Loup City Northwestern
GEO. E. BENSCHOTER, Ed. and Pub.
LOUP CITY, - - NEBRASKA.
Another eye has been ptit ont by a
golf ball. To golf players: Mind your
eye.
The sultan of Turkey has written a
book, they say, on hypocrisy. Expert
testimony.
There are any number of young men
•who start out to get rich by buying
lottery tickets.
A volcano has broken out in the
Mexican state of Tabasco. A hot
time is anticipated.
A lady of 40 has asked $75,000 for
damaged affections. What would she
have demanded at 20?
The scent of the moth ball betrays
the man who pretends his fail over
coat is just from the tailor.
Nearly every country town now has
I la carnival queen, and she is gener
ally all right if her picture tells the
truth.
The proposed United States of Eu
rope might, be the means of driving
William Waldorf Astor into exile
again.
Dr. Newell Dwight Hollis advocates
devoting 30 minutes each day to laugh
ter. *Ve’ll try It after we secure some
hard coal.
A Kirkville, Mo., fanner owns
a mule that is 34 years old. How did
he happen to let the British remount
agents get past?
The cable reports that the sultan
has resolved to reduce his harem ex
penses. Suppose the inmates form a
union and strike?
Over In Australia sheep are selling
for a shilling a head. The Australians
had better watch or the meat trust
will bo getting after them.
As betwixt a blushing bride chew
ing spruce gum and a blushing brlde
grcom chewing tobacco, give us the
sweet boon of single blessedness.
Nearly all of the new plays are
first tried In Washington. It is figured
that whatever a department clerk will
stand for is good for a long run else
where.
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It appears that certain members of
the South Omaha school board have
been selling their votes for $8 apiece.
That’s almost as slow’ as working for
a living.
The king of Siam has a very small
svandlrg army, less than 12,000 men.
When he wants to attract attention to
something numerous he points to the
royal harem.
Prof. Howerth If Chicago, says no
woman should allow a man to call her
• his." Ho has reference to the cus
tom existing before he entered his
professional den.
The National Household Economics
convention should take note of the
fact that a Chicago woman has just
vanquished a thief by using a feather
duster &s a weapon.
It is still pretty hard to get grouchy
old men who don’t like the boys their
daughters have selected as future hus
bands to agree that arbitration is a
good thing in all cases.
Complaint Is entered against the rec
tor of an Episcopal church in New
York that he sleeps too much. That
is trenching upon the privileges of the
parishioners in the pews.
Austria is trying to legislate a set
tlement of the language question, but
to* a non-linguist It would seem that
peace and the Polish tongue were
pretty nearly incompatible.
The Castellanes are having more
trouble over their debts. Ah, why
will these tradesmen who belong to
the canaille insist on vulgarly trying
to get what is coming to them?
One of Ha.vti's revolutions has been
taken aboard the United States cruiser
Cincinnati and will be lauded on some
other island. This may be good for
Hayti, but what about the other is
lands.
A herd of from 40 to 50 buffaloes Is
ranging in one of the most inacces
sible regions of Colorado. We had
missed some of the members of the
order of late and didn't know where
they were.
This is the royal month for diseases
that the patent medicines can cure
and the cereal foods prevent. It is
also the season when the doctors can
devote their energies to the collec
tion of old ac'-ourts.
Mrs. Callaway of Ohio has discover
ed a new way to get a new stove. She
soaked a brick in gasolene instead o|
oil, and applied the match. After that
tier husband couldn't question the ne‘
eessity of partly refurnishing the
kitchen.
Application has been made by 150
Swiss bicyclists for permission to
bring their wheels into the United
States from Canada free of duty. Why
rot? Numerous individuals with
wheels are admitted to this country
annually without charge.
It Bile Cl II A.
By JOHN R. MHSICK,
Aathor ol Mr. Howard," “Th*
Dark Stranger." •Charlie Allcndala'a
Double," Etc.
OoyyHgbt, tSfT, by Ro»*»t Bonma’i Son.
All rlcbia raaarrad.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Lost Found.
