Custcr County Republican
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DltOKKN HOW , NKIIICANKA
Andrew Carnegie advises exery
fouiig man to piny jrolf but lie doesn't
luenn In business * hours.
Somebody lias culled lOdwIu Murk-
bnui tlio Alfred Austin of America.
This will probably make botb gentle-
tncn flghUnK mad.
Young Mr. Rockefeller tell * other
DUIIR men bow to gel rich. Hut his
fcclpo omits tbc most Important IK'in ,
to-wlt : Choose n very rich father.
A dispatch from linn .llbntll Hays the
.Kliig . of Gojnm bnH lieou poisoned. We
tefusc , however , to let thin dlHiiBreo-
able Incident Interfere with business.
\Vben river nnd harbor bills arc un-
Bcr conaldcrutlon In Congress , a fnvor-
He way ofmigKcsUuK that a Htream IH
too sbullow to be worth spending
money upon IB to nflk II' paving would
not be the best means of Improving It.
As n wise judge Solomon had no
peer In bin time , but If be were alive
to-day be would have to look ( o hl.s
laurels. A New York maglHtralo IIUH
cttlcd n family quarrel by promising
to give the wife n recipe for the kind
fcf inlnco pie bin mother used to make.
"I've key' school , " snld a Kentucky
mountaineer , whoso eyes were opened
by a visit to Beron College. " 11111 I can't
* &y I'vo ever taught. " With more ade
quate provision for training and an
ver-rlsing standard of iiualKleatlon ,
the pedagogical profession Is taking on
new dignity and power. All the more
Important Is It not to rush tilings , for
the finest results must depend on full
tides of vitality. In twelve States as-
relations of teachers met during the
holidays. Schoolroom work Is wearing
to brain and nerve , and it is open to
question whether It Is wise to puck the
Tacatlons with shop-work , however at
tractive or handsomely done.
The Department of Agriculture esti
mates that the farmers of the United
Elates received ? l,8tllMMH ( for the
corn , wheat , oats , barley , rye , buckwheat -
wheat , potatoes , and hay rained by
them last year. Thin glrcs only one
Ide of the account. The department
floes not pretend to estimate the eost
jot production of these crops. Were It
"
"iblo to do so with some approach to pre
cision It would be possible to for 141 an
Idea of the profits of the American
formers for 1KK ! ) . In 18 ri , when the
price of wheat was disagreeably low ,
the assertion was often made that the
farmers of the West were losing
money on every bushel of wheat they
sold. Many elaborate calculations of
the exact cost of wheat raising were
made and printed at that lime. They
did not agree. After the advance In
the price of grain no more was written
* bout the cost of production. Reason
ably accurate Information on this sub
ject would be valuable and Interesting ,
tout the dltllculties In the way of getting
uch Information arc perhaps Insur
mountable.
. The man with u rasping , gnuiugvolce
whose vocal cords have the corrugated
appearance of a "rat-tall tile" need not
despair. There Is hope for him in re
cent discoveries that have been made
In Edison's laboratory. Twentieth cen
tury genius Is going to sandpaper the
human voe. ! . It is going to take the
knots nnd kinks out of the vocal cords.
JPhe sounds of the braying ass may be
come as soft and gentle as the cooing or
turtle-doves. The discovery that a
harsh und rasping voice may linve Its
rough edges taken up and rendered .ts
keductlve as the silver mnrmurlngs of
mermaids was made by one of Wl/nrd
Edison's young men who was making
orae experiments with a view to mak
ing some repairs In the voice of a sing
er who refused to believe that nature
did not Intend her for a star In grand
opera. It was found that Ibis singer's
voice dropped out two half notes every
time she used It. Of course the drop-
plug of one whole note at a lime would
not have been considered a serious do-
feet Many opera singers drop n dozen
whole notes In a single performance ,
mnd the manager of the opera drop * a
few more. Hut when the drops came
long In the shape of half notes they
caused perceptible nnd nnnoying de
gressions In her vocalization and she
( ought relief from Mr. ICdlsou's "sound
expert. " One of the Hrst discoveries ho
mode was that "the hollow space" In
the mouth" had more to do with tone
.production than the vocal conK After
looking her voice over several times to
locate the leakage of the e two half
notes the expert dually .found a < nrill
pimple between the nasal and mouth i
ravitles In the soft part at the buck of t
the throat. ThU was dipped olV with i
'i pair of tree nipper.- . , and In twentyI
four hours all the half notes the singer
fcnd lost were restored. This discovery
furnished proof Hint the old notion that
Miollow spaces" have much to do with i
Die quality and frequency of the human iI I iI
Mce was correct. It has been observed I
for nineteen centuries or more than the
> orson with the mo-M hollow spaces
vas always tin * longest on , voice. The
Ilscovory Is certain in have far-reach-
big effect upon the twunileth century
rolce. The time will come when a man
ivlth a rasping voice can step into Hie
parlors of a "voice chlropod'sl" ' and
lave the bunions removed from It at
trilling expense.
