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GOOD SHORT STORIES
THE VETERANS.
FOR
Feigaed Death to Save Ills Life Spanked
ftw ftij. i:.ti.Mi1.rnmniUiarv SirMMlnl,ll'
Experience with Nelson and u Mole
Negro Soldiers' Bravery.
Memorial Day.
O'er the breadth of a great republic
From ocean to ocean borne.
Whatever the stars of her banner
Gleam out to the light of morn;
From the depth cf her graiii-sown val
leys. The iilopes of her tvooded hills.
In the ions of her wind-swept pralrie3,
The i h yme of her peaceful t ills.
Comes the nois-elcss tramp of an army,
Shadowy, silent and tjray
An at my. though vanished its lesions.
Yet lives in our hearts today.
To the men who from field and forura
Uprose at the countiy's cry.
Their lives, if their need, for the honor.
Their honor for her to die:
Who, seizins: the sun for the plowshare.
And grasping the sword for the pen.
Wont forth an army of patriots,
Of noble and free-born men;
'Tis to these a hand of a nation
Its tributes of Ioe will pay.
Whcreer the grave of a toldiej?
Shall hollow its toil today.
Not with branches of yew nor cypress,
Cut with roses, and blossoms bweet;
With amaranth and laurel aboe them.
And hcart's-casc fair at their feet.
While softer than winds of the summer
And sweeter than roses bloom.
Are the memories and love which gather
And brighten each silent tomb;
And though Time in his march triumph
ant Bends ell to h!-; final sway.
Yet the touch of the Great Eternal
Is nearer than lie today.
O'er these graves where all strife is
ended.
Where the pat and its memories lie.
Iti-e the grateful hearts of the people
In piayer to the Lord Most High
For the hope of a propeious future.
The gracious gift of Ills hand;
Tor a great and united nation.
A fiec and a fruitful land:
For Ills angel of Peace. who:e p5n!on3
Stretch over that land today;
For the love that c!a.pcth as brothers
The hands of the blue and gray.
Beatrice Ilarlowe, in Woman's Home
Companion.
reigned Heath to tao HM Mfe.
Private E. D. Millard, a member of
the Second Oregon volunteers, owes
his life to his grit. In the face of
death he played 'possum, and while
half a dozen bloodthirsty Filipinos
jabbed him with bayonets, tried to
burn his hair and otherwise tortured
him he feigned death so completely
that his tormentors, believing he was
a corpse, left him on the field. Three
of his comrades had been ambushed
and cut to pieces at his side. Millard,
himself shot in the back, lay fifteen
feet from them, hearing their dying
groans. Not a single moan came from
his lips. He knew better. Millard,
with twelve other soldiers, had been
sent out about 500 yards from camp
at Mariola to do guard duty. It was
about midnight when they reached the
outposts across the river. All this
was "fought-over territory," and a
man had to keep his eyes open. Thick
bamboo and high grass covered the
ground. "The night wore on until
about ? o'clock in the morning," said
Millard, speaking of his experience,
"when we saw danger cignals going up
from our camp. Almost simultaneous
ly Mauser rifles began to crack around
us. The rebels had crept along the
river between us and camp and we had
been surrounded. We began to retreat
southward along the railroad track to
F company's camp, two miles away.
We could hear a bundled men around
us in the brush. We had gone per
haps 100 yards down the track when a
score of Filipinos jumped up out of
the tall grass and fired a volley into
our faces. Privates Paine, Berry and
Hoffman were shot and hacked to
death before my eyes. I received a
charge in my side and fell over the
roadbed into a muddy ditch. I scram
bled to the other bank and kept as
still as I could unable to rise to my
knees. Pretty scon somebody ap
proached me and gave me a kick on
the side of the head. Then another
man threw a big clod of dirt at me.
After that two or three more came
and held burning matches under my
nose to see if I was still breathing. I
tried to keep from inhaling the sul
phur. My hair was wet with mud and
water and blood, or the' would have
set fiie to it sure. Then a Filipino
ripped out an oath, rolled me over and
began to jab his bayonet into my ab
domen and legs. Once I felt that I
must cry out, but certain death star
ing me in the face kept me from it.
I must have flinched, but they did not
see me in the dark. All t.is time the
Filipinos were quarreling and scuf
fling over my gun, which I had dragged
across the ditch through the mud.
