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The Commoner.
MARCH 18, 1904.
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DEAFNESS
CURED
A Device That is Scientific,
Simple, Direct, and Instantly
Restores Hearing in Even
The Oldest Person -Comfortable,
Invisible and
Perfect Fitting
vinco you that tho euro of deafness has st last
been Bolvcd by my invention.
Don't ilcloy; wrfto for tho frco book todayand
address my llrm The Wilson Ear Drum Co., 1609
Todd Building, Louisville, Ky., U. S. A.
1 90 Page Book Containing a
iory of the Discovery ana Many
Hundred Signed Testimonials
From all Parts of the World
-SENT FREE
The True Story
common sense bar urumc lold by ueon.
Wilson, the inventor.
-s I was deaf from infancy. Eminent doctors, sur-
ncons and ear "specialists treated me at creat ex
pense and yet did mono good. I tried all tho
ar.uhciai appliances tnat ciaimca to restore
, hearing, but they failed to benefit mo in tho
Sleast. I even went to the best specialists in tho
morld, but their efforts were unavailing.
.My case was pronounced incurablel
I trrcw desperate; my deafness tormented me.
"Dally Iwasbecomingmore ol a recluse, avoiding
tno companionsmp oi people occauso ol tho an
noyance my clearness anu sensitiveness cuused
mo. Finally I began to experiment on myself,
and after patient years of study, labor and per
sonal expense, I perfected something that I
found took the placo of the natural ear drums,
and I called it Wilson's Common Sonso Ear
Drum which I now wear day and night with
perfect comfort and do not even havo to remove
them when washing. No one can tell I am
wearing them, as they do not show, and as they
glvo no discomfort whatever, I scarcely know
it myself.
With these drums I can now hear a whisper. I
join in tho general conversation and hear every
thing going on around me. lean hear a ser
mon or lecture from any part of a large church
or hall. My general health is improved because
of the great change my Ear Drums havomado
in my life. My spirits are bright and cheerful.
I am & cured, changed man.
Slnco my fortunate discovery it is no longer
necessary for any deaf person to carry a trum
pet, a lube, or any other Buch old-fnshloncd
makeshift. My Common 8ense Ear Drum is
built'on the strictest scientific principles, con
tains no metal, wires, or strings of any kind, and
is entirely new and up to date in all respects. It
is so small that no one can see it when in posi
tion, yet it collects all the sound waves aud fo
cuses them against tho drum head, causing you
to hear naturally and perfectly. It will do this
even when the natural ear drums are partially
or entirely destroyed, perforated, scarred, re
laxed, or thickened, it fits any ear from child
hood to old ago, male or female, and asldo from
tho 'fact that it docs not show, it never causes
the least irritation, and can be used with com
fort day and night wlthoutremovalforany cause.
With my device I can curadeafnessin any per
bou, no matter how acquired, whether from ca
tarrh, scarlet foyer, typhoid or brain fevor, meas
les, whooping cough, gatherings in tho car,
shocks from artillery, or through accidents. My
invention not only cures, but at once stops the
progress of deafness and all roaring and buzzing
noises. The greatest aural surgeons in the world
recommend it, as well as physicians of all
echo ola. It will do for you what no medicine or
medical skill on earth can do.
I want to place my 190-page book on deafness
In tho hands of every deaf person in tho world.
1 will gladly send it free to anyone whose name
and address I can get. It describes and illus
trates Wilson's Common Sense Ear Drums and
contains bona Ude letters from numerous users
in tho United States, Canada, Mexico. England,
Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Australia, New Zeal
and, Tasmania, India, and the remotest islands.
I havo letters from people in every station in
lifeministers, physicians, lawyers, merchant,
oclcty ladles, etc. and tell the truth about tho
benefits to bo derived from my wonderful littlo
device. You will find the names of people In
your own town and state, many whose names
you know, and I am sure that all this will con-
Mnchincs That Think.
In factories and offices, increasing
yearly in numbers, are a thousand
machines that surpass human fingers
in deftness and even out-think the
human brain. New ones are con
stantly invented. .
Thus the new machine for decorat
ing crockery puts on the china, by a
single action, the border patterns and
monogram centers, which formerly
required a whole process of hand
work. The machine is operated by
compressed air, and has a maximum
capacity of decorating, in this manner,
120 dozen pieces of crockery m a
single hour with the assistance of two
boys.
