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of Puerto Rico are scheduled to leave
Chicago December 27. January 28 and
February 15. Special Pullman sleep
ers and dining cars will convey the
party to New York, thence on board
the splendid new steamships Ponce
and San Juan, through and around the
island by rail, automobile, carriage
and boat. Tickets include all ex
penses everywhere. These select lim
ited parties will be under the special
escort of Mr. Walter Boyd Townsend.
under the management of The Ameri
can Tourist Association, Reau Camp
bell, general manager, 1423 Marquette
building, Chicago. Itineraries, maps
and tickets can be had on application
to the agents of the Chicago, Milwau
kee &. St Paul Ry.
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arc seven former army officers, three
former clergymen, and sixteen mem
bers of the nobility.
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Horticultural Olxervatlon
The authorities that have charge of
the work for the erection of buildings
on the exposition grounds at Paris
have adopted a novel method of pro
tecting the shade and ornamental
trees. One strong objection against
the use of certain parts of the grounds
at Paris was that there were valuable
trees in the way that would apparent
ly have to be sacrificed when tbe exca
vations for the foundations of the
buildings were made. But the French
men thought out a scheme and put it
into operation. Around the roots of
each tree they built a wooden tank,
enclosing both roots and dirt The
trees were thus boxed up, but in such
liberal proportions that they went
right on growing as if nothing had
happened. Derricks and tackling
were arranged and the boxes, trees
and all, were lifted high above the
heads of the laborers and kept there
till the work was done. After the
foundations were in place the trees
were dropped back into place and the
boxing removed.
The apple market is in a somewhat
unsettled condition, owing largely to
the atmospheric conditions at harvest
time. The warm, moist weather in
some parts of the apple belt affected
the fall and early winter varieties. The
fruit at picking time appeared sound,
but soon began to rot Some of the
old stand-bys even began to rot on
the trees. The result is that this class
of apples has arrived in the market
in a condition that may be denomi
nated "doubtful." Nevertheless, these
apples have been rushed into cold
storage, although some of the buyers
declare they know the apples are not
fit to be put into the storage houses.
They say that it Is either that or put
ting them upon a weak market and
force sales that would make the mar
ket still weaker. It Is, however, feared
that when these apples are taken out
of cold storage they will be so soft
that they will have to be disposed of
at an enormous sacrifice. We hear
that a number of cars of Redstreaks
were sold out to peddlers at 60 cents
per bushel. The peddlers were the
only ones that would handle them even
at that low price. They took them
knowing that they could get rid of
them in a few hours, whereas tho
grocers knew that they would have to
hold them for days. The better apples
are being held back as much as pos
sible for two reasons; one of which is
that the fruit men believe that the
market for first-class apples is to take
a jump, and the other the realization
that It Is necessary for the present
holders to get rid of their short-keeping
varieties.
More and more the English market
is coming to depend on American ap
ples, by which we mean apples from
the United States and Canada. This
year the apple crop of England Is re
ported decidedly short, and what ap
ples there are there, are of the fall
varieties, and will not at all stand in
the way of the sale of winter apples.
Added to that, they are reported to be
not keeping well. This means that
they will be used up by the time win
ter sets in. Germany, Belgium and
Holland have good crops and France
has a fair crop. Reports from abroad
would seem to indicate that if there is
any surplus on the continent that can
be shipped to England it will consist
mostly of fall and not of winter ap
ples. Americans are not very likely
to make large shipments of fall apples,
and so our apple trade with Great
Britain should not be affected. Unfor
tunately for our own part in the trade
the American apple crop is not so
large that we are in a position to fill
the English market very full of good
apples. We fear the tendency will be
to send forward other than the best
fruit, as the best is likely to be kept at
home by the high prices. The moral
of the situation is that more winter
varieties should be planted in this
country. There are large areas of
hilly land that is good principally for
tho growing of apples, such as some
of the worn-out farms from New York
and Pennsylvania eastward. We
should have such a large supply o!
late winter apples that we will always
be in shape to hold what foreign mar
kets we may gain.
Growing Cramberrlea.
