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by local applications , 118 they cnnnot reach the dla
eR ell portion ot the 'ar. There Is I only one . way 10
curl ! deafness , and that Is by cuu.lltutlonRI rellleille. .
Deafness I. caused l1yall 1I1IllIIl'tI : cOlllllllon of the
mucous lining ot the Eustal'hilln TuLJc. when tits
tulle 18 Itlllalllcil you have a rllnlhllnl sound or Imperfect .
perfect henrln ; , and when It 18 eutbcly oloacd , Ieaf-
bees is the ! result , and unless the lullnullllntlou call be
taken out rind this tube re.tnn d to ItA normal eondl ,
lion , hearnI ! will \)0 destroyed forever : nine l'RhC.
out at ten are caused : by ( "Marrh whIch 18 DnthlD !
but an inflamed condition ot the mucous \ sllrfaces.
We will lave One hundred Jl\lIl1r. for any case of
Veaflll'ps ( c\uprll : lIy clltRlrh ) thut cannot ho cured '
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by 1I1111's Catarrh Cllre. Scud far circulars . free
F..1. CIIENEY k CU. , Toledo , O.
Said by In1gRsts ! , 71C.
Take lIall's Falllily 1'1118 for constlpatloll.
Fancy Prices for Relics.
- For It love letter written by Robert
. 4 Burns the Scottish poet , $50 was paid
not long ago. Yet a brass collar which
was worn by Boatswain , the dog to
. y , _ . whose memory Lord Byron erected a
- monument at Newstead abbey , fetched
21 guineas , while the collar at Thun- I
derer , another of Lord 13yron'8 dogs
realized 4 . guineas only
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' -'J > " ' A Plttsburg boy who left home to
' pose as a man was discovered wearing .
Ing trouser : ! much too large for him.
This was easy for the pollee. If he
had been a real man he would have
worn trousers entirely too tight for
him , such as so many fashion plates
foist on bu 'ers-Buffalo J xpress.
It Is noble to be alive to the little
ness of earth , but It Is nobler to become -
come impressed with its greatness ; to
the animal life It Is only a 1)lct\ll'e
ground ; to ordinary men it is the con
monplace world ; but to him who lives
above It It becomes a shining mOOll.
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Once a year the archbishop of Tuam
preaches a sermon all health and
I cleanliness. The national board of the
Catholic Truth Society of Ireland has
. _ issued ! ' a sanitary sermon as a pam-
t1 pillet which sells at a penn ; It will
' ' It Is believed do much good.
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Petals of chrysanthemunm flowers ,
dried In an oven and mixed with a
small quantity of cascarilla bark ,
I males Ideal "tobacco , ' and Is less
harmful to the nerves and eyesl ht.
READS THE BOOK.
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"The Road to Wellvllic" Pointed the
Way.
Down at Hot Springs Arl" , the visItors -
hors have all sorts of complaints , but
It Is a' subject of remark that the great
majority of them have some trouble
with stomach and bowels. This may
, _ ' he partly ) attributed to the heavy med-
icines.
Naturally , under the conditions the
question of food is very promlll nt.
A young man states that he had suffered .
fered for nine years from stomach
and bowel trouble , hud two operations
which did not cure und was at lust
threatened with appendicitis
He went to Hot Springs for rheumatism -
matlsm und his stomach trou14le got
: i ' worse. One day at breakfast the
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t waiter knowing his condition , suggested -
Bested he try Grape-Nuts and cream ,
II which ho did , and found the food
agreed with him perfectl
. After the second day he began to
sleep peacefully at night , different
l than he had for ) ' 0111'5. The perfect digestion .
T gestlon of the food quieted his new
oils system and made sleep possible.
He says : 'rhe next morning I was
astonished to find my condition of constipation .
stlpatlon had disappeared. I could not
believe It true after suffering for so
many years ; then I tool more interest
in the food read the little book 'The
Road to 'Vellvll1e , ' and started following .
ing ! the simple directions.
"I have met with such results that
in the last five weeks I have gained
eight pounds In Sllllo of hot baths
which take away the flesh from any-
one.
one."A friend of mine has been entirely
cured of a bad case of Indigestion and
stomach trouble hy using ! Grape.Nuts
Food and cream alone for breakfast.
"There is one thing In partlcular-I
have noticed a great change in my
mental condition Formerly I could
hardly remember anything , and now
) the mind seems unusually acute and
rett'ntive. I can memorize prncUcall
anything I desire. " Name " given by
\ , Po.tum Co „ Battle Creek , Mich
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pies Their Domicile.
A brood of rats made their home
last summer beneath un ash house In
the rear of one of the houses In the
old Dorchester district. Near by , be.
neat the piazza } of another house , 1\
homeless cat reared a quartet ot l\1t.
tens. The people In the neighborhood
fed the cat and her furry little ones ,
hut they declined all advances and
remained wild as young 1 'nxeB. The
old cat speedily taught her family to
become expert rat catchers.
