A QUICK RECOVERY. k Prominent Topeka Rebtcca Ofllcel Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Pills for It. Mrs. C. E. Bumgardner, a local officer of the Rebeccas, of f—q| Topeka, Kans., Room jj I was Buffering- from E | | 1 pains in the baclt and I] |i!(,g headaches, but found 11 |k®|3 after the nso of one box of the remedy $$!&&& that tha troubles nPfl finished a second iorse your remedy." (Signed) Mrs. C. E. Bumffardnor. A FREE TRlAL—Address Foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo, Is. Y. For sale by all dealers. Price, 60 cents. INSECTS FROM CHEMICALS. Indiana Scientist Asserts He Has Sue. ceeded In Bringing Animal Life from New Formula. That he has succeeded In generat ing or In creating animal matter in the form of insect life from a chemi cal compound is now asserted by Dr. Charles W. Littlefleld, of Anderson, Xnd., and at his laboratory the other day ho gave demonstrations of his discovery. Dr. Littlefleld, as £ £§• cently attracted attention by his claim to the discovery of life germs In common crystals of salt, after they were subjected to a simple compound of chemicals. Ammonia, alcohol and distilled water, added to a quantity of salt, and the whole inclosed in a glass tube for a period of about one hour, created the foundation or tho beginning of life, according to Dr. Littlefleld, and hTs discovery was credited by many scientists. Since that time Dr. Littlefleld has desired to advance his theories and experl- i ments, hoping to develop animal mat- 1 ter in living, animated forms. Now he asserts that he lias succeed ed beyond all doubt in bringing forth animal life from chemicals. A few drops of the chemical liquid was put under a powerful microscope. As if boiling and hopping about over the liquid were innumerable objects, ap pearing in shape and action like a gnat or flea of the smallest possible Eize. HERE'S A ROOSTER HOBO. Chicago Bird Beats Its Way on the Trucks of a Passenger Train to Grand Rapids, Mich. A Chicago rooster will be exhibited et the West Michigan state fair, which will be held at Grand Rapids In Sep- | tember, as the result of unusual cir cumstances. It went tc roost on the trucks of a Grand Rapids & Indiana j passenger train. Some of the passen- 1 gers saw the rooster take its perch at Grand Crossing and it hung on while the train was getting under headway. At Michigan City the rooster was Rtill a passenger, though seemingly beating its way. It hopped off tho trucks at the station at Grand Rapids. : and admirers made a race for it. Now it will be placed on the poultry bench In Michigan's big show as an example of real, unadulterated Chicago grit. Sympathy from Victims. That little girl who ran away from home rather than pound a piano all day, according to the Chicago Daily News, ought to have no trouble in get ting sympathy and aid from the neigh bors. One Great Advantage. There will be one advantage in the ! Interurban railway dining car. It can ptop /at anv orchard along the route , for its fresh fruit. CHANGE FOOD Some Very Fine Results Follow, The wrong kind of food will put the body in such a diseased condition that no medicines will cure it. There is no way but to change food. A man In Mo. Bays: "For 2 years I was troubled so with my nerves that sometimes I was pros trated and could hardly ever get in a full month at my work. "My stomach, back and head would throb so I could get no rest at night except by fits and starts, and always had distressing pains. "I was quite certain the trouble came from my stomach, but two physicians could not help me and all the tonic 3 failed and so finally I turned to food. "When Iliad studied up on food and learned what might be expected from leaving off meat and the regular food 1 h:>.-! been living on, I felt that a change to Grape-Nuts would be just what was required, so I went to eat ing it. "From the start I got stronger and better until I was well again, and from that time I haven't used a bit of medi cine, f(,r I haven't needed any. "I am so much better in every way, sleep roundly nowadays and am free from the bad dreams. Indeed, this food has made such a great change In me that my wife and daughter liava taken it up and we are never without Crape-Nuts on~our table nowadays. It is a wonderful sustaine* - , and we frequently have nothing else at all but a saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast or supper." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Good food and good rest. These are the tonics that succeed where all the bottled tonics and drugs fail. Ten days' trial of Grape-Nut3 will show one the road to health, strength and vigor. "There's a reason." Look in each pkg. for the famous lib tlu book, "The Hoad to Wellville." 