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The Ceredo Advance.
T. T. McDOLQAL, Publisher.
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CURRENT TOPICS.
Europe loses 80,592 lives a year by
accidents.
Iowa pays women schoolteachers
less than any other state.
I he 11*02 coffee c rop of Mexico Is of
ficially estimated at 47,719,529 pounds.
American agricultural implements
and machinery hold tho lead in Rus
sian favor.
Sockets have been placed for 12,000
incandescent electric lamps on tho pal
ace of education at the World’s fair.
Ixmg engagements are rather ex
pensive in Russia. An engaged man
is expected to send a present to his
Intended every day.
Alpine flowers and plants are so
quickly becoming extinct that strong
measures are to bo taken in the future
for their preservation.
In Germany 425 piano factories
make 80,000 instruments annually.
Half of them, or about $0,000,000
worth, are sold abroad, principally In
England.
A mechanic formerly employed by
M. Santos Dumont has constructed a
navigable balloon on which great
hopes are built, and which will short
ly be tried at Toulon.
According to Finnish newspapers
there is reason to apprehend a famine
in several parts of Eastern Finland,
where the harvests were very bad ow
ing to continual rains.
An official of the English war office
estimates that half a million has been
spoilt in that country last year on
memorials to those who fell during
tho South African war.
A curious characteristic peculiar to
the California redwood tree is that if
the head is cut off by lightning a new
one will gradually grow out in place
as shapely as tho first.
American machinery, electrical
goods, tools, leather, shoes, canned
and dried fruits, prepared meats, oils,
cotton, sanitary supplies, etc., would
find a ready sale in Ifohcmia.
In tlie village of San ItafTaele, Italy,
a man named Rongiovanni, rendered
desperate by a hopeless love affair,
committed suicide by exploding a dy*
namite cartridge in ills mouth.
The longest canal in the world is
that which extends from the frontier
of China to St. Petersburg. 4.472 miles.
In India there are 14,000 miles of canal,
irrigating 8,000.000 acres of land.
According to a dispatch from Kings
ton, Jamaica, dated November 12, tho
government of that island intends to
make extensive experiments in cotton
growing and to push that industry.
In Utah there are large deposits of
radioactive uranium ores and com
pounds that are about to be opened.
Atialaysls shows that they will yield
15 grains of radium to the ton of ore.
II was reported in the latter part of
November that Hie weather in Alge
ria and Tunis bad been very favorable
for the autumn sowings and that the
area sown had been much increased
A writer in the Country Gentleman
fays tile buekwheat crop is gradually
growing less. Whether it is really so
or not. it is a fact that it is difficult
to g< t the genuine old-time buckwheat
flour.
Exports of wheat from Argentina
from January 1 to December 24, lf*i*2,
amounted to 62.S11.000 bushels,
against 19,695,000 bushels for the cor
resnonding period in tho preceding
year.
The Metropolitan Art museum, of
New York, has just purchased an old
chariot f» r $60,000. It was unearthed
near Home some time ago, and is 2,
6**0 years old and splendidly prp
served.
American hand and sulky plows are
very much admired hy farmers in the
Orange River colony and Natal, and
the only requirement to make them
popular is a proper introduction by an
Intelligent American salesman.
The "blowing” of a fuse in an ekv
trie street car, which fills the average
passenger with alarm, simply indicates
that a fvifety device has proved re
liable, and that a danger of injury to
the motor has been averted by it
The pope has at last selected a rr>7y
apartment in the Vatican as his espe
eial quarters. The choice was made
with a vi<-w to tie safe from the an
noyance and intrusion caused by the
otherwise ton frequent presence of
guards and courtiers.
The total value of the cotton ex
ported during the fiscal year ended
June 30. 1903. was $316,180,429. and if
the value of all products of cotton ex
ported lie added thereto the figures
are raised to $376,758,048, or an aver
age of more than $1,000/(00 per day
during the entire year
On the Island of Trinidad oil Is
found amid a huge tropical vegeta
tion. and is said to lie of first class II
luminating power. A Canadian com
panv is exploiting the field It Is in
tended to build a pipeline, hy means
of which the oil will he conveyed to
the harbor of th* Port of Spain
JOINT CONFERENCE
Miners and Operators of the Cen
tral District Meet.
