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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
First Presbyterian Church of Greeusbe

THE day was when men of promi-
nence hesitated to give their testi-
monials to proprietary medicines for
publication. This remains true to-day
of most proprietary medicines. But Pc
runa has become SO justly famous, its
merits are known to SO many people of
high and low stations, that no one hesi-
tates to see his name in print recon-
mending Peruna.
The highest men in our nation have
given Peruna strong endorsement.
Men representing all classes and sta
tions are equally represented.
A dignified representative of the Pres
byterian church in the person of Rev.
E. G. Smith does not hesitate to state
publicly that he has used Peruna in his
family and found it cured when other
remedies failed. In this statement the
Rev. Smith is supported by an elder in
his church.
Rev. E. G. Smith. pastor of the Presby
terian church of Greensboro, i, Ga writes:
Having used Peruna in my family for
some time it gives me pleasure to testify
to it's true worth.
'My little boy seven years of age had
been suffering for some time with ca
tarrh of the lower bowels. Other rem
edies had failed, but after taking two
bottles of Peruna the trouble almost en-
tirely disappeared. For this special
malady consider it well nigh specific
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Ca. and Its Pastor and Elder.


"As tonic for weak and worn
OUT people IL has few or no equals. ".--
Rev. e. q. Smith.
Mr.. NJ. j. Rossman, n prominent mer-
chant of Greensboro, Ca, and an elder
in the Presbyterian church of that
place, has used Peruna, and in a recent
letter to The Peruna Medicine Co., of
Columbus, Ohio, writes as follows:
For a long time l was troubled with
catarrh of the kidneys and tried many
remedies, all of which gave me no relief.
Peruna was recommended to me by
several friends, and after using n few
bottles am pleased to say that the long
looked for relief was found and lam now
enjoying better health than I have for
years, and can heartily recommend
Peruna TO all similarly afflicted. 1t Is
certainly a grand medicine. "---M. j.
ROssman.
Catarrh is essentially the same wheeE
ever located. Peruna cures catxE
wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of PerunA,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving .
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable
advice gratis
Address DIR. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Instant Relief from Rheumatism and
Ncuralqia.

Here is a case: Mr.. I. Shepherd of
Whitburn, Sunderland, Ohio, says:
my wife suffered severely from rheu-
matism, and neural .gia. She could not
get one moments rest and was nearly
crazed with pain. Obtained instant re-
lief and permanent cure by using
the contents of one bottle Of st. Ja-
cobs Oil. Their is no other remedy in
the world that will do this. The in
stantaneous effect which st. Jacobs Oil
produces is q part of its half century
record" St Jacobs Oil is sold in 25
cts. and SO cts. sizes by all druggists.
The words Acts like Magic" Con
quers Pain" which have been used IN
connection with st. Jacobs Oil for
more than so years are wonderfully
and truly descriptive.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
RECORD oE THE PAST.

The best guarantee of the future Is
the record of the past, and over fifty
thousand people have publicly testi-
hed that Doan's Kidney Pills have
cured them of numerous kidney ills.
from common backache to dangerous
diabetes. and all the attendant annoy
ances and sufferings from urinary dis
orders. They have been cured to
stay cured. Here is one case:
Samuel j. Taylor, retired carpenter,
residing at 312 South Third ST.,
Goshen, Ind, says: "On the 25th day
&C August, 1897, | made an affidavit
before Jacob c. Mann, notary public,
stating my experience with Doan's
Kidney Pills. | had suffered for
thirty years. and was compelled at
times to walk by the aid of crutches,
frequently passed gravel and suffered
excruciatingly. l took every medi-
cine on the market that heard about
and some gave me temporary relief.
/ began taking Doan's Kidney Pills
and the results l gave to the public
in the statement above referred to. AT
this time, on the 18th day o. July.
1902, l make this further statement
that during the five years which have
elapsed have had no occasion to use
either Doan's Kidney Pills or any
Q6er medicine for my kidneys. The
cure effected was permanent one"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Tay-
lor, will be mailed on application, to
any part of the United States. Ad-
dress Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. Price
so cents per box.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
NEGLIGENT FooL-KILLER.
unending Crop of Fools to Bite at the
Green Goods Hook.

