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If ttiHiR is no agent in your town a'Mreas tlie
manufactures.
T1IK PAKIKII M'F'ti CO.
Agents wanted Parish H, Y.
F. IJ. SEELEMIIIL', Agent.
Lincolu, Neb,
a.. C. MATS3,
County Surveyor
-AND
CIVIL ENGINEER.
all orders left with County Clerk will
receive prompt attention.
OFFICE IN COURT HOUSE.
ailKi: SILKbliI!ACKi;l!
Wagon and Blacksmith shop
Wagon, Buggy, Machine and
plow Repairing 'lone
HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY
He uses the
... tfEVERSLIP HORSESHOE
Which is the best horseshoe for the
irmer, or for fast driviu, or'for city
purooses ever invented. It is so made
that anyone ci.n put on sharp or flat
corks, as needed . for wet and slippery
days, or smooth, dry roads. Call at
hi3 shop and examine the nevehslif
and you will use no other.
J. M. SHNEI.LB ACKER.
12 North Fifth St. Plattbmoutb
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GOLD AND P'JKCHLAIVCKO iV.N.S -Bridge
work and line gold work a
SPECIALTY.
DH. ST KIN lS LOCAT. as well as other an
esthetics) ven forth" p unless cxtraciioii o.
teeth.
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IU our., who i wIlhiiK j adoi tbe rifclit
com , nw d be long afliicwi lUi toils, or
Lujiclort, punpUw, or oUier cuUtittou erup
tio.iri. These are the rtuiU of Nature'it H
forLn to exiMd iMjiouiMu ajil eflvUt uuiiler
i tiotn Uic. tiUod, aitd mow oLiiiJy Una. Uu
system 1.4 riddluK l.clf through Uiu auiti of
impurities which it was the h.giUmatc uorli
fl ilu; liver nail kidneys to rtunove. To r
slore Uicsw organs lo their propwr f iiuclioiiA,
Ayer'i Haomp.'iiiila U Wic- medicine required.
Tiiat no oUitr blood-purllier can compare
. ila it, UiuuaautU loUly whu have giUiuxl
Freedom
frots tlif tj-mnny of dopraved blood ly ttw)
usi; of this medicine.
' I"or nini' ye;irs I wag nffliclfHl with a skin
(!is(ie that did not yield to any remedy
until a friend ndUed me totryAyer's Sar;
fiariila. With Us une. of t!ii Iijedline tlie
complaint disappeared. It i-s my belief tlutt
no other blood medjcijic could have effected
so rapid and complete a cure." Andres
I. Clarcia, C. Victoria, Tamaulipa. Mexico.
"My face, for yonrs, was covered with pini
plc.s and humors, lor which I could find no
remedy till I betian to take Ayor's Harsnpa
rilla. Three bottles of this "pat blood UM'dj
cine effected a thorough cure. I confidentlj
recoiiniit iid it to all sullerinjr from similar
troubles." M. I'iU'kor, Concord, VL
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DR. J. C. AYEE & CO., Lowell, Mas.
Bold by Irutr'- ' e- Worth $." mttlo.
PERKINS - HOUSE,
217, 21, 221 and 223 Main St.,
lattsmouth, - Nebraska.
H. 21, 30NS, Proprietor
lhc Pt.rkina has been
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thoroughly
euv iicu irm top ic oiruiii ojid is
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.'w due of the best hotels in the state
inrd.rrs will be taken 'by the week at
J 4.50 and up.
OD BAR CONNECTED
i5 a n k o f C a Co uaty
Cot Main and Fifth street.
i1d up capital S50 ooo
'irplue 05 qoo
OFFICERS
V 11. Parnele President
, r (or?Ier Vice President
f. M. Patterson Ta-siieir
T. M. Patterson, Asst Ca-hier
DIRECTORS
H. rarmelt. .1. M. Patterson. Fred ;ordfr
V. H.
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Smith, K. B.
