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Loup City Northwestern J. W. BURLEIGH, Publisher. LOUP CITY, - - - NEBRASKA. The "telephone heart,” of course. Is the kind that always answers with the busy signal. Health alarmists are starting a ■crusade against the use of tea. Be ware of the green peril. Sh-h-h! Don't tell it out loud, but nobody seems to have thought of forming a cranberry trust. It remains to be seen whether Mr. Morgan’s new gold brick will turn out to be another Ascoli cope. W. K. Vanderbilt must have liter ary ambitions. He now writes his name William Kissam Vanderbilt. A Boston paper asks: "Are there any honest men in the City of New York?” Well, Mark Twain is there. Just by way of showing its superi ority to other Latin-American repub lics, Cuba has held a critical election peaceably. After all, the man who exercises the most graceful self-restraint is the one who could have told us so, and didn’L^-Puck. A good deal of near-poetry was sent to Mark Twain on his birthday. Fortunately he is a rugged man in spite of ills years. News from Russia cannot be guar anteed, but is is said that the empire's retiring minister of finance is a Tschipoff the old block. Mark Twain says a man over sev enty is an "honorary citizen.” Yes, and we know a lot of men under sev enty who are ornery citizens. Mrs. Chadwick implies that she will tell everything, if she is given an other chance in court, even to the dis closures of the actual age of Ann. The emperor of Korea, having ac cepted the Japanese terms, is now allowed to get up and put on his hat and brush the litter off his clothes. If Gen. Bates, the new chief of the army staff, is anywhere near as fierce as he looks in his pictures it will go hard with any foreign foe that may attack us. That farewell dinner to Charles Dana Gibson was attended by a dozen of his friends, but they were all mere men, and the original Gibson girl was not present. A mob hooted at the oldest daugh ter of King Edward in the streets of London the other day. The outlook for the royalty business is anything but promising. Harvard will play no more football until the rules are changed. Some of the Yale . partisans claim, however, that Harvard will not be likely to play football even then. Also, now Is the time to find that nice little savings bank in which you were going to put a certain sum every day this year. Have you seen it since the 10th of last January? J. P. Morgan says he was cheated in a recent railroad deal. The other fellow might almost be justified in fixing up dates for the purpose of going out to lecture about it. A woman in Newcastle, Pa., caused the arrest of her son for talking in his sleep. She knows that something must be done to cure him, if his mar ried life is not to be a failure. Mrs. Chadwick has had ample time to think it over, and she is unrepent ant. She would do it over again if she had the chance, but she would im prove on her methods next time. Under a new policy of the war de partment, officers of the commissary department are to be taught to bake bread and to cook. This will make them especially desirable as hus bands. Japanese gendarmes fired on a mob in Seoul, Korea, the other day, and in Tokio anti-imperialists filed forty three speeches, twenty-seven news paper articles and a protest with the mikado. Mark Twain says he never did a day’s work in his life. This is calcu lated to remove the impression that piloting a Mississippi river steam boat in the old days was anything like work. The sultan’s general uprising of Is lam in a holy war for the green flag of the prophet seems to be petering out into the usual version of the propo sition of Crockett’s coon, “Don’t shoot. I’ll come down.” According to a German paper, Chile is about to order a battleship, two cruisers and four destroyers from German shipbuilders, the price to be paid being $15,000,000, presumably with the intention of insuring eternal peace. Another noted actress has abandon ed the stage to take up married life, but the comfort that may be found In the news is largely offset by the knowledge that some other woman, at about the same time, abandoned mar ried life to take up the stage. A tramp who was compelled to take a bath in Cleveland the other day went crazy the moment he got into the water. This shows the inadvis ability of going to extremes at the start. The authorities should have ‘subjected him to it gradually, begin ning by having him scraped. No matter how many trusts were formed, the public always had some little hope of not being wholly skinned. But hope’s last lazy ray must now fade and die. A barber shop trust has been formed. fHOWINC lift WORLD'/ PROOREXJ Phenomena of Chemical Reactions. Is there a wireless telegraphy In chemical reactions? In one of many recent experiments