A new speed indicator has been
added to locomotive practice that not
only indicates the varying speed or
the engine, but 'automatically applies
tho brakes when tho speed exceeds
the established safety limit, thus suc
cessfully replacing the "speed feel" of
engines.
To do away with guesswork in of
fice and shop management, and to
find out the real amount and value of
each and every different kind of labor
expended on a given piece of work,
there is a machine which makes a
permanent record by card printing,
not only of a single period of tinie,
but also of an indefinite number of
periods. This record shows the num
ber of hours and minutes put on the
job, and also the time of day when
the job was started. When tbe job is
done the totals of labor costs are en
tered on the outside of the envelope
containing them, together with a rec
ord of the material used. Each rec
ord is entered on the factory books
for permanent reference.
The sewing of buttons on shoes and
on garments is no longer done by
hand in modern factories. There is a
machine that sews 5,300 buttons on
garments in nine hours or more than
eight expert sewers could possibly do
in the same time. This machine re
quires no expert operator. A boy or
a girl runs it
And in one insurance office, where
it was formerly necessary for a force
of clerks to copy names on reference
cards to be filed in various places,
one clerk now writes the name on a
single card with metallic ink, clamps
it in a holder with a number of blank
cards, and flashes an X.-ray through
the packet. Thus by a single motion
one man writes, or rather prints, all
the cards. The World's Work.
Strange Sect Buys Village.
A cablegram to the Brooklyn Ea
gle from Zurich, Switzerland, says:
A good deal of mystery has attached
to the buying up of land at Amden,
a village finely situated 1,400 feet
above Weesen, on the romantic Wa-len-See.
It seems that the purchasers
are an American sect, founded by
Herr Klein on a Christian commun
istic basis. Members joining the so
ciety give to it the whold of their
property, but it is restored to them,
without interest, should they desire
to leave. Each carries on his usual
occupation; for instance, a villa has
been prepared for artists.
Prayer, it is held, is not necessary,
for God sends what is best for man
kind; but the madonna and saints
must be worshipped. The sect believe
that Christ was a man, but the only
one who has yet been guided abso
lutely by the divine will. Thu whole
of creation, all the spirits in the air,
of whom there are millions, and the
departed await a new Christ, who will
establish His kingdom in Amden at
Easter, 1904. He will bring peace, and
the mighty will come to take counsel
of Him. Switzerland has been se
lected by this sect because of its po
sition in the heart of Europe and of
its republican form of government.
Cleveland R.odivivus.
Important war news from the far
east is temporarily Ignored and tho
world stands ftill to listen to tho
story from New York and Washing
ton that the Cleveland boom has been
rovivlfied and, properly fitted with
now hot air tanks, is preparing to
sweep the country.
Seriously, isn't it about time to "let
tho old cat die," as it were to let
tho Cleveland boom, which can hard
ly be oven dead, since it nt.ver ex
isted, pass into the -Jim and dusty
past, together with other things which
should be forgotten?
All talk of Mr. Cleveland as the
nominee of the democratic party Is
futile in the extreme. Even the best
friends of the fat man of Princeton
know that. He could not possibly se
cure the nomination, except in tho
event of a political cataclysm such as
has never been in evidence in this
country. And if ho were nominated
he could not bo elected. The solid
south would cease to bo solid in such
circumstances. More than one state
below Mason and Dixon's lino would
go republican for the first clmo.
These facts cannot be successfully
disputed, so why prolong the agony?
Why continue to talk of Mr Cleve
land's "availability" when everybody
save a few of his purblind partisans
knows perfectly well that he is not
available from any standpoint? Why
not let the skeleton remain undis
turbed in the closet?
There can be but one result of a
continuation of the efforts to create
a sentiment favorable to Mr. Cleve
land, and that is disaster it some de
gree to the democratic party. There
is no Cleveland sentiment to speak
of in the south and there will be none,
no matter what comes.
So far as Houston is concerned,
this was very forcibly and very sigr
niflcantly illustrated a nignt or two
ago when a topical ditty in which
some reference was made to the man
ner in which the democrats would
sweep the country were Cleveland to
be pitted against Roosevelt. The au
dience was undeniably democratic in
politics, and was composed of the kind
of people who would be favorably in
clined toward Mr. Cleveland were
anybody so inclined. Yet the song
elicited scarcely a handclap, whereas
only a short .time before one comment
ing on Japanese victories iu the east
was vociferously applauded. Airi
there is reason to believe that the con
ditions which prevail here prevail very
generally elsewhere.
