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The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
Sensible Conclusion.

Two doctors once had a disagree nent-as the best of doctors sometimes will have-and lost their tempers.
 'I hesitate to say just what think of you" anSrily exclaimed one of the TWO. flor you have not many years to i've! Consumption has marked you for a victim"
 "Oh. it has. has 1t? How do you knowT'
 By the clubbing of your fingers" |" referring to the wasting away of the fingers near where they join the hands. Do I need to call your attention to thatY'
 Perhaps not" retorted the other. But do you know you bear the unmis- takable indication of an early death yourself?"
 "Where. sir?"
 'In those hollows at the back of your neck near the head. where you can't see them. They denote fatal lack of vitality"
 ''In that casS." rejolned the one who had spoken first. extending his hand, we are foolish to quarrel. Let us prescribe for each other"
 They are still alive and apparently n excellent health.-Youth's Compan- ion
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$1oo REWARD $1oo

The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Halls Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby de. stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and as sisting nature in doing it's work. The prOprietors have so much faith in it's curative powers, that they offer one hundred dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testi- monials.
 Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, To ledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggist, 75 cents. Halls Family Pills are the best.
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RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came With Columbus Saw
 Haitians Playing Ball.

Man That Came With Columbus Saw
 Haitians Playing Ball.
 'eThe world was long time learning the uses and value of rubber says H. E. Armstrong in Ainslee's. ''For two centuries after the Spaniards saw the gum in the hands of natives of the new world it was little more than a curios- ity. Old Herrea, who went with Co., lumbus on his second voyage, made a note of an elastic ball which was mold ed from the gum of tree. At their games the nude Haitians made it bound high in the air. The AZtecs were familiar with the gum and called it ule, and from them the Spaniards learned to smear it on their coats to keep out the wet. They had crossed the seas for gold and never dreamed of time when the sticky milk the uncouth h. dian5 drew from strange trees would be worth more than the treasure of the hills.
 ''Jose, king of Portugal, in 1555, comes down to us as the wearer of a pair of boots sent out to Para to be covered with a waterproof gum. Yet 300 years were to elapse before a Connecticut Yankee should make pair of boots of rubber which would not decompose. Dr. Priestly, author of a work on Per spective,' now forgotten, recorded that caoutchouc pronounced kachook) was useful in small cubes for rubbing out pencil marks; hence the name rubber The India linked with it refers to the savages who gathered 1t in the Amazon wilderness. Dr. Priestly's cubes were half an inch long and sold for shil- lings, or 75 cents, apiece-a stiff price, for the finest rubber today is $1 pound. Its price for ten years has ranged from @ cents to $1.O9.
 "The conversion of the gum to useful purposes made but slow headway. The first waterproof cloth in 1797 was the work of an Englishman. It was tenta- tive, and, of course, it would not stand heat. In 1923 Charles Macintosh of Glasgow discovered naphtha and, dis solving rubber in it, produced varnish which, when spread on cloth, made it really impervious to water. Most of the rubber used in the world still comes from equatorial South America, and the forests where the Indians gathered ule are as dense today and almost as little known to white men as in the time of Cdftes.''
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Why They Were Selected.

It has been recorded that General Henry Knox. in 11S3, was the great est'' of II distinguished officers of the army, weighing 2SO pounds. Noah Brooks, in Lis book entitled Henry Knox," gives the following incident re- iating to the generals full habit:
 With Captain Sargent, he was se- lected to present the hard case of the starving and naked men at Valley Forge to the attention of committee of congress. One of the congressman, wishing to show his wit and sarcasm, said that he had never seen a fatter man than General Knox nor a better dressed man than his associate.
 Knox managed to keep his temper and remained silent, but his subor- dinate retorted, "The corps, out of re- spect to congress and themselves, have sent as their representatives the only man who had an ounce of super1uous flesh on his body and the only other man who possessed a complete suit of clothes"
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Rare and Curious Gems.

