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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
A Spring Tonic.

Almost everybody needs a tonic in the
Spring. Something to brace the nerves
invigorate the brain and cleanse the
blood That Peruna will do this is beyond
all question. Everyone who has tried IL
has had the same experience as Mrs D.
w. Undertake, of Lynchburg, Va, VINO
IN recent letter made use Of the fol-
lowing words: II always take a dose OF
Peruna after business hours. as il is a
great thing for the nerves. There is no
better spring tonic, and have used about
all of them"
Catarrh in SPRING
The spring Is the best time to treat
cataTh. Nature renews herself every
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
TWO OLD WOMEN WHO
WERE THERE IN
STORMY TIMES

is hardly a trace left all have vanished,
and when these three or four families die
out, as they must within the next few
years, the Sioux, of Mendoza, will be
of the past and live only in history
Time was when all this country round
was inhabited by these Indians, who num-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
Pronounces All married.

An elderly minister Is fond OF telling
OF break" he once made at double
wedding Of two sisters. IL was arranged
that the two couples should be married
with one ceremony, the two brides re-
spending at the same time and the two
bridegrooms doing the same. There nad
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

annihilated and obliterated Indian. Their
lives are shaped neither after the savage
nor the civilized fashion. They cannot
and do not follow the methods and Gus
toms the white man employs to earn
a living, nor is 1t possible for them to fol-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

Miss Helen Whitman a. Milwaukee
There Is nothing like Pcrunn
no ambition for
felt unable
wonderful change and restored
Keep your blood in condition right seems
fill thoroughly endorse
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

Home Savings Banks given 70 deposit
ors Security Trust Co. N. z. LAfe Bldg.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

watched the subsequent developments
with glee.
Servants came to both doors. but could
only open them about three inches. In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

Mrs. Leone Dolehan, in a letter from
the Commercial Hotel, Minneapolis, Mimi.
writes:
The Peruna Medical Co., Columbus, o.:
GentIemen:-"For two months nv
physician experimental with me try
ing TO cure hard cold which settled
in my stomach, causing inflammation
and catarrh. then made up my
mind he was simply unable to help
me, and reading some of the flatter-
ing testimonials as to the value of
Peruna in such cases, | thought /
would try it.
ait was six weeks before I could
eat meal without unpleasant effects,
but have been well for six months,
and give all the credit to Peruna.''
1RS. LEONE DOLEHAN.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
Nervous Prostitution.

Thousands of cases might be quoted In
which Peruna has been used to rescue
people from the perdition of deranged
nerves, and put them on the good, Solid
foundation of health. The County Audi
tor Of Erie County, New York. Hon. John
w: Neff. in a recent letter written at But
falo, New York, stated: Il was persuad-
ed by friend to try a bottle of your
great nerve tonic, Peruna, and the re-
suits were so gratifying that l am more
than pleased to recommend it,"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
How to Get Strong Nerves.

First, repair the injury already done
to your nerves. The way to do this is to
do exactly as did Matte B. Curtis, Secre-
tary Of Legion of Loyal Women, Hotel
Salem, Boston, Mass. She said in a re-
cent letter: II suffered for over a year
with general weakness and debility mani
tested in severe headache and backache.
l took four bottles of Peruna and for
two months have been entirely free from
these maladies."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

Have you got nerves? Well YOU ought
to have nerves. But they ought to be
strong nerves, good nerves. Does your
hand tremble? You are living too fast.
Does your heart futter at times? You
mad better call halt. Americans live too
fast They crowd too much into a single
day. They have too little leisure The
hospitals and insane asylums are filing
up. The quiet, pastoral scenes of yore
are becoming rare. 1t is time that We
quit this sort of business.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
Lightning at Butte

