Small Island Owned by America.
Wake Island in the North Pacific,
which the United States owns, is
barely one square mile in area and
has little economic value except for
the guano deposits on its rocky sur
face and possibly as a stepping stone
of cable connection between the
United States and its Asiatic posses
sions. _
Cure for Nervous Diseases.
The latest cure for nervous dis
eases, according to a Swiss doctor, is
tea made with melted snow.
This Will Interest Mothers.
Mother Gray’s Sweet Powders for Chil
dren, used by Mother Gray, a nurse in
Children’s Home, New York, Cure Fever
ishness, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the bowels and destroy
Worms. Sold by all Druggists, 25c. Sample
FltEEL Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy.N. Y.
Immensity of North Forests.
The northern belt of forests is per
haps greater in extent than all the
other timber belts and reserves of
Canada combined. It extends from
the eastern coast of Labrador north of
the fiftieth parallel in a northwesterly
direction to Alaska, a distance of some
3,000 miles, with an average width of
perhaps 500 miles.
Bird Killed by Golf Ball.
As a member of an English goll
club drove, a wagtail was observed
flying across the line of fire. The
golf ball was seen to hit the bird at
a distance of about forty paces from
the striker. The wagtail fell at once
to earth, and was found to be not only
stone dead, but absolutely decapi
tate)}.
Brides Who Stay at Home.
According to old and established
custom in Japan, the eldest child,
whether male or female, must, under
all circumstances, abide at and in
herit the home. By this means a con
tinuous succession is assured, *and the
estates cannot pass into the hands of
strangers._
Still More Evidence.
Bay City, 111., August 8 (Special).—
Mr. K. F. Henley of this city adds his
evidence to that published almost
dally that a sure cure for Rheuma
tism is now before the American peo
ple and that that cure is Dodd’s Kid
ney Pills. Mr. Henley had Acute
Rheumatism. He has used Dodd’s
Kidney Pills. He says of the result:
“After suffering fo.* sixteen years
with Rheumatism and using numer
ous medicines for Rheumatism and
more medicines prescribed by doc
tors, I at last tried Dodd’s Kidney
Pills with the result that I got more
bentfit from them than all the others
put together.
“Dodd’s Kidney Pills were the only
thing to give me relief, and I recom
mend them to all suffering from
Acute Rheumatism.”
Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid
in the blood. Healthy kidneys take
all the Uric Acid out of the blood.
Dodd’s Kidney Pills make healthy kid
neys. _
To Make Palms Thrive.
A few pieces of hoof-parings which
horseshoers pare ofT the hoof before
shoeing horses will make palms
thrive luxuriantly. Simply poke the
parings well down in the soil at any
time of the year. Horseshoers givo
away the parings for the asking.
Damage Done by Beetles.
In 1873 in Germany 1,500,000 trees
are said to have been destroyed in
the Hartz forest alone by two small
species of beetles. The larvae bur
row beneath the bark and thus cause
the injury to the growing trees.
Suicides Find the Way.
Vienna has a new prison so arrange
ed that suicide or escape by its pris
oners was considered impossible. Ons
of its first inmates, a boy, hanged
himself by means of his trousers on
the edge of the heating apparatus.
Joy In One’s Work.
Joy in one’s work is the consum
mate tool, without which the work
may be done, indeed, but without
which the work will always be dona
slowly, cliftnsily and without its fin*
est perfection.—Phillips Brooks.
If Bitten by Mad Dog.
ff a person is bitten by a supposed*
ly mad dog let him call a physician,
and in the meantime apply lemon*
juice to the wound. This Is the ad*
vice of Dr. Lagorlo of the Pasteur in*
stituta. _
OLD FASHIONED.
But 8till in the Fashion.
It is an ever new and interesting
story to hear how one can be entirely
made over by change of food.
“For two years I was troubled with
what my physician said was the old
fashioned dyspepsia.
