Ligonier Banner., Volume 38, Number 46, Ligonier, Noble County, 11 February 1904 — Page 3

AND HE GOT IT. . = § = v But It Proved to Be Somethingz He, Did'mt C+i'e to Hold . Very Long. An indulgent mother of the Tuxedo colony was traveliy a local train one day i company \vitg e}‘ three—‘\'ezu'-oldn:_sou, his nursemaid, and a copy of a society magazine which absorbed her attention, ‘relates the New York Times. 'The son - was occupying the seat behind her withhis attendant,-who attempted every once in awhile to curb ‘leis restless and rebellious spirit ‘by a gentle denial of his latest whim, but weach time the mother, noticing only that sdme argument was “in progress, and without looking up from ~her book, would remark: “Let him have i : The nursemaid thereupon- would yield to this double’ demand. = Finally a strong and rather Venomous looking wasp flew against . the window pane, and the youthfut huntér reached out to grasp it, and x\l;aile'd dejectedly when he was once more restrained by the watchful caretaker. Again the fond mother, without raising hey eyes, exclaimed: ; **Oh, do let him thave it!” ! And ‘the ﬁ')owl - which followed the nurse’s compliance caused an . amused smile to pass arouzd the car. - B L e \ " FOOTWORK ON THE PIANO. “First Steps in Music” by a Youthful Artist with Too Much = ‘Pedal. ‘ Clifton Bingham, the author of “In oOld Madrid,” is not himself a musician, but -lis ear is delicate dnd sensitive, and noth‘g annoys him niore than to hear bad ‘singing or bad play§ng says the New York Tribune . b : Y He was visiting A cousin of his in Loadon, and this cousin has a son, a boy of 12 or 13, who practices on the piano every morning. The muscular lad, banging false notes ‘from the jnstrumént with tremendous Vvigor, tried Mr: Bingham not a little. . “*What on earth| are you playing there, Jimmy?”’ the songl writer ¢alled from the next room one mo{x-ning. - . - “An exercise from ‘First Steps in Music,”” the boy answered. _ “l knew vou were playing with your feet.” said Mr. Bingham, *‘but would you mind * stepping a Jittle lighter on the Leys?”? ol o Quite Aniother Matter. . .Uncle George—lnstead of wearing diamonds, don’t you think it would be more becoming to pay ypur tailor’s bills? . . Harry—But if I paid my tailor’s bills how could I afford to wear diamonds? And it people didp’'t buy diamonds what would keep the d_i_umond) merchants from —~starving to death? : “But you don’t pay for your diamonds, either.” { * : “Ah! now you are wandering froni the point. L<'mdon !jlt.Bltb. - Gratitade Well Expressed. . Sault St., Marid, Mich., Feb. Bth.—Mr. C. L. Smith, painter and decorator, whose home is at 309 Anne street, this city, makes the followixg statement: - i “I was laid up with some kind of pains: Some said it was Lumbago, others Sciatica, and others again lißheumutism. A few of my friends suggested that it was lead poisen, but whateyer it, was-it gave me a great deal of é)ain, in fact, almost :completely 'ci‘ip{)]e me. 1 had to uselitwo canes to walk about and even then it was a very painful task. *A friend ad\’iséd‘ me to iry Dodd’s Kidney Pills and I be;%an the treatment. After 1 had- used the first! box I was .able to throw away one 0} the canes and was considerably improved. The second box straightened me mup so that I could go about free from pain without any assistance and very soon after 1 was completely cired,:well amzl happy, without a pain or an ache: - Dodd’s I)'\'idney Pills seemed to go right to the spot in my case and they will always have my greatest praise.” ——— e i ' Clean Sweep. Sister Lillian—\f\'bl]. Bob, how’s the rival football team shaping up? . Brother Bob—Aw, say, Lil, they’rea lot ~of rags. We goti-up a scrub eleven: and wiped the floor \Vit]l them.—Judge. —_—r i . In Emmoans Co., Dakota, we can sell you 160 acres fine land. You can break 100 acres this spring, sow it to . Salzer's Flax and reap enough to pay for vour land, ete.,having a fine farm free the first year. 10 such pieces for sale. - JOHN AjSALZER SEED CO., [K. L] i La Crosse, Wis. -—t——.__‘_ . “What is the| difference between the northern and southern'shores of Long Island”’ 7 “On one siwue you hear the sea and on the other you see the Sound.”’— Princeton Tiger. | ; Mardi Gras, February 10-16. Rates via Mobile and Ohio Railroad from -Chicago to New Orleans and return, $25.00; Chicago to Mobile and return, $24.00. Low rates from all p%ﬁnts. For full particulars write Jno. M.:Beall, M. & O. R. R,, St. Louts, Mo. i : : ———— “I am doing my best to convince George that 1 am economical.” “What have you done?”” “I have worn the same dress twice.”—New Yarker. S : _ - Stops the Cough. - and works off the cold-- Laxative Bromo Quinine Ta,b}f&e:'. | Price 25 cents _ ;‘Have any t*oti,b]ex with your pipes freezing?’ “No; ‘they freeze all right; the trouble comes dfter they thaw out.”— Cincinnati Times-Star. 4 -—‘.‘—-—Q—-—-Piso’s Cure for| Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. - s < __'___..__. o Let idle declaimers mourn over the degeneracy of the age, but my opinion is that every age is the same.—Goldsmith. e JDyeing is as easy as washing when Putnam Fadeless Dyes are used. = . ‘ He multiphes his troubles who runs to meet them.—Ram’s Horn.

