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Dakota County Herald
DAXOTA. CITY, NEB.
John H. Ream, - Fubllsher
Deformed siielllng, sure enough.
King Leopold's press agent wmi to
tare a harder Job thiiu even Mr. Itock
rfeller's. The new British ambassador to this
tountry was born In Ireland. The Irish
hill not be kept down.
Why," asks the Baltimore Sun,
"should grafters wok office?" Why
ihould ducks enter the water?
Most of the Itusslan riots occur on
orue anniversary. It might help sonio
If the C7.nr were to abolish annlver
larles. "Russia would like to help the Uult
Hl States eiiee-k Japanese aggression.'
llow much money does Kussia want to
borrow?
A London physician says tlint nilnis
ters live too long. This In variety.
Most fault-finders only any the minis
ter preach too long.
Perhaps thiit mini who stole two
Kiuuds of LltnhurKer cheese from a
ontreal grocer simply found the
temptation too strong to resist.
A Frenchman has Invented n phono
graph that con he heard for a mile.
Mothers use It to call for Willie to
come home and spilt an armful of kin
dling. It will ho several weeks, anyway,
before the United States and Japnn go
to war over a question that could easily
be settled by a well-organized country
debating society.
Count Bonl as a Paris newspaper
writer, at a salary of $100 per, may
not save much money, but he will have
glorious chance to get even with the
flippant Journalists of America.
The country has grown too fast and
too great for Its transportation facili
ties. Hoston Globe. How can we re
Onclle this assertion with the claim
that the railroads develop the country?
Judging from the noise he Isn't mak
ing It Is only fair to Infer that Win
ston Churchill la busy on a new book
which may be brought out about the
time another campaign is started In
New Hampshire.
The London Times Is endeavoring to
establish Itself on a twentieth century
basis, but It has not ns yet begun to
offer prizes for the best definition of
love or the most lucid solution of the
problem of Ann's nge.
It Is announced that Mr. and Mrs.
Rockefeller consider themselves too
poor to have oysters served at their
table. Let us not, however, permit
ourselves to be distressed at their pov
erty. They can probably afford to have
a soup beuie at least once a day. 1
Emperor William Is reported to have
become an enthusiastic golfer. Now
for the first time In his life he will have
a chance to sho,w that ho Is really
great If ho can play eighteen holes
without losing his temper it will have
to be admitted that Germany has n
wonderful ruler.
Borne of the men who are named as
probable successors of King Leopold In
the administration of affairs In the
Congo country may no.t be very well
qualified for the business of ruling peo
ple, but any change from the present
condition of the Inhabitants of the
' Congo district would necessarily bo for
the better.
The establishment of parliamentary
government In countries accustomed to
autocracy Is not easy. Russia Is hav
ing trouble over the problem. In Per
sia the people are accusing the lead
ers of the reform movement of seeking
selfish ends, and they have no confi
dence In the proceedings of their house
of representatives. In Moot
where the first parliament was recent
ly organized, the legislators Toted lack
of confidence In the government the
other day, the cabinet resigned, and
parliament adjourned.
The attempts thus far made to dis
regard and nullify the Immutablo laws
of nature have been laughablo In their
fantastic failure. Ceunmunistlc and so
cialistic experiments, whether made by
artificial societies or Imposed by great
. nations ujkju a people, as was the ense
la Canada In "New France," Lave geuie
down In wreck aud disaster. In the
formal attempts to found societies on
the equality plan a curious thing al-
ways happeus In the end. It may bo
suggested by those who have not lopkod
Into them that the loafers and the
workers do the work, according to their
bent. Not at all; the loafers and the
ambitious, who under our present crude
system would be the workers, take U
loafing too.
"My most serious problem Is how I
can give my children the advantage of
.the poor man's." A popular magazine
quotes a rich man as saying this. Most
rich men In this country have them
selves been sons of poor men. The old
European laws of primogeniture and
entail being Inoperative with us, every
man stands on his own feet aud de
pends on tils own head and hands for
bis fortune. Even the heir to wealth
must use bis own brains and energies
to take care of It, or It soon slips away.
