THE ( niAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , JfLY 9. 1SJS ) ) .
GOOD MONEY IN CORNSTALKS
Miny Practical Uses Found for tha Waste of
Corn Fields.
PROTECTIVE B'LT FOR MOUERN WAR SHIPS
Impnrlnntdrnncr In hr
mcnt of Ilic > % > ( iroTr
4 _ Vnlnr of HIP Ilr-Pni-
V iluut of MlnlUti.
A ne-v device In war ship construction bus
been found , which , It Is believed , will make
the American navy , ship for blp , the su
perior of any other In the world. Curiously
enough the material for thin Improvement
comes , not from our seaboard products , but
from the waste of western farms. Its'value
Ilex in the fact that It will prevent a ves-
Bcl's fighting ability from being destroyed
even after It has been nlerced in a dozen
places.
Sir. Lowls Nixon , formerly a United
EUte.i navnl constructor , and who i now en-
Based In building war ships for the govern
ment at Ellzabcthport , X. J. , says of the
now Invention :
"Tho value of some light substance that
will preserve the stability of light armored
vcmeU by displacing water that might enter
nfter a projectile has been appreciated by
naval constructors ever since we began to
fcullrt steel armored vessels.
"To meet this need the French originated
the uao of cellulose , which , when fired Into ,
BwollA up under the Influence of water and
prevents further Inflow. After various trials
It waa adopted In our navy. Thus , in the
Columbia , the Now York and the Olympla ,
thcro are protective decks of ample strength
lo keep out the shells ot any vessels they
are liable to engage , while their stability is
protected by bolts ot cellulose several feet
thick along the edges. The English armorel
cruiser Blake has no such protection for Its
stability and would not have the same
chances as the above vessels of our navy In
B sustained engagement.
"No thoroughly satisfactory cellulose ma
terial for this purpose was discovered , how
ever , until the pith of cornstalks was uti
lized In Its manufacture. Corn pith is a
perfect obturator. It absolutely prevents
fwater from coming In by the opening made
fcy an eight-Inch shell. When chemically
treated It Is thoroughly fireproof ) and In
every way It meets the requirements of the
situation. Maize Is exclusively an American
product. This gives us an immense advan
tage over other nations. Wo have in the
waste matter of our western fields the very
test material In the world for Imparting this
Bert ot strength to our war ships.
if-
Kceim Out AVnti-r.
"For keeping out water , a cellulose belt
( of tUrco feet may be said to be about as
efficient as a six-Inch belt of steel , BO that
[ we can protect our stability , when we have
a good protective deck back of it to protect
the vitals , with 100 tons of cellulose , where
TPO should require 1,000 tons of armor.
"In vessels of high speed , where weight
Is needed for machinery and an armor
belt can not be carried , cellulose la used
to preserve the stability. In battle ships
thick armor is used amidships and a pro
tective deck and cellulose belt beyond the
limits of this armor. In accordance with
thin plan , the Navy department has pro
vided for cellulose protection in the Ken
tucky , Kearsargc , Alabama , Wisconsin , Illi
nois and other now ships of the navy.
"Our cruisers of the Baltimore type , if
they are provided with a cellulose belt ,
would be warranted in engaging many of the
second-class Ironclads of other powers ;
wllhoiit It they are liable to bo sunk by a
well-directed machine-gun fire. This prod
uct of American farms affords a cheap and
ready means of vastly Increasing the effi
ciency of our cruiser * * , and the unarmorcd
eidcs of all our vessels should have these
belts without delay. This discovery and
application of cellulose Is ot as vital im
portance to our navy as the development
of the Harveylzcd armor and smokeless
powder.
"This follows from the fact that , with
out adding very much to the cost of our
vessels , wo can greatly Increase the effi
ciency of them all by maklnc their sides
automatically resist the Inflow of water , and
as our cruisers carry heavier batteries than
aimllar voxels of other nations , they would ,
when so protected , be able to give battle to
Bblps far heavier than themselves. "
At one time a cellulose made from the
fiber of cqcoa was used In American ships.
The cocoa cellulose was useful , but It would
cot resist the water for moro than a few
minutes. Besides , as soon as It was wet it
decayed and rusted the ironwork of the ship.
In Italy and Germany a cork conglomerate
has been employed for this purpose , and In
France a seaweed called zostlro has been
used. None of these substances have proved
fully satisfactory.
Tent of the Product.
The use of corn pith for this purpose was
uggestcd sot-oral years ago by Prof. Mark
% V. Mersden , who had observed its remark
able absorbent qualities. Ho brought the
matter to the attention of the Cramps and at
their suggestion devised an appnratua for
separating the pith from the stalk. In 1S95
the naval authorities wcro Induced to make
a. test of the new product. A 250-pound pro
jectile was flred through a steel coffer dam
packed with celluloFo three feet thick. The
hell made a hole a foot in diameter through
Among all
the mocking
horrors of
chronic indigestion -
gestion and
liver complaint -
plaint , none is kj
more unhear-
able than that
dreadful sen-
cation of gid-
d i n e a s in
which the
whole world
indoors or out ,
seems to swim
nround before the sight
in the most bickenitig
and nauseating manner
until one's entire being
becomes faint ana
wretched \\ith inde
scribable misery. '
"I was "uflrrin ? with what the doctors called
chronic imtiKTsllon , torpid liver , and vcrtliro. "
wnln Mrs. Martha E. Barham , of NcwvtHe.
