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CHAMPION MOTOR BOAT OF THE WORLD HAVE YOU 8U8PECTED KIDNEYS? Thousands suffer from backache, hcatlncho, dizziness arid weariness without auBpcctlng their kldncye. rEntttUr Mrs. Joseph Gross, r.!irf Church St., MorrlMon, Aiyc, sayst "For woolcs I waa all doubled over with pain. I became bo dizzy I had to grasp something to keep from falling and my ankles woro Bwollon to nearly twice their natural slzo. Nono of tho doctors un derstood my caso and I fel(t myBolf oinklng lowor day by day. I Improved rapidly through tho uso of Doan's Kid ney PlllB and at last was entirely cured." "When Your Back Is Lame, Remem ber tho Name DOAN'S." For snlo by druggists and general itorekeopura ovorywhero. Prlco COc. Postcr-Milburn Co,, lluffalo, N. Y. LOT WA3 IMPROVED. Th0 CM3 Of DtX(r 1ST FOR the seventh time America has scored In the international matches for tho JlarmBworth trophy for the world's motor boat championship, Dixto IV. carrying off the honors. That speedy boat defeated the Dulto of Westminster's Pioneer at Huntington, Long Island, In two races. In tho second contest the engines of tho chal lenger collapsed twice. CAUSE OF TOOTHACHE X- High Tension Electrical Currents Responsible for Suffering. Physicians Have Traced Many Other Ailments to Electricity Increas i Ing Use Causes Much Apprehension. New York. Wireless toothache, duo to tho high tension electrical currents produced In sending wireless mes sages, la the latest disease discovered by Now York physicians, and It Is eaid hundreds of wlroloss operators, professional and amateur, In this city and Its neighborhood aro suffering Trom It Prediction Is also inado that tho heavy currents discharged by tho wireless telegraph will produco other nervouB diseases, among those who ex poao themselves! too much to such phenomena. There perhaps aro thou sands of amateur wireless operators in New York city. Investigation dis closes that many of them have had toothache since thoy began their wiro less studies and experiments. What other diseases of a nervous sort have followed In tho wake ol tho current only will be revealed by scientific in vestigation. A prominent European physician discovered the wireless toothache, and the bad effect of tho high tonslon cur rents on the norves of hlB patients. He predicts thero will be a general Increase of nervouB ailments, duo to that cause. That physician bbj-b tho aeurotic eioments aro affected bo bj the currents that a low grado neuritis Is produced which progresses accord ing to each pationt's general physical :ondltlon, hygienic surroundings, oc cupation and habits. Tho Europeon Investigator points out that the elec tricity artificially permeatea tho sur rounding atmosphere and that a per son brought In contact with It. day after day, must havo a good constitu tion to withstand its effects. Weak, persons oven may suffer from aggra vated forms of nervous disorder by NEW SKIRT DISPLAYS ANKLES the wireless process, ho asserts. When tho Europoan physician an nounced tho discovery of wlroless toothache ho was scoffed at by other doctors, who had not studied tbo ques tion as ho had. The discovery, how over, is being regarded seriously on both sides of tho Atlantic, and skilled minds are seeking to dlBcovor what other ailments may bo caused by such high tension currents being looso In tho air It Is recalled tho X-ray affects tho skin and tissues Insidiously and often disastrously. Nor la It any secret that persons who aro compelled to pass long periods In rooms whore big dyna mos aro In operation frequently show neurotic tendencies. Physicians who use tho ultra-violet, high tonslon and other forms of electricity In treatment often Buffer neurotic affections. Those things indicate, it Is suggested, that disease producing qualities lurk In electricity of which llttlo Is known as yet Third rails, live trolley wlros, telephone and telegraph wire- and other agencies aro discharging Into tho air constantly currents of elec tricity which pass th-ough persons in the streets and elsewhere, and there aro physicians who fear that as the uso of electricity increases, wireless telegraphy and telephony get in full swing, wireless tootbacho will be merely one of a long list of nervous diseases directly tracoablo to excess of electricity in tbo atmosphere. Name for Roosevelt Baby. " 8an Francisco. