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TIII2 OMAHA DAILY BiE : : SUNDAY. DTJCKMIIRI ? ,11. * ; S TALCS OF YANKEE ENCHANTMENT. Ainiiiaiiub Sketch mid His Free Library The Story of a Really ( itHHl IJoyvlth n Defective .Moral Sense. Hy Charles Ihtttull l.oomls. ( Copyright , IM'H. by Charlps H.iitell Ln > ml ) Amlnndab Pkolrh had a dofprtlvp moral Rene , Imt you must not blame him for It tea j harshly. What could any one rxpcct of n j boy who , having such a dreadful name as j Skolch , had been Raddled with Atnlnadah when ho was too young to protest. Of course the boys called him Dab or Dabby for hort , or else Amen , which was Just as bad. J end ho la certainly entitled to some con- i Bldcratlon on that ncrount. If he had been I called ( laii'lcnnlus Stewart or Alclbladea j Montroao ho might liavo lippn a very noble little fellow , but the name of Amlnndab pro- paled people for the worst.nd yet IIP was not the worst by any moans. He hail n love for the beautiful and lie liked to ilo \V11EN PEOPLE SAW HIM DIOOINO KOIl THE FOUNDATION THEY DID NOT STOP HIM. llltlo kindnesses for people and ho was gen erous to a fault. Ills chief falling was that ho did not know the difference between mine and thine and it was this that led him Into the trouble that I am about to describe. fS ft ho was there be saw many flno buildings. Now the llttlo town whore ho lived , up among the mountains near Plalnflold , N. J. , did not boast of a building moro pretentious than a wooden house and so these great ntono buildings eccmed to him llko fairy palaces and ho determined when ho returned to Mullliisvillo to build a handsome library and present It to bis fellow townsmen. It Is proper at this point to say that while Aminadab did not boast any acqualntance- Bhlp with the fairies , ho did have a Btrcngth that was llttlo short of super natural. Ho was BO strong that ho could pull young saplings from the earth with ono band and could raise a COO-pound bag of meal as easily as you could handle a five- pound bag of salt. Dcsido this ho was re markably handy. Ho was own cousin on bis mother's slclo to the boy who made a trolley car with , a jackkulfo as his only tool. tool.Now Now , If Aminadab had possessed a good moral scneo ho would have gone to the proprietor of some atonoyard and would have Bald , "I want enough stone to build a very handsome library. I have not the money to pay for it today nnd I may never hnvo It , but If you will trust me and my , Ing td make it nil myself nnd I don't sco why I cnn't help myself to material wherever 1 ran find It. " Now , s you nnd 1 know , this was very wrong , but I am not telling yon what ought to have happened , but what did happen to n llttlo New Jersey boy who didn't know any bolter. Flrat ho selected a plot of ground on which to build the library. This was next door to the summer residence of a man who bad gone to New York for the winter and It wss part of his land. When the people paw Atnln&dnb digging for the foundations they did not stop him. for it was none of their business , and , besides , for nil they know , ho had received permission from Mr. Itamcrton , the owner. As 1 neglected to say , Aminadab was an orphan anil not un utterable to any one. Of course , to such n strong and handy hey the work of digging a cellar thirty by fifty feet was not a thing to keep him busy long and by nightfall ot the day ho had started it , It was all ready for the mason work. It would not ho very Interesting to tell you how ho mixed his mortar nnd did all the other prosy things that .go to the making of a house. The remarkable thing is that he got every stone that went into the buildIng - Ing of that library from the stone walls of the adjacent country. "A Htono hero and a stone thcro will never ho missed. " said he , nnd he was right , but although they weren't misled It was wrong In him to take them without asking. I'm not standing up for Dabby by any means. Thcro was a very thick evergreen hcdse running along the front ot the Hamcrton place , and no ono noticed what was going on behind It , no Dabby was able to give his whole etrcngth