Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 26, 1904, Page 4

ane Unenets EIGHT YEARS OF TORTURE. No suffering more keen than kidney suf- fering. Sick kid- neys make bad blood;' cause weak, stiff and aching backs; cause blind, sick and diz- zy headaches, lack of appetite and loss of sleep; keep you all tired out and spoil digestion. To have perfect health, you must cure the kidneys. Read how one man was cured by Doan’s Kidney Pills after eight years of tor- ture. Henry Soule of Pultney St., Ham- mondsport, N. Y., says: “For eight years I suffered constant agony from kidney complaint. I endured the worst torture from gravel and the kidney secretions were excessive and contained’ sediment like brick dust. I had to get out of bed from ten to twenty times a night and the loss of sleep wore me out. Indigestion came on and the distress after eating was terrible. Doan’s Kidney Pills effected a complete and lasting cure, and after the symptoms of kidney trouble were gone my stomach began to work as it should. This lasting cure, espe- cially in a person of my age, proves the great value of Doan’s Kidney Pills more convincingly than could any words of mine.” Doan’s Kidney Pills sold by all drug- gists; price 50 cents per box, or mail- ed on receipt of price by Foster-Mil- burn Co., Buffalo, N. ¥. ‘Write for free trial. PATENTS. List of Patents Issued Last Week to Northwestern Inventors. Ida Fogelsong, St. Paul, Minn., horse blanket; John Galway, Duluth, Minn., set works; DeCloise Glasby, Minneap- olis, Minn., gas engine; Albert John- son, Northfield, Minn., hoisting wagon; c av Olson, Albert Lea, Minn., shock compressor; Emory Stover, Bigelow, Minn., fly exit for screens; Gust Walberg, Minneapolis, Minn., railway tie. Lothrop & Johnson, patent lawyers, 911 and 912 Pioneer Press Bldg., St. Paul. Not Crowded. “I suppose there is plenty of room at the top in your business?” “Hardly. I am a steeple-jack.”"— Judge. SHOES SHOW A MAN’S HOME. The Thicker the Soles, the Larger the City. You can almost tell from what coun- try a man comes from the weight of his shoes,” said J. W. Davy of Chi- cago, who represents a shoe com- pany. “You might not believe it,” he con- tinued, “but the thicker the soles of his shoes the larger the city from which he comes. In New York it is almost a fad, and the soles of the shoes there are exceedingly heavy. “They are almost as heavy in Chi- cago. Men wear shoes to _ protect their feet. They have not time enough, it seems, to bother with rub- bers. So they make one pair of shoes do the work for all kinds of weather. i “Here in Milwaukee and in other cities of this size, I notice the men wear light shoes and rubbers. I sup- pose they have time enough to wear the overshoes. “Up in the country I find that in many places leather shoes are not worn at all for several of the winter months. They wear heavy socks and then put rubber overshoes over them.” —Milwaukee Sentinel. DOCTOR DID IT. Put on 36 Pounds by Food. Feed a physician back to health and he gains an experience that he can use to benefit others. For this reason Grape-Nuts food is daily recommend- ed to patients by hundreds of physi- cians who have cured themselves of stomach trouble. One doctor says: “Although a physician and trying to aid and assist my fellow beings to en- joy good health, it must be admitted I formerly did not enjoy the best of health myself. In January, 1899, I only weighed 119 pounds. At this time I was living in the Ohio Valley and began to think I had about seen my best days. One day about 3 years ago I had an opportunity to try Grape- Nuts food for my breakfast. I liked it so well that I ate three teaspoon- fuls three times a day and have reg- ularly used it up to the present time, and I now weigh 155, a gain of 36 pounds, and enjoy the best of health. “Not only has Grape-Nuts made this wonderful change in me, but through it I have helped my friends, relatives and patients. The sustain- ing power of this food is simply won- derful. “I have one patient who is a section hand on the C. & O. R. R., who eats nothing in the morning but four ta- blespoonfuls of Grape-Nuts and yet does his very hard work up to lunch time and enjoys the best of health and strength. ~~ “I could name a great many cases like this and I still prescribe Grape- Nuts in my practice every day.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Ask any physician about the scien- tific principles on which Grape-Nuts food is made. He’ll tell you the prin- ciples are perfect. Then at 10 days’ trial proves that the principles are carried out in the food (“all the good of the grains so treated that anyone can digest it all”) shown in renewed physical strength and brain energy. “There’s a reason.” Look in each pkg. for the famous little book, “The Road to Wellville.” Mr. E. E. Stevens, editor of the Min- neapolis Union, visited the World’s Fair at St. Louis a few days ago, and the following letter in the Union des- cribes in part what his impressions were: To Readers of “The Union”: 1 have been through the World’s Fair grounds again to-day for the third time since coming to St. Louis last week, and every day the wonder within me grows. I had jimagined from the descriptions that |the management intended to eclipse anything ever before attempted, but I had no idea of the tremendous size, the magnificent designs, the splendid settings, and the artistic beauty of , the buildings, I was somewhat pre- pared to see something of the ordi- nary, but my mind had by no means | Srasped the splendors which wil be open to the visitors to the World’s Fair this summer. Of course the grounds and the buildings at this time are in a chaotic state, and the weather was unpropitious for pleas- ant visiting, but even with these drawbacks, and with nothing but the | bare and in many cases but partially finished buildings to be seen, the | grounds are well worth traveling hun- ; dreds of miles to see, even as. they are. This being the case, what will jit be when everything is completed jand when nature has combined with art to make this the fairest vision |ever seen by mortal eyes. | It would be presumptuous on my part to attempt to give a description ;of the grounds or of the buildings, and when I attempt a description I am at a loss for words, and can only repeat, “Wonderful, wonderful, won- derful.”