SURGEONS OF THEM.
TO TEACH THE FIREMEN HOW
TO DRESS WOUNDS.
The “Emergency Kit" and Its Contents
—Sponge*. Bandages of All Sorts.
Cotton, Morphine, Plaster and OtUalr
Necessaries.___
HEN the plan
originated by an
assistant engineer
of the Malden
(Mass.) fire depart
ment Is generally
carried Into effect,
firemen will no lon
ger be obliged to
wait the coming of
the ambulance to ’
dress their wounds
or alleviate their hurts, says the New
York Journal. In every fire company
there will be a man who thoroughly
understands the method of giving first
aidt to lie Injured.
With every hose wheel will he car
ried an “emergency kit,’’ containing all
the necessaries for antiseptic treat
ment. it has been a problem for many
years just how to find a method for
caring for Injured firemen at confla
grations without the expenso of having
a regular physician attached to each
company. This new Idea seems to offer
the solution sought for.
This emergency kit will contain eight
rolls of bandages for body and legs,
eight bandages for the arms, and a sim
ilar number for the fingers. There will
also be eight corrosive sublimate gauze
bapdages of various lengths and sizes,
two drainage pans, six tourniquets for
arteries in arras and legs, one box of
medicated absorbent cotton, one can of
bicarbonate of soda to be sprinkled
over the surface of burns, one bottle of
sulphate of morphine tablets, one
eighth grain each, to be given for pain;
one bottle tincture of benzoin; also one
bottle corrosive sublimate tablets, one
tablet to a quart of water, making a
one-tenth of 1 per cent solution, to be
used in dressing; one roll of surgeon's
strapping plaster, scissors, safety
pins, large and small, and one bottle
of aromatic spirits of ammonia, to be
used as a stimulant and to be given In
place of brandy. The emergency kit
will also contain sponges and other ac
cessories, and all the various articles
will be packed In cotton to guard
against breakage.
The originator of the plan advances
the idea that thd firemen should attend
a series of lectures by competent sur
geons and physicians upon the care of
the Injured at fires, practical illustra
tions being given at every lecture. It
would be quite possible to Instruct ev
ery member of a paid fire department,
from, the chief engineer to the hose
boy, so that he should be able to ren
der that immediate aid which in a cri
sis is indispensable. But while this
It 1b further suggested to have one
member of each company assigned to
the emergency kit, Just as there are
pipe men and hose men. It Bhall be
this man’s duty to see that the kit Is
always In perfect order, that no sup
plies are lacking, and to provide In
every way against there being a hitch
when anything from the kit is needed.
In speaking of his plan the advocate
said: “I would advise that the engine
and ladder company might have a reg
ular cdurse of lectures, given in quar
ters, by local physicians and surgeons,
with examinations. The firemen who
pass the necessary examination shall
receive diplomas and a badge of the
Red Cross Order of American Fire
men. "Nobody will deny the fact that
tihe average fireman Is always ready
to risk his life to save that of a friend
br a stranger. His own life Is In dan
ger from the first stroke of the gong
In the engine house until the apparatus
Is hdused after its return from the fire.
No one knows what minute he will
want medical aid. Yet Ignorance of
the first principles of surgery may pre
vent his comrades from helping him In
hlB utmost need. Every medical man
will support my assertion that the
quick use of antiseptic dressing means
many days of illness saved tor the pa
tient and many dollars for the state re
lief association.”
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Th® Bible of Legitim Inin.
That holy blble of pure, legitimism,
the Gotha “Genealoglsche Hofkalcnd
er,'* which has appeared yearly since
1764, both in a German and French
edition, is said to have given moral of
fense this year to the court circles in
Italy. Its issue for 1897 contains no
portraits of the prince of Naples and
his bride, while it does contain portraits
of the duke of Orleans and his bride.
The editor, whoever he may be, seems
thus to have decided that the heirship
to the crown of Italy is a mere de facto
affair with which so eminent a pen-and
ink '‘kingmaker” as himself cannot U
concerned, whereas the heirship to the
^crown of France is a de jure solemnity
wblch needs to be impressed on the su
blime personages and the flunkeys who
study this annual court pocketbook.—
.Westminster Gazette.
y Converting Turf Into Coal.