Windham. IJ. S. Kainney and
Patterson
1 GENERAL BAN51NC BUSINESS
TR ANSA TED
Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time
lepositj and prompt art entiongiven to all bus
iness entrusted to its care.
l Mind wandering en red. Books lenmed
in one read in k. Teotimoniaiu from all
fi'J",tl, ot the Klobo. prospectna POBT
FKKH, wnt on npnMc&tion to Prot
llLk A. Loiaettd, Zi7 VdUx Are. New York.
riifiTED
for the
life of
BARNA.1I.
An intensely interesting hiomaoliy of the
trreat' tt siiowinaii of the world, making for
tun . riskinir millions, entertaining Kimrs and
tueeiis. and known the world over. 15V an
intimate friend in irepaiit on for years, (mo
r'ti!'". SjiU-mlhlhi itliistnitt l. 3I IiO
Oiitlit ,"ic. Agents wanted also for
the Lite of Sherman, 1ml an War and other
fast selling' books ami luoies, .Most liberal
terms, HI.'KXS H'H'K C. -t Loui . .Mo.
A p Vi1 MTQ Make limper cent net .n mv
ilvTri!J it) f.usets. Bells. Hill iies ('ill lers
and Medicines Sample . free W ite now, JJr
I'rid.man, Broadway. N V,
HOOT BeK
The GRfATriEAlTH
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app":.ina. S..JU vy Jill dan!r3. A beautiful Picture
li xik.anJ carda sf:it ynHK to nnv one bi-ndinc
djxcb to th CJ. t. UIKii3 CO.. 1'LiladuIphia, I'Z
ri NESS head noises CURED
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BOILING WATER OR MILK
GRATEFUL-COMrCRTING.
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1-2 LB. TINS ONLY.
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St. GrcsvEiiOi's h
Bellcap-sic p
ffirr 7iir?r relief
trumpain. f
Klinnrafvtism, Tienmlf?!. plflurisynna lambriKOf
urxd at. once. Ki'i("rM!l)yil iniceiin. (,
Red Cross
Diamond Brand
rxf riioi fill for le. IvV
i..k ., tr.ind la KimI mi.I ,n, J IllliiO
th mIy BiiCp. Mir& IM rwiiUi'i I
l.i. bi-H .SAjlu-a end mKattont.
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POINTS roil CAMPEKS.
CLOTHING FOR
FORT WHILE
HEALTH
IN THE
AND COM
WOODS.
liut Tool nnil StiiKlriet In Talm Along.
Hon tli? C'fimp Should Ilu Selected A
I.Kt of ArtU'leH for tb Kit Some of
the Nc-Miiry -od Stippli-.
Too fifv of tlie li'iyd who ejifii 1 their
vacation in the viMerne-s3 study care
fully enon-pi t ho methods adopted by
pcr.sous jf extensive camping t'Xierieuce.
Thero i.s no pleasure in a holiday spent
in the wildenie.-js unless the campers
umler.-tand how toinake themselves coin
fortable and to avoid the confusion and
tli.scoiiifid-t.s which fall to tho lot of tho
ordinary ireeiiiiorn.
Vet tho whole thing is very easy to
learn. For those who do not want to
think out tlie subject for themselves let
me ve a few KU'estions as the result
of my own experience for a number of
years of camp life, as well as the experi
ence of a luro number of friends of
mine.
1 always use a Norfolk jacket called
in this country Oxford jacket, or beked
coat made loose, of strong hotnefpun
and capable of being worn open when it
is warm, or belted tight when the
weather is cold. 1 his coat looks quite
epoi tsinanliko. The cap is a matter of
choice, but I like best the deer 6talker,
which receives in this country the rather
obvious name of fore-and-after. It
should be of the bame color and material
as the coat.
To be thoroughly de rigueur for wild
life the camper should wear homespun
or corduroy knickerbockers, with black
or gray stockings, unless the region
where he places his camp is badly
plagued by mosquitoes, when he had
better wear trousers, as the fly pests will
put their bills clean through the stock
ings. The stockings should be of wool
and ribbed.
For lying about the camp, canoeing
boating or light tramping, thin yellow
leather and sometimes canvas shoes
might be use"l, but for all heavy work
there is nothing like a solid boot, roomy,
with wide sole and wide heel, laced
tightly about the ankle and resembling
the old fashioned English shooting boot.
