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The Washington herald., 1908-01-16

Rio de Janeiro. Jan 15.-The main enter
tainmeDt on the official programme in
honor Of the visiting American naval ofi-
GERS to-day was luncheon given by
President Penna at Petropolis.
The officers present were Rear Admiral
Thomas, Capt Richard Wainwright. OF
the Louisiana; Capt Hugo Greenlief Mer-
riam, Of the Missouri; Capt. Hugo Oster-
haus, Of the Connecticut Rear Admiral
Evans flag ship. and Capt. Henry Nc
Crea, Of the Georgia. There were also
present Irving B. Dudley. the American
Ambassador. and Mrs. Dudley. Marshall
Hermes da Fonseca, minister Of war,
Rear Admiral Alexandrino de AIenear,
minister Of marine, and Vice Admiral
Maturity, Of the Brazilian navy.
Garden Party Great Success.
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley in the afternoon.
gave a garden party at their home, which
was attended by 30O American officers.
members Of the various foreign embas-
sizes and legations. and "a large number Of
the elite Of Brazilian society.
The grounds were decorated and music
was furnished by a picked band from the
American feet The fete was a great
success.
The collier Sterling. belonging 20 the
.iotilla torpedo boat destroyers. arrived
here to-day
The Chilean cruiser Puglia entered the
harbor this afternoon She followed the
example set by the Brazilian navy. and
gave Rear Admiral Evans a Vice Ad-
mirals salute
Evans 90 Visit Penna.
Admiral Evans has practically recovered
from his attack of rheumatism. He viii
visit President Penna at Petropols on
Friday
There was q great turnout Of hand
some equipages this afternoon on the
Flamingo Boulevard in honor Of the
/ Americans. The boulevard was throngef
FOR TWO hours by residents Of the city.
visitors from the suburbs and further
outlying towns. and many hundreds OF the
men from the fleet who were thus af-
{
beautiful ladies of the city. who turned
out in force in honor Of the occasion.
Penna Lauds Monroe Doctrine.
In a speech ar the luncheon President
Penna lauded the Monroe doctrine. He
said he was glad Of the opportunity the
visit of the feet afforded him and tie
government 10 show BraziTs friendshs1
for the United States. He also extoHII
President Roosevelt.
Mr. Dudley, in replying used the Por-
tuguese language. He said the American
government was greatly pleased with the
hearuness Of the reception that had been
accorded the feet
Rear Admiral Thomas said ne and the
other American naval officers would be-
greatly pleased il the Brazilian navy
would return the visit in Hampton Roads,
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PROF. STROBEL DIES IN SIAM.
Born in Charleston, He Became
Noted as "A Diplomat,

Bangkok, Jan. 15.-Prof Edward II.
Strobel. general advisor to the govern
ment Of Siam. died to-day.
Prof Strobel was professor Of inter
national law at Harvard. He was born
IN Charleston. s C., in 1855. He prac-
tised law in New York for two years.
end then was appointed secretary of
the American legation at Madrid. where
for about third of the period Of his
incumbency he acted as charge DAT
faires,
In 1855 he was detailed on special
business in Morocco. He subsequently
resigned from the Madrid legation. In
1893 he was appointed Third Assistant
Secretary of State, which position he
held until 1894 He then was made Min.
lister to Ecuador and was subsequently,
transferred to Chile. He resigned in
1897. In 1903 he accepted the post of
general advisor to the government Of
Siam.
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Floating near the waters edge of the
Potomac River, the body of Lieut.. John
W. Crawford. private secretary TO Ad-
miral Dewey was found by "a negro boy
at II o'clock yesterday morning near
Fort Foote. Nd.
The body, which was badly decomposed
and hardly recognizable, had flolted down
stream several miles from the point at
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GOV. SMITH GIVES REASONS.
Must Have Republican President, He
Says, FavOring Taft.

