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NOVEMBER 24, 1900.
THE SUNNY SOUTH
THIRD RAGE
vShooting an Oil Well;! lh ”VL fa , en y Ha,e
Ar . .t? .. „ , ^ ! Krdoey Tiouble and Never
A Uangerous and Exciting Feature of a Great Industry
By REV. R. s. KELLERMAN.
Written for Tho SUNNY SOUTH.
Suspecl It,
USX wells are drilled for J
the j reduction of crude!
oil or petroleum, it is the |
universal practice to j
“shoot" them. Oil is j
found in a certain kind j
of roelt ca?le! “Bands" !
The “gand'' is a hard and !
flinty roclc which runs In j
veins or strata, and is i
similar to seoms or veins j
of coal. It Is probably
the same kind of forma- '
t'on as coal, and may j
have resulted from tropical vegetation j
long ages ago. Xo one knows to a cer
tainty tlie cause of crude oil. Certain
geologists maintain that it results from
enormous deposits of fishes and sps an
imals at the bottom o f an ancient
ocean. Others are of the opinion that
it is due to both animal and vegetable
matter. And still others find evidences
that its origin is wholly vegetable. The
one thing certain is that there is oil.
And if the oil, which has already been
taken out of the earth, were pumped
into a lake three miles square, the lake i
of oil would be deep enough to float 1 flan S ed Piece of iron, about 20 inches .
the largest ship that sails the ocean! ! long - and weighing as many pounds, and I
In different localities the depth at J named (from the frightful execution !
which the 'sand. containing oil. lies. I which it causes), the “go-devil.” It
\.uics Iror.i 500 ,oet to 3.000. Except! takes only a tew seconds for the “go-
cw feet of oaith at the top. the drill, devil" to reach its destination, during
’ which time the workmen fly from the
, . ! well for safety. The report of the ex-
ic ( r. ni;, is completed, as a. genera! j plosion, 2.000 feet in the ground, is
heard. There is a pause and a silence
Grandma’s
Second .Stirprise--A
ThanKsgiving Story
By BERT LADD.
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
RAXDPA WILSON stool
in front of his dear old
helpmate, patiently wali
ing. while sh’ silontly pc-
.rused a letter, which he
had just brought her before
reading it aloud lo him.
That was- grandma’s way.
ft was late in the after
noon. and for better light,
grandma held the letter
, lose to the window, while
grandpa watched her face
anxiously, a?, ho saw a
>n her forehead, which
! deeper as she continued
Filling the Shells at the Well.
! An interesting letter to our t
j from Mrs. Gertrude Warner Scott,
! Vinton, Iowa
goes through continuous rock of varied
strata until it reaches the sand. "When
thing, the well produces very little oil.
very slowly, and often none at all. The
object of “shooting” it is to make the
oil come.
The “shot" consists of a heavy charge
oi nitroglycerin, lowered into the bottom
of the well and exploded. Glycerin is
placed into tiie well in long tin tubes
called “shells,” each holding £0 quarts.
The explosive is carried to the well in
two-gallon tin cans, (very similar to
maple syrup cans), in a wagon, the body
of which is divided into compartments
and upholstered, in sizes just large
enougli for one can to fit in snugly, the
seat closing down firmly on top. This
care Is taken to prevent jolting and
jostling of the cans on the way to the
well, which most likely would cause an ;
explosion. The “shells.” are carried in a I
little rack on the wagon on the driver's ;
left hand.
At the wel! the shells are filled with
nitroglycerin and lowered to the bottom.
one she':! resting on top of another. The ]
shots vary in size, but the average shot j
is perhaps 140 quarts. The last shell j
lowered into the well is primed with two J
common gun percussion caps to explode |
the “shot.” When everything is ready,
there is dropped into the well a three- I
After You Are Wei!
From Rheumatism
Will You Pay Your Banker $10,
Not a cent in advance—not a penny, remember,
until you. yourself, can freely and unhesitatingly
eay. I am well again! ”
Should you begin the treatment. I will let your
Banker or Express Agent hold the money.
Will yon under such conditions, to be complete
ly and entirely free from Rheumatism, expend
110.00? That is what I now promise Rheumatics.
My boundless, never-ending faith in Dr. 8hoop’s
Rheumatic Remedy has led me to make and ful
fill this remarkable offer. Positively no physician,
anywhere, lias ever before said. 'I will Cure
Rheumatism, else make no charge.”
I want to get—and must in some way get. evory-
of a. few seconds, or a few minutes, after
which there is thrown hundreds of feet
upwards into the air. a shower of mud,
water and oil, whicli gently falls in a
spray of mist.
