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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15
WOMEN HATE CATARRf1==CATARRH DESTROYS BEAUTY
CATARRH UNDERN\INES HEALTH==CATARRH RUINS NERVES.
ATTACKS
EVERY ORGAN.

Miss George Fenner. Las Vegas Hot
Springs. Monteyuma. New Mexico.
writes: Il am only TOO pleased to say 2
word as to the good effect resulting
from the use of Peruna for indigestion
and stomach troubles. I was so troubled
for many years. sometimes getting
worse and then little better. but none
Of the remedies prescribed effected q
complete cure. One day / read one of
your ads where q lady had been bene-
fitted greatly by using Peruna for
troubles similar 10 mine. so started to
take it. The results were all and more
than 1 could wish for in a very short
time, my digestion was perfect had no
more headaches and ! could eat any
thing. for which l was truly grateful
and desire to thank you."-Miss George
Fenner.
Margaret Little, Al Hoyt St, Brook
Ign, n. u, writes:
Il have been troubled with constipa-
ton and indigestion for over year, my
complexion was ruined and I was losing
} flesh every day. The doctors advised
that / go to n sanitarium, but number
Vi ptOpie dtiN lseu llie 10 Try IeTuId De
fore going to that expense. and did 50.
l found that the first bottle regulated
my bowles, cleared my complexion, and
by the time l had taken six bottles my
stomach and digestion was in perfect
working order and has remained so ever
since.
AS this was very much cheaper than
going to a sanitarium, I have every
reason to be grateful, and am."-Nar
garet Little.
Beauty" written for women only, by
DIR. Hartman.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

Miss Anna Ulbrich, Floriston. Cal, P.
0. Box 81, writes:
1T is with great pleasure that l rec
ommend Peruna to all who are over
worked and so tired out that it seems an
effort to draw breath. This was my
case, and had tried many physicians
and many patent medicines and had
about given up in despair when l was
finally persuaded to try Peruna. was
assured that it would do me no harm, il
it did no good, so 1 gave it trial and
Was greatly aStonshed ut the benefit
derived from one bottle. 1t is needless
to say that l got another and another,
and that now feel like new woman.
| would not be without it. and / can
heartily recommend it to others. Miss
Anna Ulbrich.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-15

.Many working people in moderate
circumstances use Peruna as q family
medicine"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
Family of Undertakes.

The Masons, of Chrome, Chester
county, are a family of under
takers, says an exchange. In 1911
George Mason began the business
in that little hamlet, and had about
600 burials. His son Benjamin
took up the business and conduct
ed it for many years. B. E. Mason,
great grandson of the founder of
the business in that family, CON
tinues in it and says that the three
Masons have buried over 5000
bodies. He officiated at SO funerals
in 1902, 90 1901, and 81 in 1900.
Generations have come and gone,
but the Masons continue on their
ancestral acres, originally part of
the noted Nottingham Lots, laid
out about 200 years ago. For long
years Benjamin Mason's little cof-
making shop along the road
south of Chrome was landmark.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
DOMESTIC POINTERS.
Items OF Information Which Will Not
Come Amiss In the HousehoId
ScrapbOOk.

To keep seed beans from being
eaten by weevils, put III a sieve and
pour boiling water over them; dry in
the sunshine.
Lemon pies and lemonade can be
made without lemons by the use of
acid phosphate and lemon essence.
The difference cannot be detected.
says Woman's Home Companion.
To tone down and beautify the com
plexion, battle the face in bran-wat ter
to which has been added few drops
of ammonia.
For neuralgia, cut thick slice of
bread, soak one side for minute in
boiling water, rapidly sprinkle cay
enne pepper over the hot side, and APP
ply to face. 1t will not blister, as
mustard does.
A spoonful of ox-gall in a gallon of
water will set the colors of almost
any goods. Soak before washing
A teacupful of I've in pailful of
water will improve the color of black
goods.
Take a new flower pot, wrap in a
wet cloth, put over butter, and the
butter will keep as upon ice.
A raw onion bruised and applied
as soon as possible to bite of any
venomous thing, snakes included, will
cure the wound.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
TRIALS OF A TENDERFooT.
When He Gets Out West He Finds
That There Are Many Things
to Learn.

