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•fought About a Remarkable Change,
Mrs. A. J. Davis of Murray, Kyi,
"When I began using Doan's
Kidney Piils, kid
ney disease was
slowly poisoning, me.
What 8ays Etiquette.
"Did I do the right thing when the
duke proposed? True, I uttered a few
.words."
"Well?"
"Perhaps I should have uttered a
check."
CURE AT CITY MI8SI0N.
Awful Case of 8cabies—Body a Mass
of Sores from Scratching—Her
Tortures Yield to Cuticura.
"A young woman came to our city
mission in a most awful condition physic
cally. Our doctor examined her and
told us that she had scabies (the itch),
Incipient paresis, rheumatism, etc.,
brought on from exposure. Her poor
body was a mass of sores from scratch
ing and she was not able to retain solid
food. Weworkedhardover her for seven
weeks but we could see little improve
ment. One day I bought a cake of
Cuticura Soap and a bottle of Cuti
cura Resolvent, and we bathed our
patient well and gave her a full dose
of the Resolvent. She slept better that
night and the next day I got a box of
Cuticura Ointment. In five weeks this
young woman was able to look for'a
position, and she is now strong and well.
Laura Jane Bates, 85 Fifth Ave., New
York, N. Y., Mar. 11, 1907."
The Lady Agreed.
Mr. Martin was talking at the din
ner table in his usual clever manner
about the inconsistency of women.
"These young ladies who protest
that they are never going to marry!"
he broke out. "Everybody knows they
will belie their own words at the very
first opportunity."
He paused and evidently hoped that
Mrs. Martin would come to the rescue
of her sex but that discreet woman
held her tongue.
"Why, Mary," he continued, "you
remember how it was with yourself.
I have heard you say more than once
that you wouldn't marry the best man
alive."
"Well, I didn't," said Mrs. Martin.
Easily Explained^
The diner dropped his fork with a
clatter.
"Ugh! Ough! Phew!" he cried.
"Yes, sir?" inquired the oily waiter.
"This, stuff—what do you call it?"
demanded the diner.
"Steak, sir, I think," replied the
waiter, examining it closely. "Yes,
it is steak, sir. I'll swear to it now!"
"But the smell!" roared the diner.
"Smell it! Judge for yourself! It
must be weeks
The waiter shook his head, and
then bent over confidentially.
"You're makln' a little mistake, sir,"
he whispered, glancing caytiously
around. "It's that other gentleman's
fish!"
NOT A MIRACLE.
Just Plain Cause and Effect.
There are some quite remarkable
things happening every day, which
seem almost miraculous.
Some persons would not believe that
a man could suffer from coffee drink
ing so severely as to cause spells of
unconsciousness, And to find complete
relief in changing from coffee, to Pos
tum is well worth recording.
"I used t.o he a great coffee drinker,
BO
much so that it was killing me by
Inches. My heart became so weak I
would fall and lie unconscious for an
hour at a time. The spells caught
me sometimes two or three times a
day.
"My friends, and even the doctor,
told me it was drinking coffee that
caused the trouble. I would not be
lieve it, and still drank coffee until I
could not leave my room.
"Then my doctor, who drinks Pofr
turn himself, persuaded me to stop cof
fee and try Postum. After much hesi
tation I concluded to try it. That was
eight months ago. Since then I have
had but few of those spells, none for
more than four months.
"I feel better, sleep better and am
better every way. I now drink noth
ing but Postum and touch no coffee,
and as I am seventy years of age all
my friends think the improvement
quite remarkable!."
"There's a Reason."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Midi. Read" "The Road to Well
.tille," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
•ne appears from- time to time. They
•re genuine, true, and full of human
Interest.
fey
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Dizzy spells almost
made me fall, sharp
pains like knife
thrusts would catch
me lix the back, and
finally an attack of
Cnp left me with, a constant agoniz
ing backache. Doan's Kidney Pills
helped me quickly and in three weeks'
time there was not a symptom of
kidney trouble remaining."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box,
'Foster-Milburo Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
Modern Maternity.
