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A Curious Clock
Ono of tho most curious clocks in
tho world is perhaps that which tells
tho time to tho inhabitants of a little
backwoods town and which was con
structed some time ago Tho machin
cry which is nothing hut a face hands
and lever is connected with a geyser
which shoots out an Immense column
of hot water every thirty eight sec
onds This spouting never varies to
the tenth of a second Every time tho
water spouts up It strikes the lever
and moves the hands forward thirty
eight seconds
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Gracious exclaimed Farmer
Krafts wife you dont mean to say
you bought a gold brick In town
Yep Cost me 17 cents replied
Parmer Kraft but Im tellin every
body it cost 1500 You see If folks
hoar 9 mo spendln that much fur a
gold brick Ill be able to git all kinds
o credit Phildelphia Press
When poople bury the hatchet they
generally leave the handle at homo as
a souvenir
IRRITATIONS OF THE SKIN RASHES
FOR
Heat Perspiration Lameness and Soreness incidental
to Canoeing Riding Cycling Tennis or any Athletics
no other application so soothing cooling and refreshing as
a bath with Cuticura Soap followed by gentle anointings
with Cuticura the Great Skin Cure
Millions of Women use CUTICURA SOAP for preserving purifying and
beautifying the skin for cleansing the scalp of crusts scales and dandruff
and the stopping of falling hair Tor softening whitening and soothing red
rough and sore hands for baby rashes and chafihgs in the form of baths
for annoying irritations and inflammations of women or too free or offen
sive perspiration in the fprm of washes for ulcerative weaknesses and many
sanative antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves as well as
for all the purposes of the toilet bath and nursery CUTICURA SOAP
combines delicate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA the great
skin cure with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of
flower odours Nothing can induce those who have once used these great
akin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others
Sold throughout the world British Depot F Nkwberv Sons 37 Charterhouse
Sqf London E C Potter Drug and Chem Coep Sole Props Boston U S A
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Got Soldiers Guns
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Clever Trick Played on British Troops by Heroine
of the Revolution-
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Gurdio has not been quite fairjy
lealt with by history The name Is sel
dom heard nowadays but it belonged
to an energetic brave woman who in
revolutionary times had the applause
of her country for cleverly outwitting
a part of the British army
Gurdie lived at Union N J in
those days a place aspiring to be the
capital of the state One finds it to
day fast asleep away from railroads
and even trolley cars Her husband
was known either as the man with
the stovepipe hat a mark of aristoc
racy then out of the ordinary or aa
the man with the stumbling tongue
His most salient characteristic was
his admiration for Gurdie
When the British came up- the little
elevation known as the hill at Union
and entered the precincts of the sa
cred First Presbyterian church taking
the hymn books and Bibles from the
pews and ruthlessly tearing them to
use as wadding for their guns it was
Gurdie who boldly spoke up and asked
Is that the way youre going to give
us Watts and the Bible
The fight which followed was stiff
and long the power of the young
American cannon placed nearly oppo
site the church was taxed to its ut
most To day any one passing the spot
can see this cannon preserved as a
relic where it then stood looking the
very baby it is in the face of modern
warfare
The enemy proved over strong but
winning men must eat and of the rich
farms then lying about Union none
were more likely to repay ransacking
than that of Gurdie and her spouse
One of this stalwart womans strong
points was her excellent housekeep
ing
Near her great brick oven stood al
Copra consists of dried cocoanuts
In view of the enormous tracts of land
throughout the tropic zone that have
lately been planted with cocoanuts it
is remarkable that copra has main
tained its price
From both coasts of Africa and from
the West Indies the export has been
steadily increasing and yet though
the world seems to be easily sated
with every other kind of tropical prod
uct of copra it never seems to have
enough
Handicapped by a sea carriage of
12000 miles the South Sea island co
pra has always commanded a local
price of from 40 to 55 a ton and
now that a soap and candle factory
has been established in Australia it is
more likely to rise than fall
Ten years ago most of the copra
went direct to Europe on German sail
ing ships which came out to Austra
lia with a general cargo and loaded
copra in the islands In the long home
ward voyage of from four to six
months the rats and the little bronze
copra beetles tunnel through the car
go destroying large quantities
On arrival at the oil mills it is
crushed by rollers and the refuse
ways a huge pot of indigo ready to
dye tho wool from the shorn sheep
Clean smooth and in order the loom
also awaited her pleasure at weaving
Her water from the north side of the
well was cooler than could be had
elsewhere her cream invariably
turned to butter Gurdie could smooth
out most folks wrinkles
When the muddy swaggering feet
of the British despoiled her polished
floors she made it understood that
they should rest in the cellar where
home made wine was In casks until
she had prepared their meal
Leading to this place was a narrow
flight of steps and an old fashioned
trap door It was however light and
