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Island for help. From there word was tele- graphed to Rear Admiral Bunce, com mandant of the navy yard, that the Massa- chusetts had struck on Diamond Reef, and that three tugs were needed. This request was quickly changed, however, and only one tug was asked for, the battleship was churning the water in the race to reach Tomplkinsyille.
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I 0 l l 0 W II uaGeS : "Aug. l, 1890: I have been suffering with chronic catarrh about nine years, and it has now s ettled on my
 lungs and I have all
 the symptoms of con S u m p tion. Dec. IS, 1890: I am still fol- lowing your advice and am getting along we'll. Feb. I2, 1891 l: I am still improving in every way. The
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lOlloW LIE 6tbtCltlcnts "I was afflicted for 20 years s and did not know what ailed me. My Il us b and em- ployed three doctors, but they did me no good. I took differ ent kinds of medf- cine, all to no effect. In 1895 g friend told
 me I had catarrh. I had a bad cough and
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we'll or GnaI ur6aQIul disease,catarrh I was afflicted with it for l5 years, and it was & very aggravated case for the last five years. No one can possibly
 realize the value of Fortuna Il Il t il he
 triesit for himself. It will certainly cure the OTIS t case of chronic catarrh. I had as bad 9 case as I
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In Chicago

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 What's the cause of the riot?''
 Some New ork fellow was trying toy hang a card labeled Also embalmers' un- der the beef packers sign"
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taken seven bottles of Pe-ru-na and every one was worth $100 to me. I haven't the language to express my gratefulness to you for your kindness to me and the interest you have taken in my case."
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- years standing, and at times l was almost past going. I com menced to use Peru na according to your instructions and con- tinued its use for about a year, and it hascompletely cured me. I have to say that your remedies do all you claim for them, and even more. Catarrh can't exist W h @ re Pe-ru-na is ' f. a x an according to
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Catarrh Twenty Years.

Mrs. M. M. King, Waterloo, N. O., in a recent letter to Dr. Hartman, makes the
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Catarrh Nine Years.

Mir. Peter Hattenberger, Porterfield, Wis.,, writes to Dr. Hartman under the
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dire tions. Man o' a-lin is most wonderful remedy for chronic constipation" For free books on catarrh, address Dr. Hartman, Co., lumbus, Ohio.
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"1' " running at the nose all the time. I was advised to try Pe- ru-na and I took four bottles. am now we'll of the catarrh. I believe Fortuna saved my life. The doctors and all other medicines failed. I can recom- mend Pe-ru-na to all my friends. It is the best medicine in the world. You can use my name whenever you please"
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Catarrh Fifteen Years.

MT. s. I. Nance, Roberson Fork, Tenn,
 rites: "I will state that am entirely
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Catarrh Twenty-Five Years.

MT. John O. Atkinson, Il Jefferson avenue, Freeport, Ill, says: "My case
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catarrh is leaving my head and throat. April 2, 1891: I am still using your med along, my appetite is good, and I feel
 better than I have in five or six years. Aug. 2S, 1891: am rid of the catarrh now, and feel perfectly well and
 hannuO D
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
OPENED A BOTTLE OF INK.
1t Was Done According TO Orders,
and IL Was Paid For With
out FIinching.

