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- . Efyk'|||f She Evolution of I. Household Remedies. [ The modern pateut medicine busimess is the natural outgrowth of the old-time household remedies. ? v In the early history of this country, M BVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME||*| MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas, bitters, laxatives and tonics, were to be ^ found in almost every house, com* pounded by the housewife, sometimes tassisted by the apothecary or the fainay doctor. Such remedies as piera, \ which was aloes and quassia, dis ootveu in appie oranay. sometimes a bop tonic, made of whiskey, hops and bitter barks. A score or more of pop^ Clar, home-made remedies were thus V compounded, the formulae for which were passed along from house to boose, sometimes written, sometimes verbally communicated, v The patent medicine business is a | J" natural outgrowth from this wholejfjr some, old-time custom. In the begin- i ning some enterprising doctor, im- | *$$ pressed by the usefulness of one of i these home - made remedies, would j ggptake it up, improve it in many ways, ! manufacture it on a large scale, ad- j E&* vertise it mainly through almanacs for the home, and thus it would be- 1 if*"-* come osed over a large area. LATWBRLY THE HOUSEHOLD REMEDY j BUSINESS TOOK A MORE EXACT ! SCIENTIFIC FORM. Peruna was originally one of these i eld-time remedies. It was used by i ^;the Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, be- j p - fore it was offered to the public for jp>-tBde. Dr. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL j ^COMPOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of ! Mennonite origin. First, he pre^ jimhpd if. fnr hi? npitrhhors and his ! ^ jpatients. The sale of it increased, at last he established a manufac- ; tory and furnished it to the general l|fe, Peruna is useful in a great many jdimatic ailments, such as coughs, j colds, sore throat, bronchitis and catarrhal diseases generally. THOU- j SANDS OP FAMILIES HAVE USARXED THE USE OF PERUNA Its value in the treatment of these WBilments. They have learned to trust j ?iV?nd believe in Dr. Hartmau's judgand to rely on his remedy, Pe- j |Mica Axle Grease, i jfi ft lengthens the life of the /?/ b A "wagon?saves horse- m jsT power, time and tea- ftjgl j per. Best lubricant in ftjij world?contains ffljj1 ||iR hard coating on axle, end ftjl //^| v reduces friction. ftftf' j | ^ If yon want your outfit ft/(Iff J g to to* and earn money [ftft / " | while it lasts?greaSe KIjj E ^ yPtte axles with Mica \{SI E vt JP Axle Grease. Wj I Ijfr UMBARB OH GOMPAHT I W Protective Paint Pure White Lead Paint protects ?l property against repairs, replacement ^ . and deterioration. It makes buildings ??-. : look better, wear better?and sell betPv' ter. Use only Pure Linseed Oil and < Pore White Lead made by the Old Dutch Process, which is sold in I? kegs with this Dutch Boy trade mark Sjfe on the side. i This trade mark protects you against fraudu1 l$at White Lead .< "-v. adulterations and /\\ \ substitutes. / \^S)gL \ SEND FOR I j ?> (tree raluabie infor atton on the paint abject. Sent frea All lead packed in Pk-Lm ../fab B Q90A reqLutMt. > ???? * national lead company . RSV fin "whichever of the foUov>~ ing cities is nearest you: ?, Hew York. Boston. Buffalo. Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago. St. Louis. Philadelphia [John T. Lewi* & Bros. Co.] Pittsburgh J" (Katloaal Lead A Oil Co. J ? - I Lemon Elixir. I ] B Is a sure cure for all B J B Liver Troubles B B and a preventive of B B and other fevers. B j |p ^Grandparent 9j B ; JM Ask Your Neighbor ^ flj 50c. and $1.00 per bottle Ijfj BULL KILLS A MATADOR. First Death of the Kind in Mexico? H'3 Unlucky Day. Bui] fighting in Mexico has had its i first death; that i3. the first death of a human being. The superstitious will nod sagelv when they learn that the fatal fight occurred on the 13th of January. ! According to Modern Mexico It was j a great day. Antonio Montes, a favorite matador, had had trouble get| ting one bull, a native Mexican proI duct, into a good position for the j final