Atlanta, Ga. Jan. Is. - Gov Hoke
Smith explained to-day why he hoped
the Republicans would nominate Sec
rotary Taft for the Presidency.
Il favor Taft" said the governor,
because he Is the safest and best man
mentioned as 81 candidate. We must
have a Republican President, Secretary
Taft would suit the South better than
any other man. He is sound and safe.
and I think would be fairer TO the
South than probably any man in the
Republican party"
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TAKES POISON TO CHEAT Law
Mrs, Lumsden, Dying, Says Husband
Lives in Washington.
Lies I'm Hospital Room She Endowed.
Was in the Employ of
the ID. 4. Il.

New Brunswick, \. J., Jan. l5.-AIrs.
Alberta Lumsden, a nurse. employed by
the Daughters Of the American -Revolu-
tion. is lying in a room she endowed in
ST Peters General Hospital in memory
of her mother a few weeks ago There
is small hope Of her recovery Of nitric
acid poisoning. She took the poison last
night
Mrs Lumsden came here last July
About the same time The Daughters of
the American Revolution organized a vis-
iting nurses association and selected
Mrs Lumsden to 90 their work
Some two months ago she gave e,a-
dence TO a local society for the preven-
ton of cruelty TO animals, following
which Dr. Janeway of this place was
arrested, and held in bail, charged with
the yivisection of dog.
Mrs. Lumsden recently became ac-
quainted with "a girl named Rosina Moser.
who intrUsted Mrs. Lumsdeu with Sl56
10 put in a bank here for her Mrs.
Lumsden failed 10 do this, it is alleged.
and the police were Informed. When one
of them called at Mrs. Lumsden's house
last night she swallowed poison i'm an
attempt to commit suicide.
Mrs Lumsden said that her husband
was Or. Z. L. Lumsden. of 10 Z street.
Washington. d. G.
The name of DIT Lumsden does not
appear in either the city or telephone
directory. Mrs. Cora L. Lumsden. Of
1901 Third street northwest, the only per-
son of that name appearing in the direc-
tory, said last night ;hat she had no
knowledge OF any relative with a name
similar TO the one given by the woman
who committed suicide at New Bruins
wick.
She said that she had heard OF a Or.
Lumsden, but believed that he is not in
Washington at present.
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WILL GO TO BUENOS AYRES.
Destination of FIodIIa of Destroyer=
by Special Invitation.

At the special invitation Of the Argen-
tine Republic the a0tlla Of torpedo-boat
destroyers, under command Of Lieut..
Commander Hutch T. Cone VIII visit
Buenos Ayres instead of touching at
Montevideo in the latter part of January.
The fiotilla is now on its way from Per
nambuco To Rio de Janeiro. where it is
expected 20 arrive in a day or so. The
hotilla left Hampton Roads on December
IL on its long cruise 10 the Pacific Coast.
and is composed of the destroyers Whip-
pie, Truxtun, Lawrence, Hopkins, Hull,
and Stewart
President Roosevelt has received the
following message Of conEratulation from
President Penna. Of Brazil.
'Petropolis. Jan. a.
President Theodore Roosevelt Washing
ton
This afternoon Z had the great pleas
ure OF receiving and becoming personally
acquainted with the admIrals and cap
tains Of the American fleet en- route 10
the Pacific Ocean.
4 congratulate YOU on the successful
arrival Of ST. powerful and well drilled
fleet to Rio de JaneirO, and / take keen
pleasure in informing YOU that khe people
Of our capital spontaneously and enthusi-
astically joined the Brazilian naval au-
thoTities from the very first moment IN
the demonstrations of fraternity and
friendship toward the American sailors
and the great republic of the North. for
whose glory an Brazil utters the most
cordial wishes. ALFONSO PENNA.
President of Brazil
President Roosevelt yesterday sent this
reply
President Alfonso Penna Rio de Janeiro:
Il thank you for the kind message
which YOU were 50 good as 20 send me
upon the arrival Of the American fleet at
Rio It has given me. and will give the
American people. the liveliest satisfaction.
I've are all very sensible of the cour-
tesy and distinguished hospitality with
which the government and people Of Bra
I'll have received cur officers and sailors
THE war ships Of America exist for no
other purpose than 10 protect peace
against possible aggression and justice
against possible oppression. As between
the United States and Brazil these ships
are not men-Of-war, but are messengers
of friendship and good Will. commissioned
to celebrate with YOU the long-cOntinued
and neveT-tO-be broken amity and mutual
helpfulness Of the two great republics
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
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which Crawford
jumped into the
river tron a fer
IyDndL between
Alexandria and
Washington on
November -
Coroner VIII
ard horn of
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KILLS SELF AND TWO SONS.
Mrs. Camille Jacobs Gives Acid 40
Boys and Drinks Herself.

