Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 33, Jasper, Dubois County, 26 April 1907 — Page 2

The Evolution of

Household Remedies. The modern patent medicine Duaiaes is Ui natural outgrowth of the elJ time household remedies. In the early history of thia country, IVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOMEMADE MEDICINES. Horb teas, bitters, laxatives and tonica, were to be , found in almost every house, compounded by the housewife, sometimes assisted by the apothecary or the family doctor. Such remedies as picra, which was aJoes and quassia, dissolved in apple brandy. Sometimes a hop tonic, ma Je of whiskey, bop and bitter barka. A score or more of popular, home-mads remedies were thus compounded, the

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In The Waiting Room

MV TSaL.IL I.aHJUnj , (llher , your example

Bv Emily Watson

The net os of a popular song echoed , infant nothing left you alone at the sentimentally through the big star too picnic to get homo anv old way you waiting room With one accord the could, and gone off and sulked for despondent occupants of the benches, three months 1 don't deserve you turned to look tn the direction whence itsOOJI forgive me. and that's a fact" ft came A young man had entered at "I'm sure I forgave you long ago," the south door and was making his Interrupted the :ir! softly, way across the floor His v'othes "Nelly," incredulously. "Hut what were tl. ose of the wt '! to do mechanic; are you doing at the station? Not

formulae for which wert pe SS d along over Ma BhouMer waa sluBg canvas going away" I couldn't stand for thai from house to house, sometimes written, ha ot too. Behiud him came a col ou know, now l'e got you again." oometimes verbally communicated. O04 innrer bearing a lie balder "I am going to N'ew Tort The oatent medicine business is ai "Dt" 'roni paused beneath the "And so it's boOMM you're going to

fMtnr.l Aufo-mwth r,lm tK,. D,K lauon CIOCK ami giaucru wV. t ,o. n.u mm a.e So nue. aim

... -V . T . dial The hands pointed o nine. some, olu-tune custom. In the beein- , ... ' la open disregard of the fact that the mng, some enterprising doctor, un- ',.,, . m.as ..miM m

through the western windows. "Parn things taken to going two hours fast a day.'' exp'uined the porter. Tut the ladder here, said the

J our.g Ii. an

gone wrong.' Still carolling

M ounted and began observations, to do in New York?" It still wanted three-quarters of an j She looked at linn sideways. "I am hour to the departure of the New York ' going." she said slowly, i am going express, when a girl entered She 1 to be married to Michael." -lane j round the room, then crossed j He gave a gasp That's not true, he over to the full length mirror, which cried. She shrugged her shoulders.

hung on one of the walls. After a

ATAONIZING WAIL ORDER HOUSES IS WITHOUT EXCUSE. GOODS NOT EVEN CHEAPER

With Freight Charges Added and Quality Considered the Horns Merchant Doea Best.

Clark should but so

Dressed bv the usefulness of nn nt

W J v. v u v v these home-made remedies, would tcke It up, improve it in many ways, manufacture it cn a large scale, advertise it mainlv through almanacs for the home, and thus it would become used over a large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSEHOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC FORM. Peruna was originally one of these old-time remedies. It was used by the Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it was offered to the public for sale. Dr. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COMPOUNDER OF PERÜNA. is of Mennonite origin. First, he prescribed it for bis neighbors and his patients. The sale of it increased, and at last he established a manufactory and furnished it to the general drug trade. Peruna is useful in a great many climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds,

sort throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE USE OF PERUNA and ita value in the treatment of these ailments. They have learned to trust and believe in Dr. Hartman 's judgment, and to rely on hir remedv, Peruna.

look so p-vtfy."

"Do you like my things"" she asked, eagerly. "iv I look pretty, really and truly?" "Your things are up In O. and you're as pretty as a picture. Nelly. Hut what's the use of words If all thos

and we'll soon see what's people wore nt here I'd show ou what

he 1 think of rod

and patronized mail order houses, lln re w ould be no home m rchai I 'o

f ade with If others bought of Mm

only whin Ho y wanted things In a hurry, and sent out of town for (he

gicater part of their supplies, he would have left for more promising

fields long uro. or If be had stayed in those circumstances, the sheriff would finally have closed his doors. You

wouldn't like to live in a place with

out 8tors, and yet It may In? that you OrOtef to reside In a country town lather than In a city Do your share, then, toward making It possible for

the country merchant to carry oa business. You must remember, too that when you fend your money to some big concern In a distant city, you lessen the amount of money In circulation in

If you had

(CooyrlCMai, 190. by Alfred c The reasons why people trade at home are numerous.

far as we arc able to learn but one reason la advanced for purchasing goods of mall order houses. That one

reason a saving of money is often ' your own residence town

no reason at ah. for in many instances spent it at the home store, some of the express charges or freight and it at least would have been paid out cartage will bring the cost of an art) by the proprietor In the form of cle that as quoted in the price list wages to his employes, they In turn seemed a wonderful bargain, almost ! would have expended it for the no, . or quite up to the price charged by ; sitles of life, and It would have pa.-se.i the local dealer. Hut even were one from one to another of the home ileal able to save a few cenrs on the pur- ers. proving an important factor in chase price by buying away from the prosperity at the eommunitv Uav.