A WOMAN’S MISERY.

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plaint, but without deriving permanent relief.| Often when alone in the house the backache has been so bad that it brought tears to my eyes. The pain at times was so intensethat I was compelled to give up my household duties and lie down. There were headaches, dizziness and blood rushing to my head to cause bleeding at the nose. The first box of Dpan’s Kidney Pills benefited me so much that I continued the treatment. The stinging pain in the small of ‘my back, the rushes.of blood to the head, and other symptoms disappeared.” | : . Doan’s Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers. 50 eents per box. FosterMilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. -

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POOLEY'S VALENTINE THERE was mno good reason why 1 the comic, valentine should. have hurt young Pooley; but it did hurt him, though he hugged the mortification to his bosom with Spartan fortitude and laughed so much at it that no one in the family circle suspected that he did not enjoy it as much as they -evidently did. - : - The points of resemblance hetween the valentine clerk and Pooley were not striking. Pooley’s ears were of normal. size, and did not ﬁ:fp from the sides of his head in a manner suggestive of an alarmed elephant, nor was he 'in the habit of decorating them with quil pens. They would lardly have known a quill pen in the office if they had seen one. Then, he had rather a good nose—long enough to express sagacity; but not so long as to smear the columns of figures in the {edger before him when he ‘was work-

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ing at his desk, nor was it of a bright crimson color. He did not wear a grass-green coat or red. and Dblue checkered trousers ‘and purple-stl'iped shirt cuffs, and, being a rather modest and well-conducted young man, the charges of snobbery and bumptiousness in the atrocious doggerel below the valentine seemed ‘singularly flat and inappropriate. But it was true that he was a clerk, and, though he had never considered that disgraceful, it somehow séemed to him now to afford ground for the sneer. At the- least, Pooley thought, it showed that somebody disliked him—probably honestly believed that he ‘was snobbish and bumptious; so that his maligned ears tingled and he burned with' resentment every time the comic valentine met his eye. That was quite frequently, for he had taken particular pains te have it pinned above his little work table in the sitting-room—just to. show how little he cared. When friends came in he was sure to call-their attention to it . ; i In addition to this, Pooley spent much time speculating as to who had sent the thing. He compared the handwriting on the envelope that had contained it with the handwriting of his friends and acquaintances, and came' to many conclusions, the result " of which was that his friends began to complain among themselves of a certain change in his manner—a lack of the old warmth and frank kindness, and a cold and distrustful air. The evil influence lasted for exactly one vear. For some months before the St. 'Valentine’s day following he had been. more than slightly under another influence. It had pretty golden hair and blue eyes and its name was Margaret. Margaret was a friend of his sister, and had been to Pooley’s house several times. ; : So it happened that just before -St. Valentine’s day Pooley spent quite an extravagant sum of money in the purchase of ‘an arrangement of laces, ribbons, violets and amatory verse, which he directed with his gloved left hand, and mailed secretly. On the morning of St. Valentine’s day he himself received.a modest little card which geemed to give him inordinate delight. His sister noticed it, and warted to see what his card was, but Pooley firmly refused to gratify her curiosity. “It’s another comic one,” declared the sister. “You're afraid to show it.” Her remark somehow dashed Pooley’s pleasure. He was nervously apprehensive for the rest of the time that he was in the house. He started at the sound of the postman’s second knock, and felt an unaccountable sinking - of his spirits ‘when he returned home that evening. Tlf was a pleasant surprise to him, therefore, when he found nothing worse than Margaret—not that she had the appearance of awaiting him; in fact, she seemed rather surprised than otherwise to see him, though,; of course, it was natural enough that hé should be at his own home. The sister was good-ngtured, and she went away and left Pooley to entertain Madrgaret. The talk, somehow, turned -on valentines, and she said she had received one that she liked very much indeed. She described it as consisting of violets, lace, ribbons and poetry. The ‘poetry, she thought; was sweet, but she blushed as she said it, and it sounded better than that. Pooley said he had received a valentine, too,

