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W * * SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
fjjh JUNIOR READERS.
B& i Boli Cnney'8 Terrible Itldo Cauclit In a
j W' ' - Iill7./siril initio Carrying Undlo Sura's
! Wr , Mat I Hut for ffaionoy Letter * lie
K - l'erlslioil.
! , IVouid Have
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I Wx Lncj' ,1 Klrtlular.
1 p < gg& EVJENTEEN rose-
sF < lk buds in a ring ,
I e _ Y \ Thick with sister
1 P ? " kimy7i W flowers beset ,
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I fe ' lK si ( wMz-Jll * n a raSrant cor
fe ' /4m/lr Lucy's servants this
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S * / / /mW/jiff\ ( day bring : ,
//r2 IP Be it the birthday
Ify * Mll Fresh and fair , and
IIP > " * EP/i / 3l\ \ Y symbolling ,
fe . The young number of her years ,
W The sweet blushes of her spring.
| Types of youth and love and hope !
f s Friendly hearts your mistress greet ,
f ' J3e you ever fair and sweet ,
S , And grow lovelier as you ope !
jg Gentle nursling , fenced about
| With fond care , and guarded so ,
" Scarce you've heard of storms with-
| 3f * out
- - ' „ • Frosts that bite , or wind3 that blow !
A -
% Kindly has your life begun ,
t & • 1 And we pray that heaven may send
I * * To our floweret a warm sun.
I 'J A calm summer , a sweet end.
8 - And where'er shall be her home ,
| & May she decorate the place ;
I fr stl11 expanding into bloom.
| frv And developing in grace.
I | : Kob Casey's Terrible KIdo ,
JI & Some ycar3 ago Fort Benton had a
j a daily mail from Helena. The stage-
II coach brought it three days of the week
11 * > - and oij the alternating days the mail-
I * sack was brought on horseback or in
if . a light wagon. The wagon was driven
If ? ' liya young boy , Bob Casey by name.
I i This boy knew the road perfectly , and
f " was warmly dressed , and perhaps his
people were not old enough to the
! 'k country to know that he could be in
. danger from blizzards.
| \ One Friday morning , an hour after
V j * Bob had left Sun River Landing for
5 i Benton , a blizzard of .the wildest de
ls | C' scription set in. In a few moments the
| | | L road was obliterated and rendered ex
it | actly like all the rest of the boundless
J I \ plain. Bob had no idea which way he
! | wa3 going , and decided that his only
J ! chance was to give the horse his head
11' ; and let him go where he would. The
j 11 * mail was small and the wagon light
ij 1 % and so was Bob and he had no doubt
( I the animal would pull through some-
II where.
I ; ' * But before long the horse was as
11 - hopelessly lost as the boy. He wan-
I j dered and wandered , and found no way
! | out of the desert. The blizzard in-
! * , recased in intensity , and as Bob was
| ! r well wrapped on his seat , he could do
; | ' no better than continue to sit there
| j g ' and keep the horse going.
I' : This he did throughout the whole
'
* - of a dreadful day , that seemed to Bob ,
*
and doubtless to horse , too , longer
„ .than an ordinary week. At last night
f „ came on ; and just at this time Bob
m
i < and his horse struck a considerable
* patch of tall grass , the tops of which
" t came up through the snow. Here Bob
decided to camp for the night. He
could at least feed the horse with the
grass , though there was no food for
him.
him.Though
Though the storm still raged with
nnbating fury , Bob succeeeded in mak
ing a fire by pulling and matting the
tall grass , and got through the night
alive. In the morning the sun shone
brightly , though the fine , powdery
snow still filled the air. Bob could not
'
make out where he was ; nothing was
plain to him except that he was far
from the road to Benton , and that not
a single familiar object met his gaze ;
, but he still trusted to the horse to
find the v/ay. Mounting his seat , cold
and very hungry , he gave the reins 10
, , the hoise and bade him "go on. "
On he did go , but not inthe right
direction. The endless march of the
f" - day before was repeated. The weather
f ' was frightfully cold. Here and there ,
where a bunch of tall grass came
through the snow , the horse stopped to
i browse , and Bob let him do so as often
k as he wished.
