The Plattsmoutti Journal
G- B. MASK, IT. K. FOX, Publisher.
PLATTS MOUTH,
NEBRASKA
In four-fifths of the hotels and res
seive no pay, and are expected to live
tanranta of Germany the waiters re-
on their tips.
The railroads of Holland are so care
fully managed that the accidental
deaths on them average only one
year for the entire country.
The Raskin commonwealth of social
ists at Waycross. Ga., has failed, ac
cording to a dispatch to the New York
Sun. Only three families remain, the
others having departed for the North
and West. Their printing outfit is ad
vertisod for sale and the land will go
the same way. This will wipe out the
last vestige of the colony, which went
from Tennessee two years ago.
The compliments of the Companion
to fifteen millions of boys and gir!3
who again take their seats in the
schoolrooms and pick up their books!
A most respectful bow to the four hun
dred thousand teachers whose summer
vacation should send them back to
their sacred task with freshened energy
and Joyous enthusiasm! And three
times three for the public schools of
America!
A lively scrap between a clergyman
and a layman was witnessed at a bap
tizing ceremony In Stanch field Lake,
Minn. George Tomlinson had agreed
to be baptized there by the Rev. Mr.
Orrock. but his nerve deserted him at
the last moment. The clergyman at
tempted to use force, and there was a
struggle, the convert angrily resisting.
After a prolonged contest, the minister
succeeded in ducking the unwilling
convert In three feet of muddy water.
The death is annou-ed at Genoa, at
the age of 93. of Pierre Maurier. a
Frenchman, who lived on the Island of
Elba when Napoleon took up his com
pulsory residence there in April. 1814
Pierre remembered hearing the news
towards the end of Februaiy. 1815, that
the Emperor; with over 1.000 followers,
had sailed away in feluccas bound for
Provence. The lad used to carry eggs
and fruit to the kitchen of the Em
peror and one day that famous poten
tate caught him stoning a dog and
sharply reproved him. Maurier was
presented to Victor Emmanuel in 1863
and the King was much Interested
when he heard from Pierre's own lips
his memories of the great Napoleon.
Figures may not He. but they are
often -disappointing. Census figures,
especially, are apt to fall below what
Is expected of them. The recent cen
sus of Canada shows a population of
5.323,833. which is an increase of 505,
694 over the total of 1S91. The gain of
about ten per cent in ten years seems
to many Canadians a meager result of
a decade of prosperity, and of energetic
efforts to promote immigration. But it
Is the rule nowadays mat city popu
lations grow faster than rural, and
Canada has few cities. Only eighteen
places in the Dominion have more
than ten thousand inhabitants. But
there remains the consolation that not
all the elements of national greatness
are measured by a count of heads.
Several articles of Jewelry embedded
In the flesh were discovered in the
making of an autopsy on the body ol
Paul Shirvell. a Russian, who was
killed in a mine in Pennsylvania. In
the leg was a miniature dumbbell,
about the size of a cuff button. Id
each instance the jewelry had been
fastened in the man's flesh, which haJ
grown over the article, completely hid
ing it from view. On the body ol
Frank Lorenz, who committed suicide
at White Haven recently, was found
similar ornaments embedded in the
flesh. It is believed Lorenz and Shir
vell were political exiles from Siberia,
and that the fastening of jewelry in
thebr bodies was a part of the punish
ment inflicted by prison authorities.
Commodore Perry is a name high in
honor in the United States navy, hav
ing been the title of two famous broth
ers Oliver Habard and Matthew Cal
braith Perry. On September 10th,
eighty-eight years ago, the elder broth
er, a young lieutenant who had never
seen a naval fight, fought that fierce
Battle of Lake Erie, which saved the
Northwest to the United States and
gave the world the dispatch: "We have
met the enemy and they are ours."
