DR. I FLOWER,
And His Congress of Phy
sicians—Miracles in
Medicine.
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Monstrous Tumors rielt Away—The I .am*
Throw Aside Their Crutches and Walk-
Cancer, Consumption and Chronic Troubles
Curedln a Mysterious rtanner.
Our readers are well acquainted with the
name- of pr. R. C. Flower of Boston. His
miraculous eures of the most desperate and
abandoned oases when given up as incurablo
by leading physicians has caused the Inter-
Oceaa of Chicago, Cincinnati Enquirer and
York Tribune to say if miracles were
ev6r performed, many of Dr. R. C. Flower's
oures belong to that class of wondors. The
Cincinnati Enquirer recently interviewed nu
merous prominent people in nil sections of
the country regarding Dr. Flower's treatment
of patients. Here is what they say. They
speak lor themselves.
A Wonderful Cure.
Wm. Mix, a prominent lawyer and wealthy
gentleman of 1014 Third avenue, Louisville,
Ky.: Dr. R. C. Flower of Boston, Mass.,
cured my wife several years ago of the most
terrible and dangerous diseases woman can
bo heir to. I consider Dr. Flower's cure of
Mrs. Mix almost miraculous. I had spent
thousands of dollars on prominent physicians
in Louisville and New York without any help.
After several months under tho best special
ists of New York slie continued to grow
worse, and I brought her home In the deepest
despair. Under those conditions I took her
to see Dr. Flower. He told her her trouble
better than she could have told him, without
asking a question. In it few months under
Dr. Flowor's treatment she was entir<#v
cured, and hns en.ioyed ever since the finest
health. As a physician Dr. Flower leads the
world, I believe. He Is a great man, his
iuTlgm'ent is tho highest authority. As a man
I)r. Flower is one of the most pleasing, en
tertaining and cultured gentleman you ever
met, and a man of tho highest integrity,
riarasmus.
Ilenrv D. Posey, 615 Chestnut street,
Evansville, Ind., said : "I consider Dr. Flow
er the greatest physician in all the world.
I, don't believe there was ever such a doctor,
and I doubt If there will - ever be unother,
and I form my judgment from his work.
"I was a living skoleton when I went to
see Dr. Flower, over a year ago. I could not
eat anything, not even milk, without great
distress. I had wasted to a shadow; I had
given up hope and was given up. I resolved,
a$ a very last resort, to consult Dr. Flower,
r (lid so. He told me all my trouble without
asking a question. Then I know I was in
the presence of a man who know his busi
ness. 1 put myself under his care, and im
proved immediately, and am a sound, well
man today. You can say for me I believe he
has no equal on earth."
112 Fibroid Tumor.
. Mrs. James E. Smith of Corydon, Ind., said:
When I went to see Dr. It. 0. Flower about
a year ago I was suffering with a large ad
vanced tumor. I had consulted aud been
treated by all the best doctors in this section
of tho country. They all advised an opera
tion, and stated that "unless I hud one per
formed I would live but a few weeks, and it was
by no means certain that an operation would
Dr. Flower told me my troubles,
Ihelr origin and growth, without asking
me a question. He stated that in his opinion
at operation would prove fatal; on the other
hand, he believed I could be successfully
treated and cured without an operation. I
placed myself under his treatment and be
gau-to improve immediately; today lam a
Well woman —no tumor, no pain, strong and
happy. I wish every sick person knew of
Dr. Flower.
Paralysis and Tumor—A Miracle.
Mrs. Wm. Deakyne of Sheridan, Ind.,
said': About a year ago I visited Dr. Flower.
I was then helpless, in a paralyzed condition ;
went on crutches whenever I wont out. A
terrible tumor increased my already abnormal
size rapidly. I measuredovertliree and a half
feet around the waist and over four feet from
hip to hip. The disease had settled in one
limb, and I had nr. use of it; was also fast
losing my eyesight. My nerves were shat
tered and I had no memory. Not one of my
trWncte ever thought I couid be helped. The
physicians had given me up as incurable. Dr.
Flower had told me my troubles without ask
ing mo a question, or how they came upon
me. I took a course of treatment under him,
and, thank God, I am today a well woman.
Look at me—tumor gone, natural in size,
sight restored, memory good, nerves like
iron, no crutches—l can walk for a mile and
.not feel tired. Why, sir, I believe Dr. Flower
to be the greatest man of this age. He is a
"marvel! —a giant in his work. Several of my
acquaintances he has cured in the same way.
The peoplo in Sheridan sp«ak of this cure as
wonderful and miraculous.
' Consumption.
"I was a suffer or with consumption," said
Mr*, John I>. Becker. 10:1 John street, Evans
ville, Ind. "'lliad doctored with numerous
physicians without relief. As a last resort
(ahd the lady laughed as she added : 'Dr.
Flower is always the last resort,') "I went to
.see l)r. R. 0. Flower. He told me all nbout
my troubles without asking mo to say a word.
