PE-RU-N A j«k WOMEN
Says Dr. M. C. Gee. of San Francisco.
A CONSTANTLY increasing number of
physicians prescribe Peruna in their
regular practice.
It has proven its merits so thoroughly
that even the doctors have overcome their
prejudice against so called patent medicines
and recommend it to their patients.
“I Advise Women to Use Pe-ru-na."
Says Dr. Gee.
Dr. M. C. Gee is one of the physicians
who endorse Peruna. In a letter written
from 513 Jones street, San Francisco, Cal.,
he says:
"There is a general objection on the part
of the practicing physician to advocate
patent medicines, but when any one medi
cine cures hundreds of people, it demon
strates its own value and does not need the
endorsement of the profession.
••Peruna has performed soli many
wonderful cures In San hranclsco that
I am convinced that U Is a valuable
remedy. I have frequently advised Its
use for women, as / find It Insures
regular and painless menstruation,
cures leucorrhnea and ovarian troubles,
and builds up the entire system. I also
consider it one of the finest catarrh remedies
I know of. I heartily endorse your medi
cine."—M. C. Gee, M. D.
Mrs. E. T. Gaddis, Marion, N. C., is
one of Dr. Hartman's grateful patients.
She consulted him by letter, followed his
directions, and is now able to say the fol
lowing :
"Before I commenced to take Peruna I
coule not do any hard work without suffer
ing great pain. I took Peruna, and can say
with pleasure that it has done more for me
than any other mediciue I have ever taken.
Now I am as well as ever; I do all rfty own
work and it never hurts me at all. I think
Peruna is a great medicine for woman
kind.”—Mrs. E. T. Gaddis.
Women are especially liable to pelvic
catarrh, female weakness as it is commonly
called.
Peruna occupies a unique position in
medical science. It is the only internal
systemic catarrh remedy known to the
medical profession to-day. Catarrh, as
everyone will admit, is the cause of one
half the diseases which afflict mankind.
Catarrh and catarrhal diseases afflict
one-half of the people of the United
States.
' If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from j
I; the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full <
11 statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his !
]’ valuable advice gratis. 1
Address Dr. Hartman, President of the Hartman Sanitarium, j
i; Columbus, Ohio. J
MYSTERY OF WILD ANIMALS.
What Become* of Those That Die
Natural Deaths In the Woods?
"The forect has many mysteries,"
said an old Pennsylvania woodman,
“but none deeper than that of wild
animals that die natural deaths.
“The four-footed dwellers of the
woods certainly do not live foreve’r.
Age and disease must carry them off
regularly, as human beings are carried
ofT, but what becomes of their bodies?
“I never heard of any one’s coming
across a wild dead bear or deer or
wildcat or fox that had died from
natural causes. I found the carcass
of a big flve-pronged buck In the
woods once, but a rattlesnake, also
dead, had its fangs burled In one of
the deer’s nostrils. There had evi
dently been a fight to the death be
tween the reptile and the beast.
“Another time I followed the trail
of a bear from a clearing where It
had stolen a half-grown lamb. I came
upon the headless body of the lamb a
mile or so out on the trail, and a half
mile .further on, near the edge of a
swamp, I was surprised to find the
body of the bear.
“Its jaws were open, and its glaBsy
eyes were pushed far out of Its head.
(I held a post-morten examination of
the dead bear and found the lamb's
head lodged in its throat. How or
■why the bear ever permitted It to
get there I am unable to explain.
“I have many times found other
dead animals in the woods, but never
one that did not show unquestionable
evidence of having died from violence
of some kind. Every woodsman will
tell you the same. What becomes of
the dead wild animals that die nat
ural deaths.
Information Wanted.
"I always smile when misfortune
overtakes me," said the clerical look
ing passenger.
"That’s a good Idea,” rejoined the
hardware drummer, "but what uo
you do when It overtakes you in a
prohibition town?”
YELLOW CLOTHES ARK CNSTOIITLY.
Keep them white with KedCrotm Ball Blue.
All grocers sell largo 2 oz. package, 5 cents.