Forty-eight years ago last July the
younger brother landed in Japan with
a message from the president which
practically opened that country to the
world. The Matthew Perry monument
recently unveiled at Kurihama. Japan,
is a shaft thirty-three feet high made
of a rare native stove and bearing an
inscription in gold written by Marquis
Ito. A dense crowd cf natives wit
nessed the ceremonies, both Japanese
and American battleships fired salutes
from the harbor, and one of the speak
ers was Rear Admiral Beardslee, who.
as a midshipman under Perry, was
present at the original entry.
Henry J. Furber. Jr., professor of
political economy at the Northwestern
University, Evanston. 111., has been
decorated with the Cross of the Legion
of Honor, in recognition of his Interest
In the educational, affairs of France.
About five years ago Prof. Furber sug
gested to the French Minister of Public
Instruction certain changes fn the
rules governing foreign students at
tending the French universities. The
suggestions were adopted, and the
change was followed by a marked in
crease in the number of American
students in French colleges.
Peers and peeresses of England are
getting a new supply of coronets to
wear at the coronation cf King Ed
ward VII. Authorities agree that there
should be six pearls on a baron's coro
net, sixteen on a viscount's, eight on
an earl's and four on a marquis. II
has always Leen the custom to make
these "pearls" of metal, since real
pearls are not large enough for the
purpose. The peeresses, however, are
considering the advisability of orna
menting their coronets with mother-cf-pearl
balls.
TBne Secs
When the Russian unfurls the blue
cross of St. Andrew on its field of
milky white over the taffrail of the
Retvizan, a few weeks hence, he will
possess the greatest battleship. In
many respects, of which any navy can
now boast. To find out if all this U
so. the Cramps, who created the ves
sel, are ready to take her to sea for
a preliminary trial, which promises to
be of world-wide interest.
This ship, more than any other that
is even approaching completion, em
bodies every development of the mon
ster man-of-war which had for its
first model Ericsson's tiny monitor;
and the czar's officers, who have
watched her grow from the simple
center keel plate smile now and are
impatient to exhibit their prize to
naval Europe.
A battleship of nearly 13,009 tons,
that can run as swiftly &3 an ordi
nary accommodation train on a first
class railroad; that will house neary
800 men, and which, at a distance, of
ten or a dozen miles, can hurl 3,409
pounds of chilled steel and high ex
plosive against an enemy from the
four great guns that peer out of tur
rets of steel, which resemble In shape
nothing so much as the skull of an
NEW RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP RETVIZAN, LOOKING AFT.
orang-outang elliptical balanced tur
rets, the plans call them that is the
Retvizan.
Warship builders the world over
knew that the czar wanted ships a few
years ago, and all fijured on how best
to please the imperial marine ministry.
But the czar not only wanted vessels
he wanted them of a type vastly im
proved and, moreover, he wanted
them quick. Then it was inai
Charles R. Cramp figured out the pos
sibilities, first of the Variag. now the
crack protected cruiser of the Russian
navy, and second of the Retvizan.
A Hard Froulem.
It was the latter which needed the
most figuring. To buhl a ship of the
speed required, displacing approxi
mately 13.000 tons 12.7 1 o to be exact
and float it in less than twenty-six
feet of water, was the proposition, and
Its answer Is the huge craft now about
to seek the sea to try herself. The
hull, which carries the typical sweep
ing American lines that mean grace
and speed, is 384 feet long between
perpendiculars, and seventy-two feet
two and one-half inches wide, and a3
she lies now there are nine inches of
Krupped armor spread over the mas
sive sides for .two-thirds the entire
length. Above this belt there is six
inches to the deck line; the gun posi
tions, in casements above, have five
Inches of plating. Back of the armor
is the curved protective deck, which
covers the vitals of the ship. To keep
out any stray raking shot that might
go through and disable a gun or two,
heavy armored bulkheads are worked
in at the ends of the main and case
mate belts.
This is the first battleship built in
this country with a complete installa
tion of water-tube boilers. This was
one of the novel features involved in
the Cramp plan and all the machin-
. . 1 1 J. Ikln
cry IS particularly auayieu in iuia
type of boiler. They will make the
steam that will give the two ponder
ous triple-expansion engines the pow
er to whirl the shafts with the strength
of 16.000 horses. Then the twin
23,000 pound propellers will be called
upon to push the ship ahead at the
rate of eighteen knots an hour.
though it would be hard to find a man
at Cramps' who does not believe that
the Indicated horse power developed
will be much in excess of the require
ments and that the speed will be
nearer uineteen than eighteen knots.
