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Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
HYPN0TIsM CURES HIccoUGHs
Physicians Had Given ida steele, of
~Gloversville, n. Y, Up to Die When
IN Experiment Was Tried.

Ida Steele. the pretty 16-year-old daugh-
ter of a farmer living near Gloversville,
N. z, has for many years been afflicted
at times with violent h~iccoughs. The dis
ease. however, always succumbed to ordi-
mar treatment until an attack which
commenced on November /. and grew in
violence for four days. when a council of
physicians decided taht the patient could
not recover.
One of the physicians suggested in a half
joking way that hypnotism be tried. The
mother grasped at the idea, and Dr.; F. ].
notism among friends in a quiet way. was
asked to try his powers.
experiment and, using the usual meihodse
placed the girl under hypnotic Influence,
suggesting that she would awaken at a GER
tain hour with her ~hiccoughs gone. 'TAt
S:Ss p. M. the time named. she awoke with
out a sign of the disease. and although
three weeks have elapsed there has been
no return OF the trouble.
On account of the prominence of DR..
Bush and the physicians in charge an effort
was made to keep the matter quiet.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
PATRIOTIC Lillian BELL.
She Defends America From British
Detractors Who Loathe This
C~Ounfry.

Country.
II have fought. bled and died' for HON
and country more times than I can count
since I have been here" writes Miss Lillian
Bell from ond to the December Ladies
Home Journal. IT ought to come home
with honorable scars and the rank Of field
marshal, at least. I never knew how many
Objectionable features America presented to
Englishmen until / became their guest and
broke bread at their tables. I cannot eat
very much at their dinner parties-I am too
busy thinking how to parry. their attacks
on my America, and especially my Chicago
and my West generally. The English adore
Americans. but they loathe America, and I,
for one. will not accept a divided allegiance.
home from their dinners as hungry as a
wolf but covered with Victorian crosses. 1
am puzzled to know IL they really hate Chi
cago more than any other spot on earth, or
II they simply owe to hear me fight for 1t.
or If their manners need improving. I
myself complain Of the horrors Of our filthy
streets. or of the way We tear up whole
blocks at once (here in London they only
mend a teaspoonful OF pavement at a time),
or of our beastly winds which tear your
soul from YOU body. but I hope never to
sink SO low as to permit a lot of foreigners
to do 1t. For even as a Partisan loves his
Paris. and a New Yorker loves his London,
so do I love my Chicago"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
WHAT GOOD SOCIETY IS.
A Circle Of Pleasant People Who Are
interested I'm Each
Other.

Interested In Each
Other.
1.-THE very best society is not composed Of
gilt and glitter" writes Ruth Ashmore Of
1.-THE Social Position of the Girl Who
Work." in the December Ladies' Home
journal. ut is that circle of pleasant people
who meet and visit because they are inter-
ested in each other. 1t asks Of each menu
Der that she bring a pleasant personality IL
she. wishes to be in and Of 1t. The society
recognized by newspapers consists merely
Of q few people, who. having more money
than the rest Of h world. are able to make
themselves more conspicuous, and so are
kept constantly before the public. But all
over this great country. in every city, town
Of little village, there is to be found good
society, and It rests with the working girl
herself whether she is in or out Of 1t. II she
has the bad taste to prefer noisy people,
whose idea Of enjoyment is ~roughness,
whose conception OF conversation Is to talk
scandal, and who really have no reasons for
existing, then this girl will not only injure
herself by her contact with such society.
but she will injure every other girl who
works. People are prone to judge a great
regiment by one member of 1t. Therefore,
it behooveth the girl who works to go into
the best society or to find her pleasure in
her own home.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
MAINE M GEoLoGIsT.
She Had Few Advantage, Yet She
Made . Great Reputation rs
Student.

