91EW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN’S
BACKS.
How to Make a Bad Back Better.
Women who suffer with backache,
bearing down pains, dizzy spells and
that constant feeling
of dullness and tired
ness, will find hope
in the advice of Mrs.
Mary Hinson of 21
Strother St., Mt.
Sterling, Ky. “Had .
I not used Doan's
Kidney Pills. I be
lieve I would not be living today,” says
Airs. Hinson. “AIv eyesight was poor,
I suffered with nervous, splitting head
aches, spots would dance before my
eyes and at times I would be so dizzy
I would have to grasp something for
support. Aly back was so weak and
painful I could hardly bend over to but
ton my shoes and could not get around
without suffering severely. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped me from the first, and
I continued until practically well
again.”
Remember the name—Doan’s. Sold
by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
FOR A SONG.
Thomas Tabby—Yes, I fitted up my
flat at a ridiculously low price. In
fact, it cost me but a song.
Tabby Tiger—A song?
Thomas Tabby—Well, you see, I
started up a solo on the back fence at
2 a. m. and the donations I received in
the shape of furniture, etc., just filled
the bill.
FALL PAINTING.
The majority of property owners
are under the impression that spring
time is the only painting time. But.
the fall of the year offers several ad
vantages to the painter. One of the
most important is that surfaces are
.almost sure to be dry, and there is no
frost or inner moisture to work out
after the paint is applied.
Pure white lead—the Dutch Boy
Painter kind—mixed with pure lin
seed oil (tinted as desired) gives a
winter coat to a building that is an
armor against the severest attacks of
the winter rain, sleet, winds and snow.
National Lead Company, 1902 Trin
ity Bldg.. New York city, makers of
pure white lead, Dutch Boy Painter
trademark, are offering to those in
terested a complete painter’s outfit,
consisting of a blow pipe and lead
tester, book of color schemes, etc.
State whether you want exterior or
interior decorating.
A New One About Napoleon.
A “new” story about Napoleon is
necessarily doubtful; the probability
is that it is simply so old that it has
been forgotten. However, here is one
that Arthur M. Chuquet prints in
L'Opinion as never before published.
It relatesto Napoleon and Blucher.
The emperor received the general
at the castle of Finkenstein, while he
was preparing for the siege of Danzig.
He drew him to a window in an upper
story and paid him compliments on
his military gifts, and Blucher, going
away delighted, described the inter
view to his aide-de-camp. “What a
chance you missed!” exclaimed the
latter.
’ “You might have changed the whole
course of history.”
“How?”
“Why, you might have thrown him
out of the window.”
“Confound it!” replied Blucher. “So
I mignt! If only 1 had thought of it."
—New York Evening Post.
Standard Oil Wails.
The Standard Oil Company’s real
estate holdings in Bayonne, N. J..
where its largest oil refining plant in
the east is situated, have been in
creased from $7,360,000, the value
fixed upon them in 1908 for taxation,
to $13,000,000. The company is ap
pealing against the increases fixed
upon the realty by the Hudson county
board of equalization.
$100 Reward, $100.
The readers of this paper will bo pleased to learn
that there Is at least one dreaded disease that science
has been able to cure in all Its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh C'ure is the only positive
cure uow known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a constitu
tional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally. acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any ease that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Cobblestones for Baltimore.
The Brooklyn Standard Union says
that “those people from the rural re
gions who jeer at Manhattan's horse
cars may cake note that the Baltimore
city council is preparing to pave a
street with cobblestones.”
A little bottle of TTamlins Wizard Oil
is a medicine elicst in itself. It can be
applied in a larger number of painful
ailments than any other remedy known.
A train of thought won't do you
much good unless you get up enough
steam to carry it through.
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cholera IstheWtwW rreatment mast ne proapt. ( m
PainkillerIivrrt liavi- ■ whichoyn-oim snil bowel
u-oabU's.liko dmrrlioa.rhulera uiormisand dysentery.