Jacob C. Kolson, of Terre Haute, Was
Selected Permanent Chairman and
Secretary Wilson Was Chosen
Permanent Secretary.
Indianapolis. Ind., Jan. 29.—The first
session of the joint conference of the
miners and operators of the central
competitive district was devoted al
most entirely to speeches, and the sec
ond session was delayed because of the
late arrival of the Pittsburg delegation
of operators.
F. L. Itobbins, of the Pittsburg dele
gation, will act as floor leader of the
operators, with W. S. Bogle, of the In
diana operators, as ills lieutenant.
President John Mitchell, of the miners’
organization, will act in the same ca
pacity for the miners, with Vice Pres
ident T. L. Lewis as lieutenant.
Jacob C. Kolseu, of Terre Haute, was
selected ns permanent chairman of the
joint conference, and W. S. Wilson,
secretary-treasurer of the miners’ or
ganization, was chosen permanent sec
retary C. I,. Scroggs, secretary of
the Illinois operators, was chosen as
sistant secretary.
Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 30.—At the
joint conference of the operators and
miners Friday, the miners’ demands
for an increase were presented by
President Mitchell and a substitute
from the operators, demanding a de
crease of 15 per cent., was submitted
by II. L Robbins. Both were voted
down.
In opening the argument for the op
erators. Mr. Robbins, of Pittsburg,
called attention to the fact that the
miners have had an increase of 66 pei
cent, during the last seven years. Ho
referred to low.* priced coal mined in
the Connellsville coke region. He said
Fne Meyersdale (Pa.) district and West
\ irginia coal was being dumped in on
the Ohio and Pittsburg operators’ mar
kets and he said it was taking the
place of their coal on open market
and on the river.
In reply to Mr. Robbins, President
John Mitchell spoke for the miners.
He said: "A reduction in w’ages will
benefit no one. The operators would
not he benefited. They would have to
give it to the railroads.”
Referring to the differential and the
run of mine basis demand. Mr. Mitch
ell said: "We are in earnest and ter
ribly in earnest about this. Outside
of the Ohio and the Pittsburg district,
coal is now mined on the fair run of
mine basis, and we have honest meth
ods of weighing and paying for the
product of a miner’s labor. We pro
pose to insist on these things in all
parts of the central competitive
field.”
Secretary Wilson spoke in defense
of the seven cent differential saying
that the present scale gave to the op
erators almost 1.000 per cent, on their
investment in machines.
The propositions of both the miners
and operators were voted down and
afterward, on motion, were referred to
the joint scale committee.
A motion to admit the com in ^sinn
ers from outlying districts, particular
ly from Iowa, to tic meeting of the
joint scaie committee, elicited discus
sion and was defeated. A joint com
mittee was appointed to look after the
relief of the sufferers from the Har
wich mine disaster. The conference
■» !jonrned at 5 o’clock, subject to the
call of the scale rommittee.
HEAD-END COLLISION.
Engineer Killed and Fireman Badly
Injured Near Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Jan. 29.—In a head-end
collision Thursday night between a B.
fc O. S. W. passenger train and a
freight train near Culloms Station, five
miles from here, Kngineer George
Munser was killed and Fireman Harry
Thompson was seriously Injured. Sev
eral passengers were slightly bruised.
Both engines were badly wrecked,
*aeh being reared up in the air. Sev
eral of the freight ears were wrecked,
the goods they contained being strewn
beside the track.
More Postal Scandals.
St. Louis. Jan. 29.—Charles L. Wan
ton. a clerk in the architectural di
vision of the United States treasury
department at Washington, and Dr
James n. Vernon, of St. Louis, for
merly of Fayette, Mo., appeared be
fore Judge Adams in the United States
district court Thursday and gave bond
In the sum of $n,OtiO earh to answer
May 23 to indictments charging them
with receiving money for the location
of post office sites throughout the
state. There are four indictments
against each of them.