For underwear woolen is far the best,
because, while not over warm, this ma
terial rapidly throws off all moisture.
should advise wool for outer as well as
inner shirts, and the former should be of
a color which will not too easily show
stains. The drawers should be of the
same material as the inner shirt.
Two inner and two outer shirts, two
pairs of drawers and, if possible, two
pairs of trousers or knickerbockers or
better still, a pair of each with one
jacket, will be sufficient. Don't forget
handkerchiefs, light socks, and any kind
of belt that you prefer.
THE KIT.
De careful in making up your kit. If
you have long and rough travel and any
portaging never take a box, no matter
how many patents are attached to it or
now convenient it may look on the
tradesman's counter. It is inconvenient
to carry in a boat and impossible to
carry through the woods. I know noth
ing better than a good substantial bag,
made of oiled canvas, thoroughly water
tight, and arranged so it can be laced
snugly together. 1 nave seen leather
bags also which served the purpose ad
mirably.
Each camper requires a pair of blan
kets, gray or dark red; the clothing 1
have mentioned, say, two large crash
towels, soap, small hand glass, comb and
brush, tooth brush and paste, needles,
thread, thimbles and buttons, a couple of
pairs ot old kid gloves, a pair of scissors,
pocket knife, belt sheath and sheath
knife, a small bottle of arnica, bottle of
Jamaica ginger, a "book" of court plas
ter, a bottle of citrate of magnesia in
powder, and two or three bottles of lax
ative pills, as advised by physician. I
would not advise spirits, except a bottle
of excellent brand', to be used only
after a severe wetting and when there
are indications that a cold has set in.
If you propose to camp at some place
far away from a grocery store you must,
of course, take your provisions along,
and here comes the most troublesome
part of your camping outfit. You must
have tea, coffee and sugar, sirup, bag of
s;ilt, biscuits, pepper, mustard, vinegar
and curry. 1 am a strong advocate of
canned food for the camp, and in this
form should have beef, lobster, salmon,
tongue and perhaps tomatoes and com.
I3uiter is also necessary, but, if possible,
get it from the nearest farm house.
Better take along also a bag of "pre
pared" flour, buckwheat and rice, if you
wish, and, above all. some' tins of good
condensed milk. Condensed coffee is also
an excellent article. You can have also
prepared soups, chocolate, etc, which
add to the luxury of camp life. But be
careful about overweighing your bag
gage. Each camper should have a tin
plate and cup, a spoon, a knife and a fork.
THE CA1IP.
Tlie camp should have a frying pan,
three "Taduated tin kettles, the larger
with the capacity of a gallon or more,
and one fitting closely into the other; an
ax for heavy chopping is necessary, and
it would be well to have a small hatchet
for light work. A pocket compass is in
di'ensable, as are also parlor matches.
There is no comfort in camping unless
you take a tenr, and tho "A" structure,
strong cotton, in my judgment, is best.
One eight by ten feet aud six feet high
will accommodate six persons. Better
take along your ridge Kile and tent pins,
and always have an ample supply of
cord. It is well to take tent pins, be
t -a use sometimes you are suddenly over
taken by a rain storm, or you reach the
camping ground after dark, and it is in
convenient or impossible to obtain tent
pins. Never take crockeryware, for it
is sure to break and heavy to carry.
Sufficient attention is not always given
to a camp site. In choosing the spot
several considerations should weigh. It
should be near wood and water, and, i
while seclnded, should command a view
of the most picturesque parts of its sar- j
roundings. New York Herald.
iihI
t.
For lame back, .-ble or chest, m
Shiloh's I'orous 1'lastcr. Price
cent. For sale hv K. (I. Frickc
Co. and O. II. S113 ih r. ?,
Flour is lower than it has been
for the last six months at Phillip
Kraus". Special attention called 1o
Pillhnry s H.-sf tf
The
cities
i-ett's
largest line of patent
will he found at lirmvn
meili
tf
1 ahc vour prescriptions 10 lirown
V Barrett's, they dispense pure incd
icines. tf
Some choice lots on Chic
line for sale. ForparticuI.il
this office.
