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Some Late Inventions,
rJ .P ?'rCt ,,he Bhlrt an(3 "'"ar a
, Ci! ha. a circular
"l 'he collar and be
buttoned in front, the upper edge of
the band being attached to a circular
cape, which hangs down on all sides
and cover, the shirt.
Time of each c ollectlon from a mall
box is Indicated ln rotation by a new
apparatua having- an endless chain of
card holders, rotated by the action of
opening the box at each collection, thug
fn.i?W',?K a ,new f ar,i in fru,1t 'f ihe
indicating .lot.
An Improved snow-melting machine
na. an air-compressor operated by the
motion of the machine, to drive air
Into contact with a gas name and com
bine the two for increasing the heat In
the melting chamber, the gas being
lormed from gasoline.
To enable a person to float in the
water In an upright position a Massa
chusetts man has deigned an appa
ratus composed of a belt to be inflated
and placed around the waist with a
weighted rod attached to each leg to
Keep the floater Vertical.
To prevent a spoon from dropping
Sown into a Jar when the contents get
tow a New York man has patented a
wire device, which supports the spoon
on the edge of the jar. being formed
Ma piece of wire bent Into a clip to
pip the spoon, with a hook at the rear
to engage the Jar.
An electric band has been patented
for use In giving treatment to patients,
comprising two semi-circular pieces Df
metal, one being zinc and the other
"if1' mngeu together at the back
with an adJUHtable fastening In front
which crips the band around the waist
or holding large pieces of meat on
a block for cutting a western man has
designed a gripping device, which has
a rod of heavy spring steel secured to
the side of the block, the upper end
being colled Into a spring and bent
at right angles to carry a fork and
pres. It down toward the block.
Leak, in fire hose can be repaired
or a new section of hose inserted with
out the engine being shut off by use
of a cut-off key which ha. a flat base,
supporting a vertical arm. in the top
or which Is Inserted a cranked bolt, fit
ted with a shoe to cut off the water
When the bolt is screwed down.
Genius in Massachusetts has patent
ed a .Ingle-raJI system of railway.whlch
na a car slotted through the middle
nearly to the top, with wheels ln
the upper surface of the slot to rest on
the rail, the passenger compartments
being separated from each other and
reached by Individual doors
Personal and Otherwise.
Chicago Is catching on to the South
Omaha plan of handing a bullet to the
Ufe" "k "your nu"ley or your
The moat aggravating features of
those Hoer victories Is that the Boer
yenerals do not wear medals or a uni
form to speak of.
Senator Wolcott's famous law library
Hi X5r lB the enyy ot the Colorado
oar. The senator recently refused an
of VM-m f('" " 11MW0 volumes.
The cruel Irony of fate was strik
ingly shown in the house of represent
atives when adjournment was taken
out of respect to the memory of Rich
ard P. Wand, immediately after the
passing of the gold standard bill.
Civilization Is malting some progress
in Arizona. Two actors wounded wan
other by using ball Instead of blank
ijartridges In the play. A few years
back the shooting came from specta
tor, who resented the pernicious activ
ity of the vaudevllllan in chimin it.
soubrette.
Among the rnemt-rs of the present
congress &5 per cent wear Prince Al
berts and silk hats, which has caused
observers to remark that It is the best
dressed congres In many yeurs. A ma
jority of the senators .tick to business
suits, while a great many of them
dress like farmers.
Dr. Benjamin Andrews, superintend
ent of Chicago', schools, B again in
trouble. He let go his hair-trigger
mouth recently, much to the annoyance
Of the intellectual giants who hold
down chairs ln the city council. An
drews resents the notion that aldermen
possess a monopoly of gas in that
Mt'tlon.
Colonel Baden-Powell, commander of
the beleaguered British In Mar king, Is
imm iiuoweo a monopoly of the gaiety
of war. The Iloers are handing him a
few harmless balls, containing requests
to save a few quarts of whisky for
them when they call. The humorous
colonel responded gallantly with sev
eral high-balls.
