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Hie Ceredo Advance.
T. T. McDOi QAL, Publisher
CEREDO. . WEST VIRGINIA.
The hay crop of Nebraska is report
ad very large this year, the western
counties of the state leading in the
Production.
A "hat’* shop was opened in Fx>ndon
by the Couniess Fabricottl recently.
Liveried footmen handed around lea
and cakes.
Soldiers in France are allowed to
cultivate gardens In any spare ground
about barracks and to help out their
rations by growing vegetables.
It is reported that many Scotch her
ring fishers and curers are to be
brought over to develop the herring
fisheries off the Hrltish ('olunibia coast.
The sultan of Turkey strenuously ob
ject* to darkness and his apartments
In the palace and the surrounding gar
den* as well are flooded with light ev
ery night.
Hie Ink plant of New Granada is a
The Juice of It can be used
•• Ink without any preparation. At
bret the writing is red, but after a
dew hours it changes to black.
The oldest umbrei'..- In tho contin
uous service of one man In Kansas
City Is the claim made by C. W. Wil
•on, for the weather stick which he
has carried continuously since 1868.
A curious club has been formed by
oartain women of Berlin. The chief
qualification for membership Is that,
the applicant must be deaf. A hun
dred members meet weekly in Wil
helm strasse, where they drink tea as
they converse in the sign language or
with the aid of ear trumpets.
Hand grenades, which have been
practically out of date for a century,
have been employed by both sides In
the Russo-Japanese war so extensively
that it seems possible that their use
and manipulation may enter into the
general curriculum of the soldiers
training in our own and other modern
European armies. Time was when
these deadly missiles were carried by
a number of the biggest and strongest
soldiers In every infantry regiment.
According to Mr. J. D. Dargan. pres
ident of an Atlanta, Ga., insurance com
pany. the life insurance premiums col
lected in 12 southern states during the
calendar year 190-1 amounted to $50.
*56.067. The states here Included
'J*** tbe Confederate States, the large
mum P“ld in premiums, all but a little
^ anore than half a million was paid to
worthern companies. New York com
(panics collec ted almost 60 per Cent of
H^B^khe total.
Tcna of paper are used for building
purposes every year. Garments made
of paper, spun with cotton, are to be
found on Eale in every city In the
land. Collars, cuffs and shirt bosoms,
otherwise known as "dickeys," have
long been worn at one-tenth the cost
of linen. Bonnets and crepe paper
hats are made for women. Paper but
tons are a part of many pieces cf
wearing apparel which you buy. Con
siderable paper is used as stiffening
for dresses. Shoes and slippers are
•l*o manufactured of paper.
Coder the act Just passed by the
Pennaylvania legislature for the an
•exation of Allegheny to Pittsburg the
latter will become one of the coun
*rear Cl,les~ The annexation
idea will have to be ratified bv a vote
- of the people of the twxi towns before
H can become operative, but this as
*®nt seems assured. In 19<*0 Pittsburg
had 321.616 inhabitants and Allegheny
129.896. a total of 451.312. The eitiet
wrbich had more th.tn that number of
people were New York. Chicago. Phil
•delphia, St. I^ues, Boston and Hal
41 more.
There is encouraging evidence that
the lynching mania is dying out in
the South under the pressure of pub
lic sentiment and the vigorous action
of such rhetj, ■»*» CJov, Vardanian, of
Mississippi 4fhe year thus far has
recorded fewer of these cases of mob
violence t nan «tt* -similar period for a
•lumber of wears. Hepression of this
form of violence mug lawlessness wil)
be further promoted by the action ol
the supreme court of Mississippi,
•fflrniing ’be M'TOence rtf a white nnr\
a l*fp t‘-rwi bi (hr* penltenfiary/for
M^gMseult ups-iT) a black girl. /
» radius of onu hundred arid
gfly nnl^ lx,s Ar.getfs Ctl .
more trarbw ,,r produww^Wtn the
•oil are ope foil'll
Imagine. Arvdfljpmtfye If y of the prod
ucts yield IrsTi'konv returns on the
Investment. Y^yry >»ar some n**vi ex
periment Is tceil in -^u horticultural
line In southern California, and it Is
only a questkjgs of -ume when the
orange crop will ne secondary n Im
portance to some crop tliat wil vleM
more with less outlay arwd le«s % ork.
