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14 IHRH2OO MM Consumption MHH FREE To an who are Afflicted with Weak Lung*, Coughs, CatMTh, 41 Bronchitis, Asthma, Consumption It tart tf flaw State all Wk* Write nlMto! MdiMl took Mito la plala. rimpte luomo lowQmmoipUoc *m to **rart ta year owa tom* It roa kaowoTaar oMsuftaolaeOoaiaM> s * «■ coMautomoN swwm. Kriarasaso.Mi A. wiilirladlr mad yea tola book br return nail. free, end also a Ao* Trial'of too New TraatnoM for OMarrb. Brvaoitliia Aathna and Ora or tor friend, float welt-wrtw Wdar, boMM WED GIRL, NOT COIN Young Stevens to Wed Sweet heart of His Childhood Whose Fortune Is Gone. * ROMANTIC WEDDING GIFT Bridegroom Will Save Bride’s Father’s Beautiful Home and Give It to Her. Chicago, 111., Oct. 23.—The beautiful • country manaion at Oconomowoc, Wit., । op which Janies H. Eckels spent a for tone before his dealh, is to be present ed to Miss Phoebe Eckels, his daugh ter, as a wedding gift. The donor is her fiance, John Archibald Stevens, wealthy elub man. whom she will wed oa Nov. 17. This was the statement of a done friends of the Eekels family yesterday. The informant said plans for the pur chasing of the property at the reeeiv-1 er's sale of the dead banker’s estate 1 had already been arranged. Mr. Stevens and Miss Eckels had long been chums beface then eon teraplated marriage. The Steven* and Eekels families were neighbors in Prairie avenue before the banker and former comptroller of the currency died. Their childish friendship ripened into love a* they advanced in years. Change of Fortnne. jAfter the father died, young Stevens his former playmate’s hand. A touching scene is said to have been eaaeted. Mrs. Eckels, a short time pre viously, according to the informant, had been apprised of the condition of her deceased husband's estate. It was found that claims against the estate exceeded the assets by about $1,000,- 000. "When Stevens approached the moth er she is said to have told him of the, sudden change from affluence to a ( small fortune. Young Stevens told the’ mother that it warn’t money he cared | for, but he wanted Phoebe. He also told ' her that the Oconomowoc country home | and the valuable library which the eld-1 er Eckels had gathered together would be saved. When court proceedings against the , estate were instituted, the daughter’s! fiance came to the front and will prove । a watchful guardian over the prqapnt he expects to make to his wife-to-be. Gets Only Insurance. The action of young Stevens will save the picturesque home from going' to an outsider. Mrs. Eckels, through the court proceedings, will get only $150,- 000 from the estate,«the amount of life insurance carried by her husband. She had been compelled to give up the place because of the great expense, di rectly after her husband’s death. The home is one of the most beautiful resi dences at the Wisconson summer resort. It is a great, rambling house, situated on a hill overlooking Lac la Belle and surrounded by many acres of terraced lawn and garden. The valuable curios and silver that belonged to Mr. Eckels have been retained and will be sent there , - ♦ MAT INSURE STUDENTS. Madison, Wis., Oct. 24.—Sickness in •urance for all students of the Univer sity of Wisconsin is a plan advocated by Professor Edward Kremers, head of the department of pharmacy, in a talk to a class of students in pharmacy. Dr. Kremers proposes to assess a fee of $1 a head against all students registering at the university. There would be a physician, or two if necessary, employ ed by the university to attend only to (tudents who may be ill or who suffer accidents. Patriotism The stomach is a larger factor in “life, liberty and the pur suit of happiness” than most people are aware. Patriotism can withstand hunger but not dyspepsia. The confirmed dys peptic is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils.” The man who goes to the front, for his country with a weak stomach will be a weak soldier and a fault finder. A sound stomach makes for good citizenship as well as for health and happiness. Diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion and nutrition are promptly and permanently cured by the use of Dr. PIERCE’S GOLDEN MEDICNL DISCOVERY. It builds up the body with sound flesh and solid muscle. The dealer who offers a substitute for the “ Discovery” is only seeking to make the little more profit realized on the sale of less meritorious preparations. Dr. Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the paper covered book, or 31 stamps for the cloth bound. Address World’s Dispensary Medical Association, R. V. Pierce, M. D., President, Buffalo, N. Y. SUNDAY. TEST SLEEPY GRASS Discovery of a Plant In New Mexico Arouses the Inter est of Many Scientists. OF ANAESTHETIC VALUE Rockefeller Institute Is Con ducting Experiments to Dis cover Medical Uses for It. El Paso, Tex., Oct. 23.