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosovolt, Jr., is to havo a christening party soon, but tho preclso date 1b not defi nite. Tbo HtUo girl Is to be named Graco Green Roosovelt, after her grandmother, Mrs. H. Addison Alex ander, whoso muldon namo was Grace Green. Mrs. Alexander Is bore from Now York as tho guest or h6r daugh ter. The latter Is In tho best or health, receiving her friends who come to boo the child. The baoy hns roceived gifts from all over tbo country. WAR ON GROUND SQUIRRELS Government Officials Destroying Ro dents Infested With Bubonic Plague Germs Cats Warned Away. Seattle, Wash. Folowlng tho news that ground squirrels caught along tho Columbia river were found to bo In fested with germs of the bubonic pluguo, government employes are go ing through farms and ranches poison. Ing and killing tho squirrels by gvory method yet dovlsed. Tho ground Bqulrrols of tho Pacific Blopo from southern California to Brit ish Columbia havo boon found to pos sess tho germs of tho plaguo. Tho lo calities whero tho germ-laden squir rels havo beon discovered uro yet widely -Beparated, but tho federal au thorities aro taking uo chances with tho pests carrying tho dlseaso farther 'awny. Tho squtrrola aro being poisoned and trapped by tho federal employes, who are making every effort to prevent communication .of tho plaguo germ to tho rats of tho cities and towns along tho coast Since embedded In tho black wharf rats of tho coast cit ies tho danger of a quick spread or tho plague to human beings is almost curtain. It Is said by experts that bite by tho ground squirrel or rat In fected by tho germn would bo suffi cient to transmit the diseaso to other animals and to human beings. Oecauso of its prevaionco in parts of tho northwest, farmers who havo beon employing cats to rid tho fields of gophers and squirrols havo boon warned to keep tho catB in, lest thoy, too, become infoctcd, making it easy to transmit tho diseaso to tho family. YOUR Blindfolded Dancer Makes Hit. London. Mmo. Mclla, who la now starring at tho Palaco theater in Lon don, mado a great hit with her danc 'ing In Berlin. Hungarian by birth, she was trained In the best or all schools now In exlstonco, tbo Russian ballot. The novelty of her performance Met In ber ability to danco blindfolded among eggs placed at regular 'Inter vals In rows on tho Btago without breaking or even touching thorn. Man Milliner of New York Tells of French Stylo Which Permits i of Easy Walking by Women. Now York. Charles Kurzman, tho world famous Fifth avenuo milliner, who arrived tho other day on the Kaiser Wilhelm II., brought word of & new fashion set at Trouvllle to per mit of moro graceful walking and ihowlng tho ankles. Tho now stylo, let by tho Baronno do Vaugban at tho French watering placo, is tbo antlthe lis of tho old hobble skirt, which re itrlcted and hampered walking in stead of making it easy, Mr. Kurzman also declared that the fashion of tbo season will bo curves In tho making or gowns and that the Parisian couterlers havo orders to make curvcr, nq matter how the fig ure, and that thoy bad evolved some startling effects. Fur bats and largo velvet bats will be tho rago this season and paradise and ostrich feathers, as well as goura, will bo seen much in fashionable headgear. "SEA SERPENT" IN A CANAL Start Prairie Dog Farm, Choyonno, Wyo. With 100 prairie dogs captured near Rawlins, Wyo., as a part of his "baggago," Perry Wil liams, a glovo manuracturer of Glov erBvlllo, ,N. Y passed through hero tho other day en routo to his homo, whero ho said bo was going to start a pralrlo dog farm as an adjunct to his buslnoss. Experiments with pralrlo dog pelts, Mr. Williams declared, had shown them to bo valuablo In tho nsiusufacture of fur gloves. Bather Who Fled Before It Says Its Head Was Like a Dog'o Fol. lowed by Several Men. Rlchflold, N. J. Several bathers In tho Morris canal made a hasty retreat from tho water when tho cry or "dovll fish" was raised by Robert Thompson, a farm hand. Thompson, who wan some dlstanco from tho other