Ituiudan Require Severe Tests.
When the Russians accept a ship
there is no chance of their getting any
thing but what they order. A United
States government trial, severe as it is,
when the vessel is forced at top
speed over the deep course between
Cap Ann and Cap Porpoise for four
hours, would never satisfy the czar's
men. They have a set of tests of their
own devising that, if practiced on all
the ships of foreign navies, would
likely result in half of them being
declared failures.
First they wanted no assisted or
forced draught used; next they Insist
that the vessel shall maintain the con
tract speed for twelve consecutive
hours, and incidentally they stand
about to watch the indicator cards
and see that it is done. When it is
considered that the United States
government proving course off the
New England coast is only fifty knots
long and that Uncle Sam's ships steam
it over twice to prove their merit the
difficulty of having deep-sea room
enough to run a vessel twelve hours
on a stretch and all the time at eight
een knots an hour must be evident.
- Bonders' Test Is Interesting-.
But there is a way to overcome this
difficulty. The modern battleship Is
nothing if not a piece of machinery,
and machinery well geared, like figures
correctly totaled, never lie. So they
will run the Retvizan over the meas
ured course, and knowing the exact
distance from mark to mark, will keep
a record of the revolutions of the big
twin screws until the time comes when
a carefully measured space i3 covered
exactly at the required speed.
Then the time will be ripe for tn
main test, and for twelve hours 0e
shin will be- forced onward over a
course laid anywhere in the sea that
gives the required area of deep water,
and throughout the revolutions of the
propellers must average at least up to
the turns that were found necessary
to make the contract speed.
The coming first trial of the big bat
tleship is called a preliminary, or
builders' test, but it is much more
Interesting, and far more important
than the final acceptance . trial of
twelve hours, for it really shows the
qualities of the ship for the first time.
and in addition, every gun will be
tested, a feature totally eliminated
from United States warship trials
Their guns keep silence until long
after the vessel is In commission, then
the firing trial is ordered.
Has a Terrific Battery.
The Retvizan carries a terrific bat
tery and the big guns are novel to
American eyes, for the Russians manu
facture all their own heavy ordnance
at the Obrukoff works. They are
really a modification of the famous
French Canet type and have practically
the same style of breech block and,
like all such weapons, are fired by
electricity and loaded by machinery,
except for the pushing of the shell Into
the yawning breech.
There are four twelve-inch, twelve
six-inch and twenty three-inch guns
in the main battery, while the second
ary group is made up of twenty forty-Eeven-millimeter
Hotchkiss rapid-fire
cannon. Every one of these has to
be tested, not because the Russfans
fear the efficiency of the guns them
selves, but to enable them to learn just
how the carriages and the fittings
stand the strain and also what sort of
a gun platform the vessel is.
Therefore the Cramps will man the
ship with a crew from their yards, all
of them skilled engineers and firemen,
and Capt, Stechensnovitch, the future
commander, will take aboard gun
crews made up from the 100 or more
men who are here as a part of the
crew that will take the ship home.
Once compasses are adjusted the
nose of the Retvizan will be pointed
out of the Delaware capes to the open
sea and she will be run slowly to the
deep water that lies just beyond the
Five Fathom banks, perhaps sixteen
miles off shore. Then, between the
northeast and southwest, light vessels
of the Bank, known to be just 114
knots apart, the first speed run will be
made, and when all is found satisfac
tory a northwest course will carry the
vessel far away from the track of any
regular liners or coasters and the
swarthy Russian sailors will bs given
their chance to participate in the af
fair. This they will do by firing each gun
at nothing but the water, first with
half a service charge of powder and
ONE OF THE RETVIZAN S POWERFUL. GUNS.
then with the regular war charge and
projectile. The effects of each shot
on every plate, beam and stanchion
will be noted, for the great gun3 use
210 pounds of the highest power
smokeless powder to hurl their 850
pound pointed clyinders of steel, and
the crush' and shock of such a dis
charge is little les3 than a small
earthquake.
