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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-03-16
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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-03-16
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM,

Positively Cured-Cured Quickly and
Permanently by the Use Of Keletts
Oil and Sweet Spirits Of Eden.
These are the most marvellous reme-
dies OF the age. Oil OF FL n disJolves
and removes through the pores Of the
skin all Impurities. Sweet Spirits OF
Eden increases the powers OF the nerves
through the circulation OF the blood,
thus making every organ OF the system
perform its proper work Taken IN con
junction, these remedies will cure the
worst eases a( chrome rheumatism,
even OF wears standing. kellctps OIL
and Sweet Spirits of Eden are not cheap
remedies, but ineN prnsive cures. They
cost the sum OF S5.00-a doctors bill
costs much more. Take your choice.
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has not reached the chronic state) may
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which coats but two dollars per bottle.
uil and Sweet Spirits OF Eden are put
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The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1905-03-16

Your face may be poor or wealthy,
Just as your fate may be,
But If you ale unhealthy,
Take Rocky Mountain Tea.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
svord Ra1aam Had in Mind.

General W. W. Blackmar, the new
commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic, was talking IL
a group of soldiers in Boston when a
faker came up and held out for in
spection a rusty old sword.
Look at it, gents" he said. "E1
anime it close. 1t is the sword what
Lee surrendered to Grant. You car
have it for So"
go along with you," said one OF
the soldiers, sternly. go along with
you. You can't fool u.s."
The faker hurried away, and Gen
eral Blackmar said:
"That was, indeed, an impuden1
fraud, wasn't it? 1t reminds me oi
the frauds that were practiced in tht
old relic shows that used 10 be a fea
ture of country fairs. In my youth
/ visited a show devoted almost en-
tirely to biblical relics. l wish yo1
could have seen the faded cloth, the
rusty nails and the brass Jewels that
did duty severally for piece of Sol
omon's robe, an earring Of the Queen
of Sheba, Absolom's hairpin. David!
sling, and so on. In a place Of honor
hung a sword, and the Snowman said
"This is the sword that Balaam was
going to kill his ass with
But 1 interposed, L thought thai
Baalam had no sword. l thought hs
only wished for one
YOU'RE right said the Snowman
This is the sword he wished fos.'"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Lawsuit Proves. windfau.

Two orphans Of Cairo have just come
into fortune of S15O,OOO in a singular
way. They are the two sons of a
Tunisian named Bousnach, whose faith
er brought an action against the late
Bey of Tunis, claiming heavy dam
ages for wrongs suffered by him. This
was forty years ago, when the Bey of
Tunis was an unmitigated Oriental
despot, and the suit failed, as it was
bound to do. The claimant dieG. and
his son emigrated to Egypt, where he
in turn died. leaving two sons. A
short time ago, under the more equita-
bic regime of the trench administra-
ton, the suit was revived and brought
to s4successful issue, the Court Of Ap-
pea., at AK reversing the old decis-
ion and awarding the orphans the
S150.O00s damages claimed by their
grandfather
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Stewart and the Mattress,

Four veterans who saw service OH
the gunboat Naiad during the Civil
War met at the Briggs House and
clasped hands for the first time since
they were mustered out. They were
DIR. Charles II. Leeman, n. f. Harris,
John Eberhart and Benjamin Z.
Watrous. Since the war one has
turned dntist, one merchant, one an
officer in the Pittsburg reformatory,
and the other farmer. After the
first greetings were over the quartette
sought a secluded corner of the hotel
and began to exchange "reminiscences.
Presently Mr.. Harris told this STORY
OF Quartermaster Stewart and the
Mattress"
ION the morning of June 10, 1864, -
said Mr.. Harris, I'VE weighed anchor
off Charleston and moved down to.
ward Prophets Island to clean our
boilers. We left behind us the gun
boat General Bragg. Hardly had we
got our fires drawn before we heard
heavy firing, and knew that the Bragg
had been attacked. We FASTENED to
get up steam and started to her as
sistance. AS we passed Grape Arbor
concealed battery on shore sent a
shot into us which cut the tiller rope
and left us helpless, so far as steering
apparatus was concerned. and we
began to float downstream and into
the very jaws of the enemy. AS we
came within range Of the rebels guns
they sent a shot into us which tore
away part of the upper bridge. The
next shot came very near killing Quar-
termaster Stewart He had been feel
ing badly, so was lying in his bunk.
When the shot struck it hit the mat
tress on which he lay, tore it from
under him and sent it flying VI against
the wall, letting Stewart drop down
upon the Stats of the bunk. When
some of us who saw the shot strike
ran to where Stewart was we expect.
ed to find him dead or dying. Instead
Of that we found him lying there with
his eyes rolling. He was shaking like
a leaf. AS he caught sight Of us he
exclaimed: II guess the rebs thought
1 was taking it too easy, so they took
away my mattress"
After that the fighting was very
fierce, and when we finally silenced
the rebel battery twenty-seven shells
had pierced us through and through u
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
EspecialIx far Women.