But there is one thing, and only one,
about the “shooting” of a well that
serves to mar toe beauty and convert
the charm of its recollections into the
most distressing grief and sadness, and
that is its terrible fatality to human life.
It is gucli a deadly thing when it "lets
; go," and so treacherous! Often times
i in a well it takes hours of work to ex-
i plode it. and again when there is no
j suspicion of a cause “off” it goes! Xo
' railroad, express company or public con
veyance will transport it. Therefore it
is always manufactured locally, and
hence every oil region has its chapter
| of fatalities.
i Nitroglycerin, the most powerful ex
plosive known, thirteen times more pow
erful than gunpowder, is made from
equal parts of nitric, and sulphuric acids
thoroughly mixed with about one-sev- ,
entii as much sweet glycerin. The two :
acids are poured into a. vat in which j
there are paddles like the dashers of j
a churn. When the paddies are set to i
revolving the sweet glycerin is poured ■
in in a steady stream. The agitation j
is continued until the three ingredients I
are thoroughly mixed. It generates j
great heat. Coi l water in coils of pipe t the most superlative foolhardy attempt
is constantly circulated through it to ! was made to loot it, with marvelous
Crown appear
grew' deeper i
to lead.
When she had finished she lall her
spectacles on the window sill, and gazed
out into the gathering gloom, saying:
"Read it for yourself. Siias; Fred’s not
coming. This is the third Thanksgiving
he lias disappointed i:s. He is weaned
from his old home, and bis lonely pa
rents. the luxuries of oily life have hard- j
ened his heart. This place isn’t gay !
enough for his handsome, society wife, j
DOCTOR’S ALL AGREE
THIS TIME.
The most eminent writers on Materia Medica, whose works are consulted as
authorities and guides in prescribing by physicians of all the different schools of
practice, extol, in the most positive terms, the curative virtues of each and
every ingredient entering into Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. In fact
it is the only medicine, put up for t e through druggists for the cure of all dis-
1 eases of the mucous surfaces, as nasal catarrh, throat, laryngeal, and bronchial
l affections attended by lingering, or hang-on-coughs that has any such professional
; endorsement—worth more than any amount of lay or non-professional testimonials,
j Do not expect toottauch Trom the use of Dr. Pierce’3 Golden Medical Dis-
I coverv. It will not wofk miracle^-It will not cure consumption in its arl-
| vanced stages. NosredicinejjaH; N*r is the "Discovery” so good for a sudden
! attack of acutexrcttgh, hift for theYlingerin^. obstinate, hang-on-couehs, ac
companying gararrhal,. throat, larvifpeal anrtlbronchial affections! it is a most
In. -’cases accompained with wasting of flesh, night-sweats,
poor digestion with faulty assimilation, and which, if neg-
Vinton. Iowa.
My trouble began with pain in my stomach, so
severe that it. seemed as if knives were cutting me.
I was treated by two of the lx*st physicians in the
county, and consulted another. None of them sus
pected that the cause of my trouble was kidney dis
ease. They told me that I had cancer of the
stomach, and would die. t grew so weak that I
could not walk, and l only weighed sixty pounds.
(me day my brother saw an advertisement of I>r.
Kilmer s Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy. He bought a bottle at our drug
store ami I took it.
in me. for the l»ette
I continued the use of Swamp-Root regularly
was so weak and run down that it took consider
able to build me up again. I am now well, thanks
to Dr. Kilmer’s Rwnmp-Iloot. and nm keeping
jjons-i for my husband and brother, on a farm.
Gratefully yours,
9^Aatv^Sco^.
Fain or dull ache in the back is unmis
takable evidence of kidney trouble. It is
Nature’s timely warning to show you
that the track of health is not clear.
If these danger signals are unheeded,
more serious results are often sure to
follow, Bright's disease, which is the
worst form of kidney trouble, may steal
upon you.
The mild and immediate effect of
Swamp-Ron
der remedy, ........
tlio highest because its remarkable eura- j
tiv ’— ' 15 ie ' on ons ’ <1S
efficacious
weak
lectcafoj/Tbadly treated are apt to lead to consumption, the "Discovery ” has
prot^a^wonderfuliy successful in effecting cures.
