Coins Have
V aLnished
Numismatists Puzzled
Over Remarkable Dis
appearance of Silver
Dollars v v v
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"There Is something curious about
die American silver dollar and half
dollar of the coinage of 1804,” said a
well-known numismatist of New York,
"in that year something like 20,000 of
rhe dollars were coined, but it is a
singular fact, as is now known, that
not one of them was known to be in
circulation. Yet the most precious of
ill American coins are tw'o 1804 dol
lars, which are in well-known collec
tions. They are valued at $2,000 each.
"It has been determined to the satis
faction of every numismatist that these
two dollars were not coined until 1828,
although they were struck from the
original 1804 die. They were secretly
made—although such a procedure is a
penal offense—for some one high in in
fluence and authority, who desired
them for certain coin collections. It
has never been positively ascertained
how the surreptitious work was accom
plished, but there is no doubt that it
was done.
"Why the dollar of 1804 was never
leen in circulation after leaving the
mint is one of the unsolved government
mysteries.
"A still greater mystery surrounds
the half-dollar of 1804. Of that coin
nearly 160,000 were struck. Not one
was ever discovered in circulation. The
quarter-dollar of 1804 are numerous
enough—so plentiful, in fact, that a
fair specimen can be bought for $2,
and their coinage amounted to 7,000
pieces.
"A curious thing has been discovered
regarding the half-dollar of 1805, which
is not a rare coin, except in the case
of those possessing the rare curiosity
I speak of. which increases the value
tenfold. This is that the figure '5' in
1805 has been struck over a '4,' showing
that the coin was really one of the un
discovered minting of 1S04.
“What became of the large issue of
1804 half-dollars? No one knows or
over will know; but it is evident that
all of them were not issued from the
mint, and this belief that there was
some reason for not desiring the coin
to circulate is strengthened by the mint
obliterating the date on what was left
by making 1805 half-dollars of them.
“There was no silver dollar issued
from the mint in 1805, yet 821 were
coined, and are in the hands of col
lectors to-day, just as they came from
the die. No dollars were coined by
the government after that until 1836.”
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A married woman’s lot in Japan is
anything but a pleasant one, at least
according to occidental ideas. Japan
ese women inherit no fortunes, and iu
families including no son one is adopt
ed by the parents of the heir. The
only dowry a girl is given for her mar
riage is her dresses, a little writing
(leek, a work basket, a box of cosmetics
and other toilet articles, two little
dining tables and a few lacquer plates,
says an exchange.
On his marriage a man remains as
Tree as ever before. He has no fresh
duties to consider. He can do exactly
what he chooses. If he likes he can
spend every evening out of the house.
The women among the poorer classes
are still more to be pitied. A work
man marries a woman when it suits
him, and changes her with as little
fuss as we change our clothes. These
exchanges, or what we call divorces,
take place less frequently in the bet
ter classes.
A man can obtain divorce for the
following reasons: Disobedience, jeal
ousy, incurable illness, talkativeness,
etc. The wretched woman, divorced,
must return to her parents and leave
her children with her husband.
On entering her husband's home the
Japanese bride dees not become mis
tress of the household. She becomes
the servant of her spouse's parents
and her husband cannot—docs not —
shield her from the nagging t otisiuo ol
a mother-in-law. When the parent:;
are dead the wife dircts the house
hold. but she is still only her hus
band’s principal servant. In public
she hardly ever appears in his com
pany; at home she does not even sit
at the same table with him. He takes
his meals alone, while she waits. His
wishes are commands which she obeys
willingly and amiably. She helps him
to dress, she washes and mends his
clothes; she 13 even proud to do that
for him which would otherwise he left
to servants. The empress herself is
not exempt from such service, but
waits in various ways on her emperor
husband.
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Novel Way in Which a
Politician Did Up His
Opponents
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“There are all sorts of tricks in a
political campaign,” said the ex-mem
ner of the legislature, “and one was
played upon me when I was doing my
(irst stumping that was intended to lay
me out Hatter than a pancake. I was
Pilled to speak at a certain village, and
I prepared a first rate talk for the oc
casion. Half an hour before 1 was to
take the platform 1 was invited to have
a. nip to brace me up, and ten minutes
after imbibing I didn’t know whether
1 was on foot or riding a camel. As
a matter of fact, 1 had been doped to
prevent me from speaking. When I
oegan to rail fence around and talk
nonsense they tried to take me away,
Out I became as stubborn as a mule
and insisted upon speaking. It would
be a nail in my coffin to show me off
In a drunken condition, and 1 was
finally pushed forward. I was simply
conscious of the fact that I was mak
ing a fool of myself, and after utter
ing a dozen words I began to weep.