Legal Technicality.
A Chelsea (England) hospital Is
mourning the loss of a bequest of
$6,000 through a legal Informality. The
testator signed his will in his bed
room, and the witnesses thoughtlessly
carried It into another room before
signing it, thus making the document
invalid.
The Best Results In Starching
can be obtained only by using Defiance
March, besides getting 4 oz. more for same
money—no cooking required.
As Defined.
“Mamma,” asked small F'loramay,
“what is a synonym?”
"A synonym, my dear, is a word
that can bo used in the place of an
other when you don’t know how to
spell the other,” replied the mother,
who happened to be a trifle shy on
orthography.
VITfi P®ra**nenwjr cum;, wo fits or nervousness after
• I I 9 first day ’b use of Dr. Kline's Groat Nerve Restor
er. Send for FREE 82.00 trial bottle and treatise.
Da. U. H Kline, Ltd., 931 Arch Street Philadelphia.**"
Burglar Balks at Jewels.
Though not taking all the money he
■could find, a burglar who broke Into a
woman’s house In Paris left a note
saying he could not find It In his heart
to take her jewels lest tney were heir
looms.
Heathen—A person who does not
l>elieve In the same God you do.
The larger the exaggeration the
smaller it looks.
All Up to Date Housekeeper*
use Defiance Cold Water Starch, because it
is tatter, and i oz. more ot it tor same
money.
Makes the Blind See.
A discovery, of which there are few
details to hand, is announced from
France. A professor appears to have
produced an apparatus by which he
asserts the blind will see, and not only
those who have lost their vision in
middle life, but even those persons
who were born blind will be able to
see under certain stated conditions.
With this apparatus Dr. Caze says that
he can go into a totally dark room
and see every object as celarly as
in daylight. It is described as being
on the same scientific basis as the
telephone, and it transmits light to a
certain part of the brain in the same
way as a telephone transmits sounds
to the ear.
Mile* and the Irishman.
Oeneral Miles is quoted by a fellow
officer as telling the following story
on himself: "It was during our pur
suit of Chief Joseph, said the gen
eral. “One exceedingly stormy night
we encountered on our march in the
Bearpaw mountains a few woodchop
pers' cabins. The woodsmen were not
inclined to be very hospitable, but we
finally induced them to snare with us
the protection their huts afforded.
They consented, however, only upon
condition that they should not under
any circumstances be compelled to
give up their beds. It fell to my lot
to share the bunk of the boss, a very
stern Irishman, who was not delighted
with his guest. Hoping to establish
an entente cordiale I said, banteringly,
as we were preparing to retire: ‘Come
now, Patrick, you know you’d be a
long time in Ireland before you’d get
a chance to sleep with a general.’
‘And it’s Ol that am thinking,’ he in
stantly retorted, ‘that you’d be a long
time in Ireland before you'd iver be
made a gineral.' ”
“SUMMER FOOD"
Has Other Advantages.
Many people have tried the food
Grape-Nuts simply with the idea of
avoiding the trouble of cooking food
in the hot months.
All of these have found something
besides the ready cooked food idea, for
Grape-Nuts is a scientific food that
tones up and restores a sick stomach
as well as repairs the waste tissue in
brain and nerve center.
'“For two years I had been a sufferer
from catarrh of the stomach due to
improper food and to relieve this con
dition 1 had tried nearly every pre
pared food on the market without any
success until six months ago my wife
purchased a box of Grape-Nuts, think
ing it would be a desirable cereal for
the summer months.
“We soon made a discovery, we were
enchanted with the delightful flavor of
the food and to my surprise 1 began to
get well. My breakfast now consists
of a little fruit, four teaspoonfuls of
Grape-Nuts, a cup of Postum, which I
prefer to coffee, graham bread or toast
and two boiled eggs. I never suffer
the least distress aft^r eating this and
my stomach is perfect and general
health fine. Grape-Nuts Is a wonder
ful preparation. It was only a little
time after starting on it that wife and
I both felt younger, more vigorous,
and in all ways stronger. This has
been our experience.