spacious and the men cracked many
a joke over their entertainment
At last Gurdie called to them that
their supper was ready Leave your
guns stacked in the cellar she said
theres no room for them above
This they did and came tumbling up
the stairs
Gurdie then closed the trap door
with a spring which only she knew
The men suspecting nothing fell
eagerly to eating To her stuttering
husband outside the window she
quickly passed the word and thus a
short while later a goodly number of
unarmed men were carried off as
prisoners by the American boys
The signal -which her husband gave
about the town as he passed from
man to man and which has come
down to us through history was sim
ply the record of his clever wifes
deed
It sometimes costs a man six
months of rheumatism to catch one
little six inch fish
Cocoanuts as Fuel
They Are Likely to Prove of Great Value in Naval
Warfare of the Future
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after every drop of oil has been
squeezed out of it is pressed into oil
cake for fattening cattle The oil is
then resolved into glycerin and stear
ine from which more than half the
candles and soap used in the world are
made
At first sight it would seem more
economical to press the oil on the spot
and so save the freight upon the waste
material but the explanation is that
oil must be shipped in tanks or in
casks Ships fitted with tanks would
have to make the outward voyage
empty and casks if shipped in
shooks require expert coopers and
when soaked in oil become a prey to
borers
It is possible that a new use may
be found for copra as fuel for war
ships It burns with a fierce heat It
is very easily stored and handled and
it is only one third more bulky than
coal its disadvantage in this respect
being more than compensated by its
superior heating qualities and its free
dom from ash
It is expensive but in naval warfare
where quick steam is everything the
dearest fuel may often be the cheap
est Savage Island
A Wildcat Mine
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Dynamite Used to Dislodge Ferocious Felines
from Their Stronghold
Several mining men who had
chanced to meet in a hotel lobby in
this city were discussing the various
mines in a certain district when one
of them spoke of a wildcat mine
A logger who was sitting near
pricked up his ears at this and chip
ped into the conversation He said
that there was the most productive
wildcat mine he ever heard of near
the logging camp where he had been
working on the lower Columbia One
of the mining men remarked that his
idea of a wildcat mine was one that
yielded nothing but assessments and
asked what this wildcat mine pro
duced
Why wildcats of course replied
the logger He then proceeded to ex
plain that many years ago someone
had run a tunnel into the side of a
hill in search of coal and had run a
number of short branches and had
gophered about generally in the bow
els of the hill but finding no coal had
finally abandoned the workings
There were wildcats in that sec
tion and the parties who had been
prospecting for coal left several cats
at their cabin The wildcats and the
Not Easily Produced
John H Converse president of the
great Baldwin Locomotive works not
long ago submitted himself to some
prosy interviewing by one of those
would be philosophers who are fond
of talking of abstract matters Along
in the course of the conversation the
interviewer inquired
Now Mr Converse tell me what
is it you find most difficult to get
out of your men
A days work grimly and
promptly replied Mr Coriverse
Fertile Fields of Africa
Proof of the great grain producing
capabilities of the Zoutpansberg Is
afforded by the fact that 40000 bags
tame cats had affiliated and had taken
up their abode in the tunnel and had
increased in numbers
Finally a celebrated bear hunter of
that region discovered the half closed
entrance to the tunnel and thinking
that perhaps some wild animals might
be occupying the place sent his dogs
in to investivate In a few minutes
the dogs came rushing out literally
covered with wildcats and howling
like lost spirits While the fight was
going on the old hunter took a hand
to help his dogs and killed twenty
seven wildcats
Dynamite was put in the tunnel at
night when the cats were out seeking
food and next day the fuse was light
ed As it burned some cats came out
and were shot down The shooting
of the dead cats terrified those in the
rear and they held back till the tun
nel was fairly choked with a gurgling
squalling spitting army of cats and
then the giant powder exploded and
several tons of cats were shot out of
the hole Portland Oregonian
The coal miner kicks because he is
kept down In the world
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of mealies have been sent since
October last to the military authori
ties in Pretoria and Johannesburg
The Impossible
This young man said the
editor wont do Im afraid
city
Why not asked the desk man
He brought a good report of that
convention in to day
Yes but in one place I see he
writes Silence reigned for ten min
utes
Well whats wrong
Great Scott man It wss a wo
mans convention
No Maud dear yea cant fill
poker hand with an asL tray
SHE CRIED WHEN SHE PUT HER
CLOTHES ON
This is what Miss Jesslo Stephen
son of 30 Hartington Road Abordeon
says when writing to tho Proprietors
of St Jacobs Oil tho remedy which
cured her
I was very bad with rheumatism
I could not put my clothes on without
crying out I alwayB had to havo
assistance to dress myself I ob
tained a bottlo of St Jacobs Oil and
after its contents were used I was
much better I ued tho contents of
two more bottles and now I am ablo
to do my work as usual I would
recommend anyone - troubled with
rheumatism to uso St Jacobs Oil
Miss Stephensons present
Was tin Despair
