iTHE it VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
M RICJB.
TJLLENTJNB , NEBRASKA.
'Pride must be very tired of being
featured as the cow-catcher of a fall.
The country is facing a pickle farn-
fee. Oliat is not our fault that is sour
. { kfortuiie.
The richest man In Germany is the
an who makes guns ; the richest men
piAmerlca are those who issue bonds.
In England people marry their rela-
flyea and In France they won't marry
t Il. Whither are our foreign friends
drifting ? _ _ _
Hereafter the United States will ap
pear upon nearly all the maps of the
rorld that are used in European
Bchools.
yiollnlst Kubelik says he loves the
jpromen , but they worry him. This ,
however , Is an experience that
Wve In common.
The "reorganization" of an overcapl-
Itllzed corporation always means a
ew line of valuable experience for the
minority stockholders.
A scientist has made the interesting
Ilscovery that the soul > located in
} he spine. Alas for the henpecked man
who has no backbone.
The discovery that there is danger in
licking the ilap of an envelope will
furnish the careful man something else
from which he can swear off.
That must have been an interesting
guarrel which two deaf mutes had.
fJoth got cramps in their lingers and
became "speechless with rage. "
A man was fined $100 for slapping
ha wife. It was a righteous penalty ,
> ut the poor woman may have to pay
ihe fine by pawning her jewelry and
rardrobe.
Bir Thomas Lipton has prepared an
other big advertisement for his tea
[ business. He has ordered work begun
pn Shamrock III. Good luck to Tom ,
jthe tea and the boat.
The New York assemblyman who has
Introduced a bill making flirting on the
ptreet a misdemeanor ought to add a
foction requiring flirtatious men and
to wear blinders.
Becoming hysterical over musical
Celebrities is only an advanced stage
| f the absurd affectation which causes
people who know nothing about music
Jo pay ? 3 or $4. for a seat at grand opera
performances.
A student of municipal expenditures
| as recently remarked that many
lunerican cities seem to be growing 2 (
fer cent in population each year , 3 per
tent in valuation , 4 per cent in income ,
\ per cent in expenditures , and G per
* ent in indebtedness. This is a form of
' 'progression" which every community '
do well to avoid.
sv
Gifts to institutions of learning con-
Jltioued on the raising of an equal a
Amount by the institutions themselves
| re applications of the doctrine of self- v
jielp. The friends of colleges and L
Ichools should welcome opportunities a
Jo do their best when such rewards of n
exertion await them. Giving is not P
less generous because it recognizes an t
Important and salutary principle. r
rt ro
Queen Victoria was sometimes ac- t
tused of being parsimonious , but in ii
iifl
Ionic respects was extravagant King fl
Enward certainly is not niggardly , but fle flh
that he has a notion of business is in e
dicated by the statement that petty b
servants of the royal household who s
have heretofore traveled first class will V
pnly be allowed third class fares for h
their journeyings to and from London. b
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It is not impossible that the historian P
of the future may assign to an event of t
last December an Importance equal to P
that of the first message by telegraph PP Pt
pr the first word by cable between Eng P
land and America. The world was to r
startled by Signer Marconi's announce toti
ment that h > had succeeded in sending tib tiV
a message from Cornwall across the b
Atlantic to Newfoundland , u distance c
of 1,700 miles , wlthqut the use of wires. < r
To be sure , the message was only the Ii
Iih
three dots of the s of the Morse code , h
but the signal was repeated often Ci
Ciw
enough during the day to convince Mar w
coni that it was a reality and not a r
fancy. e
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A learned ijrofessor of physics in an a
.Eastern university explains why rail ao
road engineers sometimes do not heed }
signals whfch they see. It seems that lr
It is possible for a man to "see physi lrti lrn
cally without seeing psychologically. * ' ti
Mental abstraction will cause him to tiei
ei
see without perceiving. An engineer ii
may see a signal , and yet be unable to tl
pull the throttle. A sudden intense sit tlo
uation may cause a temporary paraly j'
sis of some part of his mental machin j'o
ery. "From the thing seen to the re di
sultant action there are a number of
processes , and the break in any results
In paralysis. First , the impression is
made on the retina of the eye ; then the S
optic nerve must communicate with § :
the brain ; then the will sends com lo
mands to the motor activities. Any S
stoppage in such a process results in C (
.helplessness. * ' Here is material for a
good defense by a man "who has been
Indicted on account of a railroad acci a ;
dent due to his failure to obey signals. S <
Sol
Ho can admit that he saw them and of
1 then plead that he was temporarily
paralyzed and hence unable to obey
them. He will argue , or learned coun
sel will argue for him , that while the
optic nerve may have communicated
with his brain , for some unknown rea
son his will sent no commands to his
motor activities. A jury which is fully
instructed about all the delicate ma
chinery , which has to be In good work
ing order to Insure prompt obedience
to a signal , will find it rather hard to
convict anybody who insistsj that
through no fault of his own his mind
stopped working at a critical moment
It must be admitted that in some of
these cases of accident it Is hard to de
cide on the extent of actual criminality
and the proper measure of punishment
"There is very little success where
there is little laughter. The workman
who rejoices In his work and laughs
away its discomforts Is the man who
is sure to rise. " Thus Andrew Carne
gie , a man who has probed deeply into
the philosophy of success. It is only
necessary to look into the faces ofthe
successful men everywhere to prove
Mr. Carnegie's assertion. Pessimists
do not usually get on. It Is your ever-
hopeful , ever-smiling , hearty-laughing
optimist who fails to see the lions in
the way. Difficulties dissolve in the
magic of a laugh. The man who sees
only the dark side Is dismayed by the
darkness. There Is no darkness to the
man who sees "the light that never
was on land or sea , " The light in the
eye of the enthusiast dispels the gloom.