When postoffice inspectors the other
day landed a gang of green goods"
men in. Newark they caught also a
Connecticut man who had just paid as
he supposed, $500 for $l,500 in counter
felt money, and who WAS much sur
prised to find in the box he WAS about
to send home merely choice assort-
ment of waste paper. dozen gold
bricks" We're also captured. Some peo-
pie prefer to be robbed that way; it's
all one to the operator.
The real counterfeiter never adver-
tises. He has retiring ways and
"shoves the queer himself in small
lots. The green goods man" knows
nothing about counterfeiting; why
should he when fools who think them
selves knaves are born with sufficient
frequency? He sends circulars, meets
his victims with caution, shows them
samples" of good money and finally
packs the visitors box or valise with
bundles of blank paper whose edges
are tinted green. If the ''come-on" dis
covers the cheat the operator throws
Il scare into him." as Mr.. Apo phrased
it before the Lexlow committee. He
has attempted u crime; he makes no
complaint.
The plated "gold brick" fraud is
adopted for even more crude inteln-
gences. Sometimes-if very small
the buyer insists on saving the brick
through to see how it looks inside. 1t
is no trouble to show goods" the
brick is promptly divided-having been
provided with a thin pay seam in
its brazen middle where the saw is to
run.
OF course the newspapers all over
the country chronicle this arrest with
all its details. But the constitutional
"come-on," as he reads the account on
his back porch to the shrilling of the
katydids, will mutter: They can't
ketch me that way" Really. he is only
waiting for the chance to be caught.
There is no "close season. for the fool
who thinks himself shrewd knave.-
New York Sun.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
The Cost of Waeonins.

The cost of moving one ton by horse
power over one mile of dry. sandy road
Is "a cents; over wet sand, - cents;
over ruts and mud. 80 cents; over an
earth road, dry and hard, Is cents;
over a broken stone road in good condi-
ton. S cents; over a compact gravel
road, S.S cents; over wood or stone paw
ing. 5.33 cents. and so ON. The better
the quality of the road the less the cost
in transportation. so that it is economy
to build good roads.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
THE AUDITORIUM STOCK CON-
TESTS.
SPECIAL PRIZES.

Attention is invited to the SEMI
monthly cash prizes awarded on the
1st and 10Th days of each month.
In other contests of this nature.
special prizes are usually based on
results in the future.
AUDITORIUM SPECIALS"
are paid on the 1st and 10th OF each
month, making them of immediate
interest.
To illustrate:-For the 1st half of
July s16O.50 was paid to Ed ]. Hamil-
ton. Wilsonville, Neb.; last half of
July s172.00 paid to Mrs. C. ]. Man
gold. of Omaha, Neb.: first half of
August $4,000 paid to Mr.. c. l. Ber-
nard of Fairfield, Neb; for the last
half of August s9742 paid to VIM
Buchardt. Blair Neb.
THEY ALSO HAVE A CHANCE TO
WIN SOME OF THE REGULAR
PRIZES-s2.50 TO S5O00.0O
n The bank clearings have been as
sfollows
1so1-Aug. 16. s1,os6, 1872; Sept. 1, ST.
III .613; Sept. 16, $1.127,9SS; Oct /,
$685. .266; Oct. 16. s1.039,742: Nov. 1,
$NDb5. 423. 1902-July 1. $l.061 ,O57;
July 16, s1.137 .0O4; Aug. 1. 1867 s5S;
Aug. 16. s573.075; Sept. 1. s1.1149ss.
What will they be on September
10th, October LIST, October 10th. and
November 1st? Purchase tickets and
go to guessing.
For daily Omaha bank clearings,
see the Omaha World-Herald. and for
more information, see circulars or
address the Omaha Auditorium Co.,
Omaha, Neb.. for tickets and details.
This is everybody's chance. Buy
Auditorium stock tickets, good for
one share of common stock in the On
aha Auditorium Co, and two free
guesses as premiums,-one guess for
special prizes and one guess on list
OF over 1000 regular prizes.
Tickets twenty-five cents. Time Is
short. Tickets going fast. Better buy
now.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Future of ELECTRIC Motors.

