IMPRESSED V/ITH WESTERN
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r- CANADA.
t 5ay Onr Prairies "Will He Filled Tip
In Ten Yearn.
| | ; ? L. A. Stockwell , of Indianapolis , a
' ' ' ' Dnited States land man , who made an
extensive tour of inspection in the
/ West , wrote the following article , un-
, > , < lcr date of Jan. 8 , for an Indiana pub-
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.v "States. " In this letter I propose to
show' by extracts from my note book
that thousands who have come up here
r from the "States" have succeeded far
beyond their most sanguine expecta-
, v tions.
Mr. N. E. Beauraunk , of Brazil , Ind. ,
was earning $100 per month with a
coal company. At about the age of 40
Tie had saved about $3,000. Four years
ago he lauded near Hanley , Sask. He
now .owns 450 acres of land. Last fall
(1905) ) Le threshed 4,700 bushels of
.wheat and 3,100 bushels of barley oats.
His wheat alone brought him over
$4,000 , which would have paid for the
acres that it grew on. He is to-day
worth $15,000.
Tills ! Maklnsr Money Fast.
In February , 1902 , J. G. Smith &
Bro. were weavers in a Dig cotton mill
in Lancashire , England. Coming here ,
they arrived in Wapella , Sask. , . with
only $750 between them. They were so
" "green" and inexperienced that all they
could earn the first summer was $0.00
per month , and the first winter they
had to work for their board. The next
year , 1903 , they took homesteads , and
by working for neighbors they got a
few acres broken out , upon which the
next year they raised a few "hundred
, bushels of wheat and oats. They also
bought a team and broke out about
sixty acres more. In 1905 they threshed
1,700 bushels of wheat from it , and
1,300 bushels of oats. Their success
being then assured , they borrowed some
money , built a good house , barn and
implement shed , and bought a cream
separator , etc. They now have a dozen
cows , some full-blooded pigs and chick
ens , good teams and implements to
match , and are on the high road to
prosperity. Here are three cases se
lected from my note book from among
a score of others. One a mine boss ,
one a farmer , and one a factory oper
ator. With each of them I took tea
and listened to their story. "I hoped
to better my condition , " said one. "I
thought in time I might make a home , "
said another. "I had high expecta
tions , " said the other , and all said that
" "I never dreamed it possible to succeed
as I have. "
Xilke Arabian Nlsrhts'
Everywhere , on the trains , at the
"hotels and in family , I have been told
of successes that reminded me more
of the stories in the Arabian Nights
than of this matter-of-fact , workaday
world. Yields of wheat from 35 to 53
bushels per acre , and of oats of from
OO to 100 bushels , are numerous in ev-
ery locality and well authenticated. At
Moose Jaw , Lethbridge , Calgary , Ed-
- monton , Regina , Brandon , Hanley and
UV many intermediate places I saw cattle
* and young horses fat as your grain-fed
animals of the "States" that had never
tasted grain , and whose cost to their
owners was almost nothing. At Mooso-
inin I saw a train load of 1,400 steers
en route to England" , that were shaky
fat , raised as above stated. If the older
.generation of farmers in Indiana , who
have spent their lives in a contest with
lags and stumps , as did their fathers
before them , could see these broad
prairies dotted with comfortable homes ,
large red barns , and straw piles innu
merable , and the thriving towns , with
their towering elevators jammed to the
roof with "No. 1 hard , " and then re
member that four or five years ago
these plains were tenantless but for
the badger and coyote , they would mar-
TC ! at tjie transformation. Then if they
followed the crowds as they emerged
from the trains and hurried to the
land offices , standing in line until their
respective turns to be waited on came ,
and saw with what rapidity these lands
are being taken , they would certainly
catch the "disease" and want some of
it too. If these lands are beautiful , in
midwinter with their long stretches of
.yellow stubble standing high above the
snow , what must they be in summer
time when covered with growing or
ripening grain ? Speaking of winter re
minds me that our Hoosier friends
shrug their shoulders when they read
in the Chicago and Minneapolis dailies
of the temperature up here. The Ca
nadian literature , with its pictures ,
half-tones and statistics , gives a good
idea of her resources , but thirty or
forty degrees below zero sounds dan
gerous to a Hoosier , who nearly freezes
in a temperature of five above , espe
cially when accompanied by a wind , as
it often is ; but the fact is , when it is
very cold here it is still , and the air
being dry the cold is not felt as It Is
In our lower latitudes , where there is
more humidity in the atmosphere. I
am 56 , and I never saw a finer winter
than the one I am spending up here. 1
arrived in Winnipeg Nov. 9 , and have
not had the bottoms of my overshoes
wet since I entered Canada. Under n
cloudless slcy I have ridden in sleighs
nearly a thousand miles , averaging a
drive every other day. Stonemasons
have not lost a week's time so far this
-winter. Building of all kinds goes right
ahead in every city and hamlet , us
though winter were never heard of.