V. Another night came , and another
t day , and days and- nights after these ,
; * and still Bob and the horse and wagon
| v wandered , getting farther and farther
, away from civilization all the time ; the
„ ' horse supporting life by browsing the
H , grass , but Bob slowly growing weaker
and freezing , for the weather continued
% * intensely cold.
' Meantime the people of. Benton liad
ff * started out to search for the missing
* boy. The whole region between Sun
River and Benton was thoroughly
searched , but no trace of eithsr horse
• or boy. A week after the disappear-
4 " ance the search was abandoned. The
* people had no doubt that boy and horse
# had perished in the storm , and been
! ' covered up by the drifting snow.
/ . But valuable letters belonging to a
' , " mining corporation were in the mail
'
- bag , and ten days after Bob had dist -
t • * appeared some of the parties interested
; ' , in these letter employed Billy Aowe : ego
go out in search of the bag sot of
Bob.
Bob.Billy
Billy went on horseback and rode
far and wide. Passing over some ris
ing ground , he thought he perceived
\ " a moving object in a distant coulee ,
-4 . " - and went toward it. As he approached
' . / . - lie saw that it was a horse , slowly
{ \ f drawing a light wagon , and that in the
il % wagon was seated a small human fig-
* * ure. At length Billy saw that it was
• * .v ) Bob Casey and the . .mail wagon ?
- ' K Bob seemed to have settled down to
| f J sleep ; but now and then he would
? ' * - - straighten up , grab the reins , and attempt -
| ' „ . . tempt to guide the horse , only to drop
| f A * back into his seat a moment later apparently -
" ' parently unconscious.
-Rowe overhauled them and shook
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the boy. He could get no answer , but
at any rate the boy was alive. Rowe
wrapped him up anew , and started for
Twenty-Eight Miles Springs , the near
est place. Here lie gave the boy
stimulants , and then went on ttf "Ben
ton. At the hotel the speechless and
almost lifeless hey was placed in a sit
ting posture , with his feet in a tub of
cold water. He could eat nothing , but
light stimulants v/ere forced down his
throat , and in that position he slept
for thirty-six hours , being occasionally
aroused for the stimulants. He re
covered , but it was found necessary to
amputate both his feet. A big purse
was made up for him , and he wa3 sent
east to school.
Our Tiny Defenders.
The study of germs has produced
nothing more interesting than the dis
covery not only that all of the little
organisms called bacteria , or microbes ,
are not injurious in their effects upon
man , but that some of them must
actually be reckoned as his friends , de
fending him , as they do , against oth
er microbes which are unquestionably
injurious. And even more interesting
than this is the discovery of the Rus
sian savant , Metchnikoff , that the mi
nute cells in human blood which phy
sicians call "white corpuscles , " are
most powerful and effective enemies to
the germs of disease seeking to make
their way into the system. When ex
amined with a microscope these cells
present a curious and startling appear
ance of independent life , and under
proper conditions they may be seen to
crawl slowly about. Their manner of
acting when they are called upon to
defend the blood against invasion from
without is almost dramatic in interest.
If a wound is made in the hand or arm ,
or other part of the body , immediate
danger arises from the floating germs
in the atmosphere which light upon
the wounded surface and there find a
ready-made breach through which they
can enter the system. But the mar
vellous cells in the blood meet the ene
my on the threshold. As soon as the
wound is open they flock to the place of
danger and literally devour the enter
ing microbes. Unless the invading
hosts are extraordinarily numerous
and powerful , and are favored by unto
ward circumstances , the victory al
most invariably remains with the de
fenders of the breach.