The latest from Thomas A. Ec--son:
"I believe that within thirty years
nearly all railways will discard steam
locomotives and adopt electric motors,
and that the electric automobile will
displace the horse almost entirely. In
the present state of science there are
no known facts by which one cou'd pre-
dict any commercial future for aerial
navigation"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
raIIest Horse Ever Known.

The greatest size horse has been
known to grow is twenty and one-half
hands high. This is the record of "A
Clydesdale which was on exhibition in
1889. A hand, as used in such meas
urements, is four inches, which makes
the height of the horse six feet and ten
inches.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Hundreds of dealers say TIE extra
quantity and superior quality of Def
ance Starch is fast taking place of all
other brands. Others say they cannot
sell any other starch.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Fastest Balloon Record.

Sixty miles in sixty minutes was the
record made by Mr.. Spencer, the aero
naut, in balloon with which he as
cended in Morley. Yorkshire, and came
to earth near Thirsk
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch There is
none to equal 1t in quality and guam
tity 16 ounces, 10 cents. Try it now
and save your money.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Get up. Bobbie," called his mother
from ih ri the bottom bo OF the stair; you know
all you got for breakfast?" replied Bob
bic, sleeply. as he turned over for
other Snooze.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

DO you know that woman?" II have
listening acquaintance with her"
What do you mean by that?'' she is
my wife,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Mrs. StIbbs-They have captured the
cleverest hotel robber in the country,
John. Mr. Stubbs-Indeed! Which ho-
tel did he run?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

A passer-by read the sign, Smith
Manufacturing Company" on an i'm
mensely large building. "Now," said
he, Il know where all the Smiths come
from"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Permanen IN tly Cured. no nts nervousness aftsa
laws use OF DR.. Kline Grcat Nerve Restorer.
pr FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
H. KLINE. Ltd. 9l Arch ST.. Philadelphia. IA
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

The chap who is a gifted liar
May oft amuse, yet rouse our ire;
But he who always tells the truth
Affects us like n serpent's tooth.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Don't let the little ones suffer from eczema
or other torturing skin diseases. No need
the most delicate skin. At any drug store,
30 cents.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Home Visitors Excursions via the Mis-
souri Pacific Hallway

souri, Pacific Railway
To points in Ohio and Indiana. One
fare for the round trip plus 5000.
Tickets on sale September end, 9th,
10th, and card, good to return within
30 days from date of sale. Excellent
opportunity to visit the old folks at
home. Call ON or address nearest Mis-
souri, Pacific Agent for particulars.
II c. Townsend, G.P. s. r. Agt., st. Louis.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

"Teacher, teacher," shouted little
Johnnie, announcing an important
event in the Waybacl family, baby
stands up on his hind legs and walks"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

can tell an engaged girl by the
grown-up clothes she Is always making
and - married one by those that are not
KroJ0 up.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
BITS OF INFORMATION ..~


dove once lived twenty-five years in cage
Europe $4,000 $4,000
the English name for a violin
Berlin. and Rome be econnec
Carp years.
Quarantine first against
you take the salt out of sea water you deprive
alive
for 1o3
newspapers Japan Thirty years
of all
$50 pound
New England makes nearly 60 per cent of the boots and shoes
terrapn with pair of the eastern
have fought
1000 of in
Jpans memory recently at
of pigeons
RhOdea
the various operations OF the
Experiments
tographc plates may be unnecessary
United Consul Daniel Bder report
for the automobile trade in Algiers
Since 1879 France has spent
another 20 millions
Berlin authorities.
This August s The Illustration the world
would become liquid and $50
neghborhood
the Algerian villages
in
4oso
while
kndes his him
providing such articles being
dainty crafty prefers
their which he then tears off
Ireland, 800 islands.
isfacory The is be adopted the Swiss railways
beginning weight
clothes,
actually tobacco Americana
back whoea dosing of the infected population
build for the austrian trade work the ships when built
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

e chorus girl out of whose slipper
and Duke Boris is said to have
champagne is a native of Chica-
Is to be hoped that he did not
ofink a slipper full. Had she come from
the Rocky Mountain region he might
safely have filled 1t several times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, Toe.