Another plan for turning to account
’forces of nature as yet dimly under
stood is reported from Scandinavia,
where a savant has discovered a meth
od of converting turf into coal. The
turf is placed in retorts and gradually
heated to 250 degrees. The retorts are
. then closed and the temperature kept
op for seven hours. The tar and gas
' products are retained in the coal mass
to the extent of 80. per cent, and the
• resultant is said to contain 65 per cent
of carbon', 6 per cent of hydrogen, 3.7
• water and 5 per cent of ashes. Tun
coal gives about the same amount oi
heat as seconds, and has been tested
- both in Krupp’s iron foundry and foi
domestic purposes.
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SAD WILLIAM HENRY.
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" 'Nother Burled In Mali Grave,"
Raid He.
Wllliani Henry Holloway, an erring
negro oH756 Greenwich street,is mourn
ing •• ’cause 'nother nlggah’s buried in
mah grave.” Last June William Hei>
ry suddenly disappeared from his home
and for several days no one knew
whither he had gone, says the New
York Tribune. Then they found a
body iti the North river, and his wife
looked at It, recognized It, wept over it
and buried it. Then she colleoted HV
in insurance money.
Mrs Holloway wore her widow’s
weeds in peace until Sunday night,
when just before midnight there ca-ine
a ‘‘tapping at her chamber door.” She
arose and fearfully opened to the in
truder. It was William Henry avd
she shrieked, being convinced that it
was William Henry’s ghoet; and all
the eight little pickaninnies came tum
bling in fright from their beds and
rolling over the floor. When the re
turned wanderer had assured his wife
that he was himself and not a spirit
he learned how he had been drowned
and burled and realized upon, and his>
heart grew heavy, thinking of that
‘‘other niggah buried in mah grave.”
Besides his wife didn’t seem very glad
to see him, and the eight pickaninnies
could In no way be convinced that he
was really alive. Early in the morn
ing Mrs. Holloway arose and without
waiting for breakfast, went to tell Cor
oner Hoeber that the man whom she
had Identified, wept over, buried and
realized upon, and for whom she was
wearing weeds, was not her husband,
but only “ ’nother niggah buried in his
grave.”
William Henry was the picture of
wretchedness as he stood yesterday
morning in his home, scratching dole
fully his woolly head. “ 'Nother nig
gah buried in mah grave,” he said.
‘‘Times got so bad las’ June I done got
discouraged, an’ I jus’ lit out an’ tra
belod all ober de west, till I done
thought o’ Minnie an’ how hard she’d
havo to work , for the pickaninnies.
Then I turn ’round an’ 1 done come
back, an’ I fin' ’nother niggah buried
in mah grave. I wouldn’t had ’nother
niggah burled in mah grave—not foh
noth’n.”
PRIVATE SECRETARIES.
Their Office In a Sere Road to Promo
tion.
Bright boys will do well to remember
that there Is no surer road to promo
tion, financially, socially and every
other way, than that which lead*
throught a private secretaryship, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. To be as
Intimately associated with a man who
has won a high place in the world for
himself as a private secretary must b.
Is to have the opportunity of studying
at close range the character of a suc
cessful man—to ‘‘get points,” so to
speak, that may be put to very good
USA hv flnv vmmor mon nrhn In
profit by experience. The useful pri
vate secretary) too, Is sure to make his
employer think so well of him as to
be anxious to aid'him, and, moreover,
is certain in his official capacity to |
meet many men of prominence whose
acquaintance is well worth while.
Daniel Lament Is an excellent example
of what the clever private secretary
can do. At the close of Mr. Cleve
land's first administration, during
which Lamont was the president's pri
vate secretary, he was placed by one
who held a cabinet office during the
same time at the head of important
street railroad and other interests in
New York. Lamont proved himself
a man of great executive ability and
was honored with a cabinet place dur
ing Mr. Clevelan's second administra
tion. Gen. Horace Porter, who had
change of the inaugural parade,
emerged from obscurity as Grant's mil
itary secretary. It was because of the
qualities he showed that Porter was
given the chance to make rapid prog
ress in business, after the war was
over, and today his name is one of the
oftenest seen in print. The list of
those who have used the private secre
taryship as a stepping stone to great
and lasting advancement is a long one.
The Hearting of a Good Book.
A pump may be connected with a
very deep well of very good water, and
yet need a pitcher of water to be
brought from another source to be
poured in at the top before It can
work. So with the mind, sometimes.
