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The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
Landor,s Retort at School.

One day in full school Master Lan- dor had an apple of singular size and beauty. He had his Livy in one hand and this apple in the other and read and read and munched and munched till the sound struck the doctor. He espied the delinquent and ordered him to bring that apple to him. He put it on his desk, coram populo, and then, half relenting, said: "There, sir. Now, if you want that again you had better go and sit down and make me short line on the occasion" 'Oh, can do that and stand here" says Master Lan- dor. Do it then. The boy thought a moment, and soon obliged him with a pentameter, "Esuriens doctor dulcia poma rapit."
 "Hum" says Dr. James. "And pray, sir, what do you mean by e-su-riens doctor:" "The gormandizing doctor. |" "Take it, sir. You are too hard for me, you are ton hard for me-" said the doctor, delighted with his pupil.
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What Two Bullets Did.

On the cot beside that of Edwards lay rough rider, Walter S. Beebe, an- other fever victim and twice wound ed, cut through the arm on July 1, and revolver bullet in the left leg on July 2.
 Its only a couple of weeks" said Beebe, ''since they got that bullet out of me. They located it at last with the X rays. Here it is. See! It's my opin- ion that bullet came from one of our own SiX-shOoters. It was all foolish ness, the reckles way the boys shot off their revOlvers in the charge.
 ''To show you the queer things some of those bullets did I'll tell you thing saw in the Las Guasimas fight. There was man near me as we went along who stopped to break off a stick in the shrub. l guess he wanted to make a ramrOd of it.. If he hadn't stopped he might never have been killed, but just as he had broken the stick and was twisting the last fibers apart a Mauser bullet went straight through his head and he dropped to his knees. His hands still clutched the branch he was break ing, and, as he knelt there, another bullet came and cut through the brok- en wood, so that he held his ramrod free. He had got what be stopped for" -Leslie's Weekly.
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We want this to reach the eyes of every reader of this paper. MT H. l.. Trundle, DiXie Ark I, is eighty two years of age, as hale and hearty a man of his age as can be found in the State of Arkansas; in fact, he looks as young as man of sixty years. For more than fifteen years Mir. Trundle was slave to prOstatic disease. You men who are afflicted know what it means the days of unrest, the nights of torture and uneasiness, the pain the frequent calls to pass water and the inability to do so. He could >sca2eely get about the house, feeble. trembling and racked with pain from head to foot.
 In this condition he read the startling an- nouncement in his paper that marvellous new method for curing prOstatic disease had been discovered. He wrote >to the address given for full particulars, and at once obtained the remedy; in less than ten days more he had the satisfaction of experiencing relief. His case was chronic, deep seated, an1 the chances of recovery on account of his age were against him. Yet sixty days of continuous use of the famous Solvent-Alterans method cured him.
 You men who are afflicted can have the same experience If you do what Mir. Trunde did; he used Solvent Aterans, a new-method treatment. It is described in two nicely written books which you can get free of charge, by mail, by sending your name and address to the Empire Medical Company, 2I5 NJ, Smith Building, Boston, Mass. It won't cost you cent to get the information, and it may be worth hundreds to you, Write today, and refer to this article.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
GOLD IN THE SAND.
Nineteen Millions is Next Alaskan
 Clean-Up.

