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Show HERITAGE OF CIVIL REMARKS BY THE POSTMASTER WAR. Thousands of Soldiers Contracted Chronic Kidney Trouble While in the Service. The experience of Capt. John L. Ely, of Co. E, 17th Ohio, now living at 508 East Second street, Newton, Kansas, will interest the thousands of veterans who came back from the Civil War suffering tortures with kidney complaint. Capt. Ely says: 'I contracted kidney trouble during the Civil War, and the occasional attacks finally de- - reloped into a chronic case. At one time I had to use a crutch and cane to get about. My back was lame and weak, and besides the aching, there was a distressing retention of the I was in a bad kidney secretions. way when I began using Doan's Kidney Pills in 1901. but the remedy cured me, and I have been well ever since." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box, Foster-MilburCo., Buffalo, N. Y. n Objects which are usually the objects of our travels by land and by ea are often overlooked and neglected If they lie under our eye. Pliny the Younger. To Wash Velveteen. Velveteen may be washed by shaking it sbout in warm Ivory Soap suds; then rinse thoroughly and let it drip dry. On no account squeeze or wring it. Be care ful to hang it straight on the line, foi otherwise it will he rooked when dry. ELEANOR R. BARKER. Nicotine in Tobacco. "The essential A scientist writes: Quality for which tobacco is smoked or chewed lies not really in the leaves themselves, but is contained in thou- hairs which sands of hollo cover their surface. The vital nicotine Is garnered in these pearlike balls, but as it is impossible to shave off these hairs, and would be a scarcely commendable achievement if it could be undertaken, it becomes necessary to preserve the whole foliage for commercial purposes." Preach from Automobiles. A novel method of preaching tho gospel was recently tried in France Bastor Delat-trwith striking success. from Roame (Reformed church), In company with Bastor Sainton, of the Baptist church, in Baris, visited with an automobile the departments of Loire, Rhone, Alier, Saone et Loire, within a radius of about 90 miles. Pastor Delattre writes: "During nearly two months, from our automobile, we have been able to preach the tc gospel on market places, from fair fair, distributing thousands of tracts and selling no less than 2,600 copies of the New Testament." e AN OLD TIMER. Has Had Experiences. A woman who has used Postum Pood Coffee since it came upon the market 8 years ago knows from experience the necessity of using Postum in place of coffee if one values health and a steady brain. She says: "At the time Postum was first put on the market I was suffer lng from nervous dyspepsia and my physician had repeatedly told me not to use tea or coffee. Finally I decided to take his advice and try Postum, and got a sample and had it carefully prepared, finding It to the taste. So I continued Its use and very soon its beneficial ef fects convinced me of its value, foi I got well of my nervousness and dyspepsia. "My husband had been drinking coffee all his life until it had affected his nerves terribly. I persuaded him to shift to Postum and it was easy tc get him to make the change for tht Postum is delicious. It certainly worked wonders for him. "We soon learned that Postum does not exhilarate or depress and does nol stimulate, but steadily and honestly strengthens the nerves and the stom ach. To make a long story short our entire family have now used Posturt for eight years with completely sat Isfying results, as shown in our flue condition of health and we have no tlced a rather unexpected Improve ment in brain and nerve power.' Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Increased brain and nerve power always follow the use of Postum in place of coffee, sometimes In a very marked manner. Look In pkgs. for "The Road to Wellville." deli-clou- s substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Peverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The childroa's Panacea The Llother's Friend. The End You Have Always Fought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the denature cf Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision dLnce its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. " are but All Counterfeits, Imitations and Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. ASTORIA is a harmless BY HAYDEN CHURCH. Moses Briggs. postmaster at Seottsville, stood in the back room of the post office sorting mail. Briggs was a tall man, and a thin angular one. whose clothes did not fit him tit looked wretchedly shabby as he Mood there in his shirtsleeves, with nil faded waistcoats unbuttoned. From where he stood, behind the row of pigeonholes, each with its could look initial letter. Briggs through into the front room beyond. It originally had been fitted up ac a general shop: but now the showcases were covered with a thick ivnt, Mid the cloth draperies which had shielded the dry goods on the side shelves N'o and in tatters hung moth-eateone ever came into the "shop" bow except to get his