to his task without Interrup tion. And it took a great deal of strength , and the boy ate hla meals with a work man's appetite. It Is no slight task to carry off two or three fifty-pound stones for a mlle or two , and then sot them up in place , but ho was a cheerful worker and he knew that ho was building a memorial to hiinselt nnd that made the task an easy one. An armful of planks at a planing mill hero nnd there , taken at the noon hour when the men were off eating their luncheon and a few kegs of nails which ho shouldered , two at n time , and some quick , deft work and the lloors were laid. And he bad only been nt work two or three days. I think h must hnvo had a strong natural taste in architecture , for when the building was com pleted , several Now York architects eald that It was worthy of Richardson at his best. You ought to know , If you don't , that Ulchardson was ono of the greatest of Ameri can architects , and It Is a pity that he H not living today. The panes ot glass wcro harder to get and I think that the way In which Amina dab got them was thoroughly reprehensible , for Instead of buying them or even taking them without leave irom a glazier , ho stole a glazier's diamond and cut the panes out of various houses In town , thus letting In the cold air and putting people to a lot ot trouble. You may say that In the end It gave the glazier plenty of work that ho would not otherwise have had , but I tell you that a right that comes from a wrong is not the right kind of right. At noon of the fourth day the boy had finished everything but the front doors , nnd ho was puzzled where to get them. He wanted something handsome , but he didn't think that ho was able to make doors with the few tools at his command , and he knew of no rcady-mado doors that would do. So ho took a day off and went to Philadelphia , and there on Market street , or Chestnut , or Arch I can't bo more exact , becausn these are the only Philadelphia streets I know \ AM1NADAU SEIJ5E1) THE GOOD MAN'S HAND AND WFIUNO IT. lietilth iloc not glvo out 1 will pay you before - fore 1 die. " Most any stone seller would have given him at least enough for a base ment. Then ho would have nnld practically the HIUIIO thing at the pane uf glass factory and the store where they neil planks of wood and the nail bazar and tbu paint depot. Hut ho did none of thefo things. Ho said to hlmticlf : "Here I am going to give my fellow townsmen a line library. I am go- CATARRH OF THE STOMACH , Til 1-5 .HOST fO.MMO.N OP IIMSSI3S rrnisu m A Miii'i.i : itimiY. : Thorn Is no disease so coinnirn an catarrh of thu Htomnrb ; in fact , an comnun nro Un symptoms that people charge the whole to indignation and dyspepsia , t Catarrh of the stomacli make * Itself known by n feeling of exhaustion , heavi ness In head , novcro headaches , discomfort ut Btomtich , loathing of food , nausou and vqniltlns , bowels constipated , breath offensive , 'bad tauto In the mouth , llatu- li'iicy. emctlons of gas and sour , ucld , watery KiibEtniicc. A simple euro for catarrh of the stomach Is dausu' Catarrh TableU. They are taken Internally and limy positively cure , not by the diKratlon uf food , but .by g'lentlflcnJIy nlluylng tbo inflammation mid Dwelling of the. mucous membrane * ) of the stomach , thus allowing the steady tlow ot the gaalrlo Juices. ( Jauw * Catarrli Tablets arc Invaluable in any catiirrhal uiTcutlona of the throat , nasal cavity , liver , bladder , stomach and dU- cascs of the IUUKB. They are found nt inotit drugglstk or will be tent by mull , f > 0 a package. Our little book ou catarrh sent free to any mldnaa. C. E. UAUSS. Marshall. Mich. .1'Ffiiint ( > -I - n il 11 . i 1 . UVJ rtlU'tf | . V.N i , ir rtuia.r * . ho saw two mahogany doors , most beau tifully carved and evidently very valuable. Oh , why did not Aminadab ask permlsHlon to carry thosy doors away with him ? The nuncr , who was a rich man , might have granted bin request if the lad had been courteous , Hut poor llttlo Aminadab , the boy with the perverted moral sense , went up the steps , and , taking a screwdriver from lib pocket , began