j Information concerning homestead
[ lands in Western Canada can be had
from any authorized Canadian Govern
ment Agent , whose advertisement ap
pears elsewhere in this paper.
Felt the Shock.
On ft seismograph at Siinfa , India ,
presented to the meteorological depart
ment by Prof. Ormori , th'e Japanese
earthquake expert , the shock caused by
the blowing up of the steamship Chat-
bam in tne Suez canal , 2,500 miles away ,
wa recorded.
THE WEEKLY
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ISTORIAH
12GG Battle of Benvento.
1553 Four English noblemen executed
as accomplices of the Duke of Som
erset.
1555 Henry Grey. Duke of Suffolk , be
headed Thomas Wyat belreaded
for insurrection against Queen Mary.
1582 Reformation of the calendar in
troduced by Gregory XIII.
1 GOO Robert , Earl of Essex , beheaded.
1G30 First day of public thanksgiving : n
Massachusetts.
1GG4 Treaty of Pisa between France
and the Pope.
171G James , Earl of Derwentwater , be
headed for treason.
1702 George Washington born.
1700 British stamp act repealed.
1783 Denmark recognized independence
of the United States First Unit
ed States bank chartered.
1815 Napoleon escaped from Elba. . . .
Treaty of Vienna.
1S20 House of Representatives passed
the Missouri bill.
1833 "Compromise tariff" passed the
House of Representatives.
1837 Ship Jane and Margaret lost off
Isle of Man ; 20G persons perished.
1838 Duel between William J. Graves
of Kentucky and Jonathan Cilley of
New Hampshire , members of the
House of Representatives.
i85S Earthquake nearly destroyed Co
rinth , Greece.
1SG2 Formal surrender of Nashville ,
Tenn. , to Gen. Buell Jefferson
Davis inaugurated President of the
Confederate States.
JSG3 Territorial government established
in Arizona.
18GS President Johnson removed Stan-
ton and appointed Gen. Thomas Sec
retary of War..House of Repre
sentatives voted to impeach the
President.
1871 Meeting at Washington of joint
high commission on Alabama claims
. District of Columbia made a ter
ritorial government.
1878 National Greenback party organ
ized at Toledo , Ohio.
1880 Ferdinand De Lesseps received by
the American Society of Engineers.
1SS4 South African republic , Transvaal ,
recognized by treaty with Great Brit
ain.
1885 Washington monument at national
capital dedicated.
1886 Discovery of rich gold fields in
Patagonia.
1888 Earthquake felt throughout Cali
fornia.
1SS9 Congress appropriated $250,000 to
aid American workingmen thrown out
of employment by the stoppage of
work on the Panama canal..Act
dividing Dakota into two States
passed by U. S. Senate Confes
sion by Richard Pigott that he forg
ed the Parnell letters.
1890 Pan-American Congress voted for
an international railway.
1897 The powers ordered Greece to
withdraw from Creto.
1902 Twenty-one live lost in burning
of Park Avenue Hotel , New York.
1904 Panama canal treaty ratified.
1905 Federal government indicted Cas-
sie L. Chadwick.
Memphis Gold Cup Scandal.
On motion of the Memphis Trotting
Association proceedings were begun in
the Supreme Court at New York , charg
ing that E. E. Smathers , the wealthy
turfman , conspired with his trainer ,
George Speer , and with Edward Sanders ,
trainer for C. K. G. Billings , to defeat
Lou Dillon in the race of 1904 for the
3,000 gold cup. The alleged conspiracy
consisted in the drugging of the great
Billings trotter , Lou Dillon , thereby
causing her to lose the race and enabling
the defendant dishonestly to win it with
his horse , Major Delmar. The associa
tion demands damages in the sum of $3-
500 or the return of the cup. Acting on
this information , a deputy sheriff at New
York entered Mr. Smathers' apartments
and seized the cup in question. Later ,
liowever , Smathers regained possession by
depositing a bond of $7,000 with the
sheriff. Smathers says that Billings is
the instigator of the suit and denies the
charges made.
