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With Uncle Sam's
Some Facto About Army Life
and tho Treatment, Prospects
and Facilities for Education
ef th Men.
It must bo borno in mind, says a
writer, that one essential for lending a
happy life In tho United States army
Is good behavior, and If any volco
from the ranks tells a talo of unneces
sary hardships endured, or othor
grievances, It Is certain to bo merely
tho natural result of bad conduct, and
of leading a lazy and dlssoluto life,
and tho same man would have fared
equally bad In nny other wnlk of life,
or that ho Is Inexperienced and docs
not know how to care for himself or
falls to attend to the directions re
ceived. Tho army Is necessarily governed
by Intelligent regulations, and strict
obedience Is required of all, for with
out this nothing could bo done, nnd
what is now viewed by tho world ns a
mngnillcent fighting force would be
come of no more use than an armed
mob.
While tho ordinary citizen may view
with some contempt tho proffer of $13
a month for his dally work, still how
many to-day toiling eight, ten, and
sometimes sixteen hours, arc making
on an average of 560 a month, or an
lncomo of $720 a year? This is what
tho average soldier in the United
States nrmy Is getting today, when
all clothing, medical attention, medi
cines, baths, freo gymnasium, librar
ies, with books of all sorts, magazines,
periodicals, post exchanges exclusive
ly for the soldier's uso where ho may
purchnso at cost such soft drinks and
articles as -may bo deemed necessary
for his comfort, nnd where may bo
found billiard and pool tables and a
good supply of games, such as chcs3,
checkers, dominoes and cards, enn be
taken Into consideration.
In addition to this, if tho soldier be
a good tradesman, carpenter, mason,
teamster or nny kind of, workman or a
man with a fair education, or It may
ho mentioned that even when a' man
enlists, If ho is not up to his work, ho
BRACELET EMBLEM OF POWER.
Afterward It Was a Reward of Brav
ery Shown In Battle.
In tho most nncient period of his
tory, tho bracelet was an ensign of
royalty. In later times it has been
used in tho East as a badge of
power.
Tho bracelet of Rebecca (mentioned
' In Genesis) weighed 10 shekels, or
about five ounces.
Among tho ancient Romans tho men
as well as tho women woro bracelets,
but tho latter never woro them till
they wero betrothed.
Bracelets wero at first properly mili
tary ornaments, or rewards, frequent
ly conferred among the ancients, by
generals and princes, on thoso who be
oayed gallantly In fight. They became
afterward arbitrary decorations, as
sumed at pleasure.
"Tho emblems," says Fosbroko. "of
supremo authority among the British
Kings wero golden bands worn around
tho neck, arms and knees. Ornament
ed bracelets of brass havo been found
round tho arms oi skeletons in British
barrows."
Tho northern peoplo used to swear
on their bracelets to render contrncts
moro inviolable. Exchange.
"Firedamp."
"Firedamp" and "afterdamp,"
words brought Into torriblo promlu
onco in many disasters In mines, pre
serve the older English sense of
"damp" vapor, and especially nox
ious vapon Precisely where the word
camo from philology does not know,
but tho earliest existence of its use
quoted by Dr. Hurray's dictionary is
Caxton's (1840) "after tho dragon
shal eomo a goot and thor shal come
out of his nostrel a domp that shal
betoken honger and greto doth of
peple." Bacon is ono of the writers
of his time who speak of the "damps"
of mines. "Damp" gradually camo to
bo applied to vlslblo vapors, such as
evening mists, and the transition to
the sense of moisture Is obvious.
But in "damping down" a furuaco ono
finds a relic of tho very "damp" in
tho sense of "suffocate."
READY WITH HI8 EXCUSE.
Clerk Justified Mean Trick by Scrip
tural Quotation.
A certain tailor of very strict prin
ciples was in the habit of excusing
the faults of his assistants only If
they could justify themselves by
S'fipture. One day a woman entered
his shop and asked to sec some ma
terial, but refused to buy It because
it was too cheap. After showing her
some other goods tho assistant
brought back the same material, this
time asking a higher price, whereupon
tho customer bought it. Afterward,
tho proprietor, who had witnessed the
transaction, reproved his assistant se
verely. Tho latter, remembering the
rules of the establishment, replied,
"Oh, it's according to Scripture all
right. She was n stranger and I took
her in'-xHarper's Weekly.