Priucc Heorge Co. , Va , "The doctor did me
no rood. My symptoms wrre Ridditieis ( n
the head , pains 111 the chest mid nn unc.-uy
feelta ? all over , I alto kuflcretl with female
"I was alt run-down ntul could not do any
work at all without tuffcriuK from nervous at.
tacks. I wrote to Dr K. V. Tierce , of Buffalo ,
N. Y for mlvice. He advised to ue Dr. Pierre's
Ooltlen Medical Discovery aud Favorite Prescription
scription/ did so. ami titetl five bottles of
men , and I cannot expreu the bcnclit I have
received from these mcdiciuea. I gained In
health and strength. When I commenced to
ue the medicines I weighed only ii pounds ,
cow I weigh 140 pounds. I thank God aud
Dr. Pierce- for my recovery. My husband anil
fnemU all thought I would die but to- < lay I am
well Moraau. "
The wonderful eflects of thin great " Dis-
covcry'1 are genuine and permanent ; they
are not due to any false or alcoholic stimu
lus for it contains no alcohol. Real sub
stantial healthy musuclar strength is built
up ; the stomach and liver are toned ; the
blood is puriBed and vitalized ; the nerves
re steadied , the entire constitution is re.
juvenated and renewed.
In case of constipation , there ! s nothing
quite so effective as Dr. Pierce1 * Pleasant
Pellets. Thry act comfortably though
urely ; they do not gnpe. you do not be.
come a slave to their us * Their effect is
lasting. There arc cuuntloa substitutes ;
but nothing else is IILc them.
' 'he struc'ure The water was Immediately
turned on and ontmued for an hear > the
end of that time not a drop had romc
tbrmuh. itnd the parking at the hole In the
mir of the plate WAS not even dampened.
The cocoa cellnlote , tested at the same time ,
failed to come up to thMC requirements , aud
since then the ti e of corn pith has been
adopted in all our naraf rt > nstructlon.
The relltiloic U packed In the coffer dam
space between the outer and Inner walls of
the ship. A belt of It three feet thick backs
up the Armor bflt. extending six feet above
and six feet below the water line , entirely
around the ve ecl. Fifty tons of it Is re
quired to equip a vessel of the Illinois class ,
and this Is computed to equal 500 tons ot
steel In adding to the defensive strength ot
the ship. U takes about fifteen tons of the
raw matcrla ? to provide one ton of cellulose.
To supply this Important feature In the con
struction of each of our new battleships ,
therefore , requires 750 tons of stalks , or the
product of more than 200 acres of corn land.
In the same nay that the corn pith en
ables our fighting vefoclu to keep afloat , even
after holes have been punched In their sides ,
It may be used to add to the safety of mer
chant and paatengor ships. ( Most ocean dis
asters result from collisions between two
ship } or from a vessel's striking upon hid
den rocks. As the cellulose packing swells
to nearly ten times ItB original bulk under
the Influence of water. It would serve to
elope up even the yawning hole torn by a
liicr'a prow when she strikes a weaker ship.
Even though the cellulose did not hold loni ;
enough to float a ship back to port. It would
suffice to let her passengers escape , and
would thus remove the most horrible feature
of ocean catastrophes.
The two now passenger Ships , the largest
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1 CBU.ULOIC A b INCH AMD AN & INCH iHCLU
NCW BATTLESHIP.
WISCONSIN-
OCUT or COA.M PITH CELLULOSE
PITH CELLULOSE ON OUR NEW BATTLESH IP.
ever constructed In this country , which the
Cramps have undertaken to build for the
American line , -will probably have the corn
pith packing to add to their bouyancy and
safety. Mr. Cramp himself Is aii enthusias
tic believer In the new device.
Otlit-r L'HPM Foiniil.
In trying to find a product that would an
swer the needs of the navy Mr. Marsden un
wittingly stumbled upon a product that is
useful in a greater variety ofnays than any
other growth of our Acids. Since the manu
facture of cellulose for the use of the navy
two years ago it has been applied to a dozen
other practical uses , which ultimately will
utilize the whole product of our cornfields.
U Is estimated that 150,000,000 tons of corn
stalks go to waste every year new. When
this amount Is all utilized it will add $750- :
000,000 to the- yearly resources of American - i i
can farmers and will Increase the annual
business of the country by considerably more I
than $ l,000OOO.OftO. ] I I
The absorbent qualities which make the
i
corn pith cellulose so valuable as a packing
-for war ships also makes it the cheapest I
and most useful material for tbo manufacture i
'
ture of smokeless powder. All such powders
arc made by dissolving gtmcotton and nitro |
glycerine In a solvent and then mixing them.
Corn pith makes a cheap and successful guncotton -
cotton and a company has recently been
formed , with a capital of $10,000,000 , to
manufacture this form of powder. The com
pany's works are located in New Jersey and
are now under operation on government
contracts.