At a recent meeting of Canadian
fruit growers the question of growing
cranberries was discussed and one of
the leading growers offered some testi
mony from which the following is di
gested. The land for planting cran
berries should be worked up and sand
ed, the sand to be from three to six
inches deep. The irrigation is im
portantin fact, is essential to cran
berry growing. The land should al
ways be kept damp. Before the frtfst
comes, the patch should be flooded and
kept so until the 1st of May. The ber
ries do not thrive well when exposed
to the winter's frost If a long spell
of dry weather takes place in summer,
irrigation should be repeated. One
speaker said:
"I grow the Cherry Bell variety and
I realized $300 net for what I grew on
one acre last year. I would like to
know if there is anything else one
would put an acre to that would bring
the same returns. Sand will correct
all weeds. I have now fifteen acres
under cultivation, and all my neigh
bors have taken up the industry, al
though they laughed at me when I
started mine. I can recommend the
cultivation of cranberries as a profit
able business, from the experience I
have had."
Hoes Getting Finer.
An observant farmer who had given
a good deal of time and study to swine
exhibits at the recent Iowa State Fair
called at the office and made this rath
er significant remark: "I believe hogs
are getting finer and smaller every
year," says Wallace's Farmer. We
have not had the opportunity of study
ing the hog exhibits carefully for a
good many years, and therefore can
not pass judgment as to the accuracy
of his observation. It is, however,
what would naturally be expected as
the result of the score card. A good
many breeders have made the remark
to us privately that while they had a
good deal of admiration for the type of
hog developed by the score card, they
did not buy hogs by the score card
when selecting for pork production.
In other words, they did not buy for
practical purposes according to the
standard which the breeders have set
We are very sure that they are right
in this practice. The score card is val
uable in training men's judgment be-
cause it requires them is note carefully
each particular part of the animal. la
selecting hogs for show purposes, they
will keep in mind tbe requirements of
the score card, because it Is by that the
hogs are to be Judged. When it comes,
however, to selecting hogs for the pur
pose of producing pork for the barrel,
it is not a safe guide, and in this the
breeder and practical farmers are and
must be at variance until a score card
is devised which provides a different
standard. Betwixt the score card and
a diet very largely all corn, farmers
are in danger of getting their hogs too
small and too fine in the bone for prac
tical purposes.
The Soy Bean.
Glycine hispida is the scientific
name. A government bulletin says ot
it: This is one of the staple crops ot
Japan, which attracted little attention
in this country till about ten years ago.
but it is now becoming quite common.
The crop is cultivated like corn, the
seed being planted in drills at the rate
of half a bushel per acre. The stems
alone are too coarse to make good bay,
but are covered with such a dense
growth of leaves and are so prolific
in fruit that the hay is prized high
ly, especially for milch cows and for
fattening animals. The yield of green
forage is very heavy when grown on
good soil, and the yield of beans is
usually from twenty to thirty bushels
per acre. Those who have had most
experience with this crop find that the
best way to handle it is to cut or pull
the plants when the first pods begin
to open, and thrash as soon as dry
enough. In this way the coarse stalks
are so broken in pieces and mixed with
the leaves and immature fruit that
nearly all will be eaten. It is doubt
less the best of the legumes for the
silo, as it can be more easily handled
for the cutter than plants like clover
or cow peas. There are a number of
varieties, differing mainly in the time
of ripening and the color of the seeds.
Fact Against Dllatloa Separators.
A Washington, D. C, correspondent
of the Farmers Review writes: The
department of agriculture has recently
been preparing some matter on cream
separation by dilution. The various
gravity or dilution separators placed
upon the market have caused consid
erable general discussion of the sub
ject and at the New York Cornell sta
tion the subject of patents on these
"separators" was investigated and
practical trials were made of several
of them. In all of the cans the separa
tion of cream depends upon gravity, and
the designation of them as separators
is misleading inasmuch as that term is
by common usage applied to contriv
ances in which the cream is separated
by centrifugal force. It is stated that
the patents granted on these cans
cover unimportant details of construc
tion, and that "anyone desiring to use
this process of doubtful utility Is free
to do so without let or hindrance from
the holder of any patent-right what
ever." In the practical testa at the Cornell
station, dilution with water between
50 and CO degrees Fahr., gave results
approximately the same as those ob
tained by deep setting in ice water with
a Cooley can. With milk from cows
comparatively fresh, cold, deep setting
gave considerably better results than
the dilution method. After a two
week's trial of a dilution separator by
the Michigan station the verdict was
"not only was the loss excessive (fat
content) but the skimmilk thus di
luted with so much water could not be
fed to advantage and the cream soured
rapidly.