Made American Rifle Famous. '
The American rifle became famous
all over Europe after the battle of New
Orleans, January 8, 1815, whore, with
tho deadly American weapon In tho
hands of Kcntucklans and Tennessee
ahs tho English lost 2,117 two-third-?
of these killed out, of 6,000 men on
gaged, and the Americans lost six kill
ed and seven wounded. Tho English
wero all shot at from forty to sixty
yards distance. No wonder Welling
ton did not believe the story of Eng
land's awful loss when he heard It.
Regular Soldiers
may, by llttlo application, and by tnk.
ing advantage of tho chances tp in
form himself, soon become a good
scholar or improvo In his trade.
As In tho case first cited ho will
receive In addition to tho regular sol
dior's pay, 35 or 50 cents a day by be
ing detailed for duty In somo of tho
places In which extra duty is paid at
theso rates.
From this it mar hn soon thnt nn
Industrious man can earn from $10
to $15 a month in addition to his pay.
Any money saved can bo deposited in
tho treasury in sums not less than $5
at 4 per cent Interest and cannot bo
forfeited except by desertion, thus
giving tho enlisted man a bank and
a surety for saving, such as no citi
zen In tho United States can boast.
A prlvato soldier with a fair educa
tion, who proves himself, by his con
duct, his duty well done, his emdency,
and nptltude, will always sooner or
later get tho first step upward that
of a corporal, from where, if ho Is am
bitious and shows fitness, ho can bo
suro that his work and talents will
bo noted and rewnrded by further pro
motion. For It may be truly said
that while "wo have no field marshal
in our servlco and wo ennnot literally
repeat Nnpoleon's assertion, that
every soldier carries a marshal's
baton in his knansnek. still tho hlch-
est rank In our nrmy to-day Is held by
a lieutenant general, who was at ono
time a recruit. Ho succeeded a man,
Ueut.-Gen. Yourg, who nlso started
as a private, and- when Gen. Young re
linquished tho highest rank in our
nrmy, ho sent to his successor a pair
of lieutenant general's shoulder straps
with the note: "From Private Young,
12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry,
to Prlvnto Chaffee, Troop K, U. S.
Cavalry," Of course these men en
listed during tho civil war, when mo
tives for enlisting were different,
while thoso who enlist at present with
commissions In view, mostly do so
from love of a soldier's life. To say
that a man loves tho llfo Is simply
saying that ho Is a born soldier, and
his Buccess in tho army is assured.
How Foolscap Got Its Name.
Every one probably has wondered
why a certain slzo paper, familiar to
all who write, is called foolscap. As
early as tho year 1301 water marks
were employed by paper manufactur
ers to distinguish their products,
no grado of paper much In demand
during tho middle ages, resembling
what wo call foolscap and known by
that name, had for its water mark a
fool's head wearing a cap and belld.
Tho mark appeared on this grado of
paper until tho middle of tho seven
teenth century, when tho flgu uf
Britannia was substituted by tho
English manufacturers, and other
marks by other paper makers. No
one has, however, changed tho namo
of the paper, so we havo to this day
the foolscap paper.
The Good Mixer,
"He's a good mixer," or "Ho isn't
a good mixer," aro expressions you
often henr. A "good mixer" is sup
posed to bo a man who can associate
with peoplo and make business. A
poor mixer Is ono who makes friends
slowly, who minds his own business
and Is not much of a rounder. A man
who gives his business close attention
Is tho best "mixer." When peoplo are
In need of a certain article they buy
whero they can get tho best and
cheapest whero conditions suit them.
When peoplo aro buying articles they
need they do not care whether tho
dealer is a "goodfellow' 'or not. Wo
havo nover thought much of tho
"good-mixer" Idea. Atchison Globe.
Cure for Insomnia.
A writer In a medical journal ad
vises peoplo troubled with sleepless
ness to have a list of words, so asso
ciated that each ono suggests tho next
for instance, ice, slippery, smooth,
rough, rufllan, tramp, etc. and when
sleep Is coy to reclto the list mentally.
This Is said to bo an infallible euro for
insomnin, the secret being concentra
tion of the mind on each word so sug
gested by the preceding one, not al
lowing tho attention to lanso for an
instant. Tho plan is certainly a bet
ter ono than counting thoso intermin
able sheep.
