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| A Professional Nurse Tells Her Ex- perience With Doan’s Kidney Pills. Montague, Mass. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Gentlemen—I heartily wish those who are suffering from backache and disturbed action of the kidneys would try Doan’s Kidney Pills. As was the case with me, they will be more than surprised with the results. I had been troubled for years with my spine. If could not lie on either side. Spinal cramps would follow, and words could not explain the agony which I would endure. While in these cramps I could not speak or move, but by mak- ing a great effort after the cramp had left me I could begin to speak and move a little, but my whole back was so sore and lame that I could not even have the back bathed for some time. My nerves were in a terrible state. I would rather sit up at night than go to bed, dreading the cramps and the terrible backaches. I consult- ed physicians, but got only a little relief for the time being. Seeing your advertisement, my mother urged me to try Doan’s Kidney Pills. After using one box I was better, and have ever since been on the gain. I have no backache and no cramps now and I feel like a new person. My nerves are better and I know my blood is purer. Words cannot express my thanks to you for what Doan’s Kidney Pills have done for me. In my work as professional nurse 1 have a chance to recommend them; and they did me so much good that I will do so on every possible occasion. HATTIE BRIGHAM, Nurse. Doan’s. Kidney Pills are sold at 50 cents per box. Address’ Foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., for a free trial box. A Personal Grievance. Wilfred—Maw, stop that bad boy; he’s trying to kill our squirrels! Mother—Certainly, Willie, dear. He has no business to do anything of the sort. Wilfred—I should say not. I want to shoot at ’em myself.—Boston Post. Historic. Route to ‘Florida. The shortest and most attractive route from Chicago or St. Louis to Florida is via Nashville, Chattanooga and Atlanta, over the historic Nash- ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry., and Western & Atlantic R. R.- via’ Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga Park, and through the famous battle- fields of the Civil War. This is the route of the “Dixie Flyer.” the all- year-round train that carries sleepers between Chicago and Jacksonville and St. Louis and Jacksonville. It is also the route of the “Chicago & Florida Limited,” a solid vestbuied train operated during the winter season be- tween Chicago and St. Augustine with sleepers between St. Louis and St. Augustine. If you contemplate taking a South- ern trip and desire interesting litera- ture about the route, write to B. F. Hill, N. P. A., N. C. & St. L. Ry., 350 Marquette Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Quick Change. Sweet Singer—Did you notice the new diamonds in my ears? Comedian—yYes, they are very large and attract a great deal of aftention.. Sweet Singer—Thank you. Comedian—I mean the ears.—Chica- go News. 80 Bu. Macaroni Wheat Per A. Introduced by the U. S. Dept. of Agr. It is a tremendous cropper, yielding in good land 80 bu. per acre, and on dry, arid lands, such as are found in Mont., Idaho, the Dakotas, Colo., etc., it will yield from 40 to 60 bu, This Wheat and Speltz and Hanna Barley and Bromus Inermis and_ Billion Dollar Grass, makes it possible to grow and fatten hogs and cattle wherever soil is found. JUST SEND 10c AND THIS NOTICE to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., and they will send you free a sample of this Wheat and other farm seeds, together with their great catalog, alone worth $100.00 to any wide-awake farmer. (W. N. U.) (Gres @holsave | Instantly stops the pain of Burns and Scalds. Always heals without scars, ‘Band 5c b; ists, or mailed on receipt of Picea WY. Galea Go.. Black River Falls Wis KEEP A BOX HANDY WERE WELCOMED TO DURING LAST YEAR. They are settled and settling on the Grain and Grazing Lands, and are prosperous and satisfied. id: “A new star has risen on the horizon, and it is toward it that every immigrant who leaves the land of his ances- tors to come and seek a home for himself now turns his gaze’—Canada. There is Room for Millions. REE Homesteads given away. Schools, Churches, Kailways, Markets, Climate, everything to be desired. For a descriptive Atlas and other information, apply to ts ee epaerarye Immigration, Ottawa, Can- ada, or aut ian Government al &, T. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, St. Paul, FORTUNE IN DESERT RICH FIND MADE BY A LONE PROSPECTOR. George Simmons’ Discovery of Long Abandoned Mine Made Him the “Turquoise King”—Assassinated by Discharged Foreman. The turquoise king is dead. A career of thrilling adventures aad hair breadth escapes, a life in which the smile of fortune came at the most un expected times and places, has been ended, like the lives of so many others bearing royal titles, by an assassin’s bullet. George Simmons, the turquoise king, was a frequent visitor in Denver dur ling the later years of his life. .Mr. Simmons was murdered on October 15 at Manvel, Cal., an isolated mining town near the Nevada line. While get- ting into a wagon to drive home he was shot and instantly killed by W. H. Miller, a foreman whom he had dis. charged a year or so ago. The discovery of his mine was an example of his keen scent for the unusual. Riding through the Crescent mountains in the Mojave desert one day, he noticed at a little distance a slight elevation or mound, which although perhaps undisturbed for cen- turies, had apparently been built by human hands. A closer examination of the heterogeneous materials com- posing the mound convinced him of its artificial character, and as it was too large for an ordinary grave, he deter- mined to investigate further. Digging down into the center of the mound, he came upon a stone and later complete sets of the rude stone tools used in mining by uncivilized persons. Con- tinuing the excavation, he opened up the workings ot an ancient mine and the deposits of turquoise which after- ward brought him wealth. For years he kept the location of the mine a secret, working it in a des- ultory manner. The property was not patented, and lest some wandering prospectors should run upon it by accident he built a stockade around it and kept a man with a Winchester on guard night and day. People who tried to learn the location of his mine by following him into the desert found that it was a dangerous business. For instance, there was Jim McClurg, one of the first men whose acquaintance Simmons made in Denver. Unknown to Simmons, McClurg boarded the same train with the owner of the mine and followed him to Nevada. Simmons’ quick eye, however, caught a glimpse of McClurg as the latter got down from the rear end of the train at their } destination, and the Denver man was promptly warned that a bullet would stop him if he attempted to follow Simmons to the mine. On Simmons’ first visits to Denver he used to bring with him a large trav- eling grip filled with splendid tur quoises. The stones were pale blue in color, while those from the old mines in New Mexico were dark blue, and at first it was hard to find buyers for the product of Simmons’ mine. Now the light blue stones are the favorite and find a ready sale. Failing to get enough money from the sale of the turquoises to patent the property and develop it, Simmons went to London to secure capital. He put a valuation of $700,000 on his mine and floated it on that basis, although it was really worth three times that amount. When he returned to New York, Simmons put up at the Waldorf- Astoria. The collection of turquoises he had with him were the talk of the hotel. Some one got him to show them to a party of ladies, including the wife of the manager, Boldt. The lat- ter asked him to put a price on a par- ticularly fine stone weighing 32 karats. Simmons said $1,000, not for a moment expecting to make a sale, but Mrs. Bolt turned to her husband and had him write out a check for that amount. One of the stones in the col- lection was the largest in the world, weighing 164 carats. An agent of a New York dealer followed him, offer- ing him $5,000. It was Simmons’ am- bition to get a 200-carat stone and he finally succeeded.—Denver Times. Immense Herds of Camels. Camels in Somaliland are kept in great herds sometimes numbering 30,- 00C. & sch numbers involve wide areas for grazing and consequent distances from the few places where water may be found. The ponies used by the Somali can also manage without drink for three or four days and when employed for herding have, like their masters, only camels’ milk to quench their thirst. These big herds offer, of course, a tremendous temptation to the raider, as many as 10,000 camels being taken at a time; and the ex- citement of driving off such a haul at full gallop for forty or fifty miles, with the exasperated owner possibly hard in pursuit and the chances of the raid- er finding his own. camp has fallen a prey to some other tribal diversion, appeals irresistibly to the excitable Somali. Drunken Man Had Wit. A drunken man who sought to buy a ticket at a theater box office was de- nied the privilege. “What’s the mat- ter?” demanded the applicant; “what’s the matter with me?” “Well, if you really want to know,” responded the keeper of the box office, “you're drunk.” The frankness of this reply had rather a sobering influence