“There was nothing I could eat but
20 or 30 minutes later I would be spit
ting my food up in quantities until I
would be very faint and weak. This
went out from day to day until I was
terribly wasted away and without any
prospect of being helped.
“One day I was advised by an old
lady to try (Jrape-Nuts and cream
leaving off all fatty food. I had no
confidence that Grape-Nuts would do
all she said for me as I had tried so
many things without any help. But
it was so simple I thought I would
give it a trial she insisted so.
“Well I ate some for breakfast and
pretty soon the lady called to see her
•patient' as she called me and asked
if I had tried her advice.
“’Glad you did child, da you feel
some better?*
- “‘No,’ I said, T do not know as I
do, the only difference I can see is I
have no sour stomach and come to
think of it I haven’t spit up your four
teaspoons of Grape-Nuts yet'
“Nor did I ever have any trouble
with Grape-Nuts then or any ether
time for this food always stays down
and my stomach digests It perfectly;
I soon got Btrong and well again and
bless that old lady every time I see
her.
“Once an Invalid of 98 pounds f now
weigh 125 pounds and feel strong and
well and it is due entirely and only to
having found the proper food in
Grape-Nuts." Kamo driven my Postum
Co., Battle Cr- 5 ’
Get the 1 v. Road to
Wellville' i . ~ v
End of the Week.
Tt happens every Saturday, when all the
chores Is done,
Vn’ the day Is restin' some'eres. an' tnc
stars is havin’ fun
l-twinklin’ an- a-dancin’ in the clear and
distant sky
To the music of the sleigh bells as they
go a-jinglin’ by—
Wo have tended to our labors: all the
week we’ve done our best.
An' we feel that we're entitled to a
night of honest rest; .
An' maw has washed the dishes, an t..e
hired man’s fed the stock—
But the week's work ain’t quite finished
until gran'paw winds the clock.
There’s no one else da'st touch it, ’cause
it takes a master hand
An’ you very likely break it if yon
didn’t understand:
An’ when the weights go rlsln’ with a
whirring an’ a whizz.
I alius hope that I'll grow up as smart
as gran’paw Is.
An’ then the house gits quiet, ’cause
the folks all go to bed.
An’ there ain't no noise except the
branches scrapin’ overhead.
We've finished up another week, an' Tim
has learned the lock
That shuts it out an' starts us fresh
when g. an'paw winds the clock.
—Washington Star.
Odd Way to Lift a Glass.
Ycu can surprise people very much
by laying your hand, with apparent
carelessness, on a tumbler or wine
glass nearly full of water and then
lifting the glass, water and ail, by
raising your hand, with the fingers
outstretched in order to prove that
you do not take hold of the glass in
any way. Probably there will be
some people whom you will not sur
prise. These will say, “Oh, that’s
easy,” try to do the trick themselves
—and fail.
The secret of success is this:
Though your fingers are straight w hen
you lift the glass, they must be bent
downward sharply when you place
your palm upon it. You must press
your hand down rather firmly in or
der to make an air-tight joint between
it and the rim of the glass, which
should be wet to make the joint tight
er. Now suddenly straighten your
fingers and lift your hand. This mo
tion of the fingers causes the flesh
of the palm to move in such a way
as to cause a partial vacuum, a suc
tion which you can feel distinctly.
The space between the water and
your hand is made a little larger, and
therefore the air in that space is rare
fied or made thinner and exerts less
pressure. Therefore, the greater air
pressure outside, acting on the bot
tom and sides of the glass, forces it
upward against your hand strongly
enough to lift both glass and water
when you raise your hand.
This trick requires some practice
before it can be done with certainty
ind had better not be attempted with
l very thin oi valuable glass or in a
place where spilled water will do
harm.
Above all, do not use a very thin
Lifting a Glass of Water.
glass, ior even u it aoes noi arop you
may break it by mere pressure and
cut your hand. Besides, thin glasses
are very apt to have, little nicks in
the edge which will both cut you and
spoil the trick by letting in air.
