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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
coFFER DRINKING.

A Doctor Says II Woskens the Heart.
I'm my opinion" says a well-known
German physician, mo one can truth.
fully a coffee agrees with him, az Il
has long since been proven that caneinA
contained In coffee. Is an injuriouA
poisonous substance which wenkens and
d~egenerates the heart muscles.
For this reason the regular use OF
coffee, soon or late, causes a condition
OF undernourishment, which leads h
various kinds Of organic disease.
Convinced OF this fact, I have often
sought for some heaithfui beverage to
use Instead of coffee. At last I found
the thing desired In Postum. Havins
had OCCASION to forbid people using
coffee, whose hearts were affected. Il
have recommended Postum as a bev-
erase. since 1t Is free from all Injurious
or exciting substances. l know this
from results in my own family. and
among patients.
Hundreds Of persons who now use
Postum in place of coffee, are greatly
benefited thereby" There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich. Read The Road to Well
viile." Ia pkya
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
only cold.

sOnly a cold" is a common EXPIRES
sion And SO the victim lets 1t 60 on.
day after day. red eyes, swollen fea-
lures, lassitude, sleeplessness. loss of
appetite. the Irritating cough.
In itself q cold may be simply I'M
comfortable. In Its results 1t is often
fatal. Pneumonia. with It's enormous
fatality consumption. with its deadly
grip: bronchitis, asthma, these and
tnany ailments are often the direct re-
sult Of q cold.
The patient may have had many
colds. They have resulted In nothing
serious. But when the system has be-
come weakened BY these repeated at
tacks, when the mucous membranes are
ia q chronic unhealthy condition, then
It is these fatal maladies assert them
selves.
There Is no greater mistake than to
neglect q cold. At Its first appearance
measures should he tnken to relieve 1t.
At this season Of the year. when coughs
and colds are common. Pcrnna should
be kept constantly In the house. AT the
nrst &synrltom this remedy should be
taken. It win sccthe the mucous mem
branes, relieve the Irritation, and the
6scpA will gradually disappear. That
le has been the experience OF mary
xzOeQven by the hundreds OF rratefnl
iii dlea-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
CONTINUED Next Week.3
IeeIand,s Education.

From National Geographical Magazine.
There are no schools in Iceland, yet
every child at y can read, according
to the parish statistics. In no other
country in Europe are so many books
printed n sold In proportion to the
population. a population of only 76 5000.
scattered in many hamlets, has twelve
printing presses, the earliest being es-
tablished as far back as 1880: about
100 books annually, IA newspapers and
eight periodicals are produced to sat-
isfy the literary needs Of his little ma
ton.
Yet this literary people still ave In
a pastoral and Homeric civilization.
fulness of human life lived in close
contact with the free. wild life of ma
ture, such as would have delighted the
heart of Rosseau or Thoreau. AS a
proof that this life is healthy, I give
the example OF a clergyman who died
four years ago 113 years old, having
managed to live all his days healthy
and happy On $50 a year, the aver
age stipend in the Icelandic church.
The sheep yield food and clothing.
Their wool is pulled off In the spring.
carded. spun, woven in hand looms and
worn undyed. You make shoes OF their
skin and spoons of their horns. Every
opportunity Is seized for the telling of
stories and reciting Of poems. Only the
milk ewes are kept at home in the
summer to be MIXED. The rest of the
sheep are gathered In from the noun
tains in aulumn, notice being given al
church from the pulpit.
The autumn gatherings, with people
sitting on the walls Of the stone in.
closure telling stories are quite Homer.
lie. The winter evenings are spent witt
each member of the family busy a,
work in the same room; the men on
their knees shaving the wool off thu
sheep skins. making ropes and nets o.
hair: the women using spindle and dis
taft. embroidering, etc, afford a still
better opportunity for stories and puns
There are ever wandering minstrel.
who gain their livelihood by recjtfns
prose or poetry, which they know b5
heart, at various farmhouses tin the,
exhaust their stock.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Yet He Wished Him Well.