TIio rianet Vcnu3. *
Mr. R. A. Proctor say3 that so far
as telescopes and physical research
have yet led us. in size , in situation ,
and in destiny , in the length of her
seasons and her rotation , in the figure
af her orbit , and in the amount of
light and heat she receives from the
sun , Venus bears a more striking re
semblance to the earth than any orb
within the solar system. Had Venus
but a moon , like the earth , we might
loubt whether , in the whole universe ,
: wo orbs exist which are so strikingly
similar to each other. Indeed , it is
by no means certain that Venus haslet
lot a moon , Montaigne , Rodkier , Hor-
rebon , Monthaven and others having
seen a body near Venus which pre
sented a phase similar to that of a
planet , precisely as a satellite would
lave done. Venus has a day of about
! 3 hours 21 minutes , and a year of 224
lays 17 hours nearly. The distance
; rom the sun is something less than
; hree-fourths of that which separates
; he sun from us. It is clear that mere-
y in the greater proximity of Venus
: o the sun there is little to render at
east a large portion of her surface un-
nhabitable by such beings as exist on
) ur earth. In her temperate and sub
arctic regions , a climate which we
ihould find well suited to our require-
nents might very well exist ; while the
) olar regions might correspond to our
emperate zones , and be the abode of
he most active and enterprising race
existing upon her surface. On the
vhole , the evidence we have points
rery strongly to Venus as the abode
) f living creatures not unlike the in-
labitants of the earth.
A Merry Evening Game.
One of the merriest of merry even-
ng games goes by the name of "mum-
oies. " All the boys and girls , except-
ng four or five , leave the room. Two
if those remaining act as dressers.
? hey place the others in chairs and put
iver the head of each a tall newspaper
ap , with holes cut in it through which
he eyes may be seen. Cover the
[ resses of the mummies with sheets , so
hat they will not reveal the owner.
tov Call in the other boys and girls
nd set them to trying to find out who
! 2ch of the mummies is by peeping
arough the eye-holes. After the party
3 all agreed as to who is who , remove
he papers and see how many mistakes
lave been made. This game is almost
s much fun for grown people as it is
or children.
• lack-Knife Work.
Master William Abbott writes telling
ow to make a top that writes. First
ake a spool , cut the head off and
harpen it down to the hole as in mak-
ng the ordinary spool spinning top.
hen take a pencil , sharpen it , and put
t through the hole , the sharepned end
orming the spinning apex of the top.
lut off the other end , leaving a handle
o spin with and the top is completed.
Vhen spun in the usual way it will
vrite all sorts of queer designs ; and
t is said that no tirp'-persons can make
"
he same kind of drawings.
For use in bathrooms where there is
io stationary wash-bowl a new device
onsists of a framework to hold an
arthen bowl hinged to the bath-tub so
hat it can be swung under the faucets
o draw the water for washing and
Then not in use can be folded back
igainst the wall to be out of the way.
THE CUBAN POLICY.
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"LEADER" BAILEY OBJECTS TO
THE PRESIDENTS PLANS.
UuslnesH Conditions Improve NotwItU-
Mtundln Continued Heavy Imports
l'ree Silver Theories Exploded I'eru's
Adoption of the Gold.
Washington , May , 1897. ( Special
correspondence ) The knowledge tliat
citizens of this country were suffering
and in want of food and shelter
brought instantly from President McKinley -
Kinley a message recommending an ap
propriation of $50,000 for their benefit.
It is understood that the President is
only awaiting for more detailed information
mation , from special representatives
whom he has sent to Cuba , before tak
ing equally vigorous action in regard
to other matters there. When it is
remembered that the first three weeks
of McKinley's administration witnessed
the release of practically all the
Americans who were in Cuban prisons
on the 4th day of March , and that his
action for the relief of those who v/ere
suffering for want of food was equal
ly prompt , the contrast between his
actions and those of President Cleve
land is strongly marked. When it is
remembered , also , that the objection of
a Democratic "leader" prevented the
prompt passage of the relief bill in the
house , the contrast between Republi
can and Democratic methods is still
more sharply outlined.
