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Rheumatism Yields to MILAM Read The Proof; Former U. S. Postmaster , Recommends Milam. Gentlemen:-My niece suffered for many yean with a trouble pronounced by her physicians aa Urie Acid Rnenmatlsm. and although ho treated ber. she never obtained relief. Being well acquainted wich MILAM and knowing lt had been used successfully very frequently in similar cases. I determined to put her on lu She took six bottles with the happiest results. I regard ber as being entirely relieved, and will always take pleasure In recommending MILAM for Urie Acid troubles. Yours truly. C T. BABKSDALa Danville. Va.. July 18.1911 Spent $3,000on Rheu matism. Norfolk. Va?. July 23.1010. About five weeks ago I was Induced to take Milam for an aggravated caso of Ithematism, for which I had spent over $3.000 for all known remedies and tried many doctors, went to Hot Springs, but re ceived no benotlts whatever. For fifteen years I nave been a sufferer, each spring I have boon In bed and lncapltated for work until this spring, which. I am glad to say. I have been attending to my busi ness, feel une. splendid appetite ind feel confident that I will be a cured man from I .leuaiatlsm. I wish to say that MI iain has done all you claim It will do in my case, so far. and I look forward to a speedy rece s cry. and would not take five times tho amount of the prlco of tho medicine for what it has 4ono for me so far. Tours very truly, C. H- WADE. Business. Cor. Church and Lee Streets Rheumatism Entirely Gone. I was a great sufferer from Rheumatism and de ?ldod to try MILAM. I bought six bottles, and am now on my fourth bot tle. I can truthfully say that I have nover taken a medicine that has done mo as much good. My Rheumatism ls en tirely gone, m y com plexion greatly Im proved and my appen to good-In fact, I have not felt so well in a long time. I would not tako 150.00 for tho good your medicine has done mo. butin order to be sure that tho trouble is en tirely eradicated. I will take the two remaining bottles. I voluntarily elvo this testimonial, and cheer fully recommend Milan t o anyone suffering from Rheumatism. (Signed) ALBERT McBRIDB. Danville, Va. irs Guaranteed Ask the Druggist Prepared. "Gracious, "what is all that crepe for?" "I had a chance to get it at a bar gain, and, you know, my husband goes tn for flying!' TO DRLY?VDl*T MALARIA _ T??U HU I LD IT THE SYSTEM Take tho Old Standard GROVE'S TASTKLKS? CHILL TONIC. Ton know what you are laking. The formula is plainly printed on every bottle, showing il ls simply Quinine and Iron in a taste less form. The Quinine drives out the malana and the Iron builds np the system. Sold by all dealers for 50 years. Frico 50 cents. No Wonder. "What's your husband so angry about?" "He's been out of work six weeks." "I should think that would suit him first-rate." "That's it! He's just got a job." Character in the Eye. Beware of the man who does not look you clearly in the eye. He bas possibilities of evil in hi3 nature. T?ere are eyes which are luminous, others which seem to be veiled be hind a curtain. Men and women of the world are accustomed to judge human nature by the expression of the eye. Many peo ple read character by the eyes, and can thus distinguish the false from the loyal, the frank from the deceitful, the hard from the tender, the energetic from the indolent, the sympathetic from the indifferent. BEST SHE COULD SAY. Myrtle-I understand Miss Critic paid me a compliment last night. Natica-Not quite, but she came as near it as you could ever expect from her. She said you wore charming, but A Large Of Enjoyment Post Toasti? Served with cream, muk or fruit-fresh or cooked. Crisp, golden-brown bits of white corn-delicious and wholesome A flavour that appeals to young and old. ?The Memory Lingers" Sold br Grocers Postum Cereal Conway. Ltd. Battle Creek. Mich. Where Grant Received His Com mission as General. Old Lindsay Cabin Headquarters Where He Planned the Campaign Which Won Promotion and Started Great Career. I ron ton, Mo.