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THE TELL-TALE
I had knocked around In Australia
for five years, put in a year's service
in India, and bad a whack at the
Transvaal insurrectionists as a volun
teer, only to settle down at last, as a
telegraph operator at Rocky Forks, a
telegraph station between Omaha and
Sioux City. It -was my business to
transfer messages between the two
places, and to connect with points fur
ther along.
The next station, fifteen miles fur
ther up the road, was Dismal Toint,
and here Tom Brown, my oldest and
truest friend, operated. Tom and I had
roughed it all over the world together,
and when we settled down here It was
to be near each other.
One day Tom telegraphed down to
me that he would meet me at Rocky
Forks next Tuesday for a day's shoot
ing. He said he would come down on
the 5 o'clock train in the morning and
wait for me to get off at noon. After
that we would go up into the hills and
shoot along the points of the ravine.
I liked nothing better than a day's
outing with Tom, and I quickly ticked
back word that he could rely on me
next Tuesday, as that was my day off.
The following day there came a mes
sage through Omaha that the United
Express would ship $12,000,000 In bul
lion over the road to Sioux City the
next Monday night, and that the train
would pass through my station, Rocky
Forks, at 8:15 In the evening. I tele
graphed back that I understood it, and
then I opened up the instrument and
asked Tom if he had received his mes
sage yet. He said that he had, and
would look for the train seventeen min
utes earlier at Dismal Point.
That day and the next I passed In
my usual way. Sunday was unevent
ful, and would have seemec7. long, ex
cept for the constant ticking of the in
strument, which was kept busy send
ing messages about the important ship
ment to be made the next day. Mon
day evening at 7:30 I looked at my
watch. "The train will soon be along,"
I said. "I guess I will call up Tom,
and see if he knows where it is."
"The express train Is one station up
the road," said he, "and is ahead of
time. It will wait here five minutes.
I'll let you know as soon as it leaves
here. Tomorrow "
There was a sudden pause In the
ticking and then a strange hand sent
the message, "That is all."
I called up Tom again, but he did not
answer. I kept calling, but no re
sponse came, and I thought that the
wires had become entangled.
I waited for the express with Its
A DAGGER STICKING THROUGH
$12,000,000 in bullion until 8:15, but it
did not arrive. Then I telegraphed up
road to Tom, but there was no answer.
I waited five minutes longer and tele
graphed again, but still no response.
"The wires must be down," I said.
I walked out upon the platform and
looked up the road. To my surprise I
saw in the distance an engine coming
toward me, slowly swinging down the
track. As it came nearer I saw it was
empty, and as it passed me I board
ed it.
Reversing the engine, I started back
up the road. I went with such fire as I
could get up, back to Dismal Toint.
Here, In front of the station, stood the
express car, rifled of Its contents.
Across one of the trunks the express
messenger lay dead. The engineer and
fireman were so badly stunned that at
first I thought they, too, were killed,
but after some time I brought breath
back into the life of the former. He,
poor fellow, was too dazed to speak,
and I lifted him into the car, thankful
that he was alive.
When I stepped Into the little station
where Tom always sat, an awful sight
met my eyes. There sitting at the in
strument with his back to the door, was
my old friend, a dagger sticking
through him, and fairly pinning him to
the table. I grasped the wooden han
dle, and pulled it out with all my
strength, only to receive his cold body
in my arms.
Well! they never found out the rob
bers of the train. The engineer had
been struck from behind, and could re
member nothing; and after waiting
only long enough to see my old friend
buried, I resigned my position at Rocky
Forks, and struck out again. But on
Tom's grave, back in the woods at Dis
mal Point, I put a shaft of wood, and
on it I carved these words: "Diving, I
will pursue you to the end of the world.
Dead, I will come back to you."
Below it I put Tom's name and age,
and vowed aloud the oath that I had
there written, to find the murderer of
poor Tom Brown.
Three years later, I found myself
stationed at New Elsworth, a suburb
of New York. I was in charge of a pri
vate wire connecting with the New
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Com
pany, which communicated with all
parts of the world. It was one of the
richest organizations of the new world,
and I was proud to be an operator in
Its employ.
My duty here was to transmit the
private messages of the company; for
bera the president had his summer
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home, and here also were the trustees,
and those who manipulated the road.
I never liked the president of the
company, though he lived in the hand
somest house in the place and treated
me with uniform courtesy. He had a
cold uncertain manner that did not
seem to be worthy of trust. Certainly
I should not have put my millions into
his hands.
One night, when he did not reach
home, his wife came down to the tele
graph office and asked me if I had
heard from him. I was forced to tell
her no. This happened frequently; and
one evening, when he had been late
and she had made three trips in her
carriage to the telegraph office, he said
to me: "To-morrow I will have a pri
vate wire put in my office in Pine street
and when I am detained, I will tele
graph you, and you can send a mes
sage to my wife."