The reading of a good book helps it
Into running order.
WOMEN OF NOTE.
Mrs. Annie Shanlvan runs the en
gine* in a big planing mill at Tulare,
Cal. She also Shovels the fuel and
makes necessary repairs to the ma
chinery.
Miss M. Carey Thomas, president of
Bryn Mawr College, has Just received
the honorary degree of LL. D. from
the Western University of Pennsyl
ta at Allegheny, Pa.
Gemma Belllnclonl, the greatest
Italian operatic singer of the present
time, has left Milan for good and taken
a house at Vienna, Austria, which she
will make her home hereafter. She
will not accept any permanent engage
ment, but will go on starring tours
every season.
Miss Georgia Cayvan, the actress, is
an apple "fiend.” The apple is her
medicine and her food, her cure-all
and regulator. She eats one Just be
fore going to bed, and another when
she nrlees in the morning, and they
always stand ready for her refresh
ment during the day.
John Lawrence, master of the Llr.n
gibby hunt, in Monmouth. Wales, has
hunted continuously for seventy years.
He Is now aged ninety.
In Arran, where the maidenhair fern
grows plentifully, some of the inhabi
tants use It as a substitute for tea.
I RULES ON INSURANCE
NEBRASKA FARMER MUTUAL
COMPANIES AFFECTED.
Th«jr Can Iimnre Country Churches,
Country School Houses unit Country
Parsonages—A Construction that
Has Been Contended For " >'
for Years. <
Mutual Insurance Enlarged.
Auditor Cornell has announced a
decision that lias long been desired by
farmers’ mutual fire insurance com
panies. He decided that such companies
can insure country churches, country
parsonages and country school houses
under section 8 of the farmers' mutual
insurance law of 1801.
Auditor Cornell followed this up by
another that town mutual insurance
companies have a right to insure mills
and creameries and stores in the coun
try, under section 11, of house roll No.
183., passed by the last legislature,
buildings of this character, the audi
tor holds, come under the head of
• business property outside of cities
and villages.” .A portion of section 11,
of house roll No. 183, is as follows:
“Such companies may issue policies
on cities, towns and villages, real or
personal property in this state, also
upon business property outside of cities
and villages, against loss or damage by
fire, lightning, tornado, cyclone or
wind storm, for any length of time,
not exceeding five years.”
The auditor's decision in regard to
farmers' mutuals insuring country
churches, parsonages and school houses,
is based on section 8, of the act of 1891,
which permits risks to be taken on de
tached farm dwellings, barns, except
livery and hotel barns, and other farm
buildings. The auditor holds that
churches, parsonages and school
houses come under the head of “other
farm buildings.” When Eugene Moore
was auditor he permitted farmers’ mu
tual insurance companies to insure ice
houses and cold storage houses in the
country, but would not permit risks to
be taken on churches, parsonages and
school houses. House roll No. 359 cov
ered this point, but it was loaded down
with amendments in the senate last
winter and killed. An amendment per
mitting companies to insure and take
promisory notes in payments of pre
miums is given as the principal reason
why the bill did not pass. . The busi
ness of insuring country school houses
and churches is now open to farmers’
mutuals, whereas heretofore only the
old-line companies could compete. It
is considered a large and valuable
field and mutual companies have long
clamored to enter it.
The decision allowing town mutual
Insurance companies to insure mills,
creamery Ijuildings and stores is not
hailed with so much joy by friends of
mutual insurance for the reason that
mills and creameries are considered
hazardous risks.
Nebraska Woman Barns to Death.
Mrs. Ralph White of Elgin township.
Antelope county, was horribly burned
and died in great agony a few hours
later. Mrs. White was engaged in
burning caterpillars’ nests from the
fruit trees, using a kerosene torch.
The fluid dripped on her clothing, set
ting it on lire. She started to the house
and got into bed to smother the flames.
To her horror she soon noticed that in
passing she had set fire to the clothing
of her little child and arose to save the
babe. This she accomplished at the
sacrifice of her own life. When the
child was saved she was afraid that the
flames had gained such headway as to
endanger the house and she caught up
the bed clothing and rushed out of
doors with the hope of smothering the
flames, but the wind fanned them to
such fierceness that she was fatally
burned.
The State's Right Knocked One.
