KOXIffiTTO ITS POWEBS FOS EVIL
Contagious Wood Toison lias brought more suffering:, misery and humilaJ
i
iion into wie worm man an oiner uiweases combined j there is hardly any
limit to its powers for evil. It is the blackest and vilest of all disorders,
wrcckinir the lives of those tin fortunate cnouirh to contract it and often Initio-
pill
transmitted to innocent ofTsorinir. a ijlifhtino- lofnrvnf fliifiWino- nnrl 1irimr
So highly contagious is the trouble that innocent persons may contract it
jiv using the same table ware, toilet articles or clothing of one in whose
blood the treacherous virus has taken root. Not only is it a powerful poison
but a very deceptive one. Only' those who have learned by bitter experience
know by the little sore or ulcer, which usually makes its apnearance first, of
the suffering which is to follow. It comes in the form of ulcerated mouth
and throat, unsightly copper colored spots, swollen glands in the groin,
falling hair, offensive sores and ulcers on the body, and in severe cases the
finger nails drop oil, the bones become diseased, the nervous system is shat
tered and the sufferer becomes an object of pity to his fellow man. Especi
ally is the treacherous nature of Contagious Wood Poison, shown when the
infected person endeavors to combat the poison with mercury and potash.
These minerals will drive away all outward symptoms of the troubles for
a while, and the victim i3 deceived into the belief that he is cured. When,
however.the treatment i3 left off hefindsthat the poisonhas only been driven
deeper into the blood and the disease reappears, and usually in worse form
because these strong minerals have not only failed to remove the virus from
the blood but have weakened the entire system because of their destructive
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TEBBOB WHEN HE'S CUANX!". Identified.
" Senator Tillman tells a story on him-
aoh a Main Shopper I Dodged a s : lf aft to how lie was Identified by a
Pestilence by the Clerk. ; post office money-order clerk when he
"When men are crunks," said the , first arrived at the Capital City,
glove cierk, to a New York Telegraph After being In the city a few dnys he
writer, "then nothing can reform them. '. dropped In at the post office to cash a
An a rule, men are easier to wait on J money-order.
than women, but when a man in a j "Do you know any one here who
crank then prepare for the worst. A j could Identify you?" asked the clerk,
few men, or rather mollycoddle, In- j "Well, no," the senator answered. "Is
slut on wearing gloves that are too ' that necensary? I am Ben Tillman, of
Bmall for them. Of course, with them j South Carolina.
half of the guaranteed gloves are re- The clerk smiled, then asked tho sen
tuniod with a silt In the seam. Then;ator If he didn't have some letters or
they 'wonder what on earth is the mat- papers that would make hlin known to
ter with the gloves now, you used to ' the post office authorities,
carry such a good stock. He forgets I The senator had put on a new suit
that perhaps his band has grown since that morning, and had neglected to
be first began to wear gloves. , i transfer his letters, but he had his
"The other day a man came In and pocket book with him. Digging down
asked to see some garden gloves. 'What , In bis trousers pocket, he drew forth
size do you wear?' I asked. , his wallet and proceeded to search for
" 'Well, It doesn't really matter what an article of identification, but could
size. I Just .want to wear them when find nothing but a small photograph of
I am working in the garden. How mniseir.
For
Poor
Thin,
loo
much are they?'
" Twenty-five cents.'
"Twenty-five cents? Haven't you
anything cheaper?'
"I showed him a 10-ceut pair.
"'Yes, these will do. And, by the
'This will do, I suppose," he said,
handing It to the money order clerk.
"Why, sure! That's you all right,"
remarked the man behind the counter,
handing over the cash. LIpplncott's.
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Vitth... .t11 Ua flT4n.W. Qs.thf.
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as-er that I patronized this store. My . auring teeming penoa
name Is Smith, and I'm trying to get
him Interested In some life Insurance.
"You'd be surprised at the number
Maxims of a Graft Widow.
