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WHEN the colonel was 50 he in
herited a fortune. Whereupon
he stopped work. He is now 70, and
during the intervening 20 years he has
done little but eat, sleep and talk. One
of his eccentricities is the fixed convic
tion that he can tell a good story. No
body can understand how eccentric
and unfounded this idea is until the
colonel has unloaded one of his prize
stories on him.
He is a man of venerable appearance,
with long, white hair, and a smooth
shaven, deeply lined face, and bethinks
nothing at all of interrupting even a
casual acquaintance in the midst of an
important business engagement with
one of his endless, point less narrations
about nothing in particular.
Larson is the manager of a big busi
ness, and the colonel, because he owns
ten shares of stock in the company, has
been making Larson’s private office a
sort of downtown headquarters for
the last year.
About twice a week, when Larson
would be in the midst of a conference
with an important customer, the door
of the room —on which was printed
“Private” in large gilt letters —would
be pushed open and in would step the
colonel,
“Don’t let me interrupt you.” the
colonel would begin, “but I know you
won’t think I am intruding when I tell
you that just as I came into the eleva
tor I met John Higgins, who settled
down along the Calumet river in 1823,
and whom I haven’t seen since 1847
the same year that my uncle, Silas
Jonas, bought 40 acres of land near
Wheaton, which he sold in 1874 to the
man who afterwards started —by the
way, I saw in the paper this morning a
report that Wheato —”
In this wise the colonel would ramble
on for half an hour, never getting
within half a mile of the conclusion of
anything. Nor would he think of stop
ping until Larson got. up and as po
litely' as possible asked him to step out
into the other office until he had
finished a private conference he had
under way.
“I’ve got to do something,” said
Larson to his assistant, after one of
the nt err upt ions. “I believe
the colonel could set his mouth going
and go aw ay and leave it for a couple
of hours without stopping its flow of
language. The next time he comes in
here I’m going to tell him a story
which so utterly and completely lacks
point that I hope he’ll see the point
and stop ‘butting in.’ ”
Next morning, when Larson was
busy figuring out the probable profit
on a big contract, the colonel came
gayly in to his fate. Larson gave him
no chance to get started.
“Colonel,” he began, “did I ever tell
about my friend Clarkson, who made
$3,000,000 in the stock market last
year, and his adventures in Europe?
No? Well, it’s the most curious tale
that ever came to my attention.
“Clarkson had been on the ragged
edge of poverty all his life until, whol
ly by accident, he got into K.. G. & IL
when the stock was selling at 18 and
held on until the premium was $1,200
on every share. When he finally closed
out the deal Clarkson had $3,000,000 in
cash. He started at once on a tour of
the world. Now, Clarkson was a man
without any education at all. He knew
nothing about any language but Eng
lish. and mighty little about that. But
with plenty of money in his pocket he
didn’t see why he shouldn’t, get plenty
of fun out of skating around the w orld.
Anyway, he started.
“Things went pretty well with him
until he got to Vienna. One day he
was eating dinner in a case on the Ring
there when he got into a mild quarrel
w ith his w aiter over the size of his bill.
It was always one of Clarkson's boasts
that he would never let a blasted for
eigner beat him. and. though neither
the waiter nor he could understand the
other, they held a hot debate, chiefly
made up of warlike gestures. Present
ly the head waiter took a hand in the
dispute. He also was unable to under
stand Clarkson, and it seemed certain
that the Chicago millionaire would be
cast out into utter darkness, or at least
assisted to leave by a police officer,
when help came from an unexpected
quarter.
“By a stroke of good fortune it hap
pened that State Senator Bridge, of
Chicago, who speaks German like a na
tive, was also dining in the case. He
knew Clarkson by sight and at once
came to his rescue. A few words of
explanation and everything was ar
ranged satisfactorily. The check was
paid and the head waiter was profuse
in his apologies.
“‘lf you'll allow me,’ said Senator
Bridge to the grateful Clarkson. ‘l’ll
give you a little card that’ll prevent
your getting into another scrape of
this kind.’