And It Is a fact, which the rich man
quoted seems to have noticed, that not
11, uor most, children of the rich have
ability even to hold wealth dumped In
their laps. A few children of rich men
have notably made their Inherited
wealth a great blessing to themselves
and mankind but they are precious
few. Call the roll of tbs men aud
women who have achieved the highest
fortune or fame In this eountry, and
an overwhelming majority will be
found to bavs come up from the "lower
;salka" of life and to owe their denel
opment of character to struggle and
selNlenlnl. It Is of these twin bless
ings in dlsrulsc that we gain strength,
skill, sympathy, purpose. The child
pampered In IiUchcm and luxury knows
little of these vital things, and when
he meets In contest the uncouth but
toughened loy from the farm or the
side street, ho has poor chance of hold
ing his own. . We are accustomed to
think of the "advantages" of the chil
dren of the rich. Hut all the history
of human life since the world began
proves that the real "advantages" are
on the other side.
Early In October British soap manu
facturers formed a combination like
what we know In America as a trust.
Six weeks later the members of the
combination announced that "the work
ing arrangement entered Into by the
leading soap makers of the United
Kingdom has toeii received with such
disfavor by the trade and the public
ns to make It unworkable, and It has
been decided to terminate the arrange
ment." Newspapers, tradesmen and
consumers had united to defeat the
combination. One need not approve
Lie methods of boycott resorted to by
the retailers, or the favor dtinirn liv
lewspnpcrs to 'independent" soap mak
rs In the matter of advertising, which
ontributed to make the allied firms
ssolve their agreement. Hut It may
noted with satisfaction that the chief
power against the trust was the public.
ml that the combination was undone
not by legal or political measures, or
y any ethical principle, tut simply by
ho fact that popular opposition made
t "unworkable." The Dconle did not
like the combination, and they made
the manufacturers feel their strong dls-
iproval of It. Wherever organized
nd artificial evil shows Itself and Is
recognized In time, spontaneous oppo-
Itlon on the part of public opinion can
ften. If not always, break It tin, al-
tl
lough politics, law and mere ethics
fail. Even where the consumer has not
be wenimn of competition, as In the
ase of railroad companies with unlnue
franchises, the jxople can force atten
tion to their Just demands If they will. I
Cartoonists are still renresentlnir the
common people as a sorry, wizened lit- '
tie man. In this country as In Eng
land, bis arm and voice nro mighty If
he but use them.
CAT'S EYES TELL THE TIME.
Secret Lonit Known t the Chlneae
(Iven to n French Traveler.
So long ns there Is ft eat anywhere
near it Is not necessary to have a
watch or n c lock, for the animal's eyes
will tell you the time of clay. The first
European to learn of the use of a cat.
as a time Indicator was M. Hue, who,
In a work on the Chinese empire, tells
how ho was Initiated Into the mystery.
M. Hue and a party of friends set
out to visit n Chinese Christian mis
sion wit lenient among the peasantry.
They met a young Chinaman on the
road and to test his Intelligence they
asked him If he could tell them the
time. The native looked up at the sky,
but the clouds hid the sun from view
and he couldn't read any answer
there. Suddenly he lartecl away to a
farm and returned In a few moments
with n cat In 1U arms. Pushing up Its
eyelids with his hand ho told Hue to
look nt them, at the same time volun
teering the Information that It was not
noon yet. While they were puzzling
over the cruse the boy went about bis
business.
When the party reached the village
they asked the Christian converts if
they could tell the time by a cat's eyes
and how It was done. Immediately
there was a wild hunt and all the cuts
obtainable In the nelghlxniiood were
brought before them.
The Chinese isdnled out that the
pupils of a cat's eyes were gradually
narrower up to 12 noon, when they be
came scarcely perceptible lines, drawn
perpendicularly across tho eye and
after that dilation recommenced. Hue
examined the eyes of several cats and
verified what the Chinese had told him.
Fooled the Holdup Men.
A west end man had an experience
recently that made his hair stand on
end aud bad It not been for his quick
wit In devising a means of getting out
of the dlfllculty It might have cost him
dearly. Ho is the treusurer of a locul
lodge and was returning home from a
meeting with a considerable amount of
money In bis possession, fortunately
the greater part of which was In cur
rency. He got off a car quite a distance out
In tho west end aud turned off a Side
street toward his home, when ho no
ticed that hu was being followed by
two suspicious looking men. Quick as
a flash be pullod an envelope out of his
pocket, addressed It to himself, stump
ed It, put the currency Inside It and
dropped It lu the mall box. Theu he
started on a brisk walk.
Suddenly there came a command
from behind him.
"Hands up!"
Up went his hands and the robbers
went through his pockets. He smiled
grimly ns the holdups secured only a
few dollars lu silver and he thought
with pleasure of the money he had put
In the mail box In Uncle Sum's care.
