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Money
There was received at the redemp
tion division of the treasury recently
an envelop containing a mass oi
greenish paper dried and hard but
showing evidence of having once been
- water soaked The letter accompany-
ing explained that the substance had
once been money and that it had been
found among the debris left by the
storm at Galveston Tex It was of
fered for redemption There was un
doubtedly much money destroyed in
the Galveston storm but comparative
ly little of it has been recovered A
half dozen or more installments have
been received but in all it has amount
ed to but a few hundred dollars Some
of that sent in had been found in the
pockets of clothing worn by victims of
the storm Most of it was In fair
shape and the senders received the
full amount in crisp new bills The
man who recovered the last lot re
ceived however was less fortunate
It was turned over to E A Brown the
treasury expert on mutilated money
who soaked the mass and picked it
apart discovering at once that it was
composed of worthless confederate
bills Mrs Brown and her assistant
Miss Elizabeth D Smith have to deal
with money under many queer condi
tions It comes to them burned until
only fragments of charred paper are
left rotted and mildewed gnawed by
mice eaten and discolored by acids
and in a thousand other forms Their
knowledge of money is reduced to a
science By a glance at a mere frag
ment of a bill they are able to tell
from its geography by which is
meant the particular style of engrav
ing the year of its issue and the de
nomination of the note of which it is
a part A case Mrs Brown now has
in hand called forth all her ingenuity
The Moravian National bank of Mora
via N Y sent a package of money
that had been burned until only black
and shriveled paper remained The
burned bills were supposed to amount
to 125 Mrs Brown was able to iden
tify more than 100 and as there re
mained a considerable amount of the
charred paper which had been crushed
until it was unrecognizable the full
amount will be- paid upon an affidavit
from the bank that the sum stated was
destroyed A couple of weeks ago a
roll of burned money was received
from a small town in Virginia The
sender explained in his letter that the
money belonged to an aged woman
who had been saving it to pay her
funeral expenses Her house caught
fire and her little hoard was destroyed
The old lady was not quite sure of the
amount that had been in the roll but
she thought it was between 70 and
A Democratic
Emperor
Like many who live in the rarified
atmosphere of courts Emperor Francis
Joseph enjoys nothing better than a
glimpse into the lives of his humblest
subjects So in order to come closer
in touch with the peasants he has
fallen into the habit of walking out
alone every Sunday afternoon Usual
ly he turns his back upon the city and
strolls out upon one of the country
roads where he almost invariably finds
a companion going the same way a
simple tiller of the soil When the em
perors questions regarding the details
of life in the work-a-day world bring
down no suspicion of his identity
when he is regarded merely as a kind
chatty stranger then he is pleased On
one occasion an old man having lis
tened to the sovereigns talk with a
group of laborers without knowing
who he was followed Francis Joseph
as he retraced his steps to the city
Gradually the old man edged up along
side Hello stranger you going up
It is stated that the statesmen of
the flowery kingdom are considering
the advisability of altering the Chinese
law which requires Mongolians to wear
cues The Chinese it Is said wore
their hair American fashion some 300
years ago at which time they likewise
wore garments similar to those in use
in this country today With a new
emperor came an alteration in the
two fashions and ever since cues and
blouses haVe been quite the proper
thing
Now there is a great agitation for a
change back to the old style The Chi
nese are of a practical turn of mind
and say that too much time is requir
ed to dress their long braids There is
considerable objection to the style now
in vogue and so persistent for a
change has become ths demand that It
is likely the law establishing the style
of headdress will be altered It is
stated that the Chinese will not wear
their hair long but that their heads
will be kept shaven
Will Cat Bears Whiskers
Whiskerg have been tabooed at the
Zoo and a crusade against them will
shortly be started says the Philadel
phia Press Within a few days the
keepers will trim the bears mustaches
which have grown very long and an
noy the beasts The whiskers have
curled around so far as to tickle the
bears every time they move their
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Bills aro
Reconstructed
Many Little Acts of
Kindness of Francis
Joseph of Austria
75 Investigation showed that there
was 130 in the package and that
amount was forwarded for the benefit
of the funeral fund Among the re
ceipts recently was a large package
of the fractional currency in circula
tion during the civil war It had evi
dently been stored away in a vault
that was not over dry and was badly
discolored but was yet in such condi
tion that It could be redeemed A good
deal of this fractional currency is re
ceived much of it almost as bright
and clean as on the day of Issue The
best is not destroyed but kept on hand
and sold at face value to collectors A
week or so ago there was received a
number of continental bills issued by
authority of the continental congress
during the war of the revolution The
law does not provide for the redemp
tion of this money and the bills were
