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CANCER IS DEADLY! This fearful disease often first appears as a mere seratch, a pimple. or lump in the breast. too soe to attract any notice. until, in many cases, the deadly is fully developed. Results Fatally in Nine Cases Out of Ten—A Cure Found at Last. "Cane -r can not be cured by a surgical operation, because the disease is a virulent poison in the blood, circulati g throughout the system, and although the sore or Deer own s the Cancer—may be cut away, the poison remains in the blood, and promptly bre vaks out afvesh, with renewed violence. The wonderful success of S. S. $ which were consider in curing obs ated nate, deap- blood disease: incurable, induced a. few de- spairing sufferers to try it for Cancer, after exhausting the skill of 1 phy: icians without a cure. Much to their delight S.S.S proved pom to the disease and promptly effectel a cure. spread rapidly, and it was soon demonstrated beyond doubt that a cure_had at last been found for deadly Cancer. Evidence has accu- j mulated which is incontrov eitible, of which ‘ the following is a specimen : “Cancer is hereditary in our family, my father, a sister and an aunt having died from this dre disease. My feelings may be imagined when th: rible disease made its appearance on my side. It was a malignant Cancer, eating inwardly in such a way as to cause great alarm. The disease seemed beyond “the skill of the doctors, for their treatment did no god whatever, the Cancer growing worse ali the while Numerous remedies were used for it but the Cancer grew steadily worse, until it seemed that I was duomed to follow the others of the family, for I know how deadly Cancer is, especially when inherited. I was advised to try Swift's Specific (8. 5S. S ), which, from the first day, forced out the poison. I continued its use until T had taken eighteen bottles, when I was cured sound and well, and have had no symptoms of the dreadful affliction, though many years have elapsed. S.S S. is the only cure for Cancer.—Mrs S M. Ipo., Winston, N. C. Our book on Cancer, containing other testimon information, will be sent free to any address by t Company. SERS COueEs The glad news MRS. 8. M. IDOL. s and valuable he Swift Spe THEN "DIRT DEFIES THE Kin 1G.” an GREA THAN ALTY ITSELF. McFARLAND BROS. Harness and Saddelrv, #tue's Leuthor Tree S “iF wll ae roy South Side Square. Butler Mo. Read and see what we keep in stock. We keep everything that horse owners need, Double wagon barness from $10 to $30, sin- gle harness $7 50 to $25. second hand harness from $3 to $15. Saddles of all styles and prices, fromthe cheapest to the steel fork cow boy and sole leather spring seat saddles. Lap robes, horse blankets, dusters and fly nets Harness oil and soaps, full lihe machine oils and axel grease. Trim buggy tops new and repair old ones. Bring your old harness and saddles and trade for new ones.. 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Protests from Congressmen Against Sec- retary Gage’s Plan of Depositing Rev- enaes in New York Banks. Dec. #e’s proposition } Washington, 26.—Secretary to deposit the in-, } al enue collections in New| | York banks to relieve the stock mar- | Ket striugency does not please west-| } ern congressmen, who are already! hearing by wire from their con- tituents. rht states of the Mis- | sissippi valley last year contributed! 1 $145,000,000 of the .000,000 inter: | j pal revenue collections. They were | Missouri, itucky, Llinois, Miehi-| gin, Wisvousin, Indiana, Ohio, and lowa. It is proposed to transfer the} money as fast as it is collected in! these staves, and to deposit it in New] York banks for the relief of the mon-} J ey market there. This is considered] by these western representatives to} be hout the province of the secre- tavy of the treasury. A very vigor ous t is being made by west- ern ban The argument is strong- put that the money belongs where it is raised until disbursed through} the ordinery transactions of the gov-} ernment. SAVED THE COMPANY. A Man Supposed to Be Dead and Whose Insurance Policy Had Been Paid Turns Up in Chicago. Chicago, Dee. 26.