Tho robliers went away complaining of
the small amount they secured and the
treasurer went home. Next day the
letter containing tho money was deliv
ered safely to his olllce. Duluth News
Tribune. Old Ailnse DUcredlted.
"This old saying that bad news trav
els faster than good news," said tho
lyceuin lecturer, "Is all bosh. For In
stance, when I get a roast in a local
paper I say nothing at all about It and
when I get a nice notice I send It
broadcast among lecture-course com
mittees." Baltimore American.
laveuted Cream frees er.
Only a short time age the woman
whose Inventive brain gave the lee
cream freezer to delighted humanity
died at an advanced age In Philadel
phia. This was Mrs. Nancy M. John
son, and her device was patented In
1843.
A man Is very apt to And himself In
other people's way when be Insists
upon having bis own.
OPEN An r:ESTOa3 SKIN.
tlonpllal rhrlrlnn '! Plan Whir.1!
Mk fJraftlnv "nncrrHnry,
Mow the cl;y hospital physicians
avoided the necessity of the dellea'e
operation of gnif.liig live cuticle .n
Johnnie Code's scalded hre-asl ni.d
saved his mother, who bad volimtere.l
to furnish the skin from her own body,
the pain of the sacrifice form nn Inter
esting chapter In the history of pain
less purgery.
Alxnit two months ngo the 8-ycar-obl
boy sustained burns so serious that his
life was despaired of. The skin cov
ering his entire breast was destroyed
and phylclans at the hospital fir-t
thought that In order to save the lil
of the child the cuticle of a live person
would have to lie grafted on his lies!.
Mrs. Cottle, who lives at 11M.1 Arm
strong strWt, offered to furnish th
required amount and was ready to un
dergo an operation every day until her
boy's breast was covered and healed.
Day after day Mrs. Cottle went t
the hospital prepared to undergo tin
operation, but each day she was to!.'
that the boy was not ready. She linn!
ly became worried and then the scc;V
was re vealed to her.
On the third Hour of the hospital
with nothing but tin sky above hint
the patient, his breast exposed to til
open air, was lying on a cot, covciiu.
which was a thin gauze to keep nwa.
dust and Impurities of the atmosphere.
For two weeks the raw breast of in
boy was thus exposed to the action i :
the air until a perfect scale was form
eil over the wound. Then the boy w.i
taken Indoors, nutritive salves were up
plied nntl now he Is nil but ready
lie discharged.
For a long time physicians at the cit
hospital have realized the curative pow
ers of oxygen and oilier components
air, but tin? case of Johnnie Cottle I
the first successful demonstration :
the theory. Basing their contention r
the successful experiment, the phys'.
c lans now declare that Instead of ba.i 1
aging a wounded member they will c.
pose- It to the open air, taking care t
keep from the wound all Impurities.
St. Louis Republic.
LEGAL INFORMATION.
The approval by the State com mis
sion of a freight bused uism limit. :!
valuation of the property Is held, !u
Everett vs. Norfolk c S. II. Co. '( X. C).
1 L. R. A. (X. S.), !sr, not to absolve
the carrier from liability for full valin
of the property If lost through its neg
ligence. Mere violation of n statute maklm:
It a misdemeanor to hunt on another'?
property without a permit Is held, I:.
State vs. Ilortou (N. C), 1 L. R. A
(X. S.), '.Mil, not to be such an unlaw
fill act as to render uu accidental lumii
i-iile committed while so doing a crimi
nal offense".
A contract made with a foreign coy
poration before it has obtained per
mission to do business lu a State 1:
held, lu State vs. American Book Co
(Kan.), 1 L. It. A. (X. S.), Kill, not
to be, for that reason, Invalid or sub
Ject to cancellation at suit of one o.
the contracting parties.
A gift Inter vivos Is held, In llarrU
Hanking Co. vs. Miller (Mo.), 1 L. R
A. (X. S.), 7!KI, not to be establlshe,.
by deiiosltlng u fund In a bank will
tile statement that It was intended foi
the donee, and the delivery to the hit
ter of a certllicate of deposit with nt.
Indorsement Indicating that it was hl.
A marine underwriter is lieid, li.
Standard Marine Insurance I'oinpan.i
vs. Nome Beach L. and T. Com pan..
(C. C. A. tth C.) 1 L. R. A. (X. S.)