Notice has been served upon the
state officials that the United .States
land office officials ha~e held that the
claim of N. 1*. lirood to a homestead
right on a part of the old Sioux reser
vation is good as against tile claim of
the state on the land for school land.
The papers show that lirood settled
upon the land before it was surveyed,
in 1863, and built a house. That he
has lived upon it ever since with his
family and declares his intention of
taking it as a homestead. After it was
surveyed it was found that it was a
part of section 30 in township 35 north,
*tuc nut ui *:un
gross opening the tract to settlement
the sections numbered 10 and 30 in
each congressional township were to
be set apart to the state as school land,
ltrood gets his decision under the rul
ing of the land office that by the pro
visions of another general act his prior
settlement in good faith gives him a
prior right. In several particulars the
case is a new one to the land depart
ment, and if the decision is allowed to
stand it will affect a large number of
other claims throughout the country
which were taken under like circum
stances.
Interests of Nebraska Industries.
Washington dispatch: Senator Allen
today appeared before the senate
finance committee in the interest of
Nebraska industries and urged the im
position of a duty of 81.50 a head oh
calves, 83 a head on yearlings and 35
per cent ad valorem on all otner cattle;
on chicory a cent a pound on the dried I
root and 3 cents a pound on the
finished product; on beet and sorghum
sugar a bounty of % of a cent, one
fourth of which is to go every four
years, on hides M a cent a pound, 50
per cent ad valorum on gypsum. He
also asked that gum chickle and fresh
fish be placed on the free list and
urged free lumber and free barbed
wire and a duty of 50 per cent ad va
lorem on asphaltum.
\>terans to Raise Chickens,
The Grand Army post at Seward
designated a “chicken day” recently,
placing a chicken coop on the public
square und asked friends to donate
chickens for the soldiers' home at Mil
ford. As the result of the effort,
Commandant Fowler has received an
Invoice of sixty-five of the feathery
tribe, representing all of the different
breeds. They have been placed in the
care of Comrade J. C. H. Estis, an ex
pert in this line, who will people the
woods with the fowls, while the rest of
the boys will look after the fish of the
stream.
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BARTLEY IN COURT.
The Ex-State Treasurer Arraigned to,
Embezzlement of S201,884.05.
Joseph S. Hartley, cx-state treasurer,
was arraigned in the Omaha police
court before Police Judge Gordon
on an information charging the em'
bezzlement of *201,884.05 of public
funds. He waived a preliminary hear
ing and was held to the district courl
of Douglas county in a bond in the sum
of 850,000.
The necessary bondsmen accom
panied the prisoner to the police court
and the bail bond was immediately
filled out. The signers were W. A.
Paxton, R. II. Townley, secretary of
the Lincoln life association of Lincoln,
and C. Ilevin Oldfield, manager of the
American chicory compay. Paxton
qualified in the sum of 820,000, half
real estate and half personal property.
Townley qualified for 810,000, which
was also equally divided between per
sonal property and real estate. Old
field qualified in the sum of 820,000, all
personal property.
The information upon whi?h Bartley
was arraigned accused him of embez
zling a maximum of 8201,884.05 of state
funds. This amount is mentioned in
the last six counts of the information,
which in all contains eight counts.
This amount includes the interest on
the original warrant of 8180,101.75 at
tlie rate of 7 per cent. It is the total
that was paid the New York bank that
purchased the warrant when it return
ed it for collection. In the first two
counts Bartley is charged with the
emliezzlement of the face of the war
rant, 8180,101.75. The amount of this
warrant was appropriated by the 1895
legislature to reimburse the sinking
fund. Bartley is accused of having
sold this warrant, appropriated the
proceeds and to have paid it later with
state money.
Besides this variance in the amounts
charged as embezzled the counts differ
immaterially. In some Bartley is ac
cused of having committed the embez
zlement in his capacity as state treas
urer and in others of having done so
while in a position in which he was
duly empowered to collect and dis
burse moneys of the state. Some ot
the counts also'charge him with hav
ing turned over the embezzled amount
to some “corporated body unknown.”
Horses Die of Kidney Disease.