A tenderfoot from the east was try
ing hard to get the hang of things in
the mining district. He had acquired
tolerable proficiency in the use of
rough language, could 'tote gun"
with moderate grace, wear sombrero
'rakishly, and ride a mustang or a
broncho more than passably. But he
had not tackled the liquor. That was
feat to make the boldest pause and
think twice. Discreetly he undertook
his initiation alone, but for the evil
spirits and the barkeeper.
Flinging his money on the bar, he
demanded whisky with an expletive.
The barkeeper turned, took down a
bottle and glass, placed them upon the
bar, the bottle at the right of his GUS
toner, the glass at the left, relates a
writer in Lippincott's. At the left of
the glass he placed a small whisk broom,
and quietly resumed his reading of
a thumb-worn book of terrors and hor-
rors.
The tenderfoot was all off his reck-
onings. He didn't know what on earth
to do with the broom. The man be-
hind the bar paid no attention to him.
He hated to ask questions. He de-
cided to await developments, to throw
himself upon fate. And fate was with
him. Presently the sheriff walked in,
threw down coin, cussed the bar
keeper, and ordered liquor. Without
word the caterer handed down the
bottle, glass and whisk broom,
placing them in the same order as be-
fore. In his right hand the sheriff
seized the bottle firmly, while in his
left he clutched the glass almost des-
perately. He filled it to the brim from
the bottle. He drank down the con-
tents with a spasmodic, but an he
roic, gulp. Then he seized the broom,
hurried to the wall, rapidly swept the
dirt from place large enough for his
purpose, lay down and had fit. Then
the tenderfoot knew how to proceed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
OUTWITTED AN IRATE PARENT
He Drove Ahead and Waited for the
Train and There Was "a Min
lister Aboard.

1t was one of those milk trains you
read about now and then as loafing
through the darkness, making stops
at every barn along the road to clatter
a hundred or so cans into the baggage
cars and to annoy the life out of the
lonely passenger. 1t was on such a
train that the writer found himself
with reverend doctor one night, COM
ing into New York from a place
called Ketchawan, relates the New
York Tribune.
This is bad enough, but have you
ever travelled on one of those indie
pendent branch southern railroads 2"
the doctor asked. 81 was ensnared in
one of those meshes of Satan once. A
young couple, much excited and out of
breath, boarded the train, and never
breathed even a sigh of relief until
the old engine began to pull out of the
station. 1t was evident at a glance
the two were clipping, but they had got
off all right without any parent APP
pearing, and they had the sympathy
of the crew.
Leaving the station, however, did
not count for much on that line. The
train hobbled along, stopping at every
crossing, and by the time we reached
our destination who do you suppose
stood there? The irate father. He
had driven ahead of the train with his
old mule, and, / afterward learned,
had been waiting for 20 minutes with
blood in his eye to interrupt the cere-
mony."
''But why didn't you perform it on
the train?" 1 asked.
II did," said the reverend doctor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
Property Transfers.

William S. Evans, Assignee, to
Philip B. Housekeeper, Lynch farm
of 80 acres in Fifth district, So, 900.
James S. Whitaker and others,
to Harriet M. DeFiganiere, of
Philadelphia, interest in farm of
100 acres in Ninth district, 81, 100.
Martha Jane Brickley to Gather
inc l.. Cameron, interest in the
James Cameron property, 81.
Rebecca M. Day to Powell F.
Johns, property at Warwick, 1920.
Jacob Tome Institute to Charles
G. Caldwell, property at Conowingo,
$1,000.
Hester Jones, of Middletown,
Del, to John P. Shelton, "Stony
Battery" farm of 297 acres in First
district, IS, 800.
Emerson r. Crothers to Omar
d. Crothels, interest in property
of late Alpheus K. Crothers in the
Eighth district, $1,000.
Oscar w. Deppeler, of New
Jersey, to John j. Ryan and Go
of st. Louis, Mo-, Elkton Stock
Farm of 147 acres in Third dis
trict, $4,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