The Navy's New Torpedo.
The high-speed , turbine , self-propelling
torpedo , known as the Bliss-Leavitt , has
jeen adopted by the United States navy.
Lt travels through the water at the rate
) f thirty-six knots an hour and has an
ixtreme range of 4,000 yards. Its speed
s eight knots faster than the Whitehead
: orpedo and its distance nearly double.
Hie torpedo is fired from a pneumatic
; ube 20 feet in length , 2250 pounds of
: ompressed air being required.
Increase of Oil Industry.
A census bulletin , just issued , shows
: hat the petroleum industry has made a
arge increase since 1900. Last year
.here were ninety-eight refineries , as com
pared with sixty-seven in 1900 , and the
; apital invested had increased from $95-
)00,000 ) to $136,000,000. An average of
LG,771 wage earners are now emploj'ed ,
is compared with 12,199 five years ago.
The Seamen's Church institute of New
fork will erect a $550,000 clnb and home
'or sailors. Bishop Potter heads the di-
< ectoro. '
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The Senate was not in session Friday.
The Tillraan-Gillespie resolution calling
for an investigation of the ownership of
coal and oil properties by the railroads
was passed by the House , after being
! amended so that it will have to go back
to the Senate for consideration. The
famous Mussel Shoals bill , providing for
the development of water power on the
Tennessee river in Alabama , sent back
by the President for amendment , was
passed.
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The Senate was not in session Satur
day. In the House several minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent. They
included a bill authorizing the Secretary
of the Interior to reclassify the public
lands in Alabama. Also the following
bills : To extend the provisions of the
homestead laws to certain lands of the
Yellowstone forest reserve ; to extend the
time one year in which the Kensington
and Eastern Railway Company shall
complete its bridge across the Calumet
river in Chicago. At 1 o'clock the pen
sion caTendar was taken up and 416 bills
were passed in sixty-four minutes-
In the Senate Monday Senator Tillman
reported the Hepburn railroad rate bill.
Senator Aldrich made a brief stateineut
of the position of the five Republicans
who opposed it in committee. Mr. Cul-
brsen moved that his own bill on Ihe
subject be substituted for the Hepburn
measure , and it was ordered printed .and
laid on the table until the rate bill is
taken up. Mr. Clapp called up the bill
to dispose of the affairs of the five civ
ilized tribes in Indian Territory , and it
was discussed at length. Mr. Dick , in
the afternoon , occupied the floor , speaking
in behalf of the statehood bill. A num
ber of bills of local importance wore
passed , including one for the erection of
a $75,000 public building at Alton , 111.
Legislation for the District of Columbia
occupied the first hour of the House ses
sion , eight local bills being passed. Two
hours of hot debate on the question of
allowing the incorporation of the Lake
Erie and Ohio River Ship Canal Com
pany followed , but the matter did pot
come to a vote. Representative Kiefer
OL Ohio introduced a bill providing for
the reduction of the representation of the
Southern States in Congress because of
the dsfianchisement of the negro.
The Senate Tuesday agreed to vote on
the statehood bill Friday , March 9. Mr.
Hopkins made a speech in support of the
measure. The remainder of the day was
devoted to a discussion of the bill pro
viding for the settlement of the affairs of
the five civilized tribes of Indians , the ?
greater part of the time being given to
the provision for the disposal of the coal
lands in Indian Territory. A bill was
passed extending the time allowed to the
Kensington and Eastern Railroad Com
pany for the construction of a bridge
across the Calumet river in Illinois. Mil
itary matters held the Attention of the
House , the army appropriation bill being
under consideration for amendment. That
Gens. Corbin and MacArthur mUht be
come lieutenant generals the provision
abolishing that rank was eliminated. Only
eight of the fifty pages of the bill were
passed upon. The Dalzell bill chartering
the Lake Erie and Ohio Ship Canal Com
pany , with an authorized capital of $60-
000 , v as passed. A resolution of inquiry
aimed at the State Department was or
dered canceled and destroyed , as Mr. Van
Duzer ( Nevada ) , by whom it was pur
ported to have been introduced , repudi
ated it.