An alarming disease has developed
among horses in this vicinity, says a
Winside dispatch. It affects ‘the kid
neys and causes the horses to appear to
be lame on one hind foot. Soon after
this symptom if noticed, the horse gen
erally falls prone on the ground and is
unable to rise. A few, by outward ap
plications, have been helped so that
they have apparently recovered, but
most have died in a few days, partial
paralysis setting in and the horse not
seeming to suffer much pain. As many
as fifteen fine animals have succumbed
to the disease near town, and many
more are reported to have died in the
country. Some people think the trouble
is caused by feeding millet and others
ascribe it to tne damp weather, while
still others think the breaking down of
the kidneys has been caused by the
extra exertions horses have been oblig
ed to make this year on account of the
unusual mud. The fatality is especi
ally alarming from the fact that very
few horses are being raised now, mak
ing it probable that good horses will
be very scarce soon, and consequently
valuable. No effectual remedy has yet
been found for this equine disease.
High School* Moat Protect Themselves.
In answer to the many questions re
ceived from over the state regarding
the dillingof the high school law State
Superintendent Jackson has sent out
the following letter:
"In answer to many Inquiries with refer
ence to the decision of the state supreme
court declaring the free high school law un
constitutional, I submit the following:
"As 1 understand It. when u law Is declared
unconstitutional by the supreme court. It Is
as though the law had never been In effect,
lfowever. there Is a brief period allowed dur
ing which time a petition for a rehearing
may bo presented. It Is possible that a re
hearing will he asked and that a favorable
decision will yet be handed down.
"In the meantime, each high school affected
should take such action as will protect the
Interests of the school. Some high school
boards have required students to pay tuition,
the board giving receipts stating that in case
the county puys the tuition, tho amount will
be refunded.
“In regard to tho legal features involved, I
would respectfully refer you to your county
attorney, who is lu a position to know your
exact situation.”
Memorial Dar Program.
The office of the adjutant general of
the G. A. K. has issued the memorial
day order. The order of Commander
in-Chief Clarkson, issued from Omaha,
is supplemented by the department
commander, John A. Qhrhardt of the
department of Nebraska. The orders
are that as May 30 this year falls on
Sunday the Memorial day exercises will
be held upon the preceding day, Sat
urday, May 29. Attached to the order
of the commander-in-chief is Lincoln's
Gettysburg address.
Preparing to Entertain the Teteran*.
Prompt and active measures are be
ing taken to make the Grand Army of
the Republic reunion, for the eastern
district of the state, to be held in Ne
braska City, July 2, 3, 4 and 5, a success
in every particular. Committees on
finance, speakers, general arrange
ments, etc., have been appointed. It
is proposed to combine the regular
Fourth of July celebration with the re
union exercises of that day. Invita
tions have been extended to well
known orators to be present and speak.
Printing Board Organises.
The state officers comprising the
state printing board met and organ
ized according to law. Auditor Cornell
was elected chairman and Secretary of
State Porter was chosen secretary of
the board. It was decided that as no
appropriation had been made to pay
the salary of the expert clerk provided
for by the bill that no appointment to
the office would be made.
Frnlt Prospects Good.
Fruit prospects are better now than
for several years, says a Juniata dis
patch. All kinds show an exceedingly
heavy bloom, and if not injured by
frost or otherwise, there will be fruit
in great abundance. Especially is this
so of the cherry and plum. The farm
ers arc nearly done seeding and are
pushing the preparation for corn plant
ing. Wheat and rye look well and the
ground is in such good condition that
everybody is looking forward to a
most bountiful harvest of all kinds oi
crops.
THE NATIONAL GIJAfil
MOBILIZATION OF T».i MILITI/
* IN NEBRASKA.
OtHcera of the Department Looking? Int<
tlio Matter and a Report Soon to
lie Made to the Secretary of War
—Viewing Sites for the
Great Encampment.
Mobilization of the Militia.
Tile investigation of the officers oi
the department of the Platte, says ar
Omaha dispatch, into the conditions at
tending a mobilization of the national
guards of the several states at Omaha
m 1898 are nearly completed and a re
port will probably be made to the sec
retary of war within a few days. The
information called for by the war de
partment from General "Coppinger,
commanding the department of the
Platte, includes information regarding
the availability of the land surround
mg Omaha for such an encampment,
also the cost of the maintenance of a
large body of troops at. this point and
the probable cost of transporting ihese
troops to nnd from the encampment.
