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Government Realizes the Growing De-
mand for the Small Piece.
A half-cent piece Is one Of the possi-
bilities OF the future. II Is seriously
proposed TO turn out OF the mints coin
Of this denomination. which, 1t Is claimed,
Is needed in trade, especially In the
small shops and at the bargain counters.
For some time the treasury officials have
been aware of growing popular de-
mand for half-cent coins. The big de-
partment stores in some sections OF the
country are the chief advocates OF such
an addition TO the monetary denomina-
tions. and now d bill has been prepared
calling such a coin into existence. Half
cent pieces were once issued by the Gov
ernment. They went out of use about
half century ago. The l-cent coin then
contained twice as much, metal as the
present coin of that denomination. The
checks or coins issued by the department
stores are OF copper. and this could. OF
course, be the metal used in the new coin
should the Government decide to issue It,
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tempt and condemnation, and yet the
fact is evidenced every day that such ap-
pellation is libel upon the canine. After
he had been left on the battlefield by his
men and comrades at Colenso, Lieut..
Jenkins had one faithful friend only, and
that was the terrier that he had taken
with him to the wars. Thornycroft's
light horse left him for dead, and when
the ambulance corps went over the field
only his faithful dog was beside him.
barking dercely.
The white ants have been a factor in
the war. The hills that have been built
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ambulance. He says: II have made a
simple alteration on the iron work of an
army pack saddle by which loaded
stretcher can be carried safely on it
lengthways. The front transverse of tie
stretcher itself is curved sufficiently to
clear the neck of the horse. The stretch
er must be loaded before being put up
and bound to the pack saddle"
The illustration shows the Doctors idea.
He says the motion is more pleasant than
hand carriage.
A marvellous bit of surgery was that
performed by an English surgeon upon
IL L..
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STARTS A FIRE IN THE JAIL.

Prisoners Effort at Escape Results in
His Being Overcome by Smoke.
Allie Davis, young man awaiting
trial at Tifiin, Ohio, on a charge of train
wrecking, made a desperate attempt to
escape and nearly lost his life in conse-
quence. When allowed the liberty of the
corridor he set fire to the bed clothes,
expecting to escape during the confusion.
He was unconscious from the smoke
when the fire was discovered. and was
with difficulty revived.
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Cost of a Seizure,

The Delagoa bay arbitration tribunal,
which was appointed to decide the claims
against Portugal growing out Of the seiz-
ure of the Delagoa Bay Railway, has or
dered Portugal to pay to the British and
American claimants the sum Of 15,314,-
600 francs ($3,062 500, with interest at
8 per cent from June 25, 1889, to the date
of payment, in addition to the 7OO,OOO
francs ($14O,OOOl deposited in 1890.
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MUTINY ON A TRANSPORT.
Part of the Scdgwick's Crew Brought
Home in Irons.

Part of the Scdgwick's Crew Brought
Home in Irons.
The United States transport Sedgwick,
Captain Henricks, arrived at New York
from Havana and Gibara with fifty-one
cabin passengers and sixty-six discharged
and furloughed soldiers, civilians, etc.
The Sedgwick brought nearly $l,OOO,-
600 in specie and large quantity of Gu
ban products for the forthcoming Paris
exposition. While at Gibara thirteen
members Of the transports crew refused
to obey the officers orders. They were
placed in irons and brought to New York
for trial. There were also five general
prisoners on board from Havana.
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HIRED GIRL POIsoNs FOUR.

Administers Arsenic in Oatmeal Mush
Served at a Meal.
An attempt to poison Cincinnati fam
lily resulted in the serious illness of four
persons-Mrs. Il. A. Aiken, Miss Allie Nj.
Calvin, Harold Winold and Francis Win
old The persons poisoned had eaten oat-
meal for breakfast. They were immedi-
ately and violently attacked. A physician
was quickly called, and all were placed
out of danger. Suspicion pointed to the
servant girl, Violet Foster, who was ar
rested, and admitted that she had pro-
cured the arsenic and put it into the
oatmeal. She said she was instigated
thereto by G. o. Winold, father Of the
children.
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She Was Mentioned.