Experiments are n«w belt*' made oltli
p.neapples.__
The feat of writing the lord's Prac
•r -jpon a space which a clx p» nrs
woul.1 cover is so familiar as <o cease
to l>e wonderful; but one can not re
sist attribute of genuine aston shment
to a ma.n who can write »he wlK>le oi
our national anthem along the /hit
edge of ax ordinary visiting card, ant
who has avtually penned biographlej
of King Kfwgrd and several member,
of his fnm/V upon a tiny grain o
wheat- Such h microscopic "call
graphist'* !s M f fioter, a French get.
flu can, who, wc hotlsd say. coj.<! 'jafo
iv alia: ttUge Die wbolf world.
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CONDENSED FORK.!
Pithy and Pointed Paragraphs
of Recent interesting
Happenings.
EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
The Doings of the Government Of
ficials—Crimes and Casualties
and Other Notes of Gen
eral Interest.
After a period of severe Illness last
ing two months, John M. Hamilton,
former governor of Illinois, died in Chi
cago. lie had been in ill health for
several years. Ex-Gov. Hamilton was
born in Kichwood, Union county, O.,
May 28. 1847.
Fifty nine cases of typhoid fever ex
ist among the convicts In the state
penitentiary at Walla Walla. Wash.,
and new cases are reported daily. The
prison has 705 convicts, and the offi
cials fear a much greater epidemic.
The supreme lodge. Knights and La
dles of Honor, adjourned. Commemo
rating the date on which the order
was rounded at Ijoulsville, in 1877, Sep
tember 30 will hereafter bo recognized
as memorial day by each local lodge.
In the arrest of three men on hoard
a Staten Island ferry boat the police
believe they have at last obtained a
clew to the mysterious Black Hand
society, which for years has terrorized
New York Italian citizens.
The state of Alabama raised the
quarantine established a few days ago
against Jackson, Miss., at the time
" hen a suspicious case of Illness was
reported from there.
The authorities at St. Petersburg re
ceived official reports from the Sibe
rian coast to the effect that the Japan
ese are pursuing measures which prom
ise to result in the ruination of the in
habitants throughout the Island of Sak
halin, north and south.
The shooting of bears within the city
limits of Duluth, Minn., has become so
common of late that Chief of Police
Troyer detailed two mounted officers
to patrol the city to see that his in
structions against the practice are car
ried out to the letter.
After protracted sessions extending
over some weeks the Norwegian and
Swedish delegates who met at Karl
stad to settle the terms of separation
of the two countries, arrived at an
agreement on all points.
Ten thousand boiled eggs formed one
feature of ihe bill of fare prepared for
the members of the clubs which went
to Westchester. Pa., to take part in the
big republican celebration.
Several distressing instances of ohil
dren’s suicides in Germany have oc
curred since Ihe autumn school term
began. Tliis has brought on a discus
sion of the conditions of school and
home life, and endeavors are being
made to trace the causes of that In
creasing feebleness of the desire to
live which it is affirmed the 11,000 sui
cides of 1903 indicate.
The fashionable women of London
W’ilj wear only white furs this coming
winter. The furriers’ windows are
filled with white furs. The best white
fox skins cost $400 each, so that those
garments therefrom will not become
common.
A verdict of $100,000 against the city
of Chicago was given the Pan Handle
railroad in a damage suit brought be
cause of the burning of a number of
freight cars belonging to the railroad
company during the A. R. I', strike of
1894.
The dip'omattc rupture between
Greece and Uoumania has been com
pleted by the departure of the Rou
manian minister from Athens. The in
terests of the Roumanians In Greece
have been entrusted to Italy, while the
Russian legation at Bucharest will
guard the interests of the Greeks in
Uoumania.