The glass must be a small one, as
it has to be well covered by the palm
of your hand. An egg cup or a wine
glass with a stem is best. If you
use a tumbler—which, being small in
diameter, will probably be not very
tall—you will have to hold it in the
other hand or set it on an inverted
tumbler or a block of wood in order
to get room to bend your fingers
down properly.
The trick seems especially difficult
because the hand is flat and the glass
nearly full of water, but these are the
very things that make it possible. You
cannot lift the glass with your fingers
bent—unless, of course, you actually
take hold of it—as it is the straight*
ening of the fingers that causes the
suction.
You cannot lift an empty glass un
less it is a very small one. The longer
the space under your hand is, the
greater change in the air pressure
you can make by the motion of your
fingers.
A Hen With a Collar.
One of our readers who lives in the
city received a fluffy little yellow
chick for an Easter present. He kept
it about the house for some time, and
it grew so fast that one could almost
see it get larger. At last it quite lost
ail its daintiness and became a
scrawny, coarse-voiced, stubbyfeath
ered nuisance, but its little owner
thought as much of it as ever. It was
too big to have about the house and
was finally sent to the country and its
owner did not see it for a year.
Months later the little fellow visit
ed his grandparents at their country
place and found Esther, his pet, grown
to a full-fledged hen. Strange to say,
while she evidently remembered him,
she was shy for some time, and it was
several days before the two were on
their former friendly terms.
Now came a complication. As It
was garden time and fresh, tender,
green things were springing up on
every side, the chickens were all shut
up in a great wire chicken yard. Roy
did not care to go there every time
lie wanted to see Esther, and it would
never do to give her liberty, for she
would be sure to destroy a lot of gar
den things. Hoy’s grandfather solved
the problem.
He took an old umbrella rib, bent it
till it formed a circle, lashed the
ends firmly together, and covered the
hoop so formed with some strong mus
lin. In the center of this a hole was
cut just large enough to go over Es
ther’s head.
When Esther’s head was popped
Esther and Her Collar.
through this hole she was a very
much surprised and indignant hen,
and she made an awful fuss about it.
Still, she had to submit, for she could
not get out of her strange collar, so
after a time she became resigned to
it. It kept Esther from going about
picking the gardens, and she would
not scratch because she could not see
what she was scratching, and so her
liberty did no harm.
Royal Prince or Princess.
Let all the children sit down in a
ring for this game. One child begins
by saying to her right-hand neighbor:
"Good evening, royal princess (or
prince). I, a royal princess, come
from a royal princess to say that I
have a monkey writh purple eyes.”
The right-hand neighbor then says
to his right-hand neighbor: "Good
evening, royal princess (or prince). I.
a royal prince, come from a royal
princess to say that I have a monkey
with purple eyes and three seven-mile
tails.”
So each player must do, repeating
the exact words of his predecessor,
and adding some new bit of descrip
tion of his own—but saying “prin
cess" or “prince,” according to wheth
er he is talking to a boy or girl.
If anyone makes a mistake he must
be crowned with a dunce cap and
dubbed the “One-Horned Prince, or
Princess.”
The boy or girl who gets through
the game without a mistake captures
the prize.
This Game Is Lively.
Some years ago “duck and a rock”
was one of the popular games among
th" younger boys, but of late it seems
to have been forgotten. Any number
of boys can participate. Select a
large stone for the “rock” and each
boy must have a cobblestone or half
a brick for his “duck.”
The boy who last finds his “duck,”
or cobblestone, is “it.” A line is
drawn twelve or fifteen feet away
from the boulder, upon which the boy
who is “i." places a tin can or his
“duck.”
