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HONE TREATMENT.
NO One Deprived of the BeasaoseeeL
c"peian 4 Treatment Becsss. = ~
ing at q Distance From the 49, ~

No One Deprived of the Bensno..
Cepelan 4 Treatment Becs~u, .sss.5
ing at q Distance From the 49, a.
The same wonderful and unif,er q.
cess attending the treatment Of ~ = J
land physicians in their office 4 -
their home treatment of patients - r.!
BY the use of comprehensive
blank they are enabled 10 correcffs 49,
nose cases and prescribe for them a.
their excellent system OF reports ike3E
q close watch upon them. patienss
In the country may in this way es5ss
benefits OF their skin as well q fks
the city.
MIR. AUGUSTUS ANNIs. a fs,.... =
Ing at Clinton. Island county. 4 e5
citizen and highly respected, feels tkss
Copeland Medical Institute has No.
almost a miracle in Transforming ~
an enfeebled shadow to struSe 5
healthy man.
TN the spring OF 1894 had an 49, !. :
Ia grippe. followed by aggravated r.
Of the stomach. and have since -
constant and terrible sufferer ana g.. r.
work. l could keep nothing on - ~
ach, and had often four or i've 49,
spells day. Sometimes even col3 -
would make me sick. had terrih5s Ssi~
In my stomach and across the ccsis5 r.
my body. My bowels were constipoi21 T.
gave me great deal Of trouhta r,
could not sleep at night. My bIa1aS
came affected. and this rendered ~
more wretched. had no appetif5
when could retain anything on ~ 55s
ach. gradually lost in hssh d
weighed 50 pounds less than foruuor{7 -
my strength wasted away. 90 that Il @
but a shadow of my former solf - f.
feeble to do any work. thOuGAf I
completely done up. and had givoS r.
hope of being cured. but / saw a.
ments of those who had been cured r
Copeland treatment. and l mado - r.
mind TO try ii as last resort. II 1k3
diately. My vomiting ceased, an6 f.
passed away all the pain and tlIstro0 r.
stomach. My appetite returned, al I
able to digest my food without dl(115
I sleep web. my bowels act natufl0
my bladder trouble has gone. I u r
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BOB WHITE.

hear in the orchestral morn,
Midst the flute. the iewsharp and the horn,
bird with a note like a vote.
Straight and sweet from the throat:
Like the voice of the light after night:
Bob White
! know tits the quail calling so,
But his language Is English, know;
How human the bird with that word,
BY my heart it is heard
Like Friendship and Love aphrodite:
Bob White
The friend of his youth he would find,
There's no name but his friends on his
mind.
His life Is all boyhood and Joy
What is constant as boy?-
o. my friend Of the morn and the light,
Bob White"
] roved through the stubble with thee.
Both barefooted, to hawbush and tree.
BY brook and by vale like the quail;
Every day without fail
i called at thy gate. early bright,
Bob White
You answered dear partner. by hleat.
Like the mate of the quail from the wheat.
To school or to truant you followed
! piped and YOU hallooed
You parted from me not till night,
Bob White
The orchards. the fields, they were ours.
And the sky and the seed and the flowers,
Inc lafiner, not we, PAID the tax,
AT the sound of his az
Low whistled our warning or fright:
Bob Winter
Where are YOU. my chum. all these years?
Has the world swallowed you up with its
fears?
or, mated. say. have you a flock?
Are you hen now or cock2
Do hear you out yonder Alright,
Bob Whiteg' w
IL yon-O, the sweet notes again!
Raise them boldly whomeVer thy hen
say. Madame. that friend was my first
IN the dswn-hour Of erst
And he called me ere you were my sprite.
Bob White!
Then VIII forget night and blight
DO YOU heay how whistle Bob Whittier
9, lonely are all things in truth,
But the birds have cur youth:
Say on. MAKE me boy. set me right
bob Winter
George Alfred Townsend.
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Wonders never cease Science adds new
triumphs almost daily to the mighty
achievements of the nineteenth century.
Men with brains to think. patience TO ex-
pertinent and The persistence necessary for
success are bending all their energies TO
reveal the hidden secrets of nature. to
threw rays Of light into the darkness that
can only be pierced by the electric fash Of
the intellect. ana they are succeeding.
Discoveries tina. add to the comfort. con-
venience and enjoyment. and proiong the
lives of mankind. constantly startle the
world with their novelty and apparent
tRnchrnent upon the miraculous. Es-
peeially is this being done in the realm OF
medical science. and the physical ills that
affliet mankind are being banshed by the
discovery of their cause and their remedy.