There was a good deal ot laughter at
first, but pretty soon a man called out:
“ ‘Look here, fellers, this man ain’t
crying for nothing.’
’’’You bet he ain't!’ shouted an
other.
“ ‘He must be weeping over our high
taxes,’ suggested a third.
“ ‘That’s it, and it shows his true
feeling,’ added a fourth. Here’s one
who pledges himself to work and vote
for him.’
“ ‘And here’s another,’ called out
twenty men in chorus, as I was led
away with tears streaming down my
cheeks. That was my speech. The
people laid it all to emotion, and that
town gave me a majority to make my
hair stand up. I couldn’t reduce their
taxes, but I got a bill through against
any one owning a bull without keep
ing an iron ring in his nose, and did
not lose any of my admirers.”
WAGER ON BABY’S FIRST WORDS.
Italian Gambler* Kiik Their Money on
the I.i*p of a Princess*
A spirit of gambling has broken out
in the court of Italy and the courtiers
are laying their wagers recklessly
upon the question as to whether the
young Princess Yolanda will speak
k first in English or in Italian. The
princess now has reached the age of
-even months and already has made
sounds which are declared to be
“papa” and “mamma.” The English
nurse declares that she taught the
child to say them, but the Italian
nurse Indignantly denies this, declar
ing that to her la due the credit; for
if the princess had learned from the
words In English, whereas she says
them In Italian, the poor woman not
knowing that "papa” and “mamma”
are the same In all languages.
So as these words are universal It
has been decided that they do not de
ride the wagers as to which will be
the first language to be spoken by lit
tle Yolanda. The betting is even, for
though the English nurse has the child
almost entirely under her care, the
language which she hears spoken
about her all the time is Italian.
Large sums have been wagered and the
decision is awaited with much inter
sst. If Yolanda wants to make her
self popular she had better list her
first words in Italian. There will be a
mighty disgust throughout Italy should
she decide in favor of English.
Spoiled tho Sale.
**I had moved heaven and earth to
get rid of that old skate,” said the man
who loves to trade horses. “Of course,
f be wasn't worth what I could get for
him. but he was certainly worth a dol
lar and twenty-five cents, because 1
had agreed to throw in-the headstall,
which was a new one. I never had a
horse yet that I w'asn’t able to sell, and
the only thing that worried me in this
case was that I might wake up some
morning and tind the trute dead from
old age.
“I ran across a man at last who was
looking for a horse, and I talked him to
a standstill before I showed him the
living illustration of the fact that there
is nothing in the story that a horse
never lived over twenty years.
‘ When 1 had my man In a trance I
led the horse out and was gazing at
him in silent admiration when my wife,
who was an interested spectator, ex
claimed:
“ ‘Do you know! That is the fun
niest horse! Why, he can’t eat hay!’
“It Is needless to say that I did not
make the sale.”
Learning from America*
Frank Roberts, an eminent authority
on the erection of steel works, who has
been employed by all the first-class
steel manufacturers in Philadelphia,
has lately reported on the steel works
of the Consett company, of Bolskow,
Vaughn & Co., and of Guest, Keen &
Co., the three largest works in the
United Kingdom.
He recommends extensive and costly
reconstruction of the furnaces at the
Dowlais and Cardiff works of the last
named firm, and, realizing that the al
terations are necessary for successful
competition with foreign manufactur
ers, the firm is reported to be deter
mined to start the work without delay.
Woman is a guardian angel—but
she herself needs a watchman.
The blood of an eel injected into a
vein la deadly poison to a man. i
Many a man would !><* glad of the;
opportunity to chew all ho could lute
off.
SALZER'S LIGHTNING CABBAGE.
This Is the earliest cahhajto In the world
and a regular gold mine to ihe market gardener
and farmer.
By the wav, mere is ima or :
money to tie made on ear- I
liest cabbage. beets, peas. !
radishes, cucumbers and the !
like.
Kor lfir. anil this Notire 1
the John A. snlrer Seed Co.. (
I.at’rosse, tvls„ will send
you their mammoth cataloe
and 150 kinds of flower and vegetable seeds.
Market gardeners' catalog, 3c postage. V. N. U- '
Courage—Something a man really
needs when he gets ready to go to
war.
DO locn CI.OTUFS 1,00K VFI.I.OW!
Then use Defiance Starch. It will keep
them white—16 oz. for 10 cents.
If the donkey only knew he was a
donkey he would probably kick him
self to death.
fSB THE FAMOUS
Red Cross Ball Blue. Barge 2 oz. package 5
cents. The Kuss Company, South Bend, lud.