A writer In the Musical World de-
Hares that few , If any. great compos-
irs or celebrated artists ever were hap
ly. Wagner , It Is assorted , was often
In the dumps , and when he bad finally
realized the grand project of bla llfo
In owning and managing his own thea
ter nt Hnyrctith he became HO dis
tressed because the scenery stuck dur
ing the presentation of "Uhelngold"
thai lie rushed home , leaving others to
tlnfoli the performance its best they
could. Continuing , the writer of tins
article referred to says : "One of the
llnest operatic voices of the nineteenth
century was that of ttinll Klscher. To
hear him sing the genial part of llutiH
Sachs , for Instance , \VIIH to get the Im
pression that he was having IIH good a
time nfl his audience. Ho told HIM one
dny that he never really enjoyed singIng -
Ing even when ho most seemed to. One
of Mmiim Cnlve'a favorlto topics of
conversation Is to warn young girls
that they will not nnd true happiness
on the stage-not such happiness nu
awnlts them If they will got married ,
darn stockings , and bring xip children.
I have heard Lillian Xordlca talking
In a similar strain ; but she has now.
she says , slopped giving advice on Iho
subject. IIH It Is useless. 13very pianist
In the universe envies I'aderewskl Ills
unprecedented popularity and success.
He envies every bootblack or loafing
policeman. " What is the lesson to
drawn from all this ? ( localise
and J'adcn.'wskl , two of the most for
tunate people In the world , are un
happy , does it follow that others ,
should try to avoid trouble by neglect
ing to try to become great contraltos
or wonderful pianists ? Hecause Richard -
ard Wagner permitted himself to In
dulge In petty exhibitloim of lumper.
Is It only natural Unit everyone else
who becomes a great composer must
also lie ridiculous ? It IH more than
probable that If I'aderewskl were ! i
bootblack or a loafing policeman he
would be envying somebody else just
as earnestly as be IH envying other people
ple now , and If Cnlve IH not happy in
lier present condition there Is no good
reason to believe- that she would be
perfectly satisfied If she were doing
general housework for $ f > a week ,
with three children and a furnace In
the family. A great deal has been
written about the unbapplness of
geniuses , the general tendency being to
convey the Idea that It Is far better
to remain obscure and happy than to
be n celebrity and huve momenta ol'
sadness. Hut the chroniclers who sigh
over the heartaches of the Wagners
and Calves and t'aderowskl.s make the
mistake of forgetting that the poor ,
obscure teller , us well as the celebrity ,
has troubles , and that neglect of natu
ral talents Is by no means an Insur
ance against unhupplnesH. Let the
boys nnd girls still aspire.
Indigo to Ho Dlnplauccl.
Hrlllsh manufucturni-H have not
thought It worth while to study the
progressive chemlBtry of aniline or
uaplithol dyes , says a London correspondent
pendent to the Paris .Messenger. They
liave been eontent to leave the Held
open to Germany and the result IH now
obvious. Time WHS when Itrltlsh ani
line dyes commanded the market of
the world. It Is Impossible to under
stand why that market was ever lost.
Nothing but Indifference win account
for It , and then xve have to explain the
Indifference , which Is Impossible. At
any rale , the market has gone and
there Is not an aniline or nnpthol dyu
used at the present day which Is not
produced In Germany.
The Industry of the iiianufaoture of
Itrltlsh dyes Is dead , and the Industry
In Itrltlsh India of the groxvth of In
digo will follow It. Hehnr and oilier
provinces will feel it and It will mean
the ruin of Innumerable natives who
have lived year after year on the pro
( luce of Indigo. Dyeing with ludigo ,
however , Is at best a clumsy and pro
longed process. It means Immersions
In various compounds according to the
material of the fabric to be dyed.