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Senator Foraker's speech opposing rail
way rate legislation occupied three hours
of the session of the Senate Wednesday.
A further discussion of the railroad land
grant in Indian Territory followed , with
the result that a resolution was passed
extending the tribal government of the
five civilized tribes until March 4 , 1907.
An executive session was had at 4:15 p.
m. , but the doors were reopened ten min
utes later and the remainder of the day
was devoted to the passage of private pen
sion bills. The army appropriation oc
cupied the attention of the House , but
its consideration was not completed. The
discussion was marked by a controversy
between the members of the appropria
tions and military committees over the
amounts carried in the bill , and honors
were about evenly divided. A proposed
amendment to pay $5,000 each to the
widows ; of two San Francisco firemen
who lost their lives in the recent fire on
the transport Meade was ruled out of or
der. Provision for more than 300 clerks
employed iu the staff and at army divis
ion headquarters also went out when it
was shown that there was no authority in
law for their employment. A resolution
was adopted calling on the Postmaster
General for all information on which he
based his oiyler withholding- rights and
'privileges of the mails from the People's
United States Bank of St. Louis.
The discussion of the railroad rata
questionwas continued in the Senate
Thursday by Mr. Dolliver , who spoke in
support of the Dolliver-Hepburn bill. The
remainder of the session was devoted to
the bill providing forthe settlement of
the affairs of the five civilized tribes of
Indians after the termination of their
tribal relations. No action was taken.
The House passed the army appropriation
bill , carrying about $69,000,000. Provis
ion for a cable ship for the Atlantic coast
and for a ship for mine planting on the
Pacific was eliminated on points of order.
The powder trust came in for an attack
in the debate , and an attempt by Demo
crats to have the government begin the
manufacture of its own powder consumed
considerable time , but met with defeat.
Xotes of the National Capital.
An investigation of alleged railway
ownership of oil and coal companies has '
been ordered by the interstate commerce
committee of the House.
President Roosevelt has decided to veto
any rate bill which does not meet his
approval. This .warning has been served
on the Senate committee.
A conference at the White House be- \
tween the President and merchants , ap-1
praisers and other officials resulted in a '
ptfusal to have the right of open hearings.
l cases of contested valuations. j
FIERCE RACE RIOT.
fllob In Sprlnsrfleld , O. , Xecrro Quar
ter DlMpcrncd l > y Militia.
A white mob of several thousarid
men attacked the negro quarter of
Springfield , O. , known as "the Jung
les , " Tuesday night and state troops
had to be called out to quell the riot
ing. The outbreak was the result of
attacks on two white men , Martin
Davis and Earl Sulkins , by Preston
* Jadd and Edward Dean , negroes.
For several hours , until after mid
night , the negro section was in a
j state of terror , the police being pow-
! erless. The local militia was called
out by the mayor , but was slow to re
spond.
At midnight , however , eighty men
assembled at the armory and were sent
out to re-enforce the police. Thi eighty
militiamen and the police , however ,
were unable to handle the mob , and it
was not until the arrival of two com
panies from Dayton and one from
Xenia soon after midnight that the
mob could be handled. Then , with the
butts of their rifles and without firing
a shot the soldiers pushed the mob
back tfbth ways in Columbia street ,
east .from Water street and west from
Foster street.
When dawn came quiet had been re-
sto'jifki in the negro section , with "the
Juices" still in charge of the militia.
No lives were lost in the riot. The re
' suit of the mob was the destruction of
six negro houses , one saloon and the
damaging of several others.
"The Jungles" is the name given to
East Columbia street , where a number
of notorious dives frequented by ne-
, groes and low whites are located. Six
I or seven of these joints were wiped out
' by the mob with the torch. The most
infamous place was literally torn to
pieces and burned half down by the
rioters.
PELEE SHOOTS OUT FIRE.
Volcano in T.fartlniqine Agrain in
Violent Eruption.