Any man with ideas in advance or
his age is likely to wear clothes away
behind it.
Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of M
a cough cure — J. IV. O'Urikn, 322 Third Ave.,
N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, iaiU,
After the matrimonial knot is tied
a girl quits making tea and learns
to make coffee.
THREE SERIES OF CHEAP RATES'
(Jr eat Northern Itallway Popular Home
seekers* and Settler' Excursions.
Round-trip tickets to points in Min
nesota, North Dakota, Montana. Ida
ho, Washington, Oregon. British Co
lumbia, will be sold first and third
Tuesdays in March, April and May,
at one fare plus $2.00 for the round
trip.
One-way settlers’ tickets to points
In Montana, Idaho, Washington, Ore
gon and British Columbia on sale
every day during March and April at
rates $15.00 to $25.00 each.
One-way settlers' 'ickets on sale
March 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th and April
1st and 8th, to Minnesota and North
Dakota points for only $6.00 each.
These tickets are good on all trains.
Including the famous Oreat Northern
"Flyer."
This Is the best opportunity that has
ever been offered to parties who wish
to investigate the many advantages
offered them In the Oreat Northwest
Information about Oreat Northern
eountry is given by agents of the
Croat Northern Railway, or those de
sirous of ascertaining Just what op
portunities are offered there, can se
cure full illustrated information in
reference to land, climate, crops, rates,
etc., by writing to Max Bass, G. I. A.,
220 S Clark St.. Chicago, or to F. I.
Whitney, O. P. & T. A., St. Paul, Minn.
A full-grown elephant can carry
three tons on its back.
IRONING A SHIRT WAIST.
Not Infrequently a young woman
finds it necessary to launder a shirt
waist at home for some emergency
when the laundryman or the home ser
vant cannot do it. Hence these direc
tions for ironing the waist: To Iron
gummer shirt waists so that they will
look like new it is needful to have
them starched evenly with Defiance
starch, then made perfectly smooth
and rolled tight in a damp cloth, to be
laid away two or three hours. When
ironing have a bowl of water and a
clean piece of muslin beside the iron
ing board. Have your iron hot, but
not sufficiently so to scorch, and abso
lutely clean. Begin by ironing the
back, then the front, sides and the
sleeves, followed by the neckband and
the cuffs. When wrinkles appear ap
ply the damp cloth and remove them.
Always Iron from the top of the waist
to the bottom. If there are plaits in
the front iron them downward, after
first raising each one with a blunt
knife, and with the edge of the Iron
follow every line of stitching to give It
distinctness. After the shirt waist is
ironed it should be well aired by the
fire or in the sun before It is folded
and put away, says the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Unless you have confidence in hu
manity you are a suspicious char
acter.
All Sufferer* From Rheumatism
should try MATT J. JOHNSON'S 60S*.
Guarantee goes with it. Try it.
Woman invariably believes one side
of a story until she hears the other
side.
The Good Road* Movement.
The recent official report of the Rail
road Commission of Missouri, refer
ring to Santa Fe lines in that state,
contained this significant sentence:
“We unreservedly rank this line as
being among the best in Missouri In
its physical condition."
It is but fair to add that the Santa
Fe line In Missouri is representative
of nearly the entire 8,000 miles of that
system.
The present administration of the
Santa Fe appreciates fully that its
earning power depends largely on its
physical condition, and has wrought
almost a miracle in the past few years
in improvement of roadway, bridges,
grades, etc.
The meanest use for money is to
make it cover a multitude of sins.
Mr*. Winslow* (toothing *vrnp.
Tor rbtldren teett'ng, softens the gums, redurrs lir
SatnuiailuD. allayspain.cures wlndcollc. SAc* boCUa
The man who never has sinned nev
er was a man.
lT nans weruble argument — ■ That i
which nearly everybody delights to
answer.
if yon have ti"! yet tried Defiance
Starch, just ask your dealer what oth
ers say about it.
it is easy to admit that a man is
level headed if he is below your level.
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■ lid 11 rut um< of I»r Kllrif'a (Ircat N*rv«* Kent or*
**r Hentlf.tr PKKK Jd'J.OO trial botth* *nrl tn*ati«e.
DR K U Ri.ixk, Ltd.. Wt An h Ktr»*»-t. Philadelphia. P*.
Independence—That which may he
often in place, but is more often out
of one.
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES are tw
easy to use us soap. No muss or failures.
10c per package. Sold by druggists.
Man is but a freckle on the face of
time.
Defiance Starch, lt> ounces, 10 cents j
The ship of state is often delayed
by congressional head winds.
Stops the Cough and
Works Off the fold
Laxative Brotuo Quinine Tablets. Price26c.