Republican vs. Democratic jtlrthuds.
The President , who learned only a
few days ago from his representatives
in Cuba that American citizens there
arc suffering for food , shelter and
clothing , sent to congress on Monday
a message pointing out this fact , and
asking an immediate appropriation. A
resolution making this appropriation
was offered in the senate by a Repub
lican as soon as the reading of the mes
sage , and passed by a unanimous vote.
A similar resolution was offered in the
house by Mr. Hitt , a Republican , as
soon as the reading of the message was
finished , but its immediate considera
tion was objected to by Congressman
Bailey , an alleged leader of the Dem
ocratic party of the house. That any
man representing only his own con
gressional district or himself individ
ually could have thrown himself be
tween 800 suffering American citizens
and relief freely offered by the govern
ment of the United States seems in
credible , but that a man professing to
speak for a great party could have
done so is even more astounding. But
it is a fact , nevertheless , and Mr. Bai
ley was successful in preventing the
passage of the measure for at least
three days.
Why ? Upon the alleged ground that
he wanted to couple with it legislation
recognizing the belligerency of the Cu
bans. In point of fact , it was a po
litical trick to try to restore himself in
the graces of the Democracy , which
had been accusing him of subserviency
to Speaker Reed and his methods. Mr.
Bailey was willing to stand between
800 suffering and starving American
citizens and relief for an indefinite
length of time for the sake of asain
making himself bolid with the Democ
racy. He knew that the house of rep
resentatives would not pass a resolu
tion recognizing the belligerency of the
Cubans in the short space of time that
it was necessary to pass the relief res
olution. The senate has been debating
that kind of a resolution for not only
days , but weeks and months. So his
demand that the resolution of the rec
ognition of belligerency should be
coupled with that of appropriating
money for immediate relief was not
only unnecessary but unreasonable ,
and sure to cause delay to the relief
measure. Yet since it would attract
attention to Mr. Bailey , and possibly
reingratiate him in the regard of the
Democracy , hundreds of American cit
izens can starve while Mr. Bailey thus
masquerades.
Foreign Goods Still Coming In.
The importers who are rushing goods
into the country have the double pur
pose of making an extra profit by
raising the price on them when the
Dingley bill goes into effect and put
ting the law into disrepute by making
its receipts light during the first year.
The importations in April were the
largest recorded in the recent commer
cial history of the United States. They
amounted to 5101,305,131 , or nearly
double those of April , 1896. The rate
at which importations have increased
since importers became aware that a
protective tariff bill would be soon
adopted is indicated by the following
figures , which show the value of im
ports since the month in which McKinley -
Kinley was elected.
IMPORTATIONS.
November , 1896 , $50,043,288 ; Decem
ber , 1896 , $58,960,060 ; January , 1897 ,
$51,354,016 ; February , 1897 , $50,237,377 ;
March , 1897 , $76,344,946 ; April , 1837 ,
$101,305,131.
Yet in the face of this showing comes
the recent announcement by a leading
commercial agency that the sales of
goods in April were within a small
fraction of the amount in the most
prosperous business year which the
country has seen for a long time. That
there is a genuine revival in business
activity is apparent , not alone from
this announcement , but from the state
ments of the press , irrespective of par
ty , in every section of the country.
Money Circulates.
An interest rate of three and a half
per cent is very low ; yet a railroad
company which put a hundred million
dollars of bonds upon the market re
cently at that rate of interest had no
difficulty in finding capital to accept
them. The people who are indus
triously insisting that the United States
should have more money find it diffi-
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cult to hold this position when such
quantities of money are seeking invest *
ment at so low an interest rate.
Tree Sllvc ? Theories Punctured.