The most remarkable display of
 lightning ever seen in the Rocky Mountain country prevailed over Butte for an hour Thursday morning, be- tween and o'clock. The heavens were one continuous sheet of flame, with scarcely an intermission, and thousands of people were aroused from their slumbers by the brightness of the strange phenomenon. Nearly every thing became more or less charged with electricity, and many people were injured by coming in contact with articles connected with the electric eral hours after the electric display had ceased.
 Alfred E. Rhodes of Aurora, Ill.,, an employe of the Cudahy Packing Co. in Bntte, was killed at o'clock in the morning by an electric shock that came from a stack of meat in refrig- orator car. When he first entered the car he received a violent shock by touching piece of timber. He was dragged out by fellow employe, and after great difficulty his life was saved.
 A short time later he went back in the car to resume his work, and touch- ed a pile of meat and was instantly killed. Coroner Johnson, while in vestigating the accident touched an other pile of meat and was nearly killed. He remained unconscious for an hour.
 A dozen or more people in different parts of the city received severe shocks.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
WAS A FRIGHTFUL DEATH
Workman Grasps Two Electric Wires
 and is Roasted to a Crisp

Harry Grum, a laborer, of Butte, Mont, met frightful death while engaged in moving a barn Friday afternoon. Grum was on the ridge of the barn and grasped two wires that were in the way, with the intention of removing them, receiving shock of 2000 volts, which continued to flow through his body for four minutes. The upper portion of Grum's body was almost roasted to crisp, and when the remains were lowered it was necessary to quench his burning clothes with water.
 A special to the Butte Miner from Missoua says that Eugene c. Ketcham, night electrician at the Bonner electric power plant, was electrocuted some time last Friday night. His body was found lying by dynamo. From the nature of the burns it is believed Ketcham fell against the dynamo.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09

heavy piece of string and tying it around the base of the third finger, which had received the sting, he ran to Kern, sucking out the poison in the finger as he ran. The first place at which he stopped was saloon and he was given six ounces of whiskey. He then hurried on to Dr. Kellogg's where the wound was dressed.
 When the finger was examined it was found to be cold and that the string had stopped the circulation oi the blood. The venom had all been sucked out and, according to state- ment made by Doctors Kellogg and Taggart, it is believed that no bad effects will result. Further than being under the influence of the whiskey taken, the lad was not considered to be any the worse for his experience with the rattler. Herald.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09

ever shipped before in an entire sea. son, and there is enough tonnage still under charter to load at Portland and Puget Sound ports for the Cape to bring the total by the end of the calen- dar year up to approximately 5000, ,0O0 bushels.
 The injury done by grasshoppers around Marysville did not end with the disappearance of the pest. Down about Winters and in the foothill sec- tions attacked by noppers an investi- gation shows the trees and vines whose foliage was eaten suffered seriously from the recent hot spell. Fortunately {, the hopper operated in widely separat- ed parts, and the vineyards and orchards between were left in better shape to stand the heat.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
Largest Known Tree

What is undoubtedly the largest tree in the world has been recently dis covered two and half miles from the Sanger Lumber company's mill at Converse basin, far up in the Sierras in Fresno county. The discovery was made by party of hunters, but little credence was given the report, as every one thought the description of this colossus of the forest was exaggerated, but it has since been visited by people who have verified the finders state- ment. The monster was measured six feet from the ground, and it took line 154 feet and s inches long to encirle it, making it over fitty-one feet in diameter. This tree is few rods from the company's boundary line and is on the government reserve, hence it will stand to interest sight seers and will escape the woodman's AK.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
Los Angeles News Notes

The air-brake cylinder on Alhambra car No. ninety eight blew up at First and Spring streets early Friday evening with roar that rattled the nearby windows and could be heard several blocks away. No one was injured.
 An Joh, a Chinaman, was hit by an automobile Sunday afternoon about 3:30 on Main street. He was not seri- ously injured, and after treatment at the receiving hospital he was dis charged.
 A few minutes after o'clock Sun day night Santa Fe engine No. 3. drawing three empty coaches, south- bound, ran into engine 0213, standing on Coombs' siding, half mile south of Reoondo junction. The oil-fuel tank of engine 02l3 blew up instantly, with flash of flame that was seen for a radius of five miles. One man was burned to death by flaming oil. An other died later of his injuries. Seven men were injured.
 The Olive street school will at last be protected from the caving earth, by stone and cement walls. The board of education met in special session Friday afternoon, and decided to re- consider the vote of the last meeting, when the offer of the Fremont hotel to construct the north wall for $3000, was rejected. The contract was then awarded by the unanimous vote of the members present to the hotel company, with bond of sixty five per cent of the contract price. The board also decided to advertise for bids for the construction of the west wall, and both contracts must be com pleted in accordance with the specifca- tions furnished by the city engineer.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
A QUICK -W1TTED BOY
Bitten by Ratt1esnake He Took Meas
 tres That Saved His Life