A little girl's mother attended a
number of card parties, leaving the
child at home with the nurse. On one
occasion the child's attention was at
tracted by the ^plaintive cries of a
young calf. 'Running to the window
ahe exclaimed. "Poor little calfey!
bas your mama gone to the card party
and left you too?"
iU:
In Memory of
Tom Satan
By SHANNON BIRCH.
(Copyright, by Shortatory Pub!co!)
Jonas McFerral had followed the
life of a seafaring man tor many years
before resigning the cramped quarters
of a-shlpboard for the wide acres of
a Kansas homestead.
It was in the spring of 1869 that
the one-time mariner, departing from
the sea, had homesteaded the north
east quarter of section 17, township
three, south range three, east, in
Thomas county, Kansas—160 acreB,
more or less, according to government
survey. At that time he was 40 years
old.
Elminta Minerva was 36, when, in
the fall of the same year, she had left
New England for the west, and home
steaded the southwest quarter of sec
tion 17, township three, in the afore
said county of Thomas, and state of
Kansas, containing 160 acres, more or
less, according to government survey.
It is hardly necessary to state that
Jonas was Irish, and Elminta Miner
va, Yankee.
Both had been heart-whole until this
date.
A half section of prairie inhabited
by two souls animated by the' same
aim should produce, in perfection, the
conditions of a rural romance. Such
were the conditions in this instance,
and as was to be expected, Jonas and
Elminta Minerva fell in love. The
utilities, however, were not to be for
gotten, and the marriage day was
postponed until each should, in home
steader language, have proved up
they would then be the owners of a
half section, a rich domain for them
and their successors.
Between the one-roomed, white-cur
tained Cottonwood dwelling of the
spinster settler and the wlndowjess
dugout of her bachelor lover lay a half
mile of Kansas prairie and midway
Intersecting the beaten path, ran the
Solomon, a three-rod wide stream of
clear water, with a bottom in patches
of sand and pebbles. On either bank
was a growth of willow and elm, cot
tonwood and wild plum, that made a
May day on the Solomon a pleasant
epoch In life. In crossing this stream
—as was his daily custom—Jonas
used a ford which lay, not as the crow
flies, between his abode and that of
his beloved, but at an angle with
each dwelling—this because of the
shallow fording at that point.
The time for proving up the claims
Was now fast approaching. Nor had
the years these two had waited been
by any means without fruit. With
money saved from his seafaring days,
Jonas had fenced his land, and other
wise added to its attractiveness. He
had also broken the sod of 80 acres
for corn planting.
To Elminta Minerva's claim also
had been added many improvements,
provided for from a frugal fund hoard
ed from years of school teaching, and
the remainder of this sum, together
with the yearly yield from an indus
trious flock of hens and two well-pre
served cows, combined to make for
her a degree of prosperity that need
ed only a receipt of a deed for her
homestead, and marriage with Jonas,
fully to round out her happiness.
Jonas, sometimes on a June even
ing, would linger along the path to
Elminta Minerva's, dreaming of love,
his ear intent on the song of the yel
low-crested meadow lark. At such
times the air was undoubtedly translu
scent.
But upon this state of primeval con
tentment and reasonable hopes one
blot existed. In spite of his love of
the sky and sense of relationship with
nature, Jonas felt an ineradicable dis
trust for one of the humblest of all
created things—namely, Elminta Mi
nerva's black cat—Tom Satan. This,
too, in spite of the fact that the ani
mal was the pet and companion of his
spinster, neighbor,
The "Satan" was the addition of Jo
nas, who thus signified his belief in
the animal's malign influence upon
two lives that were meant to be joined
—if not upon two farms as well. To
be
Bure,
his predictions of disaster
had not yet been verified but what
of this marriage in the spring, where
by all these years of toil and waiting
should be crowned? Who could tell
but that Tom Satan waited and hun
gered for this opportunity?
It was in vain that Tom Satan
would arch his back and rub against
Jonas' boot-leg, inviting a friendship
that he thought ought to exist after
so many years of acquaintanceship.
