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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
A WOMAN'S NERVES.
The Story of Woman to Whom
Noise Was Torture.
Frustrated by the Least Excitemcnt-Phv.
slcians Baitied by Her Case,
(Erom he cate oitn Keotut, Iona


Mrs. Helen Meyers, whose home is at 3515
Vernon Avenue, Chicago, and whose visit to
Keokuk, Ia, will long be remembered. was
at one time afflicted with nervous malady
which at times drove her nearly to distrac-
ton. ''Those terrible headaches are a thing
OF the past" she said the other day to a
Gate CdD representative ''and there is quite
story In connection with it, too.n
My nervous system sustained agreat shock
some hIteen years ago, brought on, be-
heve, through too much worrying over
family matters, and. then allowing my love
for my books TO get the better of nv dis
erection where my health was concerned
Why, whenever my affairs at home did not
go along just as / expected, would invari-
acly become prostrated from the excite
ment, and would consider myself fortu-
nate indeed If the effects of the attack
would notremain for week. was obliged
to give up our pleasant home not far from
the Lake Shore drive, because 1 could not
stand the noise in that locality Icould find
no place in the city which deemed suitable
to one whose nervous system was always
on the point of explosion. To add to my
misfortunes my complexion underwent a
change, aud l looked so yellow and sallow
that L was ashamed to venture from the
house at ALL
MADAM" said my doctor to me soon
after an unusually severe attack of the mall
ady, unless you leave the city and seek
some place of quiet you will never recover"
30 concluded would visit my uncle, who
lives in Dallas County, Iowa, and whose
farm would surely be a good place for one
In my pitiable condition. / picked up the
Gate city one day and happened to come
across an interesting recital of the recovery
of some woman in New York State who was
afflicted as L had been. This woman had
been cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. l thought that if Pink Pills
cured that woman they might do the same
for me. began to take tho pills accord.
Ing to directions, and | began to feel better
from the start. After had taken several
boxes Of them twas ready to go back to
Chicago. My nervousness was gone and
my complexion was as fresh as that of any
Bixteen-year-old girl in Iowa, and Pink Pills
Is what put the color in my cheeks. No
wonder am in such high spirits and feel
like prize fighter, Apd no wonder I like
to come to Keokuk, f6r il 1t had not been
for Pink Pills bought from KeolSuk firm
would not have been alive now," ghingly
concluded the lady.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
clements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists
or may be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
bO cents per box, or six boxes for $3.50.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

Mr.. Lincoln's memory has been re-
ferred to, and it may be declared to
have beer as marked a faculty as any
other of his extraordinary brain. Every
impression made upon his mind would
seem to have been permanent; incl
dents, faces, names and dates were re-
called after many years with marvellous
circumstantiality of detail. This at
tribute was of greatest service to him
In political life, and almost priceless
while he was president, when the null
tiform duties of the Office pressed upon
him. While In no sense neglecting tho
civil duties of the office, which never
were more onerous than under his adj
ministration, he was compelled to fol-
low the details of military operations
and to become acquainted with the
character and merit of those who held
important trusts. This memory never
failed him; once he met a man, he knew
him forever afterward, and promises
that were made or received were never
forgotten. Men who knew him best
were amazed at the intimate acquain-
tance he had with the writings of the
great authors.
Scarcely less remarkable were his
powers of endurance. The endowment
of strength was hereditary, and the
thirteen years spent in the wilds of In
diana, supplemented with two subse-
quent years of arduous manual labor in
Illinois, but added to the measure of
his physical powers. In the lIoosier
state, when youth of nineteen, not
only did his colossal stature Che was
four inches above six feet in height,
but also his superior skill, strength, en-
durance and agility in all manly sports
make him easily first among all his fell
lows. He was victor in all running,
wrestling, boxing and other contests;
while with the pillow, or hoe, or ak, ho
was equally excellent and supreme.
1t may be mentioned that his fame as
rail splitter came of his labors after
removing to Illinois, when he and John
Hanks cut and ''mauled" number of
rails sufficient to inclose his fathers
farm. His farm labors ended in tho
following year, 1881, when his father
removed from Macon county. The
rugged and rough life of his boynood,
youth and first dawn of manhood, with
his inherited robust frame, cndued
him with excelling strength that en-
abled him to bear any burden, however
great His labors in the last four years
of his life were unrcmitting and almost
constant, yet he withstood them 'sith'
out abatement of vigor or loss Of spir-
tied energy
A man of strong moral convictions
and keen sense of justice, he was acute
ly alive to his responsibility for per.
sonal acts, especially as their results
might affect others. Sternly just
towards himself, he was extremely
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
PLEASANT BITS.