Ray Barnett, lad of thirteen, saved his life Friday morning, after being bitten by rattlesnake in the Curran brickyards near Bakersfield, where he was working.
 The serpent was coiled among some bricks in the shade of tree and was in the act of striking when Barnett laid his hand on the brick. Barnett heard or saw nothing until he felt sharp pain in his right hand and then came rattle. Not the least unnerved at the sudden attack he realized that something must Le done, and that quickly. Without moments hesita- tion he put his lips to the wound and sucked out the poison. He then got
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
>. TEN MILLIONS BEHIND IT
San Francisco Syndicate Has Huge
 Reclamation Scheme AfOot

A syndicate of San Francisco capi- talists has been formed for the purpose of retaining large tracts of land in Solano, Yolo, Colusa, and Butte counties. The syndicate is ready and willing to advance the necessary money for the contemplated reclamation, pro- vided it can secure options on not less than three hundred thousand acres of swamp land at reasonable prices in the tule basin of the Sacramento valley. In that event SIC, ,000, ,000 will be expended in the work of reclama -tion which will include construction of drainage canals, railroad and other necessary appurtenances.
 The principal canal will follow the trough of the tule land from some point in the northern part of Colusa county to tideo ater in Solano county, and if possible it will be so construct ed as to be nav gable. On the bank of the canal railroad will be construct ed with brancl, lines extending to Ne vada county, and Clear Lake. If sue cessful Tn securing the options on the land the enterprise will be completed in five years.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
MISSIONARIES IN DANGER
Minister Conger Informed of Killing
 of Native Christians

Dr. Canright. the American mission ary in China has telegraphed Minister Conger that missionaries in Sze Chuen have made repeated demands on the Chinese authorities for protection without result, that massacres of native Christians and the destruction of their property continue daily and that the missionaries themselves are in inn minent danger. The foreign office, however, repeated the assurances it gave Minister Conger month ago, saving the government had the situ- ation well in hand.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
Citrus Fruits in the East

Lemons are cheaper in New York this summer than they have been at this season in years. Usually during the summer months of June, July and August the price goes up and the con summer frequently has to pay as much as cents for sound lemon. So far this summer it has been easy to buy three lemons anywhere for the same amount, while many of the stand men, push-cart vendors and other peddlers have sold exellent fruit at 10 cents per dozen. The California lemon crop was this year largely failure, and firms who make business of inn porting Sicily fruit, consequently thought they saw a much better oppor- tunity for selling foreign-grown fruit than for years previous.
 During the past month, up to this time, the total lemon receipts at the port of New York have been 292, ,50O boxes, or nearly 90,000 boxes more than were received there during the corresponding period last year.
 A generally quiet interest prevails in New York for principal articles on the list of green fruits. On spot fruits the situation remains failly steady, with prunes in good jobbing request. Occasional business for export account is heard of, but so far as can be learn ed no important movement.
 In the past week Bartlett pears have been coming from California in large quantities at from $l.65 to $2 per box of fifty pounds. The light-colored apples known as Alexanders, also from California, are now plentiful, and very cheap, selling at from 55 to S5 cents per box of thirtyfve pounds.
 As to other small fruits, the season for cherries and berries is nearly ended.'
 California shipments of cantaloupe have been of fine quality, costing from $5 to $6 per crate of forty-tive melons.
 California plums have been con- stantly-growing feature of the fruit market in the last few years, and this season's supplies are so large that the market is glutted with them.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
About Marcus Island

