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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1907)
GRATES AS VENTILATORS The open fireplace is the natural ven tilator of a room. That heated air rises ts a fact with which we are all familiar. Wo do not all recognize, however, that (the heated air at the top of a room ts much purer thun that at the floor.' The carbonic achl gas which we return to the atmosphere hy exhalation of our breath In place of the oxygen which we Itavs Inhaled Is much heavier than the air, and sinks to the ground. Drawn Up ths chimney hy the open fireplace, rile purer air descends In Its place. All Modern halls and places of amusement are ventilated on this principle. The bad air Is sucked out by fans from the lower part of the auditorium and fta place supplied from above. Of bourse the open fireplace Is most effec tive when there Is a fire, but there Is Ip any case more or less draft up the |tue. It Is recommended to put a gas burner In the fireplace of the nursery, near the hearth, which would serve as a ventilating agent as well as a safe Right light. _ TO MAKE WHITE INK. White Ink can be made with nledum •and whiting, or water and baking soda. You can use an ordinary pen when Writing. Ink made with soda will rub off the card, but does nicely tor table decorations. Tow Can Qet Allen’s Foot-Ease FREB Writs te-day to Allen 8. Olmsted, l.e Roy, 'ft. T., ter s FREE sample of Allen's Koot Bua, a powder to shake Into your shot*. It cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach ing feet. It makes new or tight shoes easy. A certain cur* for Coma and Runlons. All •Druggists sad 8hoe stores sell It. 25c. WHEN LOVE Dll8. From the Burlington Hawkeye. • Once an engagement has been broken, •treat the matter with dignity. Do not discuss It with even your Intimate friends or permit them to mention it to you. And never commit the Indiscre tion of abusing a man or woman to whom you have been formally be trothed. No matter how great the temptation or how badly you have been treated, a dignified silence Is the only course tor a well bred man or woman. While a dignified reserve can only command the respect of those who know of your painful experience, never betrays secrets that have been com mitted to you tn trustful hours, and let petkbig that may have occurred during courtship be breathed to your most In timate mends. WILES CURED IN 6 TO 14 DAYS. FAZO OINTMENT Is guaranteed to cure any case ef Itehlns, Blind. Bleeding or Protrud tog Flies In • te 14 days or money refunded. «0e. _ _ Atchison Globe Slghte. Ever notice how easy some men ’laugh? ( In our criticisms, ws, the people, are usually vsry unfair. You never hear much of an Infant .prodigy Biter he grows up. The man who has a mania for run ning for efllce, Is to be pttled. "The booxe lighter" Is also one of (those wbe “loves his enemy.” Weakness Is a sin, If It doesn’t hap pen to be your own weakness. Most short men like to tell about the evonderful career of Napoleon. The average farmer's wife has mighty tittle respect for a "party.” Times are dull for the reformers when .they are good for everyone else. JBvery public man has to retire sev -v-ral different times before he gets (through. diivery town man can figure exactly 'now to Increase the profits of the aver age farm. At this season of the year a tramp's I specialty is apt to be working In the harvest field. A woman knows no vanity equal to •ttoat possessed by the Individual known mti a "ladles' man.” 'It Is a "love match" If it happens to •be one to which father has objected (from the beginning. A woman will forgive a man for (gambling if he happens to win a great «fteal more than he loses. Here Is something you can depend i upon: If you do anything out of the ordinary, people will talk. In the home where the piano works overtime, the man of the house has a tot of business down town. The man who makes a specialty ol greyhounds, never seems to be much of a. success at anything else. A girl's Ideal is apt to be made over about as often before she gets a man as her dresses are afterwards. When a man comes around, and In duces a society to get up a play, mem bers of the society say their purpose Is to make money. Really the members want to act; usually, they know they will lose money. A FRIEND’S TIP. i FA-Fear-Old Man Not Too Old to Accept ii Food Pointer. “for the Inst twenty years,” write a Maine man. “I’ve