—A man who was believed to have died months ago ap- peared in Chicago and by signing 4 telegram made New York life in- surance company a present of $10,000. Months ago Aaron Wolfsohn, a trav | was reported to have been Angeles, Cal., lodging th: a eling man, found in a Los house, under conditions ta indi- cated suicide by asphyxiation. The| insurance company paid $10,000 in-j| the administrator for surance to Angeles county public the heirs of the dead “Wolfsohn.” Yesterday Wolfsohn appeared in Chicago and, following a conference with the in- oilicials, wrote a telegram ad- to the public adminis Angeles county, paid by the in- surance dressed of Los order to release the money surance company immediately. SPANIARDS GOING | BACK. Emigration to Cuba and Puerto Rico Has Set in at a Lively Rate from Many Seaports. Washington, Dec. 26,—Secretary Hay is informed through United States consuls at several seaports of has is es- Spain the emigration to Cuba set in stroniy. The movement pecially noticeable from the northern and western préVinces of Spain. A year ago, following the evacuation of all of these possessions by anish authorit thousands of Spaniards, who were net connected with the army, returned to Spain. The tide has now turned the other way and greatly exceeds the former movement. immproved conditions in Puerto Rico and Cuba, with still better ure said to form the inspiration for migration. The fact American flag flies does not prospects the deier them, BRAZNELL MINE HORROR. that The Death List Witl Not Reach Fifty, as at First Thought—Hodies Are Terribly Mutilated Brownsvilie, Pa Dec. 26.—The EARLY AFTER PENSIONS. | One Soldier Out Every Twelve of the *Ppaniso-American War Wants Pay Sam. from Lee: Washington, Dee. 26.—' zeal of the pension attorneys threat- | ens to bring the pension list of the Spanish-American and Philippine wars fhe business proportions. ations for pensions ing out of these v have be with the pension bureau. The fact that from the Ninth Massac 2tts regiment alone appiications have been file eviaence of the pension attorney's gctivity. The total number of enlistments fe the Spanish-American war and the Philippine war was about 00, but nearly 40,000 of th were re-enlist- ments. It is estimated, therefore, t the total number of individuals listed tor the two wars is approxi- mately .000. As there have, up to the present time. been 25,00 appli tions for pensions growin out these wars. it will be seen that one | | soldier in every twelve of those who; served is 2 pension-secker. And th startling proportion is attrined less than two years from the dats upon which the war with Spain was | declared, and in the face of the fact that the American losses in battle upon sea and upon land we ropo for in tionately stnallest war. to the eng sustained any America EARTHQUAKE KILLS SEVERAL. San Jacinto and Adjacent Piaces in Cali- | fornia Receive a Severe Shock —- Many Two-Story Buildings Wrecked. San Jacinto, Cal., Dee. A dis- astrous earthquake occurred at 4:25 yesterday morning. Nearly every two-story building was wrecked, and i estimated that the dama will gregate over 350,000. T mair shock was preceded by a roi ing sound and awakened many just in time to escape from the doomed buildings. The business street was such a wreck that tons of debris had to be removed before buildings could be entered. At Saboba Indian reser- vation six squaws were killed by fall- ing walls. two fatally iniured> and many seriously injured The shock caused dry artesian wells to flow larger streams than ever before. Con- . Fae | siderable dam in nearby villages. was reported “PINNACLE ROCK’ NO MORE The Celebrated Spectacle Overharging Cumberland Gap and Weighing Many Tons, Fell from Its Lofty Height. Cumberland Gap, Tenn., Dec. 26.— The celebrated “pinnacle rock,” which overhung Cumberland. gap and a noted natural spectacle, fell from its lofty height this morning. The town was awakened as if by an earthquake, as the immense mass, weighing hun- dreds of tons, came tumbling down The course of the rock w from the town and no lives hav 2 reported lost, although was destroyed. was eb considerable property A $20,000 Fire at Hastings, Minn. Hastings, Minn., °6.