tending to give an affirmative reply, a large quantity of a chlorate and sugar mixture was pre pared, a little of this was placed In a basin and while the rest of the mix ture was held behind the operator In a large mortar, strong sulphuric acid was added to the former, causing It to ignite in the usual way. Immediately afterward the rest of the mixture blazed up, although it was impossible that sulphuric acid could have touched it It is thought that a violent chem ical reaction may convert the space in its immediate vicinity into a medium that will accelerate or even induce chemical activity. If it be true the importance of the investigation can not be overestimated. The prepara tions and violent reactions that go on from day to day in a laboratory may be altering the molecular arrangement of the substances In the neighborhood of the demonstrative benches. Those in charge of chemical laboratories testify to the unaccountable altera tions in certain substances. Again, does weather influence the communi cation between one chemical reaction and another? The results of the ex periments changed from day to day. Purifies the Water. A rjscent invention of a California man te an apparatus for purifying wa ter, and one which can also be used for aging liquids which have already been bottled. The liquid is subjected to electrolytic action for removing all impurities, whether they be in suspen sion or solution, and the liquid heated and any air within the bottle exhaust ed. In the illustration is shown a con tainer, which can be of glass or sim ilar material, having an electrode in the bottom. The electrode is in the form of a platinum wire, which is molded in the bottle. The neck of the bottle is closed by a removable cork stopper, an electrode extending through the center. This electrode is also made from a piece of platinum wire, and has its inner end, which is within the bottle, coiled, so that It can be adjusted to any length by stretch ing or contracting the coll, the wire Purifies the Water. being flexible but not resilient. Se cured upon the electrode is a cap, which engages the lower end of the cork. The use and advantages of the invention will be readily understood. When an electric current from a bat tery, dynamo or other generator is passed through the two electrodes the liquid within the bottle will be sub jected to electrolytic action, which will remove all impurities. In this way .such liquids as beer, ale, porter, etc., Iwhich require the removal of all air, .can be preserved. The current can be (readily controlled by a rheostat or mank of lamps, so that the temperature to which the liquid is heated by the ,current can be controlled. For Pure Food. An important advance has been made in the United States with regard to standards of purity for food prod ucts. The secretary of agriculture has been authoried by congress to fit standards, and in order that they may ,be Just and reasonable he is authorized to call to his assistance the experts of the Association of Official Agricul tural Chemists, and other experts, as he may see fit, to advise him in regard to such matters. The work of ascer taining these proper standards, in col laboration with the Association of Of ficial Agricultural Chemists, has been committed to the bureau of chemistry. Already considerable progress has been made along this line of investi gation and a number of standards of food products have already been fixed by proclamation. It is proposed to extend this work until practically all the substances used as foods, bever ages, and condiments shall have a fixed standard of purity to which all manufacturers may attain by proper care in the preparation of products of this kind. Heating Iron in Cold Water. A lead-line glass or porcelain vase or cupola filled with acidified water, to which is connected a strong posi tive conductor and a pair of tongs with insulated handles attached to a flexible negative conductor, will con stitute the forge and furnace of the fu ture, declares an expert. Into the sour water the smith plunges his piece of iron, manipulating it with a pair of in sulated tongs. The water is agitated with a boiling moton immediately, and the great resistance created brings the iron first to red, then to white heat, and so quickly that that portion of the iron not immersed is but slightly warmed.