It Ix not alone to warlike uses that the
humble cornstalk Is to be devoted. The
absorbent pith makes the best sort ot a bath
brush. It has also been used as a packing
for steam pipes , boilers , refrigerators and
car journals. The fibrous portion of the
stalk Is manufactured into paper and paper
boxes and the residue , the leaves and the
outside stalks , are chopped up into a pre
pared food for horses and cattle that has
been adopted for the cavalry and artillery
of the United States army. All this reads
like the claims of a patent medicine cure-
nil , but they have all been tried and proved
by practical experience. These uses and
others which will probably be discovered
ralee the maize plant from the position of a
nuisance to the farmer to one of proud im
portance as a source of revenue.
Fuutnrlpn Multlnl- .
Three factories now in operation are em
ployed in turning out the various products
mentioned above. The largest of them Is at
Owensboro , Ky. The others are at Rockford -
ford , III. , and Chester , Pa. Later In the
Kcaann another factory for the manufacture
of the navy product 1s to be opened near
Newport News , Va.
Since the whole process of this manufac
ture is a new one , the machinery by which
It Is carried on hat ) to bs especially devised.
The problems which It presented baffled the
Inventor for some time , but bo has at length
succeeded In perfecting machinery which
makM it possible to turn out the finished
products on a large scale.
To be useful for manufacturing purposes
the stalks must be well ripened before cut
ting and must be thoroughly cured. After
stripping off the ears the farmer hauls the
stalks to the factory , where they are paid
for at the rate of $3 per ton.
The plies ot stalks , just as they come to
the factory , are fed Into big cutting ma
chines , which chop them into short lengths.
Elevating shafts carry them to the roof of
the factory , iwhero they pass over great
screens with fans to separate the leaves and
lighter parts.
An Ingenious machine , -with upright
knives , strips off the "shive , " the hard outer
portion of the stalk and the tough fibers that
run lengthwise of the stem. Only the soft
Inner portion Is left.
From the stripping machines the whole
maas falls upon long traveling strips of
canvas. The elastic nature of the pith cause *
It to bound up and down on the canvas
until It falls ott Into a receptacle prepared
for It. The chopped up stalks and lenvpj
go an to the end of the traveling curtains ,
where they are dumped into cribs.
The pith goes next to the compressor ,
where It U packed to about one-fourth Its
former bulk. Even then It U so light that
only about three tons can be packed Into an
ordinary freight car , The other products
are carried away for mixture Into the pre
pared food In which they are used.
For a new Industry the rarnsta'k business
U remarkably active. By the end of a de
cade the statistics ot the cornstalk Industry
will probably be counted In millions , and Us
influence In adding to the prosperity of the
great corn belt thould b very marked.
MIFFFFRSflVS MAXIMS
JLil 1 LjlVOlM J JKIAUM
Hales Which Ears Contributed Moit to Hit
Success in Lifa.
| IMITATION A SURE ROAD TO FAILURE
MtnlrntN of the Stnwc Mnnt O
the Inner .Mnn Ilinr lit- | , uit
ii \ < M-Utlr Hip Vnn
AVlnlile Story.
"The surest way to score a failure Is to
Imitate some one else. "
This is Joseph JelTcrson's favorite maxim.
For years be has striven to Impress his four
actor sons with the notion that the truth it
contains is of the greatest Importance to
every one desirous of wlnnlnz and keeping
a place upon the stage. Yet it should by no
means be understood that he would advise
against a young actor studying the work of
a true artist , on the contrary , he believes
such study very beneficial , providing It Is
properly directed. Ho explained his views
upon this point In detail last fall.
Mr. Jefferson took greatest Interest , per
haps , in preparing Tom for the Hip Van
Winkle scene in which that character re
gains consciousness after a sleep of twenty
years. Just before the first rehearsal the
older man explained his plan of action.
"Now , Tom , I will Ho down as If asleep , "
he said In effect. f"Then I will wjikcn ,
exactly as I would If I were performing on
the stage of a crowded theater. You must
watch me Intently. But you must not try
to catch the gestures of the facial changes.
Never mind the outer man ; It Is the Inner
man you must observe. By that I mean
that you must try to discover the workings
of my mind. For when I begin to waken
as Rip Van Winkle I strive to put myself ! n
the mental attitude that would have been
his on recovering1 himself after half a life
time's slumber. I try to express the un
certainty , the confusion , the hopes and the
fears that would crowd the mind of a per
son passing through such an extraordinary
experience.
"It Isn't necessary that your Interpreta
tion should be outwardly like mine ; In fact ,
I should 'bo extremely doubtful of your suc
cess if Itwere. . There will surely be some
resemblance , since you. like myself , are a
Jefferson , and so , no matter how you try
to do otherwise , yon will probably be somo-
what Imitative. But the great point will
bo to express properly the thoughts and
emotions cf the wakening nip Van Winkle
In your own way. N'ever mind Just how
you do this , and don't try to produce the
'desired effects In the same way every time ;
the thing you must be concerned with Is
your own notion of the part and your per
sonal feelings when you arc playing It.
