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.trtStWswfl -.-0C3f4 FOR' THIRTY YEARS Congressman Meekison Suffered With Catarrh Read His Endorsement of Pe-ru-na. F7jk0wlAwti (wwyvf -ryvifip5 31 . , M t CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON, OF OHIO. f0 . -- - Hon. DnVld Moclilcoii h"wcll known, not oily in his own Stato but throughout America. Ho Ikmthh his political cuiwf by ncrviiiff four cnuttccutlvo tonus iih Mayor of the town In width bo lives,' during which timu ho bi-eamo widely known tin this founder of tho Mceklnon li.ndc of Napoleon, Ohio. Ho whs ulootod to tho Fifty-fifth Congress by it very largo liuijorlty, uud is tho iicknowlodged leader of hla party in his bcctinu of tho State. Only oiio iltiw marred llio olhonvUo complete success of this rising statesman. Catarrh with Its Insidious uiro.ieh ami tenacious grasp, was his only uncoil iuured foo. For thirty years ho wngod unsuccessful warfare nguhmt this porsonul enemv At last Pcruiiti came to tho rescue, and ho dictated tlfo following letter to Dr. ilurtimui an tho(rosult. have used several bottles of thereby from my catarrh oFthc head. I feci encouraged to believe that If I use It a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease of thirty years' standing.'" David Aiccklson, ex-member of Congress. THIS season of catching eold is iiimii us. Tho cough and tho sneeze and it.ii,il twang tiro to bo heard on every baud. Tho origin of ch runic vutuiTh, tho most eo minor, and dreadful of discuses, Is "a cold. This Is tho way tho chronic catarrh pen orally begins. A person catches cold, which bangs on longer than usual. Tho cold generally start- i.i tho head and throat. Thou follows .unritlvenes.; of the nit passages which btulltia ono to catch cold very easily. At last tho lerson has a cold all the wlillo seeitilugly, more or less dlschsirgo from the nose, hawking, spit ting, frequent clearing of tho throat, nos trils stopped up, full feeling in tho head and soro. inflamed throat. Tho best t'moto treat catarrh l at tha very beginning. AJxiltloof Pcruiui prop erly used hover fails to euro it common cold, thus proveutlug chronic catarrh. Whllo many people havo licen curctl of chrould catarrh by iv single bottlo of I'cruua, yet, ns a rtue. wno't mo ctwrrit becomes thoroughly 'fixed, ilioro than ono hottlo is noecssury to completo it euro. Porium litis cured rases Innumerable of catarrh Of twenty years' standing. K is tho bast, if not tho only iutcrnul remedy for chronic catarrh In ovisteucc. But prevention is far better than cure. Kvery person subject to catching cold should tslto Peruna at ouco at tho slight est symptom of cold or soro throat ut this season of tho year ami thus prevent what is ulir-cit certain to end in chronic catarrh The poet is born, but the llnr la enntpolledi'td .acquire- hla nrt. GKEtiUItY SEEDS muse" fully sown ior nearly u ICivoenturjr. Catalogue free. J.;.lt.kr?rr;ARa UrUkst,lt. LESS THAN HALF rates to Indian Territory, Oklahoma and Texas on February 16th, March 1st and 15th. If you contemplate a trip Southwest, don't overlook this. Dou't delay. Write to-day. CEOKGE MORTON. lien. I'w, nut! Ticket Agent, St. Lculs, Mo. CAPSICUM VASELIKE (PITT VV IV COLLM-SIHLK TTHKS) A substitute for and superior to in U5 laid or any otter plaster, and will not bliM't ttia most delicate bUn. The pain-allaying anil curative qualities of this article aie wonderful. It will stop tlio toothache at once, and rrlinn lieail at lie anil kcmlica. We recommend it at the test and safest citernal lountrr trrllant Known, at'o n as an eiterna' re incur ior ruins in tna cnest Q and stomach and all rheumatic, liemalfia and 1 gouty comtnainu. A trial win ron iat ne claim for it. and it will bo found tobeintalu ahlo in tho household. Many people say ' it is (be) best ot all your preparations." I'rire 1A cents, it all diucgists or other dealer, or by sendme tins amount to us In postage stamps ne will send j ouo luho brmail. No article s.ionld be accopied by the public unless III tamo r ! nnr Inlial ak nliifiiuiua t la nnl r- nn niiis n vail vmi lavi) afviMtinisv ilia tiu a lUUUic, I CHESntlKOUOII Airu. CO.. 1 17 State Street, New Voai Citt, assnoasssan PORTRAIT AGENTS Dral Direct with Uanutacturers and Bave Money Ouricuuds the test Prices (he low.t. rroiupt 'lilp menu. Dcltreryof all nrtraltsi;uaiaulrHl. Hezanl siipieaaDdrlU Irtt K.-ud formtaliurue ddre ADAM J, KRO L-CO., n En Eulldln;. Ctucacs. BEGGS1 CHERRY COUGH SYRUP cures coughs ana colds. zmzm Per una and I feel sreattv benefited Mrs. A. Sncdcker, Cartersvlllo Ga. writes: "I saw that your catarrh remedy, Po ruua, was doing others so much good, 'tlint 1 tlinuglit I would try It and sec what it would do for mo. My casii Is nn old ono and I havo none of tho aocto symj loins n o w , because I havo had tho disease so long that I had iidiio of thu aches and pains, but a general rundown condition of tho whole body soro note and throat and stomach. I had a irood aniio- Mra. A. Sncdcker. tlto but my food did not nourish my sys tem. 1 had como down from MO to about 5iK)uuds in weight. 