—Science Siftings. Pigeons Puzzled by Eclipse. Carrier pigeons released during the recent eclipse of the sun in Europe seemed much puzzled by the darkness. Some of them started off in a direc tion directly opposite from that in which their cote lay. When, however, the eclipse had nearly ceased other pigeons took the right direction at once. The flight of several of the virds waa most eccentric. They first ascended to a great height and then descended on the roofs, to mount again soon afterward, describing huge curves in space, alternating with extraordi nary zlgza.: and diiv t plunges. NEAT AND INEXPENSIVE HOUSE Can Be Built ■'Complete for the Small Cjpst of $875. The accompanying sketch and ground floor plans are for a subur ban cottage that should serve many who desire to build a neat, inexpensive dwelling. It is 24x27 feet and is set on cedar posts or brick piers. The walls are built of 2x4 inch studs, cov ered with building paper and matched siding or clap boards. The roof and gable ends are shingled with stained shingles in two shades of green, to give it a mottled appearance. The clap boards are painted a creamy Ground Floor Plan. white, while the casings or trimmings of doors and windows are pure white. The cottage has a fire place in the living room, also a flue for kitchen stove. The inside is plastered and trimmed in the usual way. The ap proximate cost of the building would be about as follows: Brick work for cellar, walls, piers and chimneys, $75; Upper Floor Plan. carpenter work would cost about $600; plastering, $125; painting and glazing, $75; making a total of $875. Fireproof Paint. What is a good fireproof paint to use on buildings? An excellent fireproof paint for a shingle roof is red iron oxide with boiled linseed oil for the first coat, finished with a second coat of raw oil. This is a dark brown color and the most durable of all kinds of paint, as the oil and the Iron oxide make a chemical combination which is ab sorbed by the wood or unites with a metal roof. The quantity needed is based on the fact that one gallon of the thin first coat will cover four hundred square feet, and the second heavier coat will require a gallon for two hundred and fifty square feet. If the roof is of shingles it is desira ble to paint these on both sides before they are laid on the roof. They will last twice as long as if painted only on one side after the roof Is laid. A quick way of painting the shingles is to dip them in the mixed paint. Making Concrete Tile. Please explain the making of con crete culvert tile? How are the bot tom rings made? I find trouble in re moving the bottom rings. In making concrete tile there should be several extra rings for every set of molds. The molds can be removed in six or eight hours (if concrete is prop erly tamped in the molds), but the tile has to remain standing On the rings for about forty-eight hours. But if one has the leisure time and can wait that length of time one set of rings will do. Concrete tile should not be taken oft the rings until the concrete be comes set hard enough so that it will not break; forty-eight hours should be sufficient time for the concrete to set, so that they may be handled. After the tiles are removed they should be kept wet for several weeks and out of the sun. Dampness in a Cellar. Frequently after a rain water stands in nay cellar for a short time, leaving the floor damp and the cellor becomes musty. I cannot drain the cellar. What could be done to remedy the condition? The cellar floor should be graded up a few Inches higher at the center than at the sides. It should be floored with cement-concrete and a channel about an Inch deep left along the side walls. This should connect with a barrel which could be emptied when neces sary. In order to get rid of the musty smell the cellar should be ventilated by opening the windows, and the walls and celling should be coated twice yearly with lime wash, and oc casionally sprayed with a strong solu tion of formalin, which may be pro cured at any drug store. Electricity Awakens India. An electrical awakening in India is supplementing the hydroelectric stations at Mysore, the largest in southern Asia, with big plants in the Punjab. The power is to be generat ed on the Bari canal and transmitted over a distance of seventy miles to Lahore and 100 miles to Amritsar. Coal at these cities now costs from $6 to $6 per ton, so that the low price at which electric power will be sup plied is expected to lend great inter est to Industrial enterprises at La hore and Amritsar. Another London association has been formed to devel op hydraulic power in the Jumna riv er, and to transmit electric power to Delhi, 140 miles distant, and possibly to Simla, 95 miles distant in the op posit© direction. . The use of Incubators In the hatch ing of chickens is not new to the world. For hundreds of years the Chinese hare been hatching chickens artificially and some of them make a business of that work. In Egypt also “batching ovens’’ are common, and it is probable that all the country be tween China and Egypt is the scene of more or less work of this kind. It is not improbable that the first men that made incubators got their ideas from these old countries, as men have been journeying