“Bridge pulled one of his own en
graved cards from his pocket, and
scribbled a few words on the back of it
with an indelible lead pencil. Clark
son looked at the writing, but it was in
a tongue unknown to him.
“‘What's this all about?’ he asked
Bridge.
“ ‘Never mind.’ said Bridge with a
smile. ‘Just you’try the card and see
what the result will be.'
“Clarkson thanked him and put the
card in his pocketbook. A little later
both men left the case and went to
their respective hotels.
“Clarkson went to Paris from Vien
na. He had almost forgotten the ex-
MY WHISTLING BOY.
No music sweeter to my ear
Than my boy’s whistle, loud and clear.
It calms and soothes all false alarm.
For then I know he’s free from harm.
He whistles many a glad refrain,
And then again a minor strain;
When oft I hear some music rare
’Tis mingled with a jingling air.
And when he leaves his dear home nest
To seek in life, for all that’s best,
I know he’ll whistle care away.
And hum some song of olden day.
Oh, how* I’ll miss my own brave lad
Who» I aui left alone and sad!
istence of the card Bridge had given
him when one evening in a Parisian
case he found himself in a quarrel
with a waiter over the size of his
cheek. Clarkson spoke French no more
titan he did German, and he found the
stately head waiter was no more of a
linguist than was he. Finally, be
thought of Bridge's magic card. Bo
pulled it from his card case.
“ ‘Here,’ he said, handing the bit of
cardboard to the head waiter, just run
your eye over this.’
“The waiter glared at the card,
turned it over, read the writing on its
back, and then broke out into a fury of
wrath.
“ ’Get out of here,’ he exclaimed in
broken English, ‘l’ll not have a man
like you in the place for a moment.’
“In a moment Clarkson found him
self, clutching Bridge’s card in one
hand, leaning against the wall outsid'e
the case. He had been thrown out
without even paying his bill. He
couldn’t begin to make out what was
the matter.
“A month later he was in St. Peters
burg. Again, dinner at a case; again,
a row with a waiter, who could not un
derstand his protests; once more the
man in charge was called and the card
was shown him, and for the second
time Clarkson was pitched headlong
into the street.
“Clarkson took the first opportunity
of getting back to London, where peo
ple at least made a pretense of under
standing the English language. His
first call was made on an eminent firm
of solicitors and barristers-at-la w . He
explained his identity and found that
the senior member of the firm was
quite taken with the idea of having an
American millionaire as a client. Then
he went on to explain how savagely he
had been treated in the cases at both
Paris and St. Petersburg.
“ ‘Have I any chance of getingdam
ages in a suit against them?’ asked
Clarkson, whose American fighting
blood was up.
“‘Certainly.’ said the affable attor
ney. ‘I think there is no doubt you can
secure large damages. We shall be
glad to ‘take your ease against either
or both of the places involved. By the
way, if you have no better engage
ment, and will come out with me to
LEANING AGAINST TI.IE WALL OUT
SIDE THE CAFE.
my country house in Devon for the
week’s end, we will have a better
chance to talk the whole thing over.’
“Clarkson accepted with pleasure.
Then, just as he was leaving the office,
the barrister asked a fatal question.
“ ‘What happened just before the at
tack was made on you, Mr. Clarkson?*
“ ‘I had just handed this card to the
head waiter.’ said Clarkson, as he
drew Bridge’s bit of pasteboard from
his pocket.
“The attorney read the name. Then
he turned the card over and a look of
horror grew on his face. He read it
again 'Phen he handed it back with a
shaking hand.
“ ‘l’m sorry to have taken up so
much of your time. Mr. Clarkson.’ he
said, in a changed voice. ‘For, under
the circumstances, it will be utterly im
possible for our firm to touch your
case or to be connected with you in
any way I must trouble you, sir, to
leave th? office at once.’
“Half stupefied, Clarkson left the
place and drove directly to the steam
ship office, where he booked passage
for New York. The boat sailed the
next day and Clarkson was early on
board. He spent most of the five days
of 'the voyage poring vainly over the
mysterious card, on the back of w hich
Senator Bridge had scribbled these
few words.