Besides curing all the above distressing ' been compiled from numerous standard
ailments, the "Golden Medical Discovery ” i medical works, of till tiie different schools
of practice, containing very numerous
extracts from the ivritingji^s^ leading
practitlonersof med/cine,epnors\g in the
_ strongest, possible terms, e^ch arm every
stages it win yiPTd to this sovereign rent- J ingredient contained in Dr. Pierde’s med;-
edv If its use be persevered in. In Chronic ' vines. One of Ulese little books will be
Catarrh of the Nasal passages, it is well, j mailed free tojniv one sending address on
while taking the "Golden Medical Dis- j postal card orby fetter, to Dr. R.V. Pierce,
covery " for the necessary constitutional ; Buffalo. N/Y.. and remiesting the same.
book/it will be learned
two or three times a_day with Dr. Sage's i that D/l mi/dieincs contain no
rcotic^S»oieral agents or other
or injurious agents and that
cases. i theyfa^e rna.de from native, medicinal
Tears were falling from the old lady’s | treatment, to cleanse the passages freely ! Fro in Jh
Dr. Sage's i that ~
eves, and grandpa, smoothed her thin _ — — -
locks cluinsilv with his rouguened hands, i Catarrh Remedy. This thorough course j alcoh
saying soothingly; j of treatment generally cures the worst j poise
“Don't, mother, take on tills way! I • 0!9 ' „ , ... _ . , . , . .. : —: -- ,
know Fred's excuse is a good one x you have bitte or had taste in the I root-fhf great value.
could tell the minute l read the first I 'horning"- poof or variable appetite, coated ! Some of the most valuable ingredients
lew lines ot the letter lie was disap- ! tongue, foul breath, constipated or irreg- I contained in Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
pointed as much as you. His hearts as i filar bowels, feel weak, easily tired, des- j seription for weak, nervous, over-worked,
true as ever, mother,*and dian't you read j pondent, frequent headaches, pain or dis- | "run-down," nervous and debilitated
what he said aoont the children? J don t ) tress in "small of back," gnawing or women, were employed, long years ago,
family could see a chance i dare tod the boys, for they will till tho j distressed feeling in stomach, perhaps j by the Indians for similar ailments affect-
obtained more. and j nouse wtih then* wails of disappointment.: j nausea, bitter or sour "risings" in throat j ing their squaws. In fact, one of the
Does tiiat sound as if ho didn t care?” j after eating, and kindred symptoms of j most valuable medicinal plants entering
Yes. it does, "petulantly. he oaiy said j weak stomach and torpid liver, no modi- I into the composition of l)r. Pierce's Fa-
tiiat to comfort us. Xo, they 11 have a; cine will relieve you more promptly or j vorite Prescription was known to tho
big Thanksgiving dinner at their home, ] cure you more permanently than Doctor | Indians as "Squaw-Weed.” Our knowl-
and invite all tneir friends, and wo. will j Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. Per- ! edge of the uses of not a few of our most
sit alone, with only memories of well- haps only a part of the above symptoms j valuable native, medicinal plants was
filled tables to cheer our board. ' , will be present at one time and yet point gained from the Indians.
”e«’Vb.: UianKful ! t0 1orp ' d o r biliousness and weak As made up by improved and exact pro-
ei to be__ thankful roi. sai.i tn oil st0T! , at . h . Avoid all hot bread and bis-; cesses, the "Favorite Prescription” Is a
mnieht he's i cui,s ’ & ri( idle cakes arid otner indigestible S mo st efficient rentedv for healing uicera-
nd the' dear i food and tak « Tl t 1Q "Golden Medical Dis- t-ions. regulating all* tho womanlv func-
old man bent over the .still bowed head I coverv” regularly and stick to its use : tioit3, correcting displacements, as prolap-
anu imprinted a kiss'on her wrinkled lu ‘i li Foil are vigorous and strong. ! sus, ant,eversion and retroversion, over-
forehead. I, Foul, impure blood cani be made pure j coming painful periods, toning up the
But (iranrtir.a Wilson did not got over j by t-ue use ot Dr. Pierce s Gold on Medical ; nerves; and bringing about a perfect state
her disappointment. She was nearly eigh- 1 Discovery. It enriches and purifies the of health. >So!d by all dealers in medicines,
tv \eyrs old. and her mind was growing j blood thereby curing, pimples, blotches, ( It’s an insult to vour intelligence fora
childlike, and she had looked forward to j eruptions and other cutaneous affections, j d^ttlur to endeavor to palm off upon you
this reunion with her sons family all > as eczema, tetter,or salf-r.ioum. lures and gome nostrum of unknown composition in
the year. As the holiday approached other manifestations of impure blood. niace of I)r Pierce’s world-famed medi-
now. she brooded over her disapoir.t- ! In the cure of scrofulous swellings, on- ! ‘ j^es which ar-' o'r known' composI-
the great kidney and blad- j ment. until she wa= scarcely able to he . larged glands, open eating ulcers, or old : TIOJ f Mo't dealers recommend Dr
ton realized. Tt stands ’ about her affairs. The day before Grand- j sores. the«Golden Medical Discovery ’’has I Pierce’s’ medicines because they know
mmaws immokins I l> ( ‘ rf °rmed the most marvelous cures In what , they are made of and that the in-
power has been proven in thousands j ^V,nV^’ dmV°v<>11oZ v\m<' uni b^geed to ' °^ P °L^ sorc ?' °J °P Pn mating ulcers, ; gredients employed aro among the most
or the most distressing cases. If you Kffiwed to hoTp prepare tlien^atmad I pjorce’s^AH-lfeftflng 0 slfvT' valu . ablft : Jike purposes
need a medicine, you shoul.I have the „„ as to make U.e preparation for the ^ sa , s ®yond erf ul h *iHng DO *encv wfira ! **1“^.® of ‘ fho same IS true of lead-
host. A thorough trial will convince any- ! dinner next day easier. To Ids surprise, j „ „. m/i„*m„ v P „ ^-l y ,• .7-1. : ln <? physicians who do not hesitate to
one—and you may have a sample bottle ) Grandma Wilson announced jjositiveiy
! “that no dinner was she going to cook;
that! that as far as site was concerned, til
day would be spent like any otiier;
other
man cheerfully. “I inus
help Jonas with iiis chore
got the rheumatiz again.'