mail. The fire ilae was filled with rubbish, and all that remained to show where a social circle of men had once joked and told stories was one rickety chair, with a broken leg. The place had gone to seed. Moses Briggs was sorting the afternoon mail. He worked mechanically, pausing only occasionally to puzzle over the superscription of a letter. Soon there was only one left in his hand, and as he read its address he "To the gave a start of surprise. Postmaster at Seottsville," he read aloud; then walked slowly into the back part of the room and sat down at a table, with his letter in front of him. As he sat there the light from a window at the side of the room shone full upon his face. His forehead was furrowed with deep wrinkles, his eyes were bloodshot and had no luster in them. His nose was sharp and red, and on each side of it were tell-talpatches of tiny pink veins. The postmaster picked up the letter and tore it open slowly, using his Inlong forefinger as a paper-knife- . side were a return envelope, stamped; a typewritten letter, and a printed The letter slip with blank spaces. was addressed: "To the Postmaster," and it was signed, Briggs noticed, by "The Golconda Life Insurance Company," of New York. "Dear Sir," It began. "May we request you to favor us by answering the few questions on the inclosed inquiry sheet and returning it to us? The person named has just proposed to us for a policy of insurance, and e He Hit the Bookmaker. Patrick Murphy had an afternoon off, so he thought he would go out to see the horse races. Bat had heard about the fortunes made at the race track, so he thought he would try his luck. He went down stairs before every race, but didn't find any odds that suited him until the last race. It was a large gray horse. I don't remember its name, but it suited Pat all right, for it had 50-after it. Pat put up his dollar and went upstairs to see the race. His horse won Pat hurried down-stair- s by a neck. with a lively step to cash in his check. It was the last race of the day and the bookmaker was anxious to get rid of his silver, therefore Pat was paid with silver dollars. Pat stood there a few minutes fumdolbling over his handful of silver lars, when the bookmaker hollered' "What's the matter, Irish? Don't you think they are good?" Pat said: "They look all right, but I am just trying to see If I can find the bad one I gave you among them." What is Castoria. The postmaster smiled rather sadlv "Seems as is he read the question. hough they were bound to have it til out." he muttered aloud, "an1, me. they shall, too!" He thought liai he would make a rough draft if what he was going to write, an! et about it in a scrawling, shaky 'lp land. This man," he wrote, "is a plain He hs been a drunkard Irunkard. .or the las: five years. He began well nough. l.'e married a nice girl here and started in keeping shop. He had ;hree little hildren a boy and two didn't ,dr!s but they keep him urai&ht, and soon he got to abusing his wife; and When she couldn't stand il DO longer she left him. She is now lUpporting herself and the children whi'.e he is despised by everyone. No one wiil do business with him now, except Buch as h:tve to, and his trade is all gone. He has a government position here, which he will probably lose soon, and that will be the end of him. He is a wreck, anJ couldn't pay the first premium on a policy If it was no more than sixpence. His wife is getting old before her time, but people respect her, and pity her children for having such a father. That is the kind of man Moses Briggs is." The postmaster laid down his pe"n and slowly read over what he had put In his rough draft. "That's what I'll write under 'Remarks,' " he said, "just the plain truth. Then we'll see if they'll want to issue any policy." He rose from his chair again, and, walking over to the window, looked out. The post office was built on a bluff, overlooking a river. The sun was just setting, and the sky, behind the distant tree-top- s was rose pink. In the blue above one early star twinkled feebly. The man stood there, drinking in the scene the water flashing in the last dying sunbeams, the grassy slope, and, over all, the single star. Then suddenly his frame grew erect, his eye flashed, and he threw both arms out straight from the shoulders, his fists clenched. "It'll be true," he muttered, "for I mean it, and it can't do anybody any hurt if I say so. I couldn't take out a policy anyway. An', seems as though I'd like to see it written down that way." He sat again, and pulled the inquiry sheet toward him, as he dipped his pen into the ink. The two questions with "No" after them seemed less offensive now. Under 'Remarks' he wrote with a firm hand: "Used to drink hard. Has reformed. "Postmaster." 