1t is reported that J. Pierpont Me-.
gan has brought. manuscripts of Rus
kin's "Seven Lamps of Architecture
for $4,000.
1t has leaked out that Laurence
Housman, a literary man of London,
is the author of "An Englishwoman's
Love Letters
Tootins Ll-ssll . lie house in which De
Foe is said to have written Robinson
Crusoe," hos come under the auc-
tioneer's hammer.
Samuel T. Pickard, Whittier's liter
airy executive and biographer, will sell
a great many of his manuscripts and
books for the benefit of fund for the.
restoration and care of the poets
birthplace at Haverhill and his home
at Amesbury.
A German author, Friedrich Venz,
wrote letter to another author
named Carl Hartmann, in which he
used expressions rejecting on the
German emperor. Hartmann made
the contents known and Venz has been
condemned to two months imprison-
ment.
Mr.. BaringGould, the author OF
more books than any other living
Englishman, is as upright at 70 yearE
as he was 30 years ago. He attributes
this erectness to his invaria BILE custom
of writing at desk in a standing posi-
ton. Mr.. Gould always writes with a
quill pen.
Great is the industry and fertile is
the imagina ton of Guy Boothby the
English novelist. In less than eight
years he has published some &c books,
the majority of which have achieved
more than ordinary success. Mr..
Boothby is south Australian by birth
and is 35 years of age.
In pleasant magazine sketch of
Gladstone's home life we are told that
when they were first married Glad
stone put two alterna tives to his wife,
either to know nothing and thus be
free of all responsibility or to know
every thing and be bound to secrecy.
His own remark so years later, my
wife has known every political secret |
ever had" points to the choice she
made and also illustrates her dis
erection.
Jeremiah Curtin, best known as the
translator of Sienkiewicz and other
Polish authors, is also tireless trav-
eler. year ago he returned from a
journey around the world and he is
now exploring the northwest. He is
said to know 60 languages and to be
human encyclopedia when it comes
to the habits of strange people in out
of the way corners of the world.
Three or four years ago he wrote a
book on the religion of the North
American Indians, which contained
the best collection of Indian folklore
yet published.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
HOUSEHOLD SUGGESTIONS.
Odds and Ends of Information Which
May Be of Value to the busy
Housewife.

Water in which potatoes have been
boiled is the best thing with which
to sponge and revive silk dress.
A housekeeper is responsible for
the statement that paregoric will at
tract ants. Put few drops in 4
shallow pan of water, and leave it
over night. The morning will find a
goodly crop of victims in the pan.
Another novelty in sandwich fill
ings is to the fore. This is one part
chopped almonds to two parts shred
ded or grated sailed celery moistened
with mayonnaise and spread between
thin brown bread. Very nice witt.
cup of chocolate.
French rolls make good cups in
which to serve eggs. Cut off the top,
scoop out the center, fill with any
of the number of methods of pre-
pairing eggs, and put in the oven until
set. The insides may be dried and
rolled for crumbs for crumbing.
Sardines broiled in a chatting dish
are nice for Sunday night suppers.
Use just enough of the oil in the box
to cover the bottom of the dish and
keep the fish from sticking. When
they are Drowned on both sides
sprinkle literally with lemon juice
and serve hot.
With meat still so high as to make
it luxury instead of a daily neces-
sity various vegetable substitutes are
finding their way on breakfast tables
all over the land. The New England
er, loyal to tradition, finds plenty of
company these days in his Sunday
morning breakfast of beans and
brown bread. In the extreme wes1
and southwest the brown frlgoli.
cooked with plenty of pepper, serves
the same purpose. Greencorn cakes,
fried tomatoes with cream gravy,
fried egg plant, fried mush or hon.
my, samp or rice, prepared after the
Spanish method, are all satisfying
and appropriate breakfast dishes
where something heartier than rolls.
fruit and coffee is required.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
scaId Corn Meal.

Most cooks not versed in cornmeal
doin's do not know how important it
is to scald the meal before making it
up in batters, especially the yellow
meal. In fact, the graduated yellow
cornmeal requires more than scalding
to make it digestible to most stom-
achs. If first made into mush, and
then into batter, it will not be swal-
lowed in half-raw state, and thus i'm
pose on the digestive organs a task
they will resent-that of attempting
to do the work of outward digestion
which should be accomplished by
the cook by scalding the meal, as the
preliminary shington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
TRAMP'S IDEA MADE RICHES.
A Destitute Wnnderer Suggested
Simple Plan to Prevent Oil Bar-
reln from Leaking.