Brilliant as these discoveries are. these ac-
complishments Of genius and devotion 10
science. they are invariably secuted and
derided by the great mass of doctors, more
numerous an affliction than the ills they
pretend to cure. who travel along biindly
in the old ruts and oppose everything new.
until they are swamped, overwhelmed and
swept away by the resistiess tidal wave OK
Its success. This is the fate that is over
taking them In their opposition TO the mar
vellous cure for catarrh and chronic dis
eases discovered and developed by the
genius Of DIR. Copeland. They have vain
ly protested and asserted the old. old con-.
tention OF the medical profession, that
chronic diseases cannot be cured. but they
are being engulfed and swept away by the
nightly tidal wave of success and popuiilr-
ity its wonderful cures are pillng up. and
on the very crest of the wave ride IN tri-
umph the Copeland physicians, and the
hundreds of leaders Of medical science.
who have risen above all prejudice and
jealousy and professional bigotry. and hail
the new discovery with Joy and proclaim
IL the greatest boon to suffering man yet
offered by the hand Of science. The Cope
land physicians are curing catarrh. They
are purifying the system of its deadly
posons. They are saving weak lungs from
destruction. They are restoring lost hear
ing. They are making ruined stomachs
strong again. They are restoring healthy
action to kidneys, livers. bowels. bladders
and other organs rendered unhealthy and
almost useless by the poisonous sec-etions
of catarrh. They are healing distguring
skin diseases. They are making new men
and women out of tottering invalids. All
this they are doing by the wonderful new
Copeland treatment. and are charging but
the merely nominal fee Of s a month. all
medicines included.
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belchei gas continually. I had FREQUENT
attacks of dizziness. Ny bowels were In A
perpetual state Of constipation / failed
so greatly that many OF my friends did not
recognize me. thought l had cancer Of
the stomach. and consulted physicians In
Seattle and Everett. but under their treat
ment continued to be weak and miserable
! tried various KINGS OF patent medicines,
but they gave me no relief whatever. had
come to believe myself incurabIe ana with
but short time more 10 live. when was
urged BY my friends TO 20 TO the Copeland
Medical Institute and see II the wonderful
things the Copeland specialists had done
for others might not also be done for me-
j did 50. and the physicians told me mad
cararrh of the stomach. and prescribed
treatment for IL. l began TO Improve i'm
medjafeH l have now good appetite
and can eat without distress 10 my stom-
ach- There u no more accumulation Of
gas. nor teichsng. Nv sleep, which was
formerly broken. restless and unrefresh-
Ing. ~ now sound ana restfui. and get I'D
IN the morning feeling strong and re-
fresbed. have regelned my natural
weight, and am feeling better than for
years. All this has been Accomplished
with alrnos, no expense. as l nave paid but
Is afmonth during my treatment FOR both
personal attention and medicine.
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toration to health after having his entire
system permeated with the poisonous Sc
cretions af catarrh. until he had become
weak. nervous, irritable ana untitled to
pursue his occupation At a tritiing cost
he put an end 10 this state Of affairs under
the mild, soothing. disesse-destroying
treatment Of the Copeland specialists. He
says:
about nine years ago had a succession
of heavy colds. resulting in nasal catarrh.
which spread until II involved my entire
system. My nose discharged profusely; Of
fensive ard disagreeabie secretions dropped
into my throat: my head panied me almost
constantly; lost the sense of smell almost
entirely; my eyesight became affected. and
/ had continual ringing noises In my ears.
While this was bad enough. It was by no
means my most serious trouble. My stoIn-
ach became poisoned by the nasty stuff
urconsciously swallowed. and 1t refused to
do its duty. lost my appetite, my bowels
became badly constipated. and lapsed into
the condition of a chronic invalid. unit for
work, weak and discouraged, losing stead
ly in weight and going about hawking and
splitting and belching up gas. and feeling as
that 1t was about as well that it was. did
not get into this frame of mind until after
had tried numerous doctors and spent much
money in vain for relief. even taking paten.
medicines so glowingly advertised. On the
recommendation of a friend who had been
cured by the Copeland specialists, placed
was a new man. / improved at once. My
appetite and strength returned / have
gained in weight. I do not hawk and spit
nor beleh up gas any more My stomach
has become restored to its normal condt-
lion, and my head feels as clear and free
from disease as in former years. One of
the most comforting thoughts In connection
with all this is that have no doctors bill
to annoy me, for the trifiing sum It has
cost me was paid in monthly fees during
the progress OF the treatment. and gain
ing freedom from diseac. has not run me
into debt as is the usual course. except
with the Copeland system of a merely nom
inal monthly fee. including all medicines"
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o.. ~egrtde PITCHER: Fisher. Reach.
xewa-f@ ra+erner. Eadcis6. short
stop: Cufhberg- Srrsendsrfsr- Heureii.