The rarest and costliest of gems though not always esteemed the mos' beautiful, are pigeons blood rubies fine opals and diamonds that are pur but shed a distinct glow of blue or pink. A very perfect pearl of generous size and lustrous skin, tinted rarely beautiful golden green, was valued un set at over E300. A faultless green pearl is very rare.
 A curious stone is the alexandrite It Is a dark green stone that is polish ed, cut and set. very like a fine topaz or amethyst, in large showy rings sur rounded by diamonds. By the light O. day the alexandrite has no special beauty save it's fine luster. but directly a shaft of artificial light strikes the dull stone deep gleams of red flash out of the green, and under the gas or iD the firelight one ignorant of this va gary would instantly pronounce 1t . ruby.
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Russ House, San Francisco. Has Been
 Completely Modernized.

Within the past year there has been great demand made by those visiting the city for accommodations that have a semblance to their home surround ings. Realizing this want, Colonel J. s. Young of the Russ House has gone to an expense of over $70,000 to ob- tain the desired result. The first step taken was to tear down the plaster ing in every room. Over 1000 loads of old plastering were carted away before the work of moderniZing the house was completed. From one end of the ho- tel to the other has been repapered and repainted, while new furnishings are to be seen on every hand. The building now contains twenty-one suites of rooms which have private bath adjoining and over 500 other rooms for those who wish for less pretentious accommodations. The new plumbing is of the most modern sani- tary kind, and has been inspected by the local health authorities, who have given their endorsement to it, as being the most complete in the city. An electric service is now in use throughout the building, while every room is supplied with hot and cold water. The locksmith has visited all the doors and put on new locks of the most improved pattern. These locks have a set bolt which can only be opened from the inside.
 The Russ House is famous for the good table it sets. In fact, many of the business men who have offices in the insurance district are to be seen at the noon hour in the dining-room A visit to the kitchen shows that none of the Oriental races are employed, and there is cleanliness that speaks we'll for the thoroughness of the man agement This part of the hotel is so situated that it is by itself, and there is no chance of the odor of cooking being found outside it's doors. In fact, the Russ House is one of the most modern hotels in the city and the latest to be thoroughly renovated. It is an ideal place at which to stop. Everything is congenial. and one feels at home the momen he passes the front doors.-S. F. Post, July 26th.
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MOST COSTLY OF DRUGS.
Some Sell St Retail For More Than
 Their Weight In Gold.

Their Weight In Gold.
 "The price of many drugs used in medicine is astonishing to those who are not acquainted with the subject" remarked a druggist. ''There are sev- eral that are worth their weight in gold (about S20 an ounce), while g, S3 or s an ounce are quite common prices in pharmacy. filled prescrip- ton the other day that cost S25. But there is one drug that I can recall which is worth much more than it's weight in gold. That is pseudo physo- stigmine. I don't think that it has a popular name. It is too rich for that. In the pharmacists list it is quoted at R1 grain, or $437.50 an ounce. The seed from which the drug is made grows in India and Brazil, as we'll as In parts of South Africa. This seed, tradition says, was once used by na- tive chiefs as an ordeal. The ordeal generally resulted in the death of the man upon whom it was tried and so was considered as a great truth finder. The prepared drug is sometimes used now in prescriptions for the treatment of heart disease.
 Another drug which takes the palm for costliness is, curiously enough, the one which is perhaps the most widely known by name of them all to the gen. eral public-namely, musk. Its retail price at the present moment is about $50 an ounce. $G00 pound apothecary, or 21b times the value of pure gold, A carats fine. It is obtained from the musk deer, very rare animal, and is contained n a follicIe, of which there is only one in each animal, so that an ounce of the drug represents approXi- mately one of these precious animals. As it is largely used for scent. the de- mand constantly exceeds the supply, and the price has been steadily ad- vancing. There is no reason why it should not go to $25O or $500 an ounce during the next few years, as the musk deer is gradually vanishing from the face of the earth. ."-Kansas City Jour- nal.
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Hon. J. A. Simpson, Secretary of the Board of Education of San Francisco, Cal, writes:
 Il have found Peruna an ideal tonic. Some months ago I suffered with neurasthenia Systemic catarrh) |, caused by too close application to office work. My system seemed worn out and 1 felt far from we'll. I found Peruna benefited me very much. It built up the entire system and made me feel like new man. I believe it is we'll worthy the high praise be- slowed upon it."-J. A. Simpson
 Summer Catarrh," a book written by Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, on the subject of the nervous disturbances peculiar to summer, sent free to any address by The Peruna Medicine Co, Columbus, Ohio.
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THE TIP OF THE TONGUE.
It Is the Most Sensitive Part of the
 Human Body.