While the stirring events just nar
rated were transpiring in the grotto
two men but a few miles below the
valley were making their way along
the trail made in the snow by old Ben
Holton and the Indians.
"Can you follow It, Glum?” asked
the young man, who was Clarence
Berry.
"Yes, 1 kin follow it,” he answered.
The two travelers followed the trail
until they came to where a portion of
the tracks led up the stream, and
some went across the river. Here
Glum Ralston called a halt. He stood
looking at the foot-prints In the snow
and shook his great shaggy old head
like one In doubt.
"Wall, I want t’ tell ye I'm a mite
wool-gathered " the old man growled,
as he gazed at the foot prints. “It's
my opinion that we'll find the camp
on the other side.”
"I see a light!” exclaimed Clarence.
Glum Ralston turned his eyes in the
direction Indicated and said:
"Yes; now I see it—now I don't.”
"It seems moving about.”
"There is some one in the valley.”
They could not only see a light,
but figures moving about, and Clar
ence added:
"Glum, let us go over there first.”
"Well,” come on,” the old ex
sailor grunted, and they started over
the frozen river. When nearly across
they discovered people running about
in great excitement and loud cries,
mingled with which was the shriek
of a female voice. Then came the re
port of a gun, followed by two or three
more in quick succession.
"Ho! Clarence, git a move on ye—
there's a fight over there!’ cried Glum
Ralston, and the two Increased their
speed to a run.
We will precede Clarence Berry and
Glum Ralston to the little camp and
explain the cause of excitement.
When Lackland left to send rein
forcements to kill or capture the old
man from the mountain, whom he was
quick to perceive was inimical to his
interests, he little dreamed they
would be coming to meet him.
The old man of the mountains, or
hermit, as we have known him, watch
ed Lackland across the river, but did
not Bee him meet Cummins. Know
ing it would be some hours before he
would return, ha did not consider
haste necessary.
"Wo will be gone, my dear child,
before that man returns,” he said, in
a kind, fatherly way, that won the
heart of the girl.
"What do you propose?” she asked
! eagerly.
"Across this frozen river, the ice of
w^ich will bear your weight, as I
have tested it myself, we will find a
deep, dark cavern. Now', we will
cross ihe river and 1 leave you
1 there—”
"Why leave me there? Why not
take me on to Paul?” she asked.
"Because you would be a hindrance
to my rescuing him. No, no! You
must consent to stay in the cavern
or we will have to abandon the pro
ject of rescuing Paul.'’
"I will—I will do anything.”
They began the search for capsules,
lozenges and buttons of compressed
and dessieated food, which took up
little space and the weight trifling
in comparison to the original food.
All tlii3 took time, and there came
one delay after another, until hours
had glided by before they were ready
to depart. At last everything was
ready.
"Now, my dear child, we are ready
to go. I hope you won't find this
journey too much for your strength.'
“Don’t consider that for a moment.’
"Hark! I hear footsteps approach
lug .
•‘Some one comes!” she gasped,
turning deathly pale.
The men approaching the house
were Lackland, with Cummins, Allen,
Padgett, and Ambrose. They had seiz
ed pine knot torches and were creep
ing stealthily toward the tent. The
keen eye of the hermit had seen them
and he hastily formed a little barri
cade, behind which he crouched, a
revolver In each hand.
"Ho, there!” called the hermit cap
tain. “Don't advance too near until
you explain what your mission is!”
“My mission is to get to my tent,”
interposed Lackland. “Who are you
who presumes to take our camp from
us?”
"Keep off!”
One of the men behind Ned fired at
j the old captain and the bullet grazed
the top of his cap.
"You got him!” shouted Ned.
“We’ve got him this time!” and
struck a blow at his head with his
knotted stick. The stick fell on the
sled runner and there came a blind
ing flash, a stunning report from the
door of the tent. Ned staggered back
and fell to the earth. For a moment
his companions were appalled. Tom
Ambrose fired two shots at his cap
tain. but the mutineer was excited
at the death of hia companion, and
aimed high.