—Nearly three blocks of buildings ia the busi- ness portion of this town, principally fronting Vermillion were burned early yesterday with a loss of about $200,000. The fire broxe out in R. C. Libby & Co.’s sawmill, evidently eet, search for the dead was kept up at the work of an incendiary, and the the Braznell mine all night, resulting | Rtire Plant. —— Eee rallapie sited in the finding of five more bodies, | }0US€S lumber offices, sheds, ete., making 20 victims of the explosion. | V€T® consumed. One million and a The bodies were so mutilated they} "@lt feet of upper grhde lumber were have not been identified. A thorough search of the mine was made, but no more bodies were four nd it is now also burned. Remembered the Dependent Ones. believed that the number of dead will| Tacoma, Wash., Dec. A-Ledger not be increased. The work of re-| SPecial from Carbonado says: The Carbon Hill company gave %500 to moving the mass of wreckzge in the mine began to-day and a careful search was made for more bodies, al-]| * though the compan. officials feel confident thet all the men have been accounted for. SAV=D FROM EXECUTION. Soldier Who Had Been Condemned Will Serve 20 Years in Prison and Be Dishono-ably Discharged Oshkosh, Searboro: Wis., Dee. 26.—William | ¢ », of this city, a private of B, Third United in- who was tried by military the Philippines on a ‘serious and sentenced to death, has tes in charge court been saved from execution by Presi-|ersihing imaginable. Two articles dent McKinley. The president has | however, dollars and candy, seem to commuted his sentence to dishonor- | be in greater demand than any oth- able discharge and 20 years imprison- ment. Chaffee May Succeed Lawton. Washington. Dec. 26.—Gen. Chaffee, now on duty in Cuba, may be or- dered to Washington and assigned to service in the Philippines as a result of the death of Gen. Lawton. Chaffee was one of the conspicuous ofticers in the battle of Santiago, and a fighter i wt t very much of Lawton’s caliber. forbidden altogether by the decree. |! See but that application for such privi- rs agnesan Ne" lege will be entertained only at Rome. Barboursville, W-. Dec. 26— Three members of the family of Mun- Deserting the Choctaw tier. ford Pollock died last night, having Chicotah, L. T., Dec. —Numbers been mysteriously poisoned while eat- | of the best stock raisers are leaving ing their Christmas dinner. the Choctaw nation for Okiahoma. ———— — | They have grown restless under the The Missouri State eachers’ as- | constraint of waiting and hoping for sociation convened in Je fferson Giy|a better condition of affairs. From r 4 3 ght a’re-| reports all ove the territory, it d the teachers | seems tha: or prompt action of } the ex- | cor ss ¢an this country for | ion to the opera Hinkle Hardware omis stocky i dr support were treated on the same basis as widows. ‘This donation of the company represents a total of nbout $10,000. tions from all parts of the state will amount to a large sum. state amusing They contain requests for almost ev- ers. permitting the marriage of Catholics with persons of other denominations during the year of 1900, it is under- stood that mixed marriages are not each widow and $100 to each child of 1 miner killed in the recent explosion. Mothers dependent upon lost sons for Relief fund contribu Santa Claus Did Not Get These. Washington, Dec. 2¢—Since De- ‘ember 29 over 1,000 letters to San is have reached the dead letter They caine from nearly every in the Union, and form and touching’ collection an Permission Only from Rome. Washington, Dec. 26.—In interpret- inzy the papal decree which deprives he bishops of the Catholic church of heir power to issue dispevsations ! Travele: St. Louis. ou DISEASE remed elim: CREAM BALW It is quickly absorbee Gives relief at once. Opens and cleanses the nasal pase “ and protects the membrane. senses of taste and smell, cury, poinjuriousdrag Fall size W, trial size ELY BROTHERS. | * | as MUNA & Co. astereatey ~~ Mew Tork When the Soap is pure soap, through it the most economical and IT FLOATS. 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