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and he felt encouraged to say some things about it—and ghings in general—that put them on exceedingly familiar terms in the course of about five minutes. “Well,” said Pooley, at last, “this is a different Valentine’s day *to last vear’s to me. Did you ever see that thing? Do you think it looks like me? I'd’like to know.what idiot sent it.” The last words he spoke in a bitter tone. The pent-up resentment of a yvear was in his voice. Then he looked down at his new valentine. She was white, and looked shocked and irightened. ¢ “What. -is . it, Margaret?” asked Pooley, with much concern. : “Oh!” she cried, bursticg * into tears, “it was I sent that horrid thing. I—l didn’t know you then—and—and it—we were sending a lot of them—the girls—and—anyway, 1 know it was silly, but I didn’t think it would hurt anybody’s feelings—and to think that it was you! Oh, I'm so unhappy, and I'll never—" “Oh, pshaw!” said Pooley. “You don’t think I minded! Why, . thought

it was a good joke—but it's a better one this year.” : | Then he took down the comid valentine and gazed fondly on the atfroc;ous clerk, then folded ‘it up tenderly and put it into his breast pocket.—Chicago Daily News. : : THE VALENTINE’S INVENTOR. She Was a Brightanssaohusens Girl Who Never Fell a Victim to “ Dan’ Cupid, " Miss Esther Howland, of Worcester, Mass., who invented the modern valentine in 1849, never married, and died some ten years ago. The Springfield Republican recalls the fact that she was a graduate of Mount Holyoke seminary, and her father had a small bookstore and bindery. She sdught to add a new feature to the business, and her method is thus described: Miss Howland took stiff letter :paper, scalloped’ and fringed the edges, ‘cut heart-shaped holes in the corners, glued colored pictures:that came with raisins and tea and such things, on this, put- borders of lace paper, that was used on the inside edges of fancy boxes then as to-day, around the pictures, .and hand-painted little verses on them. - - The valentines found ready purchasers, and soon’ business men in New York and other cities began to order them for the next year. Four girls were hire(‘ to assist in making the valentines. Pictures and embossed :paper were bought, paper lace, tlinsel, and other things were secured, and a big supply was made up. Enameled pictures from Germany were procured and original designs invented and ordered printed. The scissors were put aside for dies, which cut out depigns with one blow. It soon appeared that Miss Howland had developed a real bnsiness, and the late Sumner C. Whitney secured an -intetest in her enterprise. Later it was bought by George C. Whitney, and has grown in his hands from employing 20 people to a pay roll of 350. It is claimed that more sentimental valentines are made in Worcester than in all the other manufactories of the country put together. — Manchester Union. . i St. Valentine’s Day. . The 14th of February is observed in commemoration of St. Valentinus,. a bishop of Rome noted for deeds of kindness and beneficence. Shakespeare refers to the day as ome on which birds choose their mates. From whatever source the day derived ifs origin, it appears that sending friend1y or gentimental messages on the 14th of Fepruary is an ancient time-hon-ored usage. It is «a’ pleasant and harmless diversion, if not abused. Girlish Confidences. “You told Charley Chubbins you thought he sent that beautiful valentine!”’ ‘“Yes. Charley is a very vice young ‘man, with good prospects.” “But you know weli enough that he didn’t send it.” : : “Of course.. But 1t didn’t do say harm to let him know-that I shouldn’t have been a bit angry if he had.”— Washington Stae. £, | < To an Old Sweetheart, _ "Tis time for valentines, my dear; - You jilted me, I think, last year, And 1 should now revive the flame, _ But, goodness, I've forgot your name —Lretroit Free Press, : ol