One hundred and twenty trials of the
same "separator" were made at the
Vermont station, which reports "The
gravity separator left in the skimmilk,
13 per cent of the fat of the mixed
milk, 40 per cent of the Ayrshire milk
and 17 per cent of the fat of the strip
per milk. The centrifugal separator
left between 1 and 2 per cent of the
fact of these milks behind in th
skimmilk."
Airalfa as Stock Feed.
The first crop of alfalfa is much the
best for horses, writes a contributor to
Nebraska Farmer. The stems are
more woody, but horses will eat them
up clean and, if overfed, will allow the
leaves to accumulate in the manger,
showing that they prefer the stems!
A cow, on the other hand, very much
prefers the leaves, so that a common
custom in alfalfa-growing districts is
to give the horses an ample allowance
and clean out the manger for the cows.
The second crop is a little les3 woody
than the first and will be eaten up
clean by cows as well as horses. The
third crop is not so well relished by
horses, nor will they keep in so good
condition on it, as it affects the kidneys
too much. But cows do well on it In
any alfalfa district the first crop will
sell best for horse feed, and is consid
ered more nutritious for any stock.
But the later crops are considered
almost as good for young stock, and
will be eaten up clean by cows.
Minimize Cholera Losses.
Jas. Riley says: If the hog cholera
should break out on our own farm,
then all the pigs that have been ex
posed to it should be confined in small
lots so as not to spread the disease on
the farm. The pig that has the cholera
should be confined in a pen to itself,
and it should be sprayed three or four
times each day with chloro-naphtho-Ieum
twenty parts water to one of the
chloro, and the floor of the pen should
be kept white with slaked lime, and if
the pig died, if it can be done, haul
some logs and wood and burn it in the
the pen where it died, but if not be
sure that every cholera germ is killed
on the way from the pen to the place
where the pig is burned. By using such
vigorous measures we have succeeded
in stamping the cholera out several
times on our farm. American Swine
herd. There is no doubt that as a general
thing it pays to use thoroughbred
rams. It is not necesvary to have thor
oughbred sheep right through but with
a full-blooded ram it will take only a
few years to improve the flock to a
point where the sheep, will be prac
tically thoroughbreds.
Do not keep more fowls than can be
properly taken care of.
CAMMlftE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.
Aa Act ef Bravery Toaag Naval Ofleer
Saved the Lives ar a lVaadlag; Party
KaUlcs to Basle Riderless Cavalry
Horses Will Obey the Call.
Star Agala.
Tou sang me a song-. p
'Twas the. close of the year.
Sing- again!
I cannot remember the name
Or the words,
Tis the same
We listen to hear
When the windows are open In the
spring.
And the air's full of birds;
One calls from the branch some sweet
thing.
And one sings on the wing
The refrain
You sang me a song.
My heart thrilled to hear.
The refrain
Has run like a fillet ot gold
Through the woof
Of the cold
Dark days of a year.
Tonight there's a year at its start.
All the birds are aloof.
Your eyes hold the sun for my part.
And the Spring's in your heart.
Sing again!
-M. U Van Vorst
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An Act of Bravery.
