption, a situation unheard of
there for years.
Count Tolstoi is not an obedient
patient. Some time ago his physi
cians told him not to walk or ride on
horseback, but he did what he
pleased, remarking: “I know better
than all physicians what is good for
me.”
CANADA’S CAPITAL AROUSED.
Never Wan There Such Excitement—
Physicians* Association Try
ing; to Explain,
Ottawa, Can., Nov. 25. —This city is
stirred up as never before. Some seven>
years ago the local papers published
an account of a man named George
H. Kent, of 408 Gilmour street, who
was dying of Bright's. Disease and
who at the very last moment after sev
eral of our best physicians had de
clared he couldn't live twelve hours,
was saved bj" Dodd’s Kidney Pills.
People who know how low Mr. Kent
was refused to believe that he waa
cured permanently, and the other day
in order to clinch the matter the pa
pers published the whole case over
again and backed up their story by
sworn statements made by Mr. Kent
in which he declares most positively
that in 1894 he was given up by the
doctors and that Dodd's Kidney Pills
and nothing else saved him, and furth
er that since the day that Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills sent him back to work seven
years ago, he has not lost a single min
ute from his work (he is a printer in.
the American Note Printing Com
pany).
Mr. Kent is kept quite busy during
his spare hours answering inquiries
personally and by letter, but he is sa
grateful that he counts the time well
spent. Indeed he and his wife have
shown their gratitude to Dodd's Kid
ney Pills in a very striking way by
having their little girl, born in 1896,
christened by the name of “Dodds.”
Altogether it is the most sensational
case that has ever occurred in the his
tory of medicine in Canada and the
perfect substantiation of every detail
leaves no room to doubt either the
completeness or the permanency of
the cure.
The local Physicians have made the
case of Kent and Dodd’s Kidney Pill*
the subject of discussion at several of
the private meetings of their Associa
tion.