Some of the assertions of the silver
orators of the last campaign read
curiously now. For instance , that one
in which they insisted that farm prod
ucts and silver kept pace in rise and
fall is especially amusing , in view of
the fact that farm products have
steadily risen in value in the past
eight months , while silver has gone in
the other direction. Silver has , in the
last few weeks , reached the lowest
point in its history , while wheat in
that same time has reached a selling
price double that which existed at the
very time that these arguments were
being most vigorously presented. The
Kansas Populists are reported in a
state of distress over the condition of
the country. Prosperity has set in in
that state without the adoption of the
free coinage of silver or any other of
their numerous nostrums of this char
acter. Prices of cattle , hogs , wheat ,
corn and farm products of all kinds
have advanced and there are more
signs of activity and prosperity fol
lowing the rejection of the free coin
age of silver than the state has seen
for many years.
These disgusted gentry are now
making bon-fires of their recent cam
paign speeches in which they insisted
that the low farm prices in this coun
try were due to the treatment which
silver had rec2ived. The country re
jected their proposition for the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
simultaneously with that action prices
of farm products began to rise and
have steadily advanced , while silver
has steadily gone in the other direc
tion.
Peru's Action a TJIouto Sllvcrltcs.
Little Peru is just now the subject of
a good deal of attention from all parts
of the world by reason of the fact that
on May 10 her new currency system
went into effect. This system creates
the gold standard and prohibits the
importation of silver coin , the purpose
of this prohibition being to maintain
the standing and nominal value of the
silver coin already in the country.
Commenting upon this action by Peru ,
the Macon Telegraph , a Democratic
paper , says : "The statesmen of little
Peru are wiser than the new breed of
our own country , who spring from the
mining camp3 of the west. "
G. H. WILLIAMS.
The World's Gold Output.
The Engineering and Mining Jour
nal , an excellent unofficial authority ,
represents that the world's production
of gold for the year 1S96 exceeded that
of the previous year by nearly $17,500 , -
000 , while it was fully $43,500,000 great
er than that of 1894. In this estimate
the production by countries was as fol
lows :
1S96. 1895.
United States. . $ 57,000,000 $ 46,830.000
Africa 45,250,000 44,545,000
Australia 43,710,000 42,795,000
Russia 31,600,000 31,780,000
Mexico 6,990,000 5,600,000
India 0,000,000 4,500,000
China 5,170,000 4,650,000
Colombia 3,100,000 3,185,000
Brazil 2.4S0.000 2,230,000
Germany 2,390,000 2,355,000
Guiana ( Bri'sh ) 2,185,000 2,170,000
Guiana ( Fr 'ca ) . 1,875,000 1,865,000
A'stria-H'ng'y . 1,870,000 1,830,000
Other countries 8,920,000 6,770,000
Total $218,500,000 $201,105,000
The estimate for the United States
bv the director of the mint falls short
of the figures given in this table by the
large margin $5,500,000 , but it is be
lieved by experts that the grand total
for ' 96 , when made up from full and
accurate information , will come very
rear to $220,000,000. Attention is call
ed to the alleged and generally admit
ted fact that the production of gold
last year was largely in exces of the
value of both gold and silver produced
In all countries in any year prior to
1S73 the year of "the crime. " As late
as 1888 the total production of gold was
only half that of ' 90.
Peru Deserts Silver.
The state department at Washing
ton has received official information of
the suspension of silver coinage in
Peru. The decree putting into effect
the new system of coinage in that
country tells the same old story. The
fluctuation of exchange arising in the
constant depression of silver has
forced the government , as a measure of
protection , to suspend the coinage of
national silver money , and the white
metal thus drops to an ordinary article
oi commerce. This is the history of
silver the world over , and the action
of the Peruvian government will occa
sion no surprise. But it will cause dis
may in the ranks of the silverites , who
thus lose another of their bright and
shining examples. One after another
all the nations of the world , great and
small , which still cling to silver coin
age , are responding to the natural
tendency of the times , and relegating
silver to its proper position in the ex
changes of the world. The advocates
cf bimetallism will find little consola
tion in the action of Peru , and the free
silverites none at all ; yet neither can
make any complaint , for it is based
solely upon universal trade conditions ,
which are beyond the control of any
man , body of men or nation , and here
in , after all , lies the key to the entire
financial question. Philadelphia North
American.