“Arriving at New York he took a can
at once for the offices of his confiden
tial attorney, Smithson. Smithson
was in his office and received Clarkson
at once. Without an instant’s delay
Clarkson '(old him the whole story of
his remarkable adventures.
“ ‘Let me see Bridge's card,’ said
Smithson.
“Clarkson pulled the pasteboard
from his pocket and handed it over
without a word.”
Up to that point the colonel had sat
on the edge of the chair listening in
tently -to the story. Now, at the crisis
of the tale, Larson, the story teller,
swung round to his desk and busied
himself in writing. The colonel sat
still for a moment.
“Y’es,” he finally broke out. “He
handed the card to the lawyer?”
“Yes,” said Larson, w ithout glancing
up. “That’s right. He handed the card
to his lawyer.”
“But,” pleaded the anxious colonel,
“what was the rest of the story?”
“That’s all.” said Larson. “He hand
ed the card to his lawyer.”
“But. for goodness sake, tell me
what was written on the card?”
“O, I haven't the least idea. All I
know is that Clarkson handed it to his
lawyer.”
Then Larson called a stenographer
and plunged headlong into the dicta
tion of some letters. For two miniutes
•the colonel sat in silence. Then he
got up and stalked out without a word, i
Best of all, he has never showed his
face inside even the outer office since.
—Chicago Tribune.
Perhaps in dreams I still shall hear
That whistle loud and shrill and clear.
His very step is joy to me.
Though noisy as a boy’s can be.
God guide aright his wandering feet
NVhile he shall roam Life’s busy street!
—Frances Brookings, in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Coal miners at the Dark Lane col
liery. Mirfield, England, have been on
strike for 112 weeks.
The deepest part of the Mediterra
nean is near Malta. The depth is 14,136
feet.
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MAGNET SAVED SIGHT.
L'aeil to Draw Fragment of Steel from
the Eye of the Victim of an
Explosion.
Dr. Charles Stedman Bull reported
the ease of a man, who, as the result of
a machinery explosion, was struck in
the eye by a flying fragment of steel.
It perforated the cornea, iris and lens,
and entered the vitreous body, which
became filled with blood. Three hours
after the accident,when Dr. Bull first
saw the patient, it was decided to make
an attempt to extract the foreign body
by means of the great Haab magnet.
At a distance of one and three-quarters
inches the action of the magnet pro
duced such a violent disturbance with
in the eye that it seemed as though
the latter would be pulled from its
socket. This left no doubt as to the
location and nature of the foreign
body. The wound in the cornea was
thereupon enlarged, and when the eye
was then brought into almost actual
contact with the magnet, a piece of
steel about three and one-half mil
limeters wide was drawn out through
the original hole in the lens, iris and
cornea, and became adherent to the
pole of the magnet. An ophthalmo
scopic examination made subsequent
to the removal of the .foreign body
showed a hemorrhage of the vitreous.
After a period of ten days’ treatment
the patient was discharged from the
infirmary with the hole in the cornea
and iris partially closed, and his vision
was about two-thirds norma 1 . There
was no further cloudiness of the lens,
in spite of its having been perforated.
—Medical Record.
' MAST LOWERS ITSELF.
German Invention Which, It Is
Claimed, Eliminates Danger of
Capsizing Sailing Vessels.
When a sudden gust of wind strikes
a sail lying almost in a vertical plane
with the keel it is apt. to capsize the
boat or cause it to ship sufficient w ater
to damage the cargo or wet the passen
gers and crew. The usual manner of
relieving the great strain on the sail
is to ease it off until it swings around
in line with the wind, but as this cannot
always be done rapidly enough to pre
vent danger, it has occurred to a Ger
man inventor that an automatic de
vice which would allow the mast to
tilt and give way to the strain might
be practicable. To carry out his idea,
he has designed a mast which is piv-
YIELDS BEFORE WIND PRESSURE.
oted in a central socket, being braced
with stay ropes running to opposite
sides of the hull. Ordinarily these
stay ropes are rigidly secured, but in
this ease they are extended toadrum
beside the mast, where they are wound
up tightly to brace the mast. When
the ship tilts too low in the waterunder
the w ind pressure a weighted arm on
the drum swings to one side, releasing
the ratchet device, which prevents ro
tation of the drum. It is obvious that
the unwinding of the rope on the high
est side of the hull will ease off the
mast aud allow it to tilt int 6 the posi
tion shown in the dotted lines in the
drawing. There is a stop which pre
vents the fall of the mast beyond a
certain point, and as soon as the wind
quiets down the mast can be returned
to its normal position by rewinding
the rope on the drum.—Milwaukee Sen
tinel.