Somebody began taking off my belt,
and that was the beginning of another
scrimmage. They pulled and hauled
mo about like a dead man, searching
my pockets and taking everything they
could hy their hands on. After that
ordeal was over they unbuckled my
suspenders, took off my shoes and
would hae stripped the shirt from my
back had it not been for the blood
and mud that were smeared all over
me. I was barely conscious of what
was going on, but there is one thought
that stayed with me until I collapsed
completely: 'One groan, even a sigh,
and I am a goner.' I was weak from
less of blood and the side and bacK of
my shirt was as wet as if dipped in
watsr. A few feet from me three or
four rebels were stripping poor Hoff
man's body of every stitch of clothing.
That is an old trick of the insurgent
fightrs, and t'ney would have left
nothing on me had my clothes been
worth taking. I cannot remember
when they left me. About that time I
becaire unconscious, exhausted by the
loss c? blood. The next thing I knew
I was on a cot in the hospital, where
I stayed for several weeks."
Negro Soldiers' Uraverr.
In the lobby of a hotel in Washing
ton recently several well known men
were exchanging their views about the
moral qualities cf the negro. They
all thought him far inferior to the
white man. A colonel in the army
medical service told this story: "Dur
ing the recent war I had a leading part
to play with the medical forces of the
United States in Cuba. At Siboney I
found that certain buildings which I
had ordered burned, because yellow
fever had infested them, had not been
flestroyed on account of the sick sol
diers who were in them, afflicted with
that dread plague. A company of col
ored troops had fought all day at San
Juan, and that night had been ordered
to proceed to guard duty to Siboney.
They had marched over reads you can't
conceive of, had not rested one hour
after fighting for nearly a day and they
did not have time to prepare their food.
They arrived at Siboney at 2 o'clock in
the morning, and many went to sleep.
None had anything to eat. We were
unable to do much for our sick soldiers.
No nurses had arrived, and we did not
even have a cook, for all our volunteer
nurses and cooks were down with
fever. At 4 o'clock in the morning I
went over to the commanding officer
cf that colored company to obtain a
cook and nurses. Knowing that ne
groes are afraid cf the fever, I asked
the commanding officer not to detail
any of that company to act as cook or
nurses, but to call for volunteers. The
company was awakened and the men
formed in line, all who were left after
the fight at San Juan, about eighty In
number. I pointed to the building and
told them that soldiers were in there
sick with yellow fever, that we had no
cock, no nurses, and that I had come
to ask who would volunteer to help U3.
My words were repeated and the dan
gers of yellow fever explained to them
by their commander, and when he
called for volunteers the whole eighty
stepped forward. Within two weeks
two-thirds cf the company fell victims
to the disease. I had been told that the
negro Is not to be depended upon, that
he Is shiftless, lazy, indolent, etc., but
after this incident I am proud to claim
the negto soldier as my camp-comrade.
I do not want to cast any aspersions
en any man or set of men, but I should
like to know whether a company of
white men, eighty in number, after a
terrible fight, after a hard, forced
march, without food, in the face of
mortal fear of the disease, would hav?
responded to a man."
SpnnUcd by the General.
"There is a man in Chicago," said a
major of the civil war, "who, whenever
I meet him, rubs his shoulder and pass
es me with a mischievous smile. That
la a reminder of his encounter with
Kelson soon after the division left
Corinth. Jack was serving as commissary-sergeant
and was proud of his
rank. He fitted himself out with a re
volver and cavalry saber and rode an
under-sized mule, with the air of a
man enjoying a great privilege. Jack
had a great admiration for Nelson,
and he had intimated to the boys that
he suspected that the general liked
him, because of his natty appearance
and his lather unusual armament.
One morning as the regiment was
waiting in line to pass in review be
fore Nelson, who, with his staff, was
stationed on the roadside at the head
of the column, Jack came down the
road on his mule. He gave the boys a
triumphant look and said to those
within hearing: 'See me make an im
pression on the general.' He rode on,
oblivious of the look on Nelson's face,
and when in front of the general made
what be regarded as a most stunning
salute. Nelson, who did not tolerate
any departure from army usage or reg
ulation, glared at Jack and bis inoant.
and then, spurring his large horse for
ward, shouted: 'Get off that mule,
blank you to blank; get off that mule
now.' Jack was a resourceful fellow,
and, bringing his mule to a quick
about-face, he evaded Nelson, saluted,
and started back. Nelson wheeled and
came down on mule and rider like a
hurricane. As he overtook Jack he
shouted: 'Get off that mule,' and
struck at the luckless rider with his
sword, using it as a paddle. After re
ceiving one spank, Jack threw himself
from the mule and scrambled up the
steep bank at the roadside, Nelson
spanking him as long as any part of
Jack's body was within reach. As
Jack stood rubbing himself, Nelson
roared, 'Come down, sir.' Jack shook
his head, and Nelson, realizing that he
was not playing the general's part,
rode away, murmuring: 'A commissary-sergeant
on a mule! The next
thing all the privates will be riding
broomsticks!' "Pittsburg News.