Em,n eleß AR 1 "m& WL @@[LT Ui 2 [0 A F 0 TLIRTES, il % M 'u\ -.\"1,,, e SIMPLE WATER SYSTEM. 5 —_—— Designed by a Plgé)n Farmer, But Adaptable to Every Kind of 3 Ordinary Farm lndm-tri. : After carrying water three ' times daily for 1,000 breeding pigeons for a time, I decided I would make it carry itself, so procuring about 200 feet of second-hand 1%4-inch iron pipe I set about it and after a few hours’ work I had the pleasure of seeing the watering done as before without the work of carrying about 12 bucketfuls of water daily. They would not drink this aPA’Nb l b : g "r&':sph IMPROVISED WATER SYSTEM. amount, but it is quite necessary that pigeons should have fresh water éach time they are fed and plenty of it for bathing in afterwards. The pump that furnished the water was some distance from the yards, and the piping had to pass two doors that -were used several times daily; so that it was necess%ry to lower. the pipe to the ground, passing the doors, then raising about two feet above first water pans and giving it a gradual fali to about one foot above the last pan, there being ten watering pans in all, - I then drilled an eighthinch hole in pipe directly over each pan, the pipe being connected with pump trough, which would hold enough water for all pans. We would only have-to pump the water and the piping would do the rest, and at the same time rest the attendant somewhat. To prevent freezing I put a small valve at lowest point near pump to let water out of pipe on ground.—Rural New Yorker.

THE FARM TELEPHONE. Dakota Experience Proves That It Has a Commercial as Well 2 ‘. as a Social Value. The chief uses of the telephone in. rural neighborhcods in the east, probably, are neighborhood sociability, making appointments for meetings and calling‘ the ‘doctor. Communication with dealers in produce is also possible, and many a farmer is thus enabled to decide:just when to deliver such merchandise to advantage at the nearest market. A North Dakota paper declares that such means of keeping posted are especially valuable to the wheat growers of the northwest. This is the way in which that journal talks: “The encroachment of modern facilities on older methods of doing business is strikingly exemplified in this part of the mnorthwest this fall, These days of private telephones and telegraph lines to every station and almost every big farm throughout the state have Dbrought. the farmers into touch with the terminal grain markets of Duluth and Minneapolis in such a way as to euchre the country elevator lines out of all chance of profit by advance information. Often the changes in quotations at either Duluth or Minneapolis are in the hands of farmers at their homes within ten or 20 minutes after/ they have been made, and in some cases elevator companies having country line houses have found it difficult to keep even with the farmer. This is especially the case with a long continued advance or, decline. “A farmer will store- his grain in the country house nearest his farm, and as long as prices advance or remain stationary he will let it stay there, taking a storage ticket, which he leaves with a friend in town or at the bank. Being in close touch with the terminal markets by telephone, he knows at once of any change in price, and if it is a decline he at once telephones to the bank or his agent to sell at the.old price, and this is done so quickly that the sale is often made before the country elevator has received word by wire from Duluth to make-a change in quotations. In that case the elevator line is out the difference in price, 'as it has to sell its grain on the terminal market at once.” ‘Where Apples Come From. There are now in the United States, says an exchange, over 200,000,000 fruitbearing apple trees, producing annually 176,000,000 bushels of apples. In good crop years we export 3,000,000 bushels of apples and consume at home two bushels dnnuaily for every adult and child in the country. Th'pre are 16 ap-ple-growing states which produce 147,298,484 bushels of apples” All the other states together produce only 28,107,802 bushels. New York now stands first, with 24,111,257 bushels; Pevuslyvania second, with 26,060,651 bushers; Ohio third, with 20,617,480 bushels; Virginia fourth, with 8,935,982 bushels, and 111inois fifth, with 9.178.150 bushels. California is fifteenth in'the list, with 3,488, - 208 bushels. i New York's Milk Supply. Fe_w people have the least idea- vt how much milk New Yorkers consunie in a single day. Here, for instance, are the official figures for the month of September, 1903: These give a daity average of 30,%48 . cans, or 1,221,520 quarts, of milk, and 1,609 cans at cream and fresh condensed milk, or 64,360 quarts, making in all a total of 1,286,280 quarts of milk and cream which come fn by 12 different lines of railroads every morning.—Cultivato?, . Plant an Acre of Trees. g Did you ever think how valuable an acre of ground can Be made by planting it thickly with trees, thus forming a grove in which to feed hogs? Plant il into trees that grow rapidly and form plenty of shade. The most valuable acres on some farms are handled in this manner. Catalpa and locust are very guitable, and when a few posts are needed they may be cut from; besides the hogs can be fed away from the summei’s suﬂ.—-)ﬁarm Journal. o