Yon can't lose Vm. Out In the sunny
land of R-iniod, lounging beneath the
shade of royal palms is 'ills excel
lency, rir George Thomas .Michael
O'Brien, knight commander of tho
most distinguished Order of Kt. Mleh
!!tel and ?t. Ijeoige. her Britannic ma
jesty. hlKh commissioner for the west
ern t-aeiiic." ho reads the name ami
title attached to ;t proclamation Isstx-d
i ill fl r. Anf.'l lirtrwt
vtwv f . vera) young women, presumed to
b' f handsome and charming, are about
I 1 start a niiguzlri In Chicago d'-vot
(I exclusively to the Interests and well
ng of bachelors. That, surely, is an
til ambition. Heretofore the wet fa pa
I W lha ' helots has been wofully neglect-
n. When charming young women
-take after them their welfare and fu
ture state does not require the gift of
prophecy to picture.
Life's Oddities.
in Japan there is a proverb ainonir
the medical fraternity that "when tha
twin enemies, disease and poverty. In
vade a borne, that he who takes aught
firm thl' 1 home, even though It be
given him. Is a robber." Accordingly
no docu r ever thinks of asking a poor
patient for a feo
"By i l. iMi'aced comma," says tho
Kansas City Journal, "a paper In Gree
ley eountv raised a dickens of a row.
Jt mid: "Pwt young men from I.eotl
went with their girls to Tribune to
attend the teachers' Institute, and as
soon as they left, the girls got drunk.'
The comma 1m-longed after the git Is."
A young lady from inferior Kansas,
who was taking the examination for
the pt sltlon of teacher, answered I ho
nllon: "What Is your position titsin
hipping children?" as follows: "My
usual position is on a chair wllh tha
school child held firmly across my
knee, facn down." Hhe ,ost the school
but was married last wek,
One of the grounds on which Miss
Lillian C. Murrls of IMtlsfleld, Mas.,
!rlng suit tor fno.QOQ damages against
the Winchester Arms company for the
Ins of two fingers while operating oris
of the company's machines, is that be
fore tha accident sho was nn accom
I llthed piano player and thus met
many people socially and that now he-
Iiir deba
her cnanci
able (or al
from such opportunlt
I of meeting any on sult
ysband will be very much
NOTES OF THE DAY.
A. rreat curiosity 1. 'a house 1,100
year, of age and yet fit for habitation.
Thl. old dwelling, the oldest inhabited
house ln England, was built In the
time of King Offa of Mercla. It is oc
tagonal In shape, the walls of it. lower
story being of great thickness. The
upper part Is of oak. At one time the
house was fortified and known by the
name of St. German's gate. It stands
close to the River Ver, and only a few
yards from Bt. AJban's abbey.
Several months ago the Mexican Cen.
tral Kallroad company Imported several
hundred Chinese laborers to work on
Its roadbed, and It Is now reported that
many of them, having beeome home
sick, have entered the United States
by way of Texas in order to secure free
transportation home under the provls
Ions of the Chinese exclusion act. Un
ices the federal authorities shall find
some means of circumventing the de-
signa of the wily Chinamen ther United
states will be a heavy loser, as the
cost per head of deporting the aliens
is about JjW.
I'ayta in Peru Is said to be the driest
spot on the face of the earth, as the
average Interval between rainfalls is
about seven years. Jt is situated about
3w miles south of the equator, on a
coast which has risen forty feet within
historic tims. Prof. David Fairchild,
who visited the place in February, de
scribes the country and its flora In a
ivcent number of the (Kngllsh) Botan
ical Gazette. A short while previous
to his visit, there had been rain, which
lasted from lo p. m. one day till noon
i he following day, and this was the
first which had fallen in eight yeare.
The flora consists of alaiut nine si!cles,
" ven of w hich are annuals whose Beed
must have remained dormant in the
ground for eight years. The natives
ubs!st by growing the long-rooted Pe
ruvian cotton, which Is able to main
tain Itself In the drled-up river bed.
1 he c;op of this plant furnishes the
olored short-staple cotton which is
used to adulterate good.
For the protection of the Suez canal
from drifting sand considerable tree
jnd shrub planting is being done, and
the rtBults so far obtained are encour- lashed to the bulwarks, skeletons lash
aging. This planting has been going on ed to the wheel. Cm both ships It was
iince IHim, as previous experiments with
fascines, sand fences and similar de-
vices were not successful. Heeds have
ieen planted along 8.7 miles of the
canal proper and along the whole
I ug h of the Sweetwater canal, the
reeds being protected by fascines from
hank edd.es. On the slopes and top of
the banks of the Sweetwater canal such
shrubs as the alfa and atriplex lallmes
have been used and in nineteen miles
of this canal and on a part of the ship
canal plantations of trees extending
back 38 feet from the water line hae
been made to keep back the sand from
the desert. Among the trees employed
for this purpose are the eucalyptus
st.nd the cypress, and the plantations
lie Irrigated by fresh water, which is
brought from the Nile by the canals
xcavated when the ship canal was be-
Ing built.