Champion, Mich, Jan. 9.-(SpecialD
"A case of especial interest to women
is that of Mrs A. Wellatt, wife of a
well-known photographer here. 1t is
best given in her own words.
Il could not sleep. my feet were cold
and my limbs cramped," Mrs. Wellatt
states. 81 had an awful hard pain
across my kidneys. l had to get up
three Or four times in the night. was
very nervous and fearfully Respondent.
Il had been troubled in this way for
five years when l commenced to use
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and what they
caused to come from my kidneys will
hardly stand description.
by the time had finished one box
of Dodd's Kidney Pills l was cured.
Now can sleep well, my limbs do not
cramp, 1 do not get up in the night
and feel better than 1 have in years.
! owe my health to Dodd's Kidney
Pills"
Women's ills are caused by Diseased
Kidneys; that's why DOdd's Kidney
Pills always cure them.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Josh Billings Philosophy.

Josh Billings PhIOSOpny.
God looks at the intention, man
looks at the result.
Genius IL the gift Of God, and its
works are rekorded In heaven.
One quarelsome dog will demOralize
all the ours in his neighborhood.
The only time to be HAIRLESS, that 1
know ov, liz when g. man IL dead
asleep.
The man who liz eazily Influenced.
and vet who won't be advized, IL a
very hard kritter to average.
Tricks upon travellers are always
dangerous. l hav known d ded hornet
to wake up and sting just once more.
True kriticism konsists in saying a
kind thing ov an author whenever W
kan; and whenever yu kant, it kon-
sists in holding yure tongue.
1t IL sollum fakt that dutiful
child allwuss makes yirtewous citi-
zen, and a reputable justiss ov the
peace.
Lieing is the most diffikult habit to
git rid ov. 1t seems to be komposed
ov vanity and impudence, with malice
sumtimes added; the very worst traits
In human karakter to korrekt.
verify beleave there are mer
whoze word is az good az their bond
have been told so; but l prefer q
mans signature, with 4 good indorser
on mi sixty or ninety-day documents
Whenever l see novelty that Il
lust Matched out, and everybody IL
anxious to git sum ov 1T, l say te
miself: Joshua, look out" But wher
see a novelty that most people are
anxious to suspekt, l say to n'self
Joshua, this thing will do to feel o.
| gently"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
On the Henry farm. stakes hav,

On the Henry farm, stakes have
been driven to mark the spot where
Colonel Cameron of the Seventy-ninth
New York and General Bee We're
killed, and where Ricketts, battery
was cut to pieces, and where Wade
Hampton was wounded. In n dense
woodland off the field two bits of
board tell that Generals Wilcox and
Kirby Smith were shot there.
A rail fence stands just where the
rail fence stood along which Jackson's
brigade was drawn when General Bee
gave Jackson the sobriquet of stone
wall"
The place on the Chinn hill where
Colonel Fletcher Webster, son of Dan
iel Webster. was killed in the second
battle is pointed out by the people
who live there.
There are no new roads through the
fields, and the men of 1904 moved
over the same old highways worn by
the men of 1S61.-Boston Globe.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
HerOism in Animals.

Animals are capable of what we
should call heroism in man. In one
field was donkey, in another horse.
Through the first went a mastiff and
made for the ass, seized him by the
throat, pulled him down, and that SO
suddenly that the donkey looked like
Iy to be killed. The horse In the next
field leaped the hedge dividing the two
pastures. collared the dog with his
teeth, swung him on the fall-ball
teeth, swung him and like baseball
player caught him on tine fall-with
his heels. The mastiff was whisked
over the hedge which the horse had
just crossed, and the donkey was left
in peace to recover from his wounds.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
What's he Matter.