GROWING ASPARAGUS. Time to Start a Patch Is in the Early Days of Spring When Growth ; First Starts, A grower of asparagus writes: First of all, I have to say that if I had a piece of warm, sandy, well-drained loam available for the purpose 1 would think the best time to start an aspargus patch-is at once, without more delay than necessary to secure a lot of good plants, after the spring growth starts. Usually I would prefer to grow my own plants, and grow them in good, rich loam, and properly pushed and thinned in order to get good, large, one-year-old plants, which I think are far better than the average run of two-year old plants that one can buy. ° : I make the ground very rich; in fact, it cannot be made too rich. I give each plant plenty of room, not less than a dozen square feet. 1 plafitithem deep, so that a shallow running plow will not-in-jure the crown. : To repew an old plantation, plow it over shallow, applying manure or any good commercial vegetable or potato manure containing a good pércentage of potash. Any of our standard varietig may be used. % ’ Palmetto seems more liable than others toresist the rust attacks. Columbian Mammoth white is good. : If you wish to raise your own plants next year, sow the seed thinly in drills, the drills heing a foot or 14 inchesapart, by hand or with a garden drill. Do this early in the spring, whilethe ground is yet quite moist. The seeds are large and hard and require a good d¢eal.of moisture to germinate. In a dry time the seed may be soaked for a few hours in ‘hot water. It will then sprout much more promptly. Clipping a corner of the hard shell off each seed will serve to hasten the process of germination.—N. Y. Farmer. ~ UNIQUE TREE TRIPLETS. One Is a Shell-Bark Hickory, the Second a White Oak and the Third a Sngar Tree. --Mr. G. W. Hatten, of Egypt, W. Va,, sends a pencil sketch of three trees growing as, if from the same root. He saw the account of the twin trees near Philadelphia, mentioned in the New Curiosity Shop twd®or three weeks ago. In his letter he says: : “These trees are found on the farm of Strother Hatten, on Elijah’s creek, in Wayne county, W. Va. There are three distinct trees of 'differen varieties. The one on the left is a shell bark hickory, that.in the center is a white cak and

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" VIRGINIA TREE TRIPLETS, the onel on the left is a sugar tree. The trunks are joined firmly for a distance of- about three feet from the ground, where they fork in three distinet trees. Near the ground they present a fiat trunk about three feet broad and about 12 or 14 inches thick. _ | The hickory and sugar trees are in a thrifty condition and are gradually pressing the oak so firmly that at some | future day the oak will surely die be- | tween the grip of its rivals for existence. The curiosity of the combination is that the hickory is bearing the choicest nuts, the oak the acorn and the sugar yields its sweetness. . REGARDING PEAR BLIGHT. - Eradicate the Germs by Cutting and Burning All Infected Twigs - .. and Branches. The New Jersey state: horticultural report gives hints in regard to pear blight, which those who are intending to plant out: pear orchards, or who have them, will do well to bear in mind. The first caution ‘is to manure and cultivate tlfe tree so that it will not grow too rapilly. Trees that are highly fertilized with pjtrogenous manures are especially liable to blight. This. would bar out heavy manuring with horsé, sheep or hen manure, and the plowing ‘under of clover, cow peas, rape or almost any green crop. Manure only sufficiently to secure a good crop and no, more. Exterminate the blight germs by cutting and burning all infected twigs and branches as soon as seen. Do the rame by any blight seen on apple, quince, crab, mountain ash, service berry and hawthorn, as it is the same disease and will spread to nearby trees, and sometimes a quarter of a mile at least in fa--vorable winds. Cut them out when seen, and make thorough inspection and clean up before spring. Then keéep a sharp outlook when the leaves start for any place missed or where cutting was not deep enough. Then cut tmr three inches below any wood that Seems diseased, and keep the knife sterilized by dipping in a diluted solution of carbolic acid.—Midland Farmer. : Seale Bark on Fruit Trees. . The gradual ‘thickening of bark on trees is often objected to asan evidence of unthriftiness. But it almost always comes on trees when they get to be of bearing age, and, except for harboring the cocoons of the codling moth, it does no harm. Scrapingthisbark off through the winter removes the protection, and the cocoom, exposed to snow and rain, perishes. These cocoons will be usually found on the side opposite where the prevailing wind blows, as this is partly protected against beating rains. Only | the bark that readily comes off should be removed. Seraping the trunk down to the ‘gteen bark will cause some kinds of trees to sun scald, and is injurious. Make the tree grow vigorously, and the | rough bark will roll off of itself or with | very little effort.—American Cultivator, !

