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! AsluIllSHlng Statement,
From the Free Press. BeIoit. VIVA.

rronn the Free Press. Beloit, WA
The following statement recently riy-
an a newspaper correspondent by Mrs.
fame Culver. Of Wyoming. Wis, win
.r-nrise no one more than Il did IN.
.o-respondent himself Read what M.
culver says. and then the letter of thu
,srspaper man to the DR.. Williams,
Medicine Company.
Mrs., Culver said: The facts IN INV
,s,e are simply these: Twenty YEAR
,ro began having rheumatism IN INV
,Soulders This developed later on
into chronic neuralgia Of the heart. In
fact / had a complication Of diseases
and was doctored for many ailments
rrew steadily worse. NY liver and
tI3neys were affected. ! had nalnIfs-
tion Of the heart until my limbs would
ROW rigid and my friends would think
me dying.
II sought remedies and medical ad-
vice far and near. From Wisconsin IN
New York I tried physicians Of every
school Year by year / grew steadilv
worse until last year, 1895, I becane :
hed-ridden invalid. and in March ~
this year my physician said all ] had
20 do was to close my eyes and die I
was nothing but a skeleton.
ABOUT the 10th Of March a neiRhhor
Who had been troubled with rheums-
tism and had been taking DIR. WIZ.
Hams Pink Pills asked me to trv
them. / commenced their use, and IN \
few days began feeling better. The
neuralgia pains fed from the region az
nv heart and stomach In one weet
was able to sit up for an hour or two
At a time. In q little more than two
weeks ! could walk, and in Nav 7 r.
ran doing housework. / am now ahIa
10 do my work and am free from the
frightful pains and awful weakness
from which / suffered so many years
owe this state OF health to Pink pills
and TO nothing else.
my best wish is that this sInnnla
and true statement viii induce Others
suffering as / did to give the pilIs 3
trial
We, the undersigned husband ana
daughter Of Mrs. Jane Culver, have
read her statement as above and de-
clare the same to be true.
Signed DAVID W. CULVER.
MATTE CULVER.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 5th day Of June, 1896
RICHARD DUNSTAN.
Justice OF the Peace.
CORRESPONDENTS LETTER
Gentlemen:-I must confess that 7
had an idea that patent medicine testi-
monials were mostly fakes, manufac-
tured in the good-humored spirit of
humbuggery which delights the world
al large. In this case which I have
looked up myself have found at the
first trial a cure so astonishing that
have been afraid to write the facts
Just as the actual history of the case
demanded, lest should seem to overdo
and thus spoil this splendid testimonial.
/ can send you a hundred names of
persons who viii vouch for the facts as
herein stated.
Yours sincerely and with admiration
and respect for Pink Pills,
(signed) F. w. =.
Correspondent.
Dr. Williams Pink Pills contain. In
Q condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness
70 the blood and restore shattered
nerves Pink Pills are sold by all deal
ers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
Of price so cents a box. or six boxes
for $3.50 (they are never sold in bulk
or by the 100, by addressing DR.. VIII
liams Medicine Company, Schenectady.
Ny
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A Good Advertising Medium.


A glance in an Atlanta book store
yesterday made this striking truth
stand forth:
Death is sometimes a big advertise
ment.
In no department Of human effort do
men put forth such terrific energy as
in their attempts to catch the public
eye. Men rack their brain for ingeni-
Gus schemes to attract public attention.
The good advertiser is the rarest and
richest Of successes.
But some times all the cleverness
and ingenuity Of these brain workers
are beaten-aud Unexpectedly.
Du Maurier's death last week was
an advertisement for Harper Bros.
which no idea they might dig out of
their brains could excel. II has started
a great rush after last months Har-
per's, which contained the first install
ment Of THE Marian" Du Maurier's
new story. and a third edition OF the
number is now being fast exhausted.
Those who cannot find the magazine
are investing in Peter Ibbetson," and
II there happen to be any who have not
read "Trilby" they invest in that. The
book dealers will tell you that in the
past four days there has been a won
derful demand for Du Maurier's works.
This great author who has added
thousands to the Golfers Of the Har-
pers by bis life. is adding thousands
to their profits by the mere fact Of his
death.-Atlanta Constitution.
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A Bread and Butter Diet

