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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17
AMONG THE MAIL.
What a Railway Mail CIork = ound.

Strange tales are told of what men
In the U. S. Railway Mail service some
times tind.
There was one clerk, hungry and
down hearted who found food hint
one night in the following way: For
months | suffered from chronic In
digestion, impoverished blood and shat
tered nerves caused by the improper
selection of food, Was In the habit of
making a breakfast of coarse and pasty
food accompanied by the free use Of
coffee and these combined to almost
shatter my digestive organs.
Il was employed In the Railway Mail
servlce and.assigned to duty on night
line where II was necessary to eat at
irregular hours during the night. Every
thing ate no matter how light not only
failed TO nourish but distressed and
nauseated me and ! was reduced In
weight from $50 to 1872 pounds, My
memory was fast falling and | was a
nervous wreck unit for duty and dis
couraged In view Of the fact that |
must soon give up my good position.
zone night when the world seemed
darkest to me read among sack OF
mail the words 'Grape-Nuts' and won
dered II It was something good to eat,
Arriving at the end Of my run bought
package, and nothing ever tasted bet
ter; from that day | began to gain
mentally and physically | gained -
pounds In two months on Grape-Nuts
food and kept on steadily Increasing
my weight to lE pounds.
"Grape-Nuts improved and steadied
my brain and nerve powers so that
was able to pass my next examination
with a good grade and soon got a pro-
motion and was changed 10 a daylight
run. there Ia no doubt In the world
that owe my advance In position and
improved health 60 the proper food
Grape-Nuts In place OF improper
foods" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
There was reason.
Look in each package for a copy Of
the famous little book. 1.-THE Road to
MELVILLE"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17

euro for catarrh, but also most vigor'
Gus tonic"
These two facts are beyond contro.
versy. Any remedy that operates to
tone up tho whole nervous system will
also operate benencially upon catarrh.
Catarrh is simply fiabby condition
OF tho mucous membrane. This nabbi'
ness has been brought about by exposure
to cold which finally depresses the
nerves supplying the mucous mem brane
Peruna operates Immediately tC
strengthen these nerves and give tone
to tho mucous membrane. There Is nc
other internal catarrh remedy that ha:
proven effective in all cases.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17


The most distinguished men OF the
United States have no hesitation in
lending their influence to assist in let
ting the people know Of the virtues OF
Peruna. Nearly one-half the people
arc in some degree affected by catarrh.
Therefore Il is almost national curse
and II Is OF national import that the
people should know OF Poruna.
Pe-ru-na Cannot lie Initiated.
Some things may be successfully imi-
tated, but Pcruna cannot be. Every one
purchasing Pcruna should look out for
limitations. Examine each package
carefully. Ifyou have ever used Peruna
or II you have ever tasted It, you are not
in the slightest danger of being misled
by these limitations, but all those be-
ginning the use Of Peruna should be-
ware.
Beware of limitations. Believe no one
who tells you that he has remedy that
is making the same cures that Peruna is
making.
II you have any doubt as to the
genuineness of the bottle of Peruna
you are using, write TO Or. Hartman
and the fraud, If there DO any, will soon
be detected.
II you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR., Hartman, giving n
full statement OF your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable ed.
vice gratis.
Address Or. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Saniterium, Columbus, O.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17

Chicago, Oct. 17--Albert Joerndt, q
letter carrier, Is now in jail awaiting
arraignment on the charge OF stealing
letters and checks and money they con-
talned.
Joerndt last might confessed to POST
Office Inspector Stuart that he had been
betting on the races, and, being press
ed Tor money to cover his lossee for
more than year had been committing
thefts. The total amount taken may
reich into the thousands OF dollars,
Joerndt was an officer In the National
Association Of Letter Carriers and
twice had been a delegate 10 the con-
yentions OF the organization.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17
Col. l.. s. Babbltt Dead

New York, oct, i7.-Col. Lawrence s.
Rabbit. o. s. A. retlred), is dead IN
Dover, N. j., after an illness OF three
years lie was graduated from West
Point IN 1861, and served In the Civil
war and Indian campaigns OF 1878 and
1879. Col Rabbit was SUCCESSFULLY In
command OF the st. Louis, Fort Monroe
and San Antonio arsenals He descend d.
ed from long line OF military men.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17
MOTHERS

who would keep their children in
good health. should watch for the first
symptoms OF worms, and remove them
with Whites Cream Nermlfuge. II is
the children's best tonic. IL gets d.
gestlon at work so that their food
healthy and strong. Csc. at Il. c. NJ. /.
Drug Dept
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17

at work among the sign writer's and
shoe cobblers. with IA view to having
them organize There are about %
sign writer's and 30 cobblers for whom
charters have been obtained and who 1t
Is expected will organize in the course
of a week or two.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17
Congressman Goodrich Recommends
Pe-ru-na.