;ivi
all at
tt
Since in the last few vea'-.s ha
i 1
oeeu maHiiio- mpm progress 111
the department of medicine. Our
experience has show us that new
remedies are far more e If eel i o t ha n
;mv old ones and we do heaitlv
recommend to our cuslomers t
lone tip the s stem this sprinir with
Haller.s Snrsaparilla and llunlock
sold by all drijgo.iats.
RneuTiftii 11 ucal i ! Dy.
".Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralo-ia radically cured in l to
days. Its action upon tlie system is
remarkable and mysterious. It re
moves at once the cause and the di
sense immediately dissnppears
The first dose sjfreatly benefits. 7."c
Sold by F, (i. Fricke, Drttiririst. wt
i-or a irouniesome coiih tliere is
nothing' better than Chamberlain's
Cough Kemedy. It strengthens the
pulmonary organs, allays any irrita
tiotr and effectually cures the cough
It is especially valuable for the
cough which so often follows an at
tack of the grip. For sale by F. G
Fricke c Co.
A Fatal Mistake.
Physicians make no more fatal
mistake than when they inform pa
tients that nervous heart troubles
come from the stomach ami are of
little consequence. Dr. Franklin
Allies, the iioted";Indiaiia specialist
was pioveu me contrary 111 111s new
book on "Heart Disease" which may
z ii.tu wee 01 r. vj. rriCKe V t. o.,
who guarantee and recommend Dr.
aides' unequalled new Heart Cure.
which has the largest sale of any
1. . , .,
jieari remedy in tile world, ltcures
nervous and organic heart disease,
short breath, fluttering, pain or ten
derness in the side, ami or adioulder.
irregular pulse, fainting, smother
ing, dropsy, etc. His kestorativ
Nervine cures headache, fits, etc.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
The Best Salve in the world for Cute
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Plies, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
money refunded. ' Price 2 cents per box.
For sale by F. Q. Fricke & Co.
Howto Succeed.
This is the great problem of life
which few satisfactorily solve.
Some fail because of ill health, oth-
rs want of luck, but the majority
from insufficient grit want ofnerve.
They a re nervous, irresol ute, change
able, ea.il3' get the blues and "take
the spirits clown to keep the spirits
up." thus wasting money, lime, op
port unit' and nerve force. There is
nothing like the Restorative Ner
vine, discovered hy the great spe
cialist. Dr. Miles, to cure all nervous
diseases, as headache, the blues.
nervous prostration, sleeplessness,
neuralgia. St. Vitus dance, fits -md
hysteria. Trial bottles and line
book of testimonials free at F. (J.
ricke & Co.'s.
ilss' Nerveand Liver Plle.
Act on a new principle reyulatin"
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new discovery. Dr. Sides'
Pills speedily cure biliousness, bad ta ;t .
torpid liver, piles, constipation. TJue-
pialed for men, women. children.
Smallest, mildest, surest! 5K doses, 2.1c
Simpla free at F. G. Fricke & Co's
JOSEPH SHERA.
For '11 years Joseph Shera. o
koi'K Jjiuiis lias neen engaireu 111
the business of selling general mer
chandise at that place, and to-day
tie carries a larae and complete
tock 01 groceries and general mer
nanuise wnu n lie can sen ciieaper
than any compctetors lor the lo
lowing gooci reasons. lie pays
no city taxes. He pays no house
reht. He, with his family attend to
his business. His farm furnishes
ill his needs and more too. Conse
quently it is hard to undersell him.
He keeps constantly on hand a
arge supply of flour and meal. He
s aiive, and a let live man.
Fmglish Spavin Fini"ment removes
all hard, soft and calloused lumps
md blemishes from horses' blood
spavins. curbs, splints, swenev,
ring-bone, stifles, sprains, all swol-
en throats, coughs, etc. Save S.h)
y use of one bottle. Warranted
the most wonderful blemished cure
ver known. Fold by F. Fricke
druggist, . Plattsmouh. wtf
Itch on human ans horses and all
inimals cured in minutes br
Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. This
never fails. Sold by F. G. Fricke &
Co., druggist, Plattsmouth. wtf.