Took Himself to Pieces.
General Nicolls of New Orleans was
well known throughout the southern
states as one of the bravest officers in
the confederate army. He sacrificed an
eye, a leg and an arm to the cause
which he believed just, and came out of
the war as he declared, "only half of a
man." But the half that was left en
joyed a joke as keenly as ever. Science
replaced the lost members so success
ful- that nobody who was ignorant of
his misfortune could detect it. The
general often told the following story:
Stopping at a hotel in Mobile a negro
boy was detailed to help him prepare
for bed. After his bag was unpacked,
and his coat laid aside, he said: "Now,
Sam, take off my leg." Sam stated
speechless. "Don't know yet how to
take off legs, eh? Now, look here!"
He unscrewed the leg, and keeping it
carefully covered with its long, black
stocking, laid it aside. "Now, take off
this arm." "No, sah! no, sah! Nebbcr
took off no gentlum's ahm in my life!"
gasped Sam, turning gray with terror.
"You're a pretty valet. Nothing eas
ier." The arm was taken off and laid
beside the leg on the table, and the
general prepared for sleep and got into
bed. "Oh, by the way! We'd better
take an eye out!" He took it out. Sam
backed to the door, afraid to turn back
on the terrible guest, who stretched
himself sleepily, and then said: "Now,
Sam, take off my head!" Sam rushed'
cut of the room to the office, and could
only find strength to gasp out, "It's de
debbil heself, sah! He's taken hisself
to pieces in room fohty-cight!" The
man who has the nerve to make a joko
of his sacrifices in any cause is very
sine of sympathy and approval.
The Retnrn or the Rations.
In the civil war our soldiers faced
privation and hunger. A little story in
H. Clay Trumbull's book, "War Mem
ories of a Chaplain." tells of the spirit
in which they sometimes did it. While
before Petersburg doing siege work in
tho summer of 1S64, our men had
wormy hard tack served out to them.
It was a severe trial to the men.
Breaking open the biscuits and finding
live worms in them, they would throw
the pieces in the trenches, although the
orders were to keep the trenches clean.
A brigade officer of the day, seeing
some of these scraps along our front,
called out sharply to our men: "Throw
that hard tack out of the trenches."
Then, as the men promptly gathered
it up, he added, "Don't you know that
you've no business to throw hard tack
in the trenches?" Out from the in
jured soldier's heart there came the
reasonable explanation, "We've thrown
it cut two or three times, sir, but it
crawls back."
The Empress aud the Sentry.
Discipline in the German army is
very strict. Not long ago the empress,
returning from a walk with a lady-in-waiting,
was stopped at the park gate
by a sentry, who refused to let her
enter. In vain the lady represented
she was the empress; the soldier said
he did not know her, and could not let
her pass till she could get someone to
identify her. That was eventually
done by another soldier, and only then
did the sentry allow his sovereign's
consort to enter her own gates. The
man has since had a special message
from the emperor, highly approving his
steady adherence to orders.
"She scorned all her wooer3 so long
that now she is doomed to be an old
maid for the rest of her life." "Well,
that seems like a just sentence for
such contempt of court." Philadelphia
Bulletin.
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
Bow Successful rarmer Operate This
Department of the Farm A Few
Hints as to the Care of live Stock
aad roultrjr.
Great Britain's Cow Population.
A writer in the British Dairy Farm
er says:
The steady growth in our Imports of
dairy produce is largely attributable to
the circumstance that the bovine popu
lation of Great Britain is increasing at
a less rapid rate than the human pop
ulation, the result being that the home
sources of supply do not keep pace
with the demand. This is very clearly
shown in a table which Major Craigie
gives in the new volume of Agricul
tural Returns (1S9S). It sets forth for
the five periods of five years 1871-75
to 1S91-95, and for each of the three
years IS9C to 1838, the population of
Great Britain, the number of cows and
heifors in milk and calf, and the pro
portion of each of these per 1,000 per
sons. The following statement shows
these proportions:
Proportion of cows
Period to 1,000 persons.
13 I X4 O qm
J.o luol iO
looioD 41
XooUiU 4o
IojU'Jw iv
Year.
