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Harvester History In Short
Ogle cut pram with a dropper in 1822
Bell made a header in 1S20 and market
ed it many years
Randall in 1833 operated a machine
having a reel platform divider cutting
apparatus and all essential parts
Hussey built and patented the game
year a machine Its principles have never
been departed from it is still used in
t Europe as he built it He later applied
Ogles reel With but three years to run
his open guard patent sold for 300000
McCormick claims to have experiment
ed in 1831 patented a push machine in
1834 strapping the push tongue to the
horses backs experimented again in
1839 cold a machine in 1841 licensed
under Husseys patent at the end of a
law suit
The predecessors of the Deering Com
pany patented a Marsh harvester in 1858
perfected it and put it on the market
broke up the trade of reaper manufactur
ers who then began building Marsh har
vesters in 1875 Deering used doubly ad
justable reel in 1875 was followed two
or three years later Deering and Wood
Gold wire binders in 1874 McCormick
company followed two years later Deer
ing took up twine binders in 1878 and
was followed three years later by the Mc
Cormick Company Deering and Osborne
steel binders were put out in 18S5 and
McCormick followed two or three years
later Deering adapted roller bearings to
harvesting machinery in 1S93 which Mc
Cormick is now adopting
Library students In Paris wear muz
Eles when perusing old books in the
National library not because there is
fear that they will bite the old vol
umes but to prevent the luhaiatcn of
the book microbes into their lungs
SlOO Reward SIOO
The readers of thin paper will bo pleased
to learn that there 1b at least one dreaded
disease that science has heeu able to euro
In all its Btagos and that is Catarrh
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being a constitutional disease requires a con
stitutional treatment Hulls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally 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 assisting nature in doing its
work Tho proprietors have b much faith in
its curativo powers that they offer Ono Hundred
Dollars for any caBo that it fails to cure Bend
for list of testimonials
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je3Sold by Druggists 75c
When you catch a man singing softly
to himself in a high key you may know
hes imagining himself with a fine tenor
voice
Ragged Top
For information write Mr J It Bu
chanan General Passenger Agent Omaha
Nebraska
One English railway company alone
Issues over a ton of railway tickets
weekly
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A FATHERLY REPROOF
flic Old Gentleman Gives His Son a
Talking To About Gambling
George said the stern and staid
proprietor of one of the leading dry
goods shops of the Windy City the
other day I would like to see you for
a moment in my private office
Yes sir said George with assumed
cheerfulness though his heart was
sinking for whenever his father spoke
to him in that particular tone George
knew there were breakers ahead
The private office being reached the
venerable father looked earnestly and
sadly into his sons eyes and said
George I am pained to hear reports
that you have been engaged in gam
bling
But father
Dont interrupt me sir I dont care
to hear excuses I know all the facts
Last Saturday night you Jost 50 play
ing cards did you not
Yes sir
Thats right my son Im glad you
do not add evasion or falsehood to your
other fault Tell me how you lost this
money
Well father I and a friend were
playing freeze out
Excuse me but what is freeze out
Its a game of cards sir
So I suppose but I know nothing
of these dreadful games The name
freeze out does not mean anything to
me
Perhaps you would recognize the
game under the more common title of
bluff
No I dont know that title
The game is also called poker
Oh yes I have heard of poker One
of our ministers to England wrote a
book on poker I believe I have a
slight literary acquaintance with that
title Well sir proceed You and your
friend were playing poker
Yes and I got four jacks in the
deal
Four jacks Great Scott But I
havent any Idea what bearing that had
on the game Go on
I stood pat my friend drew one
card
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Yes
Then I bet five
Thats where you made a mistake-
Sir
You began to gamble at that point
Im afraid I did sir
What did your friend do
Saw my five and raised me twenty
five
The fellow had nerve
Whats that sir
Never mind go on with your story
I saw his twenty five and raised him
five
Whats that only five
Why father
No excuses sir proceed
He saw my five and raised me five
Yes
I saw him and raised him five
Idiot
Sir
Go on go on
He saw my five and raised me fif
teen and I
What did you do
Threw my hand in the pack and
gave up the pot
Blockhead Didnt you know it was
a rank bluff That fellow drew to a
bobtail flush and didnt fill He knew
you hadnt any sand and started in on
a bluff You threw down four jacks
Why you confounded chump if Id
held your hand 1 stayed with him un
til the cows came home But thank
goodness I dont know anything about
the game and understand me sir let