In a certain town in the North OF
ireland there is fishing-tackle shop,
the sign whereof Is a braZen trout
hanging at the end of fishing-rod Of
massive proportions. Late one night a
townsman who had been dining mot
wisely but too well' happened to see
this fish. He looked at it, then went
cautiously to the door and knocked
gently.
"Whc's there?" demanded the shop.
keeper from an upper window.
''Sh-h! Don't make a noise, but
come down as quickly as you car"
was the reply.
Thinking something serious was the
matter the man arose and stole down
stairs.
'Now, what's the natter?" he In.
quired.
'Puil your line in quick; you have
got bite" roared the tipsy one as he
erratically turned a corner.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
A CRUSHING BLOW
FELLED LIKE All OK AND DIZZY
AND SLEEPLESS FOB WEEKS.
Rou4h Experience of E. C. F. Ward. Of
Girerd, Kansas, a Veteran Of
Co, a, S5th Indiana.

Rough Experience of E. C. F. Ward. Of
Girerd, Kansas, a Veteran OF
Co. "A, 55th Indiana.
A reporter who was seeking for Mr..
Ward to get his confirmation of a state.
ment that had been made concerning
him by a fellow-towrsman, found that
stalwart carpenter engaged in putting
new window frame in an old house. In
response to an inquiry, the robust work.
man dropped nimbly to seat on the
window bench, and said:
Yes; owe my recovery to DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills and 1 am always glad
to tell the story for the sake of others.
In fact, think there are only two kinds
of medicine worth buying-at least, only
two kinds that ever did me any good
and one of them is DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
"You see, it was this way: was at
my work in 1899 when I felt as if l had
been struck on my head bya sudden
blow. My heart seemed to stop and the
doctor said it missed every other beat.
I went through the battle of Richmond,
Kentucky, but never had been through
anything like this before. thought
surely / was going to pass in my checks
this time.
"After that I had very trying dizzy
spells. I had to give up work altogether
ard spend every other day in bed. For
two months 1 did not leave the house.
could not concentrate my eyes on any
object; I was i'll a state of extreme
nervousness all the time. I would lie
awake at night from nine o'clock IN.
til daylight. My circulation was bad
and my feet always cold. The doctor
admitted that his medicine was not do
ing me bit of good.
"Then decided to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills, about which I had read i'll an
advertisement. After three or four days
use I realized that they were helping
me. l began to take them in January,
1898. By the middle of February was
ont and in March I resumed work as
usual. sleep without difficulty, my
dizziness has never returned, and my
feet are always warm when they should
be. You may say that think Dir. VIII
fiams' Pink Pills can't be beat for ner.
vousness and difficulties of the blood"
They are sold by all druggists through.
out the world.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
'MAMMorHs AND MAsToDoNs
Contrary to Supposition They Were
Often Smaller than Jumbo.