He is guardian of the rock. The
other boys, pitching their “ducks” at
the one on the rock, try to knock it
off. When a “duck” is pitched the
player must try to recover it and get
back to the pitching line without be
ing tagged by the guardian of the
“duck” on the rock. Generally th :
players hover around waiting for a
lucky pitch to knock the “duck” off.
when they grab their own “ducks”
and run to the line. The guardian
of the rock must replace his “duck”
before he can tag anyone. The boy
who is tagged of course takes his
place as guardian of the rock and the
game proceeds.
Caterpillar’s Coat.
The fur or hair on the caterpillar
was given by nature as a protection
from other living creatures, particu
larly birds, who consider most small
crawlers as food delicacies intended
especially to gratify -birdie’s appetite.
But there are not many birds who
could swallow a crawler that wears
a fur overcoat. It would stick in his
throat, and If ho did get it down,
probably it wouldn’t digest.
Most caterpillars are brown or
green, but some are dressed up m
the grandest kind of way in many
colors and ornamental knobs, or, to
use a big word, protuberances.
A strange method of protection is
that given to the caterpillar that aft
erward turns into a “swallow-tail”
butterfly. This caterpillar has an
opening in the skin back of the head
that emits a powerful odor, probably
not powerful enough to "knock a man
down,” but certainly strong enough to
keel over a bird unless, maybe, it
would have such a bad coid that it
couldn't smell anything.
A favorite way caterpillars have to
resist an attack is to hurl their bodies
from side to side, and some try to
look fierce. Certain caterpillars es
cape the enemy by their resemblance
to the color of their surroundings.
One variety not only uses the color
effect, but is able to attach his hind
end to a branch and stretch himself
out so that he looks like a twig. This
fellow can stay rigiu that way for a
long time.
Point of a Lightning Rod.
Everybody knows in a general way
that a lightning rod gives protection
to a house, but many persons do not
know why the rod has a sharp point,
and why it is usually made of metal
that does not easily corrode.
The object of the rod is to empty a
cloud of its electricity noiselessly and
harmlessly, and it must be pointed be
cause a fine point offers no resistance
to the discharge. The degree of resist
ance is in proportion to the surface ol
the object, and a point has the least
possible surface. If the rod were top
ped by a ball or a knob the discharge
would be violent.
The difference between a point and
a ball is shown in discharging a bat
tery; perhaps some of our boys and
girls have seen their teacher of phys
ics make the experiment. The full
charge from a large battery may be
received quietly on a metal point, but
a moderate charge from a small bat
tery will explode with violence on a
ball. It is said that a full charge may
be passed harmlessly through a per
son's body if received on the point ot
a sewing needle, whereas the same I
charge, received on a ball tipped dis
charger. would cause instant death.
Non-corrosive metal is used for the
point of the rod because corrision
makes resistance and must therefore
be provided against. Many a lightning j
rod has received an electrical dis
charge when the occupants of the
house knew nothing about it.
Boys Make Money.
Small boys whose parents spend the
summer in the country must have
something to do. and it is encourag
ing for them to find themselves em
ployed in a money-making enterprise. I
A few years ago a family summer
ing in the country took a house on
the bank of a stream. Here the boys
arranged a watercress patch. They
cleared away the weeds and rubbish,
bought plants, because they were too j
eager for the seeds to germinate, and
raised the tender little cress. There
was, in the nearby city market, a
ready sale for all that was not needed
on the home table.
So successful was the water cress
experiment that the next summer the
boys planted mint and salad herbs.
Their summers are now both a delight
and a means of support. This spring
they are going out to the farm early
to plant horseradish for next year.
Game of Bouquet.
This is a jolly game for a numbei
of children to play.
Sit down in a circle around your
leader. Let the leader give each one
a flower for his name—violet, daisy
sweet William, black-eyed Susan, etc
Then let her tell you a story “made
up out of her own head,” in which she
brings in every one of the flowei
names.
When ever a child hears his flowei
name mentioned he must get up, turr
around, and sit down.
Whenever the leader uses the word
“bouquet” all the children must jumj
up and change places, at which time
the leader tries to capture a seat
Whoever gets “left” must then be
come leader.
