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THE BASTROP ADVERTISER, BASTROP, TEXAS
DIZZY, HEADACHY
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Oot a 10-ct nt box.
Sick headuche, biliousness, dIzzi-
fioss, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath—always tract* them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food tu the
boweln or «our, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogg-d In Iho In-
testines Instead of being cant out
of th system in re-absorbed Into tho
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 't causes con-
K<*iloti and that dull, *hrot Mng, sick-
ening headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse ih>>
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the exeats
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
polRons In the' bowels.
A Casearet tonight will surelj
straighten you out by morning. T> \v
work while you tdeep—a lo-cent box
from your druggist minus your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
i mi bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Sacred Ballot.
Apropos the "sacredm *s' of the bal
lot, after the last election In which 1
took part, I asked a laborer (who hud
nothing to fear from me> how he
voted. "God knows," was the anbwer
"1 don't."
"Not know how you voted?" 1 said;
"what on earth do you mean?" "Well,
sir,' he explained, "this hero ballot is
sacred, ain't it? So 1 sez, Let God de
cide,' and 1 soa a prayer to htm, and I
shuts my eyes and makes my mark. He
knows where 1 puts 'un, I don't."—Cor-
respondence of the London Observer,
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OUCH! PI, PAIN,
Rub pain right out with small
trial bottle of old
"St. Jacobs Oil"
Rheumatism is "pain only." Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment Stop drugging! Rub sooth-
ing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Oil" di-
rectly upon the "tender spot," and re-
lief comes instantly. "St. Jacobs Oil"
is a harmless rheumatism cure which
never disappoints and can not burn
the skin.
Limber up! Quit complaining! Get
a small trial bottle of "St. Jacobs Oil"
at the store and in Just a moment
you'll be free from rheumatic pain,
eoreness, stiffness and swelling. Don't
suffer!
or j/7%' of i/xsr itwrr
ELOW the bluffs which
skirt the shore of Fort
Sheridan military reser-
vation the waves o' Lake
Michigan wash over the
site of a lost town.
When the wind] of a few
more storms shall have
blown to the beach two
apple trees which have
but a frail footing at the
embankment's edge the last reminders of
a once thriving uud populous place will
have been swept away.
Almost seventy years npo the hamlet
of St. John was founded bj a man named
1 let linger and & few .if his followers.
The site chosen was a commanding one
on (he bluff overlooking the lake and
one-half mile east of the point where the north-
western depot at the Village of Highwood now
stands. The great clay bank with the stretch of
sand beach which shelves away to the water's edge
at Its foot looks as If it were strong enough and
far enough removed from the breakers to be safe
against the angriest northeaster that ever blew.
Iho men who built their houses upon the plain
surmounting the embankment thought their foun-
dations were as sure as though founded on the
traditional rock They did take the precaution
however, to limit their building operations on the
'list by a line drawn fifty yards from the edge of
i tie bluff. That line has long since been buried in
the sand under the waves, and with it ar8
houses and the shops of the early settlers.
In the year IRLI the Village of St. John was the'
rival of W aukegan, which was then called Little
Fort. Moth were prosperous and both were grow-
ing. Highwood tradition hath It tint people pass-
ing through the two places from Chicago declared
that S'. John showed the ear mark's of success and
that It was destined to be a big city. Other people
beside the Chlcagoans thought so. too, nnd they
flocked to the place and built substantial houses
and shops. The two apple trees which alone re-
main of all that per.alned to the Village of St.
John grew In the yard of Sebastian Richards,
whose house was farther removed from the
lake than any other In the village. The apple
trees were back of the residence. Not long ago
the foundation of bricks, which was nil that
was left or Richard's dwelling, slid down the
bluff lntp the lake during the height of a win-
ter storm. The roots of one of the apple frees
are even now extending into tho nlr through tiio
side of the embankment. One good strong push
100 f«?et
'St. Jacobs Oil" has cured mil- 8L'nd H hurtllnS t0 ,h* beach
lions of rheumatism sufferers in the |
last half century, and is Just as, good Among the names of the builders of St. John
for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, back- 'n aitIon to those of Hettinger and Sebastian
ache and sprains. Adv.
Gentle Hint.