From Harper's Weekly.
Between emotionalism and formal
Ism Ia religion says a Washington
clergyman, there Is a golden mean
a reflection that came to me recently
upon the conclusion of my remarks to
a colored congregation In Richmond.
II had invited All aged deacon to Of
fer prayer. o Lord prayed he, glib
dis pore brudder de eye of de agile, dat
he spy out sin afar aft. Glue his hands
to the gospel plow. Tie his tongue to
the line of truf. Nail his yere TO de
gospel pole. o his head way down
between his knees. 0 Lord, an fix hts
knees way down IN some lonesome.
dark. and narrer valley. where prayer
is much wanted to be made. 'Noint
him wifi de kerosene He of salvashun.
an set him ON fire
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Heard at tho opery.

would you advise me-" asked q
woman Of the funny man, Ito take 8,
husband?" No." replied the funny
man, take a single Tan let the mar,
ried men alone. "........A sneaking man
walked onto the stage, n suddenly
Here" called the funny man, half,
of that is mine. What did you pick
up?' Nothing" replied the sneakinr
u wipine his fingers on hts. coat
but dog gone a man who splits III 3;
Nickel. Women are crazy" said
the funny man: they fuss until they
get long dresses. and then they hold
'em up. Besides that, they wear Il.
buttons on their gloves. and two on,
their waists"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Beware of 0intments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
tenn when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never De
used except on prescriptions from reputa bic
as the damage they will do Is
ten-fold to the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufac-
Itured by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Toledo. O.. con-
'tnins no mercnry. and Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sur you get the genuine.
IL Is taken internally and made In Toledo,
Ohio. BY 3. ). Cheney & Co Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa don.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Nearing the End.

From ESerybod 8 Magazine.
. Joe Lincoln, whose Cape Cod folks are
well known characters, recently attend
ed a lecture. When asked how he
liked it. he related this little story:
j A stranger entered a church In the
middle Of the sermon and seated him
eelf In the back pew. After a while he
began to idEet. Leaning over to the
white haired man at his side evidently
IN old member of the congregation he
whispered:
How long has he been preaching7'
"Thirty or 40 years. l think" the
old mar answered. II don't know ex-
actly."
"IIl stay then" decided the stranger.
"He must be nearly done"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

ney and bladder Ills.
Judge Wills knows
the value of Doan's
Kidney Pills and will
answer the questions
OF any sufferer who
writes to him. The
Judge says: II take
pleasure In recon
Mending Doan's Kid
r.ry
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Looked or Mining Camp as a Myth

Every one in the West knows Of the
remarkably rapid growth of Tonopah."
remarked Phil S. Montague. the min
Ing stock broker. The camp spranE
ulation of thousands in a very few
weeks. The mushroom development
almost had the effect of unseating tho
reason of a citizen of Arizona; In fact
1t took much argument to convince
him tina he had net gone suddenly
'daffy.'
About a month or 50 after the birth
of the camp a crowd of men in front
Of a cigar store In the main street were
attracted by the antics OF a stranger.
He was looking wildly in all directions
as he came down the middle Of tho
street. muttering the while to himself
and occasionally stopping to shake his
head and rub his eyes. The boys be-
gan to guy him, and he turned his foot
steps in their direction.
me gents he said intel
ligently enough. out the fact Is that
I've gone nuts. What place is thisr
"'Tonopah, Nevada he was told.
The stranger shook his head sadly,
Its no use he said. I've got en-
1.-THE crowd became interested ana
learned his story. He was a sheepman.
who for years had made the trip from
a point in Arizona to southwestern
Utah each spring. returning IN the
autumn. his route lay through the
pass in which Tonopah is now situated.
n he knew h whole country, as he
said, by heart Only 1--WE weeks mr.
viously he had me through the pass
and encountered nothing but cactun
Returning. he had come Unexpectedly
upon a populous mining camp, bustIins
with life. He regarded 1t all as The
hallucination of a disordered brain.
I cit took considerable explaining t.
| convince him that what he saw was
real, and was delighted when finally
convinced that he was not insane"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Sad Memories.
FROM the Mlnneapolls journal.