“P. S. The addition of a little salt
in place of sugar seems to me to im
prove the food.” Name given by Pos
tum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Send for particulars by mall of ex
tension of time on the $7,600.00 cooks’
contest for 736 money prizes.
LYNCHED BY MOB
CROWD BREAKS IN JAIL AND
SHOOTS MURDERER.
SHERIFF KILLED BY A VOLLEY
One Prisoner Escapes but is After
wards Recaptured and Shot to
Death—Jail Doors Battered Down by
a Telegraph Pole.
BUTTE, Mont.—A special to the
Miner from Red Lodge, Mont, says:
Jim Gorman, who killed his brother
about a year ago, and ran off with his
brother’s wife, and a man named Wal
ters, who killed a widow named
Hoover at Hot Springs two years ago,
were lynched at Basin, Wyo., early
Sunday. C. E. Pierce, a dr/puty sheriff,
was killed during the attack on the
jail.
A state of lawlessness now prevails
in northwestern Wyoming, as a result
of which all law and order seems to
have been abolished. From President
Moffett of the Montana & Wyoming
Telephone company, who is now mak
ing a tour of inspection of his com
pany’s lines, comes the news of the
lynching, and of an appeal for help
from Sheriff Fenton of Big Horn coun
ty, who has arrested a number of
prominent cattlemen from Thermopo
11s and has appealed to the governor
of Wyoming for the assistance of the
militia in getting his men to Basin.
It was reported by the sheriff Wed
nesday morning that a mob was com
ing up to Basin from Hyatsville and
Tonslip for the purpose of lynching
Gorman and Walters. As a measure
of «recauation the sheriff took these
two men and a horsethief out of the
jail and secreted them in a gulley near
town, under guard of Deputy Sheriffs
Felix Alston and C. E. Pierce.
Gorman managed to slip his hand
cuffs and make his escape. He swam
the Big Horn river, an unprecedented
feat, and made for the mountains. A
possee of seven men quickly organiz
ed and Gorman was recaptured about
fifty miles from Basin. A mob of about
fifty unmasked men rode up the bank
of the Big Horn and compelled the
ferryman to carry them across the
river.
The mob proceeded at once to the
county jail and fired a volley into the
building. Deputy Moore and Special
Deputy Meade were guarding the men
at the time. One bullet grazed Meade’s
shoulders and entered Pierce’s heart.
Members of the mob quickly procured
two telephone poles and battered
the jail doors down. They first came
to Walters, who was crouched in his
cell, piteously begging for mercy. No
needleess torture was resorted to.
Walters was shot instaptly.
The mob next found Gorman, whose
body was pierced by five bullets, and
was left presumably dead. He linger
ed, however, for some time.
IDEAS OF CORONER BURKE.
Will Suppress the Details of All
Suicides.
CLEVELAND O.—Coroner Burke
said that he will make an attempt to
suppress details in the cases of ail
suicides.
“The publication of suicide stories
under glaring headlines, giving every
detail of the crime,” said Coroner
Burke, "is mest harmful to the public
at large and is the direct cause of
so many suicides. I have noticed
that when a suicide is printed a num
ber of suicides immediately follow,
all taking their lives in the same man
ner.”
Coroner Burke said he would ask
the co-operation of the managing edi
tors of the local press in his efforts
to carry out his ideas.
New Bug in the Corn.
COLUMBUS, Mo.—Prof. Stedman of
the department of horticulture of the
Missouri university, after a tour
through St. Charles, St. Louis and
Franklin counties reports that a pecu
liar bug is injuring corn. Prof. Sted
man is going to collect a quantity of
these bugs for experimentation. He
hopes to be able to inoculate them just
as the chinch bugs are inoculated.
Burlington Borrows $5,000,000.
NEW YORK—It was semi-officially
announced Tuesday that the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad had se
cured a temporary loan of $3,000,000
on notes due next March at 6% per
cent interest, plus one-half per cent
commission, making a total rate of (1
per cent. The Burlington company
will use most of the money for pend
ing improvements.
Wealthy Manufacturer Dies.