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LA GRIPPE is epidemic catarrh. It spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the pauper, the masses and the class~ es are alike subject to la grippe. None are exempt—all are liable. | ) Have you the grip? Or, rather, has ‘the grip got you? Grip is well named. The original French term, la grippe, has been shortened by the busy American to read ‘“‘grip.” Without intending to do so a new word has been coined that exactly describes the case. As if somehideous giant with awful Ggrrip had clutched us in its fatal clasp. Men, women, and children, whole towns and cities are‘éaught in the baneful gripofa terrible monster. The following letters speak for them-

- Willing to Take a Chance. A pibus citizen has a 15-year-old sen who does not promise to be exactly “a chip off the old block.” Not long ago the fatger discovered to his sorrow that his boy and several others of the neighborhood had a habit of matching nickels. The wrathful parent led the erring lad- to the time-honored attie, where hangs a certain strap.. The boy didn’t have any agreeable impression of what was to come, and, on the ground that it is only the first plunge that counts, he called out: *“Say, dad! I'll go you heads or tails for two lickings or mnone!’—Chicago ¢ hronicle. e PILL TRADE MARK IMITATED. Druggist and Clerk Are Held in Bail for Court, Charged with infringing upon the trademark of Carter’s Little Liver Pill Company, Joseph . Griffith, a druggist at the southeast corner of Kleventh and Vine streets, was held in $5OO bail for Court this afternoon by Magistrate Jermon, and at the same time Gnffith’s clerk, Joseph C. Fore, was held in $BOO bail for Court on the same charge, and also for selling certain articles the sale of which is prohibited by: law. ; The men were arrested this morning ‘upon warrants issued by Magistrate Jer.mon_at the instance of Brent Good, No. 130 West Fifty-seventh Street, New York, and Charles €. Orcutt, No. 12 Jumel Terrace, New York, representatives of the Carter Company. Tgey stated that the latter had spent $3,000,000 in advertising and getting their label known, and did not gurpose to permit others to reap the benefits. . The label in question is.a small one containing a large letter I, and the one used by Griffith is an exact copy, except that it does not contain Carter’s name. The- prosecution showed how easily the imitation product could be palmed off on the would-be purchaser of Carter’s pills, owing to the similarity of the labels, and held that it was evidence of a deliberate attempt to deceive.—Philadelphia Telegraph, Jan. 27, 1904. :“T don’t take any stock in these trusts, anyway.”. “Don’t believe there are such things¥” “Oh, yes; but I haven't the money” to buy. the stock.”—N. O. TimesDemocrat. o ‘ : Historie 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 Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Ry. and Western & Atlantic R. R., via Lookout Mountain, Chickamauga Park, and through the famous battlefields of the Civil War. This is the route of <the “Dixie Flyer,” the all:year-round train that carries sle?ers between (Chicago and Jacksonville and St. Louis and Jacksonville. It is also the route of the “Chicago & Florida Limited,” a soiid vestibuled train operating during the Winter season between Chicago and St. Augustine, with sleepers between St. Louis and St. Augustine. If you contemplate taking a outhern trip, and desire interesting literature about the route, write to B. F. Hill, N. . A, N. C. & St. L. Ry.; 350 Marquette- Bldg., Chicago, 111. GE g gt Carrie—“Do you think a woman is justified in marrying a man she doesn’t know?” Aunt ane—'She certainly wouldn’t be justified in marrying a man she did know.’ —Boston Transecript. s —— et 3 Teosinte angd Billion Dollar Grass. The two greatest fodder plants on earth, one good for 14 tons hay and the other 80 tons green fodder per acre. Grows everywhere, so does Victoria Rape, ‘ yielding ([i(l){op(i ljbs. sheep and swine food per acre. JusT SEND 10c IN STAMPS TO THE John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis., and receive in return their big catalog and | lots of farm seed samples. | e e “If time is money, it may be doubted if a castle in the air is a]% to be worth the cost of construction.~Puck. : ———-————.—-———T—- " Are You Going to Floriday Winter Tourist Tickets are now on sale via Queen & Crescent, Route, Nouthern Railway, and connecting lines to points, South, Southeast and Southwest, good returning until May 31, 1904, . Tickets can be purchased going to Florida via Lookout Mouhtain ang A’éfnnta, andi returning via Asheville and the Land of the Sky, giving a \%riable route. For information address, W. C. Rinearson, G. P. A, Cmex_nnatn,é. TarlE __The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.—Bacon. - s : -