St00e0t.
In 1895 there lived at South Litchfeld,
Me, a lady who was truly remarkable in
that she had a most wonderful collection of
minerals. and was the wife of an ordinary
farmer. upon a secluded plantation.
Mrs. A. C. Merchant was a Maine girl of
ordinary school education. but with a pas
sion for study far in advance of her sta
ton One day she found a very beautiful
blu stone in her Cow pasture" and find
ing that the ledge was composed of 1t,
sent 1t to a neighboring college.
The curator wrote back that Is was a
very rare mineral and asked her price for
he ber t valuable feen mi oa she mines feso, drag 10 her ma out
OF the routine of farm life. and win her
new friends.
Johns Hopkins university, the Peabody
museum at Yale. Harvard's geologist. the
Smithsonian. and ever great men In the
old countries were writing her for speci-
mems.
She sent off her goods by the box and
barrel and in return won d~iStinguished
friends. and received beautiful boxes OF
minerals.
Her husband. a good farmer. but little
study. nevertheless h built a room in her
house for her collection, which was then
valued at s.. LOO.
specimen Of petrif1ed flesh from a son of
Louis AgassiZ. she wrote to a friend that
the study of her collection Of petrifed oh.
q OtS VI h"S ShSoNVSt Sla6Lk "
her life. She had a rare lot Of gems from
all over the world. and many of them were
cut.
Distinguished men came from distant
places to study the formation of, the ledge,
and went away with an interest in the
woman herself and a desire to keep her
friendship.
She was a woman of more than the or
binary intelligence. and there was that
once. for she had a gentle and pleasing
way OF talking about her accomplishments
ture for natures sake.
vi Isl is told Id t hata a gr sat,p prefe snS who who T MAS
driven over to see the country once
stopped before her door and asked how
she came to have a beautiful crystal which
Professor L. Of Harvard sent it to me-"
why. do you knew Professor l., He's a
piece of sodalite. and I am to get it in a
few months now. It's a rare mineral, in
deed %,na,.1 Do; you happen to be interested in
The kindly face in the door fairly beamed
' Tp1n him as,she answered G1s 7 know very
But, as to the sodalite. 1 can give you a
piece Of 1t: Just wait till 1 get my sun
bonnet tS;n eta and III show you a piece as big as
The professor smiled incredulously, but
waited. and walked with her dow the
y very much nc w Wor n, path to the mine There
picking up pieces. and fairly kissed them in
his delight.
He came back several times and finally
loaded a barrel with specimens and
sent them to his home. the free gift of Mrs.
| Merchant.
A few weeks after the depot master drop
ped her a card notifying her that a heavy
box waited at the depot for her. Two
hours after she opened 1t and handled over
and over again rare tourmalines. CRYSTALS.
and pebbles from the golden and pearl-lined
shores of California
At the time of her death the collection
had been variously estimated at from 5000
| to $3.OQO in value.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
Gold and silver in . Cod.

The man who was recently reported to
rave found a lady's gold watch inside ~ a
goldfish has a rival in Far Rockaway, [. T.,
who Is able to supply several articles that
watch. ~
The man is Harvey Evans a former men,
Der Of h nfe-saving ervice Evans and
John Kane and Captain William Abrams
They caught several cod, and when Evans
reached home, in the stomach Of one OF his
Inscription TX. H. to B. E." eneraved IN
the inside. and a silver garter buckle.
Evans has the articles on exhibition at
his home
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
STORIES OF WRITER'S.
MARIE CORELLI DECLINES TO
HAVE HER HEAD EXAMINED.
Lillian Bell Defends America From
English Detract0rs - Story
About Horace Greeley's
ChlroEraphy.

Miss Marie Corelli. the English authcress.
does not believe she is a celebrity. AT
least that is what she wrote the president
of the British chronological Institute
when that gentleman asked her II she
would submit her Uranium to a ~phrenolog-
ical examination by an expert In such
matters. The result was to be published
in the institutes current year book. The
novelist answered the application in the
following lively fashion,:
Dear Sir:-I have always been under
the impression that my head is. to all in
tents and purposes. my own. and that
the secrets of it's working powers are. SO
tween it and myself, in which outsiders
have no right whatever to share. Error,
eous as that impression may be; / still
hill were yet in force I should think 1t
consistent with dignity rather TO lay, down.
submit it to the prying observation of a
chronological expert in order that his
opinion thereon should be published In a
Permit me to add that I do not con-
slider myself a celebrity and have tps hea gis 81
renow Fea. o. make a Subject: Of d: I'D
mere writer like myself to the satisfaction
With nm my own head, which has 50 far
without picking (after the fashion of GER
tain modern 'dramatistso the brains from
the heads Of other people. There are
legions of celebrities nowadays, from the
dazzling sauce manufacturer down to the
latest. gyrating star of the footlights.
only too pantingly eager and ready to
oblige you. n in the chronological ex-
animation of these 1 trust you may dis
cover wide n ever-increasing interest.
May all their bumps never grow less!
And may you succeed in finding among
which shall prove of vital value and as
sistance to an unlessoned world. Pray
take this letter In the friendly spirit with
like the play Of which Mr.. Forbes-Rob-
erIson in his unrivaled representation of
Hamlet speaks. There's no o1ense in t.
Faithfully yours, MARIE CORELL1."
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
WATER OUR BEVERAGE.
In Sustaining Life 1t II Next In Inn
portance to the Air We