1R17 11
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The number of milk-producing cat
tle increased from 2.204.000 in 1S71-75
to 2,502,000 in 1S91-95. Simultaneously
the population grew from 26,854,217
persons to 33,823,120. Hence, whilst
Great Britain possessed 82 milk-yielding
cattle per 1,000 persons over the
earliest quinquennial period, these
numbers had fallen to 76 over the lat
est. In the three years which have
elapsed since the close of the period
1891-95 there has been a further pro
portionate decline, though in this re
spect 1898 is seen to show some slight
improvement over 1897. Nevertheless,
the human population of our island is
increasing at so much more rapid a
rate than the bovine that the propor
tions tabulated above can hardly fail
to decline as future quinquennial peri
ods become completed, and conse
quently our dependence on sea-borne
butter must steadily become greater.
Turkey Talk.
From Farmers' Review: What
profit is there in turkeys? is the thing
that farm wives want to know, as well
as the different methods of rearing and
fattening them. We held ours until
time for the Xmas trade, which with
us closes near the 18th of December.
We only received 7 cents per pound
last year, and considering their age,
they weighed well. If one doesn't
count their time and bother, all the
flock brings is profit except the cost
of the corn for fattening, for if the
turks are allowed their liberty they
will pick up most of their living, ex
cept that. One needs to begin fatten
ing at least four weeks before market
ing, and six is better. Unless your
turks are early it is better to not try
to fit them for the Thanksgiving mar
ket, keep them for the holiday trade,
or even later. One Missouri grower
cuts the wing and tail feathers of her
poults off about half when they are
small. Not for the reason given by
some Leghorn breeders that their
growth weakens the young, but be
cause they drag the poult down by
being so heavy, and also get wet and
draggled. Why should clipping the
feathers help the cause as far as weak
ening the poults are concerned, for the
'feathers have to grow again just the
same. It is very necessary to keep
the poults strong and growing, then
they will manage to stand the growth
of feathers. Let me urge again the
necessity of cleanliness and entire
freedom from lice in connection with
the turks, and another thing as im
portant is giving the breeders free
range; this will cause the eggs to
hatch strong, vigorous poults that can
stand a few hard knocks.
We don't advise using grease In any
shape or form or quantity on or about
poults, use fresh insect powder of any
well known brand, fresh tobacco dust,
or cedar tea. Pike's lice killer and
Lee's lice killer are also strongly rec
ommended. Keep the young dry and
warm for at least two weeks. Avoid
overfeeding, unclean water and sur
roundings and soured food for they
will surely cause sickness if not speedy
fatalities. Don't overcrowd; to our
cost we learned it was not safe to give
one chicken hen more than fifteen and
they must be of one age, else the older
will trample the younger to death,
then, too young turks require brood
ing the most of the time and if the
hen has some that are old enough to
run about the pen she will not hover
as much as she should, they will like
ly get chilled, and if they do trouble
is sure to follow. We used the same
style coops that we use for the other
poultry. A V style with slatted coop
in front, but we had them one-fourth
larger. Try to set the turk eggs under
a gentle hen, and one that is a persist
ent brooder and not in a hurry to wean
her young. They want mothering a
long time. If not too large and heavy
Cochins or Brahmas would be the
thing to hatch and care for young
turks. P. R. hens are O. K., but the
pullets get tired two soon; they don't
like to stay with the young long
enough. Keep the turk eggs in a dry,
rather cool place. If not dark, exclude
the light by covering with cloth3. turn
half over every day, and you may safe
ly keep them three weeks beforei,
ting. Break up the hens when tW?
first want to sit, but let them sit the
next time. If you break them the sec
ond time their third litter will be so
late there won't be much in raising the
turks. The hens should lay from IS
to 25 eggs the first clutch, 15 to 20 the
second, and the third not more than
12 or 13. Turkey raising is so much
like a game of chance that when one
once tries, they will try, try again
ven if they don't make a cent
EMMA CLEARWATERS.
Making Country Butter.
As to making butter in the country
without ice, I say it can be done. Not
tallow butter or axle grease, but butter
Df the gilt-edge variety, writes Mrs. Ju
liette Lamkin of Texas, in an unidenti
fied exchange. I know whereof I speak,
nd will give my own experience.