ST Louis Jan. 15.-Mrs- Camille Jacobs,
aged thlrty-two. wife Of Leo Jacobs. gen
eraI manager or the mills Of the Acme
Cement Plaster Company. killed her two
sons-sam. aged fourteen months, and
Edwin, aged FIVE years-with prussic acid.
and then killed herself with the same
poison.
She is supposed 10 have manufactured
the poison, as she is a well educated
woman Her husband is at Laramie,
Wyo.. inspecting mills Of his company.
Mrs Jacobs maiden name was Blum.
Her parents were wealthy residents of
Dallas, Tex. from which place her hus-
band brought her and his children TO ST.
Louis two years ago.
The suicide is said TO be the result Of.
melancholy.
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but no one claimed the clothes 1t was
also impossible TO find any one who had
seen man wearing the garments.
When an examination of the clothes
was made it was found the coat bore
the mark of a local clothing house. In
one pocket was "A handkerchief bearing
the initial j report was made 10
police headquarters. \ few minutes later
Bennett \. Allen, chief Of the auditing
department Of the post-ofiiee, called at
headquarters and asked the police il they
knew anything of the Whereabouts of
Lieut.. Crawford
letter to Mr.. Allen.
Mr. Allen said he had received a letter
early in the evening from Lieut. Craw-
ford intimating he was going 20 commit
suicide Lieut. Crawford had hinted in
the letter that he had financial troubles
and asked MI Allen TO do everything
possible for Mrs. Crawford
When Mrs Crawford was informed
about 43) O'CLOCK yesterday afternoon
that "a body had been found in the river
she said she believed it was that OF her
husband. She was prostated as she had
hoped ever since Lieut.. Crawford disap-
peared that he had not been drowned.
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HEROES GET AWARDS
Carnegie Fund HOnOrS Six
teen Men and Women.
TWELVE IN MASSACHUSETTS
Create a Precedent in Granting An
nuities 10 widows Of Men Who
Gave Their Lives in VRIOPOus Acts.
In FOur YeRrS the Fund Has Ex-
pended S19O,SI4.

Pittsburg. Pa. Jan. 1.-THE Carnegie
Hero Fund Commission to-day completed
its fourth year by awarding medals to
sixteen persons for heroic acts. In the
four years of its existence f. has dis
bursed sOsl432 among heroes. 125 medals
having been awarded, 1,27e investigated
and refused. with 600 pending.
OF the sixteen cases reported fayorably
considered to-day, twelve OF the scenes of
heroism were laid in Massachusetts and
Connecticut In addition to distributing
s10o5o in cash, the commission introduced
a new feature in paving anuuItles TO
widows and orphans Of two men. who lost
their lives while performing acts Of hero
ism.
George A. Grant, OF Groton. Conn. a
negro. stopped a runaway team. but was
so badly hurt that he died roxt dav
Carlton H. Funk. of Glastonbury. Conn.
lost his life on July z. 1906, trying to save
Jennie Buchstedt eighteen. from drown
ing.
AHnuities for widows.
Each widow receives s25 "a month as
long as she remains a widow. and silver
medal, while each of the seven children
Of the two men receive s. a month.
The most remarkable case acted on TO-
day was that Of Florence Hoose. forty
a boarding-house keeper, of 81 Franklin
street, Chelsea, Mass. In September. 1895.
Frederick Jackson. one of her boarders.
was taken i'll with typhoid fever.
She nursed him, and one day while deli
rious he jumped from bed and attacked
her with razor
She fought all over the house with him
finally taking the weapon from him. Then
jackson tried 10 jump from a second
story window. Mrs. HOose held him until
he kicked her unconscious. lie iumped
through the window, breaking his neck
by the fall
Mrs. Hoose will get a bronze medal and
50 every three months until 81 1000 has
been paid her. The other awards were
mostly on drowning cases. and most of
the recipients were all residents of Mas
sachusetts.
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Pullman Sleeping Car

