^ Redeeming
Money...
Scorched, Woter-Sooked
Bills ore
Reconstructed.
_
There was received at the redemp
tion division of the treasury recently
an envelop® containing a mass oi
greenish paper, dried and hard, but
showing evidence of having once been
water-soaked. The letter accompany
ing explained that the substance had
once been money, and that it had been
found among the debris left by the
storm at Galveston, Tex. It was of
fered for redemption. There was un
doubtedly much money destroyed in
the Galveston storm, but comparative
ly little of it has been recovered. A
half-dozen or more installments have
been received, but in all it has amount
ed to but a few hundred dollars. Some
of that sent in had been found in the
pockets of clothing worn by victims of
the storm. Most of it was in fair
shape, and the senders received the
full amount in crisp, new bills. The
man who recovered the last lot re
ceived, however, was less fortunate.
It was turned over to E. A. Brown, the
treasury expert on mutilated money,
who soaked the mass and picked it
apart, discovering at once that it was
composed of worthless confederate
bills. Mrs. Brown and her assistant,
Miss Elizabeth D. Smith, have to deal
with money under many queer condi
tions. It comes to them burned until
only fragments of charred paper are
left, rotted and mildewed, gnawed by
mice, eaten and discolored by acids,
and in a thousand other forms. Their
knowledge of money is reduced to a
science. By a glance at a mere frag
ment of a bill they are able to tell
from its “geography”—by which is
meant the particular style of engrav
ing—the year of its issue and the de
nomination of the note of which it is
a part. A case Mrs. Brown now has
in hand called forth all her ingenuity.
The Moravian National bank of Mora
via, N. Y., sent a package of money
1 that had been burned until only black
and shriveled paper remained. The
burned bills were supposed to amount
to $125. Mrs. Brown was able to iden
tify more than $100, and as there re
mained a considerable amount of the
charred paper which had been crushed
until it was unrecognizable, the full
amount will be paid upon an affidavit
from the bank that the sum stated was
destroyed. A couple of weeks ago a
roll of burned money was received
from a small town in Virginia. The
sender explained in his letter that the
money belonged to an aged woman
N who had been saving it to pay her
funeral - expenses. Her house caught
fire and her little hoard was destroyed.
The old lady was not quite sure of the
amount that had been in the roll, but
she thought it was between $70 and
$75. Investigation showed that there
was $130 in the package, and that
amount was forwarded for the benefit
of the funeral fund. Among the re
ceipts recently was a large package
of the fractional currency in circula
tion during the civil war. It had evi
dently been stored away in a vault
that was not over dry, and was badly
discolored, but was yet in such condi
tion that it could be redeemed. A good
deal of this fractional currency is re
ceived, much of it almost a3 bright
and clean as on the day of issue. The
best is not destroyed, but kept on hand
and sold at face value to collectors. A
week or so ago there was received a
number of continental bills, issued by
authority of the continental congress
during the war of the revolution. The
law does not provide for the redemp
tion of this money, and the bills were
returned. Ignorant people in the south
and elsewhere, particularly negrues,
frequently send in large quantities of
confederate bills, believing the govern
ment will redeem them. The govern
ment formerly held that the finder of
money was not entitled to have it re
deemed, and when turned into the
treasury it was kept there for the
owner. This rule has now been
changed, and the finder of money is
the one who profits. A few days ago a
Washington colored man took to the
treasury two $50 notes, which he said
had been found on an ash heap. Al
though badly soiled, the notes were
easily identified, and the negro got the
$100. Another Washington negro not
long ago took to the treasury a large
package of bills, which had been
buried in the ground and were badly
water-soaked. The bills were general
ly of small denomination, and the task
of separating the pieces and patching
them together was a big undertaking,
as the amount of the resurrected roll
was more than $3,500. The negro ex
plained that he had buried the money
to get it away from an “extravagant
family,” and that when he went to the
place of burial to get out a small
amount he found that the entire store
had been ruined. The history of the
redemption division of the treasury is
calculated to explode the theory that
paper money is a great spreader of
disease germs. An average of $1,000,000
of paper money in Its very worst
forms of dirtiness is handled and
counted three times every working day
in the year, by a force composed most
ly of young women. The only precau
tion the clerks take is to wash their
hands thoroughly with soap and water,
yet there has never been a case of ill
ness among them traceable to the han
dling of money.—Chicago Journal.
A Democratic
^ *5 Emperor ;
Many Little Acts of
Kindness of Francis
Joseph of Austria.