Evidently you were overlooked in
she account of the entertainment last
night" said the gossip.
"Oh, no." replied Mrs. Parvenue. II
was mentioned. Didn't you see the last
line Of the list of those PRESENT."
"Yes. 1t read and others"
That's me-" asserted Mrs. Parvenue
proudly, but ungrammatically.-Chi-
cago Post.
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Mob AssaiIs Miners at Work.

The striking miners at the Horatio
mines of the Berwind-White Coal Mining
Company at Dubois, Pa, attacked the
few men who have remained at work.
There was pitched battle in which 100
shots were fired and three persons Sc
yerely injured.
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IN A WAITING STAGE.
Retail Dry Goods Trade Quiet Pending
Effect of Spring Demand.

Retail Dry GOOus Irauc Vufet TeHfHE
Effect of Spring Demand.
Bradstreet's says: 1T has been quiet
week in distrbutive trade except at some
few western centers, this being especially
true of the dry goods business. Whole
sale trade in this line has been generally
completed, and, pending the effect OF
spring demand upon the retail trade, the
markets are in a waiting stage. AS re-
CARDS prices, the feature of the week
has been the strength manifested by agri-
cultural products and provisions. Wheat,
including -four, shipments for the week
aggregated 2,962,349 bushels, against
zoos, ,495 last week. Corn exports for
the week aggregated 3,193,63S bushels,
against 3,123,S ,S4S last week"
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Returns a Trophy of Battle.

The battle flag of the Gate City guards
of Atlanta, Ga, has been returned to
survivors of that company of Confederate
soldiers through George l.. Emminger Of
Toledo, Ohio. The flag was captured by
John Howard. He died several years
ago, and his wife, shortly before her re-
cent death, gave it to Emminger.
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HEAD DowNwARD OVER 4 CLIFF.
James Johnson Hangs for SIX Hours by
a Wire Caught ON His Ankle.

James Johnson Hangs for SIX Hours by
a Wire Caught ON His Ankle.
Suspended head downward by wire
accidentally caught about his ankle as he
fell over a cliff above rock quarry was
the frightful experience of James John
son at st. Louis. For six hours he strug-
gled helplessly to rescue himself, his brain
in a whirl and a mocking ledge on which
was safety only an arms length away.
With dawn came the realization that he
was dangling $50 feet above the rock
quarry. 1t seemed an age before the
workmen came. They were fearful to
touch the wire lest it should break. The
fire department was called on and effected
a rescue. johnson had walked over the
cliff and his leg had caught in fence
wire dangling from a post.
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Short Line to the West.

Immense corporations are backing the
promoters of the Uniontown, Waynes-
burg and West Virginia Railroad Com
pany. They see in it a short route to
Chicago and the West, which to them
means cheaper freight rates. Chicago is
brought thrty-eight miles nearer to the
coke regions of Connellsville, and the
distance between the Fayette fields and
Cincinnati is reduced seventy-one miles.
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TO EXTEND RURAL DELIVERY.
Postal Officials viii Confer with spe-
ciaI Agent Hammer.

cial Agent Hammer.
Special Agent Francis NJ. Dice, in
charge of rural free delivery, with head
quarters at Indianapolis. has requested
Alfred Hammer TO confer with him for
the purpose OF extending the important
service. Mr.. Hammer has made an en-
viable record in his line in Michigan and
Indiana and is deemed to be especially
fitted by the department for executive
direction. There will be reassignment
of the territory embraced in the division
in which Agent Dice is the chief. made
necessary by the late appointment OF
several new agents. The department IN
formed Mr. Hammer that it was thought
that under his supervision the successful
establishment of rural free delivery would
be facilitated and a uniform method and
system of procedure would be affected.
Mr.. Hammer is at present special agent
Of rural free delivery at Chicago.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
NEWS FROM CAPE NOME.
Winter Has Been Very Mild-Dawson's
Spring C1ean-Up.


Spring Cleanup.
The Steamer Danube brings news OF
the arrival at Skaguay of probably the
last travellers who will come from Nome
this winter. McRae and Nagle, who
were deputized to carry to San Francisco
the report of the engineer on the railway
to be built from Port Safety TO Cape
York, came up the river in forty-six days
with a single team of dogs. They say
the winter has been unprecedentedly mild
at Nome, that all necessaries of life are
plentiful and cheap there and the streams
in all directions are prospecting well.
The discoveries on the Siberian side are
being left alone, as it has been given out
that foreign miners will not be permitted
there. At Dawson preparations were be-
ing made for the spring cleanup, which
is estimated at from $12,OOO,OOO to $780,
0O0 900.
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Loses Jewels Worth 100000.