The Queen of Roumania, who is her
self a proof of the fact that It Is quite
ixisslble for a woman to combine great
taste In dress with exceptional mental
gifts and culture, ja Just ordered
three thoroughly smart and up-to-date
outdoor garments. One, a long mantle,
cut in the newest fashion, Is of the
richest black velvet (the material of
which, perhaps, of all others, best suits
the toet queen's effective and uncom
mon style of beauty), trimmed round
the edge with two moderately wide
and rather full flounces of chiffon, sur
mounted by a striking wreath of flow
ers ami leaves In black, gray and white
heads. More simple, but equally chic,
Is the driving coat, fitting tightly to the
warer' hk.Jre and made ot dark blue
cloth, the high Storm collar and smart
lappets being covered with the glossiest
black astrakhan. The third. In a soft
mnt-iial. Is a long coat suitable for
walking In winter, and Is made on
much the same lines as the blue, ex-
cept that the plaits are somewhat
fuller at the back, and It is devoid of
trimming or ornament of any descrip
tion
According to social usage, women In
Peru cannot attend funerals, and they
uo mil appear ai i am l"T'
are very limmaie iiiemjs. vv urn w
runerai procession passes inrougn me
streets the coffin Is carried upon the
shoulders of the pallbearers, who are
followed by an empty hearse drawn by
two, four or six horses, according tc
me means or tne mourners ana men
desire for display. All the male mem
bers of the family and friends of the
deceased follow on foot, with a line of
empty carriages behind them. As long
as they are In the presence of the dead
It IS considered a proper and necessary
evidence of respect to walk. After the
body has been committed to the grave
those who attend the funeral are
brought home in carriages.
The president of the Royal College of
Burgeons, who has Just volunteered for
service In Houth Africa, is no novice
In service on the field of battle. He
served as a volunteer surgeon during
the Fraocn-I'russlan war. and was
present at the siegu of Sedan. He has
written u book describing his experi
ences in this conflict, which had
great IntlU'-rn-e in improving the condi-
lion of field hospitals and ambulance
set-vie on later battlefields. He after
ward served In the Turko-Hervlnn war,
and is the possessor of many foreign
decorations, given In recognition of his
services. He Is now serving his fourth
term as president of the Hoyal College
of Kurgeons. ln going out to South
Africa, says the Chicago Tribune. Sir
William gives up an enormous practice.
He Is nearly 64 years old.
One of the prized curios of the Phil
adclphla mint Is a coin which Is ,'O0
years old, and which was coined at the
ancient mint of that other 1'hlladclphla
of the Far Ivast. It Is still In good
condition and the Inscription Is per
fectly legible. The design on the face
of tho coin, says the Philadelphia I tec
ord. bears a striking resemblance to
the Goddess Of Liberty Of OUT own CUT-
reney, and underneath Is tho one word
"IV'mos," which means "the )oople.'8
On the other side is the figure of 1)1-
ana, with her bow arched, and the tn-
scrlptlon, "Mana, Friend of the Phlln-
delphlans." When this coin whs struck j
off Philadelphia was the most Import
ant city of Lydla. The prize was picked
up In Europe by Joseph Mlckley, a fa
mous Philadelphia violin maker and
numismatic of high repute, who pre
sented It to the mint.
Dr. K. W. Hcrlpture described before
the American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science thf method of
producing anaesthesia by the direct ap
plication of an electrical current with
out the application of drugs. An alter
nating current wllh equal post live and
negative phases was made to traverse
the nerve. At a proper frequency of
about 6,000 complete periods In a sec
ond it can be made to cut off all sen
satory communication by this nerve.
Needles can be run into the part of tho
body supplied by ihlservo without
any pain being felt.
A New York Arm ha. K .ri .
push an alleged swindling deal at Os-
ceola. They ofrenwl to loan money at
per cent, but demanded $10 for all
application. C, W. Roper, the man
ager, baa been arrested in New York.
GHOSTLY CREW
New Haven, Con.. (Special.) The sea
has been made to yield up one of its
mysteries.
At the bottom of the ocean off Mon
tauk Point the wrecks of two ships
have been found lying side by side,
with their dead crews lashed to the
rigging.