When a man is his own worst ene
toy he really doesn’t need any others.
Mrs. Winslow'S Soottdng Syrnjr.
Tor ehlltirPQ teething. softens the gnms, reduces In
fla^ation. aiuys fnln, cu-os wind colic. a bottle.
■* out of a total of IS south pole ex
peditions nine have been British.
Smokers "find” Lewis' Single Binder 5c
cigai- uottei quality than most 10c cigars.
Brazil grows more coffee than any
other country in the world.
nr Pierce's ru asant PetV*s firs? put nr « years
r.j'o Tb^v re 'mate and invigorate: storuaob. liver
A brain is worth little without a
tongue—French.
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FROM
VARIOUS SECTIONS.
ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON
Religious, Social, Agricultural, Polit
ical and Other Matters Given
Due Consideration.
The Midwest Life.
A mortgage on good Nebraska real
estate is conceded to be as high class
security as a life company can have
in its vaults. The Midwest Life has
the distinction of having a greater
per cent of its assets in mortgages
than any other life insuiance com
pany east or west, and it has main
tained this position for the three
years it has been in business. On
December 31, 1908, the date of its last
annual statement, The Midwest Life
had nintety-two per cent of its total
assets in mortgages, all on Nebraska
real estate. This money will stay in
Nebraska and will not he sent else
where for investment in case of a
panic or business depression. The
officers, stockholders and policyhold
ers are physically and financially part
and parcel of this state. Their whole
interests are here. Every premium
paid The Midwest Life for life insur
ance helps a Nebraska institution and
every premium paid an eastern com
pany for life insurance helps an east
ern institution. Home office of The
Midwest Life, 1007 O street, Lincoln.
Write for an agency.
There are some cases of diphtheria
in Beatrice, with one fatal termination
thus far.
Win. Gehm of Nebraska City wants
divorce from his wife on the ground
that she refused to cook his meals.
J. S. Smith, a dairyman of Beatrice,
was awarded nine first prizes, three
second and seven third prizes on his
herd of Jersey cattle at the State Fair.
Adjutant General Hartigan has
granted Major Hollingsworth permis
sion to organize a gatling gun detach
ment in Beatrice.
The Lincoln Young Men’s Christian
association will begin a ten days’ cam
paign to raise $100,000 for a new
building.
Farmers about Creston are report
ing that the corn is going to be very
light in weight, with small ears, and
that there will be only about two
thirds of a crop this year.
Fremont’s bank statements pub
lished in response to the call from the
comptroller September 1, show n new
high water mark. The deposit* total
$3,243,985.29. The loans total $3,157,
151.01. The cash and sight OAchange
totals $746,092.86.
Secretary Royse of the St.-.-e Bank
ing board has completed the compila
tion of the reports of the building and
loan associations for the year ending
June 30. 1909, which show a material
increase in the amount of business
of these associations.
C. S. Harrison of York county,
known as Father Harrison, a horti
culturist of national reputation, has
made an offer of a $10,000 contribu
tion to a worthy, struggling college
in Colorado, providing that the col
lege raises an equal amount.
There is a scarcity of workmen in
the building trade at York. Many
buildings have been erected in York
in the last three years, and many
have been obliged to wait because
contractors are unable to catch up
with the work they have.
Information is given out in Lincoln
that the Northwestern will, if neces
sary, cut its running time between
Chicago and Omaha to ten hours. It
is also said that an attempt will be
made to cut the time between New
York and Chicago to sixteen hours.
Worthy Noyes, who has been a mail
clerk between Omaha and Cheyenne
on the Union Pacific for tea years, lias
resigned and will go to Saskatoon,
; Canada, to join his brother. Willard,
in the management of a line of ele
vators.
The executive committee of the
Nebraska State Pharmaceutical asso
ciation has decided on Omaha as the
place for ‘the next annual meeting.
The time of meeting will be an
nounced later, but is usually during
the first week in June. The twenty
eighth annual meeting was held in
Lincoln this year.
