THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Til lASPA Y, MAY 2.), 1001
V
ILLUSIONS OF THE TRACK
Ixperitoeet that Curl tht Hair of Lcco
rattir Enjinien.
CASE OF A PIG AND A RED SHIRT
Ilarmlmn Object tlinl Simulate
1'rrlM of the Itnll Iniira, the
I'lianltim I'Imkihuii mid
thr Ae.
I wonder what wo the llrst, Instantane
ous sensation of that Cnnartlnn etiKlncer
who ran ilown Jumbo In the Iok. I'robably
no engineer ever had a stranger shock, but
shocks, strange and otherwise, aru the por
tlon of every man wlio stands at a loco
motive throttle, lie must net used to them
and stand them tin best he can or find
lornn occupation with less nervous strain
to It. Most of them In the business net
hardened to the unexpected, which Is ul
ways happening on the rails.
Ono of the worst starts I ever hud was
due to a large, lazy plf? who had got on my
mind, Nothing will slide a train more
easily and destructively from the rails than
live. pork. This particular specimen had a
habit of burrowing alongside the track and
It was a fair presumption that. sooner or
later ho would And something to Interest
him between the ralla and somebody would
go "down the bank."
I was coming down thu hill ono day nt
high speed, and craning my neck for a
comforting sight of piggy In his accus
tomed place, when, as I popped around
tho curve, a bright red (lag assaulted my
anxious gnse. The connection between
that flag and the pig was only a bit of
mental aberration on my part, but It was
very vivid. I shut off rind grabbed the
whistle cord, but before I could even
creech for brakes I saw that the ting was
only n red flannel shirt, which tho good
woman of the shanty to which tho pig
belonged had hung on an Improvised
clothesline between thu telegraph poles.
That may not sound llkp much of a ncarc,
but It represents a type that turns the
railroad man's hair to a delicate ash color.
Amended Itulm.
Railroad men have supplemented the
rules with additions of their own. for tho
akn of convenience and to expedite the
work. When a man Is sent out to Hag he
gets Instructions. Perhaps he Is told to
let all regular trains pass, but to hold
everything else: then ho understands that
his conductor will have his train In the
siding when those trains arrive.
A freight train had occasion to cross to
tho other track, but there wasn't time to
cross ahead of the limited. A' man was
sent ahead with orders to let tho limited
by and hold everything else until ho should
be called In, 1 was llrcmau on tho limited
that night, nnd the place I write of was
In the middle of a twenty-mile run, where
the engineer made a practice of "kctchln'
up" any little time previously lost.
I heard a sudden exclamation na George,
my engineer, shut off and snapped oi) tho
air. 1 stepped to tho gangway and caught
a glimpse of a fellow waving a red light
frantically na ,,wo flow. by, In another In
stant we rounded tho curve nnd there was
a headlight, right In our face nnd eyea.
George "horsed 'er over'1 nnd I thought he
would auroly pull the -sand lever out by the
roots, but In splto of nil that headlight
came up on us like n cornel, Of course, we
thought tho other fellow was crossed over
on our track or ie wouldn't have flagged
us; It didn't make any difference that ho
had no right to be there, there he whs.
George, yelled for me lo "git off,"bH a
fled me. with my chances where 1 was.
A moment later we rolled past the engine
and half the train which was on Its own
track. The freight conductor climbed up
on our engine nnd asked tJcorgc If that
blanked fool had nagged him. George spilt
tered and stammered with nervousness be
fore he found his tongue, but when he did
that conductor heard something that was
well worth listening to. Such n salvo of
verbal pyrotechnics George expressing
himself about the conductor and ho about
the flagman one hears but once In n life
time,
lliirntlr Scnrc.
A newly located watchman's shanty-
looking exactly like the end of a boxcur
set my scalp to tingling one. night. There
had never been anything there hut the
river before and when the headlight glared
on that very substantial structure I was
sure my call had arrived, Another time a
toolbox In a tunnel, partly covered with
overclothes and a coll of rope, smarted me
for the step, under the Impression that It
wan a rock fallen from the roof. Hut
these are mere, harmless senrcs which help
to keep one awake. The engluo gets by
them before you get off and you are back
In your seat again, breathing "anathema
maranatha" against the thoughtless Idiot
who was the causa of It all. Then there
re the other kind.