The Spanish cruiser Cardinal Cisne
ronse Extremdnra anti Bio Janeiro ar
coaling at Vgio. Spain, with the expec
tation of proc**cding to the coast of
Morocco to obtain redress for recent
Mort>ccan depredations against Span
ish ships.
The grand jury, wlitoth has been In
vestigating the Salmon fir Salmon
l ank, of Clinton, Mo . returned Indict
ments on 13 founts against Thomas M
Casey, former ti. nort of the bank,
wHo confessed, at the time of the fail
ure, to using forged notes for secur.
II ie*
fjeorge W. IVn'kjn*. vhie president
of the New York 4^ifr Insurance Co
and member of tJie 1irwi <lf J |* Mor
gan th Co, was on 1 be wltncxM aland
before tbe . pe< ial legislative committee
profiling insurance <-oartluM>ici' .methods.
Witney* couiii not etplain why. after
th* New York I.ife toad bought $4,
0<t*mOO worth of tm«*J from .1 p. Mor
gan Mi Cn , $2,000,00** *wi • b phon'd be
sold u*1 k to that turn *t Hie same
price v*ithm two mouths .«,) no min
' life •# ilihe finance committ**- oould la:
found 4io explain it.
It <•*» gutw tie mated ihat the esc
change of #git Ideal inn of Ike treaty o<
peace Japan and ftu««la win
tal < p\v Wathlngon shortly aft
fat . h£* teen ra ided by th*’
reypef-t,Vi ^relgn*
Haron Kotin,ra., e«3|tepn roniimtey
to tin prove M cnntraw^.,,, ,,
hr aid to b «.< v. htli
1 ii )« »g» n thinking <,f
1 Jap*ti and he will v;
r on an < .irlv « • nr.-er
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\V. H. Hunt, formerly president *>1
the defunct Pan-American bank ol Ch
o«g«>, was entenced to the peniten
tlary and ordered by Judge K* rristen
to pay n fine c-f |298.
The North Carolina Pirn; Lumber as
sociation increases the price on ail
grades of lumber, dressed ar l ip the
tough. 75 cents on 1.00© feet, milking
lumber higher than ever known in the
south.
Rev. Paul Ma’thews. of Cincinnati,
was elected bishop coadjutor of the
Milwaukee Rpiscopal diocese on the
ICth ballot, having received the nec
essary majority of both the clerical
and lay votes.
The band of the Second regiment.
National Cuard of California Is to be
mustered out owing to the fact that .t
refused to parade on Memorial day in
Sacramento because there was a non
union band in line.
At. Belleville, 111., three persons were
seriously Injured and It Is believed that
nearly 200 were more or less painfully
hurt by the collapse of a band stats'!
during a carnival and street fair.
One of the biggest coal operators In
the Scranton. Pa., region declared un
hesitatingly and for publication that
the operators will not, under any con
sideration. grant the demand or the
mine workers for an eight-hour day
and that they propose to agree only
that the present agreement shall he
continued.
Paddy Huitt and J. B Blackburn,
both white men, aged about 35 years,
iron workers on the new railroad ter
minal station in Wiashfngton. were kill
ed while walking on the track by be
ing struck by an engine.
The plant of the Anchor Silver Plate
Co., St. Paul, was totally destroyed by
fire. The loss Is estimated at Si50.000
W’hilo waiting to meet his wife at
She 63d street station of l lie Illinois
Central railroad, Chicago. W. P. Apple
yard, superintendent of the Pullman
Co., was run down and killed by the
locomotive drawing the train on which
his wife was returning from an east
ern trip.
Through streets crowded with white
robed Koreans and lined by Hie impe
rial body guard standing at “present
arms,” Miss Alice Roosevelt, rilling in
the Imperial yellow palanquin, triiim
phuntly progressed from the railroad
station in Seoul to the American lega
tion.
CJov. Vardanian denonneed the Rquit
able for refusing to pay premiums on
his policy. He said: “I shall not pay
this premium, hut rather think that I
shall permit tlie policy to forfeit and
heroine void.”