HiU. not to be liable for a loss occur
ling through the deliberate act of tlu
master lu pushing through da nge rmu
ice for the purpose of reaching uu
destination quickly.
The adoption of a by-law by a fru
ternnl Insurance order, excluding frou.
membership persons engaged In til.
Hale of Intoxicating lUpiors, Is held, tl.
Grand Lodge A. O. U. W. vs. Had 'ock
(Kan.) 1 L. R. A. (X. S.) ltsU, not to
ovoid the certifieatfe of a miMiiber al
ready engaged In that business, am.
who continued therein after the adop
tlon of the by-law.
An unconstitutional Impairment ol
contract Is held, lu Meyers vs. Knie -key-Locker
Trust Co. (C. C. A. ltd C), 1
1- R. A. (X. S.) 1171, t be effected I.,,
a change of the law permitting ludi
vldual creditors of a corporation to en
force their claims against Individual
r.t.M'klioldcw, ho as to provide one suit
in equity In behalf of all creditors, t
which ail fctocU holders may become pay
tics and abating suits pending mule,
the former law.
( heerlnir Tommy I p.
The obstacle which bewet the path
way of a photographer when he en
dcavors to KcH'iire "a pleasant exprcs
slon" are many, particularly when hh
sitters lire ef a tender age.
"I do not believe whipping docs dill
elren a partleie of good," said Mrs.
Green, returning tlusheel and discour
aged from a visit to the photographer,
with her Tommy. "Here I've spent
over an hour In that hot mom, trying
to make this child hmk pleasant. I've
shipped his hands twice and he looked
icrosser each time than he did before!"
Nllifht Krror.
The newest airship, says the liiiuis
ville Courier-Journal, Is 1!K) feet louv
Mini resembles an enr of Kansas corn.
That Is an exaggeration. Ears of Kan
hiis corn are not l!X) feet long. Tin
Ixiulsvllle editor seems to have con
fused the length of the ears with the
height of the stalks. Kansas City Jour
nal. Oue community In this State com
plains that It has been the scene ot
ten murders In a mouth. It would
seem as though the survivors had a
right to feel anxious.- PblUdctphlt
Ledger.
With Oata la It.
"Ht's put thd cart before the horse,"
Old Dobbin said, "and I'm
Quits glad to be the borte, of oou
You sew, It's feeding tlms."
. rhUaaelphla Ledger.
The popular Idea that all government
employes lead a life of ase is Justi
fiable to some extent, but now and then
one rises up and lives the strcuu ins
wjy, and one of these is John A. Cam
eron, deputy collector of internal rev
enue at Nome. Alaska.
Mr. Cameron is a deputy of the dis
trict of Washington anil serves itnler
B. I). Crocker of Taeoina. the collector
of tho district. He Is a "sour elouiih"
that Is, he Inis seen the Ice Jam up and
freezo Alaska oh from any Intercourse
by water with the outside world, seen
It rot beneath the climb of the sun and
wash out from the harbors lonir locked
by Jack Frost. And more; ho Is an old
time "dog musher," familiar with the
winter ways and trails of all Alaska.
Ills duty demands that ho travel fur
and wide. There are taxes that must
be collected, and until he was detailed
to his present place there was much
of "hootch making," as illicit distilling
of ardent spirits Is designated in that
iuna or snow.
The drift of men Into Alaska In
search of gold brought bits' of human
flotsam of nil types and from ail quar
ters or the world. At first each man
was a law unto himself, and all the
Justice that existed lay In the right of
might. The strong prevailed all over
Alaska, and until John A. Cameron out
fitted and started to collect (Tie taxes
due the government he serves, there
was no one to see that all the laws
were henored and the tithes paid in.
CollcH-tor Crocker knew his man nod
Cameron knew the country. Their con
ference was brief, for both are of the
West that was few-worded, quick to
act and slow to speak and when they
separated Cameron was a deputy col
lector of Internal revenue?, with all
Alaska, from the bleak north shore
washiMl by the Arctic Ocean in tim
plensant waters of Chatham Round;
rrom where Siberia lifts acros.-; the
Retiring Sea to Rampart House In Kn.
gland's northwest territory. The land
was his to travel over and control.
There was no way to go except by dogs
and Klondike sled ; no way from town
to town save half-seen trails where
II JQ. AIRLOCKS rl SHADING 5H0v5TM6EI
I 1 DECKS FROM BiOWiNG tip
1 I . fl. Jrffg Ji
mfiAM SHOWING HOW-IHiWkaOuiDKMSJJALAKlAN
rtCATCO CYCOMPRESSCOiUK..