I 'was poking up a long hill one night
when a red light suddenly showed up, fol.
lowed at once by another, Indicating that
the caboose of the preceding train wa Just
ahead and I waB coming up to It with as
tonlshlng rapidity. 1 yelled to my fireman
to Jump nnd we had barely landed In the
ditch when six inrs and the cnlmoso of tho
train ahead climbed all over our engine.
The train had broken In two nnd this was
the rear section that had trundled down
the hill on top of us.
Are llnllronfl Men Superstitious f
Frequently I hnve been asked If railroad
men nre superstitious. I think not, though
thty might be pardoned If they were,
One night, nftcr tho meeting, Fred .lones
naked, with fairly well assumed Indlffor
ence, If "any o' you fellers" had seen a
mysterious flagman at night near, the eld
atone house, this side of "Ollendorf's Fill."
Two or three of the men looked around
quick nnd sharp, as though the question
reminded them of something, but nobody
admitted that ho had,
"Darn funny," said Fred, pining away
nt his cigar lke a "mog" on a grade, "I've
seen 'lm twice, 'n dnnged if c'n make It
out."
In responso to careful pumping Jonesey
told me that on two occasions, on the night
trip, a fellow hnd sprung out from behind
the ruins of tho old stone house nnd
flagged him not with a lamp, although It
was night time, but with n flag. Ho
stopped both times, but no man was to be
found, nor was thern any occuslon for
flagging, On the second occasion his con
ductor hinted with railroad frankness that
Jonesey was "dopey," so Jonesey said ho
would disregard the fellow's signal if he
ever snw him again. As to details, he te
membered only that both nights wcro bril
liantly moonlit nnd that a good breeze
whs blowing.
About two mouths later, along In the fall,
after a heavy rain, Jonesey ran Into a bad
rock-slide a qirarter of n mile beyond tho
old stone house. Ills fireman was killed,
hut he escaped with a sprained ankle. He
came hobbling up to me a day or two
later as I was oiling 'round and paid
"Wnl, I done It,"
"Done what?"
"Run by that stone house flagman t was
tellln' ye nbout; wonder If they'll think
I'm dopey now?"
He went on to tell me that the snmo
fellow flagged him the night of the accl
lent, but. with his good name In mind, he
dropped her down n notch, breathed de
fiance at the tpook through hi teeth and
STIRRED BV FIGHTING AT LEXINGTON
The MecUlenbnrn Outburst for Free
dom Set the I'nec for .orthrrn
Colunlrs I.okhI llolldny In
rth (,'nrolliin.
That there whs a prior Declaration of In
ierxmlenco to that of July t, 1776, will be
surprising Information to the general mass
of people In the United Slates and else
where. It Is certainly a record not In
cluded In text books or standard American
day of great celebration, with parades,
meetings and patriotic speeches.
Tho history of the Charlotte or Mer.
leuburg Declaration of Independence fis ac-
went through the cut "till on end," only ANTF)ATfS FM'ttTII OF 111! Y
to pile up on the slide a moment later. nil 1 Litfrt 1 LO LULU III Ml JUL I
Too Much Moon, ,
One night, a long time after that, I was'
killing time on a clearance. The moon wasl GiUbratiQ; tt First Declaration of Indi-
anoui run, pretty wei town in mo wesi.i t
and there was n. stiff hreeze from the I pnd.BC4 in America.
same quarter. I remembered Jonejey's
flngman and decided he would never have
a better chance to get caught. I shut off
nnd let her roll on approaching the stone
house. Waving shadows on the track, cast
by trees nnd bushes on the bank above,
suggested a possible solution of the mys
tery. I kept my eyes fastened religiously
on the spot Jonsey had described and
preiently saw there was something there.
Gradually the thing look form, until, when
within a train length, I could have sworn
that a man was In front of mo waving a
ling. 1 put on brakes, slowed right down
nnd gave an answering "toot-toot," but
he paid no attention. Then 1 crawled out
on tho run-board and looked at the moon,
which wns Just visible above the bank nt
my right. As tho moon, myself and the
man came Into lino ho became blurred and
Indistinct and I observed that a small pine
tree on the bank was nlso coming Into line
with us. When the line was complete the
flagman spread out and lost form,
Next time 1 saw Jonesey I told him about
It nnd he exclaimed;
"Well, I'll be darned!"
On his next day off Jonesey dead-headed
to the station near the stone house and
tramped tour miles with au axe. The
spook flagman never bothered him nor any
one else thereafter.