1 now feel that I am well of all my troubles." Mrs. A.Sedekcr. Scad for freo liook on catarrh, entitled 'Winter Catarrh,"!) by Dr. Hartman. "Health and Beauty scut free to women only. If you do not derlvo prompt and satisfac tory rosults from tho uso of Peruna. write at nnco to Dr. Hartman, giving a full state ment of your easo and ho will bo pleased to give you ills valuablo advlco gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hurtmun Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Fortune never helps the man whose courage falls. Sophocles. Money refunded for each packago of PUTNAM FADELESS DYES if unsat isfactory. It is not hard to dotect tho man who is not elated by position. WInnIcStlck lausdhy iilui: . Wca't spill, break, freeze nor sjiot clothes. I Costs 10 cents and equals 'JO cents woi th of ' any other bluing. Ii your grocer does not steep u senti ue ior sampio to i ne i.aumir Blue Co., 14 Michigan Street, Chicago. The world suspects Hint a man Is in love before bo known It liimsolf. Stops tho Cough nml Workn orr tlto coit t nm Laxatlvo llromo Quiu'no Tablets. rrieoMc. Tho world is a comedy of those who think a tragedy to those who feel. Poverty and pleasuio nto not posed to go hund-ln-hnnd. dis- YEt.LOW cmtiii:h AUK rNSiailTI.T. Keep them white with Hedross Uotl Uluo. All grocers boll lurgo a 02. package, 5 ceuta. in the Held of destiny wo reap what two have bown. Whlttler. rmBlSTQIUUiY 131NIOEIC .SIBAIGIII.CIGAR always reliable Your jouber or ulrect irutu lactory, 1'eorla, 111. W. N. U., Omaha. No. 81904 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. KSHdM4&3il!X22liMS Lnl I.I MfS WHtKt .111 llSh LA IS. 33 12-1 Uest CouKh Siruu. 'fastta Good. Vf ivi in ttnio. Sola by drumrlsta. Jfe ! CITC pertnanently cured. No fits or nerrcasness after r 1 1 w lint day's um of Dr. Kline's (treat Nerve Itrstor or. hend for Kit K IS 3.0l trial bottl and trvallM. l)a. 1U U. Kuse, Ltd., (Ut Arch street, I'hlladclphla, V W wtVIWoMMlWw ffotwSlf&flft0Ktfy-&tyfl THE GREAT VIRGINIA The eighteenth century history of our country groups Itself nbout ouo ! central figure. Wo never escape from the presence of the great Virginian, and yet it was 11 time rich in human luodtict. It Is not easy to comprehend the causes which produced this amaz ing frultago of ability. Among the men who caused and car ried the Revolution wore many wi-o In brilliant qualities far surpassed (icorgc Washington. Seen through the mist of years, tlioy rise In our imagination and pcerf fjivujuM? Hbovic"ttn' ra.r''irgin In's sturdy Uguro, as In tho church at Innsbruck M10 bronze statues of friends and ullles surround tho tomb where the great Kaiser, Maximilian, kneels In prayer. Among these ninkers of an empire were great orators, and Washington wns none; grave jurists, and he had little learning. There, too, wer statesmen of moro original intellect ,than was ever his. Generals there were who had been better liad ho been free to choose. But, by the grace of 'God, and some strange skill of nature, this Imperial man was the master of them all, and used them, ns he used .himself, with but ono ambition how best to serve the land he loved. What was there in the man which .still makes him stand for us- a larger human figure than Hamilton, or John Adams, or Jefferson. In some ways jtho difference seems clear. His unself ishness was without a Haw. His senso of duty was like a religion. He had in perfection both moral and physical icourage; lie who is without fear is rarely without hope, and it may have 'been this which gavo him such unfalt- 'ering hopefulness ns seemed to have the forco of inspiration, tho self-sus- talning power of prophetic Insight. No doubt other men also possessed these characteristics, but none had them In so high n degree. This does help us to comprehend him, but does not ade quately dcscrlbo a great historic per sonage who has become for us today no moro than a splendid lay figure. And yet we know of him all that wo need to know; nlmost to much, indeed, when tho inquisitive spirit of the re porter Intrusivo In history gives us details which are common to many men and do not help us to understand the ono man. His slow, sure mind, his heroic pa tience, his strong passions, his splon did physical manhood, nowhere, on any page, express themselves In terms of ljfe. Is this because tho lives of tho greatest always leave something of the causes of greatness unreveaied? It nay be so. Or is this stately flguro still waiting for tho revealing biog rapher who will give us such a life like presentment as Carlylo has left of Frederick and of Cromwell? It vould seom to be easy, for what lire reports Itself more simply! What more rich in interest and In incident! What personality was over more clearly built up by efforts which raise, stono on Etone, tho masonry of character! Its value to tho thoughtful lies less in the attained soronlty of tho statuesque Washington, present to tho common n'ir.d, than in a correct