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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
SALT A CURE FOR PNEUMONIA.
Chicago Physician Puts Forward
Startling Announcement.

Startling Announcement.
The great value of salt as an anti
septic and the fact that nature ap-
pears to have made it an essential
ingredient in the food of nearly all
animals have made the medical pro
fession very hospitable toward new
theories or discoveries regarding its
therapeutic qualities. The doctors, in
fact, are never unprepared for the
announcement of some extraordinary
cure effected by the use of this wide
ly distributed compound.
That pneumonia can be cured by
pumping an s per cent sodium chic
ride solution at temperatures ranging
from 120 to 1870 degrees Fahrenheit
into the lungs, however. naturally
taxes the credulity of most physi.
clans. This achievement was an
nounced by DR.. w. Byron Coakley of
Chicago, in a paper read by him be-
fore the American Medical associa-
ton at the recent convention at Sara
toga. That such a saline solution
would be death to all bacteria, and
would also have an antiseptic effect
upon diseased tissue will be readily
conceded. 1t is a question of getting
the solution into the lungs in such a
way that the patient could stand the
treatment
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Wanted-A Gentleman.

An extremely stout, good-tempered
Englisnwoman once contrived to
wedge herself into a gallery seat at
London theater. The seat would
have accommodated a person of or
dinary size, but her avoirdupois
caused unconcealed annoyance to a
smartly dressed youth next to her.
She began to peel an orange, and the
youth, with a gesture of complaint, re-
moved his hat fussily to safer posi-
ton. 81 suppose" said the good-tem-
pered woman, that you'd rather have
had a gentleman sitting by the side
of you, sir, wouldn't you?" The
youth replied, snappishly in the af-
hrmative. "Ah!" said the woman,
thoughtfully, 80 would II"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
LIFE IN SUNNY JAMAICA.
Visitor Speaks Lightly of the Morals
of the Islanders.


For the past two years" said John
S. Twills, now in Washington, Il have
been resident of Kingston, the prin-
cipal city of the island of Jamaica.
There are about 10000 people in ia
maica, but the white population is not
much over 10 per cent. The island
is under British rule, and owing to
the great depression of the sugar
trade matters are not in a prosperous
condition. The best paying business
down there is monopolized by big
fruit concern that ships enormous
quantities of bananas to several of
the principal seaports of the United
States.
Jamaica is the only country / was
ever in where there was a distinction
between the various shades of colored
people. The men and women there
who are of brown complexion con-
slider themselves several grades more
aristocratic than their black brethren.
The morals of the island are so very
loose that it is estimated that 40 per
cent of all the children born are il,e-
gitimate."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Gov. Shaw's Lucky Investment.

Secretary Shaw was one of the pio-
neers in the development of the
rice-growing industry in western
Louisiana and eastern Texas. The
governor and his associates pur-
chased large tracts of land in the
vicinity of Beaumou. swhere he still
owns a half interest in a rice planta-
ton of 5000 acres), and when the oil
boom came. year ago, the land
values increased by leaps and bounds
1t is said that the boom has already
brought Gov. Shaw a fortune of mora
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
CONGRESSMAN kLDRICH
ENDORSES The tonic, PERUNA.
Says: at VIII Build Up a
Depleted System
Rapidly"

Hon. w. F. Aldrich. Congressman
from Alabama, writes from Washing
ton, d. C..
"This Is to certify that Peruna, man.
ufacfured by The Peruna Medicine Co, !,
of Columbus, o., has been used in my
family with success, IL is a fine tonic
and viii build up a depleted system
rapidly. ! can recommend ii to those
VINO need a safe vegetable remedy for
debility. "---W F. AIdric1.
I'll. 5. Emory, Vice Chancellor and
Master of Arms, X. =. S, of Omaha, Neb.
writes from 213 North Sixteenth street,
the following words of praise for Peruna
as tonic, He says:
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Catarrh of Stomach,

at is with pleasure l recommend Pc
runa as a tonic of unusual merit. A
large number of prominent members of
the different Orders with which l have
been connected have been cured by the
use of Peruna of cases of catarrh of the
stomach and head; also in kidney com
plant and weakness of the pelvic or
gans.
"It tones up the system, aids diges-
ton, induces sleep, and is well worthy
the confidence of sufferers of the above
com plants H. S. Emory.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and who
is reasonably satisfied with the old, We
would suggest that a trial of Defiance
Cold Water starch be made at once.
Not alone because it is guaranteed by
the manufacturers to be superior to
any other brand, but because each 10c
package contains 16 oZs., while all the
other kinds contain but ~ ozs. 1t is
safe to say that the lady who once uses
Definace Starch will use no other.
Quality and quantity must win.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Hemp in the Philippines.