A fresh story of a naval officer's
courage in the Philippines is brought
to Washington by Surgeon Stone, late
of tbe Bennington, who is now in tbe
city, says the Washington Star. Its
hero is Lieut. Emory Winship, also of
the Bennington, and now on leave in
this country.recoverlng from the effects
of five Mauser bullets gathered in vari
ous parts of his anatomy while saving
a landing party of 125 men from being
cut up by a regiment of Filipinos. Win
ship's exploit dates back to last March,
but it is characterized by those who
saw it as the equal of anything done
by Ensign 'Davis of the Helena, who
took a machine gun ashore early in
February and fought with the land
forces in the battle of Caloocan and
the vicinity. It will be remembered
that Ensign Davis and his gun played
an important part In capturing half a
dozen Filipino positions, and that he
was subsequently advanced ten num
bers in his grade on recommendations
of Gens. Otis and MacArthur and of
Admiral Dewey. Winship has been ad
vanced from assistant engineer to lieu
tenant, and at last accounts had got
rid of all but two of his Mauser sou
venirs. It happened shortly after the
bombardment of Malabon, about March
5,that Admiral Dewey expressed a wish
for some photographs of the earth
works and houses that had been struck
by the ten-Inch shells from the Mon
adnock. Commander Tausig said that
If he were allowed to land a few boat
loads of men he could get all the pho
tographs wanted. It was believed at
that time that the hostiles had all va
cated that part of the shore, so permis
sion was given to land a party. Sev
eral boats with between 125 and 150
men started ashore and on landing
made for an old church which was the
chief object of interest A false Idea
of security led them to advance very
carelessly, throwing out no advance
and taking nothing but their side
arms. Only a boat guard of two men
under Winship was left to keep up
steam in the launch which had towed
In the landing party, but fortunately
the launch had a small automatic gun
mounted forward and Winship was
well acquainted with its working. The
landing party had gone inland some
little distance, when they were sur
prised by a whole regiment of Fili
pinos, who suddenly appeared out of
the jungle. The natives advanced on
the run, shooting wild, but confident
of cutting off the whole party. Those
ashore expected little else, but seeing it
was a case of a foot race or a funeral,
they doubled back for the boats, yell
ing lustily. That was where Winship
came on in a star part He unlim
bered his machine gun on the Filipi
nos, calculating closely, so as not to
enfilade his own comrades. It was
practically one man against a thou
sand and tbe natives came on with a
rush, hoping to put tbe lone gunner
out of action before his fellows could
reach the launch. Winship received
the bulk of their fire, thereby also con
tributing to the safety of the landing
party, and he stood up to his work. He
was struck five times once in the
shoulder, the arm, the hip and twice
in the leg. He braced himself and
continued to train tbe gun while his
men fed it ammunition. Thirty Fil
ipinos dropped under his fire before
the little jungle men decided they bad
enough. Their rush was checked and
then they ran, pursued by the relent
less fire of Wlnshlp's lone gun. The
retreating boat crews reached tho
shore just in time to see Winship sink
down In the bow of the launch. The
closest estimate that could be made
of the enemy's loss was about sixty
killed and wounded. Commander
Tausig said that but for Winship the
entire landing party would have been
cut off. The young assistant engineer
was taken back to the Bennington,
where he was patched up temporarily
and subsequently sent back to Wash
ington, where he passed his examina
tion for promotion with two Mauser
bullets still in him. But the exam
ining board said they did not seem to
disagree with him at all.
A Cuban Incident.
A most interesting incident in the
Cuban campaign happened in connec
tion with the unloading of cavalry
horses and pack mules from the vari
ous transports off SIboney. At first
the horses, one by one, were coaxed,
pushed or prodded from an open port
into the water, where a waiting boat
picked up the floating halter, and
started for shore with the plunging
beast in tow. But this method was
soon found to be too slow. The troops
under Gen. Shafter were waiting at
Siboney to make an advance on San
tiago; but before the movement could
begin the army must have its horses
and mules to drag artillery, commis
sary wagons and ambulances over the
muddy mpuntain trails, and to hurry
ammunition and food to the hard
working men on the firing line. This
slow piloting of each animal to the
chore was abandoned and the horses
were forced overboard and left to reach
terra firma as best they could. Then
began a pathetic struggle to gain tbe
beach. Some of the horses, from the
first stroke of their churning hoofs, re
mained unterrified and clear-headed.
These swam directly to the shore, and
when they reached it, walked with
matter-of-fact calm up tbe sandy
Elope. But a majority of tbe poor
beasts lost their wits, and swam about
in wide circles, lashing the water into
foam, with abject fear manifest in
their wildly staring eyes. Everywhere
horses' heads dotted the bay. A few
of the panic-stricken animals turned
and swam out to sea. to certain death;
others floated in a bewildering circle,
and every moment settled lower be-
neath the waves. At this crisis a
trooper, upon whose arms biased the
yellow ehevToa of a cavalry sergeant,
ran to the water's edge, squared his
broad shoulders, clicked his heels at
"Attention!" and raising a bugle to Ma
lips, sounded blast after blast across
the rolling waters. If the sea had
suddenly parted to allow these half
drowned animals to walk ashore dry
shod, the effect could hardly have been
more striking than that of these bugle
notes. As the well-known call of
"Stables!" reached the confused and
frightened horses, they raised them
selves from the water for an Instant,
then with ears erect and pointing to
ward the familiar call, they swam dl
rectly toward the welcome sound. Diz
zy and sore of Up, this cavalry Gabriel
sent his saving blasts over the water
until the last horse had drawn his
wearied length upon the beach, and
was led trembling to the shade of the
palms.