thrust. When he did so. after ! much maneouvring. he himself was I backed up against the wooden fence j which surrounds the ring, j He killed the bull "beautifully." but in the animal's dying rage the bull I i raito-ht and threw the matador three I limes, inflicting the fatal injuries. After preparing the body for shipment back to Spain, where all good ' bull fighters come from and where they are always buried, it was placed in the chapel of the Spanish cemetery in this city where, through the carelessness o? the guard, the candle was allowed to fall over and set fire to the draperies, burning down the chapel and cremating the body. Aside from the natural interest in such an event and the dramatic features of the fight, death and qremation, it was one of the most interesting sights to see the crowd of Mexicans of all classes, from the highest to the lowest, which hung about the house where the dying favorite lay. This crowd was never less than 200 and often greater than 2,000, a most interesting commentary on the statement, often heard, that bull fighting as a sport is on the wane in popularity here. However, some little agitation, backed by well known people, ha3 been begun looking toward a permanent closing of the bull rhigs. What the result of this talk and the petitions will be* cannot be forecast, but the fact that this was tried once before and was a signal failure, and also that, a new steel ring has just been built and will be ready for occupancy next year, point to a probable failure of the agitation. YOUR GRANDMOTHER USED IT. I Bat Site Never Had Sulphur in Such Couvenient Form as This. Your grandmother used Sulphur as her favorite household remedv, and so did her v* ' e grandmother. Sulphur has been curing skin and blood diseases for a hundred years. But in the old days they had to take powdered sulphur. Now Hancock's Liquid Sulphur gives it to you in the best possible form and ydu get the full benefit. * Hancock's Liquid Sulphur and Ointment quickly cure Eczema, Tetter, Salt Rheum and all Skin Diseases. It cured an ugly ulcer for Mrs. Ann W. Willett, of Washington, D. C., in three days. Taken internally, it purifies the blood and clears the complexion. Your druggist sells it. Sulphur Booklet free, if you write Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company,. Baltimore. A COINCIDENCE. "My husband is very fond of cabbage." ? "Yes, I know. My husband made the same remark when he smoked one of your husband's cigars."?Philadelphia Press. WHY HE KNEW IT. "Do you deny that this is your wife a signature on the back of this check?" 'Let me see it. No, that i?n't her wilting, sne never wim^ uujrcuius yet without adding a postscript."?' Cleveland Plain Dealer. ??*. " SKIN SOREJTJRJIGHT YEARS Spent Woo on Doctors and Remedies But Got No Belief?Cuticura ? Cures in a Week. "Upon the limbs and between the toes my skin was rough and sore, and also sore under the arms. I had to stay at home several times because o&this affection. Up to a week or so ago I had tried many other remedies and several doctors, and spent about three hundred dollars, without any success, but this is to-da;- the seventh day that I have been using the Cuticura Remedies (costing a dollar and a half), which have cured me completely, so that I can again attend to my business. 1 went to work again to-night. 1 had been suffering for eight years and have now been cured by the Cuticura Remedies within a week. Fritz Hirschlaff, 24.Columbus Ave., New York, X. Y., March 29 and April 6, 1906." A BOON DESIRED. Knicker?1 see the Chicago SubTreasury has been robbed. Bocker?Ah, if some one would only come 'along and swipe the tablet off ours.?New York Sun. A MISSOURI WOMAN Tells a Story of Awful Suffering and I nr...^.pn| Unliuf Iiuuurnui AW.UH. Mrs. J. D. Johnson, of 603 West Hickman St., Columbia, Mo., says: "Following an operation two years fago, dropsy set in, ' and my left side was so swollen the doctor said he would have to tap out the water. There was constant pain and a gurgling sensation around my heart, and I could not raise my arm above my head. The kid ney action was disordered and passages of the secretions too frequent. On the advice of my husband I began using Doan's Kidney Pills. Since using two boxes my trouble has not reappeared. This is wonderful, after suffering two years." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. k. >f>X-W% ' ; V - r . ' ;1 r- J ; -, NO WONDER THEY ? - . ?By ' MEAT AND DAIRY EXPORTS. Total Value 5250,000,000 Last Year, a Growth of Forty-five Per Cent, in Decade. "Washington. D. C.?The total exportation' of meats, dairy- products and food animals from the United States last year aggregated over 5230,000,000 in value, according to a statement issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. This represents an increase of $70,000,000, or fortyfive per cent, during the decade 1S9G to 190G. More than sictv per cent, of last year's exports went to the United Kingdom. Even this large percentage. However, is jess man mat i of a decade ago. when Great "Britain j took over seventy per cent, of American exports. Of the $250,000,000 worth of meats, dairy products and food animals passing out of the United Slates last year. $40,000,000 was in live animals, $58,000,000 in lard, $30,000,000 in bacon. $25,000,000 in ! fresh beef. $21,000,000 in hams, j $18,000,000 in oleomargarine. 514,-1 000,000 in pork other than bacon and hams, $4,500,000 in butter and $2,-; 500,900 in cheese. The farmers of America are en- j joying their full share of the general ! prosperity of the country. The report of the Government recently made public announces that the value of farms increased thirty-three per cent, in five years, from 1900 to 190C. This increase extends to every Statein the Union in greater or less degree. Oklahoma shows the largest increase, forty-three per cent, but even Xew England, which does not lay claim to much of a farming country. shows a gain of eighteen per cent. This great increase in otfr farm wealth is,'of course, due to the remarkable advance in the value of farm products, which is estimated to be about forty per cent. Increased earnings have come with better knowledge of conditions and better methods of farming, and as these methods are constantly improving, our continued prosperity seems as J syieu. COST OF LIV.NG LESS. Commodity Prices Fail, Partly Because the Hen is Busy. New York City. ? A decline of nearly two per cent, in commodity prices is attributed by Dun's Index Number in large measure to tlie spring activities of the American hen and the consequent decline in the price of eggs of ten and a half cents a dozen, which resulted in a heavy increase in the per capita consumption. It is usual at this time of year for the prices of dairy and garden products to recede, but last month the decline was exceptional. Commenting on the causes of the decline, outside of the influence of the break in eggs, Dun's mentions the relief to railway freight blockades, that made it possible to move grain and many other products more freely to market, and the feeling of conservatism in some industries, which restricted purchases of raw materials. A BILLION PAID FOR AUTOS. > French Statistician Says TSiat America Nov;' Leads the World. Washington, D. C.?M. Faroux, a French statistician, according to a i report received by the Bureau of . Monnfontnroe that al)OUt I Auauuiaccut ww, 550,000 motor cars have been manufactured in the nine years since the experiment of self-propelled road vehicles first succeeded. These ma- I chines sold for more than a bHlion J dollars. Until a year ago France, the pio- j neer, led the world in the production J of the motor vehicle. Now the United ; Slates has taken the lead. According to M. Faroux, the United States built 60,000 automobiles in 190C, France 55,000, England 2S,000, Germany 22,000, Italy 19,000 and Bel-j gium 3 2.000. In 1901 the united j States built only 21-1 cars, and that; same year France built 22,711. Resolution Indorses President. Representative Hitchcock intro-! duced a resolution in the Pennsylva-1 nia House, Harrisburg, indorsing the 1 stand which President Roosevelt has i taken in regard to corporations and j giving him a vote of confidence. It j was unanimously adopted. ]>r. Ha ugh