One ot the kittens paid especial attention .
tentlon to the ash house near al hand ,
In the flooring of Which the rat : ! had
gnawed large holes and were living
happily. One by one that kitten depleted .
pleted the family of rodents until they I
had become entirely wlpod out. 'l'hen I
time juvenile cat enlarged the passage
they hall made beneath the ash house
until It was ample to accommodate
her own prO101.tlons } She gathered
together the nests they had used until .
tli she had a large and comfortable
bed , and all through the present winter .
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ter she has made her home In this
place , apprOIJ1'latln the larder of the
rats to her own uses
She Is as willi as ever and those vis
sting the ash house rarely see more
than thc tip of her nose or an eye as
she ! occasionally comes to time mouth
of the great rat hole.-Boston Globe.
Lighted Witches to Jail
There Is In thc possession of Walter
L. llarris of Salem a unique lamp ,
shaped like a bowl and with n curving
handle. 'l'hls Is said to have been used
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during the olden times , the days of
the witchcraft delusion to light
Into jail some of the witches. It
Is of Iron and must have been filled
with oil with a wick floating on the
sllrfaco. One gazes on this black lamp
and wishes It could tell its story ot
the past.
Salem has many spots which are
pointed out to strangers In connection
with the witchcraft delusion. There Is
the supposed witch house where It Is
mid I at preliminary examinations
took place. Then , In the courthouse
arc shown the pins which according
to allegations were stuck Into vIe-
tlms Time old jail now reconstructed
Is the home of Hon. Abner C. Goodale.
Class Holds Many Reunions.
Few high school classes can boast
of having reunions for twelve suc-
cessive years ! ' ! after graduation , but
that is the record of the class of 1893
of Rockland 1\1e" , high school. Its
latest reunion was held .Tan. 14 at
the home of two classmates In Lynn
and ten members of time class were
prescn
Old Fort to New Uses.
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Whether It was the spirit of loyalty
or the desire for novelty which caused
a resident of Washington boulevard ,
not far from Homan , or thereabouts
to build a small barn./- or outhouse , for
the storing of coal after the model ot
the old Fort Dearborn is not plain but
nevertheless the queer structure
stands on the back at the lot , weather.
stained and beaten , e. bit at old Chi'
cage In the new.-Chlcago focord
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Mother Oray'e ; Sweet PO'l'l'thlrll for Chlhlrcn.
Successfully ! used Mother ray nurse
In the Chlldrcu's Homo III Now York , euro
Coust.lpntioll . , 1"o\'m'lshucs9 , had StolillWh ,
'l'uothlug nisordm's , 1II0VO IIIIlI rcgllilltu time .
Bowels uull Destroy Worms. Over BOOOO
lestlmonluls At mill Druggists , 2e. : Sample
l"H.EE Address \.8OI11l9t.ol1 . , Lelioy , N.Y.
A man likes to feel that his ways
are tree from 80llish llIotlve !
A GUAnANTEI l ) JUltI : Iron 1'11.1:5 .
Itching , illiud , lIIeetlllll ur I'ruirmlllll 1'110''nllt
druggist will refund money It I'\ZO OINTMENT
falls to cure you lu G to [ tlnyft. GOc.
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It Cures Colds , Coughs , Sere Throat Croup
Influenza , Whooping Cough , Jlronchlll" anti
Asthmn A certaincuroforConsuntption ! in fir,1
stages , and a sure relief in u.I\'lIlIcell RlnOfcs. FH
at once. You will see the excellent effect lifter
tnltlllif the first dost' Rolll hy dl'lIlcrs every
whcre. Large ! bolll" 25 : ! : cent : : ulna 50 ccntt
Positive , Comparative , Superlative
" I have used ono of your Fish Brand
Slickers for fIve years and now want
a new one , also ono for a friend. I
would not be without one for twice
the cOlt. They arc Just as far ahead
of 11 common coat as a common ono
I. ahead of nothing. "
( NAME ON APPLICATION )
De sure you don't get one of the common .
man klnd-thl Is the . Rt1lf1 : .
mark of excoilonco ' \ n."R. " ; ,
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A. J. TOWER
CO.
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BOSTON U. s. A. 7H BRAS
TOWER CANADIAN CO. . LIMITED
TORONTO , CANADA
Makers of Wet { Weather ClothIng and slats
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b000 i r D . ) .cr' . . . . . . , 1i .J" ,
+ " BEST
SEEDS " Ever Grown.