to those countries for centuries. Some of the travelers muBt have reported what they had seen. The incubator, as we call it, is one of the greatest helps a farmer can have in the raising of chickens. The modern incubator is far superior to the “oven" of Egypt or the “hatching house" of the Chinaman. In those cases the hatching is a trade and the small farmer cannot afford to go into it on a small scale. In this country a farmer can buy an incubator of any size desired and start it in his cellar or his bedroom, as he likes. When one comes to understand an incubator it will be liked better than the old set ting hen. It never gets lousy, never loses its temper and attacks other broods, and never changes its mind about incubating. It does not carry a hatch along for two weeks and then forsake the eggs. Try an incubator. —Estella Harper, Carroll Co., 111., in Farmers’ Review. Embden-Toulouse Cross. Herewith we illustrate the kind of birds obtained by crossing an Embden gander on a Toulouse goose. The birds are plump and have the ability to make a rapid growth. For market purposes the cross is a good one. Nothing, however, would be gained by attempting to develop a breed from this cross. The vigor obtained by the one cross would not continue to mani fest itself in future generations, and the mixing up of the characteristics of the two breeds would give almost end less variations. For market purposes it is bellevfd the result Is to give greater power of digestion and there fore of growth. Greatest American Fowl. The turkey is regarded as the great est American fowl, although turkeys are not raised in such abundance as are common hens. But the turkey ap pears to be distinctively an American bird. It is associated with American history from the time white men first set foot on the continent. More than once the American settler in the depth of winter has been saved from starva tion by the flocks of wild turkeys roaming the woods. The feasts of the pioneers were largely made possible by the presence of wild turkeys. The domestication of the turkey has been the work of these same American pioneers. We believe that the busi ness of turkey raising is yet in its Infancy. There are now raised annu ally in this country about seven mil lion turkeys. This compares poorly with the 240 million chickens, but it must be remembered that one turkey weighs as much as several chickens. It is probable that the seven million turkeys represent as much meat as would thirty million chickens. The chief obstacle to the increased production of turkey is the belief that turkeys must have a large area over which to roam if they are to live and prosper. It is altogether probable that the turkey can be raised in confine ment almost as easily as other kinds of domestic fowls. The question is one Df knowing how. Under existing con ditions it is altogether probable that the turkey In confinement is not care fully enough fed to produce the same results as are produced when the tur key roams the fields and woods and hunts his own living. There is room here both for study and expansion, and the increase in price from year to year is making the raising of turkeys an important branch of farming. Winter Poultry Show*. Poultry shows begin to be held In the summer but most of them that amount to much are held in the winter time. This is largely because the birds are in best condition to be shown in the winter weather. Exhibitions of birds are largely composed of birds less than a year old. In the summer time these hare not obtained enough growth, and especially have not become plump. Their plumage also lacks in quality. After cold weather sets in the birds have become mature, and their plum age is perfect for protecting them in the cold weather. The birds seem to be thriftier at this time than at any other. It is altogether probable that all poultry shows of any great magni tude will continue to be held in the winter. Millet 8eeds for Fowls. Millet is good as a food for fowls provided it is fed with other things. When made the exclusive diet of fowls of any age It is said to he very Indigestible. This is especially true of young birds. Millet seed is good to scatter in the Utter to make the birds work. It is not good to be thrown in so that the fowls wlU eat'It In bulk. There Is danger that this will be done by men that have incubators, as the seed is small and seems well adapted to the use or the chick only a few days old. Good Qualities of Ben Davis Apples. The Ben Davis apple requires a long season to reach its proper develop ment; that kind of a season it finds in Kentucky, where it originated. It is not probable that the Ben Davis* apple as grown in Wisconsin will ever be very popular, although it will bd a long keeper. Another thing in favor of the Ben Davis has been