1t was in a well-known restaurant. A
young man-quite young, apparently
wearing much shirt front and Tuxedo
in ordinary day clothes. They were
evidently in merry mood, although
nothing out of the way was said or done
until the young mans voice arose over
the laughter of his companions.
Waiter" he ordered, "open bottle
of ink for us!"
The waiter, IKE the well-traned man
he was. stood still and appeared not to
notice the order.
The young mans voice became in
sistant.
Waiter" he exclaimed, why don'sh
you go'n open n bottle of ink for us,
as I ordered?"
With bow, the waiter moved off in
the direction of the head waiter. The
young man grinned, his friends
laughed, and then they fell TO discuss
ing something else, taking good care
not to allow their conversation to be-
come dry for want of wetting.
Five minutes or more had elapsed
when the waiter came back. He car
ried quart bottle of writing fluid,
which he opened, pouring a glassful of
the stuff out for the exuberant young
man. The latter seemed to have forgot
ten his order; he looked gravely at the
waiter and then at the glass of ink,
which he finally raised in his IN
CIR lr- &ra % hax
view of the strange drink. His friends
lounged back in their chairs, still laugh
ing.
The glass slipped from his fingers
and fell to the table, breaking and
splashing the stuff all over the wide
shirt front and immaculate white vest,
not to speak of the murky pool on the
table-cloth. The vest and shirt were a
weird running pattern in black and
white, worth going far to see.
All three at the table jumped to
their feet; but the young man was
game. He sat down at once, gazed rue
fully ut himself and the table-cloth, and
then pulled bill-eNidently large
one, judging from the walters express
sion-out of his pocket.
Here" he said; you brought what
/ ordered, anyhow. Thish'Il pay bill
and damage; keep change"
Then, calmly unmindful of what
might happen TO the lining of the gar
ment, he threw his light overcoat over
his shoulders, with the assistance of
the waiter. and. with his friends in
tow, ambled out of the restaurant
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
WEEDS GOOD TO EAT.
In Europe Many of Them Are Consid-
cred Delicacics ana Used ns
Rare FlavOrinHs.

Go out on any farm and see the iarm-
err hoeing away at the weeds that
threaten to choke his crop. You may
hear him say things that wouldn't
sound nice about the weeds.
The dandelion isn't the only weed
eaten by people who know what's good
to eat. Take wild cherry, the plague
of the farmer. 1t makes one of the fin
est salads served, piquant, tender and
wholesome. Charlock, or wild mustard,
IS another bane of the farmer. He
doesn't know that as pot herb it can
give soup a delightful flavor. The
dockweeds-ho annoying the whole
family are! Yet the broad leaf variety
and the curly leaf are used all over Eu-
rope as table vegetables.
There's pokeweeds, commonest of
takes its place with sage, thyme, pars-
ley and bay leaves as a tlavoring for
soup.
Every body in America hates nettle
and can't see what use it is. In Scot
land, Poland and Germany tender
young nettle leaves are used rs greens.
The Germans boil it with other vege-
tables to give them piquant flavor
Purslane is another weed that can be
treated the same way.
Most people think milkweed poison
Gus. 1t is a medicinal vegetable with
delightful flavor all its own. The young
leaves, when they are in just the right
condition, are a cross between spinach
and asparagus, and in a salad are de-
licious.
Sorrel, fictitious and chevril arc
looked on as field pests by ninety-nins
out of every hundred farmers. The
hundredth one picks the choicest leaves
from these weeds and sends them to
market, where they find ready sale for
salads to be eaten with game and for
flavoring herbs-for herbs they are and
not weeds.-N. Y. World.
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Judge and LAWYER.

The resounding and ELUSIVE court
oratory of the past is not much in fash
ion nowadays, especially in cases which
are not tried by juries, and in which the
judges are so well conversant with the
law that they seek little more than a
concrete presentation of the facts. A
story is told of the late Mr.. Justice Mil
Ter, of the United States supreme court,
which illustrates the demand of the
courts nowadays. Mr.. Justice Miller
was always courteous, but in his last
years on the supreme bench he acquired
an aversion to what some of the law
yers at the bar of the court took to
be oratory A lawyer, who may be
called Brown, was addressing the court
one day in long, rambling speech.
Justice Miller listened, uneasily fan
ming himself, for some time. Then he
leaned over the desk and said, in an
audible whisper: 80 Brown, come to
the point" "Wh-hat point, your hon
orr" said the visibly astonished law
yer ANY point!" answered the judge.
The rest of the address was a rapid
condensation of the whole matter
Youths Companion.
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WOMEN IN THE ORIENT.
Among the Hindoos They Have No
Interest i'm Heaven and Very Lit
tie in Earthly Things.