So pleased was I with the examination that I
placed myself under his care, and began to
improve immediately, and today am a well
woman. Ten months ago 1 could do no work,
could scarcely walk, spent my time lying
down or in a rocking chair; now I can do any
kind of work, walk as much as when I was a
vouug girl. I cannot speak too highly of my
physician," said this cultured and reilned
woman. 'Dr. Flower is a great mun.an hon
est, msdiil man. Ho is smart, quick anil
keen and wonderfully fascinating. I don't
think the sick have any cause to fear if under
his care."
Confirmed Invalid.
Mrs. Josoph Cromwell, Xenla, 0., said: T
was a helpless and confirmed invalid when I
went to see Dr. It. C. Flower. I could not
walk 100 feet without Hitting down. Be tides,
I was a nervous wreck. He diagnosed my
ease accurately, I began to improve imme
diately uuder his treatment. Can now skip,
run and do what I want. Am well, and
think Dr. Flower a medical wonder.
Chronic Stomach Trouble.
Rev. -. W. Kmster.Dayton,O.,said :"I went
to lee Dr. It.(.'.Flower as a last resort. He told
me my troubles better than I could have told
htm; he cured ni« of a dreadful stomach
trouble and nervous exhaustion. I consider
him the mint wonderful physician living,"
Sated Front a Fatal Operation.
Jlrs. t\ 11. M Uintmr, of B.tllstou rtpa, N.
Y.. snl't Itr, li. l". FioWer of Boston, . tired
me of an enlarge,), fallen, inflamed and ul
cered w . lib. An operation by numerous
physician-- w.i-. the .>nly thln.r advised, with
no hope held out of Its being successful. I
had been given tip as Incurable, ami had
given up ail hope* of ever Is'lng cured, wheu
as a last resort my husband took ins to see
Dr. H. I' Fl'Wer. 1w is tin I'r his treatment
for a few months, b-.g.tn to bupi've immedi
ately, and In a few months was cured.
Ustlrliif.
Mr*. Kltn Ml Ur (Wife "112 Mr MlUer, the
mer-'li tn "l Itln •H tml. It. N V.. say* I
li 11 l»« »■»> i great * i IT- r«r for yt-ar» with stunt
alii lr< 'ttbie. Ilm t ' fit treated by the best
j acpr.aua It' Mi w York, vthoali iu time gave
MlW*k~n up ts i I .title. I' had treated
»* for gastritis, tatarrU an 1 aucer uf stout
aeh, fof n.! Wins ivs ep ia au i ...>itsu[ii|.it.in
of sli.'itac!. ml >-.» I- As „ l*. res.il I
eoUK.it* j i»r li i Ptuwer, alt I It* 1.5.1t my
•as sil tm a lea m ml.. I *a. permanently
eumt
Mitnia I'ruattaliua.
Mrs I t i. li a H . lt m, 111 tsl-r N V, i
"I bad «'I id I'r tea ye*fs an. nf*.ui (o
Uf. I. I Ci.'t"! A<ll lite I)m uio.,lb'*
II ■ Ulitel.l felt that b- l *4 l»*i|.■ •4 MM Wuwlw-
U..«ti!c, .iiH. r t »lUt iMfibte In-ad
!*ji*w= H. 41 ■ >u glt -II up -ts initial.;* ny
Fungus Stomach.
Dr. Brooks, of Brooks A Evans, a promi
nent dentist of Portland, Me., said : "I am
an admirer of Dr_ R. C. Flower. I consider
him the ablest phystoian of the ago. Why,
Sir, he can toll a sick person bis disease with
out knowing anything about bim or asking
him a question, just as easy as he would read
Ills name. He has most successfully treated
and cured me of a very serious and danger
ous internal trouble which threatened not
only my immediate health, but life (fungus
of the stomach.) I was almost incapacitated
foi work, was wasting away and rapidly los
ing my strength. Under his treatment I
sprang Into health, have gained in strength
and ilesh, and am now young again. Dr.
Flower is to me a marvel, an unsolved
wonder. He is the most fascinating and
genial man you ever saw. He is quick and
brilliant, and it makes one feel well and
youui' to talk with him."
The Worst of Blood Troubles.
Mrs. A. (i. Thompson late of Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New Y'ork,nowof ritts'leld,N. H.,?ays:
Dr. R. C. Flower, of Boston, cured me over
ton years ago of tho worst blood trouble man
or woman ever had. It wns eating the ilesh
rapidly from my bones. I suffered all the
misery and torture of time every hour of my
lifo. AH the leading physicians of New York
anil Now England had treated my caso and
all had given mo up as incurable. In this
condition I applied to Dr. Flower, and in a
few months was permanently cured, for in
ten years I havo had no return of the trou
ble."
(Mrs. A. G. Thompson Is one of the best
known women in New York an.l New Eng
land,her husband being for over twenty years
one of tho leading heads of the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel.)
. Throat and Lung Trouble.