The elevator of the Central Gran
aries company at wymore was de
stroyed by fire, together with 3.000
bushels of wheat and corn. The fire
started in the roof of the building,
supposedly from sparks from an en
gine. the structure being located near
the Burlington tracks. The loss is
placed at $10,000.
Buffalo county boasts of one school
district that is a little out of the or
dinary. That is district number 114
and that district is peculiar for the
fact that it does not owe a cent in
debtedness anywhere and it has on de
posit $2,000. Only about twenty pu
pils attend the district and most of the
acreage in the same is taken up by
! the big Watson ranch.
The large barn of Nah Veters near
Guide Rock was destroyed by fire,
i There were twenty tons of alfalfa hay,
! a thousand bushels of grain, farm im
I plement and harness in the barn.
Lightning struck a stack of grain
in a large stack yard on the Frede
rick Mayer farm, west of Howe. Help
was immediately summoned and part
; of the grain was saved.
The clothing store of Rozelle &
i Sons of McCook was entered and over
r sixty pieces of clothing representing a
! value of $8U0 was stolen. An en
j trance was forced through a rear
j window.
The Nebraska Fraternal Order of
| Eagles elected these officers: Past
I President, .lobn J. Ryder, Omaha;
| President, Jule Althaus. Omaha; Vice
! President, Charles A. Tracy, Benson;
Secretary, J. M. Tanner, South Oma
! ha; Treasurer. Russel E. Landers,
Chadron; Chaplain. George Gamble,
Florence. Chadron w-as chosen as
the next meeting place.
The Nebraska fish commissioners
were at Nebraska City, where they sa
sured several larjfe shipments of bass
and erappie which abound in the small
lakes on the low lands opposite that
city.
CORN CROP DAMAGED.
Drouth Has Doubtless Materially Cut
the Output.
Farmers attending the state fair
brought reports that confirm state
ments heretofore made that the corn
crop had been materially damaged by
reason of the long rfrouth during Au
gust. They also reported that some
of the corn, though the stalks are
green and healthy looking, is not filled
out and of an inferior quality.
Statements from farmers from all
over Nebraska indicate that from
Omaha to Columbus, north of the
Platte rivet, the crop will be about
85 per cent of what it was last year;
from Columbus to Grand Island about
75 per cent and west of Grand Island
about 70 per cent. South of the river
the reports indicate that from the
Missouri river to Lincoln the corn
crop will not be more than 75 per
cent and from Lincoln west it will
be in the neighborhood of CO per cent.
This would indicate that the corn crop
of the entire state is about 73 per
cent of what it was last year.
The corn acreage this year is in
round numbers 8,000,000 acres, and
some weeks ago some of the experts
figured the yield would reach 2S0.000,
000 bushels. If the yield is only 73
per cent of this the total for the state,
based on the reports of the visitors to
the fair, will be in the neighborhood
of 204.400,000 bushels, or a decrease
from the estimate of the more liberal
experts of 75,600,000 bushels.
The B. & M. Wreck.
Superintendent Bignell of the Bur
lington made the statement that the
cause of the wreck at Burnham was
simply a case of a forgotten order.
“Engineer Gillispie,” he said, “had
orders to stop at Burnham and he for
got. The engineer has been a reliable
man and he does not drink and had
no worries. Consequently how he for
got cannot be explained.”
It was published that Conductor Up
linger had forgotten the orders when
it should have been said that it was
the engineer. The conductor gave the
orders to the engineer.
Teachers Must Do More Work.
Representatives of colleges having
the authority to issue teachers’ cer
tificates met in the office of the state
superintendent and decided to in
crease the requirement for an ele
mentary certificate to three years in
the high school or its equivalent and
one year in the normal school or col
lege, or two years in each. This is
putting one more year on the require
ments.
The conference also decided to in
crease the minimum course for profes
sional ceretificates. Under the law
the requirements may be changed be
! cause the schools having authority to
issue certificates must qualify stu
dents according to the dictates of the
normal schools.
