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H^Hlndustry Which Pays a San Fran- c
BfBflCisco Han $5000 a Year?How He *
BScame to Take Up the Industry?
Manner in Which the Frog-s Are t
BU Raised and Prepared For the Table, i
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vT"! AISING frogs for the mar- i
ket is a curious industry s
HD in which a man in South i
San Francisco is realizing i
an income of $5000 a year. <
^^^ e""wouuld scarcely believe it pos- 1
96Ble unless he glanced through the 1
ffl^Bieh order book, but it is neverthe- i
iOBs a fact This prosperous frog ranch 1
ffiS owned and conducted by L. C. i
I^^Bmbs, who for many year9 has culti- i
IBted: the animals for the table. Many
tempts, especially in the West, have
en made to treed and perfect the
mmon frog, but in most instances
ley. have failed. The little creatures
e stubborn to a degree, they deftind
liberty and plenty of room. They
so require a certain kind of mud
intaining a peculiar mineral deposit
I which to hibernate. The food, too,
Ian important item; delicacies which
ley can procure for themselves when
I a wild state must be forthcoming
I they will die. With these obstacles
I the path of success, the average exIrimenter
in f-og raising soon befcmes
discouraged, and turns his atIntion
to something else upon which
p can count with greater certainty.
[How this pioneer frog-raiser in the
rest came to choose his peculiar call|g
is interesting. Always when a
by he, like many boys of the present
py, delighted to visit the old pond in
k the meadow and to scoop hiB felt
at full of wriggly, squirming little
idpoles. To watch their curious an- s
in Rwimminsr and the sleek fat l
Ilttle bodies darting through the water
las a never-tiring pastime. Later a
let frog was a special delight but
then maturity came with its responsibilities
his interest in the animals
bpsed for a time. Later, however, the
lid fascination returned. Once more
[ half-dozen or so pet frogs sunned
piemselves in bis back yard and
[opped among the flowers, catching
pay bugs and flies. Finally, it was
mmorcJd that "a feller out in Baden
las raising frogs." The neighbors
whispered, and the curiosity of the
ountry-side was aroused. At that
ime people who ate frogs were oonidered
in this country little short, of
larbarians. They were eyed askrnce
a most places, as many of us would
50k upon an eater of grass-hoppers or
nalros
i|A8 time -went on, a caterer In ore of
fthe French hotels heard of the ranch,
and one day, wanting a dozen or so i
frogs in a hurry, sent there for tiiem. ,
phe owner of the froggery scurried ?
lie fields and streams to fill that order, a
Lnd then it came to him that he might t
raise them for market. Soon the r
peighbors were surprised to see a high
board fence going up around an acre ^
[or so belonging to "the feller who a
[raised frogs." A screen of stoat wire ?
[was stretched over th% entire top; a ^
Icrew of workmen were busy with ee- c
pent, a wholesa!e froggery was in preparation.
The first animals wete wild t
rain frogs, many of which, ucaccus- r
tomed to the food provided and the c
confinement, died. Mr. Combs gave c
up his down-town business, and de- t
roted his time to scientific experi- c
Ijments, making ? systematic stuay 01
Ithe creatures. He made experiments j
l.with different soils and various methlods
of raising or lowering the water f
I temperature. A food, which is the >
Ifrog medicine, had to be discovered,
land then, too, something had to he *
done to protect the frog eggs and the
I tadpoles from their many enemies.
I'Alse the question of how to improve J
upon the flavor and quality of the .
flesh came in for a share of study.
Books upon the subject of frog raising
I were sent for even to London, but no
one had ever thought to make this
humble creature the subject of a book, r
so, of course, no such work could be
found. A year or more passed before a
much profit could be realized, then
;little by little the froggery began to ?
thrive. /Mr. Combs' study was re- j
warded by having no more dead frogs, {
almost every egg turned into a tadpole,
and thence into a table delicacy. (
That was years ago; each year since
that time has seen some improvement
and some new discovery; now, bow- .