The next day the wire was put In,
but as the president came Dome
promptly that night, It was not used.
Hut on the following day at 5 o'clock
I got a telegram from him telling me
tk.it he would not be home until 8
o'clock, and ordering me to send word
to his wife. I did so by the station
messenger.
An hour later there came another
message from the president's office. It
was that he would be detained still
later, and telling me to send word
home to that effect.
"Is that all?" I asked.
The message came back in sharp
staccato notes:
"That is all." I leaned back In my
chair cold and faint, for the hand was
tlie same that had sent me the message
on the night poor Tom Brown was
killed.
The next day I came to the city on a
leave of absence to Investigate the life
of Anson Trysort, president of the At
lantic and Pacific Telegraph Company.
I found that three years before he had
been a laborer on the Sioux City Rail
road, with not a dollar to his name, and
that his sudden rise had been the talk
of Wall street.
Well, I did not let it drop there, but I
hunted down the case until I proved
that Anson Tryson, with a gang of
accomplices, had robbed the express
train that night, and killed my old
friend Tom Brown. And one day I
took a trip up country to see him swing
for it. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
Prices Paid Modern Author.
Rudyard Kipling commands the high
est price of any living author, accord
ing to the Pall Mall Gazette, which
HIM, PINNING HIM TO THE DESK.
says that it paid $750 for each of his
"Barrack-Room Ballads" and that "The
Seven Seas" brought him $11,000. He
has received 50 cents a word for a
10.000-word story. Anthony Hope
charges $450 for a magazine story, re
serving the copyright. Mr. Gladstone's
price for a review Is $1,000. Conan
Doyle received $35,000 for "Rodney
Stone," Mrs. Humphry Ward $40,000
for "Robert Elsmere," $SO,000 each for.
"David Grieve" and "Marcella," $75,
000 for "Sir George Tressady" and $75,
000 for "Bessie Costrell." Ian Mac
laren has made $35,000 out of "The Bon
nie Briar Bush" and "Auld Dang
Syne." Rider Haggard still asks from
$75 to $100 a column of 1,500 words and
will not write for less than $10,000.
The highest price ever paid for a
novel is $200,000, which was handed
over to Alphonso Daudet for his "Sap
pho." Zola's first fourteen books net
ted him $200,000, and in twenty years
he has made at least $375,000. Rus
kin's sixty-four books bring him in $20,
000 a year. Swinburne, who writes
very little, makes $5,000 a year by his
poems. Browning, in his later years,
drew $10,000 a year from the sale of
his works, and Tennyson is said to
have received $00,000 a year from the
Macmillans during the last years of
his life. Mr. Moody is believed to have
beaten all others, as more than $1,250,-
000 has been paid in royalties for his
hymns.
Two Opinions.
A well-known novelist delivered a lec
ture recently in a New Jersey town.
After the lecture, when the people met,
it was the proper thing for one to ask
the other:
"Were you at the lecture?" and the
answer in every case was: "Oh, yes!
1 was there, but I didn't hear a word.
Did you hear the lecture?"
"Well, no! I was there, but I couldn't
hear, either."
A friend, who met the novelist, asked
him what kind of audience he had and
how he liked the town.
"It's a fine place," was the reply, "and
I had the most attentive audience that
I have ever spoken to. No one made
a sound, and I didn't have to raise my
voice above a whisper."
Did you ever notice how bold you
are - i suggesting what another man
should have done under critical circum
stances? The colored girl baby is born to blush
unseen.
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SAGACIOUS HORSE.
Noble Animal Saved Its Owner from
Dr wning.
Those who have owned a favorite
horse will readily understand the af
fection which grows between the faith
ful beast and the master. Tales of the
sacrifices made by the intelligent ani
mate to save the master suffering or
peril are well authenticated, but it re
mained for a cayuse of this place to
leap into the "Big Muddy" to rescue its
master from drowning. The rescue was
accomplished not without difiiculty and
danger to the horse, for the current is
very swift and extremely treacherous
here.
Billy Collins is the owner of the pony,
which he calls Ned. The two have been
together from the time several years
ago when Ned was a frisky colt, care
less of everything but the desire to toss
a pair of heels into the air and dash
across the commons to the west of the
town. Even before the colt was old
enough to carry his young master he
displayed an evident fondness for him.
If Billy called, no matter how wild Ned
might be so far as others were con
cerned, the pony always ran to his mas
ter. If Ned neighed Billy flew to his
succor. So horse and master became
almost bedmates.
The other day Billy decided to go up
the river a ways and do some fishing.
He took along the usual accoutrements
and mounting Ned set his face to the
north. There is a fine place for fie
catching of channel cat up that way
and Billy on arriving turned Ned loose
to crop the grass while he pushed out
a small boat into the stream and an
chored It with a big stone. All went well
for a time. Billy was landing a fair
number of fish and Ned was enjoying'
unwonted liberty. But the loat tripped
its anchor unknown to the boy and be
gan to travel slowly down stream.