-Of all the events of the Civil war that are being recalled In the half-century anniversary revi val of interest, few are of more gen eral interest than the story of Gen. U. S. Grant's receiving his commission as Brigadier-General on Missouri soil. A movement has been started to pur chase the site at Ironton of the deliv ery of this commissior for a natio: al park. The campaign "which Gen. Grant planned at the cabin which was his first headquarters as general brought him advancement from Brigadier Gen eral to Major General and was the real beginning of his career as a vic torious commander. A graduate of West Point, who had seen service in the Mexican war, Grant had left the army because he could not support his family on his salary. He tried farming near St. Louis, became a real estate agent without much financial success, and in 1860 moved his family to Galena, UL, where he became a clerk in his father's leather store. At the outbreak of the Civil war he drilled a company organized at Ga lena and accompanied them to Spring field, when it was sworn in and in corporated into a regiment. Gov. Yates obtained Grant's serv ices as inspector of state troops to re port to the government, an? when President Lincoln issued the second call for volunteers Grant was sent to Mattoon to muster in the regiment, ol which he became colonel. He has confessed that he was not confident of the outcome of his first skirmish, but he found bis opposing Grant's Ironton Headquarters. officer had le?s confidence and had re treated before Grant and his men ar rived. Grant said that the memory of that incident always gave him cour age when preparing to make an attack or when in the thick of the fighting. August 8 Grant arrived with his reg iment at Ironton, to relieve Col. B. Gratz Brown, who later became gov ernor of Missouri and who was a vice presidental candidate in 1872. August 9. President Lincoln signed the commission of Brigadier General Grant, aad this fact was telegraphed from Washington to Ironton. Grant vas encamped near a spring on the James Lindsay property, not far from the Iron County courthouse. When Lindsay learned that Grant had be come a general, he move- Mrs. Lind say and their babies to his farm near Pilot Kayob and tendered his mud chinked log nome to Gen. Grant for his headquarters. The offer was ac cepted and the Lindsay cabin became the first headquarters of Gen. Grant, although he spent a large part of his time sitting at an old pine table in the shade oi an oak tree in the yard work ing out plans for a campaign. It was while sitting in the shade of the now historic Grant oak that he received by mail, August 14, the commission of which h 3 had been notified by tele graph. August 30, Grant took leave of his regiment on the river campaign, which won his promotion to major general of volunteers in February, 1862. His later achievements are his tory. The Grant headquarter premises have been known for many years as "Emerson Park," the lato Judge J. W. Emerson having acquired the property and erected a fine brick residence on the site of the log house. In 18S6 the surviving members of Gen. Grant's regiment erected a statue of a fed eral soldier to mark the spot where he received his commission. The property is now owned by J. H. York,1 who maintains it a-: his resi dence, but a movement has been start ed to have the government purchase this property and the battlefield at Fort Davidson, a mile away, as nation al parks. Mrs. Lindsay, whose humble home was Gen. Grant's first headquarters, lives in St. Louis, but visits the thrill ing scenes of her young motherhood each summer. Lindsay, who died several years ago, was a union supporter and active in the Ironton Home Guards. He inti mately knew all the surrounding coun try and did some valuable scouting for Gen. Grant, who rode over to the farm several times to see that all was well with Mrs. Lindsay and her babies during Lindsay's absence. Disrobed by Lightning. Grover, Colo-Mrs. Henrietta Wil son, living ten miles northwest of Grover, was struck by lightning and every stitch of her clothing and her shoes were torn from her body. The bolt melted the bowl or a spoon she was holding, leaving the handle in her grasp. Not a mark was made on her body. She was unconscious for some time. $50 Thumb-Nail Insurance. Newton, N. J-Charles Heinsej finds his thumb-nail far more effective for his profession than any grainer"? tool. Thinking he might lose this novel tool by accident and have to pr tiently await regrowth thereof, ho took out an Insurance policy for $f>? thereupon. THE development of a few cases of Asiatic cholera in the gov ernment's hospitals in New York harbor, as the result of infection brought from abroad, resulted in calling to public attention two intensely interesting discoveries made in recent years in connection with the disease. The first is that the ailment ls not nearly as likely to spread in centers where it ls not actually epidemic as has generally been believed hereto fore; the second is the fact that there are persons who are "cholera carriers," accounting in many in stances for a longer incubation period than the formerly