“The hour of vengeance has come!”
an awful voice shouted from the tent,
and another report shook the air, aud
Tom Ambrose sank, a bullet in his
brain.
This unexpected resistance appalled
aad unnerved Lackland and bis com
i
panlonn, who bent n hasty retreat to
ward the river. They were nearly to
tlie river bank when two men, leap
ing from the Ice, ran toward them,
crying:
Hold! What does this mean? Lack
land, you here?"
"Clarence Berry! I’m undone!"
Then, followed by his men, he ran
up the stream, instead of across It.
"Let us follow them,” said Clarence.
"No, let's go to the tent. There's
been bloodshed there!”
They ran to the camp now deserted
by the Indians and Esquimaux. Two
men lay where they had fallen, the
snow crimson with their blood. An
old man came from the tent, holding
a pale, trembling girl by the hand.
Clarence snatched up a burning
brand that had fallen from the hand
of some fugutive, and at a glance
cried:
"Laura—Laura Kean!”
His shout was drowned by a roar
from Glum Ralston.
"My captain, oh, my captain, found
at last!” and in a moment those griz
zled men. lost to each other a score
of years, were clasped In each other's
arms.
CHAPTER XIX.
Conclusion.
The reuinon of the sea captain and
the faithful sailor was mild compared
to a reunion that quickly followed.
Another party was coming across the
ice. The long, Arctic night was spent
and the opening door of dawn was
filling all tho eastern Heavens with
glory, when Paul, Kate, old Ben and
their faithful canine friend sprang
from the ice and hurried up the hill to
the narrow valley, where the camp
was.
Paul led the party, with Kate close
behind. The first object he recogniz
ed was his faithful old friend, who
had long mourned him as dead—Glum
Ralston. The meeting can bo better
imagined than described. He was
told that Laura was inside with Clar
ence and the long-lost captain, who
was making desperate efforts to ex
plain something which had befuddled
everybody, and Paul tumbled head
first Into the tent, the worst befuddled
of any one, and embraced Laura and
Clarence, and for several moments
the only rational being in the party
was the faithful unknown dog, who
sat on his haunches and panted.
It was fully an hour before every
body inside and everybody outside
were at all themselves. Paul after
ward had a dim recollection of hearing
a voice very much like Glum Ralston's
roar:
"Ain’t you Kate Willis, my Kate?”
and then he heard a voice which
sounded very much like Kate crying:
“Ain’t you Jack Ralston, my sailor
boy?”
Then there was a collision, explo
sion, and the liub-hub increased.
At last, when all had time to re
cover, Kate and Jack, as she still call
ed him, entered the tent, she declaring
she would never permit him to leave
her again. Jack explaining that he
was staying in Alaska In compliance
with an order from his captain to the
effect that he was to never leave
until he returned.
“And he has returned,” said Jack.
“Ho has come back and is here now;
and Kate, I am ready to go.”
The man whom we have known as
ftie hermit captain said:
“My frieuds, this is the happiest day
I ever knew. But one person more is
necessary to make the reunion com
plete, and my cup of happiness run
over. I want to ask some questions,
and then make some explanations.
First, is your name Paul Miller?”
“Yes, sir,” Paul answered.
“Who was your father, and where
is he?”
“My father was Captain Joseph Mil
ler, who was lost before I can remem
ber in Alaska or some of the Islands
of the Bering Sea.”
“Do you know the name of the ship
he last sailed in, and from what
port?”
“Mother told me he sailed from San
Francisco in a sealing schooner call
ed the Eleanor.”
"Jack—Jack! Have you been with
him all these months and not know
this?”
Glum Ralston leaped to his feet with
a startled yell and cried:
"Crack-lash! A Miller—son of my
captain! Why, by the name of Nep
tune, didn’t ye tell me yo had some
other name'n Crack-lash?”
Paul was dumbfounded. He had
heard a hint that tne hermit was his
father, but the old man had so stub
bornly denied it that he had conclud
ed if must be false.
“Why did you deny I was j-our son
when those men threatened to hang
me?” Paul asked.