Mtaiilnenl Confidence.
A ludicrous case of misplaced confidence
In the evidence of his own eyes was that
of Pete Schufcldt, n crabbed, contrury
"lyehlgh Wallcy Dutchman." Tete had en
Joyed n ten days' Involuntary vocation
through belnc "outllcd" by his conductor
nnd crew In regard to an open switch and
ho hungered anil thirsted for revenge.
Coming eat shortly afterward In n denso
fog and carrying white flags they crossed
over nt h water-plug and left some curs on
h siding. They backed on to the train
again and while the fireman took water
Pete got down to oil. Ho found n warm
wedge on tho front driving box on his side
nnd pulled It down a bit. While he was
under her the conductor passed and told
him to call the nag when he was renefy tp
go. Fete got hta tallow pot, gave the
wedge a good dose of cylinder oil, put the
pot on the run-bonrd, finished oiling nnd
climbed Into the cab. He wns In the very
act of reaching for the whistle-cord to
call the flag when he saw what looked like
the target of an open switch right ahead
of tho engine. It was really the staff of
tho white flag, helped out by the tallow
pot, which he had forgotten and left on tho
run-board. Put the heavy fog, aided and
abetted by the simmer of the safety valve
nnd escaping steam from the cylinder
cocks, obscured his vision and distorted his
perspective.
Hero was n chance to get square with
that "Hchinard" conductor. A local wns
following them pretty close and n few mln
utes' delay would "lay her out" and neces
sltnta nu explanation from the conductor
as to how he came to leave that switch
open. Fete sat down comfortably In Us
cab and awaited developments.
When the conductor camn up fuming
Fete told him with flne snrcnsm that If
he was In a hurry he had better close
that gate In front of the engine. During
the Interchange of courtesies which f 1
lowed this shot tho flreman noted the nb
seilce of the tallow pot nnd asked Pele 1
he had had It. The conductor referred In
n scornful manner to Pete's cranial density
nnd told him he couldn't see the switch
from there, nnyhow.
"Ish dot so?" roared Pete, foaming wllh
righteous Indignation. "Better you git you
eyes fixed. Vnt you call dat, hey?" and he
pointed triumphantly nhead. Just ns the
fireman reached up and lifted the tsllow
pot down from the run-board.
Of course, tho supposed open switch tar
get disappeared and Pete has been trying
to explain ever since.
committer before Its assembling, urging a
firm stand.
What the committee hail originally de
cided to do Is not clear, but about this time
there reached the North Cnrollnn copi
munlty the echo of "the shot that was
heard around the world," from the en
gagement at Lexington cn April 10. That
was decisive. The whole assemblage was
stirred to Its depths by the news. The
old account of what occurred says: "The
speakers addressed their discourses to the
spectators as well as to the general com
mittee nnd those who were not convinced
by their runkonlr.g were Influenced by their
feelings and all cried nut:
" 'Let us live Independent' l,et us decltrc
our Independence nnd defend It with our
lives and fortunes.' "
IIIrIi llmoWea.
A committee composed of the men who
hnd planned the whole proceedings was
nppolntcd to draw up resolutions. These
T
exerel'o the s.inu puwers nnd nuthorl!les( which Is now lit the archives of the I ri
ng heretofore, that eery member of this verslty of North Carolina, ha mlmlttedb
delegation slmll henci forth be a civil olP.cer errors In the text and omits the sixth I wo
und exercise the powers of n Justice of tho lutlon. Mr Alexander ndded a certlnVnto
peace, Issue pmcoss, hear mid determine vouching for Its substantial nccuracy, bit
controversies at cording to law, preserve qualifying his statement with tho pro.iso.
pence, union and harmony In the county,1 "That the foregoing statement, though
and use every exertion to spread tho love' fundamentally correct, may not literally
of liberty nnd country until n more general; correspond with the original record of the
and better organized system of government ' transactions of said delegations."
be established.
htmr(p. In Chnrlottc. N. C however, n read:
Declaration of Independence from Great I. Resolved, That whosoever directly, or
Ilrltnln was drown up nnd signed more Indirectly nbots. or In nny way, form or
than a. year before the United States of j manner countenances the Invasion of our
AmeHrn-s first Fourth of July, nnd May ! rights, ns attempted by the Parliament of
20 Is still n legal holiday In the state of I Great Hrltaln, Is nn enemy to his country,
North Carolina, while In Charlotte It Is n : to America, nnd to the rights or men
111 .III lull W iM. V v.
ii naniv,l. That wo. the citizens of
Mecklenburg county do hereby dissolve the
political bonds which have connected us
with the mother country, and absolve our-
Old
MECKLENBURG
Court-House.