Richards, the only ones that tho oldest High-
wood inhabitants can remember, are Frank
Mitch, Peter Maker and George Shepard. Mitch
"Pardon me," said the waiter, "but WUH n shoemaker and It is said that he is stl'l
I believe that newspaper you are read- ! following the trade In a town in the far north,
ing Is yesterday's." HS known he Is the only survivor of
The patient guest sighed. 1 ",0 nu'n w'10 founded the Village of St John.
"Mayhap, mayhap!" he replied, 'n 'I10 >'par 1847 there were several stores, a
"but It was today's I am sure—when blacksmith shop, a tavern and a postofllce In the
I gave you my order." • ^ '""K® of St. lohn, which then held a popula-
But the serving-person, being der- ' about 200 people. In that day there was
matologlcally prepared for such re- 14 B,i,Ke coach line between Chicago and Mil-
waukee. The
marks, refused to hurry.
GRANDMA USED SAGE TEA
TO DARKEN HER GRAY HAIR
6he Made Up a Mixture of Sage Tea
and Sulphur to Bring Back Color,
Gloss, Thickness.
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound-
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way to get this mixture
was to make It at home, which Is
mussy and troublesome. Nowadays,
by asking at any store for "Wyeth'i
Bag© and Sulphur Hair Remedy," you
will get a large bottle of this famous
old recipe for about 60 cents
Don't stay gray! Try it! No one
can possibly tell the* you darkened
your hair, as it does It so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with It and draw thts
through your hair, taking one small
strand at. a time; by morning tho gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, thick aiid glossy Adv.
Always on the Trail.
"What Is a nemesis?" asked the
|>olitlclan's wife.
"A nemesis," replied the politician,
"Is a man whom you once foolishly
promised a political Job "
For Nail In the Foot.
Horses and cattle are liable to blood
poisoning from stepping on rusty nails
For Bucb an Injur." apply Hartford's
Balsam of Myrrh and get It Into the
bottom of the would It should kill
the poison germs Always have a bot
tie In your stable, because you will
And different uses for It. Adv.
Alas, that a wise man can't help
looking like a fool at hi* own wed
ding!
Mr*.Wlnnlnw'n Hoollilrir^f- rup for CMIdree
tfethliitf, mitlrim tin* gum*. r#<lu<' In rtmntrwi
Uso.allay* i>*lu,cure« w.ud cu.lv Jtto * butne^Mi
Home moil are weighed In the bal
ice ai d found wanting the earth
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tavern at St. John was a relay
station for the stage. Henry Mowers, who re-
| members the village In Its latter days, says
that the tavern was noted for its table, and Its
liquor, and that people frequently took the stage
Journey from Chicago for the sole purpose of
getting a good dinner and a good glass
It was a man who intended becoming a resi-
dent of St. John that afterward founded the
V illage of Half Kay. He had looked over the
lakesido village, and then had declared that ho
would establish one that w uld last longer and
had more people In If. The automobills s who
every Sunday pass through Half Day on their
runs to Wauke^an and return may look on tho
half-dozen houses there assembled, and know
that the man who turned his back on St John
has kept his word
When the Chicago and Milwaukee railroad was
built the surveyed line ran one-half mile went
of the Village of St. John. An adequate Idea
of the Importance of a plaoo of which now bare-
ly a vestige remains may be had when It Is
known that the railroad authorities built a spur
line running to tho south edgo of tho town
Some of the practical residents of the place had
discovered that an excellent quality of brick
could be made from the clay which was found
In a pit a short distance south of the blacksmith
shop. As a matter of fact, the presence of this
brickyard was one of the chief reasons that the
branch line of the railroad was built. When
I'ncle Sam accepted from the Commercial Club
of Chicago the land to tho north of tho city as
a military reservation tho soldiers drew hun-
dreds of cartloads of both good brick and broken
brick from the site of the old brickyard and
used the material for temporary road-making
and for the filling In of swamp spots. The fore-
thought of the St. John people In leaving be-
hind them specimens of their handiwork saved
the United Slates government a great many
doilars
It Is possible to trace today with no difficulty
at all the embankment upon which the branch
line of the railroad ran to the brlckvard and to
the now lost Village of St. John, in size and
outline It looks 1'ko a military redoubt, and ft
would perfectly answer the purpose of one Tho
embankment was leveled ut Its western end
when stores wero erected In the Village of High-
wood. It starts now from a point almost direct-
ly back of the little Methodist church, and runs
eastward, broken only by roads which havo been
dug through It.