The other ostentatiously repelled all
such advances.
On this special day Jonas remained
fonger than usual and when he started
home the sun was below mfd-after
noon. For this reason he did not take
his usual path, but instead made' a
bee line through the pasture, striking
the river down stream for the ford.
Upon reaching the bpnk he tucked his
trousers legs Into his boot tops and
stepped into the water, there running
not more than four inches deep. The
soft sand yielded slightly, but Jonas,
unheeding, took a step forward, an
other, then another, when—but what
was he walking ln«? Something was
wrong! Something Was dragging him
down! Then with the force of a light
ning bolt the truth struck him—he
vasin a quicksand!
Like a Uon in tolls Jonas roused
mn»a*)f and wrangtyeA hia foremost
foot back, in his/struggle partly turn
ing to the baok from which lis had
entered. Bat though straining so that
at times he fell prone, ho was unable
to drag aither Coot «p fgaia. iMfefer
1 1
1
inch the awful sand gained upon him.
It reached his boot tops he felt the
cold inlet of sand and water like the
death grip of death. He writhed and
tugged but to no avail. He shouted,
but no answer came. In vain hd
peered this way and that there was
no one to succor. He would die there
—smothered like a beast.
Suddenly his despairing case de
tected that which roused him to fresh
effort. Over his head, but far out of
reach, hung suspended from the
branch of an elm tree the sinewy
arms of a giant grapevine. With
trembling haste he pulled off his coat,
and clutching at the end of one sleeve,
cast the garment with all his strength
toward the vine.
4
It fell short by at least a foot.
Again and again the coat described
a frantic revolution, but without suc
cess.
Desisting, finally, from this vain
maneuver, Jonas put all
Whatever his past motives, Tom Sa
tan now seemed bent only upon cul
tivating an intimacy with the man
The Truth Struck Him—He Was in
Quicksand.
who had so long repulsed him, but
who now lifted up his voice with no'
apparent purpose other than that of
inviting Tom Satan's companionship.
He even made his way with a series
of little purring meows to the river's
edge, and put out one paw as though
to walk to Jonas. But at the touch
of the water he withdrew the dripping
member, shook it vigorously, backed
away and stood for a moment irreso
lute. Then, as though seized by a sud
den inspiration, he sprang into the
tree from which hung the tantalizing
grapevine, and, with the cautious
tread of a rope-walker, clawed his
way out over the dead bough, stopping
every now and then—as the branch
bent beneath his weight—to give a
reassuring meow.
Apparently Tom Satan, considered
the feat of reaching Jonas via the
dead branch and the grapevine. feas
ible. and the end desirable. But'what
might have been the outcome of these
maneuvers will remain forever uncer
tain, for midway in his journey the
unexpected happened the dead limb
snapped, and Tom Satan, clutching at
the nearest sound branch, was left
hanging by his fore paws In mid air.
From this precarious positiotfthe fe
line acrobat recovered himself by dint
of frantic gymnastics, and scrambling
into a coign of safety in a fork of the
tree branch, proceeded, after the in
consequent manner of his kind, to
make a vigorous toilet.
But to Jonas that moment of Tom
Satan'B peril was the moment of his
own restoration. For with the break
ing of the limb a long wlthey arm
of the grapevine had been loosened
and fell straight into the hands of the
despairing man below.
As to the nerve-taxing, muscle
straining efforts by which Jonas at
last wrenched himself free from the
grip of the quicksand, and the mingled
rejoicings and lamentations of Elmin
ta Minerva over her lover's plight,
that is an outline that all lovers of the
heroic and romantic can fill In to suit
themselves.