"When it comes your turn to do the wak
ening act I will watch you critically , and
i I can certainly tell whether you have suc-
cccdod in feeling the part or not. "
(
hlx Huli-H for hiii'i'CNH ,
Here are more of Mr. Jefferson's
maxims , a given by his son Charles B. , ( so
I named after the late Charles Burke , half
brother of Joseph Jefferson and bis predeces-
I ser in the part of Rip Van Winkle ) to the
writer :
"Xcvcr act to or at your auditors ; al
ways act for them. "
"Never try to gauge the intelligence of
your audience by the price of tlie seats. "
"Always keep the promises you make to
the public. "
"Always do the thing you can do best. "
It Is evident from bis lifelong insistence
upon the value of his maxims , six in all ,
including the one given at the beginning of
this article , and his well known rule never
to allow vulgarity or Irapurlly to find a
place In bin performances , that he consider
their observance a potent factor In his suc
cess. With regard to his rule about keep
ing faith with the public , he has said many
times that refunding the money at the box
office does not satisfy a disappointed au
dience , and he prides himtiolf that no con
siderable number of theatergoers was ever
disappointed by him until last fall when
his Illness made it utterly Impossible for
him to go on with his engagements.
But Joseph Jelferson may not properly be
spoken of as a eiaVo to rules. On the con
trary , his art has always been In a state of
evolution. He has been constantly on the
lookout for new ideas as to effective "busi
ness , " and many of the quiet touches that
have made him so strong with the public
have been the result of accident , pure and
simple.
On one occasion , at least , however , an ac
cident from which ho expected satisfactory
results did moro harm than good. He was
playing Mr. Gollghtly In "Lend Me Five
Shillings , " his son Charles 13. , being
also in the cast. In that play
Mr. Gollghtly wears a butterfly
necktie fastened to the collar button
by a loop of rubber string. One night the
loop became unbuttoned and the butterfly
full to the ground. Jefferson was uncon
scious of the mishap , but he knew something
had happened , for scattered auditors were
laughing all over the house In that hesi
tating way which shows uncertainty as to
whether the cause of tbo laughter li de
signed or accidental , Charles B , saw what
was the matter , ot course , and made signs
which conveyed the truth to his father.
When he understood the situation , a compli
cated and highly comical look , expressing
surprise , annoyance and relief , passed
quickly across bis face. At sight of thli
the audience , now acaured that the whole
thing was part of the "business" and so
legitimate cause for laughter , burst Into a
hearty guttaw , Jefferson then picked up
the tie and buttoned It again to bis collar
whereat there was moro laughter and a
round of applause.
All this happened In less tuna than it
takes to write it , and , the rqiult bring a hit ,
Jefferson determined to Introduce that same
business regularly thereafter , and tried ft
next night But it nas not in any tense a
success. It seemed utterry Impossible for
the actor to counterfeit the facial expres
sions of perplexity and impatience , followed
by tvhimsi M omprehenslon , 'hat ' had been
npparen' when he bu. lne s was realty an
Occident , and. 't ' had to bf abandoned befor
the week was over.
Tlir Hln Vnn Wlnklr Mm.
It If one of the traditions ot the Jefferioi
family that Bouccir ult did not believe n
phenomenally successful piece could bi
evolved from the Rip Van Winkle Idea.
This view of the situation he placed def
initely and frankly before Mr. Jefferson
nhen asked to begin the work. When th
piece WAS finished the playwright begged the
actor not to attempt Its production.
"You see. " pleaded Boucclcault. almost
In tears , "the Rip Van Winkle of the play ,
though young and lusty in the first act. Is
old , gray-haired , decrepit and wrinkled later
on , and. In fact , through All the best pirt ot
i the piece. Now. I have studied the prefer-
I ence ot theatergoers closely enough to know I
that they will not accept you as an old man '
and I nm sure you will play to disaster i
whenever you attempt that part. " I
But this sort of talk did not shake Jefferi i
son's faith , and at this date It In hardly
necessary to say that the Boucclcault Rip
Van Winkle as played by Joe Jefferson
scored an Immediate and profitable triumph.
CrttliiK On In tht > Wnrlil.
A few evenings ago Dr. George F. Shrady ,
the surgeon-journalist , formulated a few of
the maxims which he has accumulated In
his journey through life , and pointed each
one with an anecdote.
"Getting on in the world , " said the doctor.
"Is generally a matter of brains , hard fight
ing and learning the plain leejions of ex-
I perisnce.
i "But the man who happens to have brains
, shouldn't be puffed up because he has them ,
i It isn't because ot anything he ban done
that he Isn't stupid. The clever man who Is
conceited because of his cleverness Is like a
certain watch that hung In a row with a lot
of other watches In a jeweler's window.
This watch kept much better time than the
others. Every one of them was sometimes
out of order , now running too fast and now
too slow , and the jeweler regulated them
all by this one watch. After a while It fell
Into a state of great conceit with Itself and
to a man who had often regulated his time
piece by its bands Us ticking seemed one
day to sound ex.-vctly like self-praise.
" 'See how much1 better I am than my
fellows , ' Its second-band clicked out , ns It
worked Its busy way round Us narrow circle ,
'they are entirely untrustworthy ; unless
some one gives special attention to them
you can never learn the time of day with
certainty from their dials. But you can de-
j pend upon me. I am always right. '
! "The man knew this , but ho didn't like to
hear the infallible timepiece praise Itself ,
nevertheless , so ho opened Its cases and
read an cngravod name. The timepiece had
been put together by the most eminent
watchmaker In the whole world.
" 'Click away at your own self-praise , '
said the man. 'What you say about your
qualities as a timekeeper is all quite true.
But the credit Is due to your maker. '
"My first patient after f left the hospital
was a little child with the scarlet fever.
