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If you want to buy the best -Buggy, Carriage, Farm Wag
on, Spring Wagon, Road Wagon, Farm Truck, Cart, Wind
mill, Feedmill, hand or power Corn Shelter, Plow, Disc Cul
V tivator, Sweeps, Stackers, Rakes, Mowers, Binders, Headers,
Threshers, Steam or Gasoline powers, call and see
E1IIL SUSTXGrGrS,
Prop. Elkhorn Valley Blacksmith, Wagon,
Carriage, Shoeing 8c Machine Shop.
P. S.—Just received another car of Rushford \va?ons, complete stock
. sizes: they are the best waarons made.
\$ki^ wish to ca^ vour attention to
w If one of the finest lines of Blank- I
ets and Comforts that has ever been E
g shown in Holt county. Our comforts \
range in prices and qualities, from $1
I to $8; this latter price gets a fine
down filling with mercerized co vcrln
blankets we have everything from 1
| cotton sheets to the finest wool. F
J. P. MANN |
DUST AND FILTH.
Mail h Recommomlert by Fhyilolni M
a Health Fnxrnr.
In London It was noticed that when
the streets were muddy there was a
marked diminution of diseases that
were prevalent when dust Is blowing.
Bowel troubles are plentiful when peo
ple are compelled to inhale dust. Con
sumption. too. often gets its start
from dust. Other illnesses almost
equally grave follow from the breath
ing of flying particles of filth. Add
sufficient water to transform the dust
into mud, and the power for harm is
gone, for mud is not inhaled. The
germs that infest dry mud become in
ert in mud, because these germs, vi
cious as they are, are too lazy to go
anywhere unless they are carried.
Moreover, mud Is very likely to get
ultimately into the drain pipe, and the
germs are carried otT where they can
do no harm. Even when mud dries on
the clothing and is brushed off the
dust that arises therefrom does not
appear to be as dangerous as that
which has not been recently wel. It
will thus be'apparent that there is a
bright side to mud, and henceforth all
but the most fastidious will revel in
muddy streets. Many physicians may
advise their more weakly patients to
go abroad in search of exercise only
when the roads are muddy. Rich men
may be looked for to have special
mud spots somewhere on their grounds
while sanitariums may be expected to
advertise that all the walks about fhelr
buildings are so constantly attended
to that mud is guaranteed every day
in the year. Mud baths have long been
utilized, and mud wmuld seem certain
to become one of the great curative
agents of the near future. Yet wise
medicos are learning nothing that has
not been known for ages to mothers
of large families in rural districts,
where "playing in the mud” has al
ways been known as the children’s
healthiest pastime. —Boston Tran
script.
A REVEREND LADY'S HORSE.
Animal Compels Stable-Keeper to Wear
Skirt and Sunhounet.
• Rev. Anna Shaw’s friends are rela
ting an incident concerning a horse
which Miss Shaw purchased while on
a visit to Cape Cod. The reverend
lady is a good judge of horseflesh, be
sides being highly accomplished in
numerous other ways. She has been
heard to declare that David Harum
himself would have difficulty in over
reaching her in the matter of a trade.
The Cape Cod animal which she pur
chased proved to be satisfactory as to
speed, temper and disposition, and for
several days Miss Shaw looked after
his wants herself, there being no man
on the premises just at that time.
Rev. Anna finally secured the services
of a man servant just as she was leav
ing to deliver a lecture in a town not
far from Boston. The man entered the
stall to perform the usual duties of a
stable help and was at once kicked
into insensibility. He soon recovered,
but refused to go near the horse again
and the animal fared rather poorly un
til Miss Shaw’s return. Then another
man was hired, but he met a similar
reception. A third keeper was en
gaged, Miss Shaw conscientiously in
forming him as to the experience of
his two predecessors. The newcomer
made some inquiries as to the ante
cedents of the horse and found that
It had always been cared for by the
wife of its former owner. Borrowing
a skirt and an old sunbonnet from
Miss Shaw the man went up to the
horse in safety and from that day to
this has never had any trouble with
the animal.