Electric Dltters.
This remedy is becoming so well
and so popular as to need no special
mention. All who have used Klecl
trie Hitters smg the same song of
raise. .- purer medicine does not
xist and it is guaranteed to do al-
that is claimed. Electric Hitters
will cure all diseases of the liver
mil kidneys, will remove pimtdes.
oils, salt rheum and other affec
tions caused by impure blood.--Will
drive malaria from the system
mil prevent as well as cure all ma
larial fevers. For cure of headache.
constipation and indigestion try
vlectric Bitters. Knt ire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded.
'rice .Toe and $d por bottle at F. G.
Fricke & Co's drugstore. .I
ILiir h;i i ring-.-', crosses ;
hair work of all kinds 1 order.
?Iks. A. K.M-K.
tf 17'ii Locust S
THE PHYSICIAN AS A DESPOT.
W r Know II. Ilul tor I fallible. Vet H
Truit Him Implicit ly.
Vit hfiut any prett nso f faith in any
d " tor who is not regular, and without
pit ji,,liee to a siu-ere intention of call
it. i:i a thoroughly instructed and is
pert prr.ctitioiier whenever ocea.-ion de
!i:;.nds. It is still perini.-sible to nuile
ji'.'.iably at the professional jo.-dony 'l
quacks. Thj successful physician, with
t-x 'eptions which happily arc much more
numerous than they were, is the iuo.-t
intolerant despot -n earth. And we en
courage hi 111 to be so.
.'e are vamii.lv aware of 1 ho limita
tions of Lis knowledge; wo know that
he has to guess fir-1 what is the matter
with us, aud t.ext what will do us j.'ood,
and that though there are facts his ac
quaintance with which h Ips him t
guess right, many theories that regulate
his professional action are still hypothet
ical, and may or may not be correct.
We know that he has discovered that
many of tho methods his fat hoi- iisefl
were unwise and deleterious, and that
the doses his grandfather gave often
hastened tho result they were intended
to prevent and hindered what they were
designed to induce.
We know not only that ho is a map,
and therefore fallible, but that his pro
fessional science, like his father's and
grandfather's, is progressive, and is sti'l
very far from being exact. Neverthe
less when anything ails us, in spite of
all wo know of his limitations, we fly to
him as though ho were all wise, and do
as nearly what he tells us is our ile'sh
and our pockets permit. For we believe
that, erring and inadequate as he i.s, ho
knows more than we do, and that his
knowledge is, on the whole, the best that
is at our command.
The childlike trust in our physicians
is a phenomenon which is creditable to
us and to our doctors, and from which
we both get benefit. Undoubtedly our
pLys;cians do us good, and indeed they
ought to, even if they knew less and
guessed less fortunately than they do,
else were faith a much less potent virtue
than it is declared to be.
But it is one thing for us to flock of
our own accord to the doctors, and quite
another thing for those professional
gentlemen to hold that we shall come
to them and to none else, and that
we may neither be legitimately born,
nor die legally, except with the concur
rence of the learned faculty. Scribaer's.
Pastimes of City l!oy.
A singular game has for its founda
tion an ash barrel. Across the top ot
this is placed a board two or three inches
in width, which projects about the same
distance over the rims of the barrel. On
one of these projecting ends a ball is bal
anced; the batsman then takes his bat
and with all his strength strikes the?
other end of the board. The ball flies
up and away in a before unknown direc
tion, and the batsman, should ho not be
caught out, attempts to run to a base
and return before the ball can be fielded
"home."
Look above you at the telegraph wires.
Sooner or later they become the natural
end of everv kite flown in this street,
ind the tattered fragments with which
the wires are adorned bear witness that
kite flying is a popular pastime, even if
disastrous to the kites. In this sport
country boys may fairly claim superior
ity. Comparatively few city boys know
how to fly a kite; they never seem able
to manage the tail. Kites in the city
can only be successfully flown from the
housetops.
