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X 10 THE COURIER. "THE MAJOR.1 PETROLEUM INTERESTS DRUNKARDS. As aa Exterminator of Moea,urteea aad YacUatio Kay Eaable IXs to Drink -i Hew to Wtght. 'There wasn't a man at tba oncers' aw but deaplaed the Major." aald an old army captain, talking to sane friends In a down-town cafe the other night. "We ail fait that he distinctly towered the social tone of the regiment He wan evllea and loutish and slovenly, with the air of a man who had proved Mae la aoase crisis and who had a guidM' agotast late for hi own mis deed. .He waa full of mean, eonteapti hle way. Besides, he drank heavily and would lie far several days at a time la a druaken stupor. We would hare got rid of him oa shsrges but for the fact that fee could fight It waa in the early days of the campaign in the Tennessee Valley and there was plen ty et'lgntlag to do. la battle the major became another man. The' boys forgot bis ugly and contemptible ways, and I guess the major himself did. Then we got a glimpse of the man aa he mast hare been before some great trial spoiled htm. His eyee lost their dull and filmy look and biased beneath hie shaggy brows, and under his soiled uniform his frame took oa the com manding lines of the soldier. In the notee and sanoke his manhood had a brief and enrage resurrection. Some how, before the regimefjt' knew It. on such occasions, K waa following the major lickety-apllt la a dashing charge or taking his orders aa It stood grimly In-line awaiting attack. The colonel and lieutenant-colonel, good fellows though they were, did only a thinking part. It was the major who was doing nil the fighting and the boys knew It. After every battle we would treat the major with respect for a little while. Our regiment was winning glory. The colonel got the thanks of congress and the general of the brigade- got a pro motion, ant we all knew It waa that mean cuss, the major, who did It We tried to be ike to him, but he always spoiled things. Onee we actually got ap a bana.net In hla honor, after he had' led the regiment brilliantly in three aocceaslve days of fighting In the woods. But he drank himself under the table and into a prolonged debauch, and the next day the regiment went into battle under the colonel and was on the ran until nightfall. I think we were all relieved when the major dis cppeared once for good. It made the ofltcers mesa more congenial. But the regiment never amounted to much aft er that While It began the war bril liantly. It ended it In disgrace, and our brigadier la unofficially on record with the statement that the only good charge we made In those last years waa oa the sutler's tents. The frar de partment never knew why our record was so uneven. It waa all on aecount of that heroic old scoundrel, the ma jor.'' New Tork Mall and Express. it to Dwlg-ht I. Xooay. The monument to Dwlght L. Moody at Bound Top, Northfleld, Mass., will be of the best Milferd granite, and will stand four feet above its foundations. Its simplicity la in accordance with the wishes of Mr. Moody, who did net believe In elaborate monuments, either for himself of others. It is being built under the direction of W. H. Moody, the evangelist's son, and the scriptural quotation which. It bears Is said to have bean one of the greatest favorites of Mr. Moody. On it are the words: "He that doeth the will of God abideth forever." Th GWl The Czar ha one estate which cov ers over lM.e00.000 acres, mors than three time as large aa England; and ha ha another estate which la more than twice the size of cotiaad. fcy fc Hi About MS tons of gold are estimated fp be in actual circulation aa money la jfigland. that being approximately the it c mvm.m. It seems that the advance of medi cal science may yet allow a man to be vaccinated for the "rum habit" so that he will be immune. Not immune in the way that a "Keeley graduate" Is with a lost desire for drink but in such, a manner that he will be able to drink enough to kill an ordinary man andTiot suffer any ill effects. Dr. Rey nold Webb Wilcox, in writing of "Re cent Advances in Medical Science" in the International Monthly, says: "The work of Ehrllch showed that the anti toxins may be produced in the blood by uecsslvely increased doses of ricin and abrin. Maramaldi applied the same line of reasoning to alcohol. Increasing doses of ordinary alcohol, well diluted, were administered to dogs through an oesophageal tube un til tolerance was established for a larger than an ordinary lethal dose. Theblood serum of these animals was employed in the experimentation. His conclusions were: (1) It is possible to confer a real Immunity on dogs by adntfnistering progressively increasing doses of this poison, ultimately reach ing very large doses without produc ing functional disturbance or organic degenerations. (2) The serum of such a dog rendered immune to alcohol, contains a special antitoxin, capable of neutralising the toxic action of a dose of alcohol one-fourth larger than the minimum fatal dose. (S) Normal blood serum does not possess the pow er of augmenting the organic resist ance to alcohol, much leas does it ex plain the curative action In acute poi soning." New York Press. Now that the greater part of the medical profession has agreed on the high probability, If not the practical certainty, that the germs of malaria cannot find their way Into the human system without the aid of one of the numerous families of mosquitoes, the Anopheles, devices for warding off the attacks of the always hated Insects hare become matters of the deepest interest Even if, as was formerly sup posed, the creatures were mere sum mer nuisances, relentless destroyers of comfort and temper, means of escap ing from their persistent attentions would be hailed with the sincerest Joy in most parts of the world, but since they have been accused and almost eonvlcted of being the sole carriers of the Infection to which no small frac tion of the sum total of human Illness and death Is due, the announcement that their extermination over consid erable areas is neither expensive nor difficult can hardly fall to receive eager attention. Just this announce ment Is made by two Italian doctors who have been conducting prolonged experiments in the town of Sassari. Their work consisted in ascertaining