to unscrew the binges. In fewer in I miles than you can count , a pol-.ccmiin passed by , and when ho mw the boy ho asked him what ho was doing. Aniliudab had taken ono door off anil had I CM'nl It up against the house , ami a flood of keen autumn air swept through the rich hall Now , whatever eluo Dabby may have been , he wan at Icaett truthful , arid ho said without hcEltatlng : "I urn going to take these doors to MiillliiEvllle to put them In my new free library there. Tlicy nro Just the right sire , nnd I can't make any nearly as good. " "Hut. my son , " said the policeman , who lui'l children of his own , and knew how to speak to boyri , "don't you know that It Is dishonest to tnl\o a man's doors away with out his permission ? Suppose Mr. Llpplncott , or Strawbrldge , or whatever the name of the gentleman U who lives here , should gat ptici'inonla through the loss of bis doors , it would bo your fault. " Amlnndab had not thought of that at all. To give a man pneumonia was the last thing he would have wished to do , and hta eyes brpar to fill with tears. Whllo he was trying hard to keep back tbo KobH , a large , stout , kindly-looking old gentleman came down the broad staircase , and , sci'lng one of his doors o : Its hinges ami a policeman on the steps , said : "Hello , wlmt's the matter here ? Is this the way you coma in doors by taking the doors off ? " Then Amiuadab did what tc ought to have drnt' In the first place. Ho took off his hat and he made a low bow and said It ! a manly font"I am building a library at Mullliis- vilU1. N , j. , which 1 am going to give to thi ) town , and I needed a pair of doors for li and Bering thai > ou niusi be rich or else you wouldn't have luabogaay doors when blark wnlnut wouM do Just < wnll. I hrlpnl myeflf to them , and didn't suppose > ou'd mlM them. " "Didn't suppose that I'd ml them ? Holly tolty , am 1 so old that 1 can't see when my front doors are gone ? However , 1 am Rl.nl to sec that you nr ? so public spirited , nml If you and the officer will come Insblo o.it of the draught I'd llko to talk to you. " Aminadab motioned to the officer to o In nnd then ho placed the doot In position and put back the screws. Then he came inside and fiat down In the old Bcntlematrs drawIng - Ing room. "Now , see here , young man , where did I i j 1 A FEW KI20S OP NAILS WHICH HE SHOULDERED TWO AT A TIME. you get the rest of the material for your library ? " "I got the stone from the slono walls around the country. " "And did you have permission ? " "Why , no , " said Aminadab , wondcrlngly. "What's a atouo out of u wall here and there ? " The policeman looked at Mr. Strawbrldge or Mr. Llpplncott or whatever his name was nnd shook his head , eadly. To him the boy seemed pretty bad utul If he had had refu'ol 10 < onti ilni ! " a single sioneowiril its erection. The day of the dedication wan made a holiday In Mulllns\llln nnd every one In town came to rtce what one smsll boy had > been able to do ami old Mr. Strawbrldse I or Llpplncott told them nil that they had , ought to be proud of Amtnad.ib , on tha whole , becnuiip whhlle dishonesty was a grievous quality , still It could be repented , of , and doubtless Amlnndab had already j ' repented , but public spirit was n thing so rare that It ought to be encouraged by all | possible means. " ; Then Aminadab got up and said : "I ' thought that I was going to give you this library myself , but Hlnco my kind friend hero has opened my eyes I see that I had only two things to give you ; my labor and what taste 1 may possess. The rest yon have given yourselves , and the books ho has given. So I say let's give three cheers for him. " The cheers wcro given lustily and then ' much to Amlnndab's surprise Mr. Hnmer- ton. who had come In late nnd unexpect edly , rose and said : "Dabby hnn forgot ten that 1 own the ground on which he built the library , but I cheerfully give it to him to glvo to yon because I think that he Is thi > mcfrt generous and the most pub lic-spirited boy In New Jersjy. And nfici this wo will trust him with anything. " < And Dabby has proved faithful to that trust. TIIIJ CiU.MILKMAN. ; . DOI-M llnsliicHM In n 'Mniuicr Unit DN- | nrniN Suspicion. Ono of the strangest morning Lights of a Cuban town to a stranger Is themilkman. . He Is not the American milkman with his shining wagon and Jltigllng cans , but a ! Hwarthy , frequently bare-footed man who I drives before him n gentle little burro , sometimes - { times with a colt or a cow with n calf. At each customer1 ! ! house he stops ; the house wife or the servant passes out a tin basin or a tin cup and the milkman sits there and milks it full , while the servant looku on , and the cell tries hard to get wearer , jealous at feeing his breakfast going. There can be no doubt about the purity or freshness of this j cnllk. And when one household Is nerved thn milkman passes on to his next customer and thu process Is repeated ns long as the little burro has milk to give. In old days this was the universal way of delivering milk , but moro recently the milk can has como Into use , but not the milk wagon. In San tiago , for Instance , the cans are slung In baskets on the back of a little burro or CHEATING his say ho would have carried him off to the police station. But the old gentleman smiled kindly. "And who helped you take nil this stone ? Didn't your helpers tell you that it is wrong to steal ? " "I had no help , sir , " said Aminadab. "I did it all myself. " "Well , you must bo unusually strong. And1 how were you going to carry my doors back to MulliiiHvillo ? " "On my back , " said Aminadab , simply. "A young Sampson , " said the old gentle man , looking ovov the tops of his glasses at the policeman , who nodded affably. "And the glass and timber , where did you get these ? " Aminadab told him. Somehow ho was not afraid In the presence of this flno pa triarchal old man. He had heard of Jails , but ho did not believe that tbo gentleman was going to puniHb him. Mr. Llpplncott If that was his name heard him through nnd then he said : "Oill- cer , I don't think that this is. a case for you. Ho has put back my door and I will deal with him In a way that seems lit. " The olllcer rose and bowed and went out. When Aminadab and the old man were nlene together , tbo latter said : "My boy , a little fellow who has so much ( strength of body and such kindly Instincts ought to | learn that It Is never kind to take things that don't belong to him. Now , I believe that you acted thoughtlessly , and I am not going to punlah you , though you committed a crime In taking down my door. Instead , I am going to make you a present of the doors and will have them sent out to Mulllnsvllle , j and I will alto glvo yon 10,000 books to put I ou the shelves , for a library without books , la llko cake without sugar. Only llrst you j must go to each man from whom you or j 'borrowed1 material and tell him what you J have done , and restore his property If he objects. And I will make good any stone , or glass , or timber , Unit Is needed. " Aminadab scl/.ed the good man's hand nnd ' ; wrung It , and a few minutes later ho was on Ills way home , and before nightfall lie had vlFlted every man who hud , unknowingly , contributed to the new library. And to the ! ! AMINADAU HAD TAKEN OKI' ONE DUOil. CHEATING THE COM' . glory ot the Inhabitants of Mulllnavlllc , only oarf man refused to let Aminadab licep whai bo had taken , and that one was an old follow who had miles on miles of stone feiu-oa , ami from whom the boy had taken one stone. He insisted on Its being returned to him , ami , HI It was the bottom mono in the foundation wull , Dalby hail u bard time getting it and plenty of time u > reflect on bis misdoings. li m a blngulur 'au that ufter tbo library uaa dedicated ( here noa no one who upcn' co much time in it as ibta old muo who tiaJ THE COLT. donkey. The milkman or mllkboy perches on top and passes around from house to house serving customers. By the time the milk has been out a few hours In this hot climate It Is pretty well shaken up , almost butter , nnd very warm. Dut milk In Cuba Is always served hot , so that the Cubans don't mind. IMIATTI.H OF TIIH YOU.STKHS. . Teacher Now Tommy , can you tell me what a mortgage is ? Tommy Ycs'm. It's something the villain forecloses on the heroine's father nt the end of the second act , EO ho can marry her. Tommy ( who has Just been to church for the first time with his mother ) Is church always llko that , cnamma ? Ills Mother Yes. dear. Why do you ask ? " Tommy Why , I didn't see anybody asleep. "I'm afraid , Freddie , " said a mother to her -1-year-old , "that when your father comes homo tired out from his work and learns what a naughty boy you have been he will punish you.