These ships were the schooner. How
ard H. Hanscom and James K. Face
Their loss more than a year ago was a
complete mystery. No one knew even
where to search for them. It was only
through an accident that their where
abouts wa. at last discovered
Silas Jones, a fisherman of Orient, L.
I., while fishing off Montauk Point, had
his line caught in something deep
down and stirred up a lot of wreck
age. He gave notice of this to the au-
thoritles, and the government set div
ens to work.
Their task was a difficult one at this
season of the year on account of the
roughness of the sea. The perils and
hardships of the diver are great enough
without the addition of a stormy sea
that tosses the boats up and down and
threatens to choke the air pipe at any
moment. The two divers who labored
off Montauk In storm and cold were
destined to meet a sight that shook
their stout hearts more than all th
perils they ever went through.
Down at the bottom of the ocean they
found the wrecks of two tall ships
with their masts and spars locked in a
last embrace.
After giving the necessary signals
with the communicating cord, they
were moved to the level of the decks
Cautiously they stepped forward after
the manner of divers, and peered out
of their great glass eyes.
Kach saw a skeleton lashed to the
shrouds nearest to him. Kach peered
further Into the green gloom and each
saw more skeletons, skeleton after skel
eton without end.
There were skeletons lashed to the
shrouds skeletons lashed to the masts
skeletons lashed to the stays, skeletons
the same.
These skeletons were grinning, pray
Ing, gesticulating, clasping their hands.
in prayer, raising t heir hands in
frenxy.
Imagine the awfulness of standing ln
the green twilight of the depths of the
sea surrounded by a .warm of bound
skeletons striving to be free.
It was minutes before they could tell
of the horror they had seen. They
could hardly yet realize the meaning of
it. It seemed to them at first that some
atrocious villain must have bound the
crews of two ships to the rigging and
sunk them to the bottom of the sea.
When the divers and their compan-
Ions began to think over the tragedy,
Its meaning became clearer to them,
and they reasoned out what had hap-
pened.
They learned that the Hanscom and
the Pace had been lost ln the great
storm of November. 1898, and they con
cluded that these were the ships.
They must both have been running
before the great storm. Probably they
had both been caught by it when they
MADE $20,000 BEGGING IN STREETS.
(By Clara Fischer,
Clara Fischer, a blind girl, begged
enough money to build the foundation
of a fortune of $20,0oO. Khe was a poor
emigrant child and was forced, she
says, to beg or starve. She tells the
New York Journal w hy she chose this
strange profession and what she learn
ed as she followed it.
Miss Fischer lives at Jefferson, and
PalHftd(. avenues, west Hoboken, N
York. The attention of the public has
been called to her by a suit which her
brother, Joseph Fischer, has brought
to recover part of the tliO.OuO for his
U.rv)rcs m leading her about while she
begged at the Hoboken ferries. Here
Is her story
vfv mi.thr nnd fiiih.r four ehtl
dren,i wa.H next t tne oldest-came
tu tnls counlry from Germany. It was
thrly y,..ars a(5,x u waa nH tmm a(,
now lt took seven W(.t,ks to cro8!, the
sea. We were all sick of a fever in
the steerage. The doctor said it was
the long seasickness. Anyway, when
w came ashore my mother and I had
to be led. We were blind. My sister
Catherine had lost the sight of one eye.
We settled In Hoboken. My father got
odd Jobs as a printer. One day It was
the coldest day of the year 1 remem
ber how the ground was white and fro
zen that day and the Icicles on the
eaves looked like big tears rny father
died. It wits very sudden. Heart sick
ness the doctor called it. My mother
cried, and said It was helmweh. My
sister Catherine had to tend the house
and help our blind mother to fake care
of the little brother Henry, who was a
baby in arms. There were Just tw-
other children I, who was blind, and
Joe, who was too little to do anything
f)c, d.iv ' mlh,.r raill. "There's nothing
else. You must go a-begglng, Clara.
Maybe they'll pity you when they sei
your sightless eyes. If you tell them
your story your own true story they
can t help giving you something, and
Joe will lead you.