been troubled with Dyapepala and liver complaint, and hare tried about every known remedy wtChoat much lu the way of results un til I took up the food question. ■"A friend recommended Grape-Nuts food, after I had taken nil sorts of med icines with only occasional, temporary relief. “This was about nine months ago, and I began the Grape-Nuts for break fast with cream and a little sugar. Since then I have had the food for at feast one meal a day. usually for break fast. “Words fail to express the benefit I received from the use of Grape-Nuts. My stomach Is almost entirely free from Slain and my liver complaint Is about eased, I have gained flesh, sleep well, can eat nearly any kind of food except greasy, starchy things and am strong and healthy at the age of VO years. “If I can he the means of helping uy poor mortal who lias been troubled with dyspepsia as I havevbeen. 1 am Willing to answer any letter enclosing ♦.tamp.” Name given by 1’ostum Co.. Hattie Creek. Mich. Read the little book. "The Rond to Wellvllle,” In pkgs. “There’* a Reason.” A Christmas Victim. Marshall P. Wilder, the famous humor ist, related at a Christmas dinner a strik ing personal experiei^e. "When I was a boy In Geneva,” he said, "I was onct taken through a hospital for the Insane that was not far from the town. Many strange, many terrible things I saw In this hospital, but what affected me most deep ly was the sight of a young man, of In telligent and refined appearance, who sat with his head In his hands, mumbling over and over, from morning till night: " ‘I can’t strap it round my waist, and It won’t go Into my pocket. It Isn’t a horn, because It won’t blow. It isn’t a lamp, for it won’t light. I can’t put It on my feet, and It will not go over my head. It Is neither a fountain pen, a pipe, nor a balloonist’s barometer. It looks like a glove, but It is not a croquet wicket. I can’t-* "Turning away, I asked the keeper the young man’s history. " ’Ah, sir, a sad case,’ the keeper said. ‘One year ago that there young man waa prosperous and renowned—the finest puz zle inventor and decipherer in the whole durn country. But on Christmas his young lady friend gave him a present made with her own hands, and In tryin’ to determine its name and its use, the poor fellow be came what you see.’ " The Inexperienced Curate. Henry Arthur Jones, the English play wright. talked about plays at a dinner that he gave at the St. Regis. "it cannot be denied," he said, "that practical experi ence 1b better than theory in play build ing If a man has acted a little, he will avoid, when ho sits down to write a play all manner of queer errors that trip up the playwright who has never acted. Here, aa everywhere, an ounce of experience 1b worth a pound of theory. It Is like the story of the new curate. This curate, be ing deslrlous In all things to conform to the exact letter of the liturgy, Insisted, when performing his first marriage cere mony, that the ring be put on the fourth finger. The bride rebelled. She would not have It. " ‘I would rather die than te married on my little linger,' she cried, " ‘But the rubric saya so,' replied the curate. "Here the hard-headed and experienced parish clerk stepped in. " 'In these cases, sir,' he said, 'the thoomb counts as a digit.’ " John Was Silent. Frdm the Army and Navy Life. That death "hath no sting” for some people is evidenced by a physician whose practice called him to the homes of many’ of the poorer families who labor in Chi cago’s stock yards. "I was summoned to attend one man who was In the last stages of tuberculo sis," he relates, "and found him very low. His wife was a sturdy woman of ve hement temperament and seemed not the least concerned over her husband’s des perate condition. I left direction with her for the man’s comfort and promised to call in the morning. "When I entered next morning I found the woman enveloped In a fog of suffo cating steam and vigorously doing her washing. She turned her head as I wai let in by one of the children and, nodding, continued her work. " 'How Is the good man this morning?’ I asked. " ‘Oh,’ she said In a tone which seemed to indicate that I had called an unpleas ant matter to her mind. Then, turning to-» ward the bedroom door, she shouteu: " ‘John, are you there?’ There was no answer from the sick chamber. She turned to resume her washing, and said] He's breathed his last.’ " A Maker of History. "The late General Shafter," said a soldier," had a contempt for military posers. Those who flourished stumps and limps, like medals, got no sympa thy from him. "In San Francisco I once heard him ridicule these military posers. He said there was a general of volunteers who got his leg scratched by a caison wheel In a retreat and forever after nursed and glorified the trifling wound, grow ing lamer and lamer as the years past, in order that his bravery might never be forgotten. "One day a young man from the west, calling on the general’s daughter, met the old warrior. " 'I see you’re lame, sir, ’ said the young man. " ‘Yes,’ said the general, pompously; ‘I am lame.' " ‘Slip on the Ice?’ " 'No, sir,’ said the general with a frown. “ ‘Not an automobile mix-up, I hoper* " ‘No, sir; It was not an automobile mlx-up.’ The general spoke ferociously. " ‘Sleigh overturn, sir?* "The general rose. He set his lame leg tenderly on the floor. He hobbled to the door. Frowning back savagely from the threshold,he shouted: “ ‘Go read the history of your coun* try, you young puppy!’ ’’ Censored. "When Maxim Gorky lunched with hie,” said a literary New Yorker, "he talked well about the Russian censor ship. "He said that during the Russo-Jap anese war he had occasion In an article to describe the headquarters of one of the grand dukes. He wrote of these headquarters, among other things: " 'And over the desk In his high ness' tent is a large photograph of Marie la Jambe, the beautiful ballet dancer.' "Before this article could appear, the censor changed that sentence to: “ 'And over the desk In his highness' tent is a large map of the theater of var.' " -+ — Not For His. From Harper's Weekly. A prominent lawyer who formerly practiced at the bar of Kansas City tells of a funny incident in a court there during a trial in which a certain young doctor was called as witness. Counsel for the other sldo in cross examining the youthful medico gave ut terance to several sarcastic remarks tending to throw doubt upon the abil ity of so young a man. One of the questions was: "You are entirely familiar with the symptoms of concussion of the brain?" "I am.” "Then," continued the cross-examin er. "suppose my learned friend. Mr. Taylor, and myself were to bang our heads together, should we get concus sion of the brain?" "Your learned friend. Mr. Taylor, might," suggested the young physician. Inviting Delinquents. A certain apartment house dweller had been somewhat slow In paying his rent, and the agent finally called in person to see him. "Fit make it hot for you If you don’t pay that rent immediately," the agent said, threateningly. "I say,” remarked the shivering ten ant, "if l let that remark get out among the other tenants in th:s tl.it. you won’t get another cent o." rent from them this winter." There are always lots of wolves until the men engage it: u wolf hunt. And then I shook myself together angrily. Here was I, reasoning along the theory of her guilt—trying to find a motive for It! I remembered her as I had seen her often, driving with her father: I recalled t e many stories 1 had heard of their devotion; I reflect ed how her whole life, so far as I knew It, pointed to a nature singularly calm and self-controlled, charitable and loving. As to the lover theory, did not the light In her eyes which had greeted our junior disprove that, at once and forever? Certainly, there was some fatal flaw In the evidence, and It was for us to find It. I leaned my head back against the wall with a little sigh of relief. What a fool I had been! Of course, we should And It! Mr. Royce had spoken the words, the district attorney had pointed out the way. We had only to prove an alibi! And the next witness would do It. Her coachman had only to tell where he had driven her, at what places she had stopped, and the whole question would be settled. At the hour the crime was committed she had doubtless been miles away from Wall street! So the question would be settled—settled, too, without the necessity of Miss Holladay undergoing the unpleasant ordeal of cross-exami nation. io *x muni cAiiaui - i uiiiui jr auau , said a voice at my elbow, and I turned with a start to see that the chair Just behind me had been taken by a man who was also reading an account of the crime. He laid the paper down, and caught my eye. “A most extraor rdlnary affair!” he repeated, appealing to me. I nodded, merely glancing at him, too preoccupied