6C.r.:_- CCfcD HEALTH MAXIMS.
Physician's Ideas That May Be Worth
Remembering.
A physician gives these common
sense health maxims:
Hare no faith in the popular notion
that catarrhs and colds are due to
cold weather. Most often they are the
result of impure air breathed in badly
ventilated, overheated dwellings. Adi
rondack guides, northern trappers or
Klondike miners seldom have colds.
The inference is obvious.
Tay ro nt'ontlon to the idea that
late suppers are injurious. The most
vigorous and healthiest of natives
have eaten their principal meal at the
close of the day's work. Let. the
brutes, guided unerringly by instinct,
be our teachers. They eat heartily
before going to sleep. In healthy per
sons the stomach knows when it has
appetite. It has a voice of Us own.
Disregard those who say night air
is poisonous and advise you to shut
tight the windows. The air without
is infinitely purer than that, within.
Absence of sunlight does not poison
else the millions who pass the night
under the stars would soon perish.
But they don't.
Never be persuaded that bodily
strength depends upon eating much
flesh food. Meat yields fat, and fat
is needed by the human system; but
olive oil, nut food, milk and butter
would answer the purpose just as
■well.
Finally it is prudent to bear in mind
that alcoholic stimulants are not in
dispensable in a cold climate; and
that missing a meal often saves a
sick man a doctor's bill and a course
of drugs.—New York Press.
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COULD NOT BE DECEIVED.
Russian Peasants Did Not Understand
a Polite Conductor.
An Englishman traveling in Russia
furnishes the following incidents to a
Ixmdon paper—an incident which he
personally witnessed and which he
says "shows better than volumes of
description the customs and social
aondition's of Russian peasants: "At
a railway station the train is on the
point of starting. As usual in Russia,
the bell rings three times before de
parture, to warn the passengers to
take their seats. At the first ring
the chief conductor, seeing on the
platform a group of peasants standing
humbly and cautiously together, says
very politely to them: "Gentlemen,
the first signal Is given; please take
your places."
One of the peasants, turning to his
comrades, says: "Dimitri, Ivan, Ste
ven, do you hear? The master tells
us to enter the train." "Oh, you stu
pid," says another. "Are you a gen
tleman? You heard him say 'gentle
men.' He invited the gentry." There
is a second ring of the bell. The con
ductor calls, hurriedly and angrily:
"Please, gentlemen, take your seats;
you hear the second signal."
The same peasant says to the
others: "It is for us. We must take
out seats. The train will start." "You
ass!" says his companion. "Do you
thank you are called a gentleman?
Were you ever a gentleman?" The
third ring of the bell is heard. The
conductor, losing ms temper and
hustling the peasants forward cries,
"Idiots! Pigs! Beasts! Do you hear
or not? Be off and take your seats!"
"That is for us," say the peasants.
"Dimit.ri, Ivan, hurry up. We must
take our seats."
ST.
Why "Can Not" Is Popular.
1 "Have you ever noticed," said the
roan who finds fault, "how many peo
ple avoid the contraction 'can't' nowa
days, and make use of the two words
•can not?' I have been so much
struck by the prevalence of the latter
expression that I took pains to inquire
into the cause of it,
"'I find that many people have adopt
-9d the double term because, having
been brought up In a locality where
the short sound of 'a' prevailed, they
Bnd it almost impossible to twist
their tongues around 'cahn't,' and
since they believe that plain, every
day 'can't' stamps them as being of
Inferior origin, they cultivate 'can
not*
"That requires no short 'a,' and al
though its persistent use may savor of
aJfectation. it strikes the persons who
e*n not get around 'cahn't' as a great
improvement on the short 'a' 'can't.'"
Queer Freak of Nature.
A freak of nature in the shape of a
ealf with two heads, two necks, three
backbones and two tails was born in
li lover, Vt„ recently.