Mrs. Frances NJ. Wolcott, granted di-
vorce from Senator Wolcott of Colorado
March 6, has lost jewelry valued at about
$4,000. She carried her jewels to Paris
in a specially constructed portmanteau,
which she never trusted out Of her sight.
One day, however, she absent-mindedly
left it in her carriage in front of her
hotel and no trace of the jewels has since
haan found
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
CONCESSION TO CANADIAN.

Peru Makes Large Grants to Colonel
Weatheriey.
The Peruvian Government has publish
ed the provisions of the concession to Col.
Weatherley Of Canada. He will receive
100000 hectares Of land on the borders
of the Napo and Cururay rivers for
term of ten years at a rental of soils
per forty-six kilos. There is to be duty
on caoutchouc exported by way of Iqui-
tos. Col. Weatherley receives grants OF
mines in the same district. The conces-
sionaire must bring, within three years,
fifty families to the district, and must
deposit 100000 soils as guaranty.
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through their industry
have afforded protec-
ton for the sharp
shooters. On the plains
of Natal and the Or
ange Free State these
ants have constructed
hills sufficiently aititu-
dinous to afford prot~c-
tion from the eneS,ys
hullets and the soldiers
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Colorado Has No Money.

Appropriations exceeding the revenue
by $5OO,0OO were made by the Colorado
Legislature of last year. The State
treasury is now bankrupt, and State in
stitutions are penniess.
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Fell AsIeen on the Track.

Louis Canterberry, Of Fayette County,
West Virginia, and companion attended
a ball in the country, and at late hour
left for their homes, near Glades. After
walking a distance they became tired and
sat down on the railroad tracks to rest.
Both fell asleep and Canterberry was
struck by fast train and instantly killed.
His companion was hurled twenty feet,
hut will recover
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years old. A Lee-Metford
bullet had entered th-
bone just above the knee
and then had travelled
down on the same side OF
the leg and lodged there.
In the diagram A is the
wound of entrance. The
bullet was removed at B
ool tbo un.nJ boofo1
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Kentucky Secret Is Ont.

w. II. Culton, after being held to the
grand jury along with Caleb Powers and
John Davis for alleged completely in
Goebel's murder, made a confession to
the States Attorney at Frankfort, Ky.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
Japan,s Crown Prince to Wed.

Minister Buck, at Toxic, has informed
the State Department at Washington
that official announcement has been made
Of the betrothal of his imperial highness
the crown prince to Princess Sakado. The
wedding probably will take place during
next May.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
Fast Run of Iron steeds.

From Los Angeles, Cal, to Chicago,
a distance Of 2,265 miles, in ffty-seven
hours and ffty-six minutes, is the record
coast run hung up by the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe when the Peacock
special" pulled into the Chicago depot
the other night.
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Method.

II believe Higglnside smokes the
vilest cigars on earth. When he drops
in at my Office always give him good
cigar to keep him from lighting one Of
his own"
drops in every day. doesn't hep
Generally"
II thought so. I know Higginside.
He Is q fellow Of good deal Of thrift
and ingenuity."-Chtcago Tribune.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
Former Speaker Commits Suicide.

Lore Afford, leading lawyer and for
mer speaker of the Iowa House of Rep
resentatives, was found dead in the bath
room Of his residence in Waterloo, Iowa.
He had cut his throat. Mr.. Afford had
been a sufferer for years from stubborn
stomach disease, which led to despon-
dency and melancholia.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
Suicide of Wife Murderer.

Amos Elder, who shot and killed his
wife at Oil City, Pa, recently committed
suicide in the cemetery. He first visited
the grave of his wife and then shot him
self through the head.
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End of scotten Tobacco Business.

The huge Daniel Scotten tobacco plant
at Detroit, which became a part Of the
Continental Tobacco Company two years
ago, by the payment of about $5,OOO,OOO
to the Scottens, will be dismantled and
removed. The 1000 employees have been
notified that their services will not be
needed after May 1.
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BROWNS HIS CHILD AT A PUMP.
Terrible Deed of an Unnatural Indian
Territory Father.

