CAPTAIN OF FIRE DEPT. Cap!. H. H. Thomson Advises the Use of Sr. Greene's Kervura. This Wonderful Body Builder and Strength Ro stew Should Be Used Now, CAPT. H. H. THOMSON OF MINNEAPOLIS FIRE DErT. No occupation in tho world requires more perfect nerve force and physical strength than is demanded of its members by a modern Are department. The members of this branch of the public service must be ready at all hours of the day or night, and in all degrees of heat, cold or exposure, to answer the call of the public, and protect life and property. At all times they must have bodily strength and a clear brain. Without this we would never hear of the wonderful feats of bravery and rescue performed by them. Nothing In tho world will build up strength like Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. Captain Thomson's strong statement, which we publish herewith, carries weight, and is echoed everywhere by those who rely on Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy, when disease attacks them, or they get , run down in health which is so easy at this season of the year. There is no medicine in the world which will ward off attacks of the fatal grip, which is now so prevalent, and there is nothing which will drive it away so quickly or reinvigorato the body as well after the grip, as this famous remedy. Captain Thomson, whose address is 240U Lincoln St., North East, Minneapolis, Minn., says: "I am n great believer in the wonderful curative powers ot Dr. Greene's Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy. It has been used in my house for years as a body builder, strength restorer and general family medicine. It never fails to give beneficial results. It strengthens the nerves and purifies the blood. As a health builder, I believe there Is no medicine equal to Dr. Greene's Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy." Remember that Dr. Greene's Nervura Blood and Nerve Remedy is the pre scription of a regular physician, Dr. Greene, who can be consulted absolutely free of charge either by mail or calling at his office, 35 W. 14th St., New York City. Consultation is absolutely free of charge. If you cannot call upon him at his office, write him a letter, telling all about your case, and you can be treated just as well at home ae if you called in person. Remember his ad- 1M ia absolutely free. - W., L. DOUGLAS $3 & $3.59 SHOES VSS2 The real worth cr W. T Shoes compared with other xuukos Is 54.00 to 95.00. Our 94.00 Gilt Mdie T.lnn cannot l>e equalled at any price. AVo make and sell more S.'t.OO and :S.BO shoes than any other two manufacturers in the United States. Til 12 It i: ANON more W. T„ Dntiglaa $.3 and §3.50 abort are aold thun any other make ia became Tlfl 12 Y A KI2THK BKHT. Your dealer should keep themi wo give one dealer ezclutiru aalc In each town. lake no aiilist Ituf <-! I mint on hating W. 1.. Doujjlaa alioea with name and price atamped on bottom. If your denier will n..t pet them tor you, send direct to factory, enclotini; price and 14Je. extrn Tor carnatr*. State kind of leather, !/• and width, plain or pan toe. Onr ahoea will reach you anywhere. Write fur catalogue thomng nno Sprint/ tti/lrs. We mePii.t tolor W. li. llo<i a iua Nlie : 0 .. kyelett iu all our ahnet. Brockton, Mu. "SALZEIUS SEERS" 3 * KE , Y0 " P • t;/yl■•r'itoodi Ixnr 11 out • •/ Umi*. F InMKpf"'' O^^t^t 5 orn w'tHpogltlywly F John A. Salzr Seed Go. U" Crrwca, tfte. p iigapnai WJKMM " n if P. N. U. 8, 1901. SIOO DOLLARS Paid in Gold for a case of Cn tar h we cannot cure vrith our PJiiJi pine Catarrh Killer SnufT itad Blood Tublets. Doctors prpecribo it. Sample* and boo < of ouree Bent free. Price SI.OO for three week's trcHtraont. PHILIPPINE REMEDY CO. 420 Penn Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Q. FOR GOUT, TORPID LIVER AND CONSTIPATION.§ No medicine in the world can relieve yon like the Natural H Mineral Laxative Water, provided by nature herself and dt- f$ A covered more than 30 years ago and now used by every M Jggjp* /\ cation la the world. jv] ffjU Bunyadi Jdnos I / A Recommended by over one thousand of the most famous wi / P^>"^ clans from whom we h*ve teotirnonlals, at the safest acd E. I rSr y best Natural Laxative Water known to medical science. I Its Action 1 Speedy, Sure cad Gentle. It never gripes, ft \jl9 I Every Druggist and General Wholesale Grocer Sella It. A-\l HQ I# forth® full name, I D 2 !5'- Label with E rjj liOsV " Ilunyadi J&nos." J E2b.L j !L, Red Centre Panel. > Sofe Importer, Firm of Andreao