The Jewels in Watches.
The range in weight of the jewels in
watches is from one one hundred and
fifty thousandth to one two hundred
and fifty-six thousandth of a pound.
Sanitary Barber Shopn,
Barbers in Paris are legally com
pelled to wash their hands after at
tending a patron, before beginning
work on another.
HOW A HORSE TRAVELS
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The above are reproductions from instantaneous photographs showing
a horse's motions when traveling.
SIGNAL AND TRUMPET.
VJaiqne Combination Warning Devlet
Dttigned to Prevent Trolley
Accident* in Citie*.
In spite of the almost universal in
troduction of the trolley car and the
daily use of these conveniences of
travel, frequent instances are recorded
of carelessness and heedlessness in
crossing the tracks, with serious ac
cidents not infrequently resulting.
Probably one great cause of these ac
cidents is the confusion of sounds usu
ally heard on the street, and the in
ability to single out any note of warn
ing from the noisy clatter. A remedy
for this has suggested itself to a Cleve
land inventor, and his apparatus takes
THROWS SOUND DIRECTLY AHEAD.
the form pictured herewith. As will
be seen, a trumpet is rigidly secured be
neath the platform of the car. with a
gong inside and a speaking tube lead
ing upward within convenient reach of
the motorman. With this device, if a
person is on the track and the motor
man rings the gong, the sounds will be
thrown directly forward, and will not
be lost in the noise and confusion of
the street. The speaking tube can be
used as an auxiliary warning in case
the ringing of the gong is not heeded,
and between the two there should be
little excuse for not hearing the sig
nals.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE CANNIBAL TREE.
One A'ataralist Has Galled It the Most
Wonderful of God** Wonder*
iu Vegetable Life.
The most wonderful forest tree in
the world, perhaps, is the ‘’cannibal
tree,” of Australia, w hich some one has
aptly called “the most wonderful of
God’s many w onders in vegetable life.”
It grows up in the shape of a huge pine
apple, and seldom attains a height of
more than 11 feet. It has a series of
broad, beardlike leaves, growing in a
fringe at the apex, which reminds one
of a gigantic Central American apex.
When standing erect these broad,
thick leaves hide a curious looking ar
rangement, which appears to perform
the same functions as those of the
pistils in flowers.
Naturally, these board-like leaves,
which are from ten to 12 feet long in
the smaller specimens, are from 15 to
20 in the larger, hang to the ground,
and are strong- enough to bear a man’s
weight. In aboriginal times in the
antipodean wilds the natives wor
shiped the cannibal tree under the
name of the “devil tree,” the chief part
of the ceremony consisting of driv
ing one of their number up the leaves
of the tree to the apex. The instant
the victim would touch the so-called
“pistils” of the monster the leaves
would instantly fly together like a trap,
squeezing the life out of the intruder.
Early travelers declared that the tree
held its victim until every particle of
flesh disappeared. On this account, it
is called the “cannibal tree.”
ARTIFICIAL AIR.
A New and Ingenious Process for Pro
ducing' Oxygen from Solid
Subntance.
The progress of invention in sub
marine'navigation has, stimulated ef
forts to produce oxygen by cheaper
and easier methods. If oxygen, the
vital element in air, caribe supplied as
wanted, the length of time that men.
can remain under water may be indefi
nitely prolonged. A process of making
oxygen, invented by George F. Jaubert,
a French scientist, promises to answer
the requirement, says Science. His
object was to find a solid substance
which w’ould produce oxygen as cal
cium carbide produces acetylene gas.