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—Andrew J.
Crawford, aged 65, a millionaire iron
manufacturer and coal operator died
here Sunday. Mr. Crawford was
president of the Vigo iron works, the
Terre Haute Iron and Steel company,
and the Wabash Iron compan”, three
concerns which recently sold out to
the Republic Iron and Steel com
pany. He was. a director in several
of the largest financial institutions in
the state.
BOTH OPIUM nILLS TABLED.
Philippine Commission Will Probe
Regulations Elsewhere.
MANILA—The Philippine commis
sion has tabled both the opium bills.
The first bill provides for the pro
posed opium monopoly, the second is
a substitute making the importation
of opium unlawful except by pharma
! cists and permitting its sale on a
! physician’s certificate.
A commission was appointed to vis
it Oriental countries and investigate
the regulations in force there.
Governor Taft has championed the
theory of regulation and has demon
strated that the passage of the first
bill meant the prohibition of the drug
to the 8,000,000 Filipinos and Moros
and an effective regulation for the
100,000 Chinese in the archipelago
more stringent than the English reg
ulations. He declared that it was
generally known that, the opium hab
it as practiced by nearly all China
men was less pernicious than whisky
drinking and mercilessly exposed the
corrupt combination of Chinese deal
ers who are circulating falsely signed
protests and raising money for the de
feat of the bill.
IN A STATE OF COMA.
The Pope’s Condition Now of the
Gravest Character.
ROME—The pope lies this (Sun
day) night in a state of coma, and
there arc grave doubts in the minds
of his doctors whether he will ever
completely emerge. His immediate
dissolution seems only averted by the
reliability of the action of his heart.
His pulse, though weak, continues
steady. Shortly before midnight Dr.
Daponni said to the correspondent of
the Associated Press:
” The pope at the present moment
is in a state of coma, which may be
called a condition preceding the last
agony, the duration of which it is im
possible to forecast, although every
thing leads to the belief that in this
condition he cannot last long. To be
more exact, he is still in a state of
torpor and stupor, from which, how
ever, he rouses occasionally when he
hears sharp sounds.”
HE CAN’T SPEAK AT BOTH.
Bryan Will Choose Between Conven
tion and Chautauqua.
URBANA, O.—The Urbana Chau
tauqua has made arrangements for
William J. Bryan to deliver an ad
dress on August 5. The democratic
county central committee decided to
hold the county convention on the
same day in order that Mr. Bryan
might address the convention.
The Chautauqua managers have
just met and decided that the editoi;
of the Commoner shall not address
the democratic convention. They
think his speech at the assembly
would not draw such a large crowd
to the assembly if Mr. Bryan also de
livered a speech at the convention.
If Mr. Bryan insists on addressing
the convention ho will not be permit
ted to deliver his lecture at the Chau
tauqua.
APPRECIATE HIS TELEGRAM.
Vatican Wires Thai'.ks to President
for His Sympathy.
ROME—President Roosevelt’s tele
gram expressing the president’s sym
pathy for his holiness in this hour of
supreme anxiety and asking to be in
formed of the condition of the vener
able patient, has been received.
The Vatican authorities are deeply
appreciative of this expression of sym
pathy and recall the cordial personal
exchanges between the president and
the pope when the volumes of the
presidential messages and papal ency
clicals were exchanged. Cardinal
Rampolla sent an answer to the mes
sage, which contained the thanks of
the Vatican authorities for the solic
itude expressed by the president and
i also the latest information concerning
the condition of the pope.
Storm Keeps President In.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y.—President
Roosevelt did not attend church Sun
day. In company with President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
university and Dr. Lambert, his old
family physician and friend, he re
mained at bagarnore Hill quietly, dur
ing the day. which, on account of a
persistent storm, was dismal and dis
agreeable until evening. Mrs. Roose
vent and the children attended serv
ices at Christ Episcopal church.
When David takes Goliath's weapon
he loses his heavenly ally.
New Training Ship.
VALLEJO, Cal.—The official speel
iications of the new steel training
ship to be built at the Mare Island
navy yard have just been received
here. The vessel, which will be
christened the Intrepid, will have only
| sail power and will be bark-rigged.