Make Fuel from Foliage.
In Paris a company has contracted
with tho municipal authorities for all
the foliage to be derived from tho
trees of tho public squares, gardens,
streets and wodos within tho limits of
the city. These leaves aro to bo com-
pressed under high pressure and will
then bo converted Into a fuel, which,
It Is claimed, will have far creator
calorific capacity than coal or any
otner fuel Known.
Scientist on Hypnotism.
A Boston scientist says that hvn-
notU mean develop only natural in.
stincts and that tho best hypnotist In
the world cannot make a really moral
person do wrong. From experiments
ho has made he believes that 7G per
cent of tho human race. If unre
strained by family pride and other
like considerations, would steal.
When a Pet Dies In China.
When a favorite dog. cat or other
domestic pot belonging to a person
of royal rank dies in China Its sor
rowing owner has its body inclosed in
a coffin of polish oak. elaborately
carved, and burled In tho animal
coraetery behind tho summer palace
at Peking.
Complete Set of Chopin.
Herbert L. Jenks has presented tho
Fitchburg (Mass.) ' library with tho
only complete set of Chopin's compo-
sitlons.
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA BRIEF8.
Valley will havo an agricultural
show September 20 nnd 21.
Soventeon head of cattlo wero
killed on tho Rock Island railroad In
Sarpy county.
Tho city, council of Tecumsoh. has
ordored all dogs muzzled.
Tho reform element of Falls City Is
ranking war on slot machlnos.
A farm laborer slashed his employ
or with a rnzor at Wood Rlvor and
escaped.
Tho gonornl storo of Lnngholst and
Lathmann Brothers at Fontancllo was
destroyed by flro.
Joo Qravos nnd E. M. Harding
woro awarded contracts for building
tho city hall at Humboldt
Roports from northeastern Gago
county aro to tho offoct that pinkeye
has caused tho death of soveral head
of cattlo.
Somcono forced nn cntranco to tho
Dorby saloon In Falls City through tho
front door and robbed tho cash reg
ister of $20 In silver.
Tho proposed Improvements on tho
Masonic homo In Plattsmouth, which
havo been contemplated for somo
time, will bo commenced in tho courso
of tho next few weeks.
Mrs. John Gllmoro was arrostod in
Fremont by tho police. Sho woro
mnlo nttlro and was tramping across
tho country In company with a man
who claims to bo her husband.
Inquiries aro dally being received by
II. WIggonjost with rognrd to tho un
ion meeting of tho brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers which is to bo held
In Lincoln September 28 and 29.
Tho work of laying steel rails bo
tween Lincoln nnd Beatrlco on tho
Union Pacific, which has long boon
delayed, has been resumed. About
100 men nro employed on tho job.
William Cook, tho 19-year-old son
of Mr. nnd Mrs. D. W. Cook of Beat
rice was drowned In tho Blue I rlvor.
He, with sevoral comrades, wero bath
ing when all at onco ho went under.
A representative body of men own
ing land on the Nemaha bottoms mot
at tho court houso in Falls City and
proceeded to organlzo a dratnago dis
trict to reclaim tho land on tho bot
toms from overflow.
I'. J. Butler of Lincoln, a paving la
borer, suffered sevoral broken ribs
and lacerations by falling from a
freight car oh the Missouri Pacific
tracks. Ho struck tho handles of a
wheelbarrow when ho fell.
Brown county is going to havo tho
grandest fair in Its history this fall,
commencing September 27, to last
threo days. A grand premium list
will bo offered of over $1,000 for tho
different .kinds of, stock, gralrf and
vegetables.
Sheriff Page of Flllmoro county
captured Georgo Baker near Nebraska
City and brought him to Geneva rnd
placed him in Jail. Baker Is charged
with sleal'np, few horses and two
buggies. Pago has been on his track
for threo weeks.
Boulder (Colo.) dispatch: While
returning from a picnic excursion to
tho Moat Inkes, Mrs. Emma Cropsby
of Hastings, Neb., was hurt In a run
away accident. With Miss Charlotte
Boylo and Mrs. Walter Chamberlain
Mrs. Cropsoy, was riding in a surrey.