Finally the boatman snared a big
fish. He tugged mightily and succeed
ed in bringing his quarry to the up
stream side of a snag. Here there was
a fight and the boat was overturned
and the boy tossed into the wild cur
rent. He was in imminent peril, as he
could not swim well. But Ned could,
he knew, and even as he was clutching
at any protruding branch of the snags
with which the river is lined he yelled
loudly for Ned.
Ned heard the call and galloped to the
bank. Ho seemed to realize the dan
ger of his master and ran down the
stoop bank and plunged into the water.
He swam rapidly out to the drowning
boy and seized him by the collar of his
coat. Then he headed for the shore,
holding his head and his master's well
out of the water. He struggled in the
swift current bravely, while they drift
ed down stream. They passed a point
in the river and the faithful pony was
dragged under the water in the eddies.
But he held on tightly and at last, al
most exhausted, drew his young mas
ter to shallow water. Then he walked
a short way and lay down in a foot of
water to rest.
Ned is prized by Billy beyond all
price. His exploit has been told and
the country rings with praises of the
ungainly, ugly, but brainy animal.
Kickapoo (Kan.) correspondence of the
Chicago Chronicle.
SO PRETTY AND SO MUCH ALIKE
The Day Mrs. Sherman Brought Home
the Twins.
An old acquaintance of John Sher
man sends the following: As most of
us knowr, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman were
childless. A time came when, after
much consideration and thought, they
decided to adopt a child and heir. Mrs.
Sherman requested some of her inti
mate friends to assist in the search of a
desirable infant, one honestly and gen
tly born, and without parents to fol
low on afterward and embarrass. A
friend in New York subsequently tele
graphed her to come at once and take
her choice of two beautiful babies.
There was great excitement in the
Sherman home pending Mrs. Sherman's
trip to New York after the baby. On
tlie next day she telegraphed to her
husband: "Will Ik; home this afternoon.
Send carriage to the depot." The car
riage went, and the Senator remained
at home, walking tlie floor, looking at
his watch, watching each carriage as
it came in sight.
The train was a little late. He was
becoming nervously anxious. Finally
the carriage hove in sight; he marched
out to meet it at the curb, threw open
the door. There was Mrs. Sherman and
a nurse, each stepping out with a baby
in arms. Such an expression as came
j over that stern Sherman face was
never seen before. It could not be de
scribed. He was at a loss for words
for a minute or two and finally was
able to stammer:
"Wife, what does this mean?" She
replied: "Husband, they were so pretty
and so much alike that I could not
make a choice and so I selected both."
They were twin girl babies. For the
next few days it was a show to watch
Mr. Sherman as ho enjoyed and ca
ressed the newcomers.
One of tho twins sickened and died
within a few weeks and the other is
now "his daughter," Mrs. McCulfom.
Sells Ruin to the Heathen.
The recent voyage of a certain brig
from Boston to the geld coast of Africa,
as described for publication by her cap
tain, is interesting reading. It wi'1
doubtless interest the temperance aH
missionary societies to know that the
brig left Boston laden with 170 hogs
heads of rum for the little-known gold
coast. Although she took some other
articles, niost of the profits of the voy
age were to come fom the rum. So
utterly primeval is this isolated part
of the African coast that the cargo had
to be landed through the surf from the
vessel. Through some remarkable
aboriginal instinct the natives scented
the cargo almost before the brig was
in sight, and as soon as she was at an
chor dived through the waves like hun
gry sharks.
Among the interesting facts about
the African natives related by the cap
tain is that since there are no beasts of
burden and no conveyances on the gold
coast the barrels of rum are rolled in
land by hand, so that liquor has thus
been rolled hundreds of miles into the
country. It is further related that the
natives have become so infatuated
with rum carried from various coun
tries to their coast that a vessel which
proposes to have cargo landed must
carry it as currency, or no business can
be done. Gold is a depreciated currency
as against rum on the lonely coast. The
wonderful 4,000-mile voyage of this
brig to the gold coast with 170 hogs
heads of New England rum offers some
most interesting suggestions for mis
sionaries and temperance reformers to
ponder. Boston Globe.
There is no fixed rule in life for the
benefit of mankind. Samson got Into
trouble because he had his hair cut,
and Absalom got Into trouble because
he didn't.
People make the mistake of trying to
solve the troubles of each other, in
stead of evar Individual looking after
; his own,
IIlsh ways.
In building a highway the first and
most importanit consideration is that of
drainage, for if this is not good the
base of the pavement will begin to
yield, and yielding of the base means
the destruction of the pavement. If
the soil is soft and wet a very good
foundation may be made of moderately
large stones welded tightly together.
They keep their position well, and at
the same time allow for drainage.
