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Mme. Patti possesses a queer fad,
Trhich she has kept secret (or many
years from the public It is only a few
years since toe peculiar fad cr hobby
became known. It is the passion she
has for daggers and similar weapons.
They are very small in size and many
of them historical.
Gnlly is a Golfer.
Mr. Gully, the speaker of the house
of commons, is an expert goiter, but
takes no interest In pugilism, tno
tport at which his ancestor was so dis
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Slioatd have good health. Tare, rich
blood is the first requisite. Heed's Sarsa
parilla, by giving good blood and good
health, has helped many a man to success,
besides giving strength and courage to
''women zvho, before taking it, could not
even see any good in life toivin.
The individual who tells the truth
with deliberate caution isn't believed
half so often as the fellow wno can
lie gracefully. Chicago News.
Used Ills Kraiiis.
Sometime ago a hrakeinan on the
Baltimore &. Ohio Railroad used hi3
brains and saved a passenger train
from running into two derailed cara.
The Company sent him a check for
$30 and posted a bulletin compliment
ing him for his quickness of thought.
A few days later. Engineer John Ilag
crty was oiling his engine at Connells
ville, while waiting for the passengers
to alight. He heard another train
coming and believed that it was not
under proper control. He sprang into
his cab, opened the throttle and start
ed his train. The other engine struck
the rear car hut it was not a hard blow
and Hagerty's promptness saved ten
or a, dozen lives. The Company has
ordered a handsome gold watch, suit
ably inscribed, and a gold chain for
Engineer Hagerty, as a reward for his
devotion to duty and "using hia
brains" in time of emergency.
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An raadoraed GeaeraL
1 Never Forget Too.
I think of you In the sunshine,
I dream night and day of you.
When all the world is silent.
And stars shine out In the blue:
And whether the hours be golden.
Or whether the day be drear.
Tour live Is beside me always
I never forget you, dear!
I see your eyes In the stars, love,
I hear your voice In the sea.
The spell of your tender presence
Goes over the world with me.
And distance cannot divide us,
Though far away or near.
In my heart of hearts you dwell, loTe
I never forget you, dear!
The stare may forget their places,
The day may forget to break.
The flight of the hours may alter.
The rose may forget to wake!
But love that Is true Is forever.
Not a day, nor a month, nor a year.
To the end of the world I love you
I never forget you, dear!
Lady's Realm.
Thought Hid Eb1 Had Come.
It was close to midnight, and Gordon
reasonably argued that the Filipinos
would attempt no monkey business, at
least until daybreak, says the Phila
delphia North American. So he trot
ted off to enjoy a refreshing bath -in
the Pasig river. It was the first he had
had in three weeks, and he was enjoy
ing that bath hugely, when a sudden
firing was opened by the rebels across
the river. In an Instant shot was fall
ing all around him. Being a natural
tactician, he decided that his skill
would have to get him out of the hole.
Throwing himself flat on his stomach,
he crawled along the ground until he
reached a tree, under which he perched,
so as not to offer himself as a target
to any lynx-eyed Filipino. All around
him the shot was pattering, and be
was growing to consider his position
extreme, when the worst happened. He
felt a sharp gain at the base of bis
spinal column a pain which he knew
would only follow when one had been
hit. Clapping his hand to the spot, he
experienced a soreness of touch at the
wound and cried: "My God, I'm hit!"
Then the pain increased and cold shiv
ers ran up and down his back. "I've
got to get back to camp at all hazards
now," he groaned. And he moved for
ward slightly to test his powers of en
durance. He was surprised that he
could move at all. Being hit in the
spinal column, he ought to be para
lyzed. Delighted to find that he was
not, he crawled forward more quickly.
Every few minutes he halted and ap
plied his hand to the wound. He found
it was moist He held the hand before
his nose. "Blood!" he cried, and
shuddered. Then he began to feel
weaker. "I may be bleeding to death!"
he groaned. And he increased the
speed of his crawl. Then, finally
reaching the cover of the woods, he
rose up and put on full speed to reach
the camp before he was a dead man.
The thoroughly aroused camp was sur
prised to see a nude white man rush
forward with --agonizing face to the
surgeon's quarters. "I've been hit,
doctor," cried Gordon. "Examine my
wound quick and tell me the worst."
"Hit? Where?" asked the doctor.