- ' ' "Well , " replied Freddy. "I hope ho will bo so tired ho won't bother about it. " "Can your baby brother talk now ? " asked a visitor of 1-year-old Clara. "Yes , " she replied , "he can say scene words real well. " "Indeed ! And what are they ? " asked the visitor. "I don't know , " replied Clara. They are words 1 never heard before. " Willie , nged 5 , had been Imparting to the minister the information that his father had got a now sot of teeth , "Indeed ! " said tbo good man patronizingly , "and what Is ho going to do with his old ones ? " "Oh , " replied Willie , "I s'poso mamma will cut them down ami make mo wear them. " "Mamma , can I have another piece of pie ? " asked small Hobby. "Why. Hobby , " Bald his mother , "why do you ask for . .iiother piece when you haven't finished the piece you have on your plate ? " "Because , " answered the llttlo diplomat , "If I get another plcco I won't eat the ornst of thlH. " United Stales Senator John C. Spoonor of Wisconsin bus ideas of domestic discipline na well as foreis'i relations. Several years ago his young son , aged C , importuned him for money , after the manner of fimall boya. "What do you want to do with It ? " asked his fiiil > cr. "You have plenty of spending money , and I buy yon everything you need or ought to want. Unless there is some special reason , I cnti't let you have it. There isn't any reason , is there ? " "Not o.wily , but I want It. You know- ! how It Is. papa : yon were u llttlo boy oneo. " This nppenl failed to move the Kcnator's hr-art , and a ellenco followed that lasted nn hour or moro. During this tlmo the father read nnd the son thought , At length ho unl- "I'apa. " "Yen , my son. " .Suppose I was to meet n highwayman on u lonely sir ! t latout night. " "Yes , my stm. " "And suppose he would pull out a pistol and say , 'i.lttlo boy ! Your money or your life ! ' What could I do ? " Ten ininutoB later the senator's son was whistling to his chum outsldn his chum's window , with a new sliver half-dollar In his pocket. An llinicMl Mcillclnc I'or I.u ( Irliic. | | George W. Waltt cf South Oardlner. Me. , says : "I have had the worst cough , cold , chills uiJ : grip and have taken lots of trash of no acconut but profit to the vendor. Chamberlaln'c Cough Hiaiedy Ib the only thing that has done any good whatever. 1 have u.'icd one boiilo uud tb chills i-uld and grip have all left me I i.ongratula'e ' thu manufacturers of au houcst rnediUne. " 11 1 < L/ Passis m your joints Pains in youj1 back Pains from hip to knee Pains that move from one laee to another as make yo r ife Eniserak ! © . T oy r@ Bteu- msiism. Great , awful , ijrhi'lina pit in , of which n patu-nt siiid : "It fools as if soiwbody had put my sore1 kiK'ti in a vise and tunu'il the ws until tlioy c'ould go no further , and i Efivon thoin one more twist lo ho sure. " J can euro it. I can give ivliof some times in three hours , and a certain cure in the worst cases in from om ; to ton days. My Kiel-trie Belt has cured thousands of cases of rheumatism , and with my twenty years' experience I know just , how to ap- DR.'MCLAUGHLIN'S ELECTR8O BELT is the best , on earth. It gives a warm glow ing electric current into the seat ot the pain , it arouses a vigorous circulation of the blood through the alllicted part , free ing the tissues from obstructiondissolving the uric acid and driving the impurity from the body. It cures by removing the cause. .Nothing but electricity properly ap plied can do this. My Bolt does it. Rheumatism and ImlUc.stion. chicijii. N V " < ' , itro. Dr. Mcl-auiihlln , - IJi'iir