I live in the country where ice Is an
mpossibility. Last summer I had no
olace to keep my milk and butter ex
cept on the north side of the room
here the cook stove is kept Every
.-ening I skimmed the milk, twelve
jure old, at the same time straining
.to the same jar some fre3h strip
nags. The next morning I skimmed
he milk of the previous evening and
-trained the fresh stoppings Into the
"ar already on hand; kept it cool as
.ossible, and extremely hot days placed
he jar Into a tub of cold water from
the well. Before dinner It was ready
to churn.
By such management churning was
an every day occurrence; and I will
say, too, that when the cream was
"ready to churn" the churning was
done immediately, and the cream not
allowed to turn to whey, or mold form
en the top. Immediately on taking the
butter from the churn, It was thor
oughly washed with pure, cold water,
salted and the milk worked out as
much as possible.
The butter through the summer was
never white, tallowy, strong or musty.
When sending butter to market I al
ways cover it with wet cloths and pack
it carefully in jars. I rather prefer
summer made butter, and stoutly main
tain that good butter can be made in
the country throughout the summer
without the use cf ice, if the above
plan is followed.
To Stop tho Growth of Horns.
Is there anything that will stop the
growth of horns on cattle? If so,
where can it be gotten and when
should it be applied? This question
is frequently asked and to it we make
the following answer, says Rural
World: At any drug store one can buy
either caustic potash or caustic silver
(luna caustic), which, when applied to
the nubs of horns on young calves, will
stop all growth of the horns. It is
usually advised to wrap the stick
caustic with paper to prevent its burn
ing the fingers while handling, then
rub the little knob where the horn is
to appear with an exposed end of the
stick. If the knobs are cleansed with
soap and water to remove all animal
grease, the caustic will bo moro effec
tive. A little grease rubbed around
the base of the knob will prevent the
caustic from burning where it ought
not to. Another method of applying
is to put the caustic in a phial with a
large mouth and put in a little water,
just enough to dissolve the caustic.
Then fit a wooden stopper of soft wood
with lower end long enough to reach
the bottom of the phial. With this
the liquid caustic can be applied a
few drops at a time to the knobs, with
no danger of burning the fingers or
getting too much on the calf. It should
be applied before the horns get start
ed, say when the calf is a week old.
Properly one application will kill the
horns. Carelessly applied one may suc
ceed in killing one horn while the
other will grow, and thus make a
more unsightly head than if both had
been allowed to grow.
Cultivation of Hoed Crops. The fre
quent cultivation of hoed crops is nec
essary to prevent the rapid evapora
tion of moisture. If the ground is suf
ficiently loose an Implement with many
small teeth should be used, as such a
cultivator leaves a finer soil mulch
than one with large teeth. A soil
mulch three inches deep is more ef
fective in saving moisture than one of
less depth. The land should be tilled
after every rain, whether the fall is
heavy or light. The object of cultiva
tion is to destroy weeds and to pre
vent the formation of a surface crust.
This crust, if allowed to remain un
broken, favors the capillary movement
of water to the surface of the ground,
where the moisture evaporates. Use
the cultivator several times between
rains, if the intervals are long.
Missouri Maple Sugar. Pure Mis
souri maple sugar, says the Kansas
City Journal, is likely to take the
place in the local market of the Ver
mont article to a considerable extent
this season, the crop In the Green
Mountain state having almost wholly
failed. Probably few Mlssourians out
side that immediate locality know that
maple sugar is produced in marketable
quantities in the vicinity of St. Joseph
or elsewhere in the state, but such is
the case. Owners of sugar camps along
Sugar creek, in Buchanan county, are
sending their product to St. Joseph,
and there is a greater demand for 1:
than usual on account of the report
that the sugar trees of Vermont are
dry from a caterpillar scourge last
summer.
Clean and Dirty Milk. In the case
of the milk produced on the Canadian
Experiment Station farm, It was found
that the number of bacteria present
varied from 8,000 to 18,000 per cubic
centimeter; while in the milk bought
from the ordinary retailers in the town
the numbers present ranged from a
minimum of 121,000 to a maximum of
1,200,000 per cubic centimeter. It will
thus be seen how striking is the differ
ence in the germ content of milk pro
duced where the utmost precautions as
to cleanliness are exercised, as com
pared with that produced under ordi
nary conditions, and after it has been
subjected to various careless processes
of handling. Ex.
Suit the Dealers. The farmer who
makes his own butter and there is a
large proportion of this class should
do the best possible to suit his custom
ers, and in this way secure and retain
a good market for his product. It will
be found of advantage to defer to the
judgment and wishes of dealers. They
are supposed to understand the de
mands of the trade and what is par
ticularly wanted. And among these
will be a regular supply of product,
uniform in quality from week to week
and of the best character. This may
be esteemed the point of most impor
tance and the one most difficult to se
cure. Ex.