apprehension if the process by which the crude Vir ginia boy grew into the maturity of the official years of our first president. There rises before me, as I write, the flguro of tho half educated, over orit.us, country bred lad. Forced to Stuart's Famous Painting of the Great Patriot. depend on his own exertions, he learns to survey land and accepts dally wages a thing not fancied by the Vir ginia gentleman of that day. We see li 1 m nt tho camp Arcs of tho trader and the Indlnn, and in the stillness of the Ohio forests, plotting surveys and measuring trees. At nineteen lie is sent as envoy to tho aggressive French on the frontier; next, as a militia ma jor, he strikes the first blow In the Seven Years' Wnr, little thinking what it was to bring forth, and what to tench. At the ar,o of l.rcr.ty-thrae be comes out of tho defeat with Braddock. ono of the few who won praise and honor. The long border struggle which followed Is a record of exasperating struggles with ignorant governors, in efficient legislators, drunken militia and untrained officers. We come next to the fox hunting squire, the accom plished farmer, a master of slaves, still longing for war the profession of arms. Did he dream that he should see too much of it, and would some day write that ho hoped for a great republic of mankind, where tho growth of commerce would become tho most certain peacemaker and all war would be at an end? At forty-four he was in command at Cambridge, last of all, he Is twice President. Then come two happy years at Mount Vernon, and on a December night tho tired man finds in death that which earth denied the peace which is past understand ing. Jiy purpose today is to speak to you of Washington as I find him In his written words, where most ho seems to be alive. I want you to share with me what I got out of months of pa tient study of Mr. Ford's collection of his letters. These are in fourteen volumes eight thousand pages in all. He was tho most productive of American writ ers. There arc three thousand docu ments, some two thousand entirely from his own hand. Mr. Ford tells me that, In all, this untiring man has left tis about ten thousand letters. None are mere notes, and the letter of tlint day was no trifle. Tho handwriting demands a word of comment. How clear it is! How steadily tho same, with never a sign 01 haste! I have seen tho letter ho wroto to announce Arnold's treason. It betrnypJno sign of tho emotion that nwful 'liour must have caused an hour" which, informed with tho sad loneliness of tho great, wrung from this tranquil soldier, "Who is there now I can trust?" Liko most great rulers. George Washington was a silent man. To he callod upon for public speech embar rassed him. He was shy, resorved, undemonstrative, nnd, Do Lauzun says, difildent. John Adams said, "Half his reputation was duo to his talent for sllonce." Well had it been for his critic had ho had that virtue for both tongue and pon. This resorved gen tlomau confessed himself readily to paper. Ho who in talk and diaries said liothlng personal of his views, or of what he seemed to liimsolf to be. in his letters glvos us freely to know wbnt ho thought ho was, morally and mentally. It is an autobiography quito Innocently revealed. "With all his lovo of coremony and his personal dignity a man with whom no one took liberties -It is in- teresting to see, as we have already seen, how humbly and how slmp'y he writes of his defects. He says. "I have no genius lor war." He finds it hard to learn this business warfare and at the same time to practice it. He excuses Sullivan's defeat. "All of us," ho says, "want experience In mov ing moil "upon a large scale: our knowledge of military matters is lim ited." As a critic of war ho was tho first to insist again and again that the com mand of t:fB sea tVas all-iniportarit. What tho British fleet will do puzzles him. but not the plans of his adver saries on land. He predicts Bur goyne's disaster, and tells Greene that such tlefeats as his are victories. We have been told that he was no great general. If, with half-fed, ill clad men, with constant lack of arms and powder, and at last with inertia everywhere and a country in ruins; if, with such means he baffled a foe rich In men, money nnd sea power; if with little ho accomplished all he set out to do, there must at least be a label for this form of greatness. Turning from his liery courage and reckless exposure in war, there aro In these letters many evidences of ten derness and humanity. They aro shown early in life, when ho says that he would readily die in torture to save the frontier people from Indian cruelty. They appear in his extromo unwillingness to make reprisals on innocent men. Ho steadily refused, as he says, "to avenge cruelty by cruel ty." He reproaches a general for such conduct, nnd pleads mercy for the Tories while Sir Henry Clinton is car rying on a savage warfare of murder and rapine. This man had no children. He wa3 the ancestor of a nation. Let no repe tition of his pralso lose for