He selected for the purpose a peroxide
of sodium, or of potassium, w hich can
be cheaply manufactured by electro
chemical means. It is called “oxy
lithe,” and is made in little cubes and
pellets, some only half an inch in diam
eter. When decomposed with water it
gives off oxygen. Two or three ounces
of this substance supply enough oxy
gen to enable a diver to remain under
water for an hour. By suitable appa
ratus the carbonic oxide produced by
respiration is withdrawn into the oxy
gen generator, and fresh oxygen takes
’ts place.
PERFUMES DAMAGE VOICES.
French ProftMors of Vocal M'uslo
Warn Operatic Slnsern Even
Against Flowers.
Girls and others who take singing
lessons are experiencing the incon
veniences sometimes attached to sci
ence’s discoveries. Those whose
teachers follow assiduously the latest
wrinkles from Paris have been in
structed that in future they must
rigorously abstain from the use of
perfumes, and the wearing of odor
ous flowers. Needless to say, many
have rebelled, says the New York
Sun.
The new’ regulation has been
evolved by the Parisian professors of
vocal music following - the results of
certain experiments and observations
made by French scientists. Accord
ing to a well-known teacher of sing
ing in this city, who is endeavoring
to make his pupils live up to the new
rule, the experiments, which were
primarily undertaken at the request
of the teachers, have proved that all
strong perfumes are injurious to the
delicate membranes of the throat.
Not only does this apply to the
concentrated essences that come in
bottles, but even to the fragrant
odors that issue from the flowers
themselves. The violet's perfnme. ac
cording to the experiments made
with the laryngoscope, is perhaps the
most injurious of all. and the wear
ing of bunches of these simple and
proverbially modest flowers has been
strictly forbidden to all who are anx
ious to cultivate their voices.
Prima donnas and other operatic
singers, have been cautioned concern
ing the dangers that lurk hidden in
their corsage bouquets, and it is
probable that they will no longer
show their appreciation of the mag
nificent floral tributes which ardent
admirers delight in showering upon
them,’ by ostentatiously nestling their
faces among the dainty blossoms and
assuming an air of ecstatic bliss.
After all, to a layman, to whom the
discovery was expounded, it really
did not seem so startling, and as
usual, in fact, the wonder is that no
one ever thought it out before. For
it is well known that the sense of
smell depends for its appreciation up
on the tickling effect produced by the
deposit upon the delicate membranes
of the nose of infinitesimally minute
particles thrown off by the odorifer
ous object.
Some substances smell not at all.
That is because they either throw off
no such particles, or because the par
ticles which they do emit are not of
a nature to affect the olfactory mem
branes.
Among flowers this is the case par
ticularly. Some have no odor; they
fall into -the class of substances just
described. The smell of others is un
pleasant because they throw off par
ticles which are obnoxious io the
membranes, and the latter rebel.
The so-called fragrant flowers, not
ably the rose, the violet and the car
nation, literally tickle the olfactory
membranes to a sense of pleasure
and enjoyment, though it is worthy
of note that some persons abhor the
scent of certain flowers that to the
majority of mankind seem deliciously
fragrant.
If, then, these odoriferous particles
have such a lively action ilpon the
nasal membranes, it certainly does
not appear strange that when in
haled. as they must be at times, they
should have an injurious effect upon
the membranes of the throat, which
are at least as sensitive as those of
the nose. It requires no great stretch
of the imagination to conceive that
the inhaling of perfumes, therefore,
might seriously interfere with an op
eratic singer’s powers, which are so
keenly dependent upon the perfect
condition of the laryngeal mem
branes.
QUEER INVEITTIONS.
Among Them Are Devices to Kill In
sects and Prevent Chickens
from Scratching.
“A new invention for doing away
with moths and insects attracted at
night by lights has been patented by
a Virginian,” said an official of the
patent office, according to the Wash
ington Star. “His invention embodies
a suitable source of illumination for
attracting the insects at night, and a
pan or receptacle containing a fluid
in which the insects are entrapped.