accepted one, which was from "a few hours to five days. These gains in knowledge should have a most reassuring effect on the public mind. It has been learned that cholera is not carried along by the wind; and persons who have been in the vicinity of cholera patients do not carry the germs of cholera away with them in their clothing unless such clothing has been contaminated by in fected discharges from the sufferers. The disease must be taken in through the mouth, so that, although extremely virulent and fatal, it is only infectious in the same manner in which typhoid and some of the other fevers are transmissible. The recognition of a class of per sons known as "cholera carriers" has resulted in a determination to extend the detention of all persons suspected of having been in direct contact with the disease until its presence or ab sence can be certified to after search ing bacteriological tests. This ex tended detention period goes a long way toward eliminating the danger of permitting the disease to gain a foot hold within our gates. The disease-fighting machine built up by Dr. Alvah H. Doty, the health officer of the port of New York, in his long years of service has kept the city and,, to a lcrge extent, the entire country remarkably free from import ed contagion. Asiatic cholera, a special irritant poison, which acts upon the gastro intestinal mucous membrane, is re garded by some as a contagious dis ease which progressively loses its virulent qualities. It is a native of Hindustan thought to consist of cer tain microscopic germs which, on be ing received into the system, propa gate their kind, cause an intestinal flux and destroy the epithelium. It is believed by many that these minute bodies are products of the rice plants on the banks of the Ganges. Rapid depression of all the mental ard physical faculties is an early symptom of most cases of cholera. The senses are irritable, the head aches and is confused, there is a dis inclination to sleep, the limbs totter under the weight of the body, the pulse is frequent and feeble and the skin ls cool and bedewed with per spiration. As the attack advances the patient falls into a dull, listless and motionless state due to the exhaus tion of all the faculties of the mind and body. Blood accumulates and stagnates in the veins, giving to the hands and feet, nose and limbs a bluish, leaden or violet tint like that of a cyanotic child. The cause of cholera is unknown. A high atmospheric temperature is everywhere associated with its preva lence and it always attains Its great est intensity during the hot months of the year. It is most apt to be se vere when excessively dry weather follows a wet period. Some physicians have thought cholera poison to be of an aerial nature, but its diffusion has no relation whatever to the ve locity or the direction of the wind. Its progress has never exceeded that of a man on land or water, nor has lt ever taken a direction different from that of commercial or military move ments. There is reason to believe the poison does not enter the system through the lungs or through any other channel than the gastro-intesti nal canal. According to Dr. Doty, cholera is not contracted in the same manner as smallpox, measles, etc., but through the mouth, by Infected food or drink containing the specific organisms of the disease, or by the hands or arti cles contaminated by discharges from the intestinal tract of those who arc carriers of this organism. O/Y Although lt is believed that the ord! nary period of incubation of cholera Is from one to five days, recent in vestigation has conclusively shown that an indefinite and prolonged pe riod may Intervene between the time when the specific organism is taken into the system of a person and the appearance of the symptoms of the disease. Furthermore, persons known as carriers, in whose intestinal tract the organism is present, may act as media of infection and transmit the disease to others and still remain well. The existence of cholera carriers has recently been very effectively con firmed and lt is explained that the organism may not be stirred into ac tivity so as to produce cholera in some of these carriers unless excited thereto by a debauch or some other irregularity of conduct. The danger of the introduction of cholera from one port to another is not so much by typical cases as the mild or Irregular ones, which often pass unrecognized. Cholera may ap pear in the form of a simple diar rhoea, which excitea^;ttle or no sus picion, or it may ap^fr in a mere ob scure manner, and ?sim?late some other affection. While certain