000000000000-OOGOOOOC-000000 THE DISTANT | DRUM By F. H LANCASTER. oooooooooooooooooaoooooooo (Copyright, IWM, by Duly Story Pul).Co.) CHARLEY Li RONTON grinned: " 'Nor heed the rumble of a distant drum,' " lie quoted, derisively. Then he read the closing lines of her letter again. "Dear little girl forgive this stupid let ter. I'm tired to-night, dog-tired." "Slipped up on yourself that time, old fellow. No woman would write like thut —'dog-tired'. 'Dear little girl,' And you still expect me to believe that 'M'stands for Mary? So? Let's see if Lottie can't hold up her end of the line rather better?" And smiling savagely he drew a sheet of perfumed note nearer and wrote in the large, angular characters the girls of his acquaintance affected: "My own dear Molly," a distant ruffle of doubt reached him. If it should be a woman? jlelaughed harshly. "May the gods mend my folly. I'll swear he is a man. He gives himself away at every turn. Though why in reason he should wish to pose as a woman—unless he is a scamp—and that's what he is. Anil dead to the drum, and the absurdity of his occupation, the over-driven man plunged into an account of society plums that did great credit to his own laith in his imagination. Long years ago when he was a college boy, Charles Bronton had had a girl cor respondent. but he realized that those letters were not what a girl would be apt to write to a feminine correspond ent, and confidant; and this was the problem lie had been wrestling with ever since the taking tenderness of a Lulaby had lured him into writing a note of congratulations to its author and a native shyness of sentiment forced him to sign this note Charlotte Bronton. He had said what he felt an urgent need of saying and his tracks were covered. Yet the reply surprised him. It began: "My dear little lady." He Charles Bron ton. the stern man of affairs had never been mistaken for a woman before. In the first sting of his pique the old love of mischief, he had believed long dead, awoke and came to his assistance. There was a tempting chance to make a fool of the other fellow —and stocks were good just then. Bronton wrote such a reply as he fancied befitting the pen of a "dea* - little lady," and awaited developments. The answer that came promptly was gravely gentle with a suggestion of ten derness that stirred in him emotions he had not felt since his mother's fingers had been taken from his hair forever. But he dodged the emotion and the drum and sunk the sensation in a care less "By glory,, the fellow knows his ropes. A little while the correspond ince ran upon literature and the emo tions in the abstract, but Bronton re membering hard those girlish letters of long ago soon hinted coyly a desire to know what the M in Mr Boswells name stood for. He had been told promptly that it was not a Mr. Boswell, but a Miss, and that the M stood for Mary. Hearty laughter came to him for the first time since he had joined the Money-Mads. For M. Boswell's letters, in spite of that cleverly suggested tenderness, had been masculine almost to the point of tobacco smelling. "What the deuce is he driving at?" Bronton grumbled, sobering suddenly. Was it an effort to force his hand or a Jesign to dupe a young girl. Bronton had a business man's opinion of literary chaps. And as stocks took a bad turn just then his projected fun ended in a grim determination to lead on a scound rel to his undoing. He laid on th6young girl thick and sweet and evidently she won upon M. Boswell. The replies he received took on a more openly, tender tone, quickened with a cheery hope tha' it heartened one to read. Charlotte was soon cut down to Lottie or simply "My dear" —which last sometimes caused a ruffle from the distant drum. Bronton tvas forced to yield a grudging admira tion to the fellow's skill, his gradual approaches, and the tenacity with which he held each gain of ground. This let ter had begun "My dear," and so full had it been of a strong, sweet patience that once or twice during the reading of It the distant drum had drawn near— "suppose it should be a woman, a woman whocould understand —the kind of wom an he had felt the need of when things went wrong. But at that ending. But at that ending "dog-tired" lie had hard ened his heart in bitter disgust—at such bad acting. Now for a lot of girlish sym pathy and not a little girlish love and we will see what becomes of "Mary." A reply came by return mail: "My own dear little girl," he read. "Your sympathy was very sweet, but it made me feel like a thief in the night"—ah, ba—"for matters were not nearly so bad with me as 1 evidently led you to believe" —oh, bosh—"l