“My boy, I knew it then as well as
now, but to acknowledge you to be
my son was to be your own doom.
They’d a hung ye then for sure, or
tortured us both.”
“What was they goin’ to hang
Crack-lash for? asked Jack Ralston.
"Because 1 wouldn’t tell where I’d
cached a fortune in gold I got from
the Alaskan mines So long as they
didn't know he was my son they could
not force the secret from me that
way.”
“W«1I, cap'n, you played your part
very tine, an’ now that we have out
witted ’em, an’ all goin’ home soon,
can you 9nd the place where the gold
is cached?”
"If I had a certain walrus hide 1
could. It Is the one my son took from
the cave.”
"I gave It to you. Glum.”
"And l’vo got It safe at camp.”
In the midst of their rejoicing
Paul did not forget the poor wretch
who was lying in the cavern mangled
and torn by the dog. Clarence and
two Indians went and brought Morris
to the camp, where Kate carefully
dressed his wounds. He was the only
man living save Belcher, who had
robbed Paul, and told them where the
treasure could be found, also making
a full confession of his crime, admit
ting that Lackland had hired them to
detain Paul in Alaska until he. Lack
land, should win a certain lady’s hand
and heart.
The second day after the startling
incidents narrated above the little
camp was broken, all the dog sled3
secured and porters, packers and
Esquimaux set out for the Klondyke.
Providence favored them, for there
was no snow fall during their march.
At the Klondyke Ethel Berry gave
them a reception In her shanty. Her
amazement was unbounded to learn
that Laura was in Alaska, and still,
strangest of all, Paul had found a
father wTho had been dead twenty
years.
Kate went.to Dawson City and
established her laundry, though Tack
tried hard to dissuade her. She said
until she was Jack's wife she would
support herself, and as there was no
priest or parson on the Klondyke she
saw no chance to marry until they
left. Kate did a big business that win
ter, and as soon as the spring of 1897
came and the pass was open our
friends went to Juneau and took a
ship for San Francisco. ,
Paul had not only recovered his
gold, but much more, which he took
out that winter, while his father re
covered his gold. Jack Ralston was
worth seventy-five thousand dollars,
while Clarence Berry and his sweet,
bravo little wife were rich several
times over.
It was several months before the
real fate of Lackland and his compan
ions was known. After their failure
to abduct I.aura Kean the three men
dared not return to the land of civili
zation, but went to Sheep Camp.
One morning, while the camp was
still buried in sleep, there came a
peculiar rumbling sound from the
southwest side of the mountain, and,
like an avalanche, the great glacier
came rumbling, thundering down,
burying tents and shanties and men
beneath it. Some fled and a few
escaped, but when the debris had
cleared away several were missing.
Buried deep under the landslide were
Lackland, Cummins, Allen, Morris and
Belcher.
Some one had gone on to Fresno
and broke the news to Mrs. Miller by
degrees. She could at first hardly be
lieve her son alive, and it was still
more difficult to believe the husband,
whom she had for twenty years
thought dead alive. When she was
told that she would see them that very
day. she swooned for ojy.
She was at the depot when the train
came in and Captain Miller, shaven
and shorn, and dressed in the garb of
civilization, looking twenty years
younger than when a wanderer in the
Klondyke. stepped from the train to
receive his fainting wife in his strong
arms.
There was a wedding—of course
there was. No story would be com
plete without a wedding, and in this
there were two, for Jack Ralston
would insist on being married to his
faithful Kate on the same day Laura
and Paul were wedded.
Clarence and Ethel Berry, who
contributed so much to bring about
the happiness of their friends, were
present, and declared they never en
joyed but one other event more—;
that was their own wedding, of course.
As these young people are wealthy
beyond their fondest dreams, as they
have tasted the bitter cup of poverty,
and take delight in making others
happy, it is safe to predict that their
millions will not be squandered in
frivolity, but the world will be better
by their having lived, toiled and Buf
fered.
May they live long to enjoy the
golden riches taken from the treasure
house of the Ice King on the Klon«
dyke.
The End.
THOUGHT IT WAS PIGS.