The newest diet suggested as prod. etiye
Of longevity is bread and butter. There is In
Hytbe, England. lady who lives entirely
on bread and butter, and has done 80 all her
me says the New York Journal. She has
never tasted meat, game, fish, vegetables.
Jam, and Onfy a few kinds of biscuits and
sweets She has never had a days illness in
all her life, and never had recourse to medi-
cine Of any description. Her friends have
tried in vain to induce her to eat something
besides bread and butter, but she confines
herself entirely TO the diet on which she has
existed for at least thirty years. She Is
strong and healthy in every respect-health-
Ter. In fact than a great many people who
have lived upon exactly the food that Ia sup
posed to make us feel as IL illness were a
total stranger and always would be.
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sounding with the unexpected release;
and the mother turned again to the
LSoman, furnished her with q coarse
Towel, and sent her to the wash house
5or q thorough publication. Half an
hour afterward, with her hair hidden
In the muslin cap. her whole figure en-
veloped IN the calico apron, q comely
woman was silently engaged In house
hold tasks. doing her work with such
rapidity and skill that the housewife
drew a sigh Of relief.
There's a handful Of towels and
coarse clothes left from the ironing;
you might put the irons on. Mary, and
smooth 'em out"
Inc woman turned a startled face
upon her, and then went quickly for
the clothes; but something-was Il a
tear!-rolled down her swarthy cheeks,
mingiing with the bright drops she
sprinkled over them. When had she
ever heard anything but Moll? Not
since among New Hampshire hills o
pale woman had lain her hands upon
the tangled curls Of her little daugh-
ter and prayed that some one would
watch over these wayward feet, lest
they should go astray. 1t made Moll
shudder to think OF 1t. What did she
know about Joy in heaven over one
sinner and repenteth?
Silas Rogers listened to the days
story as he sat mending a bit OF har-
ness with clumsy fingers, and among
his other thoughts he grasped the idea
that his wife had secured a valuable
and much-needed helper.
1T seems a risk to rum" said Mar.
tina, anxiously. and l don't know but
It's presumtuous; there's Hetty and
there's Reuben"
And there's the Lord" said Silas.
stopping to open his knife.
Yes" said Martha, with a little
start, and l quite can't get rid of
what she said about the piece that was
lost, though. to be sure, the woman
that lost 1t ought to hunt it"
She never does; folks are always
losing things for somebody else to
find; faint many Of them can say.
Those that thou hast given me have
kept right straight along"
But If you lose your own piece look.
ing after other folks"
We'll, there's the risks, as you say,
but I'd rather take a risk for the
Lord than agin him"
Martha Rogers took the risk for the
Lord, and he abundantly justified and
rewarded her faith. For the piece that
was lost becomes my piece" to the
heart that finds it again in the Mas
ter's hand; and locking the story OF
the wanderer in her own breast, II was
only to the angels that she said, Re
joice with me-"
And when years afterward the wom-
an herself said before the committee
Of the church, Il am the woman over
whom there is a great Joy In heaven"
there was not wanting those who
thought she was presumptuously claim
ing to be a saint.-Emily Huntington
Miller.
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Im.xin.tIon md pl...se.

General Joe johnson used to tell Of an IN.
cident when he was a lieutenant in the reg
ular army Of the United States and before
he had become n leading oficer OF the Con.
federate troop. Himself and q number OF
companions, In order to test the eject OF
the Imagination upon the human system, one
after another accosted q young man In TO
bust health and commented upon his seem,
ing illness. exhibiting their concern In theiI
alarmed visages. The result Of the practical
Joke was an illness Of the victim 20 severe
that he actually dled.-Philadelphia Times.
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An Appeal for A. distance.

The man who Il charitable to himself VIII
listen TO the mute appeal for assistance
made by his stomach, or his liver, IN the
shape Of divers dyspeptic qualms and uneasy
sensations in the regions OF the gland that
secretes his bile. HOstetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, my dear sir, or madam-as the case
may be-is what you require. Hasten TO use
II you are troubled with heartburn, wind In
the stomach, or note that your skin or the
whites Of your eyes are taking q sallow
hue
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J THE PIECE THAT WASIp%