*ver. the industry, having ceased to [
I be an experiment, is running on a
smooth basis with little or no trouble ?
to the owner, who once more has time 1
to devote pail of bis attention to other
enterprises. .
It is surprising to note the curiosity
Bbown by San Franciscans, in the (
enterprise, which is increased by the 1
extreme eccentricity of tbe frog
raiser. Never to any one's knowledge
during all the many years of its ex- c
Istence has any stranger passed the
bulldog at the gate of tne froggery.
.The place is hedged in by barriers on 1
all sides, high fences, with screens,
bolts, locks and many quaint devices to
frighten away all curious would-be dis- f
coverers of its secret j.
For the accommodation of the frogs, t
Mr. Combs has three ponds about forty <
feet in length, twenty feet in width, E
and from three to five feet in depth. j(
There is also an acre of sandy soil, a 0
portion of made marsh, and a tangled j
growth of mixed wild shrubbery pro- p
,vided for them. In this way they have f
many of the conditions they would en- p
joy in a wild state, yet they have also j
the advantage of ready food. On sun- >
ny days the banks of the ponds are *
filled with hundreds of the shiny crea- g
tures. At night the mingled chorus, or j
"frog concert," as the neighbors call it,
can be heard blocks away. Tht frog,
like almost every living creature, grows
to recognize a familiar vcice, and to s
hop across the yard when his partic- t
ular came is called. They like the d
touch of the human han<J, and several o
.Which have attained unusual size, and p
are therefore kept for pets, report reg- a
ularly to be fed by Mr. Combs. a
Although not credited with having e
much grey brain matter, they are still p
interesting studies, each one evidenc- z
ing a different disposition, much as a p
similar number of babies would do. t
Some are good-natured and refuse to b
guarrdt; others are naturally timid, and t
rtH. plnnge Into the water at the
ret commanding croak of a-savage
dult. Some are gluttons, grabbing all
be food and shoving the weaker ones
side in order to get the finest morsel.
Several out of a hundred Bhow deciddly
humorous qualities, and are inlined
to play practical jokes, or tease
l particular sleepy or comfortable
ooking cousin.
At the first suggestion of cold weath>r
the frogs dive to the soft black mud
it the bottom of the pona or marsn,
ind there they remain until the rays
>f the sun penetrate through. Aside
rom the several wild insects and
shrubs which Mr. Combs keeps a profound
secret, the frogs tire daily given
i portion of chopped raw liver, bread
?rumbs, water cress, and the chopped
eaves of other green domestic vegetans.
To catch a large order of frogs
n a few minutes, the stoppers >n the
;ank are pulled, the water drained off,
md there lies the game within easy
each of the net. Large shipments ar?
nade in cases especially provided foi
be purpose.
The idea has been entertained, bul
is yet no steps have been made toward
ts fulfilment, of canning the legs to
ill the demand in countries where
Tesh shipments are impossible. Several
prominent physicians in the Wesl
tre now recommending the broth, and
ilso the flesh of the frog, for invalids
n place of the time honored chicken,
t is maintained that the muscular, yel
ender white flesh contains more nutri
nent tiian any otner nesn in equ?i
imount. The flavor of the domestic
rog varies in like degree with any donestie
and wild game. In domesticity
:h6 frog attains a great size. sornt
eaching the weight of between three
md four pounds.
Now during the last few years orders
;ome in plentifully. With the invasion
>f foreign influence has come the de
nand for foreign foods, and this influ>nce
has also been the cause of the
netamorpbosis of the American pal
ite. Those who thirty years ago would
lave considered the frog unfit-for feunan
food now demand that edible, as
veil as snails. Very few banquets 01
arge dinners are given in the West
vithout either or both delicacies. Id
3an Fruncisco particularly frogs are in
lemand.