What ar- you going home. It appears to us that the loss ing sent it to the mail order house

is infinitely more than the gain, for ' the probabilities are that It will rtever he who sends the money which he acaln benefit anyone lu your home arns in the home town out to swell town. the coffers of wealthy dealers In dis- I You should fade with the home

tant cities cannot rail to foifeit in a

merchant because he is the one from whom you ask and receive favors. IVrhaps you have had a run of 111 luck you have lost your position, had long-continued illness in the family, or havo experienced difficulty io collect iug niou y due you. You aro in

French Sailors Use Drugs. The extent to which the narcotls. habit prevails tn the French navy was ill ist rated a few days ago by the pro ceedings of a court-martial at Brest. The defendants were half a dozen seamen of ordinary rating, who were charged with a considerable number of robberies. All the men were victims ot opium or the the ether habit, or both combined, and were in the habit of bemuddling themselves daily with these drugs and the robberiea had been committed to gratify their passion. Severe sentences were passed SKIN SORE EIGHT YEA RS.

Spent $300 on Doctors and Remedies but Got No Relief Cuticw Cures n a Week. Tpon the limbs and between the toes my skin was rough and sore, and also sore under the arms, and I had to atay at home several times because of thts affection. Ip to a week or so aeo I bad tried many other remedies and several doctors, and spent about three hundred dollars, without any success, but thts is to-lay the seventh day that I have ben using the Cutlcura Remedies (costing a dollar and a half), which have cured me completely, so that I ran aeain attend to my busltv BS I went to work agate tonight. I had been suffering for eight years and have now been cured by the CutIcura Remedies within a week. Fritz Hi-chlaff. 24 fVhmihus Ave., New York. N. Y.. March 29 and April 6. 190" It's usually the man wfo has some thing to say who doesn't say it

Protective Paint Pure White Lead Paint protects profrtv against repairs, replacemrnt sad drteri.rtijn It makes buildings look better, wear better and wit net. ter. Ue only Pure Linseed Oil and Pure White Lead made bv the Old Dutch Prme whuh i sold in kegs with this Duuh boy uJe tnxik on the tide. This trade mirk protects yon against fraudu

lent White Lead adulterations and substitutes. SEND FOR BOOK "AT.! r t'.tiit." flr 'tlwftht Info. mm' t n dp th m n

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considerable decree the respect of

"Nelly," he besctught, "forgivs me. I i those around him, nor can he under

critical survey of herself she opened shouldn't have said that, but ou cava these conditions preserve hla selfa satchel and drew out a handglass, j me a fright I know it isn't true. I i respect Intact. a comb and a perforated chamois pow. know you're just teajteg DM. Dal I've I Tlie nian who patronizes mall order dor bas. Raising her spotted veil lest my nerve and I can t stand for iL j houses must have a sneaking feeling

she combed to a still greater height Say you don't mean it." her already exaegerated pompadour, ' What's the use of my saying any. r i ij'is. d the angle of her hat, care- 'hing." she asked him. "when you fully powdered her face and studied : think I'm not telling you the truth? in the hand-glass the result of her 1 I m going to marry Michael Donoi.eratior.s Finally satisfied, she ovan. For two years I was straight pulled down her veil, returned the to you. and put up with your toilet articles to the ba. and shut it i jealousies and tempers, and turned with a snap. She smoothed down her down lots of better men because Jacket, hitched out of place by the j well, because I was silly about you. raisinc of her arms; and then, shoul- Hut when you threw me off, and left ders well back, and with an exagger- i me to be a public latiching stock, did ation of the fashionable gait, she 1 you think I was guing to put on sack hataphtfry strolled to an eSnty bench cloth and ashes, till you got good and and seated herself. j ready to come back to me? Not The clock-maker had finished his ! much!"

job to his liking, and was stowing ou needn't say any m'"re." Inter-

nway his Instruments, preparatory to I rupted the man. I quite understand,

Htea HeCofloogh. Wet, I hope you'll be happy and have lots of good luck." He lifted his hat with awkward dig. nity. and turning on his heel, marched towards the door. The girl watched his retreating form with frightened eyes, then "Jim," she called, almost under her breath, "Jim " He heard her and came striding back. Well?'' he demanded. "I I dldu't speak.'" she stammered.