to notice him closely. I got an Impression of a florid face, of a stout, well dressed body, of an air un mistakably French. "You will pardon me, sir,” he added, leaning a little forward. "As a stranger In this country I am much Inter-rested In your processes of law. This morn ing I was present at the trial—I per-r celved you there. It seemed to me that the young lady was In—what you call—a tight place." He spoke Plngllsh very well, with an accent of the slightest. I glanced at him again, and saw that his eyes were very bright and that they were fixed upon me Intently. "It does seem so,” I admitted, loth to talk, yet not wishing to be discour teous. “The ver' thing I said to myself!” he continued eagerly. "The—what you call—coe-encldence of the dress, now!” I did not answer; I was in no hu mor to discuss the case. "You will pardon me," he repeated persuasively, still leaning forward, "but concer-rnlng one point I should like much to know. If she Is thought guilty what will occur?” “She will be bound over to the grand Jury,” I explained. “That Is, she will be placed in pris on?” "Of course.” "But, as I understand your law, she may be released by bondsmen.” "Not in a capital case,” I said; “not In a case of this kind, where the pen alty may be death.” "Ah, I see,” and he nodded slowly. “She would then not be again released until she shall have been proved In nocent. How great a time would that occupy?” "I can't say—six months—a year, per haps." "Ah, I see,” he said again and drained a glass of absinthe he had bee.” toying with. “Thank you, ver' much, Blr.” xie aruae unu warn Hiowiy out, and 1 noted the strength of his figure, the short neck The waiter came with bread and but ter and I realized suddenly that it was long past the half hour. Indeed, a glance at my watch showed me that nearly an hour had gone. I waited fifteen minutes longer, ate what I could, and taking a lunch box under my arm. hurried back to the coroner's office. As I entered it, I saw a bowed figure sitting at the table, and my heart fell as I recognized our Junior. His whole attitude expressed a despair absolute, past redemption. “I've brought your lunch, Mr. Royce,” I said, with what lightness I could muster. "The proceedings will commence in half an hour—you’d better eat something,” and I opened the box. He looked at it for a moment, and then began mechanically to eat. “You look regularly done up," I ven tured. "Wouldn’t I better get you a glass of brandy? That’ll tone you up." “All right," he assented listlessly, and I hurried away on the errand. The brandy brought a. little color back to his cheeks, and he began to eat with more interest. “Must I order lunch for Miss Holla day?" I questioned. "No.” he said. "She said she didn’t wish any.” He relapsed again into silence. Plain ly. he had received some new blow dur ing my absence. "After all," X began, “you know we’ve only to prove an alibi to knock to pieces this whole house of cards.” "Yes, that's all,” he agreed. “But suppose we can’t do it, I,ester?” “Can’t do It?” I faltered. Do you mean-?” “I mean that Miss Holladay positive ly refuses to say where she spent yes i terday afternoon." I "Does she understand the—the neces sity?” I asked. “I pointed it out to her as clearly as I could. I'm all at sea, Lester." Well, If even he were beginning to doubt, matters were indeed serious! "It’s Incomprehensible!” I sighed, aft er a moment's confused thought. It’s "Yes—past believing.” “But the coachman-” “The coachman’s evidence, I fear, won't help us much—rather the re verse.” I actually gasped for breath—I felt like a drowning man from whose gasp the saving rope had suddenly, unac countably. been snatched. “In that case,” I began and stopped. "Well, in that case?" “We must find some other way out,” I concluded lamely. | “Is there another way. Lester?" he I demanded, wheeling round upon me i fiercely. "Is there another way? If there is, I wish to God you’d show it to 1 me!" “There must be!” I protested desper ately. striving to convince myself. "There must be; only, I fear, It will take some little time to find.” "And meanwhile. Miss Holladay will be remanded! Think what that will mean to her, Lester!” I had thought. I was desperate as he —but to find the flaw, the weak spot In , the chain, required, I felt a better brain than mine. I was lost in a whirlwind of perplexities. I "Well, we must do our best,” hf ' on more calmly, after