Rev. P. R. Dan'ey, fill W. Edmond street,
Springlleld, 111., said; "Dr. R. C. Flower
saved my life. He cured me of throat, lung
aud heart trouble. I was a physical wreck
and would soon have been in my gravo. I
improved immediately under his treatment,
and In a few months was permanently cured."
Blood Poisoning.
Mrs. Josephine Boardmnn. Norwich, Vt.,
said; "Before going toDr. Flower I had boon
given up to die by several physicians, who
pronounced my disease blood poisoning and
cancer.
"After a few mouths' treatment with Dr.
Flower ara entirely cured. I was conilned to
mj'bod for several years and almost paral
yzed. Today lam perfectly well."
Cancer of Breast and Neck.
Mrs. lllrani Bond, Haverhill, Mass., (and
wife of one of the largest shoo manufacturers
in America), said ; "Dr. Flower cured mo In
1882 of cancer of breast and neck, also tumor
of womb and left ovary. I had three opera
tions performed, but in each case tho cancer
returned more violent than before. I was
pronouncod incurable by the leading physi
cians of New England. In this condition 1
went to see Dr. It. C. Flower, of Boston. He
cured mo, removing every trace of cancor,
tumor and bad blood, and all this without the
use of a knife, without pain or my losing a
drop of blood. I was under Dr. Flower's
treatment about twelve mouths. Me has
cured many of my friends of similar dis
eases."
Oastrltis.
Hon. J. Willard Rice of Boston, said ; "Dr.
It. C. Flower cured rao of a gastric stomach
trouble which threatonod not only my health,
but my life, and that after the liest skill of
New York and Boston had failed to give mo
relief. Dr. Flower is one of the most able,
learned and skilful physicians of this age,
besides he is a most genial and fascinating
man and as brilliant as a star."
Stomach and Catarrh.
J. 11. Tuoker, a prominent farmer of Leba
non, Conn., said: "Dr. It. C. Flower has
cured me of a most serious stomach and
bowel trouble, together with aggravated
chronic catarrh aud nervous prostration. I
was in absolute despair wheu I visited Dr.
Flower. I had been disappointed by doctors
in their vain attompt to cure me. No sooner
did I begin Dr. Flower's treatment than I be
gan to improve; my cure seems miraculous.
Look at me; I am ill the finest of health ; I
owe it all to him. And that is not all. Dr.
Flower told me my troubles when I visited
him without asking men question, better than
I eould have told him."
Ilaiignant Tumor.
Mrs. A. T. Longley. 801 Massaohusetts ave
nue, N. E., Washington, D. C., said: Eight
years ago D.\ It. C. Flower, of Boston, cured
mo of malignant tumor of womb and ovary,
nfter all kinds of treatment aud operations
had failed. Ho stopped tho hemorrhages and
removed those eating growths without pain
and without the knife. Her husband, A. T.
Longley, the superintendent of government
seed department, said ho knew of other cures
equally wonderful.
A Rheumatic illracle.
Mrs. J. B. Bhrier,Jr.,Bl Spring street, Cha
rleston, 8. C., said : "I truly can say that by
tho skill of Dr. Is. C. Flower, I escaped a
most horrible death. I had had rheumatism
for eight years,but lately it developed chalky
joints. I was Informed after being treated
by the leading physician of this city, that
there was no cure for my disease, and that
amidst great suffering I would gradually
turn to stone. Besides ray continual suffer
ing I was helpless, ha t but little use for any
of my limbs.was sufferiug from Insomnia and
nervous prostration. In other words, I was
a lielplessi, ruined aud abandoned wreck. Iu
this condition I was tal.en to ses Dr. R. C.
Flower during ona of his visits to Savannah.
Under his treatmout 1 began to improve im
mediately, and today I can walk as fast and
well as anyone; use my limbs freely; the
swelling iu my joints lias disappeared; I sleop
well; my nerves are strong, an I my euro is
considered by all my irion ls as a miraculous
escape from death.
From Helplessness to Perfect Health.
nutson Lee, the well-known insurance
man of Charleston, S. C.. said ; "My oldest
son was restored by Dr. 11. C. Flower from
helplessness to tho perfect use of his limbs
after the best physicians in our country had
failed to give him the slightest relief."
A Miracle.
Mrs. J. D. Clark, of Jonesboro, Ga., said:
"I had a supposed incurable spinal trouble,
double curvature, besides other serious and
almost fatal troubles, a woman helpless in
braces and on crutch"-. The most prominent
physician In Atlanta had treated me, the
hospitals had had >n« for treatment, and they
had all given me up as incurable. In this
helpless, suffering and dying condition I was
taken to Dr. Flower, when almost, as by
magic, he restored me to perfect health. 1
don't pretend to say how he did it, but he did
it."
Cancer oi the Tongue.