Respited. Governor Harris has respited Dr. j Oliver Haugli, who was to have been j electrocuted at Columbus, Ohio, an | insanity plea having been decided : upon. \v S j. -i* v' . , ? ? . -V ; . . ; Vv/:V--&&&< :OME TO AMERICA! "Scar," in the New York Globe. OUR GROWING FOREIGN TRADE. Incrsase of $223,629,301 Duing the Past Eight Months. Washington, D. C.?The foreign trade of the United States increased $223,629,301 during the eight months ended February 28, notwithstanding a falling off of $23.000,000 in the etports of foodstuffs. The increase was made.up of $132,779,306 in the volume of imports and $90.S4S,095 in the value of exports?the most notable in any one ciass being the exports of crude meterials to be used in manufactures, which reached a total of $447,073,527, against $372,051,901 in the same period of the previous year. The imports of like materials also showed a large increase?$44,821,164. The totals for the several classes and the comparative increases are: IMPORTS. MQA. -v:l ff! *11 ftOOOft.". j'ijuuai UAir. juv ( rude materials 307,397.965 Trie 44.W1.164 Partly manufactured. 179.222.<>6"? Inc .'SS.7fl9.670 Finished man'factures 2W.103.i48:; Inc 36.572,585 Miscellaneous 7.651,227 Inc 975.982 Totals $932,736,826 lac $132,779,306 EXPORTS. Foodstuffs $443,486.50! Dec $23.254.125 Crude materials 447.073.527 In.; 73.0l8.6aK Partly manufactured. 1(58.388.442 Inc 25.587.043 Finished man'factures :J99.978.3S4 Inc 14.HW.575 Miscellaneous 20.303.524 lno 896.876 Totals $1.298,2407176 Lie $90,848,995 In exports 1906 gave us compared with 190") $21,000:000 more for less cotton, $32,000,000 more for'wheat, $9,000,000 more for wheat?flbur, $1,800,000 more for automobiles, $2,400,000 more for railroad cars, nearly $2,000,000 more for chemicals, 54,000,000 more for copper. $2,600,000 more for hops,* $4,000,000 more for scientific instruments and apparatus, $1,200,000 more for steel sheets, $1,700,000 more for wire, $1,SOO,000 more for builders' hardware, $2,300,000 more for metal working machinery, $1,400,000 more for sewing machines, $2,000,000 more for locomotives. $5,000,000 more for upper leathers, $1,000,000 more for boots and shoes, $1,900,000 more for tallow, $7,600,000 more for bacon, $2,000,000 more for pork, $3,000,000 more for lard, $2,2 00,000 more for oleo. $1,700,000 more for butter, $1,700,000 more for cheese, $2, 100,000 more for naval stores, $2.600,000 more for oil cake and meal, $1,700,000 more for crude oil, $4,500,000 more for refined oil, $1,600,000 more for paper and manufactures thereof, $11,000,000 more for seeds, $5,300,000 more for leaf tobacco, $5,600,000 more for timber, $9,000,000 more for lumber and planing mill products, besides a hose of minor increases, with very few decreases. EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES. Exceed $700,900,009 a Year?Have Doubled in Value in Ten Years. Washington, D. C. ? The United States now ranks third among the world's exporters of manufactures, according to a monograph on "'exports of manufactures from the United States and their distribution," issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department ,of Commer and Labor. It is shown that not only do the exports of manufactures now exceed $700,000,000 per annum, and have doubled in value in a single decade, but the share which products of the factory form of the total exports is steadily increasing. A comparison shows that in 1880 manufactures formed only fifteen per cent, of the total exports of domestic products, while in 1906 they formed forty per cent. In the decade ending with 1905 exports of manufactures increased 19S per cent., while those from Germany increased seventy-five per cent.; from the United Kingdom, forty per cent., and from France, iwontv-five ner cent. ~ .t- - "" I Customs Raceipts Heavisr. New York City.?Customs receipts are running $70,605 a day heavier than last year. So far this fiscal year they have averaged $749,579 a day. as against $678,973 during the fiscal year 1905-6. Treasury officials predict the highest annual record the country has ever known on July 1. Indorse Third Term. The Minnesota House of Representatives