Frank Haskey was arrested at Fry, l.
r., and placed in jail. He is charged
with numbering his 1O-year-old son IN
brutal manner. First he held the boy
against a red-hot cook stove and scared
his skin. Then he took him to pump
In the back yard and tied him under the
faucet. He then pumped water on the
lads head until he was drowned. Inc
neighbors came over and took Haskey IN
charge. Lynching was only averted by
the arrival Of officers. The son is not
known to have committed any offense.
Haskey has been in the penitentiary for
stealing.
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Dvnamite wrccks a DweIIing.

Dynamite was placed under the rear Of
the house Of John Bude in Chicago and
exploded. The police believe this was
done to kill Bude and his wife and three
children as they slept. They say it is
the result of a neighborhood feud.
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MAY borrow 100000.

Vice Chancellor Pitney at Jersey City
has made an order allowing the receivers
of the Hecker-Jones-Jewell Milling Com
pany, the -four trust, to borrow $1OO,OOO
for running expenses, taxes and interest.
They asked for 100000.
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Kansas Flour Mill Burns.

At Lawrence, Kan, fire destroyed the
plant of the Pierson Flour Milling Com
pany, valued at $150,0OO. In addition
to the mill, several thousand bushels of
wheat and several hundred barrels of
flour were burned. Insurance, $4,000.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05

Relatives in Arkansas City, Kan, have
received word of the killing in the Usage
Nation of Richard Wilson and the fatal
wounding of John Rush. horse thieves,
by deputy marshals who were chasing
them. Wilson escaped from the Kansas
penitentiary last July.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
Atlanta Journal IL Sold.

The Atlanta Evening Journal, one Of
the most valuable pieces of newspaper
property in the South, has passed from
the control of Hoke Smith into that Of
a syndicate at the head Of which 10 T..
Jefferson Coolidge, Jr., Of Boston, Mass.
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Murdered at a Death Watch.

Near Crockett, Texas, while w. Ill.
Oliver and J. A. CASTING, brothers-in-
law, and their wives were sitting up with
the corpse of f. NJ. Moorehead, father
in-law of the men, the latter quarreled
and Oliver was stabbed to death.
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stork Visit. Palace.

The first child ever born in the palace
at Havana, so far as is known, Is an
American girl-daughter of Governor
General and Mrs. Leonard Wood, now
few days old.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
BIC strike at Dallas, Tex.

All the machinists in Munger's cotton
machinery manufacturing works at Dal-
las, Texas, the largest of the kind in the
world, went on strike. The men refused
to do double work required by the com
pany.
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Destructive Fire at Red Key, Ind.

At 2 o'clock the other morning fire
broke out in the G. G. Ayers Il Co.'s lum-
ber yard at Red Key, Ind, and this with
other property was destroyed. There
were four large warehouses in the yard
and property valued at $4,000. with but
$4,000 insurance
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Capital Is eeO,OOo.OOO.

Articles of incorporation of the Electric
Engine and Power Company of New
York were fled under the laws of Ari-
zona at Phoenix. 1t has a capital of
SEC, 100000 in 100000 shares.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
00Vo3ooV0oV1'I6v1vvv
PICTURE STORIES
OF THE BOER WAR.

The stories OF the Boer- British war
are equally as well told by the artists
as by the correspondents, and both find
the Transvaal prolific field. Men have
since time immemorial been accustomed
to apply the word dog as expressing con-
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05
Volcanoes DO Great Dnmare.

Oriental mail advices state that ANA
yama and Kirishima volcanoes in Japan
have been in eruption since early in Feb
ruary. The crops have been destroyed
over n great area
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Hot Fight at Karee.

After hot fight the troops of zen.
Roberts drove the Doers from some
kopjes they occupied near Karee siding
station. The British loss was over 100
men.
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INTRODUCED HIS OWN RIVAL.
Jealousy Prompts a Brooklyn Youth to
Commit Suicide.

