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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-12
Saved From Insanity.
Remarkable Story of Society
Woman of Indianapolis.

Given up by the Doctors she saved
herself by simple but remark
able remedy and through the
columns of the Democrat
She tells other women
her story.
Women pay the penalty Of their
sex with backache, headache, drag
ging pains about the waist and ner-
vous attacks that confine them to
their beds foY days at time every
month. No woman can stand these
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The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
A CURE FOR

Bridgeport, Wash, Oct. 20th.-Rheu-
matism and Kidney Trouble seem to
be the prevailing ailments in this ter
ritory and particularly in Douglas
County.
A remarkable and plainly sure cure
has. however, recently been introduced.
1t is called Dodd's Kidney Pills and
although but a short time on the mar
ket, it has already worked many Won
derful cures.
One of the most striking of these is
that of Mr.. John Higgins, who for a
long time suffered with Rheumatism
and Kidney Trouble. The pains of
these diseases had combined to make
his life very miserable indeed, and he
could get nothing to do him any good
till he heard of this new remedy. He
tells his experience with it in these
words:
'Dodd's Kidney Pills have done more
for my Rheumatism and Kidney
Trouble than anything else have ever
used. There is more virtue in them
than in any other medicine and | will
always highly recommend them to all
of my friends"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
KING LIFE.
Thousands of Insurance Policies Have
Been Issued on It.

A recent London news item says
that thousands of insurance policies
on the life of the king have been is
sued during the past year; that the in
a which was at first taken by
people who had business interests
which would be specially affected by
the life or death of the king has eX-
tended to others who are mere gam
piers and take the insurance merely
as a gambling speculation. This item
says that there are thousands now
gambling on the life of their ruler.
The rates on the kings life are also
stated to have been raised, when the
magnitude of these insurance specu-
lations began to increase, until it went
up from 8 per cen to 10 per cent, and
most of the policies are said to have
been made for a short time, and de-
signed to run only long enough to in
clude the coronation 1t is possible
that there are some features of these
insurance policies on the kings life
that have not been fully explained to
us on this side of the water. But, un-
Tess the news concerning them is al
together untrue, the insurance compa-
MES IN England are carrying on a bus
mess that in this country would be
deemed utterly void and peculiarly
pernicious. Without any regard to
the question of the kings consent to
such insurance, which, of course, he
does not give, many of the insurance
policies, if they are at all such as the
news items from London have de.
scribed, are contrary to the public pol
icy recognized by the courts of this
country, because they are issued to
people who have no insurable inter.
est. If the English courts uphold
policies of this kind they furnish one
striking instance. at least, in which
the unwritten law of that country is
on a lower level than that of this
country. 1t has often been said that
gambling is far more general in Eng.
land than in this country, but it does
not seem possible that the English
courts can regard it as a legitimate
branch of the insurance business
Case and Comment.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
SCoTLAND,S PROGRESS.
The Census Shows a Healthy Growth,
Notwithstanding Emigration.

Notwithstanding the emigration,
Scotland has still a plenty of the old
stock left, as appears from the last
census of Great Britain. On March /,
1901, according to the returns which
have just been made public, the popu-
lation of Scotland was 4,472 ,103, Of
whom 2,173,755 were males and $685.
34S females. The total increase since
the census of 1901 was 11.09 per cent.
There are $50 inhabitants for every
Of the 90, 796 square miles of which
Scotland consists. About seventy per-
cent of the population lives in towns.
Some of the counties are very sparsely
populated. Sutherland, for instance,
having only eleven inhabitants to the
square mile.
The census shows that 2S,106 inhabi-
tants ot the Highlands of Scotland can
not speak English, their language be-
ing the Gaelic. In addition, 202, 700
Scotchmen and women who can speak
English use the Gaelic language when
not conversing with the Anglo-SaXon.
The economic condition of the people
shows a slight improvement since the
census of 1891. In that year 22.16 per
cent of the Scotch families resided in
dwellings having only one In
1901 the percentage had fallen to 1851
Andrew Carnegie has given the people
of his native land $40, 900 900 for the
education OF young men unable to pay
their way through the Scottish uni
versities. That was a splendid bene-
faction and ought to be a most useful
one. Yet, it is said, many Scotchmen
regret that the endowment has been
made, fearing that their sons will be
less studious than they were when an
education could be obtained only
through the great sacrifices of parents.
This ought not to be the result of Mr..
a%rnegie's munifcence. The Scotch are
a strong. self-reliant, progressive peo-
pie. 1t is not probable that the ris-
ing generation, which has inherited so
many fine qualities will be less studi-
Gus or ambitious or resolute of purpose
because Mr.. Carnegie has made it easier
for young Scotchmen to enjoy the adj
vantages of university training.-From
The Baltimore Sun.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
TOPAZ WEIGHING TWO POUNDS
Huge Brazilian Gem May Find Its
Way to the Vatican.