the fact that the trees have been wonderfully productive of fruit It is a wonder in the apple world because it produces a crop every year. Most varieties of apples produce a good crop every oth er year, but the Ben Davis produces a crop every year. That is why the great commercial growers have been planting out orchards when they had to sell the fruit very much under the price offered for some other varieties. One man said: "I can make money by selling the Ben Davis at $2 a bar rel. The Ben Davis is my money maker, even at a low price these yield me a larger profit than any other var iety I can grow.” We have, added to this, the fact that the Ben Davis tree is not subject very largely to the at tacks of fungous diseases. Another great thing in favor of the Ben Davis apple is one remarkable characteristic relative to bruises. When a Ben Davis apple is bruised it forms a hard, dry, sponge-like crust and this does not develop into rot Most other ap ples when they are bruised begin im mediately to rot at the bruised places. The bruised Ben Davis apple merely dries up at the point where it is bruis ed, and no rot sets in. The way that the Ben Davis apple deteriorates in the latter part of the winter is by becoming hard and of a dry sponge-like texture near the core. We believe that the Ben Davis apple is destined to be more extensively grown even than at the present, and from the Ben Davis apple many new varie ties are to be developed, which will come to be known as the Ben Davis group of apples. We have the begin ning of this in two apples already quite prominent, the Black Ben Davis And the Gano. The Gano has been devel oped by selection from the Ben Davis wood of a certain quality. There is a dispute as to whether the Black Ben Davis was developed by selecting Ben Davis wood of a certain quality or by planting the seeds from the Ben Davis apple. But the two are so similar that no one can doubt that Black Ben Davis belongs at least to the Ben Davis family.—Farmers’ Review. The Black Knot. Look over the trees for black knot. The protuberances will be easily de tected this fall when the leaves have fallen. The knots are produced by. fungous growths and they will destroy the plum trees if they are not attend ed to in time. Many people can re member the first coming of the black knot, which was an immigrant from Europe. Our people did not under stand the nature of the trouble and permitted the disease to spread till it took whole orchards. If but a few knots have appeared on a tree cut them out and burn them. If a great many knots have appeared on a tree cut out the entire tree, pull ing up as many roots as possible. Use the larger portions for fire wood and burn the branches. The black knot affects cherry trees and will spread to them from the plum orchard. Probably all readers oi the Farm ers’ Review know what black knot of plums and cherries is. If there are any that do not, it will be easy for them to recognize it from the fact that its presence is made known by black excrescences on the limbs, the blackness appearing only after the knots have hardened. Some of them are as large as walnuts. The knots first appear as swollen places on the twigs. As the swelling increases the bark cracks open longi tudinally. Within these cracks the fungus produces spores and these are blown about by the wind. They lodge on bark and where it is tender suc ceed in sending their rooting fila ments and grow into masses. At first the knobs are olive green and only become black when they get old. Give the orchards of plum and cherry trees a thorough going over this winter, and if near wild plum or wild cherry trees inspect them too. It may be the dis ease is obtaining a foothold among them. Locality and Fruit Growing. The longer I am In touch with hor ticulture the more I am convinced that locality has very much to do with the success of certain varieties of fruit trees. Even when the locations are separated by only a hundred miles or so, the difference Is noticeable. I believe that we too often condemn va rieties because they have proved un successful in certain localities, when the same varieties would do well in some other locality. The soli has so much to do with success or failure, but even when the soils seem to be of the same texture there is ^ difference in experiences. At a good many conventions that 1 have attended the question of varie ties has been brought up for discus sion. It is surprising to find what differences of experiences can be re lated regarding the same fruit. There are some varieties, however, that are of no use anywhere and should not be planted. I think this is true of many of the new varieties. A new variety gets the support of some of our hor ticulturists, who really believe at first' that it is going to be a good fruit Horticulturists are very sanguine peo ple anyway, and always look on the bright side. It is therefore natural for them to expect more of a fruit than is in it. The nurserymen take up the growing of the variety and begin to put it on the market Then it is found that it Is not so good for many locali ties as It was for a few. But the nur serymen naturally do not like to let go of the enterprise till they have dis posed of the supply of that variety they have on hand. Because a variety proves usable In one locality of a state is no sign that it will prove usable In all localities of , all states in the same latitude?