Naiaimo-Among the passengers on the steamer Amur, which has ar rived was M. Marks, an Australian mining expert, who has just returned from Dawson after buying several claims, including eleven on the Little Skookum river. His trip to the south is for the purpose of obtaining thaw- ing machinery. On the way out Marks stopped at Thistle Creek and Salmon River, and showed the Times cores pendent a fine tracing of the country adjoining these streams, which are the richest part of the Klondyke. He also says these lands are near Bonanza and not far from Adams or French creeks.
 In estimating the output of the com ing wash-up, Marks gives the follow ing conservative figuers:
 Ell Dorado and Bonanza, S5,000,000; Big and Little Skookum Gold and French Hills, $5,000,000; in the Domin- ion, divided between all the discov- cries, 00,000; Hunker and Quartz Greeks, $5,OOO,O 900. This makes a total of $19,000. He says the labor situa- ton does not warrant laborers going in, and that all should go in with a good outfit to prospect. A little la bor is being employed at $1 an hour, without board.
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AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs. ". E. PAXTON, Youngstown, North Dakota, writes about her strug- gle to regain health after the birth of her little girl:
 DEAR MRS. PEKHAM:-It is with pleasure that add my testimony to your list, hoping that it may induce others to avail themselves of your val uable medicine.
 "After the birth of my little girl, three years ago, my health was very poor. I had leucorrhea badly, and terrible bearing-down pain which gradually grew worse, until could do no work. Also had headache nearly all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men situations were very profuse, appear ing every two weeks
 "Itook medicine from good doctor, but it seemed to do no good. I was becoming alarmed over my condition, when l read your advertisement in paper. I sent at once for bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com ponnd, and after taking two-thirds of the bottle felt so much better that I send for two more. After using three bottles felt as strong and well as any one.
 ." think it is the best medicine for female weakness ever advertised, and recommend it to every lady I meet suf- fering from this trouble"
 Maternity is wonderful experience and many women approach it wholly unprepared. Childbirth under right conditions need not terrify women.
 The advice of Mrs. Pinkham is freely offered to all expectant mothers, and her advice is beyond question the most valuable to be obtained. If Mrs. Pax ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be- fore confinement she would have been saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Mass.
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GoIden Silence.

2 man who once met Ralph Waldo Emerson at the house of friend tells of the characteristic way in which the Concord philosopher blunted the edge of a compliment.
 "Oh, MT. Emerson, said a young woman of the party, "it must be so de- lightful to know that people all over the country are grateful for the things you have saidp'
 "Thank you," said Emerson slowly, "but it is for some of the things 1 have not said that feel most grateful"
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Wrong Office.

A woman who has been a victim of indigestion, and is kept to dyspeptics' diet most of the time was recently in- vited to a dinner, which she was anx- ious to attend.
 She went to her telephone, and trust ing to a somewhat unreliable memory she asked to be connected by the ever obliging Central with telephone 2394. When the connection had been made she began her plaintive query without my predatory, "Is that you, doctor"
 ''I want very much to go to a little dinner tomorrow night" she began rapidly, "and do you think it would hurt me If I ate just taste of soup, and perhaps little fish, or the least trife of game, and bit of salad or ice? I really think my stomach"
 Here she was interrupted by voice from the other end of the wire.
 Madam" 1t said. coldly, feat what ever you please. This is the Meteor Rubber Company?'-YOuth's COmpan. ion.
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Humidity on the Wabash.

Talking about rainy weather" said the Westerner, "I remember once out in Indianapolis meeting a farmer who took the most cheerful view of damp ness of anybody I ever saw. I asked him if they had much rain down on the Wabash that spring.
 "'Well, it has been little damp he answered. The day before left home l had to hang up twenty-four of my ducks. They had got so water soaked that they couldn't swim any longer. l planted my corn in two feet of water, and l don't expect over thirty bushels to the acre. My wheat is looking pret- ty we'll, but the sturgeon and catfish have damaged it considerable. There was about fifteen minutes sunshine one day, and I thought would plant my potatoes, so l loaded them on scow and anchored the scOw in three feet of water, when 1t began to rain again.
 T wanted to go down on the bottom lands next to the Wabash to see If the grass was growing for my hay crop, but my wife said that as we didn't have any diving bell she'd rather wouldn't. l should feel kind of discouraged with all rain, but I've spent my odd hours of leisure time-and the even ones, too, on account of staying in out of the wet building us an ark. If it will only rain another week or two until I get her ready to sail Pm going to take my fam fly out to Missouri by water for trip to visit our folks that moved off out there because they didn't know enough to stay in place where they were con- fortable.' "-Boston Evening Tran, script.
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ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS.
The Average Man Knows Very Litt1
 Ahnuf fhe True Indian