To turn a 12,(MK)-tou steamship into
t huge steel bubble by pumping her full
of compressed air, and flout her off
rocks- on which she had been impaled
for more than a year, Is n feat which
has been accomplished In the wrecked
Allan liner Bavarian, nt'the suggestion
sf Captain Leslie, the well-known
wrecking exjicrt of Kingston, Oiit.
With a full passenger list and valua
ble cargo, the Havuiiun .ran on Wye
Hock, thirty-eight miles below Quebec,
on the night of Nov. a, l'.Hio. Many of
the Havurlau's compartments tilled
with water, and the ship settk'd down
ou the rocks. The ship's bottom plates
were badly torn, and when the wreck
ers made an examination It was declar
ed that the floating of the vessel would
be a most dilllcult Job.
After the Allans had worked for sev
eral weeks to get the vessel off she was
turned over to Lloyds, and the under-
The mall carrier of the Labrador
const is a man of endurance who does
not fear the worst of weather. There
Is no road at all. There are no bridges
and no ferries. Iu some parts of the
country the houses are us much as
twenty miles apart. There ure moun
tains to climb and rivers to cross, bogs
to pass, Impenetrable barren uplands
and large lakes. In "Off the Hocks"
Dr. Grenfell tells of one mall-carrier
whose route Is about KM) miles long,
and who receives as compensation $10
a trip.
We were pitying ourselves one night
as we turned Into our comfortable
sleeping bag ou the floor of our host's
tilt pitying ourselves because It had
been a heavy day on our dogs, and it
was nearly 10 o'clock before we reach
ed shelter. When I awoke In the morn
ing, as the gray duwn was stealing in
through the little window, I thought I
heard a movement by the stove. There
seemed something almost uncanny
About It until I made out what It was,
and could distinguish a tiny, erect fig
ore, sitting bolt upright where none
bad been ove -night
It proved to be Peter Wright He
bad arrived about 2 In the morning,
noiselessly stationed himself by the
tore, and gone straight off to sleep,
ittlng on the settle, without a word to
ny one, as satisfied as If be were In a
feather bed.
Mow this place was where tbree car
M0RMmER
windblown snow sifted back and forth
as dry as sand.
Hootch making was rife throughout
tlu? country. Illicit stills, scarce hid
from view, made moonshine for those
who had the price. It was a fiery stuff,
throat burning, with a strength of al
eohol that bit Into the blood. The In
dians of Alaska cpilckly found it out
and under its influence sold the furs
that they had trappe-d with utter dis
regard of real value. IHstilled from
anything that would ferment. It finally
became a menace to the whites, and
many a brawl and murder was trace
able to it.
To put an end to tills condition of
affairs was the intention of Cedleetor
Crocker when he appointed Cameron,
nnd to-d.'iy, throughout the lengt'i anil
breadth of all Alaska, wbile one hears
whisperings of stills close hid and drip
ping hootch, there Is no open breaking
of the law. When he had outfitted,
Cameron set out at once upon his trav
els, and mysteriously, as word flies in
the wild, news went the length and
breadth of Alaska that the government
must have Its own. Men made returns
anil paid taxes that had slumbered
lightly uion their conscience for years,
and hootch makers hid their stills un
derneath the snows. The government,
personified by Cameron, went far nfield.
Men who had forgot that law can pene
trate behind the bind of Ice grew to
remember It and obey.
Fifty-mile Journeys across wastes of
snow are only little trips for Cameron,
and sometimes his day's travel covers
h hundred miles, from one tiny group
of winter-prisoned houses to the next.
His U a life of hardship and bitter
work. Camping at night, sometimes In
solitude of snow that reaches endlessly,
he cooks his food, cares for his dogs
and then seeks rest In hU small tent,
a man alone in an eternity of snow.
Often when the time comes for him to
travel on again there Is no morning
there he finds that wind-blown snow
piles high above his tent and to his
cull sees his dogs plunge out from
bantu of snow, where they have slept
away their rest time lu snow caverns
hollowed by the warmth of their bod
ies. Once, when the drop of mercury
had caught him unprcparcel, frost mas
tered him out and a drowse crept uikui
him that presaged death by freezing.
Scarce knowing what he did, or caring,
for the luxury of numbness was upon
him strong, he lined his dogs out for
FLOATING A STRANDED OCEAN LINER BY PUMPING
wold rikxcD
writers
nione'y.
set to work to save tbelr
All the old methods for rais
ing vessels were employed, nnd failed.