Like many who live in the rarified
atmosphere of courts. Emperor Francis
Joseph enjoys nothing better than a
glimpse into the lives of his humblest
subjects. So, in order to come closer
in touch with the peasants, he has
fallen into the habit of walking out
alone every Sunday afternoon. Usual
ly he turns his back upon the city and
strolls out upon one of the country
roads, where he almost invariably finds
A a companion going the same way, a
simple tiller of the soil. When the em
' peror's questions regarding the details
of life in the work-a-day world bring
down no suspicion of his identity;
when he is regarded merely as a kind,
chatty stranger, then he is pleased. On
one occasion an old man having lis
tened to the sovereign’s talk with a
group of laborers, without knowing
who he was, followed Francis Joseph
as he retraced his steps to the city.
Gradually the old man edged up along
side. ‘‘Hello, stranger, you going up
to town, too, looking for work?” he
inquired, confidentially. His answer
was a bright gold piece, slipped into
his hand by the “stranger,” accompa
nied by a few words of cheer. This
unexpected liberality on the part oi
his affable com panion so fascinated the
peasant that they walked on together
until they reached the palace gate.
Some time later a foot passenger found
the bewildered old man stumbling
along the road, looking first at the gold
piece in his palm and then back over
his shoulder toward the emperor’s
palace.
Dairyman Supplies “Noiseless Milk.”
A dairyman in Indianapolis, Ind.,
supplies his patrons with what he calls
‘noiseless milk.” His wagons have
rubber tires, his milkmen wear rub
ber-soled shoes and he has supplied
each of his customers with a little rub
ber mat on which the vessels are si
lently placed.
i The Chinese Pig Tail May Go
It is stated that the statesmen of
the flowery kingdom are considering
the advisability of altering the Chinese
law which requires Mongolians to wear
cues. The Chinese, it is said, wore
their hair American fashion some 300
years ago, at which time they likewise
wore garments similar to those in use
A in this country today. With a new
emperor came an alteration in the
two fashions, and ever since cues and
blouses h;?*.re been quite the proper
I thing.
Now there is a great agitation for a
change back to the old style. The Chi
nese are of a practical turn of mind
I and say that too much time is requir
ed to dress their long braids. There is
considerable objecting to the style now
in vogue, and so persistent for a
change has become ths demand that it
is likely the law establishing the style
of headdress will be altered. It is
stated that the Chinese will not wear
I their hair long, but that their heads
■ will be kept shaven.
jtt Will Cat Bears’ WhUkers.
Whiskeru have been tabooed at the
■ Zoo, and a crusade against them will
H shortly be started, says the Philadel
: it; phia Press. Within a few days the
ji keepers will trim the bears' mustaches,
B which have grown very long and an
■ uoy the beasts. The whiskers have
i, curled around so far as to tickle the
■ bears every time they move their
heads. The hairs are fully eight inches
in length, and caused one bear to cut
himself so badly with his claws in try
ing to push them away that the keep
ers feared for a time that serious re
sults would follow. The trimming of
the bears’ whiskers will require several
days, and is a dangerous operation.
Each bear has to be cornered and
placed in a cage so small that in it
he is unable to move. The objection
able whiskers are then removed with
long shears. The position of zoo bar
ber is not much sought after. The
animals often struggle and fight until
exhausted before they will submit to
the operation, and it takes all the pa
tience of the keepers to bring it
through successfully. The day for the
trimming of the whiskers has not yet
been set, but it will be a lively one at
the Zoo.
Some of BIr. Morgan’s Gifts.
Thus far J. Pierpont Morgan has
given $500,000 for a New York tech
nical school, $175,000 for a botanical
park in New York, $100,000 for a lying
in hospital, $150,000 fqr a yacht club
$30,000 for a church, $25,000 for light
ing St. Paul's cathedral. London, and
30,000 rare manuscripts to the New
York library.
It is easier to call a man a fool that
It is to convince him of the truth ol
your statement.
WHY MRS. PINKHAM
Is Able to Help Sick Women
When Doe tors Fail.
How gladly would men fly to wo
man's aid did they but understand a
woman's feelings, trials, sensibilities,
and peculiar organic disturbances.
Those things are known only to
women, and the aid a man would give
is not at his command.
To treat a case properly it is neces
sary to know all about it, and full
information, many times, cannot bo
given by a woman to her family phy>
Mrs. O. H. Chappell.
Rician. She cannot bring herself to
tell everything, and the physician is
at a constant disadvantage. This is
why, for the past twenty-five years,
thousands of women have been con
fiding their troubles to Mrs. Pinkham,
and whose advice has brought happi
ness and health to countless women in
the United States.