The ordinary American fox skins to
the amount of seventy or ninety thou
sand are annually sold in London at
prices varying from fifty cents to > 4.
These skins are great favorites in east
ern countries , such as Turkey.Greeee ,
Russia and Bulgaria.
SMITH IS DYNAMITED. .
HIS HOME CLOWN UP AND HIS
WIFE INJURED.
A IJnitnrdlr Attempt to Atuiimlnnttt tlm
Lcuvemiortlt & > oldler * * Home Gov
ernor A Dishonorably Dis
charged V t * ran Umlnr Ar
rest for the Outrage.
A Dastnrdly Outrage.
Leavenworth , Kan. , Juno 1C. Be
tween 4 and 5 o'clock this morning a
cannon-like report was heard at the
Soldiers' home , and the beautiful resi
dence of Governor Andrew J. Smith ,
commandant of the home , was all but
demolished.
Dynamite was employed in the out
rage and the explosion aroused many
residents of this city and houses trem
bled as if in an earthquake shock. In
the barracks the shock was ten iiic
enough to throw veterans from their
cots , and prompt work was required
on the part of the commandant to prevent -
vent a serious panic. One veteran ,
who was occupying a seat on the lawn ,
was thrown to the trrnnnd.
Mrs. Smith's escape from instant
death was miraculous , the explosion
was directly btm ath her bed chamber.
She usually sleeps upon : i couch , but
last night occupied a bed in the same
room , but on the side farthest from
the outer wall. She heard the shut
ters rattle , but saw no one. A moment
later the explosion followed , and she
found herself in the midst of Hying
furniturs and shattered window panes.
One entire side of her room was torn
away. The couch she usually occu
pied caught the full force of the ex
plosion and was hurled across the
room , passing directly over her bed
and landing upon a bureau.
Governor Smith and daughter. Miss
Daisy Smith , occupied rooms on the
second ileor , and were far enough re
moved from the seat of the explosion
to escape the serious consequences suf
fered by Mrs. Smith.
15esidcs being cut and brutspd by
broken glass and pieces of ilying fur
niture , Mrs. Smith was completely
prostrated by the shock and is now in
a precarious condition. Mrs. Smith
has boon in delicate health for years.
The scene at the governor's resi
dence is one of wreckage and confus
ion. The brick walls are shattered
and torn , the cast side being almost
wholly blown out , 'tho windows broken
and debris is scattered over the
ground.
The whole interior was wrecked ,
bric-a-brac scattered about the various
apartments , and furniture tossed
about and piled up in a confused mass.
A SUSPECT ARRESTED.
About one hour after the explosion
the police authorities arrested Joseph
W. Oliver , a dishonorably discharged
veteran , for the crime. He was found
in his room at a Cherokee street board
ing house whore he had just arrived
after having been out all night. Many
persons are ready to believe he is im
plicated. His trousers were bedrag
gled , showing ho had walked through
tall grass , and his shoes were soaking
wet and covered with blue grass seed.
He was in a surly mood and when
taken into custody expressed regret
that Governor Smith had escaped
death.
Afterward he refused Io say any
thing. Another dishonorably dis
charged veteran is suspected of com
plicity , but has not boon apprehended.
Oliver is a tough character , and a
few months ajjo was arrested and pun
ished for deliberately shooting into an
electric car. A few nights ago John
Biringer ' s powder magazine was
roLbod , and it is believed the robber
is the one who caused the explosion.