Soxlehnrr, 130 Fulton 5t., N. Y. A London journal declared that of the 700.000 children of school age in the London school board area, 100,000 are always absent. Florida has been a health resort as far back as the days of Ponce de Leon, who pronounced it the "Land of Flow crs." All goods aro alike to PUTNA* FADELESS DYES, as they color all llbors at one boil ing. Sold by all druggists. Where Si.k Weaving is Taught. Lyons is a school for teaching the j manufacture of silk, as well as a great 1 center of the silktradc. Young men j come from all countries to learn to make | silk, acquiring the language while learn [ ing an important branch of commerce. ! In the silk department of the commer cial school there are generally from 250 to 300 pupils. The price of tuition is $154 per year for Frenchmen and $231 for foreigners. All kinds of silks, vel vets. plain and figured goods arc made by the learners under the superi'itend j ancc of skilled workmen, with the most | improved machinery.—Consul J. C. Cov- Silence Reigns Supreme. The most lonely highlands of •nr na tional territory are the sparsely wooded Sierras of Western New Mexico. The clank of the wood-cutters' ax echoe# through the steepest glens of the Eu ropean Alps and Southern Alleghanies, but in the Sierra Mesilla. west of El Paso, there are valleys where the moan of the wind in the branches of the rock pines is the only sound heard for days togetiier. A kind oi marmot is the only habitant of these solitudes, and rarely leaves its burrows before noon. Birds are extremely rare, though a silent vul ture now and then floats across the sky. on its way to the cave labyrinth of the Gila valley.—lndianapolis Press. Thwe Is a. Clms off People Who are injured by the uue of coffee. Recently there hue been placed in all the gTocory storm a new preparation called GRATN-O, made o! pure grain*, that takes the place of coffee The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It does not cost over as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 25 eta. per package. Try it. Ask for Guain-O. Decision has been rendered by the lowa supreme court to the effect that z. stock feeder who buys stock to feci and sell is not a merchant within the meaning of the code and cannot be as sessed for taxation purposes in the same way that a merchant would be assessed. The case came up on an appeal, the lower court having held a contrary opinion. A new law in New Hampshire pro hibits the holding of property in that State by game clubs which are not lo cally incorporated. It also provides that the State shall hold in trust for pub lic use all natural bodies of water hav ing an area of is acres or more. fjane'a Family HIllcla Move* the bowel* each clay. In order to b healthy this ia necessary. Acts gently on the liver and kidneys. Cares sick beedacht. Prioe 26 and 50 cents. Berrien county, Mich., on the record of 1900, claims to be the greatest peach growing section in the world. The num ber of acres cultivated last year was \r 753 and the total yield of peaches was 140.092 bushels, being more than half the entire Michigan crop. Van Buren county came next, with 58,887 bushels. Feat For tlio Bowels, No matter what alls you, headache to a eancsr, you will never got well nntll your bowtlft are put right. Cabcabkts help nature, ours you without & gripe or pain, Eoducs easy natural movements, cost you st 10 cents to start getting your health ok. Oaioabsti Candy Cnthartle, the Genuine, put up iu metal boxes, every tab it haa 0.0.0. stamped on It. beware cl Imitations. While the population of Maine in creased during the past decade only from 661,086 to 694,466, or but about 5 per cent., the cost of the State govern ment has nearly doubled during the last eight years. furw Headaches. A Garfield Hcadaohe Powder will cure a headache quickly and will have no bad after effect. These I'owdors are made from Horbs and are positively harmless. The Turkish language is said by scholars to be the softest and most mu sical language of modern times, being better adapted to the purpose of musi cal notation and recitative than even the Italian. If yon are unable to slesn and are restless and nervous, take a Garfield Headache Pow der ; it will soothe and quiet the nerves and brine healthful aieop. They are made from simple llerbs and cannot harm. Columbus has a policeman who is sx fret 1 inch high and weighs 347 pounds; Chicago one 6 feet 3 inches high, and Kansas City one 6 feet io l / 2 inches high. The stomach has to work hard, grinding tho food we crowd into It. Mnko Its work eafay by chewing tleemun'H Pepsin Sum. A Chicago patrolman, 26 years old, who is on duty from 11 p. m. to 6 a. m., attends one of the public high schools daily. Carter's Ink has the largest sale of any ink in the world, because it is the beat ink that can bo made. A physician says tight shoes are a short cut to poor health, because per sons wearing them dread exercise. Save tlio Italiv. from tho ravages of Croup, Coughs, Colds and Pneumonia, by giving Hoxsie's Croup Cure promptly. No opium. No nausea. 