Mrs. F. A. Selling, Avenue L au l Twenty
second street. (Ulvest.in, Tex., said : "When
I llrst consulted Dr. It. (J. Flower of Boston,
1 was suffering from a terrible cancer »112
the tongue, and had given myself up to die,
but in a few months lie entirely cured me.
I am perfectly well today. Everybody who
knew my condition look upon my cure as
a miracle. Dr. Flower is the most won
derful physician and wonderful man 1 ever
knew. Go iuto his presence and you feel
his power."
Fungus Llvtr.
Joel Huey, president of First National
B.tnk of Corsletuia, 1 \u«. said : "Dr. It. I'.
Flower is the most wonderful physician 1
ever knew. He cured meut a fungus cancer
ous conditiou of the tont ich and liver nfter
numerous physicians had failed to help uie
aud 1 had been given up to die."
The above te»tiiu. nla s are from many of
the most prominent, wealthy and intluuiitial
men and wotneu o| iliis country. They calm
ly and deliberately say that I'r It. C. l'lowet
cured them after they had been given up to
die, and that !f it had not been for him they
would have been in their graves. They rep
resent itli kind-of I , ui.-ss, all professions,
all positions til pr Hnii »«'•«, aud nearly ail
sections of the 'llllti y. I tic testimony 01
one la the testimony of all. proving hi- al
tauat supernatural p <wr in e .ting tho sick,
and that his practl girdle* Mitt m .rid.
Dr Flower ha-* fe»ii.t>ii*hed a - ngtess or
•tall of physician- titd l» ! • ating a physi
cian lit every aa; in the union, i'liustt staff
physicians are the most ssilUd an I aide m«i,
(r«H|»fdies» of their thool I, T.ieSn »!*it
physicians e*autlii. | nit. uu,;irrang» for their
Ilealluaiit au 1 sen I a wrilleu diagnosis of
B*. It caae t" him. li > that Minn it they
Df ' 1 pa*,' !!." E v ...i'in. I 1 ',ul
>e-"t4Ullnt*l si ttr. Ir l by sfctiiittt | lt>si< U.Il«
who ar« la • 1 Ml !•••. it an I et. munl-ali n
with Ibo |o -tor's » , . iu 112 !.»•»* spao
fie-- »i-hii i. t w More I Itr li I
THE ROCK OF GIBRALTAR.
FEATURES OF ENGLAND'S GREAT
SEA-BOU ND- FORTRESS.
How Its Natural Strength Has Been
Increased by Artificial Means-
Two Big Ouns—Rock Galleries.
OF all the modern fortresses in
the world there is scarcely
one so interesting as that of
Gibraltar, which at this mo
ment happens to be of peculiar inter
est on account of its important role in
the event of a war involving Morocco.
The military element dominates the
whole life of the place. With 5000 or
6000 troops—for Gibraltar is never
without that number—the streets are
alive with redcoats and bluecoats, the
latter being the uniform of the artil
lery.
Everything goes by military rule.
The hours of tho day are announced
by gunfire. The morning gun gives
the exact minute at which tho soldiers
are to turn out of their beds, and the
last evening gun the minute at which
they are to turn in. It is necessary
for the outsider to regard these sig
nals, as the gates of the place are
opened and shut at the firing of the
g'fcis-
If Gibraltar were merely a rook in
the ocean its solitary grandeur would
induce many a sight-seer to inspect
rugged sides. But as it is at the
same time the strongest fortress in the
world the interest of the greater num
ber of visitors is to see its defenses.
Tho natural strength of its position
has been multiplied by all the re
sources of modern warfare, in the ad
miration of which one is led for a mo- j
ment to forget the "greatness thrust j
upon it by nature," but only for a mo- j
ment. Standing on the top of the
rock, which is 1400 feet high, and
looking down the cliff where the waves
are dashing at its feet, fills a person
with an awe that is indescribable, and
one is loath to resume his tour of in
spection.
The rock is nearly three miles long
and from one-half to three-quarters of
a mile broad. On the eastern side the
cliff is so tremendous that there is no
possibility of scaling it, therefore the
only approach must be by land from
the north, or from the sea on the west
ern side. As the latter lies along the
bay and is at the lowest level, it is
the most exposed to attack. The town
lies here and could easily be ap- :
proaehed by an enemy if it wore not
for its artificial defenses. These con
sist mainly of what is called the Line
Wall, a tremendous mass of masonry,
two miles long, relieved here anil
I there by projecting bastions, with
guns turned right and left, so as to
sweep the face of the wall. Tho line
defended is more than two miles long.
Within the Line Wall, immediately
fronting the bay, ara the casemates
and barracks for the artillery that are
to servo the guns. The casemates
are designed to be absolutely bomb
\ proof. Tlie walls are so thick as to re
sist the impact of shot weighing hun
-1 dreds of pounds. The enormous arches
! overhead are made to withstand the
i weight and explosion of tho heaviest,
shells. This Line Wall is armed with
guns of the largest caliber. Some are
mounted on the parapet above, but
the greater part are in the oasemates
; below, so as to be near the level of
the sea, and thus strike ships in the
most vital part.