An interesting story of a valuable
topaz now in the possession of Signor
Nicol Carelli comes from Naples. The
topaz, which Signor Carelli brought
back from Brazil some years ago, is so
largo that it is said to weigh over two
pounds.
. A Neapolitan artist. seeing the stone,
begged to be allowed to engrave the
figure of Christ on it it cameo. The
work is now finished and Signor Car
ELI has been looking for a purchaser.
The value of the jewel is, however, so
great that even the pope, to whom it
was offered, could not afford to buy it.
A committee has been formed in Ma
pies, it is reported, with the purpose OF
buying the jewel from its present own
er by public subscription and offering it
to Leo XIII as a jubilee present. 1t is
to be hoped, therefore, that this Won
derful treasure will be seen by visitors
to the Vatican museum. Slgnor Car
ELI declares there is no other such
stone in the world.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
A Cheaper Fuel.

Over in Germany what is called bri-
quotes are made from a cheap soft
coal, peat and the dust and waste Of
coal mines. They are the principal fuel
for domestic use in the cities, and are
also used for firing locomotives and en-
gines for manufactures purposes. The
output of this fuel for 1901 was over a
million and a half tons, and the pres
ent price at which it is sold is a little
above So. Seven or eight years ago ii
was sold at about $2.S5. The increase
in price is the result of a ~briquette
trust" Trusts are not organized for
the health of stockholders in Germany
any more than they are in this coun-
try. People who are in favor of mu-
nicipal ownership are given something
to think about in connection with the
manufacture of briquettes. We have
the material in abundance and need the
fuel. The process OF manufacture can
easily be learned, and then why not
every municipality have its fuel-mak-
ing business, and so become independ-
ent Of coal strikes and coal trusts?-
Milwaukee Press.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
COSTLY WOODS FOR FUEL.
Factory's Furnaces Fed With Rose
wood, Ebony and Boxwood.

People have turned to everything for
fuel during the coal famine brought on
by the present strike, but it is doubtful
If the furnaces of more than one fac
tory are fed by costly imported woods,
where every ton burned means a value
Of from $50 to $40 gone up in smoke.
The one firm in question is located
in Cam%bridgeport. Its engineers have
found that hard woods like ebony, rose
wood. lockwood and lignum-vitae. well
seasoned, burn almost as well as coal.
The only precaution which they take
is not to burn coal and wood at the
same time. They stoke their fires with
$40 wood fuel part of the time and with
scarcely less expensive coal fuel the
rest of the time.
On the face of it, it may look as if
the concerns managers are throwing
away Tor burning up) good money, but
with them it is a plain business propo-
sition. AS me of them explained this
morning, they have unusual storage
room, and for many years have been
constantly in the market to buy. Dur
ing the curse of this time they have
picked up a large amount of wood at
extremely low prices. When, for in
stance, the National Mahogany and Co.
dar company was formed of several of
the most prominent New York and Bos-
ton wood concerns the individual firms
composing them had a general selling
out of stock, and when the same trust
disintegrated a short time later, there
was another sale, and at both of these
the Cambridgeport company p~rofited in
good wood at reduced prices. So if fine
hardwood, worth $40 a ton, cost them
than here. 1t sounds e%pigramatic to
use it under their boilers rather than
buy bituminous coal at very nearly that
price, or anthracite coal at half as much
again.-Boston Evening Transcript.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
A kLONDikE AMUSEMENT.
It is an Eskimo Race With Dogs-De.
scription by a Traveller.

II is an Eskimo Race With Dogs-De-
scription by a Traveller.
Eyes, the Klondike country is in a
much more settled state than it was
three years ago. when ] first went
there" remarked c. H. Johnson at the
Brown Palace hotel. Mr.. Johnson is
just returning from a three years trip
to the gold fields in Alaska and is re,
turning much richer than when he left
Atlanta, Ga, his home.
Zone thing that amused me very
much" he continued, was the way
the miners in that region had of en-.
tertaining themselves. For a small
sum, n can hire a couple of the Els
kimos with their dog sledges to run a
race, but there must always be a
prize for the winner, in addition to the
sum agreed upon in the beginning
81 remember the first race | ever
Deheld. was from Fort Yukon down
the river 20 miles and return. These
two men, Alukuk and Nowekakat, by
name, had relays of dogs placed every
ten miles, always r~eserving the best
dogs for the last relay. Well, il
seems that there vas considerable
rivalry between these two, for the af
f%ections of an Indian girl, and conse
quently not the best of feeling be
tween them.
"On the day Of the race both mer
had borrowed from their friends al
the best dogs for miles around. ant
the indications were that we would
see a good race, and we were not dis
appointed. After much wrangling be
tween the two, and much yelping by
the dogs. they got started. and What
a sight it was. Each man lying al
full length on his sledge and yelling
at his dogs, as though his life depend
ed or it.
"All went we'll until the last relay
when the friends of one man attempt.
ed to foul his opponent by throwing
clubs over the ice in front of the dogs
and causing a general fight, in which
many heads were broken. This, of
course, caused some delay and allow
I'd Alukuk to gail the lead. This
cad he kept until within 100 yeards
II the finish. When Nowikakat forced
ais dogs until the sledges were neck
md neck. and he finally won by about
:hree feet"
"Who got the girl! = Why she
wouldn't have anything to with either,
,ut Went away with a BALI breed In
liam trader."-Denver Republican.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