60 cts. M. Witte, the Russian finance minis ter, estimates a deficit of $28,440,000 in Russian revenues for icyji. Frejr'e Vermifuge Newer Full*. It cures. ForUoyrs.lt litis been tho mod icinc lor worms. liSc. Druggists and store* 11l the future there are to be no wo men notaries public in Arkansas, I do not bcllevo Piso'g Cure for Consumption has an equal Tor coughs and colds.-— JOHN V. Lurtu, Trinity Springs, lnd., Fob. 15, 1900. At a stable in Fairmont, 0., a man died oi heart disease, falling dead in one of the stalls. A horse gave notice of the death by distressed whinncys. When the proprietor entered the barn to as certain the trouble the horse acted as if in trouble, and gave every indication of knowing that something unusual had happened. 'Fry Rraia-O! Try (irnln-O! Ask your gvoeor to-day to show yon a pack age of GBAIN-O, the now food driuk that takes the place of coffoe. Tho children may drink il without injury as w. il as ihoadult. Allwhotrr it. liko it. GBAIN-O has that rich seal browu or Mocha or Java, but it is made from purs grains and tho most delicate stomacli receives it without distress. 14 the prico of coffee 15 and 25c. per package. BolJ by all grocors. The lowa State board of health has issued 10,000 circulars which will be dis tributed throughout the State to arouse public sentiment to the necessity of es tablishing an institution in that State :or the isolation and treatment of tuber culosis. More than 3,000 people in lowa die from this disease each year. fCong-Vitng: l.radi to Conanmptloa* Komp'ii lUldßm will atop the cough at once. Go to your druggiat today nnd get a sampU bottle free. Sold in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Go at once, delays are dangerous. A private letter from China says that the soldiers at Tien-Tsin are using th cannon balls in the arsenal to pave the roads. They have found an enormous quantity of iron shot and shell of dif ferent sizes, which some ingenious Yankee suggested would be a good sub stitute for paving stones. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. A man's true wealth is th good he does in this world. A promise should lie given with cau tion and kept with care. Do not talk about the lantern that holds the lamp, hut make haste, un cover the light, anil let it shine. If you wl3h to be agreeable in so ciety you must consent to be taught many things which you know already. Cau man or woman choose duties? No more th-an they can choose their birthplace, or their father and mother. The slightest sorrow for sin is suffi cient if it produces amendment, and the greatest is insufficient if it doj not. Nature has given us two ears, two eyes and but one tongue, to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak. Whether any particular day shall bring to you more of happiness or of suffering is largely beyond your power to determine. Whether each day of your life shall give happiness or suffer ing rests with yourself. The man who has no little knowl edge of human nature as to seek hap piness by changing anything but his own dispositions will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply tho griefs which lie purposes to remove. "Some women think walls are held together by honey," observed George Eliot in one of her books. The wise woman knows, however, that some thing stronger is needed to hold the home together, and make it at once a help and a delight to those who dwell therein. It is often said that "troubles are friends in disguise"; but this can only be so when we know how to avail our selves of their friendship. When wo do not know how to do so, it may easily happen that through the dark ness in which they encompass us no ray of light can pierce, ana out of the bitterness no sweetness can arise. "Operative Worls.