3'O"f t"S
William James. the famous phychol-
ogtst of Harvard, said at q dinner in
Boston:
AN odor often recalls to us a child
hood scene. A voice brings back mem
Dries that we had thought buried for
over. AS we regard some stranger
landscape 1t often seems to us that we
have been there before. The oldest,
the most momentous associations Oft
entimes attach themselves to the most
krifing things.
Thu at a Thanksgiving dinner that
once attended. the hostess said TO a
e~our-faced man on my left:
May l help you to some of the
boiled rice, Mr.. Smith? p
Rice? No thank you; no rice for
me. Smith answered v~ehernently. Tt is
associated with the worst mistake of
my life"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
TO Be Settled Privately.
From yonkers Statesman.

Judge. Will you 40 me Il great "a.
vor?" asked the lady who was about to
be put upon h stand as a witness.
Certainly, miss: what is it?"
will you please ask rae my age be-
fore / take the oathYs
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

State Game Warden Stone, OF wis
consin, says that. the reports so far
made to him showed thai $3.50 deer
were shipped on the railroads during
timated that fully 10000 had heen
killed in the state during the reason
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Merchants Visit Milwaukee,.

This is the season when merchants
throughout the Northwest are turning to
Milwaukee for their spring and summer
stock. Milwaukee jobbers and manu-
facturers have in turn prepared for tho
occasion; A visit to the metropolis Of
Wisconsin will repay those who intend
to purchase their stock of spring goods
or place an order for machinery in any
of the renowned factories.
Milwaukee jobbers deserve the patron
age of the business men Of this city.
They offer good goods and as splendid a
display at right prices as can be found
anywhere. The absolute superiority Of
the product of Milwaukee's manufac-
lures is known throughout the world.
The reduction of the raiiread fare to two
cents a mile has brought Milwaukee
more closely in touch with merchants
generally who may now traveI Mt a mini
mum cost with maximum profit. While
in Milwaukee a visit to the rooms of the
Milwaukee Association of Jobbers and
Manufacturers, 45-49 University Build
ing, will bring any information that In
needed.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

suffering from kidney disorders, back
ache. etc. 1t Is the best remedy l have
' known and I will gladly answer
any questions about it"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-MtlburR Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Missed a Fortune.

Beiie-They say there's insanity In the
dukes family.
Bessie-Weil. I should say SO, His sis
ter Tilted a plumber and ran away with
y comic artist.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Must BE.

Ehe-.Is h such q credulous chap?"
He--.'1 should sey. Why he carries an
umbrella Il the weather man predicts
AnoM.,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
POLICE JUDGE WILLS.

will Gladly Answer the aue.tiona
of Amy Inquirer.
1t Is a generous offer that Police
Judge j. Fl. Wills, of Cloverport, Ky.
makes to sufferers from backache, kid
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

Three carloads OF honey have been
exported recently from Texas to Eng
land.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20

Very Particular.
auest-"Bring one portion Of a nude tur-
key
Waiter-Nude turkey?'
Guest-"Yes. Turkey without Dressing,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
Looking Forward.

Looking Forward.
Re61nald-Wm you marry me II I put
your skate on for you?
Virginia-Yes. Il you'll pI omise never to
get . kate ON Tor yourself.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
A Verx common Reed

a Very Common Breed.
Haymowe-Say. mister. what be thaa
dorg o'y urn, a setter or q pointer
Huntsman-Neither. Be's an u~psettsr
and a disappointer. r
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE.

From Octoberto May, Colds are the most fire.
guent cause of Headache LAXATIVE BROMO
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-20
oniop.. Onions. Onion.