The estimates of the material requir
ed in the construction will be made
up and the work will be commenced
on September 1. The cost is not to
exceed $370,000.
MAY LIVE WEEKS
POPE AGAIN IMPROVES SO DOC
TORS HAVE HOPES.
A CHANCE FOR THE BETTER
The Pope Too Weak to Dress Himself
and Finds it Necessary to Allow
Valet to Assist Him to His Chair—
Masses Celebrated for Sick Pentiff.
ROME.—Again the unexpected has
happened, and while not recovering
Pope Leo is slightly improved, so that
now several days, and possibly weeks,
are given him to live. The change
was first noted by the doctors at their
usual examination Friday morning,
when instead of finding the pontiff a
stage nearer death, as they expected,
they were able to report him a trifle
better than the night before. The
rally, if so it may be called, continued
all day, the evening bulletin confirming
the morning hopes, and today the
news is still better.
Shortly after 2 the pope fell asleep,
resting fairly easy till 4, when he
woke, restless, but apparently no
worse.
During the day his holiness com
plained of soreness, got out of bed
and seated himself in his armchair
for several minutes; later he received
his confessor, and at 3 fell asleep for
a short time. Toward night his appe
tite partially returned and he took
some soup, a piece of toast and a little
wine almost with relish.
Dr. Mazzoni entered the pontiff's
bedroom at 8:30 Friday morning after
Dr. Laponni had reported to him how
his holiness had passed the night. He
found the patient, as Pope Leo him
self said, ‘'unrefreshed and tired.”
His holiness cpmplained that, while
the doctors had promised that his
illness would not last long, it is now
two weeks since he went to bed.
The pontiff prefers to sit up on the
bed, as in that position he feels less
oppression on his lungs and can
breathe more easily. Dr. Mazzoni spent
much time examining him. As his
holiness is reduced almost to a siteie
ton, if a new operation is decided
upon it will not be because of any
hope of saving the patient’s life, but
simply for the purpose of rendering
the death agonies less.
The doctors, though not entertaining
the least hope of their patient's recov
ery, consider his general condition
somewhat better, whereas they ex
pected him to be much worse.
The pontiff's pulse is exactly as it
was on Thursday and his temperature
is about the same, while his respira
tion shows a little improvement, hav
ing returned to what t was on Wed
nesday. His appearance, however, is
that of one who could not last another
hour.
MRS. JAMES C. BLAINE IS DEAD.
Passes Away at the Augusta Home
After Protracted Illness.
AUGUSTA, Me.—Mrs. James G.
Blaine died at the Blaine homestead
here Wednesday.
Mrs. Blaine had been in poor health
for several months and seriously ill
for several days.
Mrs. Blaine was 76 years of age
From Washington, a short time ago,
she came to the old family residence
on State street. She was in an en
reebled condition and had been un
der almost constant attention since.
During the past week she failed rap
idly. Her condition was due to a gen
eral breakdown of the system.
Mrs. Blaine’s maiden name was Har
riet Stanwood, the daughter of a lead
ing citizen of the state of Maine. She
met her husband while both of them
were teachers in a Kentucky school.
They were married at Pittsburg, and
later' came to Augusta, where Mr.
Blaine became editor of the Kennebec
Journal.
MRS. MINNIE CUMMINGS GUILTY,
Jury Finds She Murdered Her Fourth
Husband.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.—The sealed ver
dict of the jury, read in court Tues
day, finds Minnie Cummings, charged
with killing her husband, Dennis Cum
mings, April 18, 1903, guilty of murder
n the second degree. The penalty was
fixed at ten years’ imprisonment in
the penitentiary.
Mrs. Cummings will, on July 20, be
tried for the alleged murder of her
third husband, Edgar M. Harris, who
died October 5, 1901. His death was
first termed suicide, but a later inves
tigation, after the death of Cummings,
led to an indictment charging murder
in the second degree.