"Back here," said Gordon feverishly,
swinging around and pointing ginger
ly to the wound. The doctor bent for
ward. "Hit!" he grunted. "There's a
bruise here. Tell me about it." Gor
don explained. "Bosh!" cried saw
bones. "A flying chip cut off by a bul
let probably struck you. There's no
hole and all I can see is mud. When
these chaps across the way cease their
target practice you'd better go down
and finish your bath. But Gordon
scraped the mud off and let it go at
that.
UaWtead Obeyed Orders.
From the New England Home Maga
zine: Murat Halstead, the great jour
nalist of war times, has begun telling
again the story of how he went down
to Gen. William T. Sherman's head
quarters once for the "latest news
from the front" Halstead was armed
with many fine introductory letters,
but decided to rely mainly on one
given him by Thomas Ewing, Sher
man's brother-in-law. He found the
general at a little railroad town in
Kentucky, pacing uneasy to and fro
in front of headquarters tent, his
great mind revolving some critical
plan of campaign. Halstead advanced
and presented Ewing's letter. The
general opened it somewhat impatient
ly, read a few lines, folded it, and said:
"Ah, you come from Ewing; and you
desire to have 'all the latest news
the 'next probable move' of our army
eh? Well, there's a train leaving this
town for Cincinnati at 2 o'clock. Here,
take this ticket, and step over there
and get your dinner and then get on
that train." "Well, but. Gen. Sherman
" began the newspaper man, hop
ing to reopen the case; but Sherman
waved him off. "Go over and get a
good dinner; we have plenty, and al
ways strive to treat our friends well
but be sure you dpn't miss that 2
o'clock train!" And Halstead, realiz
ing the sort of a 'man he had to deal
with, wisely obeyed.
Praises American Soldiers.
From the Japan Daily Herald: For
the last three days we have had In Yo
kohama nearly 3,000 American volun
teers, who.having completed their term
of service in the Philippines, are now
homeward bound. They are the Ne
braska and Utah regiments on board
the Hancock and the Pennsylvania
regiment on board the Senator. Many
remarks have been made about the
general appearance of these men, who,
coming as they do from hard fighting
at the front against the Filipinos and
the Nebraska and Utah regiments have
done some of the severest fighting do
not always present the spotless purity
of appearance usual in soldiers on par
ade. They are nearly all big men,
some, and in fact most of them, show
ing clear . traces of the campaigning
and mental worry to which they have
been subjected in their sunburn skins
and somewhat cadaverous looks. But
one thing is apparent to everybody,and
that Is the exemplary behavior of this
large number of men on shore leave. A
few thousand soldiers are a small army
and nobody who has watched them can
have failed to remark, as they roam
over the town, their quiet and friendly
demeanor toward Japanese and for
eigners alike, and the entire absence
of drunkenness among their ranks. The
police, on whom the brunt of keeping
order devolves in the first instance, re
portboth in Nagasaki and here that
they have not had a single case of re
fractory behavior or intoxication to
deal with. Large numbers of these vol
unteers have made the Grand hotel
their headquarters and there they can
he seen at leisure. All of them seem
to kare "money to burn,' for they
have bought enrtor and souveairs of
Yokohama in large quantities. And
this is not to be wondered at, for aside
from the fact that the American sol
dier Is the best paid soldier In the
world, we find that their ranks are not
made up of. vagabonds, who were out
of a job in the first place, and took the
chance to get employment, but of In
telligent men, among whom are bank
ers, lawyers, merchants, farmers, me
chanics, etc., who left their homes
when the country called for volunteers
to fight for its cause. And these men
have done honor to their country and
to their flag. They have shown that
gentlemen can be fighters and are
proving now that fighters can be gentlemen.
Sir Joba Waters a Fiae 8py.r
From the New York Press: Sir John
Waters was the most admirable spy,
ever attached to an army. In the
Peninsular war he gave to Lord "Wel
lington accurate and valuable informa
tion about the Spaniards. Once he was
taken prisoner by Spanish dragoons
while clad in the English uniform. He
was supposed to be a stupid Britisher
who could not understand a word of
French or Spanish, and bis captors
talked freely before him. Then he
learned that they were going to kill
and rob him at an old mill where the
company was to stop for dinner. They
would pretend that they had shot him
because of his attempt to escape. On
reaching the mill the dragoons dis
mounted and went into the house,
leaving their prisoner outside, in the
hope that he would try to escape. As
soon as they were out of sight Waters
threw his cloak on a near-by olive
bush and put his cocked hat on top.