A VlgUaat Seatry.
Mr. Henry Kirke, formerly an official
in British Guiana, high in the colonial
service, relates an adventure, the com
edy of which .might at any moment
have turned to tragedy. It was at a
time of serious disturbances In the col
ony. Rioting had occurred near one
of the larger cities, and every precau
tion had been taken against a fresh
outbreak. Mr. Kirke had issued a
password and a countersign, and the
sentries received strict orders to shoot
anyone who atttempted to pass with
out giving the word. That night,
says Mr. Kirke, I had been dining out
of town', and was returning cheerfully
to my quarters about 11 o'clock, when
I was suddenly confronted by a black
sentry, who brought his rifle down to
the order, and cried out: "Who go
dere?" I was somewhat startled, for I
had forgotten the sentries, and what
was of much more importance, I had
forgotten the password. I knew that
the sentries were picked men, gener
ally Africans, who had served in some
West Indian regiment, and who were
noted for their strict obedience to
orders. So I knew that if this sentry
had been ordered to shoot anyone at
tempting to pass without giving the
word he would do so. I attempted to
temporize. "Look here, my man," I
said, "you know me." "What de
word?" shouted tbe sentry, rattling his
arm. That was just what I wanted to
know. I heard the man cock his rifle,
and knew he would let drive in another
minute; so I made an undignified
strategic movement to the rear, so aa
to place the inspector's house, which
stood near, between me and the enemy.
Satisfied by this maneuver that I was a
dangerous character, the sentry began
to stalk me round the building, with
his gun ready for action. The instant
I got round the corner of the inspect
or's house I bolted up the back steps
and broke in upon the astonished in
spector just as he was getting into bed.
I explained my dilemma and he gave
me the password. Then, approaching
the window, I peeped out very cau
tiously toward my friend, who was
prowling round the house to have a
pot shot at me. I shouted the word to
him, and later, when I went out with
the inspector, I explained the circum
stances of the case, gave him five shil
lings, and told him he was a first-rate
sentry.
Rallles to Bagle,
A veteran cavalry horse partakes
of tbe hopes and fears of battle just
the same as his rider. As the column
swings into line and waits, the horse
grows nervous over the waiting. If
the wait is spun out he will tremble
and sweat and grow apprehensive. If
he has been six months in service he
knows every bugle call. As the call
comes to advance the rider can feel
him working at the bit with his tongue
to get it between his teeth. As he
moves out he will either seek to get on
faster than he should or bolt He can
not bolt, however. The lines will
carry him forward, and after a minute
he will grip, lay back his ears, and
one can feel his sudden resolve to
brave the worst and have done with
it as soon as possible. A man seldom
cries out when hit in tbe turmoil of
battle. It is the same with a horse.
Five troopers out of six, when struck
with a bullet, are out ef their saddles
within a minute. If hit in the breast
or shoulder, up go their hands and
they get a heavy fall; if in the leg or
foot or arm, they fall forward and
roll off. Even with a foot cut off by
a jagged piece of shell, a horse will
not drop. It is only when shot through
the head or heart that he comes down.
He may be fatally wounded, but hob
bles out of the fight to right or left,
and stands with drooping head until
the loss of blood brings him down.
The horse that loses his rider and is
unwounded himself will continue to
run with his set of fours until some
movement throws him out Then he
goes galloping here and there, neigh
ing with fear and alarm, but he will
not leave the field. In his racing
about he may get among the dead and
wounded, but he will dodge them if
possible, and in any case leap over
them. When he has come upon three
or four other riderless steeds, they fall
in and keep together, as if for mutual
protection, and the "rally" of the
bugle may bring the whole of them
into ranks in a body.
His Spirit Near Battle Scenes.
From the Chicago Post: A boy who
had dropped from a tree and had
broken his leg was lying in bed pa
tiently and looking at the ceiling. His
leg was in a plaster cast, and all he
had to do was to "keep still." He had
been doing that for some days. He
knew he would continue the perform
ance many more days. He knew every
variation in the wall paper of his
room, every figure that a sick boy's
fancy can build out of tbe shadings
in the ceiling or the inequalities of the
wall. But as he lay there, his hands
under his head It was the stillest ot
summer Sundays he was suddenly
startled with the impression of dan
ger. Something fearful was happen
ing. He did not know where it was;
he did not know what was its nature.