Honors to Dr. Ward.
The pathological elub of the Uni
versity of Nebraska gave a dinner in
honor of Dr. H. 13. Ward, former dean
of the medical college at the univer
sity. Dr. Ward left for Champain. 111.,
where he goes to take charge of the
work in zoology in the University of
Illinois. During the past two weeks
since Dr. Ward has returned from his
trip to Alaska he has been given nu
merous dinners and banquets both in
Lincoln and Omaha. The last dinner
was the final farewell of the faculty
of Nebraska university medical staff
to their former dean who has done so
much for the upbuilding of the med
ical department of the school.
Delegates to Mining Congress.
Governor Shallenberger has ap
pointed the following delegates to
represent Nebraska at the Twelfth an
nual meeting of the mining congress
at Goldefild, Nev., September 27 to
October 2: E. A. Weatherly and
Thomas Maloney of Omaha; J. C. Van
Housen of Schuyler; George F. Hib
ner, T. J. Doyle and Prof. H. H.
Nicholson of Lincoln, and Frank Mans
field of Lincoln.
Assessors Do Not Like Law.
Numerous assessors who have
called at the office of Secretary Sey
mour of the State Board of Assess
ment are opposed to the amendment
to the revenue law passed by the re
cent legislature providing for the elec
tion of precinct assessors. Heretofore
these assessors have been appointed
by the county assessors who are
elected.
Federal Court for Chadron.
Judge T. C. Munger returned from
his vacation trip to the coast and left
at once for Chadron to hold a ses
sion of court. He next goes to Nor
folk and then Omaha in time for the
trial of the alleged train robbers.
Extra 'Session Talk.
Now that the time is drawing near
when the opinion in the banking law
case is to be handed down, there is
a revival of the talk of a extra ses
sion of the legislature. It is under
stood the governor is willing to call
an extra session to enact a new bank
ing law should the final decision of
the circuit court be adverse to the
act of the late legislature.
Men Renew Demands.
Now that the state fair is over the
employes of the Lincoln Traction com
pany have renewed their efforts to se
cure at the hands of the officials of
the company recognition of their
union, as well as an increase in pay.
Out of Politics.
Peter Mortensen, formerly state
treasurer, called at the state house
and said his alleged boom for governor
I was only an allegation, that he had
| not entertained any ambitions, and
j that he as wout of politics.
Home for Consumptives.
The state board of health has desig
nated Tabitha home as the hospital
I for the care of indigent consumptives,
j Under the law enacted by the late
legislature the board is to designate
; the hospital in which indigent con
| sumptives are to be cared for, and
j it is the duty of the various counties
| to pay the expenses of the afflicted
| ones, provided the person shall have
j been a resident of a county for at
J least ope year. Tabitha home is lo
| catad in Lincoln and is under the
1 supervision of the Lutheran church..
RAHWAY OTA7IOP, PORT AU PRiriQE *'■'
Considering the tempestuous career
which Hayti has had since the brave
Toussiant L’Ouverture helped lead his
countrymen in revolt against the
French, it is a pity that more men
of his calibre haven’t been able to
dominate that beautiful island of the
Caribbean. Since it threw off the
French yoke in 1804 it has had 20
presidents, and easily five times as
many near presidents, to say nothing
of scores and scores and hundreds
and hundreds of politicians who would
like to sit in the administration
building. Life is cheaper in Hayti
than in almost any other country in
the world. Of these 20 presidents,
1G have been deposed by violence.
Hayti threw off the rule of France
in 1804. That was the time of Tous
saint L’Ouverture, celebrated in poe
try and otherwise known as a great
Haytian general. But the greatest of
them all at that time—at all events
the most powerful of them ail—was
Dessalines. The French removed
L’Ouverture to a Parisian dungeon,
but Dessalines outwitted them. In the
hostilities that ended in the withdraw
al of the French he won sufficient
glory and power to enable him to pro
claim himself eternal emperor of his
people. His strength lasted hardly
long enough for him to get used to
the royal position. A party of his
numerous enemies caught him in am
bush one day and that was the end
of Dessalines. He became, however,
a great popular hero in the Haytian
legends. Even to-day his picture, next
to that of Gen. Simon, is the best
known in the island.