It is customary to erect insect de
stroyers of this type in an orchard
or other location where the moth
flies and deposits its eggs during the
night time, and to burn the illumin
nant during a portion of the night
and then to extinguish it, but so long
as the illuminant is burning brightly
it attracts the insects from distant
points, which would not otherwise
be present in the place which it is
desired to protect. Then, when the
light is suddenly extinguished, the ef
fect is worse than it the exterminator
had not Deen in operation, owing to
the large number of insects that have
been attracted to the locality with
out being caught. It is also desirable
to avoid tending the experimenter
to extinguish it at certain hours of
the night, as. for instance, at moon
rise. after which time the device is
useless. The object of this invention
is to provide means whereby the area
of the attractive influence of the in
sect destroyer may be gradually di
minished so that the device will dis
contiue to draw from distant points,
but -will continue its attractive influ
ence in its immediate vicinity a Suffi
cient time to gather in and destroy
all of the insects that h :v> been at
tracted to it. A further object is to
accomplish final extingu shment of
the illuminant at a predetermined
time, and thus save the wa-te with
out the necessity of attend ng the
device after it is once set.
“Another unique invention is that
to control scratching chickens. It
consists of a small band or collar to
go around his roostership’s leg. From
this a small stick is run back in such
a way as to rest on the ground at the
opposite end from the chick n s leg.
One of these go on each leg. When
Sir Rooster goes to scratch in any
lady’s garden he raises his foot, but
cannot put it down without taking a
step forward. If he persis s in his
effort to scratch, he will soon dis
cover that the anti-scratcher has
walked him step by step dear out of
the garden.*
Saved His Life.
Whitehall, 111., June Bth. —Mr. Lon Man
ley had Bright’s Disease and after his home
doctor had treated him for sometime he
finally told him that he could do nothing
more for him, and that he would surely die.
A friend who had heard of what Dodd’s
Kidney Pills had done in cases of Kidney
Trouble, advised Mr. Manley to try a
treatment of this remedy.
He did so and everyone was surprised and
ieiighted to see an improvement in a very
short time. This improvement gradually
kept on as the treatment proceeded, till
now Mr. Manley is well. He says:
“The doctor said he bad done all he could
for me. He gave me up. A friend advised
me to take Dodd’s Kidney Pills, and in a
few weeks I was nearly all right again.
“I am not dead, and can truthfully say
that I ieel better today than I have for
years. Dodd’s Kidney Pills are a wonder
ful remedy and I will always praise them
and recommend them to everyone suffering
as 1 did.”
Mr. Manley’s recovery has caused a pro
found sensation, as no one ever thought he
would recover.
A Society Genius.
“Who coi ’d ever have supposed that Lil
lian’s husband would turn out to be a
genius.?”
"lias he?”
“Haven’t you heard about it? He gave
a dinner the other night at which all the
guests ate while hanging from trapezes by
their toes.”—Cleveland Leader.
NEW INFORMATION Bill KAUS.
Gcorae H. Danish, General Paiaencer
Agent of the New York Cen
tral, Booming Resorts.
To boom pleasure and health resorts
along the New York Central and associ
ated lines and thereby increase the earn
ings of his department, George H. Dan
iels, general passenger agent of the Cen
tral. lias installed information bureaus
throughout the country. He is trying this
plan of advertising for the first time.
The function of these bureaus is to con
vey information concerning the Central
and the pleasure resorts, and also to sell
tickets to anyone who may wish to buy.
These bureaus have been established in
this city. Brooklyn, Syracuse, Roshester,
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Montreal, T-wonto,
Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Cttnin
nati, Louisville, St. Louis, Chicago, Denver,
Los Angeles, San Francisco, ana Portland,
Ore. —From the New York Herald.
“Margaret, I think you cheapen yourself
by going so much to the theater with Mr.
Jones.” "No, mother; on the contrary,
I’m making myself very dear.” —Harvard
Lampoon.
Low Rates to Ronton and Return in
June anil July.
\ ia the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Ry. Tickets will be sold June 25th, 26th
and 27th; extreme return limit August Ist;
and on July Ist, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and sth, ex
treme return limit September Ist. Stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Chau
tauqua; also at New York on tickets via
that route. Full -information, with rates
via variable routes, will be promptly fur
nished on application at City Ticket Office,
180 Clark St., or to C. F. Daly, Chief A. G.
P. A., Chicago.
Patience —“What did he mean by speak
ing of her Sphinx-like expression?”