selves as to the efficacy of Peruna in cases of la grippe or its after effects. After Effects of La Grippe Eradicated - . by Pe-ru-na. ~ Mrs. Fred Weinberger, Westerlo, Albany County, N. Y., writes: » “Several years ago I'had anatiacizof la grippe which left my nervesin & prostrated condition.. Then I had another attaek of la grippe which left me worse. *I had tried three good physicians but all in vain. 'I gave Peruna a trial. In a'short time I was feeling better and now I am as well as anyone.”— Mrs. Fred Weinberger. : Hon. James R. Guill of Omaha., - * Hon. James. R. Guill is. one of the oldest and most esteemed men of Omaha,

$lOO.OO Reward will be gladly paid to anyone who will furnish convicting evi--dence agginst imitators and substitutors who try to sell you worthless preparations when CASCARETS are cailed for. Don’t ever take substitutes, but insist on having . t ¥ CANDY CATHARTIC , ‘ £ oY: TRADE MARK REGISTERED g 5 SRS - "é‘he great merit of CASCARETS makes big sales everywhere. Therefore, now and then, dealers try to substitute ‘‘something just as good.”- It’s a lie! Don’t let them do it, and if they try, write us confidentially at once. - Address STERLING.REMEDY . CompaNY, Chicago or New York. - All Druggists, 10c, 25¢c, 50c. Beware of Imitations!

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Neb. He has done much-to make it what : it is, serving on pubiic boards a number =~ of times. He endoyses Peruna in the . following words: =’ = o “I am 68 years old,am hale and hearty, ‘ and Peruna has helped me attain it, 2 Two yvears ago I had la grippe—my life was despaired of. Peruna saved me.”’— - J. R, Guill. - s g - A Relative of Abraham Lincoln. . Mr. Silas S. Lincoln, who resides at 913 1. Street, N.-W., Washington, D. C., has the honor of being third cousin to : Abraham Lircoln. He writes: : .“I had la grippe five times before using your medicine. Four yearsago I ke began the use of Peruna,. since -which - time I have not been troubled with that - disease. I can now-do as much work at my desk as I ever could in my life. I have gained more than ten pounds im°~ ° weight.”—B. S. Lincoln. : { Pe-ru-na Not Cnly Cured.lLa Grippe but ‘ Begefited the Whele System. ; ; - Miss Alice M. Dressfer, 1313 N. Bryan#f = - Ave., Minneapolis, Minn., writesy = “Last spring I suffered from ltgn’ppe : and was partially cured; bu: the bad : after effects remained through the summer and somehow I did notgetstrongas % 1 was before. One of my college friends who was visiting me asked me to try Peruna and I did so and found it all and more than I had expected. It not only eured me of the catarrh butrédstored me to perfect health, built up the entire sy~ - tem and brought a happy feeling of bugy= ‘ancy which I had not known for years.” —Alice M. Dressler. T - -An Actress’ “Testimonial. . E Miss Jean Cowgill, Griswold Opera: * House, Troy. N. Y., is the leading lady:+ — - with the Aubrey Stock Co. She writes - the following: 2 - “During the past winter of 1901, I suffered for several weeks from a severe ™ attack of grippe. which left a‘ serious _catarrhal condition of the throat ahd - head. _ i - . “Some one suggested Peruna. Asa . last resort, after wasting much time. 'and money on physicians, I tried the remedy faithfully, and in a few weeks was as well as ever.”—Jean Cowgill. -.-- - A Southern-Judge Cured. ° : Judge Horatio J. Goss, Hartwell, Ga.y ‘ writes: : : - “Some five or six years ago I had a .- very:severe spell of grippe, whieh: Jeft . ' me with systemic catarrh. A friend.ad- - ' vised me to try vour Peruna whichT | did, and was immediately benefited and cured. The third bottle completed the cure.”—H. J. Goss. i If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from-the use of Peruna, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving & full statement of your case and he will be pleased to give you his valuable ad« -vice gratis. . = ) Address Dr. Hartman, President. of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O,

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