In dispatch from Tokio the cor respondent of the London Times says the Japanese press treats the matter of the ownership of Marcus island (which is claimed by an American citizen and also by the Japanese government) calmly. The correspondent says that the public opinion is evidently con- vinced that the United States may be trusted to act with strict justice and that the so-called guano deposits are as the island is subject to heavy rains which wash the guano out.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
Two More Taken

Two more of the robbers who held up Mexican Central train and secur- ed $50,0OO from the Wells-Fargo ex- press have been captured at Gomez Palacio, and nearly $3O,OOO has been recovered. The first robber to be caught has been fully identified as "Bill Taylor," who held up a Santa Fe Pacific train and killed two men. He was sentenced to death for tbat crime, but escaped to Mexico. Fifteen thousand dollars of the booty secured in the recent robbery was recovered from Taylor.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09
To Be Removed to Seattle

It is reported in army circles that the headquarters of the department of the Columbia are to be moved from Vancouver, Wash., to Seattle, within few weeks. General G. R. Randall, 7, who is in command of the department, will, therefore, leave for the Puget Sound city, taking his staff with him.
Holbrook argus., 1902-08-09

Miss Prim (severely)-Married wo- men, above all others have no busi- ness to firt.
 Mrs. Gay-Business? Of course not; it's pleasure. Philadelphia Press.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-25
CARE FOR YOUR RUGS.

Many of Them Are Spoiled by Ere
quent Beatings.
The manager Of Chicago carpet de-
partment, whose knowledge brings him
an annual income Of $4,000, advised
the following treatment for valuable
rugs: Lay them wrong side up on the
grass, beat with a furniture beater, re-
verse, and sweep carefully, soft brush
being the preference, or good carpet
sweeper. A little airing outside of the
suns rays is good occasionally, when
they may be carried in the house. The
average American housewife wears out
her rugs by continually sweeping and
beating. The plan of putting them
upon a line every two or three weeks,
or even once month, and there hav-
ing them whipped, Is not to be COM
mended If the rugs are of any value.
When a rug is to be thoroughly clean
ed, it should be sent where the wock
is properly done or else washed at
home. A machine is now in use which
loosens the dust and removes it by
means of a strong current OF air. This
Is effective and not hard on the rug.
When the surface becomes sO1led 1t can
be washed with no fear of injuriny the
colors, since the majority Of oriental
rugs are washed repeatedly before
reaching this. country and the dyes
used are thereby mellowed and enrich
ed. The best method Of washing a
large rug is to stretch and tack 1t upon
a clean floor. then scour It well with
soap and suds. After the securing it
must be thoroughly rinsed, to remove
all trace Of the animal matter in the
soap, after which it should not be re-
moved until it is perfectly dried. Then
it will not shrink and will lie perfect
II fat upon the floor. A small rug may
be tackled upon the side of the house
or barn, secured as if on floor and
then rinsed with the hose.-Good
Housekeeping.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-25

I thought it was task to hold the skein
as mother wound
The crimson yarn while here and there
a stubborn snarl was founds
Z thought my lot dismal one, as sitting
there at night
/ heard the humming spinning wheel and
watched the freight
Dance out across the floor and back as
fairy dancers might.
All, how used to long to see the world
I'd read about,
To pack my little carpet sack and boldly
sally out!
Reluctantly used to bow my head upon
the chair
When father found that it was time to
say the evening prayer,
And thinking that my lot was hard-ah,
how absurd it seems
went up to my little bed beneath the
whitewashed beams
And, far away from worldly cares, had
proud, ambitious dreams.
Oh, there is much that / have learned
about the world since then,
And much I've seen that serves to wake
the wonderment of men;
The world is far more splendid than
dreamed that it could be
As lying meath the rough-hewn beams
fair visions came to me
But one great glory of the world has
passed away fore'er,
1 ne'er again may hold the skein as moth.
er winds, back there,
Or, when the fires low, kneel down while
father offers prayer.
Record Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-25
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Short rtGtoriss