The Mohammedan peasant woman is
spared all the jealousy and misery of
sharing her title of wife with others,
since her husband cannot afford to in
dulge in polygamy, though Moham-
medan of the better class may indulge
in as many as four wives at Va time,
but it is not supposed to exceed that
number. However, he can have just as
many wives in his lifetime as he pleases,
since he may resort to divorce on the
smallest pretext, and as frequently as
he chooses.
A Hindoo is generally supposed to
have but one wife. but should she bear
him no son within seven years he may
take another; also for other reasons,
est rank of the Hindoos are privileged
to take as many wives as they like,
and, since each wife brings him a good
dowry, one of these aristocrats will
we'd as many as 100 wives, sometimes
marrying all the eligible members of
one family, and even engaging himself
to 20 brides in one day.
In addition to the work of the house
hold the woman always engages in
some remunerative employment, such
as picking, cleaning, spinning or weav-
ing cotton, in company with others, or
she makes vermicelli, weaves baskets,
manufactures fans, or embroiders
chaddars and caps with silk, in her own
home.
Her costume varies according to her
religion, race and rank, and SO nu-
merous and minute are the differences
in dress that in the case of "A man even
his occupation may be known by his
clothing.
Women of all ranks make a great dis
play of jewelry, the rich wearing gold
and precious stones, and the poor either
silver or some manufactured material
of lit.le value. Numberless rings adorn
the ears, nose, fingers and toes. a
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
INVALID RIGHTS.
Every Sick Person ShOuld Have
Proper Food and Suitable
Surroundings.


We hear a great deal of the rights of
various members of the community.
The rights of the invalids are some
thing that should be seriously consid-
cred. Every sick person should have
suitable food properly served and quiet,
restful surroundings. Invalids should
be kept free from visitors that will in
any way interfere with their restful
surroundings. There are great many
people who should never be admitted
to the sick-room. They are not fitted
. to visit the sick. The presence of the
trained nurse in the sickroom who in
sists that visitors should be strictly
prohibited when there is the slightest
risk from their presence, has done more
than anything else to establish prece-
dent in this matter. 1t is no longer the
custom to visit the sick, TO their own
destruction. A great many people in
former times were visited to death.
Cheerful people are welcome at the
proper time in the sickroom, but at no
time should an invalid be bored with
people who come out of curiosity or
any other but kindly intent. Any ply
stefan will issue orders if requested to
do so that no visitors shall be admitted,
and this is excuse enough for excusing
ones self to unwelcome visitors.
The food of invalids should be daintily
served. and only a small amount should
be served at once. 1t temps the appetite
to bring a dainty allowance, which may
be easily supplemented with more if
needed. a complete change of fare, or
even meal served on different dishes,
with a cluster of bright flowers added
will often induce a languid invalid to
eat who would otherwise refuse food.
As soon as an invalid is convalescent
enough to do something to occupy time
and hand, and the physician will allow
it, she should be allowed to do so. Moth
ing is more dangerous than the brood
ing habit to which so many GONZALES
cents are prone. Work of the simplest
kind may weary a sick person, but the
WEAKNESS that comes from doing abb
solutely nothing is worse. An aqua
rum, a window garden or any object of
living, growing things is boon for an
invalid. Crocheting, tatting and knit
ting are all employments that do not
require an undue eXertion of body and
occupy the mind enough to keep away
ennui.-N. y. Tribune.
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While many housewife has made it
her habit to lay away the bed linen in
lavender scented closets, it was not
until recently that the perfumed pad
invaded the bed itself. This pad is a
thin quilted affair, which has one layer
of cotton plentifully besprinkled with
the favorite scent-either rose, laven-
der or violet--in a sachet powder.
From time to time the powder is re-
newed around the edges. The pad is
laid between the mattress and the lower
sheet. Pillows are also opened at the
corners and sachet powder shaken into
the feathers. Those who are fond of
the smell of pine woods gather pine
needles during the summer and use
them about the wide hens of the pads
and pillows, making special little sacks
for the needles and filling them in
fat
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necklet, a score of bracelets and two
arms and ankles respectively. Supdry
ornaments are also placed in the hair.
The bracel is most commonly worn
are made of glass ornamented with col
ored shellac. The neclIlet is often com
posed of the current coin, but the size
increases and diminisbes with the fuc
tuations of the income.
Having no individuality apart from
her husband, a woman is practically an
irresponsible creature, except that
should she have the i'll grace to out
live him she is blamed as the cause Of
his death, but then the circumstances
are quite beyond her control, since il
is the consequence of some crime of
which she is guilty in former ex
istence, and therefore must be accept
ed as her fate in her present life.
She takes no part in public worship,
and they say that serving husband
is he wife's religion, for that to worship
the husband is to worship the gods.
She only takes part in s;trf ceremonies
as relate to her position as wife and
mother.
In recognition of the superiority of
the man an Indian woman always sits
on n lower seat than her husband. She
walks at respectful distance behind
him, and never presumes to eat with
him, always preparing his food and
waiting upon him while he eats it, be-
fore she gives any thought to her own
meal. 1t is not thought correct for
woman to utter her husbands name.
The laws of Hindooism teach that n
woman must at no period of her life
do anything according to her own pleas
ure, since in childhood she is dependent
upon her father, in youth on her hus-
band and in widowhood on her sons,
or. should she have no sons, on the kins
men of her deceased husband, or on
other male relatives, and failing all
such relatives she becomes dependent
upon the rajah."
Mohammed wrote: men shall have
the prominence above women, because
of those advantages wherein God hath
caused the former to excel the latter"
In view of all this the struggle of our
own women for 'her rights" has a
somewhat humorous side to the un-
prejudiced onlooker.-Cincinnat En-
uuirer
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THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH.