W’ith sensational suddenness Presi
dent (ieorge M. Meller, of Carriage and
Wagon Workers' I'nion No. 4. who Is
being tried at Chicago, with 12 other
union officials and members, on a
charge of criminal conspiracy, with
drew a plea of not guilty and entered
a plea of guilty.
That $235,000 has been paid by the
New York Life Insurance Co to An
drew A. Hamilton, of Albany; that no
Two passengers were killed and 43
injured by a train'wreck on the South,
ern Pacific near Harney, Nev.
The emperor of Korea, for the first
time during ills reign, lunched with
foreigners, first giving an audience
to Miss Alice Roosevelt and Mr. Adm.
Train. American Minister Morgan
escorted Miss Roosevelt to the ban
quet ball, where they sat together.
The crown and imperial princes and
ether members of the party were dis
tributed at small tallies with mem
bers of the ministry and generals or
tbe array.
Archbishop John J. Glennon. head of
the Catholic archdiocese or Rt. ixmls,
who has been abroad for two months,
returned, bringing with him plans for
the erection or a $1,000,000 cathedral.
The Sovereign Grand Ixtdge of Odd
Fellows at their annual communion
had under consideration the question
of the liquor traffic as being a bar to
membership in the organization. The
report which was read by Representa
tive Goujiy J\nd later approved by the
body in session decides In brief that
no one can remain a member of a lodge
who is engaged In the liquor business
in any way unless he was a member
and so engaged and has been continu
ally since the first, ruling was made at
the 1JW. oonventkm at Atlantic City.
Gen. Merteza Khal, Persian minister
to the I'nited States and Mexico, has
arrived at Mexico City. He speaks fa
vorable of the prospect for a perma
nent exposition of Mexican and Am* r
ican goods in Teheran.
rw ''.'in*-.* m i 1/1 I f|M t'M'Ill «! I I Vf»H « I
the Armenians and Tartars, under ih.*
presidency (A Frinne Ixiuls Napoleon,
governor general <A the Caneasus, has
hist been concluded, during which the
prinpieal condition* of an entente were
agreed upon.
If is learned from unquestionable au
thority that Attorney General Moody
will resign from the cabinet next
spring and that Secretary of the Navy
f'harlm Jl. Ttotiaparte will then he
11 ansferred 1*» the department of Jus
tice as attorney general.
The proposed amendment to the Odd
Fellows’ constitution to exclude from
the order all persons who are engaged
In the tiqm/r traffic vkah tabled hy the
grand
Fusion liftw-fn the democrats and
populist* of Nebraska was effected hv J
tbe nomination by both state conven \
tions of an identical ticket.
An extra *rHl( train on the Faina 4i
i vieir»n of tM^ itig four railroad iar
into the r«tr\n(t of «n extra freight
ttain at Swajf-o Hill, five miles touthj
;vf Far is. \\\W Four men were Injured,
* >i>o fatally J
J he strife of 11.e chain mat bine
Fhbggo and Alton mb
Itrol pfi wl1 < n DivA.
ii nmnlipr, >ou>i| to
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Yellow fever report on the 24: Now
es, 24: total to date, 2.831; death*.
total. 267; new foci, 8; under treat
ment, 2v8.
John Walworth, postmaster at Nat
chez. Miss., for the past four years, and
formerly collector or customs Tor the
Pearl river district. died of yellow fe
ver. He was the only son of Maj.
Douglas Walworth, former editor of
the Natchez Democrat.
Friends of George E. Korenz. of To
ledo, now serving a sentence in the
Moundsvllle (W. Va.) penitentiary, for
complicity with A. W. Maclien and own
ers In an attempt to defraud the gov
ernment In the postal scandal cases,
will make application to President
Roosevelt for a pardon for him.
The report of the commissioner of
pensions for the fiscal year ending
July 1, last, shows that during the year
there were 46.985 allowances under the
old age disability order of March 15.
1904.
At Conway. Ark., Frank Brown, a
negro, was takeu from jail to the out
skirts of the town and hanged by a
mob. The negro was held for assault
ing a Mrs. laiwrenre, killing her six
year-old and stabbing her baby daugh
ter.