. The grounds are a natural beauty spot, and with the addition of the buildings, the statues, the fountains, the lagoon, the cascades, and all the cunning contrivances of art, the visit will be one which will never be forgotten, even if one should not go inside the buildings at all. And then the inside of the buildings— buildings covering acres and acres of ground, and stretching out for what seems to be interminable distances— when these are filled with the works of nature, of art, of science and of skill from every portion of the known world, who would be so foolish as to miss it? I would make it compulsory upon every parent who can afford to do so, AGRICULTURAL COMPETITION. A Discussion of Tariff Relations Be- tween the United States and Canada as They Affect Farmers. Minneapolis, Minn., March 20.—A question often discussed by the farm- ers of the Northwest is the difference in price of wheat in the United States and Canada. It has been generally supposed that a much higher price was paid south of the boundary than north. The tremendous expansion of wheat raising in the Canadian West. and the emigration of thousands of Middle-West farmers to that section has given the question an interest that it did not have before. Then, too, the agitation of the subject of reciprocity with Canada has added to the interest, because those who op- pose such reciprocity argue that it would be injurious to the American farmer on account of the “cheap” wheat that would flow in from Canada. A little investigation of the subject led to the rather surprising discovery that until the close of navigation on the Great Lakes the price paid to the farmer for wheat is as high in Can- ada as in the United States, if not higher. In fact, it is higher at cer- tain stations. It appears that at a given distance from the lake termin- als a higher price is paid in Canada than in the United States. This is be- cause freight rates are lower in West- ern Canada than in the Western Unit- ed States. But taking stations on the opposite sides of the line having the same freight rates to terminals, it ap- pears that prior to Nov. 15, the Cana- dian price is slightly higher than the American. This is probably due to the eagerness of the buyers to get as much wheat as possible out of the country before navigation closes. The An Exposition of Modern Wonders The World’s Fair of 1904 Is the Greatest Educational Factor as Wellas the Most Stupendous Entertainment that Was Ever Or- ganized-No Words Can Describe Its Magnificence or Magnitude to send his children there, as they will never have an opportunity again to see anything approaching it, and they might travel all their lives and not see as much of the world as they will see here within the confines of this great Exposition. Every nation in the world will be represented, and a trip here will be a liberal education in itself. I certainly hope that every reader of “The Union” will take my advice and go to the Fair, even if they can spend but a few days there. It will be the event of a lifetime, and no one should deny themselves this much of the pleasures of the world, even if they have to deny themselves in some other direction. By all means make up your minds right now that you are going to the St. Louis World’s Fair, and begin saving for that purpose right now, if necessary. And don’t fail to give the boys and girls an opportunity to go. They will learn more here in a week than they will in school in a year. I wish I could make this strong enough so that every reader of this paper would make up his mind to see the World’s Fair, for I am sure every one who comes will agree with Palace of Mines and Metallurgy. Copyright, 1904; by» Louisiana Purchase Exposition, me that there was never anything to equal it and that the one who misses seeing it will never have another opportunity to see its equal. Sincerely yours, THE EDITOR. HYMN OF THE WEST. The Poet Stedman Has Written the World’s Fair Hymn and It Has Been Set to Music. Western folk will be charmed by the beautiful hymn written by Ed- mund Clarence Stedman upon the in- vitation of the World’s Fair manage- ment. He calls it the “Hymn of the West,” a title befitting so splendid a production. It has five stanzas, and Prof. John K. Paine of Harvard Uni- versity, has written the music, which is no less grand. The first public ren- dering of this hymn will be on the opening day of the great exposition, Saturday, April 30, when a drilled chorus of 600 voices will sing it. Other musical compositions specially written upon invitation of the World’s Fair management are a march by Frank Vanderstuken, di- rector of the Cincinnati orchestra, and a waltz by Henry K. Hadley of higher prices prevailing on the Amer- ican side after the close of naviga- tion are due to the fact that the close of navigation does not restrict the outlets for the wheat as it does in Canada. The growth of the flour milling industry in Canada, the crea- tion of an elevator system having large storing. capacity, and the build- ing of a second ahd third transcon- tinental railway, all of which are now in process, will remove this disadvan- tage. One of the main objects of the government in building a line of the Grand Trunk from Moncton, N. B., to the Winnipeg, 1,800 