11 Just-as-go- od THE MONEY Dr. T. Gerald Blattner, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: "Your Castoria is good for children and I frequently prescribe it, always obtaining the desired results." Dr. Gustave A. EisengTaeber, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "I have used your Castoria repeatedly in my practice with good results, and can recom mend it as an excellent, mild and harmless remedy for children." Dr. E. J. Dennis, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I have used and prescribed your Castoria in my sanitarium and outside practice for a number of years and find it to be an excellent remedy for children." Dr. S. A. Buchanan, of Philadelphia, Pa., 6ays: "I have used your Castoria In tho case of my own baby and find it pleasant to take, and have obtained excellent results from Its use." Dr. J. E. Simpson, of Chicago, 111., says: "I have used your Castoria in cases of colic in children and have found it the best medicine of its kind' on the market." Dr. R. E. Eskildson, of Omaha, Neb., says: "I find your Castoria to fce a standard family remedy. It is the best thing for infanta and children I have ever known and I recommend it" Dr. L. R. Robinson, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria certainly has merit. Is not its age, its continued use by mothers through all these years, and the many attempts to imitate It, sufficient recommendation? What can a physician add? Leave it to the mothers." Dr. Edwin F. Pardee, of New York City, says: "For several years I have recommended your Castoria and shall always continue to do so, as it haa Invariably produced beneficial results." Dr. N. B. Sker, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I object to what are called patent medicines, where maker alone knows what ingredients are put in them, but I know the formula of your Castoria and advise its use." Avgcfablc Prcparalionfor Assimilating the Food andReguia-lin- g the Stomachs and Dowels of Promotes ns DigeslioaChecrful-nessandRest.Conlai- neither Opium.Morphine nor Mineral. Not Narcotic. JkaptofOUIlrSAKLM.PnxmR flmplcm Sa-- Smmt fytperminl -- BtCarbonateSoda Sumt A perfect Remedy , forConslipa-tiort- Sour Stomach. Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions and Loss of Sleep. as he lives In your neighborhood we think that you may be both able and willing to oblige us with the data required in such cases." inIt was simply the ordinary quiry which most insurance companies make regarding applicants who are unknown to them. Briggs had answered many such, so it was without any surprise that be opened the accompanying form to see which of his townsmen had been fortifying against adversity. As his eye fell on the name, however, he laughed aloud, in his high, cracked voice. The per"Moses about was son inquired Briggs, 40 years of age; occupation, shopkeeper; Seottsville; proposing for $1,000." Briggs knew how It had happened. He remembered now signing a proposal for $1,000 in the "Golconda," but he had no Idea of taking a policy. The local agent of the company had asked him to apply, explaining that, though his signature bound him to nothing, his proposal would swell the agency's record of business for the year. The agent had bought Briggs a drink that day. and then proposed his signing as a that It personal favor mentioning would be better not to give his ocSo cupation as that of postmaster. Briggs had signed, and again accepted the agent's courtesy, and the result was this set of questions. To Briggs' mind there was something grimly humorous In the idea of writing about himself, and so he decided to answer the questions, pulling the sheet toward himself, he dipped his pen Into the muddy Ink. The first question was: "Does this person appear to be In good health?" Still keeping up the Jest, the postmaster rose, stepped over to where a stood on Jagged piece of looking-glas- s a shelf, and examined his appearanre therein critically. When he sat down again, nis race was more wooer, and, picking up his pen, he wrote: "No." "Is he a mnn of temperate habits?" The reader winced asked the the veriest trifle, but again wrote plainly, "No." ' Has he always been temperate? It not, state partlrtilaw In 'Kemarks.'" The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use Fop Over 30 Years. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. NTAUN COMPANY, Grocer "That was W.?.s Getting Even. tit for tat with a SIDE. geance." said Walter Christie, the apropos of a quarrel be- ht. y, Rheumatism, Cuts, Sprains, Wounds, Neuralgia, Headache, Old Sores, Corns, Bunions, Galls, Bruises, Contracted Muscles, Lame Back, Stiff Joints, Frost Bite, Chilblains, Ringbone, Pollevil, Burns, Scalds, and ALL THE ILLS THAT FLESH IS IfEIR TO. Three Sizes, 25c, 50c and $1. Ilf ATHtXAL. 