The largest production of hemp for
one year under normal conditions in
the Philippines was 10000 tons.
There is possibility of the islands be-
ing made to produce sufficient for the
consumption of the world. Hemp needs
no cultivation. Care must only be tax
en- that 1t is cut in the proper season.
The natives cannot be eXcelled the
world over in the preparation of hemp
for the market.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Birthday Celebrated by Nation.

Born with the nation on July 1,
1776, Perry Chesney died at his home
on Copper ridge. in the Tennessee
mountains, on July 4. He was the
oldest man in the United States and
was excessively proud that the decla-
ration of independence was adopted,
as he expressed it, ''in honor of his
hirth Z"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Cured Them of Bad Habit.

A minister in a down-East town on
n recent Sunday surprised his audi
ence by reading the following notice
from the pulpit: Tile regular session
of the Donkey Club will be held as
usual after the service. Members will
line up just outside the door, make re-
marks and stare at the ladies who
pass, as is their custom" But they
didn't that Sunday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Nervous Debility.

Everyone who is in the least degree
subject to nervousness, sleeplessness,
prostration, mental fatigue or nervous
debility in any form, finds the hot
weather of June, July and August very
hard to bear, if not dangerous.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Mrs. South Dakota-Have you ac-
cepted him yet? Mrs. Alimony-No.
My lawyer is searching the court rec
ords to see that he was properly di-
vorced ON each occasion.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Critic--But this portrait of old Biggott
than life size Artist-Oh. that's all
right 1t will please him all the more.
because 1t represents him big as he
thinks he is,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
Not Dependent on . Single Train.

The New York Central Lines have
whole flying batteries of trains con
Meeting the centers of population and
the gateways of commerce.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Stubb--I wonder IL II is true that boys
who go to college are never fit for work?
Penn-Cer tainly not; | read about Yale
graduate who is now driving a hack in
St. LOW.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

The foreign duke who seeks these states
An heiress for to get.
Won't fish for her with hooks or baits.
But with a coro-net.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12
INSIST ON GETTING 1T.

Some grocers say they don't keep De
fiance Starch because they have stock
in hand Of u OF. brands. which they Know
cannot be sold to customer VINO .ias
once used the l6 OF. pkg. Defiance Starch
for same money
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

The more money man saves while
Young the more he will have to spend on
patent medicines when he gets old.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

FITS Permanently Cured ~ nts CT nervousness art
&r.t days use of DIR. klines Great Nerve Restore
send for FREE 5000 trial bottle and trestis
DE- X. IL kIIhk. Ltd. 81 Arch sc. PhIlsdelphlA- r
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

The man who tells you he loves Y,
work usually hires some other man to
dig in his garden.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Superior quality and extra quantity
must win. This is why Defiance Starch
is taking the place of all others.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Many a great mans reputation for wit
Is due to his having been interviewed by
a bright newspaper reporter.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

At the present price of meat. porter
house suggests the poor house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

You can please any man by calling him
gentleman. even If he knows you don [
mean IT
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

In n mans autobiography there is no
such word fail.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Fo~ children teehng softens the gums, re- eiuces In
ration. sllAys pain, cures wind collie 2Se bottle
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

1 an sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs. THos. RoBBIss'
Maple Street Norwich. n. Y. Feb II. 1900
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Stops the Cough and
Works or the Cold
Laxative Bromo Ouinine Tablets. Price 25c.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-08-12