There Is one thing sure in connection
with the Retvizan. She willx never
catch fire. The lessons of the Yalu
river, Manila bay and Santiago are
now too deeply rooted in the minds of
the Russians to permit them to use
wood in any form in the construction
of their ships. So she has asbestos
bulkheads in all the living spaces and
the entire interior Is sheathed with
the same fire-proof material. Even
her boats will be of metal, a step
which has not been taken by the
Retvizcvn. Greatest of
Battleships, Just Completed
United States yet, though the newel
ships have precious little wood about
them. .
It will be only a few days before!
the world will know whether this
S3.000.000 combination of steel is a
success or a failure, and if she proves
the test, as everybody believes she
will, then the world must bow, for
the era of the 18-knot battleship has
come.
HAUNT OF WILD BIRDS.
Cranltf Cliff Near North Cape, Holland,
Literally Covered With Them.
One of the greatest haunts of wild
birds in the world is Hjelmso-Stauren
a mighty cliff of granite rising from
the ocean near the North Cape, Hol
land. It is a precipitous wall nearly
4,000 feet in height, whose surfaces
are broken by niches and shelves and
little crevices evidently caused by the
disintegration of the rock, writes Wm.
li.. Curtis in the Chicago Record Her-
aia. i ne sea birds of the Arctic nave
iouna it or great convenience ana viaciuct the obstacle of the great
make it their headquarters. The wall mountain gorge of the Gokteik Val
is protected from the wind by its pe- ley an obstacle which seemed at first
cuiiar position, and the instinct of
me reatnered populaton of this region
has taught them that it is the safest
place they can find. Hence every lit-
tle ntcne contains a nest. Nobody
knows how many there are, but dur-
Ing the season when little birds are
matting and nesting and until the lit-
tie ones are old enough to take care of
themselves the cliff is covered with
them.
The captain - of the approaching
steamer gives to his passengers notice
of his nearness to the place, creeps up
to the side of the cliff as quietly as a
steamer can go, and when in the prop
er position blows a whistle, fires a can
non, lets off a lot of skyrockets and
makes as big a noise as possible, which
frightens the birds, and everything
with wings starts shrieking into the
air. The sky is filled with them like
a ciouu of smoke, covering the vessel
ror a rew moments until they scatter
In the distance, and after a while re-
cover their courage and come back
gradually and congratulate themselves
upon their escape from death and dis-
aster. A photograph cannot give any
kind of an idea of the scene. The birds
are so small and the rock is so large
that they are mere atoms in the at-
mosphere. But those who have wit-
nessea me avalanche of frightened
birds, and have heard their plaintive, Such things are the very magic of me
walling cries, will never forget it. chanics, and more wonderful thev
This colony, the captain declares,
numDers millions. They consist of
gulls, sea swallows, eider ducks, loons
and puffins.
REVIVAL OF ROAD HOUSES.
Rural ,.!.... . j I
uuuu irasioeu i
at rrcsent Time.
There are certain old country tav-
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" . c luerr- up ward west-
Krnllrlvn I
those which everybody knows, like the
-uui univ I
Hermitage in tne Bronx and Garrison's
nvpr hv the fnrt at YV.-llf ri. ...... I
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remote ones which have not yet been
exploited in plays or books, and which
still have a fine old flavor, with faded
prints of Dexter and Maud S. and
much earlier favorites in the barroom
In some cases, to be sure, though still
situated at a country crossroad- with
green fields all about, they are now
used for Tammany headquarters, with
ail hn..r h '
pictures of the new candidate for sher
iff in the old-fashioned windows but
mos-t of them would have gone out of
existence entirely after the death of
the stage coach, if it had not been for
the approach of the city, and the side-
whiskered New Yorkers of a previous
generation wno drove fast horses. 'If
the ghosts of these men ever drive
back to lament the good old days to
gether, they must be somewhat sur
prised, possibly disappointed, to find
these rural roadhouses doing a better
business than ever in their day.