this be the last complaint I hear about
your plajing cards
George promised obedience and as
he passed out he heard his father mut
tering
Four jacks Great Scott what an
opportunity
Costliest of Furs
While the fashion in most furs chang
es year by year sable invariably holds
its owTn and the possessor of a rich
garment of this material can well feel
the pride that comes from owning
something not commonly worn The
demand for sable has never been so ex
tensive here as in Europe and very
few understand the difference between
the relative value of the American and
Russian furs At the court of Russia
every member must have his sable furs
for state occasions and it is estimated
that this equipment must cost each
one not far from 25000 In Germany
the maids of honor are compelled to
have their garments trimmed with sa
ble tails and clippings while in the
court dresses of several other European
nations the sable figures in various
ways
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Any sarsaparilla is sarsaparilla True So any
tea is tea So any flour is flour -But grades differ
You want the best Its so with sarsaparilla There
are grades You want the best If you understood
sarsaparilla as well as you do tea and flour it
would be easy to determine But you dont How
should you
When you are going to buy a commodity
whose value you dont know you pick out an old
established house to trade with and trust their
experience and reputation Do so when buying
sarsaparilla
A3ers Sarsaparilla has been on the market
fifty years Your grandfather used Ayers It is a
reputable medicine There are many sarsaparillas
But only zone Ayers IT CURJES
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She boasts a pretty gold trimmed purse
The envy of the host
But shopping leads from bad to worse
It is an empty boast
Washington Star
She You seem to forget yourselr
Bir He How could I do otherwise in
your presence Judy
Friend I suppose everything you
write now goes Author Yes but
most of it comes back Harlem Life
I know now remarked the young
man who was sued for breach of prom
ise why they call it courting Tid
Bits
Editor Your story is fiat Author
Yes Editor I wLsh to compliment
you Most stories we get are rolled
up Puck
Uncle Simon what is a phenome
non A phenomenon is a man who
gets so rich that he wont accept a pass
on a railroad Chicago Record
Bubbles My wife and I met by
accident Thrown together by chance
as it were WheelwToman eagerly
Did you break the bicycles Buffalo
Times
I fared pretty well on Christmas
said the man with the blue coat In
deed Yes you know Im a street
car conductor Philadelphia North
American
Mrs Newlywed in tears You used
to say that you would be glad to die
for me Mr Newlywed Well I would
now Mrs Newlywed Well you may
now Judge
Ill wager that woman submarine
diver doesnt say under the water more
than ten minutes at a time Why
Nobody down there to talk to Chi
cago Record
Pugilism isnt what it used to be
No the advances made in implements
of modern warfare 4iave thrown it into
the shade somewhat Philadelphia
North American
Hungry Higgins All dis here hand
out lacks is finger bowls Weary Wat
kins Yes I fink I could git away wid
erbout a free finger bowl myself In
dianapolis Journal
Reporter Three men fell on live trol
ley wires to day City Editor Run em
in the current events column Chorus
of groans from the force Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
She Mr Fullback never boasts of his
football exploits does he He No I
understand that he has nearly killed
half a dozen men but he never says a
word about it Puck -
Called any to day Only once
and then I was left out in the cold
You dont mean it where Down
at Bagsleys He held four aces Cin
cinnati Commercial Tribune
Alethea blushingly Now dont Mr
Dusnap I know little Ferdinand is
watching at the key hole Dusnap
Well lots gratify his curiosity and
then he may go away Puck
I am sorry to hear that Allwuhl the
clothing merchant has failed in busi
ness How did it happen Over
confidence He brought on a carload
of ear muffs Chicago Tribune
Judge to a couple sentenced for fight
ing Have you anything to say Male
Defendant I would like to have my
wife commence her term in prison after
I am released German exchange
She Do you believe in long engage
ments He Well I think an engage
ment should be long enough to test a
mans constancy and to give the girl
time to learn to cook Brooklyn Life
He Im waiting for the interesting
woman of o0 that the novelists talk
about She Well you wont find her
in Vienna All the women here under
GO are not over 22 Illustrated Bits
You know that old gag of telling the
beggar that you are working this side
of the street I tried it the other day
Did it work No he licked me for
getting on his beat Chicago Record
Cholly It would be queer doncher
know if the Theosophists were right
and if we came to life again in some
other form She les Cholly some
folks might expect better luck next
time Puck
Mrs Mulligan Do yez feel better thi3
morning Mrs OToole Mrs OToole
I do and then again I dont Mrs
Mulligan Thots bad fur its harrud
to know whether to saj Im sorry or
glad Harpers Bazar
They must have had a cyclone over
at Newriches last week What