VI. Resolved, That n copy of these resolu
tions be transmitted by express to the1
President of the Continental Congress as
sembled In Philadelphia, to be laid before
tlint body.
There was seme discussion nnd ntter
sitting In the court house nil night, neither
sleepy, hungry, nor fntlgued, the delegates
ndopted the resolutions nbout 2 o'clock on
tho morning of .May X and. led hy Abrn
ham Alexander, chairman, appended their
signatures to tho document.
SeiiillitK the .North.
A few days Intel Captain James Jack of
hnrlntta wns dispatched with the account
f the proceedings to tho continental ion-
gress nt Philadelphia. According to the
hnrlotto version the president of congress
returned a polite answer to the address
hlch accompanied the resolutions. In
hlch he highly approved of the measures
dopted by the delegates of Mecklenburg.
but deemed the subject premature to be
laid before congress." At this Identical
me congress was preparing n petition to
the king, which -was signed by every mem
her on July s, 1775. stating in part: 'We
ae not raised nrtnlcs with tho nmbltlo'is
design of separating from Great Hrltaln
nd establishing Independent stntes."
" "c original Mecklenburg Declaration of
ndependeiice Is not now In existence.
That, together with nil rue records of iho
general committee which signed It, v.ns
burned In April, in the llro which
lestroyed tho house of John MrKnltl Alx-
inter, the secretary of the general com
mittee and the custodian of nil ItH recntds.
fter the lire he prepared n copv of tho
Mecklenburg Declaration for his friend,
encrnl William R Davie. This copy,
AUTOGRAPHS
Or THt
iSIGNERS OF THE MECKLENBURG. DECLARATION!
Q7 JAvojh-MtT J a v
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0
Mitt. MAHV CiRF.tiOVICH.
Of riiMliiihiim. Montnnn, Tell How
She Wan Cured of Dandruff.
Mrs. Mary Grcgovlch ot. PhlllpBburg,
Mont., under date of November 26, 1899,
writes: " Ihad typhoid fever this summer,
consequently was losing my hair terribly,
and my head In places was perfectly bald.
Newhro's Hcrplcldo had Just come Into use
In rhlllpbburg and the doctor strongly
recommended It to me. After three or four
applications my hair stopped falling out
and Is coining in again quite thick. I used
to be troubled greatly with dandruff, of
which I om now quite cured." Kill the
dandruff germ with Herptclde,
Dins C'onnrntulntes Iluffnlo,
BUFFALO, May 22. The following tele
gram from Presldont Diaz of Mexico was
received today by Mr. Uuchanan, director
general of the Pan-American exposition:
Permit mo to be one of the first to
present my congratulations through you to
tho worthy peoplo of Uuffalo. nnd Justly to
felicitate them upon their activity In Inau
irirntlnir the first exnnsttlon with which
American civilization salutes tho twentieth
century.
r- Advertising Comment Fables.P
V S "ITS
ccpted by the peoplo of that locality Is as selves from all allegiance to the Hritlbh
follows
In the months of March and April. Ii75,
some of the more energetic men of Meck
lenburg county, North Carolina, held meet
ings to agitate the question of opposing
Parliament's claim to Impose taxes, wllh
out representation nnd regulate tiio
colonies' Internal policy. The sense of
the people being for resistance to
Parliaments policy, Thomas Polk, then
colonel commandant of the county,
was directed to Issue an order calling upon
each captain of the mllttln to call a com
pany meeting, ench company to elect two
delegates to meet In general committee n
May 19, 1775. To these delegates ample
power was given to adopt such meojures
ns they thought necessary to defend the
Crown, abjuring all political connsctlsn
wllh a nation that has wantonly trampU'd
on our rights and liberties and Inhumanly
shed Innocent blood at Lexington and Jon-
cord
III. Resolved, That we do hereby decluro
ourselves a frco and independent peoplo
that we arc, nnd of right ought to uc, a
sovereign und self-governing people under
tho power ot God and the General Con
gress: to the maintenance o." which In
dependence we solemnly pledge to each
other our mutunl co-operation, our lives
our fortunes and our most sacred honor.