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?ery in the West, it devolves upoD
lim to fill the numerous orders that
;ome in, especially during the holilays.
Denver, Salt Lake City and al)
)ortions of the Middle West are upoD
lis order book. An ordinary banquet
>f fifty plates requires at least eigbl
lozen frogs. The order book of the
roggery shows that in one famous resaurant
in San Francisco $1500 worth
>f frogs legs were consumed during
he year 1902. ? Harriet Quimby, in
<ew York Post.
An Orange Pest in France.
The French Minister of Agriculture
las received from the Riviera a report
vbich shows that the orange growers
ire threatened with the worst of calunities.
A microscopic insect, scienifically
known as chrysumphalus
ninor, is the cause of an orange disuse
as potentially destructive as the
>otato disease which spread famine
Lnd devastation over Ireland fifty
;even years ago. M. Belle, an expert
n Nice, has been investigating the
origin and propagation of this malady
imong the oranges. The Council of
he Department of Nice has taken the
natter in hand. Orange growers are
ombining for the extirpation of
hrysumphalus minor. It is said that
he insect was imported from America
iome years ago, and that the first
iigns of its depredations were detected
n Florence. The creature attacks all
>arts of the orange plant?stem, leaf,
iower, fruit, everything. In his maure
state his coat of mail makes him
is impervious to ordinary "insecti ides''
as the bide of a rhinoceros to
t popgun's pellet He must be caught
'oung, early in March. That is the
jme when, because of his minuteness,
le most easily escapes detection.
X neuubiiip .?vrap I>UOK,
How often you discover in the pa)ers
and other periodicals a bit of
lews, with or without illustrations,
oncerning some friend or acquaintmce.
Your young neighbor, who has been
itudying art for the past three years,
las had a picture accepted for the art
inhibition.
Or old Mr. A. has attained his nineieth
birthday, and his photograph,
vith biographical sketch, is published.
Or the pretty daughter of a cousin
s married, or the great novelist you
net two years ago at a reception has
vritten a new book, a review of which
s printed.
These items of personal interest can
>e used as the basis of a most delightul
scrap book?a book that will iu rease
in interest with every year that
>asses.
No time is required to clip and paste
he little news items which one disovers
from day to day.
If. leisure is limited an ordinary
rtiff-backed scrap book can be used for
he purpose.
History in Tattoo,
There exists in Paris a famous proessor,
Pere Tible, who, to describe
liin in his own words, is an "engraver
ipon human skin." He Jives in the
Jrevelle quarter. As a kind of per anent
advertisement he exhibits his
eft arm, on which are "engraved," in
rder, all the Presidents of the Repubic,
from Thiers to Loubet. On the
irofessor's fcody, it *s stated, is to be
ound the whole history of France?
ortraits of Charlemagne, Henry IV.,
oau of Arc. Louis XIV., Robespierre,
napoleon, Gambetta, and others, with
scutcheons, fasces, flag trophies, and
imilar ornaments galore.?London Titbits.
"Why They "Turn."
Eright colors assumed by maples,
uxnaes and ampelopsis during the aunmn
.nftnths nrp thp TPSUlt Of the OXi
izing of the color compounds, or colr
generators, of the leaf cells. Long
rotracted cool weather is most favorble
to the production of autumn tints,
nd slight frosts that are not severe
nough to kill the cells hasten the dislay
of beauty by producing an enyme
that brings forth the bright pur<
les, oranges and reds. Leaves conaining
much tannic acid never give
right autumn tints, while those conatiling
sugar give* the very prettiest
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Profit In Poultry.
Is there anything on the farm that
pays better than poultry or the ben?
oska The Epitomist Some say that
there is no profit in poultry, but this
depends upon who is in the business.