10 amy ''~~S
Often Smaller than Jumbo.
The fine specimen of the tuSks and
palate of an imperial mammoth has
recently been acquired by the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History. New
York. The specimen was discovered
In the sands of western Texas, and the
tusks are little short of the largest
yet described among either living or
fossil members of the elephant FAM
lily. So far as preserved. the tusks
measure 13 feet inches from the base
to the tips, and there is at least a
foot broken away from the end, max
ing total estimated length OF II
feet 6 inches.
The height Of this mammoth must
have been at least fourteen feet. or
about two feet higher than that of
the famous African elephant Jumbo.
the skeleton of which is in the same
museum. Very few mammoths reach
ed this size and the majority were
decidedly smaller than Jumbo. Several
more or less entire carcasses of MANI
moths have been discovered in ST.
IBERIA, and one was so well preserved
that it has been stuffed and mounted
like q modern qlladruped in the I'm
perial Museum at St Petersburg.
When the German Ocean was dry
land. and Great Britain part of a pen
insula, the mammoth lived in Eng
land, and its fossil remains are not
only found on the land. but are rep
resented by hundreds of mammoth
teeth dredged from the depths of the
North Sea by trawlers. The American
mastodon was relative of the MAN.
moth, but differed from it in being
more massive and somewhat lower.
No entire remains of mastodon have
been discovered. but from those avail
able 1t is possible to obtain a good
idea Of what the animal was like in
life-Leisure Hour.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
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A SUMMERS "PlEASURiNG."
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Mary Makepeace sat down in her
favorite chair in her own room. and
threw her head back with long sigh
No words can tell how glad am that
I've made my last visit for the sum-
mer," she said. "NOw 1 shall have
some peace, not to mention pleasure"
"My dear" said her mother, re-
proachfully.
Il mean it." returned Mary. 'Of
course l like change of scene, but
am tired of adapting my whole life to
others, as l am expected to do as a
welcome guest"
MY dearr' said her mother again.
think how kind everybody has been
to your
They meant to oe-they were kind"
Mary said, wearily, yet l feel as if
had barely escaped with my life, and
you will admit that is not just the
right kind of after-feeling.
Let me tell you, mother" Mary con-
tinued. "At the Fosters changed my
hours for rising, for retiring and for
eating my meals. At the Lanes l
changed fathers politics-for of course
| haven't any of my own-to please
Mr.. Lane, and l had all l could do to
keep from changing my religion to
please Mrs. Lane.
AT the Jenkins 1 changed ali my
views about what constitutes diversion
to suit the family in general. At the
Pages l entirely changed my point of
view concerning music and books. And
at the Nevins, where | was ill.
changed my doctor, and took stuff
which felt sure would poison me. just
to please them:
Il ate cheese, which | abhor. and
gave up fruit, which l like. at the
Fisks'. l slept with closed windows
at Great-Aunt Maria's because she is
afraid of breath of air. and drank
twenty-oue nints of hot water the four
DAYS | WAS az Cousin Thomas to flush
my system
NO" said Mary. in a firm voice. Il
| pay no more visits for months to come
Home keeping youth may have homely
wits, but if l go about much more
shall not have any wits at all
Youths Companion.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
TWO YEARS OF AGONY.

One Cake of Cuticura Soap and One
Box of Cuticura Cured Baby's Awful
Humor.
when my sister was eighteen
months old a humor broke out on her
shoulder, extending clear across the
back. For two years it caused her in
tense suffering. 1t would scab over
and then crack open and q watery
matter ooze from it. Then the scabs
would fall off and it would be raw
for time. We had several different
doctors and tried everything we could
think of. but without effecting a cure.
Then we gA one cake of Cuiicura
Soap and one box of Cuticura Oint-
ment, which cured her completely and
without scar or blemish. (Signe0 Lii
lie Chase Walker, fremont St,
WoodforfiS MAJ
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12

THE WRONG MISS SHURTLFFF.


Clifford started as if he had beer
shot. In the more than two weeks
which had passed since Miss Shurt
Jeff come to the camp, he had never
once had an opportunity to speak with
her alone. And now her father was
coming. For some reason Clifford felt
much afraid of Mr.. Shurtleff, though
he had never seen him. He was anx.
ious to reach some sort of an under
standing with the daughter before the
old man put in his appearance. Only
one day remained in which to make
the attempt. Gifford's back ached and
his arms were sore; his hands were
one mass of blisters and his legs
panied him at every step. But he was
game.
What do you say TO a little row
down to Big Dog lake?' he asked air
lily that Friday evening after supper
Big Dog lake was good twelve miles
to the south. Altogether the trip meant
a row of twenty-five miles.
I'D like to CO." said Miss Shurtleff
but it's a terribly long row."
Not at ALL said Clifford, and Tom.
my, the guide, retired to the porch
and laughed noiseless!y, with one
hand over his mouth.
'T'll take you in my boat said Gif.
ford. desperately, and"
NO" interrupted the young WON.
an, Il think we'd better go together
We can both so in Tommy's boat and
you can-"
Not at ALL said Clifford. 81 will
row you both, of course, if you prefer
10 go together
They started at five o'clock in the
morning. Clifford felt sure he should
faint before they covered the first five
miles. But he gritted his teeth and
kept on, though every stroke was
agony. He had laid out his plan OF
campaign. He would wait until they
opportunity to speak to the young
woman alone.
Luncheon time came. Clifford ate al
most nothing. When they had fin.
ished their coffee he started to walb
back into the woods Presently there
came the sound of cry.
"Come here, quick" Clifford was
calling. Tommy, the guide, must have
been posted beforehand. At any rate
he did not move. But the young WON.
an was up in an instant, running back
through the woods trail as lightly as
fawn. The old party sat still on
her cushion-which was as Clifford
had expected.
Clifford wasted no time.
Miss Shurtleff," he began abruptly
81 love you and l made this chance
to tell you so.'
"What?" said the startled young
woman.
Miss Shurtleff, l love you," again
declared the red-faced Clifford. And
then Miss Shurtleff's face broke into q
smile
"Why, my dear man." she said, 81
am Mrs. Shurtleff. Julia, there on the
bank, is my step-daughter, and the
only Miss Shurtleff l know off,
Poor Gifford's face was purple.
you see, my husband is thirty-five
years older than l am. But I'm moi
angry with you. In fact, you've paid
me great compliment. But thought
you knew all the time"
Mrs. Shurtieff wanted her step
daughter to help her row to camp in
Tommy's boat, but Clifford would moi
listen to 1t. He was game to the end
--e left the camp that night and went
back TO Milwaukee. He didn't care to
wait and meet the aged Mr.. Shurtleff
Chicago Tribune.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the bsIt.