Prosecution of the railroads for vio
lation of tlie ICIkins law, relating to re
bates. will follow tlie conviction of the
four officials of Schwarzsrhild & Sulz
berger for conspiring to receive re
bates In the conduct of the packing
business.
Some one desecrated the escutcheon
of the American consulate at Cienfue
gos, Cuba. An Investigation of the
matter is being rigorously conducted.
State Health Officer Tabor, «»f Texas,
has declared a quarantine against all
Cuban ports, effective at once, be
cause of tlie prevalence or so-called
•dengue” Tever at Havana and in oth
er parts or the island.
After a week's duration, the strike
of the union printers at Albany, N. Y.,
for an eight-hour day has ended with
the yielding of all the employing prin
ters. All have now signed the agree
ment, which takes effect January 1,
1906.
Rufus Bin.von, a negro, was hanged
at Ardmore, I. T.. for the murder of
his eight-year-old stepdaughter five
years ago.
Motor car No. 2 received its official
test by the i’nion Pacific railroad, mak
ing a trip of 62 miles, during the
course of whicli it reached a maximum
speed of 63.2 miles nn hour.
Miss Alice Roosevelt and ladies of
her party attended a women’s luncheon
at the palace In Seoul, Korea. Gin,
the emperor’* consort, who was hos
tess, proposed a toast to Miss Roose
velt.
J. rierpont Morgan is practically In
control of the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton railroad.
The national council of Retail Coal
Association and the National Anthra
cite Merchants' association, in joint
meeting at Buffalo, voted to oppose the
Esch-Townsend bill.
Charges of fraud, misapplication of
trust funds and attempts to transfer
assets to another concern are made in
a suit for receiver and accounting filed
against present and former officials of
the Western Life Indemnity Co, a*i
assessment Insurance association of
Chicago.
The motorman was killed and 15
passengers injured in a collision on the
Hie Hudson Sc Albany Electric railway
at Nassau, N. Y., when a passenger
train ran into a milk car.
Because of their professed admira
tion for the naval record of Rr. Adm.
Francis T Bowles, U. S. N., retired,
tobbers returned to the admiral prop
erty they had taken from his home
in Boston.
Baron Rosen, the German minister
to Morocco, and R. Revoil, French rep
resentatlve, who have been in charge
of the negotiations in regard to the
coming conference on Moroccan uffaiis
made an announcement that they have
reached an agreement on ait the prin
cipal points in which they have been
at conference.
Wm. Ellis, a negro suspected of hav
ing committed half a dozen murders
in as many different states, has broken
down whea in a “sweat box” by the
Birmingham (Ala ) police*, and con
leased to two of the murders.
Yin Tchang, the Chinese minister nt
Berlin, has twen recalled and will be
appointed to a command in the army
under Gen. Yuan Shi Kai, viceroy 11
Pechlii.
Two prisoners in the calaboose a'
Rising Sun, Ind., took advantage of
Sheriff Harry Rump's absence an-t.
with the aid of a poker, dug their way
through the Jail s two-foot wall to lib
erty.
Moses l«overn. a negro, was taken
from the city Jail at Williamson. \\
Va.. by a mob and carried across tie;
Tug river Into Kentucky. For almost
half an hour tb* frenzied gang beat file
helpless negro with dubs. He was re
turned to jail but will die.
The latest lelegrams received at Ha
vana indicate that Hie presidential
elections have resulted in a complete
victory for the government throughout
•the island.
Col OsrneltM T. "Westbrook, one of
H*e l*est known Grand Army veterans
in New York state, died at the Middle
town State hospital, w litre he was
tak**n several years ago.
Aitdolsm Boy equaled the world's
roe-ord for paring, held by rffar Point
er. at t.be Readvilie trotting park, trav
eling its exhibition milt* in 1:69%.
The charred remains of Lula Wise,
a negro roman, and her four children
were found in the onioking ruins of her
home near Jacksonville, Fla., which
was burned. There in evidence of f*,»ii
play.