Empty flour sacks lay on the ground
and .he crawled Into one of them. A
moment later the dragoons came out,
fired their carbines at the supposed
prisoner and galloped off. Intending to
return later to rifle the body. A horse
loaded with sacks of flour stood near
the door and Sir John, still enveloped
in the sack, managed to throw himself
on the horse's back, as if he were part
of the load. The owner came out,
mounted and rode away without de
tecting the peculiar contents of one or
the sacks. When far enough away for
safety, his position being uncomfor
table. Sir John freed himself from the
sack and sat up. The horseman, hap
pening to look around, saw the man
covered- with flour and imagined a
ghost was perched behind him. He
fell in a faint and the supposed ghost
threw him to the ground and galloped
off. Sir John reached the English
camp without further adventure.
Aa Uaadoraed GeaeraL
Recalling Gen. George Crook In the
days of his Indian campaigns, Gen.
Chas. King says of him in the Youth's
Companion: "Young officers fresh from
West Point looked at him In wonder
ment Instead of a somewhat unap
proachable dignitary, in precise uni
form and epaulets and embroidered
sash and belt, they were welcomed by
a cordial hand-clasp from a tall, bushy
bearded man, with twinkling gray-blue
eyes. In an old slouch felt hat, flannel
shirt, rough canvas shooting coat and
trousers and common soldiers' boots.
Generally his beard was tied up with
string or red tape the only use he had
for that usual military indispensable.
He sat at camp fire or in the simply
furnished parlor of his army home,
listening to the chat about him, rarely
speaking, and assiduously playing sol
itaire with a pack of cards produced
from an inner pocket He could play
a capital hand at whist, but fought shy
of a game with careless or .forgetful
players. He heard everything that was
said and saw everything going on about
him, but seldom gave a sign. From
the so-called pleasures of society, din
ners, dances and receptions, he shrank
in dismay. He ate only the simplest
food. H9 never smoked. He hated
wine. He wouldn't touch spirits; he
marveled that any man should. 'It
spoils his shooting,' said he; and our
general was a capital shot He could
foot it through an old-fashioned quad
rille or Virginia reel, but nothing else,
and would always get away on social
occasions into the first obscure corner
he could find, and then out would come
the old pack of cards."
Pigeons as Naval Force.
A number of pigeons are now offici
ally recognized by the British admi
ralty and form part of the naval forces,
states a writer in the New Penny
Magazine. Whale island, at Ports
mouth, is the headquarters of the
homing pigeons belonging to the navy
the birthplace of the birds supplied
to other lofts at Davenport, Malta,
and Hongkong. This particular fea
ture of the Royal naval barracks was
introduced in 1893, at the instigation
of Capt. Login, who was then the com
manding officer, and has been devel
oped and brought to its present state
of efficiency by that gentleman's suc
cessor, Capt. Bayly. The cost of
keeping the birds about two pounds
per month was defrayed by the offi
cers and men. The pigeons are used,
of course, for the conveyance of mes
sages, of which several thousand have
been received since the establishment
of the loft. There is electric commu
nication between the huge cote and
the buildings, so that when a bird en
ters its domicile it causes a bell to
ring, and so announces its arrival.
Many of the missives brought by the
pigeons have been of great import
ance, and have been telegraphed to the
admiralty. Some of the birds, too,
have done excellent performances.
The flight from Jersey has often been
made in two hours; but the "record,"
at least for distance, is from a ship off
the Eddystone, 182 miles away a big
"fly," that was accomplished in 2
hours.
Facing Death.
"I have been under fire with the ar
mies of nearly every nation," said an
old war correspondent, "and I have
learned that every nation has its way
of facing death. The dullest French
man as he waits for death or glory be
comes an original wit, while your Ger
man's hand generally feels mechani
cally for his pipe. A Scotsman's jaws
twitch for a second or two, and then
he stands erect and motionless, wait
ing; while your Irishman gives vent to
his feelings in a mad yell, or if that is
not possible. In a low Celtic moan.