Pe-ru-na.
Fred. s. Goodrich, Shawnee, Okla, "a
member Of Congress from Florida, 5lst
Congress, writes from Washington, D,
c.: 81 am assured and am satisfied that
your Peruna is not only cure for
catarrh, but also most vigorous tonic
As so many of my friends have been
benefited by its use, have no hesitation
in recommending 1t to the public"-
Fred. s. Goodrich.
Peruna has cured moro catarrh than
all the other remedies combined. II ~
exactly as Congressman Goodrich OF
Oklahoma says; "Peruna is not only 0
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17
FIRE AT ABERDEEN, WASH.
Four People Perish I'm 1t and Many
Injured.

Aberdeen, Wash, oct. 16.--Four peo-
pie are known TO have been killed and
eight more are supposed to have per-
lshed in a fire which ragged here today.
The fire Is now under control. One hum
dred and fifty buildings are destroyed
and the loss Is over Sl,O0O,00O.
DEAD.
Charles Ralfo.
Daniel Webster.
Calvin Mckenzie,
Unknown man.
INJURED.
John Stern, kicked in the head by a
runaway horse,
j. D. Hansen, head and body bruised.
A. Dretberg, head cut.
II, W. Lacey kicked In the head by
a runaway horse.
John Mills Of Hoquiam, foot injured.
william Ogelsby, partially suffocated.
The fire is the most destructive one
which ever occurred In the state OF
Wellington, aside from the great fire
In seattle IN 1889.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17

Peruna has re-
coived the endorse
ment Of over fifty
members OF Con-
gress, thirtysix
Generals in our
Army, Admirals In
tho Navy, Consuls,
Governors, Judges,
Mayors, Physicians,
Lawyers, and thou
sands OF people in
private life.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17

Thompson, Congress, District
gives the following endorsement
Washington, D. c.
The Peruna Drug M'rG Co., Columbus.
cashier has used Peruna for Indigestion with
the xsmped snd beneficial highly
earnestly recommend Its general "Chs ". Thompson
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-17

Dancing every night, Salt Palace
Pavilion Hauerback's Orchestra in
attendance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
- - - go -----e--
ALLlGATORS AS BOATMATES
Experience with One That yfad been
Apparently Killed.

Alllgators move rapidly under water.
hnrpoon will penetrate only the least
accessible portions OF the body. Nor
does the title TO the hide necessarily
pass with making fast the weapon.
One afternoon In the .Chccsehowitz-
kee river I harpooned n large alligator
which towed me up and down the
stream for an hour or two and then
sulked In It's deepest part. I pulled on
the line until the boat was directly
over him and stirred him up with the
harpoon pole. lie rolled himself up on
the line In the manner peculiar TO
sharks and alllgators and banged the
boat suggestlvely. We rowed TO the
bank and, making fast to some bushes,
hauled on the line until we succeeded
In worrying him nearly TO the boat,
when he rose to the surface and at
tackled us with open mouth. We re-
PEELED the attack with harpoon pole
and rifle. The former was promptly
bitten In three pieces, but the latter np-
parcntly finished him. II was so nearly
dark that we decided TO carry him In
the skin mile down the river to where
our sloop was anchored. We broke the
seats out Of the boat and together man
aged to lift the head Of the alligator
aboard and tie II. We then tied the
other end, when the reptile came to
life and landed blow with his tail
which lifted me out of the sklff into
the saw grass, with the breath knocked
out of my body and my hand and face
badly cut by the grass.
Boat and boatmcn were capslzed As
my rifle had fortunately been left upon
the bank, | was able TO kill the alllga-
tor again. We secured him by floating
the boat under him and then bnlling II
out. The alligator completely filed the
boat, so that my companion and | sat
upon his back as we padded down the
river with gunwalcs unplcasnntly near
the water.
II was growing dark. and the water
around us was becoming alive with
alllgators. While we were rejecting
upon our overloaded condition our ALI.
gator came to life again and shifted
ballast until water poured over the
gunwale. We quickly balanced the
boat, only to see II again disturbed and
TO ship more water. A scramble for the
shore followed, which we reached with
out capslzing and where we left our
victim for the night after ngaln killing
him. In the morning our buzzard
friend from the IIomosassa river, sur
rounded by his family, was sitting
above him In the tree waiting for us to
attend to our carving duties.-Country
Life In America.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
THE 'i.Jti IoiNooN rApsTER.
Hard Luck stories That Take tn
Place of Open begging.