makes you think so Mr Newriches
said they had their monogram blown
Into every piece of glass in the houses
Detroit Free Press
What kind of goods maam asked
the salesman I think replied the
young woman who had just bought a
wheel and was about to order her first
riding suit you may show me some of
your early fall styles Chicago Trib
une
Ah asked the lady this rouge
will not er rub off Oh dear no
mem said the clerk it is especially
warranted to stand all the kisses of in
vestigation ones feminine friends may
choose to try on it Indianapolis Jour
nal
Nell Miss Bjones uses French
phrases in the most peculiar manner
Bell Does she Nell Yes indeed
Why at breakfast yesterday I asked
her how she liked her eggs and she
said they were very chick Philadel
phia Record
Buzzfuzz Is there much difference
between comic and grand opera Siz
zletop emphatically Oh In
comic opera the actress wrears the
startling costumes in grand opera they
are worn by the society ladies in the
boxes Puck
The Old Yellow Almanac
When Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote tho
poem having for title the same heading
as this article she touched a chord that
vibrated in thousands of hearts For
Ayers AlmaDac The Old Yellow Alma
nac of the poem is intimately associated
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wun ine uujd uuu uceuo ut u larye part 01
the worlds population How large a part
of the population this general statement
may include can be gathered from the
facf that the yearly issue of Ayers Al
manac is from 17000000 to 25000000
copies It is printed in twenty eight edi
tions and in some eighteen languages in
cluding bosides English Spanish Portu
guese Dutch German Swedish Danish
Norwegian Bohemian Welch Italian
French etc The old style almanac is
looked upon by many as a relic of an
tiquity especially the patent medicine
almanac whose jokes are the butt often
of the very papers in whose columns they
first appeared But there are almanacs
and almanacs Ever since Dr Ayers
Almanac has been put out it has employ
ed as high a class of mathematical and
astronomical talent as is available in the
country The result is that it stands on a
par in respect of the reliability of its data
and the accuracy of its calculations with
the TJ S Nautical Almanac and testi
mony to this fact is found year after year
in the letters referred to the almanac de
partment of the company from students
and mathematicians in various parts of
the world In its permanence and relia
bility Ayers Almanac stands as a very
fitting type of the Ayer Remedies indis
pensable in the family and reliable every
day in the year The 1897 edition of this
useful almanac is now in course of distri
bution through the druggists of the coun
try
Death Roll of a Vermont Brigade
The Vermont Brigade of Gettys Di
vision Sixth Corps suffered the great
est loss of life of any brigade that took
part in the war of the rebellion The
total deaths on the field or through
wounds were 1172 Its hardest fight
was in the Wilderness where it left
195 of its members dead and 1017
wounded and reported 57 missing Its
total list of casualties at the Wilder
ness and at Spottsylvania was 1645
killed or wounded out of a membership
of 2800
New Line to Washington D C
The Monon has established a new
through sleeping car route between Chi
cago and Washington D C by way of
Cincinnati via Monon C H DB
O S W and B O Railways The
sleeper is ready for occupancy in Dear
born station at 9 p ra and leaves at
245 a m daily arriving st Washington
at G47 the following morning Schedule
in effect Jan 24
As the sleeper goes through without
change and the hours of leaving and ar
riving are most convenient this will prove
altogetarr the most comfortable as well
as the most pic uresque route to the na
tional capital City ticket office 232
Clark sti pct Depot Dearborn station
An Airship of Aluminum
A company has been organized in San
Francisco for the building of an im
mense airship aluminum to be used in
its construction The vessel will be
about 200 feet in length over all and
the cylinder will be 35 feet in diameter
by 125 feet the cones tapering to a
point at a distance of about 50 feet each
from the cylinder The propelling pow
er will be a Maxim engine of 180 horse
power The projectors of the enterprise
are all men of wealth
WHAT A STUPENDOUS LIE
We hear a farmer say when he reads
that John Breider Mishicott Wis
grew 173 bushels of Salzers Silver
King Barley per acre in 1S96 Dont
you believe it Just write him You
see Salzers seeds are bred up to big
yields And oats 230 bushels Corn 2G0
Wheat 60 bushels Potatoes 1600 bush
els Grasses G tons per acre etc etc
1000 FOR 10 CENTS
Just Send This Notice with 10 Cents
stamps to John A Salzer Seed Co La
Crosse Wis and get 12 farm seed sam
ples worth 10 to get a start
The Royal Ruad to Learning-
Euclid who is sometimes called the
father of mathematics taught this sub
ject in the famous school of Alexan
dria Being asked one day by the King
of Egypt Ptolemy Soter whether he
could not teach him the science in a
shorter way Euclid answered in wrords
that have been memorable ever since
Sire there is no royal road to learn
ing Not many scraps of conversation