Mother |
"My mother was troubled with R
consumption for many years. At 1
last she was given up to die. Then I
she tried Ayers Cherry Pectoral, 8
and was 3peedily cured." I
D. P. Jolly, Avoca, N. Y. H
No matter how hard
your cough or how long
you have had it, Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral is the
best thing you can take.
It's too risky to wait
until you have consump
tion. If you are coughing
today, get a bottle or
Cherry Pectoral at once.
TbrK >!.*■: tic., Mc., SI. Ml troutfta.
On in It your doctor. It be It,
then do uh* «»7«. II t«U» not
to ttki tt. than don't lt.H« know..
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SAVED BY LAST CARTRIDGE.
JtOK HE longest moose hunt on
J# j| record in Mnine Is credited
O O to William Douglass, of
X A Eustis, who now, at the
M6IC age of eighty-six, slill pur
sues the calling of a guide for hunters
and kills his full share of game every
season. Douglass was born in the
woods of Maine, and has never been
out of the shade of the pines for long
er than a few days at a time. All he
knows he has learned In the woods,
and he is as much at home iif the
depths of the wilderness us any bear
or wildcat. He can tramp for days
without tiring, and, although he has
never used a compass, he cannot re
member the time when he w as lost, or
was in the least doubt which was the
shortest way home.
The long moose hunt upon which
rests much of the fame of Old Bill
Douglass lasted eighteen days, but it
yielded a prize that paid him well for
his work and exposure, and for the
danger he encountered at the last,
when the infuriated bull charged upon
him and fell before the last shot in
his rifle. The season had been a poor
one, with few large moose, and as
money was scarce and fine moose
heads are worth, mounted, from ?400
to SSOO, Bill thought it worth his while
to go out looking for the biggest bull
in the woods.
It was a cold, snowy morning when
Bill started to tramp down Ills tnoose
—a difficult undertaking for any man,
but he was used to cold, hunger and
hardship, and made up his mind th:Yt
if anything worth SSOO was wandering
around in the woods he would soon
have it. Completely equipped, and
with provisions for ten or twelve days,
he started to find moose tracks and
soon came upon just what he wanted
—the tracks of a large bull. He no
ticed that the moose had passed be
tween two trees that stood so closely
together that the animal's hide came in
contact with the rough bark, leaving
tufts of hair adhering to both trees. A
little further along he saw where the
moose had thrown its head into the air,
leaving the mark of an antler upon a
sapling. From all this he figured out
that the animal was a bull of great
size—not less than 1200 pounds weight
and with antlers spreading upward of
sixty inches.
When followed by a hunter a moose
for the first few days will keep miles
away; after that lagging along, just
out of hearing distance. Finally, when
nearly tired out and enraged at pur
suit, the animal will turn and make a
furious fight if not dropped by a good
shot. For twelve days Bill Douglass
hung on the trail of a monster moose,
and for twelve cold nights he had slept
in the woods. The morning of the thir
teenth day found him out of fond and
suffering from rheumatism, but lie had
no idea of quitting. He shot a buck
deer that gave him four days' food, and
kept on after the big game.
On the seventeenth day he caught
sight of the moose several times, and
saw that he was pretty well tired. On
the eighteenth day he noticed blood ou
the trail, indicating that the game
could not hold out long. At 4 p. m.
that day the hunter heard a loud bel
lowing, and the next Instant saw the
moose charging down upon him like
n runaway locomotive. Up went Bill's
rifle, and seven shots were sent In rapid
succession at the bull, but none of
them seemed to have much effect. In
three more jumps the bull would be
upon him. and there stood Bill, his
back against a tree, with only one
cartridge left in the magazine.
At such critical time as this a less
courageous or less experienced hunt
er would hnve become rattled, and that
would have been fatal, for a mad bull
moose is more dangerous than any bear
or other animal in the Maine woods.
Just as the great antlers seemed swing
ing over his head Bill took steady aim
and sent his last shot at the moose.