Young Girl’s Apt Description of Cham
pion Snorer’s Efforts.
Mr. J. has a great and growing rep
utation for snoring—his intimate
friends say be is in a class all by him
self and cannot be matched.
A few summers ago, while J. and
his wife were on a driving trip, they
stopped overnight at a hotel in Sulli
van county, says the New York Trib
une. The hotel was a frame building,
the bedrooms were divided by thin
beard partitions, and the accoustic
properties were so good that any
sound much louder than a whisper in
one room conld be distinctly heard in
the room adjoining.
Shortly after J. and his wife were
shown to their room another party,
consisting of a mother and two young
daughters, arrived and were put in the
room adjoining that of the Js.
That night, J., being very tired,
slept soundly and—his wife says—
nobly sustained his reputation as a
sound producer.
The next morning, while they were
seated at breakfast, the new arrivals
oi the night before were ushered into
the diniug room and were given seats
at the same table, opposite J. and his
wife.
The younger daughter was of a very
talkative disposition, and after giving
her views on things in general sud
denly broke out with:
“Oh mamma! this place is just like
the real country—every time I woke
up last night I could hear the pigs.’'
J. and his wife resumed their driv
ing trip immediately after breakfast.
In His Father's Place.
Benham—I believe our boy Ip going
to be the fool of the family.
Mrs. Benham—It's quite probable;
it’s very likely that he will outlive
you
, THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VIII, NOV. 23; ISAIAH 28:1
7—TEMPERANCE LESSON.
Golden Text—"They Also Have Erred
Through Wine"—Isaiah 28:7—Why
God Allows Such Evils to Follow
Intemperance.
I. The Historical Situation.—Tsalah
prophesied about sixty years, from B. C.
759-68$, from the last years of Uzztah till
toward tno close of Hezekiah's reign.
Time. This prophecy was spoken about
B. C. 725, three years before the fall ot
Samaria to the people of Judah and Je
rusalem In view of the character of the
neighboring kingdom of Israel and the
punishment for their sins that was rap
idly approaching.
Place in Bible history. 2 Kings 17:1-23;
18:110; 2 Chron. 29. 30.
The scene. Isaiah is speaking to the
rulers and magnates at Jerusalem <v. 14)
Slid warning them of their sin and dan
cer. He points out the overwhelming
scourge which Is devastating the glory of
Ephraim, and declares that If the Ju
deans continue in the same sins, nothing
can prevent them from being over
whelmed with the same ruin.
II, The Moral Condition that was ruin
ing the Nation.—Vs. 1. 7. Their Oppor
tunity. God had set them apart for his
service, to he trained for his kingdom, to
be a righteous and glorious nation wnose
God is the Lord, and to be the means of
leading all nations into the light and
blessing of true religion and heavenly
morality. No nobler and more gloriouj
mission was ever given to any nation.
Their Sin. 1. "Woo." Not a wish or a
prayer for woe. but a warning thnt woe
was coming. "To the crown of pride.”
The capital, so called because it crowned
the hill, or because ita battiemented wails
resemble a crown. "To” (better, "of”)
"the drunkards of Ephraim." put for |
the whole kingdom, because Ephraim j
was the leading tribe. "Whose gloriour?
beauty.” The "glorious beauty” of Sa
maria was a beauty of magnificent lux
ury. “Is a fading ilower." It was soon
to wither before the Sirocco of Assyrian
invasion. Which are" (rather, "is") “on
the head" (or decks the head) “of the
fat valleys." "Samaria was built on a
hill of an oval form, which rose up In
the midst of a fertile valley shut in by
moun tains.Rawlinson.
7. "But they also," even those In Ju
dah. who saw the destruction of the
neighboring kingdom. So even those in
temperance families and communities
are sometimes led astray.
First. They "have erred through wine."
Like a drunkard, their steps were un
steady, they reeled from side to side, they
could not walk in a straight line of duty,
but erred from God's commandments.
Second. The priest and the prophet hava
erred. Strong drink biases and lead:!