The Pig Recovered. A certain vil
lage schoolmaster had been in the
habit of purchasing pork from parea
of the pupils on the occasion of th
killing of the pig. One day a smalk
boy marched up to the master's desk
and inquired "if he would like a bit
of pork, as they were going to kill
their pig. The master replied in the
affirmative. Several days having
elapsed, and hearing nothing of the
pork, the. master called the boy up to
him am inquired the reason he had
not brought it. The boy replied, "Oh.
please, sir, the big got better." Ex.
Large Duck Farms. The hatching,
raising and marketing of 30,000 duck3
in one season seems almost incredible,
and yet our readers who may know
something of the operations of the
Messrs. Weber Brothers, will not read
the above heading with surprise, says
Farm Poultry. This is a Massachu-
I setts farm. Other large raisers are
located in that state, and in Long
Island, New York, and in Pennsylva
nia, to say nothing of numerous small
breeders in all parts of the Eastern and
Middle Atlantic states.
Milk for the creamery must be milk
In its proper condition. Tfca farmer
that has permitted his milk to get into
bad shape had better feed it to hi3
hogs or poultry than attempt to haul
it to the creamery where it will be
likely to spoil a hundred other batches
of milk.
Until a little girl refuses to have an
other birthday party her mother
needn't begin worrying about her
beaux.
There Is a plan afoot for a combina
tion funeral building in New York
where the remains of friends may bo
cremated, and where florists, monu
ment makers and urn makers may all
be found under one roof. As an ad
junct, there is to be an automobile
combination hearse and carriage, so
that the obsequies may be conducted
in up-to-date fashion throughout. For
the destruction of the body liquified
air is to be used, and it is thought the
operation can be carried out inoffen
sively and with the least possible sor
row to the survivors.
Deaf nets Cannot Be Cured
y local applications, as they canao: reach the
diseaeJ portion of the ear. There U onlv one
way to cure deafuess. and that is by consti
tutional remedies. Deafness i? caused by rr
Inflamed condition of the mucus llniasr of tho
Eustachian Tube. Wheu this tube is intlamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
In?, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, ami unless the iattamnntlon can bo
taken out and this tube restorvd to its normal
condition, hcarinu will be destroved forever;
nine cases out of ten aro caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but au iallamcd coaditlon of
the mucus surfaces.
Wo will give One Hundred Dollars forany cas3
of Deafness (caused bv catarrh) that cannot
bo cured by Hull's Catarrh Cure. Send for
Irculars. free.
F. J. CnCN'E V & CD.. Toledo, a
Sold bv DruroNts. 76c
Hall's Family Pills arc the best.
"I feel as if I had wheels in ray
head," groaned the man. "it must Do
the truck you ate for dinner," rejoined
his wife, innocently enough. Detroit
Journal.
Important licentious.
Applications for patents prepared
and prosecuted by us have been allow
ed as follows: To R. D. Taylor of
Strand, la., for a folding diaw-bar for
harrows that can be readily adjusted
to pass through between trees and
gateways and folded upon the harrowi
to economise space in packing and
shipping. To J. M. Christy of Dcs
Moines for an apparatus for loading
coal upon box cars. The leader is run
by a steam engine and it depobits the
coal alternately at the opposite ends
of the cais as rapidly as the coal is
delivered from the mine elevator and
the cars are not injured by the falling
coal. To Messrs. Dodd and Struthcrs
of Des Moines for a machine to pro
duce static electricity that is adapted
for telegraphing without wires, for ex
hibiting X-rays and for treating dis
ease therapeutically. Two concentric
cylinders are used m pTace of disks, a3
heretofore. The inner is stationary and
the outer rototable. A generator o
any given power can be thus con
structed more compactly than with
disks.
Consultation and advice free to in
ventors. THOMAS G. ORWIG,
J. RALPH ORWIG,
REUBEN G. ORWIG,
Registered Attorneys.
Des Moines, Iowa. Sept. 23. 1S99.
Wisdom is an excellent tning in its
place, buts place is not in a love let
ter if you would make it interesting.
YON YONSON IN DENVER,
A clever piece of advertising ap
peared in the Denver papers this week.
It was the story of how "Yon Yonson"
went to Denver, ns follows:
Ay ccom en on das TJtirlinston
Das vas Miap-HKhtnin' trt-n!
Ay tenk de ournev yust bei;un
Ven "Too-oo-oot!" and liar Ay banc!