But this much Is a matter of his
tory: That the family mansion of
seven rooms was built on a knoll
shaded by Norwegian pines, decorated
with variegated flower beds, and over
looking a half section of 320 fertile
acres, also that it became the peaceful
home of Jonas, Elminta Minerva, and
of Tom Satan. For to his feline pre
server Jonas, veering to the other ex
treme of feeling, attributed such cour
ageous and benignant qualities that
the regenerated Tom Satan lived out
his days in the odor of sanetlty, and
after his death was immortalised by
the erection, in his memory, of'a lofty
granite monument, which still stand*
on the knoll under {to Norwegian
pines, in the southwest Quarter of
seetion IT, range three, township
three, in the county of Thomas state
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force into
a mighty cry for help. One, two,
three times his voice died away unan
swered, but to the fourth appeal there
came to him, as if in mocking re
sponse, a shrill meow and straight
way there appeared upon the bank,
picking his way daintily, with flaunt
ing tail and mewing in responsive
gasps, a well-known ink-black figure.
It was Tom Satan! The cold drops
stood out on Jonas' forehead. Were
his predictions of the animal's malign
influence thus horribly verified? and
had the creature followed him unno
ticed, that he might be a spectator oI
his sufferings?
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FOR SICK
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In the Pinkham Laboratory at
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see the files containing over one mil
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from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
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Net a Favorable One.
Smart—"I say, Sapleigh, I just met
Miss Bute. She said she hoped you'd
be at the Brown's tonight."
Sapleigh—"By Jove, I've made an
impression."
Smart—"Evidently. She herself is
going to Robinson's."
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
Infants and children, cee that it
Bears the
Signature
In Use For Over SO
Y«ira.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
A Good Thing.
Jasper—Whenever a great man dies
Longhair writes a poem about him.
Rasper—Well, I must commend his
consideration in not writing it before
the great man dies.
Mrs. Wlnalow'a Soothing Syrup.
Janimation,
or children teething, softens the gums, reduces In*
allays pain, cures wind colli 25c a
bottle-
The small boy's idea of a erazy no
tion is tlie commonly accepted idea
of a "sane Fourth of July."
For
Lameness
in Horses
FREE
Much of the chronic lameness in horses is due to neglect.
See that your horse is not allowed to go lame. Keep Sloan's
Liniment on hand and apply at the first signs of stiffness.
It's wonderfully penetrating—goes right to the spot—relieves
the soreness limbers up the joints and makes the muscles
elastic and pliant.
Sloan's Liniment
will kill a spavin, curb or splint* reduce wind puffs and swol
len Joints, and is a sure and speedy remedy for fistula, sweeney,
founder and thrush. Price, 50c. and £1.00.
Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Boston, Mass.
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A Hunch.
Aubrey—I say, old chap, I suppose
you can't lend me a fiver?
Plantagenet—No, my dear boy but
a man with your capacity for guess
ing the right thing ought to be able
to win a fortune on the turf.
Allen
a
Foot-East, Powder for swollen
•westing feet. Gives instant relief. The origi
nal powder for the feet. 2&c at Druggists.
Wise Child.
"Here,% Willie!" cried the boy's
father, "you musn't behave that way.
Everybody will be calling you a little
glutton. Do you know what that is?"
'.T suppose," replied Willie, "it's a
big glutton's little boy."
DR. J. H. RINDLAUB, (Specialist),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. O.
Quite Properly Backward.
"He's quite a classical scholar, isn't
he?"
"Well, he's backward in reading He
brew."
"You don't say? I thought he was
particularly good at that."
"So he is, but that's the way you
have to read Hebrew."
MIX FOR RHEUMATISM
The following is a never failing rem
edy for rheumatism, and if followed
up it will effect a complete cure of
the very worst cases: "Mix one-half
pint of good whiskey with one ouuce
of Toris Compound and add one ounce
Syrup Sarsaparilla compound. Take
in tablespoonful doses before each
meal and at beiitime." The ingre
dients can be procured at any drug
store and easily mixed at home.
It Said All Right.
Friend—How about, that submarine
vessel von invented? Could you
make it stay down?
Inventor—Yog but the stupid thing
wouldn't come up again.
PATENTS.
List of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by I.othrop & Johnson,
patent lawyers, 910 Pioneer Press
building, St. Paul, Minn.: M. Bohlig.