a moment. I "I haven't lost hope yet—chance often directs these things. Besides, at worst, : I think Miss Holladay will change her mind. Whatever her secret, it were better to reveal It than to spend a single hour In the Tombs. She simply must change her mind! And thanks, Renter, for your thoughtfulness. You've put new life into me.” I cleared away the debris of the lunch and a few moments later the room be gan to fill again. At last the coroner and district attorney came In together, and the former ranped for order. "The Inquest will continue,” he said, "with the examination of John Brooks, Miss Holladay's coachman.” I can give his evidence in two words. His mistress had driven directly down the avenue to Washington square. There she had left the carriage, bidding him wait for her. and had continued southward into the squalid French quarter. He had lost sight of her In a moment, and had driven slowly about for more than two hours before she reappeared. She had ordered him to drive home as rapidly as he could, and he had not stopped until he reached the house. Her gown? Yes, he had noticed that it was a dark red. He had not seen her face for It was veiled. No, he had never before driven her to that locality. Quaking at heart, I realized that only one person could extricate Frances Holladay from the coil woven about her. If she persisted in silence there was no hope for her. But that she should still refuse to speak was Incon ceivable, unless "That is all," said the coroner. "Will you cross examine the witness, Mr. Royee?” My chief shook his head silently, and Brooks left the stand. Again the coroner and Singleton whispered together. "We will recall Miss Holladay's maid, said the former at last. She was on the stand again In a moment, calmer than she had been, but deadly pale. “Are your mistress's handkerchiefs marked In any way?” Goldberg asked as she turned to him. "Some of them are, yes sir. with her Initials, in the form of a monogram. Most of them are plain.” "Do you recognize this one?” and he handed her the ghastly piece of evidence. I held my breath while the woman looked It over, turning It with trem bling Angers. "No sir!" she replied emphatically, as she returned It to him. “Does your mistress possess any handkerchiefs that resemble this one?” "Oh, yes, sir; Its an ordinary cambric handkerchief of good quality such as most ladles use." * u. mug sign ui reiier; nere, at least, fortune favored us. "That Is all. Have you any questions, Mr. Royce?” Again our Junior shook his head. "That concludes our case," added the coroner. “Have you any witnesses to summon, sir?” What witnesses could we have?— only one—and I fancied that the jury men were looking at us expectanly. If our client were indeed innocent, why should we hesitate to put her on the stand, to give her opportunity to de fend herself, to enable her to shatter, in a few words, this chain of circum stance so firmly forged about her? If she were Innocent, would she not nat urally wish to speak In her own be half? Did not her very willingness to speak argue "Ask for a recess," I whispered. “Go to Miss Holladay, and tell her that unless she speaks-” But before Mr. Royce could answer, a policeman pushed his way forward from the rear of the room and handed a note to the coroner. " A messenger brought this a mom ent ago. sir," he explained. The coroner glanced at the super scription and handed it to my chief. “It's for you, Mr. Royce,” he said. I saw that the address read: “For Mr. Royce, attorney for the defense.” He tore it open, and ran his eyes rapidlv over the enclosure. He read it through a second time, then held out the paper to me with an expression of the blankest amazement. The note read: “The man Rogers Is lying. The wo man who was with Holladay wore a gown of dark green." t MArTr.K IV. I Have an Inspiration. I stared at the lines in dumb be wilderment. "The man Rogers is lying.” But what conceivable motive could he have for lying? Besides, as I looked at him on thi> stand, I would have sworn that he was telling the truth, and very much against his will. I had always rather prided myself upon my judgment of human nature had I erred so egreglously in this in stance? "The woman who was with Holladav wore a gown of dark green.” Who was the writer of the note? How did he know the color of her gown? There was only one possible way he could know—he knew the woman. Plainly, too, he must