The method by which Dessalines
met his death established one of the
most enduring traditions in Hayti.
Nord Alexis managed to make his
escape the other day, and being very
old—80 or thereabouts—may be lucky
enough to die a natural death. That
outcome, however, is more or less
problematical. As for Gen. Simon, it
may be safely predicted that one of
his enemies will sooner or later con
spire successfully to put an end to
him. In the history of home rule in
Hayti, few rulers have passed away
as most other people pass away.
Christophe, who succeeded Dessa
lines, had such a hard time of it that
he lost all patience with the situation,
went mad and killed himself. Then
came a Gen. Boyer, a dashing figure
in the history of Haytian revolutions.
On his assumption of the highest ex
ecutive power on the island, he an
nounced that he was there for life.
The legislative branches agreed with
him, until Gen. Herard and his follow
ing became too conspicuous to ignore.
Whereupon Boyer was driven out of
the country—exiled for life.
Gen. Herard had hardly time to
know what his epaulettes looked like
when Gen. Guerrier came into promi
nence. Gen. Herard followed his pre
decessor by the same route, as it were
—that is, exile.
Then followed a period of additional
turmoil. Hayti was overrun with am
bitious generals who sought to tread
in Dessaline’s footsteps. One, more
powerful than the others, a man
named Riche, had himself elected for
life. In 1847 he was exiled. His suc
cessor, Gen. Soulouque, took unto him
self the title of emperor. In 1859 he,
too. fled aboard ship and passed the
remainder of his life beyond the boun
daries of the island.
Hayti then went back to the repub
lican form of government. Gen.
Geffrard made himself president “for
life,” as the proclamation read. In
1867 he disappeared into exile and a
dictator by the name of Gen. Salnave
Prefers Bees To Playmates
New York Youngster Makes Pets of
Insects That P.lost People
Hold in Fear.
John S. Worth, Jr., the eight-year
old son of John S. Worth, a prominent
Trenton business man, prefers bees
to children playmates, and the little
fellow never tires of making com
panions of the insects. Although his
parents are fearful that he might suf
fer severely in case the bees attacked
him, he has not the least fear in this
direction, and has never suffered any
injury.
Mr. Worth, prompted by his son's love
for bees, started to raise these in
sects. He followed the suggestions of
experts and was successful. While
the lather fears serious consequences
if he disturbs the bees, his son holds
| them in his hands by the hundreds,
j and assists a man employed for the
purpose of caring for them.
If n bee bo injured or killed, the lit
tle fellow cries as if biis. heart would
hooey-*
making insects, and only laughs when
warned to be careful while playing
with them.
The little fellow is envied by all the
children in the neighborhood, because
he is able to handle the bees as it
they were playthings. The children
will not even dare enter the Worth
yard, although Johnny has invited
them on numerous occasions to be
come acquainted with his playmates
From almost the time he was able
to crawi the boy seemed to have e
particular liking for bees. His par
ents cannot understand this strange
fascination, but allow the little fellow
his whims.—New York Telegram.
Particular.
“Castro pleads for permission to be
buried in Venezuela.”
“Surely tue Venezuelan government
will accede to such a request?'
“I suppose so, but they insist that
he shall prove his'good fai:h by dy
ing fust.’'
I
•sums or pai.ac£ or oA/is joi/c/
began to rule the island. He proved
to be quite unendurable, and in 1S69
was shot by order of court-martial.
Gen. Domingue succeeded him.
These were more than usually tem
pestuous times in the black republic,
and Domingue’s life was always in
jeojardy. in 1S76 the place became so
hot for him that, like Nord-Alexis, ho
fled.