IV, Resolved, That wo hereby ordain nnd
adopt as rules of conduct all and each o
our former Inws, and that the Crown of
Great Britain cannot bo considered here
colony's rights, and to mnke common exuse after ns holding any rights, privileges or
with tho people of Massachusetts, already. Immunities nmongst us
aflame with resentment ngnlust the mother' V. Hesolved, That all officers, both civil
country. Various lenders addressed the' nnd mllltnry, In this tount be entitled lo
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blow-, and was much surprised to find that disappointed because my half-Inch ad, pay
one hinw did not drive the nail home, As which I had in your paper ono time, has Use spaco Intelligently. Hemeniber th
ho mndo no headway whatever, he asked rot made any sales, I expected better Irishman who bought number twelve boot
his nelnhbor across the way. who had a tnings rrom your journal." wnen nuruher eight were large enough, bo
Vionutlfnl hmme how h hulll It "Oh 1 na people wuo expvci me single uiotr- cause ne wunieu mosi lor ins money.
km the neighbor. "1 lust kent hammering lon of Ir ul will cause the public to Some advertisers think the way to get
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Once upon a time there was a great war it g the "single Insertion" peoplo who It Is a mistake. The printer has no
and one of tho generals directed his gunner are always sure that advertising doesn't chance to make any display, it must all be
to fire a shot at a big fort. Ho was much pay. Sometimes I feel that It would be set Bolld in bmall type to get in, and half
surprised that the fort did not tumble down wise to refuse all such business, the effect Is lost
at once, nnd asked anotner general, wno what seems strange to mo, is the fact when writing your ad think about th
had mado nimseir laraous uy tearing uovu inai me successes oi inc regular auveruscrs buyer and what will Influence him. Many
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pat down to a well nilcil table. After eat-
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murh surprised ,hnt her hnnncr was not '"i If?1 l " V L. 'C UJ." ! come to him In the purchase of wha
satlsned She complained to "the lord of SrsTbouT his goodsTor JZyZ '
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food, saying It would not satisfy hunger. Itemeraber nil! Nye s story about th
She was asked how much she had eaten. .... ,,- m ,(m ,. wan who charged him 2 for a plo at a rail
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ger?" asked the host. "The way I satisfy TOll8t know It-hcnce, etc. but h0 was c"oug t0 know why such an
my hunger Is this, I keep on eating until Well, the way to let them know it Is to .... " i-ieman iiinnniy
I am niled,"
select some good Journal like this one,with
a circulation so big It does not have to
exclaimed that It was because bo neede
the money.
I have put these fables here for th. pur- " about raako a '" Whatever reful always In your dv.rtlBlnc
nt HhoKinr the fnniiihnena nf P you ran ug0 to ndvantago In a year, ,0 Kte some better reason than that, aa
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Do as reasonable about your advertising mamng prominent your dcslro In that dl
as you are about other things. rection.
"Ono step don't take you very far. When you have once commenced to nd
you've got to keep an going,' and one ad vcrtlse never stop until you go out of the
f
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disagree with them
The man who thought he could drive a
nail home with one blow has a brother in
business, who became very Indignant at
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senmuon ueciwoe ne sai.i i ciaimro mis (t cannot accompllsh impossibilities. work to any better advantage In advertising
paper was a good advertising medium, nnd ne reasonable, be patient, be Just. "Keep than It docs In any other line of business
once he put an ad In for a single insertion hammering away," and you will purely "go, but It seems to take some good people for-'
and did not sell a thing. there." ever and a day after to get this fact into
me womnu woo wu su eurpnscu oo- fsow, as n is ne mucn my interest us their nead.
I'oetlcnl Criticism.
That there were those In North Carolina
who did not sympathize with tho work of
the convention Is attested by n ctiilous
poem In the Mecklenburg Censor, which
wns printed nbout that timet
"When Mecklenburg's fnntnstli rabble,
"Renowned for censure, scold nnd gnbblo,
"In Charlotte met In giddy council,
"To lay the Constitution's ground-sill,
"By choosing men both teamed nnd wise,
"Who clearly could with half closed eyes,
"See mill stones through a spy or plot,
"Whether existed such or not;
"Who always could nt noon define,
"Whether the sun or moon did shine,
"And hy philosophy tell whether.