Ten members of Hie JjOUisvHlc l,a/*j .
bail team who were hurt in a ftL..
ear celdent In Kansas City Augusfl]
brought suit ag (»r*t the Metroponkx
S re*t Railway Co, of tluR Citr,
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THE ANNUAL MESSAGE
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The President is Devoting Con
siderable Time To It.
Important Topics Are Federal Regula
tion of Insurance Relations With
Venezuela and America’s In
terests in San Domingo.
Oyster Bay. L. |., Sept. 25.—Tile
president is devoting considerable time
each day now to work on his annual
message to «-ongre*s . For some time
lie has been assembling data for the
message, but since the adjournment of
the peace conference he has been writ
ing the data into definite form. The
message will not be completed until
some time early in November, because
each member of cabinet will have to
supply material for discussion of the
work of his department. This infor
mation will be contained in the annual
reports of the cabinet officers which
have not been completed.
Three topics, highly important at this
time, to the American people will be
discussed by the president in his mes
sage. They are federal regulations
and supervision of life insurance, the
relations between this country and
Venezuela and America's interest in
the fiscal affairs of the government of
Santo Domingo.
Other important subjects naturally
wlli be considered, among them the
scandals disclosed in the departments
of agriculture and the interior; the
work of the department of justice in
the beef trust cases; the regulation
of railroad freight rates, the progress
made in the construction of the Pana
ma canal and the conclusion of peace
between Russia and Japan.
BIG FIRE IN BUTTE.
Less Estimated at $1,000,000 in the
Heart of the Business District.
Butte, Mont., Sept. 25.—Fire caus
ing a loss estimated at one million dol
lars consumed the entire business por
tion of Butte, lying between the Sho
dair block and Renshaw alley, on the
south side of West Park street, and
partially destroyed the public library.
The fire call was turned in at 8:40.
At noon the four-story Symons store
was a mass of flames and the public
library and other places were burning
simultaneously. At 1 o’clock Mayor
MacGinniss announced the fire under
control.
Some of the losses follow: Blocks
totally destroyed—Maule, York, Bar
lett, Woodworth, Ogden. The follow
ing are among the estimated losses:
Symonds store, Maule and York
blocks, owned by the New York Re
alty Co.. $G00,000; library building,
$70,000; Walkover Shoe Co., $ 10,000,
Ogden block, total loss; Atlantic sa»
loon, $10,000.
BOMB EXPLOSION.
Four Minor Chinese Officials Killed
and Over 20 Others Wounded.
Peking, Sept. 25.—At the Peking
railway station Sunday’, a~s a train
carrying one of the four missions or
dered abroad to study foreign political
methods was leaving, a bomb was ex
ploded inside a private car, killing
four minor officials and wounding over
20 other persons. The wounded in
clude Prince Tsai Tsche, who heads
the most Important missions, and Wu
Ting Fang, former minister to the
Cnlfed States, both of whom received
slight injuries. The perpetrator of the
outrage, who was in the car, was
Llown to pieces.
The affair has created a profound
sensation and causes apprehension ro
garding the safety of members of the
court and leading officials of the gov
ernment.
The government offices and the raJl
ways are now strongly guarded.
BANKERS' CONVENTION.
Extensive Preparations Being Made
For Their Entertainment.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Government
officials are co-operating with the local
committee in arranging for the annual
convention of the American Bankers’
association. October 10-13. An execu
tive committee composed of promi
nent Washington bankers has been
busy for several weeks preparing an
elaborate program for the entertain
ment of the visitors. John Jay Bdson.
president of the Washington l»an and
Trust (’o. and chairman of the execu
tive committee, says reports indicate
that fully 4.000 hankers will be here,
and that preparations are being made
to entertnin all that come. If they
should exceed that number.
Strength Teats.
Annapolis, Md., Sept. 25.—General
strength tests which have been app’ied
by the medical authorities of the na
val academy to the 230 new midship
men shows that Charles F. Chambers,
of Hteubenvllle, O., Is the strongest
member of the class, his total strength
being represented by 1,106 kilos. I.ee
Carey, of Snow Hill, Md., is second,
with 1,054 kilos. Both are members of
the football squad.