wonder if you realize what your letters have come to mean to me—like open, sunny places in the thin woods of life. Do you remember the woods where Rinaldo strove—fiend possessed? I don't mean that, my life is nearly so dif ficult, but I'm an impatient beast and when I cannot make all earth and half of Heaven go the way 1 want, there in nothing left but swearing, and that avails little save a grudging sort of self contempt"—true, true, my dear sir. Don't I know But you must know r.aught of the lair sex if you fancy that they write letters like these. But, Jove, if you only were a woman." He shook his head. "Rather, you are an uncom monly clever scoundrel." He drove the letter deep Into his pocket and went out to face what, the day might bring—and the day brought Sully's failure. A wild day on the floor with men howling like fiends around nim, and in the thick of it. Bronton found himself thinklngof the letter —the woods where Rinaldo strove. And it angered him. Walking home, tired, hungry, the loser by many thousands he thought of It again and with the thought aud the an CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1904. ger i'a:ne the conviction that h,' wa. tn fit inoocl to unmask villiany—to do any thing that would give head to the exas peration straining at its lash. "I'm an impatient beast myself," he muttered, grimly. When tlie elevator had left him face to fare with M. Boswell's number, Bron ton broke into harsh laughter at the thought of the bitter humiliation hang ing ovpr the head of the unsuspecting. He knocked roughly and a clear voice cried: "Enter." A small room made merry by firelight dancing In bookcase doors. A desk, and at the desk a woman with gold glasses and strong stooped shoul ders. "Are you M. Boswell," Brouton de manded dully, for the drum was deafen ing him, "Strong and sweet, strong and sweet." "Certainly!" The rising inflection suggested an enquiry as to whom he might be. As though at roll call Bron ton's heart answered that it was pleas ant in here after the chill and din out side, that the fair- sweet face and the strong hand standing at pause—even ths deep chair by her desk seemed good to him. He remembered that she had called him dear many times and it seemed very good. This woman with t tie glad, gray eyes was his friend. And he promised himself that after this when things went wrong hew ould come here and sit in this chair and look at the fire and listen to the scratching of her pen and ali would be well with him. Then the inflection in her "certainly" made it self felt and lie replied to it placidly. "I am the young girl you have been corresponding with." Miss Boswell removed ber glasses and looked at him thoughtfully. Every manly line in his well-marked face; every tired one. She spoke kindly: "Pardon me if the saying sounds harsh, but when a bearded man of 30- odd announces himself as a young girl, he lays himself open to the charge of in sanity or intoxication." "I am neither drunk nor crazy," and he sighed contentedly. "Nor a young girl?" "No. Nothing but a man who," he paused to drink in the deep peace of h>-r presence and she completed quietly, "who has seen a wild day on the floor. May be you will not mind resting a bit while I finish this sketch before the color fades." She pushed a bell. "Only ten minutes." Her voice trailed away, her shoulders stooped again to her rapid writing. Not too absorbed to call his attention to the tray the maid placed on a corner of her desk. Coffee, oysters, hot rolls, eoid ham —Bronton had eaten nothing since breakfast. "But I shouldn't eat your salt —" She swung her pen crosswise to shove a cup toward him. "No salt in the coffee. Drink It. You need it." And Bronton surrendered his tired soul to her soothing. It was pood to be here, and nothing else mattered. Good to be here, watched over by those kind, gray eyes, ministered to by that strong right hand, soothed by this sunny silence. This was the woman he had needed all his life and he had found her. The ten minutes ran into a silent half hour. and after he had finished his sup per Bronton lay back in his chair rest ing as only a tired man or a tired horse can rest, unconscious of the occasional shrewd glances flashed upon him from behind those gold glasses. A rustle of paper, a brisk "well" broke the speil. Bronton drew a deep breath. "It is all right," he said, contentedly, "I'm Lot tie." She took off her glasses and looked at him. "I beg your pardon?" Tiie tone made him sit up. He explained quickly. "Lottie, that you have been writing those strong, sweet letters to. I'm Lottie C. Bronton!" He pulled out a card. The gray eyes went through him like cold steel. "Pardon