Water is really our only true beverage"
Mrs. s.. T. Rorer writes in her cooking
lesson in the December Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. Forming. as it does. ~three-quarters
Of the weight Of the human body. 1t is of
the next Importance to the air we breathe.
Milk Is a typical food, not a beverage. and
that it contains a large amount Of water.
but only sufficient for its digestion.
I'm a very short time the non-water
drinker becomes sallow, constipated and
should be dissolved by the free use of wa
ter. and carried OF in the circulation and
through the ,excretory organs, Is held In
the system; the body. loses weight. the
kin becomes dry and rough. losing its
weight of the living body should be water.
A large quantity Of this water is taken
in the form of green vegetables and fruits.
A healthy person should drink. at least a
quart and a half of cool mot iced) water
IN each t%wenty-four hours.a glass the first
thing in the morning and the last thing at
night. and the remaining quantity after
or between meals. Infants frequently suf-
fer more from the lack of cool water than
from the lack Of food"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
AN AFGHAN NEW N
She Would Not Conform to the Usage
of The Country and Wanted
to BE Free.

to BE Free.
The new woman has penetrated even, to
the harem of the ameer Of Afghanistan,
where she wears male attire and does pre-
c,sely as she pleases. The ameer picked
her up, says a writer in the Ladies' Pic
torial, on his return journey from the
northern part of his dominions a good
many years ago. She had been brought
before him by an indignant father and
would not conform to the usage of the
country and enter the married state,
though she had then reached the age when
It became incumbent upon her to do So.
Der life. and did not wish to give up her
sought the ameers protection and obtained
"AIl right" he said, 'since you want to
be free you shall be, but free you must also
Wish to live like a mani you shall live like
one. and for your own protection you
must wear mems Clothes"
On her arrival in Cabul she was given
the title Of Older. or chief. and was made
the harem's messenger. 8 h comes n
goes as she pleases, or Is ordered, both
by night and day. INT no one. even in
sianderous Cabul, has ever breathed q word
against her fair name.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

Mr.. N. Peck-'I notice tina a good many
of the papers are dropping the me from
programme making 1t program" MIS-.
N Peck-"Well. you don't drop me from
the program in this house. Not MUCH
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

True happiness does not begin for q wo-
manly woman until she becomes a mother.
The fear of death stands between thousands
of women and this supreme JOY. If a wo-
man will but take the right course, she may
trample this fear out of her heart and all
cause for it ont of her body.
There is practically no danger, and but
little pain, in maternity, for a woman who
Is thoroughly healthy and strong in a wo-
manly way. Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton makes the delicate organs that bear the
burdens of maternity strong, healthy, virile
and elastic. 1t banishes the distress of the
period of impending maternity, and in.
sures the newcomers health and an ample
supply of nourishment. An honest drug.
gist will not try to get you to take some
substitute for his profits sake. Prospective
mothers who write to DR.. r. v. Pierce will
receive the best advice of an eminent and
skillful specialist, for thirty years chief con-
sulting physician to the great Invalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
"A neighbor of mine who was expecting the
arrival Of q baby before very long, was in very
poor health" writes Eliza Remnsnider, Post.
mistress. at Majella, Bourbon Co. Kansas. IT
induced hes totry DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. She used four bottles, and has Just been
delivered of rs fine a daughter as I ever saw.
She was only q short time in labor and Is now
doing we'll"
nso~0nS~ For sick headache, bill
ICIo iousness and constipa-
ton, Dr.. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets are the most rational cure
H1own. They are mild but thorough and
effective. They regulate and invigorate
stomach, liver and bow
e 81; s siii !. f ife tse M feletS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

ASTHMA AGONY.
Munyon Has Mastered This
Living Death.
A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY.

No one who has not experienced or
witnessed the agonies Of asthma can
realize the horrors Of that disease. It II
little exaggeration to say that sufferers
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

from asthma
die m a n
times. Acute
paroxysrnS fire.
-Quently result
In unconscious
ness and some-
times in death.
Ltk ny
other diseases
" hich have
bamed medi.
cal skill for
centuries. how
ever. asthma
has met its
master. Mum
yon'S Asthma
Herbs will stop
hi most violen
three minutes.
into triangular
venient form fol
Used with the
positively and
worse forms Of
yOn guarantees
thm Herbs
Cure may be OF
for one dollar.
Mr.. Daniel W.
McSherrystown
Of my family 6
q long time.
paroxysmS OF q
great She trie
treatment with
temporary -elie
under treatment
dies, using the .
Herbs and l. a
this treatment
Munyon has q
disease. For 8
Is centA II in
Aunyon. at Phi
advice free.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28

. paroxySm OF asthma In
They are compressed
pastilles, the most con-
burning ever discovered.
Asthma-C lure, they will
permanently cure The
Professor Num-
1t. A box Of Munyon's
with Munyon's Asthma
from any druggist
Fink, 139 Church Street.
Pa. says: "A member
from asthma for
Her distress during tho
hort breathing was very
. a great many kinds Of
,ut obtaining more than
I. Finally, I placed her
with the Munyon Rene
Cure and Asthma
pleased to testify that
as completely cured her."
separate specific for each
lie by druggists. Mostly
doubt, write to Professor
adelphia. and get medical
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-11-28
HOW TO SECURE 1T.