Of course every one is anxious to
see the two big guns, eaoh of which
weighs 100 tons. But they are
guarded with great care from the to >
close inspection of strangers. They
are so enormous that it is impossible
| to describe them so r.s to convey an
i idea of their immense proportions.
The shot has to be lifted to the mouth
i of these guus by machinery, and a
| man could easily crawl into the bore.
I It was feared that the explosion would
do something terrible, but the Bound
was nothing in proportion to the
j size. Everyone was surprised an.l
many dis-ippointed. Some of the sixty
eight-pounders are as earsplitting as
the 100-ton guus. One of these big
guns is mounted within speaking dis
tance of the house of the Major-Gen
eral, which stands on the Liue Wall.
In answer to an inquiry as to what
they did at the time of tiring one of
the ladies laughingly replied: "Oh,
! we don't mind it. \Ve take down the
mirrors, lay away the china and glais,
throw open the windows and let the
explosion come." This gnu throws a
ball weighing 2000 pounds over eight
I miles.
But these arc not all the defenses.
There aro batteries in the rear of the
j town, as well as in front. These eau
be fired over the tops of tha houses,
so that it' any enemy were to effect a
landing he would have to fight his way
at every step. As you climb the rock
it fairly bristles with guns. You cau
not turn to the right or to the left
without sei-ing them; they are over
your head aud under you, and point
ing directly at you.
Th<' most interesting feature of Gib
raltar is tho rock galleries. It is
owing to these that Gibraltar surpasses
all other fortresses of Europe. They
were begun more than a hundred years
ago, during tho great siege. Although
the French and Spanish had none of
tho improved artillery of modern
times, they managed to reach, with
the Hinooth bore eannou and mortars
every part of the rook ; aud even the
I lock gnu, ou the very piunacle of
Oibraltar, was twice dismounted. This
convinced the Kuglish that their only
«li< Iter would be in the bowel* of the
earth, aud therefore work was begun
to blast out the loutf galleries. These
are all on the northern side of the
rock, aud a* this is the side that looks
toward Spam they are intended to
repel any advait ies against the fortress
from that quarter.
At every do/.oti yards there ■» a large
por*hole, aud at every hole heavy
yitus are mounted ,ou carriages, by
which ttiuy eau be swung round to any
quarter. Die slut It ItuueoiM discharge
of tll' -e 1 4Uit*>lts I* lerrtrte, as the eon
mioi'iu tin walla of th< rook
- tit a li gfe »ter than it they were rtr«- I
tit tli. »} it air It t« not often that
tin . i.i- It ,»i I, |j ~, »i r l!it
t! I. t- (tilt I «,¥ 111 lllit year wheu lite
Hrtttnti lion i.iar»g i I an l lou I, an 1
that i. 1i... tjuwd't blrlMa»
l*h Hit a *iiii fro u iV» I pMi
li . t ..it lit* Itltjli . t P nut o'til roi'k,
ll'i t i, t in thu a»t, gn « list signal,
•hi •!» tut n> llAlely rta tglil up 'y lb
M led • .. .I't l lit- tli' ,
iiiiv
those from the mountain side, and the
mighty reverberations sweep around
the bay, across the Mediterranean and
far along the African shores. The
noise is simply indescribable.
Is Gibraltar really impregnable? is
a question that has often been asked,
and one that has evoked differences of
opinion from those capable of judg
ing. Englishmen who are most fa
miliar with its defences say yes, and
maintain with characteristic stubborn
ness that Gibraltar could not be taken
by all the powers of Europe combined.
On the other hand, the Frenoh and
German engineers claim that there is
no fortress that cannot be battered
down. The now inventions of war and
the tremendous foroe which tho use of
dynamite and nitro-glycerine gives to
these new projectiles mako everything
possible.
The objeot of the fortress of Gibral
tar is to command the passage into
the Mediterranean. The arms of
Gibraltar are a castlo and a key, to
signify that it holds the key of the
straits, and that no ship flying any
other flag than that of England can
enter or depart except by her per
mission.
But that power is already gone. The
100-ton gun of Gibraltar, even if
aimed directly seaward, could not de
stroy or stop a passing fleet. To
Africa, opposite Gibraltar, it is four
teen miles, a distance that no ord
nance in existence can possibly reaoh.
A fleet of ironclads, hugging the
Africau coast, would be safe from
English Are if it were strong enough
to encounter the English fleet. It is
her fleet in which England places her
utmost reliance, not on the fortress,
for the fortress alone could not bar
the passage into the Mediterraueau.
It would be a refuge in oase of disas
ter where tho English ships could find
protection under the guns of the fort.
—New York Advertiser.
SELECT SIFTINUS.
Louis XVI was au abominable glut
ton.
The best brass band in Australia is
composed of natives.
North Carolina has but 3702 for
eigners out of a population of 1,617,-
980.