Hard Luck stories That Take tn
Place of Open begging.
The plain and open tapster who ac.
costs you In the street purely to beg
may generally be known by an amaz-
Ing ovcrpoliteness In opening the con-
versatlon. He Is the only person
know who begs pardon for taking the
liberty OF speaking to you, and by this
sign you shall know him. They all be-
gin by begging pardon for taking this
not so very rare liberty. but only the
buffers 20 on straightwny to tap. The
proficient tapstcrs approach the tap
sideways, so to speak. Something like
this, with quick touch Of the hat
brim:
"Beg pardon, sir, I'm sure I 'umbly
beg your pardon for takln' the great
liberty of speakln' to you In n public
thoroughfare like this, which | am
quite aware II Is n great liberty, sir,
though trustin' you will kindly pardon
the great liberty OF pore, 'ardworkin'
man, sir, In takin' the great liberty OF
askln' If this street Is the 'Aymarket,
slrT Tor the way to the Strand or the
day OF the month, or something)
You answer the question, but you
don't stop the stream of npologetics.
"Thank you. kindly, sir" pursues the
tapster. pouring out the words, "thank
you kindly, sir, If youll so far pardon
the liberty of n pore, 'ardworBln' man,
sir. In nskln' the question. which un-
fortunately | was forced to take the
great liberty, sir. through bcln out o.
work eighteen months an nothInk to
eat since last Toosday fortnight sir,
upon my word OF honor, which nothink
but the cries for bread of fourteen
young children In arms would prevail
on me, sir-so igstreme kind as you've
bin to me, sir which shall never for
get-to take the very great liberty, sir,
I'm public thoroughfare. Of askin'
which Is the nearest workouseY
II once more you give him lnformn-
ton Instead OF coppers, you only pro-
yoke another speech OF the same sort.
for he can 20 on like that for deal
longer than you want to listen. II Is
only in the extreme that he will direct
ly ask for money, though / fancy that
1t is merely caution that marks his
guarded way, as they say in the lyric,
for If accused Of begging by some
watchful policeman he can always
plead that he was only asking n harm.
less question. And the questions arc
endless in variety. give my solemn
word that was once buttonhoicd by
one of these seedy tapsters with the
apologize request that ! would tell
him the number Of stars on the ma
tional flag of the United States! This
Is simple fact,-Leonard Larkin In
the Strand
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
SlCkROOM PHILOSOPHY.

Never confine n patient TO one room
If you can obtain the use of two.
Never play the piano to n sick person
If you can play on strings or sing.
Never stand and fidget when q sick
person Is talking to you. SIT down.
Never complain that you cannot get
n feeding cup IL there is teapot to be
had instead
Never read fast TO a sick person.
The way to make story seem short
Is to tell 1t slowly.
Never judge the condition Of your
patient from his appearance during a
conversation. See how he looks an
hour afterward.
Never put n hot water bottle next to
the skin. Its efficiency and the pa
tents safety are both enhanced by
surrounding the bottle with flannel.
Never allow the patient to take the
temperature himself. Many patients
are more knowing than nurses where
there is a question of temperature.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
---..., -. -. -
NAPOLEON'S AWFUL HAND.
One Theory of the Great Mans Fall
ure nj Waterloo.