A Barbados dispatch says that Mont
Pelee , in Martinique , is again active , and
the inhabitants of the island are in ter-
lor of a recurrence of the great erup
tions of four years ago. Five persons
are in the hospital in Fort de France
who were struck by falling rocks thrown
up by the volcano. By day a column of
heavy black smoke several miles high
rising from the crater was visible thirty
miles away , and at night the flames could
be plainly seen at a greater distance.
The town of St. Pierre , island of Mar
tinique , was destroyed by the eruption of
Mont Pelee , May 8 , 1902 , with the loss
of 25,000 lives. This was the greatest
disaster of modern times. Only one man ,
who was confined in a dungeon , and a
few persons on the seashore on the out
skirts of the town survived the catastro
phe.
phe.In
In 1902 , as in the present year , the
seismic disturbances had continued for
several weeks before Mont Pelee showed
signs of activity. Then , on May 5 , it
suddenly burst into violence , pouring out
great quantities of lava and smoke day
and night. Still there was little alarm ,
as the people of St. Pierre had become
accustomed to tlie activity of the volcano ,
At 8 o'clock in the morning of May 8 ;
after the volcano had been quiescent for
nearly eighteenhours , there was an ex
plosion within Mont Pelee which from a
new vent on the side of the crater forced
a great blast of flame down the side of
the mountain , over the city of Mont Pe
lee and far out over the harbor.
That fearful blast of flame brought
death to the inhabitants of St. Pierre.
The town itself was destroyed and the
Uame even destroyed the shipping in the
harbor , one steamer alone being able to-
escape half burned.
All this fearful destruction of life and
property came in an instant , and in an
instant it was over. One breath of flame
\\iped out the city and people. Then for
days Mont Pelee poured a sea of lava
and mud down the side of the mountain ,
burying the destroyed city , so that to-day
oiily traces of it may he seen.
Q'he eruption of Soufriere. the island of
St. Vincent volcano , occurred at the same
time. Half the island was devastated by
floods of burning lava. Plantations were
wiped out and small towns destroyed.
The city of Georgetown itself escaped se
rious injury.
WILL DROWN A TOWN.
More Valuable for Storing "Water
than for HousingPeople. .
A lively little Colorado town has been
sentenced to death. It is to have four
years of grace. Then they are going to
drown it. Lyons is a flourishing village
of about 800 inhabitants , 25 miles from
Denver , with which it has direct railway
connection. It was started about 25 years
ago and seems good for ten times 25 years
to come. It is solidly built , with stone
church , stone houses and public build
ings. It has a fire department , a tele
phone system and is piped for water and
for acetylene gas , which it manufactures.
It is in the center of a fertile valley ,
raising big crops of alfalfa , wheat , corn ,
sugar beets and fruit. Four years from
now the whole place will be under 240
feet of water. t
There is only one chink in the hills
surrounding the basin where the town is
built. Through this chink flows the St.
Vrain river. The thing is too tempting ,
A dam , 2,000 feet long at the top and
250 feet high at its greatest elevation ,
will close that outlet and store up bill
ions of cubic feet of water. A company
to be capitalized at $5,000,000 is getting
exceedingly busy and when they have re
modeled that corner of Colorado its own
Mother Nature won't know it.
News of Minor Note ,
Miss J. Loughhorough , 24 years old , of
San Francisco , Cal. , died in Rome.
The average price of wool in Arizona
this season is 20 cents , the highest ever
known there.
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs sold a five-acre
tract of submerged land off Fort Mason ,
Cal. , to the government for a sum e-
ceedins $250,000.
The Viceroy of Foochow has been or
dered to execute the leader of the Chinese
mob which wrecked the Catholic and Eng
lish missions at Cbangpu.
What is the corollary of "honest
graft ? " Why , an honorable term in'tho
penitentiary. New York Evening Mail.
Marshall Field was not the richest
man in the United States. He was
merely the heaviest taxpayer. Chicago
Tribune.
Poultney BIgelow forgets that only
Standard Oil magnates are privileged
to handle legal questions flippantly.
Birmingham Herald.
It is rumored that Grover Cleveland
isn't enjoying the $12,000 salary he Is
drawing from one of the big insurance
companies. Memphis Commercial-Ap
peal.
If France and the United States were
to combine against Venezuela it is be
lieved that they could eventually whip
the South American nation. Indianap-
olis Star.
The world lost one of its bravest ,
kuightliest souls and the United States
one of its most patriotic citizens when
"Fighting Joe" Wheeler went out-
Chicago Tribune.