fire by mail.
If you arc
already convinced
she
■xtra vegetables, pies
The Result of the Shot.
keep the temperature down. At 400 de
grees a red vapor like fire rises from it.
If the temperature continues to increase
the workmen desert their posts and run
for their lives, while the factory is
blown to smithereens. After the mix
ture is completed the product is nitro
glycerin, and is taken away from the
factory and stored in some magazine or j oi
storehouse until it is needed to ’shoot” j Gie nirto-gly
a well. Colonel Roberts, of tho United j search.
States army, patented the iprocess for! I'll us in the feverish effort to increase
“shooting " wells in 1862. Oil men would j ’ne golden stream of oil, which has be-
not let him try his patent on any of | oome !) -V far the greatest and richest
their wells for three or four years, out j r ' ver 01 commerce and industry, crimson
of fear that he would ruin them. But • streaks of human blood are blended with
after lie tried it and met with such j U ’ M, " n have r ‘sked life, limb and hap-
success! Just how it was done will
never be known. The secret pierished
with the “moonlighters.” Perhaps .-.ey
tried breaking the lock with a hammer.
But no matter now. They succeeded in
opening -the safe with an awful erasti
which obliterated the magazine, tore the
safe to scrap iron, blotted the men out
of existence, and left no trial 'behind ot
rin of which they were in
body. everywhere, to fully and completely under- -
stand what I myself now absolutely know, about 1 time until
this unsurpassed prescription. The remedy is | ,,
eurely remarkable—then why nottheoffer? Every . a *‘ wells.
Druggist nearly, in America, whether located in I For the first three years of “shooting,’’
and Di. now selling i tiie fatal accidents happened either at
at 81.00 per bottle. Dr. Shoop s Rheumatic Remedy.
And yet. strange to say, not one sufferer perhaps
in a hundred, even knows as yet of the remedy
Swamp-Root is what you need, you can j w . nu!lJ pre p arc
purchase the regular flfty-cent and one- j or anything."
dollar size bottles at the drug stores ov- | The next morning the worthy old man
erwhere. Don't make anv mistake, but j was more distressed, for grandma do- v
remember the name. Swamp-Hoot. Dr. j dared that she was unable to leave the Buffalo, N. Y.. and it will come to you by
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address, j go fQr thp new doctor> mot her.
Binghamton. X. T., on every bottle. j j lIsd . as soon t> 1(i stock is cared for;
• ' j lie's been wonderfully successful with
— —- "" ' ” ' I bedridden ohl Nancy Jones; got her up
, Borland out feeding lier chickens already.
Killed there a,e a do,.en applicants - i And S i m ’ s rheumatiz .that he's had
his place. It is a curious commentary I for nigh on (o twenty years-”
on human nature that man should frown j ’’Silas tVilson.” interrupted his wife,
at this destructive compound oi his own , 'do you suppose I d have that band- en ts composing it, but a small book has : ness to supply that want. Insist upon it,
inventive genius and rush forward with j some, dapper young city doctor coming | ^ “ ’ 1
it in one hand, holding in the other his down here on Thanksgiving day, and
„n .1,,-. .whim I And us alone, witn no signs of holiday
making? No, indeed. He'd take us for
used as a.n application to the sores in con-: recommend these medicines, since thev
function w’ith the use of Golden Medical know exactly what they contain and that
Discovery a? a blood cleansing const!- tlieir ingredients are the very best known
tutional treatment. If your druggist to medical science for the cure of the
don t happen to have the All-Healing several diseases for which they are rec-
Salve ” in stock, you can easily procure ifc omiT1 o n ded.
by enclosing fifty-four cents in postage /.*, , . ... ,. ce
stamps to Dr. R. V. Pierce. 663 Main St.. w ,th trick - v dealers .t is different.