Her father was pretty well known in New
York. I felt proud that I had won his con
fidence and I worked as faithfully over the
case as I ever did In my life. The child
got well and after the lapse of what seemed
like a proper period I presented my bill.
There had been nineteen visits and the bill
was for $19. The father looked It over and
then deliberately asked me whether I would
like him to pay me the whole when It was
convenient or what ho thought proper right
then.
"I told him I was in no great hurry for
my money , but I wanted the full amount of
my bill. He said he'd give mo $17 on the
spot ; otherwise I'd have to watt. I wouldn't
1 take the $17 , and I have never got anything.
It Is eomethnes better to take what you can
get In this world and be thankful things are
no worse than they are.
" (7 < i tn Ifoniliinnrtern. "
"My first real victory over circumstances
was won while I waa studying medicine.
The spring term had. como to a close. I
went to my father and hinted thai ray vaca
tion expenses might bo a little In excess of
my allowance. Hedidn't take the hint at
all kindly. In fact , he sold things to 'the
J boy' that didn't set very well ; ho pointed
i out that I was already pretty well supplied
with cabh , which was true , and drew ray at
tention to the fact that although I had been
working hard as a student , perhaps , I had
never yet earned any money for myself.
That being the taut , I had no answer to
make.
"But the next day I went down town ,
walked into the olttce of a big corporation
and asked for the prebldent. I scorned testate
state my business to any lesser light when
that was suggested , and In due time I was
ushered into hla presence. The president
was busy talking to someone when I entered ,
but I made myaelf known as soon as I coilld.
" "You don't happen to want to hire a
I likely young man for a clerk , do youj' I
abked him.
j " 'No,1 he said , shortly , without looking
.up or stoppingthe smooth How of bis con
versation for an Instant.
"I was surprised. At flrat I thought of
going away without further parley , but I
dropped that notion as foolish. After a
little I approached the president again.
" 'No one has afaked me for asample ol
my penmanship , ' I put In , softly.
"That time he looked at me , but there
was no encouragement In his glance.
" 'No one wants to see a sample , ' was
what be said.
"Still I wasn't discouraged , I got hold of
a piece of paper and a pen , aat down a a
desk and made a swan with flourishes , such
as the old-time writing masters used to
j pride themselves on. Then , screwing up
my courage for a final onslaught , I handed
It to him. He looked at It and then at me.
Maybe he liked the swan ; maybe he was
won by my assurance. Anyway , his glance
waa somewhat softened ,
" 'Did you make that ? ' he asked. 'I
gueaa we can find a place for you. '
" 'What will you pay ? ' I asked.
" 'Five dollars a week. '
" ' "
'Any overtime"
" 'About four hour * a day at 25 ; enti an
hour That's $1 a day extra. Como tomor
row morning , '
" Wby not begin today:1 ld I , fearful
of losmthe point I hJ ga.ued
'He looked at me hard. hesiai ! d a mo-
mrnt and then called to hlc fhicf clerk.
" 'Mr. Rlley. * ho ald , 'glvo this young
man a desk and set him at work Immedi
ately. '
"All summer lone I put In as regular hours
.is any of the clerks In the office , and at
tap end of three months I drew my pay In
gold in one lump. It was the first money I
had ever earned and It seemed like an enor
mous amount to me. When I told my em
ployer I was about to leave him he remon
strated with me.
" 'I want you to be my private secretary , '
he sold , 'and will raise your wages. You'd
better think twice before you say no , be
cause there's a chance for you here to grow
Into a really fine pceltlon. '
"I told him 1 was going Into a different
business ; he pressed me for particulars and
I said I was studying to be a doctor. Ho
jeered the notion.
"
" ' \VhjV he said , 'doctors never make
miutj money. Stay here and you can make
a fortune ; there's no doubt about It. '
"Years afterward he came to mo as a pa
tient. He urn surprised when I called him
by name , and ho couldn't place me at all
till I reminded him of the swan made In
nourishes. Then he remembered me.
"You can get on In the world much better
by always talking to the head man. I could
never have got that place It I had been con
tent to talk with an underling the day I
started out to see whether 1 couldn't earn
some money on my own hook. "
CO.WUIUALITY.
When people get married In Juno they
feel as If they could llvo on love , but along
about the first of October they both have an
unconquerable yearning every now aud then
for buckwheat cakes.
John Hllo of Norwood , Mo. , went to Hart-
vlllo and paid the recorder for a license to
marry Miss Julia Cole. The day before the
time came to ioln hands Julia changed her
mind , notified another lover. Ben Smith of
fontana. Kan. , to como and claim her nn hlg
own. Smith came and Rev. Schaflor pro
nounced Ben and Julia husband and wife ,
much to the chagrin of her rejected suitor ,
who witnessed the ceremony.
A Dakota justice of the peace advertises
as follows : "Ladles and gents contemplat
ing matrimony should see me , as I now
throw In with every marriage service a free
ride all around tha city and a dandy wedding
certificate. Or , if preferred , an order for a
dozen photographs or a life-size crayon of
the bride made by my wife , who Is away up
tn the crayon business. Come one. como all.