Das pooty fiulck yo lat mae life,
Ktit not a yolt or yar
Ven Ay ot back Ay tol m.e vifo
Das mos' so fast lak her.
Ay ccom dur saven yar bao
Mat em-Rran tren: das bum!
Ay tenk das railroads yust so slow
Lak ji!(If,'niLiU day vas eoom. ..
En ven das lightnln tren today
Yoom oop into da air
En fly yust lak a baard avay
Ay tenk Ay shed mae hair.
Ay cot sax dollar money en ' ;
Mae pocket: das all right:
En you yust bat mae life dar bano
A hot tain har tonight.
Seme people when arrayed in fine
garments are ap to remind one of a
pretty label on an empty bottle.
Oklahoma.
Its wonderful resources and superior
advantages to homescekers are set
forth in a handsome illustrated pam
phlet just issued by the Frisco Lino
Passenger Department. Copy will be
mailed free on application to Rryan
Snyder, General Passenger Agent, St.
Louis, Mo.
Denmark claims that there is not a
single person in her domain who can
not read and write.
FITS Permanently Corsit. No nt or nrrvntisnessaf to
flrt div'a !ie f Dr. Kline:) Uieaf NVr lteftorer.
fieml riV FKHK Sii.OO trial Ixittla anil trt-utKo.
L'E. U. 11. KUNt, LU1..KI An.li St., lhilaJ.lphia.l'a.
The area of the Transvaal is 1 "0,000
square miles, or about the same size
as the combined areas of the states
Cured After Kcpentcd Failure tVilhmiior
L will Inform addicted to Murj h ne. Land mum,
Oplnm. Cuiainc, uf never f.i'lln. harmlcs. l.omo
curc. Mr.. 51. II. lU!lin. i:.t i.'ii ikloo'. III.
It's unwise to judge a man's wisdexr
by the size of his silk hat.
Selling I'atents.
During the past week 29 per cent
of the inventors who had patents is
sued to them succeed
in selling cither the
whole ar part of their
inventions. Amongst
the 120 prominent
firms who bought
patents the past week
were the following:
Gale Manufacturing
Co., Albion, Mich.
Ajax Manufacturing Co., Cleveland,
Ohio.
Fruit, Flowers and Vegetable Evapo
rating Co., of New Jersey.
Liquid Air Power and Automobile
Co., of West Virginia.
Union Boiler Tube Cleaner Co., Pitts
burg, Pa.
Ideal Buckle Manufacturing Co., Xevy
haven, Conn.
Electric Scale Co., Kittery. Me.
Parties desiring to introduce or sell
Inventions should address Sues & Co.,
lawyers and solicitors, Bee building,
Omaha, Neb., for free literature.
Of the -10.003 inhabitants of Jerus
alem, 28,000 are Jews.
T3 CURS A CCI.I I.V ONE DA7
TakeT-:xatic lirorso quinine Taldeti AH
druggists refund the mos v if it fails to cure.
5c The KCMilnc has L. li ". on tacli tablet-
Dr. Herbert Carolan of San Fran
cisco says that Mrs. W. It. Hearst's
proposed gift of $3,000,000 to the Uni
versity of California means that that
Institution v"ill ilnuhtlpss have the
handsomest and most complete college I
buildings in the United States. "It is
understood to be Mrs. Hearst's desire,"
said the doctor, "to see the university
have buildings second to none. Plans
were advertised for in Antwerp a year
or two ago, and before it was gener
ally known what Mrs. Hearst was go
ing to do. An Antwerp architect has.
I understand, been the successful
competitor. The university has been
established upward of twenty years,
and the endowment of it and the Le
land Stanford, Jr., university will
doubtless make San Francisco the
educational center cf the rapidly grow
ing Pacific coast."
The latest grievance of the "made
in Germany" order comes from the
English brewers. The growing demand
for lager beer in London and the lead
ing provincial cities has raised the
serious question whether the lighter
drink may not in time supercede the
heavier English ale. Certainly the
popularity of lager during the recent
hot spell has been something phenomenal.
1
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Colored waiters are to take the place
of tho undergraduate students of Yale,
about thirty in number, who have
been helping to pay thsir way through
college by acting as waiters in the
Yale commons. This is in accordance
with a decision of the faculty, which
holds that such work interferes with
study.
The question has frequently been
isked: Who was Bronx, whose name
was given to the Bronx river ami to
one of the five boroughs of the Greater
New York? It appears that tha river
derives its name front Jonts Broncx,
who settled in that region in 1GC3.