, . None betternnd nOnl180
H EAP low In price. to per pkt
and up , IIOFtpllhl. Finest
.iI . 1lu-trnt'd , catalogue ever
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' , printed sent FrlEE. Engravings -
ings of every 'nrlelr. A great
lot of extra p kga.of seeds , new
sorts , presented free with every
. or'lrr. Some sorts onions only We
. , per Ib Other need elltlllly low. 40
years R seed rower and dealer and
all customers MtlFfll'd. Nt old
seed. Bend yours and nelghbor's names :
for big lIIuRttRted free cululogltl
R. H. SHUMWAY , Rockford Ills.
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SAYING "GIVE l\IFA
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BY ASKING FOR A I I \ , L
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yOU GET TIIl BES'I'
5.CEN'I' CIGAR IN
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THEY STOP THE
t10ISE AND LESSEN THE WEAR
LATEST. STRONGEST. OUT.
fACTORY. BEATRICE. tE& (
BRANCH HOUSES :
Kansas City , Mo , Omaha , Neb. , Blouz Falll , B.D.
Bee nearest dealer or write for olrcular.
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National Oats
Greatest ont of the contnn'
Yielded In OhIo IM7dn Mich.
2:1\ : \ , In Mo.255 . and Dakota t
310 bus. per uero.
You can bout that rooord In IIQ ) .
For lOc end this notice
we mall you frro IotA 5 of farm seed ' '
sampiei Pllli our 111. catalog tell.
Ing 1 alt about thin \ oat wonder and . , }
LI10UMUlIII of other .K'dll. ( ' " ,
JOHN A. SALlER SEED CO.
La Crosse .
LTxv WI.
THE FARMERS :
on the
t G R Free Homestead Lands
f 0'
Ap Western Canada
Carry the bnnner'or
ylolds 0' wheat and
o the r grains for
1004.
100,000 FARMERS
receive . OOO.OOO as a result of their WheaL Crop
alolte .
The returns from flatus , Barley nod other "rains. u
well /18 cattle and horses , add cUtI8ltlorably to this.
tecuro a Free Ii"ntestead at once , or J1urch&s
frulll Home rtJlluhle dealer while lands are lelllng a'
present low prll"J
Apply for Information to SuperIntendent of Jmml'
rraa"n . Ottawa , Canada , or to authorized Canadian
OIl\'l'rIlIl1fJnt A ellt-W. V. ltellutJtt , bOl Now York
Life lIuiJdllll , lIIalta , Xe1Jra..ka
l'lease say where you saw tbls adverUlimenL.
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YOU'RE NEEDED I
The section traversed by the l\lIssonrl , Junsa'l R 'I'CXU'l Hy IR very comprehensIve.
From St. Louis 1111111110111 or Kallsa' City to Gu1\'e'ton or Sun Antonio ts a stretch ot over
one thousand ! miles of territory , capable ) of ustnlllltlif I a llOllIllntioll many tlmo' that of the
11resent. A thousand iudu-tries , sell , ! of various degrees of fertility wonderful produce of
plants nllll crops , oil , gas ( and minerals are to bo found. Peopled ) by eager pushing , wlllo-
awake citizens who believe In the future of the Southwest and nee the virtue of encouraging '
Inl enterprises of every description and of getting more and better facilities the oppor-
tunity Is apparent.
The Southwest 11'1 ' relllly In need of nothing save Pcopse. More men are t1r.ec2el1-
whichflooded. . 'I'hero are vast nreU8 of unlmpro\'e ( Inml-lulIIl t not ) 'Ieldlnlf the crops
of whlel1lt Is cutlable ' 1'110 same thlllg In different way , Is true of the townsg Few lines \
of business are ndclluntel represented. There arc openings for mills and manufacturing
= ) ! ants , small stores , Imnll'l newspapers and lumber 'urds. } The oil 5151(1 gas fields : of Kansas
Indian Territory and Oklahoma are practically new und offer wonderful opportunities for '
development along commercial lines.
THE OPPORTUNITY IS NOW.
The M. K. fi T. has : : no lands for sale \\11 are Imply , Intercstcllln the upbulhllnR' of i
time country 'Vo believe In the Southwest , and know Hmt with Its present needs and op.
portunitles the prospects are brighter and . the future more hopeful than in the older und " 1 y ,
more densely populated Stutes We wunt you ; to investigate conditions and satisfy I yourself ' or
of the truthfulness of this
On February : 21st and March 7tlland For The
: ! lst I , the 1\1. K. L T. Hy. will sell excur
slon tlcltets from St. I.ouls , Jlllnniballind $ 15
Kansas City to In an'erritory. 011111' Round Trip
bema and Central und Eahtern ; Texas , nt
You should take advantage ot this opportunity to see the Southwest for yourself.
We are In possession of all sorts ! of information valuable .
able alike \ to the investor and homebeckor. If you are
Interested tell U'i what you want how much you have to
( ItIVCbt and \\0 will gladly furnish the Information.
Writh to.dl y for a copy of our book Juslness
Chunccli " It's frcru : ! AddreMI
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T. P. WOKIIILT ( : , p. 1' . A" .18 Oil , , " . ' fati.a.l Saab illy . , , . . . . . . . . . . . .
U. .to x.nTt , v. r. . . . , , tot..Unlf , XUW Clyt > ra rm .
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