If you desire your marrying done icasonably
and properly. "
There Is a man In Chicago who Is suing
a woman who used to bo his sweetheart for
$102 , which be claims he spent In buying
presents for her. Among the articles which
he says ho laid at her feet are "hydros
water , sealing wax , hose , condensed milk ,
groceries , gas stove , egg cocoa , a bath brush ,
medicines and hair nets. " Ho claims also
to have paid her laundry bills , but there is
no evidence to sb.ow that he built the fire In
the mornings , mowed the lawn or carried
out the ashes.
The Cuban wife of George Hawkins , form
erly a sergeant of the Eighth lllllnols In
fantry , who Is living In Peoria City with his
brother-in-law. Charles Hlggs , has left him
and gone back to her relatives , her husband
being unable to procure permanent employ
ment. Hawkins enlisted in the Eighth in
Chicago last summer and went with his com1
mand to Santiago , where the regiment did
garrison dwy. Ho wns sick with fever for
some time. While in Cuba ho married a
Cuban girl , although he had a wife in Chi
cago. When the regiment returned to Chicago
cage he took the Cuban wife with him. Then
he had considerable difficulty arranglpg mat
ters with wife No. 1. but succeeded.
The negritos of Luzon have a curious mar
riage custom. When a young man makes
known his preference , the young woman
flees from him , while he gives chase and
catches her In his arms. She struggles and
frees herself , whereupon the chase is re
newed , and so on until bo has caught her
the third time , when she yields , and ho
proudly leads her back to her father's dwell
ing1. The father and mother of the bride-
elect then meet with the contracting parties ,
tbo latter kneeling side by side. The father
then takes some water In a cocoanut-shell
and throws It over them. Continuing the
ceremony , ho takes each by the neck and
bumps their heads together tieveral times ,
and they are then adjudged to be duly mar
ried. A wedding tour of five days' sojourn
alone in the mountains follows , after which
they take up their abode as staid citizens
among their friends.
SOMI3 LATE I > V13.VriO.VS.
A handy case for eyeglasses , recently de
signed , has a flat leather base , with a central
block , over which the spring bridge of the
frame fits , with a hinged cover having
springs to bold the glasses in place.
Ladles' hats are securely held In place by
a new opera-chair attachment , composed of
a pyramid of soft material which is easily
punctured by a hatpin , the hat being placed
on the device and pinned fast.
A Canadian has designed a waterproof
sleeping bag for cold climates which is made
of sheet metal , with a hinged cover to close
tightly over the opening , ventilation being
obtained by means of boles in the aides of
the bac.
A Kentucky woman his patented a rotary
tooth brush In which the bristles are placed
nround a spindle , with the opposite end of
the spindle threaded spirally , to be revolved
by a projecting pin carried by d sliding car
riage.
For attaching labels to bottles a new de
vice has an alr-ttght suction bate , which Is
pressed against the surface of the bottle to
exhaust the air and cause It to adhere to the
glass , a holder being provided on the face for
the label card.
An improved bottle for holding and meas
uring medicines , etc. , has the interior of the
neck ground , with the stopper ot hollow
glass ground around 'the ' outside to fit tbo
bottle , the interior of the stopper being a
graduated measure.
A Montana man has designed a "gun cam
era , " having an ordinary camera mounted
on a gun stock , with a 'trigger ' raechanUm
for operating the shutter , the camera being
provided with sights at the top instead ot
the usual finder.
Shirt besoms are prevented from wrink
ling by tbe use of a now attachment , com
prising a pair of duplex talw fixed on oppo
site sides of the bosom , one containing a
button and the other a buttonhole , to be
fastened around the suspend- ) .
To do away with the necessity for two
separate l.unps In a double stereoptlcon a
new sjntem of lenses is arranged to divide
the rays from a single lamp with a prism
to bend them at angles which will project
thorn through lenses on to the iicreon.
Coarse and fine coal can be burned In a
new adjustable grate , which has a single
horizontal rod set In the center of the fire
Vex , on which slide the curved bars forming
the basket or grate , the adjustment , being
made by spreading or closing up the bars.
To automatically close the outlets in case a
water-gauge gratis breaks on a boiler , a
spring is attached to the v.ilve levers , with
a strip of paper lying parallel with the wlats
to be wet by the steam In ea o of accident ,
releasing the spring end closing the valvcn.
Show Htrings are .Unplaced by a bandy nuw
device for fastening1 the shoes on the feet ,
the edges of the uppers uaving guides ar
ranged on either side , wlt'.i a flexible tongue
sliding through a wire bale at the bottom to
be pulled over the guides and draw them to
gether.
Typewriter operators wlir appreciate a new
copyholder , whli-h suspends tin * copy iliectly
over the keys of the nucliino , having u.b.ue
to be placed at the rear of the typewriter ,
with a vertical post carryiJg a a adjtMiable
bracket at the top to hoU a curved arm to
which tbo copy slip IB attached.
HIM I.lfiVVnn Muve.l.
Mr J. B. Lilly , a prominent citizen of
Hannibal , Mo. , lately had a wonderful de
liverance from a frightful death. In telling
of it be eajs"I was taken with Typhoid
Fever , that ran into Pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. I was so weak 1 couldn't
even git up In bed. Nothing helped mo. I
expected to Boon die of Consumption , when
I heard of Dr. King's New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. I continued to use
it and now am well and strong. I can't say
too much In its praise. " This marvelous
medicine Is the sure-fat and qulrkeit mrc In
the world for all Throat and Lung Trouble.