A man may be as broad as he is long,
4 square as die and still be good all
uund man.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Jerseyman has just died from rare
n disease known as pemphigus vul-
PAris This is one skin game that has not
the West. where susceptible peo-
pie are principally affected by chuckus-
iuckus. three-cardus monteus and crapi-
bus.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23
Stops the Cough and
Works Off the Cold
a Rrop,p Oufpina TahIatS Price

The name of the President has been
in fourteen different ways,
III of them wrong. The correct pronun-
Aatiop is ''Rozyvelt."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

For forty years Dr. Fowler's Extract of
Mild Strawberry has been curing summer
hnplaint, ,dysentery 3, diarrhoea, ploody hux,
lin in the stomach, and it has never yet
he'd to do everything claimed for it
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

You can manufacture blonde hair
but red heads just come natural.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is an infailible
medicine for coughs and cods.-N. W. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. N. J.. Feb IL. 1900
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Colorado editor who meant to write
|godly," by mistake wrote 1t "ungold-
/ But he was not far off. for in de-
bling u mining camp or prospect the
1ds might be used interchangeably.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

A newspaper at Crooksvile, Ohio. is
called ''X-Rays." An X-raise is good
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

Defiance Starch il guaranteed biggest
and best or money refunded. 16 ounces.
10 cents. Try it now.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

It's because of their true merit that
so many smokers prefer Baxter's B1II
head E-cent cigar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

sDbking interferes with your work,
)t t0working'-and smoke Baxter's
Ihead-5-cent cigar.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

dainty we'll crafty the tongue
He been chase sheep until they becom
their tongues which he then tears off and
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

the among containing
2ooO largest
miles Lough Erne in Ireland has 800 islands
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-23

system signals
results said
isacory The plan is to be adopted the Swiss railways
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15
COWBOYS INDIAN BAROMETER
secretary Cages Interview with n
western "Bnd Man" ON How 10
Core with Indians.

While several officials were ex-
changing stories a few nights ago in
Washington Mr.. Milton L. Allies, as
sistant secretary of the treasury,
turned the topic to "highwav robbery
by relating an anecdote h lad heard
during a recent outing, say the Phiia-
delphia Saturday Evening Post.
"It was told by our stage driver in
Yellowstone park" said Mr.. Allies,
"and was intended to throw light on
the reputed chivalry of western high
waymen. A stage was held up in the
Black Hills. Among the passengers
was a school-teacher who by dint Of
painful frugality had saved up enough
TO invest in a ticket to her home in
Vermont and return, with six dollars
left over for expenses en- route.
"sOh. Mr.. Highwayman,' she I'M
plored. do not take my money! 1t Is
all l have. and without it / shall not
be abe to continue my journey to my
widowed mother IN distant Mont
pelier.'
The bandit opened her purse and
Surveyed the six silver dollars AeaIs
started in his eyes. and he said, chok-
ingly: NO. marin. I'll not rob you en-
tire; III split the difference; here :
three collars back. and God bless ye.-
.sThat reminds me of an incident in
my own career" observed Secretary
Gage. You wouldn't take me for an
Indian fighter. perhaps, and that's
where your Judgment would be mosf
sound. 1t happened years ago before
the Union Pacific was completed to
Denver. Julesburg was the END o.
the line. me Il On the west-bound train
IL acquaintance from Chicago. Ny
destination was the terminus OF the
road. but they were going on by stage
1eO miles farther 10 Denver
Several stages had been attacked
recently by rowing Indian bandss and
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15
Children Poisoned