me if the saying sound harsh, you are also a scoundrel." "Scoundrel? I! I —no, no. I thought you were a man." "A year ago—" "I know. But—but —oh. Lord. I didn't heed the distant drum. I went on believ ing you to toe a man—•" "Ah uncommonly scaly one?" "Oh. no. Wait. Oh, I might as well teli yon the truth.l thought you were a scamp and I meant to show you up." "And you showed yourself up?" A flicker of fun warmed her eyes. Bronton laughed joyously and laid his hand ou her shoulder. "Own up. Have you never doubted my girlhood?" "It has occurred to me occasionally that if you were a girl you were the craziest one ever created." "Ah, had you. too, refused to heed the distant drum. Don't you think you are about as deep in the mud as I a\n in the mire?" "Not at all." "Then give me a hand to help me out. Please, Molly. I'm tired. Dog-tired." 'I know you are. So am I. Let's sit down." Bronton sat down, retaining her hand. "This is what I call being comfortable," he said. "This is what I call being incorrigible,' Molly retorted, withdrawing her hand to the arm of her chair. Bronton stretched out his arm and laid one finger across the back of her hand. "Heed the drum," he admon ished in a tone of deep satisfaction. "Heed the drum, it is beating reveille for your happiness and mine—and it is no longer a distant drum." Three Eagles Kill a Cow. Three eagles attacked and killed a cow belonging to Aaron Whitson, at Garden City, Kan. They also picked up ami carried about 25 yards a dog that weighed 35 pounds. The Russians are experimenting with a "water-clad" battleship, which has ari upper deck of cork and a second deck of armor. The space between the two can be filled with water; then the ship tloatj a foot under the sea's surface. DESTRUCTIVE TREE BOFFIF It Is Found in All Parts of the Coun try and Does Incalculable Dam age Every Year. The destructive tree borer so well known to horticulturists as the flat headed apple tree borer and to ento mologists as Chrysobothris femorata is found in all parts of the country, and annually destroys vast numbeis of trees. It attacks apple, pear, quince, plum, peach, cherry, ash, elm, maple, box-elder, sycamore and willow trees. The injury is done by the flat headed borer during its grub or larval stage. The adult insect is a beetle about half an inch long, flattisli-ob long in form, shiny greenish-bla.'k above and copper colored below. The female deposits her eggs in the crev ices of the bark of the trunk and main branches, usually on the south or southwest side, where the effects of the sun upon the tree are greatest. In our locality the most of the eggs FLAT-HEADED TREE BORER, a, larva; b, bcetl*; e, head of male: d, pupa ; twice natural size (original). are probably laid during April and ■ May. Although fggs are sometimes j deposited by this insect upon healthy, well-established trees, it evidently prefers to select sickly or newly transplanted ones, especially tliosj j whose bark has been injured by e.\- I posure to the sun. The eggs hatch within a few days af.'cr being depos ited. The young larva soon euls through the bark etui proceeds to bore at some depth b neuth the surface, j leaving behind it a flntieacd channel. Sometimes a single borer will girdle ! a tree and cause its death. The larva reaches i-ts full growth by the end of 1 the summer, being then a pale-yellow ish grub about half an inch long, with .1 broad, flat head. During the winter it remains quiescent. The next spring it bores out nearly through the bark, j then moves back a little and under goes its change into an adult beetle form, the transformation being com pleted in about three weeks. The j beetle then cuts an opening through j the bark and escapes to continue the ! work of destruction begun by its an- j cestors. During the warm part of the | day it may be seen flying about in the i hot sunshine. There are three ways of combat ing the borer: (1) by destroying the grubs while they are at work in the tree; (2) by the application of some I substance that will prevent the eggs j being deposited or will destroy the j eggs and newly hatched larvae, and (3) by wrapping tiie tree with some thing that will prevent the females j gaining access to the bark. But, by the best methods known, borers are | difficult insects to combat. The larvae make their way into the wood so soon after the eggs are deposited and keep so completely out of sight as they work, that they may do much injury before their presence is sus- ' pected, and are difficult to kill when detected. It is a case where an ounce of prevention is most decidedly more effective and more economical than a pound of cure.