Regular sizes 50 rents and $100. Trial
bottles free at Kubn ft Co. a drug store ;
every bottle guaranteed
BRITAIN'S POPULAR BANKS
Remarkablfl Becord of Work Dons in
Promoting Public Thrift ,
BUSINESS OF POSTOFFICE SAVINGS BANKS
! ovrii Million lrpit ltor nm
OIIO.Mill ( of Kniiil' Ilonrnt" At
eriilun to the .Nation nml
tin * People.
The laying of the corner stone of one of
the Bfftlsh Postofflce Savings bank was
a series of buildings , which will occupy five
acres of ground In London , for the use of
properly madean occasion of national con
gratulation. No other Institution has been
as great a power In promoting thrift In the
empire , and Its enormous transactions fur
nish abundant proof of its popularity. There
arc 7,000.000 depositors on the- rolls of the-
bank and Its branches and Us funds aggregate -
gate JCOO.000,000.
"No financial Institution In all history. "
writes a correspondent of the New York
Sun , "has enjoyed so marvelous a growth
as the Brutish Postofncc Savings bank. U
was founded only thirty-eight years ago. So
quickly did It win the * confidence of the
public that a separate building for the ac
commodation of its headquarters staff soon
became necessary. Extensions and addi
tions nhlch have since been made have
been fully occupied as fast as completed un
til no further accommodations near tha
general postofllco were possible without ex
penditure out of all proportion to the enda
rnqulred. The growth has been no rapid
that more than 100 clerks have been added
to the staff each yenr for more than ten
years post. It Is obvious , after a moment's
tdought that there Is good reason for main
taining the headquarters of the bank In the
heart of London.
DltTrri from Onllnnrr IlniiUn.
The Postofflco Savings bank Is not a
bank where current accounts arc kept.
There. Is no payment of checks over the-
counter , no customer can enter Into any
conndentlal relations with the bank In fact
there is no bank management In the ordi
nary sense of tlio term , For the receipt of
money the bank has an office In every town
and village In the kingdom ; there arc now
over 12,000. The withdrawal of money Is a
leisurely affair and must be conducted by
correspondence , consequently the direct re-
latioiia of the head office with the public
arc of the slightest character. Tile busi
ness of that office Is to keep accounts , for
it has been a distinguishing feature of the
bank from the first that all accounts should
be kept In London and every payment made
from there , to issue warrants for the repay
ment ot deposits and to conduct a volumi
nous correspondence.
The duke of Norfolk , the present post
master general , secured the broad tract of
and , covered for the most part with church
3Ulldlngs , adjoining the Olympla show , Bar-
num & Bailey's headquarters at West Ken
sington. The location IB rather less than four
miles from Charing Cross , and Is , of course ,
the most distant of that of any departmental
government buildings.
It is worth while to outline briefly from
.ho review a of the work of this remarkable
institution published today the principal fea
tures of its growth. The point which will
most forcibly Impress the American mind is
the fact that first 3 per cent and during re
cent years 2'.4 per cent interest has been
sufficient Inducement to draw the pennies
and shillings of all classes In a fabulous ag
gregate to the coffers of the government.
GrotvtH of ( ho UiiMliiriM.
The bank' opened its doors in September ,
1801 , and at the end of 1S62 It had 180,000
accounts , amounting to { 8,750.000. In tha
live years from 1S63 to 1SCS the total sum
deposited stood on the average at 7,000,000 ,
In the succeeding five years at 13,000,000
and from 1873 to 1880 at 29,000.000. Then
came Mr. Fawcett's regime at the postofflce.
The savings bank appealed to him as an In
stitution which helped the laboring classes
to help themselves , and he became Ita
apostle. He brought the bank within the
reach of children by providing the penny
stamp slip , and thus enabling- the schoolboy
to make up the minimum deposit of a shil
ling by pennies put by from time to time.
At the other end of the scale ho enabled the
depositor who was approaching the maxi
mum to buy consols through the bank and
thus to recommence his deposits of cash.
And by his power of popular exposition he
made all who were Interested In practicing
or encouraging thrift familiar with the ad
vantages of the bank. The result soon be
came apparent in the accounts. The deposits
rose to an average of 42,000,000 between 1831
and 1885 , and In 1S90 they had risen to 67-
000.000.
But during the laht decade the buslms of
the bank lias perhaps made ttie most gi
gantic strides , for at the end of 1S97 the
deposits reached the astonishing sum of
nearly 116,000,000 , and by this time they
have doubtless exceeded 120,000,000. In
an old report of the postmaster general's
there Is a forecast that for so motime the
annual increase In the savings bank buulnpsg
would be from 130,000 to 140,000 in the
number of depositors and about 1,500,000
In the amount of the deposits. Between
1896 and 1807 the number of depositors in
creased by 577,000 and the amount deposited
by nearly 8,000,000. The vast sum held
by the bank Is made up of a great multi
tude of small savings ; there are more than
7,000,000 of drpofiltors and the average sum
standing to their account only slightly ex
ceeds 16. One In every flvo persons In
England and Wales has an account In Hie
bank. In Scotland the bank bus never been
so popular , not because lhf population is
less thrifty , but because the ordinary banks
luvllo the deposit of small sums ; both
there and In Ireland one io every fourteen
persona is a depositor.
