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EARLVILLE It. Holdtidgewas over from Delhi on buetnee8 Friday. Mrs. II. A. 'I'obie and daughter, Zala. are visiting relatives in Dubuque this week. Mrs, E. Schlf-ct and little POP, WHO are now living in Des Moinep, imt who formerly lived here, are' visiiitu rvj.it ives and acquaintances this week. Dr. C. B. Rogers was called to Du buque Friday on professional business. Will Laxson arrived home from Ep worth Saturday. E. H. Russell, of Nashua, was renew ing acquaintances bere one day last week. A large audience greeted the Man chester home talent play given here in the town hall Friday evening, entitled, "Not 80 Bad After All." All who at tended were well pleased with the en tertainment they received. mm MISB Grace Simons, of Epworth Sem inary, 1B spending her vacation at home. Mrs. Carrie Kelley, of UartUy, is visit inh her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rippon. Mr. Junkins, of Rock Rapids, was transacting business in town Friday. Arthur Murley, Burt Millen and Darl Hunt are at home from Epworth this week. Miss Edith Hunt and Mrs. J. W. Malven, of Dyersville, are visiting bere. Thomas Wilson, of Manchester, was a business caller in town Saturday. Bert Powell and family moved to Dubuque last week. Their friends wish them success in their new home. David Irmscher, who is employed at Dubuque, spent Sunday with his par ents bere. W. C. Niemau went to Chicago last week. Willis Bender went to Durand, 111., last week to viBit biB father and mother. MIBS Grace Hersey left for DeKalb Saturday to remain for an extended visit. It is with regret that the friends of Mrs. Herman PhillippB learn of her un timely death at her home in Oklahoma. The remains were brougt to Delhi, where interment took place on Sunday. Frank Carpenter Bold bis dray busi ness and equipment to Tbomas Robin son recently. Henry Richardson was out from Du buque Saturday. MASONVILLE. The city council met Monday even ing. The Earnester sale waB ty. well attended, Phil Ryan returned to his home in .Nebraska Monday, after a week's visit with relatives and friends in this vicini Dr. Lindsay made a professional call in town this week. George Lane, who haB been seriously ill, is reported some better at this writ ing. Mrs. P. McGrath Bpent part of this week with relatives and friends in the country. W. J. Strain was in town on business Tuesday. A baby girl came to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grubstock Mon day, March 3rd. Married at the home of the bride's parents on Tuesday, March 11, Wm, ElBburg and Miss Minnie Brigman. Both young people are well and favor ably known in this vicinty. Congratu lations are extended. Mr. Elsburg will work the James New farm, north of town the coming year. Fred Long left Tuesday evening for MB home in Dyersville. MiBB Emma Wlntakger spent part of the week in town the guest of Miss May McGrath. The community was greatly shocked Friday in receiving the sad news of an accident which befell Mr. Michael Cain, a well known and highly respected citi zen living three miles south of town. While driving from Wintbrop to his home Friday afternoon he was thrown from his wagon and seriously injured, lie was taken to the Coney hotel at Wlnthrop. His family was at once sent for, and reached his bedside soon after the accident. Physicians were summoned and all that kind hearts and willing hands could do, was done, but 5'l- vto no avail He quietly passed away at an JM/early hour Saturday morning, March 15, 1-'.He leaves a wife and family to mourn ,the)oBBof a kind husband aiid loving 5?'", father besdeB hoBts of friends. The sor- «'v»*row-Btricken family have the sympathy of the entire community in their be reavement. On Wednesday evening, March 12th, occurred the death otMra. Arthur Mar tin, at her home northwest of here. She was in her usual health up to a few days before Bbe ,7 died. The immediate cause of her death was peritonitis. She leaves a and mother, a husband, four children, two brothers, Georgeand Bjrt Jinks, of .,*»Mitehel, S. and two sisters. Mrs. Wm. Brubaker, and Mrs Joha ROBB, both of this place, and a host of friends aB she was loved by all who iiv her. Funeral services Were conducted at the home by Rev. Zahriskie, ft Limont, and interment took place at the Mason :vv ville cemetery. The large n.imber of ij'-v, friends who followed her remains to ,,^-^their laBt resting place showed the es ^v*H' teem In which she waa hel .' by those £"ii'-'who knew her. The bereavid family v'i1 -have the sympathy of everyone. 1 STRAWBERRY POINT. Mr. and Mrs. H. Frederick mourn :kp •if the loss of their one week old babr, the little one being buried Sunday last. Little MISB FlosBie Roe, who has been seriouly ill the past few days, Is im proving slowly. Mrs. King, of Edge wood, Is nursing her. Mr. and Mrs. Ezra McKray went to •i'V Manchester Sunday for a few days' visit with Mrs. McKary's sister, Mrs. Harley Everetts, and husband. B, B. Davis will begin work as soon as tbe frost is out of the ground on his new residence on the lot he recently purchased of hiB brother, Johnny Davis. Mr. and Mrs. John Cameron, of Springfield, Mo., were guests at tbe borne of Mr. Cameron's brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Cameron, the et of tbe week. 3 Sf n'ti Sk VP "V V* E #Sr JL'. WE onaence• II. Kelffer and family are moving into the residence near the creamery this week. Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Smith will occupy the residence vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Kelffer. On Saturday evening, March 8tb, Walter Jewell and MISB Ilariet Bartlett, two of Strawberry Point's estimable young people were united in marriage, v. A. F. Marsh oiliciating. It was a very quiet affair.—Mail-Press. COGGON. Herman Barker, of Manchester, is visiting his uncle, F. E. Dutton. Frank Sherman, of Cedar Rapids, was in Coggon Monday. Miss Minna Merriam returned to Ce dar Falls Tuesday, where she will again enter upon her school work. Miss Maye Patton is learning the printer's trade in the Monitor ollice. Mrs. A. A. DeWoody visited relatives in Manchester the iirst of the week. Mrs. D. F. French is viBiting her daughter, Mrs. Mabel Overland, at Vin cent, Iowa. A little granddaughter is the principal attraction. J. R. Campbell was in Marion Friday. Rev. Scofield, of Manchester, Bpent Wednesday with hiB son, Dr. Scoiield F. N. Reece and family departed for their new home in Egg Lake, Alberta. CanBda, Tuesday morning. S. N. Joslln and wife visited their Bon, Verner, in Manchester the first of the week. Mrs. S. J. Edmunds, of Manchester, visited her siBter, Mrs. W. H. Sherman last Saturday. Mies Carrie Booth, of Marion, spent Sunday at the home of her brother, Dr Booth, of Coggon. Mr. and Mrs. Seth Bayley expect to move to Hopkinton soon, where Mr. Bayley has been engaged as electrician and operator for the Hopkinton Tele phone Company.—Monitor. DYERSVILLE. Henry Lammers, of Dixon Settle ment, was in town Monday having come here with a load of hogs. Royal Reeder, of Manchester, was in the city Monday afternoon transacting buBinesB and calling on old time friends. Quite a large number of friends in this city of the late John S. Murphy, of Dubuque, expect to go in this (Friday) morning to attend bis funeral. Mr. and Mrs. William Sternhagen, of Plum Creek, transacted businesB in this city Wednesday afternoon. Barney Frye and wife, of Earlville, came down to this city Sunday and spent a few days here to attend forty hour devotions at St. Francis church. Fred Long departed yesterday morn ing for Lyons, tbiB state, where he has accepted a position in a drug store. His many friends wish blm success. James Mitchel, of Earlville, transacted business in this city the latter part of laat week. A. S. Coon, of Manchester, was in the city Monday calling on friendB. J. V. Bush and F. Bush, of Coles burg, transacted business in this city Monday. John Vorwald, Jr., of New Vienna, waB in town Tuesday afternoon trans acting business. Fred Nesier, of New Vienna, was in the city Tuesday and from here hemade a trip to Dubuque Frank Rubly and John Koch,of Hick ory Valley, were in town Tuesday morning and from here they drove to Earlville on business. Joseph Woerdenhoff, of Petersburg, transacted business and visited at the home of his sister, Mrs. H. A. Sump mann, in thiB city Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Kenny, of North Fork township, were in town Monday visiting friends and trading with our merchants. Mr. and Mrs. II. Schneiders, oi Petersburg, are the happy parents of a bright boy baby, which arrived at their home quite recently. MISB Mary Link, of Manchester, was In town several days the fore part of the week in attendance at the forty hour devotions at St. Francis church. She WBB a guest of James F. Link and family while here.—News Letter. HOPKINTON. Mrs. Minnie Calkins spent Tuesday in Manchester. Mrs. W. J. Good was up from Monti cello Friday visiting friends and rela tives. Jas. Wilson and wife cime down from Greeley Tuesday to visit the fam ily of their Bon, II. .1. Wilson. Mrs. Lizzie Fisher went to Ceciai Rapids on business Monda/evening. MiBS Lizzie Frazer, of Delhi, spent Sunday bere with her Bister, Ed McNamara, of Anamosa, WBB| transacting busineBB here Wednesday. Art Morgan returned Saturday from PETERSBURG. Mre. Ma son. Maggie and Theresa Conlln, of Delhi, were visiting friends here Saturday of last week. Mrs. T. Crosier and daughter, of Man chester, have been visiting at the homi of J. D. Smith. Matt Pierce, of Strawberry Point, passed through here Saturday for Mil waukee, being called there by the criti cal illness of his father, whose death was hourly expected. Miss Frances Matheson gave a birth day party Tursday of last week which was attended by her teacher and school mateB and other young friends. It was her 10th birthday and those present vot edit a very pleasant occasion, A number of relatives and friends of R. N. Hocking and wife surprised them Tuesday evening, the occasion being the 20th anniversary of their wedding Tbe present consisted of a fine rocker. —Leader. RYAN. The Farmers' Lumber Company are receiving their new stock several cars have been unloaded the past week. MeBBrs. G, Helserman and Quinton Searigbt were elected school directors at the election held Monday. Our school teachers andtheirscholers gave a public entertainment in the op era bouse Saturday evening. The en tire program was much appreciated by tbe large audience present. H. L. Walkup, of Fox Home, Minn., is here assisting his father, who is pre paring to remove to Fergus Fails, Minn. Larry Collins departeii Spring is near, for the wild ducks are going north. The roads were bad the forepart «.f| visitor Friday, the week. A large crowd of voters attended tl.e Township meeting last Monday. Ilernan ICruse and son Henry, tran sacted buslnoes in Dyersville, Ust Mon day. J. C. Nleman, of Earlville, pass through here last Friday on business. F. Thale, nf Dyersville, was no'.lced in our vicinity last Friday. It II. l)aeimeyr, had EDGEWOOD. red Tjllman was in Wlnthrop a few I Blancharda? days ago. Ray Moody, of Greeley, is assisting Mr. Durston in the lumber yard. Mrs. George Cox, of Oneida, has teen visiting at the home of Will Ganison. Hev. A. D. Stevens, former pintor of the M. E. Church at thiB place is visit- ng among his many friends here. Mr. Wolcott, of Manchester, was in town Tuesday, rB. N athan Scofield is very sick at her home in Strawberry Point. Mrs. Flenniken and Miss Mary lioDlns were in Greeley Saturday. Mrs. Stoner and daughter, Opal, went to Delhi Tuesday evening for a visit uryCe_ with relatives. Mrs. Eda Reed has been visiting in Dubuque for a few dajs recently. I)r. ltawson's little son is reported as no butter. Miss Jennie Forward returned to her college duties at Hopkinton, Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Farmer attended theK. P. banquet at Manchester Fri-1 day evening. EAD'S GROVE. Oar school meetings were held on Monday, the third day of March. O. M. Eaton was selected in. place of WmV Noble in No.6,and Frank Fishel in place I of bam Way in No. 7. The board of di- rectors met on Monday last to elect teacherB, but we have not yet learned who the new teachers are Winfield Lash waB Lillian Gull is sick with the mumps at her brother's in-law, Fred Moser. MISB Gull hopeB to secure a school in our neighborhood. John Lash has moved onto the Chauncy MorriB farm, and is getting nicely settled in his new home. Aunt Sarah Waters IB back at tbe home of her brother, J. T. Fowler, after a brief vi6it with friends in Greeley. Dick Frentress, our assessor, is kept busy these days invoicing our farmers. F. B. Cobb, of Independence, was out our way last week looking for cattle. Ilenry Parkinson is working for J. M. Retherford, having hired for tbe season. Our milk haulers have been obliged to go to the creamery every day of late on account of tbe muddy roads. Ira Palmer has removed to Aurora, A Mr. Smith takes his place on the (,'lugston farm. Fred Moser and Burt Fowler have been trading horses, but can't say who got the worst of it. The L. A. S met with MrB. Chas. Chile last week and new officers were elected. Loyd Lash has a slight attack of scar- 4 Utile Clara Way is sick with bilious tvphoid fever, but is getting along (lic ly under the care of lJr. Heed, of Edgewood. FORESTVILLE. More wet weather. Ed. Durham u^d F. H. Simpson 1 been siw'ngwood in this neigliborti this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. Lawrence Rid Mrs. Eldrege and children wer Strawberry Point Wednf-sdly. L. 1. Lammon Bpent r( t-jfV Williams, Iowa, where be has secured I you 6aw a tickled canine he was thv.t employment aB a helper In the Illinois dog. Central depot. Dennis McCusker departed Monday I for Farmington, Minn., where he will remain for some time. Spring must be close at haiwl for there are quantities of robios and blue birde on the school ground. Epworth, where be has been attending as soon as the weather will permit. school. Roy B. Davis, of Manchester, was in town Thursday. •Ilm Odrubaugh spent Sunday in Manchester. J. 1'. Smith and Walter Locke have formed a partnership under the Arm name of Smith & Locke, and will con duct a first class wagon and blacksmith shop. The ladies M. E. Aid Society met with Mrs. John Barr, March 13. Mrs. Bentz Spent spent Sunday with her daughter, re. Sherwin. Mr. Bnd Mrs. Edwin Hebron visited with Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith March 9. O O. Clark was a Strawberry Point DELHI. Mr. Lvman, 01 l-rairle. candidate for recorder was in town Wednesday. At the school election Monday, J. W. Swinburne and Uryce Saunders were elected directors tor the next three years. The M. E. Aid Society meets with ImsmesBl Mr8' whichcdlled him to Xew Vienna last Friday. Messrs. John Sssen and John Line welter made a Hying trip to Dyersville, last Saturday. Frank Stimson, Wednesday after- noon, March HI, Miss Opal Stoner will teach her Iirst term of school iu h«r horn* district at Elgewood this spring. We wish her abundant success. S. P. Carter was iu town Wednesday. Mrs. John Latimer and Mrs. Sullivan were over Sunday guests at E. H. Mr. Gillen, of Viola, is night operator at this Btation. Mrs. lioyles and son, of Manchester, visited recently at E. R. Johnson's. Mrs. Sherman, of Anamosa, is visit ing her son, Bert*. MrB. Will Stoner, of Edgewood, is visiting friends and relatives at this place. U. B. Richardson, of Coggon, had busiuesB in town Friday. James Wilson, of Greeley, was In town Saturday. Mrs. Belle Saunders, of Hopkinton, iB vi8Uitlg at th8 home of her A. E. Sheldon, of IIyanuis,Nebraska, was a gu^st at J. W. Swinburne's last week. Mr. and MrB. Clark White are the parents of a fine boy born Tuesday, March, 11. Will Toomer is home again. School closes next Friday for a two week vaca tj0n tOTlde *d UQtu a Manchester vis itor last Saturday. Mrs. Hattie Sackett is recovering from a severe attack of la grippe. Sunday at me in Lamont. Mr. and Mrs. jienson were SIMW berry Point visitors Thursday of Ust week. Jake Adams was a Dundee vi-'tor Friday. Ed. Smith was a L*mont visitor Fri day. MTR. Eldredge left Wednesday for h#»R new Minnesota home. Mr. and Mrs. E. Carmical visited h»-r mother, Mr*. l$en Nelson, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Fay and dautih ter Maude, visited at the home of t.^r daughter, Mrs. lien Nelson Thuwhy, Will Stoner, from near Edgewo' d, was in Forestville Thursday. J. W. Adams has been kept buny this week grinding feed. Monday March the 10th, the Inde pendent District of Forestville, elected Albert Kash for director in plate of John Handy. L. Lawrence was pointed to clean the school hcMi^e, Frank Larabee is to furnish the wood, and W. Pelly is to saw it. Albert Ward is working for O. C. Clark. Charles Ward bad so far recovered as to be able to visit school Wednesday of last week. Flute, the fine hound owned by Geo. Parker escaped blm in Manchester and Saturday for arrived iq our town laat night. If ever her death"" whichTccured oa Thur6day motning UemamB March 13. The were brought to this pladfr for burU1 SUe ieaV(JB a hll8band aafl tW little children, one a babe of six weeks, besidedher parents, three sisters and two brothers. Tiie sympathy of ninny friends Is with them in their hour ol Borrow. Funeral services were held at thsM.E. Church Sunday morning by Uev. Salisbury. The daughters of Rebekah from Crescent Lodge Earlville and Silver Lake Dalhi, attended 1 a. body. A. C. Philipp, of Manchester, attend ed tbe funeral of bis brother's wife at this place Sunday. Frank Loomis and wife, of Earlville, spent Sunday at Alex. Young's. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ilaight, of Ryan, attended the funeral of Mrs. Philipp Sunday. John Pierce and wife, of Golden, was in town Saturday. Miss Sadie Trier closed a very suc cessful term of school In tbe Jakelin district Friday. MISAPPLIED WORDS. Some Expressions the Use of Which Should Be Ilcformed. 'Extra" is an abused word. People say "extra good" or "extra cheap" in order to intensify "good" and "cheap." But "extra" lias no such force. So far from intensifying a given condition, it denies it by indicating that the thing let feVer, but has not" been sufficiently!60 described lies outside the sphere or HICK to require the services of a doctor. Ed Prestoiuleparted for Odar Falls last Friday, where he expects to lind employment. I duality named. Thus, "extra iudieii quality named. Thus, "extra judicial' does not mean more than ordinarily ju dicial, as though a judge had dredged his conscience in giving an opinion, but outside of judicial and therefore inea* pable of being judged at all in the pro scribed way. A grievous fault Is the use of "iden tify" in a phrase like this, "lie is iden tilled with the antlvaccination move ment." A man can only identify him self with another man or set of men. He can identify himself with the op ponents of vaccination—and even here the word carries a slmde of meaning of Its own, distinguishing the phrase from such a oue as "he joined the opponents of vacciuatlon." One should not speak of "high" or "low" caliber but, remembering the meaning of "caliber." one should apply to It only such adjectives as "great" or "small." It is wrong to speak of a "consensus of opiniou." The word "consensus" it self meaus nn agreement of thought and should stand aloue.—Academy. Volunteers In South Amcrlca. There is a gentleman in Boston who spent a number of years among the various little South American repub lics and who gives an interesting ac count of tbe qicthods of one of those small states when it comes to a ques tion of making war. The "navy" of tbe particular power referred to con sists of a single old fashioned side wheel steamer, armed with one gun. In time of peace she is engaged in haul ing freight up and down the river which runs close to the capital. At the outbreak of one of the peri odical wais not so very long ago the president of the republic look charge of the steamer and started up stream ou a rucruiting expedition, leaving lits senior gi-ueial in charge of the military preparations at the capital. A couple of days later the steamer returned, and some seventy miserable looking natives, each lirnily bound with a strong rope, were marchcd off and turned over to the general, with a note from the president which read: Dear General—I-send you herewith sev enty volunteers. Pleuso return the ropes at once. —Boston Herald. && .„l.A .i. $ ITALIAN VIOLINS. The Ethel Adams has beon ailing with neuralgia. W. Pelly nas been Hbwiog timbers for J. W. Adams to put in a new floor The Forestville Fchool will close March 2lstr The Ice has all disappeared on the Forestville pond. The price of eggs will soon be lower for there is a great cackling in our poul try yards. First "Strati" Sent to London Could Find No Purchaser. Italian violius have uot always hold the supremacy they now enjoy. It was not indeed till the beginning of the nineteenth century that they came into vogue to any extent outside their na tive land. Previously Jacob Steiner (1C2I-83) was the favorite maker, nud his high model h:ul been almost exclu sively copied by his fellow Germans and the different makers in France and England. When the elder Corvetto, who had been a merchant before enter* lng the musical profession, came to London, in 173S, he brought with biro some instruments by Stradivari. The result of this endeavor to introduce Italian work into England (ills one with pathetic wonder. It is almost beyond belief. As he could not get as much as £5 ($25) for a violoncello he was obliged to send the instrument back to Italy for a bad speculation. Five pounds for a "Strad," and not a single purchaser to be found! This Incident In Itself furnishes suffi* cient testimony to the slavish following of the great German maker and the strong prejudice of the violinists of that period in favor of the high model. It is indeed the players who are most to blame for the slow adoption of the flat model, for the creator must make what Is necessitated by the demand but the eighteenth century fiddlers, at any rate in Englaud, France and Ger many, seem for the most part to have been content that their violins should possess a small sweet tone, never real izing the lack of power and sonority.— Connoisseur. Rv Said io Himself. Kansas enjoys the distinction, possi bly, of being the only state in the Union where a man has been allowed by a court of Inquiry to testify regard ing what he said to himself. A committee had been appointed by the legislature, says The Green Bag, to investigate the alleged bribery of certain members In connection with defeated railroad bill. The first wit ness called testified that be saw one of the representatives late one night com ing down the hotel stairs. "I said to myself," he went on, but a member on the side of the defense Jumped to his feet. "Hold on!" he shouted. "You can't testify about what you said to your self!" The prosecutor retorted that there was no law to prohibit him from so testifying. A long argument ensued, but a majority of the committee agreed with the chairman that the testimony was admissible. "I said to myself," seriously proceed ed the wituess, "that M. had been up to Billy's room to get his pay." The testimony was recorded and made a part of the official record. the Louis Wheeler has moved into house vacated by John Wheeler. Rena Jackson Phillips was born near Delhi in the year 1874. She was mar ried to Herman Phillips, of Earlville, in June 18'Jti she lived in Earlville uu til about jiine months ago, when the family movedio Oklahoma, where they Chinese Point* For Hosts. "Don't eat with your cars," says Yuan Mel, a Chinese writer, "by which I mean do not aim at having extraor dinnry out of the way foods, just to astonish your guests, for tlmt In to cat with your ears, not with your mouth. Bean curd, if good, Is actually nicer than birds' nest. And better than sea slugs, which are not first rate. Is dlsli of bamboo shoots. "The chicken, the pig, the fish and the duck—these are the four heroes of the table. Sea slugs and birds' nest have 110 characteristic flavors of their Own. They are IJuL usurpers in the house. I once dined with a friend who gave us birds' nests In bowls like vats, holding each about four ounces of the plain boiled article. The other guests applauded vigorously, but I smiled and said 1 came bere to eat birds' nest, not to take delivery of it wholesale." He Understood. Anton Rubinstein, the Itussian coin poser, in his autobiography tells of the confusion which overcame a certain architect of his acquaintance who had a habit of interlarding all his remarks with the phrase, "You understand." On oue occasion he was explaining certain architectural matters to tbe emperor, and, according to custom, made free use of his favorite expres sion. "Good heavens!" exclaimed Emperor Nicholas at last irritably. "Of course 1 understand! RIy dear fellow, how. could I help it?" 4 How the N'ntives Trent Gorillas. Natives in the counfriesinhablted by great apes regard them always as hu man beings of inferior types, audit is for this reason that for a long time it was found impossible to get hold of an entire gorilla skin, because the sav ages considered it religiously neces sary to cut off the hands aud feet of the aulinals when they killed them, just as they do with their enemies, pos sibly fort he purpose of rendering them harmless in case they should by un.v chance come to life again. 1H Choice of Sacritlecs. "It is true," said the person of hi^b ideals, "that you have attained pros perity by your writings, but you have produced nothing that will live." "Well," answered the comfortable litterateur, "when it comes to a ques tlou of which shall live, myself or mj writings. 1 didn't hesitate to sacrifice my writings." ner Comment. W) %P'v *6fe?#\ C#- «A.d IVetiHtcr'a Income* The legal profession of the present day will be surprised to learn that Mr. Webster, the greatest American law* yor of his time, made but $15,000 a year by ills practice. But the fees of counsel between 1840 and 1S50 were not what they lmve been since. In IS'18 I accompanied a client to Mr. Webster's office in Boston and nsk ed him to name a retaining fee in an important pntent ease. He said he thought a couple of hundred dollars would do. When the case was tried, his fee waS only ?1,000. On another occasion I paid him a retaining fee of $2,000 for the proprietors of the Good year India rubber patent. His fee for arguing the great equity cause of Goodyear versus Day in the circuit court of the United States for the district of New Jersey, by which he established the validity of the Good yenr patent, was $5,000. This was in the spring of 1852, and was the last case he ever argued. Foolhardy. The question was once put to Gen eral Wheeler: "General, what was the most fool hardy thing you ever saw on the field of battle?" "I didn't see It on the field of battle," replied General Wheeler. "I saw it one day when a young woman tried to en ter a revolving door leading a dog by a very long string. She passed through In safety, but not so the dog. The rush lus public came along, and the dog was ground both ways and chopped up as though lie were In a sausage ma chine. Each time be escaped his mis tress tugged madly on the string and pulled him Into it again. She got him through at last, being a very deter mined girl. The janitor of the building wrapped him up in a newspaper forj her, so that she could carry him home. The way she clung to that string was the most foolhardy thing I ever saw." The Baby's Name. "Name this child," said the clergy man. "Superfluous," replied young Mr& Verdigris, the mother of the cherub!' "WhatV" "Superfluous." "My dear madam," said the preacher in a whisper, "that will never do. Tribi-ie- An Odd Betrothal. It Is said that a certain servant in a moment of weariness with domestic duties said, "Bather than go on like this mouth after month forever I'll ask the first man who passes if he wants a wife." Her fellow servant challenged ber to put the question to a man just then passing by. The young woman was not prepared to be taken at her word so' suddenly, but, In desperation, bo thought herself for a way of escape. She was Welsh and hurriedly exclaim ed as the unknown was passing, "A ocs clslau gwrnig arnoch chwi?" ("Do you want a wife?") "Ocs" ("Yes") was the unexpected re ply from the young man, who also hail ed from the principality, and. witfc Celtic RprIplitHu«ftS, followed -JutO tll6 hall the blushing pirl, who had fled upon hearing the familiar word. Tin maid, a farmer's daughter, was bux om and neat, the swain was au Indus trious and ambitious young dealer witl promising prospects, and soon "merrily rang the wedding bells." Sense In Proverbs. There Is a deal of sound sense in th proverbs of a nation. Earl Ilussell d« fined a proverb as being the wit of oi man and the wisdom of many, :n.d ti aptness of this is well shown ip t: following from the Spanish, "Since cannot get what we like, let us 111 what we get." The thought is as as the race of mankind, but ages pn: ed before one man hit upon the hap. expression of it. This saying from th Chinese is a whole homily on pride I one seutence, "When a tree Is blowi down, it show's that the branches ar longer than the roots." For a concise expression of the loft: asplrations of youth and the sobi achievements of riper years tuke th: sentence from Henry D. Thoreau, "Th youth gets together bis maternls build a bridge to th* moon, or pei chance a palace or temple on the cartl and at leugth the middle aged man con eludes to build a woodshed with them.' NOW LOOK OUT I 4-TUKO cure of yourself," say our Blend "I'll try to," we answer. We do take a littl care, yet in spite of warm clothes, rabbei and mackintoshes, an army of people wer bowled out by pneumonia and other inn and chest diseases last winter. They caught cold, neglected it, let it fix upon them, were torn by coughs, choked by inflammations and congestions, wasted by fever, tired out by pain and then gave up the fight. The lionr you realize that you have a cold on the chest, place a Benson's Porous Plaster where the pain ,or oppres sion is felt. If you think two are needed moke it two. No harm if you were cov ered with them. They act quicklv and prevent the engorgment of blood in the organs. In this way—with ordinary cau tion as to exposure—you will break up the cold and avoid a serious sickness. Ho other applications, or any other form of treatment, will accomplish this as certainly and speedily. Benson's Plasters have a rH« tinct and positive action and are curative to the highest degreo. Use them with the same confidence for coughs, muscular rheuma tism, the grip (back and chest) and all sim ilar ailments. Women, who are chief suffer ers from cold weather complaints, should keep these plasters always within reach. Get the genuine. All druggists, or wo will prepay postage on any number ordered in the United States on receipt of 25c. each. Con Mrs. Growells—My husband tinually quarreling about trifles. Mrs. Howells—Well, iny dear, the less cue has to quarrel about the bet ter.—Chicago News. The best wny to make a man ac knowledge the corn Is to stamp on his toe.—Philadelphia Record. The mierjse pe has shown yeast colls In Egyptian bread more thau 4,01)0 ycare old. Amerlcnn nti^llsh. Wo dj IK:: 8ps»:s!: the English lan guage in the way in vhleh.it is spoken by the people cf England. We have greatly changed, enlarged and perhaps improved it in our usual progressive way. '1 he wonder lies in the notion of Englishmen that their way of speaking the language is the only way and that our way Is wrong. -New York World. A (Jnoil Mimic. "1 don't see what yoh all has to git so proud about." said Miss Sadie Cot tonbnll. "Cohse you doesn*." answered Miss Miami Brown. 'T'/.e been studyin' de white folks. WhaL yoh wants to do IB jes' put on de airs yohsh'f an' let de yuthuh folks do de gitessin' 'bout wjiut de reason is."—Washington Star. A !tol In I'lclclc. Mrs. Goodsole— Why, Johnny, are you just going homo now? Your mother's been looking for you all afternoon, Johnny—Yes'm, 1 know. Mrs. Goodsole—Just think how wor ried she must bo! Johnny—Oh, she's near the end o' her ivorryin'. I'm jest bwrinnln' mine. Beabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N.Y. Compound VaDorand Sham poo Baths. Baihs Most all dis eases are caused by poisonous see retlons, which olog the wheels of NATURE. Vapor| and The name and the symptoms may be different but the cause of disease can us ually be traced ,' Shampoo. to the impuriect action oi the millions of pores of the human body. A bath iu accordance with scientific require ments is the best preventative and remedy known. The methods employ ed by me are the most scientific ever invented or dlscoveied for dispelling disease. BeBults tell ttio story. Givo me -a trial. This is the Conant system of baths. A competent lady attendant In charge of the ladles department. Office and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel. eti All About Bplnt and Okobojl Lakes. A descriptive and illustrative book let of Spirit and.Ofcoboji lakes In north western Iowa, located along the line of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North em Ry. will be sent free on application to the undersigned. This Imok also contains the gxme InwH of Minnesota and Iowa. There area number of good boarding houses and hotels around these lakes, and plenty of good cottages to lent. John G. Farmer, §MA. G.P.ST.i,B.,C. R. & N. By., 12wlt Cedar Rapids, la. Acre originally meant a field of any size. :s If ss ss it 4'4' & '4 "tf J?* SSS I can't give the baby such a name as that. What suggested it to you?" "My husband's brother." "Is he a married mau?" "No, sir. He's an old bachelor." "As I suspected. Madam, we will rail this baby 'Blessing.' "I've uo objection, sir, but I like the sound of the other better."--Chicago Lawrence & Grems.- SS •& a(MM ijp,^ Q. D. OATE8, mUm Ten ct-ntB will buy trial size of Ely's Cream Balm enough to convince you that it IB the greatest of remedies for nasal catarrh or cold in the head. Full size 50 cents. All druggists. We mail it. Ely Bros., 50 Warren street, New: York. 153 Second street, Albany, N. Y. Messrs. Ely Bros.—I suffered greatly with catarrh and tried different remed ies without effect. After using ono bottle of your Cream Balm I found re lief and I cannot praise too highly such a remedy. Sept. 27, 1899. Miss Cora Wlllard. 12w2. Meat originally meant any kind of food. A ft sss City Hall Pharmacy I* IN COWS AND CALVES CURED KOW-KURE This medicine will put the animal in as good condition as before the trouble. Kow-Kure is a sure cure for scours in cows and calves. AUSTIN MAXFIELD, PITTSFIELD, N. H., says: "I had three calves that scoured badly. They were so weak they could not get up. I used Kow-Kure, and in a few days they were all right. It is just as good for cows." Kow-Kure is in powder form, to be (riven in regular feed. It cures abortion, barrenneu andlcours, remove, retained afterbirth and caked udder, itrengtheiu the appeilte, puriSe. the blood, vitalizes the nerves, andprevents discar?. It intrcitcs tha milk. It a medicin. forcon. only* nude by the Dairy Association, Lyutlonville, Vt. The following farmers in Delaware County sre u&lnp'lt: Id Cook Henry Klick -lark Shetden John l)urey lurk Bros Frank Lawrence ms Mower Will Cocking 4 EBCTti 1 We have on hand the largest and iu most complete stock of Wall Paper and Paints, consisting of the finest assortments, Besides the Prices are Bight. Do not fail to come and look over our stock and get our prices on both Paper and Paint. We are hero for business. No trouble to show goods. Give us a call. The best is yours. 'ON, "J* ALL THE NEWS INI The Democrat, $1.50 PER YEAR trice, 50c. and S1.00. siesta Joe Belknap-Jr.^a^#^ Wm Cook Henry Parents aie getting the boys A d" S3 S}" ik. Wi Ron Sheldon Kit Edmunds Wm Mower ,r For halo by E. TURNER, Manchester, Iowa. SOLE AQENT FOR DELAWERe COUNTY. mi ready for school. They have to shirt and hat. We have them for you. We are selling boys' two piece suits from $1.00 up. Boy's three piece suits from $2.50 to $7.50. Boy's long pants suits from $8.00 down to $2.75. We have the shirt with two collars at 50c. Hats and caps from 25c to $1.50. Big line of knee pants 25c to $1.25. We have our over coats all in and ready for in spection. t. '•fri'" .w may We have a ruler for every boy and girl in wl the county. GIVEN AWAY FREE. ALLEN & STOREY. THE WORLD'S LEADERS. &