upon the playgoer. He gathered up his money with dignity. “Of course I’m drunk,” he said, cheerfully, as he turned to go. ‘{ wouldn’t ceme to see this play if I were sober, would 17” | "WILL LOOK AFTER PIGMIES, aT er American Professor t to Dispatch Ex-| Horrified Hostess Thought Priceless pedition in Africa After Data. Prof. 8S. P. Verner, of the University of South Carolina has arrived here from Brussels, whither he went to seek facilities for the dispatch of the scientific expedition to the Congo Free State and elsewhere in Central Africa, With the help of Lawrence Towns- end, the American minister, his mis- sion was successful. Prof. Verner’s mission in Africa will be mainly in connection with the anthropological section of the St. Louis exposition, and he will furnish data for the scientific congress to be held there. He will devote special at- tention to the pigmies and the primi- tive tribes of the Lunda plateau. Less Jam for the Tiger. Church—Well, I see the Brooklyn people voted to let the tiger cross the bridge? Gotham—Yes, and now there’s an- other bridge provided so he can get over without being crowded.—Yonk- ers Statesman. Three Doctors’ Opinions. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15th.—Physi- cians have accepted Dodd’s Kidney Pills as the standard remedy for dis- eases of the Kidneys and kindred complaints. R. H. Dunaway, M. D., of Benton, IIl., says: “Dodd’s Kidney Pills cured me of Diabetes after everything else had failed and I was given up to die. I have since prescribed them in my regular practice for every form of Kidney Trouble, and have never as yet known them to fail.” Jesse L. Limes, Kansas, says: “I prescribed Dodd’s Kidney Pills for the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McBride of this place, who suffered from Epileptic fits following Scarlet- ina. results were miraculous; I have never seen anything like it.” Leland Williamson, M. D., York- town, Ark., says: “Dodd’s Kidney Pills are the best medicine I know of for all forms of Kidney Disease. I believe in using the remedy that relieves and cures my patients, whether ethical or not, and I always prescribe Dodd’s Kidney Pills and can testify that they in- variably accomplish a permanent and perfect cure of all Kidney Com- plaints.” M. D., St. John, Johnny. Mother—Johnny Jones, did you get that awful cold out skating? Son—Mother, I think I caught it washing my face yesterday morning. DR. COFFEE Discovers Mild Remedies That Restore Sight to Blind People. Dr. W. O. Coffee, a noted oculist, 360 Good Block, Des Moines, lowa, has discovered mild mediqines that people can eo in their eyes at home ‘and cure Cataracts, Scums, Granulated ee Ulcers on the E; ‘ed Weak Sore Eyes and kind of eye troubie. r. Coffee has just printed 50.000 of his famous 80-page book on Eye Diseases and wants to send a copy free to every reader of this Paper. This book tells how to care for the eyes prevent blindness and how his mild treat- ment cures all diseases at home at small ex- eC y Write Dr. Coffee to-day for his book. "t wait to go blind, Reality. “Pa says he had a horrible night- mare ‘last night.” “What was it?” “He says he dreamt he smoked one of them cigars ma gave him for Christmas.—Boston Globe. Just as Well. “Nope,” said Alkali Ike, who was visiting his cousins in the Bast; “we don’t give our children autymobiles at Christmas. We give ’em six-shoot- ers. Then they can pot their man, even if he climbs a tree.”—Judge. Self-Betrayed. “What makes you think they are such rich Americans?” “Because they know so much more about other countries than their own.” SURE. ‘The Robust Physique Can Stand More Coffee Than a Weak One. A young Viginian says: “Having a naturally robust constitution far above the average, and not having a nervous temperament, my system was able to resist the inroads upon it by the use of coffee for some years, but finally the strain began to tell. “For ten years I have been em- ployed as a telegraph operator and typewriter by a railroad in this sec- tion and untl two years ago I had used coffee continuously from the time I was eight years old, nearly 20 years. “The work of operating the tele- graph key is a great strain upon the nerves, and after the day’s work was over I would feel nervous, irritable, run down, and toward the last suffer- ed greatly from insomnia and neural- gia. As I never indulged in intoxi- cating liquors, drugs or tobacco in any form I came to the conclusion that coffee and tea were causing the gradual break-down of my nervous system, and having read an article in the Medical Magazine on the composi- tion of coffee and its toxic effect upon the system, I was fully convinced that coffee was the cause of my trouble. “Seeing Postum spoken of as not having any of the deteriorating effects of coffee I decided to give up the stimulant and give Postum a trial. The result was agreeably surprising. After a time my nerves became wonderfully strong. I can do all my work at the telegraph key and typewriter with far greater ease than ever before. My weight has increased 35 pounds, my general health keeping pace with it, and Iam anew man anda better one.