—“ Sleepy grass’’ has been known to the Indians of New Mexico for many years, but only of late have the whites become acquainted with its peculiar properties. It is suggested that it may prove of value as an anaesthetic. The grass grows along small streams and in damp canons and arroyos of the Sacramento mountain region of New Mexico, and nowhere else so far as anybody knows. When eaten by cat tle it'puts them into a sleep that lasts from 12 to 24 hours. The eattle seem to experience no ill effects from eating the grass and med ical men who have been told about it believe that there are possibilities in a medical way in it.-The Rockefel ler Institute for Medical Research is making an analytical test of the grass. Naturalist Becomes Interested. The grass for the test was gathered by H. W. Wolcott of Alamogordo, N. M., a brother of the late Senator Ed ward Wolcott of Colorado. Mr. Wol cott. who is something of a naturalist and botanist, having heard about the grass, wrote to medieal institutions and scientists but could find nobody who knew anything about it. Then he in terested the Rockefeller institute in it. For many years it has been known among ranchers that eattle and horse* on eating the grass fall into a deep sleep. Cows turned out for the day would fail to return to the pen at night and an investigation would dis close them sleeping in some region where the sleepy grass grew. Travelers have tied out their horses in patches of the grass for the night and have been unable to continue their journey until their animals recovered from their sleep. Thus the properties of the grass became known, but nobody attempted to find a use for it; on the contrary sleepy grass was looked on as a pest, and how to rid the region of it was the question that troubled the ranchers. Wolcott Give* Practical Test. When Mr. Wolcott heard the story from the ranchers and from the In dians he decided to test it. Taking several horses into one of the canons where the grass grew luxuriantly he fillowed then) to eat their fill, and they ate ravenously. In a short time every anima] was asleep and the slum ber was not broken for almost 24 hours. Awakening, the animals semm ed in a kind of stupor, but in the course of a few hours they were in as good physical condition ns ever. The Indians have for many years used “sleepy grass’ in taming bron chos to the saddle. When they get a brqpcho that they cannot ride they lead or drive him into a patch of the grass and allow him to eat of iti Soon the horse is asleep and he is' then bound and tied. The horse is so stu pefied when he is first awakened that he is easily broken. Mrs. Knicker: What do you suppose it was that Katy did? Mrs. Bocker: Left, of course.—Har per’s Bazar. IN THE COUNTRY. SANANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE LIGHTNING CLERK IS WHAT MATES CALL H. J. FORD NOW ■jyi Handled Hundreds of Pieces o Mai| Correctly With Lightning Flashes to Guide His Hand. • / Henry J. Ford, mailing clerk at ata tion A pootoffie*, achieved a new di* tinetion during the sever* elect He* 1 storm of last Moaday night when h< dispatched a bund)* of mail with th< only light for reading th* addresses that given by lightning. For nearly ball an hour he sorted and tied out totten «nd paekages without other light be eaufo of the temporary shotting down of the electrical plant and the conic qu<uA-darkness. When the storm broke at 7:30 and the electric lighta wore put ont, Mr. Ford still found that ht had quite an .amount of mail to be tied out for the Internationa) k Great Northers train nod other trains leaving the eity before 10 o’clock. The flashes of lightning were extremely bright and by tacit light he tied out the remaining mail. It was a nerve-racking experience and oae that he says he does not waat to undergo again even to gain distinc tion. Mr. Ford is rated as an exj>ert mail dispatcher and handles an average of 12,000 packages of mail daily or 300,000 per month. During the fiscal month just STEALS 12 KISSES; ESCAPES DUCKING Youth Who Collects Toll From Girls Entering Hudson Park Is Placed Under Arrest. New York, Oct. 23.—And all that Harry Donnelly, a temperament elerk, eighteen years old did, before he was arrested last night was to stand in the glory of his new fall suit at the Leroy street entrance to Hudson park and kiss every young woman who entered tho park gate. No, not every one. He kissed twelve out of a possible eighteen ’nut the six he missed were so irritated because of his Romeo imitation that they grabbed him and would have thrown him into the park pond had not Policeman Doherty intervened. ’ Policeman Doherty has an ingrowing Puritan conscience and nothing can make him believe that two wrqngs make one right. Needless to' say. he was opposed to the kiss collecting tac tics of young Mr. Donnelly, but brave ly he resisted those young women who were intent on cooling the Donnelly ar dor by dousing the proprietor thereof