HOUSEHOLD II!NT5.
If there is cue thing on which the
housewife prides herself, it is that of
having her laundering done nicely, so
that the wearing apparel may be the
admiration of all. The washing is a
small matter, any cne almost can do
that, but to have the linens present
that flexible and glossy appearance
after being iror.ed requires a tine qual
ity of starch.
Ask your grocer for a coupon book
which will enable you to get tho first
two packages of this new starch "Red
Cross" trademat I: bn;:d. also two of
the children's Shakespeare pictuics
painted in twche beautiful colors a3
natural as life, cr the Twentieth Cen
tury Girl Calendar, all absolutely L'ee.
This is cue of the grandest offcr3
ever made to introduce "Red Cross"
laundry starch. J. C. Hubingcr's latest
invention.
If we ate going to sit together in
heavenly places we had better begin
to stand together in the earthly ones.
Do Your Fret Aiho Hint Iluru?
Shake into your hhoes Allen'3 Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. It makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At nil Druggists and
Shoe fciores. 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Addiess Allen S. Ohnr.tr d. Leltoy. N. Y.
One way to reduce lents is to sew
them up.
rTHE very vrcrd
R soul.
Nearly always these
through neglect.
If the menses are very painful,
get the right adv.e at once and
stop taking chances. It will cost
you nothing for advice if you write
to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass.,
for ic, and if you let the trouble
run along it will surely cost you a
fjreat deal of pain and may mean
en operation.
Miss Sakah J. Graham. Sheridanviile. Pa., write::: "Dear.
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m XtiWmi IW&U for her. I bought six bottles of
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eat, wear and use, is furnished or: receipt of only !0c. to
partly pay ccsfege or expresssgc, and as evidence of good
faith the 10c. is allowed on first purchase amounting to
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The New Englat.il Education League
is laboring for a clioap book post by
which books from public libraries may
be conveyed as secyed class matter at
1 cent per pound. Some librarians
who have been consulted s.iggest that
if that rate could not be made general
it might be applied -for a short car
riage, as fifty of one hundred miles,
and prove profitable to the govern
ment, or at least cover the ccst of
transmission.
A ratriot uses his private influence
for the public geed: a politician uses
the public influence for his private
gocd.
A FAST MAIL INDEED.
To show how distance Is being over
come by railroad speed Mr. Chas. T.
Bateile, a young business man of
Seattle, handed .he Editor of tho
Times, a few days ago. nn envelope,
postmarked New York City, Aug. 28.
7 p. m.. the reverse side containing
these words: "Seattle. Sept. 1, 11 p.
ni." It taker, but a little figuring to
demonstrate that these postmarks in
dicate a lapse of Just "100 hours" of
time or fcur days and four hours. It
was only about tuo jears ago that it
tock "six continuous days" of riding
to cross the continent from New York
to Seattle, and when this was reduced
to "five days' the travelers rejoiced.
What must their happiness be when
they appreciate the fact that they can
step on board a "lightning express" in
New York City aad step off a "Flyer"
in Seattle in ctactly "100 hours." "and
then hae "thirty minutes" of leeway.
ks the Great Aorthetn wis due in
Seattle at 10''0 September 1.
His satanicat majesty always de
mands more than his due.
Piso's Curo for Con-utnpiiou is tho Ixtil
of nil cough cures. (Jeorgo V. Loll,
IVjucher, 1m , August -'0, 1M.
The area of the Transvaal is 120.000
square miles;, or about the same size
as the combined areas of the states
i-f Pennsylvania. New York. Massa
chusetts. New Jeisoy, --.luecucut and
Vermont.
'operation" strikes terror to a woman a
operations become necessary
or too frequent and excessive.
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until I was discouraged. I felt
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dropsy and bloating, bad womb
trouble and a lart'o tumor bad
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and now cannot ex
press my gratitude to you. Tho
tumor began to come away in
pieces and I got better all tho
time. I believe now that I ain
entirely cured.
"My doctors could notbclievo
it at first, as they all bad told mo
that my case was a hopeless one,
and no human power could do mo
any good. They were astounded.
If I can say anything that can
help other women, I shall bo
glad to." t
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last moment. Head oft trouble
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Worth X to $G comparedttiui
olhermakei.
Initoraed by ocr
l.ouo.uuo rearer.
ALL LEATHERS. ALL STYLES
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ttat Mil prlfe tiBrd cm ballon.
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to lie ai KiHid. Larsen maker
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