returned Ignorant people in the south
and elsewhere particularly negroes
frequently send in large quantities of
confederate bills believing the govern
ment will redeem them The govern
ment formerly held that the finder of
money was not entitled to have it re
deemed and when turned into the
treasury it was kept there for the
owner This rule has now been
changed and the finder of money is
the one who profits A few days ago a
Washington colored man took to the
treasury two 50 notes which he said
had been found on an ash heap Al
though badly soiled the notes were
easily identified and the negro got the
100 Another Washington negro not
long ago took to the treasury a large
package of bills which had been
buried in the ground and were badly
water soaked The bills were general
ly of small denomination and the task
of separating the pieces and patching
them together was a big undertaking
as the amount of the resurrected roll
was more than 3500 The negro ex
plained that he had buried the money
to get it away from an extravagant
family and that when he went to the
place of burial to get out a small
amount he found that the entire store
had been ruined The history of the
redemption division of the treasury is
calculated to explode the theory that
paper money is a great spreader of
disease germs An average of 1000000
of paper money in its very worst
forms of dirtiness is handled aud
counted three times every working day
in the year by a force composed most
ly of young women The only precau
tion the clerks take is to wash their
hands thoroughly with soap and water
yet there has never been a case of ill
ness among them traceable to the han
dling of money Chicago Journal
to town too looking for work he
inquired confidentially His answer
was a bright gold piece slipped into
his hand by the stranger accompa
nied by a few words of cheer This
unexpected liberality on the part oi
his affable companion so fascinated the
peasant that they walked on together
until they reached the palace gate
Some time later a foot passenger found
the bewildered old man stumbling
along the road looking first at the gold
piece In his palm and then back over
his shoulder toward the emperors
palace
Dairyman Supplies JSoIseloss Milk
A dairyman in Indianapolis Ind
supplies his patrons with what he calls
noiseless milk His wagons have
rubber tires his milkmen wear rubber-soled
shoes and he has supplied
each of his customers with a little rub
ber mat on which the vessels are si
lently placed
j TKe Chinese Pig Tail May Go
heads The hairs are fully eight inches
in length and caused one bear to cut
himself so badly with his claws in try
ing to push them away that the keep
ers feared for a time that serious re
sults would follow The trimming of
the bears whiskers will require several
days and is a dangerous operation
Each bear has to be cornered and
placed in a cage so small that in it
he is unable to move The objection
able whiskers are then removed with
long shears The position of zoo bar
ber is not much sought after The
animals often struggle and fight until
exhausted before they will submit to
the operation and it takes all the pa
tience of the keepers to bring it
through successfully The day for the
trimming of the whiskers has not yel
been set but it wilL be a lively one at
the Zoo
Some of Mr Morgans Gifts
Thus far J Pierpont Morgan has
given 500000 for a New York tech
nical school 175000 for a botanical
park in New York 100000 for a lying
in hospital 150000 fqr a yacht club
30000 for a church 25000 for ligh1
ing St Pauls cathedral London aaj
30000 rare manuscripts to the Ne
York library
It is easier to call a man a fool that
it is to convince him of the truth oi
your statement
WHY MRS PINKHAM
Is Able to Help Side Women
When Doctors Fail
How gladly would men fly to wo
mans aid did they but understand a
womans feelings trials sensibilities
and peculiar organic disturbances
Those things are known only to
women and the aid a man would give
is not at his command
To treat a case properly it is neces
sary to know all about it and full
information many times cannot ba
given by a woman to her family pay
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Mas G H Chappeli
slcian She cannot bring herself to
tell everything and the physician is
at a constant disadvantage This is
why for the past twenty five years
thousands of women have been con
fiding their troubles to Mrs Pinkham
and whose advice has brought happi
ness and health to countless women in
the United States
Mrs Chappell of Grant Park I1L
whose- portrait we publish advises all
suffering- women to seek Mrs Pink
hams advice and use Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable Compound as they
cured her of inflammation of the ovaries
and womb she therefore speaks from
knowledge and her experience ought
to give others confidence Mrs Pink
hams address is Lynn Mass and her
advice is absolutely free
Your worth depends on what you are
and not what you have
Mrs Winslows Soothing Syrnp
tor children teething softens the gums reduces lv
flamrnatlon allays pain cures wind colic 23c a bottle-
The wisdom or today is not infre
quently the result of yesterdays mis
fortune
Are Yon Using Allens Foot Easo
It is the only cure for Swollen
Smarting Burning Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions Ask for Allens
Foot Ease a powder to be shaken into
the shoes At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad
dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
The bad boy often makes the best
man
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH the only 16 oz package for