Whilo going down hill tho vehicle,
which lacked a brake, ran onto tho
horses, which ran away and overturn
ed tho surrey over a twenty-one foot
embankment
1'ho oxocutiva committco of tho
Stato Teachers' association held a
meeting at tho Lindoll hotol In Lin
coln, at which plans wero discussed
for tho annual convention of tho as
sociation to bo held In Lincoln noxt
December. Tho following companies
nnd lecturers havo been socurod for
tho program: Georgo Crampton Con
cert company, Dr. Georgo E. Vincent
of Chicago university, Dr. J. B. De
Motto of Chicago, Dr. C. O. White of
Ypsllanti, Mich.
Dr. C. A. McKIm, stato veterinarian,
and Dr. A. T. Peters of Lincoln wero
at Valley to inspect tho progress of
tho experiment being conducted there
with tho horsetail weed. Qno of the
horses Is showing symptoms of pois
oning, while tho other soems to thrive
on tho weed. Thoy visited tho farm
of Grant Burt, who has another sick
horso, and pronounced tho disease
swamp fevor. Mr. Burt has already
lost fivo horses and many others havo
lost horses from the mysterious dis
ease. Henry Wilson, tho colored horse
thief, who was arrested In Omaha
ten days ago, pleaded guilty to tho
charge; preferred against him In a
special term of district court of How
ard county, and was sentenced to
threo years' imprisonment In the
stato penitentiary at hard labor. He
efferert no defense whatever except to
tho statoment of an ox-convict that
ho was a former inmato of tho peni
tentiary, which ho Insisted was un
true. In response to Inquiries by tho
court ho claimed to be a natlvo of Co
lumbus, O.
Ralph Powell, 9-year-old eon of Ex
ciseman Powell of Lincoln, was
drowned ii Salt creek at Roca. The
boy was playing around his father's
mill and accidentally slipped nnd fell
Into tho stream.
Coal contracts for tho winter sup
ply of fuel for tho Kearney and Peru
normal schools woro awarded by tho
stato board of education. MIlos of
Omaha secured tho contract for tho
Peru school on a bid of $2.80 per ton
In tho bin for Novlngor nut coal.
Georgo II. DowJng of Kearney got half
tho Kearney contract on a bid of $3.25
In tho b& for Damforth nut coal.
STATE NEWS
THOUSANDS OF ACRE8 TAKEN.
Many Entries at North Platte Since
August 1.
NORTH PLATTE Slnco August 1
about 00.000 ncrca of land has boon tak
en in this district under tho KInkald
net
Nearly all of these entries woro talc
en by porsons brought hero boforo Au
gust 1C by articles sont to tho Omaha
papors from horo by land locators. All
of theso entries except about 10,000
wero taken by strangoro who did not
see tho lands boforo entry and woro
entered hastily on ropresontatlon of
lnnd locators that thoy would bo gono
unless entered Immediately. A largo
number of porsons wero brought here
by tho ndvertlsomonts, but most of tho
people wont out to look at tho country
nnd of tho number who went out but
twenty entries havo boon mndo. Somo
of thorn havo purchased lands In tho
agricultural districts nnd tho othors
roturnod homo without doing anything.
Slnco August ICthero havo boon on an
avorago of about 2.C00 acrcB takon up
per day, tho number getting less each
day. Quito a number of contosts nro
bolng filed against entries mndo under
tho Kinknld act slnco Juno, 1904fcwhon
tho formor ontry mon havo failed to
comply with tho law. Thoro aro no
farming lnnds opon for ontry In this
district. Thoro is nbout 1,500 acres of
grazing lands that aro still open for
entry. It Is claimed that tho state
ments made that tho cattlemen aro
trying to keep tho settlors out Is un
true
Seward Citizens Indignant.
SEWARD James A. Dowdlmr was
chnrged with abusing tho 13-year-old
daughtor of Charles H. Wullonwaber,
and during tho evening a party of
about thirty citizens took him to tho
edgo of tho city and threatened to hang
him. After thoroughly scnrlng him tho
participants of tho hanging party let
Dowdlng return to tho city under tho
promlso that ho would leavo Soward
tho next morning and remain away per
manently. Stato Treasurer Mortensen has re
ceived word that Sownrd county will
send In a portion of tho $100,000 issuo
of bonds voted to oroct a now court
houso and that later all of tho bonds,
with tho exception of a fow thousand
dollars, will bo sold to tho stato treas
urer. LINCOLN Sault & Assemmachor
of Sbnaca. Knns., wero awarded tho
contract for tho Peru normal school
library building by tho stato board of
education for $20,222. F. C. Phillips &
Co. of Lincoln secured tho heating and
plumbing for $7,300.