In many homes the poultry money
clothes the children and gives the
farmer's wife raany a necessity that
otherwise she would be compelled to
go without. Often the hen on the farm
i is greatly neglected and has to pick
up her food wherever she can find
It, yet she attends strictly to business
and gives one an idea of her value
i when carefully attended tb. In many ;
of the poorer homes eggs are all the
money the families ever see, and these
are exchanged at the small 6tores for
necessaries. A few years ago it was
Rlmost impossible to get cash for eggs
in the country, but now there are regular
poultry agents who pass ever all
(he leading highways paying the highest
market prices for poultry and eggs.
When one gives time and study to
poultry it pays wonderfully, and some
go so far as to say that the hen is the
greatest wealth producer in America.,
However this may be, it is certain that
^more attention is being given to poul- try
than ever before. There are many
who use eggs as a substitute for meat,
nnd there will always be a demand
for them, no matter bow much the
price varies with the 6eason, and as
the highest prices are realized during
the holidays one ought to manage so
as to have the pullets come into lay|
Ing at that time. Neither the old fowls
I sor the pullets will lay during severe- !
ly cold weather, however, unless given
the warmth they require and the
proper food.
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The Farmer's Market Wa^on.
Farmers who regularly take produce
to market or deliver direct to customers
should have a wagon fitted with
conveniences for that purpose. Such
an outfit adds much to comfort and in
the long run saves expense, says a
New England Homestead writer in
describing the following devices:
Instead of wrapping the lines about
the whip or leaving them where they
often get beneath the horse's feet, why
not have a wire hook fastened to the
wagon overhead, as shown in the cut?
It can be easily made of stiff fencing
iwire and secured on the wagon.
//
' frame cubtain ? like HOOX ? T7Mbrella
holder.
At one side near the top two other
hooks, similarly fastened to the bows,
j hold an umbrella, as seen in the fig;
ure. This is kept there rain or shine,
; is never forgotten and left at home
.when most needed.
Instead of a rear curtain, why not
stretch the oilcloth or canvas on a
frame hinged at the top? It should
be furnished with stays, jointed like
those of a buggy top, as represented
in the drawing. It serves as an awning
and protects from sun or rain when
the driver is standing in market or
taking articles from the wagon.?Connecticut
Farmer. ^
Feeding For Profit.
We may be feeding the correct foods
to our poultry, but how are we feeding
them? If one is not very careful
the fowls will become indolent, especially
in winter, when they are confined.
If they can be induced to work
for their food it will be better for them.
Of course, all soft foods must be fed
in troughs, for if thrown upon the
ground a large portion of it would be
wasted, and besides the fowls would
be liable to eat dirt, snow, etc., which
is unfit for them. The grain that is
given them should be scattered here
and there among litter, and thus they
are afforded the exercise that they are
so much in need of. Feeding corn on
the cob is another good way to make
them exercise.
The feed trough must be cleaned
often, so that no disease germs may
accumulate. It will require cleaning
oftener in the summer, for if any food
is left in the trough it will soon become.
sour. Take hot water and an
old broom to it in winter and it .will
not be a difficult task.
Do not allow the geese, ducks and
chickens to live in the same quarters,
for if they do the chickens will not
do well. Ducks, especially, have very
untidy habits, create filth rapidly, and
unless they are frequently changed
to new quarters will cause very disagreeable
odors. Although they have
their drawbacks they are very valuable
fowls to have, any way. Every
year they are, becoming more poprlar
as table fowls; by many the meat is
pronounced superior to turkey. It is
not necessary to keep them until they
h?ve reached maturity before selling.
.When they are eight or ten weeks old
they are usually ready for the market.
During the first few weeks of a duckling's
life they require considerable
care, but after they get started to
growing they can stand considerable
roughing and do not 6eem to thank
any one for their care. Yards, fenced
with wire netting, two feet high, are
very good to keep the ducks in. They
can be moved ana cnangea xo new joeations
when necessary.?M. D. H., in
Indiana Farmer.
Lovf Averac* Prodnct.