Buffalo, N. Y.. and it will come to you by Something else that pays them a little
return post. Most druggists keep it as ; greater profit will be urged upon you as
well as the "Golden Medical Discovery.” j "just, as good,” or even better. You can
Not only does the wrapper of every j hardly afford to accept a substitute of
bottle of Dr. fierce’s Golden Medical Dis- I vnknou-n composition and without any
covery, the famous medicine for weak ! particular record of cures in place of Dr.
stomach, torpid liver or biliousness and , fierce's medicines which are of known
all catarrhal diseases wherever located, \ composition and have a record of forty
have printed upon it. in plain English, a I years of cures behind them. Yon know
full and complete list of ail the ingredi- j what you want and it is the dealer’s busi-
that it is the agent a
an dhorrible execution:
Ills own terrific j
Pies and female diseases can be cured.
To prove it I send free a package of my
vegetable cure. Write Mrs. Cora
Miller, Bex 2101. Kokomo. Jnd.
li.
DEVONSHIRE CIDER.
(From The Outing Magazine.)
splendid results, it was onlv a short! ffi neS!f! far the. unsatisfying promises of j ’’ men ia '
it became the habit to “shoot" °» ,ulence a,ld richcp - Thp v have plunged j breakfast tn t
sure enough poor folks.; would like as
not get the charity club to send us a
basket donation.”
This last remark ruffled the usually
'placid temper of Grandpa Silas, and he
walked toward the doer, saying:
“Well, mother, if you think it will
make you feel any more thankful to
stay there in bed and nurse your wrath,
you’re welcome to, I’m sure."
Shaking his head In a puzzled way, lie
went out into the keen, frosty air.
The men have already appeared when : where Don. his handsome bird dog. be-
frisk
gan to jump upon him. and to
about liis feet, which gave him a
and its power to battle against pain. To stir, to
awhkeq these unknowing ones, to spread tho
knowledge of what this prescription can do. I
shall broadly publish this offer, these farts, un
restricted and everywhere. Having no fear of the
final outcome. I shall unhesitatingly tell of my
Vlan to all.
Reader, you that are well and happy, do an act
of humanity. Tell some tortured and suffering
one that there is yet one way to lien 1th—one way
entirely free from risk, or of money loss.
Fora complete cure I charge $10.00. for I must
strike a fair-to a'.l average price. It is true that
many will be cured with a bottle or two of jay
remedy, but chronic, exceedingly deep-seated and
difficult cases, may require ten; twenty, or even
a greater numb He. I believe, who lias actually
suffered the pat i of r-ol Rheumatism, will hard
ly complain of the price when cured, beetfive pe,r-
ehance, but two or three bottles are needed in his
particular case.
Rut to secure this "No Cure. Xo Pay'” privilege
you must write ino personally. >imply address
Dr. Shoop. Contract B, Racine. Vis. Kcx h. I
Do not trouble your druggist, please, about this
plan. He has no authority, nor will be furnish
my medicine, except to seil it at retail, bottle by
oottle. Write me instead today for iny “Contract
B" agreement. I will also send my Book or.
Rheumatism free, or if yon please, medical advice j
slid book on other diseases.
Which brok abiU I lead yr.c?
Hook 1 on Dyspepsia. Book 3 the Kidney*.
i the factory or the magazine. But graa- j
ually they began to occur anywhere and |
most unexpectedly, and frequently with j
singular results. In 1870, William A. j
Thompson, carried in his -buggy, with)
safety, a torpedo to a well which he j
exchanged for two other torpedoes which j
refused to explode. But as he drove i
along over the road they exploded all j
right, horribly mutilating his body and |
pitching it fifty feet away. The horse!
and front of the wagon were blown a !
hundred yards from the scene. The l
body and hind part of the wagon, were
ripped into splinters and .blown to the!
winds. One of the tires was hung up I
'• o:: one tree and one of Thompson’s boots j
on another.