Curiously enough.Itallans.Russians and
Spaniards die in a very similar manner
as to their physical bearing; but the
first and last probably rise to the high,
est state of courteousness "n has ever
attained. Thomas Atkins and the
Americans are alike when the moment
comes. One curses, another brings the
blood through his lips, while a third
mutters a name which' must of neces
sity belong to his own sister or some
one else's."
Cocoa fiber is used In manufactur
ing the Bombay rug a kind of heavy
matting especially aaade for use in a
smoking-room. It keep, clean longer
than a woolen rug.
Tfca Mac Xasa
Bulletin 100 .of the Department o:
Agriculture says: The hog louse is
the only insect which causes stuck
trouble in. raising hogs, and when it
once becomes established in a drove
it is not easily exterminated. Fortu
nately the lice are so large that they
can be seen easily, and their presence
may therefore be known before they
become very abundant They are li
able to appear at any season of the
year, and they thrive on hogs of any
age or condition. They are found in
and behind the ears, back of the shoul
ders, and in the creases on the lower
part of the ham more frequently than
elsewhere; if those places are free
from them there is little danger that
they exist on other parts of the animal.
Coal oil is sure death to every louse
it touches, but docs notalways kill the
eggs, and must be used with caution
to prevent its blistering the skin of the
hog. When a large drove is to be treat
ed, the work can be done very quickly
by using a spray pump having an at
tachment for mixing the oil and water,
and the pump should be set so that it
will use about five parts of water to
one part of oil. When such a mixture
is thrown over the hogs in a fine spray,
only a little of the oil is used to cover
the whole animal, and if the spraying
is done in the evening, nearly all of
the oil will have evaporated by morn
ing and there will be no blistering
of the skin when the hogs are exposed
to the hot sun on the following day.
So little oil is used in the spraying
that few of the eggs will be killed,
and the work should be repeated at the
end of a week, and again at the end of
the second week. If the work Is thor
oughly done, three sprayings will be
sufficient If a spray pump is not
available, the hogs should be rubbed
with a mixture containing two parts
of lard oil to one of coal tar, repeat
ing twice at intervals of a week. The
sleeping places should be thoroughly
cleaned, the bedding burned, and the
Inside of the buildings thoroughly wet
with coal oil.
Even with the most thorough treat
ment it requires time and patience to
clean a drove which has become badly
infested, but it must be done if the
hogs are to be kept in a thriving con
dition. It is not difficult to destroy the
larger part of the lice, but that Is not
sufficient, for where there are even a
few eggs left in the ears or under the
jowls of a single animal the pest vill
soon become as bad as ever. Lice
never infest clean hogs when they are
not brought from an infested drove,
and the hog raiser who has a clean
herd can not be too careful to keep it
so. No stray hog should be allowed on
the premises, and any which are pur
chased should be examined very care
fully before they are allowed to run
with the others. The oil mixture
should always be kept close at hand
where it can be used immediately if
any indications of lice are seen. It is
much easier to kill a few lice on a few
animals than to clean a thoroughly in
tested herd.
Provide Para Water.
"Stagnant water Is the best vehicle
for conveying the parasites that infest
the sheep. If you have not abundant
supply of clear, pure water, easy of ac
cess to sheep, we hasten to advise you
not to attempt sheep raising.
"Low, marshy or spouty land Is an
abomination to the flockmaster; but
Kansas is so free from this character
of land that the caution seems uncalled
for. But-the ponds the ponds some
times called artificial lakes, but, rath
er, artificial cesspools drain them,
drain them dry, or apply the herd law
and fence them (the sheep) out"
The above true remarks were made
by Hon. F. D. Coburn of Kansas, and
will be indorsed by all practical shep
herds. It has as truly been said the
hog cholera follows the course of
streams, is most virulent near their
banks and fades out at a distance from
such waters. We know, too, that an
thrax is often spread by watering
ponds and creeks and we see from the
above the danger of stagnant water for
sheep. Jn England the liver fluke,
which passes one period of its life-history
within the body of water snailsjis
only prevalent in low-lying, marshy
places. It is likewise true of some of
the intestinal parasites of sheep that
they are worst on such lands and it is
proverbial that sheep should be kept
high and dry. Some argue that sheep
do not drink water, but they should
Just watch them in hot summer weath
er when the grasses are dewless even
in the early morning. They do drink
water and it should be pure. We have
known of wholesale abortion among
ewes which drank water polluted with
the leechings of a manure pile.