It missed the head, where he had in
tended it to go, but served just as well,
for it plowed the entire length of the
backbone, cutting the hide open as
cleanly as if it had been done with a
knife, and the bull dropped in his
tracks directly at the hunter's feet. It
was a monster, weighing 1225 pounds,
and said to be, next to the one shot
at King Bartlett Lake, the largest
I moose ever killed in Maine.
That night Bill Douglass would liavc
frozen to (loath had it not been for the
moose hide. He rolled himself in all
his blankets, and then wrapped himself
up in the warm hide, so that he slept
as warm as a bug in a rug. When
morning came, howfever, he was in a
tight fix. He had dreamed all night
that some one was trying to squeeze
him to death, and when he awoke he
found that there was something in
the dream. The moose hide had frozen
stiff and hard as iron, and it was some
time before he could get at his knife,
with which, after much hard work, he
cut his way out. Making a sled of
saplings Bill hauled his prize home;
and it was n SOOO prize, too.—Philadel
phia Record.
SAVED LIKE ALPINE CLIMBER. I
The Western Massachusetts Fox
Club always has considerable trouble
in finding hounds that fail to return
to their owners after the annual hunt,
and this year Is no exception.
A week ago one or two men made a
circuit of the out districts and suc
ceeded in finding two missing dogs.
One. that bad been missing since the
previous Wednesday, the first day of
the hunt, was Bob, owned by Edward
Williams, of Southwick, and one of
\ the best fox dogs in Western Massa
chusetts. He is quite old now, but is
still .very successful in picking up and
following a trail.
On Wednesday he drove a fox front
Pochassic over Pitcher street and
across the valley to Mount Tekoa,
where he followed the scent all night.
He is a dog that generally flnds his
way home readily, but this year he
did not return, and Mr. Williams was
very much worried, as he had become
attached to Bob. It was difficult to ac
count for the animal's absence, until
Friday or Saturday, when people liv
ing in the vicinity of Mount Tekoa
heard a dog whining and barking as if
in trouble.
Word was sent to Frederick F. Shep
ard, and he hired .Tames B. Ilazleton
and Charles X. Lewis to rescue the
dog. It was learned that Bob was on
a ledge and could neither get up nor
down the mountain. At Fairfield two
ropes were procured and a boy was
found who was willing to assist. Mr.
Hazleton remained at the foot of the
mountain, while Mr. Lewis and the boy
started to scale the ledges. They made
good use of the ropes, and when within
about 100 feet of the top, Mr. Lewis
caught sight of the hound lying on a
small shelf of rock under a steep ledge.
The dog had evidently lost his footing
and slipped down the ledge, but bad
landed on the shelf of rock, the dimen
sions of which were about two by three
feet.
The boy was lowered by means of
the ropes and Mr. Lewis remained
above to do the heavy pulling. The
dog was very weak, but lapped the
hand of his rescuer gratefully. Then
the boy tied a noose behind the dog's
shoulders and Mr. Lewis hauled him
up the fifteen-foot ledge. The boy was
hoisted up and together the two start
ed down the mountain with the hound.
It was growing dark when the pair
started and had they not had the ropes
with them, .they would undoubtedly
have had to remain on the mountain
side all night. On the way down the
incline the dog found some water, and
after lapping it eagerly he became
stronger. At the foot of the mountain
Mr. Hazleton met the party. He had
about made up his mind that some ac
cident had befallen them, and was
about to go for aid to search for the
pair.—New York Sun.
CHARLES CARROLL'S BRAVERY.
There is one episode in history which
made a great impression on me the
first time I remember hearing about it,
and that impression has not iieeji lost
or even become fainter in the years
that have passed since.
It happened in July. 1770, when a
group of men. representatives of the
American people, were gathered to
gether about a table, signing their
names to that great work known as
the Declaration of Independence.