Like Indigotlue. the new Germau
dye provides for a single bath. So con
fident arc ( he manufacturers of the
success of their product that a con
siderable sum has been spent on tin
necessary productive plant and tin
year will witness the advent of the
new dye. Save as a specialty indigo
will not hist beyond a year or two am
then another Itrltlsh Industry will him
succumbed to German competition.
.Mashed a " .Mustier. "
Txvo of tin ; young women , prottj
ones and well dressed , playing at OIK
of the theaters boarded a car las'
night for the theater and sat quietly
talking. A pretty young thing oppo
site begun to stare , smile , make eyes
and try bis best to make a lilt. Sid :
deuly the older girl Itcgnn In a linn
"Ob. did I tell you about the man on tin
car hist night ? He sat opposite mo
and tried all kinds of ways to make my
acquaintance , and was such a nuisance
I wished Ids mother was there to take
him nxvay. " lOvcryhody In the car.
who had watched things for * unn >
time , grinned appreciatively , and the
would lie gallant Mushed , looked very
uucniiifortable and got out at the ue\l
j ! stop , The two girls laughed , then re.
i sumed their personal talk , and when
' I they reached the theater got out quiet
ly. Everybody In the car wanted to
dieer thiiiu. Itoston Herald.
'
Ia t Himself Out.
"I constructed a lire escape yester
day In about txvo minutes. "
"Come oil' ! "
"Karl. I heard the boss xvas going
to discharge me. > < o 1 wrote n letter of
resignation and handed It in at once"
- Philadelphia Press.
. \K < * of California's l\lg Trocs.
Professor 0. K. Hcssey , who has
been counting the rings of growth of
the California big trees , doubts if any
of them approach the age of : MKK >
years.
A few years after marriage , It de
velops that the definition of ulllnlty Is
"both pulling one way. "
THE tfJJSLD 01 ? BATTLE
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES OF
THE WAR.
The Voter-nil" of the Kcbclllon Tell of
WlilatllriK llnlletn , Ilrl lit UnyoneU ,
Ilnratlni ; llnmliH , Illooilr ] < nttlc ,
Camp l-'lrr , KcHtlve Unco , I'.tc. , Ktc.
"That wafi a great march , " said Kox-
; y , the lifer boy of the Ulghty-slxMi 111-
nols. We had been talking of the
leath of Maurice- Thompson , of his de
scription of the march of Col. George
legers Clark's command from Knskas-
da to Vlnceniics , and had been dwell-
ng with soldier pride on the high spirit
uid endurance of the men -who waded
o many days through water and who
'orded ' so many rivers under the most
O'lug clrciinrstancos , when Koxey
broke out with : "That was : t great
uareh , but do you kuow It always re-
ulnds me of some of our own great
uarches In the civil war. '
"In the march from Savannah
hrongh the Garollnas our brigade cov
ered n distance of BOO miles lit a cam-
of sixty-two days , crossing ten
Ivors and participating In two battles
uid a dozen skirmisher I remember
hat as we approached Averysboro In
Jnrch , ISO , " , we marched for hours at a
line through swamps always ankle
leep and sometimes knee deep ! n mud ,
vudud rlvers swollen by heavy rains
mid all the time harassed by rebels
tanging on our Hanks or concealed In
our front. Our ambulances were over-
yowded with wounded and some of the
> oor boys hml to be carried forward on
irmy wagons.
"On the night of the 18th of March
vc wont into camp live miles or more
rom Hentonvlllc. at a point uenr the
rosslng of the Clinton , Smlthtleld , find
Joldsboro wagon roads. General Slier-
mm hud traveled with our part of the
irmy up to the morning of the 10th of
March , when he went to General How-
vrd's command , thinking Llardee would
nuke no further resistance to our en-
rauce Into Goldsboro. But llardee
vas of a different mind , and on this
nornlng there opened one of the blood-
est battles Into which our brigade ever
rushed. We were In the second divls-
on. of the Kourtcenth army corps. The
Irst division was driven back pell-mell
> y the furious attack of the Confeder
ates.