Into this glorious world care.
The free born of the wind tad flame.
] bound to me for good c. Ill
A body-serf to do my VII.
Though he was frai. and prone to rest,
] snatched him from his mothers breast
And bade him serve me. What would you
1 had great King work to do:
Wrong to make right comfort TO bring
To those in trouble sorrowing
l needed one both swift and strong;
Great was the load, the journey long.
Yet this my slave was weak and lame;
Faltering at my behest he came;
So, when his strength was almost gone,
/ took the scourge and urged him on
Yet hurry as might to keep
The minutes pace, both food and sleep
My slave must have. Impatiently
/ saw the glorious hours pass by.
Il could not leave him, for we must
Have hands of dust to work with dust)
At last he fell and would not rise.
He called me with mperious eyes,
And hade me pause.
This small white room, this cot of snow,
Ministering forms that come and go
! crouch here listening for his breath,
And with my hands / hold back Death,
My work neglected and undone.
If he but beckon, swift run
This worthless serf of mine to save.
How hard they toll who serve a slave!
L. Bridgman. in Century.
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HUMOROUS

Information for the Young-"P Papa,
what is untold wealth?" That's what
a good many people have when the tax
assessor is present."-Chicago Times
Herald.
Il never cam forget Mabel Medows,
whom l went TO school with" WAS
she so studious?" NO, but she always
brought such lovely cucumber pickles
with her luncheon" -Terre Haute Ga
zette.
Bright Easterner-"I suppose it is ex-
tremely difficult to find many really
cultivated people in the extreme west"
Extreme Westerner-"Well, yes. Most
of our people are born east,"-Criterion.
AS understand it, an X-ray will go
straight through mans head. There
is nothing else quite so penetrating, is
there?' "Oh, don't know. Did you
ever hear my daughter sing "'-Lohdon
Judy.
rs there any hope for me, JaneW
"While there's life there's hope, Will
liam" ''And when may / renew my
suit, Jane?' How would about 1910
suit YOU. William ?"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
II am going TO take little run out
west" said Kansas man to an ac-
guaintance. colorado or California ?"
inquired the acquaintance. Neither"
scornfully replied the Kansas man,
Manila. Kansas City Journal.
Henry-"Of course, it is no business
of mine, but since you have changed
doctors the neighbors have noticed that
your wife has been constantly grow
ing worse" Slapford-'I know, but
then this physician is ever so much
cheaper than the other e."-Boston
Transcript.
Mammal reddie, Freddie, how Oft
en- have i told you not to mock the
peculiarities of others? If you do
you'll just grow like them" Freddie
latter a hong pause) Ma, if Knocked
the elephant very hard, do you suppose
I'd ever grow SOS could pick up APP
Piles over n wall with my nose. STRAY
Stories.
Chinese Premier-"I see that the
province of Wing Wang yields no rev.
enue." Chinese Secretary of Treas,
ury-"Yes, the people are very poor;
the land is worthless, and the harbors
are filling up with sand. / know not
what to do with Wing Wang" Chinese
Premier-"Nothing easier. Have some
body kill missionary there, and The
missionary's government will take
Wing Wang for an indemnity."-Bos
ton Transcript.
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To Stew Cucumber RS.