have been pres ent at the morning hearing. But if he knew so much, why did he not him self come forward? To this, too, there was but one answer—he must be an accomplice. But then, again, if he were an accomplice, why should he Im peril himself by writing this note, for it could very probably be traced? I found myself deeper In the mire, far ther from the light, at every step. "Do you wtsh to summon any wit nesses, Mr. Royce?" asked the coroner again. "I shall be glad to adjourn the hearing until tomorrow if you do." Mr. Royce roused himself with an effort. "Thank you sir," he said. “I may ask you to do that later on. Just at present I wish to recall Mr. Rogers." “Very well,” said the coroner, and Rogers was summoned from the wit ness room. I looked at him attentively, trying to fathom his thoughts, to read behind his eyes: but look as I might, I could see nothing in his face but concern and grief. He had grown gray in Holladay's office; he had proved him self a hundred times, a man to be relied on; he had every reason to ! feel affection and gratitude toward his employer, and I was certain that he | felt both; he received a liberal sal : ary. I knew, and was comfortably well-to-do. That he himself could have com i mitted the crime or been concerned in it in any way was absolutely unthink able. Yet why should he lie? Above : all. why should he seek to implicate | his employer's daughter? Even if he I wished to implicate her, how could he : have known the color of her gown'.' : What dark, Intricate problem was this j that confronted us? In the moment that followed. I saw 1 that Mr. Royce was studying him, too, was straining to find a ray of light for guidance. If we failed now I read the note through again—"a gown of dark green"—and suddenly by a sort of clairvoyance, the solution of the mystery leaped forth from it. I leaned over to my chief, trembling with eagerness. "Mr. Royce,” I whisnered hoarsely, "I believe I've solved the puzzle. Hold Rogers on the stand a few mom ents until I get back." He looked up at me astonished; then nodded, as I seized my hat, and pushed my way through the crowd. Once out side the building, I ran to the nearest dry goods house—three blocks away. It was—and what fearfully long blocks they seemed!—then back again to the court room. Rogers was still on the stand, but a glance at Mr. Royce told me that he had elicited nothing new. "You take him, Lester,” he said, as I sat down beside him. "I’m worn out.” Quivering with apprehension, I arose. It was the first time I had been given the center of the stage in so important a case. Here was my opportunity! Suppose my theory should break down, after all! "Mr. Rogers," I began, "you’ve been having some trouble with your eyes, haven’t you?” He looked at me in surprise. "Why, yes, a little," he said. "Noth ing to amount to anything. How did you knew?" My confidence came back agato. I was on the right track, then! "I did not know,” I said, smiling for the first time since I had entered the room. “But I suspected. I have here a number of pieces of cloth of different colors. I should like you to pick out the one that most nearly approximates the color of the gown your visitor wore yesterday afternoon." I handed him the bundle of samples, and as I did so. I saw the district at torney lean forward over his desk with attentive face. The witness looked through the samples slowly, while I watched him with feverish eagerness. Mr. Royce had caught an inkling of my meaning and was watching him, too. ‘‘There's nothing here.” said Rogers, at last, “which seems quite the shade. But this Is very near it." He held up one of the pieces. With leaping heart, I heard the gasp of as tonishment which ran around the room. The Jurymen were leaning forward in their chairs. "And what is the color of that piece?" I asked. "Why, dark red, I've stated that al ready.” I glanced triumphantly at the cor oner. "Your honor,” T said, as calmly as I could, "I think we've found the flaw in the chain. Mr. Rogers is evidently col or-blind. As you see, the piece he has selected Is a dark green.” The whole audience seemed to draw a deep breath, and a little clatter'of applause ran around the room. I could hear the scratch, scratch of the report ers' pencils—here was a situation after their hearts' desire! Mr. Royce had me by the hand, and was whispering bro kenly in my ear. “My dear fellow; you’re the best of us all; I’ll