At last tho underwriters gave It up.
Tho big liner lay on the rocks
throughout the whole of the winter,
and when spring came, nnd It was seen
that the vessel had not suffered from
the winter storms, hopes began to re
vive that iH-rhaps she might yet be
saved. Captain Ixslle visited the
wreck ami after a careful examination
gave It as his opinion that the big ves
sel could be successfully floated. He
proposed to employ compressed air to
do the work. Such a thing had never
been done before, but Captain Leslie
succeeded In Interesting Canadian und
L'nlteil States capitalists and engineers
l:i the enterprise.
All the ship's compartments were
made as nearly air tight as iosslble.
Hatch after hatch was closed by plat
riers meet. The one from the west
ward was late, nnd Pete did not get
his malls handed over until I) lu the
evening. He hud thirty miles to his
next station, and the temperature was
20 bele)v zero. At 10 he rose to go. "
"What Pete, never going to leave at
this time of night, are you?"
"Why, sure." he replied. "With a
moon like this 'tis better in the woods
thun when skeeters ure about So
long, doctor!" and with that he went
out absolutely alone.
Pete Is always ready to oblige, and
never happier than when the space on
his back, ordinarily monopolized by his
official bundles ermlts him to carry a
ten-pound tub of butterine or a couple
of Jars of molasses, Just to oblige. It
Isn't for the money alone that Pete
works.
It Is lucky he does not have to pay
hotel bills us he Journeys from place
to ploce. There would be little left of
the salary beyond enough for "skin
boots" If he were charged for meals.
Hut there are no hotel hills ou the
coast, aud we are Incapable of an Idea
so original as to ask Pete to pay for
anything.
I'Uk la Inrloaed Watere.
Many, not without education and a
general knowledge of natural history,
are mystified by the presence of fish
lu Inclosed waters. For many years
there was opeu-uioutbed wonder over
the perch, bream and crayfish found In
the newly cut dams near the Mai'kuarle
river In New South Wales. In some
cases the water bad scarcely settled af
ter the rain bad Oiled the dam when
the flab were observed and the Austra
the nearest settlement, wrapped him
self up as best be could, told the dogs
wearily to start up and wentfto sleep.
When be woke up the fires of a thou,
sand white-hot needles prickled In bis
veins, and he found that tils team, true
to the trust that he had placed In It,
had followed the guidance of tlie wolf,
ish leader and brought him to where
rough-handed rescue walti'd him.
Some of Mr. Cameron's trips circling
from Nome up along the bleak north
shore and back down the Yukon figure
up 2,."()0 miles, and among the experi
ences that have been his Is a 2,000
inile chase after the worst hootehmaker
who ever distilled Illicit spirits for
ttie sodden Indians or the reckless
whites. Charles Williams, tho man's
name was, and his photograph Is one
of the ornaments of the rogues' gal
lery of the Northwest mounted police
at Dawson.
Cameron had heard of him, and
found some of the hootch distilled by
him. With patient, carefulness, he
traced it to its source, found and de
stroyed the still, then set to work to
track the man down. Williams fled
toward the British possessions In the
Northwest. The mounted police, warn
ed by Cameron, were watching for
him and captured him at once. On bis
reicase from Imprisonment last year
Williams deeided to stay away from
Alaska, for there was the old charge
of Illicit distilling against him, and a
man who never forgot awaiting him
with eagerness.
Cameron sees to It that all the laws
and all the regulations promulgated by
the Treasury Department that he serves
are observed to the letter, and In the
farthest mining camps the United
States dog team Is well known. The
winter's zero weather does not hinder
him. Snow, blown before cold winds,
that piles lu drifts and changes nil the
fae-e of nature In a night, delays per
haps, but through the hardships tint
are part nnd parcel of winter travel la
Alaska he mushes on, sleeps out la
wastes of snow where there Is not th
slightest trace of life.
His Journoylngs are ceaseless. The
end of one trip sees but the bcgl lining
of the next, and, while the winter
binds the land with lee and zero tem
perature Is pleasant warmth, he travels
east and west nnd north nnd south,
beating the path before Lis dogs where
snows are light and travel hindering,
thinking perhaps of his cozy house at
Nome, but hound by his oath cf office
and duty driven across unending seas
of snow.
HER FULL OF AIR.