The Average Man Knows Very Little
 About the True Indian.
 We cannot deal with the Indian of to- day unless we know the Indian of yes terday. The average man seldom thinks about Indians and when he does he thinks of them either with entire indifference or with contemptuous dis like. He is moved in part by that mar rowness which leads us to despise those who in appearance or by birth or tra- dition are different from ourselves the feeling which leads many a white man to speak with contempt of negroes or Chinamen. More weighty than this feeling, however, is the inherited one that the Indian is an enemy, who from the time he was first known has been hostile to us. Even nowadays most people seem to think of the Indian only as a warrior, who is chiefly occupied in killing women and children, burning homes and torturing captives. From the days when they fought the Pilgrim Fathers, and then the settlers of the Ohio Valley, and later still the emil grants crossing the plains, nine-tenths of all that has appeared in print about Indians has treated them from this point of view; and the newspapers which now constitute so great a DOT tion of the reading matter of the Amer ican public, seldom print anything about the Indians except in connection with massacres and uprisings. The ef- feet of all this literature on the popu- lar estimation in which the Indian is held has been very great.
 The popular impressions are entirely erroneous. The Indian was a fighter, yet war was only an incident of his life. Like any other human being he is many sided, and he did not always wear his war paint. If he has a repulsive as pect, there are other sides of his char acter, and some of them pleasing. If from one point of view he may appear to the civilized man ferOciOus and hate full, from another he seems kindly and helpful. The soldier sees the Indian from one point of view only, the mis- siOnary from another, the traveller from n third, the agent from a fourth. Each of these is impressed by some salient feature of his character, yet each sees that one only or chiefly and the image shown is imperfect, ill-prOpOrtiOned and sleading.-Atlantic
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FOR MEN ONLY. DR. FOOTE & STAFF ,e1 anansS Sr CuTCAnn,

Men requiring unsurpassed treatment should consult personally or by letter Free with the pioneer and only exclusive mems special ists in United States Diseases of men made the study of life time. UnfOrtunates every where should immediately communicate with pr. FoOte of Chicago. Everything confidential. Remedies sent everywhere in sealed packages and letters in plain envelopes. Correspondence solicited. Latest Surgical, Medical and Electrical methods adopted Deluging the stomach with drugs abandoned. Avoid drugs recommended by the unauthorized and self styled specialists in western towns; few genuine specialists locate outside of New York or Chi eagO In these cities your private affairs are safe. Unequaled treatment for all diseases and weaknesses of the GenitO- Urinary, Sexual. Re productive and Nervous Systems. Impedi- ments to marriage removed. "Syphala" positively purifies the blood, cures syphilis and removes all white ulcers in throat or mouth, copper-cOlored spots on body and eruptionS on skin, also catarrh and rheumatism. "VigO- rala." the only permanent restorer and invig- orator gives vigOr to vital organs and nerves, prevents and cures grip. $1 per bottle, for 8. Trial bottles, either remedy, half price.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
The Danger of Disease.

The danger from case of diphtheyia in New York at any season of the year is far greater than the danger from a case of yellow fever in the same place. Still persons who would shun street where a case of yellow fever existed would deliberately enter the apartment of a person suffering from diphtheria. A serious outbreak of typhoid fever creates but little consternation, and the presence in our midst of innumerable cases of tuberculosis, disease which is responsible for an incredible number of deaths, is looked upon with indifference by the public. The misconception in regard to the danger from this class of diseases often renders the efforts of health officials ineffeetual.-Alvah H
 Dotv NJ D. H-
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The Africans Endurance.