° " 'Operative words,* " said a member of the district bar, "are of the utmost importance in legal documents and in business affairs. "Probably the most seriously impor tant operative word in human affairs is composed of but three letters, and it appears in print thus: 'Yes.' When she says 'yes' to a man it means that she transfers her heart and hand and formally all of her property to him who asks her to be, etc. This little word establishes the most important contract of society, and, while this contract may afterward be dissolved by mutual consent, if one of the con tracting parties demurs and backs out a suit for damages is open to the other. "In auction sales the property put up is anybody's until the auctioneer says 'gone' or 'sold' and the hammer drops. No matter how the sale is regretted, or how much the parties would like to retract it, it stands and tho courts will sustain it. "In a will they are 'give, devise and bequeath.' Real property is 'devised' and personal property is 'bequeathed.' "In a note the borrower must 'prom ise' to pay, and in a bond ho must 'bind' himself. "In some states in a deed certain words are necessary to convey real es tate. The courts have held generally, however, that the word 'grant' will carry a good title. In New York, foi instance, the operative words consti tute quite a formula, and are 'grant, bargain, sell, assign, transfer, set, over find convey.' That's the old form. Now the words 'grant and release' are sufficient. "In a lease the word 'let' must be used. They have an odd formula in New York, used for centuries, probably, consisting of 'grant, demise and to farm let,' and it applies to all kinds of property. In a quit-claim deed the words 'quit-claim' must be used."— Washington Star. Curious Picture Ira me s in a Church. In many churches of Provence and Italy, especially those near the sea, ex voto paintings, placed on the walls in accordance with vows made by pil grims in moments of danger, are often remarkable for their frames. Among the curiosities may be enumerated laths formed of splinters from ships that have been wrecked, also frames made of pieces of heavy cables, occa sionally painted bright hues, but sometimes loft in their primitive gray color, splashed with tar. Nailed to the laths surrounding a painting repre senting sailors fighting fierce savages, may be seen African or Polynesian spear 3 and darts, or swords made of hard wood, evidently mementoes of terrible struggles. Sailors or lands men who have made vows during times of peril at sea, and who have no tro phies to display, will surround their paintings with broad bands of wood, heavily incrusted with sheila and sea weed, not infrequently of rare and ex tremely beautiful kinds.—The People'a Friend. Ills Grecilnff. The other day a newly appointed warden was taken by the prison chap lain into tho chapel, where the prison ers were assembled in a bdlly. The chaplain presented him to the com pany with the remark that he would say a few words. The warden was a bashful man, and unaccustomed to speech-making. He stammered, st.it tcred, blushed, and faltered: "Ladies anvl er—no—no—gentle—that is, m.'.n and fellow prisoners— er—l can't make a speech. In fact, all—er—all I can say is—er—that I'm very glad indeed to see so many of you here.—Ar gonaut ITS COMPONENT PARTS. Round the chopping bowl they go And into it deftly throw Beefsteak from the evening meal. Which defied the eager steel Of the hungry boarders, who Vow'd 'twas all too tough to chew; Turkey from the New Year's spread, Cracker crumbs and crusts of bread, Cold potatoes, fried and boiled, Scraps of haiu that might have spoiled. Mix them up and chop them small. As into the bowl they fall. Now some onions quickly slice, Add tho oatmeal and the rice, Part of Monday's chicken pie, Mutton chop, a little dry. Seems that's nearly all the stuff, But then, I guess it makes enough, Pepper, suit and water add And here's some hash that won't be bad. Double, double, toil and trouble! Burner blaze uu< skillet bubble! —Chicago Record. HUMOROUS. Sillicus—Clothes don't make the mau. Cynicus—No; but a man usu ally owes a lot to his tailor. The Editor—This story of yours is colorless. The Author —We can easi ly remedy that. Just publish it, and then it'll be read. "Say, lend me a 'fiver,'" "No." "What! You've often admitted that I'm the best friend you ever—" "Ex actly; and I don't want to lose you." Tommy—Pop, what is the nobility of labor? Tommy's Pop—l suppose It's when a titled foreigner finds it hard work to marry an American heir ess. Mrs. Muggins—Do you read much fiction? Mr. Buggius—No, only the messages ray husband sends me ex plaining why he won't be home to din