But men were thrilling with some tre
mendous endeavor like conflict. He
could feel the waves of an unseen
struggle swell and subside. A brother
was absent was on the farther side
of the earth, as this crippled little fel
low vaguely understood. But that was
all he knew about it. He had not
consciously paid any attention before
that moment to the fact of a war with
Spain. It was somewhat beyond the
field of a boy who climbs trees and
drops out. That night his father came
home with the story of the battle of
Manila bay; and the little sufferer
there in the bed knew he had been
nearer bis far-away sailor brother
than he had to his rather, who had to
await the slow speech of the lightning
under the seas.
Alaska Indiana eat mosquitoes.
A person can write soft nothings
with a bard pencil.
V. B. Fateat Osaee Baslaess.
The Examiners of all the 34 divisions
excepting 3 are now under one month
in arrears with their work.
Five hundred and six patents were
Issued this week and 58 of them to one
inventor for printing machinery. To
Iowa inventors 9 for various subjects,
Minnesota 9, Nebraska Missouri
14, Illinois 37. New York 146.
Mrs. E. V. Pondinot, of Des Moines,
has been allowed a copyright for a
book entitled, "Patriotic Poems, Our
Heroes from '61 to '99."
Patents have been allowed as fol
lows: To C. E. Baker, of Des Moines,
for a label, the title of which is
"Ozono," a coined word for a remedy
for catarrh, a disease that is prevalent
and distressing.
To S. S. Templeton, of Dunreath, la.,
for an automatic valve for watering
troughs adapted for regulating the flow
of water therefrom and preventing
waste of water by animals that are
supplied from a source or supply con
nected with a trough by means of a
tube.
Valuable printed matter sent to any
address and advice to inventors sent
free. THOMAS G. ORWIG & CO.,
Registered Solictors of Patents.
Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 25, '99.
Those who love always have no leis
ure to pity themselves, or to be un
happy. New Inventions.
Thirty-three per
cent of the inventors
who obtained pat
ents the past week
were able to dispose
oi tne wnoie or a
part of their inven
tion before the pat
ent was Issued.
Among the manufacturers
patents were the following:
buying
Regina Music Box Co., Rahway, N.
J..
Dempster Manufacturing Co., Des
Moines, Iowa,
Atlas Yack Co., of Maine,
Union Scale and Manufacturing Co.,
Sacramento, Cat,
National Folding Box and Paper Co.,
New Haven, Conn.,
Simplex Railway Appliance Co., Chi
cago, HI.,
Automatic Air Carriage Co., of New
York,
Edward Hett, of New York City,
had twenty-eight (28) patents issued
to him last week, all relating to print
ing presses. The government tax on
these patents alone was one thousand
dollars (31,000.)
Parties desiring information as to
procuring patents or bringing them to
the attention of possible buyers should
write to Sues & Co., Patent Lawyers,
Bee BIdg., Omaha, Neb., for free ad
vice. Affliction What everyone can carry
for someone else.
Half
Kates South via Omaha aad
St,
Loals and Wabash Routes.
On the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each
month the above lines will sell horns
seekers tickets to southern points for
one fare (plus $2.00) round trip.
WINTER TOURIoi RATES now
on sale to Hot Springs, Ark., and all
the winter resorts at greatly RE
DUCED RATES.
Remember the O. & St. u. and Wa
bash, 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 cat at the
QUINCY ROUTE OFFICE, 1415 Far
Harry E. Moores, City Passenger and
Ticket Agent, Omaha, Neb.
Mistake What people with loud
mouths never make.
State or Onto, Citt of Toledo, f
Lucas cocktv.
ss.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he In tho
senior partner of the tlnn of P. J. Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo. County
and State aforesaid, and that said II rm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of Catarrh that cannot bo
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
PRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, tbisCth day of December. A. D. 18S4
,cAT i A. W. GLEASON.
lbKAIJ Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of tbe system. Send for testimonials, free.
P. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, a
Sold by Druirgists. 75c.
Hall's Family Pills arc the best
The higher you sit the better you
can drive.