THE FUNNY CORK SPIDER
Perhaps you have read In books of
natural history about spiders which
do not make webs, as most sensible
spiders are supposed to do, but lie in
wait for their prey and do other un
spider-like things. The spider which
I am going to tell about does unspider
like things, too, and I am quite sure
that you can never induce one to make
a web.
Of course it is not a real spider, but
you can have even more fun with it
than you could with a real one, pro
vided you could persuade it to come
out of its web and play with you.
Get an old cork of a small size and
some toothpicks. Stick the toothpicks,
two into each end of the cork, and
then bend them in the middle until
they crack. Do not break them clear
through, but on one side only, so that
they will bend and form your spider’s
jointed legs as the picture shows.
Place your spider on a table top and
you will see that he looks quite life
like.
Now get some water In a teaspoon
and shake a drop of water on each ol
his leg Joints. They will immediately
begin to move and your spider wil'
appear to have suddenly come to life
Of course it will not race madly
across the table or dance, but if tne
toothpicks be of tough woods and
the top of the table smooth, it wil
wiggle a good deal and astonish al
your friends who see the trick.
Paint and Cleaning Machine.
Out in the country, where the
smoke and dust from factories and
paved streets is unknown, it is com
paratively easy to keep a house look
ing bright and clean on the outside,
even when it has been standing sev
eral years. But in the city, where
all is dust and smoke, a newly erect
ed stone building or a freshly paint
ed frame structure soon shows the
effects of the dirt-’aden atmosphere.
A Canadian inventor has just de
signed an apparatus intended for use
on frame structures, where the paint
has become dingy and in case the
owner does not feel that he can stand
the cost of fresh painting. This ma
chine, which is here illustrated, has
a water reservoir, an air compressor
and a soap-containing chamber, to
gether with lines of hose and scrub
bing brushes. The idea is to mix the
soap and water while under pressure
and before it is discharged into the
bristles that it shall be of the proper
consistency to scrub the painted sur
face to which it is applied. This
treatment would seem to necessitate
first-class waterproof paint, thpugh
perhaps even poor paint would stand
against a weak mixture and light
scrubbing with the brush. In the
case of stone work the laborer need
have no scruples about exerting his
strength, as it is impossible to injure
the hard face. There is obviously no
necessity for transporting a bucket of
cleansing liquid around on ladders
and scaffolding. a3 heretofore, the
Combines the Soap and Watsr.
cleaning fluid being pumped directly
into the brush where it i3 to be ap
plied. The pressure is easily con
trolled by means of the vaives ir. the
handle of the brush, as is also the
proportion of soap and water.
The inventor is Emile Wegland dit
Labonte of Montreal, Quebec.
New Type of Compass.
M. Heit, a French inventor, has de
vised a new type of compass, which
is of an automatic nature. The direc
tion of the compass by this arrange
ment is automatically registered min
ute by minute, so that by consulting
the chart the ship's officers can ascer
tain the route traversed at any time
during the passage. The compass
card, instead of having at its center
an agate resting on a fixed steel
point, is fixed on steel pivot, which
rests on a fixed agate. The latter is
immersed in a drop of mercury, which
serves to conduct the current of elec
tricity that makes the registering of
the mavements of the apparatus pos
sible.
Colonel Renaud of army aeronaut
ard automobile celebrity has just
performed another scervice for auto
mobilism. There was recently laid
before the French Academy of Sci
ences an ingenious contrivance in
vented by him for measuring the
power of motors. It is an apparatus
which is attached to the axle-tree of
the motor, and as the action develop
ed is in proportion to the cube of the
speed, it Is enough to register the
number of revolutions in order to de
termine the speed and consequently
the corresponding power. Self-regis
tering tablets are provided to obviate
all necessity for making calculations.
The apparatus is capable of register
ing up to 150 horsepower.
Electric Trolley Omnibuses.