A disposition to laugh is a sign of good
health. It promotes digestion and
other functions of the body , as any
physician will tell you. "Laugh and
grow fat , " is a maxim evolved from
the experience of the race. Your pessi
mist is inclined to be morose and dis
agreeable. His stomach and liver In
terfere not only with his health but
with his business. No one likes to do
business with the crabbed hypochon
driac. Moreover , the laugh habit may j
be cultivated. Much of course depends
upon temperament Some persons are
bound to perpetual melanchol by
heredity. With most persons , however ,
laughter is a cultivated habit The
habit comes from a persistent disposi
tion to take every advantage of every
opportunity to laugh. It is easier to
laugh than to cry. It is easier to laugh
than to grow glum and impervious to
the humor that is all about and only
waiting to be discovered. It Is yours
by right of discovery. And it pays big
dividends.
One of the most important features
of the annual statistics is the review
of the lumber resources of the Middle
West published by the American Lum
berman , covering the output 6'f pins
and hemlock lumber and possibilities
of future productivity in Michigan,1
Minnesota and Wisconsin and .lumber
j
manufacturing points in Iowa and 111- ,
nois on the Mississippi * River. The !
white and' Norway pine lumber output
inl 01 was 5,372.880,000 feet ; of shingles , j
2,47GG&1OCO pieces ; of lath , 1,300,893-j
000 pieces. The pine product showed a
decrease of 113,000,000 feet. The highT
(1t (1e prices last year stimulated produc- |
tiou and selling and stocks were
brought down so that with a continued
demand prices are expected to keep up.
The \ production of pine lumber last
year , 5,372,380,000 feet , as compared -
with S,597U23,0 0 feet produced in ISflO ,
would suggest that the time is really
approaching when this great lumber
interest will decline and Northern
iiv
white pine will disappear as lumber
material in the market , unless steps
are taken by scientific treatment to re
new the growth , and the Southeru and
Pacific coast forests will have to supply
the ; lumber demand. The American
Lumberman says that the decline in
output was checked last year only by I
the : most strenuous exertions and noth
c
ing like such "an output can be looked a
for in 1902. Of course , we have all t
heard for years that our white pine for
ests are rapidly falling beneath tha
u
blows of the incisive American ax , and L
such a large output as that of last year G
would seem to give discredit to the ex
haustion theory , but there is reason to 1
believe that the American Lumberman
right , and thai the decline in the out-
tl
put since 1S90 will continue. lu Maine
a
there ] is still a considerable output of
ti
pine lumber because there has been in titi
tervention < and there is some attention
paid to the protection of the younger
growth of timber. The plau which ob d
tains .generally in this country is to coii- tl
vert all the available commercial tim-
g
ber into money without the slightest
n
consideration of the future supply. Con
ti
gress is just beginning to take an intel tiAV
ligent view of the subject and to real AVo
ize to some extent at least that sue-
e
cessful timber culture must be classed
a
with all other successful agriculture , o
requiring < special treatment. The Gov-
, a
eminent ; forest reservations should
; l
each ; be a school of practical forestry ( .
and object lessons as to the advantage \
scientilic forestry to the nation , j n
Many owners of large private forest s\ \
lands like Seward Webb. W. C. Whit \v
ney , George Vanderhilt are demonstra t (
ting the beneficent possibilities of sci ai :
entilic forestry , and , considering the ?
interest the Government is taking in
the subject , and the intelligent action ei
; New York and other States , there is 01
justification in the belief that we are tc
; the verge of a new and wholesome tcn <
development in our national progress. tl
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Annual Loss from Fire.
Last j ear's record hi the United 01Cl
States of loss from fire was about Cl
170,000,000. It is estimated that the Cle
loss lu twenty-six years'lias been $2-
590,000.000 , of which 91,700,000,000 was fc
covered by Insurance. fca ]
When a child refuses to "take" to tlhi
lie
any one , its mother thinks it pretty
et
good evidence that the person is guilty
some enormous crime.
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SOLDIERS' STOBIES.
ENTERTAINING REMINISCENCES
OF THE WAR.
Graphic Account of Stirring Scenes
Witnessed on the Battlefield and in
Camp Veteranfi'of the Rebellion Re-
cfte Experiences * of Thrilling Nature.
"No stories , " said the Doctor , "give
the men whoNserved in the ranks more
comfort than those in which high pri
vates in the rear rank came in conflict
with colonels and brigadier or major
generals. I know a fellow who to this
day rejoices over the fact that he had
a tilt with General Nelson and got off
with a sword spanking. My old friend.
Judge Blurne , can tell you of another
who was paddled with a sword by Gen
eral Rosecrans and boasts of it.
"In another case an orderly sergeant
who went to his colonel's tent to pro
test against the punishment of one of
his men by an officer outside his com
pany , and who was peremptorily or
dered to his quarters , said , 'Take off
your shoulder straps for five minutes ,
colonel , and let us discuss this question
man to man. ' The colonel , misunder
standing the remark , flung off his coat
in wrath , and striding up to the ser
geant , thundered : 'What do you mean ,
sir ? That I am afraid of you or any
living man ? By all that's good , young
man , I will throw you out'
" 'I don't mean anything of the kind , '
replied the sergeant. 'What I wanted
to say to you , with all due respect for
your rank and courage , is that the man
put in the guardhouse by that old
steamboat captain and treated no bet-
"
1 ter than a roustabout or deserter , is a
gentleman born and bred ; is a South
ern boy who left his own people to fol
low me into the Union army to do his
full duty for the sake of the old flag ,
and I wanted to say that you and I , in
the absence of our captain , who was
captured yesterday , are poor , miserable
cowards if we permit an officer of an
other regiment to unjustly punish one
of our truest and best men.
" 'That's what I wanted to say , and ,
by George , I have said concluded
the sergeant , 'and what are you going
to do about it ? ' For a minute the col
onel glared , and then putting on his
coat , said , 'I will go with you and we
will have that man out in ten min
utes , ' and he was as good as his word.
Months after that , I saw that sergeant
and his Southern protege leave a re
treating 1 line of battle and run back in
the 1 very face of the enemy to drag the
colonel { from under a fallen horse and
fight their way back to their own. line.
"For a time , the colonel , stunned by
his j fall , took no part in the melee. Then
he j caught up a musket and struck out
as viciously as his rescuers , and the
three made what the boys called a
beautiful j running fight , a dozen of the
sergeant's company running back to
bring them in. When they reached our
sorely pressed line the colonel seemed
to t forget that he was in command and
fought among the men as one of them ,
until the sergeant , shaking him , said ,
'Remember your shoulder straps , man ;
remember your rank. ' The colonel took
this in high dudgeon , but , finally , mus
ket in hand , took command , re-formed
his regiment , and took a position from
which , he was not driven. "
"On the march to the sea , " said the
Major , "when the Twentieth army
corps was in the vicinity of Milledge-
ville , Ga. , and our division commander.
General John W. Geary , and our brig
ade commander , General George S.