It was a midsummer morning. ~
grass was waiting Cor the scythe, but
after breakfast Silas Rogers took down
the old bible that had been his moth
er's daily companion for over eighty
years. and they sat reverently down
to worship. The reading was that ten
der lesson Of the wandering sheep, and
the lost piece Of silver, and ended with
the heavenly rejoicing ''over the sin
ner that repenteth," and after the earn
est, though homely prayer, they were
ready for work. Abner, the hired saan.
and Reuben, the boy, as they started
out Of the house, almost stumbled ever
q woman sitting in the doorway, alb
sorbed in thought. Silas looked at her.
but did not stay to question her. And
when they were gone, she rose
abruptly and said. will you give me
some breakfast"
Mrs. Rogers looked at her. She was
tail and not uncomely woman Of
about thirty, but with something in
dehnably evil about her face. The hard
mouth, the bold, defiant eyes, repealed
her, yet 1t seemed as II at any instant
they might break into scornful tears.
Who are you?" asked the good wife
coming nearer, with a pan of bread
In her hand. Again the face darkened
and lightened, grew hard and yield
ing, with the sudden declaration, 81
am the piece that was lost"
Martha Rogers had not a particle Of
poetry In her nature, but she had the
most profound reverence for the Scrip
ture. therefore the words both puzzled
and shocked her. But she was not the
woman to refuse bread to the hungry:
50 she placed food upon the table, and
motioned the woman to a chair, say
ing. set up and eat"
All the time that the woman was eat
ing-and she did not hasten-her eyes
followed the mistress and Hetty, the
bright young daughter, until Martha
Rogers grew nervous and sent Hetty
to red up the chambers"
viii you give me work to do?" she
demanded rather than asked.
VINO are yous asked MIS-. Rogers
again. simply 10 gain time.
Il thought you knew. l am Mol
Pritchard; they have turned me out Of
my house, burned II over my head"
and her eyes grew lurid.
What can you do?" asked Mrs.
Rogers.
Anything that a woman can do, or
q man. / can work in the fed with
the best Of them; have done IL many
q time; but / should like to do what
to be like other women"
Are you a good woman?"
The question came straight and
strong, without any faltering. She had
heard Of this Mol Pritchard, q woman
who lived alone in a tumble down hut
below the sawmill, and won a meager
living by weaving rag carpets, picking
berries for sale. and, 1t was suspected
In less reputable ways; but Martha Ro-
gers took no stock in idle rumors. II
she had not the divine compassion, she
had something like divine justice.
which is altogether a sweeter thing in
/ its remembering Of our frame than
the tender mercies Of the wicked"
The woman lookedat her curiously-
at first with a hooking smile, then
with O sullen, and at last with q defiant
expression.
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Il saw Muggins on his front porch
this evening smokirs q cigar; It must
be that his wife il away"
What makes you think sor
why. when she's at home he smokes
q brier-root pipe and tries to loob eco
nomical. Express
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The famous Union Pacific Overland Lin
tied" The finest, fastest and est-equIpped
train out OF Denver, carrying through sleep
ers, dining cars. and the elegantly appointed
with Pmtsch light. and heated by steam.
Call at Union Pacific ticket once. Gal nth
St, corner Curtis, for information. rates,
time ables, etc.
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Two through trains daily via the Union
Pacific, carrying through sleepers. and max
ing from six to fifteen hours quickest time
den. Salt Lake. Butte Helena, Portland.
San Francisco. Sacramento, etc. Ask about
them at 941 18th ST., corner Curtis.
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Crimsonbeak-'I knew that fellow Storms,
the comedian, would come 10 the front"
Heast-"And he has, has her
Why, certainly. You remember he used
70 play the part Of the hind legs Of a
heifer?'
Yes"
We'll, now he's playing the front legsr-
1onkers Statesman.
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CoafualnR.

Politics must be awfully hard - Aeep
track Of" said Maud.
81 think 50, too, " answered Mamie 'srhere
are 50 many different kinds Of votes to look
after. There was the German vote and the
Irish vote. and now there's the Australian
ballot and / declare I don't wonder that
they sometimes guess wrong. "-WAshington
Star
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Trade In False Di.nonds.

Thousands OF false diamonds are 500
yearly in London. People Of all ranks
- them. A nobleman Is In fmmedi-
- ant Of cash. and must find II
.onshov. He viii. perhaps turn to bis
EMILY diamonds Possibly 10000
lid ne raised on them He takes the
iewelry OF to the false diamond pro
- h.s the real stones removed. has
- t:,.e ones put in. and deposits the
s.tn.i rems with some one as . seen
- a. a loan. No one Ii q bit the
- His wife appears In her jewels
,nss the same as usual II sne @dn!
ss' S,shsnd would be made bsnhupt
- - creditors the next week
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Eyes. Margaret, I think George ought not
happier with another woman" Doesn't II
pain you TO think SOP mo; for then, you
see, / could have been happier with some
other man"
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terest In that pretty girl you wanted %
much TO meetI" "Yes-1 found out that her
first name was Birdie"
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Did You Ever See m Indian.