You don't know what love is until
you've bad a, spat and kissed the tears
of women who protect their husbands away.
by doing their shopping for them. The There's no success in the world like
other day a lady came In and bought ; the success of the successful debutante,
a pair of gloves for her husband. Bhe ! Some Kir,s know that 'ew mea r
had picked them up from a bargain TT0 KtJU lleht that hlnes rom
. i ,lr, -.,,., f ,1 T V.,, . cii acin tec...
LvUULcr iu uui ucjai Lijjcui auu t uau j
wrapped them up without looking at
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Expert Demoralized.
Penelope Mr. Lightweight Smith i
falling off in his golf.
Percy Yes ; when he is at home he ha
to play croquet with his aunt. Brook'
Ivn Eaile.
Bt. Vitus' Dance and all Nervous Disease
Smelling Steel by Electricity.
"The enormous quantity of Iron ore
which Is being 'Hcooped from the ranges
about Lake Superior, dug out of the
hills of Alabama and Tennessee and
hoisted from the deep pits of Pennsyl
vania, has caused the geologist and
mineralogist to make startling predic
tions. Some of them have gone so far
as to say that we ore approaching an
era when iron may rank among the
rarer metals because of Its scarcity.
Even James J, Hill, the railroad mag
nate and developer of the Northwest,
who was one of the first to realize the
vast deposits of ore In the Superior
ranges, has made the prophecy that
perhaps within a half century most of
the richer ore beds will be exhausted
and that we may be obliged to go out
Blde of America for much of the raw
material for our smelters and fur
naces." Technical World Magazine.
They Let It Go at That.
They were holding down the parlor
of a together.
"Women," he remarked to the dear
crlrl hv hid ft!i1r "jifa nnr trnnrl llnran.
b.. j - , - - o -
ers."
The dear girl said nothing.
And the dear girl's mother, who was
doing an eavesdropping stunt at the
key-hole, was not In a position to con
tradict him. ; !
Altray Tho.
"Throgglns, have you named the baby
yet?"
"Yes, I've named her Nancy Jane, but
her mother prefers Veronica Angelina,
and that's probably what the poor little
thing will be christened."
The Father Remember, my son, that
now you are through college your hard
est study begins.
The Son Yes, father; I suppose I'll
have to begin studying the time tables
now. Yonkers Statesman.
The Croked Son.
William Knoepfel, of St Louis, has
Invented and hopes to patent a secret
plowing method for the cure of bald
ness.. "A genuine cure for baldness," said
Mr.' Knoepfel the other day, "should
make a man very rich. Why, men
grow rich on fake cures. It Is amaz
ing, It really Is, what fakes some of
these cures are. Yet there's money
In them."
Mr. Knoepfel gave a loud, scornful
laugh. , f
"In their profitable crookedness
they remind me," he said, "of the
third son of the old eccentric. Per
haps you have heard the story? Well,
an old eccentric died, and left his
fortune equally to bis three sons. But
the will contained a strange proviso.
Each heir was to' place $100 In the
coffin Immediately before the Inter
ment "A few days after the Interment the
three young men met and discussed
the queer proviso and Its execution.
'"Well," said the oldest son, my
conscience is clear. I put my hundred
In tbe coffin In clean new notes.'
"'My conscience is clear, too,' said
the second sou. 'I put in my hundred
In gold.'
"'I, too, have nothing to reproach
myself with,' ald the third son. 'I
had no cash at the time, though; so
I wrcte out a check for $300 In poor
dear father's name, placed It In the
coffin and took !n change the $200 la
currency that I found there."
Nothing- Funny About It.
Mrs. Malaprop Did you , hear about
that poor man's accident while shavin'?
It was an awful cat's thrope.
Mrs. Browne (laughing) An awful
what?
Mrs. Malaprop O ! it ain't no laughin'
matter. He cut his jocular vein. The
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Kind You Have Always Boutrht has borne the Rio-Tin..
ture of Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his
personal supervision for over SO years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-grood " are but Experiments, and endanger tho
health of Children Experience against Experiment.