Among the last to come forward
was a man from .Maryland, and after
writing Ills name. Charles Carroll, one
of the others said to him: "If Eng
land ever gets us in her power we are
sure to be hung as traitors. Rut there
are other men in the colonies by the
name o? Charles Carroll, so you have
more of a chance to escape."
For a moment there was silence;
then Carroll picked up the pen and af
ter his signature wrote the words: "Of
Cnrrolltown" —the only man in all those
fifty-six to tell the uame of the town
in which he lived.
Other things, perhaps, of far more
importance to the world have taken
place than whon Charles Carroll wrote
the name of his town after his own;
but the remembrance of his unselfish
ness and bravery will ever be treas
ured in my mind as an evidence of
those qualities which I most admire. —
League Prize Story in St. Nicholas.
FLED IN TERROR.
I gave an account on July *3 of the
queer story of Lady Mount-Edge
etunbe being buried alive toward the
end of the eighteenth century with a
valuable ring on her finger, and upon
the eeston of the church entering the
vault at night and opeulng the coffin
she was awakened from a trance on
his trying to force off the ring.
A correspondence has been so oblig
ing as to communicate the particulars
of a similar occurrence, the heroine of
which was Lady Catherine Wyndham,
daughter of the Duke of Somerset,
wife of Mr. William Wyndham and
mother of the first Earl of Egremont.
She died (as was supposed) at Orchard
Wyndhams, the family seat at Somer
setshire. and was burled in a vault be
neath the Church of St. Decuman's,
near Watehet. The sexton went down
into the vault at night, opened the cof
fin and endeavored to force a ring off
her finger. Lady Catherine awoke
from her trance, got up and lighted
herself home with a lantern which the
sexton had left behind in the vault
when he fled in terror. A few months
afterward she presented her husband
with twins, one of whom became Sir
Charles Wyndham and Earl of Egre*
niont.—London Truth.
FOUGHT A BLACK SNAKE.
I-'rank Debevoice, who lives in Har
lem, was taking a stroll through Rich
field, N. J. He was passing a clump
of underbrush when he hard a hissing
sound. He turned over a portion of
the brush and was astonished to see
a big blacksnake rear its bead menac
ingly. The snake seemed to be in an
angry mood and inclined to show light.
The mild weather had probably
brought it from its lair to seek the
sunshine. Debevoise did not wait for
the snake to attack him, but struck
it across the bjjck with his caile. The
blow only seemed to enrage it
tried to wind itself around
It was a five minutes'
Debevoise killed it The sut
ured over five feet. M-1
General Joubert Is %ajM • J -'- j
African ostriches to
purpose of starting «■
telegram from Mexicaf [
fShe Fu
\J~ide of
Life.
, PAVING THE WAY.
Unougli love, they sav. "will find the way,"
There's one thing may dclaj; it;
'ihe lover's mind is taxed to find
The wherewithal to pay it.
—Catholic Standard and Times.
A TRAMP'S REVENGE.
"Say, boss, have you got a quarter?"
"No, I haven't."
"You look it."—Brooklyn Life.
JANE HAD HER REASON.
".Tane, why don't you wash those
windows? I can't look out."
"Well, If I wash 'em the neighbors
will look in."—Cleveland Flain Dealer.
WITHIN LIMITS.
"Why, I understand they were simply
rolling in wealth."
"Well, I believe they have to be rath
er careful not to roll too far."—Phila
delphia Press.
DANGEROUS I .
Frank—"What success did you have
on your hunting trip in Maine?"
Arthur—"Bully. I shot two guides
and wounded a lumberman."—Chelsea
(Mass.)' Gazette.
' FEMININE CHARITY.
"My motto," said Miss Elderleigh, "is
'Never say die.'"
"And, of course," rejoined Miss
Youngerton, "I don't blame you for
living up to it."—Chicago News.
WIIY TIIEY DIDNT.
"Hazel came over to-night to study
with me," explained Dorothy.
"And did you do much studying?"
"Well, we would have if there hadn't
been so much to talk about."—Chicago
Tost.