‘ A small c-an of nitro-glyeerin was
foil'd by a woman in some bushes as
: she was picking berries. It was sup-
j ported to -be lard oil. Her husband used i
j It to grease his engine. Noticing a j
heated journal he applied a fetv drops j
i to it, with the effect of tearing his er.- i
gine house into instant kindling wood,
and killing himself in a second. The
keep any
ranks. When one
inisned and have brought
into danger and gone down into horrible! with them a load of dry stalks for the
defeat and mutilation, one after another, | base of the ricks that are to be built
facing danger unterrified. The common | j n t ) ie fields. Up the narrow path we
saying "every shooter falls victim to his 1 ... , , , .. .,
... . . i go past the orchard where the piles of
own shot at last," - is not sufficient to
;apples already lie rotting. Butter Boxes]
j and Sour Ilereiords and Kingston Bit- j Home Without Pain, Plaster or
■ ters. Soon they will be taken to the
i pound house, where they will be crushed
Cons?inatinn I ;; n \ h * rress .i air , c , loths ' 4 f" d I
the juice earned into the cellar. After
few* days, when fermentation has te-
un, it will bo dro.wn off in casks pre- :
; pared with burning sulphur, that fer- !
IN J.HE PSI . A'^l Cr loUR OWN j mentation may be retarded and the sac-
idea; he would take the dog, and sec if
he could bring home a couple of quails
and cook them for "mother's" dinner
as a surprise. Perhaps it would soften
her mood and bring back a smile to her
saddened features.
A.s soon as he had finished his morn-
tasted ’em. and phew! they don't know
what’s good when 'posstims browned
nicely, surrounded by plenty of sweet
‘titters.’ ”
"cm. Silas, they'll be just the thing."
“And besides, mother, I was going to
surprise you with quails for your dinner.
ing’s work, he was off, with Don run- | "VVe’lI have them, and a couple of
ning at his side, who started up a covey j ens that Miss Brewster grabbed tip as we
birds almost at once, and before
grandma had time to miss him, he re
turned with half a dozen birds.
Faithful Jonas had built the kitchen
fire, and made the coffee, and the two
.grown old together, awkwardly
came through the yard. They'll make
a fine pie. I bet she's dressed 'em al
ready,” he continued good naturedly.
“What should I do without you. Silas?
You're handy at everything. Let's go
to tiie kitchen. Fred’s wife has on nne
Cure Constipation
Without D ugs
I Can Cure Cancer
Operation, and I Tell You
How. Free.
HOMY.
FI,'EE COUPON BELOW.
JfoM’
W * ’
book 2 on the ileart.
Kemtrsber, fer Ztheam&tisxn
Dr. Slioop’s
Rheumatic
Remedy
E golb watch
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»*teh b.i SOLID UOLD LAID CASE.
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not-d of froevr •!«*. Appears aoc*l t*.
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rnl
Wives and Mothers
If you liavo it loved ons whom you wish
to euro of firm Icing, T win gindly tail yon
so of oil cost Just what 1 ured to ear-
ray husband, who drank for over to
its. Write roe Jn oonlidence.
Mr* Margaret Andcrron
eaao Maple Ave.. HUIbnrn, X. Y.
. i
Book 4 For Women, i mystery of the explosion was not solved ;
j until some one tested the ’lard oil" by j
i putting a drop on the anvil and striking!
j it a blow with the hammer. (Instantly j
I the man was knocked fiat on the floor. |
| It was decided at once that tiie innocent
j looking stuff was nitro-glyeerin. A few j
■ months later a young pumper was killed 1
j in his engine house by thrusting his j
fengs into a tub of hot water in which
. a -an of frozen glycerin had been thawed !
' out. A small amount had probably been j
spilled In the tub which was exploded '
by the tongs being thrown in.
The patent which Colonel Roberts -held I
for “shooting" gave him a monopoly of
tiie business and enabled him to charge
sue!: exorbitant prices, that there sprang )
, up a class of men called "moonlighters.
• Roberts charged all the way from S8.00 j
I to CS0 per quart. These '‘moonlighters" i
. were chiefly his own men. who stole the
j explosives from his magazines, "shot” j
wells on moonlight nights, at greatly re- !
i duceil prices, and pocketed the money. ;
j Dangerous as tiie ’‘shooting" was in the I
daytime it was doubly so at night. In- :
! stead of hauling Ids load with team, the
j “moonlighter” put two 10-quart cans in
I a meal bag. slung it over bis sho.ulder,
I and went -blundering and stumbling over
EXACTLY AS "I.SriURKO b, r.turo med); .l.o
li laid rims, ladies’., beat’s style.
CHICAGO.
! charine retained, and then, after two or!
| tnree ’’rackings" or changes, the casks |
j will bo "bunged” and let lie for three j
j months. Some years Devonshire cider |
brings Hodges as much as $12.50 a cask J
of 63 gallons and some years as little!
1 as S2, 'but wnatever the surplus supply
yields, Hodges himself must have ,
enough, for each member of the family |
drinks more cider than the average Lon- [
don woman drinks tea.
1.000 Pointers for Stock Raisers.
\Ye have just received from Sears.