human
 The tip of the tongue possesses the most perfect sense of touch. The fnesr hair is felt upon its surface, and even when fingers fail to ascertain the quali- ties of certain bodies, contact with the tongue immediately recognizes them. The relative sensibility of various parts of the body is best measured by means of pair of compasses, the points of which are tipped with cork.
 The tip of the tongue can distinguish two distinct impressions when the con- pass points are only half a line, or the twelfth of an inch, apart. the tip of the finger when they are one line apart Other spots vary still more widely; this distance at the lips is two lines; the tip of the nose, three lines; the cheek, five lines; palm of the hand, five lines; fore mead, ten lines; back of the hand, II III iihes' chest, 2O lines; back and thigh, 30 lines.
 if' however, this experiment is repeat GU Wlth pair Of compasses capable by shgnt pressure of pricking, it will be LOund that there IS no corresponding diff ference between the parts in their sensi- Dllity 10 pam. On the contrary, in places nASIS luC SSuS0 Ol lOuCn IS most keen the sense of pain is in the first instance at least deadened, and the parts most callous in discriminating the double touching points are by no means the least alive to the sensation excited by their pressure.
 The tip of the tongue has 50 times the tactile discrimination of the arm, but the arm is more sensitive to a sharp point applied with moderate pressure to the skin than either the tongue or the finger and Is at least as alive to the presence of very light body, a hair or feather, drawn along the surface
 Curiously enough, the right hand, which is more sensitive to touch than the left, is less sensitive to temperature. If the two hands are dipped in two basins of water at the same temperature, the left hand will feel the greatest sensa- tion of heat.-Cincinnati Enquirer
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
THE CAFES IN VIENNA.
They Are a Second Home For the
 Natives of the City.


 Natives of the City.
 Every one goes to them-men, women, priests and children. The cafe is the cen ter of social life. It is there that the policy of the government is discussed, the latest play criticised and business transacted. At o'clock in the after noon it is with difficulty that a seat can be had in one of these popular meeting places, for at that hour every Viennese partakes of his afternoon coffee, which fills the place of the Englishman's 5 o'clock tea
 These cafes are regular reading rooms. Some of them take as many as 300 differ ent periodicals, and often 15 copies of the same paper-sOme popular Austrian or foreign sheet-are on file. Let a foreign CT enter, and the experienced waiter i'm mediately recognizes his nationality. If he be an American, New York daily is brought to him; if Frenchman, Paris boulevard paper is laid before him, and so on. If a Russian enters, cigarettes are at once produced.
 Cafes are for the Viennese a second home, and they all have two kinds of cli- ents-the stammgaste, or habitues, and the laufende, or transients. The habi- tues, commonly called wirthaus-bruder (cafe brothers) have tables reserved for them, and woe betide the man who ven lures to take possession of this sacred property! There are many Viennese who for the past 30 or 40 years have sat at the same table, in the same corner, day after day. drinking the same brew of beer or brand of wine and smoking the same sort of tobacco in the same old pipes A stammgast generally spends from three to four hours every day at his cafe, the natural result being a great loss of time and money. But the Viennese are not miserIy. They live up to the German proverb which seems to have been written on purpose for them, 'Le- ben und leben lassen" ('Live and let live'O 'O.-International Magazine.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
Joar on prnn swift.