AFTER THE LUMBER DEALERS.
Farmer Grain Dealers' Association
Taking a Hand In tho Matter.
LINCOLN Members of tho Farm
ers' Grain Dealers' association aro go
ing to assist In looking up evidence to
show tho oxlstenco of a lumbor trust,
so a grain dealer intimated in Lincoln.
"Beforo theso trust suits aro over,"
said this man, "It will bo discovered
that tho lumber business has been
dono along tho same lines aa tho grain
business. Tho members in tho lumbor
association may not mako any profit
out of being members of tho organiza
tion and may not ovon know how
much profits other mako because of
tho association. Ab a matter of fact
tho members of tho association aro bo
lng worked by an insldo ring that goto
tho big profits while tho small dealer
member is safeguarded against compe
tition. I seo whero tho Omaha deal
ers tako exceptions to tho chargo that
they havo something to do with tho
scalpers. Walt till tho ovldenco Is all
In In tho case which Mr. Godfrey has
started in Lnncastor county and then
seo what tho big dealers havo to say.
t "Tho end of tho lumber dealers' trust
will bo Just Hko the grain dealers. If
the Lancaster man digs up tho ovl
denco ho expects to, then tho attornoy
general will ubo that cvldonco In go
ing after tho trust, and, you mark my
words, ho will get them. I don't know
whether tho farmers as an organization
will tako part In tho suit, but somo of
the members will furnish somo help
and that can bo depended upon."
Number of Cows Poisoned.
PLATTSMOUTH Some of the far
mers In tho western part of tho county
havo recently lost a number of head
of cattlo from tho effects of poison.
A fow days ago J. F. Demtng of South
Bend found two of his cows dead,
ivhllo preparations were being made
to bury them another cow was taken
sick and soon died, with every indica
tion of poison. During tho day anoth
er cow was taken sick In tho Bamo
manner. Tho situation became so se
rious that a veterinary surgeon from
Ashland was sent for and he succeed
ed In saving tho last cow. Tho con
tents of tho stomachs of two cows were
sent to Lincoln for medical examina
tion. Horse Thief Arrested.
BEATRICE Sheriff Trudo received
a telegram from Sheriff Pago of Flll
moro county, stating that G. H. Baker,
who Is wanted hero for steling throo
horses and a buggy, had been arrested
at Nebraska City by him. As Baker Is
wanted at Geneva for stealing a team
several years ago It Is more than like
ly that ho will bo taken to Flllmoro
county first to stand trial. Sherltf
Trudo wont to Lincoln to meet Sheriff
Pago and his prisoner. Baker was
driving ono of tho horses stolen hero.
GOT GOOD INTEREST
ONE CHARITABLE DEED THAT
WA8 WELL REWARDED.
Twenty Dollar "Grub Stake" Advanced
to Man Trying to Reach the Klon
dike Repaid by Diamond Worth
Many Times the Amount Loaned.
Bread cast upon tho waters has re
turned, not a hundredfold, but almost
oqual to that, to Frod W. Bender, a
telegraph oporator for tho Southern
railway.
A loan of $20 which ho mado In 1899
to Howard Thompson In San Fran
cIbco has been repaid so many times
over thnt Mr. Bonder Is not qulto cer
tain just how much ho has.
Tho payment was not In ensh. It
camo last week In tho form of a dia
mond of tho first water, weighing al
most 5 karats, and estimated to bo
worth about $900.
Tho diamond was received from
Dawson City, whero Mr. Thompson Is
mining gold. He has been successful,
and, feeling thnt his success was large
ly duo to tho loan mndo him years
ago, ho returned It flftyfold.
Mr. Bender was In tho Philippines
with tho United Stntcs army for two
yoars, going ovor JuBt ntter tho war
with Spain. Ho returned to tho United
States tho latter part or 1899, with
monoy In his pockot. Ho had drawn
back pay and allowance for clothing
nnd equipment, nnd had several hun
dred dollars.