Sir : For lii yr.irs 1 have been a It never burns or blisters , as it has my special great KiifToi'fr wl'b ihcumatli-ni , lamp back , and Indigestion , wlili i c'uised mi stomach cial cushion electrodes and regulator. It is as good to swell , t tried all kinds of medicines , but rorelveil no belli until I wore your for women as for men. Warranted in every case for Electric Hell , which hnH relieved of all ne . . Una feel. rontiniioim iMirriMit can pain. The swelling In my stomaili has oiio year. A stron < j. you gone , and my foo.l ilcea not distress mo Call if you can and test it free , or write for my free lunik , with now. prices and all infurnuitii > n. Oh , what n jilensurp to live without p.iln ! I assure MIU tliul t highly uniircclutf wh.it your Kelt h.is done for mo. Why do people suiter wliuii they are within icach of your Electric. Treat men t ? Yours very respectfully. Airs. 11. 14HI A\IHHS Conuress ( N St. , 214 State Street , Chicago. Bishop O. W. WhltnkPT of Philadelphia , who has charge of the Kpiscopnl missionary work In Cuba , will visit the Island In Jan uary. Al Jenklntown , a suburb of Philadelphia , William \V. Krnzer has given $25,000 for a non-.sectarlnn clubhouse , lie will provide for its support also. llev. William Klllolt. who has just died In 'San ' Francisco , established In ISI.'i at Pella , In. , the llrst Baptist college In the United States. The Cathedral of St. John , In roursc of orectlon at MornlngsWc Heights , N. Y. . will bo the largest ecclesiastical pdlllce In the Unlte.il States. H will bo 520 feet long and 2W fcot across at the widest point. The llev. Sidney Catlln Partridge , blshoi- clcct of Kioto , ha.s received the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity from Berkeley Divinity school , Mlddlctown , Conn. , of which he is a graduate. Now that Dr. Storrs has retired Father Maloiio , Dr. Wells ami Dr. Homer are Brooklyn's oldest pastors. Next n until Dr. Wells will cclcilirale bis fiftieth anniversary as pastor of the South Third Street Presby terian church of that city. Bishop Potter of New York , who Is now In Manila , has for years been Interested In the Islands ot the Pacille and u careful student of the natives , languages and cus toms. Although this Is his first visit to the Philippines he has at M * homo an Interest ing collection of curios from those Islands. The llev. Jcc On in Is one of the best known Chinamen In San Francisco. He has been a missionary there for the American Missionary .society for twcirty-nlne years ami has been engaged In most Importnnt work In connection with hi * charge. Aside from those labors ho Is olllclnl court Interpreter - terpretor In tin- San Francisco courts and Is In all a very busy man at home. The "ICniniiclputlon from Home" move- mcnt spreads apace ami gathers power In eastern Kurope , assuming proportions which make it an object of serious concern at the Vatican. It has extended to 32J lo calities In t'pper and Ixnver Austria , Bo hemia , Styrln , Moravia. Corlnthln and fi.-ilz- 'burg. ' Its converts arc numlwred by thou sands. So fnr the church haw fouiKl no 'means ' of checklm ; It anil Its symptoms arc those of a. new reformation. It harf at last 'been ' ollielully annolincPd that Dr fleorgp T. Purvcs of Princeton Is acceptable as pastor to the congregation of the Fifth Avenue church of New York ami that the pastorship Is acceptable to him. A mpptliifr of the. general congregation will bo called for tomorrow night and Dr. Purves will he formally elected. The pulpit thus to bo tlllivl has been vacant for n year , ever slnco the < ] Kith of Dr. John Hall , durlni ; which time many attempts have been made to 111 ! It. The llov. James II. Ulenk of New Orleans. who was recently npnolnti'd bishop of Puerto Hlco by the i > ope. arrlve-d at San Juan on Thursday , n companlcd by Arch bishop Barnndo of Santiago. They WPTC re- colved by the acting bishop of tin- Puerto W.can diocese. The Ft reels wen- crowded with people , who accorded the iirvlntoi nn enthusiastic reic'itlon. A pro"pssloii , headed by HIP bishop and an hhlshon , under a cnnopv , proceeded