H was less than ten years after the founding
of St John that tho people awakened to a possi-
ble danger to their homes by the encroachment
of the waves of the luke It Is tfue thai they
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saw year by year that tho
face of the bluff was being
gradually worn away, but
the erosion was so slow that
they gave little heed. One
night in the winter of 1852
a storm whipped up out of
tho northeast. It was forty-
eight hours before It had
fully spent Its force. Ile-
fore Its assaults, tho bluff
gave way, tons upon tons of
the hard clay breaking off in
great pieces unu falling to
the beach. When tho wind
ceased blowing the barn of
tho dwelling nearest to the
lake stood at the edge of the
embankment. The villagers
started to move the structure
Inland, but another storm.
coming up suddenly, forced
them to stop the work, and
before it could be resumed the barn, in the shape
of disjointed Joists and broken planks, uuh be-
ing tossed about by the waves
It was about this time that the people of St.
recched a visitor who was much more
unwelcome than-the storm. This visitor was a
lawyer armed with a lot of formidable.U.oklng
papers, lie went to the tavern and asked that
the elders of the village be nent for. They came.
The lawyer told them that their title to the land
which they oecupiel was extremely faulty and
that they must either pay again for the ground
on which their homes stood, or get out Tho
villagers made up their minds to light the mat-
ter t ut. but preliminary court proceedings showed
them that the lawyer had fully as good a case
as he claimed. They became disheartened, and
when another terrific storm arose, and Iho black-
smith s shop and (ieorge Shepard's house went
Into the lake they lost all courage. They told
tho lawyer that the luke seemed to have a bet-
ter claim to tho land than either they or he
had, and that It apparently was bent on enforc-
ing title rights. One by one tho people of St.
John moved away, leaving their dwelling and
stores to the will of the wind and waves Set-
tlements sprang up to the south and the west
of the deserted village, and the people, during
the height of winter storms, used to go to a place
near the bluff and watch for some deserted dwell-
ing standing perilously near the edge of Iho
embankment to fall with one final crash onto
the water swept sand below.
Henry Mowers, an old time hunter was a vet-
eran of the residents near the site of tho lost
village. Not long after the disappearance In the
lake of tho Ia«t building of the Village of St
John, Mowers look a spado and walked up the
lake shore until he came to tho point where
a large part of the site of St. John had disap-
peared beneath the waves. Mowers' trip was
taken up at sunrise, a tlmo when he was not
likely to be Interrupted In his work. He began a
series of mysterious diggings Just at the base of
the mud cliff He worked for Iwo hours and
then quit. Ho returned to his task every morn-
ing for a week, making several new excavations
a foot or two In depth each time. One morning
the spade struck something hard, and In a min-
ute Mowers had unearthed an Ingot of pure cop-
per weighing eighteen pound* This was worth
having but if was not what Mowers was after.
He kept on dinning for a month, and at the end
of that flrno had secured gold and sliver French
nnd Spanish pieces in value to the amount of
124. In addition he found some United Slates
copper cents and half-cents of an early date and
one bron/,o Roman coin of tho period of Nero
Mowers kept af his work for weeks, hut after
un«arthlng flie Roman fdoce ho found nothing
for a long tlmo. He was about to glvi>up the
work for good Ho shouldered Ills spade and
started homeward On the sand, glistening In
the sun af the wafer's ediro. Jnnf as h turned
t" go for supposedly fho last time, lie found two
United States silver dollars minted on ou« side
Rah! Rah!
Rah!
Three cheers forv a
keen appetite, perfect
digestion, liver activ-
ity and bov. M regu-
larity. If you do not
possess these, you
should take
HOSTETTER'S
STOMACH BITTERS
before meals. It helps
Nature overcome all
Stomach, Liver and
Bowel ills.
.^vafeTHOMPSON S~
ctoeye water,
JOIIV I.. THOMPSON .SON-'.I « !•">. >.V
New Reading.
"Figures won't lie."
"I suppose that is tho reason why
figures generally stand "
painful eczema on hands
Bienville, La.—"I was troubled with
eczema in my hands for several years.