Two cases notably illustrative of the African natives power of endurance are reported from the British Central Africa Protectorate. In each instance a man was dragged from his canoe by a crocodile, and had an arm bitten al- most to a pulp. The men had to be taken long distances overland. On reaching Zomba each had the injured limb amputated and quickly recovered. Dr. Douglas Gray, acting chief medical officer there, remarks further in his re- port upon the growing confidence of the native in the European medicos. Reports of cures-more especially in re- lation to surgery-Spread rapidly among the natives, and the one old cure-a fiber band tied round a limb above the seat of disease-is, he says, fast losing its reputation.-LOndOD News.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
CRIPPLE CREEKS ISABELLA.

The Colorado papers continue to give additional reports of the late strike in the Isabella mine. The Col orado Springs Mining Investor con- tains President Williams's annual re- porc Of the workings of the property, in which he tells of the difficulties en- couatered, economics practiced and tho ultimate success. Accompanying it is the report of the treasurer, which shows that at the close of last year the co1 pany had the very comfortable sum in hand of S291 ,24686 and that was before the big strike lately report cd was made.
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A Crusher.

Legge, bishop of Oxford, who had not youth as bis excuse for his vanity, asked his friend Canning to come and hear his first episcopal sermon. They dined together afterward. and from the politicians silence the other ought to have known better than to push him, but being rather nettled he exclaimed, Canning, you have said nothing to me about my sermon." "Well, it was short" 'Oh," said the bishop, "it is better to be short than tedious. !" "But," replied Canning, "you were that too.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
AGED WOMAN RIDES 4 BICYCLE.

Probably the oldest living bicyclist is a who is en adept rider and whose sprightIi, ness is astonishing. Most people could enjoy hea lth until very old age if they took proper precautions to prevent diseases of the digestive organs by taking an occa- sional dose of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Even after "spepsia, indigestion, bilious ness and constipation have secured foot hold and become chronic, the Bitters will afford speedy relief.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
TRY ALIENS FOoT-EAsE

A powder to be shaken in the shoes. you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens FoOt-Ease. It rests and comforts :; makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Re lieves cOrns and bunions of all pain and is acertain cure for Chilblains, Sweating damp or frosted feet. Wehave over thirty thous- and testimonials. Try today Sold by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
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Chinese Back scrntcher.

No Chinese home is without back scratcher, while many there be in other wise happy American households who do not know it's joys. Therefore are they compelled to hitch around on chairs to dislodge the itch.
 The oriental does better. He shoves down his back an instrument which has a carved bone or ivory hand with sharp claws. This is mounted on a flexible handle of cane or bone, and with few pushes the annoyance Ceases.-Hong- kono GorresnODdencp
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The Better Drawer.

"Your money or your lifer' cried the robber.
 "Ha, hap laughed the artist, and drew a pistol. The artist had no mon- ey, and, according to the critics, not much life, but that was not why he laughed. He laughed because he be- longed to the school which draws rapid ly and boldly rather than the school which draws laboriously, with great attention to detail.-Detroit Journal
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cATARRH CANNOT RE CURED

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is R blood or constitutional disease and in order to cure 1t you must take internal remedies. Halls Ca- tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucuous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is a regular prescrip- tion ftis composed of the best tonics known, cdmbined with the best blood purifiers. acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect mbination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Ca tarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO, Props, Toledo, O.
 Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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London-The Filipino agents here have received a cablegram from Agon- cillo, the agent of Aguinaldo, saying: "The statement of General Otis that he has copy of cablegram from me advising Aguinaldo to attack the Americans is an absolute fabrication. challenge General Otis to produce the telegram.
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A German historian directs attention to the fact that in the middle ages the Mediterranean was connected by canal with the Red sea, and that in 1885 the Mohammedan powers had project of rebuilding this predecessor of the Suez canal.
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Orange Post: There is quite mining excitement on the red hill just east of Tustin. It has long been known that cinnabar existed in that locality, but recent discoveries have proved it to be very rich. One local prospector assayed a piece of rock that gave 3S per cent in quicksilver. (The writer saw the material in a Yial.) Develop ment work is going on, and the heavy blast can be heard in Tustin any day.
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Point Moi Easily settle1.