"I am broke, old man, and am try
ing to got to tho Klondike" said
Thompson, when ho was thrown with
Mr. Bonder during tho few days tho
latter remained In San Francisco. "I
need about $20, and with that I could
got to Scattlo, nnd from thoro I can
work my way un to Dawson or some-
whoro In tho gold country. I can
mako my strlko onco I am up thero,
I know."
"Suro, I can let you have tho twen
ty," said Mr. Bender, who was feeling
good ovor getting back to his homo
country, and who did not caro much
for monoy nnybow. "Hero, tako It
and welcome. I hope you will hit n
big mine, Uko Crlpplo Crook. Wish
I could go with you, but I havo to hit
for homo."
Tho two separated. Mr. Bender enmo
to Louisville, tired of tho nrmy, and
went to work for tho Southern rail
way. Ho had enough of tho Philip
pines and wanted no furthor fighting.
Ho forgot tho loan which ho had
mado and really did not expect to
hear from Thompson again. Tho
yoars passed and nothing wns heard
In any way from tho Klondike. Mr.
Bondor did not know oven whothor
or not ho bar1 reached Dawson City.
Tho other day a package was ro
colved from tho Klondike. Mr. Bon
dor opened it and found insldo a big
diamond, glittering and gllstonlng llko
a ball of flro. It was a beautiful speci
men. With tho diamond camo a lottei
from Thompson. Ho said ho had just
struck a good noylnc vein of ore. nnd
had bought tho stono as a souvenir and
a slight expression of his high appre
ciation of what had been dono for him
by Mr. Bender. St. Louis Post-DIs-patch.
The Need of Foresters.
Tho now profession of forestry Is
to-day chiefly conspicuous for tho slim
ness of its rankB and tho wldo
stretches of opportunity it affords.
Exports nro painfully scarce in com
parison with tho demand for their
services. Tho need may bo compared
with that which came with tho sudden
development of electric lighting, power
and transportation. Every commun
ity wanted to utilize theso, but tho
men who know how to mako thorn
available could only hero and there
bo had. With nlmo'st equal sudden
ness though after long jears of slow
and painful educational prosesses
tho nation, tho states, great Industrial
Intorests dependent on a continuous
supply of lumber and individual own
ers of forest tracts havo sprung to an
appreciation of forestry as necessary
not merely to tho continued growth,
but to tho maintenance of tho posi
tion and wealth already won. St. Paul
Pioneer.
American Ice Cream Habit.
When I was In Now'York tho extra
ordinary amount of Ice cream de
voured by Americans was proved to
ino by the large area devoted In tho
department stores to the sale of this
popular refreshment. "I guess wo
Americans havo cast Iron fixings,"
said ono of them when I expressed my
astonishment at tho way in which
oven elderly men and women took ice
cream at social festivities. Certainly
tho lco cream habit must have some
thing to do with tho indigestion from
which bo many suffer in tho summer.
At all tho parties ono attends in Amer
ica Ice cream is an inevitable item on
tho menu, and it Is consumed In quan
tities which would delight a London
caterer, who charges by the quart.
London Nows.
Remembering.
And ever In the moonlight.
As the trumpet blossom swings.
Comes a tlrao of sweet rememb'rlnEr
Of old, unforgatten things;
Of old, namo carved spreudlng beeches,
Of old. moonlit sandy reaches.
Of half whispered, half thought speeches,
Like a rustle of white wing.
Comes the moonpath on the water
Gliding the seas dread ab)sa;
Comes the lapping of the ripples,
Comes the memory of this;
Thar, through all tho years may measure,
Yet ray lips havo drained the pleasure
Of life's greatest. grandct treasure,
Of first lovo and love's llrst kiss.
When the moon lights up the prairie
Comes life's memories to me,
When the rolling, tho far-reaching
Stirs and ripples like a sea.
Sho may think life's dark and fretting,
As life's, orb grows near It betting.
Crowds tny soul to her forgetting,
Hut forfeiting may not be
Houston Post.
WCTtjWW
SENATOR SULLIVAN
Baya Ho Haa Found Doan'a Kidney
Pllla Invaluable In Trcatlno. Sick
Kidneys.
Hon. Timothy D. Sullivan of New
York, Member of Congress from tha
Eighth Now York District, and ono of
tho Democrntlo lenders of Now York
Stato, strongly recommends Doan'a
Kidney Pills.