So my brother and 1 set out. He
was 8 and I was 10. He took me down
to a place under the eaves, out of the
wind, by the ferry. My mother had
taught me to knit, and I worked away
at a stocking. There was an old can
at my feet. My sister had painted on
it in black letters. "Please help a blind
child." I sat there nn hour. Jn the
queer way that blind la-ople know
things I knew that people stopped to
look at me and then passed on. It's a
(itieer Miiin'i. that to the hi i nil of the
l..nMv trurnn tramn of mission- feci
Wm,n you're und yu generally
Hr. ,f vou're blind It feels like nn nrrnv
mar, hlng over your heart. Thud! Thud!
,m't care! Don't care! LWt care!
That's the wav It sounded to me. and
waB jU8t going to cry with the cold
and tho heart sickness when a soft
voice, soft like velvet, broke In on the
heavy sounds.
'Por child! Poor little one!" It said.
"O Henry! Think of our little one
should ever come lo that." I heard the
clink of a coin, the first one of my
begging. Joo sold. "It's a quarter.
We're rich. Let's go home." Hut 1 said,
No," and by night we had forty-ilvc
cents, with the quarter. There'd been
a dime from a business man and pen
nies from factory girls, and a newsboy
dropiM?d three pennies ln the can, "Why
don't you get Into business, like me?"
he said. Joe said tho boy was rag
ged, but he took long steps as though
he owned the whole place, "like they all
do In Amerlky," said he.
The other days were like the first.
Rometlmes Joe and I took home a dol
lar. Sometimes lt was only seven or
eight cents, nut it nearly Kept tne
'amlly, for tho "rat winter, and ths
cond when the societies found us
out and began to help ua, we laid by
And so It run along till we had some-
tblnv less than 146 and opened up a
FOUND BY A DIVER.
were outside the eastern end of the
sound. They turned or were driven
back and were trying to find shelter
Inside of Montauk Point-
They must both have been running
before the gale with bare poles utterly
at the mercy of the wind and waves.
The crew, as is usual In cash of such
storms, lashed themselves to the rin
ging and the masts and wherever was
convenient, so that they might not be
washed overboard. A man on the deck
of a low-lying, heavily loaded schooner
would otherwise be without defence
against the mighty waves that sweep
the ship from end to end.
The crews of the Pace and the Hans
com were both in the same wretched
plight, half drowned and half beaten to
death by the waves, hoping but help
less. Suddenly a grat wave picked up one
ship and dashed her bow against the
side of the other. The ship that was
struck at once filled with water. The
Hhip that struck her lay for a moment
side on to the wavas and was then over
whelmed. She went down with her
stern still sticking into the vitals of
her companion In death.
The sailors, lashed to the rigging,
were unable to undo themselves before
the ship went down. They were swal
lowed up in a moment. That is why
they were seen by the divers in all
kind, of attitudes, some htruggllng,
some praying. One of the skeletons
actually had its fingers clasping the
rope that bdund It to the rigging.
Such, roughly speaking, was the idea
which the divers reconstructed for
themselves of the last voyage of the
Pace and the Hanscom.
The divers will make a more thor
ough Investigation of the condition of
the vessels and, if practicable, steps
to raise them will be taken.
The discovery of the Hanscom and
Pace at the bottom of the Atlantic
solves an ocean mystery that has puz
zled sailors for a year. The two ves
sels were about the bet known of
their class on the entire Atlantic sea
board.
The Hanscom was built at and hail
ed from this port, and her master, Cap
tain Mark Holmes, belonged here. She
sailed from Philadelphia on November
23, 1888, for Providence, with 1,100 tons
of bituminous coal. The Pace left
Philadelphia on November 25, for Bos
ton, with 1.200 tons of coal. She was
commanded by Captain Garfield, of
West Dennis, Mass. The two captains
were bosom friends.
Needle books are gifts that are al
ways acceptable and easy and inexpen
sive to make. A bit of fancy ribbon is
cut into shape, bound around the edge
with baby ribbon, leaves of fine flan
nel are cut to fit and pinked and tack
ed in and another piece of the baby
rbbon placed between the leaves
brought through the center of the book
and tied on the outside In a little bow.
ny one who knows how to handle a
needle can make one of these in a short
time and with painting, embroidery or
any other kind of pretty work that wo
men do the covers can be varied indefi
nitely by more talented workwomen.
Professional Beggar)
little candy store In the front room
that Catherine attended to.
.Sometimes I bought a few papers
and sold them, and I always kept up
my knitting. I sold a few pair. I don't
know that any one ever wore the socks.
Some people would take them out of
my hands and examine them, laugh and
go on.