Commit Suicide.
Albert Miller, 20 years old, who lived
with his parents in Brooklyn, n. T.,
committed suicide at the Clarendon Ho-
tel, Brooklyn, by swallowing carbolic
acid. The young man left no letter ex-
planning the suicide, but jealousy was un-
doubtedly the cause. He had been pay
ing marked attention to Miss Grace Ross.
Several months ago he introduced to Miss
Ross ]. Harvey White, and when young
White began to call at the house with
equal regularity Miller grew despondent.
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have not been slow to avail themselves
of this advantage.
The British have been engaged in the
erection Of dummy batteries and the
above illustration shows a log on two
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Failing C.irders KIN Two.

One man was killed and another IA
tally injured by the fall of several large
iron girders In new school house in New
York.
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Signature Law Is Void.

California's law requiring all newspa-
per articles to be signed by the writer's
has been declared void.
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Is Bound, Beaten and Robbed

Mrs. Charles Pisel was bound and gag
ged and robbed Of a watch and money at
her residence in Bloomdale, Ohio. She
was prostrated by the severe treatment
she received in her battle with the rob-
A1.
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Great Tunnel Is Begun.

Real work on the New York $36,OOU,-
600 tunnel for underground rapid transit
has been begun.
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st. George Mivart Is Dead.
DR.. st. George Mivart, well-known
physician, died suddenly in London.
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05

Remarkable coolness was displayed by
Albert Stedge, IL years old, OF Chicago,
after killing William Hobson, q boarder
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Piet Joubert Is Dea

Piet JOubert Is Dead.
Gen. Piet Joubert died at Pretoria,
after q short illness.
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the helmets. The
scouts have been
doing e If e C t Y e
work and while
they are constantly
inviting death in
the discharge of
their duties the
glory that brings
with it the plaudits
Of the world has
not been within
hailing distance, as
scouting Is not the
kind of warfare ac-
companied with red
light and a brass
band.
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wheels, with straw-stuffed figures stand
ing beside it. Hidden behind the rocks
are the British sharpshooters, waiting
for the oncoming Beers to come within
range of their rifles.
Montmorency's scouts have adopted a
death or glory" emblem to be worn on
Crawford avalanche., 1900-04-05

The difficulty of removing the wounded,
always great, is intensified in rocky, hilly
country like South Africa, and especially
with the cavalrymen, who have to depend
upon a bearer company or foot to remove
them for the surgeons. DR.. Caverdill,
an English surgeon, has invented horse
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-05
Destructive FIRE AT RANDALL.
Cochran q Langmade Lose 900 Cords. 0
4 Wood and 600 Ties Thurs
" day Afternoon.

\ Word was received here today
that destructive fire had occurred
in Randall Thursday afternoon.
The firm of Cochran & Lang1nade is
the loser, and the loss will amount
to nearly $1,000
Fire In some manner caught in the
large piles fwood and ties. located
in the timber near the station and
some distance away from the track.
Our Informant states that about
100 cords Of oak, 100 cords OF birch
and fully 100 cords and proba ably
more of other kinds, were destroyed
besides about 400 railroad ties, some
OF which were oak and worth over
30 cents each.
There being no water supply there
the only course to he pursued to
stop the flames was to haul away
all the wood that could be reached.
All the teams and men available were
put to work, and they finally sue
ceeded in combining the fire within d
certain space from which it could
not spread.
There were several Thousand cords
of wood in that vicinity, and but
for the hard work of all hands the
loss might have been more serious
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-05

Quite an exciting runaway oc-
Cured on the streets Friday, q
horse belonging to Nick Briggs, was
tied in front of F. Valentines saloon.
Something frightened him and he
broke loose and ran up First street.
He turned east on Broadway. His
harness became entangled about his
limbs and he gave quite an exhibit
ton of his broncho proclivities, by
bucking and kicking himself clear OF
the harness and buggy. He was
aided in clearing himself by a COL
lison with a telephone pole. Con-
sidering the fuss he made, little dam
age was done, further than the bark.
ing OF his own shins in several
places.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-05

There is more catarrh in this sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be
incurablo. For great many years
doctors pronounced it a local dis
ease, and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it
incurable. Science has proved
catarrh to be a constitutional dis
ease, and therefore requires constitu-
tional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, Ohio, Is the only con-
stitutional cure on the market. Tits
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. They offer one
hundred dollars for any case it fails
to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
mOnials.
f. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.