— • Helen Jones, Calhoun Co., I1L HARD TO PHOTOGRAPH DEAF. Their Infirmity Gives Them a Hard, Fixed Expression. “That Isn’t a good picture,” said the photographer, with an air of apology. “The man was deaf.” “How can that infirmity affect the picture?” asked a visitor. “It gives his face a tense, strained look,” said the photographer. “Ail deaf persons have that expression when placed before a camera. They sit with their heads tilted forward and eyebrows uplifted, as if waiting for the command to look pleasant. Generally, I suppose, that is what they are wait ing for. But even after I have given the order to brace, their muscles re fuse to relax. “What’s that?” says the deaf man when he sees my lips move. “ ‘Look pleasant!’ I shout again. “ ‘Oh,’ says he. “He takes his hand from behind his ear and tries to assume a beaming countenance, but he only compromises on a fixed glare. None of the devices known to the photographic trade can dispel that. In fact, the more ‘busi ness’ I Introduce to charm my sub ject into a joyful state the more rigid his facial muscles become. He is listening always for further instruc tions. Whether they come or not, the look of expectancy is there. For that reason the deaf are the hardest people in the world to photograph. If an ar tist’s reputation depended upon the pictures he makes of them he would soon be obliged to go out of business.” ADMIRATION WAS NOT FOR HER. Fair Pianist Mistaken as to Intended Compliment. A young lady In a large Texas town who has quite a local reputation as a pianist, consented to give a selection at a church social. However, on the eventful evening when the time came for her number, the chattering and hubbub which is usual on such occar sions did not cease—even after she had seated herself at the piano. She was a trifle embarrassed, but deter mined to play, believing that the talk ing would subside after the first few notes. But such was not the case, and she was nearing the end of her piece when three ladies cam£ over and stood by the piano. "Isn’t that beautiful?” exclaimed one of them. "Perfectly lovely!” was the re sponse. “And Just think of the work!” came from the third lady. The girl was flattered at having at last gained the attention of three of her audience, but imagine her cha grin when the first lady picked up the edge of the Battenburg piano cover, remarking: “It must have taken two months just to make this border!” Ministers Late Risers. "Ministers is the latest risers. Doc tors comes next,” said the cook. She was entertaining the maids from next door. As she bustled about get ting the tea and cake ready she talked incessantly, like a machine. The maids listened, their eyes fixed on the colla tion that each moment grew more tempting under her hand. “Some ministers don't rise till 10,” she said. “There's hardly one of them that you’ll find up by 8. Nine or half past is their average hour. “You see, they don’t have no office to go to at a qertaln time. They have no early appointments that must be kept. They have no clerks that they must look after. Consequence is. they become the latest risin' class of men on earth. “I’ve worked around considerable in my time. I’ve had forty-seven places, all told. Some has been with doctors, some with business men and eleven with ministers. The ministers is the best to live with. They are so con siderate and generous and they have such perfect dispositions. If they would only get quit of this lazy habit of loafin’ away the morning in bed they’d be a class without a fault.” Bird Was Removed. A woman rushed into a fashionable millinery establishment which she had left only an hour before with a new hat that cost her $75. She had re turned to discard the elaborate head gear. “Why, madam, what is the trouble with this hat?” the milliner asked. “What is the matter?” gasped the purchaser. “There is much the mat ter. Why, I would not wear that again until that bird with the big wing is removed or set in a different posi tion.” “But that Is the style,” said the mil liner. "Style or no style it has got to go,” said the purchaser. "I will never wear that hat until I can go about without the wings of birds sticking in the eyes of men, and especially horrid men like the horrid one that told me that ‘one bird in the bush is worth two in a hat.’ ” The bird in the hat was removed. One Smith to Be Remembered. John S. Wise of Virginia said of Fitzhugh Lee when the latter was run ning for governor of that state that lie never would have been heard of bad he been named Smith instead of Lee. The general in his campaign speeches combated that idea and pointed out that a great many noted men had borne the name of Smith. Dne day he was addressing a large ;rowd and as usual- spoke of great jitizens who had worn the despised jognomen. An inebriated citizen waited until the orator had finished iis list. Then he rose and said with :ipsy gravity: “Say (hie), gen’l, don’t orget old man Smith that (hie) killed ’ocahontas.” Seedtime and Harvest. \s o’er his furrowed fields, which lie FSeneath a coldly dropping sky. fet chill with Winter’s melted snow, rhe husbandman goes forth to sow; rhus. Freedom, on the bitter blast rhe ventures of thy seed we cast, tnd trust to warmer sun and rain ro swell the germ, and fl’l the grain. jVho calls thy glorious service hard? jVho deems it not Its <".vn reward? )Vho, for its trials, counts it less V cause of praise and thankfulness? t may not be rur lot to wield rhe sickle ‘n the ripened field; ifor ohrs to hear, on summer eves. rhe reaper’s song among the sheaves; 1 fet where our duty’s task is wrought n unison with God's great thought, rhe near and future blend in one, I Lnd whatso'er is willed is done! < ▼—John Greenleaf Whittier ( How Are Your Hens Laying Now? More men have sailed to shipwreck in the poultry business than in any other that one can easily recall, and yet there is no other- business which, from every consideration of mathe matics, political economy and biology ought to pay so well.—Portland Ore gonian. Discover Rare Rodents. The “dyomis," a rodent of* a species supposed to be extinct, has been found to be common in some parts of Brazil, and the specimen preserved in the mu seum of Berlin, supposed to be the only one extant, has depreciated in. value. Recognizing Opportunity. “Opportunity,” says the old proverb, “knocks once at every man’s door." The wit who added that when Oppor tunity called most men were away from home simply meant that few men recognizee a success opportunity when it apears. At a Wedding. An account in the “Gentlewoman”' of a lieutenant's wedding at Didsbury contains the passage: “Two subma rines brought up the rear of the bridal procession.” This must be the most thorough naval wedding on record. Words of Wisdom. Westfield, 111., Dec. 18th (Special)— All who are suffering with Bright’s Disease, should read carefully the fol lowing letter from the Rev. G. L. Good of this place. He says:— "I feel it is my duty to tell you of the wonderful benefit I have received from the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills. I am a Minister of the Gospel, and in my work, I am frequently exposed to all weathers. Six years ago, I was laid up sick. I doctored with a number of physicians, and finally consulted a specialist, but without success. They all told me I had Bright’s Disease. I was in a bad way and almost helpless when, thank God, I heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. They saved my life. I took sixteen boxes and now I am cured. The first day I took them I felt relief. When I began I weighed only one hundred and five pounds, now I weigh one hundred and sixty-five and I am the picture of health. I recom mend Dodd's Kidney Pills to all my friends who have Kidney Trouble and I pray to God that other sufferers will read these words and be helped by them.” British Change in Diet. 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Take Hall's Family 1J1 lie for constipation. Ancient Lord Mayor’s Coach. The coach in which the lord mayor if London rides on state occasions has been in use since the year 1757. A most remarkable offer is that of Successful Farming, Des Moines. Ia„ ilsewhere advertised. A splendid muting gun. absolutely free if you are willing to do a little hustling for sub scribers, for one of the handsomest papers in the United States. Money has power to crush happi ness only when its roots get in the heart. Insist on Getting It. Some grocers say they don’t keen Defiance Starch because they have a. stock in hand of 12 oz. brands, which they know cannot be sold to a cus tomer who has once used the 16 oz. pkg. Defiance Starch for same money. A woman in politics Is about as ornamental as a diamond in a mud puddle. “I taught thee nothing Is a trifle.”— Tupper. "Trifles makes perfection, but perfection is no trifle.”—Micahaet Angelo. A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itcbtng. Blind. 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