Greene , were riding together , an inci
dent occurred that both remembered
for a good many years. As the two
generals , their staff officers , and escorts
were passing a house an alert Irishman
bolted out of the front door with three
chickens strapped to his knapsack and
1
many-colored patchwork silk quilt 1d
thrown across his arm.
j
' lie was pursued by a young but t
matronly looking woman , bewailing the
loss of her silk quilt Spying General
Geary , the woman ran to him and ask
ed his interference to save her quilt
The general dismounted quickly , grab
bed the Irishman by the shoulder ,
turned him about in a rough manner ,
and said : "Here , my man. return that
truck. ' The Irishman dropped the
truck and said : 'If you were not a
general I would like to see you rob me. '
"Thereupon the general dropped his
dignity , made a rush for the Irishman ,
the latter , to the , astonishment of all the o
staff officers , unslinging his knapsack ! p
and peeling for a fight. In the mean- j ' h
time the general was cuffing him as he h
would a schoolboy. lie had no thought ! c
: resistance , when the Irishman backtl
ed , off like a billygoat , made a run and " "a
jump , and delivered a blow squarely
on : the general's left jaw. Taken un
awares , the general fell , dragging his
assailant : down with him. The latter ,
carried away by the spirit of battle. {
\vas striking at the general after the j ,
manner of a trained pugilist when the
v
staff came to the rescue. When all
n
*
\vere on their feet , General Geary ex- j
tended his hand to the pugilistic private
'
ind said with : i grim smile. * I guess you jj
ot the best of it. ' j
"The Irishman replied. 'Faith , gen-1
u
sral. honors are aisy. but I think r J
ought to have my quilt. ' The genoral ; tl
told him to rejoin his regiment and t
'
never be caught in anj" more scraps like * .
the one in which he had just been in- '
bulging. 'ltis meself that will obey | j ,
wders , ' said the Irishman , and he ! "
*
marched away without his quilt or his
chickens , in a state of amazement over
escaping so easily.
"General Geary carried a black eye
for two or three days , but he had such
appreciation of the pluck and skill of a ;
the man who had given It to him that
bore no resentment. 9ome of his w
staff officers were outraged at the in- P' '
P'w
Hgnity put upon a division general and w
if their recommendations had been act
ed upon the stealer of the chickens
would have been severely dealt with.
But Geary's experience in Mexico , Cal
ifornia , and Kansas influenced him to
take a more tolerant view , and s4 It
happened that Patrick H , the only
private in the army probably who ever
knocked a brigadier general down , es
caped all punishment , and lived to tell
the story to his children and grandchil
dren. " Chicago Inter Ocean.
Circumstances Alter Cases.
During the early part of General But
ler's reign In New Orleans zi officer of
the Union arinV called on a wealthy
family with whom he had previously
been on the most friendly relations. As
the friends had often done him acts of
kindness , the officer thought he might
at this time return the favors. He rang
the bell , but no one appeared at the
front door. Confident that the folks
were in the house , he went around to
the kitchen , where he found the col
ored lady servant , whom he asked aa
to the whereabouts of her mistress.
"De misses am done gone away , " said
the old aunty.
"Then where is the daughter , aiiss
Mary ? "
"Miss Mary am also done gone. "
Confident that the family were hi
the house the officer said he was going
into the parlor to wait until they came
back , and , suiting his action to his
words , walked Into the elegantly fur
nished parlors and proceeded to amuse
himself playing on a guitar he found
lying on the piano. It was some time
before any one came in , but finally he
heard a rustling of silk on the stair
way , and the daughter Mary came
haughtily into the parlor. The Union
oflicer arose and offered his hand ,
which was refused. She heaped all
sorts of abuse on the. oflicer and told
him her mother said if she should see
him wounded and dying she would not
give him a drink of water.
After the fall of Vicksburg the same
officer came to New Orleans , in com
mand of the flagship Black Hawk , with
orders for Admiral Farragut The first
night he reached the Crescent City he
was notified that a lady was on the
boat desirous of seeing him. He went
to the forward cabin and found Mrs.
, who in 1862 treated him so shab-
itly , and had said she would do nothing
for him if he was brought back to her
house dying.
"Certainly you are not Mrs. , "
said the officer , stating what her daugh
ter reported she had said.