We have seen an epidemic of enteric
disease among sheep from drinking
stagnant water, while the ophthalmic
disease of sheep and cattle may often
be traced to a similar source of in
fection. One always finds on investi
gation that a successful sheep-raising
country is a country flowing with pure
streams of water and dotted with
ponds fed by everlasting springs.
Remedy for Gapes. I have seen and
tried a great many remedies for gapes
in chickens, and all to no effect I will
give one I tried this year (my own).
It has proved successful with me, and
that is saying a good deal, for I have
raised, or tried to raise, a great many
chickens for a great many years and
have always lost many with the gapes.
I mix up some corn meal and best mill
bran, sift a little oyster-shell in it;
then cut up one or two green onions,
tops and all, and mix them with the
other feed. I wet this up with hot
water every morning. I have not been
troubled with the gapes this year, and
the chickens are running over the
same ground as before, and have had
the same care, with the exception of
the onions. John Marriott, in Country
Gentleman.
A Jealous Cow. A strange piece of
spite on the part of a cow is reported
from Slough, says the British Dairy
Farmer. The animal belonged to Mr.
Johnson, a farmer, and on a valuable
horse being driven into the farmyard
the cow charged at it and Inflicted
such injuries that it died. A strange
feature in the case is that after the
cow had brought the horse down she
appeared to relent, and while the suf
fering animal lay in the stable under
treatment she was constantly at the
doer; and resented any attempt to
drive her off. Mr. Johnson attributes
the coWs strange conduct to jealousy,
as the horse was often patted and
made much of. and the cow was a
young one which he had reared him
self. Have the roost fixtures movable, so
the droppings will not-always fall in
the same place. The air can then dry
them out
Mites suck the blood of the fowls
and are frequently the cause of the
non-production of eggs.
Flaaaelers Foad af Faaay Staff.
The man whose daily life runs in the
channel of finance frequently resorts
to diversions which are antipodal to
his business. The head of the finance
of the nation. Secretary Gage, is fond
of humorous literature after he has quit
his office. The writings of several of
the more prominent authors of this
class are marked as they appear in the
daily prints and are laid upon the sec-
'retary's desk. The work of the clever
cartoonists of the day are also clipped,
credited to the paper in which it ap
pears, and put under the proper paper
weight on his desk.
JASON CROW, OSCARVILLE. GA.
Writes us, May 31, 1899: "I feel it my
duty to write and let you know what
your medicine. '5 Drops has done for
me. I have had rheumatism about
eighteen years, but was able to be up
most of the time until a year ago last
May, when I was taken down and not
able to move about About six weeks
ago I saw your advertisement and
wrote for a sample-bottle. After tak
ing a few doses it did me so much
good that I ordered some more for'
myself and friends, and in every case
it has done wonders and given perfect
satisfaction.
"Dr. Woodliff, my family physician,
who has had rherniatism for fifteen
years, is taking the '5 Drops,' and says
it is the most efficient rheumatic med
icine he has ever used."
"5 Drops" is the most powerful spe
cific known. Free fiom opiates and
perfectly harmless. It Is a perfect cure
for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neuralgia.
Dyspepsia, Backache, Asthma, Catarrh.
La Grippe, Neuralgic Headache, etc.
If you or any of your friends are suf
fering, do not delay, but send for a
bottle of "5 Drops." Large-sized bot
tles (300 doses), $1. For the next
thirty days we will mail a 25-cent
sample bottle for 10 cents. SWANSON
RHEUMATIC CURE CO.. 160 to 164 E.
Lake Street, Chicago, 111.
The only tea gardens In the Unted
States are at Pinehurst, S. C. Dr.
Shephard's estate comprises about 700
acres, of which between 50 and 100
acres are new planted to tea.
Hews This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any
rase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo, a
We, tho undersigned, have known P. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years and believe hhn
perfectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tions made by their firm.
West&Truax; Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
O.; Walding. Kinnan &' Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous surf aces
cf tho system. Testimonials sent free. Price
5c per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Hall's Family Pills are tho be&u
In a recent talk about the Algon
quin language, Dr. Edward Everett
Hale observed that 600 words of any
language are enough for human com
munication. "Six hundred words,"
h said, "are said to be sufficient for
the couriers of Europe, and it is the
outside limit of the vocabulary of
Italian opera. It is true that this is
the minimum of human intelligence,
ir both cases, but still it answers for
the conveyance of thought. In the
book of Judges, for instance, there
are not 700 different words.