"In their retreat they caught ouV
> rgadc ! on the flank or at least opened
he way for the rebels to make a flank
Utack. We were driven back a short
llstuncc , but ( he boys rallied and made
is hard a tight as they had done years
jofore at Chlcknmauga. The other
Brigades held their ground from start
, o finish , giving the Johuules a fearful
Irubblng. During tills terriflc struggle ,
he train of some 700 wagons and thlrtr
imbulanccs had been pushed ahead un
til the ambulance division of the train
bad penetrated the line of battle.
"I was on that day In charge of the
itrctcher-bearers. and , noticing the way
n which'the ambulances were becom-
ng Involved , I get to work to get them
Jack to a safer position. Hut there fol
lowed one of the most tremendous
stampedes of the war. Teams and
wagons and ambulances were mired In
the sand and mud , and muleloiin ( -
: lerlng and xvalllug In fright , the drivers
( swearing , everything In confusion. Kl-
ually , I succeeded in getting the head
ambulance started to the rear and to
ward the spot where Dr. diaries
Payne , of the Tenth Illinois , hud de
cided to establish the Held hospital. 1
stood at the turning point and gave
every ambulance Its direction for the
home run.
"The bullets xvero * ( lying like hall-
Btones. The air seemed to be tilled
with them. Several'of the drivers were
hit , ami we lost two or three mules , but
We succeeded in getting back to the
hospital with all the ambulances. After
resting a few moments , I asked the doe-
ior for permission to return to the front.
On my way I came across companies
F nnd C , of the ICIghty-slxtli Illinois ,
with the regimental colors. They had
been carried In one direction by the
rush earlier In the day , while the other
companies had been curried In another
direction. 1 acted as the guide of com
panies V and C to where 1 hud seen the
other companies in line of battle , and
the full regiment made as good a rec
ord as it ever did in any battle. "
"One of the strangest thing ? : In the
march to the sea , " said the Doctor ,
"and In the march through the Caro-
Unas , was the multitude of slaves that
folloxved or hovered about Sherman's
nruiy. General Sherman could not ,
from the necessities of the ease , encour
age the negroes to follow the army , but
In spite of orders thousands did follow
us , some of them in Independent de
tachments , living off the country ; nth-
j crs. In organized bodies. Cor pioneer
work ; all looking forward to freedom.
At the beginning of the war the rela
tions between the army and negroes
were very different.
"While Kremont was In command in
Missouri he issued a proclamation that
brought a great many slaveto camp.
When he was succeeded by lalcuk ( !
very strict orders were Issued to the
effect that all slaves coming to the
irmy should be returned to their own
ers. This went against the grain , par
tlcuhirly In one case , one battalion of
our regiment stationed at an outpost
tvns taking tilings easy one night , when
i colored man came in from a planta
tion ten miles distant , and stated that
jbls master at the head of a superior
force was coming by secret march to
fapture the camp. Preparations were
ffiadc and when the attack came , Just ;
us the colored man said It would , the
inemy were repulsed , because our men
. were ready for them. The next day
| i demand wa * mode uu the Colonel that
the colored man who hud given us the
notice that saved it part of the regiment
nhotild be surrendered to his owner.
Our men were never so close to mutiny
as on that day , but the slave was given
up. "
A Chew pf Tolincco In Hut tic.
"Hefore we had learned the value of
scouting , " said the Captain , "the no-
grors In the South saved us from ninny
nn ambuscade. A good many of us
had cause to be thankful for a want
ing given us at Krederlcktowii , Mo. ,
Oct 21 , 1SIJ. ( Our brigade , composed
of the Twentieth Illinois , the Seven
teenth Illinois , und the Kleveiith Mis
souri , under the command of Col.
Plumrner , marched across froiu Capo
Glrardcau to meet Col. Carlln coming
from iron Mountain to capture Jeff
Thompson.
"We met Cm-lln's force near Freder-
Icktown , but found that Thompson's
force had retreated. Carlln decided to
go no farther , but Col. Plmutner de
cided to pursue the enemy. The general
Impression was that the rebels hud left
the country , and the brigade moved
forward on that theory. I can remem
ber that nn Indiana cavalry company
moved up the road without skirmish
ers In front , and the Infantry was mov
ing as carelessly a little to the right ,
when we came upon n negro hidden In
the brush. lie was very much fright
ened , but he told a straight story to
the effect that the rebels were In bidIng -
Ing In front , and that they had a bat
tery of large guns masked by ever
greens.