bathers, declares that when he first saw tho monster It was following him with Its head out of tho water. Ho at first thought It was a amall dog, but on looking at It more closoly ho discovered, ho says, that Its head was similar to that of a por poise. The strange crcaturo followed him to tho bank, and ho says be climbed up tho bank Just In Umo to escape it Tho monster then turned' about and went down stream toward the other bathers. Not knowing what tho thing was and wishing to warn the others, Thompson called out: "Look "ut for tho dovll fish!" ThlB had tho '.cslred result and tho men left tho wator. Albert Woodrow of Brookdalo, who had a good view of tho thing as It passed him In tho water, says that It waa at least 10 feot long, had a round greenish body and a head as Mg as that or a bulldog, which It bobbod up out or tho wator at Intervals, "ir It was a waer snako," declared Wood row, "It woe tho biggest I ever saw, and I havo soon hundreds or them." Several men rollowed It down tho canal for a short dlstanco, but it went so rast that thoy soon lost sight oflt. Word was sent to the lock tender nt the Bloomfleld piano to keep a look out for the fish, but so far It has nol boon soon at that point Tho alarm reached Bloomfleld and tho Beveral bathing resortB on tho canal were soon deserted.' KISSED AS ONE OF FAMILY Frenchman Is Caught In Group 8eeln Colombian Minister Off No Chance to Make Explanation. Now York. F. do P. Dorda, Colom blan minister to tho United States, sailed for Bogota via Puerta Colombia on tbo Royal Mall steam packet Clyde, accompanied by his wire aid. tin Apparently tho wholo of tbo Colombian colony In this city went to tho plor to see their minister and IiIb family off, and ror hair an hour beforo the shlr sailed thero was nothing but tears, embraces and kisses on every aide, A French clerk, who brought down a package from a Jowclry store for ono of tho passengers, got mixed up with tho crowd bidding farewell to the departing Colombians, and to his great surprlso waB suddenly seized and kissed on cither cheek by a stout woman murmuring "AdolB, ndols, vaja con DIob." Tbo embarrnsscd Frenchman tried to explain that it waa a mistake when a dark man with whiskers took him from tho stout woman and also budo him farowoll. Arter a Btruggle tho clerk extricated hlrasolfand hurriedly left tho ship after giving his package to tho purser. Fred I lovo you a wholo lot. Tcbb Frank told mo yesterday that ho lovod mo n wholo Iiouho and lot. PHYSICIAN SAID ECZEMA CAME FROM TEETHING "Whon my llttlo girl waB about eight months old, sho waa taken with a very Irritating brenklng out, which camo on her faco, neck and back. When Bho first camo down with It, It camo in llttlo watory-llko fontoro under her eyes, and on her chin, then after a fow days it would dry down In Bculy, white scabs. In tho daytlmo sho was quite worrysomo and would dig and scratch her faco nearly all tho time. "I consulted our physician and found slio waa Buffering from eczema, which ho said camo from her teething. I used the ointment ho gnvo mo and without any relief at all. Then I wrote for a book on Cutlcura, and pur chased some Cutlcura Soap and Oint ment nt tho drug store. I did as I found directions in tho Cutlcura Book let, and when Bho waB ono year old, sho waB entirely cured. Now slto la three years and four months, and she has never been troubled with eczema slnco alio wua cured by tho Cutl cura Soap and Cutlcura' Ointment. (Signed) Mrs. Freeman Cravcr, 311 Lewis St., Syracuse, N. Y., May G, 1911. Although Cutlcura Soap and Ointment aro sold ovorywhoro, a sam plo of each, with 32-pago book, will bo mailed free on application to "Cutl cura," Dept. 2 K, Boston. Proper Treatment. "I havo a terrlblo cold," ho com- plained. "My head fcelB all Btoppcd up." "Havo you tried a vacuum clean er?" sho queried Bwcotly. Judgo. True Philosophy. To havo what wo want Is riches, but to bo nble to do without 1b pownr. Gcorgo Mncdonnld. A woman Isn't- scir-mado Just bo- causo alio makes her own complexion. LewU' Simile Hinder, the famous itraiaht Bo eiiwr unmial nalo 11,000,000. Sooner pr later most of us get what wo dosorvo. Not Feeling Well? 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