to the Church of St. Anne where the bishop -was Invented with the mltrp and crojiler. Thence they \vcnt to the cathedral , where high mass was cele brated. Motu'Ifjnor Frcdprlc His , the new Homiin Catholic blslio : ) of Snult Snlnte CUnrle and Mnniuptlu , In a native of fiermany , r > l years old , and came to the I'nlted States with bis iiarpiits when bo was 11 ! years old. The family settled on the northern peninsula of Michigan , where the present bishop JJCKUII bis life work and Where him has always iiindn hU home. Ho was ort ! ilnod n priest in 1870 .it Munitiettc , to which place he. lias now returned ris iiiuH'.dIiir ( bUhop. He bus already been or < biincd to the bishopric , that ceremony bavins been performed lant Au- jjiiHt. Hp. bus spent nearly thirty years of llfo as priest In the upper peninsula and few men are us popular with the pcopht of the iron , timber and copper region. TIM ; < > in-TiMi3iis , \Vllllnm Henry , the Sfl-ycar-old carrier of the I'nlted ' Htalt's mall between Detroit and Stonpy Creek , was once an Alabama ulavc and was solil for JliW. Hopreccntutlves of flvo peneratlons were present when Stephen Grant Stucknole H-IP- bratcd his nlnci'ctb birthday at bin borne In SaiiKiis , Muss. , a few ilay.4 UBO. Sir C'harl s Nlibobum , who has been called tile Grand Old .Man of Austrull'i , has ontcred on Ilia nlnely-sci'iind year. He Kiadiialed from an KUIiiliurgh nnilUtil college - lego In is:1 : ! and umlgr.itid \ < i Au. < ir.ili.i tuo years later. He Is now the sole surviving member of the llrst Awlrnllan Parliament J.linesVooci of Portsmouth. N. II. , cele brated bis lud blrihdny on Saturday. De cember U. He was born In England and Is believed to be the oldest resident of New England. William Dickey , who died the other day. was a member of the Maine legislature for llfty-nlne years and Is believed to bold the record for such service. Tbiuili u democrat , ho always voted for Senator Fryc. After scelntr the latter end of two cen turies , a privilege that is not fir.inted to many persons , John M. Brown brc.itbed bis last at Mercy hospital , Cbicago , lust Sunday evening. He was In bis imitli ye.ir and biul been u pensioner in the institution for the last twenty yenrs. The decqdent was born In Ireland in 17'JI. His chief dis tinction was that be took part in tin ; Na poleonic wars , and especially was be proud of the fact that be was with Wellington at Waterloo. Benjamin B. Oiloll. mayor of Newburu. N' . Y. , Id now In t'V ' hist month of his thirteenth consecutive term. Mr. Oilcll , who | Is over 70 yt-iw olil , positively refused to be in candidate again , otherwise be would cer tainly have been elected to succeed himself. I For continuous service A. E. Hurr of the I ' Hartford ( Conn. ) Times , Is probably the oiliest editor III the country. On the 1st of January next li will l > e sixty-one year since Mr. Hurr purchased an Interest in the Weekly Tillies. Two yearn later he turned It Into'a dally paper. He Is still in active service- , though SI years old. "I am Indebted to One Minute Cough Cure fnr my health and life. It cured me of lung ] trouble following grippe. " Thousands owe I I | their lives to the prompt action of this never j I fulling remedy. H cures coughs , colds , ! i croup , bronchitis , pneumonia , grippe and I throat and lung troubles. Its early use prevents ' I vents conHumptlon. It Is the only harmless remedy that gives Immediate relief. < 5l)1li : IATM IXVKVI'IOXS. ! : A New Jersey man hn. < der-lgncil a pocket- j | hook which' has the lln'iiiff ' covering nearly ' t'hc ' entire Inner surface of the two end pot- tloiiH. forming a continuous pocket , with a circular opening In ono end through which I to coins can be lifted. I Type faces of a new lypawrltor are ar I ranged on nine type bars In rows of three ! ' each , with shifting keys for adjusting the bars to strike the letteiv , using only nine I keys to print the. loiters and two Hbit't- . key to rnlso and lower t'he typo bars. ' Improved hookit and eyeg have the. central - ! | tral portion of thn eye broadened un < l j ] ( lattcneil , with n shoulder on