.selfsrs: Bech.as and Tom Pratt. saosd-
sufes- The Doztons won three games oas
81 four from the champions The Boston
nsne consisted az. Never. catcher. Spait-
ing. pitcher: Gould, Barnes. Shafer, base
men; George Wright. shorrssop; Core.
Harry Wright. BIrdsaH. fieiders; jackson
and Burrows substitutes
In rs-z eleven clubs entered the lists. and
popular interest In baseball ran high In
this year also the rules were oTeraauied,
and many amendments were made, the
most important being the one which abol-
sshed the clause prohibiting the delivery
OF the bah TO the bat By an underhand
throw.
The Boston team was victorious not only
that season, bat for the four succeeding
seasons. and when. in 1916. Barnes McVey,
spalding and White. four Of the best play
ers OF that nine. Joined the Chicasos. the
people Of -fhe Hub" regarded IL as almost
public calamity.
Ia 1876. through the efforts OF the late
William A. Hubert. who has been called
the father OF the National League" the
National League Of Professional Baseball
Clubs was formed Upon this occasion
rules governing the engagement OF players
and the making of contracts were put into
G1EIECI lBf94s anu many ID1f<rS Ia TIC
rules were made The movements of the
pitchers arm in ball delivery were re-
stricted. Nine balls gave a bstsman his
base and a foul was more rigidiy defined.
From this time forward more attention
was paid 10 pitching than to any other de-
partrnent Of the game. The curve, first
discovered by Cummings. came into vogue.
and then the several variations Of Its APP
plication followed.
Int lar i'm MA nr.
gaaized In 1871. II was q collection Of NIL
nor clubs that did not care to compete
with the stalwarts of the National League.
The National Association, composed OF
Eastern professional clubs. was organized
In 1879.
In 1sse the American Association was
organized at Cincinnati. Its foundation
was based upon opposition to the five men
reserve rule which the National League
haG Just adopted. The Associations sue
cess must be attributed to two fundamen-
tai principles on which IL was buiit--first,
1t touched no city already occupied by the
National League. and, second. it played to
% cent admissions.
One Year Of War.
For year the League and Association
waged an honorable war. AT the end Of
that time the two organizations got to-
gether." and. in conjunction with the
under the tripartite agreement. Still a
year later this agreement was enlarged
into national agreement, which to This
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ruis wax ffrs early established which pro-
hib{ted the baserunrer from going three
feet out Of the line, ror could he score
from third after two r-en were out IL he
batter did not reach Arst base In safety,
II was some time before this improved
method Of playing was accepted BY New
England clubs. and as late rs 1873 games
were played in Massachusetts, and other
states un1er the old rules About this
date the longest game on record was
played II took place At Midway. Mass.
October Il. 1873. q match between the Ex-
ceisiors. OF Upton, and the Unions. Of Med
way The game actually lasted two days
OF eleven hours each. and there was 10
time wasted. either Eighty innings were
played with ore out 10 an inning. and the
final score was 30 10 70. in favor OF the
Excelsicrs.
The first series Of games that formed
what might be called a championship con-
test took place !n the years iss7-5s-ss.
These games we're played In grounds In
Hoboken. X j., opposite New York city.
called the Fiysiaa fields. where nearly all
fhe ball playing was done. Here tne
Knfckerbocker Eagl@. Gotham and En-
pire Clubs showed their respective abiii-
ties Soon the Atianties % Brooklyn. got
IN the lead. and that brought about the
arrangement of series Of three games 10
be played by picked mines from the New
York and Brooklyn clubs In Is1s- These
were known as the fashion course't
games. II 1850, during q series between
the ExceIssors and Aflantics. excitement
ran 50 high that the popularity OF The
eama began to grow and extend. Unfor.
ttnafeiy the civil war broke out just IN
time TO divert pubic attention from the
BAH ground to more serious and bloody
fieids Of contest, Nevertheless the game
was not allowed TO fall into complete leth-
orxy. Interesting matches were arranged
now and then. and large crowds attended.
glad TO find some diversion for minds
overwrought with anxiety for their loved
ones ~hc were Fighting at the front.