A few miles west of Geneva, o.,
aire George w. Hopper. The house is
surrounded by spacious grounds and
passers-by are given the impression
at once that here is health and a
pleasant home. But underneath all,
this house furnishes a story that is
not generally known to the public.
Years ago George w. Hopper was
a poor young man. He received but
little schooling and his education was
very limited. In early youth he be-
came identified with the Standard Oil
company, being given the manage
ment of the department where bar
rcls were painted before they were
filled with oil. Though the barrels
were thoroughly painted on the out
side, the oil would soak through
them and in a short time the paint
would peel off and allow the oil to
seep out. The company was consid
erably hampered in this way and
many were the experiments tried to
alleviate the difficulty, but without
success.
One day while Hopper was. ponder
ing over the question a tramp walked
up, and, hearing Hopper lament that
the barrels could not be painted so
they would hold oil, he said:
"I'll tell you how to fix them. Fill
them with water and then paint
them. When they are dry pour out
the water and the water in the wood
will stay in and prevent the oil from
soaking through and cutting the
paint"
Rather dubious of the success of
the tramp's suggestion, Hopper tried
ii and the scheme worked successful
ly. The advancement and royalties
Hopper received from this idea soon
resulted in wealth and when he died
few years ago his fortune was es-
timated at from $2,0OO,OOO to So, $780,
900. Hopper's stepping stone to
wealth has long ago been succeeded
by better ways of making barrels un-
leakable, but the idea given Hopper
by the tramp was the means of Sc
curing for him the large fortune he
possessed. After retiring from active
business life Hopper offered to make
the tramp rich, and although re-
ward of $4,000 was offered for the
tramp's appearance, none ever came
to claim the money nor has anything
ever been heard of the tramp.
Out of gratitude to this one tramp,
ns ~,
army of tramps receive benefit, for
nc matter how disreputable or seedy-
looking tramp may be, he is al
ways given a square meal at the
Hopper home even on to this day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
FASHIONABLE FINERY.
Notes OF the Modes for the Current
Season Dainty Ribbons and
other Feminine Gear.

The sash ribbons of the season are
exceptionally dainty, particularly
those of cloth of gold or silver en-
bossed with white silk garlands, re-
ports fashion authority.
Lace effects in silk are conspicuous
among the autumn productions and
many of the chene patterns appear
to be striped with a black lace inser-
ton while some taffetas in delicate
colorings seem as if yelled in ecru
guipure and others are apparently
adorned with squares and circles OF
guipure.
To the collection of ribbon roses
and other floral products that deft
fingers have fashioned this season
FOR hair and corsage adornment has
been added the crysanthemum
formed of countless loops of baby
ribbon and finished with leaf green
silk stems. All the colorings of the
natural blossom are reproduced.
The Persian influence so observable
In the newest trimming has extended
also to fiannelette and that inexpen-
sive but highly useful material is now
to be had in the most gorgeous and
brilliant of Persian patterns.
Dressy Oxford ties for house wear
show vamps striped with alternate
bands of black and gold.
According to an experienced tailor,
the reason why home pressed gar
ments never have the same finished
look as when the work is done by a
professional is that the amateur
presser is usually in too much of a
hurry, and insists upon using an iron
that is too hot. The secret lies in
using II warm iron and pressing very
slowly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
WHEN BUYING TABLE LINEN.
sugg estiOns ON This Important Mnt-
ter for the Benefit of Young
: Housewives.

Remember that January is the best
time to buy because the latest pat
terns and Summer bleached" linens
are imported in December. 1t pays
also to deal with firm that keeps
only the most reliable goods and
whose word can be trusted, says
American Queen.
Fineness is not a safe guide either
FOR durability or lasting beauty.
Weight is the standard of price, and
it is not advisable to buy table linen
that weighs less than four and half
ounces per square yard. The COM
parative merits of bleached and I'M
bleached napery depend upon the use
to which it is to be put, and the OPP
portunity for bleaching at the COM
mand of the housewife.
For. common or rough use it is
often well to buy the unbleached,
and also in the country or suburbs,
where one can bleach it on the grass
or out in the sun, but not all city
housekeepers are able to whiten
their linen. The German linen wears
well, but is not so snow white or
varied in pattern as the Irish impor-
tation.
Never buy mixture of cotton and
linen, and beware of damask that is
stiff and cracky, for it has probably
been starched to make it appear of
better quality than 1t really is. Good
linen has an elastic texture. Some of
the finer French damasks appear ex-
quisite, but they do not pass the
soap and water test creditably. Con-
sidering all points, the Irish linen is
far superior to any other.
Two yards and half is the best
width for general use as it covers
well a table four feet wide, and three
yards is convenient length for the
ordinary; table. 1t is we'll to have
two cloths of the same piece in case
of considerable extension of the
table on some special occasion, and
one very long cloth may be SO rarely
used as to become yellow. The cloths
that come woven in one piece are es-
Pecially beautiful i'll design and tex
ture and cost mere tritie more
than the web goods.
Avoid very large napkins-no one
likes them. Select medium size and
buy dozen or a dozen and a half
to go with each cloth. Don't starch
your linen when it is new, but when
it begins to get thin and imp lit
tie thin starch is admissible.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
A Scientific Discovery,