Western League Championship.
Omaha. Neb.. Sept. 25.—The West
ern league baseball season closed
with two games each at Omaha. Sioux
City and Oes Moines. The champion
ship went to the l>es .Moines club,
which has had a safe lead for two
months.
Buried With Military Honors.
Richmond, Va.. 8ept. 25.- The body
i»f ex-G<sv. Charles T. O’Farrell whs
’onsjnitted to the earth w’^Tnll milt
’ary honors. The funeral Escort con
if hivvn Aiate guaidJorganlza^
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CHRONIC ERYSIPELAS
Cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Piltt,
Although Whole Body was
Affected.
Erysipelas or St. Anthony's fire is a
most uncomfortable disease on account
of the burning, tbe pain and the dis
figurement ; it is also a very grave dis
order, attended always by the danger of
involving vital organs in its spread
The case which follows will be read
with great interest l>y all sufferers as it
affected tbe whole body, and refused to
yield to tbo remedies prescribed bv tbe
physician employed. Mrs. Ida A 'Col
bath, who was the victim of the attack,
residing at No. 19 Wiuter street, New
buryport. Mass., savs:
*' lu June of 19011 was taken ill with
what at first appeared to be a fever. I
sent for a physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erysipelas and said it
would be a long time before I got well.
“ Inflammation began on my face and
apread all over my body. My eyes w*.re
swollen aud seemed bulging out of their
sockets. I was in a terrible plight and
suffered tbe most intense pain through
out my body. Tbe doctor said my
rase was a very severe one. Under
his treatment, however, the inflamma
tion did not dimmish aud the puins
which shot through my body increu-ed
i After being two mouth- un
der his care, without any improvement I
dismissed him.
“ Shortly after this, on the advice of a
",e'ld* * ***«»'» to take Dr. Williams'
Innk Pills for Pale People, two at a dose
three times n day. After the second box
had been used I was surprised to notice
that the inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
me so much agony had disappeared Af
ter using six boxes of the pills I wa- up
and around the bouse attending to my
bnu-ehold duties, as well as ever.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold bv
ail dealers in medicine or mav lie ob
tained direct from tbe Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N.Y.
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THE LIFE-POWER
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WHOLE WHEAT
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One doctrine which is common to all
satirists of society is that the age they
write in 1a the w-orst of all known age*
the lowest point of degeneration ict
reaeheu.-N. Y. Times.
SALT RHEUM ON HANDS.
Buffered Agony and Had to Wear
Bandages All the Time—An*
other Cure by Cuticura.
Another cure by Cuticum is told of by
Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupaca, \\'is.,
in the following grateful letter: "Sly
husband suffered agony with salt rlieuni
on his hands, and I had to keep them
bandaged all the time. We tried every
thing we could get. hut nothing helped
him until he used Cuticura. (hie set ot
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills cured
him entirely, and his hands have been as
smooth as possible ever since. I do 1
this letter will l>e the means of he
some other sufferer."
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bring forth. A man may be happy to
day and married to-morrow.
Piso’sCure cannot lie too highly spoken of
as a cough cure.—J. W. O’Brien, 322 Third
Ave., N , Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 0. 1900.
A girl doesn’t fi«h for a diamond ring in
her mother's washtub.
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
How a Chicago Woman Found Help When
Hope Waa Fast Fading Away.
Mrs. E. T. Gould. 914 W. Lake Street,
rhicngo. 111., any*: " Doan's Kidney
I ills are nil that saved me from death
of Brights Disease, tlmt I know. 1
had eye trouble,
backache,catches
when lying abed
or when bending
over, was languid
and often dizzy
and had sick hejul
achesarnl bearing- _ _^
down pain*.
kidney aecretb.J^I '
were hhi copious
I1 a * | | and frequent, and
^ 11 very bad in ap
pearance. It was in TJ03 that Doan'*
Kidney Tills heiped me so quickly and
cured me of those troubles and I've
been well ever since.”
Foster-Milbnrn Co., HufTnlo, N. V.
For sale by all drutrtrista. Trice, 5(f
cents per box.