"I t,. i' Vftur iidrili.n f tli.,i.Ut n

did. "Oh, Nelly," he cried, "you can't mean to do this tbing If Michael

eie a decent sort iu not have a word to say But he isn t. Why. he hasn't a friend in the world. It was

knowing the things I do about him I

that made me so riled wlpn I saw him hanging round you. Nelly, even if it's all over now, I ask you. please wait!" The girl gazed at him spellboun, her hands nervously opening and closing. "Why. Nelly, with a sudden joyful conviction. "I believe you love me still " ' Oh. Jim. " she Bobbed. I do I do. But Pet given Michael my word, and I'll have to keep it." "Why look here. Nelly." he pleaded. "If It's a question of k-, ping prom

ises, you promised me Jon betöre -h everybody in towr knows that - straitened circumstances Would a

!y Then aft. r i in.. nt"s hesitation. you Prml?ed Michael, and it s -he he Is a hindrance rather than a help letter to the mail order house, stating

r. im stealthily moved to a bench nrs iiro"oee that holds in law, you ! 10 ne community. He Is not wanted j all these circumstances, secure for directly In front of the clock. j know ' I ,n puh'ie positions, and when qties- ; you a supply of the necessaries of The girl was elahorateiv gazing In i "Kas bound express, stopping at ! tions of loral interest and importance lifo on liberal credit terms? Most asa direction away from the clock, and : ',,d8on- I'o i-l keepsle and New " discussed, his opinion carries far suredly not. An appeal to the proprlhad assumed a pose calculate.i to . Y"rk " chanted the station official, 'eas weight than the man who eon etors for aid In your extremity would how at once the lines of her figure i Tne ,rl ma,,t" r 'se to her feet, tributes his share to the prosperity of be barren rif results. It is the home

out tne clock maker s arm drew her j ino community ny spending his monback. j ey w here he earns it. "Sweetheart, " he whlsmred. "voa n addition to losing In a large de-

w lv she forced her thought nrl 1 don't want to go and mat rv " .. i gr",. the respect of others and his

her eyes from the far distance, and do m? own W,,P8 lho man who does looked him up and down For a "No '' id the girl. "I don't want to j no,h,nK to b"nd P fhe town In which

moment a little bewildered fmwn marry Michael, but i ' uwwa ians to nnrj tne contentment

7y w 1

if.

"I Suppose You're Aw. illy Mad with Me." descending the ladder. At the sound of his singing the girl started, and looked nervously round. "Jim'" she murmured increduloua-

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A MISSOURI Wer. AN Tslls a Story of Awful Suffering antf Wonderful Relief. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, of 603 rm Hickman St . Columbia. Mo, says "Following an op, ration u v,

umpay Rt Q and my left side was o swollen the dot said he woul.l ha . tap out the w There was eon' pain sad a gurgling sensation around my heart, and I cm raise my arm above my head The U ney action was dlnr.r.

dered and passages of the secretions too frequent. On the advice of my husband I began using Dean's Kl : Pills Since using t' o boxes mv -nu-ble has not reappeared. This bj w s derful. after suffering two yea-- " Sold by all dealers. 50 rents a box. Foster Mliburn Co . Huffalo. N Y

GONE FOREVER.

Ten years aj:o a farmer put hi Mais on s dollar büL The ro xt went to the nearest town and . with a merchant. Before Hie y( .n stl out he got the dollar back. Four t in six years the dollar can e In. him for produce and thre time- 4 beard of it in tho pocket of his nbors. The last time ho got It back f a years ago. He ?ent It to a mail oi house. He never has seen that i since, and never will. That dollar will never pay any more scho road tax for him, will Bevor but briirhten any of the honn s of the i munity. He sent it SB tin h i f

the circle of usefulness to bim ii i

his nelghlKirs.

Patronize your local merchant who

helps you to pay your taxes, lupt

your schools and churche. an '

a hetphlg hand in times of u , and trouble.

Little One'a Prayer. Mary always gets a little piece of candy every day to keep her from being naughty. One day she wt naurhty, and she did not get her candy. That night when she was going to bed she said her prayers as follows: "Our lather, who art in heaven, please give me my daily candy." The Rev. W Arthur Noble of Porea has one of the largest districts in Methodism. Recently he walked 300 miles, tbe church tn one section of his district being near enough tor nlm to do this.