Napoleon, according to Alexander
Dumas, lost such battles as he did lose
because he wrote such flendlsh hand.
His generals could not read his notes
and letters, typcwrltlng had not been
invented and the trembling mnrshnls,
afraid of dlsobcying and striving to In
tcrpret the indccipherablc commands,
loltered, wandered and did not come up
scratch. Thus Waterloo was lost. Can
not you fancy Grouchy handbag round
Nnpoleon's notes on that sangunnry
Sunday2 IL say" cries the marshal TO
his aid-de-camp, rs that word Gem
bloux or Wavrc2 Is this Blucher or
BulowY SO probably Grouchy tossed
up for IL, and the real words may have
been none of these Mt which he offered
his conjccturcs. Meanwhile on the left
and center D'Erlon and Jerome and
Ney were equally puzzled and kept on
sending cavalry TO places where II was
very uncomfortable Though our men
seldom managed TO hit any of the cav
alters. firing too hlgh) and did no sort
of good. Napoleon may never have been
apprsed of these circumstances. His
old writing master was not on the
scene of action. Nobody dared to say,
"Sire, what does this figure of cent?
ped mean, and how are we to construe
these two thick strokes flanked by
blots?" The imperial temper was pep.
IN
Off his lnterrogator's epnulets and
danced upon them. Did he not once
draw his pistol TO shoot little dog
that barked at his horse? And when
the pistol missed fire the great soldier
threw II at the dog and did not hit him.
The little dog retrcatcd with the hon
ors of war.
Such was the temper Of Napoleon,
and we know what Marlborough
thought of the value of an cquable
temper. Nobody could ask Bonaparte
to write lcgible hand, so his generals
lived life of conjecture as TO his
meaning. and Waterloo was not II sue
cess. and the emperor never knew why.
OF all his seven or eight theories of his
failure at Waterloo, his handwriting
was not one. Yet If this explanation
had occurred to him Napoleon would
certainly have blamed his pens. ink
and paper. Those of Nelson Mt Copcn-
hagen were very bad. "lf your guns
are no better than your pens" said n
Danish officer who came I'm under n
flag of truce before the fight and was
asked TO put message into writing,
you had better re."--Andrew Lang
in Longman's Magazine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
Writing on Wood.

Some persons arc of the opinion that
the first writing was upon thin pieces
of wood. From their convenience this
seems probable Such boards were used
at an early period by the Greeks and
Romans, and were frequently covered
with wax, which was of course more
easily written upon than the bare
wood. Where wax was used errors were
readily erased by rubbing with the
blunt end of the piece of metal which
served for pen. To make the writing
more visible 1t appears that some black
substance was smeared over the sur
Face of the white wax and remained I'm
the scratched marks.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
BIRMINGHAM PICTURES.
They Were Mere Paper, hut They
subdueJ. the Artist Turner.

Turner, the great landscape painter,
was n curious mixture OF pnrslmony
and generosity, determined money
grubblng and unrcckoning devotion to
his nrt. He would drive hard bar
gain one day and the next refuse to
sell Mt any price. Intending purchns-
ors were sometimes excluded from his
gallery, and the refusal OF admission
was communicated In anything but
polite manner.
Mr.. elliott, the wealthy pen manu-.
facturcr of birmingham, once proved
himself equal to the task of stormng
the castle In the teeth Of the gruff art
LIST and his doorkccpcr and achieving n
bargain. A book on Turner gives the
story.
Mr.. elliott was met at the door of
Turner's house by an old woman, who
opened the door and asked the gentle
mans business.
Cant let % lnl' she snapped out,
when he told her and tried TO slam the
door.
But Mr.. elliott had put his foot In
Siu' lil' uDbI anu WilHOul NNlllnp LOT
permission pushed past the esiragcd
Janitrcss and buried upstairs TO the
gallery. Turner met him like spider
whose web has been invaded. The In
truder introduced himself and said
that he had come 10 buy.
Don't want TO scllp' was the an
swcr
"IInve you seen our Birmingham pic.
lures, Mr.. Turncrf" inquired the visit
or. ns calmly as If he had been received
as Il gentleman should be-
"Never heard of EN-" said Turner
Mr.. elliott took from his pocket some
Birmingham bank notes.
Mere paper" remarked Turner who
evidently enjoyed the joke.
"To he bartercd for mere canvas"
said the visitor, waving his hand TO in
dlcate the paintings on the wall. His
tone-perhaps also the sight of the
'merc paper" Turner, and
when the visitor departed he had bar
gained for several valuable pictures.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
Hot Cross buns.

In its early days, when. it Is to be
hoped, it was more toothsome than it
is now, the hot cross bun played some
part in converting the people Of these
islands to Christianity. Pagan England
was in the habit of eating cakes in
honor of the goddess of spring, and
Christian missionaries found that
though they could alter the views Of
the people in reference to religious
matters they could not induce them to
withhold from the consumption of con-
fectionery. So they put the sign of the
cross upon the bun OF the Saxon era
and launched 1t upon missionary enter
prise which has extended through the
Intervening centuries and survived till
now.-London Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
Wonderful Insect Vitality.