Many children are poisoned and
made nervous and weak, IL not killed
outright. by mothers giving tnem
cough syrups containing opiate~ F''-
ley's Hones ami Tar i a safe an GER
tain remedy for coughs, Group and
lunv troubles. and is the only promi-
nent cough medicine that contains no
opiates or other p"isons. Puppies
Drug store. dw
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15

The greai est farce cOmedy nfhe
road this sea~on, Mics Hur et fram
Jersey" Will c.me T., h. prra hnnse
for one night, Jan. l6 NJ r renee
Wood heads the c mrany I'D lie -
surrounded hy a caIai,ie comIan u
en- ertsirerS thi~ ea~On ahn the
Dlau~r the performer~ i''t ruby
T ceived can be used "a CIT rian.
few mpanies We better fac
tion. Tne company has lasei re-
turn dates A. .evs raj b int. & sea-
son ans has invariably be ested
b. packed h0uees.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15

Wanted--To buy two or three room
house and lot. Inquire at Winners Drug
Store. ava
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15
"UNREDEEMED PLEDGES"
one of the Tricky Ways in Which the
Unwary Are Tricked Ont or
Their Money.

Recently there have been added to
the city's heterogeneous commerce
several little shops which offer for
sale. mostly at auction to the highest
bidder and to the only bidder, too, if
his bid be high enough, jewelry and
other articles that go under the name
of unredeemed pledges. There are
tricks in all trades and this particular
trade is the sublimation of all tricks,
saws the New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
In the first place there is something
alluring in the term "unredeemed
pledges"
All such stores employ men with
phenomenal lungs, who cry their
wares in basso profundo. In one of
them there is fellow with voice that
would be conspicuous in den of roar
ing lions. He is always coherent and
the volume of breathy sound that
comes from his mouth seems TO be re-
verberated from every surface in the
establishment. Generally he is telling
the merits of certain watch, or the
price he has just been offered for the
timekeeper, and as passing pedes-
trian reaches the doorways he raises
his voice little, which secures an in
voluntary turn of the head. Often
curiosity is aroused and the passerby
goes in to investigate.
When one enters the shop the 'auc-
tioneer" is probably announcing he
has just been offered ridiculously
low price for fine pair of earrings.
Gentlemen, are you going to let
this elegant pair of earrings go at that
price?" he asks, and there seems to be
a genuine distress in his voice.
Perhaps the next article offered is
a watch.
"Ah! What have we here? A watch?
Well, so it is, and beauty, too"
And then he goes on 10 tell how the
owner of the watch was forced to part
with it. 1t is always a pathetic tale.
Young man; health failing for long
time; no money saved; mother dies
suddenly; the watch is pawned to pay
for the funeral of the dear old lady.
lie olS nH uStpios bub otihNo hio Na''~
tion and proceeds with the sale.
"Look at this watch and tell me what
you think of it," he says to tall indi-
vidual standing near the showcase.
81 have no need of watch" replies
the man.
"But look at it. You don't need to
buy it,"
A critical examination of the watch
follows and then the man who had no
need of il" offers perhaps five dollars.
The bid is at first scorned, but after
much talk is reluctantly accepted.
If anyone bids 25 cents more the
watch is Immediately sold.
The man who offers the five dollars
is "tout." He goes from shop to shop.
Three or four are employed, and they
go from shop to shop, making the first
bid on every piece of gold-plated jew
elry that is offered for sale.
There is one tall tout" who wears
glasses and who has been employed so
long that even the most unwary look
at him aslSance. Often he is forced TO
snake bluff at buying the brass. 1t
is safe to estimate that he has
"bought" at least 1000 watches during
the past two years.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15

PROFESSIONAL CARDS.<
nR. L. BAGBY,
- PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office in New Ratcliff Building. Tele-
phone IoI. Vinita, Ind Ter.
The daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Ind. Ter. [Okla.]) 1898-1902, 1902-01-15

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