Had delivery will b made December sM Delivered ~ d as 10 an part dMs United States on receipt I'll eh s~h
copies an hm o. oma on AFTER November Hh
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Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03
DAILY LEADER
TUESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1907
STABBED IN THE SIDE.
The ARRAY at Rea's Run Not so Serious
as Reported.

The ARRAY at Rea's Run Not so Serious
as Reported.
Sheriff McCallister returned Monday
from Rea's Run, where he was called
Sunday to Investigate a cutting affray
in which it was reported that man
was killed. The fight turned out to b1
not so serious in results as stated, the
victim not being fatally injured.
saturday afternoon at picnic
Tune Stewart and a young man
named Earnest Adamson, the latter a
son of Barnett Adamson, renewed a
quarrel of long standing and Adamson
stabbed Stewart with knife, inilict.
ing wound in his side just above the
left hip. The cut bled profusely, but
it is not believed that the knife
reached deep enough 10 make II fatal
wound
Adanson fed to West Virginia in-
mediately, but will probably soon be
in custody of the officers.
The picnic which would otherwise
have continued over sunday, was
broken up by the affray.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03

cause the majority Of big sicknesses, are
the trivial arrangements of the digestion
that most people pay no heed to. Good
digestion feeds and builds up a man bad
digestion starves him III every tissue,
muscle, nerve-fber, and brain-cell.
Bad digestion leads to consumption,
blood and skin diseases and nervous ex-
haustion and prostration. DR.. Pierces
Golden Medical Discovery corrects all
disorders of the digestion, invigorates the
liver and prevents and cures consump-
ton, blood and skin diseases, and nerv-
Gus troubles. 1t is the great blood maker,
flesli-builder, and nerve tonic. Druggists
sell it and have nothing else lust as
good"
I" l have lately given Dr. Pierce's Golden Med.
ical Discovery a trial g." writes Miss c. NJ Malette
plecly cured me of very serious and obstinate dis
orders in which the hearts action was impaired
took it for two weeks began to experience
| less discomfort from nv illness after about the
fourth dose, and in four five days still less and
several days after was surprised to find that
was actually better. Two weeks having passed
s1c,r simbt0m had GinPpeajed"
The man or woman who negleCts con-
stipation is storing up in the system a
store of disorders that will culminate in
some serious and possibly fatal malady.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are safe,
sure, speedy and permanent cure for con-
! stipatior One little Pellet is a gentle
laxative, and two a mild cathartic. They
never gripe. Druggists sell them.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03

The annual Wildly picnic, given by
the members of |. o. o. F. Lodges in
Southeastern Ohio, will be held at
Byesville, Ohio, Thursday, August 9Th.
The usual attendance at this picnic is
from seven to eight thousand people.
Quite number of Marietta people will
attend. a rate OF Si00 for the round
trip from this city has been secured
over the c. Il NJ. Ry.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03
Horse Ran Away.

While out driving with his mother
Sunday Mr.. Robert Bernie passed
through an exciting experience Near
Fifteen his horse ran away, the buggy
was overturned and its occupants
thrown to the ground. Fortunately no
serious injury resulted to either and
the vehicle was but slightly damaged.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03

The Evnngelistic Meeting.

AT the church on Fourth street, near
Wooster, EvangelistMacLane addressed
a good audience on the subject of
Christian Character. The services
were full of interest and at the close
new members were received into the
fellowship of the new congregation
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03

The monster towboat being built by
the Brown Line left Pittsburg Sunday
and is expected to arrive here Wednes-
day to take on her machinery at the
works of the Marietta Manufacturing
Company. This boat is designed to be
the largest and most powerful on the
Ohio River.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03
SOON TO BEGIN
work OF Repairing the Floor of the Ice
Harbor Lock.

Lockkeeper Henry Savage has re.
ceived instructions from the L. S. En-
gineers office at GAINESVILLE to begin
the work of repairing the damaged
floor in the upper chamber of the Ice
Harbor lock without delay. 1t is like
ly that the first gang of men will be
put on the job in a few days.
The work will be done under the di-
rection of Mr.. Savage and will take
some time to complete. IL will be nee
essary to shut off the water pressure
from without 10y building coferdams
outside the walls and upper gates in
order that the floor may be reached
and repaired.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-03
FATALLY SHOT.

An Oil Man Loses His Life at the Hands OF
Il Colored Gambler.
SIsTERsvULE, W. Va, Aug . Over
in stringtown, just across the river
from this place, last night, Charley
Fox, a we'll known oil field employe,
was fatally shot by William M. Mack
ey, colored gambler Fox was on a
protracted spree and began the shoot
ing. Fox is beyond hope of recovery
and Mackey is in 'precarious condi-
tion.