Dropsy treated free by Dr. H. H. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists in the world. Read their adver
tisement in another column of this paper.
A good boy is worth far more than
a bad man.
I never used so qnick a cure as Piso's
Cure for Consumption. J. B. Fnlmer,
Box 1171, Seattle, Wash., Nov. 25, 1S9J.
On November 3 Mrs. Eunice Sladc.
widow of Samuel Siade, celebrated her
100th birthday, when she was visited
by many of her neighbors in Walpole,
N. H. She was the mother of seven
children, including twin girls, was
never seriously ill, and is in good
health to this day.
Ex-Senator Henry P. Dawes, of Mas
sachusetts, celebrated his 83d birthday
last week by entertaining the Monday
Evening Club, a literary society, at his
home in Pittsfield. Mr. Dawes read a
paper on "The Duties and Functions of
the United States Senate."
At Johannesburg the telephone sys
tem is operated by the Dutch and one
has to pay a year's subscription in
advance about $75 per month and no
service is furnished after 5 p. m.
Acts gently on the
Kidneys, Liver
and Bowels
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Early this fall tho management of
the B. O. R. R. decided that the uni
formed force should be provided with
service stripes, and on the winter uni
forms each man has one or more gold
stripes on his right sleeve if he has
been In the service for five or more
years. The gold stripe stands for five
years continuous employment by the
company and a glance over tho list
develops an interesting and Instructive
condition of affairs.
The ordinary man, in a peaceful and
uneventful vocation. Is seldom In con
tinuous service for forty years, yet on
the B. & O. R, R. there is a hale and
W. II. GREEN.
He ha3 been employed in the B. & O.
for 50 years.
hearty old man, with keen, undimmed
eyes, and a springy step that has been
in the continuous employ ot the com
pany for 50 years and is still better
than many men half his age.
W. H. Green Is his name, but every
body on the line calls him "Captain
Harry" and he has a record that any
man, in any station in life, would be
more than proud of.
Captain Green is probably the old
est passenger conductor in the world.
If he is not he has the best record, for
not once has he been suspended from
duty for any cause whatever. And
then, too, he has never been injured.
Green was born on September 12, 1827.
in Cockeysville. Baltimore county, Md..
and entered the B. & O. service March
3, 1850, as a freight brakeman. He was
promoted in two years to freight con
ductor and In 1S57 was given a pas
wncpr train nnil hns c.-irvoil in thnt
Jn.. .. i i i .
capacity ever since. He is now run-
ning through trains between Baltimore
nnrt Pnmhorlnnfl Til ami n-iirc tPn
and Cumberland, Md., and wears ten
service stripes on ms ngni arm.
For many years B. & O. train em
ployes have had an enviable reputa
tion for politeness to passengers and
attention to duty, and the adoption of
the service stripe system will give the
traveling public an opportunity to rec
ognize long and faithful service.
Try Grala-ot Try Grnla-at
Ask your grocer today to show you a
package of GRAIX-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of e?ffce.
The children may drink it without in
jury as well as the adult All who try
it. like it GRAIN-0 has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress.
One-fourth the price of coffee. 15c.
and 25c. per package. Sold by alt
grocers.
Mrs. Byron Alford, of Eldred, Pa.,
owns and operates a nitroglcerine and
dynamite factory.
Cbrlstmns rrcen:n.
It Is often difficult to select an ar
ticle for a Christmas present that will
be acceptable and inexpensive. The
John M. Smyth Co. have solved the
problem by offering for sale 5,000
guitars at 2.C5 each, thus bringing
them within the reach of everyone.
The firm Is thoroughly reliable. See
"ad" in another part of this paper. Get
their mammoth catalogue.
There is nothing good In a man but
his young feelings and his old
thoughts.
25c. SAMPLE BOTTLE lOc. FOR NEXT THIRTY DAYS.
r. RHEUMATISM ?
BowHaTeToflReadAtogtDrops,,WitatTakiogTriii?
Do you not think you haYe wasted precious time and suffered enough? If
so, then try the "5 Drotis" and lr promptly and jcrmanciitly cured of
your afflictions. 4'5 Drops" is a speedy and Sure Cure for Rheumatism.
Neuralgia. Sciatica, Lumbago (lame back). Kidney Disease.. Axtlima.