Expect not, 90 send q two-cent stamp to
the General Passenger Agent Colorado Md
land railroad, Denver, and he will send you
q nne colOred picture OF one.
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do you think that % many women push
Ing into public life Is an indication OF the
progress Of wOmanr 81 don't know; some
times fear II Is only an evidence Of the de-
terforation OF man"
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'"The women have given up having a
woman's Bible" whats that for?'' They
found they would have to get Il printed BY
men"
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"stuberton. have you any good rule for
/ think II ought to be / take the other one"
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Rev. John wisr. after nine years Of
continuous labor in Japan. Il soon 70
return With - family 70 this eountry.
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Piso's Cure for Consumption has been q
God-send to me.-wm. B. Mcclellan, Chester.
FLORIDA. Sept. IL. 1895.
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Buggy, you look thin this fall" Eyes;
we've a twenty-pound baby at our house,
and he rolls over on me all night long"
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Forchldren teething softsns una reduces innAm
nation AllAys pain. cures wind collie = cent? bottls
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Denver Directory.
HARNESS

angie ouggy harness Tor $50 Do not Be
deceived BY worthless limitations but order
direct from US and get the lowest wholesale
prices. Catalogues free. All goods stamped
FRED MUELLER, 1913 Larimer Street..
Denver. Colorado
Goods sent for examlnattOn
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-. ,,ornAns introduced thear en
writing letters into nnglsnd
80 ..,ording 70 an edict q Hunr
- e,cqueror. al lesd docunsn<z
-, rriftsr \ tas N'rne>
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-20
WEIGHT OF CATTLE.
IL Has Steadily Increased since the Bs-
ginning Of the Century.

IL Has Steadily Increased since the Bs-
ginning Of the Century.
In the beginning of the century about
to close cattle were dressed at the
weight of 400 pounds net, or less. In
1880, as was stated by an historian and
statistician, they were killed at a weight
of $50 to 500 pounds, at four years of
age. In few years from now the great
bony frame and bulky carcass OF the
Texas steer will have disappeared, and
instead of these we will have the short
horns, the Angus and the Herefords, or
their grades.
tits surprising how early In life calves,
when raised by hand, will learn to eat,
or rather lick up. II calf is weaned
directly 1t has drawn the milk once or
twice after birth, and Is taught to drink
milk from the pail, 1t has no further use
for Its dam thnn to have her furnish ut
first new milk, and, subsequently all
the skim milk II can aseimilate. At
four weeks old 1t will lick salt, II taught,
and dry bran. At six weeks of age a
handful Of cornmeal may be added,
and SO on until year old. OF course it
should have lin season. all the good
pasture grass it can consume. Raise all
your calves. AT six weeks of age geld
your males. One year on my farm had
bakers dozen of calves. They drank
at proper age, oil the milk in any shape,
and then they were fed q half bushel
of corn and cob meal, and never had q
finer lot to turn out to pasture the next
spring. They were large end in fine con-
dition.
The American people eat much meat.
1t always was abundant; but either we
export too much, or we do not raise
enough, for in these days 1t is neither
cheap nor good. The mechanic and the
laborer cannot afford to buy much at
the prices at which 1t rctails; and yet
the quotations run from $3.50 to $4.00;
hence it should come to the consumer
at lower rate than II does at present.
The country butcher cart is seen in
the lanes and on the farms as often as
needed, and presumably the farmers
have beef at reasonable rates. Besides
he can, If he manages correctly, have q
lamb, pig, or some fowls, and need not
starve for want of fresh meat-Chas
| W. Murtfeldt in Journal of Agricul.
ture
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-20
IN THE POULTRY YARD.