at St. Paul with a rising vote which the Speaker announced was '"nearly unanimous" passed concurrent resolutions indorsing President Roosevelt*for a third term. Jap Embassy at Constantinople. Advices .from London say that a Japanese Embassy at Consrantiuople is assured, and it is pointed out that its establishment will put an end to ideas of the partition of the Ottoman Empire. HUSBAND WAS TIED I While Wife and Daughter Were Assaulted by Masked Men?Crimes in Tennessee and Alabama. At Kingsport, Tenn., in Hie presence of her husband and 14-year-old daughter, Mrs. Frank Belcher was assaulted at an early hour Thursday morning by two masked white men. With drawn weapons the men entered the Belcher home and compelled Belcher to get out of bed and be tied. One man then assaulted Mrs. Belcher, while the other made an attempt on the girl. The latter went into convulsions from terror and was abandoned by the assailant, who turn ed his attention to the older woman, just released by her first captor. Belcher's 1'rantic eorts to get at the men were stopped by a blow on the head which renderd him unconscious, and Mrs. Blcher was badly beaten and choked. Her condition is critical, that of th? girl being also ^serious. The men, after making threats, left, and the crime was not discovered until daylight. Citizens are wildly excited over the outrage, and there is open talk of lynching the . guilty ones if they can be captured. Mrs. Belcher says she could' identify them. Posses are scouring the country, and several suspects have been taken into custody, but in each instance have established their innocence. Montgomery Cirl Assaulted. ' Miss Tura Ogletree, aged 19 years, cashier at a moving picture show, was knocked down and robbed of 55, all the money she had, on a well lighted street, within three blocks of the old state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., at 10 o'clock Thursday night, and lay on th? ground for an hour before recovering consciousness. She was within 15 feet of her boarding house door while in this state, inside of which sat half a dozen persons, knowing nothing of the crime until the girl walked in so dazed by the effect of chioroiorm wnicn naa been administered that she stagered to the floor and fell. She was also criminally assaulted. In addition to striking Miss Ogle-1 tree twice, the assailant chloroformed her and left her for dead on tne j ground. In the struggle that ensued, the j young woman made a valiant fight before losing consciousness, her clothes being almost torn from her body, and she was seriously injured by the rough handling she received. The man who struck her was concealed in a milk wagon, jumping out and following her after she passed the vehicle on her way to her residence. BRONZE STATUE OF DAVIS Hauled Through Richmond Streets by j Three Thousand Children. The bronze statue of Jefferson Davis for the elaborate monument to Mr. Davis to be unveiled in Richmond, Va., June 3, was drawn through the streets of the city to the monument site Thursday by some twenty-five hundred or three thousand children, who did the hauling by means of a double rope some two or three squares long. The children were led by L*? and Picket camps of the Confederate Veterans, and these in turn were headed >' by a handsomely uniformed boy fife and drum corps. Many of the girls I among the children were dressed in white, and a large proportion of the youthful enthusiasts in the "lost | cause" carried small confederate battle flags, which they waved indus ' t-ha marrh i triously inrouguwut tUV/ AMWThe scene was especially inspiring, | and was witnessed by thousands of people. The rope used in hauling the statue was, after the ceremony, cut into many thousands of pieces for souvenirs. KILLED FOR NOT STRIKING. Car Cleaner Assaulted and Murdered in Chicago by Three Men. Because he refused to go on strike three weeks ago, Edward F. Fago, a car cleaner, employed by the Chicago and Northwestern railroad, was hit on the head with a brick at Chicago Wednesday night and then jumped on and kicked by three men. He 'died later. * _______________ i SOLONS WAR ON CIGARETTES. i