Investigations have been made of the
country immediately adjacent to Omaha
and a number of locations have.been
found which are suitable for an en
campment such as proposed. Two
locations in particular have been viewed
with especial favor. Both are entirely
suitable and it is thought that both are
obtainable with little or no expense,
One of these is the country in the vi
cinity of Miller park and old Ft. Oma
ha, together with the rolling land to
tlie north and west, making a tract oi
about 600 or 800 acres in extent. The
other site which is regarded very fa
vorably is in the vicinity of Council
Bluffs. The land lies near the Union
Pacific transfer grounds in Council
Bluffs. It is on what engineers would
designate as the “second bench"’ above
the river. -It lies west of the transfer
and includes about 700 acres.
The matter of securing the land in
the vicinity of Ft. Omaha for the en
campment will be brought before the
executive committee of the exposition,
and the securing of the land on the
Council Bluffs side of the river has
been placed in the hands of Director
Lucius Wells and George F. Wright oi
Council Bluffs. They will lay the mat
ter before the mci-chants’ and manu
facturers’ association of Council Bluffs
at its next meeting and an effort will
be made to secure the necessary
amount of land.
If both of these tracts can be seertred
the encampment will probably be di
vided intp two divisions, one division
being located on each of these tracts.
This will allow of opportunities for
maneuvering of the two corps as oppos
ing armies.
The Claim Not a Valid One.
Gov. Holcomb refused to approve
claim No. G80, Thomas II. Pratt, watch
man at Nebraska bhilding at the
world’s fair as by contract, for #3S5,
He says in his veto: “It appears from
ihe papers connected with the ease
mat this claim was before the claims
committee of the house and by them
rejected and was afterwards inserted
in the senate and during the closing
session of the legislature, concurred in
by the conference committee and in
corporated in the bill. The committee
of claims in the house, with whom I
have conferred, are firmly of the opin
ion . that the claim is not a valid one
against the state. It is a claim for
work done as a watchman as the Ne
braska building during the world's
fair. It appears that the claimant
worked but a short time assuch watch
man, until he was discharged and it is
admitted that he has received pay foe
the time which he worked. ijmdei
these circumstances I cannot appre
ciate the merit of this claim.”
Corn linined In tho Cribs.
An Exeter dispatch says that farm
ers are beginning to find out that
cribbing corn in open cribs doesn’t pay.
Several have been shelling during the
past ten days, and after shelling out
two or three loads have found in such
bad condition that grain men eould not
use it. In nearly every case of an
open crib it was found that the middle
was badly damaged, in some cases be
uuiji
save any of it will be to immediately
sort out by hand all that is sound , anil
dispose of it. For by June 15 none oi
it can be used. It is believed by s
good many he ve that the foreign buy
ers who cribbed 150,000 bushels last
fall will lose not less than one-tenth,
awing to the bad condition it was in
when it was put in the cribs. Theii
cribs, however, are well made and
roofed, which may make a difference.
Nebraska Land Deeialon.
The United States land office at
O’Neill has just decided the case of
Jens A. Jacobson against the state oi
Nebraska in favor of Jacobson. It in
volved the southwest quarter of sec
tion 36, town 35, range 14. upon which
Jacobson settled in 18U4, and made
permanent improvements before the
permanent survey had been made, and
before he knew that it was a part of
the school section. When he settled
on the land it was not known whether
It was in South Dakota or Nebraska.
The decision was that Jacobsen was
entitled to file on the land. A similar
case bhas been brought by N. P. Brood,
involving the . northwest quarter of
section 36, town 35, range 13.
Compilation of New Lawn.
A. E. Sheldon has been employed to
arrange for publication of the acts
passed by the last session of the legis
lature and signed by the governor.
The work of compilation is for the pur
pose of having the acts printed in the
regular session laws volume, which is
issued after each session of the legisla
ture.
A Job for Kx-Congresaman Andrews.
Washington special: The absence o1
the president from the city has not de
terred the office-pickers from making
up their paper slates. The rumor was
renewed today that ex-Congressmai
Andrews was slated for the auditor
ship of the treasury for the interim
department, which office has beer
promised to Senator Thurston and by
him, it is generally understood, to Mr
Andrews. The place is worth S3.600 i
i year for four years. Mr. Andrews
1 when he left Washington, was quits
I well satisfied that the office would b:
1 tendered him. ’
Life and Health
Happiness and usefulness, depend upon pnrv
blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pure blood.