The wife of a journalist said to a
young unmarried friend Fannie
take my advice and never marry a
newspaper man But your husband
is a newspaper man and you seem to
get along very well Every evening
he brings home a big bundle of news- j
nfinOrO fl riTY oil rwrnv flirt i 1 nnrl
it nearly drives me crazy How
so I read about the bargain sales
in London Manchester and other
places hundreds of miles off where
I cant get to them Pearsons Week
ly
A Catch In the Back
Grand View Iowa Sept 29th Mrs
Lydia Parker of this place says
I was troubled with backache all
the time for years When I would
stoop over a catch would take me in
the back and I could not straighten
up for some time
I tried everything I could think of
but got no relief till I sent and got
Dodds Kidney Pills
I used one box and part of another
before the trouble all left me but now
I am well and strong and I have not
been troubled with my back for some
months
I believe my cure Is a permanent
one and I am very grateful indeed to
Dodds Kidney Pills for what they
have done for me
I would most heartily recommend
them to anyone suffering with lame
back for I believe they will cure any
case of this kind
Lifes failures are charged up to
hard luck The successes are credit
ed to cleverness
If you dont get the biggest and best
Its your own fault Defiance Starch
is for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal it in quality
or quantity
A woman does not object to a man
smoking a cigar unless the man is her
Husband
DO TOUR CLOTHES LOOK YEIXOW
If so usoRed Cross Ball Blue It will make
them white as snow 2 oz package 5 cents
When Cupids arrows are jeweled
they generally hit the bulls eye
Defiance Starch is put up ic ounces
in a package 10 cents One third
more starch for same money
Many a man who howls with pain
Imagines he suffers in silence
Plsos Curo cannot oo too highly spoken of aa
fl cough cure J VV OBiuev 322 Third Ave
N Minneapolis Minn Jan 6 1900
Wit
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is a sunbeam sarcasm an
Clear white clothes are a sign that tho
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue
Large 2 oz package 5 cents
When the clergyman goes into poli
tics does he become a divine healer
Mrs Winslotvs Sootlilnp Byrnp
For children teething foftens the pim reduces In
flammation allays pain cures wind colic 23c a bottle
Talk is cheap even to those who
indulge in extravagant remarks
DEFIANCE STAHCH
should be in everf household none bo
good besides 4 oz more for 10 cents than
ajiy other brand of cold water starch
A kangaroo is afflicted with spring
fever all the year round
It was almost a miracle Burdock Blood
Bittern cured me of a dreadful breaking out
all over the body I am very grateful
Miss Julia Filbridge West Corawell Conn
A farmers harvest lasts until the
summer boarders depart
THE BEST RESULTS IN STARCHING
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch besides getting- 4 oz more for
same money no cooking required
One way to exterminate weeds is
to cultivate them
Monarch over pain Burns cuts sprains
stings Instant relief Dr Thomas Eclec
tric OiL At any drag store
The girl with the most cheek isnt
the one who is adicted to blushes
Dont you know that Defianco
Starch besides being absolutely su
perior to any other is put up 16
ounces in package and sells at same
price as 12 ounce packages of other
kinds
LOW RATES TO ST LOUIS
Via the Missouri Pacific Railway Ac
count Fall Festivities
Will boKln this yenr with the opening of
the Great St Luia Fair on October 6tn
which will continue until October 11th
Inclusive Over WO000 In premiums will
bo given away and tho class of exhibits
will bo larger and better than In any
previous year
Tho sorpeous night parade of tho Veil
ed Prophet will toko place October 7th
followed by the Krand bull in tho Cham
ber of Commerce
The South St Louis Broadway Mer
chants Association will hold Its annual
Street Fair and Carnival from Septem
ber 20th to October 12th Inclusive
The annual Ilorso Show will take
place in tho Jixposltlon Coliseum from
wovemuer m to sth Inclusive
In addition to these iLttmetlnrm thorn
will be runnlnp races dally on tho mllo
tion Is a very great contrast to what Vmes between teams of the Amert
it was beforw she used St Jacobs Oil can nml National Leagues on their
then she was practically helpless suf
fered the greatest agony but now sho
is free from pain and ablo to do her
work Surely such evidence as this
is most convincing that St Jacobs
Oil Conquers Pain
A Colorado Microbe Club
In the little town of Berkeley near
Denver Colo there is a unique asso
ciation officially known as the MIcrobo
club Its members are luggers un
fortunates in different stages of con
sumption The head of tho club is
officially designated as the head cen
ter lobe and another officer is titled
the keeper of the bugs While not
familiar with the duties of these offi
cers we believe that the keeper of
the bugs will have a busy time and
fully earn the honor of the position
There must be a variety of bugs in
such a club and looking after them
should be an arduous task for a
lunger
spcctlvo grounds
An excellent opportunity will bo offer
ed to seo tho Worlds Fair site and tho
progress mado on tho buildings for tho
great International exposition of 100 t
See local agents for detailed Informa
tion us to rates tickets etc
IL C 1TOWNSEND
Genl Passr and Ticket Agt
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Only ono romody in tbo world that will nc
onco stop itchiness of tho skin In any part
of tho body Doans Ointment At any
drug btore 50 cents
A secret worries a woman until sho
has to give it away
When people get quiet and stupid
It is a sure sign of love
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