Even I'm camp the soldiers often sought
recreation by Indulgence In the vigorous
exercise Of the game
1t WAS not, however. until the meeting
Of she National Association of Baseball
Players, held In New York December IL,
lses. that the formal revival OF baseball
took place. At this meeting there were
present representatives OF more than "a
clubs. many of which had just been form
ed. Senator Arthur r. German. OF Mary
land. was at that time a great patron Of
baseball, and was elected president OF the
National Association.
Defeat OF tho Champions.
Tho Atlantics. who had remained cham
pions all during war time. lost their high
place in 1867 to the Unions. of Morrisania.
During the next two years the Brooklyn
and New York teams divided the honors.
In 1856 the Philadelphia Athletics gained
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Red Jaeket and tho Missionaries

l Dca daily t'rHSS.
OF the west shore OF Cayura lake. a, n
place called kanoEa. Red Jacket was born.
II Is about NO miles north of the New
York Central road and -wo miles southeast
Of Seneca Falls. The spot is marked hv
a large pile Of cobblestones and a few ola
apple trees surround IL. The place is beau.
rsfui. The view being very extensive as
one looks eastward over the waters of the
bike
II was Al this place that two rnlssiora-
ries called on Red Jacket and informed
him that he was great sinner and they
we're sent e redeem him trsra the awful
fate awaiting him. They told him ne would
surely be lost II he dfd not embrace the
faith Red Jacket listened with close at
tention and then broke forth with the fol-
lowing.
Who told you this stun to come here
and talk - fnglnT'
Why. Christ sent Us" they said.
He d!a%" said Red Jacket WHY dian
He come Himself and tell poor Inein all
about IL and no, send such men os you. -
Red Jacket was Iali and commanding.
ahoaf six feet four inches in hetgh;. with
clear-c0t features and rlch. powerful
va.se. When sslmmonlaS his braves 10 the
council he could be heard TWO miles from
a h;sh ernineuce near his wigwan.
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health and vigor by the mild. soothing and
health giving treatment of the Copeland
physicians. She says.
II suffered from sore throat for twenty
years. the result OF catarrh In the head.
and for a large portion Of that time my
life was made miserable by that disease.
Discharges from my nose and droppings i'm
nv throat ANNOYED me. while much of the
time nv nose was so stopped up that 1
could not breathe through 1t. The poison
Gus secretions got into my stomach and
ruined ii. and then went into my entire
system. l could not digest food. and had
frequently TO vomit II UP. i was distressed
after eating. l had constant sick head
aches and could not sleep well. and became
thin, weak, nervous and miserable. I was
treated by physicians without benefit. and
took many remedies without relief. and de-
SPARED of cure: but when l learned Of
the wonderful things the Copeland physi-
clans were doing determined to try again
TO get rid of my disease. | began treat
mert. and Improvement was almost i'm
mediate Now l am changed being. 1
breathe freely through my nose, the drop
pings have ceased. and my sore throat Is
cured My appetite is good. my stomach
dlstresses me no more, and l sleep well at
night l am no longer weak and nervous.
but feel stronger and better than / have
for wears"
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been written, and Yet there are rtaily I'D
exact data 70 be had. The English nave
always asserted that baseball Is nothing
more than anplincation Of the British
rarne csfle<: sAFounders." but the claim Is
hardly fesah1s IN view OF the radical DIFF
ference OF uselhods employed In the play
1nw NJ tf,kse exmex, the object In FOUNDERS
being 10 nut the player out by getting the
balI into a hole dug In the ground or by
striking hin with the thrown ball. vast
" dikerent Elm from that Of baseball
II has been urged quite as piausibiy that
che ancient Gresks played the parent game
Of bali and that what Is the great popular
favorife a. Nay, grew out OF the game
which HOmas refers to In the "odessey''
a. being played for pastime By Ulysses
and those whom he met In his ~anderings.
In the Greek gymnasia and the Roman
batha there were special apartments for
ball playing. where certain ruiss Of exer-
else were to BE- observed. In the sixteenth
century in France and Italy. ball games
were played b. the mobility and others OF
tho leisure class AZ n remedy to dispei en-
nui and to promote health and muscular
development Indeed there has never been
IN age or probably nation that did not
have il ball playing OF some SORT
In process ~ time and evolution there
came basobaIl, and II is as distinctiveiy an
American gains Is cricket Is a British
game.