Peel and cut the cucumbers into
eighths lengthwise. Put them into a
baking pan; cover with boiling water;
add teaspoonful of salt and stew
gently for 20 minutes. Drain and AZ
range neatly on squares of toasted
bread. Put two tablespoonfuls of but
ter and two of -four into a saucepan;
add pint of the water in which the GU
cumbers were boiled, and stir constant
~ until you have smooth sauce; add
a teaspoonful of salt a tablespoonful
of lemon juice and a dash of pepper
Ladies Home Journal.
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1t has become known to the wise
ones that the destructive moth despises
the pleasant fragrance of perfumes.
For this reason the pungent and dis
agreeable remedy is not always nee4s-
sary to rid wardrobes and closets of the
ruinous insect. The mixture which II
said to work this magical result is pre-
pared as follows: Take one ounce each
of cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, caraway
seed mace and tonka beans, pound to
powder and mix them with six ounces
of orris root, which must also be in
powder. These ingredients may be
obtained ready crushed at druggists.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-09-14
MISSION OF THE ANGELUS.
Millets Famous Pain ting Has Carried
Message of Hope to the
Whole World.

This celebrated painting was given
to the world in 1859, but the painter did
not live to see it reach the height of its
fame. Millet died in 1875. In 1889 the
picture was bought at auction by the
American Art association and brought
to the United States and exhibited in
the principal cities, but in 1890 was
sold to the agents of NJ. Chauchard for
$l50,000, the purchaser signifying his
intention of keeping it as long as he
should live, and presenting it to the
Louvre at his death.
Etched, painted, woven into tapes
tries, reproduced by various processes,
the picture has become familiar one
in all countries, and one which speaks
to the masses everywhere of the peo-
pies toll, their rest and their worship.
No matter how poor the copy, the spirit
of the original is there. The ear catches
the distant sound of the bells ringing
their solemn call to worship; the even
ing sky is bright with the sunset glow;
labor is relieved of its curse, and the
slaves of the soil become the children
OF God. Two peasants, man and
woman, at the sound of the Angelus
bell from distant church, have stopped
their work and stand in the field pray
ing with bowed heads. 1t would be
hard to conceive a more simple and
pathetic representation of peasant life
in France, and it is not strange that it
touched the hearts of the common peo-
pie. Here the peasant is in his gran
deur, living by the soil and the fruit
of hard, incessant work. In the picture
and out of it his type proclaims that in
spite of mans oppression-in spit Of
long hours Of work, coarse fare and the
absence of culture-the toiler can be
kept from being brutalized by that
voice from the sky, heard in the bells
of the Angelus, which speaks Of peace.
of God, and of the final redemption.
If 1.-THE Angelus' has social mission
it is to indicate the only way out of
the thraldom Of the centuries-the way
God has provided. And if you think
the world is terribly wicked--if you
think hard toll fearfully enslayIng and
deadening to the senses-go to beauti-
full Barbizon, hear the ringing of the
Angelus at morning, noon and even
ing, and even though hope has died in
your heart it will revive and live again.
Edward A. Steiner, in Woman Home
Companion.
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Novel Way to Destroy a Chimney.

Here is novel and economical way
of destroying large brick smokestack.
The stack was 266 feet in height and
81 feet in diameter, and its removal
was accomplished in the following man
ner. The brick was removed from one
side at about three feet from the
ground, and the opening thus formed
filled with built-up wooden blocks be-
tween which were packed tar, sawdust
and paraftin. This material was then
set on fire and caused the chimney to
crack and fall within space that had
previously been marked on the ground.
Not only was the cost much less than
if the brick had been torn down, but
there was also recovered much material
in good condition for future use.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
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Keen Mother In Renair.

A nap after dinner is worth two hours
of sleep in the morning to mother, and
she declares she could not be happy
without. Mothers, more than most PEG
pie, wear out if they are not repaired,
and it is the duty of the family to see
that repairs 20 OF before the dear tene-
ment falters. So many people paint the
house and have the homes cleaned and
repapered, and the furniture retouched,
who never think of repairing the moth
er.-Boston Globe.