The
bicycle revived the roadhouse, and
uiougn me oicycie nas since Deen
abandoned by those who prefer fash-
ion to exercise, the places that the
wheel disclosed are not forgotten.
They are visited now in automobiles.
Scribner'e.
Learning Amour the Clergy.
The idea that the business of a cler
gyman is to maintain and spread belief
in a particular religion which he be
lieves to have been revealed, and of a
bishop to see that he does it, is slowly
dying away, until there is a doubt
whether learning is of any use. and the
man who proBsesses it, especially If it
be of the older kind. Is regarded often
with kindness no doubt, and some
times with admiration, but usually
with a pity from which contempt is
not entirely absent. "What could you
expect?" said a country town magnate
a few years ago when told that the
largest parish was faille g into disor
der. "Why E (the rector) is a He
brew scholar." London Spectator.
BRIDGE BUILDERS.
MAGIO
IN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
' IN THIS LINE.
The Shan State of Tlilbaw Opened Up
to the World by a Railroad Over
Hills, Through American Skill and
Engineering-.
There seems to be no spot in the
world Into which American enterprise
is not penetrating. The way in which
the United States is building great
steel bridges in far off lands Is some-
thing which will bring a wail of woe
from the bridge builders of England,
who have until recently had a monop
oly of this sort of thing. How many
people ever heard of the Shan State
of Thibaw? It Is a region lying ber
tween upper Burmah and southern
China, and through it runs the old
caravan route from China to Manda
lay. Long before the British took Bur
mah the trade of the Far East filtered
through Mandalay by slow stages, up
and down the rugged hills and val
leys, through the thick Jungles and
over the mountains, finally descending
the Ghaut mountains and emereiner
j on an open plain.
Nw this is all
changed, and a railroad winds up the
hills and over the plateau between
Mandalay and Thibaw. American
skill, American ingenuity and Ameri-
can enterprise made this possible, for
by means of a great steel bridge and
insurmountable has been successful
ly overcome. This Gokteik Valley
slopes from the mountains on one side
to a canyon 500 feet deep, at the bot
torn of which rushes a turbulent river.
Across the river preciDitous cliffa tow
er high up, forming the further wall
of-the valley. Across this canyon the
caravans used to cross by a natural
bridge, a causeway under which the
river had tunnelled Nnn- nr tho
valley and canyon stretches a SDider-
like structure of steel crossine the
river 850 feet above its snrfam and
striking a series of tunnels and arti
ficial ledges in the face of the oppos
ing cliffs, by which the railway makes
its way to the slopes of the next val
ley. In building this bridge use was
made of the old natural causewav for
a foundation for some of the bridge
piers, so that the deepest Dler of the
bridge is only 325 feet high high
enough, but not so high as it would
have had to be had not the old caue
way been there. This Yankee hrirltrp
is 2,000 feet long and 4,000 tons of
steel enter into its construction. It
was built in sections in the TTniteH
States, carried with infinite care and
difficulty to this far off region and
there set up, every bolt, bar rivet and
truss finding its place and fitting Into
eacn other with the utmost nicetv
seem than any of the stale old exploits
or King Solomon's Diins A man in
ciiuajrnauKi tanes a piece or paper
ana makes a lot of figures on it. He
then takes another piece of paper and
draws a lot of lines on it his calcu
latlons and his nlnno tho
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Ures in the Hehtn f flaio- i-
duskv. cavernmi hniiH!,,
pieces of steel as this master magi
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uau uuciia, iuey are nis gnomes
wnrlrlnir nut iYm cn ipi... . .
of steel are packed int. w J"
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nana where dusty caravans wind
thh !8 Wln.d
through the hills laden with the prod
ucts or catnay, and the grave, white-
turDaneci merchants tell each other
tales of the wonders of Oriental sor
IT f . Juiey. me master ma-
. " - "ynia waves his
mglc wan. his subordinate magi
cians spring to their work, and lo! be
fore the astonished eyes of the people
of the caravans appears a light and
airy way or steel springing across th
valley; and over it rush the iron dev
ils, spouting smoke and fire which
means that the 6:30 train on the road
to Mandalay Is passing. New York
Press.