An Albany Poet.
William Crosswell Doane, Episcopal
bishop of the diocese of Albany, who
has just isued a volume of poems, is
one of Albany’s striking figures. He
dresses in the style of the English
clergyman, and in personal appearance
he would readily be mistaken for an
Englishman. In his walks about the
state capital the bishop is always ac
companied by his faithful dog, a fine
specimen of the Great Dane breed.
Whenever the bishop is Invited to de
liver the prayer in the senate or as
sembly he bids his dog lie down in the
corridor and wait for him. Then he
hands the animal his shovel hat. The
dog takes it between his teeth and nev
er budges until the bishop returns.
What would happen if any one at
tempted to take the hat away from
him is a mere matter of conjecture, for
no one has ever had the temerity to try
the experiment.-^Chicago Journal.
Over Mountain to Death.
While descending from Camp McKin
ney to Jolly Creek, B. C., the horse
hauling Hoff’s mail stage bolted, and
could not be controlled by Andrew
Kirkland, the driver. Finally the horses
left the road and dashed over the bank
dragging the stage down the steep in
cline. Passengers, horses and coach
rolled over and over and into the creek
below. Kirkland was Instantly killed,
his neck being broken. Of the passen
gers, one, a woman, had her collar
bone broken and besides was badly
bruised. Harry Nicholson was seriously
Injured, and another male passenger
was also hurt. The horses were killed.
The Advent of Coffee
About the year 1600 coffee began to
be talked of in Christendom as a rare
and precious medicine. In 1615 it was
brought to Venice, and in 1621 Burton
spoke of it in his “Anatomy of Melan
choly" as a valuable article which he
had heard of but' not seen. In 1652 Sir
Nicholas Crlspe, a Levant merchant
opened in London the first coffee house
known in England, the beverage being
prepared by a Greek girl brought over
for the work. Other coffee houses la
abundance were soon opened.
CHANCES IN WATCHES.
Old-Fashioned 'Mull* K/e" Silver
Watches Are Disappearing.
The almost total disappearance of
the old-fashioned “bull’s-eye” stiver
watches is a source of wonderment to
even some watch dealers. It Is prac
tically impossible to pick up one
now among them. A Chicago Tribune
reporter made the rounds of the watch,
pawn, and Junk shops recently in quest
of one of these old timepieces, and did
not find it. One dealer said he knew
where a single specimen was, but later
admitted that the owner either had
sold or lost It. A veteran watchmaker
who can make a watch by hand, In re
ferring to the disappearance of the
“bull’s eyes," said: “It Is only natural.
I suppose, that they should disappear.
None of them were first-class time
pieces. I mean that the best of them
would vary as much as a minute a
week. The cheaper machine-made
watches keep better time and cost less.
The first of these old ‘bull’s-eyes’ car
ried the regulation Virdge movement.
One hundred years ago the Virdge
watches were carried by all business
men. Later the English watchmakers
made 'bull’s-eyes’ with Improvements
on the Virdge movement. I haven’t
seen a Virdge for two or three years.
As a matter of fact, those old-fash
ioned, key-winding silver watches are
worth only what the sliver In the cases
amounts to. The metal represents
about a dollar In value. The works
are worthless. Only one or two small
wheels are taken out by the dealers.
Sometimes they are useful In repairing
family heirlooms. Tfhat are they
worth? Why, nothing at all as time
pieces. Tie best way to get one is
to keep on Inquiring among the grand
fathers and great uncles until you run
across one, and then beg it or buy it.
It Is practically worthless, except as
a relic.”
COBWEB PICTURES,
KTnlqii* Pictures Made by Mrs. Game
well, a St. Lonb Lad;.
Making pictures and decorations out
of cobwebs, peanut shells and postage
stamps is an art created by Mrs. Belle
Cooper Gamewell of St. Louis, Mo.
Taken up as a fad the art has develop
ed into a business and Mrs. Gamewell
is making money, although she is
well-to-do in the world. When Mrs.