Electrical trolley omnibus lines, as
a paying Investment, are meeting with
serious consideration at the hands of
capitalists of the smaller cities of the
middle w’est where opportunity is of
fered to connect two or more cities
by such a system. On many lines i 1
such communities it is doubtful if the
great expense of laying rails is justi
fiable, for with the trolley system the
track is by far the greatest expense,
with its contingent expense for right
of way. For example, in the figure s
before the writer on the construction
of one trolley line, out of a total cost
of approximately 1,000„000 more than
one-half was absorbed in building the
track, while the overhead equipment
cost but $90,000 and the rolling stock
an additional $110,000. It is obvious
that any system would be much more
likely to pay if the construction of the
track can be omitted, and such omis
sion should prove practical on the
level, hard road of the prairie states
at least, and equally effective in the
more hilly country where good roada
have been built.
New Parisian Pavement.
Granite asphalt is the name of the
new' pavement, notable for its dur
ability and hygiene, which is being
Introduced in Paris. Nature creates
calcareous asphalt, but Paris makes
granite asphalt by a special manipula
tion of physical and chemical quali
ties. Granite asphalt has the resist
ance of rock, and may be employed
sn the most generally used thorough
fares,' and it does not draw the heat
>f the sun. Less than an inch in
ibickness suffices for simple side
walks, while from four to seven
nches is sufficient for streets of traf
lc. The new asphalt is also being
>mployed for metropolitan street
stairways.
New Variable Stars.
During an examination of photo
graphic plates taken by M. Blojko at
he Moscow university, M. Ceraskl
letected three new variable stars,
’he first. Cassiopeiae, varies from the
linth to the eleventh magnitude; the
econd, Lyrae, varies from the tenth
o the twelfth; and the third, Lacer
ac. varies from the ninth to the
e-ith and probably is of short period.
VVM3.
t
I THE SCREW JUMBO WINDMILL.
Does the Work Well and Costs but a
Few Dollars.
D. K.—There is a home-made wind
mill called the “screw jumbo” in use.
Will you kindly describe the con
struction of this mill? I wish to
pump water for stock from a well 96
feet deep.
The accompanying illustrations
represent the “screw jumbo” wind
mill as shown in Nebraska bulletin
No. 59, devoted to home-made wind
mills. Fig. 1 shows the windmill at
tached to the plunger of a pump.
Each revolution made by the wind
Fig. 1. The windmill attached to
plunger of pump.
mm pumps one stroke. The fans of
such mills are of duck along diag
onally opposite arms in such a way
as to make a veritable screw. The
wheel is 8 feet long and 10 feet in
diameter. The cost of this mill,
which lifted water from a 96-foot
well, both for house use and irriga
tion, was ten dollars. The owner
found this form of mill quite satis
factory, until trees grew up about it
to such an extent that the mill was
Fig. 2. Screw Jumbo Windmill, show*
ing plan of construction.
aisquannea ror use. * ig. 2 snows the
construction of the mill. The sails of
canvas are attached to arms of wood
which are braced and tied together
with twisted wire.
Ants in a Bee Hive.
Sub.—How may ants be prevented
from carrying off honey from a bee
hive? Do ants injure the bees apart
from robbing them?
Formerly I believed that the ants
were a cause of injury to the bees. ;
but I have now come to the conclu
sion that they do little or no harm to
the colony. It is the warmth of the
cluster that attracts them rather than
the bees or honey. The ants disap- |
pear as the colonies become stronger
and the weather becomes settled and
warm. But in the meantime, if you
wish to get rid of them it is easily
done. Locate their hills and make
several holes in them with a crow
bar. Pour into each of the holes a
small quantity of gasoline or even 1
common kerosene oil is quite as ef- '
fective. Plug up the holes and in a j
day or two you will find all the ants
dead.
Bindweed.
Oregonian.—Enclosed is a weed
which threatens to ruin my orchard.