never forget It!” But Rogers was staring In amaze ment from me to the cloth In his hand, and back again. "Green!” he stammered. "Color-blind! Why, that's nonsense! I’ve never sus pected it!” "That's probable enough,” I assent ed. "The failing is no doubt a recent one. Most color-blind persons don't know It until their sight Is tested. Of course, we shall have an oculist exam ine you; but I think this evidence is pretty conclusive.” Coroner Goldberg nodded, and the district attorney settled back in his chair. "We've no further questions to ask this witness at present,” I continued. "Only I'd like you to preserve this piece, of cloth, sir,” and I handed it to Gold berg. He placed It with the other ex hibits on his desk, and I sat down again beside my chief. He had regained all his old-time energy—he seemed anoth er man. "I should like to recall Miss Holla day’s maid, if you please,” he said; and the girl was summoned, while Rogers stumbled dazedly oft to the wit-' ness room. "You're quite sure your mistress wore a dark red gown yesterday after noon?” he asked when the girl was on the stand again. "Oh, yes, sir; quite sure." "It was not dark green? Think care fully now!" "I don't have to think!” she retorted sharply, with a toss of her head. “Miss Holladay hasn't any dark green gown. —nor light one either. She never wears green—she doesn't like it—It doesn’t suit her.” "That will do.” said Mr. Royce, and the girl went back to the witness room without understanding In the least the meaning of the questions. “Now, let us have the oftlce-boy again,” he 3aid, and that young worthy was called out. "You say you didn't see the face of that woman who left your office yester day afternoon?" "No, sir." "But you saw her gown?” "Oh, yes, sir.” "And what color was it?” "Dark green, sir." Continued Next Week. rLrtnL nurtun run vv non mu i un Lot of 200 Sent By the New York Aquarium to the Fisheries Bureau. From the New York Sun. Car No. 4 of the United States Fisheries bureau, on its way from Bangor, Me,, to Washington, halted at Jersey City at 4 o'clock one morning recently, long enough for men from the Now York Aquarium to put aboard of it cans containing 200 pearl roach. The pearl roach, a handsome little fish with pearly sides and red fins, familiar to visitors to the Aquarium, is the rudd of European fresh waters. It is not indige nous to this country. It was first found existing here, in this city. In the waters of Central park, by fishermen from the Aquarium seining those waters for speci mens of the fishes known to be contained in them. How the first of the pearl roach here found their way to Central park is not known, but It is thought not improbable that ttiey were captive fishes liberated in its waters by some one who could no long er care for them. It is not uncommon for people to bring captive fishes to the park with this purpose. The Aquarium people have stocked the waters of Prospect park and of Bronx park with pearl roach from Central park. In the lake in Prospect park, particularly, the pearl roach has thrived greatly. Spe cimens of these fish have been taken from the waters of Prospect park measuring a foot in length, while the largest ever tak en in Central park measured only about eight inches. The 200 pearl roach sent to Washington, starttng on their journey before daylight the other morning, wire a gift from the New York Aquarium to the United States Fisheries bureau, which will breed them In its ponds at Washington, with a view to the wider distribution of the species. Too much of the best side of life is held in reserve for highdays and holi days. Everyone prospered during the year just passed; even the calamity howl ers, who have turned reformers, did a pretty fair business. |lJ.S. DISPENSATORY Describes the Principal Ingredients Contained in Pe-ru-na. Are we claiming too much for Pe* runa when we claim it to be an: effective remedy for chronic catarrh? Have we abundant proof that Pe runa is in reality such a catarrh remedyP Let us see what the Unit ed States Dispensatory says of tha| principal ingredients of Peruna. Take, for instance, the ingredient hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal. The United States Dispensatory says of this herbal remedy, that it is largely employed in the treatment of depraved mucous membranes, chron ic rhinitis (nasal catarrh), atonic dyspepsia (catarrh of the stomach)J chronic intestinal