I don't know how many years I beg
ged on the ferries, summer and winter'
Joe led me, and he says he forgot. Any
way, we made enough to support tha
family and keep the candy store going,
anil after a while start Henry to Job
printing, when he got to be quite a
boy. When the printing got well start
ed, so It paid, mother told me I might
stay at home. I'd done my share, and
the rest must go ahead. Well, with the
candy store and the printing arid the
lots we've bought and sold we're worth
about $0,000, and It all started with my
U-ggliig at the ferries. I'm not asham
ed, for we had to do it or starve.
Hut there are some things I learned
while I was begging.
(me thing was that It's the poor that
help the poor. Joe often told me how
'twas those that weren't well dressed
that dropped the most pennies.
You could always tell by the voices
If people would give much or little or
nothing. There's a high-pitched voice
that sounds like a knife scratching on
steel that wouldn't give the pennon to
keep a dead man's '-yes shut. I got t
know those voices and tin y always
made me shiver. Jt s.-ems lo me if a
man with a voice like that, pleached
my funeral sermon I'd try to g-t out of
my collin. There's a low, sti nly voice,
wfth soft notes in lt that gives, but
never very generously. Then there's the
voice that talks In spurts, don't you
know, sharp and Jerky and sudden, and
a little trembly. That's the voice that
gives everything It has.
I could tell by the footsteps, too. Tin
quick, sharp tread belonged to the man
with the high, steel-like voice, that
never gave anything. The slow, drag
ging footsteps went with the low,
steady voice, that gave, hut not much.
"Reason In all things" was the motto
of that voice and that walk. The Ir
regular, nervous step was the one that
gave money, and gave like a prince,
whether he had It or not.
NOT A HEART KTI MUTUANT.
The idea that alcohol Is a heart stim
ulant has been thoroughly shown to be
a fallacy. Alcohol Is an anesthetic, a
narcotic and a depressing agent. It at
first seems to Increase the heart vigor
by its paralyzing effect upon the vaso
motor centers, resulting In dilation of
the small arteries, so lessening the
work of the heart, but lis real egect is
to lessen sensibility, and to paralyze,
no matter what the dose or the condi
tion In which It Is given. We do not
want substitutes for alcohol, but wc
want something which will accomplish
the effect of heat over the heart, as a
flannel cloth wrung out of hot water
has a wonderful stimulating effect up
on the heart. Slapping the chest, appli
cations of heat to the spine, hot and
cold sponging to the spine, hot fomen
tations to the head, rubbing the surface
from tho extremities toward the heart
these are the most effective of all
measures for stimulating a flagging
heart, The writer speaks thus confi
dently, after having employed the
measures named for the last zo years,
and with a degree of success which
has left no desire to return to alcohol
and other so-called atlmulants. Dr. J.
H. Kellogg.
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Nehawka, Neb., Dec. 2T. 1896.
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to those afflicted with rectal diseases, as
you perfectly cured me of a very severe
u jnes. i was amicteu lor tnree
years before you treated me and since
then have been entirely well. I cannot
praise you too highly, for I think you tre
the only doctors in the west that can per
fectly cure such diseases. Yours resnect
fully, z. W. SHltADEK.
Competent, Conscientious and
Reliable.
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Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City. Mo.:
Dear Sirs It is with mu.'h eraiitnie I
testify to having been perfectly cured by
your treatment in I892. I had been suffer
ing with piles for eighteen months. I can
truly say there has been no return of my
old ailment.
Hem'e I can confidently recommend vou
lo those suffering from rectal diseases as
being tomiictent, conscientious and per-
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A. A. KNOTT,
Agent for the Equitable Life Insurance
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Falrburv, Neb., Banker Cured.
Fairhurv. Neb.. TJnv 2ft 1R9.
Drs. Thornton & Minor:
Gentlemen Three vears have na3sed
since you treated me for plies. The treat-
cure so complete, that since the day i left
your onlce, three years ago, I have never
known a moment's pain or Inconvenience
from my former trouble. I never expect
ed to be cured and am therefore the more
deeply grateful to you for what you have
aone tor me. very sincerely yours,
GEORGE W. HANSEN,
President Harblne Bank.
After Suffering For Thirty Years.
Beatrice. Neb.. Nov. 17. 18.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.:
Gentlemen I am thankful that I can
write and say that I am entirely cured of
both fistula and piles, after suffering for
thirty years and to such an extent that at
times I could not stand for weeks. Since
I was treated by you six and one-half
years ago, I have not felt the least incon
venience from either of the complaints
and I believe I am as free from either of
these ailments as a person can be. Re
spectfully, W. B. CONLE.TC.