Please tell me what it is and how best
to kill it out. The more hoeing it
gets the thicker it grows. I have
been advised to sow rye in the or
chard. Do you think it would kill it
out?
The plant sent is the Bindweed
(Convolvus arvensis), introduced from
Europe. It is a very deep-rooted per
ennial with long twining stems and
with flowers about an inch in diame
ter shaped like Morning Glory flow
ers. Whenever found it has given
very much trouble, and nothing other
than actually digging out and con
stant hoeing does any good, but the
hoeiag must be very thorough and
deep. Every bit of the root should
be dug up. Then heavy seeding with
clover, rather than rye or any other
crop, would be advisable to help to
choke out any plants which might re
main.—Exchange.
Froat Cracks in Tree Trunks.
E. T.—What is the cause of plum
trees splitting from the ground up?
Can anything be done to save the
trees so split?
It Is a very common thing to find
the trunks of forest as well as or
chard trees split open during periods
of severe weather in winter. This
splitting is due to the expansion ol
ice particles formed within the trunks
l"ie severity of the Injury is more oi
less dependent upon the condition ol
the tree trunk in relation to th(
amount water which it contains
Some seasons the wood contains ar
unusual quantity of water, in whicfc
case the injury is likely to be severe
If the splitting proceeds downward
from the fork it is an easy matter tc
repair it by boring a hole and insert
ing a bolt. * It usually pays to do this
If held tightly together it is likely
that nature will repair the injury by
uniting the parts.
Weeds in Asparagus Bed.
J. H.—An asparagus bed is becom
ing overrun with twitch grass. Could
the grass be killed with salt without
injury to the asparagus?
You may use salt to good advantage
in ridding your asparagus bed of
quack grass. Use at the rate of three
hundred pounds per acre, spreading
through the rows. I should endeavor
to dig or hoe the grass roots from
immediately around the asparagus in
order to be on the safe side and not
permanently injure the crowns of the
plants. I have never known of salt
being an injury to asparagus, but it
might be if used without discretion.—
C. E. H.
Heavy Feed; Feeding for Milk.
0. S. S.—What does the stock food
known as ‘‘heavy food" consist of?
"Heavy feed" is the name given In
the Maritime provinces to wheat
shorts or middling*. It is a very
varied product containing sometimes
considerable quantities of brsn and at
others more or less flour.
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AN OLD MAN'S TRIBUTE
An Ohio Fruit Raiser, 78 Year* Old.
Cured of a Terrible Case After Ten
Years of Suffering.
Sidney Justus.
fruit dealer u*
Mentor, n h l o.
writes: "I was
cured Dy Doan’s
Kidney Pilia ot
a severe case of
kidney trouble,
^ of eight or ten
years’ standing.
I suffered the
most severe*"
backache and
! other pains In the region of the kid
neys. These were especially severe
when stooping to lift anything and
often I could hardly straighten my
back. The aching was bad in the
lay time, but just a.s bad at night.
Hud I was always lame in the morn
ing. I was bothered with rheumatic
pains and dropsical swelling of the
ieet. The urinary pa sages were
painful and the secretions were die
colored and so free that often 1 had
to rise at night I felt tired all day.
Half a box served to relieve me. and
three boxes effected a permanent
cure.”
A TRIAL FREE—Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price 50c.
Never go crazy over a horse; g«
broke. It’s easier.
! STAT* OF OFTO, ClTT OF TOLEDO. *
Lucas Coukty »' *
Prahx J. Chixit makes osth thst he !s sen’ r
Ssrtner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A t o,. «Mag
usIocas In the City of Toledo, i iniv and ~ta’«
‘ aforesaid, and that said firm will par the sum of
I ONE HUNDRED DOLLAKS for ea. h and evert
1 ca*“ of Catabbh that cannot be cured by the use vl
Hall’s Catabbh Cube.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed la a • pre»
•tee. this 6th day of Deceaiber. A. D. 1'
* , A. W. OLEAsON.