When Alfred Tennyson appeared in
the Oxford Theater to receive his D. G.
l.. degree. it is said that his disheveled
hair and generally negligent state pro-
voked the undergraduates into greet
ing him with the inquiry: Did your
mother call you early, call you early,
Alfred, dear?'
A visitor asked the late James Tissot
one day whether the picture he was at
work on was intended to illustrate the
time of Christ The artist replied in
the affirmative. Then" said the visit
or, permit me to call your attention to
an error. Aloes, such as you have In
your picture, did not exist in the Medi-
terranean region till after the conquest
of Mexico by Spain" Tissot promptly
took his brush and altered the picture.
Some Goettingen students who had a
keen admiration for Klopstock, the
German Milton" once found one of
his stanZas unintelligible, and begged
him to explain its exact meaning to
them. The poet read the stanza-then
carefully re-read it-then read it again,
while all looked on with bated breath.
At last he spoke: 81 cannot recollect
what I meant when Iwrote it, but 1 do
remember that it was one of the finest
things 1 ever wrote. and you cannot
do better than devote your lives to the
discovery of it's meaning"
So many members of the staff of the
Mafeking Mail were recently incapaci-
tated at one time that the editors felt
obliged to apologize for the paucity of
news in a certain issue. "We are
sorry" they said, "but we could not
help it. One Of the staff had rheu-
matics and partial paralysis of the
shoulder, another has had few days
collie, and yet another could not come
to work because his child was danger
ously ill. One left without notice and
paid two pounds for an interview with
the resident magistrate in consequence,
and another seized the opportunity to
break into teetotalism, while more ter
| rible still, one of our best went and got
| married.
1t is said that one of the great enc
mics Of the overland telegraph line in
Central Australia is the common green
frog. In order to save the insulators
from being broken by the lightning
they are provided with wire drop
pers'' leading round them at little
distance to conduct on to the iron pole
in case of need. The frogs climb the
poles and find the insulators cool and
pleasant to their bodies, and fancy that
the ''dropper''is put there to furnish
them with a back seat. After a nap
they yawn and stretch out leg until
| it touches the pole-result, sudden
death to the frog, and as the body
continues to conduct the current to
earth we have a paragraph in the pa
pers to the effect that "in consequence
of an interruption to the lines proba-
bly, caused by a cyclonic disturbance
In the interior, we are unable to pres
ent our readers with the usual cables
| from England!'
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-25
"Love My Dog"

An amusing story comes from Paris
of the device adopted by prominent
clubman Of wealth and position to form
the acquaintance of lady well known
for her beauty in social and theatrical
circles, says the London Globe. The
lady was lunching in fashionable res
taurant in the Bois de Boulogne, ac-
companied by her equally weli-known
poodle. The dog was running about
from table to table, picking up pieces
and collecting morsels from other
diners, and presently, when it returned
to it's mistress, she was astonished to
see written on its back in red chalk:
''Tell your mistress that she is simply
adorable, and I love her exceedingly" !"
The gentleman signed his name. After
this formal Introduction was no longer
necessary
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-25
Meekison, of Ohio.

Congressman meeklSON, Oi OHlCs
Hon. David Meekison is well known
not only in his own state, but through
out America. He was elected to the
Fifty-fth congress by very large ma
iority, and is the acknowledged leader
of his party in his section of the state.
Only one flaw marred the otherwise
complete success of this rising states
man. Catarrh with its insidious APP
proach and tenacious grasp, was his
only unconquered foe. For 80 years he
waged unsuccessful warfare against
this personal enemy. At last Peruna
came to the rescue. He writes:
T have used several bottles of Pc
runa and l feel greatly benefited
thereby from my catarrh of the head.
l feel encouraged to believe that if
use it a short time longer | will be
fully able to eradicate the disease of
thirty years standing. David Meek
ison, Member of Congress.
If you do not derive prompt and sat-
isfactory results from the use of Peru
ma, write at once to DIR. Hartman, Civ
ing a full statement of your case and
he will be pleased to give you his valu-
able advice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman, President of
The Hartman sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.