1t is standing puzzle to the ento-
mologlsts how frail little insects of the
mosquito and butterfly order can brave
the cold Of an arctic winter and yet re-
tain their vitality. The larva Of the
milkweed butterfly has been exposed
to an artificial blast GS degrees below
zero. Taken out of range Of this arti-
fetal blizzard and gradually "thawed
out" this same worm was able TO creep
in less than half an hour afterward.
Butterflies have been found fitting joy
ously about in the highest latitude man
has ever penetrated, and the mosqui-
toes of Alaska and Greenland are
known to be the healthiest specimens
Of that race of little pests.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
ncnntifnI Tree snakes.

Among the most attractive Of q
many kinds Of serpents are the delca
and beautiful tree snakes (dendrophi
which very rarely descend to d
ground, MS they find food enough amol
the birds and those frogs aud liar
which also dwell In trees. The graz
ful form of the body. the elegance a
rapidlty OF their movement and
exquisite beauty of their colors hi
excited the lively admiration OF tlf
who have had the good fortune
watch them in their native haunts. Q
larger kinds attain to n length OF n
five feet. They are frequently addd
with the brightest colors. green TX.
however. generally the prevailingt.
They are active by day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

The tito Mrs. was In olden time ap-
piled to unmarried as well as to mar
ried women and to young as well M
old. ST. Walter Scott spoke Of Joan.
na (uImarrledD as Mrs. Joanna Baillle.
Although 1t was not perhaps so univer-
sal to address quite young children as
1t was those over twenty-onc by the
title of Mrs, yet 1t was frequently
done. The most ludicrous example of
this occurs in the register OF burials
for the parish of st. Margaret, West
minister. The burial OF Millions second
wife and that Of his infant daughter,
named after her, who died at the age
OF five months, are both recorded in
that register, the name In each case
being entered as Mrs. Katherin Mil
ton" without any mark of distinction
save the letter &C" for "child," after
the second name. Even In the reign OF
George H., as we read In "Pope's Let.
ters." unmarried ladies used to be
styled Mrs.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11
IMPLANTED CORN.
II IIas n Habit of Getting Uneasy In
the Spring.

ut beats ALL" said Bergen county
farmer, what curious things we find In
nature that we can't explain. You kin
90 over lot of 'em, and there's yet
one that you can't tell me why 1t is.
That's corn heatin' up In the spring.
"You take n lot of corn. don't care
II it's whole corn or cracked corn or
cornmeal. You keep 1t In any kind of
storehouse-the common granary, like
we have on the farms, or the stone or
brick bulldln', like many of the gro
GERS and feed dealers have 1t In. When
1t comes corn plantin' time. that corn
of yourn II git Uneasy. SOon's the
blades start out of the ground, then
you'll have to hustle to save your grain
Seems rs when the time comes along
fur corn to be planted the corn In the
bags, no matter what shape it's in, be.
gins to heat up, and when the planted
corn begins to grow what you've got
stored will git so hot it'll fairly smoke.
You've got to take 1t out of the bags
and spread 1t out so it'll cool off or
you'll lose it all. In a few days it'll
WV N""h "S"ii, anu you Woh nave
no more trouble with it durin' the sum.
mer, no matter how hot the weather
gifts. It's jest when the planted corn
starts; that's all
Curious? OF course it's curious or
wouldn't speak of it. | might under
stand how whole corn would act that
way, but when it comes to cracked corn
and cornmeal then it's too much fur
me, And I'll bet you can't tell why it
Is, 'cept it's jest nature tryin' to assert
herself."-New York Mail and Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-11

The Parsee. untrammeled by his sur
roundings is seen in Bombay in all his
wealth of height and dress. The men
are, without exception, tall, finely
formed and stately and possess a ro-
business and beauty quite at contrast
with their Hlndoo neighbors.
Their street costume is peculiar
long white cotton gown. wide trousers
of the same material and color and a
tall miter shaped hat. They have a
general reputation for sobriety, frugall-
ty and sagacity, and they seem to
thoroughly understand the accumula-
tion of fortunes, in this respect resem-
bling the Hebrews. The wealthiest
residents of Bombay are Parsees.