It is the universal opinion in this
city that the outrage K a direct result
of the persecution waged against Gov
ernor Smith for the past live or six
vcars by certain -persons in Leaven
worth and elsewhere in Kansas.
Threats to blow up the governor have
been freely made by discharged veter
ans since the national board of man
agers made the order transferring
folonel Smith to the Pacific branch
home at Santa Monica. Cal.
STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.
[ louses Toppled Otcr and One Man
Killed in Lyle , Minn.
Mason Citv , Iowa , June 12 AtG : . r > 0
last night a cyclone struck northwest
af Lyle. Minn. , taking a southeasterly
jourso. A cyclone passing over the
town of Ivandiohi , AVilmar county ,
Minnesota , entirely demolished the
buildings on the farm of John Ber-
juist.
All railway lines running in the vi-
: inity of the track of the storm report
: elegraph poles blown down and other
lamago done. A railroad operator at
Mason City reported at midnight that
twenty houses were demolished in
Lyie , one man killed outright and
twenty others injured. It is believed
mi eh damage was done in the country
iround Lyle , there being all s&rts of
• umors of heavy loss of life. Owing
, o the damage to telegraph lines
lefinite information was lacking. A
.pecial train with surgeons , linemen
ind workmen was sent to Lyle from
Waterloo , la , within an hour of the
, ime of the storm.
A Missouri Girl Honored by Cornell.
Columbus. Mo. . June 1"2. Miss Lalla
Rsok Rogers , a graduate of the Uni-
rcrsity of Missouri , has been awarded
l scholarship in the school of philoso
phy at Cornell university. She is the
Srst graduate of Missouri university
tie receive such honor.
Governor IJarnes' First Pardon.
Guthrie , Okla. , June 12. Governor
Barnes issued his first pardon last
night to Ira Taylor , sentenced to three
fears in the penitentiary for horse
stealing in Grant county. He had
served fourteen months. Ills wife in
terceded for him.
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CncUithmrn and American * . . M
A careful inquiry Into the avcrago < *
height of different nation * hai elicited \ fl
the following factB : The English pro- , v fl
fcssional classes , who head the Hat on ]
the tallest of adult mnlcn , attain the .
high average of 5 feet 9'/t Inchon , r B
Next on the Hat come the males of alt jfl
classes in the United States and a mln- * !
ute fraction behind them come tha S
English of all classes. IIoicc wo may fl
conclude that , taken right through , V
the English and American races are approximately - V
proximately of the same height. Most fl
European nations nverago for the adult M
male 5 feet C Inches but the Austrl- '
ans , Spaniards and Portugese Just fall s
ehort of this standard.Exchange. .
sumMicic caki : or m-ANKirrs. 9
Hlaukotn which lmvo boun need all winfl
tor , no matter how white. ro never clean , H
ami hliould bo unshod hoforu puttingnwny. B
Many IiotHckucpvr.s natinly themselves by S
hliaking and nin ng their lihuikotH rather fl
than risk spoiling them in wn.Hhing. IHit |
this K n mistake , for if tb work is propV
orly done no shrinking , v.ill tnko place , and V
the lleccv soft uppenrunco inn v lie retained , fl
as well the color , for years. The nuccHniry
thing in washing blanket.- to havu plenty
of soft water and good pare soap. Inferior
soap is irally the cau-o of the daningu fl
done woolen goods in Hashing. It Iiurdenti
the til re ami volows the fabric. When M
leadv to begin the work shnke the blan-
Icuts ' lFiuQ of dust , (111 ( ii tub half full of hot M
vntor. J-Mhho\ a third of a cake of Ivory '
Soai > * iu it. lnt one blanket in at n time. V
Dip up ami .luwn ami wmii gently with : M
the hands. Never rub soait on liIitnkotK , 'JU
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or wash them on the wa-.lihoard After
the blankets are elcan. rinse in warm water I
until freu of sudt. Add a little blueing to W
the lust water. Shake and squeeze then jfl
hang on the line until dry. Take down , V