Camphor should not 1)3 placed next
ta furs, as it will make the color
lighter.
Street bands are not permitted in
Germany unless they accompany pro
cessions.
The central span of the St. Louis,
(Mo.) bridge is 520 feet, the sido spans
515 feet each.
In an Oregon town there is au octo
geuarian who is an enthusiastic rider
of the bicycle.
In Vienna, Austria, the orgau grind
ers are allowe I to play only between
midday and sunset.
An elephant is fifty or sixty years ia
attaining maturity, aud will live a
century and a half.
If a snail's heil bi cut off and the
animal placed in a cool, moist spot a
new head will bo grown.
In 1813 William Barton patented «
1 looomotivd that was provided with
legs and feet behind to push the ma
chine along the track.
Charles Barrow, of Columbus, Ohio,
tolls of au egg laid by a hen in his
employ that measured seven and
seveu-i>ighths iuehes in length.
H. Pennel, of Wilkes, N. C., on his
seventy-third birthday, recently cele
brated, cut and shocked forty shocks
of wheat from dinner time till night,
and was still as fresh and active as a
boy.
A Maine man, a resident of Rook
land, says he had suffered two years
from the after effects of tho grip till
he was struck by lightning the other
day. Since then ho has felt himseli
entirely well.
A Kalamazoo (Mich.) health officer
took a tramp suffering from smallpox
to the jail, growled because tho jailer
would not admit the prisoner and
; theu exhibited the patient to an ad
miring crowd of citizens.
Two safe-crackers entered a Brook
| lyn store to operate on a safe that
| made a great show from the street.
They were so disappointed when they
found that it was a wooden box
painted up that they departed, leaving
taeir instruments behind them.
People in the middle ages believed
in were-wolveu as well as witches.
Were-wolves were supposed to be men
who, while preserving thoir appear
| auee as human beings, were yet tranc
| formed into wolves, with au appe
| tite which nothing but human flesh
I would satisfy.
Patrick O'Mahoney, of Oil City,
! Penn., threw a brink at a friend with
the intention of knooking his head
! off. The friend escaped around the
, corner of a street, but staugelj
! enough the missile, describing a para
j Italic cure, /allowed after him and cut
1 oil one of his coat tails as (dean as«
1 whistle.
Extensive Production of Capper.
TiiiH oouutry produces more than
half of the copper of the world. The
metal cornea from the Like Superior
region, from Montana au 1 from new
mines in Arizona. Th Like Superior
mines alone yield metallic copper in
i large iptantities. There the stuff is
: found in a ptir.i atite, nugjeti of it
! weighing hmitlrela of pounds. These
leposits wnre worke I extensively by
the In lians for centurion befuro Co
lumbus. an I the copper they ob
-1 tstiied wm distribute 1 widely by liar
ttr. They left behind miny large
masses of the uietal, because they
coulti not break them into pieces, and
'.vjre unable to carry th l ;u away bo l
Uf.
I'ho t'nited Hdltas c.ia turn out
J.tWI ip mil Uof couper yearly.
I'll i Million at Htitle, Montana, ara
able alum t i pu ou tht market lo t,-
I iiui.tW pouti U p,«r anuum, all uf it
ibt titled fr tut a single a a til hill. (1/
• irs.% tho world* t'ou«iiiu|>ttou of
this iiietsl t* WttttM Wt, The waste is
v#rjr ureal. S» many mau are l<wi
1 that the I'mt.id Ht tt. mtui at Puila
' lelphta 14 oltlin jtl t«# ftirtiiali uiuety
itlllloU* uf lh i-i< mo til ciitiii aituHai
Iv. Tlio e.ipii'i ii*i! I for alt sl'nii {
' th- bottom* ot slit (iii» elietttlt'ally tl«
j all >i I i it ia the iu''i l« ital
'ty ! o ih 4, tint kill* lb# Uarttvloa.
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ngSWDMEH
There are 2136 women architects in
the United States.
The number of women engaged in
farming in the United States is 57,000.
Queen Victoria has taken 447 prizes
at English cattlo shows for products of
her stock farm.
Jean Ingelow spends a great part of
the year in the south of France, where
she lias a, cottage.
Air tight trunks, it is well to re
member, are best for seaside stopping
and jaunting about.
One of the brightest students of
Smith College is ft Winnebago Indian
girl from Nebraska.
The management of tho Austrian
prisons for women is in the hands of
female religious orders.
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer has
been reappointed on the Massachusetts
State Board of Education.
Miss Mary A. Hanson was elected in
Marblehead, Mass., on the School
Board at tho town meeting.
Rosa Bonheur, the groat French
painter, was a dressmaker's apprentice
when she ft girl of fifteen years.
At West Brookfleld, Ohio, fourteeu
women voted at the recent school elec
tion, in spite of a pouring rain.
Nothing is so destructive to the com
plexion as a bad tempor. One must
feel pleasant and kind to look so.