"Oh , yes , I am , " said she. "I never
said Avhat you repeat We are no longer
Confederates. Pierre has a twelve hun
dred-dollar clerkship in the postoffice ,
Walter has a nine hundred-dollar place
in the Custom House , George is in tha
Commissioner General's office , James is
Registry Clerk on the levee , and Harry
is in the signal service. Mary and
Emma both have promise of good posi
tions in the postoffice , and cousin Le
Bert is to be appointed solicitor or
something , and Uncle Le Blass is soon
to be Captain of the Port Oh , I am
so glad to see you. We are all Union
now , and I want you to come to our t
liouse and make it your home as long
is you stay in New Orleans. How glad t
our folks will be to see you. "
Historical Corrections. IIIi
John Goode , the only Virginian living IiI
who was a member of the Confederate I
Congress , was one of the speakers at Iti
the annual meeting of Lee camp , held tia
at Richmond , Va. s
Mr. Goode took occasion to correct v
what he conceives to be two errors in \i
recent contributions to the history of
the Civil War. He stated that he had n
it from the lips of the Confederate com t
missioners who went to Hampton roads P
to confer with President Lincoln that
the only thing Lincoln would agree to
was , that the Confederates "should go
home and take off their uniforms. ' " He h
denied , in emphatic terms , that Lincoln h
,
had offered to pay for the liberation of A
the slaves. b
Mr. Goode also said he wanted to cor n
rect an error In a recent contribution fi
to war history by Charles Francis Ad fitl
ams , in which he makes it appear that tlb
General Lee favored surrendering hia el [
nriny before it reached Appomattox , tc
and that President Davis was respon
sible for Lee's plans not being carried
out. Mr. Goode said he was sent for re
by President Davis and General Lea reff
for a conference. General Lee told of ff
the condition of his army , and asked if ffei
the Virginia people would stand an In
other draft them for InT
upon forage and T
provisions. Mr. Goode conferred with In
his associates , and the restilt
was , he is
informed General Lee. that the last iso
crust of bread would be divided with
;
the army. General Lee said not a word
about surrendering. Philadelphia Rec
ord.
A Story from Chicago. v <
While in camp at Cross Keys I re st
ceived an order from the general in
command that there should be no forag
ing allowed. This order was given out
with the distinct understanding that
any soldier going contrary to this N
rule would be severely punished. .
Judge of my surprise when one inorn-
ini : I found an Irishman trudging into m
camp with a nice fat duck hanging on ) f
his gun. ni
I aked him sternly if he did not know ol
that he was disobeying orders.
"Captain , as we wuz passing the
farum yard beyaut here this goost ; came
from under the fince and hissed at the m
lag , and I shot the thraitor dead , as 1
tiever allow any one to insult our col th
ors. " PC
I had to let him go.
A "Woman's Way.
Mrs. Crawford How did yon eorne to VJw
ask your husband for an auto ? w
Mrs. Crawford While I kne'sr he
would refuse , I hoped he might com lo
promise on an automobile coat That lom
n-as what T really wanted.--Judge. he
" " "
GOOD !
I S&oft Stories I
It Is related that once , when a cap
tain In the army cornered by the en
emy , he addressed his men as follows :
' < My men , fight like demons until your
powder gives out , then run. I'm a lit
tle lame. I'll start now. "
In an after-dinner speech at the Lon
don Savage Club recently , on the pur
ity of the English tongue , Winston
Churchill remarked : "I have written
five books , the same number as Moses
but I will not press the comparison. "
It is said that when Thaddeus. some
twenty years ago , was painting his fa
mous portrait of the I'ope , his Holiness
exclaimed : "How old you make me
look ! " "But are you not old ? " asked
the artist. "Ah , yes , " said the Pope ,
"but the Papacy , the idea which I rep
resent , is always young. "
Mark Twain was recently chaffing
Sir Wemyss Reid on the vagaries of
English pronunciation. "You spell a
name B-e-a u-c-h-a-m-p. and pronounce
it Marchbanks , " he said. "And you do
precisely the same thing , " replied We
myss. "What do you mean ? " replied
Mark Twain. "Well , you spell your
name C-1-e-m-e-n-s and
, you pronounce
it Twain. "
An Edinburgh photographer was vis
ited the other day by a man who want
ed a unique picture taken. "You see ,
it's like this , " the stranger began. " 1
had a girl that I loved , and we was
going to git married. She had her
things made up. and we was all ready ,
when she was taken ill and died. Now ,
what 1 want is a picture of me sittm'
on her grave weepiu' . " The photog
rapher was touched at the homely story
of grief , and told him he could send a
man with him to the grave , and have
the picture taken as he desired. "It's
some distance , " the stranger explain
ed , "it's over in Ireland. I expect it
'ud cost a lot to send over your traps
for what I want. " The photographer
said it would , whereupon his visitor
added : "I thought that inebbe you
could rig up a grave here in your shop ,
and I would weep on it , and it would
do just as well. It's no trouble for me
to weep anywhere. "
A prominent prysician , the other day ,
told how he played a practical joke on
an esteemed member of the medical
profession , who did not believe in the
germ theory , and refused to pursue any
study in that direction , holding that it
was all bosh. The more the bacteriol
ogist insisted , the more doubting the
doctor became. " > ere is no such ding
as germs in tuberculosis. I vill not be
lief it , " declared the German physician.