PAVEMENTS OF CRYSTAL.
New Pavlns; Material of Great Strength
and Durability.
You would scarcely expect to read of
streets paved with crystal in anv other
than a fairy book, yet a new ravine
material, caned ceramo crystal which
is of great strength and durability, has
Deen invented by M. Garchey. the well
known scientist,. and preparations are
now being made to use it on some of
the mam streets in several EuroDean
cities, ceramo crystal is malnlv m
posea oi pounded glass, which has
simultaneously been submitted to a
considerable pressure and to a very
nign temperature. Its hardness is de
scrioeu as perfectly astonishing by
those who have seen it tested, and it
has a resisting power of 2.718 pounds to
4,828 pounds to every 100th part of a
square yard. Moreover, neither cold nor
hot weather has any influence on it. A
weight of 8,400 pounds was recently al
lowed to fall on a flagstone of this
material, yet it did not make the
slightest impression on it, and not un
til it had fallen twenty-two times from
i height of three feet did a crack ap
pear in the crystal. The authorities
of more than one city say that if the
tests which they propose to make on a
few main thoroughfares prove satis
factory it fs practically certain that
ill the streets will In time be paved
'ith ceramo crystal. They point out.
however, that a few years must elapse
before it can be really known whether
jt not this new material possesses all
;he . merits that M. Garchey's friends
claim for it. London Express.
The sale of seats will commence
Thursday morning at the Divldson
iheater for the opening attraction at
tnat theater this season, which is
"Covers Lane. '-ne range or prices
will he 25 cents to ?1. The company
to appear here consists mainly of the
persons who were engaged in the New
York and Chicago productions, where
the piece was a hit. The production
is under the management of the ener
betic W. A. Brady. The first perform
ance of "Lovers' Lane" will be given
next Sunday.
Mosquitoes have no pedigree.
yet
they are often
RECLAIMING BAD BOYS.
Parole System Is Making- Good Citizens
Out of Them.
Miss Li Hie Hamilton French tells in
the World's Work how the parole sys-
tem for boys who have been convicted
for crime in New York is putting the
majority of those whom it reaches up- Cneap. ONODOay wan lis it
on the straight track to manly life and nnnr. evervbodv wants it
good citizenship. "For boys over 16," Pr viyuwxxy
says Miss French, "there was abso- cheap.
lutely nothina except the common Jail T)evoe readv paint IS cheap
as a place of detention, nothing except uc uc . . v
the penitentiary as a place of punish- because it isn t poor; it S Un
ment. For the benefit of these boys. ntrtpi- hw.au se we
then, the law was amended, and when nke any er Because we
Mr. Willard volunteered to take under guarantee results instead Ol
nis cnarge as an experiment, Doys oe-
in evil me ages ui jo uuui ui nuu
had been for the first time convicted
of misdemeanor, the court turned them
over- to him, paroling them instead of
sending them to the house of refuge,
or imprisoning them, or suspending
sentence. During the course of the
year there are sometimes as many as
1,500 of these boys arrested, at that
susceptible age when, as one of the
judges said to me, 'a few days in the
tombs will act as a corrective, while
a few months' imprisonment will ruin
them for life. Once let a boy get Into
the penitentiary and his hope for re
demption is small. He must be saved
in the first instance or not at all.'
'And. the result?' I asked one of the
judges. 'The result!" he answered.
'You remember some of these boys.
How nice they were, what promising
faces they had. Had we no parole sys
tem we should have been obliged to
send many of them to prison. We
could not even have suspended their
sentences. In such cases, what chances
would they have had? For a boy con
victed of stealing in a department
store could not have been taken back
under suspended sentence. The exam
ple to the others would have been bad.