the limpid and frigid waters of the park pond. “I wouldn’t, if I were you,’’ said Policeman Doherty to the girls. “Com pared to the pond there’s a.great deal to be said in favor of the nightstick. Leave him to me.” The kissing contest at the park gate was a very pretty picture while it last ed. Donnelly, over whom' lingered tho fragrance of bay nun and that brand of whiskey technically known as fast freight, stood by the gate looking as much like Napoleon Bonaparte as he could. To each young woman who started through the gate Donnelly said: “Gimme a kiss?” Each of the first twelve young wo men refused, df course, but Donnelly persisted till he had kissed each of them. Then he tried to take in too mneh territory. He endeavored to kiss six of them that were together. Each of them was anxious that the other five should be perfectly sure that she was not the kind of young woman thnt can be kissed without snitable preparation. So the six turned on the emotional Donnelly, wrecked his new fall suit and started him toward a wat ery finish. Then appeared Policeman Doherty, with his suggestion thnt the nightstick is mightier than the park poad. He took Donnelly to the Charles street sta tion, talking to him most of the way and making gestures with the night stick. By the time they reached the station Donnelly was convinced that if lie has to collect something he ought to try stamps or autographs instead of kisses. LEFT GAUZE IN WOUND. She Bay* an Oklahoma Surgeon Left It There After Operation and I* Suing Him for Damage*. Albany, Ore., Oct. 23.—Depositions have been taken here in a case pending in Oklahoma growing out of the fact that a physician in sewing up a wo men’s body left a piece of gauze 11x33 inches in size inside her body. Alice M. Elliott of Lebanon is suing Dr. U. L. Russell of Guthrie, Okla., for $20,000 damages. On June 14, 1907, Dr. Russell per formed an operation on Mrs. Elliott at Guthrie, Okla. She survived the opera tion and soon afterward came to Ore gon with her husband, 8. H. Elliott, and located at Lebanon. During the year following the operation she experienced considerable pain at times in her ab domen, but her condition did not be come serious until early in August, 1908. She suddenly became ill and Drs. W. H. and J. C. Booth of Lebanon who were attending her, saw that an immediate operation was necessary. When the physicians opened the wo man ’s body they were surprised to find a piece of gauzo which had gradually collected into a solid mass and com pletely filled nn intestine for a distance of about three inches. The gauze had clogged tho intestine for probably twenty-four hours before the operation and had not the operation been per formed immediately death would have resulted. After the gauze was remov ed, Mrs. Elliott got well. HXXBT J. FORD. < ended his rating for accuracy was il I 99 1-4, he having dispatched oaly three f letters incorrectly out of the 300,000 0 piece* and occasioning a slight delay in t their reaching their destination. MONGREL WHINES ALARM OF DEATH Friendless Dog Adopted By E. A, Stevens Attracts Residents to Master’s Lifeless Body. THOUGHT TO BE SUICIDE New York, Oct. 23. —During a heavy rainstorm about a month ago a sorry looking mongrel ran into the lobby of the Hotel Du Nord, Nos. 16 and 17 Ir ving place, to seek shelter. He was wet and bedraggled and very evidently friendless and miserable, so one of the bellboys promptly started to chase him out. Just at that moment, however, H. A. Stevens, who had been living in the hotel about a month, happened along, thrust the boy aside, and called the “mutt” to him in a friendly tone. After some hesitation, for he was more used to the other kind of treat ment, the cold and dripping vagrant responded, and when an affectionate hand was laid on hie head he turned and licked it gratefully. Mr. Stevens asked the clerk to see that the animal was fed at his expense, and this was done. Then a place was made for him in the basement, but he could hardly be induced to leave the ride of his newly found benefactor. Ever since then they have been good “pals” and, in fact, the “mutt” got to be a favorite with everybody in the hotel, so that yesterday morning, when he was heard howling mournful ly in one of the upper hallways an inquiry was started. They found him sitting in front nf the door of Mr. Stevens’ room and no threat or persuasion could dislodge him. Then they went into the room and found Mr. Stevens dead in bed. In the room were a cup from eggs had been eaten and a half bottle of milk. Dr. O-’Hanlon, coroner’s physician, said he believed the man had taken poison and an autopsy will be held. He was connected with the United Sup ply 'company, dealers in paints and oils, with offices in the Flatiron build ing, but nothing more is known about him, and the dog was about his only friend. FREE PILE CURE h Sent to Demonstrate the Merits of Pyramid Plie Owe, What