"WHo killed cock robin2" 81" sad
the sparrow. "Well, who hypnotizcd
youP"-Detroit Tribune.
"YEs, Louie, I've begun to prepare for
commencement already" 80, Nellie,
dear, how are you going to have it
made up? Tell us all about it, that's a
good GRIN. Y. Recorder.
JAaes-"Did Jones tell you about
that predicament he got into the other
dayp I'd like to hear the story from
his own lips" Baggs-"He won't tell
1t. He's too mean" Jaggs-"Yes; too
mean to tell joke at his own expense"
Truth.
"IT's all very well to talk about issu-
ing bonds of $40 EACH" remarked Mr..
Dukane, "but that is not the way to in
duce women to buy" what would
YOU adviser" asked Gaswell. "Let Sec
rotary Carlisle advertise bonds at s9.9s,
marked down from s10."- Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telegraph.
"AN ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure, amt it?" said Meander-
ing Mike. s'Of course 1t is" replied
Flooding Pete. swell, OATS de reason
/ don't accept no job from nobody. Eff
/ wus worlxin' might be tempted ter go
on strike. An den see de trouble I'd
be in. "--Washington Star.
II one would make good timehe must moi
60 zoe fast - Galveston News.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

fidence and trust that was as simple
and guileless as that of q child. None
who knew him well called Mr.. Lincoln
homely. His face was plain, unques-
tionably; but it was always pleasant
one; it was intelligent, kindly, gentle;
a striking face that told of long priva-
ton, thought, study, self-conquest and
the highest intellectual development.
Such face as that could never be I'M
attractive or displeasing.
This leader of men was individual,
peculiar, as some would say, in his
traits, just as he was original in speech.
While his style is not always perfect,
1t is always Lincoln's, and there is noun
ing In the English language that will
surpass in felicity of expression or loft
mess of sentiment his memorable
speech at Gettysburg, in which he de-
clares he had malice for none, but
charity for all. His diction is like
his handwriting, plain, but elegant and
ineligible.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
GRASS is KINGi

Grass rules. 1t is the most valuable
crop of America, worth more than
either corn or wheat. Luxurious mead
ows are the farmers delight. A posi-
tive way to get them, and the only one
we know, is to sow Salzer's Extra Grass
Mixtures. Many of our farmer readers
prise them and say they get to 6 tons
of magnificent hay per acre from Sal
zer's seeds. Over one hundred different
kinds of Grass, Glover and Fodder
Plant seeds are sold by Salzer.
IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND BEND II
with &c postage to the John A. Salzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis, you will get
a sample of GRASS & CLOVER MIXTURE and
their mammoth seed catalogue free. [K]
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
Fort Rlley,. pnlloon Trnin.