Gen. Boisrond-Canal, who passed
into the government palace shortly
after the exit of Domingue, encoun
tered about as much open hostility at,
any Haytian ruler of recent times.
His successor, Gen. Solomon, came
into office under uncertain conditions
which, during his term of occupancy,
underwent no change toward better
ment. Two rival candidates for the
presidency there were, one Gen. Le
gitime, the other Gen. Hyppolite, and
between them they made things warm
for Solomon. The latter fancied, i
one may accept certain pronuncia
mentcfe, that he was president of Hay
ti for life. To further that ambition
lie swept the mailed fist this way and
that. Meanwhile, Legitime and Hyp
polite were as active as hornets. From
this country went several expeditions
to their aid, and they gave Washing
ton so much annoyance that Secretary
Bayard was at one time almost on the
point of intervening and putting ar
end to Haytian disorders.
Gen. Legitime eventually got to
gether enough recruits to make ?
brave show in front of Port au Prince
Solomon held out as long as hi^ army
would remain with him, and then, like
Domingue and the others, he fled the
country. Whereupon Legitime crowned
himself president, hopeful of remain
ing in position for life.
Meanwhile in the north of the coun
try, Gen. Hyppolite, disappointed be
cause he had not accomplished as
much as Legitime, held on to his per
sonal following and set about to keep
up the disturbances. Legitime sur
rounded himself, but there were defec
tions from his ranks and in spite o)
the iron heel, Hyppolite gained favor
When the rebel army was almost with
in shouting distance of Port au Prince
Legitime decided that he had bettei
be thinking of what his predecessors
had done. It all ended on his depar
ture and Hvppolite’s assumption of
chief authority on the Island.
A stern rule was Hyppolite’s ther
for a period of seven years. He had
all sorts of intrigue to deal with, bui
with an experience of half a centurj
of similar intrigue to aid him, he
managed somewhat better than the
usual Haytian executive. Moreover
he had the troops with him.
Characterized by his following as a
mild-mannered old man Hyppolite was
a first-rate successor of Christophe
Domingue, Soulouque, Salnave. He
was at the time of the Corpus Christ;
massacre a man of about 60 years,
coal black in color.
Withal he managed to make a pret
ty able president of the island. For
eign governments found him consider
ably more tractable than his prede
cessors or for that matter his imme
diate successor, Mr. Simon Sam. He
was particularly pleasant to Ameri
cans, professed a strong faith ir
American institutions, and often re
marked that he wished it were possi
ble to give Hayti the same sort of
freedom.
T. Simon Sam, who had been minis
ter of war in Hyppolite’s cabinet, then
went into office. He, too, began tc
have troubles. He attempted to give
his country a peaceful reign, and got
along pretty well until his finances
became tangled. There was a loss of
over a million dollars, and the scan
dal grew and grew until in 1902.
thanks to the energy of Nord Alexis,
the government was forced to ac
knowledge the deficit Sam fled the
country.
Nord Alexis brought into vogus
again the strong arm method of dis
pensing punishment. The fact that he
was an old man gave his enemies
more hope than otherwise they would
have had. Indeed, ever since he has
been sitting in the administration
building they have been hatching plots
to get rid of him.
Glenn Curtiss Long Interested in
Aviation.
Had Little Time to Prepare for Con
test in Which He Captured Inter
national Aviation Cup—His
Remarkable Biplane.
New York.—By his achievement in
winning the International Aviation
Cup at Rheims recently, Glenn H.
Curtiss has jumped into world wide
renown in aerial circles. That his
victory was a surprise even to his
closest friends in this country is ex
pressing it mildly. When Mr. Curtiss
left for France on August 5 his ma
chine had never been tried out, and he
admitted that he was afraid he was
taking a big chance with the limited
time left him to get in condition at
Rheims and try out his motor thor
oughly. But after two or three days’
tuning up on the field the machine
performed admirably at every ap
pearance, and when he established a
world’s record for speed at eight min
utes 32 2-5 seconds for the circuit his
American friends predicted that he
would win, and he became a favorite
at Rheims.