; Roebuck & Co. a copy of a book entitled
j "1.000 Pointers for Stock Raisers," pub- *
I lished by the Davis Stock Food Com- j
i pany, and distributed by Sears, Roebuck j
j co., that I.? a radical departure and a]
I mud more pretentious volume than has I
■ ever been attempted along similar lines. I
j The book consists of 548 pages, and ;
I from cover to cover is filled with valu- j
j ubie information for the farmer and j
| stock raiser. The -book treats exhaust- |
ively al] the feeding problems that the ,
>-stock raiser will meet with. Every dis-I ... „ _ _ w „
! ease known to live stock is thoroughly! I Have Proven Cancer C^n be Cured at Home,
i covered, giving the cause, symptoms and I Plaster, . o Knife—Dr. wells.
' treatment, afid the treatment is not con- } I have discovered a new and seemingly
fined to tl:at supplied by tiie various | unfailing cure for the deadly cancer.
prepared breakfast, for the early tramp’ of my gingham aprons, ready to help us
had given Grandpa Silas a keen ap- j nw, and to think 1 called her ‘stuck up.'*
p e tjtP j It's a wonder lightning from heaven
Grandma could not be persuaded to I j'ffin.t fall on my -hettfi while I was say-
taste a morsel; however, grandpa did j u ’ff !t - , . , , _ . .
not allow that to worry him, and had ! .®° an Gm big. olo-fashioned, sunny
cheerfully tidied the. kitchen when he
heard carriage wheels and children's
voices. Peering out of the window, he
was surprised to see the only public
carriage to be hire! from Jonesville
coming slowly up his driveway, a
grocery wagon following, with a trunk,
baskets, bundles and bulgy bags.
I "Jingo! what does this mean? Wrong
house, I reckon. Must have taken this
place for the parsonge,”
He opened the door, to tell them of
their mistake, just as the carriage j
the big. old-fashioned,
kitchen, was a busy scene, but many
hands and bright conversation made
the work enjoyable. A late din
ner was decided on, so, when the smok
ing doughnuts came from the kettle, and
brown cookies f'.ora tiie oven, as well as
pans of light, flaky biscuits, these were
placed. lunch fashion, on a side table,
with a. large dish of apples and a liberal
supply of rich milk in a large, old-fash
ioned pitcher. To these Mrs. Fred Wil
son a'.i-Je,-i fruits and confections which
she brought tiie old couple.
As they expected, hungry time brought
stopped at the step, and the old man j t j ie ramblers in, ravis
trembled with surprise when three lusty j j Cv even a simpler uie
Silas! Grand- p,.o Ug ht the
! voiced shoute
"Grandpa
pa Silas! We've come! We've come!
as they scrambled from the carriage;
and big. manly Fred was hugging him,
wh'i'le his wife was warmly shaking
hands, all at once, with the beaming
host, who was speechless with surprise
and joy.
He led them into the sitting room.
“Where's grandma?” the children began
to call; quickly Grandpa Silas put them
off. by saying:
“You all make yourselves at home for
a bit: grandma’s not quite ready for
such early callers, you must give her a
little time to primp,” and grandpa
actually winked at his clever maneuver
ing. When he entered his bed room he
carefully locked the door, and ^;oing to
his wife, who was looking at him curi
ously for information as to the merry
voices she had heard.
“Come, mother, quick!" he remarked.
“They’ve come! All of ’em. I’ll help
you dress."
“Who’s come?” indifferently.
“Wliv, Fred and family—sent a tele
gram, but they got here as soon as it
did. I told ’em you were prinking up.
so don’t let on your mistrusted 'em—
we’ll manage somehow."
At the word Fred, grandma was up
and hurrying into her clothes betore
enough to en-
but, alas. It
xpeoted—Fred came In.
carrying Miss Grace, whom he deposited
gently rpon the sofa, where she fainted.
Continued on Last Page.
Piles Quickly
Cured a!
Home
I remedies manufactured by the company.
d, common sense treatment that 1 1 believe every person with cancer should
i tiie farmer himself can obtain from his I know oi this marvelous medicine and its
. local druggist, is given in 'perfect candor. ! wonderful cures and i wil: t»e glad to give
! There are numerous plans and epecifica- | full information free to. ail wno write me
i t:ons. together with itemized bilis of l a nd tell me about theii case.
have made some most astonishing cures, j Grandpa bflas could finish explaining. It
i ma teiials. for poultry houses, farm resi-
| deuces, barns and dipping vats. There
: is a chapter devoted to irrigation, ex-
j plaining fully how the farmer may lay
Peter Keagan, Galesburg, 111., had ean-
! cer of the mouth and throat. Doctors
said, ”r.o hope." .Mr. Keagan wrote: "It
Is only a question of a short time—I must
mt and construct his own irrlgatlnk . Tod ^ y ^cancer |s Healed «P
ditches. There is also a full chapter on ,s vve l*- marvelous radiatized i
PROF. T. H. MIDGLEY.