There la a Class of People
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed In all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from
coffee. It does not cost over one-fourth
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. 15 cents and 25 cents
per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Some men cut acquaintances while
scraping them barbers, for example.
How to Bare Money on Shoes.
Members of the United States Co-operative
Boot & Shoe Purchasing" Associa
tion save 33K percent on all purchases
of shoes.
Mr. E. II. Tilton, Secretary of the As
sociation, 105 Summer St., Boston, will
send an illustrated hook on shoes, in
structions how to join the association
and full information concerning it to
anybody upon request
Care-not is a greater hindrance to
success than cannot.
THE GBIP CURB THAT DOES CURE.
Laxative 12romo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces L:i Grippe. V. W.
Grove's signature is on each bcx. 25c.
The first thing you see in boiling
water is the scum.
I shall recommond Piso's Care for'Con
umption far and wide. Mrs. Mulligan,
Pluinstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, ltitfi.
Most men begin to save after they
have spent all.
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mhnl fevwMMi T. C. WnhJno-pr isintrotlttcinir his latest invention. "Red Cross"
and " Hubingcr's Best" starch. She says: With your Endless Chain Starch
Book, I received from my grocer one large package of " Red Cross" starch,
ne large package of "Hr.binger's Best" starch, and two beautiful Shakespeare
panels, all for 5c. How far my dollar will go, I am unable to figure out. Ask
your grocer for this starch and obtain the beautiful Christmas presents free.
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constipated and your whole system is poisoned. A lazy liver is an invitation for a thousand pains and aches to
come and dwell with you. Your life becomes one long measure of irritability and despondency and bad feeling
CASCARETS act directly, and in a peculiarly happy manner on the liver and bowels, cleansing, purifying,
revitalizing every portion of the liver, driving all the bile from the blood, as is soon shown by increased appetite
for food, power to digest it, and strength to throw off the waste. Beware of imitations !
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Traasraal Staataa Mara Costly.
The price of old Transvaal stamps
seems to be rising in value. Among the
First Republic Transvaal stamps dis
posed of at a sale in London a few
days ago were a 3d (1877) stamp, sur
charged at back, 7; a Id error,
(1877-79), surcharL.'d "Transvaal,"
29; a 3d lilac on green of the same
period, without surcharge, 15 10s.
Among the Second Republic stamps
was a half-penny on a 6d stamp with
queen's head, 16. At the same sale a
15c reunion, first issue, brought 33, a
30c reunion, first issue, 46, and a pair
of 2d Mauritius, .43.
New Invent Ions.
Four hundred and ninety-six (496)
inventors received patents during the
past week. Of this
number 31 per cent
were able to sell
fcSr Soi tneir inventions ue-
fore the same were
patented. Amongst the curious inven
tions were found a machine for thin
ning seed sprouts; a cap which can be
converted into a turban; an automatic
lamp extinguisher; a milk-pasteurizing
apparatus; a smoke purifying tobacco
pipe; a revolving shed for storing bi
cycles; and an automatic rolling cuter
for plows. Amongst the gruesome in
ventions is one for a coffin hinged in
sections so that the corpse can be rais
ed into a sitting position, while an
Omaha inventor obtained a patent for
a trolley which cannot jump or become
detached from the trolley wire. The
last named invention patented was pro
cured through Sues & Co., Patent Law
yers, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.
A ni; Fill
On the Deadwocd, S. D., branch of
the Burlington Railroad is a gulch 700
feet wide, known as Sheeps Canyon.
This was crossed, until recently, by a
wooden bridge, 126 feet high, which
took over 240 000 feet of lumber in the
building. Recently this trestle was
filled in, and the great undertaking at
tracted the attention of railroad men
all over the country. It took twenty
weeks to accomplish the task. It was
nece33ary to haul 2.8SO.O0O cubic feet
of earth one and one-half mile3 up a
two per cent grade and unload off the
high bridge. This required 1,486 trains
of fifteen cars each; 22,000 carloads in
all. It was a stupendous undertaking,
but now the bridge can't burn, and it
doesn't cost a lot of money every year
for repairs and watchers.
Mrs. Pinkham's Medicine Made
a New Woman of Mrs. Kuhn.