articles of food or drink brought from an in fected district may contain .he spe cific organism of cholera and may subsequently act as media of Jifec tioD. there is reason to believe that this is not of very frequent occur rence. There was some agitation in New York last year as the result of the presence of a few cholera cases at the quarantine station, but the last real cholera scare was late in the summer of 1892. In the 60 years preceding 1S92 there were five epidemics of cholera In this country, resulting in 15.000 deaths. The first outbreak was in 1832, the second in 1834, the third' in 1848, the fourth in 1854, and the fifth in 1865. Asiatic cholera attacked with great virulence the 1,000 soldiers stationed at Fort Dearborn (Chicago) in 1832, the first year in which the East In dian destroyer appeared in North America, and 200 of them were ad mitted to hospitals in eight or nine days. The troops at this point were young and in good physical condition, but the poison germs had been brought to the country in immigrant ships and they had found victims In many Cana dian and United States cities. Fatal ities at the fort were large, but physi cians by hard work got some 700 of the men on their feet again, and in September of that year they were or dered to march to the Mississippi river in the neighborhood of the pres ent city of Dubuque. They had not traveled 50 miles, however, before cholera broke out in their ranks again and before the command could reach the river the percentage of deaths was as great as it had been at the fort " France's cholera death roll in 1832 was 120,000, and of this vast number 7.000 passed away in Paris in 18 days. The disease crossed the channel to Great Britain in the spring and sum mer of that year and sent thousands to their graves in England, Wales and Ireland. From Liverpool, Cork, Lim erick and Dublin there sailed five steamers filled with emigrants, many of them having taken flight from the epidemic. Cholera broke out on all of them and 179 of their passengers died on the voyage to Quebec. The living and the dying were hurried by the steamer Voyageur to Montreal, where those who were able to travel were scattered up the St Lawrence and to a half hundred Inland Canadian and United States towns. Almost in the time that it takes to tell the story cholera broke out at Kingston, To ronto and Niagara Falls, and a com pany of United States soldiers aboard the steamer Henry Clay took the death-dealing epidemic to Detroit, whence it spread along the great lakes to almost every place of 100 people as far as the "Soo." Eternal vigilance ls the price of human life in the battle with the first assistant to the undertaker. Cleanli ness and alertness should be tho watchword of everybody. Hygienic measures should be studied and dlsin fection practiced wherever there seems a possibility for the disease to break out ii ? Money I By Dr. Frank Grane ? mm Since the dawn of preaching we preachers have been threatening rich men with our right fist-and extend ing to them our left palm. It is hard ly to be wondered at that we find dif ficulty in being taken seriously. And our advice has been so confus ing that we have not had much effect. For now we exhort the youth to all the virtues, giving as an inducement the assurance that thus they will be enabled to get on; and now again we turn to those that have gotten on and warn them of the danger of riches. It might as well be asked, if riches be dangerous, why acquire them; and if virtues lead to riches, are they really worth cultivating? It may be well, therefore, to set down a few common sense facts In re riches and the relation of the same to the morai values. In the first place, monej is simply the token or sign of our common hum an wants. It means power, power over others, power to make our per sonality felt No wonder we want lt. Again it means liberty. Poverty is a curse. It ties the hands. It binds the mind. It narrows the soul. One who has to sweat ten hours a day for bread has no time nor strength lert to develop the higher part of himself. Money means also a full life. We can gratify our cravings, whether they be for beer or art, for Paris gowns or Wagner music. With money we have a chance to grow; without it we are stunted. Money, therefore, is simply concen trated-we might say canned-iuman value. It naturally follows that it Is gooa or bad, never of Itself, but only as giv ing opportunity to Its possessor. Here, then, we have the morai gist of the whole matter: money is simply-op portunity. It unlocks the door and bids the cramped and chafing passion go and do its will. It liberates desire. Hence it simply emphasizes a man. If he is good he can now be better, having more scope; if bad he can, and prob ably will, be worse. If Idle and use* less, he becomes a living fountain of Idleness and uselessness, poisoning others. So, money ls like any other gift; as beauty, which adds ?ower to the per son; or genius, which multiplies the efficiency of the mind and hand; or position, for kinship magnifies a com mon man to heroic proportions, in his influence on other men. Now, the sole relation of morals to power of any kind is this: that the moral sense adds to powei*-responsi bility. The root of any genuine moral feel ing is altruism. 