f Illinois House Passes Prohibitive Bill Which Goes to the Senate. The Illinois house of representatives at Springfield, Thursday, passed the Young anti-cigarette byi, making it unlawful to sell cigarettes or cigarette papers in Illinois. The bill now goes to the senate. MULTI-MURDERER G0E6 HENCE. Notorious Dr. Haugh Electrocuted at | Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Oliver Crook Haugh, convicted of the murder of his father, mother and brother at Dayton, Ohio, on the night of November 4, 1905, was electrocuted in the annex at the OJio penitentiary at Columbus a few minutes after midnight Thursday night, I RHEUMATISM I X AND 4 | NEURALGIA f I ST? i JACOBS 1 OIL z y * 2 The Proved Remedy $ X For Over 30 Years. X' ^ Price 2Sc and 50c < > &' O > O I |WET WEATHERWORK v Ai ;.-. WAUHrtlL - JvhCyfr'S ' AND' ' WOT/ PLEASANT / / ] Mr? (i ir you weak ? 'Pi '/r Ir ^ta^-' ^W/(/ r p / & -Mf t WATERPROOF , ,/ 1 OILED CLOTHING /I / .J* / IP Di-ACK OH YELLOW J't i iK, Perfect Protection /Ll L^h? Longest Service Jr-4 6?x Low in Price 4^1 SjF^ Sold Everywhere ? , TOo-t* CO -Wt'O. u >?. i?l HTOW , (HI CAPUDINE X 7W 1 IKMR>lAm.T CVMI., ^JH^^headaches * Early-Rising Hotel Guests. "Hotel guests, as a rule, are early risers," said Bob Johnson, clerk at the Griswold, the other evening, "and to prove it I can show you the call sheet. You will notice that there are more 7 and 7:30 calls than any other. .Be- 3 ginning at 4 o'clock, which is seldom , used, the call sheet is ruled down to 10. About 5:30 the sheet shows a ; few room .numbers,'and from that time until 7 o'clock the increase Is * \ rapid. After 7 the number decreases until in the last column or two there ? ' is hardly even & mark. When a man leaves a call for any hour later than J 9:30? we always send a pitcher of Ice j water along as a matter of coarse, and if the guest asks to be allowed to sleep until 11, it is usually safe p> have the boy take up a 'bracer' also." ?Detroit Free Press. i-i . :v. V Unpeeled Fowls. N A Philadelphia settlement worker. tells of xtwo fresh air fund children who gazed in some wonder at a nam- '* > her of live chickens running about the place in the country to which the youngsters were taken. "Haven't you ever seen chickens before?" asked the kind woman in charge of the expedition. "Oh, yes, mum," answered the eld- $gj est child knowingly, "we seen lots r\t 'om nnlr if wnc sifter thfiv was peeled."?Harper's Weekly.' " , NIAGARA. r . . _ y " Where Niagara's foaming torrent ' Rushes down its rocky bed, ' There is power'enough to warrant ' Many factories, it is said. When the stream to drip has dwind- ' * led ' m And the towering, walls are bare, Enterprise by zeal enkindled. Will paint pill and soap ads Were. ?Philadelphia Public Ledger. ' v- Vr v APPENDICITIS 1 , 9 'j Not at all Necessary to Operate in Many Cases. , Automobiles and Appendicitis ecaro some people before they are hit. Appendicitis is often caused by too much starch in the bowels. Starch is hard to digest and clogs up the di- \ S gestive machinery?also tends to form cakes in the cecum. (That's the ^ blind pouch at entrance to the appendix ). , -. ?; A N. H. girl had appendicitis, but ' f lived on millc forawhile?then GrapeNuts and got well without an opera? tion. LM- ' ' She says: "Jt-ive years ago wmw at school, I suffered terrib^' with constipation and indigestion." (Too much starch, white bread, potatoes, ' etc., which she did not digest.) "Soon after 1 left school I had an attack of appendicitis and for thirteen weeks lived on milk and water. When I recovered enough to eat solid food there was nothing that would agree with me, until a friend recom- "v mended Grape-Nuts. "When I began to eat Grape-Nuts I weighed 98 lbs., but I soon grew to 115 lbs. The distress after eating left me entirely and now I am like a. new person." ^ .LJ? (A little Grape-Nuts dissolved in ' hot water or milk would have been - - - - ? much better for this case tnan miiK alone, for tho starchy part ot the wheat and barley is changed into a form of digestible sugar in making* ' Grape-Nuts.) Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to WeUvUle/'