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Look in each pkg. for the famous Uttle book, “The Road to Wellville.” Creckery Was Broken. “At a recent dinner in this city a good story was told of Eugene Field by a relative. “I never knew any- body who enjoyed a joke like Eugene Field,” he said. “He would go to any length to play one, too. One evening he was the guest of a Chi- cago society woman, who was giving an elaborate dinner party in the humorist’s honor. On seating them- selves the guests greatly admired the beautiful Bohemian wineglasses on the table. They were costly, the hostess having spent a small fortune in collecting them. After the com- pany had adjourned to the drawing: room Field excused himself, but soon appeared bearing a tray full of the Bohemian ware. After making a little speech Mr. Field presented each guest with a wineglass, saying the hostess had asked him to do so. However, after allowing the guests to possess the goblets about fifteen minutes, the humorist told them it was all a joke and collected the glasses again. He had jvst made his exit through the portieres when a terrible crash was heard. All that could be seen of Field were his feet. Coming in very shame- facedly, he made a profound apology to his hostess for his awkwardness, and the whole company was feeling sorry for him when in walked the butler with the tray of Bohemian ware unbroken, It had all been arranged between Field and the butler before dinner, It was a checp tray of ware that had been sacrificed.—Chicago Record-Herald. GEN. WEYLER’S GREAT SCHEME. Truly Wonderful Idea of United States. Those chapters in Gen. Weyler’s forthcoming book in which he will ex- Plain his project while in command of Cuba for landing troops in United States territory, and give his reasons for abandoning it, should prove very entertaining, and alone be worth the price of the work to American read- ers. It must have been a truly great scheme, and not unlikely was founded on the Spanish idea, prevalent at the time both in Spain and in Cuba, that the south would take no part in any struggle with a Republican and an ex- federal soldier in the White House di recting the American forces. One is curious to know where Gen. Weyler was looking for ships to transport his troops, how many he would have as- signed to the task of conquering the United States, and of what.southern state he had decided to test the loyal- ty. A Spanish force on American soil would have cut an amusing figure for the brief period of its existence. It might have lived as long as Cervera’s ships did after they emerged from Santiago harbor.— Washington Star. Invading Virtues of Somali. Camels. The Somali camel can eat everything and drink nothing. It will make a meal where even the country pony would starve. Daremo, mimosa, aca- cia—ail comes alike to it; and when shoots and leaves are withered it can fall back on roots, thorns and bark. That sort of digestion makes it, of course. valuable in a country where the bill of fare seems compiled in the interest of the carnivora, but its in- difference to liquid is its especial vir- tue. While the Arab camel needs drink daily, his Somali brethren when on the march are watered only every fifth day, and when drought prevails may be left for ten. When grazing they are supposed to be watered every sixth day, but such regularity de- pends on the energy of the herders and the condition of the grass, the herds when the grass is green being often left without water for as long as three months. Moon Superstitions. Most superstitious relating to the moon have to do with the weather. Be- sides there is the superstition that sleeping in the moonlight, especially if the moon be full, induces insanity. By the word “lunacy” this belief is ex- press?d. Farmers believe that the moon exercises a certain influence over vegetation, and that beans should be planted when the moon is light and potatoes when it is dark. Many be- lieve that a change in the weather will come at about the time that there is a change in the moon. Prof. Pickering points out that since the moon changes every seven and a half days, every change in the weather must come with- in four days of a change in the moon, The Lovers. The sky above was tender blue And golden was the weather When down a path a foolish two Went strolling on together. Her little hand in his was tight (With boldness well amazing), And thus they sauntered full in sight, And every one a-gazing! “ow silly!” laughed the grass and breeze— And kissed each other over; “How silly!’ scoffed the honey -bees— And straight caressed the clover. “How silly!” pee the feathered tribe— And fell’ to illing sweetly “How silly!’ quoth we all, ‘in gibe— envied them, completely! —Smart Set. Income From Potato Crop. The Irish potato crop last year sold for $151,638,094, and vies with the to- bacco crop with returning the great- est amount.per acre of any of the principal crops. Although there were less than 3,000,000 acres devoted to it, the yield of 84.7 bushels an acre, at an average price of 61.4 cents, is equivalent to an average net realiza- tion of $52 an acre. Tobacco yields, according to the figures given, $53.46 an acre. The First Testament. The first complete manuscript of the Old Testament was. finished in 430 B. C. It was translated into Saxon’ in'637 & D., and into English in 1534. m . “EUGENE FIELD'S goop. JOKE. FY FOR THIRTY YEARS Congressman Meekison Suffered With ' Catarrh—Read His Endorsement of Pe-ru-na. WITT Git GEG Fy eee fis UY y ky) Ye YY), V4 lyf CONGRESSMAN MEEKISON, OF OHIO. Hon. David Meekison is well known, not only in his own State but throughout America. He began his political career by serving four consecutive terms as Mayor of the town in which he lives, during which time he became widely known as the founder of the Meekison Bank of Napoleon, Ohio. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth Congress by a very large majority, and is the acknowledged leader of his party in his section of the State. Only one flaw marred the otherwise complete success of this rising statesman. Catarrh with its insidious apprdach and tenacious grasp, For thirty years he waged unsuccessful warfare against this personal quered foe. was his only uncon- enemy. At last Peruna came to the rescue, and he dictated the following letter to ‘Dr. Hartman as the result: «I have used several bottles of Peruna and I feel greatly benefited thereby from my catarrh of the head. I feel encouraged to believe that if 1 use it a short time longer I will be fully able to eradicate the disease o? thirty years’ standing.’’—David Meekison, ex-member of Congress. HE season of catching cold is upon us. The cough and the sneeze and nasal twang are to be heard on every hand. The origin of chronic catarrh, the most common and dreadful of diseases, is a cold. This is the way the chronic catarrh gen- erally begins. A person catches cold, which hangs on longer than usual. The cold generally starts in the head and throat. Then follows sensitiveness of the air passages which incline one to catch cold very easily. At last the person has a cold all the while seemingly,more or less discharge from the nose, hawking, spit- ting, frequent clearing of the throat, nos- trils stopped up, full feeling in the ‘head and sore, inflamed throat. The best time to treat catarrh is at the very beginning. A bottle of Peruna prop- erly used never fails to cure a common cold, thus preventing chronic catarrh. While many people have been cured of chronic catarrh by a single bottle of Peruna, yet, as a rule, when the catarrh becomes thoroughly fixed, more than one bottle is i ccaat | to complete a cure. Peruna has cur cases innumerable of catarrh of twenty years’ standing. It is the best, if not the only internal remedy for chronic catarrh in existence. But prevention is far better than cure. Every person subject to catching cold should take Peruna at once at the ‘slight- est symptom of cold or sore throat at this season of the year and thus prevent what is almost certain toend in chronic catarrh. Mrs. A. Snedeker, writes: “I saw that your catarrh remedy, Pe- runa, was doing others so much good, tnat I thought I would try it and see what it would do for me. My case is an old one and I have none of the acute symptoms now, because I have had the disease so long that I had none of the aches and pains, but a general rundown condition of the whole body—sore nose and throat Bi Sw and stomach. I Mrs. A. Snedeker. had a good appe- **eeeee- tite but my food did not nourish my sys- tem. I had come down from 140 to about 75 pounds in weight. I now feel that I am well of all my troubles."—Mrs. A. Sedeker. Send for free book on catarrh, entitled “Winter Catarrh,”? by Dr. Hartman. “Health and Beauty sent free to women only. If you do not derive prompt and satisfac- tory results from the use cf Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full state- ment of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The ‘(man Sanitarium, Columbus, O. 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