have lived as this reply has for near
ly 2200 years
A Wonderful Asthma Cure
Brattleboro Vt Jan 12 97
Dr Taft Bros Rochester N Y Your
sample bottle of Asthmalene cure at hand
and will say that it is the best medicine
in the market It has done me so much
good that I had my druggist send and get
me a 150 bottle have had no asthma
since I commenced taking it I feel safe
to say I am cured I gave an asthmatic
friend of mine some out of my bottle and
it gave him almost instant relief
W A NEAL
Sample bottles of this celebrated asthma
cure are Bent free to all sufferers by ad
dressing Dr Taft Bros 45 Elm street
Rochester N Y
A Bridge Five Miles Long
The Lagong bridge built over an arm
of the China sea is five miles long
with 300 arches of stone 70 feet high
and 70 feet broad each pillar support
ing a marble lion 21 feet in length The
cost of the bridge is unknown
cascarets 6timuRte Uver kidneys and bowels Nev
er sicken weaken or ertpe 10c
The More Knowing Dog
De dog dat keeps snappin an pranc
In an prickin up his years said Uncle
Eben gets de reppytation ob beln
powerful knowin But hit am de one
dat draps down on de rug an takes
tings easy wifout callin tention ter
hissef hat hab de real gumption
for Fifty Cents
Over 400000 cured Why not let
regulate or remove your desire for tobacco
Saves money makes health and manhood Cure
guaranteed 50c and 1 all druggists
The larynx of man is twice the size
on an average of the same organ in
woman although this disproportion is
equalized by the fact that woman uses
her larynx a little more than twice as
much as man
Tho Strongest Fortification
Against disease one which enables us to un
dergo unscathed risks from hurtful climatic
influences exposure overwork and fatigue
is the vigor that is imparted to a debilitated
physique by the peerless medicinal safe
guard Hostetters Stomach Bitters You
may pobscss this vigor In a higher degree
than the trained athlete although your mus
cular development may be far Inferior to
hl8 Vigor Implies sound good digestion
and sound repose two blessings conferred
by the Bitters which remedies malarial
rheumatic nervous and kidney trouble
The wheat moth lays one cs and
but one in a single grain of wheat
Halls Hair Renewer cantains the natu
ral food and color matter for the hair and
medicinal herbs for the scalp curing gray
ness baldness dandruff and scalp sores
In the wheat belt of India the average
production per acre is 93 bushels
She was a dear sweet girl with a com
plexion of angjlic loveliness such as all
young ladies possess who use Glenns Sul
phur Soap Of druggists
The wheat product of Hungary is
llJ009000 bushels
Pisos Cure for Consumption hns been a
family medicine with us since 1865 J R
Madison 2409 42d ave Chicago HI
In Massachusetts farming laud for
wheat is rented at 40S per acre
Iowa farms for sale on crop payments 10
per cent cash balance crop yearly until
Dald for J MULHALL Waukegan 111
The labor of preparing an acre of
wheat land in North Dakota is 169
When blllou3 or costive eat a Caacaret candy ca
thartic cure guaranteed 10c 25a
Italy raises 102000000 bushels of
wheat
Five cents saved on soap five dollars lost on rotted
clothes Is that econumyt There Is not 5 cents dif
ference between the cost of a bar of tho poorest soap
made and tho best which Is as aU know Dobbins
Electric
The cost of harvesting wheat In Con
necticut is 2S3 per acre
Mrs WInsIows 8otmnNQ Btbttp for Children
teething softens the jcums reaucas liillrrauiaUoa
tllays pain cure wind colic 25 cents bottle
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in Hoods Sarsaparlla Ono 0 iTl y
hundred doses one dollar is
peculiar to and true only of Hoods Sarsa
parilla This is why a bottle of Hooda
Sarsaparilla contains more curative power
than any other Tho great merit of Hood
S irsaparilla proved by its wonderf u cures
has placed it not only in the front rank of
medicines but has given it a place alone and
unapproachable as The One True BIootL
Purifier It has accomplished thousanda
of cures of scrofula rheumatism dyspep
sia neuralgia salt rheum and other trem
bles It is the great building up medicine
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Sarsaparilla
Is the Best In fact the One True Blood
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Walter Baker Cos
Breakfast Cocoa
Because it is absolutely pure 4
Because it is net made by the so called Dutch Process in f
which chemicals are used
Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired
the exquisite natural flavor and odor of the beans
Because it is the most economical costing less than one cent
a cup
Be sure that you get the genuine article made by WALTER
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A machinist in St Louis relates that for eighteen months
his life had been a perfect torture by reason of pains and
general bad feeling arising from indigestion but having
read about
ipans Tabules
he said I made up my mind at last to try them and
they are great I now use them every now and then
and have no more indigestion no bad feeling and my
appetite is much better Everybody that suffersfrom
indigestion should try them
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