Patrice —“Her stoney glare, 1 suppose.’’—
Yonkers Statesman.
Don’t Get Footsore! Get Foot-Ease.
A wonderful powder that cures, tired, hot,
aching feet and makes new or’ tight shoes
easy. Ask to-day for Allen’s Foot-Ease.
Accept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Addiress A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy,,N. Y.
Tom—" Did she ask you if she were Ihe
only girl you ever loved?” Jack —"No.
She took it for granted.”—Somerville Jour
nal.
To Cure a. Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists ref und money if it fails to cure. 25c
People seldom improve when they have
no other model but themselves to copy
after. —Goldsmith.
“The Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind” of stoves
keep you clean and cool. Economical and al
ways ready. Sold at good stove stores.
Not many men think of themselves when
they are hunting a place for blame. —Chi-
cago Journal.
Piso’s Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as a cough cure. —J. W. O’Brien, 322 Third
Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn.. Jan. 6,1900.
It is a great evil, as well as a misfor
tune. to be unable to utter a prompt and
decided no. —Simmons.
All creameries use butter color. Why
not do as they do—use June Tint Butter
Color.
We imitate only what we believe and
ed mire.-—Wilmott.
Mrs. Laura L. Barnes, Wash
ington, D. C., Ladies Auxiliary to
Burnside Post, No. 4, G. A. R.,
recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
In diseases thatcome to women only,
as a rule, the doctor is called in, some
times several doctors, but still matters
go from bad to worse; but I have
never known of a case of female weak
ness which was not helped when
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound was used faithfully. For
young women who are subject to
headaches, backache, irregular or pain
ful periods, and nervous attacks due to
the severe strain on the system by
some organic trouble, and for women
of advanced years in the most trying
time of life, it serves to correct every
trouble and restore a healthy action of
all organs of the body.
“ Lydia E.Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound is a household reliance
in my home, and I would not be with
out it. In all my experience with this
medicine, which covers years, I have
found nothing to equal it and al
ways recommend it.” Mrs. Laura L.
Barnes, 607 Second St., N. E., Wash
ington, D. C.
above letter proving genuineness cannot be produced.
Such testimony should be ac
cepted by all women as convinc
ing evidence that Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound
stands without a peer as a rem
edy for all the distressing ills of
women.
a !—• r\ PER CENT. MORE DURABLE” A SS E A T ?<7« v i N !:
I 1 labor and material in HOUSE PAINTING, all of which you can secure by
II I using WEIR’S BAVARIAN WHITE LEAD. Ask your merchant for it,
I / V J and writc ** *»• T. WEIR WHITE LEAD CO.. ST. LOUIS. !«<>•. for
"FACTS ABOUT WHITE LEAD,” a bookletof valuable informatlc FREE.
linilEnD ATUIP medicines, fresh and
nUInUUI A I niU active, prepaid to any part
of the U.S. FREE SAMPLE of Digestive, Headache
or Liver Tablets. Our valuable 159-unse Medlcul
Guide sent free. Agents Wanted. HALSEY BROS
CO.. (Eatab’d 1855) 85 Wabash AVe., Chicago.
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. EJ
kg Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Goo£. Use PW
in time, gold by druggists.
$ *
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s Wil
I wife. ■ I
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5 trade $
£ MAFX
| How? |
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the pain, that’s the way ’y.
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I St. Jacobs Oil |
Cures A
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Price, 25c. and sOc. $
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CUTICURA SOAP
The World’s Greatest
Skin Soap.
The World’s Sweetest
Toilet Soap.
Sale Greater Than the World’s Product
of Other Skin Soaps.
Sold Wherever Civilization Has
Penetrated.