WEIGHT AND HEALTH THIN. NERVOUS PEOPLE NEED THE TONIC TREATMENT.

The mail-order fierd s encroaching upon our town like a devastating prairie fire, and we should turn to with a will, and by the aid of the hometrade plow run a protecting furrow around the community that will save us and our institutions from destruction. Such is the duty of every loyal resi oent.

and the abstraction of her mind

Nelly.' said the clock maker, stamt-

htimbly before hor. "N'ellv"

drew her neat eyebrows together.

tie n a smile of enlighlenin

night ' she

s dimple in'o play. Why. if it len t Jim Morri

exclaimed. "I came to fix the clock.' he ex

plainer). "I'm a clock-maker, yon 'ny kaOW. lJUt I SUIiOOSe VOIl've fi.rantton

that as well as everything else." "I've euch a lot of gentlemen friends." she ajK.l'.gizi d. "and It's so long " It s only three months." said the

. .k insu, reproacmniiy siiphe went on dejectedly, as he '

Hut what?"

"Well, you see," she explained, "it's like this: 1 told all the plrls at the '

store that I was uoing to jet married, and about my tri; to Kew York, and if I go back and tell them there wasn't

wedding, and there wasn't any why they 11 Jish hie to death

Jim it's dreadful for me to sav it

but yo.i love me. don't you Jim? It's

go away to New York, you and me now. and let us get married. Then they couldn't throw anything up to me."

"Hut Nelly," he

which ig necessary to happiness. MavInu done nothing to make the town better, he is unable to see the many advantage;! it possesses, and is continually talking and thinking of its teflf iencies. He does not move out, however, but stays on year after year, B discontented parasite, getting all he

merchant w ho stands ready to extend the credit neerssary to tide you over an MM rgl BCy, ami for this reason. If for no other, he should have your loyal support in your times of prosperity. Perhaps you are financially Independent, and Ivive never known the BOCOaatty Of asking for credit. Even then you are indebted to the home merchant for many of the advantages youenj.iy The proprietors of a mall order house would laugh you to scorn were you to ask them to subscribe to

ward the huil ling of your new church.

can and giving as little as possible in the Improvement of your school buildreturn. There is an unwritten law of , Ing, or the expenses of maintaining nature that makes it impossible for your fire department The home merone to really taken an interest in a j chant contributes libernlly to the sur.place until he has done something for port of these institutions so essential it, and it is OniV When we bnve Hnnn to tin. i.nl.M.- hmhI ....a 11 i i

, . .... i . i . . i , . . "iiiiwii nuu w-l IM-IHK,

protested, taken

sank into the bench, "I suppose you're I a,ac( "what would the boss say If I

went off at a moment's notice that way ?" "I guess he'd say nothing, seeing you went to be married. " "Look at my clothes," he cried. And. sweetheart. I haven't the money to huy a ticket, let alone to get married with. "I've got the money. Jim." she whlspeie.l. $0 I've saved." "Nelly," he said, desperately. "I can t take your money like that. I'd be a regular sponge " "Fast hound express, stopping at

Hudson. Poeghkeepsle and New York

awfully mad with nie"

"Why Mr Morris, the idea!" "Of course I ought to have known anyone as pretty as you was bound to have more fellows than one." he continued, "and I oughtn't to have chewed the rag when I Bgw you playing up to Michael Donovan, and swallowing his oiiipllinents as If they were Huyler's vst." but" bis troiee rew choky yon dun i know. Nelly, how a rhap feels when he loveg a girl. Whv he ll plan for hours how to bring ono kind look to her eyes, and he'll

our share toward building up the town

In which we live that it becomes s real home to us. Perhaps the local dealers in ountrv

u u; ' t. .1 .

ini- i, . nn- i iui iiutn reriieiu itori ti if a

smMe and then when he sees her AH aboard." called the official with

looking up to another man, and blush- ,ono Tt finality. :ng and dimpling the way he's come I '"0h, well." the girl acquiesced. "I to believe she only does for him don't wonder after th wgj I ve bewhy it's awful that's what it Is," and haved that you don t want to marry he brought his hand so violently down me." on the bench that his tools were set "Sot want to marry you!" r rlM th a Jingling. Hut even if I was Jeal- clock maker. not want hobl on mis." he went on. that wasn't any there, he shouted to the gateman reason I slmuld have acted the way I , "we re going ' Thriving hia arm lid Insulted you by refusing to take through the Kr they ran together you- word when you swore that yoo I towards the closing wieset.