Where there is a clay soil it is well to
excavate about six Inches of it and fill
in with sand or gravel. This allows the
water to flow off instead of remaining
on the clay and developing soft spots.
After taking ample precautions for the
drainage, the bed should be brought to
the proper grade before the road ma
terial is placed upon it. For the road
material it is sometimes well to begin
with a layer of two or three Inches of
sand. This should be rolled. Aside
from the matter of drainage, it affords
a sort of cushion for the pavement.
The best, and in the end the most
economical material for a highway, is
that of macadam construction. This
j consists of broken stone from two to
three inches in largest dimension,
which is put on the road in layers about
two inches thick. Each layer is rolled
and the interstices filled with smaller
pieces of broken stone or gravel lefore
the next layer is placed. This broken
stone should be from six to ton inches
In thickness, depending upon the
amount of traffic on the road. If the
foundation is good such a road will re
quire but few repairs for many yCars
to come, or until it is practically worn
out. The addition of a layer of broken
stone will make it as good as new. If
this road Is considered too expensive a
very good roadbed may be made of a
mixture of loam and clay. This should
also be thoroughly compacted by roll
ing before traffic Is allowed upon it.
These are but two of the various
kinds of road materials. They are both
good, but they cannot always be rec
ommended. The selection of a road
material is a matter which depends
largely on local conditions, and no fixed
rules can be applied. The judgment of
a competent engineer should be sought
in order to determine the best and
cheapest material for a certain locality.
Edwin M. Grimes, in Farm, Stock
I and Home,
Cost of Bad Roads.
According to statistics collected by
the office of road inquiry of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, the amount of loss
each year by the bad roads of the coun
try is almost beyond belief.
Some 10,000 letters of inquiry were
sent to intelligent and reliable farmers
throughout the country, and returns
were obtained from about 1,200 coun
ties, giving the average length of haul
in miles from farms to markets and
shipping points, the average weight of
load hauled and the average length per
ton for the whole leugth of the haul.
Summarized, it appears that the gen
eral average length of haul is twelve
miles, the weight of load for two horses
2,000 pounds, and the average cost per
ton per mile 25 cents, or $3 for the en
tire load.
Allowing conservative estimates for
tonnage of all kinds carried over public
roads, the aggregate expense of this
transportation is figured at $946,414,000
per annum. Those in a position to judge
calculate that two-thirds, or nearly
$031,000,000, could be saved If the roads
were in reasonably good condition. At
$4,000 per mile a very good road can be
constructed, and if any amount equal
ing the savings of one year were ap
plied to improving highways, 157,000
miles of road in this country could be
put in condition.
The effect of this would be a perma
nent Improvement, and an exchange
says not only would the farmer be as
tonished in the sudden reduction in his
road tax, but he would also wonder at
the remarkable falling off in cost of
transportation. He would also find that
he required fewer horses and less feed
for them. He could make two trips to
market a day Instead of one, when abil
ity to get his goods there at a time
when high prices are ruling Is a matter
of great consequence.
Farmers are beginning to apply a lit
tle simple arithmetic to some of these
matters, and it is not too much to ex
pect that in the near future we shall
see a decided revolution In the condi tion
of our rural highways. Form, Field
and Fireside.
Acute Hearing.
With some fortunate persons the per
ception of sound Is wonderfully keen.
An able violinist went to fill an engage
ment in a strange city, and engaged
apartments in a street where all the
houses were built according to one pat
tern. Returning to his rooms late one
night, and having entirely forgotten the
number of the house, he was at loss to
find his lodgings, until a musical expe
dient occurred to him. He imagined
that he should -be able to distinguish
the sound of his landlady's street door
bell, and so he deliberately went along
the street, ringing each bell, till he ar
rived at one of a certain tone, which
he at once recognized as the right one,
and on hearing which he waited until
he was admitted. This nicety of ear is
not confined to musicians. An English
lieutenant, on leave of absence from
his regiment, spent a night at one of
the hotels of Manchester. The follow
ing morning, as he was sitting at break
fast, a band of street musicians came
past, and In one of the Instruments he
thought he recognized the peculiar style
of the playing of a man who had per
formed on that instrument in the band
of his regiment, but who had deserted.
The officer immediately ran downstairs,
(found his surmise correct, and, greatly
'to the deserter's astonishment, caused
him to be at once arrested.
Electrified Rain in Spain.
Maurice Despres, an electrical en
gineer of Cordova, Spain, reports a re
markable shower of electrified rain
which he recently witnessed. The day
had been warm and windless, and
about 5 In the evening the sun was
overcast with dense clouds, lowering to
the horizon. Soon after dark there
was a flash of lightning, and two min
utes later great drops of rain fell, which
cracked faintly on touching the ground.
From each of them sparks darted to
ward the walls, trees and soil they fell
upon. The phenomenon lasted several
seconds, and apparently ceased when
the air between cloud and earth be
came saturated wi q moisture.