Hy Fever. Dyspepsia. Catarrh of all LimN, Bronchitis. La Grippe.
Headache (nervous cr neuralgic). Heart Weakness. Dropsy. Carache.
Spasmodic and Catarrhal Croup, Toothache, Nervousness. Sleeplcssnesi.
Creeping Numbness. Malaria, and Uindred diseases. "5 Drops" has enrrd
more people during the past four years, of thealiovc-neined ilis-ases, than
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all other remedies known, and in cae of Rheumatism 14 curing more than
all the doctors, patent mei!icincs,eltctric tlts and hattoricscomhinod. for they ran not cure Chronic
Rheumatism. Therefore waste no more valuable time and money, l:t try "5 Drops" and !
promptly CURED. "5 Drops" is not only the hest nieiltrine, but it is th-cheapest, forafl GO bottle
contains 300 doses. Price por bottle. 1.00. prepaid by mail or express, or f lotttrs for J3tt. For
the next 30 days we will send a 2?c sample FREE to anyone sending 10 cents to pay for the
mailing. Agents wanted. Write today.
8WANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO., IGO-164 E. LAKE ST., CHICAGO.
HREdmOM PRODUCER
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Grchnzn. Othir liaT n.ivanccl Ififir
price of FcrlsrStcn. but ocrcoctract
withthn taanufictrircrs com:ols thrni
to famish mwilh lhf. no wn can fll
thpm&tasmallpmlitatc.I.ll.fZLZlftn'!
i'J7.T7. YOU would Im roiil of either
oueof these parlor rtovca. Tim pictures
piTQbuta laintldMorttwirWftfancw.
BectCO. I'.on rfcoiptor'JTc. jotito
pay holnrcsto jourtuinioror IroiKbt
agent nn arrival al soar depot.
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MAMMOTH
MAILORDER!
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5,000 GUITARS AT $2.61
This Guitar k made
of the finest imita
tion mahoeany with
either solioirosewood
or walnut finger
board, pearl inlaid
position dots and
German silver raised
frets: it has fancy in
lay around sound
hole and best quality
American patent
heads; the tcp of
Guitar is beautifully
bound with celluloid;
it a strung with a
full set of best quality
steel springs and is
ready to pUy ttjoc.
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markets of the worM: thousands of euttle tiro
j Iatteneii for market without ieh- fe.i Kr.iin.
,'uua without day's shelter. Sent for informa-
I tlon ami secure a free home in Weslern I'anaiU.
Write the Superintendent .r imniisrmtio-i. o:-
tawa. oradtlress the umlersteued. who will mail
you atlases, pamphlets, of- free of ciwt. .
ltcnnutt. HOI N. Y. Life Hulltlim,', Oman i. Neb.
DR. SETH ARNOLD'S
has stood the te:t of 50 years
and is still the lU-st Cough
Keuirdy Sold. Cures when
other remedies fail. Tnste-i
Kood: children like it. Sold
by ull druKists 'St cents.
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Write CAPT. O'FAHRELL. Pension A Kent.
MJC New Yort Atcnuc. WASMINQTON. D. C
CARTERS INK
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up on it.
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Jvrtliii'tvtluur. l&ju'l:iMtiM:: intuit. :itt Mm-e.
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probably tho larges-t contract in guitar
ever njilo an in-trum;nt thai .tsn-
tivelys'-IU from 53,7) to T.U. Wlirntkia fl
lot 13 cjchauslc:! v;u cannot duplicate
thiiolfcr. Quantity talks. Only by opr
atintr on such. 'i bisr scale. toother titlj
our vicll-knovrn small prolit .olicy.coiild
such an otTtring bo joible. Anotlwr
reason for o'lajfcsin:? such a ba renin
broadcast U ths confld'-nce wo f'-fl tl.at
cv-ry guitar cold will win for in a Im
manent patron anil a friiid ul.o-o
rc-oinmendation w can conn. upon. o
will forward tho guitar to acy J'ddrssj
C. O. D.. subject to examination vpoa
receipt of .Vte. We. hov.eier. adviac that
caah in full Ijo suit, as that save return
rharcjes for money and wo stan.i per
fectly rv:dy to r-fund mimry if tin
cuitar is rot all r.r.d more than weclaim
f.-.rft. r.empwneronr Aft $'fi
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