10 cents All other 10 cent starcn con
tains only 12 oz Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded
Basket picnics are one kind of en
tertainment and basket ball is another
Pain Wizard Oil Use the last on
the first and you have neither one nor
the other
A dollar in the hand is worth two in
a will
Private Mailing Card
Private Mailing Card with colored
views of scenery on the Chicago Mil
waukee St Paul Railway sent on
receipt of ten 10 cents in stamps
Address F A Miller General Passen
ger Agent Chicago 111
A flat in the ninth story of an apart
ment house is a place intended for high
livers
WHAT WE HEAR FROM
ASSINIBOIA WESTERN CANADA
Dont Think or Coming bat Come
To the Editor The above Is the em
phatic manner In which a friend in
Yorkton writes to a friend near St
Paul Minnesota and It is pretty near
ly right too with the advantages
that Western Canada offers to those
seeking homes The Assiniboia dis
trict is one of the best The writer
from whose letter we quote goes on to
say
John if you miss this chance you
are foolish for you can get out cheap
er when there are so many coming
and I would not tell you to come if I
thought you could not do well and
if you dont come in the spring you
will have to go away back for you
do not want to think that there Is no
one living out here but us I saw
nicer buildings out here than I ever
saw before and If the country was no
good what would they want them for
John If you sold everything you have
and came out here you would be worth
more than ever you were before and
if you can bring your team You can
get anything you want on tick and
when they do that with strangers they
are not afraid they cant make enough
to pay for It I saw as nice wheat as
I ever saw In my life and if they could
not grow grain what would the flour
mill be for and it cost 20000
Now this was what Mr Thomas
Fitzpatrick of Yorkton Assiniboia
Western Canada wrote to a friend
There will be opened up this sum
mer new districts in Saskatchewan
and Assiniboia at low prices particu
lars of which can be had of any agent
of the government of the Dominion of
Canada whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in the columns of your
paper Yours truly An Old Reader
True fishers of souls have little use
for bread and butter bait
HO FOR OKLAHOMA
Kevr lands sodlrto open Be ready Morgans Manual
with supplementcontainlng proclamation map showing
allotments County seats etc 81 Supplement fc Map
We Agents Wanted DICK T MORGAN Ferry OT
A man may have a keen mind with
out a cutting tongue
You can not always Improve an un
cultured man by cultivating him as an
acquaintance
So Tonr Foet Ache and Barn
Shako Into your shoes Allens Foot
Ease a powder for the feet It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures
Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and
Sweating Feet At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE
Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY
It doesnt take an artist to draw a
perfectly natural long breath
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is token internally Price 75c
A family tree Is one kind that isnt
admired for having a shady reputa
tion
Pisos Cure Is the best medicine -we ever used
for nil affections of the throat and lungs Wif
O EXDSLsr Vanburen Ind Feb 10 1900
If a man could do just as he pleas
ed he would be the most unpopular
individual on earth
Dyspepsia is the Dane of the human system
Protect yourself against its ravages by the use
of Beemans Pepsin Gum
People who ask time for their
debts dont care to spend It in jail
148 will buy new Upright piano on
easy payments Write for catalogues
Schmoller Mueller 1313 Farnam
street Omaha
South Dakota Farms
Is tha title of an illustrated booklet
just issued by the Chicago Milwaukee
St Paul Railway descriptive of the
country between Aberdeen and the
Missouri River a section heretofore
unprovided with railway facilities but
which is now reached by a new line of
the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul
Railway Everyone contemplating a
change of location will be Interested
in the Information contained in it and
a copy may be had by sending a two
cent stamp to F A Miller General
Passenger Agent Chicago 111
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH the only 16 oz package for
10 cents All other 10 cent starch con
tains only 12 oz Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded
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When the musclen feel drawn and
tied up and the flesh tender that
tension is
Soreness
and
Stiffgess
from cold or over exercise It
lasts but a short time after
St Jacobs Oil
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is prompt and sure
Undigested decaying food remnants in the mouth and stomach giving off pestiferous gases are the cause
of that awful breath so repulsive as to cause a halt in friendship affection love any form of intimacy
Nobody can stand its overpowering stench and it is a cause of terrible misery to those afflicted and their dear
ones There is only one way to cure it disinfect the digestive canal with CASCARETS Clean it out keep it
clean let CASCARETS stimulate the lining of mouth and stomach and put it in shape to work naturally and
properly Nothing but CASCARETS will bring about the desired result BE SURE YOU GET THEM
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simply wonderful My daughter and I were
bothered with aide stomach aad oar breath
was Tery bad After taking a few doses of
Cascsrets we have improved wonderfully
They are a great help in the family
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