One of the weakest of aft the fairy
tales being told in Mr. Cleveland's be
half is that to the effect that "sev
eral" southern editors, recently called
on Charles F. Murphy,' ihe Tammany
leader, and assured h.'m that "Mr.
Cleveland, if he would consent to the
use of his name, would be nominated
on the first ballot and his election
would be a certainty." fhere was
some sentiment for Judge Parker,
and these "several" are said to have
told Mr. Murphy, but etc.
This story is probably based on
nothing more substantial tnan Mr.
Cleveland's own hopes of nomination
and election. It Is significant that,
though "several" are alleged to have
made the call, only one name io given.
That is the name of Mr. H. H. Caba
niss, and Mr. Cabaniss, it may be said
in passing, was,, a partner of Hoke
Smith at the time the latter was In
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet.
The assertion that the efforts of
W. R. Hearst and his boomers are
turning the democratic public toward
Mr. Cleveland is equally absurd.
Whatever element of strength may be
developed by Hearst, there will be no
effect so far as Cleveland is concerned. 1
Thoro is absolutely no connection be
tween the two.
Clovclandism is irrevocanly dead.
Mr. Clovoland will not figure In tho
present campaign and those democrats
who are trying to mako it appear tnat
he will aro accomplishing nothing
more than Injury to tho party.
Houston Post.
A Long Time Strike
Instead .of camping around and
picketing the works to keep outsiders
from taking their jobs, the striking
miners at Thurbor, Tex., have simply
abandoned tho place and reduced a
thriving town to solitude. Employers
have sometimes threatened to paralyze
a striko conter In this way, but such
a proceeding Is uncommon on tho part
of workers. It brings us bad to tho
original idea of a striko, according to
which men dissatisfied with their
wages were simply to quit nnd leave
tho employer to learn the- justice of
their complaints by his inability to
find anybody to do their work on his
terms. Tho fact that tho Thurbcr
miners are definitely giving up their
jobs and moving away instead -of try
ing to hold their ground by force and
boycotts is pretty good evidence that
thoy really have solid reason lor dis
content, and if the mine owners are
unable to find men to take their
places that probability will become a
certainty. New York World.
THE VALUE OF CHARCOAL,
Few People Know How Useful it Is In Pre.
serving Health and Beauty.
Nearly everybody knows that char
coal Is tho safest and most efficient
disinfectant and purifior in nature, but
few realize its value when taken into
the human system for the same cleans
ing purpose.
Charcoal is a remedy that the more
you take of it the better; it Is not a
drug at all, but simply absorbs tho
gases and impurities always present
in the stomach and inte3tines and car
ries them out of the system.
Charcoal sweetens tho breath after
smoking, drinking or after eating
onions and other odorous vegetables.
Charcoal effectually clears and im
proves the complexion, it whitens tho
teeth and further acts as a natural
and eminently safe cathartic.
It absorbs the injurious gases wnlch
collect in the stomach and bowels; it
disinfects tho mouth and throat from
the poison of catarrh.
All druggists sell charcoal in one
form or another, but probably the best
charcoal and tbe most for the money
is In Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges;
they are composed of the finest pow
dered Willow charcoal, and other
harmless antiseptics in tablet form or
rather in the form of large, pleasant
tasting lozenges', the charcoa. being
mixed with honey.
The daily use of these lozenges will,
soon tell in a much improved condl-'
tion of the general health, better com
plexion, sweeter breath and purer
blood, and tho beauty of it is, that
no possible harm can result from their
continued use, but on the contrary,
great benefit.
A Buffalo physician in speaking of
the benefits of charcoal, says:' "I ad
vise Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges to
all patients suffering from gas in the
stomach and bowels, and to clear the
complexion and purify the breath,
mouth and throat; I also believe the
liver is greatly benefited by the daily
use of them; they cost but 25 cents a
box at drug stores, and although in
some sense a patent preparation, yet I
believe I get more and better charcoal
in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than
in any of tho ordinary charcoal
tablets."
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