A small boy always feels smart when
he wears a mustard plaster for the first
time.
Some folks enjoy nothing so much as
going around talking suspiciously about
their neighbors.
How Are You
This Spring?
Tired, nervous?
Can't get rested?
Tortured with bolls, humors?
That is not strange. Impurities have been
accumulating in your blood during winter and
it has become impoverished. This is the ex
perience of most people. Therefore they take
Hood's Sarsaparilla to purify their blood in
spring.
I. M. White, Salem, Or., says:
"The members of our family have de
rived much benefit from the use of
Hood's Sarsaparilla. My father was
severely troubled with humor, but it
readily yielded to Hood's Sarsaparilla."
Thomas A. Coleman, Davidson, Or.:
"Four or five years ago I had sores
on my feet so that I was unable to wear
shoes. I saw Hood's Sarsaparilla ad
vertised to cure scrofula, and I procured
two bottles. By the time I had taken
them my feet were well."
Hood's
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Swallowing His Words.
"While I was at Moscow," writes a
traveler, whose words are reproduced
by the Detroit Free Press, "a volume
was published in favor of the liberty of
people. In this book the iniquitous
conduct of the public functionaries,
and even of the sovereign, were cen
sured severely. The book created in
dignation, and the offender was at once
taken into custody. After being tried
in a summary way, he was condemned
to eat his own words. A scaffold was
erected in a public square, the imperial
provost, the magistrates and the physi
cians of the czar attending, the book
was separated from the binding, and
the margin cut off. The author was
then served, leaf by leaf, by the pro
vost, and was obliged to swallow this
unpalatable stuff on pain of the knout,
more feared in Russia than death. As
soon as the medical gentlemen were of
the opinion that he had eaten as much
as he could with safety, the transgressor
was returned to prison. This punish
ment was renewed the following days,
until after several hearty' meals, every
leaf of the book was actually swal
lowed." IT VOL PAY.
It will fay to carefully read the descrip
tive advertisement of Alabastine appearing
in this paper, explaining the difference be
tween thoBe goods and kalsomines.
Consumers should bear in mind that
Alabastine is unlike all the various kalso
mines Sold on the market under different
names. Alabastine stands pre-eminent
and alone as a durable wall coating, and
all consumers in buying should see that
the goods are in packages and properly
laDeiea.
Captain Cuttle in Safety.
Many are the prayers that are
breathed for those that have gone forth
to brave the dangers of the open ocean,
remarks a writer in The Illustrated
American, yet catastrophes on record
have occurred in still water within
sight, almost within touch of land.
The Episcopal prayer book contains a
formula of prayer for those at sea,
which may perhaps include those that
are upon the waters of rivers or an
chored in harbors. The horrors that
have occurred within close range of
land make more grewsome than humor
ous the remark of Captain Cuttle, who,
when in a stress of weather, under
close-reefed foresails, with the hatches
battered down, used to retire to his
cabin and murmur as he sipped his
grog, "God help the poor creatures on
shore tonight I"
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.
All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. "Tea Garden Drivs" Is made from.
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
bv first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac
tured bv the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden Driv" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
King is the most ancient of titles.
It, or its equivalent, is found in every
known language.
I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption. Mrs. Lucy
Wallace, Marquette, Kans., uec. uo.
Pictures can be adjusted at any
height by a new device consisting of a
rod with a flat hook at tlie upper end
to fasten it on the molding and a series
of ratchet teeth on the back side of the
rod, with a sliding member to engage
the teeth and support the picture.
Grease can be easily removed from a
new sink trap which has an interior
section fitting tightly in the trap which
can be lifted out when the cap is re
moved, conveying the grease and dirt
with it.
A Bicycle Coincidence.
A remarkable coincidence has just
happened at Portsmouth, England,
which is thus recorded by The West
minster Gazette: A local doctor, vis
iting a colleague at his surgery three
miles off, left his bicycle resting against
the curb outside. When his call was
ended, the bicycle was missing, and he
communicated with the police, after
ward returning home. An hour or two
later a constable on duty in the neigh
borhood of this doctor's surgery saw a
cyclist fall from the machine he was
riding, which had skidded on the tram
lines. The man, a young gunner in
the Royal Artillery, was found to be
seriously hurt, and was taken to the
surgery for medical treatment. The
doctor recommended the man's removal
to the hospital, his leg being fractured.
As he was being taken away the doctor
looked at the bicycle, and found that
it was his ownl The police are now
investigating the affair.
SHAKE INTO TOUR SHOES.
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet.
It cures painful, swollen smarting feet and
instantly takes the sting out of corns and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov
ery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes
tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a
certain cure for chilblains, sweating, damp,
callous and hot, tired aching feet. We
have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try
it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. Bv mail for 25c. in stamps. Tria
package Fit EE. Address Allen S. Olm
sted, Le Roy, N. Y.