fold , lay under a ueight for a day or two , fl
and pack securely in a box and tover
Hlaukots thus unshed uil ! retain their fl
original freshness a well as wear three m
times it- . long as if put away soiled vear 1
after year. Ei.i/a 'U I'akuuu. J
Made a lilt. ( \
"You don't mean to say that stingy
old maid has given you 10 marks for J
telling her fortune ? " J
"Indeed , I do. I told her she would I
moot with an accident before she waa 1
21 years old. " Fliengende Blaettcr. J
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"Whir. "
The word "whir" is regarded by soma J
philologists as a natural symbol of the M
idra of revolution. The German haa * M
"wirren , " to twist ; the French "virer. ' *
with the same meaning ; the English 1
"veer" and "wear , " the Tatter used with 1
refeience to the turning of a ship. fl
Try Cniln-O. H
Ask your grocer today to show yea H
a package of GRAIN-O , the new food S
drink that takes the place of coffee. ii
The children may drink it without j
injury as well as the adult. All who J
try it like it. GRAIN-0 has that rich. A
seal brown of Mocha or Java , but it is 1
made from pure grains , and the most M
delicate stomacn receives it without jH
distress. \ \ the pri"e of coffee. 3
lo cents and 2 > cents per package.
Sold by all grocers. Tastes like cot- J
fee. Looks like coffee. k
iili.i | > ] > v • Ii lilrn. . H
In the convict prison at Copenhagen - B
gen mothers are allowed to have their f %
babies with lhem until they are i j
year old : then they are taken to the i
workhouse until the mother ' s terra of gM
sentence has expired. * /"tH
Wo-To-IJac for FUty Cents. JT "H "
Guaranteed tobacco habit care , Tialccs vteiimH
men stronj ; , blood pure. 50c. JI. All drucKlst * ! ' i
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The Troflt Don't Please. |
An eastern farmer recently shipped j
a lot of apples to England. He was not ]
delighted when he received a profit oa j
them of a cent a barrel. 1
A tiT nnffft ib c3s < uuial for health M
9 = a yflUU13 and phy31cai strength. M
Whc" thc blood i3
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the appetite fails. Hood's Sarsaparilla la 1
a wonderful medicine for creating an ap- t
petite. It purines and ennche3 thc blood. A
tcnei the stomach , gives- strength to the / '
nerves and health to the whole cy3tcm. It
is just the medicine needed now. M
a Swii > pariHa I
Is the best in lact the One Tnic Blood Purifier. 1
H Ofl'c > illc arP tastHs mild ellec- v
tiOvJU IrlllS . .
tivw Jlil.imwuK or./
S190 To Any ManT
WILL PAY SlOO FOR ANY CASE /
Of Weakness In Men They Treat and '
Fall to Cure.
An Omaha Company places for the firat
time before the public a Magkai. Treat
ment for the cure of Lost Vitality. Nervous
and Sexual Weaknesb , and Restoration of JM
Life Force in old and young" men. No H
worn-out French remedy : contains no V
Phosphorous or other harmful drugs. It in fl
a Wonderful Treatment magical in its 9
effects positive in its euro. All readers , 4H
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blights their life , causing that mental and 1
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man- J
Uood , should write to the STATE MEDICAL J
COMPANY , Omaha. Neb. , and they will J
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paper on these diseases , and positive proofs m
nt their truly Ma h ax. Treatment. Thous- j
nnds of men , who have lost all hope of a
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feet condition. J
Tin s Magical Treatment mav be taken j
nt home under their directions , or thev will I
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prefer to go there for treatment , if they J
tail to cure. They are perfectly reliable ; M
liave no Free Prescriptions , Free Cure ,
Free Sample , or C. O. D. fake. They have J
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every case they treator refund every dollar ; J
or their charges may lie deposited m a
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