600 bu. of Salzer's Red Globe Onion
per acre at O a bu. brings $4,000. That
pays.
$4,000 from 8 acres Salzer's Morning
Star Cucumber is well worth taking
along.
Gao bu. Ssizer's IL Fodder Earliest and
Best Pea sold in the green state at S1.5O
. blu. makes 100000 per acre. Such
yields Salzer's pedigree vegetables stand
for.
Foe 12c
and this notice the John A. Salzer Seed
Co. La Crosse. Wis. in order to gain
100000 new customers during 1908, will
mail you free their great plant and seed
ratalog. together with
q pkg. Quick Quick Carrot......S 10
4 pkg. Earliest Ripe Cabbage. 10
a pkg. Earliest Emerald Cucumber. .15
i pkg. La Crosse Market Lettuce. Is
4 pkg. Early Dinner Onion. $685.. 10
IL pkg. Strawberry Muskmelon.... Is
j pkg. Thirteen Day Radisb ..... 10
1000 kernels gloriously beautiful
dower seed Is
Total 90
Above Is sufficient seed to grow 35 blu.
Of rar.st vegetables and thousands of
brilliant flowers. and all is mailed to you
POSTPAID FOR &c,
or X you send 10c, we will add a pack
age Of Berliner Earliest Caulifower.
John A. salzer Seed Co, La Crosse,
Wiz. C. N. y.
A
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
The Badge of Honesty

Is on every wrapper of Doctor Pierce'S
Golden Medical Discovery because full
list of the ingredients composing it is
printed there in plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven it's superior
worth as blood purifier and invigorat-
ing tonic for the cure of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. 1t builds up the run
down system as no other tonic can in
which alcohol Is used. The active medic
inal principles of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queens root, Stone and
Mandrake root, Bloodroot and Black
Cherrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically pure, triple
refined glycerine. Send to DIR. r. v. Pierce
at Buffalo, N. Y, for free booklet which
quotes extracts from well-recognized med
ical authorities such as Drs. BarthoIow,
King, Scuddey, Coe, Ellingwood and a
host OF otheCS, showing that these roots
can be dOPended upon for their curative
action il all weak states OF the stomach,
accomplished by indigestion or dyspepsia
as well S iDall bilious or liver complaints
and In E1l/wasting diseases" where thero
is losI9Tiesh and gradual running down
OF tDystrength and system.
The rGolden Medical Discovery makes
rich, pure blood and so invlgorates and
regulates the Stomach, liver and bQWels,
Thus all skin affections, blotches, pimples
and eruptions as we'll as scrofulous swell
lings and old open running sores OF ulcers
are cured and healed. In treating old
running sores, or ulcers, 1t is we'll to in
sure their healing TO apply to them Dr.
Pierce's All-Healing Salve. Ifyour drug
gist don't happen 10 have this Salve In
stock, send fifty-four cents in postage
stamps TO DIR. r. v. Pierce, Invallds' Hotel
and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y, and
a large box OF the rAll- Healing Salve y
will reach you by return post
You can't afford to accept a secret nos
trum as substitute for this nom alcoholic,
medicine or KNOWN COMPOSITION, not
even though the urgent dealer may
thereby make little bigger profit.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigOrate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy 70 take
as candy. Ii1 ID. 70 Hf. ~
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
BABY TORTURED BY ITCHING.
Rash Covered Face and Feet-WouId
Cry Until Tired Out-Speedy
Cure by Cuticnrn.

My baby was about nine months old
when she had rash on her face and feet
Her feet seemed to irritate her most On.
pecially nights. They would cause her TO
be broken Of her rest, and sometimes she
would cry until she was tired out + had
always used Cuticura Soap myself. and had
heard OF so many cures by the Cuticura
Remedies that 1 thought / would rive
them a trial The Improvement was no.
hceaable IN a few hours, and before I had
USED one box Of The Cuticura Ointment her
feet were we'll and have never troubled bsr
since. also used il to remove what il
known as cradle cap from her head, and
II worked like a charm, as il cleansed and
healed the scalp at the same time Nov
keep Cuticura Ointment on hand in case
OF any lttle rash or insect bites, az IL
takes out the inflammation at onoe. Per
hops this may be the means of helning
other suffering babies Mrs. Hattie Cur.
Her, Ihomaston, Me, June o. 1905"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
One in Every Ninety Insane.