The largest hotel in the world is the
Waldorf-Astoria, in New York city,
a $10,000,000 establishment, built by
millionaires for millionaires.
ALABASTI
ALABASTINE IS WHAT?
Alabastine is a datable and natural costing
for walls and ceilings entirely different from
all kalsornine preparations, made ready for use
In white or twelve beautiful tints by the simple
addition of water (latest make being adapted
to mix with cold water) put up in dry powder
form, in S pound packages, with full directions
on every package.
WHAT ABB KALSOMINES?
Kalsomines are cheap temporary preparations
Manufactured from chalks, clays, whiting, etc.,
Work in the Patent Office.
In 1897 there were received 45,661
applications for patents, and in addi
tion a large number of applications for
designs, trade-marks, etc. Patents
granted numbered 23,729, including
designs; 65 patents were reissued, 1,671
trade-marks registered and 14 labels
and 16 prints. The number of patents
that expired was 12,926. The total ex
penditures, $1,22,843; the receipts over
expenditures, $252,798. The total bal
ance to the credit of the patent office in
the treasury of the United States Jan
nary 1, 1898, was $4,970,438.
In proportion to population more
patents were issued to citizens of Con
necticut than to those of any other state
one to every 786 inhabitants. Next
in order are the following: Massachu
setts, District of Columbia, New Jer
sey, Rhode Island, New York.
To residents of England 706 patents
were issued; to residents of Germany,
551; Canada, 286, and France, 22.
The number of applications received
for examination during the year was
greater than for any other in the his
tory of the office. Applications await
ing action December 28 last numbered
11,382, due to the inadequacy of the
office force. For the 10 years begin
ning in 1840 the average number of
application was 1,186, and for the eight
years beginning with 1890 it has grown
to 41,479 per year.
THAT SETTLES IT.
With the bloom and beauty of the season,
its balmy airs and delightful temperature,
we feel like living with new life, and are
therefore often very careless in taking care
of ourselves. It is this forgetfulness that
lays us liable to attacks of rheumatism, the
more liable because we think there is little
danger of its coming on, but rheumatism is
an easy thing to take and sometimes a hard
thing to get rid of unless we take the advice
of others and learn t hat the best way pos
sible is to use St. Jacob's Oil. It has been
used so long as a sure cure that this advice
is given in good faith from the testimony
of thousands.
If an Egyptian dies before noon the
funeral must take place the same day.
If death occurs after noon the funeral
may not be delayed after the next day.
ABOUT CHANGE OF LIFE.
I
"I suffered for eight years, and
could find no permanent relief until
one year ago. My trouble was Change
of Life. I tried Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and relief came
almost immediate
ly. I have taken
two bottles of
the Vegetable
Compound,
three boxes
of Pills,
and have
also used
the San
ative Wash, and
must say I have
never had any
thing help so much. I have better
health than I ever had In my life. I
feel like a new person, perfectly
strong. I give the Compound all the
credit. I have recommended it to sev
eral of my friends who are using it
with like results. It has cured me of
several female diseases. I would not
do without Mrs. Pinkham's remedies
for anything. There is no need of so
much female suffering. Her remedies
are a sure cure." Mas. Ella Kklnkk,
Knightstown, Henry Co., Ind.
By the way, the leading druggists
tell us that the demand for Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
simply beyond their power of under
standing ; and, what is best of all, it
does the work promptly and well.
There died recently in the village of
Mauvages, Alsace, a man by the name
of Becu, who is the last of the family
from which Mme. du Barry sprang.
Her real name was Becu, and she was
born in Vaucouleurs, a short distance
from Mauvages.
A Frenchman has discovred that
''the poison of the hornet renders one
immune to that of the viper." People,
however, will be slow to accept the con
clusion that the hornet sting offers any
particular advantages over other more
agreeable and time-honored remedies
for snake bites.
It is said that one person in 800 is
blind to the X rays: that is, when
looking through the fluoroscope they
cannot see the bones of the hand, coins
in a book, etc. This is no doubt an
alogous to color blindness.
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTOR1A," and
PITCHER'S CASTORIA,'! as our Trade Mark.
I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of PITCHER'S CASTORIA,"
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac simile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been u3 in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it is
the kind you have always bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No one has authority from me to use
my name except The Centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MJX
One Great Bonanza.
The value of the metal production in
the United States during the past year
is estimated at over $762,000,000.
This production, says The Engineering
and Mining Journal, not only empha
sizes the great total value, but also the
immense variety of the mineral pro
duction of the United States. Not
only is this country the largest pro
ducer of iron and steel, copper, lead
and silver and of gold, but almost every
mineral and metal known to commerce
is found within our borders and mined
or prepared in some quantity.
Sheepskins Made Into Velvet.