At Fort Riley the United States has
balloon train, consisting of three
wagons for the carriage of tubes of
compressed hydrogen and Of fourth
wagon for the balloon appliances used
in signaling. The tubes, made of steel,
are filed with hydrogen gas manufac-
tured at Fort Logan, Col, and heavily
compressed. The balloon, made of
gold beater's skin, is filed from these
tubes when in use in the field. 1t is ex-
pected that such captive balloons viii
play an important part in the wars Of
the future.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
Special Letter.1

The kindness and gentlenoss Of Lin
coins nature were never shown in more
glorified light than on that fatal 14th OF
April, 1865, when at cabinet meeting
he spoke in terms of praise of Gen. Lee
and other leaders of the confederacy.
He had formulated plan looking to
general amnesty, his patriotic spirit
taking in the entire union and refusing
to be satisfied with anything short of q
burial of the past and hearty accept
ance by everybody of the issues OF
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

merciful towards others. So strongly
was the latter trait exhibited in his
official acts that effort was made to
keep him in ignorance of the findings
of courts-martial, lest his tenderness
should operate to the injury of military
discipline. WILLIAM RossER CoBBE
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
The Wastes of Siberia

Arc not more barren of comfort than the
waists Of those who suffer from dyspepsia,
romliyercomplaint or from kidney trouble.
But in Hostetter's Stomach Bitters they can
find relief. So can the malarious, the rheu-
matte, the neuralgia, the feeble and the old.
Use with persistence this remedy with d
career Of over a third of century. A wine
glassful three times a day.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

To make it apparent to thousands, who
think themselves i'll, that they are not af-
fected with any disease, but that the system
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as costive condition
is easily cured by using Syrup of Figs.
Manufactured by the California Fig SyrupCo
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

DAsHAwAY-'You believe in the, efficacy
of prayer, uncle. But suppose q chicken
from your neighbours yard should hop by
your kitchen door and you should get down
ON your knees and pray for that chicken to
enter, do you think your prayer would be
answered." Uncle Ebony-"I mos sar-
tinly do, sab. But ia dat case, sab, should
sprinkle few grains of CON on the step"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

graved on the inside of this ring under
stand is 'Marcellus to Irene'n Young Man
with embarrassment)-"Y that's right.
But er--don't cut the Irene deep "-Balti-
more Telegram.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

FROM BUSINESS STASDPoINT.-Dr. Probe
-"My wife gave a Welsh rarebit party last
night" DR.. Reaper-"Was it a SUGGEST"
DIR. Probe-'Immense I've had twelve ex-
ira calls to-day"-N. Y. Herald.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

AN ELABORATE H1NT-"Have you heard
of the latest invention in cloclsl" she asked
sweetly. "No," replied Mr.. Slogo. sit is
very ingenious. 1t has monograph at
tachment which calls off the hours.n f'Won-
derfully cleverl" eyes; and alta quarter Of
eleven it says: Good night" He glanced
at his watch, which told off half-past ten,
and in few moments had fled into the
darlzness.-Washingto Star
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

ToMMY-"Paw, what is an intellectual
soireeln Mr.. Fight is generally one
where the refreshments do not cost much
more than a dime head. Indianapolis
II ournal
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

TIE AMENITIES or TRADE.-Tough-'1
want dozen eggs, an l wants 'em bad,
seea" Grocer-"Go to that grocer across the
street. Everything he keepsis bad. Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

Il SHALL expect you," said the justice to
the colored culprit, ''to tell the whole truth"
"De whole truth, sah!n eyes" "Jedge,
jes' gimme six months l"-Atlanta Constitu
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards

If you send Is cents in stamps or coin to
JONI SEBAsTIAN, GenI Pass. Agent. C.. r.
|. q 2. Ry, Chicago, you will receive post
paid the slickest pack of playing cards
you ever handled. Beautiful steel engraved
Whist Rules accompany them Free
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

CoURTENAY-"When you proposed to Miss
Dexter did you get down on your knees2'
Barclay-"No, | couldn It; she was sitting on
them. Truth.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

IT is surprising how long it takes restau-
rant cook to boil an egg four minutes
Rockland Tribune.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

THE wise man means something even By
the remarks he does not make,-Galveston
News.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