Marbles we see of every kind, "mig-
gles" and "alleys," "taws" and "abates."
Generally the games are playcvi in a
ring drawn with chalk on the sidewalk.
for holes are not made or found here so
easily as they are in a country play
ground. Frank M. Chapman in St.
Nicholas.
Trifling Things in Court.
Very trifling things sometimes go very
far in the courts. The supreme court f f
tiie United States has ended a costly and
long controversy by ruling upon the
question, "Is the tomato a fruit or a
vegetable?' About '0,000 has been ex
pended in the celebrated "Jones count'
ilf case," in Iowa, in which the owner-
shin of a calf valued at fifteen dollars is
involved. A Medina county O.) farmer
a fewr years ago refused to pay taxes 011
four moolleys on the ground that the
law provided for the taxation of "all
horned cattle of whatsoever kind,"
whereas the four cows had no horns.
This case was ended in the circuit court
after the costs had eaten up tlie value of
the defendant's farm. A suit for taxes
in which the Standard Oil company is
involved to the extent of several hun
dred thousand dollars in Pennsylvania
and Ohio hangs ujon the insertion of a
comma in an Ohio statute. Chicago
AlaiL
A 31acliine That tUakes aud Cooks Sausages
One of the novelties at the St. Pancras
exhibition in London, England, was a
sausage machine, driven by electric mo
tor. In conjunction with this machine
it has been proposed to employ an elect ra
heating attachment, whereby the savory
dish can be delivered cooked and smok
ing hot to the purchaser. It begins to
hook as if the shrewd individual who
conceived the idea of a universal pig
utilizing machine, into which the animal
could be put at one end, to emerge at the
other as cured hams and blacking brushes,
was no visionary, but only a prophet a
little in advance of his times. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Masher Mahed.
"I want some nice little thing for my
wife sometliing that'll please her." sai 1
"Masham. "Perhaps you could suggest
something."
"Yes," eaid the saleslady. "I think a
telegram saying a house has fallen on
yon ought to please her." New York
Herald.
Failure to Some One.
"Is marriage a failure?" asked the
youth.
"Yes, to Alice Ponsonby," answerer"
the maid as she gazed down at the riny
which Horace Fledgely had given her.
Jewelers' Circular.
A Cnllforn" Ml 11 1 11 a Cnui.t In !
The c-aliibhlig tents wi le I.11 ' and
contained not only gaining tab!' s ,-it
billiard tables. At one of these I ra
once playing billiards with a man naun d
II . A few feet from US. rai-ed Upon
a platform made for 1 in? purpose, were
seated three Mexican musicians, pi.-ijtig
guitars; for these places wile always
w II 'iipplod v. it h in-truuieiital music.
Tlii- eveni.'i ; st Mi in pa-s'-d with nit dis
pi ie.-. a.'id j i-t N werequiekly drawn to
r Tib- qua ITels. I''M Ii riy out bt e.'i k 1 1 leu
Would ru-li from all puts of the room,
M 11! g-ding to g.-t as near as po-sihlo t
the s.-erie ot action, and often t hey paid
the penalty for their curiosity by being
accidentally riiot.
While II and I were engaged in
our game we could bear the monotonoiir
HpM-:.l of the dealers, "Make yo ir game,
gent leiiit-ii, make our game. Pod win."
and black- loses." Suddenly bang, bang,
bang wi nt the pistols in a distant part
of the tent. 4 lie usual rush followed.
Pang, bang, (gain, and this time tho
guitar dropped from the hands of uo ot
the unoffending musicians, who fell for
wardtotlieground with a bullet through
his neck. His friends prompt ly under
took to carry him past us to the open
air. Our table was so Hear the hide of
the tent that only one person at a time
could go between it and the canvas.
II was htanding in tho way, just
in the act of striking tho ball wit Ii his
cue, when one of tho persons carrying
the wounded man touched him, with the
request that ho move to one side. He
turned, and kiw tho Mexican being sup
ported by tho legs and arms, the blood
flowing from his neck. Then, with the
coolest indifference, ho said, "Hold on,
hold on, boys, till I make this shot."