If there Is one thing that Curtiss
does know thoroughly it is something
about motors. He was an enthusiast
ic motor cyclist a few years ago, aul
held many speed records. He has
been manufacturing motor bicycles
for several years at his factory in
Hammondsport, N. Y.. Quickly real
izing the future of aerial flight, ho
was one of the earliest in America to
devote careful attention to the manu
facture of aero motors. He was in
vited by Prof. Alexander Graham Bel!
to become one of the six members of
the latter’s Areial Experiment asso
ciation, and with the exception of the
experiments carried on at Baddeck,
Nova Scotia, last winter, the greater
part of their work in solving problem-?
of aerial flight was done at Ham
mondsport. It was there that the four
aeroplanes designed by members of
the association were built and tried
out. The third machine, which was
the most notable previous to .the long
distance flights of the Silver Dart over
Curtiss at Whee! of His Flying
Machine
the ice at Baddeck last winter was
the June Bug. It was with that ma
chine that Curtiss challenged for the
Scientific American cui>, and won in
one minute 42 seconds. He was only
required to go one kilometer, .621 ot
a mile.
When the Aerial Experiment asso
ciation was disbanded last spring Mr.
Curtiss directed his attention to mak
ing practical aeroplanes at Ham
mondsport, and the machines he has
turned out embody many of the ideas
gained from his work with the asso
ciation.
The first machine which he com
pleted was purchased by the Aero
nautic society of New York city. Mr.
Curtiss gave some creditable exhibi
tions with it at Morris park in July,
and then transferring his flying ex
periments to the Hempstead plains,
near Mineola, made his best flight ih
this country of 52 minutes 30 seconds
on July 17 last, covering 29',£ miles,
which is now the record flight for the
Scientific American cup for 1900.
Mr. Curtiss’ machine which he took
to Europe is practically a duplicate
of the one he used here with the ex
ception of the motor and therein lies
the secret of his success. Instead of
using a four-cylinder motor he built
a special eight-cylinder one, water
cooled. It develops 60 horse power,
and weighs complete about 200
pounds. He carries a thirteen-gallon
gasoline tank and a three-gallon oil
tank, the fuel weighing 60 pounds.
The engine develops propeller thrust
of 280 pounds, against 160 pounds on
the old June Bug.
His machine, a biplane, is about 30
feet wide, with a total expanse of sur
face of 225 feet. The total weight, of
the entire machine ready for flight
is 700 pounds, about 100 pounds heav
ier than the first machine used at
Mineola.
It is interesting to note that Cur
tiss was the second choice of the
Aero Club of America. Efforts had
been made to induce one of the
Wright brothers to represent America,
but they declined on account of other
duties. Mr. Curtiss was definitely no
tified of his acceptance by the Aero
club within six weeks of his departure
to Europe.
Wasp Stole His Dinner.
Cornelius V. Collins, the criminol
ogist and superintendent of New
York's state prisons, narrated at t.
dinner some reminiscences of his in
teresting work. “A clever criminal of
gluttonous proclivities,” he said, “once
couched a complaint in rather neat
terms. My inspector entering tins
man’s cell one day, found it hot and
stuffy. ’Why have you got your ven
tilator closed?’ he asked. The bar!3'
and gluttonons prisoner answered
plaintively: ‘Well, inspector, yer hon
or, the last time I had the ventilator
open, a wasp flew in, you see, and
carried off my dinner while my hack
was turned.’ ”
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Cured by Lydia E. Pink=
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__ Mablton, N.J.—I feel that Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound has
given me new uxe.
1 suffered for ten
years with serious
female troubles, in
flammation, ulcer
ation, indigestion,
nervousness, and
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
troubles were
chronic. I was in
despair, and did not
care whether I lived
or aiea, wnen i reaa aoout .Lyuia j£.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Componnd; so I
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relieved of all my suffering.” — Mrs.