Queen Victoria rules 11,475,057
square miles of the earth's territory
and 378,725,857 of its population.
One of the best authorities on or
chids in the world is Miss Helen
Gould, daughter of the late Jfty Gould.
In tho time of Henry 11., of France,
it was forbidden for any woman not a
member of court circles to wear vel
vet.
Mrs. Helen D. Harford has been
nominated for Superintendent of Pub
lic Instruction on the Oregon Pro
hibition ticket.
The Woman's Suffragist Association
of Colorado met in Denver yesterday
and Mrs. Routt, wife of ex-Governor
Routt, presided.
Mrs. Martha Strickland, a lawyer of
Detroit, Mieh., lectures on parlia
mentary law to parlor classes of
women in Chicago.
Chicago has a Domestic Science As
sociation, which proposes to build an
institution whero women will be in
structed in home duties.
Miss Sibyl Sanderson, the American
cantatice, lately appeared as Juliet in
Paris, in a splendid violet gown em
broidered with turquoises.
The pensions of the Spanish royal
family having been reduced, the In
fanta Eulalia has been living most
economically at Versailles, Paris.
Mrs. Amanda Smith, uii Amerioan
colored woman, is delivering temper
ance lestures in Euglanl, under the
auspices of Lady Henry Somerset.
In 1364 the pointed hoods worn by
the lalies often reashe 1 four feat
above the he id, making tho lady's
face appear about the center of the
body.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
novelist, is frequently out of doors
before six, returning to breakfast at
eight. By nine she is at work with
her pen.
Marietta Holley maintains her popu
larity. Her last book, "Samantha at
the World's Fair," sold forty thousand
eopies the first three weeks after its
publication.
liev. Eliza Tapper Wilkes, formerly
pastor at Sioux Fall'', South Dakota,
has gone to Oakland, Gil., to becomi
the assistant pastor of the First Uni
tarian Church.
Miss Louisa Smith is om oT the
tellers in the Merchants' National
Bank of Middletown, Ohio. She ha?
the reputation of being one of the
best bank officers in the State.
The well kn >wn traveler., Mrs.
Bishop (Miss Isabella Bird) sailed re
cently for Korea, where she will col
lect material for a new book. Mrs.
Bishop is over sixty years of age.
Mirfs Abby Leach, A. M., Professor
of Greek at Vassar College, has lately
been elected a member of the Archie
logical Institute of America. It was
under Miss Leach's direction that the
Greek play Antigone was produced
last spring by Vassar students.
Miss Julia Kemp West, of Rich
mond, Staten Island, N. Y., lias just
entered upon her duties us school
commissioner. She has male Miss
Nellie M. Ford her private secretary.
They have long been associated in ex
ecutive capacities in charitable organ
izations".
Mrs. Mary Ida Phares, of Trenton,
N. •!., has been appointed notary pub
lic by Governor Werts. She is a
clerk in the otllce of Adjutant-General
Stryker, and is the first woman to re
ceive au appointment under the iaw
passed making wouieu eligible as no
taries.
I>r. Kilmer'* hw»»f-llonT .'iirea
nil Kidney aU'l RlmMrr trouble*.
Pamphlet and CoiiMiltHlioii free.
Laboratory Blnifhauiton. V V.
Mrm-iits i Tetitt.) has n prosperous Italian
colony.
A I >< >•>». hi Tt lac Shvvn Nine <it Male's llul»>
tit Ilurvboilltil mill Tnr [ur (
llln I' u.I Inn In limp. C'nr> 111 i ill* 1 Inluuti
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Will li -eiil with rvery I silt la »112 I". W-nli'i
Itrlain Irani) ( irt, i ir«l« r»»«t by mail, |n»it
laid.lDi'ti \ititnifc*. Hii%»i«*, |iiirtnli>, S. Y.
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Karl's I Inter limit. 1 ll»- ur. il Hul I piirirtrr.
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
Economy requires that in every receipt calling
for baking powder the Royal shall be used. It
will go further and make the food lighter, sweeter,
of finer flavor, more digestible and wholesome.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL ST., NEW YORK.
It Camo llaek to "Lovins Tom."
"Do you know," said Mr. Man t<
his friend the other evening at thq
roof garden, "that the boys nt the
club have a merry and most distressing
'iind' on me. I suppose it's oae of the j
inevitable consequences of renouncing
bachelorhood that a man lays himsell |
open to attack from the most unsus- j
pected quarters.
"Now, loyal citizen as I am, I have j
received a bitter blow from the United '
States Government. It stabbed me,
using the Dead Letter Office as a dag
ger. It waslikethis; Just a month ago
at the club I wrote a letter to the girl
lam going to marry. I had told only
one or two of my intimate friends of
the engagement, and we weren't going
to announce it until fall. Well, as 1
was saying, I wrote to Alice Jevons
that day at the club, and told her how
fond 1 was of her. I loved her very
hard that day, and I used some strong
expressions: I suppose my heart ran
away with my pen, so to speak.