the different places In and around the town drains, cisterns, puddles and the like where mosquitoes passed through the larval stage, and then, by the use of petroleum, applied twice a month, rendering such of these places aa could not be abolished uninhabit able for the insects. The products of overlooked breeding places were next destroyed In shops with chlorine and in dwelling houses with any of the well known cullicldes. From the high ly successful results attained It was concluded that the town was not in exceptionally unfavorable surround ings, not In the midst of -extensive swamps, that is, can always be freed from mosquitoes. The estimated cost for town of 60,000 Inhabitants is from $200 to 1300 a year, including the wages of the staff needed to carry out the measures prescribed. New York Times. He Stamp sal. What Is believed to be absolutely the largest stamp transaction that has ever taken place in the stamp world has Just been successfully carried through. M. P. Castle, a Brighton magistrate, and vice-president of the London phil atelic society, is said to have sold his collection of European stamps for about $150,000 to a man Interested in the hobby. Greatest Maker of Violin. Antonlus Stradivari was considered to be the most famous maker of violins that ever lived. He was descended from an old family at Cremona, where he was born in 1644. During his entire career he made between 600 and 700 violins, for none of which did he ever receive more than $25. Now a genuine Strad will sell for $10,000, and one is In possession of the city of Genoa (pre sented to the day by Paganini, one of the most famous violin players on rec ord), for which the city authorities have been offered as much as $150,000, but they refuse to sell. A violin Is said to have been made by him when he waa 92 years of age, but his best in struments were made from about 1700 to 1725. Stradivari died at Cremona in 1737, aged 93. London Answers. Co lastom lltwe Statute to license and regulate the business of commission merchants or persons selling agricultural produce on commission, la held. In state ex reL Beek vs. Wagener (Minn.), 46 L. B, A. 442, to be a valid exercise of the police power, and not an infringement of the constitutional rights of such merchants. 0i0Stta of the Lincoln Hard ware Coa'sa entire stock of AT 7 DISSUADED and in this instance we will positive ly guarantee the lowest prices, sell ing for less than any other dealer can buy the same goads for in wholesale lots. KA CroM Foaader Toot. Dr. Henri Dunant, who did so much to humanize war, Is living almost pen niless in the hospice of Heiden In Ap penzell, Switzerland. He was Instru mental In founding the Red Cross so ciety by a literary work called "Un Souvenirde Solferino," In which he described vividly the sufferings of the wounded and aroused the conscience of Europe. The Geneva convention of 1864 resulted, and the neutrality of hospital and ambulance service was established. The Burlington has been selected-. as the official route for the G. A. R.'at Chicago. Special Headquarters Traio leaves Omaha at 7:30 P. M August 25. Bound trip from Lincoln S 14.40. Tickets on sale August 24th to 27th, limit Sep- teajberlst Extension to September 30th can be had on payment of fifty cents to joint agent at Chicago. It G. W. Bonnell, C. P. A Lincoln. Mmann School Garden la Europe. , In kitchen gardens the Swedes aim especially to promote agriculture.whlle the French seek to advance the culture of fruit vegetables and flowers. The .school gardens in the country places of Switzerland are intended to give theoretical training in the growth of the most useful and important plants and to promote a love for horticulture and rural amballlthmenta. (First Pub August 18-3 In the district court of Lancaster county, Nebraska. In the matter of the application of George H. Clarke as executor of the estate of Aleozo Barnes Deceased for license to sell real estate. Notice of Sale. Notice is hereby given thst in pursuance of an -order of Edward P. Holmes, Judge of "the district court of Lancaster county, Nebraska, ma do on the 31st day of July. 100, for the sale of the real estate hereinafter described, there will be sold at the east door of the county court house, in the city of Lincoln. Lancaster county, Nebraska, on Friday oa the 7 th day of Septem ber. 1900 at one o'clock p. m., standard time, at public vendue to the highest bidder upon the following terms to-wit: One-half cash at the time of sale and balance in two payments of equal amounts payable in one and two rears at seven per cent interest with privilege of pay ing deferred payment before issuing deads at five per cent discount on deferred payments, the following described real estate to-wit: lota three (3) in block eight (8). in Kinney's O street addition to the city of Lincoln, Lancaster county. Nebraska, saw saie 10 remain open oust hoar. Dated August 13,1900. Oxokgu H. CbABXa, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Alooso Baroas, Deceased. By A. W. FUUaU. i Els attorney, UN601N NEB. USeOHt. Pbone 180. The Bicycle and Phonograph Head quarters of the entire Weet. ! Cycle Photographs J Athletic Photographs J Photographs of Babies Photographs of Groups Exterior Views 2 st st st st THE PHOTOGRAPHER 2 st 129 South Eleventh Street. J ac mmm9mmmmmttmm 6$r7v?ify ITl PATENT (Mi Mm may-be secured by our aid. Address, THf PATENT RECOW, .ta.Xke hue JUesrd tUKipmrnmS GUARANTEED HALF the REGULAR PRICES. The wise and prudent buyer wil. take adraniage of this wondirful opportunity, as it will be by far the most startling bargain sale of Bi cycles and Sundries ever announced in America. It is a well know fact that the Lincoln Hardware Com pany were among the largest west ern wholesalers in the bicycle busi ness, and carried a complete supply, which was second only to our mam moth stock, and owing to the rapidly increasing business in other lines, they decided to close out th'eir en tire bicycle busines to us at a great sacrifice. We wili positively not mix one item of this stock with our own, but will distribute the entire Lincoln Hardware Company's stock among the Lincoln people, guar anteeing to cut their regular prices on every item at least and in many cases a great deal more. All good things are "bound to be imitated, but Y J 3 1 :S r