Two PAIRS of lips once CHANGED to meet
Behind friendly door,
And both exclaimed: sit seems to me
That we have met before.p
IN Y. Herald.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

THE reason the pen is mightier than tho
sword is because it writes the wrongs of SO
many people, Roclxland Tribune,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

temper, fear of impending calamity and a
thousand and one arrangements of body
and mind, result from such pernicious prac-
tees. All these are permanently cured by
improved methods of treatment without the
patient leaving home.
A medical treatise written In plain but
chaste language, treating of the nature,
symptoms and durability of such diseases,
sent securely sealed in plain envelope, OH
receipt ofthis notice, with 10 cents In stamps,
for postage Address, WogLn's DIsPEN-
sAgY MEDICAL Assoc IATIoN, Buffalo, NIX.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

THE individual who lives in glass house
is the very person who persists in throwing
stones.-Galveston News,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

IT is hard to convince tie man who will
steal chickens that there is any sense in
theology. -Ram' 3 Horn.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
HEAD-REsTs-Vacations.

W-"DoEs your wife talk in her sleepm
Dwell never notice anv cessation"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

'WHAT does the new woman want2"
NShe doesn't know, but she is going to get
it"-Judge.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

SOME people never learn to keep out of
debt until after they lose their credit.-Gal-
weston News.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

:. HALE's Honey of Horehound and Tar re
Eeves whooping cough.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
One Of the Strongest Characters
in American History.

Had lie Lived Untii February IL, 1895.
He Would BE EIghty-Tive Years
of Ago-Peculiarities of ths
Great EmancIpator.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14
YOUNG SPIRITS.

a vigorous body and
robust strength fol-
low good health.
But all fail when the
vital powers are
weakened. Nervous,
debility and loss of
manly power result
from bad habits, con-
tracted by the young
through ignorance
of their ruinous con-
5 sequences S. Low
spirits, nelancholia,
impaired memory,
morose or irritable
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-03-14

IF one would make good timehe must not
60 zoe fask--Galvesto News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-08
RECKLESS All SIN.
Attacks British and American
Missions Near Canton.
RIOTERS ATTACK THE HOSPITALS,

All OF Which Are Demolished and the
Missionaries Forced to Flee-veCetar-
isns SO Strong That They Defy the Inn
perial Troops-GunbOat Sent to the
Scene-Report on the Massacre ofBrstish
Subjects ut Ku Cheng.
HoNG KONG, Aug. s-The British and
American missions at Fat-Shan, near
Canton, were attacked Monday afternoon
by large and Infuriated mob. The hos
pitfalls were demolished. The missionaries
fed to the Sha Meen. A Chinese gum
boat has been dispatched to quell the riot.
1t is reported that all the missions at
Kwang Lung will soon be destroyed and
the missionaries driven to the treaty
ports. The Vegetarians arc Il. 900 strong,
are we'll armed and organized and able
to withstand the Chinese troops.
Chinese Onicials Are Implicated.
SHANG Hal. Aug 81. Courtney Hix-
son, United States consul at Foo Chow,
has obtained the names of fifty natives
implicated in the Ku Cheng massacre, in
cludinS the leaders and some Of the actual
murderers. He also obtained proof that
the Chinese officials knew that trouble
was brewing for some days prior to the
massacre. Not single Chinese official
attended the funerals Of the victims. Re-
ports are arriving daily from almost
every province of horrible official persecu-
tion of native Christians and molesta-
tion of and insults to Foreigners in the in
terror
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-08
TAKEN FROM HOME At MIDNIGHT.
Brutal Outrage Committed on . Kansal
by Unknown Brutes.