you tho true value of the man. He left to us tho heirs of his renown, a record of unfailing courage, a story of heroic conduct, an example of lifelong duty tho unequalled life of an unequalled day. From an address by Dr. S, Weir Mitchell. The Character of Washington. Notwithstanding his reserve, or tho "shyness" upon which his biogra phers descant, Washington knew men nnd how to rule them. He may havo lacked elements of companionship, but he know how to control the undis ciplined patriotism of tho country and mold to his will the rather un promising material of which tho patri ot army was composed. There were pet ty jealousies to allay In the army and In Congress, and a thousand discour agements to surmount. Through it ali ho followod calmly his guiding star of hope. The oarller nulogists defied him; tho colder and more philosophi cal analysts who succoeded them found human traits in him. Mr. Halo says ho was a man of hot passions, of strong impulses, of vigorous deter mination: "a man who forecast tho future, kept It in sight, and meant to havo his own way; and he was a man who had his own way very re maikably." AH this is very dolightful to know. It brings Washington Into kinship with humanity. This is a hero who may bo understood, in part, at least, by Americans of the most distant aco. A Professional Nurse Telto Her Ex perience With Doan's Kidney Pills. 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After using ono box 1 was better, and havo over blnce been on the gnln. I havo no backache and no crampa now and I feel llko a now person. My nerves aro better and I know my blood la purer. Words cannot express my thanks to you for what Doan's Kidney Pills have done for mo. In my work as professional nurse 1 havo a chance to recommend them; and they did mo so much good that I will do so on every possible occasion. HATTII2 BItlGHAM, Nurse. Doan's Kidney' Pills are sold nt 50 cents per box. Address Fostcr Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for a freo trial box. It is better to collect your thoughts than to borrow other people's. To a woman there comes a when she fails to recall tho past time A Golfer's Maiden Speech. Representative "Nick" Longworth of Ohio, the amateur golf champion of Hamilton county, made his maiden speech in congress tho other day. Fred Ireland, one of tho official sten ographers and liimsolf a golflac, re ported the speech. He began his notes as follows: "Representative Long worth teed up his first oratorical ball today nnd made n pretty drive for 180 yards. He snt in trouble ia tho long grass with his metaphorical iron on the second shot, but came out brave ly with a poetical approach and holed down in five with a peroration that gave him bogy.' Dispensed With Useless Eating Tools. Governor Van Sant, of Minnesota, is visiting Washington, The governor was a burly and breezy steamboat captain on tho Mississippi and is called "captain" to this day. Every timo ho goes to the capital they tell tho story of his first dinner at tho Whlto House. When ho sat down at the table be found several spyonr.. several forks and several knives in front of him. The governor inspected tho cutlery carefully. Then he choso ono knife, one fork and ono sihooii, brushed the rest aside and allowed he would eat his dinner with the selec tions ho had made. SURE The Robust Physique Can Stand More Coffee Than a Weak One. A young Virginian says: "Having a naturally robust constitution far abovo tho average and not having a nervous temperament, my system was able to resist the inroads upon it by the uso of coffee for somo years but finally the strain began to tell. "For ten years I have been employ ed as telegraph operator and type writer by a railroad in this section and until two years ago I had used cof feo continually from tho time I was eight years old, nearly 20 years. "The work of operating tho tele graph key is a great strain upon tho nerves and after tho day's work was over I would feel nervous, irritable, run down and toward the last suffer ed greatly from insomnia and neu ralgia. As I never Indulged in Intoxi cating liquors, drugs or tobacco in any form I came to the conclusion that coffee and tea wero causing tho gradual break-down of my nervous system and having read an article in the Medical Magazine on tho composi tion of coffee and its toxic effect upon the system, I was fully convinced that coffee was the cause of my trouble. "Seeing Postum spoken of ns not having any of the deteriorating ef fects of coffee I decided to give up tho stimulant nnd give Postum a trial. Tho result was agreeably surprising. After a time my nerves became wonderfully strong, I can do all my work at the telegraph key and typewriter with far greater case than ever before. My weight has incrased 35 pounds, my general health keeping pace with it, and I am a new man and u bettor one." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creok, Mich. There's a reason. Look In each pkg. for the famous I llttlo book, "The Road to Wellvllie." & ' " -rXMSlr-'