One of the best farm tenants we have
come across is a Swede with q large
family. He has worked the same farm
for Is years and has always made
money for his landlord and for himself,
while the farm is in a more productive
state than ever before. This landlord
Is wise enough to treat his tenant liber-
ally, furnishing him good stock and
seed and such q share of the crop and
farm income that his tenant can pros
per. The dairy and chickens kept on
this place alone constitute a gretty good
income.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put
together. and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For a 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. Sci
ence has proven catarrh to be a consti-
tutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by F. j. Cheney &
Co.. Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken In
ternally in doses from 10 drops to a tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case
it fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY IL Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Gold hu nrttnpictC TSp
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
The Gravel Road,

Wherever a piece of graded highway
on the black prairie soils of the country
has bene graveled a very practical OBJ
iect lesson has been given of the value
of this method of making a good road
out of a dirt road. We think that two
applications of the gravel are much
better for the road than where the
whole amount is put on att once, the
first coat of four inches to be allowed
10 incorporate with the muck soil and
form a good foundation for a later coat
Of about four or six inches more gravel.
Thus built, supposing the roadbed is
properly drained, such a road will last
indefinitely, with only a scant repairing
from year to year.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

DR.. Albert R. Ledoux, an assayer of
worldwide repute, recently undertook
to ascertain the exact amount of copper
which was available in the entire world
in the hands of metal dealers. This
amount he found to be less than 80, 900
tons. The results were obtained by cor
respondence with the dealers and
others.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
The government can sometimes in

The government can sometimes in
terfere with the common business of
the people to their great advantage. In
France the government assumes to reg
ulate the breeding of the horse, and
none save sires registered by the gov
eminent is used. The result is hat all
the world goes to France for its fine
draft sires. The Danish government
of that country and by compelling the
scientific education of the dairymen
and butter makers and inspection of the
product monopolizes the English mar
ket. To some extent American enter
prise is accomplishing here what legal
and governmental interference is ac-
complishing there. but as yet not in
nearly so efficient a manner
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
Papa and the Count.

"Tell me, frankly, count, how much
you owe"
"Realy, sare, you questione covers
me wiz confusione."
"That's all right. Confde in me. II
you are to marry my daughter I want
you to be open and honest. How much
do you owe?"
Messing"
Nothing! You w notthing?"
"Alas, eet ees too true. Nobody weel
trust-a-me. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
Beauty and Utility.

We have growing on the lawn a
Wealthy ample tree which is very at
tractive and symmetrical in appearance,
and, looking at it, we are impressed
with the fact that we might often set
out valuable fruit trees for ornament
and shade in place of the other kinds
which bear no fruit. There is no hand
somer lawn tree than the cherry if
properly cared for. with its thick and
glossy foliage, p~rofuse bloom and rare
red fruit. We lately passed by the town
residence of a man who had set a row
of apple trees in front of his home out
side the sidewalk, and they were pro-
ducing lots of nice apples for him and
the puclic as well. Where utility can
be practically combined with beauty II
should always be done.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
What He Has To Buy.

The man who lives and works in
town has to buy hay, corn, oats, poul-
try. eggs. milk, cream, butter, meat,
vegetables, fruit. flour, meal, fuel and a
host of other things which enter into
the daily living of a family, while a
mar on a farm car produce all these
things named and have them of the
very best. The town man finds that a
salary looks like 30 cents when he has
bought all these necessaries of living.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The buffalo grass and the blue joint
grass, the two principal native grasses
of the Western prairie, have never, SO
far as we know, been successfully
propagated from seed upon land which
has been under cultivation. Like other
wild things they shun civilization and
disappear with the Indian, buffalo, coy
ote and rattlesnake.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The travelling public will have to
reckon with the automobile as a horse
scarer all over the country. These ma
chimes are going to come into general
use and before five years will be so re-
duced in price that common people who
can afford to keep a horse will have
them. The average horse is very much
afraid of them.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The localities where the biggest crops
of corn weer raised during the late
census year, taking an average yield
for a whole county, were two counties
in Illinois. three in Indiana and one in
Pennsylvania, the average yield for the
five counties being over So bushels per
acre, Upton, Ind, leading with 3d.
bushels per acre.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

Pixley Ka Isaaka Seine, the first
Zulu to enter an American university,
has succeeded in passing the severe
entrance examination at Columbia
and has ~matrIculated for an eight
years course in medicine and sur
gerry. He has been in this country
since 1898 and is q years old. His
purpose is to practice medicine In his
native land.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
Retain the Patronage.