When he decided to surrender one of
his two big salaries , Mr. Shouts again
manifested his prudence and foresight
by surrendering the smaller one. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Miss Tarbell refers to lying as a na
tional vice. There is really very lit
tle excuse for lying when one may sim
ply refuse to answer "on advice of
counsel. " Kansas City Times.
The novelists are making such vio
lent efforts to get into the House of
Commons as to make one think that
there is a streak of Indiana in modern
England. New York Evening Sun.
Former President Cleveland is weary
of his job as rebate referee for the big
insurance companies. The question of
what to do with our ex-Presidents has
not yet been solved. St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller , Jr. , is a
great admirer of the friend of Poti-
phar's wife. Why not dedicate the
Sunday School to "St. Joseph of the
Egyptian corn corner ? " New York
Evening Sun.
Marshall Field achieved distinction
not by being the richest merchant in
the world , but by being its greatest
taxpayer. A more substantial concep
tion of probity is not possible. Cum
berland News.
Young Mr. Rockefeller tells his Bi
ble class that a lie is never justifiable.
When his turn comes in the Standard
Oil investigation the public may look
for some interesting testimony. Phila
delphia Inquirer.
Senator Depew's colleagues gave him
a hearty hand-shaking "vindication"
when he appeared in his seat the other
day. This may encourage Senator Bur
ton to venture inside the chamber. i
Augusta Chronicle.
If Commissioner Garfield wasn't get
ting information from the packers for
prosecution purposes , why then get it
at all ? Was it to satisfy his curiosity
or to supply material to magazine writ
ers ? Dallas News.
The victims of the "get-rich-quick"
systems are not all poor , superstitious
and ignorant men away from our cities.
Take the frenzied financiers and see
how they , too , are swept away in the
whirlpool. Louisville Post.
Summing up the press dispatches , we
might say that if he is not killed in
the hazing process , the modern fighting
man in either arm of the service stands
a reasonably good chance of dying from
old age. Portland Oregonian.
Possibly Mr. Shonts is simply holding
on to his $12,000 railroad job as a soft
place to fall in the event that public
sentiment compels the President to se
lect a new head for the Canal Commis
sion. Kansas City Journal.
A bill is now pending to pension all
ex-Presidents at $25,000 a year. Why
shouldn't they earn their living as well
as other folks ? The reputation the
Presidency gives them will secure twice
as much for the articles they write as
the articles are worth. Raleigh ( N.
C. ) News and Observer.
Senator Clark's feat of building a
railroad withoit bonds marks the ex-
treme of simple as opposed to frenzied
finance , and also discloses an idea
which should make it easy for the Sen
ator to dispose of the $40,000,000 stock
advantageously. There arc more ways
than one of killing that amiable dog , '
the investing public. St. Louis Repub
lic.
Forty years ago Robert E. Lee was
offered the presidency of a Northern
insurance company at a salary large
enough for those days. He wrote that
he hadn't the ability or the experience
to command such a salary. He was
told that his name was worth it.
"What influence I have with the
Southern people is not for sale , " said
Lee. That ended the negotiations.
New Orleans States.
Five years already of the seventh Ed
ward more years than were reigned
by James II. , Richard II. and Edward
V. Here's to him. May he continue
for years to come to be at the head of
an increasingly republican monarchy.
Boston Transcript
The country does not much care whc \
digs the Panama canal , provided the {
best possible canal is dug and dug
quickly. If the Senate can promote the
work by overseeing the Job , let it go
ahead and oversee ; but obstruction will
not be tolerated. St. Louis Republic
NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA
A Desperately Serious Case Cured by
Or. Williams' Pink Pilla.
' Brought to the very verge of starva
tion by the rejection of all nourishment ,
her vitality almost destroyed , the re
covery of Mrs. J. A. Wyatt , of Xo. 1189
Seventh street , DCS Moines , Iowa ,
seemed hopeless. Her physicians utterly
failed to reach the seat of the difficulty ;
and death must have resulted if she had
not pursued an independent course sug
gested by her sister's experience.