An increase in the production of but.
ter and milk, by resorting to the breeds
adapted for such work, opens a market
for the grain on the farms. Every
farmer who can contrive to utilize his
crops on the farm saves the several
costs of commission, transportation
and other incidentals, and this
amounts to a large sum when estimat
ed for the whole country, 'mere are
thousands of farmers who keep cows
which do not produce over three
pounds of butter per week, and it is
safe to claim that there are also thousands
of coi?s that do not average lftO,
JzJ.'OL \lrti It ? < A. i'I.'C.! - S. ^ \ V~-~
jssbi
pounds of butter in a year, and tlieyi
are not difficult to find, even in this
section. The cow of an improved breed
assists the farmer to bave a home market
because sbe demands more food,
which she converts into a large quantity
of milk and butter, tbus not only
enabling him to dispose of bis crops
to better advantage, but to derive larger
profits because of tbe decreased expenses
for labor, shelter and food in
proportion to product derived. The
$200,000,000 produced in the form <#
butter could easily be increased to
$400,000,000 if better cows were used.
Cheap grain can be converted into an
article of higher price. It is claimed
that there are three pounds of butter
that can be gotten from a bushel of
corn by feeding to good butter cows,
but it does not pay for the labor when
the cows are not capable of fully utilizing
the corn for the purposes intended.
The foundation, therefore, is
in the kind of stock used. The cow
is the real factory for producing butter,
and the greater her capacity the
more thoroughly the raw material is
manufactured into the product?Philadelphia
Record.
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Ponltry Notes.
Coarse bones in fowls indicate coarse
meat.
Regularity and carefulness are the
keynotes of success in poultry culture.
Both the poultry and the keeper need
grit See that both are well supplied.
February is a good time to plan, if
not to make, the yard* fer spring
breeding.
Don't keep more fowls than you can
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uiienu iu tvcu. i/uuluJ
money losers.
Never carry a fowl by the legs with
its head down. It is an old and cruel
fashion. Just as much so as carrying
a duck by its neck, or a rabbit by its
ears.
A grange in New York, at a public
meeting, figured it out that a hundred
hens will, in a single season, beat four
cows by $40 as producers of revenue.
In this case figures did not lie.
A good game hen will whip a cat,
a rat, or a hawk, and fight anything
that molests her brood. A few on a
place are good to have about, as they
never have bad luck in raising a fam-;
ily. P.
Tumbledown's fowls perch on his
farm wagons and implements under
the trees. , They are too weak from
starvation to fly up into the branches.
The beautiful snow is their only covering.
In raising winter chicks for broilers,
do not make the mistake of removing
them from a heated brooder to a cold
house before they are full feathered.
This will stunt their growth every
time. They need artificial warmth at
this season, from start to finish, to
keep them growing and thrifty.
Sam Jones' Dog.
Sam Jones has spoken again, and of
course he couldn't get through a paragraph
without reference to "a yaller
dog." Sam and his rhetorical dog are
inseparable. The dog always points
an epigram and illustrates a fable.
Wherever Samuel goes this dog is sure
to go; if it is a sermon or lecture, or
only an interview, the dog is called
up and exhibited.
Sometimes Sam's figure is varied.
He may say to his audience, "Some of
you old yaller dogs out there don't believe
that, do you?" This always
fetches a great roaring, reverberating
laugh. Wit is said to consist in the unexpected.
But if you have ever heard
of Sam Jones that dog isn't unexpected.
You know, or ought to know, that
it will be trotted in presently in one
form or another. It may be introduced
to you as a "cabbage eared coon dog,"
or only a "bull pup," but it is the same
old rlncr Tt flrrnmnnnies Sam Jones
everywhere, as the faithful Snyder
followed Rip. We have taken a great
fancy to this canine and should be
greatly disappointed if Preacher Jones
didn't put him through his tricks at
any lecture or "speakin'" in which he
took part. We should feel like calling
out: "What's the matter, Sam; have
you lost your dog?" This dog is unquestionably
popular. His appearance
is always greeted with a broad and
laughing countenance, and we hope J
that the dog and the inimitable Sam
will continue on to a green old age
together.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Real Guardian Angel.