either side of 1 the center , which prevents lateral move ment of the hook , and the two members can lie separate ! only at the widened portion of the eye. A Connecticut man has patented a switch- turning mechanism which can be operated by Hie foot , comprising a vertical sprliiK- cunlrolliNl rod set in the car floor , with a foot plate nt MIC top and a wodKc-shapcil head at the lower end to swlni ; the switch In either direction. Brooms \vllih t pvliiK handles ate to. be. manufactured by a Tennessee company , the wooden handle hotnx severed close to the hcutl and provided with uplndles at the wev- orei ] ends , wlili h are Inserted In opposite end's of a spiral spring , to give llexlbility to the 'broom when in use. A Canadian lulu designed a water cy < to which offers very llli'le ' resistance to Hie. water , the ( louts which support the pro pel.int' mechanism belui ? composed uf two long cylinders of small illumeter , with tint end.i brollyIH to a point to decivuRC the re sistance. To prevent tampering with lire alarm boxes a New Jersey man would ma he IIHC of a metal cage , which In secured to ibn pout supporting the box , with a mechanism i/peratC'tl by the door of the lire box ID CHM the door of the CUKO utul lurk the man In UliKl released by the firemen. A support for the spliu-n of persona pick- injr cotton nnd other material where It In I mx-efisury to carry baskets Is made of a i piece uf fiat Htft'1 lltlod with a T-bcad. with 1 straps to support tbn ghoiilder blade ? , a kecontl crohc plrce fitting the small of the 1 Imclt ami curryliiB a trup for the waU t , Uy the UHO of an Improved su.-iport incan- | iloscr-nt munllcH are rendered less liable In i break , u HhroiiH , n < > oinhiiHtlMc , flexible string being fecured to one Hide of I lie flame , with .in iiiljuxl'iblc grip set on th < ' oppoi-ilc xl < lc. to Hiispcml ihc mantle at nn I'l 1)11111 ) I lle. llt Vhlslerlxirlr.fJ.Jie naoe "Schweyer" lnparinte ( ol ( be hcit-none to dell'.louj-nonty can harilly buyl _ < tqutl. o Marks o i Boxes to FULL li dicato ci nlents. QUARTS R turn cl arge > Wn tir Mm only Distiller * pi id and TIIIIKI I'i.io Hvi iu consumers direct- mjncy SGHWEYER'SPUHESYEAROLD back II BCOllS don't SUit. : K The prime oltl ublikcy prescribed for E preii medicinal unj | ; encrul use. Prepaid Tl-i'fun.ims lVnh-\vania ! Hyo , , for 27 yenrs iilu cn pur iliaii.lrd and u fillnvnnd tindfr er.-ijiiilc | reel inn of lr. Joliiihcbwcycrbiaibcif , , tlniii 8 years nlil , most of It 10 and 12 yturs uld wlivn first Ixittled. Hold direct tu tbo ciinsiuntr from our distillery ut tbo low iiriL-o uf KIM tor four full quart * flint cunuot bu bought cKcwhuro for luhatbau tti.OU. " r our SEVEN YEAR OLD PENNSYLVANIA" g'UX ) fur four 'J'liia i-.Tlio full . quarts. - lrn-t ! 7 ji-nr old lye all We middlemen' Bare j < t > ruiuikoi.J cuiiuut boduiilicutcd for le-a tbuu S'j.OU. V % f | 'fep IJ ( iroUtii und f'i.ii \\urctiTto.iu' o..mrneri-ial , U-fn ; , , Ilankorl " prptuPmnpanyIn I'niltdbW JOHN SCHV/EYER it CO. , DISTILLERS , u liuru Mo t udultbr- AOdrcss all urd 8 to Warehouse DP 009,011,613 W. J2lh St. CHICAGO , ttlixi ' r f r j u 11 i < > i.n 1111 * < ir nrtM rt.r'n . rllr.-r In/orn ri | , | CHICAGO and EAST. ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS , HOTSPfllWGS & DEADWOOD. New Gitv Offices , 1401-03 Farnam , BUFFET LIBRARY GAHS Best Dining Car Service , A for ( 'hlchttifrt n < l In , n < alM vltn t'J'i" nt.lwti TitLu nn wthrr. hrfutf .111111 can tinit no toiili it ) healthful ab a pure beer , lli' Mire you if-1 tllo puto Uiud. Krug Cabinet Bottled Beer IB lirrinptically healed tbiMi l > ilml ivliiih IIIKUI , " it lu b free Irmii l > a , IITI.Iini | , - tlal ( ur frail ppujiuintl r .1 in.il i ih FRED KIIUO HRHWINO CC - -g OMMIA. NCUkASK * . f what an architect , artlnt or draughtsman requires. There IB JUKI ouo suite vacant ou tbo north eldo of A very hanitaumo suite , It It , too , hard wuod fiuor , newly decorated - wallsand It fai-ce tbo grand court. You will enjoy looking at them and It will be pleasure for us to uh-w ; you , .C. 5S Rental Agents , Ground Floor , 13ee Bldg ,