Tho skin would break and look llko
It had been cut with a knife and ui>
hands wero so sore I could luirdly
bear to put th m in water and could
hardly use them. When 1 used them
the blood would run out. They would
heal a little and then they would get
worse than ever again. They were
very painful. Tho eczema got to
breaking out on my arms In plmploa
which itched and burned very badly.
"I used dm- rent remedies, also ua«d
all kinds of facial creams and
on my hands and arms and I did not
got any relief until 1 used Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment. I cured my
hands and eczema with Cutlcura Soap
and Ointment." (Signed) MIsb Pannle>
Mostlller, Oct. &, 1012.
Cutlcura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout ihe w orld. Sample of each
free,with 32-p. Skin Book. Addrese post-
card "Cutlcura, Dept. L, lioslon."—Ad?.
She Hail.
"Has Miss (iotcoyne a nice figure?"
' lias she? She has six of 'em, with
a dollar mark In front."
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle ot
CASTOR I A, a safe and sure remedy for
infants ana children, nud see that It
Hears tho
Signature of
In Uso For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Some Courage.
"Is Bandbox a brave man?" „
"Well, he wears a hat with a red
feather in the bow."
WM
lere was a puzzle which even his shrewd-
lid not solve. The coins were silver and
weight, and In that day silver was of
,1 Intrinsic value to make If useless for
to make counterfeits out of the pure
Mowers searched for another week, but
more coins. He then showed the rn-
s labor to neighbors and to some people
My of Chicago. He said nothing about
had discovered the treasure. Shortly
however, a man offered him $100 for
t. and though Mowers told him that
was probably worked out the man of-
money, said lie would take the chance,
offer was accepted. The purchaser
nd anything ami gave up ttie labor in
To prevent gangrene use llanford's
Balsam because it cleanses and heala
tho wound. AJv.
A poor barber and a dull razor
generally manage to pull together.
lot long before the story of tho place
|coltiH had been picked up beeutne gen-
vn and tho people flocked to the bluff
beach marking the silo of tho lost
y dug, searched and prospected with
or of Klondlkers, but the sole result
pleco of the value of JJ.fiO, which a
up from the wake of a retreating
| yi i collect Ion of coin which Henry Mow-
' no in I •> I li.i iniuuituu l/in t\f r 111 i| T1
w ho gC' 11 n a Chicago dine museum. No ono
4 now In the possession of
has < Oil i) able to account for the presence
of thi". ' v In tho place The theory that It
was i^rf^^i^lnd by a departing resident of St.
John Is
people Cjt
make tl O
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find In a mm
the two V
The trun
full of 1 rV
of th« ol<
years befc1
Iho troops
pumped 1
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leaden
fruit fnfX J
which i>eb
town of f
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to be hardly tenable, because the
it place wero not rich enough to
ireless of valuables.
;o metal which the prospector may
iiice If he will go to St John before
pple frees fumble down tho bluff
nd branches of both of them aro
Tho trees stood Just at the end
th Infantry rifle butt. For three
:he building of the present post
f first came to Fort Sheridan
target practice Into the butt and
o the apple frees at tho side,
tacks of Ihe weather and this
t the two trees bore a burden of
; as sound and as sweet as that
^ branches at the time when the
n was something mora substan*
ory.
Housework Is a Burden
it's li.ml enough to keep house if in
perfect hr.i'.th, bet a woman who is
weak, tired and suff'-rio,,' {rum an aching
back l^s a heavy burden.
Any woman in this condition has good
cause to suspect kidney trouble, especial-
ly it the kidney action seems disordered.
Poan's Kidney Pills have cured thou-
sands of suffering women It's tho best
recommeudcd special kidney remedy,
A MONTANA CASE
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lurr 7 *lis a
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mini my hit' k that
my r*«t lit night.
I f*ti worn out in tliu
innrnlnMHnd had to wiilli
around all bent ovar.
/if I did any atocp-
Ing or llftlnic. It
mada mo woraa. I
took different kld«
nay ramadlea and
trlrd plaatcra. but
nothing helped n «
until I u«rd l oan a
Kldnty IMlla They
rall« veU me right
Hwav and three
boxt-s curt'd ma."
Gat Doan'i at Anr Stui#, 50c Br x
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