Black feathered fowls have a white
skin. White skinned fowls usually sell
at less price than yellow-skinned
fowls.
Young Guineas do not thrive well II
Matched too early. Taking one year
with another June Is plenty early to
have them hatch.
A filthy drinking fountain will breed
disease sooner than anything else, and
easily becomes foul when large num-
Der of fowls drink from it.
Young ducks drink water every day
when eating. They should be supplied
with all they can drink in a convenient
place while they are eating.
Carbolic acid is poison, and too much
should not be used. Ten or twelve drops
in a quart of water is enough. For
cholera double this quantity.
When the wings are cut the feathers
do not renew until the bird molts, but
where the feathers are pulled new feath-
ers will appear In short time
II the laying hens can be fed as soon
as they fly down from their roosts and
again just before they go on the roosts
at night this is all that will be needed.
Give the hens as much liberty as pos
sible now. II Is natural for them to
forage. They will lay more eggs on the
food that they pick up than IL kept in
yard and fed well.-St. Louis Republic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-20

required. A somewhat novel construc-
ton is shown in the design of barn
that is presented herewith. The wall
space around three sides is used for
stock, while the space over the stock
the scaffolding--can be used for hay
and fodder, this being slowed away
with n hay fork. The center of the barn
is taken up by an immense silo, or a
double silo, the center of the barn offer
ing the greatest height for the accom-
mediation of the silo. A cellar is needed
under such barn, so that manure can
be dropped through the floor. II the
cellar is not possible, the manure can
be wheeled out In car arranged to run
behind the cattle. Make the foundation
u grout wall and cover the sliding with
heavy paper. Shingles over this will
keep all very warm within. If more
fodder is required than can be stored
upon the scaffolding, n stack can be-
made outside.--N. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-20
Heavy Hnta IninriOua.

Heavy hats are condemned by the
doctors as n serious means of produce
ing headaches, wrinkled foreheads and
gray hair; but the seasons millinery
apparently ignores any of these good
reasons for the regulation of size and
weight in headgear, and hats are larger
and more heavily trimmed than ever.
"Picture-hat headache" is fashionable
complaint just Mt present. The use of
belladonna to beautify the eyes is said
to be>a growing evil among women
whose vanity oversteps the bounds of
good sense, but II they persist in it's uce
blindness Is pretty sure to be the re
suit. Bicycle dress has brought about
reformation for some women in skirts
for rainy days. They are worn short
enough to clear the ground by four or
five inches. For women who cannot
hold up their skirts neatly and Mt the
same time effectually this fashion is a
blessing.--Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-20
FIREPLACE DECORATIONS.
Ornamental Devices to Conceal the
baroness.

Ornamental Devices to Conceal the
baroness.
Large fireplaces are sometimes prob
lem to despairing housekeepers who
cannot afford the expense of fitting
them up with brass fire sets. The old
time fireboard is condemned by fash
ion and good taste. The value of the
fireplace as a means of ventilation Is
too evident to admit of any doubt.
Some ingenious housekeepers manage
to conceal the baroness of the brick
facing with fernery arranged in q
large box concealed by lichens anil
MOSES. Some housekeepers utilize a
picturesque Japanese umbrella, which
will shut off the view without shutting
off all the air. A picturesque low screen
set few inches from the fireplace will
not completely shut off the current OF
air.
Still another suggestion Is to have
close screen of painted muslin or some
sheer material fitted in in place of the
old fireboard. These muslins may be
painted at home, but it would be less
trouble and hardly any more expense
to blu, Inc of the pretty decorated
muslins of the orient that are sold In oil
cities, and thus shut off the dust and
sight of the chimney and yet admit air.
Sometimes n screen of fretwork Is used
with good effect in this place. When
this work Is done ut home II will not be
costly.-N. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-06-20
AGRICULTURALHINTS
cApoNIziNo TABLE.

s,n,oct of Great Interest to Farmers
Living Near Cities.
About four years ago, through the
,,auence of an intimate friend, I was
.,ersuaded to experiment In q small way
Eth capons. The departure was prac-
t,cally a new thing for me, and 1t was
nth some trepidation that I entered
into II, but now, after knowing of its
merits and its few II any disadvantages,
7 wonder that caponizing Is not better
Known and more widely practiced than
a Is. Anyone with q little enterprise
can successfully perform the operation,
and grow capons to perfection, and
once having given 1t trial, they will
never fail to caponize all their cockerels
that are not desirable for breeding pur-
noses, and thus be able to furnish their
table with delicacy which our wealthy
epicures of the city prize very highly.
The operation, says writer In the
Orange Judd Farmer, is performed on
a table made for the purpose, about
feet high and 1h feet wide by long,
The bird is placed upon the table as In
dicated in the accompanying cut, the