Omaha City Lot 500; Grand Kimball Piano. Chapel Orga
round trip cities the Pacific Coast Gull OF Mes
the Great Lakes and the Inland Pleasure Resorts Seask
Garments Bugges Saddles Sets of Double and Single II;
ness Engines Guns, Silver and Glass Tableware and ma
other useful and ornamental articles.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
A POSTMASTER ACCUSED.
F. E. Coyne at Head of Chicago Post
Office Charged with Violation Of
Civil Service Rules. <:

Washington, March IS. - Charges
have been filed with the civil service
commission against Postmaster F.. f.
Coyne, of Chicago, alleging that he has
made numerous changes in the Chicago
post office for political reasons. The
complaint is made by T. w. Whittier, for
merly superintendent of station of
the Chicago post office, who specifies
that he was reduced from that posi-
ton, paying 81, 1000 per annum, to mail
ing clerk at $1,10O and that, on refus-
ing to accept the change, he was dis
missed. He says this action was due
to his being democrat. Mr.. Wittler
alleges that Postma ster Coyne reduced
nine other men in the service on po-
litical grounds, seven of them being
democrats and the men appointed to
succeed them being republicans. The
complaint also charges that this action
was taken in the interest of the can
didacy of Senator Mason for reelection.
Postmaster Coyne, in reply, alleges the
action taken against Whittier was due
to lack of harmony at the station of
which he was superintendent, and that
he was personally repugnant to the
other employees and was dismissed on
account of INSTRUMENTATION and diso-
bedience. The commission will inves-
tirate
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
PRINCE COMPLETELY RESTED.
Henry's Trip Across the Ocean Gives
Him a Chance to Recover from
Strain of American Visit.,'.

Plymouth, England, March IS
The Deutschland arrived here at
1890 p. m, and proceeded for Cher
bourg and Hamburg at 1:15 p. m.
The Deutschland remained three
quarters of an hour in these waters
and then proceeded on her journey.
Prince Henry, who was Drowned.
hardy-looking and completely rested
after his visit to the United States,
spent most of his time on the bridge,
with the captain or first officer of
tht steamer.
Berlin, March 1S.-Emperor Will
liam passed Sunday with the empress
at the kiel Schloss. Monday morn
ing his majesty boarded the battle
shipe Kaiser Wilhelm II. and will
traverse the canal to Cux Haven,
where he will await the arrival of
the Deutschland, having on board
Prince Henry of Prussia. Admiral
Won Thomson and other high naval
and military officers will participate
in the reception of the prince. The
Fourth marine artillery and the
marine band have been ordered to
be present. The cruiser Hela will
take Prince Henry ashore, after the
Deutschland anchors before Cux
Haven. Then Emperor William,
Prince Henry and the latter's suite
will board the Kaiser Wilhelm H.,
which will Immediately sail for Kiel
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

The meeting of republican MEM
bers opposing the ways and means
committee on Cuban reciprocity
lasted an hour and resulted in IN
agreement not to accept any COM
promise involving reduction of tar
if duties. This in effect is an in
struction to insist upon the rebate
plan as against the reciprocity plan.
VIII Not Make Further Reply.
Washington, March 1S.-Secretary
Hay will not make further response t a
the house resolution inquiring into the
facts connected with the application of
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Thomas for pass
ports to reach Boer camps. All the
facts in the case were set out in the
secretary's letter, written in anticipa-
ton of passage of the resolution of in
quiry and read by Mr.. Hit to the COM
mittee on foreign affairs.
Gen. Oti. Before Senate Committee.
Washington, March 1S.-Maj. Gen. f.
S. Otis, U. S. A., former military COVER
nor of the Philippines, was before the
Philippines committee of the senate
Monday, but gave no testimony further
than the date Of his arrival in and de-
parture from the Philippines, owing to
the early converting of the senate. The
committee meets again Tuesday.
1t is stated Gen. Funston will be ex-
amined Immediately after Gen. Otis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
GOLD CLAIMS VICTIMS.
Old Man Found Frozen in St. Paul
and Several Perish in the
Dakotas.
COLD SNAP CATCHES FARMERS NAPKINS
Mild Weather of Past Three or Four
Weeks Throws Them on Their
Guard-Heavy SHOWS in Colorado
Are Causing Serious Trouble to
the Railroads.