catarrh, catarrhal! jaundice (catarrh of the liver), and in diseased mucous membranes of the pelvic organs. It is also recom mended for the treatment of various forms of disease peculiar to women. Another ingredient of Peruna, J corydalis formosa, is classed in the j United States Dispensatory as a tonic. So al3o is cubebs classed as a stomachic and as a tonic for the mu cous membranes. Cedron seeds is another ingredient of Peruna, an excellent drug that has been very largely overlooked by the medical profession for the past fifty years. The seeds are to be found in very few drug stores. The United States Dispensatory says of the action of cedron that it is used' a3 a bitter tonic and in the treatment1 of dysentery, and in intermittent diseases as a substitute for quinine. Oil of copaiba, another ingredient of Peruna, is classed by the United States Dispensatory as a mild stimu lant and diuretic. It acts on the stomach and intestinal tract. It acts as a stimulant on the genito urinary membranes. Useful in' chronic cystitis, chronic dysentery and diarrhea, and some chronic dis eases of the liver and kidneys. Send to us for a free book of tes timonials of what the people think of Peruna as a catarrh remedy. The best evidence is the testimony ef those who have tried it. * The Great Unsaid. In the course of a speech on the Brownsville affair Senator Clay, of Georgia, declared that he had no race prejudice. Senator Tillman Jumped to his feet. “If the senator from Georgia means to say that he has no race prej udice,” shouted Tillman, waving, his hands around In the air, "then all I have to say is that he-There was a painful silence in the senate. Every body expected something to explode with a loud pop. Senator Tillman was still waving his arms about. His face looked apoplectic. Senator Clay stood waiting for the climax. “No!” ex claimed the South Carolinian, ”1 won’t Bay what I started to.” Then he flopped down suddenly In his seat. "I thank the senator from South Carolina,” calmly said Senator Clay. There was a burst of laughter, In which Clay and Tillman joined heartily. HARDSHIPS OF ARMY LIFE taft Thousands of Veterans with Kidney Troubles. The experience of David W. Martin, H retired merchant of Bolivar, Mo., is just like thou sands of others. Mr. Martin says: “I think I have had kidney dis ease ever since the war. During an e n g a g ement my horse fell on me, straining my back and injuring the kidneys. I have been told I had a float ing kidney. I had intense pain In the back, headaches and dizzy spells and the action of the bladder was very Ir regular. About thee years ago I tried Doan's Kidney Pills, and found such great relief that I continued, and in side a comparatively short time was entirely rid of kidney trouble.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo, N. Y. After the Battle. From I,e Rire. “You naughty child, where have you been? You have been fighting again with Paul. Just look at your clothes. I’ll have to buy you a new suit.” “Don’t you say anything, ma. You ought to see Paul. I think his mother will have to buy a new boy.” $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased te learn that there !b at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure la all Its stages, and that Is Cutarrh. Hall’s « arurrh Cure Is the only positive cure now known to the medleal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh / .UvP t*kon Internally, acting directly rJKSf* the blood and mucoiw* surfaces of the fi11, t,,erel)3r destroying the foundatioa sirt.mr?h K8?8,^, and SlvI°P the patient by building UP the constitution and ‘“'“‘ “K n*>'ire lu doing Its work. The fivj l., 0rs ha'/e s“ much faith Id its run i>r»HnE?V'rs that offer One Hundred S? „f“r “'7 rase that it falls to cure, bend f°r list of testimonials. 1 ,,J- DUENEV A CO., Toledo, O. ““'d bJ “ 1 Druggists. 75e. lake Hall s Family Pills for constipation. ♦**** FOR* YOU*R* V*SITOR*>f**4i ♦ It is it good Idea to place upon 4 4 the night table in your guest 4 4 chamber a little frame contain- 4 4 ing a card giving hours of meals, 4 4 mall hours, also a candle with 4 4 its match box,, a cracker or bis- 4 4 cult Jar. a dainty collection of 4 crackers and a jug of water. 4 444444444-444--I 4 Think that day lost whose ’ 4 4 slow descending sun view-s from 4 4 thy hand no noble action done.— 4 4 J. Bobart. 4 CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought * I