FOOD to burn! 'imagine, says the
San' Francisco Examiner in a fuU
page illustrated article on the sub
ject, a great Western community convert
ing into flames to produce warmth for the'
external body tons and tons of rich, nu-
.trltTnna'mntprihl that liniirht crrt nil hpfllth-
Kjvinjr f oodr to warm the inner, man ! Here
Hs a consuming of food to cook other food
a, burning up of the elements of bone
and muscle for the purpose of preparing
another lot of the same elements for di
gestion. -'-- - - . . - j .
In "ninny localities in the West the peo
ple order corn from their fuel merchants
' i 1. I 1 1 1 . 1 .. .. 1 u,
. iiiej , wuiuu oru?r nuuu auu tuai u
the wagon load.. They prefer it because
it is cheaper than either of these combus
tibles. : CoVn, regnant -monarch of ' the
golden fields of the West; corn that would
till out the. hollow stomachs and. clothe
. with firm flesh the spindling shanks of the
children of India; corn that might prove
more precious than all the wealth of Or
mus to the isolated miners on the banks
of the Klondike, is the ordinary thing to
bufn as fuel in parts of Nebraska. It is
fUlUU J MIC . - y 111 1 1 1 .1 I L 111.11 1 1
sends n pleasant glow of warmth through
the cozy library, where children and their
.riucia ici)ia iu frai auu naiuu l hi: uilugi-
' iug flames; it radiates from the red-hot
stove in the country store, where Nini
rods swap stories during long winter even
ings. It sends the wheels of industry re
volving in great-factories that darken the
heavens with their, smoke.
t -J 1 -i . ui .1 . ..1. . I- fl nlpa..
And of course all this has served to
cheapen corn in people's estimation of it
as food. .The population has been stuffed
with corn-bread, hoe-cake, corn-starch,
ice-cream, cornmeal mush, griddle cakes,
and Indian pudding; popcorn has been
a drug on the market, for the chil
dren nd even the pigs had a premature
. Thanksgiving every day for three months;
., .3 .ill ll,. nntia n-nM IrlUll 1 1 11 Til l ' H II
II 11 II Bllll 11': l-WUB 111 II 11 11111111 n 11-
" A Nebraska paper some time ago took
up the problem and offered prizes to the
persons sending in the longest Jist of
dishes whose principal ingredient should
DISAPPEARING FORESTS.
The I timber Industry of Michigan and
Wisconsin Mast Soon Decline.
It is estimated that the output of
lumber in Wisconsin and Minnesota
-i ... ... atw a irrt inn
annus me Fear iouj was ,ow.uuv,uuu
feet. If this amount had all been
sawed into boards, a house 10 feet higli
and 15 feet wide, with a board door,
could have'been built around tha globe,
with enough lumber left to build a
fence on each side. Bicyclists enjoy
good board tracks, which are only too
Short to suit them, but this amount of
lumber would have built a track react
ing ten times around the earra. ' Of
ail the manufacturing capital invested
in the State, lumbermen claim about
42 per cent., or nearly $105,200,00).
This Investment of capital In this in
dustry has. been on the Increase, which
1 the following statistics will show:
1870720 establishments, with a cap
ital of $11,448,545.
1880704 establishments, with n cap
ital of $19,824,059. '
ONE. .OF THE GREAT SAW MI
1S90 853 establishments, with cap
ital of $84419,243. m
The value of products from Wiscon
sin forests in 1890 was $52,115,739, and
the amount sawed was 2,817,000,000
feet.. To operate these interests $13,
943,589 was Invested, of "which abont
$11,000,000 went ; to workmHii for
wages. At the present time 45,000 man
arw employed in the State to harvest
this, year's crop, and by., the time tao
season closes $14,000,000 will r.avj
gone into the hands of the hard-working
men of the forests. The forests of
Wisconsin are fast disappearing. In
t!e past twenty-four years nearly 04,
000, 000,000 feet-of pine alone has been
carried away, which, it it had been
cut fn boards 1 Inch thick, would have
made a walk 41 feet wide long enough
to reach the" moon, 250,000, miles Iis-
anL," There is said to be -remaining
$,000,000,000 feet of pine, of which
,000,000,000 is located In Bayfield and
be corn; and still others for the most novel
suggestion that should, be at the same
time practical for using stalk, husk or cob.
But notwithstanding all these measures,
there -was-no appreciable diminution of
the store. .What was to be done?
"Presently, . when the shortening days
were preceded by frosty mornings' and fol
lowed by chilly evenings, the problem
found itself solved. : The superfluity. was
supplying warmth and comfort all through
the land. The first few bushels went on
the coals with reluctance; it always seems
a' dreadful thing to destroy food, and one's
mind . keeps , -wandering to' the , Russian
peasants or the natives of India .or io
whatever part of the world happens to Be
starving at' that particular moment; but
one soon gets used to it, as to everything
else, and after all corn makes a cheerful,
crackling blaze and thaws the numbness
out of the fingers and toes as well as oak
logs or coal do. It does not do to be too
sentimental. ' It is not only on the farms
that this new fuel is cooking the dinner,
cooking itself, in tr.any cases; but in the
cities and towns people have their dinners
cooked by the golden maize of the poets.
And this is not because other fuel is
any scarcer than usual in Nebraska. ' It
is" all owing to the unprecedented size of
the corn harvest. It was a beautiful
sight when the fields of corn" were still
standing, when the stalks and leaves had
still their tints of pale silvered over green
and the only brown to be seen was the
hazel shade of the tassels. . There is some
thing very effective about corn in the
landscape. The big leaves give a tropical
effect; and coming as it does when the first
freshness of the year has gone, it gives
a satisfaction to the eye which has al
ready been preparing itself for subdued
tints of maturity and "decay. The corn
gives a sense of reprieve, of renewed life.
Then corn has a poetical value apart
from its artistic one. It is peculiarly
American, for one thing. Our poets have
always loved it, whether they termed it
maize or simple corn. Sidney Lanier has
a beautiful poem in its honor, and Long
fellow devoted a whole division of Hia
watha to the tale of how the Great Spirit
gave it to men for their support. Hia
watha, with fasting and prayer, besought
a gift that should profit his people. -,A--youth
named Mondamin dressed in green
and gold, appeared and challenged him to
Douglas Counties. The mill men cf
late have been ordering the loggers in
some sections to cut "all trees that are
0 Inches In diameter, whereas' a year
ago nothing smaller was wanted than
12 inches in diameter. In the forests
the stumps are 8 and 10 feet high, but
these were cut ten years ago, and the
average person is at a loss to know
why men would go to the "trouble of
cutting a tree so far above the ground.
When these trees became victims "of
the loggers they were surrounded with
snow to a depth of from 7 to 10 feet,
and men were obliged to cut them at
the snow leyel. Now the order runs to
cut them as low as 15 inches and not
h.gher than 18 inches above the ground.
The best portion of the tree, it is
claimed, is at the butt, but an experi
enced lumber man says that the in
crease of lumber -by such close cuts
does not pay half the. extra trouble
that : loggers encounter while cutting
the tree.
The same conditions exist in Michi
gan. ' The lumber industry at Pere
L PLANTS IN WISCONSIN.
Marquette is almost ready to expire,
and has already ceased to exist at
Muskegon, White Hall and Grand
Haven. Now a movement is on foot to
manufacture shingles out of some of
the stumps which remain. This Idea
has crept into the Badger State, and is
meeting the approval of old lumber
men, who believe it to be profitable in
the end. According to census statis
tics this State manufactured 680,000,
000 shingles in 1890., Whether men
will resort to the- stumps to increase
the crop is a matter of conjecture.
' Uncle Sam seems to be coming to the
rescue. Not long ago he sent an agent,
Filbert Roth, of Washington, to in
vestigate the situation, and if possible
to ascertain the extent of the devasta
tion and the possibility of reforesta
tion. He found that Marinette has
nearly 1,000,000,000 feet of pine and
30o.000.000 feet of hardwood. Along
tie Menomonee River, 3,000,000.000
wrestle. Three times they tested each
other's strength and in. the fourth trial
Hiawatha killed him, and, following his
instructions, buried him , and kept the
weeds from off his grave: ...
"Till at length a small green feather
From the earth shot slowly upward,
Then another and another, . ...
And before the summer ended ,
. Stood the maize in all its beauty,
With its shining robes about it,i . ;:
And its long, soft, yellow tresses," :
to be the f upport and comfort of man.
Hiawatha took the corn under his es
pecial .protection and in order that the
harvest may be abundant sent Minnehaha
to walk around the fields:
"Covered by her tresses only,
Clothed with darkness as a garment." .
- And the Great Spirit blest the .harvest
and showered down, abundance upon the
faithfulpeople.-
.The .poets have been fond Of husking
parties,, too, when cider and kisses were
freely 'partaken of and. many an old-time
custom 'prevailed. Do the maidens in
Nebraska still look for- red ears as a sure
'promise of a handsome husband?
The practical manner by which corn
first came to be adopted as fuel was intro
duced during last winter, -when a large
number of inquiries were received fey the
Department of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Nebraska asking for' informa
tion about the efficiency of corn as fuel.
Prof. C. R. Richards, aided by the State
Board of Transportation of Nebraska,1 ad
dressed a circular letter to grain and coal
dealers throughout the State, asking for
conservative estimates of the -number of
people in their vicinity who were burning
corn. . : - ' : : ; - '
Many of the replies to these letters are
of interest.- The information in all of
them is essentially the same.,. From all
of them it appears that a large percentage
of the people in Nebraska use corn as fuel
when the crop, is abundant and the price
low,, and we may naturally infer that the
same condition prevails in some of the
other Western States. It is an unfortu
nate fact that in most-of the sections
where the value of corn is least, the cost
of coal is greatest. " . ; : ,-
' Corn and coal are now rivals. The gold
en cobs wave a haughty defiance to coal
cars from Wyoming as they run ' the
gauntlet of the serried ranks that stretch
from horizon to horizon.. Will corn be a
practical fuel for the generation of power?
Now if is cheap and economical for do
mestic use. It is cleaner and more easily
handled-than coal and contains but a very
small amount of ' ash. Some special form
of apparatus ingeniously -adapted to the
new medium utilizing as much heat as
possible may increase its practicability.
fet ts still to be saved, and it will
take twenty years to exhaust the sup
ply in this region. It was learned also
that in some sections young pine trees
are taking the place of those cut twen
ty years ago. There are 'some en
thusiasts who believe that an effort,
should be made to replant the pine for
est, but the conservative lumbermen
say that it takes from fifty to one hun
dred years to grow pine trees to proflt
:able 'proportions. Nevertheless, some
have' found it profitable to return to de
vastated - forests ' and cut the trees
that were rejected ten and - twenty
years ago. They claim to have made
as great profit as those who handled
the lumber originally.
Many of the millionaires of Wiscon
sin have made their money from lum
ber. Among " them ' are ex-Senator
Vilas, ex-Gov. TJphaia, Gov. Scofield,
Philetus Sawyer of . Oshkosh, Rusts
and Ingrams of Eau Claire, the Ludtng
tons of Milwaukee and Senator J, H.
Stout," of Menomonee.
Lost the Connection.
' The students of one of our well
known colleges for women, says the
Portland Transcript, are accustomed to
do their shopping in town through the
medium of a certain John, who, lack
ing Intellectual gifts, has a faculty for
doing errands. John writes down his
orders himself.
: One day his list closed with:. .
"tub roz madder 1"
"choc cream lp" '
"git a string."
John pondered: ' "Get it where?
What kind? Who had ordered it? Was
it for an eye-glass, picture-cord, corset
lacing?" . He ". couldn't remember,
couldn't "git" it, and went back with
out any. '-:. ' -" " ' '
But the moment he saw Jenny Peters
tuning her guitar at the window and
heard her call out, "O John, did you do
my errand?" he remembered all about
it, and said to himself:
"There now, why couldn't I 'a'
thought of her gita-tring and written
out so plain, too! Strange I couldn't
'a' thought o that!"
No Wonder.
"I understand that Jones has a hard
time getting along with his wife."
"How's that?"
- "They ride a tandem, and the madam
weighs 250 pounds." Philadelphia
CaU. -
What He Was After.
Congressman So you want to serve
your country, do you?
Applicant Well, I ain't particular
whether I serve my country much or
not, but I should like to get an office at
a good salary. Somerville Journal.
A Discreditable Trick.
"Sputter says he is not writing for
fame; he is writing for posterity."
"Well, all that I have got to say Is
that he is taking a mean advantage of
posterity." Detroit Free Press.
When some men feel blue they get
drwak and paint things red.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Office of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board of Trade Brokers, 711-714 Chamber of Com
merce Building, Portland, Oregon. "
The interest in wheat has been any
thing but keen ontside the December
deal, prices holding comparatively nar
row. Taking the May delivery, Vhich
is more nearly an index of market val
ues than is December, the undertone
has been one of comparative firmness,
marked late last week by the good ad
vance and a subsequent period of un
certainty. Z .
The world's news affecting wheat
values has been on the whole favora
ble to higher prices. ' .--
Public stocks in this country have
not been increased : as rapidly as for
merly; -while the world's shipment to
Western Europe was liberal, they were
made up in great part hy clearances of
flour'from our own coasts, phenomen
ally large and highly encouraging.. It
is believed the Australian crop will
show only a small exportable surplus,
there are recent reports of purchases
on. the Pacific coast for South Africa,
and the Liverpool Corn News has pub
lished further statements pointing to
the. important shortage in Russia's sup
ply of breastuffs and feedstuffs. The
Argentine exportable surplus continues
a matter of uncertainty, and the trade
is less interested than formerly, but of
course will closely watch the movement
as soon as the new crop is ready, now
a matter of only a few weeks. Receipts
of spring. wheat. in the Northwest con
tinue large, but. it is the. time of. the
year to expect such. The cash demand
for wheat and .flour is fairly good.
. ' ' The cornmarket has been a sluggish
affair most Of the time for a fortnight
past, prices narrow, interest at a mini
mum, the: undertone one of easiness.1
Increased receipts are expected now
that 'farmers are practically "through;
husking and shelling, and in .the ab
sence of an urgent shipping demand,'
ouside ing the large offerings, '.specu
lative support is lacking. Exports are
fair, but ought to be -much, greater,
and a large ' visible supply acts as
something df a weight on values. It if
worthy of note, Tiowever, that at exist
ing low prices a good deal of corn in
the aggregate is being shipped out oi
Chicago. With the close of lake navi
gation liberal quantities . will be. pur
chased by speculators, . and stored in
the hold of vessels, at. a low rate foi
shipment next spring; ; The market
has continued to hold close to the 26
cent basis, with May hesitating be
tween 29o and 30c. Low grades by sam
ple 24 250. '
1 :
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla' Walla, 72c; VaV
ley and Bluestem, 7475c per bushel.
Four Best grades, $4.25; graham,
$3.50; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
- Oats Choice white, 34 85c; choice
gray, 32 33c per bushel. - - ;
Barley Feed barley, $19 20; brew
ing, $20 per ton. . -
Millstiffs Bran, $16. 50 per ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $16.50i - .
: Hay Timothy, $12.5013; clover,
$1011; California wheat, $10; do
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, $910per
ton.
Eggs 18 25c per dozen. . . i
Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55o;
fair to good, 40 45c; - dairy, 3040c
per roll.
Cheese Oregon, 11 c; Young
America, 12c; California, 9 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $1.75
2.50 per doezn; broilers, $2.002.50;
geese, $5.506; : ducks, $3. 00 4. 50
per dozen; - turkeys, live, 10c per
pound. . . - -
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 3540c
per sack; sweets, $1.40 per cental. .
Onions Oregon, new, red, 90c; yel
low, 80o per cental.
Hops 814c per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4 6o.
Wool Valley,- 1416c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7 12c; mohair, 20
22o per pound. : '
Mutton Gross, best faheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.00; dressed mutton,
5c;' spring lambs, 5c per pound. .
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.00;'
light and feeders, $3. 004. 00; dressed,
j4.505.00 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $2. 75 3. 00;
cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 45c per
pound. ' ,l - . -
Veal Large, 45c; small, 54
6c per pound.
Seattle Market.
Butter Fancy : native creamery,
brick, 28c; ranch, 16 18c.
Cheese Native Washington,' 12)'c;
California, 9o.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 30 32c .
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 10c; spring chickens, $2.50
8 00; ducks, $3. 50 3. 75.
Wheat Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats Choice, per ton, $1920. '
Corn Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22. . '
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, oc; ...mutton sheep,
7c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 7.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 45c: salmon,
34c; salmon trout, 710c; flounders
and sole, 34; ling cod, 45; rock cod,
5c; smelt, 24c. - -
Fresh Fruit Apples, 50c$1.25 per
box; peaches, 75 80c; prunes, 3540c;
pears, 76c $1 per box.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada 11 13c; Oregon, 12
14c; Northern 78o per pound.- .
Hops 1012c per pound.
Millstuffs Middlings, $20 22; Cal
ifornia bran, $17. 50 18. 00 per ton. .
Onions New red. 7080c; do new
silverskin, $1.40 1.60 per cental. -
Eggs Store, 24 26c; ranch, 87
82c; Eastern, 1520; duck, 2025c per
dozen.
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 12c; fair
to good, 7 8c per pound..
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencias,
$1.503.00; Mexican limes, $2.00
8.00; California lemons, choice, $1.75
2.25; do common, 50c$l per box.
Hay Wheat, 1214.50; wheat and
oat, $ll13; oat, $1012; river bar
ley. $78; best barley,' 1012;
alfalfa, $89.50; clover, $89.50.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 85 85o per
large box; grapes, 2585c; Isabella,
6075c; peaches, 50c$l; pears,' 7 5o
$1 per box; plums, 2035c.
Butter Fancy creamery, 2627c;
do seconds, 2425c; fancy dairy, 28
24c; good to choice, 1922o per pound.
Potatoes New, in boxes, 85 (3 80c
To Still the Ocean'a Wave.
A scheme to increase the efficiency
of oil to still the waves of the ocean in
a storm has been thought out by Wil
liam Guthrie, of Chicago. His .notion
is based on the argument that if oil has
a pacifying effect when distributed on
the water in the immediate, neighbor
hood of the ship in trouble, its effect
would be magnified if the oil could be
applied at a distance all about the ship,
thus creating a calm circle, in which
the ship could ride in safety until the
storm had spent its fury. His proposi
tion is to shoot saturated sponges or cot
ton from a pneumatic sun, that "being
preferable' to a powder gun, as there
would be no danger of igniting the oil
soaked sponge. Some people interested
in shipping have been impressed with
the idea and application is to be made
to congress for an appropriation to test
its efficiency.
Scientists tell us that every element
necessary to the support of man is con
tained within limits of an egg shell, .in
the best proportions and in the most
palatable form.
The population of Dublin, Ireland,
has decreased within the last 40 years
from 261,000 to 245,000.
When a fine ruby is found in Bur
mah a procession of elephants, grandees
and : soldiers escort it to the king's
palace: '
The number of emigrants who left
Hamburg in 1896 was 52,748, a dimin
ution of 2,349 from the preceding
year's figures,
It is-expected that when the 1899
season opens there will be a cog-wheel
railway from Chamonnix up the Montr
envers. ..- V " - ; ; -- -' -
-KNOCKED OUT.
It knocks out all' calculations of attend
ing to business In the right way for a day
when we wake up in the morning sore and
stiff. The disappointment, lies in going to
bed all right and waking up all wrong.
There is a short and sure way out of it. Go
to bed after a good rub with St. Jacobs Oil
and vou wake up all right ; soreness and
stiff ness all gone. So sure is this, that men
much exposed in changeful weather keep
a bottle of it on the mantel for use at night
to make sure of going to work in good hx;
A copper pan, said to be the largest
ever made from one piece of metal, has
been turned-out at Swansea, England;
It is 12 feet 'four inches in diameter,
three feet three inches ' deep, and
weighs two tons.
THE "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Wlien the Declaration of Independence as
serted man's righ-t to this, it enunciated an
immonal truth. The bilious sufferer is on the
road to happiness when he begins to take Uos
tetter'8 Bitters, the most efficacious regulator
of the liver in existence. Equally reliable is it
in chills and fever, constipation, dyspepsia,
rheumatism, kidney trouble and nervousness.
Use it regularly and not at odd intervals.
If you look at the map yon will find
that the mountain chains of the Old
World lie east and west, while those of
the New World lie north and south. . .
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word " CASTORIA," and
' PI TCHER'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 aud does now bear the
ac-simile signature of CH AS. H. FXETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original " PITCHER'S
CASTORIA " which has been used 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, M.D.
Benjamin Bissell,' who ' lives near
Ballston Spa., N. Y., says he has voted
for eighteen presidential candidates,
not one of whom was elected.
In every mile of railway ' there are
Beven feet four inches ' not covered by
the rails, the space left for expansion.
HOME PRODUCTS AND PUKE FOOD.
A!l Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually very
light colored and of heavy body, is made from
glucose. -"Tea Garden. mips" is made from
bugar Cane and is strictly pure. It is for sale
bv first-class srrocers, in cans only. Manufac
tiirei b;.- ttie Pacific Coast Strcp Co. All gen
uine "Tea Garden IJrins" have the manufac
turer's name lithographed on every can.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in my house. D. C.
Albright, Mitninburg, Pa., Dec. 11, '95.
Trj Schilling's Best tea and baking powder.
Diamonds have been discovered, in
rare instances, in' the meteoiic stones
which have fallen to the earth.
' King Solomon's Treasure," only Aphrodisiacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary.) $5.00 a box, 3
werks' treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. O. Box
747, Philadelphia, Pa.
A floral curiosity is on exhibition in
the Temple Gardens, London. It is a
$5,000 orchid : from Venezuela.- It has
n white flower which in shape resem
bles a sea-gull with outspread wings.
YOUNG WOMAJiraOOi).
Sweet young1 girls I How of ten they
develop into worn, listless, andhopelesa
women because mother has noi im
pressed upon them the Importan of
attending to physical development.
No woman is exempt from physical
weakness and periodical pain,
nd young1 girls just;
budding- in
to woman
hood should
be guided
physically
as well as
tnorallv. If
you know of
any young
lady who is
sick and
needs moth
erlv advice.
ask her to ad
dress Mrs. Pink-
ham at Lynn,
Mass., and tell every detail of
her symptoms, surroundings and occu
pation. .
She will get advice from a source
that has no rival in experience of wo
men's ills. Tell her to keep nothing
hack. Her story will be told to a w
man, not to a man. She need not heE
tate in stating details that sh. ma.
ni arinh t.n mention., but which are
.essential to a full understanding of her
case, and if she is frann, neip is certain
to cornel, .,
WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS,
Cough Syrup. Tastes Good,
in time. Sold by drugjrifts.
Use K3
Best
The contest ends December 31st.
Schillings Best baking powder and tea are
because they are money-back.
What is the missing word? not SAFE, although Sctiilling's Best baking
powder and tea are safe. ,
Get Schilling's Best baking powder or tea at your grocers'; take out the
ticket (brown ticket in every package of baking powder; yellow ticket in the
tea); send a ticket with each word to address below before December 31st
Until October 151I1 two words allowed for every ticket; after that only one
word for every ticket.
If only one person finds the word, that person gets J2ooo.oo ; if several find
'it, (2000.00 will be equally divided among them.
Every one sending a brown or yellow ticket will receive a set of cardboard
' creeping babies at the end of the contest. Those sending three or more in one
envelope will receive an 1898 pocket calendar no adverdsing on it. These
creeping babies and pocket calendars will be different from the ones offered in
the last contest. :"
Better cut these rules out.
Address: MONEY-BACK, SAN FRANCISCO.
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Price, only $185.
Persons Who Are Magnetized. -
Recent French experiments have de
veloped the curious and unexpected fact
that certain persons possess a magnetic
polarity that is, they act as magnets,
having north and south poles. Such a
person, when completely undressed
and placed near a sensitive galvanome
ter, will, when turned on a vertical
axis, cause a deflection first in one di
rection and then in the opposite, just
as a magnet would. All persons do not
possess this polarity. Professor Mu
rani, an Italian, upon whom the experi
ment was tried, exhibited this phenom
enon, and it is was found that his
breast corresponded to a north pole and
his back to a south pole.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BI CURED
By local applications as-they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
flamed condition of the raucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube.- When this tube is inflamed
vmi have a rnmblin&r sound or imDPrfeot hear.
Ing, and when it is entirely closed, deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out ana m is luoe restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be -destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh.
which is nothing but an inflamed condition of
. the mucous suriaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, (caused by catarrh ) that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Uure. Send for cir
culars: free. -
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
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with his anti plague serum, the only
cases not amenable to treatment being
those where the disease .is too far ad
vanced. ' "
. A fat men's club has been instituted
in Paris, with the novel - aim of in
creasing the weight of the members,
the rules enjoining all the comrades to
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sible. ' 1
In Illinois there is a big steel plant
where the redhot ingots, billets and
plates are handled by huge electro-magnets.
: They take steel weighing five
tons and transport it safely to any dis
tance. - A man well up in dog-lore, counsels
intending purchasers of a puppy to let
the mother of the puppy choose them.
In carrying them back to their bed, the
first the mother picks up will always
be the best.
In" the publication of the, Berlin
Academy of Sciences, Professor Roent
gen has. an article ?n which he confirms
the observation of Dr. Brandes that it
is possible to make the X-rays visible
to the eye. ' -
The number of stars pictured on the
latest English and German photo
graphic atlasses is about 68,000,000.
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Santa Fe, N. M. 'The air there is too
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