" \VIclrnprrnil UNCN.
It Is not only by taking care of the sav
ings of the individual that the Poetofflce
assists thrift. It is the bunker of friendly
societies , penny banks and small charitable
funds of all sorts. It is used by the war
office for tbo savings of soldiers abroad and
for the deposit of deferreil pay , while the
Technical Education Board of the London
County Council pays its scholarships
through the books of the bank. When
school pence were abolished tlfo Postofflce
and the education department co-operated
in an attempt to capture for the benefit of
the children tbo small sums previously paid
for their education and it Is estimated that
40,000 was deposited through elementary
schools In the first year after the change.
Nor has the bank destroyed the older
agencies for the encouragement of thrift ,
the trustees savings banks , Very many of
the wnaller banka have been cloned , and
this Is not to be regretted as the difficulties
of voluntary management not Infrequently
lead to disasters. But the larger and
sounder banks are in a better condition to.
day than they aver have been and the total
sum depoiltcd In trustee banks exceeds by
feeveral millions the amount which they
held when the Poatofflco enteml the field
In 1SG1. Nor have all the benefits con
ferred by this great agency for thrift en
tailed any lots upon the nation. Though at
the present moment there Is a slight de
ficiency on the working of the bank , owing
to the limited range of Investments allowed
to it and the high price of consols , the na
tional exchequer has In the past benefited
to the extent of a million and a half by
the savings intrusted to the Po tolflce.
Cook's Imperial Extra Dry Champagne is
to be found in the bent cafes riijbs and pri
vate sideboards ever/where.
SALE ,
Shopping Book Free
Sale of All Sample
Pieces of Furniture ,
Drop Patterns of Carpet
Odd Pairs of Curtains
And Short Lengths of
Upholstery Goods.
Each Lady Visiting Furniture
Department Tomorrow
( Monday )
Will Be Presented With a
Beautiful Gilt Edge Leather
Back Note Book
Or Shopping List , Prepared
Especially for This Oc
casion.
Many Pieces Priced at Less Than
the Cost to Manufacture.
Handsorao Davenport sofa , ' tufted scat ,
button front , full spring edge , teat and bacu
covered in best heavy plain velour , $41.00
sale price 129.00.
$123 Davenport sofn , upholstered In best
silk velour , rich , handsome design , frame
solid mahogany , hand ; carved and just
enough of moquetry to tone It off. This
elegant sofa at sale price , $71.00.
India rustic settees and chairs , elegant
summer furniture at prices In this sale that
puts them within the reach ot all.
$16.50 India rustic settee , wlo price $12 40.
$11.50 India rustic chairs. Halo price $ S 00.
$11.00 India rustic chairs , sale price $925.
J10.50 India rustic chairs , sale price $790
$108.00 elegant mahogany frame silk tap
estry upholstered , three-piece parlor or li
brary suit at the ridiculously low price of
$7.1.50.
$85.00 mahogany frame- , silk damask cov
ered three-piece parlor suit , exquisite design ,
goes at Kale price $57.00.
Very pretty divans , highly polished. Inlaid
back , rich design , the kind you usually pay
$17.00 for , go at sale price $11.00.
The best couch value is a full size six-
foot six Inches long , thirty Inches wide ,
tufted couch , choice covers , best make , the
regular $17.00 couch , sale price $13.85.
$8.50 oak chiffonier , with large mirror , has
hat box , four large drawers , nicely finished
and trimmed , at Hale price $6.00.
$8.50 enamel chiffonier goes at sale price
$5.90.
$37.50 canopy top brass bed at sale
price $17.30.
$15.00 handsome canopy top Flemish side
board at sale price $31.50.
$07.00 Flemish sideboard , elegant design ,
at sale price $52.00.
$39 00 Flemish oak sideboard at sale pries
$28.00.
$18.00 mahogany sideboard , elegant de
sign , sale price $32.00.
$22.50 10-foot Flemish oak table , sale price
$10.50.
$40.00 Flemish 10-foot table , sale prioa
$28.00.
Morris chair , reversible , hair filled cush
ions , oak or mahogany llnlsh frame , finely
polished , tbo best Morris chair value , worth
$14.00 , sale price $10.00.
Great cloning sale of odd borders , odd
stair carpets and remnants of brtusela , vel
vet and Axmlnster carpet , etc.
AVe will show on our second floor Mon
day morning 74S yards odd 83c bruesels bor
der , in lengths ranging from 10 to 40 yards ,
at 47',4c yard. "
Alto ICG yards odd 90c stair carpal , from 3
to 30 yards In a piece , at 5Sc yard.
128 yards $1.25 odd body brusieU border
at G5c yard.
120 yards $1.25 odd body bruuels carpet
at 85o yard.
1,173 yards all kind * of remnants , suitable
for small rooms aud ruga , all to close out at
greatly reduced prices.
878 yards remnants GIc and 75c all wool
Ingrain , some largo enough to cover a good
sized room : they all go at 40c yard ,
270 yards heavy Union SOc ingrain rem
nants at 25c yard ,
500 sample lengths of rarpttu for rugs , 25c ,
COc , 75c and $1.00 each.