4 through Pullman drawing-room sleep
ing car is now operated between Wash
ington and Oil City, Pa. via the PennsyI-
vania Railroad and Cory, affOrding inn
proved sleeping car accommodations t.
Erie and Northwestern Pennsylvania.
The car leaves Union Station Washing
ton. daily, at 7.05 p. m.
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From your surplus funds deposit them in
banking dept Of Union Trust Co. 18th
and II SITS, where all accounts draw in
terest, subject TO check Govt control.
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Continued on Page 3. Column 3
Rnrs--.RuRs-Rnrn

At public auction al Sloan's. i407 G st.
to-day and tomorrow at II a m and 3
p. m. each day These rugs are being
sold for the account Of NJ. n. Hekiman
& Co. 18Th and G sts., who fully guaran-
tee every piece.
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INSANITY TAINT
EVIDENCE GIVEN
Testimony of ThaW's Cousin
Admitted by Court.
RELATIVES DIED CRAZY
Witnesses Describe Strange Ac-
ti0nS Of Defendant.
RELATIVES DIED CRAZY

Judge bowling Causes Arrest Of Man
Who Writes Letters to Court In
sistfBg that stanford white Was
Suieide-LittIe Interest Manifested
in TriaI-PFisoner's Wife May Take
stand at an Early Date.
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CRAWFORD'S BODY
FOUND IN POTOMAC
Discovered Fourteen Miles
Below the City.
IDENTIFIED BY PAPERS
Brought to Washington on the
Police Boat Yigilant.

admiral Dewey's Private Secretary,
Who Disappeared from Deck of 81
Ferry Boat on November - Last,
Near Alexandria, Is Is Now Known,
Escape Financial EntanEIements.
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MONROE DOCTRINE
PRAISED BY PENNA
Brazilian Ruler EntertainS
at Luncheon.
OFFICERS AS HIS GUESTS
ROOsevelt's Message Causes Fa.
yOrable Comment.
OFFICERS AS HIS GUESTS

Am bassad0F Dudley Gives Garden
Party Attended by American Of
heers, Diplomats, and Prominauf
Residents OF Rio-ReaF Admiral
Evans C0nValeseent- - VIII Visit
President Penna at PetrOp0Iis.
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New Train 40 Pittshurg

It leaves Washington at 1910 a. m.
daily. via the Pennsylvania Railroad. and
arrives Pittsburg at p. m. Il carries
through parlor car and coaches
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LOOK FOR STAMPEDE
Kentucky May Choose Wat
tersOn for the Senate.
FRIENDS DESERVING BECKHAM
Factions, Failing by Two Votes TO
Elect Their Man. Are Expected to
Are Growing Tired of the Dead
lock ia the Legislature.