Gamewell wants to make one of her
queer pictures she muBt first hunt un
til she finds a cobweb. The kind that
accumulates in the corner of the ceil
ing in the homes where the house
maids can’t see anything higher than
the mantlepiece is best for the purpose.
When she finds a web she takes it
down very carefully and spreads it in
the bottom of a pasteboard box. Some
times it is necessary to gather several
cobwebs to provide sufficient fairy can
vas for one picture.
When the web has been spread over
the bottom of the box It is ready to
be painted on. Mrs. Gamewell uses
brushes and oil paints, but she can
not wield the brush like the ordinary
painter who puts his colors on a big,
coarse canvas. She dips her brush in
the paints very carefully, so that she
gets only a tiny drop on it each time.
The ordinary artist draws a line with
a sweet) of his hand. She builds the
line drop by drop without ever actually
touching the web with her brush. In
this way she makes landscapes and
flower designs that are greatly admired
by her little friends. When all the
paint has been deposited drop by drop
on the web it is permitted to dry. Then
Mrs. Gamewell covers it with a piece
of thin glass or mica and the picture
is complete.
Man lake Tan Shoe*.
"Shoe manufacturers have been try
ing hard for four years to drive tan
and colored shoes out of the market.”
said a Chestnut street dealer, “and
they have made an ignominous failure
of it. The boom in cheap patent leath
ers, which was started purposely to
squeeze the tan shoes from the market
has almost collapsed. Many factories
did not send out samples of colored
shoes for this season’s trade, but sent
patent leather samples instead. The
manufacturers who did not make this
mistake are the men who are getting
the summer’s business. Men like tan
shoes, and that’s all there is about It.
W'omen are not so fond of them be
cause they are more trouble to keep
clean.”—Philadelphia Times.
The land of Earthquakes*
There are certain generally accepted
conclusions which are entirely wrong.
One of these is as to the land of the
most frequent earthquakes. Ask al
most any person and he will tell you
that most earthquakes are in Japan;
but he is wrong. It seems as though
we hear more about earthquakes at or
near Japan than at any other place,
but when the facts are tabulated we
find that Greece is far ahead of Japan.
The latest complete reports cover a pe
riod of six years from 1893 to 1898,
and during that time 3,187 earthquakes
occurred in Greece and about one-half
of that number in Japan. The island
of Zanta alone had 2,018 shocks during
the six years.
Oar Exports to Mexico.
Last year the United States sent
over $31,000,000 worth of goods into
Mexico. This was nearly $7,000,000
more than the year before. The in
crease of late has been chiefly due to
large exportations of machinery and
electrical supplies. Mexico buys a
good deal of her coal from this coun
try, but the amount is not likely to be
increased, as the factories in Mexico
are changing over from steam to elec
tric power. The rivers are many in
number and every one is a series of
waterfalls, owing to the hilliness of
the country.
POCKET MONKEYS IN PAVO
Ulmluutlve and Engraving Fet from tht
Wild* of Uracil.
The latest fad in the way of pets
is the pocket monkey. It ia only about
two years since the little fellow made
his first appearance in this country in
his present capacity and he might be
said to have taken the hearts of pet
lovers by storm. Now his popularity
has become so great that the men who
make a business of catering to the
whims of the people who like pets
say that the demand for the pocket
monkey is five times as great as the
supply. They predict a bright future
for the new favorite Just as soon as the
people down In Brazil can be made to
understand what a good commercial
article they have and thus be Induced
to make a regular business of captur
ing these monkeys and shipping them
up here.
The pocket monkey dwells so far In
the Interior of Brazil as to be almost
out of the reach of traders. He Is, per
haps, the smallest member of the mon
key family known, being about five
Inches long, but with a tall that Is
sometimes three times as long as his
body. He belongs to the marmot fam
ily of monkeys, and is extremely neat
in person and cleanly of habit. If It
wasn't for those characteristics, he
would not now be holding the place he
does in the hearts of those who have
invested In him. "We can’t get enough
of them,” said a man who makes a
business of selling pets. “I have one
here that I have been offered $50 for,
but the average price is $25. They are
the finest little acrobats I’ve ever seen.