It-has Done For Oothers, It Can Do For Yon. We have testimonials by the hnn dreds showing all stages, kinds and de grees of piles which have been cured by Pyramid .Pile Cure. If you' could read these unsolicited letters you would no doubt go to the nearest drug store and buy a box of Pyramid Pile Cure at once, price fifty cents. We do not ask you to do this. Send ns your name and address and we will send you a trial package by mail free. We know whnt the trial package will do. In many cases it has cured piles without further treatment. If it proves its value to you order more from yonr druggist, at 50c a box. This is fair, is it not? Simply fill out free coupon below and mail today. , FREE PACKAGE COUPON. Fill out the blank lines below with your name and address, cut out cou pon and mail to the PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY,'I9O Pyramid Bldg., Marshall,''' Mich. . A trial package of the great Pyramid Pile Cure will .then be sent you at once by mail, FREE, in plain wrapper. Name Street » City and. State .., * The Last Week of the Sin Antonio Music Co.’s Romovnl Solo PIANOS We Will Move to Our Hew Quarters at 107 . East Houston Street, November 1 WE AIB MAUN6 PHCBS ABB TEEMS THAT SHOULD SELL NEABLY EVERY PIANO ON BUI FLOOD BEFORE REMOVAL The Following Well-known Makes of Pianos Characterize This Sale: KlnboU Hebert M. Coble liebier Ivers b Pond Kraukh b Bach Kohler b Campbell Bradford b Co. Whitney Hlnie Knabe Fischer Danbar BAN ANTONIO MUSIC CO. Cor. Houston and St. Mary's Sts. H. B. MORIIS, Mgr. i KI LONG LUST SISTER Hospital Nurse and Long Miss ing Relative Are to Again . Be Reunited. SEPARATED TWENTY YEARS 1 \ Marion, Ind., Oct. 23.—Miss Virginia Arnold, a nurse in the hospital of the Marion Soldier*’ home, has just located her sister, Mrs. Pricey Bushall, at Sherman, Mich., after a separation of twenty years,’'the rapping of “»pirits” on a table having started Mis* Aronld in Wr search several month* ago. The Marion nurse is now at Huntington, W. Va., from which place she has written friends of her successful search, and she will return here soon to make prep arations to meet her sister, who will come to this city from Michigan. As children, Pricey Arnold, at tho age of six, and Vriginia Arnold, at the age of four, were taken to the Meigs county (Ohio) orphans’ home, in 1887. Their mother had died, and their fath er, Hudson Arnold, lived at Portland, O. A year after they were placed in the orphanage Pricey Arnold was tak en into the home of Dr. E. E. Mus grave. nt Maggie, W. Va„ and later Vir ginia Arnold was adopted by Mrs. M. L. Lusher, of Huntington, W. Va. Nurse Hears Mystic Sounds. Virginia Arnold otiose the occupation of a nurse, and her duties as such led her to the Marion Soldiers’ home. To A WOMAN CAN EARN $5,000.00 A YEAR Learn Dressmaking at Home We teaeh you mail and equip you to command a good income or you can start in business for yourself. Many women nowadays are earning $lOO a week—osooo a year by dressmaking. One woman, the head designer of Chi cago’s largest retail dry goods house, is said to receive $lO,OOO a year. Sal aries of $25 to $5O a week are common. Become a Graduate Dressmaker. The regular diploma of this College is is sued to all who complete this course of lesson*. The American System is most simple and complete in every detail. These lessons will teach you how to draft your own pattern* and make your own clothes and enable you to dress far better at one-half the usual cost; also how to design, draft, cut, fit, make, drapo and trim any garment, including children’s clothing. This college is en dorsed by leading Fashion Magazines— McCall’s, Pictorial Review, Harper’s Bazar, Paris Modes, etc., etc. What Are These Lessons Worth?. Our students say in recent letters: “I have made 26 waists (6 silk ones) — all perfect fits.” “I just saved the price of my bourse by making my own silk dress.” “I believe your system of teaching is the best in use; it is fully worth $2OO to anyone contemplating dressmaking.” “I would not take $3OO for what I have learned and do with out it.” At an expense of thousands of dollars this college has recently published 100,000 copyrighted books to advertise the American System of Dressmaking, and—while they last—will send you a copy free. Write for it today. One copy only to each woman. Requests filled in order received. Address, American College of Dressmaking, 1205 Reliance Bldg. Kansas Citv. Mo. better fit herself for her profession, Miss Arnold took an advanced course, in a nurses’ training school at Sanlt Bte Marie, Mich., being graduated there last December, and than returning to her duties at the soldiers’ home in this city. The impression made upon Virginia Arnold by the sorrowful separation from her older sister when Dr. Mus grave visited the Meigs county (Ohio) orphanage and bore her sister away, was lasting Strange as it may seem, tho thought