Frankfort Ky, Jan. "Narse" Henry
editor Of the Louisville Cou-
mentioned by Col. George
Harvey as a possible candidate for the
on the Democratic ticket may
yet cast aside his pen and don The toga
of a Senator Of the United States.
At to-day's session Of the Kentucky
legislature, when the Beckham forces
failed to elect the former governor. the
sentiment turned toward the famous edi-
tor. and if predictions. which were freely
made East night. are carried out there is
great chance that Col Wattersou may
be elected to-day
Lacked Two Votes.
Gov Beckham received votes enough.
lacking two, yesterday. TO give him the
coveted place. but il is more than pos
sible that to-day viii not develop any
new strength for him, and viii leave the
race between two other men.
Senator ". w Webb. who was granted
"a Beckham man, voted for David II.
Smith to-day. Yesterday he voted for
BeCkham. this vote giving the latter s.
against former Gov. Bradley's O., the
same vote he received yesterday.
T0-day's doings look to the selection Of
either Col Watterson. OF John r. Allen.
0f Lexington. tt is believed that which
ever way the wind blows. if fl does not
blow for Beckham, il will blow with
great force.
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another Drop In Prices of Lumber.
Frank Libbey & Co., 9Th & n. Y. ave. NV.
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Northrr.tcrn MutunI &c.

Huske & Smith. General Agents,
Removed Ia Union Trust Bldg,
18th and II SITS.
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Get Our Weekly Price List Of Lumber.
Frank Libbay & Co, 6th & \. Y. ave. NV.
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4 Ia Carte lunch Served Daily
At Eckstein's from Y to 3. ii12 n. I. ave
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His brother, Horace Thaw. died in an
asylum at Staunton. Va He was twenty
three years old. He was taken 10 the
asylum from his home at Richmond.
Mr. JeTome's crOss-examination of the
witness did not develop much of interest.
Having laid the foundation, Mr.. Little
ton then introduced the records of the
Continned ON Page 3. Column q.
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Caused Much speculation.

L0Ok Outs Lumber Prices Much Lever.
Frank Libbey & Co, 9Th * n. Y. ave. NV.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-08
GAVE UP WORK BECAUSE OF
HIS WEAKENED CONDITION

Mr.. Earl Mccoy, living at 1906 So.
Branson street, Marion, Ind, has
passed through an experience that is
being duplicated every day in every
town and city of any consequence in
the United States. 1t furnishes abun-
dant proof of the correctness of L. T.
Coope-'s theory in regard to the de-
generacy of the human stomach, and
shows conclusively the merit possess
ed by his New Discovery medicine to
restore the weakened system to full
strength and vigor.
Mr.. Mccoy says: "For long time
| have been a sufferer from stomach
trouble. was unable to retain any
food, and became so weak and run
down that / was compelled to stop
work. My system was nearly wreck,
and l had tried so many remedies and
spent so much money without deriv-
ing any benefit, that | became dis
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-08
Doc Smuaalers.

Smuggling by dogs is greatly In
vogue on the frontier between Italy
and Switzerland Notwithstanding all
the efforts of the preventive men sta.
toned along the billy country north of
Como. The dogs are trained for Snug
Cling by first intoxicating within them
a mortal terror of the customs officers.
This is done by dressing up a man
in the custom house uniform. who
thrashes the dog severely whenever he
sees him. and the animal. having thus
acquired a wholesale dread of the uni
form. will fly for his life at the sight
of a douanier The smuggler on the
italian side. who owns the dog. pets
it and treats it well. and when the dog
Is taken to the Swiss smuggler. whose
tobacco is to be taken across the from
tier. it is first kept chained up without
food for some days, then packed round
the body with belt containing the
contraband goods and hunted OF with
blows and cries. Needless to say, the
dogs miraculous instinct makes him
head straight for home. He rushes of
at full speed. and once across the from
tier he finds his beloved master and a
warm welcome awaiting him.
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SINGULAR SIGNIFICANCE.