Mrs."Wyatt says : "Ihad pain in the-
region of the heart , palpitation and
shortness of hreath so that I could not
walk very fast. My head ached very
badly and I was seized with vomiting
spells whenever I took any food. A doc
tor was called who pronounced , the
trouble gastritis , but he gave mo no re
lief. Then I tried a second doctor with
out benefit. By this time I had become
very weak. I could not keep the mask
delicate broth on my stomach , and at
the end of a month I was scarcely moro
than skin and bone and was really starv
ing to death. >
"Then I recalled how much benefit mr
sister had got from Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and decided to take them in plac *
of the doctor's medicine. It proved d
wise decision for they helped uio as
nothing else had done. Soon I could
take weak tea and crackers and steadily
more nourishment. In twa weeks I was
able to leave my bed. Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills were the only thing that
checked the vomiting and as soon as thaft
was stopped my other difficulties left me.
I have a vigorous appetite now and am
able to attend to all the duties of my
home. I praise Dr.Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People to all my friends because
I am thoroughly convinced of their
merit. "
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by all
druggists and by the Dr. Williams Med
icine Co. , Schenectady , N.Y.
Queer Souvenirs by Mali.
"The souvenir postal card crazo
seems to be governed by none of the
bounds of propriety and decency , " de
clared a i/ostal clerk as he was dis
tributing the deposits found in the pub
lie drop boxes , according to the Phila
delphia Telegraph.
"If the government doesn't put at
stop to this nuisance I'll have to find a
better job , " he continued to muse.
It was a disgraceful lot of stuff , to
be sure. In the collection were anyk
number of worn and soiled collars ,
cuffs and shirt bosoms , not to speak ot
old socks , garters , and even several
pairs of shoes. ;
The proper postage had been prepaid'
on everything the cuffs , collars and'
shirt bosoms bearing stamps and ad-1
dresses , the socks , garters and shoesj
being attached to tags inscribed witbi
destinations. ;
"There is no doubt the postoffice re
ceipts are increasing everywhere be
cause of this popular custom of send
ing oddities through the mail , " said !
another clerk in the same department,1
"but I wonder where it's going to end.
The government will accept in the mall
anything not over four pounds in1
weight. Why , the other day we found
a set of false teeth merely attached
to a tag and addressed to a womanJ
in Germanton. It's the 'limit. " f
In No Harry.
"Of course , Tommy , " said the Sun
day school teacher , "you'd like to ba
an angel , wouldn't you ? "
"Well er yes'm , " replied Tommy ;
"but I'd like to wait till I can be a
full-grown angel with gray whiskers. " "
Philadelphia Press. i
A PERFECT HAND.
How Its Appearance Became Famil
iar to the Public.
The story of how probably the most-
perfect feminine hand in America be
came known to the people is rather in- ,
teresting.
As the story goes the possessor of the
hand was with some friends in a photo- ;
grapher's one day and while talking ,
held up a piece of candy. The pose of.
the hand with its perfect contour and-
faultless shape attracted the attention
'
of the artist who proposed to photo-
graph it The result was a beautiful
picture kept in the family until one
day , after reading a letter from some
one inquiring as to who wrote the Pos-
tum and Grape Nuts advertisements , '
Mr. Post said to his wife , "We receive ;
so many inquiries of this kind , that it
Is evident some people are curious to
know , suppose we let the advertising
department have that picture of your ,
hand to print and name it "A Help-J
Ing Hand. " ( Mrs. Post has assisted
him In preparation of some of the !
most famous advertisements. ) '
There was a natural shrinking from
the publicity , but with an agreement
that no name would accompany the
picture its use was granted.
The case was presented in the light
of extending a welcoming hand to the
friends of Postum and Grape-Nuts , so
the picture appeared on the back cov
ers of many of the January and Febru
ary magazines and became known to
millions of people.
Many artists have commented upon ;
It as probably the most perfect hand
in the world. ,
The advertising department of th *
Postum Co. did not seem able to resist
the temptation to enlist the curiosity
of the public , by refraining from giv
ing the name of the owner when the
picture appeared , but stated that the
name would be given later in one of
the newspaper announcements , thus
seeking to induce the readers to look
for and read the forthcoming advertise
ments to learn the name of the owner.
This combination of art and com
merce and the multitude of inquiries
Eurnishes an excellent illustration of-
the interest the public takes in the
personal and family life of large man
ufacturers , whose names become house
hold words through extensive and con-j
tinuous announcements in newspapers
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