miles, is to secure a cheap all-rail route for wheat from the Canadian West to the Atlantic. Thus, even in winter time, there will soon be no superiority of the Ameri- can wheat market to the Canadian. The result will be that Liverpool will control prices for both countries even more than now, so long as both have large surpluses of wheat to send abroad. Under such conditions the movement of wheat back and forth across the line would be a matter of convenience and would no more dis- turb the price level than the diversion of Kansas wheat from the gulf to Minneapolis, when the Minneapolis mills are short of wheat, disturbs prices in Minnesota. Another fact remarked by those who advocate reci- procity is that the tendency of North- western farmers togoout of wheat rais- ing is merely a repetition of history. They hold that when the time comes when the United States shall not pro- duce enough wheat for its own con- sumption, if it ever does, wheat will be a crop so comparatively unprofita- ble that free Canadian wheat would be welcomed, In considering the general question New York. All are famous compos- ers and their compositions ‘have the originality and high merit expected for such a signal event. The several pieces will be played by the many bands in their musical programs dur- ing the Exposition, under the direc- tion of the Bureau of Music. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Dozens of Unique Materials Used in the Creation of World’s Fair Statu- ary. Enduring marble and temporary staff, which have marked the statu- ary of past expositions, are not the only kinds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, although more works of art carved from these materials are there exhibited than were ever col- lected at one place in the history of the world. Many odd materials have been made up into artistic figures that elo- quently proclaim the idea of the de- signer. Some of these unique statues are colossal in size and large sums of money were expended in their mak- ing. Birmingham, Ala., has built a statue of Vulcan. It is 50 feet high, the base constructed of coal and’ coke | and the statue cast in iron. It por- trays Birmingham’s importance as a manufacturing center. King Cotton is Mississippi’s offering. Cotton is the material used, and the giant is as tall as Alabama’s Vulcan. The Spirit of Utah is manifested in an artistic figure modeled from beeswax. Idaho presents the figure of a Coeur d'Alene miner cast from copper. Golden butter was used by a Minne- sota artist as the appropriate ma- terial for a statue of John Stewart, the builder of the first creamery. Louisiana presents two curiosities in sculpture—a figure of Mephis- topheles in sulphur and Lot’s wife carved from a block of rock salt. California shows the figure of an ele- phant built of almonds. World’s Fair Notes. The exhibits will amount to twenty thousand carloads. A machine will stamp the likeness of a World’s Fair building on a pen- ny for souvenir collectors. The, Inside Inn, a hotel on the World’s Fair grounds under Exposi- tion control, has 2,359 rooms. ae eee eee eee 0 00 0 0 0 eee ada on the farmer, it is noteworthy that we now export to Canada $21,- 580,000 worth of agricultural prod- ucts, as compared with imports of $9,- 200,000. Canada is a fine market for many of our agricultural products, and with a freer trade would be a better one. The entire agricultural produc- tion of Canada is so small compared with that of the United States that it is even held by some that the whole of it could be marketed in the United States—something manifestly impos- sible—without disturbing prices. If 60,000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat wére imported it would only mean that it would be re-exported, or else would cause 60,000,000 bushels of American wheat to be exported—because there is a good market for the entire sur- pluses of both countries. The total export of eggs from Canada to all the world in 1903 did not amount to 1 per cent of the American production. For every dollar’s worth of cattle exported from Canada last year there were $5,- 000 worth in the United States. Would the addition of from one to five thou- sand affect the market? The value of the horses exported from Canada last year was one three-thousandth of the value of the American horses. More- over, horses and cattie bring as good prices in Canada as in the United States, especially in Western Canada. Farm labor, too, commands as good prices in Western Canad& as in the Western states. Both countries are exporters of agricultural products to Europe, and they produce under prac- tically the same conditions. Trade be- tween them in agricultural products is mutually advantageous and conveni- ent and without injury. These facts and arguments are set forth by one side in a popular discus- of the effect of reciprocity with Can- sion that is now very general. ane "THE OLD \\ NN for Catarrha FOLKS AT HOME Are Never Without Peruna in the House | Dis NDER date of January 10, 1897, Dr. Hartman received the following letter: “My wife had been suffering from a com- plication of diseases for the past 25 years. “Her case had baffled the skill of some of the most noted physicians. One of her worst troubles was chronic constipation of several years’ standing. “She also was passing through that most critical period in the life of a woman —change of life. In June, 189 you about her case. You advised a course of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once commenced, and have to say it com- pletely cured her. She firmly believes that she would have been dead only for these wonderful remedies. “About the same time I wrote you about my own case of catarrh, which had been of 25 years’ standing. 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