The late Edwin Lord Weeks, the
painter and illustrator, had always a
great dislike for dogs. It was amusing,
his friends say, to bear him barrangue
against dogs, and innumerable
were the stories reflecting upon dogs
in an unfavorable light which Mr.
Weeks had on the tip of his tongue.
"I dined last night." he said one day,
"with Blank. After dinner Blank and
I went into the library to look over
some John Leech prints. Blank was
talking learnedly about Leech, when
he heard his wife in the nest room say:
"'Where is my guardian angel?'
" 'Here I am, my dear.' Blank called.
"But his wife retorted:
" 'Oh, 1 don't mean you; I mean Fido.'"
A Thought For the We?li.
Read not to contradict and confute,
nor to believe and take for granted;
nor to find talk and discourse, but to
weigh and consider. Some books are
to be tasted, others to be swallowed,
and some few to be chewed and digested.
That is, some books are to be
read only in parts; others to be read,
but not earnestly; and some few are to
be read wholly, and with diligence and
attention.?From Lord Bacon's Essay,
"Of Studies." .
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SISTERS
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CATARRH, (
uawu' Peruna for coughs
andtolds in\ children*
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SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH H|
Use Pe-ru-na for La Grippe and E
Winter Catarrh. I
IN EVERY" country of the civilized E
world the Sister3 of Charity are known, m
Not only do they minister to the spiritual K
and intellectual needs of the chases com- n
mitted to their care, but they alsoSpinister
to their bodily, needs.
Whenever coughs or colds, la grippe or jfl
pneumonia make their appearance among E
the children these Sisters are not discon- M
certed, but know exactly the remedies to S
apply. p
With so many children to take care of ?and
to protect from climate and disease
these wise and prudent Sisters have found
Peruna a never-failing safeguard.
| Sisters of St. Joseph, of the Deaf Mute
i Mo., writes:
T " We appreciate Peruna very muc
T ivith catarrh and also with colds and
T runa and have inspired many others
T without it. It has certainly kept us
t world of good last winter for our ItttI
| kindness to us and our afflicted ones,
*
Dr. Hartman receives many letters from
Catholic Sisters from all over the United su
States. A recommend recently received ru
from a Catholic institution in Detroit, in
Mich., reads as follows: ch
Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio:
Dear Sir :?"The young girl who used ol
the Peruna was suffering from laryn- St
gitls, and loss of votce. The result of rt
the treatment teas most satisfactory.
Site found great relief, and after wi
further use of the medicine xce hope
to be able to say she is entirely cured. " ta
Sisters of Charity.
This young girl was under the care of
the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna ?*
for catarrh of the throat, with good results
as the above letter testifies.
From a Catholic institution in Cen
trail Ohio comes the following recom- A
mend from the Sister Superior:
"Some years ago a friend of our insti- n
tution recommended to us Dr. Hartman's ?
Peruna as an excellent remedy for the in- ae
fluenza, of which we then had several casea -A.
which threatened to be of a serious character.
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Mexico, D. F.
"Mexico, D. F.," as the postmark on
nil Mexican postal matter reads, means
"District Federal," or Federal District,
and corresponds to our Washington,
D. C.
Billion Dollar Grass and Alfalfa.
When we introduced Billion Dollar
Grass three years ago, little did we dream
it would be the most talked of grass in
America, the biggest, quick, hay producer
on earth, but this has come to pass.
Agr. Editors wrote about it. Agr. College
Professors lectured about it, Agr. Institute
Orators talked about it, while in
the farm home by the quiet fireside, in the
corner grocery., in the village postoffic*. at ,
the creamery, at the depot, in fact -wherever
farmers gathered,.Salzer's Billion Dolls
Grass, that wonderful grass, good for
5 to 14 tons per acre, and lots of pasture
besides, is always a theme worthy of the
farmer's voice.