But with the parole system the condi
tion Is changed. He goes back to
prove himself."
PET DOGS ARE TATTOOED.
Fashionable Fad That Will Doubtless
De Kxtenslvelr Followed.
A decidedly novel occupation which
has of late been noticed is that of
tattooing the names of their owners
upon dogs, says the Baltimore Ameri
can. Several months ago there ap
peared in northwest Baltimore a young
man who is engaged in that pursuit
and during the time he remained here
he did a good business. Among the
dogs which underwent the operation
is a pretty little fox terrier belonging
to Charles F. Wohrna, which rejoices
in the name of Booze, and a fine bred
bull terrier, Jip, the property of the
Chesapeake Brewing Company. Both
animals bear upon their breasts,
where the hair grows thinnest, the
names of their respective owners.
Contrary to the belief of some that
the operation is a cruel, painful one,
those who have seen it performed de
clare that the animals apparently ex
perienced very little pain. The oper
ation lasts about fifteen minute3. The
animal is usually held by two men,
one having hold of the hind legs.
while the other holds the front paws.
With a set of very fine needles the op
erator then goes to work, deft'y prick
ing the letters into the skin, just deep
enough to draw a few drops of blood.
Then he pours the Indian ink all over
the wounds, or, rather, scratches, and
the operation is over. In a few weeks
the sores are completely healed and
the animal bears during the remain
der of its existence an unmistakable
mark cf identification. The price of
the operation is 50 cents.
THEATRICAL BUSINESS.
Ingenious Devlres Resorted to by Dra
matic Managers.
The business of the claaue has been
subdivided into many branches, all of
hM, oro nntJ "I
wiiii vmiiu uj vuc ill ail j i
group of men. The applauders even
the lady in the box who faint3, and the
man who hisses at a good part in or
der to arouse the indignant enthusi
asm of the audience were all provid
ed for so many tickets a performance.
to be sold by agents to the public. So
carefuliy were the nlans nf ramnnlon
thought out that the Whiteley of ap-
io , ' r
plause used to provide a man or wo
man, dressed in provincial style, to
jump up and scream out, "There's the
villain hidins behind that tree," or
the like. We also hear of cowboys In
the far west pulling out their revolvers
and peppering the melodramatic vil
lain. On one occasion in a London
theater the business instinct came out
in the same way. A relative of the
lessee was enacting the part of an in
dignant father, whose son had got Into
the hands of the money lenders. In
the interview with the money lender
the father severely lectured him. and
then demanded his son's bill. "There,
sir," he said, "is my check for one
thousand pounds." The money lender
was just reaching out for the check
when a voice came out from the pit:
"Don't you take it, old chap. I've Rot
one of his now for six pound ten, and
he s asked me to hold it for a fort
night." Chambers' Journal.
Keasanrlng film.
Time flies, perhaps I've made my
call too long," he said. Said she:
'Oh, no, it wasn't long at. all
It only seemed to be."
Philadelphia Press.
Charlie's mamma missed a small not
of jam one day, and as she noticed
some tell-tale evidences about Charles'
mouth and hands, she asked him if he
had seen or eaten the jam. Charles
insisted that he had not even seen the
jam. l'apa thereupon was called in,
and Charles was punished severely!
Drawing Charles close to her, and wip
ing the tears trom his eyes, mamma
said: "When I was your age, my boy.
never told a falsehood." "How old
were you tcrore you began?" asked
Charles between sobs. .
"Oh!" gasped the beautiful woman
as she fell back, clutching at her
heart and permitting the telegram to
flutter to the floor. Her fashionable
guests rushed forward, crying: "What
is it 'Has your husband met with an
accident?" "No no," she moaned
;
it is rrom my son-in-law. I am a
grandmother." Chicago Record-Her
ald.
A woman has better sense than a
man.
WISE PAINTING
Not much wise painting
AQne: poor paint, mostly; too
J f .
jjjaterials
Wise painting is Paint in
the fall and use Devoe.
Ask your dealer; he'll get it fcr yon. Book
on painting free If you mention, this paper.