Hstrny even the religious teachers of
the land. The highest, the b* st, are not
safe when they use intoxicating liquors.
Many have fallen in this way.
Third. "They are swallowed up of
wine.” Men throw away all they have,
and nil they hope for. in this world nnl
in the next,—family, fortune, happiness,
life, heaven, everything.—to gratify theii
appetite for strong drink.
Fourth. "They err in vision.” They cars
not see things as they are.
Fifth. “They stumble In Judgment*
They cannot judge anything correctly.
Intoxicating liquors destroy the business
judgment, and the clear decisions of con
science.
Application to Temperance. 1. Every
one who has become a drunkard was
once an innocpnt child. God created him
for great things, for an immortal des
tiny. for great usefulness, for a part In
bringing in the millennial days, and
transforming the world into the kingdom
of heaven.
2. For this he gave him great advan
tages.—a beautiful world to live In, ed
ucation, talents, religion, home, friends,
health, opportunities.
3. But strong drink ruins all '.his. It
destroys the power of usefulness. It
weakens the Intellect. It dulls the con
science. It perverts the judgment. A
drinking captain cannot steer well. A
drinking business man is liable to make
bad bargains.
III. The Overwhelming Scourge.—Vs.
2-4. 2. “Behold the Lord hath." He used
the Assyrians as a rod wherewith to pun
ish these wicked people. "A strong one,"
the Assyrian power. "A tempest of hall
... a destroying storm ... a flood
of mighty waters," describe in vivid
speech the irresistible violence, the devas
tating force with which the Assyrians
were aboul to overwhelm them.
3. "As the hasty fruit.” It. V., “the
first ripe fig before the summer.” before
the usual season for figs.
- __ __ «... It_t I i«
historical fact and prophetic vision Is
plain. The oversowing scourge, tho tem
pest of hall, the destroying storm, are
but faint symbols of tills curs*'. The As
syrian hordes, with all their fierceness
and fury, did not do so much evil to
Israel as Intemperance has done, and is
now doing, to men. Their great army that
poured over tile land like a deluge was
but a guerilla band compared with the
army of Intemperance. It sweeps away
from its victims, property, home, com
fort. prosperity, usefulness, riches, life,
all blessings, including heaven itself.
IV. God's Promises of Help.—Vs. 5, 6.
5. "In that day." The day when the
drunkards of Ephraim perished because
they would not take warning and repent.
• Shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown
of glory." He will sustain, defend, and
bless, beyond the power of the hi art to
conceive, those who obey him. ."Unto the
residue.” The remnant so often referred
to by Isaiah, who served the laird.
6. "For a spirit of Judgment.” Of dis
cerning the right, and governing with
lust lee and equity. There Is nothing like
a supreme love of God. and trust in
God. for clearing the mind and guiding
the judgment*. "For strength to them that
turn the battle to” (It. V., “at”) "the
gate." “These words are applied by all
the later writers to those who drive tho
war back to the enemy's own gates, or,
as It were, carry it Into his own country.
The two great requisites of civil gov
ernment are here described as coming
from Jehovah. The spirit of tilts verse is
not a mere Influence, but God himself.”—
Alexander.
Application to Temperance. God would
persuade men to a life ct temperance by
showing not only the pvils of intemper
ance. but the heavenly blessings of tem
perance. To those who are truly temper
ate, who bring every passion and appe
tite under the control of conscience and
reason and the divine law, God will bring
blessings beyond all that those who yield
to appetite can conceive.
Riches Avail Nothing.
Tho Bible is full of warnings to
those who set their hearts upon the
possession of riches, and who forget
God and spiritual life. The possession
of even the whole world, if that were
a possibility, would he no compensa
tion for the loss of the coul. Yet peo
ple are losing their souls for a very
little fragment of it day after day.
The world is full of men who seem to
forget that there is an eternity be
fore them, and who are running a
mad race for material wealth, with no
thought of God or immortality.
ALMOST A MIRACLE.