"The darky Insisted that the masked
guiiH were the largest cannon in the
country , that be saw the brush cut to
put In front of them , that ho saw men
lying along the bill ready to tire upon
us as we came up the road. Tbc cav
alry company Avas halted , the Infantry
regiments were thrown Into Hue , arid
Taylor's battery , under Lieutenant
White , opened with two guns on the
point where the negro said the rebels
were waiting for us. The first allots
unmasked the rebel battery , throwing
the brush In the air , nnd In five minutes
rebel shells were flying over our heads
and causing a commotion among the
trains.
"Warned of the danger , we turned
the tables on the fellows who had pre
pared a surprise for us. We moved
forward rapidly In battle order , drove
the rebels from their position , followed
them at a double-quick for five miles ,
and Inflicted severe loss on them , and
practically dispersed their army. Sev
eral civilians , Union men , Joined us in
our sweep forward , nnd one of these
assisted In capturing his father and
two brothers who were In the rebel
iriny. After the llrst Hue of the Con
federates bad been broken Dr. McDowell -
ell , of McDowell's College at St. Louis ,
came back with n white handkerchief
Utached to bis sword , and asked for
on armistice to bury their dead. Col.
[ Mummer looked upon this as a scheme
to suspend hostilities until the rebels
could reorganize and get awny. His
reply was : 'No armistice ; we will bury
the dend , ' and our brigade moved for-
ward.
"I remember the engagement the
more clearly because It was our .first
considerable light , and because just
before the battle I bad sprained my
ankle , and really believed that I could
not walk a step. When the first shot
from the rebel artillery passed over
the ambulance In which 1 was quar
tered I Jumped out , took my rifle , ran
forward , joined the company , alid nev
er thought once of the lame ankle until
the light was over. I remember also
on that day , at the beginning of the
battle , I took my tlrst chew of to-
Imcco. In the excitement I never knew
what became of It. 1 don't know
whether 1 swallowed It or not , and to
this day I don't re.membor anything
about the taste of tobacco. After the
fight my ankle was as painful as ever ,
and I was two miles from where the
regiment was ordered Into camp. Hy
using my rifle as a cane or crutch , and
with the help of two of the l > oys. 1
came back over the road along which
I had gone In the morning nt a gallop
with the same lame ankle. " Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Went I'nintei-H.
West Pointers werenotall phllosophi
cal. The Colonel of the writer's regi
ment now Major General S. Carroll
who had recently been assigned from
the regular army , wis : one day passing
by the camp when he overheard a
strapping Irish private giving Impu
dence to a little corporal , also nn Irish-
man.
"How dare you speak like that to
your corporal , sir ? " asked the Colonel
In a sharp tone.
"What's It to you , you red-headed
"t" \\as the man's nnswer.
It was scarcely out of his mouth
when the Colonel picked up a musket
that stood near him , and grasping It
near the muzzle swung the weapon
around his head and struck the nggre.sj
slve fellow full on the sconce with the
flat of the butt.
The man fell to the ground and lay
as If dead , and the Colonel , with the
Indignant taunt. "That will teach yon
how to talk to your olllcer , " passed on
and paid no further attention. In a
minute the man sat up , rubbed bis
head , and with the remark , "He gobs ,
the ( 'olond has a quick hand I" arose
and went to his duty.
There was no resentment there , and
when on the march n few days after
ward the Colonel , riding along' the
column , espied the man he hud knocked
down , he called out pleasantly :
"Dan , how's your head ? " and Dan
answered :
"It's all right now , but that was a
hard knock you gave It. "
Gen. Carroll WUH a man of Imperious
will and courage , but at the same time
ho had Immense tact in commanding
troops. Ills men would go through
thick and thin for hi in.
TRAIL OF VANDAL ARMIES ,
Mint the Hotelier * of Civilization linve
Doric in the Chinese Km | > lre.
"The sacking of the Imperial palaces
it Pekln , " writes a military writer In
i Bav.orlau paper , "was thorough and
; omplcle. The walls , even whun the
Bermana arrived , were nearly bare ,
I'here was hardly enough furniture left
to lit out the dwelling of the staff.
Only very heavy things , mich as big
looking glasses and screens , were there.