St. Paul, Mimi, March 1s.-The
weather in this vicinity is bright and
clear, but high winds emphasized the
cold. In this city one old man, Louis
Orluwski, aged 70 years, was found
dead early Monday on the street, ap-
parently as result of exposure to
the cold. Additional details from the
terrible storm that has been raging for
three days in the Dakotas are slow to
arrive, owing principally to the condi-
ton of the wires. At least four and
possibly many more persons are dead
because of the storm, and the loss of
stock will be very heavy. Exact fig
ures will be unobtainable for several
days. The mild weather of the preyi-
Gus three or four weeks and appear
ances of an early spring resulted in
many farmers and stockmen being
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
ALTGELD MEMORIAL MEETING.
Special Service to BE Held at New
York City In Honor of the Dead
IlllnOisan.

New York, March 1s.-Arrange-
ments have been perfected for the
holding of meeting in memory OF
the late John P. Altgeld, ex-governor
of Illinois, at Cooper Union, on
Thursday evening, March ~. Among
the speakers who have already prom
Used to be present are Clarence r.
barrow, who was Mr.. Altgeld's law
partner; George Fred Williams and
ex-Congressman John j. Lentz.
Chicago, March 1S.-The body OF
John p. Altgeld was viewed Saturday
by a host of those to whom ne was
dear in life. From II o'clock in the
morning until ten at night an almost
continuous procession marched by the
fower-laden catafalque in the north
corridor of the public library, on which
rested the remains of the former gov
ernor. A conservative estimate places
the number of persons who took a last
look at the body at $4,000.
An imposing procession escorted the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

remains from the public library build
ing at II a. m. Sunday as far as Lincoln
park on the route to Graceland GEM
etery. Political and labor organiza-
tions and fraternal societies were rep
resented in the procession. In car
riages rode Gov. Yates and his official
staff and ex-Govs. Hamilton and Fifer,
the only surviving ex-governors of the
state, except Senator Cullom, who
could not leave Washington. The serv-
ices at the cemetery were very simple,
yet very impressive.
After the casket had been lowered
into the grave eloquent tributes to
the dead were offered by Hon. Will
liam Jennings Bryan and ex-Con-
gresham Charles A. Towne, of Min
nesota. The former also spoke feel
ingly at the public library building
just before the funeral procession
started.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
THEIR LIVES FOR OTHERS.
Six Members of Lffe-Saving Crew
Perish In Attempt to Relieve
Bark in Distress,

Chatham, Mass, March 1s.-Seven
members of the Monomoy life-saving
station, including the captain, were
drowned Monday, while trying to reach
a distressed barge in a terrific sea.
One boatman, Surfman Ellis, was res
cued by sailor from the barge which
had summoned the life savers to her
assistance.
Five persons from the barge War
dena, in addition to the seven members
of the life-saving crew, were lost by the
capsizing of the surfboat of the Mono
moy. These men were lost in addition
to the crew, making IL men in all who
Derished
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

The natives Of Liberia, in Africa,
have no clocks. They take the kerr
nels from the nuts of the candle tree
and wash and string them on the rib
Of palm leaf. The first or top kerr
mel is then lighted. All of the kerr
nels are Of the same size and SUBJ
stance, and each will burn certain
number of minutes and then set fire
to the one next below. The natives tie
pieces Of cloth at regular intervals
along the string to mark the divisions.
of time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Asks for Receiver.

Des Moines, Ia, March 1s.-C. n.
Seeley, senior member of the Seeley-
Howe-LeVan department store, filed
a petition in the district court Monday
morning asking for a receiver and stat
ing that the firm has obligations APP
,proximating 100000 with assets ag-
gregating about $4,000. Sixty thou
sand dollars Of the Indebtedness is
borrowed money.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

A new field of usefulness has been
opened for especially intelligent dogs
by the keeper of a kennel in England.
The animals are trained to lead tho
blind, and, with this object in view.
they are taught to walk in straight
line at steady pace. TO accomplish
this result with frisky young puppy
requires about two months of constant
daily practice. The dogs are also
taught to avoid carts on the street.
and their sense of locality is developed
to a high degree. 1t takes about five
months to train the dog in all
branches.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Alleged Blackmailer Killed.