M. Puech, of Mazamet, France, is
the inventor of an interesting method,
by means of which the wool on sheep
skins can be converted into velvet. Up
to this time sheepskins with the wool
on them have only been used for rugs,
carpets or the lining of clothing, and
the wool has been left in the curled or
combed state. Seeing that the natural
disposition of the innumerable fibres is
perfectly regular, and suited to velvet
ization, the inventor conceived the
idea of removing all the impurities
from the skin and adjusting them in
such a way that the hairs would not
tangle or mat.
are stuck on the wall with decaying animal
glue. Alabastine Is a cement, which goes
through a process of setting, hardens with age,
can be re-coated and re-decorated from time to
time without having to wash and scrape off its
old coats before renewing.
MUCH SICKNESS
Particularly throat and lung difficulties,
wrongly attributed to other causes, is the re
sult of unsanitary conditions ol walls and ceil
ings, Think of having bedroom covered with.
layers of molding Door past to leett TjtrnrriB,
Ask Your Doctor
what effect alum has
make up your mind
more low-price baking
or children's food.
Schilling's Best is
soda. Nothing else.
Want to Feel What They Are Katintr.
The inhabitants of Sikas, Turkey,
owing to the oppression of the tax
gatherer, who, the more industrious he
finds them the more he demands, and
that out of proportion to the means,
have no ambition to lead other than a
hand-to-mouth existence. Their prin
cipal food is made from unsifted whole
wheat, that has been threshed on the
ground by means of a drag drawn re
peatedly over it by oxen, and ususally
has a large admixture of dirt and
stones. The people prefer this to fine
grade flour, because they say they can
feel they are eating something.
GREAT BENEVOLENCES.
In the great cities of the United States the
condition of the metropolitan poor is con
stantly being ameliorated by the grand ben
evolences of wealthy people. Sanitarv reforms
are frequently suggested and carried'out with
earnestness and intelligence. Among sanitary
retorms those produced bv Hostettcr's Stom
ach Hitters in dyspeptic stomach, disordered
liver, bowels or nervous system are very con
spicuous.
George Sewell Boutwell, the youngest
man ever elected governor of Massa
chusetts, and now the oldest of her ex
governors, has just celebrated his 80th
birthday. It is 47 years since he was
chosen governor.
Honoring a Dead Cat.
The most novel incident that ever oc
curred here was the funeral of Old Bill,
the favorite old cat of the town, says a
correspondent of the New York World,
writing from College Corner, O. A
pretty casket, covered with black cloth
and lined with blue sateen, and having
the usual outside trimmings, with a
large name-plate, inscribed ''Old Bill,"
was made, and the old pet laid in state
in his last nest. He was the property
of Barkley, the druggist, and the pet of
the entire inhabitants. At the drug
store, where he lay in state, hundreds
of people viewed the remains, and many
brought flowers as a last token of their
friendship. The body was taken in a
carriage by the immediate friends to
the grave in the rear of Barkley's resi
dence lot, where it was buried with
more care and solemnity than many
humans receive.
The Sadbury river aqueduct in 859
days, has delivered 15,857,800,000 gal
lons to Chestnut Hill reservoir, and
85,500,000 to Lake Cochituate.
HOW'S THIS?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, have known F.J. Cheney
for the past 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
Wbst & Truax,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Waldi.no, Klnnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by alt
druggists. Testimonials free.
Hall's Family Pills MO the best.
An Oregon inventor has devised a
steam plow which he thinks capable
of plowing 15 acres a day.
CITO Permanently Cured. JJo Ots or nervousnes
ill after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
If erve Kestorer. Send for FKKK SS.OO trial
bottle and treatise. DR. B. H, KiiUUS, .Ltd., 030
Arch, street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Waterloo, la., has a church for which
one glacial boulder furnished practical
ly all the material.
After being swindled by all others, send ns stamp
fur particulars of King Solomon's Treasure, the
ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON
CHEMICAL CO., P. O. Box 747, Philadelphia, Pa.
Use Dr. Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier now.
The law which at present governs
the practice of law in France forbids
the simultaenous practice of medicine
and pharmacy, even by a person who
may be in possession of diplomas in
both subjects.
They Rejected Money.
In this country and in the civilized
world generally we are so accustomed
to the circulai;on of coins that we are
apt to forget that there are millions of
human beings who know nothing what
ever of coins, and conduct their transac
tions by means of cowries, braes rods,
pieces of cotton or cloth and divers
other articles. On the West coast of
Africa brass and copper rods are in
vogue, and form an important article
of commeroe from the Birmingham dis
trict of England. Recently an effort
has been made to displace this form of
currency by forcing the natives to use
silver coins, but without success.
'A Perfect Type of the Highest Order of
Excellence in Manufacture. ' '
WalterBaKer&Gols
Breakfast
coa
Absolutely Pure,
Delicious,
Nutritious.
( ..Costs Less Tdm que cent a Cnp..
Be sure that you get the Genuine Article,
made at DORCHESTER, MASS. by
WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.
Established 1780.