Brutal Outrage Committed on . Kansan
by Unknown Brutes.
SALINA, Kan, Aug. S-B. F. Coswell, a
farmer living seven miles northwest of
here, was decoyed from his home about
midnight by a stranger who said he had
q sick horse and wanted assistance. When
half a mile from homo the pair were met
by two pals of the stranger. who covered
Coswell with rifles. He tried to escape,
when one Of the men fired, the bullet
striking him in the head, and the other
man struck him twice over the head with
his rifle, partially stunning him.
The three then bound Coswelrs hands,
gagged him and forced him to walk q
mile and half, though he was nearly
fainting from loss OF blood. After terror.
izing the farmer for some time they final
ly let him 60, first threatening him with
death If he told of the occurrence Cos
wells condition is critical. There Is no
clew to his assailants and no cause for the
assault Is known.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-08
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs

Obituary: At Eureka, Ills, Banker
John Darst, as; at Watrous, n. NJ,
George W. Sacket, of Chicago. 20: al
Milwaukee,, Colonel George ". Walthers:
at Greenville, Ills, Thomas Benton Wood
at Burlington. Wis, B lnker Eugene Hall,
4; at New York, Charles Foster the
playwright and actor, 62; at Lansing,
Mich, Orlen A. Jonison, ~; at Hobart.
Ind, Frederick Copeland, 20.
The City of Melbourne bank, Victoria
has failed. Its capital stock was Is. OOO. =.
OOO
The will of the Duchess of Castelluccia
just filed at New York, contains this
queer paragraph: Having already given
my hus band, Edward L. Dwyer, at vari.
Gus times money and other property !
hereby give to him the sum of $40, and nc
more" She left an estate worth 1919 600
Lord Rayleigh and Professor William
Ramsey, of London, have been awarded
the $4,000 Hodgkins prize by the Smith.
sonian Institution awards committee for
the best treatise on discoveries in air.
Myron r. Bent, charged with instiqat.
ing the murder Of his wife at Mandan.
n. D., in order to secure the $50 900 in.
surance on her life, has been sentenced "a
death.
William Melia, aged Z, and Jesse Melia,
aged 8, have been found guilty of horse.
stealing at Rockport, Ind.
Drillers found gold and silver bearing
rock while sinking well on the farm Of
Jacob CHASER, near Pearl City, Ills.
1t is reported in a New York Herald
special from Tampa, Fla. that an Amer.
lean yacht with a party of tourists on
board has probably been sunk for q fill.
buster by Spanish cruiser
Lord Sholto Douglas and his bride the
late concert hall actress, have left San
Francisco for England at the request Of
Lord Sholto's mother, who desires to SEQ
her daughter-in-law, it seems.
Jack Gordon, a grandson Of "Chinese"
Gordon. died at Santa Monica, Cal, Of
alcoholism. Gordon was born in London
in 1874 and was the son of Captain
Gordon, of the British navy, who was
son of the famous general who in lSSc
was killed by the Mahdi at khartoum.
Leandcr q. Mccormick, the milliona aire
inventor and manufaci urer. Of Chicago.
who has been very i'll, has passed the crisis
and is recovering.
Secretary Carlisle is making a cruise of
Lake Superior on the government steamer
Amaranth.
From Bigston's Gap. Va, comes the
news of tho burning of Eli Hix and four
children. Hix had gone home drunk and
built a fire in Ithe kitchen, which in some
way set the house on fire in the night.
Mrs. Hix rescued one of her five children.
Miss Elizabeth Fiagler, of Washing.
ton, who shot and killed Ernest Green a
few days ago, has surrendered herself in
the District criminal court and been re-
leased on SIC, 600 bail to await the action
of the grand jury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-08

chairman Haney asked If any one desired
20 speak. In response to this came nu-
Inerlous inquiries as to whether the ne.
groes would come back if tho resolutions
were adopted. To these inquiries Chair
inan daney, through various interpre-
tefs, replied that the law must take its
course and peace be preserved. This did
not seem to meet with general approval,
and many left the meeting and retired
to the saloons and groggeries to discuss
what should be done. At length the
chairman put the question as to the
adoption or rejection Of the resolutions.
The vote was about a tie. but the chair
man declared it carried. The meeting then
djourned.