"Yes , but I have bacilli which I can
show you under the microscope and
prove my assertion , " replied the pro
fessor. "TJnd id has head uud tail ? "
queried the doctor. "Certainly. Come
to my laboratory , and I'll show it to
you , " said the bacteriologist. The doc
tor visited the laboratory , and the sci
entist showed him the specimen under
the microscope. A peculiar looking ,
wiggling object , with the head of a
monster and feathers sticking forth
like the war-path head-gear of a savage
Indian'was : presented. "Mein gracious !
TJnd dot ting is alive ? " cried the doc
tor ; "no vonder the germs can ravage
man's lungs. I shall get me a micro
scope at vonoe. " The doctor was con
verted to the germ theory , but the
wicked bacteriologist failed to reveal
to him that the bacillus shown in the
e
microscope was a common flea , ob- h
tained : from the body of the scientist's
pet house-dog. e
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"Where Marion Crawford "Writes. P
F .Marion Crawford finds his ideal
home in a breeze-swept villa , perched
high on the picturesque cliffs of Sant'
Angello di Sorrento , overlooking the
beautiful Bay of Naples and its ro
mantic shores. There is , indeed , no
finer site to be found anywherabout
this far-famed bay than that occupied
by the "Villa Crawford , " with its
heerfui landward outlook over scat
tered towns , olive-clad hills , and fra
grant orange groves dotted with white-
walled dwellings , to where Vesuvius
rears his mighty cone and Naples
lueena it among her subject villages ,
far out across the shining bay to the
enchanting island of Ischia. set like a
lustrous jewel in the Tyrrhenian Sea.
l'he house itself is an unpretentious
imilding of stucco and rough stone. It
n-aehed by following a country road ,
rverhuug by olive , lemon and orange
ree.s. for about a mile from Sorrento ,
hen turning through n graystoutgate -
tvjiy , embowered in ivy. and going
ilong a narrow driveway almost to the
t-orge of the cliff , where the villa
stands , some two hundred feet abore
he bay. Ladies' Home Journal.
Her Opinion.
"One of the greatest evils in life. " '
wl the elderly woman , ' * is procrasti
nation. "
" 1 think so , too , ' * replied the young
named woman. " 1 don't see the sens ?
putting off your golden wedding an-
in
versa ry till you are GO or 70 year *
of
jld. " Washington Star.
P
Floods oi * the Nile. ai
The i'oods of the Nile : ire so regular hr
theii ; coming that for hundreds ol sa
th
rears they have not varied ten days in
it
he date of their arrival at u gives ith
oim. h
he
Sawbones in Hungary.
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In Hungary there are thousands ot
'Jllages and hundreds of small towns
vithont a doctor within ten miles. in
It is said that pillow shams are no tiT
onger fashionahle. but there are nu- TV
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There arc at present more miles of
horse car lines in New York City
than in all the-rest of the country
combined. The mileage of the me
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ted States , Io7. !
Before long It is probable that the
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and fashionable folks may be snnfc
to Paris to finish off their education.
A school for dogs has been estab
lished in that city.
This la Simply Wonderful.
Champion , Mich. . March 17. Mrs. A.
Wellett , wife of a local photographer ,
has had a remarkable experience re
cently.
Mrs. Wellett tells the story this way :
'I ' could not sleep , my feet were cold ,
my limbs cramped. I had an awful
hard pain across my back. I had te
get up three or four times every uljjht ,
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I have no pain in my back or limbs and
I feel better than I have for years. "
Switzerland has , at Bex , salt mines
which have been worked for 348
years. The galleries are 25 miles in
length , and the profits 875,000 a year.
Cherries in varying shades of red
are used for trimming felt hats for
young girls , likewise wreaths of cur
rants with deep green velvet leaves ,
while clusters of purple and wh'te
grapes adorn some of the newest
models in white beaver.
Mrs. Wlnilovr'a SOOTHING STUUP for children
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Enough timber Is destroyed by fire
in the United States every year to
supply all the pulp mills , though
these can turn out 2,5000,00 tons of
paper a year.
W use Piso'a Cnre for Consumption IB
preference to any other cough medicine.
Mrs. S. E. Borden , 442 P street Wash
ington , D. C. , May 25 , 1901.
Systematic inquiries into the pres
ent condition of bird life in Missouri
brings to light the surprising discov
ery thab within the last 15 years in
sectivorous birds have decreased 62
per cent and game birds 80 per cent.
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Brooklyn , New York ,
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