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Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com
Eound, made from native roots and
erbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number of actual cures
of female diseases we know of, and >
thousarulsof voluntarytestimonialsare
on file in the Pinkham laboratory ai.
Lynn, Mass., from women who have
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female complaints, inflammation, ul
ceration, displacements,fibroidtumors,
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Every suffering woman owes it to her
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If you would like special advice
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tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is tree,
and always helpful.
HOW HE DID THE CHORES
Wound Up the Music Box and Put His
Corkscrew in the Barom
eter.
“You needn’t wait for me,” explained
the head of the house; ”1 have a din
ner engagement, an important busi
ness affair, and no doubt I shall be
kept quite late.”
At breakfast next morning an om
inous silence had fallen upon all. The
head of the house had no appetite
and was evidently far from feeling
well. After a painful silence the hus
band, without meeting his wife's eye,
essayed to start conversation.
It’s funny about that clock,” he
said. “It's stopped, and I’m sure I
wound it last night.”
“You are mistaken,” said his wife,
icily; “you wound up Willie’s music
box instead and it played ’Home,
Sweet Home’ till daylight. The clock
in the hall has also stopped, but I find
that you screwed your corkscrew into
the barometer.”
From Overhead.
A canary hung directly over the big
square table in the Hungarian res
taurant.
“Once,” said a woman who was din
ing there, "the bottom dropped out
of the cage, the bird flew at the or
chestra yonder, and we had bird seed
in our soup. It was awful.”
“That reminds me," said the cross
eyed man, “of one time when we were
having a little game of poker on the
B. & O. You know how those trains
roll. Well, just about the middle of
the game down came all the grips and
dress suit cases straight into the
kitty and broke up the game. Money
flew everywhere. We got so mixed
we couldn’t tell which had won or
wjiere the money was that whoever
had won it won. Talk about bird
seed!”
Fooled Them Thirteen Years.
Frank Nelson, former state superin
tendent of public instruction of Kan
sas, and “Cap.” Gibson, the veteran
record clerk in Auditor Nation’s of
fice, are great friends. Nelson is now
president of a Minnesota college.
When Nelson was still in the state
house he and Gibson had a talk one
day about teaching school. “I was
once a school teacher,” volunteered
Gibson.
“Is that so?” asked Nelson. “How
long?”
“Yes, I fooled ’em 13 years,” re
plied “Cap."
“How is that?” asked Nelson.
“Oh,” said “Cap.,” "I quit when
teachers had to qualify.”—Kansas City
Journal.
THE DOCTOR’S WIFE
Agrees with Him About Food.
A trained nurse says: “In the
practice of my profession b have
found so many points in favor of
Grape-Nuts food that I unhesitatingly
recommend it to all my patients.
“It delicate and pleasing to the
palate (an essential in food for the
sick), and can be adapted to all ages,
being softened with milk or cream
for babies or the aged when deficiency
of teeth renders mastication impos
sible. For fever patients or those on
liquid diet I find ‘Grape-Nuts and albu
men water very nourishing and re
freshing.’
“This recipe is my own idea and is
made as follows: Soak a teaspoonful
of Grape-Nuts in a glass of water for
an hour, strain and serve with the
beaten white of an egg and a spoonful
of fruit juice lor flavouring. This af
fords a great deal of nourishment that
even the weakest stomach can assim
ilate without any distress.
“My husband is a physician and he
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orders it
many times for his patients.
“Personally I regard a dish of Grape
| Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as the
I ideal breakfast for anyone—well or
sick.”
In any case of stomach trouble, nerv
[ ous prostration or brain fag, a 10 day
| trial of Grape-Nuts will work wonders
■ toward nourishing and rebuilding and
in this way ending the trouble.
“There’s a Reason,” and trial proves.
Look in pkgs. for the famous littla
book, “The Road to WeilvUlo.".
Kter the «l?ove letiev? .1 simi
cite appeiv* from tiiac to tiar.'. i'key
t*re uerstsica, true, aud full cl humam
inairnu