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Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil,' Pare-
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them very closely. 'You are sure these i4WJ?OTKffiitriiS3
are the latest In men's gloves?' she treatise. ur.H. H.KU:ie.iid.,iai Arch Bt.,rhUa..i'.
asked. I told her we had just got
them In that very day.
Clever Scheme.
"My new play is sure to make a hit,"
"The next day a man came hurrying gaid the popular actress. "It gives me
up to the counter. A little energetic an opportunity to display twenty new
business man. 'My wife bought these gowns.
"My!" exclaimed her friend. "How
many acts?"
"Only four, but In one of them the
icene is at the dressmaker's." The Cath-
here yesterday. Bhe said from sales
man 25. Is that your number?'
"I replied that It was.
" 'Then, for heaven's sake, look at ' ilic standard and Times.
the gloves you sold her for me. Man, - '
. . . , . , . . . Shake Into Your Shoes
I have to wear those things to drive A:ien,g Foot.Eftse. a powder, it makes tight
In : not to wear to pink teas.' or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for
lnt u. tLk sweating, ctllous and hot, tired, achine feet.
"'Well, WhatS the matter With Bold by all Druceists. Price 25c. Triafpack.
age mailed FREE. Address Allen S, Olmsted,
them?' I asked.
"He handed me the gloves and I
looked at them. They were a pair of
ladles' embroidered silk gloves that had
probably been thrown on the bargain
counter by mistake."
LeBoy, Kew York.
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Naturally.
The youngest member of the family
iad taken enthusiastically to pyrography.
She had just executed a design repre
lenting a little girl playing with the cat
in front of an old-fashioned fireplace.
"It is well done, Bertha," Baid her
Mother, Inspecting Itj "but you have
managed somehow to make the little girl
. look scared."
"Thiir' all rirhr. mBmma." . answered
With the exception of astronomers, Bertha. A burnt child dreads the fire."
A SENSITIVE LENS.
There Seem Something Almost Sn
pernataral In tho Big; Glaaaea,
few persona have any Idea of the Chicago Tribune.
wonderful sensitiveness of tbe lens of
a telescope. These marvelous artlfl-
Coal Dut Problem.
The most difficult Dart of the coal
clal eyes can be produced only by the dust probiem Is to discover what ele-
exerclse of the most scrupulous care ment8 mugt necessarily be present In
In the selection of the glass Itself, a coai to make the dust dangerous,
eonsumate skill and Inexhaustible Some experiments have been carried
patience. The process of grinding 0n with this end In view, but the re-
and polishing often occupies several suits obtained have not been partlcu-
mcntha. When the lens of a big tele- larly enlightening,
scope Is completed It constitutes one
of the greatest marvels wrought by
man. '
An article In the Literary Digest de-;
scribes how the sensitiveness of a
lens was Illustrated by Alvan Clark,
the greatest lens-maker America has
produced : f
Mr. Clark walked down to the lens
and held bis band under It about two
feet away. Instantaneously a marvel
ous spectacle burst Into view. It
seemed aa If the great glass disk had
become a living volcano, spurting forth .
Jets of flame.
The display was dazzling. Waving, '
leaping, dancing, the countless tongues
of light gleamed and vibrated ; then. !
fitfully, reluctantly, they died away,
leaving the lens reflecting only a pure,
untroubled light.
What Is it? How do you account
for the wonder? were the eager ques
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alternately expanding and contracting
the glass. If the hand had been put
upon tbe lens Itself, the phenomenon
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To a person more ignorant of lenses
the almost supernatural sensitiveness
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register with unfaltering nicety the
approach of a person fifty or a hun
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Elephant Can Cnrrr a Grndgre,
A Hindoo mahout was employed
with a working elephant In Bangkok,
Slam, and frequently used a steel good
In defiance of all warnings. Tlie re
sult was that bis elctihant made fre
quent atempte to kill hlxn, and finally
the roan was discharged. Nearly four
years afterward, by a most remark
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mahout met again In Maulmaln,
Burma, and no sooner was the big
tusker out of sight of the sawmill and
well Into Che forest than be curled his
trunk up backward, seized his old per
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