A. Walford, Westlore Farms, Pa.,writes:
"I have 60 acres in Salzer's Alfalfa Clover.
It is immense. I cut three crops this sea- I
son and have lots of pasture besides."
j vst send tine notice and IOC. IN
stamrs
to the-John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis., and receive their big catalog and lots
of farm seed samples free. [A.C.L.]
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Successfully used by Mother Gray, nurse in
the Children's Home in New York. Cure
Feverishness, Bad 8tomach, Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the Bowels and
Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimonials.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed Fkee.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y.
It doesn't take very much of a philos- m
opher to draw moral deductions from the _
misfortunes of others. a
Mrs. Winslow'sSoothingSyrupforchildren i
teething, soften the gums, reduces inflamma- ?
tion,allays pain,cures wind colic. 25c. abottle I
The most costly chair in existence be
longs to the Pope. It is of silver?worth
$90,000. 7
In Finland reindeer are worth $7.50 a C
"head. A reindeer can travel about 130
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h. It certainly does good work s]
la grippe. We have faith in Pe- I "
with same. We do not like to be ? n
from being very sick. It did a * w
le ones. Thanking you for your ! I
we remain, yours gratefully, *
" SISTERS OF ST. JOSEPH.? ?
"We began to use it and experienced a
ch wonderful results that since then Pena
has become our favorite medicine for "
fluenza, catarrh, cold, cough and bron
itis." t<
Another recommend from a Cath- tl
ic institution of one of the Central Q
ates written by the Sister Superior
iad.8 as follows: 11
"A number of years ago our attention "
is called to Dr. Hartman's Peruna. and
nee then we have used it with wonderful
suits for grip, coughs, colds and ca- u
rrhal diseases of the head and stomach. si
"For grip and winter catarrh especially s<
has been of great service to the inmates is
this institution." ii
SISTERS OF CHARITY " ?
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11 OTer the United States Use Pe- ^
ru-na for Catarrh.
A recommend recently received from a t(
itholic institution in the Southwest reads a
i follows:
Prominent Mother Superior Says: g
"I can testify from experience to the
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medicines, and H
gives me pleasure to
add my praise to
that 01 thousand!
who have used iti
For years I sufJ
fered with catarrh;
of ihe stomach, all remedies /
proving valueless for reliefj ...:U
Last spring I went to Coloj
rado, hoping to b? benefited
by a change of climate, anal
while there a friend advised'
le to try Peruna. After using two bottlef
found myself very much improved. Th# . >
emains of my old disease being now to>
light, I consider myself cured, yet for a]
'file I intend to continue the use of Pe-j'
una. I am now treating another patient:
ith your medicine. She has been sick
ith malariaand troubled with leucorrhaea,i
have no doubt that a cure will be speed*'
\r offao+oA 99 : ^
These are samples of letters received*
y Dr. Hartman from the various*
rdcrs of Catholic Sisters throughouti
ie "United States.
Ttie names and addressee to these let-;
?rs have been withheld from respect to;
ie Sisters, but will be furnished on request.
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One-half of the diseases which affliofe
iankind are due to some catarrhal deingement
of the mucous membrane lining
>me organ or passage of the body.
A remedy that would act immediately
pon the congested mucous membrane, rearing
it to its normal state, would con;quentlv
cure all these diseases. Catarrh
i catarrh wherever located, whether it ba
i the head, throat, lungs, stomach, kideys
or pelvic organs. A remedy that will
ure it in one location will cure it in all loltione.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever
icated.
If you do not derive prompt and satis facjry
results from the use of Pernna', write
t once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statelent
of your case and he will be pleased to
ive you his valuable advice, gratis.
Address Dr. Hartman, President of The
[artman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
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