Then, resuming his former position, he
deliberately finished his shot. Dr. C. B.
Gillespie in Cent ury.
To Do Away with Kn-rciso.
Too much dumbbell exenuse is a weari
ness to tlie flesh, and matutinal swing
ing of the Indian club becomes, sooner
or later, irksome. The idea of relieving
the tedium of daily exercise while in
creasing its benefits is a good one, and
it is now pl.'tced at the service of tho
public in a practical form. A polished
wooden box contain!! tho appliances in
cidental to the ordinary exercising ma
chine, and is equipped, in addition, with
a magneto-electro apparatus capable of
transmitting an electric current to ten
or more persons at tho same time, or Ikj
ing graduated to the endurance or pleas
ure of one person, so that while the vari
ous forms of exercise are leing gone
through an electric current of any re
quired strength can be imparted.
It is claimed that electricity can thnu
be applied under improved and more
pleasant conditions than formerly iti
many cases where its use has been
proved to be most beneficial. Attention
is called to tho fact that telegraph or
erators, accountants, typewriters, pian
ists, and all whose work is apt to cans
muscular pains and stiffness in the hand
and arm, can by the use of this exercis
ing machine reap a twofold advantage.
The machine has a bath attachment.
This is placed in a bath, and when the
foot is placed upon it an electric shock
of graduated strength is imparted to the
bather. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Improvement in Kollcd Steel.
A protracted series of experimen'-s
made at Siemens' works, in England,
tcith the new process of manuf;tcturing
steel tubes, show conclusively, it is
claimed, a remarkable adaptation of the
system to the manufacture of pipes for
the conveyance of water, gas and air at
high pressure, the manufacture of steam
boilers, boiler tubes, and especially for
bridge construction, owing to the light
ness and strength of tho tubes of comparative-thin
steel, and which, it is be
lieved, will enable tlie engineer of the
future to considerably increase the span
of bridges.
The simple as well as remarkable pe
culiarity of this process of shaping
metals consists in the fact that, instead
of avoiding any twi. t of the fibers, it by
one operation gives the great' t possible
twist to the fiber with a corresponding
stretch of mat'-rial. It moreover may,
assisted by a mandrel, increase the outer
diameter of a bar, instead of diminishing
it, as do all other rolling mills, but the
tube produced by this new- method is
generally greater in diameter t;nu tho
bar from which it is foi i-e I, ; "i 1 t:n;s
combining, as it does, ail t!,? v.-trious
systems of rolling, it is claimed to pos
sess the advantage of a construction ia
which all hith1! to known rolling proc
esses represent a part. New York Sun.
Who Ilannt s , Von?
Now think a minute. Is tic-re) not
some unknown person whom you are al
ways meeting i:i this great city without
any reason for it? 1 have asked a great
many people, and find that nearly every
body is haunted by some stranger. Just
at present I am haunted by a red headed
jrirl, who has freckles aud a turn up
nose and wears a light gray dress. She
turns up at all sorts of unexpected places.
No matter where I go to lunch that red
headed girl is sure to pa-s me on the
way. Every day or two I meet her in
the "L" car. 1 change tho lino, but sure
as fate tlre she is. If I go out between
the acts at the theater that red headed
J!ftrl walks by. And so it go'.-s. until
now 1 have got to alxcolutely dread her.
The worst of it is that she is a
looking girl and never seems to see
New' York Herald.
U'.r-e
me.
lilasting by Electricity.
A novel method of blasting by elec
tricity ha3 been invented by a Swedi. h
engineer. As descril.-d, he employs a
volta arc produced l-twee;i two carbon
rods placed parallel. When the arc is
moved close to tho spot where bla.-tir.g
is to be effected an intense local h-r,t ;s
created, followed by expansion, which
has the effect of splitting the rock. New
York Telegram.'
The Acme f Mc:iniii-.
Robinson .Brown 33 awfully stingy.
Wat kins You .bet he is. He won't
even allow a joke cracked at Lis expense
if he can help it. Kate Field's Wellington.
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