This is the time to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla*
because the blood is now loaded with lmpurW
i ties which must be promptly expelled or health
will be in danger. Be sure to get only
Sarsa
ilOOCl S parllla
The One True Blood Purifier. $1, six for (9.
Prepared only by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.
H/wwf’a mil*, cure nausea. Indigestion^
nooa S Mills biliousness. Price 390.
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All Eicrtric Lnaip.
A German inventor has invented
an electric oano lamp. Tho handle
of the canc contains an incandescent
lamp, the two poles of which arc con*
nccted with the plates of a battery.
Below this is a small chamber to
carry tho battiry fluid. When it is
desired to use tbo lamp tho cap is
token off and tho can ) inclined do
that tho liquid it contain nr,;!lc;i ;a
contact with tho clrctro i A cur
rent is thus produced tear, wi.l, it is
asserted, keep the light £vi!i£ for an
hour.
BINDING OF GRAIN. S
Why McOrmirk Changed from • fitft
to a Right Hand Hinder,
When binding was done by hand
the left hand cut harvester was a ne
VV itu
the left hand
i machine the
| heads o' tbo
i. Brain are at tho
ff left hand of the
I man doing the
/binding, so in
' taking ont the
bundle 'with the
band around it,
■ whether the man
turned to the
front table or to
the back table he
kept, his position
toward the bun
■HHIIIH uie iiscu—mat
Is. with the heads towards his left
hand; hence, in making the tuck he
shoved the ends under the hand toward
the heads. Grain is handled by the
shocker by grasping Into the heads, as *
shown in the illustration, and the tuck
should therefore be toward the heads,
so that it will not pull out.
The applications of roller bearings ttr
grain cutting machinery was made by
J. G. Perry in 1869, and his patent, No.
86,584, for an improved reaper, showed
and described various ways of using
roller and ball bearings in harvesters.
Unquestionably the most practical and
satisfactory applications of roller bear
ings to binders and mowers has bees
made by the McCormick Harvesting
Machine Company. The Particular form
used by them was patented in 1882 and
is now to be found in all McCormick
machines. The especially valuable fea
ture of the McCormick roller hearing
is seen in the form—or cage as it is
called—which holds the rollers from
running together, and if for any cause
:he cage Is taken from the shaft tbs
rollers will not (all out and get lost.
In order to avoid the McCormick- pa
tent the other harvesting machine com
pany who claims to be the originator of
roller hearings in harvesters has cnt
oat the metal in the ring at the ends of
the rollers. If the cage is taken, out
the rollers slip out and become ailed
with grit, or worse, get lost. The
methods of the McCormick Company
result In an annual saving of many
thousands of dollars to the farming
public. New devices are not embodied
in their machines until long and' oft
repeated trials have shown them to be
practical. It has been the same with
roller bearings as with everything else
—McCormick experimenting is dome at
McCormick expense.
1 ha Kkoptzi. I
The St Petersburg correspondent
of the Standard tells this story: A
banker and his niece, who are mem
bers of a religious sect callod the
Skoptzi, or self-mutilators, were sen
tenced to fifteen and ten years’ im
prisonment respectively. The banker
tattooed a cross on his niece's breast,
and mutilated himself. Mutilation is
a penal offense in Russia only when
it is prompted by religious motives.
Pino's Core for Consumption is our only
medicine for coughs and colds.—Mrs. C.
Be tz, 439 8th Ave.,Denver, Col.,Nov. 8, ’95.
Ancient Counterfeiting.
Counterfeiting was as profitable in
ancient as in modern times, and far
more common. It is considered by
gxperts impossible to detect an an
cient counterfeit 'from a genuine
coin. Counterfeiting ancient coins
in modern times has become a regu
lar profession, and most of the
counterfeits are bettor executed than
the originals.
Educate Tour Bowels With Cascarate.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c. If C. C. C. fail, druggists refund money.
Wagner's Piano.
^The pianoforte upon which Wag*
nor received his oarliest teaching in
counterpoint and composition from
Theodore Wcinlig, of Leipzig, has
been added to tho objects in the Wag
ner museum in Vienna
Tho I*ofc »R(1 tho Kettle.
Gorman Grocer—Mine frendt, dot
old glay bibe makes a tam bad
schmell.
Mr. O’Rafforty—How the divil do
yoz know how mo poipo smells when
Vor stirrin’ up ycr sour krout?—
Texas Siftings.