'Given any desire, lt becomes moral as it takes a direction toward the welfare of other people; it is Immoral exactly In proportion as it disregards others and looks only to self. Wicked people, therefore, are" those who live, think, and do for self alone; and that whether poor or rich. Who ever says. "I would like to be rich, for I could do so much good with my money." should examine himself and ask what good he is doing with the little he has. It's all a matter of re lation. If one is not helpful and lib eral on $40 a month, he would not be so on 54.000 a month. In the ultimate realm of morals there are no commandments; there is only one to.st-do I live for myself or for others; ara I altruistic or egocen tric. The dawdling smart set, flitting from bridge to matinee, from theater to bedizened restaurant, from the club to the horse race, are wicked; but no wickeder than the better poor whe want to lead such a life, and who curse their lot because their selfish ness is bound and chained. To the real man, therefore, riches means nothing at all, as to his char acter; lt simply means an opening to give vent to his character. And a clear-eyed soul, that spes and realiz-s what responsibility means, ls never eager for power and opportunity, it ls easier to be good in moderate means than In riches for the principal reason that lt Is easier to bear a small than a great load of responsibility. "It ls hard for a rich man to enter the king dom of heaven," just because a rich man to be moral must be great And, unfortunately, great souls are scarce among great fortunes. The greatness of Jesus was not in his wisdom, magnetism, nor ethical perception, but In the fact that he was utterly altruistic; that is, he used all his powers not to advance himself but to help others. His tormentors un wittingly told the truth, and stated un knowingly his very secet, when, as he hung on the cross, they wagged their heads at him and cried: "He saved others; himself he can not save!" Forgiveness. 'There is forgiveness with thee thal thou mayest be feared."-Paa. 130:4. "Their sins and Iniquities will I re member no more."-Heb. 10:17. The book is full of the doctrine ol forgiveness. As for God, "He delight eth in mercy."-Mich. 7:18. In ordei to develop in man hope and help and health God floods the sacred book with promises of pardon. As a man reviews his life or any part of it he Is filled with regret and anxiety which sometimes and often turn into des pair. But a golden word in God's Word arrests his attention and shines like a brilliant star in the midst of his darkness: Forgiveness. Turning page after page of the Divine revelation he finds it-in the foregleams of ritual, in the radiance of prophecy, in the face and smiles of the Divine Master -Jesus our Saviour. Even his cross is changed into a star like the "star of Bethlehem." And as we gaze upon it lo,' it becomes a "Sun of Righteous ness." In that divine light we wh< follow Christ may walk day after day our lives filled with earnestness, fide ity, humility, gentleness, Christi:: courtesy, sweetness and light /IISUNDERSTOOD HER. Mrs. Reeder (making a call)-And does your husband interest himself In books? Mrs. Neuriche-No. Hiram keeps three bookkeepers. Could Take Her Choice. As the railroad train was stopping, an old lady not accustomed to travel ing hailed the passing conductor and asked: "Conductor, what door shall I get out by?" "Either door, ma'am," graciously answered the conductor. "The car stops at both ends."-Galesburg Mail. An Experiment. Nurse-What is the matter? Johnny-The baby is a fake; I threw him on the floor, and he d'<in't bounce a bit. / .THREE hours * after the first dose. That's all the time it takes for Ox?dine to "get busy** with a tor pid liver, sluggish bow els and kidneys and a weak stomach. Tones and strength ens vital organs. Tryjust one bottleof OXIDINE bottle proves. 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