For Instance, here's a cage made on
purpose for a pocket monkey. You will
notice that it resembles a miniature
gymnasium. There are trapezes, hori
zontal bars and all sorts of things of
that kind. Now, if a pocket monkey
didn’t find them in his home, he would
be heart broken. Of course they don’t
perform Just whenever one wants thyn
to, but in the morning just after they
have waked up, you will find him do
ing every conceivable gymnastic stunt,
and If you don’t laugh, you are a per
son with no sense of humor."—New
York Sun.
DESKS WITH HIDING PLACES.
Demand for Secret Compartment* and
Drawer* In the Ltit Year.
A desk manufacturer says that In tha
last year he has received more orders
for desks with hidden springs and se
cret. compartments than In the ten
preceding years put together. Some of
them have Intricate mechanism, and
by pushing secret buttons the walla
are made to fly open and narrow crev
ices revealed. As to the cause for this
new demand for hidden nooks and
crannies in desks he is able to give
no satisfactory explanation. It would
seem, however, that the man of affairs
finds himself the possessor of secrets
so grave that not even the stenographer
is allowed to share them and that the
common roll-top desk is forced to give
way to the intricate, many-panelled
contrivance which alone is able to hide
Important papers from the prying eyes
of clerks and office boys. "Accepting
this theory as plausible,*' said the
manufacturer, “It would logically fol
low that women are burdened with
more than their share of secrets for
fully two-thirds of these combination
desks are intended for female custom
ers. Why they are going to take the
pains of locking up incriminating doc
uments while their tongues are still at
liberty is another puzzle, but then the
fad savors of the mysterious all the
way through, and the feminine phase
of the situation is in keeping with the
rest of the circumstances.’’—New York
Sun.
Spools Made In Maine.
The making of spools and the saw
ing of wood for them have assumed
such an Immense proportions that they
are classed among the leading indus
tries of Maine. Not all the spool bars
sawed in Maine are made into spools
within the stale, hut are shipped to
Europe. About 15,00,000 feet are sent
across the water annually, chiefly to
Scotland, one-half of the total being
shipped by one concern in Bangor, al
most all in steamships. Until a com
paratively recent period the handsome
woods of the native state have not
been duly appreciated in house finish
ing and decorating. It is certain that
no woods from other sections of the
United States or from other countries
are handsomer than Maine yellow
birch, curly maple, brown ash, white
pine and spruce. These are now com
ing to be appreciated, and many purely
woodworking plants have been lately
erected in Maine and are in successful
operation.
Th* Sign or the Four.
Every piece of paper money issued
in this country bears a small letter un
der its number, and another like letter
down in the other corner. If you take
the last four figures of the number on
the bill, no matter what its denomina
tion, and divide them by four, you will
of course, have either a remainder of
zero, 1, 2 or 3. If the remainder is
zero, the letter on the bill will be A.
If it is 1, the let ..r will be B; if it is
2, the letter will be C, and if it is 3, the
letter will be D. This is one of the
many precautions taken by the govern
ment against counterfeits. Few coun
terfeits bear these letters.
Thre.-C.ot Fares.
Tom Johnson has Just proposed to
the common council of Philadelphia a
3-cent fare, with free tranfers in all
directions, in exchange for a trolley
franchise over as many streets as it
shall designate. Three-cent fare and
free transfers will be the universal
rule in this country within a short time
| unless corruption prevents.—Chicago
Chronicle.
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■Uuoart Governor! An Contented.
It is a carious fact that although
Missouri elected its first governor
more than eighty years ago. Is one of
the largest and most prosperous states
of tho country, and that from Its geo
graphical positon on the border line
between North and South, has occu
pied an Important position In nationai
affairs, not one of Its governors hr.
ever been conspicuous in national pol>
tics, with the single exception of h
Gratz Brown, who ran for vlce-presi
dent in 1872 and was overwhelmingly
defeated for that office.—New YorV
Sun.