ipation Specialist, Inven'
the Drugless Constipaticn Cure.
he is well. My marvelous radiatized
good country roads that is worthy of! « ui ?, did 11 *? a ? “fo
more than passing notice, land the final ! V 5 ls f F t ’ dlL ’, ls “ a ' l!1 8 t . Yu \f r '\
chapter in the book, entitled “The Truth ! day an , li restoring them to health and
About Stock Foods," will prove an eye- I ? tien f»ih
Constipation Specialist, Inventor oi j opener to the up-to-date stockman. This 1 lump or , sore that you nelieve is cancer.
you have cancer or any
hat you believe is cancer,
write today and learn how others have |
was no fancy primping that she did, only
a fresh gingham gown, tor would sue
not have to go straight to the kitchen
and cook dinner for the hungry folks’:
While she hastily made her toilet, they
planned the dinner.
“What will the children do without
their turkey? It won’t seem like Thanks
giving to them." sighed the repentant old
lady.
"And Grace Goodrich, Fred s wne s
sister, came with them. too. You ought
to see her. Site’s a higli-stepper. all
right, and .nighty pretty, too." informed
grandoa.
~ "My sakes! Silas," and grandma sat
down suddenly on the side of tiie bed.
I b « e n cured quickly and safely and at j her hands raised in consternation
©DROPSY
JfcrjLc «re 30
■rnflDr. H.K
30 lo 60 days.
Green's Son
wanted
V V signs. Smart
MORPHiNE
1) in
distribute
Koodf* and
larv «SD per month. *3 per day for I na t e lr;a „ j., hits of lacerated flesh ov.. ,
tJdcsgo" S Ar N'i>r:ns c <>.,De p r e. Jackson Bird.: ! a(2r es of brush, and lodged much of it
j in the branches of the trees under widen |
, j he fell. |
| To protect himself against tiie “moon-1
• lighters." Colonel Roberts locked a quail-1
, 1 tity of nitro-glyeerin in a large iron sate I
FRE^ »peViflca^Sca^ord™rh"bH.. j two miffis south of Bradford. Several j
_» m Hpna CUT i» lh e only on* 1 unsuccessful attempts were made to rob
TREATWiE ne J,te! m i w™mSItan* ; ,h " samf ’ o! ' it:; deadly contents by apply-I
rug user free until Cured. J ing explosives to the keyhole, with a j
Write for trial to flay, htsteklud j |o;ig . r „ 3e alld a slow . uat( ;i. t.. burst
the door open. But In September, 1877,1
vital principle* - ., _
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ArsV»e > » Write for trial toflay- Mate kind .
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Bill in your name and address on
dotted lines below and mail to
Vrof. T. H. Midgley. C83 Midgeley
Block, Kalamazoo. Mich., and by
return mail he will tell you free
how to cure ccnstipation without
medicine.
The book, however, is much too exten
sive and treats its subject much too ex
haustively for us to attempt to describe
it in a short article. Suffice It to sav
that tiie value of such a book cannot be
estimated in dollars and cents, and it
has evidently cost a world of time, re
search and money to get the book out.
Wo cannot too strongly urge our read
ers to send for a copy of this book at
once. It !s being sent to all farmers and
stock raisers who will write Seers. Roe
buck & Co.. Chicago, and tell them how
many head of stock they own. By all
means, send for it today. You will be
agreeably surprised at the book.
Knives. Name ar.J a Uress on one site: olioto and
lodge emblem on llie ether. W lite for agents' terms.
COLIIKX Itl LK . i n.KUV A O.. |»EI’T.
•48. I.VJ Lake Mreet. t’llicaito, Illinois.
See the Little
Boy’^ Feet!
If y> 11 ' know such a child
send me his address an 1
description, and 1 v.iil send
yon this boy’s photo, after
being cured, with Ills fa’ti
er's ad’.ress. For informa
tion address DR. C. W.
BARRIER. 200 Bowen St„
Dallas, Tex. . _,__w
gather
want to gather some autumn leaves and
bamboo vines to decorate the dining room
for mother. Wife says she prefers to
stav and assist with the dinner."
"Very well. son. the horses are at your
disposal. I'll stay to help the women
out," and the dear old man's eyes wore
bright from the stir their coming made
in the silent home.
As soon as Fred's party drove off.
grandpa whispered aside:
’’Mother. I've thought about that tur
key. and what do you say to substituting
those fat 'possums I've had up in a coop
fattening? Jones lias cleaned them. Will
they do? IV1 bet some of ’em never
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