Senator Sulli
van writes:
"It Is a pleas
ure to endorse a
romody llko
Doan's Kidney
Pills, having
found them of
greatest vnluo
In eliminating
tho d I a t r o s a
caused by sick
lrtftnava nnA Im
restoring thoso organs to a condition
of health. My experience with your
valuable romedy was equally ns gratl
fylng as that of sevoral of my friends.
Yours truly,
(Slgnod) TIMOTHY D. SULLIVAN.
Fostcr-MUburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For Bnlo by all druggists. Price, CO
cents per box.
Somo men try to keep tho faith by
kooplng tho faithful In a plcklo.
I do not bcllcvo I'lso'e Curo for Consumption
has an equal for couRh nnd colds. Jouv P.
DoYEit, Trinity Springs, Init.Feb. 15. 1900.
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Onco men fought for abstractions,
now thoy light for subtractions.
YELLOW CRU8T ON BABY
Would Crack Open and Scab Causing
Terrible Itching Cured by
Cutlcura,
"Our baby had a yellow crust on his
hoad which I could not koep away.
Whon I thought I had succeeded In
getting his head clear, It would start
again by tho crown of his head, crack
and scalo, nnd causo torriblo itching.
I then got Cutlcura Soap and Oint
ment, washing ho scalp with tho soap
and then applying tho Ointment A
fow treatments mado a completo curo.
I havo advised a number of mothers
to uso Cutlcura, when I have boen
asked about tho samo ailment of their
babies. Mrs. John Boyco, Pino Bush,
N. Y."
HAD MADE GOOD HAUL.
Banker's Hunt for Chickens Met with
Much Success.
A bankor in a western city bought
somo chickens of a ranchman and
told tho man tp deliver them at his
houso. When ho went homo at noon
his wlfo mot' him at tho door and told
him with great consternation that tho
man brought the chlckons, ho hdd
promised, but Instead "oTputllng them
In tho henhouse, had left thorn on tho
lawn, and thoy had all disappeared.
Forgetting his dinner, ho started
oft in no very amlablo framo of mind
In pursuit of tho missing fowls. Aftor
scouring tho neighboring alloys for
somo time, ho camo back triumphant
ly driving tho lost chicks.
Whon in n fow days ho mot tho of
fending ranchman, he demanded, se
verely: "What did you mean by leav
ing thoso chickens on my lawn tho
other day? I hunted tho neighbor
hood over for them and then could find
only eleven I"
"You did mighty well," was tho mild
reply, "r only left six." Graco M.
Crawford in Harper's.
Asiatics In the Transvaal.
English inhabitants of tho Trans'
vaal aro much worried ovor tho In
crease in tho Asiatic elements In tho
'population. Already in Natal the Asi
atics outnumber tho Europeans. In
Natal, too, tho white retail trade has
been almost eliminated as a result of
Asiatic competition.
OUST THE DEMON.
A Tussle with Coffee.
Thero is something fairly demoni
acal in tho way coffee sometimes
wreaks Its fiendish malice on those
who uso it.
A lady writing from Calif, says:
"My husband and I, both lovers ot
coffee, suffered for somo time from a
very annoying form of nervousness,
accompanied by most frightful head
aches. In my own case thero was
eventually developed somo sort of af
fection of the nerves leading from the
splno to tho head.
"I was unable to bold my head up
straight, tho tension of tho nerves
drew It to ono side, causing me tho
most IntenBo pain. We got no relief
from medicine, aad were puzzled ao
to what caused tho trouble, until a
friend SUCKested that nossiblv thn cof-
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feo we drank had something to do
with It, and advised that wo quit it
and try Postum Coffee.
"We followed his advice, and from
the day that we began to use Postum
wo both began to improve, and In
a very short timo both of us woro
entirely relieved. Tho norves became
steady once more, the headaches
ceased, tho muscles in tho back of my
neck relaxed, my head straightened
up and the dreadful pain that had bo
punished me while I used tho old kind
of coffee vanished.
"Wo have never resumed the uso of
tho old coffee, but relish our Postum
every day as well as we did tho
former beverage. And we are de
lighted to find that wo can give It
freely to our children also, something
we never dared to do with tho oli
Kind Of coffee." Namo given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum Coffee contains absolutely
no drugs of any kind, but relieves the
coffee drinker from the old drug
poison.
There's a reason.
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