Declaring that one person in every
ninety in Cook county is mentally I'M
safe and requires watching. the State
Board of Charities will present its BIZ
ennial report to Governor Deneen; en-
dorsing the establishment at Kanka-
kee OF n training school for doctors
employed In the different detention
hospitals in the State While Cook
county contains a larger number Of
persons liable TO insanity than any
other part of the State, the general
average for Illinois is one in every
hundred, or total of $4,000 persons
who are liable at any moment TO be-
come insane. The report of the State
board states that the state institu.
tons for the insane are conducted too
much along the line of prisons, and
that the hospital side is not sufficient
~ developed. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Locusts are devastating Southern
Algeria.
A campaign against bull fighting is
being waged in Mexico.
Marshall Fields estate has been
inventoried at S75,000.OO0.
- The total length of railways now
working in Mexico is 13,507 miles.
A Berlin urchin accidentally struck
the Emperor in the face with a snow
ball
Frederick Weyerheuser owns 30.
100000 acres of timber land in the
West.
Admiral Nebogaton's sentence OF
ten years in prison was approved by
the Car.
At present we are importing seven
times as much sugar as the domestic
production.
Nova Scotia will train college stu.
dents in war engineering, a depart.
ment having been organized at Dali
housie University.
The Illinois Senate passed a bill
prohibiting cigarette smoking in pub.
l1c places by school or university pu-
pills under eighteen years of age.
Declaring Germany's aim is to
cripple Great Britain's power that
she may seize colonies, the editor OF
the Liverpool Post warns his country.
men.
Comte Henry de La Vaulx made
his two hundred and first ascent since
he began his career as an aeronaut
sailing over the famous terrace of St.
German, Paris.
Government ownership of tele.
phones is proposed by the Province
of Alberta, Canada Manitoba re-.
Gently voted for Government owner.
ship of telephones.
The li1uidator of Manuel Silviera
& Co. estimates that perhaps $780,.
900 worth of cattle has been stolen
from the Cuban pastures of the fugi
tive Havana banker, who has cor.
nered the cattle market in Venezuela.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
Deafness Cannot he Cured

bylocal applications as theycannot reach the
diseased portion Of the ear There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused byan
infiamed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tubeis in
famed you have u rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result and unless the indam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored TO its normal condition, hearing will
bedestroyed forever. Nine cases out Of ten
are caused bycatarrh, which is nothingbutan
innalned condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for apy
case ofDeafness (caused bycatarrh) that can
not be curedby Halls CGterrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. FL CHENEY 81 Co, Toledo. D.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for combination
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
Decline of the Drinking Habit.

Almost nothing else affords so strik-
ing an evidence of the moral improve
ment Of the American people as the
decline of drunkenness and of drink
ing. How great has been this decline
only persons of advanced years can
fully realize. Whether this is an eff
feet of the preaching of temperance
or a logical result of experience, or the
spread of habits of industry and thrift
or Of all these influences, is not APP
parent but the important thing is the
fact itself.-Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1908-05-19
DREADED TO EAT
A Quaker Couples Experience.

How many persons dread to eat
their meals. although actually hun
cry nearly all the timel
Nature never intended this should
be 80. for we are given a thing called
appetite that should guide US as TO
what the system needs az any time
and can digest.
But we get I'm a hurry. swallow our
food very much as we shovel coal
into the furnace, and our sense OF
appetite becomes unnatural and per-
verted. Then we eat the wrong kind
Of food or eat too much, and there
you are-indigestion and its accom-
panying miseries.
A Phila lady said the other day:
MY husband and j have been sick
and nervous for 10 or 90 years from
drinking coffee - feyerisb, indiges-
ton. totally unfit, a good part OF the
time. for work or pleasure We act
ually dreaded to eat our meals
I'VE tried doctors and patent med
lcines that counted up into hundreds
Of dollars. with little n any benefit
Accidentally. o small package Of
Postum came into my hands ] made
some according to directions, with
surprising results We both liked II
and have rot used any coffee since
THE dun feeling after meals has
left us and we feel better every way.
We are so well satisfied with Postum
that we recommend 80 TO our friends
who have been made sick and nervous
and miserable BY coffee" Name giv-
en- by Postum Co Battle Greek, Mich.
Read the little book The Road TO
Weliville, in pkgs There's Rea-
SON"