LETTEK TO MIS. PINKHAM KO. 64.493
" Deah Mks. Pinkiiam I think it is
my duty to write to you expressing:
my sincere gratitude for the wonder
ful relief I have experienced by the use
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. I tried different doctors, also
different kinds of medicine. I would
feel better at times, then would be
as bad as ever.
For eight years I was a great suf
ferer. I had falling of the womb and
was in such misery at my monthly
periods I could not work bub a little
before I would have to lie down. Your
medicine has made a new woman of me.
I can now work all day and not get
tired. I thank you for what" yon have
done for me. I shall always praise
your medicine to all suffering women."
Mrs. E. E. Kuhn, Germaxo, Ouio.
"I have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and used two packages of jour Sana
tive Wash, also some of the Liver Pills,
and I can &ay that your remedies will
do all that you claim for them. Before
taking your remedies I was very bad
with womb trouble, was nervous, had
no ambition, could not sleep, and my
food seemed to do mc no good. Now I
am well, and your medicine has cured
me. I will gladly recommend your med
icine to every one wherever I go."
Mks. M. L. Shears, Gun Marsh, Mich.
W. L. DOUGLAS
$3 & 3.S0 SHOES t!g
Worth.$4 to S6 compared
wiui oiner manes.
Iudonied by over
1,000,000 v carers.
Tht genuine lave W. L.
Douglas name and price
stamped on bottom, lake
no substitute claimed to b:
as good. lour dealer
should keep them if,
not, we will send a pair
on receipt ot price, state
kind oil eather. sue, and width, plain or
cap toe. Catalogue A free.
f. L. D0U6LAS SHOE CO., Brockten. Ma
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Wilson Barren's New Play.
In "The Sign of the Cross." Wllsoa
Barrett reversed the usual process by
first writing a play and then making
a novel of it Now in producing a new
novel. "In Old New York" in which
he has the collaboration of Mr. Elwyn
Barron, of Chicago he returns to the
customary plan of procedure, if, indeed,
it is customary to look forward defi
nitely to dramatizing a novel of your
own production. This is what he pro
poses -doing with his "In Old New
York," soon to be published, and fur
ther intends to act the resulting play
when next he comes to America.
Fcr Every leasehold.
The sewing machine bargain adver
tised by the John M. Smyth Co. in an
other part of this paper should in
terest every housekeeper. The lrm is
thoroughly reliable, having been es
tablished in Chicago over 30 years
and anyone dealing with them may be
assured of square treatment Get their
mammoth catalogue of everything to
eat, wear or use.
God's first act after the creation was
the organization of a home.
Half Bates South via Omaha & St. Louis
nnd Wabxsh Routes
On the first and third Tuesday of
each month the above lines will sell
homeseekers tickets to southern points
for one fare (plus two dollars) round
tiip.
Winter tourist rates now on sale
to Hot Springs, Ark., and all the
winter resorts at greatly reduced rates.
Remember the O. & St. L and Wa
basli, the shortest and quickest route
to St. Louis.
Remember the O. & St. L. and O.
K. C. & E. is the shortest route to
Quincy. Unexcelled service to Kansas
City and the South.
For rates, sleeping car accommoda
tion, and all information, call at the
Quincy Route office, 1415 Farnam St
(Paxton Hotel block) or write Harry E.
Moores, City Passenger and Ticket
Agent, Omaha, Neo.
Christians are like eggs, there are
no medium ones.
Taxes on Patented Inventioas.
A. C. L., Steamboat Rock, la.: Your
inquiry concerning taxes due in towns,
counties, citie3 and the state from in
ventors who make and sell their pio
ductions is received.
Materials, used for manufacturing in
ventions and thereby increasing tnc
value of such personal property is tax
able. Towns and cities may therefore
have ordinances to regulate sales.
Pedlers are subject to a license tax.
But county supervisors may remit t::e
tax on articles of an educational nature
or on account of the age and infirmity
of the sellers. But "persons selling
their own work or production, either
by themselves or employes," "who have
served in the Union army or navy." are
exempt from license tax as set forth in
Section 1347 of the Iowa Code.
Your patent clothes pounder is your
own invention and manufacture; you
can therefore sell it without a ped'ers
license.
Where town and city ordinances call
for a license fee the tax may be re
mitted upon petition or proper presen
tation of the case to the mayor. But it
will cost less to comply with such or
dinances as a rule than to ignore
them.