Kodol does for the stomach that which
it is unable to do for itself, even whe n
but slightly discovered or overloaded.
Kodol supplies the natural Juices of di-
gestion and does the work of the stomach
relaxing the nervous tension, while the
inhamed muscles of that organ are allow
ed to rest and heal. Kodol digests what
you eat and enables the stomach and d.
gestive organs to transform all food into
rich, red blood. Eli T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
Unconscious From Group.

During sudden and terrible attack of
Group our little girl was unconscious from
strangulation, says A. L. Spafford, post
master. Chester, Mich, and a dose of
One Minute Congh Cure was administer
ed and repeated often. 1t reduced the
swelling and inflammation, cut the mucous
and shortly the child was resting easy
and speedily recovered. 1t cures Counehs,
Colds, LaGrippe. and all Throat and
Lung troubles. One Minute Cough Cure
fingers in the throat and chest and the
enables the lungs TO contribute pure.
health-giyeing oxygen to the blood. Eli
7. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
A Pretty salad.

Boil half a dozen young beets, chop
fine and pour over them warm vine gar
with little sugar in it. Slice very
thin a couple of punches of chives,
and chop fine three stalks of celery.
This will serve ~ people. In serving
make a foundation of celery leaves
and on it place first the thin slices of
chives, then layer of the chopped
beets> then thel chives, and sprinkle
over them the chopped celery. Pour
over all salad dressing.
Housekeeping.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
Wonder full Nerve

Is displayed by many a man en-
during pains of accidental Cuts,
Wounds, Bruises, Burns, Sore feet
or stiff joints. But there's no need
for it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve
will kill the pain and cure the
trouble. It's the best Salve on
earth for piles, too. 25c, at DR..
Kinks drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
One Hundred Dollars A BOX

is the value H. A. Tisdale, Summerton,
S. c., places on DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve. He says: 81 had the piles for 20
wears. tried many doctors and medi-
cines, but all failed except De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t cured me-" It is
combination of the healing properties
of Witch Hazel with anticeptics and en-
ollients; relieves and permanently cures
blind, bleeding, itching and protruding,
piles. sores, cuts, bruises, eczema. salt
rheum and all skin diseases. Eli T.
Rey nolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16

Cook for two minutes one ounce of
butter and one ounce of -four, sifted;
stir in half a cup of milk, let the mix
ture come to boil and add half. a
cup of cream, salt, dash of cayenne
and of nutmeg. Wash one quart of
medium-sized oysters, cutting out the
hard part, and stir them in the boiling
sauce until they begin to curl-Amer-
lean Queen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16

"Mr. Slowpay," asked the landlady.
"do you not like that drumstick /
served you? thought it would please
you"
well, Mrs. Feedem," answered NJ.
Slowpay, 81 hate to ask it, but if you
cooked the rest of the drum, l should
prefer piece of the head or part of
the rim. baltimore American.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1903-01-16
Golden Cate Tour.
Under the Personally-conducted System
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.

OF the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The first Pennsylvania Railroad Personally
conducted Tour to California for the present
season win leave New York and Philadelphia on
the Golden Gate Special, January 49, going via.
Chicago. Kansas City and FL Paso to Los An geles
and San Diego. An entire MOI tn may be spent
on the Pacific Coast Tha Golden Gate Special
will leave San ancisco. returning Tuesday.
March 8. stopping at Salt Lake City. Glenwood
Springs. Colorado Springs and Denver. Rate.
$500 from all points on the Pennsylvania Railroad
east of Pittsburp. covering all expenses of railroad
transportation, side trips in California, and berth
and meals going and returning on the special
train No hotel expenses in California are includ.
ed. Tickets are good for return within nine
months. but when not used returning on the
Golden Cato Special they cover tran sportation
only. For detailed itinerary apply to Ticket
Agents. or address Geo. W. Boyd. Assistant Gen.
Passenger Agent. Broad Street Station. Phi.ada.,
Pennsylvania.