It is characteristic of those who are se we're on othcEs that they cannot bear se- verity. Dear Swift. the severest satirist of his day, sas one day dining with q company of gentlemen. one of whom he had made the butt of his ridicule. with repeated salles. At last the dean pour ed upon piece of duck some gravy in- tended to bo eaten with roasted goose.
 The unfortunate gentleman. seeing this immediately said: My good dean. you surprise me. You eat a duck like a goose"
 The company roared, and the poor dean was so confused and mortified that he flew into rige and left the table.
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onsht to Know.

Lady-Where is the agent for these flats?
 Man at Door-I can rent the flats aum.
 Are the rents reasonable?' ''Yes, num-
 "What sort of janitor have youT "A very gUod one. num-" ''Is he polite and attentive" ''Yes. mum"
 "HonestY
 ''Yes, num-"
 'Doesn't he ever steal from the market baskets of the tenants? Never. num-"
 'He's a good Christian man, is he?" "Yes, mum. A politer. more at tentive, honester or more Christian man never lived. num-. 'T'm delighted to hear that. Where is he now?"
 'T'm him, mum" Weekly Bouquet.
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The Real Cause of Dandruff and baliness

At one time dandruff was attrib- uted to the result of feverish con- dition of the scalp, which threw off the dried cuticle in scales.
 Professor Unna, Hamburg, Ger many, noted authority on skin dis eases, explodes this theory and says that dandruff is a germ disease.
 This germ is really responsible for the dandruff and for so many bald heads. It can be cured if it is gone about in the right way. The right way, of course, and the only way, is to kill the germ.
 Newbro's Herpicide does this, and causes the hair to grow luxuriantly, just as nature intended it should.
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holds out the helping hand to you, and will advise you without money and without price Mrs. Pinhham's labora- tory is at Lynn, Mass. Write letter there telling all your symptoms and get the benefit of the greatest expert ence in treating female ills.
 '' was suffering to such an extent from ovarian trouble that my physi- clan thought an operation would be necessary
 ''Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound having been recommended to me, decided to try it. After using several bottles I found that 1 was cured. My entire system was toned up, and I suffered no more with my ovaries. ."-MRs. ANNA ASTON, Troy. Mo.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05

If you are troubled with pimples, sal low complexion, impure blood or poor digestion, use Adams SasapariTla Pills. They improve the complexion and pos itiVely cure constipation. 1Oc, 25c, at all drug stores.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
Hoitt's School

At Menlo Park, San Mateo County, Cal, with it's beautiful surroundings, perfect climate, careful supervision, thorough instruction, complete labor atories and gymnasium, easily main tains it's position in the front ranks of schools for boys on the racific Coast. Ira G. Hoitt, Ph. D., Principal.
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Adams sarsaparilla Pills cure sick headaches, constipation, biliousness and dyspepsia. They also purify the blood. Sold in 10 cent and 25 cent boxes by all druggists.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
Willing to HeIp.

''The echo is much more effective" said the guide in the Alps. ''if a shot is fired. Has anybody a revolyerY 'I don't happen to have my gun win me-" remarked the Chicago man Of fine party, but here's knife."- Exchange
 Lost Opportunity. "And you didn't hear of it?" inquired Mrs. Gabbie.
 Not one word"
 "Why. I've known it for a week. so supposed everybody heard of it-"--PhiI- adclphla Times
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He borrowed the money from a chattle mortgage shark, I presume?"
 No, even in his diversity, the fel- low has absolutely no notion of econ omizing! He borrowed it of friend!" Press.
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His Training.

"How did Spudkins get his appoint ment as brigadier general? never knew that he was connected with the army"
 "Oh. yes; by marriage. His brother in-law is a United States senatOr."-
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A Little Mixed.

They are talking of the climax of 6 five act realistic play.
 He-And that death in the fifth act. She-Oh. yes. that death--wasn't 1t iifelika ?-.Figaro.
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Genius" remarked the man in the patent-medicine advertising line, lis the infinite capacity for suggesting pains! !"-Detroit Free Press.
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Pure Blood. Beautiful Complexion

Go hand in hand, one impossible without the other. and the best, quickest, easiest blood purifier is Cascarets Candy Cathartic. All druggists, Toe, 25c soc.
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Whaf fs -
 OvaF.fkEs ?