Consultation and advice free.
THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.,
Registered Patent Attorneys.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 11, 1899.
The world-spoiler has no use for the
steady toiler.
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MAMMOTH
MAILORDER.
HOUSE.
$14.25
I$I425
mado. This Sowlmr Machina ha3 ali tho latent improvement. It wakes n perfect end uni
form LOCK STITCH, and trill do tho best work on oitlier tho K-iilri.t muslin or heaviest
cloths, sewing over scauu nnd roiult places without skipping ititchn. A full set of
best steel attachments, nicely nickel-pInU-d and rnoV-4'd in a linnd-cmu plu.sh-Iined
metal, japanned bo:, nnd a corcplete assortment of accessories sr.d Lctik of instruction
FURNISHED FREE with each machine.
Cn naVC TDIAI Vo.hipthismacliinrsC.O.D.iibjccttoappnvaI,onrecciptof two
uw IJ 1 1 iiirtu. dollars. If, on examination yotinm convinced that xro uro&av
yoa$5or$iuonapcnt aprsce.pay tlio balance an:t treilitclinr:eitlii:ii try ,
the mschino. It not satisfied at any time within WMayi? send tho machioo '
back to us tit our expense and wowillreluud
ffn which
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with a torpid liver, which produces ccusUpa
tioa. I found CASCARETS to bo ell you
claim for thcsi, and secured such relief tha
first trial that I purchased aaother supply
and ras completely cured. 1 shall only to
too glad to rccosMcecd Cascarets whenever
tho opportunity is presented." J. A. Sura,
2EC0 Susquehanna Ave, Philadelphia, Pa.
oth - uteral Pf ol
yca gettho .1
free saxple I Address STB2LI5G UXXSDT COHPAHX,
Mr. Four Miles of Bridgeport,
Conn., has made application to the
court to have Ms name changed to
Frank Miller, on the gcouads that hW
present appellation Is frequently used
to hold him up to ridicule. His father
had five children, all boys, and instead
of giving them ordinary Christian
names he called them by the first five
numerals. One and Three Miles have
already had their names changed by
the courts; Two Miles seems to be
satisfied with his unique cognomen,
and Five Miles can not take a new
name until he shall have become of
age.
My
Mother
Had
Consumption
"My mother was troubled
with consaaptioa for Many
rem. . At. last she wat fives
up to St, A aeigkbor told aer
aot to give lp bit try Aycr's
Cicrry Pectoral She did so
and was speedily cited, and it
now in toe enjoyment of good
health." D. P. Jolly.
Feb. 2, 1899. Avoca. N. Y.
Cures
Hard Coughs
No matter how bard your
cough is or bow long you bave
bad it, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
h tbe best thing yoi could
possibly take. Bit it's too
risky to wait' until yoi bave
consumption, for sometimes it's
impossible to cure this disease.
If yoi are coughing today,
don t wait until tomorrow, but
get bottle of Cherry Pec
toral it once and be relieved.
It strengthens weak lungs.
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Three sizes: 3c..enouRh for an ordinary
cold; SUc, Just riht for asthma, bronchitis,
hoarseness, whooping-cough, bard colds;
f 1.00, moat economical for chronic casus
and to keep on band.
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At tha Price, $14.25 tor Our
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A iih si hi. bigh-ffrade mnchlno cqcal
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for. Guarantee J by us fur 30 years from
dato of purchase, against nny iminrfi'C
tiou in material or workmanship. Tho
Stand is made o the best Ircn ami it
nicely proportion! i. The cabinet work
ispcrfuzt ami i furuilictl in jour clioico
of antiquc.oak cr vtalnut. Jl linn seven
Gratters all hamLomrly carrcd and with
btcLeI-ilated riii;; riH. The mrchan
tcal construction U equal to that af
any aischlue rtt'anllcss of price. All
work in,: tarts :.ru of lite U bt oil-tuni.
prrcd tool bte!, tvery bearing perfectly
fitted and adjusted s ns to l.rfko tlio
running iialitii- tin- lightest, eiost per
fect am) nearest r.tlxlc.isof any macliiiiu
) feaviuf
$14.25
tlio tun purclia.su price. ...
is listed at lowest wholesale prfcta
or exoressatfe
m gooa Taun ne iu is aiiowea on jira
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