The Evoluti0n Of Baseball.
Basebalrs origin II good deal like
Topsy's--it '.1pst growed.' Authority Is
hacking a. 10 NE exact time of the COM
mencement 4 baseball playing. although
Il n known % have been played m our
schools and colleges from the beginning OF
the nineteenth century. Oliver Wendell
Holmes IN 10 referred to II as the game
he played when . boy. The bali played
then. however, would hardly be- recognized
es The direct ancestor OF the scientific
game OF today. In the old-time game cali
Cd town han paddle. fashioned some
thing Iks : cricket bat. was generally
used. The inneld was entirely unlike our
present diamond. II was square. with
base on ooch corner. The home plate Was
midway hotween first and fourth bases.
Any num6er a. persons could play. FOR
instance. let " say there were eighteen
players - each side. Then on the side at
the bat. u seventeen Of them were put out,
the eighteenth one could bring the whole
side In b. making n home run. Three
chances were given him In which to make
HIT II h. hAttcd the ball and II did not
20 far enough to warrant him In attempt
Ing 10 make home run, he was not obliged
10 run. However, II he failed in either the
second or third trials his side was declar-
cd out. Then the other side would come
hocking In from the field and take turn
at the bat. The pitcher and catcher alone
had particular positions. The rest OF the
players wefa scattered over the field. In
order 10 put out the base runner he was
either hit with the ball or Il was thrown
between him and the base, and he was
s'crossed out.'' IA they called Il.
The first public and 10 mai recognition
81 ball AS legitimate game was In 1886
When number Of gentlemen OF New York
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SIXTY-NINE YEARS OLD.
Yet His Disease Yielded to the Wond er-
full Copei and Treatment as Realty as
Thou rh He Was stiii In the yfxor Of

Mr.. william Robinson. living at sos
Eighth avenue. Seattle. Is q. years Of age
and has had an experience with the Cof,e-
lard treatment which delights him Re
saws:
"A severe cold developed into catarrh OF
the head, as Is the usual thing. extending
10 my throat ard bronchial tubes 1 cough
ed continuously. and had copious dis
charges from the nose and droppings n
the throat keeping me constantly hawk
ing and spitfang. The catarrhal poisoas
also affected my bowels, and gave me a
great deal Of trouble. After taking
great deal o. medicine without relief.
Ras persuaded 70 iry the Copeland treat
.nsnt and / am glad did SO. I yed
al once I am TOW entirely well. and all
my trouble has disappeared. Besides this
| feel stronger ard more cheerful than
have for years. almost like 81 young man
Tbs marvellous change has BEEN wrought
at almost co expense and little troubles
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and mary victories. Il was composed OF
Thomas F. Pratt, pitcher. Frank Nor
ton. catcher. Joseph Start. nrst base; z.
r. Crane. second base. Capt Charles +.
Smith third base. r F. Pearce. shortstoP:
Sid c. Smith. right field; John Calvin,
ueaser felc; John C. Chapman left field,
and Peter o.Rrien. manager
OF this hardy team Capt Charles Smith
il the Oldest He was regarded as one Of
the best third-base men that ever played
ball He IL a weli-to-5o man financially.
and lives on Long island.
Tom Pratt. who pitched the spesisest
ball Of his time is Tow ia business with
his brother in Boston. and is wealthy
man
Frank Merton married . rich girl. and is
= prosperous landowner in the interior Of
Long Island.
Everybody who knows anything OF the
hsstory OF baseball is familiar with the
name Of the great first baseran. Joe
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THE GOLDEN RULE.

DR.. CopeIand's maxim is: DO unto the
sirk as you ~ you'd have the doctors do by
you ~ you were PROSTATE with somr
dreadful chronic maIady and without
the means to pay big fees All who suf-
fer rom cstarrh. asthma or bronchitis.
burning rheumatis or dfsfig uring skin
diseases, lung or throat affections, liver.
kidney. bladder, stomach or bowel
trouble or any other wasting. chronic
ailment are welcome. every time, to all
the benefits ofthc Copeland Medical In
stituts. the Collins baiiding. corner Sec
end and James streets. Without expense
beyond the nominal Assessments OF %
per month. all medicines included.