A dull, throbbing pain, accompanied by a sense of tenderness and heat lew down in the side. with an occasional shooting pain, indicates inflammation.
 On examination it will be found that the region of pain shows some swell ing. This is the first stage of ovaritis, inflammation of the ovary. If the roof of your house leaks, my sister, you have it fixed at once ;.why not pay the same respect to your own body ??
 You need not, you ought not to let yourself go, when one of your own sex
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The man who cuts out poetry from the newspapers and pastes it in a scrapbook is pretty sure never to be a millionaire Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
Ladies Wanted by an Old Reliable Firm

te do Battenberg, Embroidery and all kinds or fancy work for us at home. Stedy work and good pay, steady or leisure hours For information send stamp to Pa. i,ian N edlework Co.,, S5 Dearborn St., Chicago, Iill
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Mrs. Johnsing: Why, Mistah Bones, yo' said yo was commin' aftah sup pah!
 MT. Bones: Oats whut Pm aftah, sho' huff. What else yo' spose I call roun' fo' anyhow, huh ?-Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for their children during the teething period.
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of as cough cure.-J. w. O'BRIEN, S22 Third Ave, N, Minneap- oils, Minn., Jan. 6. 1900.
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School Commissioner: I think a nice motto would look we'll over your desk. How would Knowledge is Wealth do?
 School Teacher: What. with my salary Baltimore World.
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ETC Permanently Cured. No fits nervousness TItO after first days useof Dr. klines Great Nerve Restorer Send for FIe BE & trial bottle and treat
 ise DR.R H. KLINE. Ltd, ,s3i ArchSt. Philadelphia Pa
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@SMMp.e~

This signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative BrOmO=Quin Tablets the remedy that cures a cold in one day
The St. Johns herald., 1901-10-05
The Best Prescription or Malaria.

Chills and fever Is a bottle of Groves taste less Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinins In tasteless form. No cure-no pay Price soc
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure E.. w. Groves signature is on each box. 25c
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AunInrnIn Big Lots.

''Fo supply some of the big modern buildings with awnings" said an avn ing maker. costs as much as 1t would 10 build moderate sized house.
 Not all of the great buildings require awnings, Some of the very largest have their principal exposure in such a direction that they are not needed. the sun not shining on these windows dur- ing the hours the offices are occupied. And then, of course, there are great buildings that do not require awnings on some sides, but need them on others pr in courts. and so on.
 Here. for instance. is building with about 1000 windows. of which GOO or thereabout are supplied with awnings.
 Another building have in mind has about 1.G00 windows. don't know how many awnings they have there. but if it is supplied in the same propor- tion as the other that would give it about 1000 awnings. l dare say that, in fact. you would find in the city sin gle buildings with more than a thou sand awnings.
 "You see, just the awnings for some of these great modern buildings amount to quite an item."-New York Sun.
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YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TAKING When you take Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that 1t is simply Iron and Qui- nine in tasteless form. No cure. No nay. 5oc.
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Stops the Cough and WOrEa 0ff fhe Cold

Laxative Promo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure. No pay. Price 9 cents.
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A Bloodhound Man

A bloodhound man has been discover ed by German doctor; this is an indi- yidual whose sense of smell is so keen that he can recognize his friends at distance of several feet, and when he is blindfold. One scientific fact resulting from this highly developed sense is that all the members of a family have family has it's distinctive odor.
 A dentist says that a woman loses her teeth sooner than a man. Probably she wears tbem out with her tongue.
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Meant Well. but Made Him Nervou.

MT. Fijjit-Please don't send that messenger boy who shutters up to my house again.
 Telegraph Manager-What did he do?
 Mir. Fijjit-Nothing But I gave him a D cent tip, and he hung around all afternoon trying to say Thanks. Columbus (0) State Journal.
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He said he'd drown his sorrows in drink"
 Well, drowning men clutch at straws. I saw him absorbing a mint julep. p."-Pittsburg Chronicle.