1t is one of the mysteries of the
hour that the issue OF local option
when paralleled with the political
problems OF the day takes supreme
precedence over all other considera-
tions, men and policies and pur-
poses. Astoria has liquor contest
on, just now, in which the candidates
for official preference are literally sub
merged, and apparently, forgotten,
beneath the all-absorbing controversy
and interest attaching to the super
eminent question.
That the liquor question is full OF
significance always, in all its varied
rami6cations, goes without saying,
but why it should take on such pecul-
lar and profound Importance because
it is raised and showed to the front
while it is no less significant and inn
portant during the quieter moments
of non-agitation, is one fthe conun-
drums socety is always asking itself.
The campaigning for or against liquor
restriction invariably brings forth the
bitterest, most far-reaching, antagon-
isms that exist in a community and
inspires all the abstruse vindictiveness
by way of attack, reprisal and coun-
ter-point, that otherwise remain dor
mant and unheard of; and for this
reason the engagement is always
dreaded as public try-out, indispen-
sable as ii is at times,
1t has the faculty of yielding forth
expedients, plans, tricks, animosities,
personalities, and incongruous absurd
tiles, as no other popular contest ever
does: and its real essentials OF
merit and justice are lost, more often
than not, in the rancorous confusion
attendant upon its prosecution. And
with this knowledge before us it were
well if we used the soberer and pla-
eating agencies Of dispassionate
discussion and quiet acceptance,
in lieu of lending ourselves,
by word or act, to the fercer agita-
ton for which the campaigns are as
famous as they are infamous.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-08
What a Good Play Must Have.

"a play should have continuous ac-
ton all the way through. When | al
lude to action don't necessarily mean
physical movement and pistol play"
says Daniel Frohman in Harper's
Weekly. a successful play must con-
tain continuous struggle and battle
the struggle Of love with duty, to name
the most frequent example The char
acters may be sitting In their chairs,
talking pleasantly together, and still
fulfill this purpose. And the action
must go forward by leaps and bounds
from one climax to another. The ideal
play will have the fewest characters,
but it will hold the attention so that
you won't know whether there are six
or sixty, and two persons upon the
stage will hold the audience entranced.
as in the Greek drama. Like the Greek
characters, too, they will appear as
puppets upon dark background Of
necessity, victims Of the circumstances
which they have helplessly brought
into existence"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-08
God Bless the American Navy,
That's the slogan we are putting upN
TAKE YOUR TIMEl.

The Morning Astorian is quite as
anxious TO see every possible devel-
opment in and about this city and
county make good as soon and as
fully, as anyone else may be; but we
are of the opinion, along with a
number OF other citizens, that the
granting OF a franchise for the laying
OF gas mains for the use Of the AS
toria Gas & Oil Company, might bet
ter be deferred until the gas has been
developed and the oil has been
struck, in such quantities as ensure
the necessity OF such means of dis
tribution Otherwise valuable fran
chise will be put out that will be OF
no definite use to the holding COM
pany, except as mere asset to be
disposed OF later at any price 1t may
speculate for and get; and the real
object OF the grant be negatived
When the company has done its
best to find one or both and has sue
ceded there can be no possible rea-
son for refusing it the privilege it
asks but until it has done this, the gift
of a valuable franchise such as this,
il granted at all now, should be hedg
ed in which such reservations and re-
rights as will bar its use as
, collateral in the hands OF the holders
or its assignees, Franchises are too
thee days for speculative and
nconsiderate handling, and it were
we'll to conserve their issuance and
lse to the hour german to it, and
save the chance of misuse and the |
lefeat of the real purposes for which |
hey are uttered.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-05-08

couraged and gave up hope Of ever
being we'll again.
Il heard great deal OF Mr.. Coop
er's theory and medicine, and after
much hesitation decided to try it. The
result was pleasant surprise. Be
fore had taken half OF the first
bottle J was able to retain all food
eaten, and my strength began to re-
turn. | have taken six or seven bot
ties, and am feeling fine. | eat and
sleep well, do not cough at night, and
am able to perform a hard days work.
! can cherfully recommend Coopcr's
New Discovery for it has done won
ders for me-"
The Cooper remedies are meeting
with remarkable success wherever
they are introduced. They are with
out rival in toning up a weakened
and rundown system. We sell them.
CHARLES Rogers & Son.