) \ Xotaby Ftblic.
Hall's Catarrh Core Is tauten Internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, bend for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY * CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. TV.
Take Hall's Family FUi* for constipation.
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Jersey’* Mild Police Court.
The police court of St. Heller, th*
principal town of Jersey, England, ia
remarkable in several respects. First,
the proceedings are always opened
with prayer, second, it frequently
happens that after prayers there is no
more business, and every one goes
home. There is so little crime com*
mitted in the island that the police
force (twenty strong), is kept up only
I for visitors.
FREE TO TWENTY-FIVE LADIES.
The Defiance Starch Co. will give
25 ladies a round-trp ticket to the St
Louis exposition to five ladies in
each of the following states: Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missou
ri who will send in the largest number
; of trade marks cut from a 10-cent. 16
ounce package of Defiance cold water
j laundry starch. This means from your
own home, anywhere In the above
' named states. These trade marks must
be mailed to and received by the De
fiance Starch Co., Omaha. Neb , before
September 1st, 1904. October and No
vember will be the best months to
visit the exposition. Remember that
Defiance is the only starch put up 16
oz. (a full pound) to the package.
You get one-third more starch for the
same money than of any other kind,
and Defiance never sticks to the iron
The tickets to the exposition will be
lent by registered mail September 5th.
Starch for sale by all dealers.
Dean Stanley’s Impression.
Dean Stanley of Westminster wore
home from his first visit to America
an expression of amazement which
only time could efface. He was at
once beset by interviewers, who asked
the usual questions. “What was the
thing which most impressed you fa
America?" was one of these. With
out a moment’s hesitation. Dean Stan
ley replied • "—< itmorance."
Less Than ...... w t_ouis and Re
turn via Wabash R. R.
Tickets sold Tuesdays and Thurs
days in August; rate from Omaha
$8.50. Daily round-trip rate $13.80.
Correspondingly low rates from your
station.
The Wrabash is the ONLY line land
ing all passengers at its own station
main entrance World’s Fair grounds,
thus saving time, annoyance and extra
2ar fare. All World’s Fair maps show
Wabash station, main entrance. For
all information address Harry E.
Moores. G. A. P. D. Wab. R. R.. Oma
ha, Neb.
Colonies Pay for Defense.
Canada pays to the British govern
ment one-half the cost of the main
tenance of the imperial troops pro
vided for her defense, while New Zea
land is a party to the naval agree
ment of 1903, under which she pays
her proportion of an annual colonial
contribution of *1,000,000 for the
naval defense of herself and the Com
monwealth of Australia.
Insist on Getting It.
Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch. This Is because thev
have a stock on hand of other brands
containing only 12 oz. in a package
whichth ey won’t be able to sell first!
because Defiance contains 16 01. for
the same money.
Do you want 16 oz. instead of 12 o*.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch. Requires no cooking.
Refuge of Fugitives.
Nice has become the headquarters
of fugitive Parisian criminals to such
an extent that the French officials
find their work considerably facili
tated. Whenever a man is wanted
they promptly hunt for him la that
city, often with success.
Do Your Feet Ache and Bum?
w™*intS y°,Ur 8hoes’ AUen’s Foot
t^ht* th® ,wt- U naakc,
tight or New Shoes feel Kwrv. Cure*
11 union*! H a\’ S)Te*tinF Feet, Corns and
5*«Atoa 1 Vrugffists *ud Sho«
e>cores, 85c, Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y.
Good Prospects.
the principal paper of Altreicb
tn Alsace, appears the following advert
tisement; “The commune of Hirsintrer
squires a “capable man to wind and
look after the village clock. No salary
to be** with. but this will coon be
doubled it services are satisfactory.”
Why It Is the Best
tshecause made by *n entirely differ
Uke *anv?*athD*a*^nc< Starch Is un
,ftther\ b*tter and one-third
more for 10 cents.