Reducing Forces in Philippines.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—In carrying
out the program arranged for the re
duction of the American forces in
the Philippines, the secretary of war
has directed that three regiments of
cavalry and three regiments of in
fantry be returned to the United
States as soon as the transportation
for this purpose is available. The
regiments having had the longest serv
ice in the Philippines will be the ones
selected. *
ABOUT RURA'* MAIL DELIVERY.
Postoffice De-‘>rtment Makes an Ex
planation of Its Position.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The postof
flee department has made public the
following: ,
“There seems to be a wide misun
derstanding as to the present attitude
of the , department regarding rural
free delivery. The statement has beer
published quite genenlly, particularly
in the west, that rural routes that dc
not handle 3,000 pieces of mail per
month and supply 100 families are tc
be discontinued. It Is not the pur
pose of tho department to disturb
routes already established unless theji
are manifestly, unnecessary. There
are now on file in tho department pe
titions for more routes that will sup
ply more than 100 families than can
be established with the present appro
priation. This being the case, the de;
partment does not feel it wise, equita
ble or just to establish a route supply
ing less than 100 families, the great
est good to the greatest number being
the fundamental principle upon which
rural free delivery is being establish
ed. As long as all the routes asked
for cannot be established because ol
the lack of sufficient money, the routes
that will supply the greater number
of families should certainly have pref
erence.”
ROOT AND MOODY ORDER
Army and Navy Now Work To
gether.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretaries
Root and Moody issued the following
joint order:
“The department of war and the de
partment of the navy havtj agreed
upon the formation of a joint board,
to be composed of four officers of the
army and four officers of the navy, to
hold stated sessions and such extraor
dinary sessions as shall appear ad
visable, for the purpose of conferring
upon, discussing and reaching com
mon conclusions regarding all matters
calling for the co-operation of the two
services. Any matters which seem to
either department to call for such con
sideration may be referred by that de
partment to the board thus formed.
All reports of the board shall be made
in duplicate, one to each depart
ment. All reports and proceedings
of the board shall be confidential. The
senior member of the board present
will preside at its meetings and the
junior member of the boaro' present
will act as its recorder.”
ROOT BACK FROM OYSTER BAY.
Conferred With President Roosevelt
on Army Promotions.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Secretary
Root returned to Washington at a late
hour Tuesday night from Oyster Bay,
where he had been in conference with
the president on various war depart
ment matters. A number of army pro
motions and retirements were deter
mined on while the secretary was at
Oyster Bay, and these will be announc
ed in a few days.
Secretary Root declined to make
any statement bearing on the subject
of his retirement from the cabinet. He
will not discuss the matter in any way.
The secretary expects that the work
of the Alaskan boundary commission
will be completed in season to enable
him to submit his annual report to
congress on the assembling of that
body in regular session in December.
WANTS LOAN OF $35,000,000.
President Palma Would Send Commis
sion to Negotiate.
HAVANA—President Palma has
sent a message to congress recom
mending the appointment of a mem
ber of each house to act with an ap
pointee of the executive commission
ers to proceed to the United States
and negotiate the $35,000,000 loan.
The senate held an extended ses
sion Monday evening, but did not
reach the matter of ratification of the
United States naval stations treaty.
It approved President Palma’s rec
ommendation to move the penitentiary
to Principe castle, from the presidio.
The latter is situated on the harbor
front and is desired for the erection
of a great hotel.
Good Wheat Yield in Russia.
LONDON.—The Standard’s corre
spondent at Odessa says the cessation
of the recent heavy rains, followed
by hot and ripening weather, has
saved the crops at the eleventh hour.
Harvesting is now in full swing
throughout the whole of South Rus
sia and a fairly abundant yield &
is assured.
Investigating the Riot.
EVANSVILLE, lnd—Coroner Wal
lang, who has been for the past week
conducting an investigation of the re
cent riot, will finish Thursday. A
large number of witnesses were exam
ined by the coroner Wednesday. The
grand jury also examined Several wit
nesses, but no more indictinents were
returned. One of the witnesses be
fore the coroner Wednesday was Jo
seph Allman, father of the girl who
was killed in the riot.