Hods and bedding had to be produced
from elsewhere not without dllllculty.
Cupboards , boxes , drawers were pull-
Mi open , broken and ransacked. Ilur-
barlun work , llronze statues were
thrown down to find the gold In the In
terior. Sometimes It was found , some
times not Very often , In order to sim
plify tliu work , the statues were suiusb-
ed.
"Objects too heavy to bo carried
iway were broken and only tbu valu
able parte were curried off. The Chin
ese are very fond of clocks and watch
es Ingeniously constructed so us to
make music. Some are heavily gilded.
In the Imperial summer palace were
two big clocks ( under glass ) In the
apartments of the empress. The figures
Uere on a big sun , whose rays were
made of the best and heaviest gold.
Bun and clocks uro Htlll there , but the
golden rays were taken away.
"Xear the lotos hike of the imperial
palace In Pekln stands n small house
with a sort of belfry , with clocks of
various dimensions , They were struck
by a hammer and produced a most har
monious concert. The big clocks are
still there , but the smaller ones are all
taken off. On the other shore of the
lotos lake was the private mansion of
the emperor , since the empress dowag
er kept him prisoned. The emperor's
apartments consisted of three rooms-
reception-room , bedroom and library-
full of costly books bound In the prec
ious yellow Bilk , the privilege of the im
perial family.
"The emperor's bed was here not a
bench , ns usual In China , but a real
Bleeping sofa , n couch covered with
dark brown , heavy silk , which was
torn off to the edge of the couch.
Everything pillaged ! Chairs , tables ,
benches Avere made of a rcry hard ,
i valuable , dark-brown wood adorned
by wonderful carvings They were
broken , knocked about by hundreds.
jThe j work of barbarians ( Py which
nation was It done ? It is impossible
now to say. "
FISH THAT BURIES ITSELF.
Queer New Zciilnml Product tliut Puz
zled tlie Nuturnliatx.
A lisb of curious habits exists In New
j i Zealand , nnd It has apparently hitherto
! escaped the notice of naturalists. The
.flsh Is called by the Muorlcs the ka-
1
kawai. Its habitat is very extensive
! In the North Island and it may be
j found on the Wlnrarapa plains , the
li'orty-AUle bush , etc. , It is generally
discovered when a uinn Is digging out
1
rabbits or making postholca in the summer -
mer time , and It lies at a depth of a
j foot or two feet under the .soil. The
character of the soil , whether sandy or
loamy , does not seem to matter. The
fish is from two to three Inches long ,
silvery , shaped like a minnow , but
rather more slender and tapering. It
appears to be dead when exhumed , and
If dug up in summer and put Into
water it dies at once. If , however , It
Is brought to daylight In May or early
June ( the end of autumn ) , when thn
ralus arc beginning to make the soil
thoroughly wet , and put Into a tub of
water a curious thing happens.
After n day or two It casts its skin ,
which fa-Inks to the boltou , and the fish
plays about bright and lively. When
dug up In the summer there appears to
be a growth of skin or perhaps of a dry
gummy exudation , which seals up the
head and gills. Apparently this en
ables it to aestlvate through the dry
weather and seals the fish as au Indian
fakir Is sealed up before he goes In fern
n long fasting burial. Of course In
winter there must be marshy spots or
pools in which the fish can s.vlm and
propagate , but often all evidence of
sticli natation disappears In summer ,
nnd the hot , dry , waterless plain seems
the last place on earth In which to find
a fish. When the skiu is cast off vivid
little spots of red appear on the body ,
so that , some people bare said that the
lisb IK n small trout. This Is not the
case ( although they are now u. ed as
halt for trout ) ; the knknwal was well
known to the natives ages before trout
I
I were introduced from Kugland ; well
known , although the unine by some
j chance has been missed In making tha
tlnorl dictionaries , just Us naturalists
aave missed noticing the fish.
American W xilth.
In the last ten yeurs the United
{ States has Increased Its wraith f-C-
) ( )0 ) , < MK,000 , which make * the wealth of
the nation SOI,000,000.000. This gives
j nn average per capita wealth of $1,193.