of searching for her mpter never occurred to Miss Arnold until some of the nurses were experimentiug with a so-called “spirits” test of a ta ble at the soldiers’ home one evening about three months ago. Miss Arnold asked the “spirits” if she had a sis ter. Three raps, meaning "yes,” fol lowed the question promptly. Her next query was whether her sister was mar ried, The table answered “yes.” Three thumps of the table indicated that the missing rister had three children, in an swer to a question. The answer also came that the sisters would meet again. The experiment with the table began in a spirit of fun, but Miss Arnold was much impressed. She carried on a cor respondence relative to her missing sis ter with Ohio and Virginia people, but made little headway in locating her rel ative in this way. and decided to go to Huntington, W. Va. There she visited Mrs. Lusher, her foster mother, and to gether they visited Middleport, 0., where the orphanage is located. Sister's Romantic Marriage. They obtained data there which caus ed them to believe they could readily trace the missing sister, but owing to the faet that two Musgrave families had adopted children from the orphan age, the first, clew run down disclosed that they had visited the wrong Mus grate family. Not daunted, Miss Ar nold went to the West Virginia flats to unravel the mystery, and there she vyns rewarded by obtaining the history and present postoffice address of her long lost sister. Letters have been interchanged be tween the sisters, and arrangements are now under way planning for their meet ing, which will probably take place in thi* city. The investigation by Miss Arnold has disclosed that the marriage of her ris ter came through a ramantic adven ture. The sister, Pricey Arnold, lived in Morgan county, West Virginia, until twelve years ago, ' One dny when packing eggs she wrote her name and address on one. The box of eggs found its way to Michigan and into the diand* of Bushall, a young man of Marquette county. He wrote to the girl' in West Virginia, and in dne time went to the Panhandle state and carried home a bride. The only matter in which the spirits erred in answering Miss Ar nold's questions, according to informa tion which comes from Mrs. Bushall, is that the latter Ss the Mother of five children instead of three. JOHN CURLEBB RELEASED FBOM JAIL CONFINEMENT Kokomo, Ind., Oct. 23.—Through the efforts of his wife and his attorney, John Curless, who fought prosecution for obstructing a highway from a jus tice court to the court of last resort, and then had to go to jail because he had no money to pay the fine and costs standing against him, lias been released from custody. The attorney of Curless sought a number of the persons having cost bills against the prisoner and per suaded them to sign waivers. By this action the amount For which Curless was liable was reduced to a piont whore his wife .was able to' guarantee payment out of what she had saved from the propertyAhey possessed at the time Curless began his long fight in the court*. OCTOBER N, IMA HAD NO BIAS JN POLE ROW. Applicant for NataraMaation Fap«a and Judge figrood If rrilng the Poacy-Ctook Diqprte. Norristown, Pa., Oot. 23.—1 n Natu ralization court here today Patriok Dougherty, a native of Ireland, and a resident of Lower Morion, wa* bring quiszed by the court concerning hie knowledge of American institutions and hi* diligence in keeping abrM the times. “Do"ydn read'lhe newspapers, PM rick?” queried the Jadge. “Sure I do,” eame the ready a** ewer. — “What have you read recentlyt” “About Cook and’Pepry discovering the north pole.” “Well, which one got to the pole first?” “Sure, and you have me there, your honor. I confess that I do. not know.” Neither did the judge, and Patrick, having proved himself in other.respects worthy of upholding the American flag, Was accepted. BLAMES STRENUOUS LIFE Joaquin Miller Says It Is to Activity Crime Is Due—T. B. Besponsible. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 23.— Joaquin Miller, the’poet of the Sierras, in an address to the Sanquintin prison convicts yesterday declared that for mer President Roosevelt and his po licy of the strenuous life are responsi ble for more evils and crime in this country than any other cause. After warning the convicts against the evils of lying Joaquin said: “There is something wrong with the way the people in this country live. They are too strenuous, .too active, too high aroused. Roosevelt, as the head of this great nation rushed the people into all sorts of crime. His strenuous theory of life is criminal. He has infected us with a sort of insane activity. American madness is energy. It is a mania peculiar to us and Roosevelt is responsible for much of it.” $3.50 Recipe Cures Weak Men—Free Send Name and Address Today— - You Can Have it Free and Be Strong and Vigorous. 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