Egotists have a sixtli sense—that of
their own self-importance.
DON’T FORGET
A large 2-or.. package He J t ru.'S Boll Blue, only
bcenu. The ItussCompany, South Bend, liul.
There is no cloud attached to the
silvery lining of the fat purse.
nF.i» m <;s doomed.
Of all the worries of the hous- keeper the bed
bug is the worst. All will be thankful a remedy
which absolutely rids a house of all bugs has I
tieen found. Mr>. Bertha Fremont, ttl Fourth,
Des Moines. I«.. ik the discoverer. She will semi i
a large sample, enough for three b<-ds. for l.tc,
actuftlcnstof postage, packing, etc. llerregulRr
ftiio is Mic. Every reader outht to bend at once.
It takes a small boy with a new
watch effectually to kill time.
Career and Character of Abraham Lin
coln.
An address by Joseph Choate, Am
bassador to Great Britain, on the career
and character of Abraham Lincoln
his early life—his early struggles with
the world—his character us develops 1
in the later years of his life and his
administration, which placed his name
so high on the world’s roll of honor
and fame, has been published by tha
Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail
way and may be had by sending six (6)
cents in postage to F. A. Miller, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago, 111.
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Brooklyn, bi#w York.
four months, when my husband bream®
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of better, and in speaking to the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia E.
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had taken that at lirst; it would hare
saved me weeks of suffering. It took
three long months to restore me, but
it is a happy relief, and we are both
most grateful to you. Your Compound
has brought joy to our home and
health tome.”— ilr.8. Pavmsk .IrnsoJf,
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It would seem by this state
ment that women would Nave
time and much sickness If they
would get Lydia E. IHiikliain’a
Vegetable Compound at once,
and also write to Mrs. IHnkliam
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One may sail the seas and visit every land and everywhere will find,
that men of affairs, who are well Informed, have neither the time
lior the inclination, whether on pleasure bent or business, to use those
medicines which cause excessive purgation and then leave the Internal
organs In a eonstipated condition. Syrup of rigs is not built on those
lines. It acts naturally, acts effectively, cleanses, sweetens and strengthens
the Internal organs and leaves them in a healthy condition.
If in need of a laxative remedy the most excellent is Syrup of Figs, but
when anything more than a laxative is required the safe and scientific plan
is to consult a competent physician and not to resort to those medicines
which claim to cure all innnucr of diseases.
The California Fig Syrup Co. was the first to manufacture a laxative remedy
which would give satisfaction to all; a laxative which physicians could
sanction and one friend recommend to another; so that today Its sales probably
exceed all other laxatives combined. In some places considerable quantities of
old-time cathartics and modern Imitations are still sold, but with the general
diffnslon of knowledge, as to the best medicinal agents, Syrup of Figs has come
Into general use with the well-informed, because it is a remedy of known value
and ever beneficial action.
The quality of Syrup of Figs is due not only to the excellent combination of
the laxative and carminative principles of plants, known to net most beneficially
on the system, with agreeable and refreshing aromatic liquids, but also to the
orginal method of manufacture. In order to get the genuine and its beneficial
effects one should always note the full name of the Company —California i'ig
Syrup Co.-printed on the front of every package.
To the housewife who has not yet
become acquainted with the new things
of everyday use in the market and who
is reasonably satisfied with the old,
we would suggest that a trial of De
fiance Cold Water Starch be made at
once. Not alone because it is guar
anteed by the manufacturers to be
superior to any other brand, but be
cause each 10c package contains
16 ozs., while all the other kinds con
tain but 12 ozs. It is safe to say that
the lady who once uses Defiance
Starch will use no other. Quality and
quantity must win.
Sympathy—Something we extend
to those whom we dare not pity.
ALL. UP TO DATE HOl'RF.K FFPKItS
use Defiance Cold Watur Starch, because
It Is better and 4 oz. more o( it (or aainu
money.
Meddle—What other people do
where we investigate.
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You have no right to ruin your health, spoil your digestion and poison
your breath by using the filthy weed. A guarantee in each box. Price
$1.00 per box,or three boxes for $2.50, with guarantee to cursor
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Alabastlne. the only durable wall coat
ing. takes the place of scaling kalHomlne*.
wall paper and paint for walls. It ran t>«
used on plaster, bricky wood or canvaa.
Ala/barttne can be used over paint or
paper; paint or paper can be used over
Alabaetine. Ituy only In five pound pack
ages, properly labeled; take no substitute.
Many aliments, particularly throat and
lunK troubles, are attributable to unsa
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dorsement of physicians and sanitarian*.
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