Case No. 49,763.—Mrs. M. Isted, of
1207 Strard street, Galveston, Tex.,
who Is proprietor of a boarding house
at that address, numbering among
her boarders a dozen medical stu
dents, says: "I caught cold during the
flood of September, 1900, and It set
tled in my kidneys. Despite the fact
that 1 tried all kinds of medicines and
was under the care of physicians, the
excruciating twinges and dull aching
across the small of my back refused
to leave, and trouble with the kidney
secretions began to set in. From
then, ordinary Anglo-Saxon fails to
describe the annoyance and suffering
I endured. The fearful pain through
my body, loss of appetite, loss of
sleep, consequent loss of energy,
and, finally, indication of complete
dissolution compelled me, from sheer
agony and pain, to either lie on the
floor and scream, or forced me into
spasms. On such occasions my hus
band called In a physician, whose mor
phine treatment relieved me tempo
rarily. 1 grew weaker and thinner,and
so rim down physically that nothing
was left but skin and bone. All my
friends, acquaintances and neighbors
knew about my critical condition, aud
on one occasion I was reported dead
and they came to see my corpse, ai
last the doctors attending me held a
consultation and agreed that if 1 did
not undergo an operation 1 could not
live. Preparations were made, a
room selected at the city hospital, and
they oven went so far as to have the
carriage brought to the door to carry
me there. I don’t know why, but
aomething told me not to go, and I ab
solutely refused. Now I want the
reader to grasp every word of the fol
lowing: A friend of ours, a Mr. Mc
Gaund, knowing that my kidneys
were the real cause of the entire
trouble, brought a box of Doan's Kid
ney Pills to the house, and requested
me to give them a trial. I had taken
so much medicine that I was more
than discouraged, and had little, if
any, faith in any preparation. How
ever, I reasoned if they did not do me
good they could not possibly make me
worse, so I began the treatment. After
the third dose, I felt something dart
across me like a flash of lightning,
and from that moment I began to im
prove. The pain in my back and kid
neys positively disappeared, the kid
ney secretions became free and nat
ural. At present 1 rest ai;d sleep well,
my appetite is good, my weight has
Increased from 118 to 155 pounds,
and my flesh is firm and solid. My
friends actually marvel at the change
in my appearance. Words cannot ex
press my own feelings. 1 am not put
ting it too strongly when I say I have
been raised from the dead. I am sat
isfied that had it not been for Doan’s
Kidney Pills, taken when they were,
I would have been either lying in the
Lake View Cemetery, or an Invalid for
the balance of my life. I will be only
too pleased to give minuter particu
lars of my case to any one calling on
me, not, of course, out of Idle curios
ity, but if they really have kidney
complaint and want to kr.ow what
course to pursue to get relief."
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Isied
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster Mil hum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists, price 50 cents
per box.
Orders have been given for the re
moval of the wire fence encircling Jo
hannesburg.
KEI> CKOKS BALL BIXE
Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
for it. Largo 2 oz. package only 5 ceuu.
There are no songsters found in tlia
last year’s birds’ nests.
H.tops tho Cougli ansi
Works Off the Cold
Laxative Brouo(Quinine Tablet*. Price25c,
Why will a woman wear a flfty-dol
lar bonnet and a 98*cent pair of shoes?
Mrs. Winslow** woottilnf Wyrap.
For children teething, softens thefcums, reduces In*
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Tho man who pushes the grass cut
ter is one kind of a lawn party.
What's the secret of happy, vigorous
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stomach, tho liver nmi kidneys strong and
active. Burdock Blood Bittern does it.
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bv local applications as they cannot reach ths
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way to euro deafness, and that is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by on
Inflamed condition of the mucus lining of tho
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vou have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
tho result, and unless the inflammation can ba
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will bo destroyed forever;
nlno cases out ol ton are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
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of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cura Send for
circulars, free.
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Fold by Druggists. 75c.
Hall's Family Tills arc the best.
As between give and take the latter
is the most popular.
Diphtheria relieved in twenty minutes.
Almost miraculous. Dr. Thomas' Eelectrio
Oil. At any drug store.
The man who knows It all rarely
knows enough to amount to anything.
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