ner. She—Poor Fido. He —What's the matter with Fido? She—He bit a I tramp the other day, and now the doc | tor says the little darling has hydro , phobia. Belle —Do you remember how they used to "spark" before their marriage? Ida —Yes; and now that they are mar ried the neighbors say they blaze out every day. Chollie —I made that rude fellow apologize for calling me an impudent puppy. Freddy—Bah Jove! What did he say? "He said he would take back the adjective." "The idea of erecting a monument over your pet dog!" exclaimed Mr. Graybeard; "I'll warrant you wouldn't do as much for me. "Indeed," replied his young wife, "I'd be glad to." Teacher—The sentence: "My fath er had money," is the past tense. Now, Willie, if you said *My father has money," in what tense would you he ; speaking? Willie—Oh, that would be 1 pretense. Gunner—Finery and fortune and beauty! She is your opportunity. I notice that you hold her very tight when skating. Geyer—Yes; experi ence has taught me never to let an op portunity slip. ARRESTED BY A LUNATIC. j Keeont ExtrnonUiinry Incident in a I'nrl. Pollen Station. An individual wanted by the police I has just been lodged in jail by the | most extraordinary freak of chance. I Yesterday afternoon the Marche-Saint Honors police station was entered by a gaunt, determined looking person hold ing by the collar a prisoner whose cap turo he had himself effected. "Momble," I explained the amateur policeman to j the officer in charge, "is my name; Momble, the inventor of the perpetual j pen. When once you have dipped this I pen in the ink it writes forever; a sin j gle dip, and you can copy with it the i works of Alexandre Dumas pere. To float my patent I made arrangements with an English capitalist. When the ! Chinese war broke out my partner pro posed to sell the patent to the Pekin court. I declined to fall in with the suggestion, and my Englishman ran | away. Fortunately, I have just met I him by chance, and here he is in cus tody. Kindly have him sent to the de ' pot." The police sergeant saw at once that he was dealing with a lunatic. He pointed out that the presence of the Chinese ambassador would he advisa i ble, and invited the man to await his arrival in an adjacent room. Having ! thus disposed of the madman the ser- I geant turned his attention to his vic ! Tim, expecting that he would have to j soothe his legitimate irritation. To his I astonishment the man merely re j marked in a doleful tone of voice that | he had expected he would be arrested, j He added that it had been his inten- I tion to deliver himself up to the police j and he hoped that his passive submis j sion to his capturer would lie put to j his credit. The sergeant began to think I he was in the presence of another lu- J natic, but the man OD being questioned i went on to explain that he had been sentenced to three months' imprison- I ment for poaching and raiding gar | dons in the suburbs. His statement | proved to be absolutely correct, and he was at once sent to prison. The madman, in fact, by a remarkable chance, had pitched on a "deserving" victim.—Paris Correspondence in the Pail Mail Gazette. Kpinenvl Fnilixt to P1...., When Remenyi, the famous violinist, was a young man he was engaged by a pervenu to play at a dinner, the agreement stating that he wa3 to fur nish music from 8 o'clock to 11. The violinist began with an andante movement from Mozart, a composition which opens very slow and soft The host, who know more of business than of music and who wanted to get his money's worth, turned to a friend who sat next to him, and said: "That's just like those musicians. I hired him by the hour, and see how slow he plays."—Yonkers Statesman LOST HIS TEMPER. Was Tliat Ha Found .Just Wha Ho WHS AFIOR. The fur salesman was holding up on his arm a very handsome speci men of what appeared to be a Russian sable, says the Washington Star. "You wouldn't think." he said, "that that color was indirectly due to a loss of temper, would you?" "I didn't know that the Russian sable had a bad temper," responded the customer. "Your knowledge is not always to be relied on," laughed the salesman. "This is not a Russian sable skin. It is a red fox. and thereby, so to speak, hangs a tale." The customer asked that it be un folded. "In New York City," responded the salesman, "lives a furrier, who, know ing a good deal about the dyeing of sealskins and other furs, sought for years and years to find a dye that would transform a red fox skin into a Russian sable, as far as