According to the committee of pub
lie accounts, wholesale grating" pre-
vailed on the British side during the
Boer war. For example, out Of to-
tai sum Of $6.250,COO issued to the i'm
perial yeomanry committee, $2,230,O0O
cannot be accounted for. OF 999
mules shipped to Beira. on the South
African coast, 15S died at sea and the
remaining S41 cannot be traced far.
ther than Beira." As for remounts,
out of 617 eco horses and 155, 900 mules
supposed to have been sent to Africa,
4,46S horses and 5,S62 mules cannot
be accounted for.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
THE PRAIRIE FARMER.

bright geap
fall reach its native stream
wild flies on reesS wings oerhead
North bred
So in the holding all else
England the home where was
for le and here must remain
underneath like stuDble the
grave land but place WILL
burial lot the wind swept hill,
mountains glow and break in foam
And see spring bloom round England
Eugene
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12

Kidney Pills l told
the readers of this
paper that they had
relieved me of kid
ney trouble, dis
posed of a lame
back with pain
across my loins and
beneath the shoul-
der blades. During
the interval which
has elapsed 1 have
had occasion to re-
sort to Doan's Kid
ney Pills when ]
noticed warnings
of an attack. Or
each and every Oc.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Experienced.

1t was in the Alps.
Are you a good climber?" asked this
guide.
Il should say So" replied the cor
pulent American. why, have
climbed to the upper berth Of sleep
ing car"
Thus assured, the guide led the way
up the steep mountains.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Piles Cured at Home by New Absorb
ton Method.

blind or protr lding piles, send me youi
address and 1 will tell you how to cure
yourself at home by the new absorption
treatment; and will also send some of
this home treatment free for trial, with
references from your own locality if re.
quested. Immediate relief and perma-
nent cure assured. Send no money, but
tell others of this offer. Write to-day to
Mrs. NJ. Summers, Box P, Notre Dame
Ind
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Her ONLY Wish

"You told ME that when we were mar
ried you would see that my every wish
was gratified," remarked the bride Of a
few weeks.
"Well?' replied her husband, rather
curtly.
"Well, I wish I was single again.
Philadelphia Press.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
Fina, Leap.Year Effort,

Have you a sister?' asked Miss Will
Ing of her brothers college chum.
"Alas! no." he replied. But I have
often longed for the soothing influence
of sisters love-
"How sad." she sighed. "But fortr-
nately you may be able to secure q sat
isfactory substitute
"And what is that?' queried tho young
man.
"Why. the love Of some other fell
lows sister," answered the artful maid.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-01-12
The Wise walbrooker,

Sunday School Teacher-ls the day
Of miracles ended?
Willie WalbrOoke-NO, ma'am.
Sunday School Teacher (surprised)-
What makes you think so?
Willie Walbrooke-We've got new
cars on the Mount Holly line.-Baltt-
more American.