FAIR PLAY.
Edmonia—"Have you any rules in
your married life?"
Eustacia —"Yes; Eustace insists that
the one who begins the quarrel must
begin the making up."—Detroit Free
Press.
HELPING HIS WIFE.
Wife—"l have been thinking I ought
to give you a birthday present, Har
old."
Husband—"Oh, well, just write down
what it shall be and I'll buy it on my
way uptown."—Town Topics.
BUSINESS TRUTH.
"The P. X. & Y. is the most enter
prising railroad in the country,"
Juinppe—"Why ?"
"They now run excursions and ob
servation trains to the scenes of all
their important wrecks."—Life.
NOTHING HOME-MADE.
Mrs. Caddie—"l see you're going in
for society. Has your daughter made
her debut yet?"
Mrs. Nurltch—"Well, I should say
not. She got all them things made to
order in Paris."—Philadelphia Tress.
KNEW HIS BUSINESS.
twos, but these don't fit me."
The Clerk—"No; they're too large. I'll
get you a smaller pair." (To the stock
boy)—" Get me a pair of fives."
PROFIT WITH THE BRUSH.
"Do you think it possible for a man
."vho is clever with the brush to make
a living these days?" asked the dis
couraged artist.
"Yes," responded the cruel cynic, "if
he is a bootblack."—Philadelphia Re
cord. f
ONE WAY OB' PUTTING IT.
The old farmer was telling a story
that was very hard to believe. The
neighbor, who had been in several
horse trades with him, listened in si
lence for a while. Then he spoke:
"Look-a-here!" he said. "Are you
talkln' horse or truth?"— Chicago Post.
HESITATED AND DIDN'T LOSE.
"Never was glad for this impediment
in roy speech but once," said the man
from the country.
"When was that?"
"Fe-fe-fellow asked me h-h-how
much I would take for a-a horse, and
while I-I-I was t-trying to tell him
f-forty pounds he ottered ine fifty."—
Tit-Bits.
NO HOLDING THEM BACK.
I Mrs. Fairbanks tells how neglect of |
warning symptoms will soon \ prostrate a
woman. She thinks woman's safeguard is
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
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untold female suffering, not only with the laws of health but with the
chance of a cure. I did not heed the warnings of headaches, organic
pains, and general weariness, until I was well nigh prostrated. I knew I
had to do something. Happily I did the right thing. I took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound faithfully, according to directions,
and was rewarded in a few weeks to find that my aches and pains dis
appeared, and I again felt the glow of health through my body. Since
I have been well I have been more careful, I have also advised a number
of my sick friends to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and they have never had reason to be sonj. Yours very truly,
MRS. MAY FAIRBANKS, 210 South 7th St., Minneapolis, Minn." (Mrs. Fair
banks is one of the most successful and highest salaried travelling sales
women in the West.) . AVMm
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need the best.
« DEAR MRS. PIN-KHAM :—For over two years
jjSSagv I suffered more than tongue can express with
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/fijjPjKiirak nounced my trouble catarrh of the bladder,
caused by displacement of the wqmb. I had a
Gas? j—jffi frequent desire to urinate, and it was very pain
i§Ss ful, and lumps of blood would pass with the
-mr \ 1> urine. Also had backache very often.
P " After writing to you, and receiving yeWßj
J reply to my letter, I followed your advice, anTP
A feel that you and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegely
table Compound have cured me. ThM
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/ \vi \ \ \ any pain now, and can do my houseworki
/ W with ease." — MRS. ALICE LAMON, Kincaid, Miss. 1
No other medicine for female ills in the world has received]
Such widespread and unqualified endorsement.
Mrs. Plnkham invites all sick women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Ap AAA FORFEIT if »• cannot forthwith produoe the origin*! letter* and ilgn»tnre«of
OOUUU Whloh Lynn, Han.
Ancient Legal Paper.