Lincoln, Neb., March 1s.-A Jour-
nal special from Beatrice, Neb., says:
Willard Smith, young man of 20
years, who sought to blackmail a
merchant of the town of Title, was
shot and killed by one of party of
four men set to entrap him. He
wrote an anonymous letter demand
ing money, which he went to secure,
and resisting capture, was killed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

There is a curious growth of trees
at Tilden's Point, Me. Three yellow
birch trees are growing on a Pine
stump. The tree, which was about
two and half feet in diameter, is
thought to have been cut down some
so years ago, leaving stump three
and half feet high. The seeds of the
birch must have lodged on this stump,
and as they grew they sent their roots
down its sides to reach the ground.
The three trees are, respectively, five.
six and seven inches in diameter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

At his auction rooms in London, re-
Gently, J. C. Stevens sold large num-
Der of curiosities, including an Egyp.
tian mummy, said to be that of the
daughter of Rameses H., about 1898
B. c., in the original sarcophagus, to.
gether with Roentgen ray photographs
showing the perfect state of preserva-
ton of the remains. The outfit fetch
ed guineas. There was also the pair
of breeches worn by George H. at the
battle of Dettingen, which realized Is
guineas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

The aborigines Of the Malabar
islands employ a perfect whistling Ian
guage by means Of which they can
communicate with each other over
long distances. A stranger wandering
over the islands is frequently sur
prised to hear from hilltop the sound
of loud whistling, which is quickly re-
peated on the next hill and so is car
ried from summit to summit until it
dies away in the distance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
St0D Sunday Funerals.

New York, March 1S.-Sunday
funerals at Trenton, N. j., are at an
end, apparently, owing to the action
of the Coachmen's union, which is
backed in it's fight by the ministers.
Members of the union found an eff
fective means of stopping an old
practice of burying the dead on the
Sabbath by refusing to go out with
nonunion drivers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

that division since Saturday, and no
mail or passengers from the eaS and
and south Florida points have reached
here since Friday night. Passengers
and mail for north Florida points from
here are being sent around by Mont
gomery over the Plant system. A
large force is at work repairing the
damage and it is hoped traffic will be
restored Tuesday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Charxed with Murder,

Des Moines, Ia, March 1s.-Thomas
Woolly (colored) was taken to Eaton,
N. NJ, Monday in charge of Sheriff
Campbell and deputy, of that city, to
answer to charge of numbering
Buster" MCGEE during a quarrel last
fall. Woolley's arrest resulted from
a quarrel with his sweetheart. She
told the officers of an alleged confes-
sion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21
Entn1 FREIGHT Wreck.

Murphysboro, ILL.,, March 1s.-A
Mobile &, Ohio freight train was
ditched at Oraville, six miles north
of here, and Sham Forsythe, of
Tupelo, Miss, was killed. His three
companions, James Dyson. William
Mauly and Alexander Smith, were
dangerously injured. The men had
climbed into box car at Percy to
come to Murphysboro.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

Lieut.. Edwin r. Stuart of the corps
Of engineers, on duty at West Baden.
carries off the honors this year of the
military service institution. To him
has been awarded the prize gold med
al, a life membership in the institu
ton and a sum of 500 for his essay.
the subject being disappearing
Cy,roO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

Russian reports say that the sea OF
Aral has been steadily rising since
1891. The sea level is now four feet
above that of 1874. The line of rail-
road from Orenburg to Tashkend had
to be changed in order to avoid being
overlooked. Instead of sinking three
inches year as German geographers
had computed, the sea has been rising
at the rate of four inches year for
the last ten years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

The salary of John J. Mitchell, pres
ident of the Illinois Trust and Savings
bank, of Chicago. has been increased
to $4,000 a year. His salary is next
to the highest paid to bank official
in this country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-03-21

In Japan special care is taken so
that the children of poor people may
not become lost on the streets. There
are no nurses to look after them, and
the mothers, in order to have the lit
tie runaways returned safely. hang
labels around their children's necks.
These labels bear their names and adj
dresses