Her Papa-"Yo' aspiah ter marry
nah daughtah, sab? HIM. Whad am
yo'r prospec't?' The sutton "a widow
er)-"Ebery single one OBJ de pussons
TO- whom nah late lamented wife done
washin' TO- hab promised ter liberty
paternize her successah. Judge.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

There is a good deal in the papers
about ginseng and the great profits con
nected with growing this plant. 1t is,
however, a very infant industry, as
there are less than 25 acres of ginseng
all told in this country, half of which
is found in two counties in the state of
New York.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

A cornfield infected with both pocket
gophers and wild morning glories is in
a bad fix, and the sooner such a field is
turned into pasture the better.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

1t is no small thing in his favor that
the farmer never has to sell his produce
on tick or keen book accounts or dun
or sue people. He Just expects and gets
the cash for all he has to sell, while the
merchant has to charge things and
carry a line of credit which often
amounts to as much as his capital
stock.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The Gamma roots should now be taken
up and set on the floor of the cellar.
Let them dry out. and they will be all
ready for planting next spring.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

We came across a properly fed rape
field the other day. 1t was full of SEEM
ingly bare stalks of RAPE a foot or more
high. these covered with little buds and
shoots, tender and toothsome, which
the hogs nipped with eagerness.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
How He Got a Start.

len years ago he was a common la
borer living in a small Western town.
He had a wife and four children, and.
as his labor was of the unskilled sort,
ne rarely received more than S1.50 per
DAY. Deducting his lost time, his aver
age earnings were not over $500 per
year. 1t is easy to see that with such
a small income he would have but little
lett after barely supporting himself and
family. He had the honorable ambi-
ton to do something better; but, being
W1thou capital to make a start, it SEEM
ed TO be a hopeless case. Finally he
MT on this plan: He rented five acres
OF good land near his home at Sc per
acre. He hired a man to pillow and drag
1t, then he planted n acre of onions,
one acre OF cabbage, one acre of pota-
toes, n arce of popcorn, half an acre
OF turntps and half an acre of melons
n cucumbers. Aside from what he
paid out to have some horse cultiva-
ton of the crop he, with his wife and
children. took care of these crops. Now
here is the result: Three hundred bush
els of onions at 70 cents, S210; cabbage
crop. $50; potatoes, $50; popcorn. S45;
turn1ps, $40; melons and cucumbers,
$50; a total of S465, Or as much, deduct
ing what he paid out for rent and help.
as he had ever earned in a year when
working for others by the day. In ad-
dition he had all his family wanted to
use of the crops grown, and the entire
crop had grown and disposed of inside
of five months, leaving him seven
months to work out as he had always
done. Of course he could have done
better If he had had his own team and
tools. The case is cited just to show
what a mar can do who has absolutely
nothing but his hands to work with.
1t proved a getting out of the woods, a
step in advance for him, and Others
may do the same thing, perhaps not
quite so well, perhaps better.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The pansy bed has been a delight all
summer, the cool, moist aso having
contributed to the very best develop
ment of this favorite flower.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

We sometimes think that a mans
reputation suffers almost as much to
be known as small, mean and stingy
as to be rated as dishonest.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The easiest way to keep a good hired
girl in the farm house is to get a good
looking hired man. We know that this
plan works.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

There is quite a risk in holding hogs
at this season of the year, and just as
oon as they are fit for market it is best
to let them go.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

We note that one of the reclaimed
lake beds in a Western state is afford
ing the finest kind of duck shooting
this fall.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24
COPYRIGHT. I9C1,RT
J.S.TRIGG.ROCKFORl ia
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

The good times of 1902, when a fat
hog brought $40, will long be remem-
bered.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

It seems queer that a man will work
hard on a farm for 80 years to ac-
cumulate a little property and then fall
an easy victim to some shell game fakir
whom he knows nothing about. More
men of GO need guardians than have
them.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

A clover sod is an ideal preparation
for almost any sort of crop. There
should be at least 20 acres of such land
available each year on every quarter
section farm.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-10-24

The aster, we find, is subject to more
insect pests than any flower which we
try to grow.