' It waa dark or sunny weather;
"And sometimes when their wits were nice.
"Could well distinguish men from mice.
"First to withdraw from Hrltlsh trust,
"In Congress they the very flrat.
"Their Independent! did deelnre."
When the royal governor of North Caro
lina heard of the resolutions ndopted May
2i 1775. h" .iddresscd. the executive council
upon "tho lale most treasonable publica
tion by u committee In the county of
Mecklenburg, explicitly renouncing obedl
enco to his mnjestys government, nnd nil
lawful authority whatsoever." Klvr days
after this nddress the governor wroto to
Karl Dartmouth: "The Itesolves of the
Committee of M'ckleiiturg. urpani
nil the horrid nnd treasonable publications
that tho Inflammatory spirit of this coun
try hns yet produced."
Although the original document Is Umt,
there Is abundance of proof of Its formula
tion nnd adoption In personal statements
nnd writing preserved from the early
years of the nineteenth century.
tit vivr i i:riHf.H or urn.
Near Itridgeport, Conn , a trio of men
named England, Ireland and Scotlnnd run a
drapery ktore. They all come from the
north of the Tweed, hut met ns entlie
strangers in America. Kngland's parents
emigrated to Connecticut twenty years ng ,
but Scotland nnd Ireland nre recent ar
rivals. Scot land is married lo one of Kng
land's sisters and there Is n hoy of tho
union, nnd Ireland Is engaged to another
sister. The boy Is named nfter his uncle
and prospective uncleIreland Kngland
Scotland.
Kva Ilarlholoiiiew of Now Haven, Conn.,
wns glen Just J1.W0 damages In her suit
against Charles I) Parnielee. who Jumped
out of the bushes, yeled "booh," and
frightened her so that she wll bo practi
cally speechless for life. The end of tho
famous "booh" rase came on tho "th Inst ,
when tho decision of the Judge wns an
nounced, Miss Harthnloiucw says she Is
Incapacitated for school teaching as n re
sult of PnrnielecN practical Joke.
Some years ago an old woman of Adams
county, Illinois, was deprived of her farm
by her son-in-law nnd wns obliged to go to
the poorliouse. Sho died recently nnd her
son ha had the following epitaph engraved
on her tombstone:
Robbed of all her earthly posses
sions; Hy one who mndo such grent pro
fessions; He's worse thnn a rascal, thief or
nnvr,
He sent my poor mother to n pau
per's grave.
In that grand mom when the trum
pet shnll Found,
My mother will rise from this pau
per grave:
Her robes shall ho whlto, without
spot or shade;
Hut whero Is S. C? Not far from
hades.
Conk's Imperial Kxtra Dry Champagne Is
tho wlno for Americans. Its purity and
bouquet commends it to them.
UBS
A Household Treasure
Mllleritown, Ohio, July 2, 1900.
Wine of Cardul hat been a household treasure wllh ui. When I married Mrs. Snapp my
friends ridiculed me and atked mc why I married a dead person. They said she would not
live until fell. She then weighed less than 100 pounds. Now she welths US pounds. She
has three boys, the last weighing 9 pounds at birth and the other two 10 pounds each.
That was her exclusive medicine and I am so well pleased wllh what It has done for her.
We arc willing to do you all the good we can for suffering humanity. W. II. SNAPP.
Mrs. Snapp has health and children, instead of waiting a slow death amid
the gloom of a barren home. Instead of her own cry of pain breaking the
silence of a darkened sick room, the prattle of her three children let sunshine
into her heart. No wonder her husband writes of Wine of Cardul as a "house
hold treasure". The Snapp family owe to Wine of Cardui all in life worth living
for. A healthy mother Is the foundation of a happy home. For fifty years
W1NE CARDUI
has made happy mothers of sick and emaciated women. Thousands of women have written grateful
letters with the same joyful ring as this letter from Ohio. The letters tell of freedom from those
dragging monthly pains and of complete cures of the worst cases of falling of the womb, "whites"
and the terrible headaches and backaches that follow menstrual disorders. They show that suffering
the pangs of female ills is unnecessary when Wine of Cardul can be secured. Why do you suffer when
such testimony is placed before you ? Druggists sell $1.00 bottles.
For adrice and llt.r.tnre, addrtii, gilng ymptoaat.'Th Ladles' Adrlaorr
Department," The Cb.ttanoogsv Medietas Company, Chattanooga, Taa.
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