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wiim ccjwifRnssrDAW
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2AT SHIP Jfffi-"---
lULumum:
l-i.KTVr COMSRtS'jELAIH-
'7hiriT1ini'aiaWl'aiwii1
ing, which was simply laid under the
hatch combing, so that when the air
pressure was applied the covers would
be held In place?. Air locks were placed
on the compartments which had filled
with water, and the "sand hogs" as the
tunnel workers are called, felt as muca
nt home as If they were In their New
York tunnels. As the air was forced
in, the water rapidly receded and the
workmen were able to stop the leaks
with temporary plating.
As the tide rose the air compressor
were set to work ami the full power of
the plant used In forcing air Into the
hold of the ship. Suddenly there was
a movement of the great hulk and as
she lifted herself from her rocky bed
a cheer went up from those on board.
Five minutes later the Hawaiian was
In possession of her own again and
floated clear of Wye Hock in sixty feet
of water.
lian fanners started a theory of spon
taneous production. This obtained and
gained wide credence until a Sydney
professor chanced to pick up a wild
duck and fouud Its breast feathers and
webbed feet well dotted with fertile
nnd almost hatched fish ova, on which
the "spontaneous production" theory
was promptly withdrawn.
A lurluaa Fact.
Did you ever notice that the dummy
clocks In front or Jewelry shops are
always set at 8:18?"
"Yes, I have notU"ed that"
"And do you know why these cloe-ks
are always set at that hour?"
"No. Why Is It?"
"Well, some people hold that Oeorge
Washington was born at 8:18, and that
the clocks commemorate that auspi
cious moment Others hold that at
8:18 the writing of the Declaration of
Independence was completed. Hut there
Is no truth In such Ideas. We don't
need to go so far back In order to And
out why all dummy cloe-ks mark 8:18.
"These clocks are all set at that hour
for tho reason that such an arrange
ment of the hands gives the most room
on the dial for the Jeweler's name and
address." ,
Wlllla lo (kip la.
He I told your father I couldn't llw
without you.
She And what did be say?
lie Oh, be offered to pay my funeral
expenses. Half Holiday.
Many young folks can't fuel any
thing to talk about until the eld folks
bar gone to bed.
The Eadgo of Honeity
T on every wrapper of Doctor Pierre's
Ooldon Medical Dlscoveiy became a full
1st of the Ingredients con nosing it Is
printed there in plain English. Forty
years of experience has proven its sn irlor
worth as a blood purifier and In violat
ing tonic for the euro of stomach disorders
and all liver ills. It builds up tho run
down system as no other tonic can In
which alcohol Is used. The active medic
inal principles of native roots such as
Golden Seal and Queen's root, Stonn and
Mandrake root, Hloodroot and Hliiek
Cherrybark are extracted and preserved
by the use of chemically pure, triple
refined glycerine Send to Dr. R. V. Pierce
at Buffalo, N. Y.. for free booklet which
quotes extracts from well-recogiii?cl med
ical authorities such as Drs. Dartnolow,
King, Souddor, Coe, Elllngwood and a
host of others', showing that these roots
can be elsft'nded upon for their curative
Minn ift nil wpnk states of the sto:aach.
accompanied y Indigestion or dyspepsia
as well ft Inall bilious or live r complaints
and InHwastlng diseases" wheru thcro
Is losslfnesh and gradual running clown
of tKJrstrength and system.
The "Golden Mcdlc-d Pi-c.yorv ' mq
'KMlatcs niistom'nt-h, liver a.'nl l-i--Ils.
.ml. et.mnch tln-m. iho whole '--'e-'n.
Thus all skin affections, Motcln-s, pi;i'.ples
and eruptions as well u!.Tofulni;we!i
llngs and old open runnlntr sore-s e r u'.-'crs
are cured and lieale-U. In treat it:,-; old
running sores, or ulcers. H U weil to In
sure their healing to ap'.'.y to i'.kmii Dr.
Plorca's All-Healing Salve. If yourilrug
gist don't happen to have this Salv.i in
stock, send fifty-four ce nts in pc-i ige
stamps to Dr. It. V. Pierce. Invalid-' liote-l
and Surgical Institute. HnlTalo. N. Y.. and
a lareo box of the "All-He-alin; -!'.c"
will reach vou by return- post.
Y'ou can't afford to acce-pt a ros
trum as a substitute for this non-alciVilir,
medicine ok known composition, not
even thotvh the urs -nt eic-ilcr may
thereby make a little bicr profit,.
lie, Pierce's Pleasant, f'cllejts r-gulato
and invlgornte stomach, liver and l-owels.
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, eaay to tlo
as candy.
fieniilue eTniTce W ill I I mi f .
Coffee was formerly adulterated ex
tensively with chicory, but is very
much hss so at present elate. Take a
tumblerful of e-oid water and ad-i the
coffee grains or the ground coffee. e!en-
uine coffee will float and not Impart a
distinct color to the water for kc-i rai
minutes. Chicory, cereals and etlir-r
adulterants .will sink an.l settle u, the
bottom, leaving brown trails oi' color
as they sink.
Haul Have.
Clinton Hear about tho weartier
man? llo had a siroue ot ueari lau-
ure.
Streater- Gee! At what. Forecast
come true? Cleveland Leader.
A Itl nnrnrnln for t'i Tenia Poinlil.
The venr of lllllli n-ns imp ot lii'odiL'al
plenty on our seed farms. Never li-i'ore
uiu vegetable ami larin seeds return vuci
enormous yields.
Now we wisli to gain -JOO.t.MO tirw cus
tomers this year aud lictice ofli-r tor l'Jc
postpaid
1 nkif. Garden Cirv Iinot
10c
1k?
1.Hi
loc
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15e
10c
Iocs-
1
1
Kurliest Kipc I . niibage
Earliest Faierniil Cucumber
Ln Crosse Market Lettuce.
.' Day K.ulish
Hlue Hlooel Tomato
Juicy Turnip
kernels nloriouslv beautiful
1
1
1
1
100O
tlowcr seeds
Total l l
All for Lie postpaid in order to intro
duce our warrntited seeds, and if .von
will send ItJc we will add one packa o
Berliner F.arllest Cauliflower, together
with our mammoth plant, nursery stock,
vegetable and furm seed and tool catnmg.
This catalog is mailed free to all in
tending purchasers. Write to-day.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Hox C, La
Crosse, Wis.
Y'ale profesors will hereafter be retired
from service, except in special cases at
68 years of ag.
PILES CURED IN 8 TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT U guaranteed to cure ny
cane of Itching, llllud, lileedlof? or Protrud
ing Piles la 0 to 14 days or money rerun. led.
60c
Cancelled Ilia F.rror.
The man of this story is a very lijjht
sleeper, one who Is easily awakened
sn:d who Is a lone time petting to slis-p.
In a Leeds hotel he had at last Kut
se.und asleep, when a loud rap, repeat
ed, awoke him.
"What's wanted?"
"PaekajV downstairs for you."
"Well, It can wait till morning, I
suppose "
The boy departed, and after a lonjj
time the man was sound asleep again,
when there c;Vne another resoundliijf
knock nt the door.
"Weil, what is it now?" he Inquired.
"'Taln't for you, that package."
Tlt-BIts.
Microscopic experiments have shown
thnt tho electrically made steel is not
different in any way fro:a crucible steel.
BRING GOOD HEALTH
Dr. William' Pink Pills, Used After
the Grip, Arrest Fatal Decline and
Rebuild the System.
Any bodily weakness caused by a
deficiency in the blood can be cared
by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
because these pills actually make new
blood. After attacks of the grip the
blood s generally run down and the
patient continues to decline.
"About three years ago," sajs Mrs.
Jennie Cowan, of 718 N. Henry
Street, West Bay City, Mich-. "I
caught a severe cold, which ran into,
the grip. I was confined to my red
for two weeks. At the end of that
time I was able to be about, but was
completely run down. I was so weak
I could hardly stand, my cheeks had
no color and I felt faint. My heart
would nutter and it was difficult for
me to breathe at times. Neura'njla
settled In the back of my head and
stomach and I suffered from rhcima
tism In my shoulders.
"I had the care of the best doctor
In town but became no better until a
friend told me one dav how she had
been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills and I decided to try them. I
soon felt better and continued using
them until I was entirely cured. They
built me up again to perfect health
and I use them now whenever I feel
at all sick and they always help roe."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills sre inval
nnable In such cases, as well ab In
ether blood diseases, because they not
enly drive off the germs of the dliwaie
but build up the system. The pills
bare cured anaemia, rheumatism, after-effects
of fevers, neuralgia and
aany other severe disorders.
Dr. Williams' Pink Puis are sold
by all druggists, or sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price. 60 cents per box,
lx boxes $160, by the Dr. Williams
Medietas Company, Boheratctady, N. TJ