Millions of the world’s best people
use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura
Ointment, the great skin cure, for pre
serving, purifying and beautifying the
skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts,
scales •nd dandruff, and the stopping of
falling hair, for softening, whitening
and soothing red, rough and sore hands,
for baby rashes, itchings and chafings,
for annoying irritations, or too free or
offensive perspiration, for ulcerative
weaknesses, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women, especially moth
ers, as well as for all the purposes of
the toilet, bath and nursery.
Cuticura Soap combines delicate
emollient properties derived from Cuti
cura, the great skin cure, with the pur
est of cles.nsing ingredients aud the
most refreshing of flower odours. No
other medicated soap ever compounded
is to be compared with it for preserv
ing, purifying and beautifying the skin,
scalp, hair and hands. No other for
eign or domestic toilet soap, however
expensive, is to be compared with It for
all the purposes of the toilet, bath and
nursery. Thus It combines In one soap
at one price the most effective skin and
complexion soap, and the purest and
sweetest toilet, bath and nursery soap
ever compounded.
Bold throughout the world. Cuticura He.olvent, We.
(In form of Chocolate Coated Fills, 2.1 c. per vial of !»>>,
Ointment, 50c., Soap. 25c. Depota : London ”, t hartar
houacSq.l Paris, 5 Rue de la Pa.x i Boston.! J Columbus
Ave. Potter Drug A Chetn. Corp.. Sole Props.
MT Send for “ AU About the Skin, Scalp and Hair.
WESTERN CANADA
GRAIN GROWING. MIXED FARMING. ’
nTHE REAHON WHY mors
wheat is grown in Western
Canada in a few short months,
is because vegetation grows in
proportion to the snnl ght. The
more northerly the latitude in
which grain will come to perfec
tion, tin) better It is. Therefore
(J 2 pounds per bushel is as lair a standard as tit)
pounds In the East.
Area under crop In Western Canada, 1 UO2.
1,U57.:<»0 Aereo,
Yield. 1002. 1 1T',022,754 Ruahela.
HOMESTEAD LANDS OF 160 ACRES FREE,
the only charge for which is MIO formakingentry.
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terial. good grass for pasture and hay. a fertilesoil.
a sufficient rainfall, and a climate giving an assured
and adequate season of growth. Bond to the follow
ing for an Atlas and other literature, and also tor
certificate giving you reduced freight and passeny -r
rates, etc.. Superintendent or ImmlKrotion,
Ottawa. Canada, or K. T. HOLMXS. 315 Jackson
Street. St. Paul. Minn.: T. O. Cuitiur, Callahan
Bldg.. Milwaukee. Wls.; W. 11. BOGKHH, Bor lift.
Watertown, So. Dakota; C. PILLI NO. Grund Forks.
North Dakota; J. M. MacLACHLAN, Third Hl reel.
Wausau, Wls.: authorized Canadian Government
Agents.
FREE TO WOMEN
To prove the healing and
cleansing power of Fax line
Toilet Antiseptic we will
mail a large trial package
with book of Instructions
absolutely free. This Is
not a tiny sample, but a large
package, enough to convince
anyone of its value. Women
all over the country are
praising Paxtine for what it
has done in local treat
ment of female Ills, cur-
PAXTINE
TOILET
MgiHM-Bil. I |
iv'iiimih iiiwfcur*
Ing all inflammation and discharges, wonderful
as a cleansing vaginal douche, for sore throat,
nasal catarrh, as a mouth wash, and to remove
tartar and whiten the teeth. Send to-day; a
postal card will do.
Hold by drnrglata or »ent postpaid by ns, SO
cents, large box. S«»tlafaeilun giiarnnteril.
TILE JR. PAXTOX CO., 201 tolumbu. Av.,
- Bolton, Man.
When
su ° & ets
a °d round,
I Hires \
K Rootbeer J|
Bl should be around.
A pitckage makes five gallons. JggtM
CHARLES E. HIRES CO.
Malvern, Pa.
READERS OF THIS PAPER
DESIRING TO BUY ANYTHING
ADVERTISED IN ITS COLUMNS
SHOULD INSIST UPON HAVING
WHAT THEY ASK FOR, REFUSING
ALL SUBSTITUTES OR IMITATIONS.
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A. N. K.-G 1973
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