—Arizona Station. Top-Dressing for Grass Lands. Why did top-dressing grass land, so j much talked about 40 years ago, be- , come unpopular? Why not stimulate j the growth of the grass roots already j In the soil, as well as to buy grass seed ( to make new ones? Two years ago I | dug some muck right from the bog— J It was muck, not mud—mixed ashes ; with it, one bushel of ashes to six I bushels of muck, and spread it on a plot of ground that was badly run out. That plot bore a good crop of grass | last year and this year it looks still j better, while the grass surrounding this ! spot is very thin and light. This dress ing may be applied any time after hay ing or very early in spring. It pays.— W. W. Maxim, in Farm Journal. Feeding' Cows Before Calving. In the matter of feeding it should al- j ways be liberal for the cow that is soon j coming In. No starving will answer. The following, from an exchange, are simply the conclusions of experience and common sense: "As to her care be fore calving, iter food should be some what reduced in quantity, and of a cool ing, laxative nature. Hoots, silage, al falfa hay and shredded corn fodder are excellent for roughage. Oats, bran or a little oil meal are good concentrates. After calving only tepid water should be given for at least a couple of days. Keep j in a dry warn boxed si ail and see 1 that she gets 110 sudden chill lor several j days." Cost of Raising a Calf. The cost or raising calves from birtl to maturity is treated in a recent farm ers' bulletin. From record of the amounts and cost of food consumed, it has been reported by the Alabama sta tion that the average cost of the first year's growth of a calf is about sl2, or |2O until the time of calving. The sta tion in Connecticut gives $!!3 as the es timated cost of raising a calf until trva years old. Art Association, tells young" women what to do to avoid pain and suffering caused by female troubles. "Deak Mrs. Pivkttam: —l canconr.ciVntlously Tooommend T,ycHaj3. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to those of my sisters suffering'with female weakness and the troubles which so often befall women. I suf fered for months with general weakness, and felt so weary that I had hard work to keep up. I had shooting pains, and was utterly miserable. In my distress I was advised to use Lydia K. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and it was a red letter day to ine when I took the iii\s*t dose, for at that time my restoration began. In six weeks I was a changed woman, perfectly well in every respect. I felt so elated and happy that I want all women who suiter to get well aT I did."—Miss Guila Gannon, 35& Jones St., Detroit, Mich., Secretary Amateur Art Association. It is clearly shown In this young lady's letter that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will certainly cure the sufferings of women; and when one considers that Miss Gannon's letter is only one of the countless hundreds which we are continually publishing in the newspapers of this country, the great virtue of Mrs. Pink ham's medicine inust bo admitted by all; and for the absolute cure of all kinds of female ills no substitute can possibly take its place. Women should bear this important fact in mind when they po iuto a drug store, and be sure not to accept anything 1 that is claimed to be " just as good" as Lyriia I]. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, for no other medicine for female ills lias Biade so xnany actual cures. How Another Sufferer Was Cured. "Dear Mas. Pinkiiam: I cannot praise your wonderful remedies enough, for they have done me more good than all the doctors I have had. For the last eight years and move I suffered with female troubles, was very weak, could not do my housework, also had nervous pros tration. Some days I would remain unconscious for a whole day and night. My neighbors thought I could never recover, but, thanks to your medicine, 1 now feel like a different woman. "I feel very grateful to you and will recommend Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound to all. It lias now been four years since I had the last spell of nervous prostration. I only weighed ninety eight pounds at that time; now I weigh one hundred and twenty-three. "I consider your Vegetable Compound the iinest remedy made. Thanking you many times for the benefit I received from your rtiedicihe. I remain, Yours truly, Mns. J. 11. Farmer, 2809 Elliott'Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Remember Mrs. Pinkham's advice is free and all sick women are foolish il they do not ask for it. She speaks from the widest experience, and has helped multitudes of women. 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