Mrs. Chappell, of Grant Park, 111.,
whose portrait we publish, advises all
suffering women to seek Mrs. Pink
ham’s advice and use Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound, as they
cured her of inflammation of the ovaries
and womb ; she, therefore, speaks from
knowledge, and her experience ought
to give others confidence. Mrs. Pink
ham's address is Lynn. Mass., and her
advice is absolutely free.
Your worth depends on what you are
and not what you have.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens tho gums, reduces in
flammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
The wisdom or today is not infre
quently the result of yesterday’s mis
fortune.
Are You Using Allen’s Foot EaaeT
It is the only cure for Swollen,
Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Allen’s
Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress. Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy. N. Y.
The “bad boy” often makes the best
man.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-eent staren con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
Basket picnics are one kind of en
tertainment and basket ball is another.
Pain—Wizard Oil. Use the last on
the first and you have neither one nor
the other.
A dollar in the hand is worth two in
a will.
Private Mailing Card.
Private Mailing Card with colored
views of scenery on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul Railway sent on
receipt of ten (10) cents in stamps.
Address F. A. Miller, General Passen
ger Agent, Chicago, 111.
A flat in the ninth story of an apart
ment house is a place intended for high
livers.
L’ *.... ....
WHAT WE HEAR FROM
ASSINIBOIA, WESTERN CANADA,
“Don't Thlnlc of Comlug, but Como."
To the Editor: The above is the em
phatic manner in which a friend In
Yorkton writes to a friend near St.
Paul, Minnesota, and it is pretty near
ly right, too, with the advantages
that Western Canada offers to those
seeking homes. The Assinlbola dis
trict is one of the best. The writer
from whose letter we quote goes on to
say:
“John, if you miss this chance you
are foolish, for you can get out cheap
er when there are so many coming,
and I would not tell you to come if 1
thought you could not do well, and
If you don't come in the spring you
will have to go away back, for you
do not want to think that there is no
one living out here but us. I saw
nicer buildings out here than I ever
saw befoie, and if the country was no
good what would they want them for?
John, if you sold everything you have
and came out here you would be worth
more than .e.ver y&n were before, and
if you can bring your team. You can
get anything you want on tick, and
when they do that with strangers they
are not afraid they can't make enough
to pay for it. I saw as nice wheat as
I ever saw in my life, and if they could
not grow grain what would, the flour
mill be for, and it cost $20,000.”
Now this was what Mr. Thomas
Fitzpatrick, of Yorkton, Assiniboia,
Western Canada, wrote to a friend.
There will be opened up this sum
mer new districts in Saskatchewan
and Assiniboia at low prices, particu
lars of which can be had of any agent
of the government of the Dominion of
Canada, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in tho columns of your
paper. Yours truly, An Old Reader.
True fishers of souls have little use
for bread and butter bait.
HO! FOR OKLAHOMA!
New lands soon to open Be ready! Morgan's Manual,
With supplement containing proclamation, map showing
allotments. County Beats, etc., U. Supplement A Map,
10c. Agents Wanted. DICK T. MORGAN,Perry,O.T.
A man may have a keen mind with
out a cutting tongue.
You can not always Improve an un
cultured man by cultivating him as an
acquaintance.
Do Yonr Feet Aehe end Ilurnf
Shake Into your shoes, Allen's Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N.Y.
It doesn't take an artist to draw a
perfectly natural long breath.
Hull's Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price. 75a
A family tree Is one kind that Isn’t
admired for having a shady reputa
tion.
Plso's Cure Is tho best medicine we ever tised
for all affections of tho thro w and lungs.—WM.
O. Endsi.ky, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10,1000.
if a man could do just as he pleas
ed he would be the most unpopular
Individual on earth.
Dyspepsia Is tho bano of the human system.
Protect yourself against its ravages by the use
of Ueeman's Pepsin Gum.
People who ask ’’time’’ for their
debts don't care .to spend It. in jail.
$148 will buy new Upright piano on
easy payments. Write for catalogues.
Schmoller & Mueller, 1313 Farnam
street, Omaha.
South Dakota Farm*
Is the title of an illustrated booklet
Just Issued by the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railway, descriptive of the
country between Aberdeen and tho
Missouri River, a section heretofore
unprovided with railway facilities, but
which is now reached by a new line of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railway. Everyone contemplating a
change of location will be interested
in the information contained In It, and
a copy may be had by sending a two
eent stamp to F. A. Miller, Ueneral
Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.
Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE
STARCH, the only 16 oz. package for
10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con
tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran
teed or money refunded.
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S When the muscler. feel drawn ami O
tied up and the flesh tender, that 5
^ tension is j
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s Soreness §
J „nd |
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• 0
0 from cold or over exercise. It •
• lasts but a short time after 0
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i» mm If fa wJ for a case of
backache, nervousness, sleepless
ness, weakness, loss of vitality, In
cipient kidney,bladder and urinary
lisordera that can not be cured by
BIHMI'I 1
the great kidney, liver and blood medicine. 50o
At all Druggists. Write for free sample. Address
KID.NE-OIDS, 8t. Louis, Mo.
For Top Prices Ship ?our
OA UK AND rOllLTBf
To Headquarters
fl. W. IcUcii 41 Company.
Butter, Eggs. Veal, Hides and Furs. Potatoes.
Onions In Carload Lots.
Omaha. Nebraska
Thompson's Eye Watsr
Toasting - broiling
baking - ironing
anything that can be done with a wood cr coal fire is done
better, cheaper and quicker ou a .
WICKLESS
nlec Oil Stove
Heat is r.ot diffused through
out the house—there is no
smell, soot, or danger, and the
i expense of operating is nomi
nal. Made in many sizes;
) sold wherever stoves are sold.
If your dealer does not have
it write to nearest agency of
STANDARD OIL
JA COMPANY
I Bad Breath f
X Undigested, decaying food remnants, in the mouth and stomach, giving off pestiferous gases, are the cause «►>
of that awful breath, so repulsive as to cause a halt in friendship, affection, love,—any form of intimacy.
yr Nobody can stand its overpowering stench, and it is a cause of terrible misery to those afflicted and their dear ♦>
C* ones. There is only one way to cure it—disinfect the digestive canal with CASCARETS! Clean it out, keep it O
C* clean, let CASCARETS stimulate the lining of mouth and stomach, and put it in shape to work naturally and
€♦ properly. Nothing but CASCARETS will bring about the desired result. BE SURE YOU GET THEM!
(♦ j{er ens.—Detroit Free Pi. -e. at.
C* *»ted - or I*. 4)
> “I have been using CASCARETS ro <
C# lm* end as s mild sod effective laxative they are 4)
A. RUV it to simply woodertul. My daughter and I were lev C
aw RM bothered with slok stomach and our breath 4)
> ^ HH >pea was very had. After taking a few doses of R
14 B^B wB HN|B See Cascarets ws have improved wonderfully, see • 41
w ^RR They are a great help In the family." i,._ C
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X “Well. I’m -lad to knn- -bow* H.” A
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<♦ (etc) 25c- 50c
never sold in bulk.
g THE TABLET _ DRUGGISTS
#4 _ lit'ABANTEEll TO CVEI all bowel troubles, appendicitis, MIIotumms,
VT bad breath, bad blood, wind on the stomach, bloated bowel*, fool month,
j headaeke. Indigestion, pimple*, pains after eutlug, liver trouble, sallow eom~
I# pie*Ion and dizziness. When your bowels don’t move regularly yon are
\ getting sick. Constipation kills more people than sill other diseases together.
#4 *t is a sta* terfbr the chronic aliments and long years of suffering that eome
V afterwards. Jfo mattcy what alls yon, start taking CAtCAKBTt today, for
J you will never get well aad be well all the time until yon pat your bowels
f ▼ right. Take onr advleef start niit CAICAEKTS today, under an absolute
\ guaruntoo to euro or usoney rofkuded. ^
Git A KAnTEEll TW ('UKEl rive year* •«« ur»»
CARETS was sold. Now ft Is over six million boxes a year, treater than aay fJ
similar medicine In the world. This Is absolute proof of great merit, ana C
•nr best testimonial. We have faith,and will sell CA8C A SCI ■ abaslstely 41
muraateed to cure or money refunded. Go buy today, two oOc boxes, pfVO
them a fair, honest trial, as per simple directions, and If you are not •atlsfled
after ustav one &Oc box, return the unused S«c box and th« empty box to wA
us by mall, or the druexlst from whom you purchased It, aud v*t your money C
back for both boxes. Take oar advice- no matter what alls you—start today. 4j
Health will quickly follow and you will blcssthe ASUXS*”1 started the use
ofVARGASK'rR. Book free by mall. Adds ITIBLIMiniim CO., b* IstwCUnit, ^
SOZODONT for fhe Teeth POWDER each