'It is a difficult problem" said the conscientious man; "very difficult"
 What is worrying you?' asked his wife.
 "If I use slang before our sons and daughters it will encourage them in the practice, and if don't they will say l am back number. r."-Washington Star.
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Took the Hint.

"I dearly love birds," he gently sighed, and then she didn't do a thing but hasten to the open piano and softly began singing. "I wish were bird. !"
 They are looking for a nest now.- Yonkers Statesman
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I'm l:xtrenis.

Husband-My darling, when I am gone. how will you ever be able to pay the doctors bill?
 Wife-Don't worry about that, dear. If the worst comes to the worst, will marry the doctor. Medical Record.
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Where our Lansuage stumbIes.

Where Our Language Stumbles.
 "There is positively $e dulnhest man I ever saw. Why, that fellow doesn't know anything"
 "And yet he is chief assistant in his wife's intelligence office. "-Ohicago Nsws
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SUindIcd.

Mrs. Smarte says her husband is the worst man that ever was to go shop ping He's almost sure to get swindled every time Why" she says. "it was only t'other day that he bought flute, and when it came home, if you'll be- Iieve it, twas full of holes.
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The Rule Works Both Ways.

Willie Smith was playing with the Jones boys. His mother called him. Willie, don't you know those are bad boys for you to play with?"
 'Yes, mother" said Willie, '1 know that, but then I am a good boy for them to play with. h."-Household Words.
The St. Johns herald., 1899-03-25
Widows in the Treasury Department

Lots of the treasury girls at Wash ington are widows. Hundreds of them are old maids, and several thousand are sweet marriageable girls, with pretty faces, good hearts and high grade of culture and education. Many of them had governors and generals for fath- CTS. not a few are the widows of noted soldiers and statesmen and all are far above the average of their sex the Uni- ted States over. Many have travelled widely.
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THE MENTALITY OF GIRLS.
enfal Or0paSc iS

The seat of mental process is The cranium, 'tis said, But girls spring hat is on her mind Long ere it's on her head.
 Detroit JOnrnal
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Her Maiden Aim.

Hoax-So young Goldrox has taken a wife. What was her maiden nameP
 Joax-Her maiden aim seems to have been to marry Goldrox, and she proved an unusually good shot for a woman.- Philadelphia Record.
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The Year Around.

All the year round chronic or ne glected rheumatism hangs on. It is worse in chilly, damp weather, but never so bad that St. Jacobs Oil can't promptly and effectually cure it.
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An Explanation.

Little Dot-Mamma, was playing with your best tea set while you were away, and when you bring it cut for company you'll be shocked, cause you'll think one of the cups has hair in it, but it isn't hair.
 Mamma What is it2
 Little Dot-It'S only crack.
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Wipe Out.

It is the specific virtue of penetration in St. Jacobs Oil which carries 1t right down to the Sciatic nerve in the cure of Sciatica, and the effect is to soothe the nerve and wipe out the pain.
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When coming to San Francisco go to Brooklyn Hotel, 2O8--212 Bush Street. Am erican or European plan. Room and board s1.0O to $1.5O per day; rooms 50 cents to S1.0O per day; single meals 25 cents. Free coach. Chas. Montgomery.
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An Expert.

"Do you carver"
 "I should. say didr" "And what are your specialties?' Sausage and omelets. "-Cleveland Plaip Dealer.
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It Is all right to play classical music, for no one knows when you make 8 mistake, but it Is fatal to attempt to play a familiar tune "classically"
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Whenever a woman looks at her par Tor, she sees a vacant place that could be just filled by a certain piece of fur niture down town which she admires.
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No household is complete without a bottle of the famous Jesse Moore Whiskey. It is pure and wholesome stimulant receommened by all physicians. Don't neglect this necessity.
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ETC Permanently Cured. Nofits or nervous IIIS ness after first days use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer Send for FREE $2.OO trial bottle and treatise. DR. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. 930 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pa.
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To Cure a Cold in One Day.

Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
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A black eye indicates a revengeful nature-On the part of the other fellow.