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Had Suffered For Twenty Years.
Weeping Water, Neb., Dec. 21, 1SS8.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Ato. :
Gentlemen I had suffered for twenty
years with piles and as your treatment
taken five years ago perfectly cured me 1
am very grateful to yon and know you to
be perfectly reliable specialists. Yours
truly, J. H. DAVIS.
A Nebraska Banker.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Nov. 21, 18.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.:
Gentlemen I can most cheerfully rec
ommend your treatment for piles, you
having cured my case of ten years' stand
ing. Yours very truly,
T. M. PATTERSON,
Asst. Cashier, Bank of Cass County.
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A Pastor Cured.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Nov. 28, 1896.
To Whom It may Concern:
This certifies that I have been entirely
and permanently cured of a, severe case
of plies by Drs. Thornton & Minor. Kor
three years prior to being cured my case
was very bad and I suffered Intensely. I
tried many remedies and several physi
cians, hut only grew worse.
Hearing of Drs. Thornton & Minor I
went to their office and ln four weeks
was cured. Their treatment Is very mild,
the patient needs no opiate and the cure
Is perfect. I heartily recommend them to
ill who are afflicted with rectal troubles.
P. A. CAMPHKLU
Pastor M. E. Church.
Had Paid Hundredsof Dollars
Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 23, 1!W.
Drs. Thornton A Minor, Kansas CHy, Mo.:
Iiear Sirs-- I h;tvc recommended vou lo
all whom I know to have rectal dieaes,
:-ince yon cured me. I was treated by you
during th" winter of ps'.'i 1 was complete
ly cured by you of a very bad case of rc
tal disease. I hml paid hundred of d'ol
lars to diTcri'Mi ore - of the best phy
sician.", and had suffered for twetily-lhree
vears In fore I came to ynu. Yours tntiv,
H.- M, HONS.
Commission Exchange.
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The Treatment a Godsend.
Council Bluffs, In., Dec. 21, OT,
Drs. Thornton K- Minor, Kansas City, Mo.:
Gentlemen 8!nce my treatment at your
hands 1 have been like a new man. ,ly
condition at the time of treatment was
such that blood poisoning would sureiy
have ended my case in thirty days' lime,
1 fully appreciate your kindness to ,ne in
my extremely nervous and exhausted con
dition. While my muscles have been sore
at times, I attribute It to not heeding your
srivlce in caring for myself as 1 started
out on my long, hard drives a few flays
afttr leaving your office, and have kept
them up ever since. I never neglect to
tell persons suffering from rectal troubles
of you, as I consider It a Godsend to such
persons to know of your skill and respon
sibility. I had been a sufferer from rectal trou
bles for ten years. Today 1 owe my life
to Drs. Thornton A M.nor. Yours i ver
kindly, J. J. GRAVATTE.
Nurseryman, Council Bluffs, la.
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Prominent Business Man Cured.
Kansas City. Mo., Oct. 2f), 1W.
Drs. Thornton tit. .Minor, Kansas f.'ily, Mn. :
Dear Hlrs I cannot recommend your
treatment for piles too highly, you having
treated me very successfully. I was af
flicted for years and you effeclcd a per
manent euro without a day's loss from my
business. Very truly yours,
J. J. HWOFFORD,
Pres. of Bwofford Bros. Dry Goods Co.
DRS. THORNTON & MINOR,
io.i West 9th Street, KANSAS' tctV'
From Ex-Governor Crittenden.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 28, 1ST.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.1
(ientlemen in 1886 or 87 1 was amicteoi
; with a very bad case of piles with which
' I had been annoyed for several years. I
called upon you for treatment ana
relieved within a few weeks, to my entire
satisfaction and at a reasonable cost. I
have not been subject to a subsequent afc
tack. Very truly yours,
THOMAS T. CRITTENDKN.
.Ex-Governor of State-
Indorses the Treatment.
Butte, Mont., Dec. 17, 189S.
Drs. Thornton &- Minor, Kansas City, Mo.l
Gentlemen I hereby indorse your treat
ment and cheerfully recommend any one
suffering to your care. I was thoroughly
cured seven years ago and have never
been troubled since. Yours respectfully,
JAMES McGOVEKN.