ami foe cannot afford to withhold from Mm your latronage. You know your local ioajsri Perhaps they have grown from childhood

towns do not always have in stock 1 manhood in your home in; you Just the articles you desire, but they : WtBfB) boys togctln r. they have watched are usually willing to order whatever by you In sickness, and comforted you

tlieir customers want, and under or

dlnary circumstances can supply you as quickly as you can procure the goods from a mail order house. When you buy of the home merchant, be goods are tafele y anrj you what you sre getting In buying by mail there is always a cb.anco that whor. the goods arrive they will not prove to be Just what you experte.j and desired In that case you are put to the Inconvenience of sending them back fo- exchange or If the nee, is Immediate and pressing, you are obliged to accept that which la not entirely satisfactory. Trade at home in order that your home town may have stores at which to trade There are many times when you are in s hurry for some article

..Bwrc is im iime to send to New York

In sorrow, they take a kindly interest

in your welfare Do you not piefer that your trade should Increase their smmII profits rather than add its quota to the millions of dollars annnally sent to the mall order houses? If the home nier hants prosr the town will be a better place in which to live Their prosperity will be manifested by improvements In the apearBOOe of their own property, and by their increased liberality in contributing toward public Improvements, and by helping them bf your patronage, you will als) be helping yourself and the entire community ' fjANCWI A. HARRIS Provocation Enough. Msud i before the laughing hyena's cage) How provoking' Here we've

HOI 20 minutes, and the hyena hasn't

This Woman Took Or. Williams PlnN Pills, Gained Thirty Pounds snd Has Been Well Ever Since. Kow many women and men t inane suffer. ug fr m a geueral d health which the ordinary remedies seem unable to rheck ! How many bus bojada se their vivos wasting away, steadily losing health and poaatjr, atid am powerless to help I ObaaWBOtioa and otlier germ diseases find in these debilitated systems eay pp v. for the lowered vitality is unequal to the task of fighting off the infection of t; to which most of us are almost daily I a pced. The symptoms Indicating the i'..-1'ns which may havo results so fatal could scarcely le better described than in flie statement of Mrs. William Manlev, of Hi Court street, TJticn, JN Y. U. r cu-; is a typical one. She say;

r or six months after thebirth of my baby, I sufl nd fn.m siek,d:.y I . BcbSB, Which sennd like a fn-li of blod to my forehead. Ju.t br. k . f mv eves. Some days tliev twitched sol could hardly se nd black sots floated tx-fore them. Tho least exertion bn ugl l on this sickness. My aj tite whs kjt and I was often sick to my stomach. "If I tried to vork my feet sn.ri became swollen, rwtiuiug ni terTilly. I had sinking spells and grew paw and nervou. I was so thin Hat I weighed only H5 jnnuds. "One day when at thedrng store to g't heada-ho powders I deckled to tn Ir. WilliamV Pink Pillt inetnsil I sKin not ie -1 tlmt my h a !.-n i.e v ) Bparing and any nerves gradually grew stronger. ?ilie pills gave me a hearty api-tite and I now Bfeiflhoeer l.tO pounds. I Ndieve the pills to be the best tonic and builder a woman can t ike, as they certainly helped mo when gey condition was crii -.il and 1 tiave never lieen serionslv ill siuce." The gn at value of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills lies in the fact that they auallv make new b!ooI aud this carries health ami strength to every portion of tbe body. Tho stomach is toned ftp. the nerves are stnugtheneI, every organ is stimulated to do its work. If yoo are ill and tbe treatment y n are taking d. s not i-tin yon, vnt- f r ' of w at Pr. Williams Pink Pills li.tve done in similar cases. Ymr druggist wdls them or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on Vseetpi oi price, 60 cents per box. sit box for : ). bvtbelh-. Williams Medicine Co., N lieiiei tad v, N. Y. SICK HEADACHE

Positively enred by thets Little Pill. They also rrliere pts-

tms tram Pysprrnla. I aSltssUon and Too Hearty

Kating. A perfert rem

edy frr iriiiccss. naaaaa

Drowsiness. Cad Taste

tn tue Moutn. coa'ea Tnnene. Patn tn the Side.

Ton no LrvKR. Thejr

regulate the Bcwria. Pn.-ely Vegetable. SMALL PILL SMALL DOSE. SMALL MICE.

CARTERS I

PlTTU

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PILLS.

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or elsewhere Tour i,e, a I. a

. j . xs mm , in iimurM will gkTtaJtTltS Yn" tre I been eyHng B.ad under such circumstances to vour new BDriBS hat. too.

CARTERS J PIUS.

Genuine Must Bear Fac-Simile Signature REFUSE SUBSTITUTES.