"To make a short story a little long- '
er, I sat down by the window to di
rect the envelope. 1 got to gazing out I
on the fleecy clouds floating across the
blue depths of the sky, and thinking
about her, as a man does, you know.
Well, I suppose I directed the letter
wrong. It never reached her. In
stead of that, a mouth later, came a
nasty-looking official envelope ad
dressed to 'Loving Tom,' in care oi
the club. The postoffice people hadn't
been able to find the girl, so they tried
to send the drivel back to the one
who wrote it.and their only clew was
the signature and the engraved letter
head.
"Well, nobody at the club could
fancy who 'Loving Tom' was, so the '
House Committeee opened tlie envel- j
ope. The tirst thing they saw was .
'Dearest Alice,' and the first sentence |
was absolute insanity. Then they j
recognized my writing and forebore '
to read further."
Mr. Man stopped to wipe from his 1
brow the perspiration which sprang .
forth at the thought of his mortiflca- :
tion. "Well, there's just one thing i
about it,"he added thoughtfully, j
"I'll never again sign myself anything j
but my full name, even if I live to be j
a regular Methuselah and write to !
Mrs. Methuselah every day."—New i
York Tribune.
The heaviest rainfall is near the
equator, and diminishes steadily as
the latitude rises.
'
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the world's best products to ;
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid '
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of l"ig«.
Its excellence is due to its presenting 1
in the form most acceptable and pleas- >
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly |
beneficial properties of a perfect lax- •
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
disiH-lling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation.
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid'
iievs, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Fiir* is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c and #1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name. Syrup of Figs,
and being well informed, you will not
accept any .-ul.-tituic ii otiered,
s \ M 1 - .11
What to do with Milk Pails!
| \ Clean thorn with Pearline. You can't get
t \ them so thoroughly s\v< <. i anil pure in any
other way. Besides, it's easier lor you
< l u ' c^er > "lore iconoini il.
'1 "The box and barrel « ' :rn arc not I. >rj
u \ lolmftch A
I'earlme will c!<.»»> inv > or i! iy
H I with i»v bid< dor.•
£ Perhaps you think tlt.»t some of til imita
tions nt Pearline tlut \ «1 I i u 1 to
use in washing cloth<
NA. vvrll HI vol Kkl t|j
hurt tinware, certainly. I» i iv wnuUlu'l
clean it, cither, half as II Pearline I < <<l tl<>n"l
jtlay with the fire." Ii your grocer send; you an umt.ition,
be honent send it hack "
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Memory Will Shine if You Use
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Puff 15.il Is as Food.
It will surprise many to know that
the plebeian puff ball of onr pastures
is good for something besides old fash
ioned styptic, smoke, and the kick of
the small boy.
There are a number of species of
the puff ball, varying in shape and size
from the small white globular variety
of an inch in diameter, an 1 the pear
shaped, to the giant pasture species
which may attain the dimensions of a
football. All are edible, if gathered
at the white stage, those of yellow or
darker fracture being excluded. Of
thj esculent qualities of the larger
species, Lycopenlon giganteum, wo
may judge from the statement of a
connoisseur. "Sliced and seasoned in
butter and salt, and fried in the pan,
no French omelet is half as good in
richness anil delicacy of flavor." M.
C. Cooke,the British authority,says of
it,"ln its young and pulpy condition
it is excellent eating, and indeed has
but few competitors for the place of
honor at the table."—Harper's Maga
zine.
Over 200,000 poatal car.ls are used
every day in the United States.
DOCTOR'S BILLS SAVED.
Mineral Point. Tv~carau:at Co., Ohio.
DB. PIEKCE, BuSalo, N. Y.:
Dear Sir—l am glad
to say That tlie use of
*TA your " Golden Medi-
KJ f| cal Discover}-" baa
Gf el sav,l< i lie many doo-
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Hi S m* V-\ th , e P ast eleven year*.
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V\ fy etas and also for rhron
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yr "•/ glad to say that it baa
.r , SI never failed. I have
also recommended it
<S-A "*C. /St to many of my neigb
v. ) hors. as it Is a medicine
\' 'J worth recommending.
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OR MONET RETURNED,
The " Discovery" purifies, vitalizes and
enriches the blood, thereby invigorating the
system and building up wholesome tiesb
when reduced by wasting diseases.
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MM. $ 3.5P poLICE.3 SOLES.
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' i 2.H. 7 J> BOYS'SCHCDLShoes.
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\ ou enn aave money by wearing tko j
W. L, Douslat* 33.00 £boe.
Been«ine, wo are the largest manufacturers ot
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value by the name and price on thi
bottom, which protect you against high prices and
the middleman's profits. Our shoes equal custom
work in style, ea*y fining and wearing qualities
VVehavfihern sold every v.- h re at iow r prices fo*
the value ?iven than any other make. Take no sub
stitute. If your dealer vaanc . supply you, we can. ,
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