appearance went. All his efforts were nugatory and void, as the lawyers say, but he would not give up the search. One day, less than two years ago, he was busy over his dye pots seeking the elusive alchemy. He thought this time he had it sure, but he was dis appointed once more, and, I am sorry to say, he lost his temper and acted in a most unseemly manner. He held in his hand a bottle with a chem ical of some kind in it that he had intended using in some other dyes that he did know about, and in his violence he knocked the bottle against a box and broke its neck. This made him madder than ever, and with a bad word he hurled the broken bottle and its remaining contents into the disap pointing dye pot. Then he left the place, and when he came back, much cooler in mind, behold, there was that in the dye pot which caused his spe cial wonder, and he began an immedi ate investigation. Just what effect the chemcal or the broken bottle had on the dye he could not tell, but a very apparent change had been effected, and he hastened to try a strip of fur in it. When the fur was taken out it was no longer red fox. Neither was it quite Russian sable, but it was on the way, and after a little experimenting with the unexpected chemical he hit upon the right thing, and the secret was his. Today he is converting red fox skins into Russian sable for 1900 firms in all parts of the world, and it is needless to say he is not' getting poor at it. Russian sable is a beauti ful and expensive fur, but this imita tion is quite as effective for three or four years as the genuine thing, and doesn't cost anything like as much. Cheaper furs that look as well while they last as expensive ones are more satisfactory anyway to the majority of purchasers, because styles change and people want something new once in a while if they can afford it." Tlio Pickles Test Tor Mumps. There has recently been an epidem ic of mumps among the school chil dren of the city. According to the rules of the health department a child may not return to school until he has fully recovered. Every afternoon has brought to the health department 15 or 20 youngsters, some with swollen cheeks and some without. It Is the duty of the physician in charge of the office to examine these applicants' for clean bills of health and see if any trace of the infection remains But the force of the health department is small, and sometimes there is no doc tor in the office for an hour at a time. This works a hardship on mothers waiting with their children, and Dr. Carlin yesterday bethought himself of the magic touchstone by which Miss Mollie Currigan, guardian of the out er office, might herself test the appli cants. "Pickles are the thing," said Dr. Carlin. "If a person with the slight est trace of inflammation In the thy roid glands takes a bite of anything sharply sour, the face 13 instantly con torted. In extreme cases the pain is extreme." So a bottle of mixed pickles was added to the pharmacopoeia of the office. Now, when there is no doctor in the office, Miss Currigan lines up the ap plicants for certificates and goes down the lines with the bottle of pickles. If the child takes the picklfe and smiles as a healthy child should, he may go back to school again; but if he scowls in pain, then ho is con demned to stay at home. —Denver (Col.) Republican. Stud Unit* It ft. United. In the relaying of street railway tracks with heavy modern rails the question of the disposition of the old rails has been a troublesome one. Usually the only recourse has been to sell them for what they would bring as scrap. Recently, however, an at tempt has been made to re-roll these rails into I-beam shape, and so utilize them as steel ties. It is reported in the Street Railway Review that on a short section of track thus laid, near Sandusky, 0., the results have been so satisfactory as to warrant further tests on an extensive scale. In run ning the old rails through the rolling mills the head is flattened out about five inches wide, and tho bottom flange to about eight inches. Fortu nately the old T rails adapt them selves very nicely to this particular plan giving an I-beam shape when so rolled.about threeinches deep. It is be lieved that after a service of 25 or 30 years in the capacity of steel tics they will be worth as much for scrap as they are today. The new rails are fastened to the steel tie by clips of ordinary form, held by bolts passed through the upper flange from below.
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