BIN J MlklMV hi
a cm&fS where all else fails. ca
I'.iSli uuuiL'l All IMS.
I Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use
in time. eoia py arugms.
with paper to hide them and absorb the mois
ture of respiration, and an animal glue culture
ground on its face for disease germs; this hav
ing strong colors added, like a colored shirt, to
hide the dirt; then think of "the nasty
practice" of repeating this papering, without
removing the old, and a number of times, at
that, as many do. Then think of a room coated
with pure, porous, permanent Alabastine,
which is retinted with but little trouble or ex
pense, and Is purifying and sweet-smelling and
fills cracks. WP paper free would be dearer
than Alabastine if cost of removing paper is
Wnaideredi ,
upon the stomach. Then
whether you will put any
powder into your husband's
pure cream of tartar and
604
The Prince of Wales is about to be
elected grand master of the English
Free Masons for the 24th time. This
breaks the record of his predecessor,
George IV.
Hugh and Hector McLean are 88
years of age, are twins, were born in
North Carolina, have lived in the house
in which they were born all their lives
and have never had a quarrel.
Heidelberg chemical students are
compelled to take accident insurance
policies ranging in cost from 2L cents
for the onlookers to 75 cents for the ex
perimenters. In the spring cleanse your system by
using Dr. Plunder's Oregon blood Purifier.
The oldest living clergyman of the
Church of England, tlie Kev. Edward
Allen, of Tiverton, Devon, recently
celebrated his 100th birthday.
Improved Plumb-ltob.
In a new plumb-bob the center is
hollow and contains a horizontal shaft
carrying a spring drum on which the
cord is wound, with a central hole in
the top for its passage in unwinding.
To prevent the covers of dinner pails
coming loose the ends of the pail are
bent to spring toward the center when
tlie cover is in place, thus locking over
the rim and making it impossible to
remove the cover until they are drawn
outward.
Good
Health
Is the working capital
of humanity. He who
loses that is wrecked
Indeed. Is your health
felling you, your am
bition, vigor, vitality
wasting away ?
When others fail con
sult DOCTOR
W RATCLIFFE,
For the speedy, safe and permanent cure of all
Nervous, Chronic and Special diseases, even
in their most aggravated forms. There is no man
in the world who has effected so many permanent
cures in both Men and Women of troubles which
other physicanrj of acknowledged ability had given
upas hopeless as this eminent specialist.
NERVOUS DEHILITY and all Its attending
ailments, of YOUNG, MIDDLE-AGED and OLD
MEN. The awful effects of neglected or improp
erly treated cases, causing drains, weakness of
body and brain, dizziness, failing memory, lack of
energy and confidence, pains in hack, loins and
kidneys, and many other distressing symptoms,
unfitting one for study, business or enjoyment or
life. Dr RatcliiTe can cure you, no matter who or
what has failed.
WEAK MEN. He restores lost visror and vi-
i tality to weak men. Organs of the body which
! have been weakened through disease, overwork,
excesses or indiscretions are restored to full power,
! strength and vigor through his own successful sys
tem of treatment.
VARICOCELE, hydrocele, swelling and ten
derness of the glands treated with unfailing success.-
SPECIAL DISEASES, inflammation, dis
charges, etc., which, if neglected or improperly
treated, break down the system, cause kidney aird
bladder diseases, etc.
DISEASES OF WOMEN. Prompt and es
pecial attention given to all their many ailments.
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NOT DELAY. Call on Dr. Ratcllffe today, tfyon
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nJ w .
yfinv HEALTH RESTORER.
THE BEST LEAD IS THE LEAD
THAT WEARS LONGEST.
It Is Known as
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Write to us about It. Our bock on
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YOUR LIVER
Is it Wrong?
Get it RiKht.
Keep it Right.
Hoore'a Revealed Remedy will do it. Three
doses will make you feel better Get it from
your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or
trom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle.
WiLL & FiNCK OIL'S
SPRING EYE GRAIN
BAG NEEDLES
Plain or with Cutter. The best needle in the mar
ket. Used hy ull sack sewers. For sale by all gen
eral merchandise stores, or by
WILL & FINCK CO.,
820 Market Street, San Francisco, Cal.
RODS
fir trnclnu and lcatinif Gold or Silver
Ore. lost or buried treasures. M. 1.
t'OWLEK. Box aTf SoutbiiiKton.Coun,
H. P. K. U.
No. 15, '98.
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HEN writing to advertisers please
mention tnis paper.
Alabastine is sold by paint dealers every
where. Ask your dealer for card of tints.
TO DEALERS.
Do not buy a law suit or an injunction with
cheap kalsomines, which are all imitations of
Alabastine. Dealers assume the risk of a suit
for damages by selling an infringement. Ala
bastine Company own the right, covered by
letters patent, to make and sell wall coatings
adapted to be mixed with cold water. Alabas
tine Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.
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