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Thousands of women testify to this fact. 50 cents at druggists. : An Observation. He that glveth good advice to all most liberally Is he who most resent eth receiving the snriie from his Jrronilnh of Joppt a. A 300-Pa- ge Cook Book Free SILVER FLEECE DIP tinqiiratloranly the liral ahrepilipon the ket. It turealhe wort c.' of SCAB Injuringthr wool, InMant ly aolufilr in watrt mar- with-ou- t aa fe. If KoN poiaonona at any trmperatiirr your dealer hain't it in at or k , write SOAP CO., NEW YORK CITY. WINTER CntH(Mfne d h rtf t. tifi vHrupfes rilCK. a !, Wn ii r i hp piibiifchprn of thf oldest health Journal m the world, a M il. it is larve, MiOM Wif tiiuunr.iiie fur tho immp, iiblv mIiU'i und han'iftdfiidy )rn:pf nrt iihintrittpd. It tpiis how to livi to ho nn lerttt well. ck hPot'le mar nvl h"W weii pop p tnav m ii r well. The regular wi ll. prt n ONK IHHA.AH A VKAH. We want to read ft few copies. H we make offer: tbi. Bend h Mi cenu tarn pi If you prefer with this advert isfiiicnT, end in Addition to ooon in - BUCHAN'S !., la. Sold by all Druggists. The Grtatrst Boarding College in the World constable who arrested four men on a country road In England the other day for gambling told the magistrate the men played cards as they walked along, stopping to deal. i VOUH CITT-- HC a Quick and Permanent Cure for Is A Exceptional Case. On a train coming Into New York day or two ago was a young man in TntIT, BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT Worid's Cotton Consumption. The consumption of cotton from 1893 to 1898 averaged only 9,000,000 bales annually in the whole world, but from 1898 to 1903 the average was bales annually, and the average price was three cents per pound greater than for the previous period. If the consumption Increases at the same ratio during the next Ave year period the average will be nearly bales annually, and the prices 111 be much higher than in the previous period. This Indicates a pros- perous future for the cotton producer and manufacturer, as well as for the export trade. long-heade- d, TT HURRAY ven- as he fitted and cleaned the crystal suddenly flushed. He bit his lip and frowned. His hand trembled so that he could hardly go on with his task. Finally, handing the watch to the grocer, the jeweler said in a restrained voice: 'Beg pardon, but didn't I just see you put a couple of rings and a scarfpin in your pocket?" " 'Sure you did,' said the grocer, boldly. 'When you come to my place aren't you always putting things in your mouth?' " or you will always be placed at a great disadvantage in the practical affairs of life. We cannot entirely ignore the money side of existence any more than we can the food side, and the very foundation of a practical, successful life is the ability to know how to manage the money side effectively. It is infinitely harder to save money and to inyest it wisely than to make it. and it even the most practical men who have had a long training in scientific business methods, find It a difficult thing to hold on to money after they make it, what is likely to happen to people who have had practically no training In business methods? If every child in America had a thorough business training tens of thousands of promoters, cunning schemers, who have thriven on the people's Ignorance, would be out of an occupation. I believe that the business colleger are among the greatest blessings in American civilization becaus' they have saved thousands of home from being wrecked, and have mad happy and comfortable tens of thou sands of people, who might otherwls. be living In poverty and wretchedness Success Magazine. the khaki dress of a regular soldier returning home after three years' serv Ice in the Philippines. Just outshb the city he had a violent chill, and the passengers could hear his teeth chat ter above tho roar of the train. An old man In clerical garb held a few mln tites' conversation with the soldier and then, turning to the passengers, he said "Ladles and gentlemen, here Is a young man just home from the Phil and suffering ipplns. unacellmated from one of the worst chills I hav' ever seen. Now, ladles and gentlemen often have I preached strong sermons against the use of liquor In any form but this time I pray you for it. Has anyone a flask of brandy?" About 20 flasks of all sizes, from men and women alike, were at one thrust at him. and not long after th soldier had recovered from his chill N. Y. Press. ALWAYS NEW YORK. Practical Affairs of Life One of the tween two French chauffeurs. "It reThings of Importance in minds me of a grocer I used to know in Paint Rock. This grocer went over Making Happiness. to the jeweler's one day to get a new No matter what your vocation may put on his watch. The latter crystal be, you must be a business man first "Used to Drink Hard. Has Ref ormed. Postmaster." CASTORIA Bears the Signature of GENUINE .Feverish-nes- s Facsimile Signature of (Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.) WATCH Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. - Send for Free Trial Box TH R. PAXTON CO.. Boston. r I I V T I TTOIIXE VS. Trade PATENTS Nathan Hh kfokh. '.! Mas. K Mark, I n, C'lpvriahtI, a bel a 11 r HI . Washington, Do and rort . II. C. vg GOOD HEALTH c win K tor Six Months, and roj FRKR a n aonk :n-.a- uokfrj." Good Health Tin cpr "llrallhrnl of Mra. It F,. book, oflcr will not appear again Publishing Co.. Battle Creek. Mich. W. N. U., Salt Lake City, No. 33, 1906 i muoBLLAirmoim. LAND SCRIP Bnnpht mnd Sold Approved Forest Reserve ,ind Railroad Scrip foi survrwd, htiMirvryrd, timUrcd or prairie land: approved t'nitrd Stalea Military Bounty Lana Rrcertified Soldiers' Additional Sci ip; Wan all h nds of Land Scrip bought and told. H. M HAMILTON. The PortluMI, Portland. Oregon |