St. Paul, Minn., device for filling ice
cream cornets W. M. Brown, Crooks
ton, Minn., excavating machine R. C.
Pleins, St. Paul, Minn., seal-lock O.
Smith, Remer, Minn., sled-knuckle
H. E. Shedd, Austin, Minn., calendar
C. W. Merrill, Lead, S. D., pressure
filter L. A. Leitch, Sarles, N. D., grain
schocking machine.
Optimism.
Don't worry! Just dare!
'Tis the strivers who fare
To the top of the Parnassus at noon.
Joy only is sane,
For what does Life gain
By the song that is sung out of tune?
—Outing.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured
%7
local applications, as they cannot reach the d!»
eased portion of the ear. There Is only one way to
cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an Inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is Inflamed you tiave a rumbling sound or Im
perfect hearing, and when It Is entirely closed. Deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condi
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases
out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which la nothing
But an Inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case ot
Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
horsss, cattle, aheap ud poultry aent freo.
HERMAN REEL,
Milwaukee, Wis.
on
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F- J- CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Fills for constipation.
Might Have Guessed It.
"I presume this is lover's lane?"
"You forget that ours is a strictly
fashionable suburb."
"Ah?"
"This is affinity avenue."—Puck.
MII..TON DAIRY CO., ST. I'Al'L, MINN.
Are heavy cream buyers. Get their prices.
A man is always expected to speak
well of women and religion.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES
to—
WOODWARD & COMPANY
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acts entityet prompt-*
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{ne system effectually
fists one in overcoming
le
assists one in overcoming
habitual constipation,
permanently, lo get its*
oenejicial effects biy
tke genuine.
ijacturcd bythe
JALIF0RN1A
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SOLD BV LEADING DRUGGISTS-504 pwBOTUt
Not Exactly.
"Yes, Miss Roxley and I are strange
ers now," said Tom. "I've been
Genuine Must Bear
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lung affection.. It goes diicct to
die (eat of the trouble and generally
tertorea healthy condition.. Motheta
can give their children Pito'a Cure
with perfect confidence in facuratne
Kwera
and freedom from opiates,
imous for half a century.
At all druggists', 25 cts.
PATENTS
Waisn E. Ceteaua, Fatal,
ney, Washington, O. Q.
tiw Terms low. Ttlilia*
W. Tm Dontlu wkN
'ipfiR
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asked!
not to call there again."
"You don't say!" said Dick. "I enp
pose old Roxley had a hand in that."
"Well—er—not a hand exactly."
SAVE VOI MONEY. BI tiOI.O SEAT,
Overshoes and Rubber Boots—Chea[K"f
bocausi' Weill' longest. Ask your dealv-r
Not soltl by mail order houses.
Goodyear Kubbcr Co., St. Paul, makers.
The largest part of some people ic
the wishbone.
Guaran
SICK HEADACHE
Positively cured hp
these Little Pills.
They also relieve
tress from Dyspepsia,
digestion and Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect na
edy for Dizziness,
CARTERS
ITTLE
Nmp
sea, Drowsiness, Btt
Taste in the Mouth, Cut
ed Tongue, Fain in the
Side, TORPID LlVCIk
PILLS.
They regulate the Bowels. Purely Veget&kiflt
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICED
£5
ud
Mil*
men's 93.00 and S3.00 ahoea thaa u*
other maEnfactorer in the world, be
cause they hold their ahape, flt better,
and irear longer than any other
Ji
st»1tal
Wis.
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name and njct a stamped on MonhM
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^•ItoUhe world.
N N —No 43— 1908
for trial size "Betterbait.*'
Bert In the world for catching
Mink, Wax, etc. Bend for Price
BAIT
LiS
of Haw Furs. Mention this
paper.
HERMAN REEL.
Xllwauk.ec
Not Promising.
"He said he felt greatly
aged because you turned the cm
down low 'when he was —m-r mm
you."
"Well, he needn't (eel Tmnnnragal
It takes a dark room to develop
negative, know."
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