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Cured For Ten Years.
Bozeman, Mont., Dec. 19, 189.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.j
Gentlemen I had the piles very bad fee
twenty-five years. Had to wear a sup
port before taking your treatment. It la
now ten years since I took your treatment
and you entirely cured me and I can glad
ly recommend you to ail suffering wltll
rectal diseases. Respectfully,
GEO. RUFFNEU.
8evere Case of Fistula Cured.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 29, 18S7.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, MM
Gentlemen It is with pleasure I recomp
mend your treatment for fistula. I had a
severe case, but believe I am permanently
cured, as It has been nearly three years
since you pronounced me well, and I have
had no trouble from the disease since. 1
will further state that I was never treats
more gentlemanly than by you. Youra
truly, S. fc. CHORN,
Stock Yards Exchange Bldg.
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General Health Better.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 30, 1SST.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.1
Dear Sirs It is now Just one year since
you treated me for piles, and I must say,
that after your treatment my health baa
been very much better. I was afflicted for
over ten years. I shall be only too glad if
you will use my name. I recommend yam
to all that have rectal diseases. Youra
truly, L. N. COHEN.
Proprietor Temple of Economy, 1125 Msia
Street.
Has Unbounded Faith.
Miltonville, Kan., Dec. 15, 189S.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.l
Gentlemen I was afflicted with piles ans
fissures for ten years before you treated
me. That was eight years ago. I sufforoa
untold misery day and night until yes
treated me and I have not lost an houri
sleep from that time to the present frots
the disease.
I have unbounded faith in your ability
to cure any person who is afflicted wits
any disease of the rectum, and would say
to any of my friends or acquaintances!
Do not hesitate to go to Drs. Thornton
Minor for treatment. Yours respectfully,
W. J. HAYES.
The testimonials we publish is
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Tried a Creat Many Doctors.
Herlngton, Kan., Nov. 30, 1898.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mo.l
Gentlemen It has been two years sines
you cured me of piles and I am saUsflea
that the cure is permanent. I tried a
great many doctors for the trouble in the
last thirteen or fourteen years and founa
no relief until I came to you. Very truly.
I. S. BRUNDAOS,
Supt. of the Herington Water and Dghl
Plant.
Indorsement From a Smith Center
Banker.
Smith Center, Kan., Nov. 15, 1396.
Drs. Thornton & Minor:
Gentlemen Replying to yours of the 17tfc
will say thit your treatment on me has
been very satisfactory. So far there has
been no signs of the trouble returning la
any form.
I shall take no hesitancy in recommend
ing you to any one that may see fit to en.
ouire. 1 was treated eight vears ago.
Yours vciv truly, J. R. BPRROW,
President First National Bank.
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pal ient is well.
Succeed Where Others Fall.
I.lncoinvlllp, Kan., Nov. 22, 3KH.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas CHy, Mo.s
Gentlemen It has been six years since
you Healed me for bleeding plies, wits
which db'cnse I had been a filleted for
twenty year?. By chance. I hoard of your
siii-cpxH and placed mvself under your
fare, though I confess I had little faith
that I would he -cured, as I had been
treated by four other physicians, whs
gave me no relief.
Yoa cured me thoroughly and perma
nently, r.,r which I can never thar.k votl
sufficiency. I earnestly recommend yoo
to all similarly afflicted. Very respectfully,
T. J. WISE.
Tried Every Remedy.
Toneka, Kan., Nov. 2rt, 18S6.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City, Mas
Gentlemen Kor thirty years prior to re
ceiving your treatment I was a Allele
wilh tho piles. During that time I trlee!
every remedy internal and external knows
to medical science, without, relief.
I went to ynu for treatment last Febru
ary. Since being dismissed by you, a
short time afterward, up to the present
lime I have had no symptoms of the piles.
I am well. I will gladly answer all letters
of inquiry concerning your treatment
Very truly yours, ('HAS. N. DUNCAN.
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Entirely Fre From Old Trouble
Axlell, Kan., Dec. 11. lm.
Drs. Thornton & Minor, Kansas City Moj
Gentlemen It gives mn pleasure to ha
able to say that since being treated by
you for rectal trouble In ;) I have bceS
entirely freo from those diseases. I very
cheerfully recommend you to any persona
allllcted with rectal troubles. Yours truhr
. J. R. LIVINGSTONE. '
Dealer ln General Merchandise.
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