This Is not so great a per capita wealth
I
as Great Britain's for her figures are
' $ lIUJO for each Inhabitant. Hut her ag
gregate wealth sinks Into the back-
I ground before ours , for she has only
$50,000.000.000 against our SOI.OOO.-
000.000. Her Increase In wealth In ten
years is $1l,000.000,000. : is against our
? ! iJ,000,000,000. The Increase In wealth
j in this country in the lust ten years
I has been $1(37 ( for each Inhabitant
A Hey ill Photographer.
The German empress Is an excep
tionally skillful amateur photographer ,
und she has a mast Interesting collec
tion of pictures. The empress taken
biuip-shots at the court festivities , and
Blio has secured a photograph of the
crown prince when he appeared for the
ilrst time on parade its a full oQicer of
: he guards.
Every woman knows of people who
can bo described In no other words but
" 11 trifling good-for-nothing set "
'
A glass lamp combine Is
The capital of the will be
000,000.
In Holland they deny the report
that/ President Krngcr will vlslv U o
United States.
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Muslin KOWDS are being tuudo with
colored liuunces as , for instance , a
white muslin with pale blue rullles.
The Carthage , { JIo. ) Cbautautiuo
will , if it can , secure Minister > Vu
Ting Fang as one of the lectnrcra
this season.
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Plso's Cure is the hcst. medicine w
ever used for all affeo Lions of tbu throat
and lungs. Win. O. Tindsluy , Van-
bufen , Ind. , Feb. JO , 1900.
A New York newspaper
contained an advertisement axmounoj-
ing that babies at a certain foundlinuH'
home could be had for adoption. In oL
snort time 200 little ones were thus
disposed of in respectable families. it >
Is now learned that many of these In
fants were placed in the asylum by
parents comfortably olt in order to
avoid taking care of the children.
A CIold-Mnrd Gooxt.
A sensation was caused In New
Westminister , near Vancouver ; the
other day , by the dlsclovcry of 2 *
worth of line and coarse grain gold la
the crop of a wild goose. The geese
was shot at Pitt lake , which is frd by
numerous mountain streams. 'Tho
sand bars along the shore were known
to contain gold , but had never been.
prospected. Chicago Record.
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
The Wife nnd Mntlicr-iii-Ijatr of Mr.
Chnrle Kcyn.
Clarissa. Minn. , April 15. ( Special. )
No family in this vicinity J $ ' better
known or more universally respected ,
than Mr. Charles Keys , the local school ,
teacher , and his estimable wife , nud
mother-in-law. For a long time Mrs.
Keys has been in ill health. Recently ,
however , she has found a cure for hcv
ailments In Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"I cannot speak too highly of Dodd'e
Kidney Pills , or of what they "hay *
done for me , " said Mrs. Keys.
"My life was miserable , my back tl-
ways ached , also my head. I was trou
bled with Neuralgia In the head and'
face and suffcnxl extreme pain , but
thanks to Dodd's Kidney Pllla , all those
aches und pains have vanished like th < t
morning dew. and it now scorns that
life 1s worth living. I consider Dodd's
Kidney Pills a tJoil-seiul to suffering
humanity. They may rightly be mimed
the Klixir of Youth.
"While speaking of my own case nnd
the wonderful iH-nelit I have received.
I might also add that uiy mother , who"
is now an old lady of 74 years and who
lives with me , has been troubled -more
or less with aches and pains , as Is nat
ural with one of her advanced age.
When she saw what Dodd's Kidney
Pills had done for me she commenced
to use them herself , and she says that
they hare done her more good than
any other medicine she has ever tried.
"Thin testimony Is given In the hop *
that others who may be atlllcteU au w *
were may see and read it , and be bouo-
flted by it. "
"What Mrs. Keys states In her letter
can be verified by reference to any of
her many friends In tbLs iirtgWKwhood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills have already a.
wonderful reputation in Todd County.
Nothing has ever cured Brigbfe Dis
ease. Diabetes or Dropsv but Dod < l'
Kidney Pills.
Genuine
Carter's
Little Liver Pills ,
Must Boor Signature of
See Puc-Slmlle Wrapper Below.
mull nuil nil easy
to talus ns viiipir.
FOR HEADACHE.
FOR DIZZINESS.
FOR QIL10USHESS.
FOR TORPID LIVER.
ran CQHSTIPATION.
FOR SALLOW SKIH.
FOR THECOMPLEXIQH
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MUlTKUIUtllUTUIIt.
25 C ta
CURE HEADACHE.
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