Whitman King is the proud posses
sor of the most ancient legal paper
among the Kings of South kaynham,
Mass. It is In the form of a deod,
drawn up by Philip King and Bamuel
Hall, bearing the date of 1698 and
signed by Gov. William Bradford.
'l'hr l'. 8. Dept. of A(rlv«llurt
Gives to Salzer's Oats Its heartiest en
dorsement. Salter's Now National Oats
yielded In 1903 from 150 to 300 bu. per
acre In 30 different States, and you, Mr.
Farmer, can beat this In 1904, If you will.
Baiter's poods are iiedigrec seeds, bred up
through careful seloctlon to big yields.
For Acre.
Belzer's Beardless Barley yielded 1-1 bu.
Salzer's Home Builder Corn 300 bu.
B|>eltz and Maouronl Wheat 80 bu.
Salzer's Victoria Rape 00,000 lbs.
Balzer's Teosinte, the fodder
wonder ....160,000 lbs.
Salzer's Billion Dollar Grass.... 50,000 lbs.
Salzer's Pedigree Potatoes 1.000 bu.
Now such yields pay and you can have
them, Mr. Farmer, In 1904.
SEND 10c. IN 'STAMPS,
and this notice to the John A. Snlzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis., and you will get their
bin catalog and lots of farm seed samples
free. IA. C. L.]
A man robs himself If he does not make
tl.e best of !iis ttme.
First ilgo mt RHEUMATISM. Dasgeraus to let It
nin. Easy to cure now. A single bottle ol
tft/teumacufe,
j Will probeblr do the work, lit inn more. KHIUMACIDk
coin by getting rid ol the reuse, so tbsi no irut of tW dlum liniers
I la Ibc system. It pariftee the blood, seHeves ibe inditnmtioe *1 the kid
neys. (be chronic constipation and the csterrh thai to!love each > condi
tion of the syitcm.
Thoojh Kit. Msry E. Welborn, of Hirfi Petnt, N. C., is 80 green old
end bid suffered from tbeametlsn h>r 20 yeerl. she wee completely eured
by RHEUM ACtDt, end dcclsres she teeli 'yexrs roue eel" sod it iniioes
for "sll who ere eaferlni (Ma iny ol tint to rail ol title dried diseue" to
try RlrtUlptACtnS sad be cased.
REV. J. * WHEELER, t noted Methodic! nlnlitei. el Vlstetstown.
Md.. writes enlbosieetlcellr o( RHEUWACIDE, which cased blm. He is
73 reefs old and bee beep In the ministry SO Hers.
• AMPLE BOTTIC reit PttOM
■OBBiTT CHEMICAL co., pnomirroit*,
BALTIMORE, MD.
"srrs AT TV* JOINTS FROM THE INSIDE."
Uo right on doing right, at any cost,
till death comes. So. 8.
The bribery hearing in Grand Rapids'
was continued and J. Boyd Pantlind
confessed having made a false state
ment on the witness stand previously
out of friendship for one of the ac
cused.
Mr* Window's SoothtnstSyrup lor children
teething,noften the cims, redaowlnfl*mna*-
Uon,»llayspaln,cures vrlndoallo. >fto. atK>ttlo
Nothing pleases the average wonul V>
much sr. ber reverse a mans
opinion —|
—i
Thr Wonderful Crean scpan
Does its work in thirty minutes iW
leaves |e*« than 1 JHSI- cent, butter fat
The prio- is ridiculously low. according to
>l*e, t- Tij to Jfi.OO each, and when you
have tint you would not part therewith
! for fifty tiniss Its cost.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE
wit i sc. stamps for postage to the John
A. Salzt r Se -d Co., I.a Crosse, Wis., nnd
j:et their bis catalogue, fully describing
this remarkable Cream Separator, nnd hun
dreds of other tools and farm seeds used
by the farmer. [A. C. 1..]
Economy ig the road to wealth. PUTNAM
FADELESS DIES is tba road to econ
omy.