GOOD-PAINT DEVOE, CHICAGO.
The Past GUARANTEES
The Future
The Fact That
St Jacobs Oil
Has cured thousands of cases of
Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbafo.
Neuralgia. Sciatica. Sprains.
Bruises and other bodily aches
and pains Is a guarantee that It
will cure other cases. It Is safe,
sure and never (ailing. Acts like
magic
Conquers Pain
Price, 25c and 50c
BOLD BT ALL DEALERS IN MEDICtSE.
Good for Bad Teetf
Not Dad for Good Teeth.
Sozodont . . 25c
Sozodont Tooth Powder 25c
Large Liquid and Powder 75c
HALL & RL'CKLL. New York.
ffDODC2VNEw DISCOVERY; elves
"V s) s9 I Quick relief sad cure wont
rases. Book of tentlmoolbls and is Pals' treatment
IIU, DR. H. H. kEEIS'B BOSS. Bm E. AUacta. Ma.
MORE THAN HALF A (ENIM
OF EXPERIENCE
AND .
AM BACK OF
EVERY i
WATERPROOF Olk&P
SLICKER
OR COAT :
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BEARING TMI5 TPAP MAB&
ON SALE EVERYWHERE.
BEWARE OP IMITATION
CATALOGUES rREe
SHOWING FULL
OP 6ARMNT3 AND MATS.
A.J.TOWEaco..BOSTON.MA33.
ENORMOUS CROPS
North Dakota has lust barvestea a won
derful crop of wheat and flax. Report
from the various railway points along the
"Soo" Line show yields of 25 to 33 bushels
to the acre of wheat, and from 15 to 20
bushels of flax per acre. xna.x is now
bringing $1.25 per bushel. Most of the
rop was raised on newly broken land, so
hat the first crop pays fcr the farm and
ill the labor, and leaves a handsome profit.
There is still plenty of good free govern
ment land open for entry; also good open
ings to go Into business In tho new towns
along the "Soo" Lane, r or aesenpuve cir-
I eulars. maDS and particulars, write to D.
S: Casseday Land Agent, -Soo" Line.
Minneapolis, Minn.
Sold (with or without 1)111
liig and Tabu 1a ti rur A ttach
mentKKxcbanKod.Kented. and lterairei. Pareuron
Typewriter Kibbons for all Ma
chines, Linen Papers, Carbon
Paper, and miscellaneous Type
writer Supplies and Furniture.
Si
I,
1619 Farnam St.. Omaha.
Cheaper Than Passes.
S10.15 to Indianapolis and Return.
On eale Sept. 18, 23. 30; Oct. 7.
S21.1S to ItulaTlllf, Kjr., and Itelorn.
On sale Sept. 16, 23. 30; Oct, 7.
SSI. IS to Cincinnati, O.. and Return.'
On sale Sept. 1C, 23, 30; Oct. 7.
SI. 15 to Colombna, Ohio, and Return.
On sal Sept. 18, 23. 20; Oct. 7.
821. 15 to Springfield. O., and Return.
On sale Sept. 16, 23, 30; Oct. 7.
SV1.6S to Kanduaky, O., and Return
On sale Sept, IS, 23, 30; Oct. 7.
41.75 to New Yorlc and Return, Dally.
35.75 to Buffalo and Return, Dally.
ll.SO to St. Louis, Mo, and Return.
On sale Oct. ( to It
nOMESEEKERS' KXCUKSIOXs.
On sale 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month.
Tourist rates on sale DAILY to all sum.
m-r resorts, allowing stop-overs at Dc
trnlt. Niagara Falls. Buffalo and othr
points. For rates, lake trips. Pan-American
descriptive matter and ail Informa
tion, call at -
CITY TICKET OFFICE,
1415 Farnam Street, (Pazton Hetel Blk.
or write BARRY E. BIOOKES,
O. A. P. D., Omaha, Men.
Vhea Answering Advertisements Kiatly
Mention This Taper.
W.N. U OMAHA No. 40-1901
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