Habitat of Canaries.
Canaries, which were origins 1
green and gray In color, were native tr
the Islands from which they ta.
their name, and were first taken t
England on ships plying between Eng
lish ports and tho south of France.
From this stock have been derived a
number of distinct varieties, such a«
the crested, the green, the lizard
which Imitates the reptile In It varl"
gated markings, and the Bp1,? '
which has a strange, hump-bacltou v
pearance.
Greatest In the World.
The United States is the greatest
food producing country of the world.
Although this country represents but
one-fifth of the total civilized popula
tion of the world It produces more than
one-fourth of all the food stuffs. The
United States produces 74,000,000 tons
of grain of a total of 229,000,000, and
4.500.000 tons of meat of a total of 15,
200.000 tons. The Americans also pro
duce a large percentage of the dairy
and fishery production of the world.
Alcohol for French Motors*
Builders 9t motor cars in France aro
Btrongly convinced that the future of
the industry Ilea In the utilization of
alcohol. Owners have little hope of
petroleum being cheapened to any
considerable extent They are looking
for further economy to alcohol, the
utilization of which, it Is supposed,
will not only save them money, but
will revive a languishing national In
dustry at the expense of Imported pe
troleum.
Woman’. Collar* ot Matrimony,
A woman’s college ot matrimony la
a new century Idea, which, It Is re
ported, will be put Into practical ex
ecution in Chelsea, England. The du
ties of a wife will become the subject
of a two years’ course of study. The
curriculum will embrace not only the
usual branches of house-wlfery, such
as cooking, sewing and laundry work,
but is intended to deal with physiology
and medicine as well.
Answered a Hypothetical Question*
A school girl of Passaic, N. J., was
asked this question by her teacher: "It
you had C20, how long would It take
you to go to Washington, and by what
route would you travel?” The next day
she disappeared with 120 of her moth
er’s money and later was found in the
national capital, seeking a practical
answer to the query.
May Spoil Pari. Boulevard*.
Paris is threatened with an elevated
structure in its finest streets. It is
proposed to build a moving sidewalk,
like that used In the late exposition,
to run along the Avenue l'Opera, the
grand Boulevards, the Boulevard Se
bastopol, the Rue Turbigo and the
Rue de Rlvoli, a circuit of about six
miles.
Cartons Rello of Old Rome.
During some excavations in the Fo
rum at Rome, the laborers unearthed
the head and part of the body of a
marble horse. It Is a magnificent piece
of sculpture, and great value has
been placed upon It. According to ex
perts, the relic dates from about the
Becond century before Christ.
Count “BUI”, the Favored Ben.
Count William Bismarck, who died
recently at the early age of 48, was the
favorite son of the Iron chancellor.
Count “Iill,” as his father always
called him, was the godson of the drat
kaiser. He and his elder brother
served with distinction in the war of
1870.
King Haa Job to GUa.
By the death of Colonel that Hon.
Charles G. C. Eliot the office of gen
tleman usher in daily waiting on the
king has become vacant. The salary
Is £250 a year, with allowances for
board and lodging during the four
months of annual duty.
Portrait of Ju.tlce Miller.
Thomas Wilson, formerly a member
of the Iowa bar, has presented to the
United States supreme court a large
portrait of the late Justice Samuel F.
Miller, painted by Mr. Witt, a New
York Artist, during the life of Judge
Miller.
Helping Tulane Library.
Mrs. Caroline Stannard Tilton of
New Orleans, has given $50,000 for a
Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane
University In that city, and Miss Bet
tie Belrne Miles has added $1,000 for
the purchase of books.
Fog Lift., Joat Oaoa.
The air In the English channel tu
so clear one day recently that the dome
of Boulonge cathedral, twenty-eight
miles away, could be clearly seen from
Dover with the naked eye.
Approaching tha Polaa,
Explorers have approached within
!38 miles of the North Pole, but the
nearest approach to the South Pole bii
been 772 miles.