Shipping Cotton to Japan,
Houston, Tex., Jan. 29.— A shipment
of 3.<!00 hales of cotton destined for
Japan left here tor San Francisco.
The shipment required 41 cars and is
a record so far as the Oriental trade
Is concerned.
World’* Auto Record Broken.
Ormond, ria., Jan. 29.—William K
\ anderhllt, Jr., broke the world's auto
mobile record for a mile by covering
the distance In 39 seconds. The best
previous record was made by Marry
Ford over an Ice course at New Bal
timore, Mich., In 39 2-f> seconds.
Appraiser of the Port of Chicago.
8pringflejd, III., Jan. 29.—L. T Hoy,
secretary of the republican state cen
tral committee, has resigned his posi
tion as secretary of the state board of
pharmacy to accept the position of
appraiser of the port of Chicago.
PHILIPPINES FOR FILIPINOS.
That Will Be the Keyrote of the Pol
icy of Secretary Taft.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The Philip
pines for the Filipinos will be tho
keynote of the policy of Secretary Taft
toward the far eastern archipelago. In
almost the last speech he made before
leaving th? Philippines for home, he
reiterated this keynote, which he first
sounded when he was inaugurated as
governor of tho Philippine islands.
7 his speech has been published by tho
insular government in an official form
and has just reached the war depart
ment. In it Gov. T'aft. declared that
this doctrine did not exclude the en
couragement of American enterprise
or the American Investment of capital
in the Philippines, for the reason that
nothing, not even education or a free
form of government “ran make more
for the elevation and civilization of
the Philippine people than the invest
ment of American capital in the mate
rial development of these Islands.*'
FOR MILITARY MANEUVERS.
Gen. Chaffee Recommends the Pur
chase of Four Tracts of Ground.
Washington, Jan. 30.—Lieut. Gen.
Chaffee, as chief of staff, has made a
report to the secretary of war, which
will ho transmitted to congress, urging
an appropriation of $2,000,000 for the
purchase of four tracts of ground, one
in eacli of tho four quarters of the
1 nited States, for military maneuvers.
Gen. Chaffee says that experience
shows that it is not possible to rent
suitable tracts, so ho proposes to take
tho 05th meridian and cross it by the
20th parallel, purchasing the maneu
vers tract within each of the four
quarters formed. He says investiga
tion indicates a desirable locality in
the Conowago valley, in Pennsylva
nia, one near West Point, Ky„ and
one in California. The tracts desired
must bo from seven to eight miles
long and from three to four miles
wide.
FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.
Secretary of Chicago Federation of
Labor Cited to Appear.
Chicago. Jan. 30.—E. M. Nockels.
secretary of the Chicago Federation of
I.abor has been cited to appear in
court Saturday to show cause why he
should not be punished for contempt of
court.
Nockels was called before a grand
jury Friday to give evidence concern
ing alleged acts of lawlessness com
rnitted during recent strikes in Chi
cago and ho was told to bring the
books and records of the Federation
of I.abor with him. He refused to
bring them and told the grana jury
that he had no intention of obeying
the order. Ho was thereupon cited to
appear before Judge Gary.
THE PATENT OFFICE.
Report of the Commissioner For the
Calendar Year 1903.
Washington, Jan. 30.—The report of
the commissioner of patents for the
calendar year 1903 shows that the pat
ent business transacted exceeded all
previous records. Tho total cash re
ceipts of the office were $1,61C>.G98,
leaving a surplus of $188,000. There
were 50.213 patents applied for and
31.099 issued. The report predicts tie
same increase for the present year and
says the patent office since its incep
tion in 1830 has furnished a net bal
ance of $5.082,5-10 to the government.
EGBERT HANGED FOR MURDER.
The Condemned Man Made a Grief
Speech on the Scaffold.
Salem. Ore., Jan. 30.—Harry O. F.g
beet, who murdered John G. Saxton
and John West last October, was
hanged Friday. Egbert made a brief
speech on the scaffold.
‘My friends.” lie said, ‘‘take me as
a mark; keep your children ofT the
streets and, above nil. out of the sa
loons. llad raising and bad company
is the direct cause of my downfall. I
have repented my sins."
ATTACKED BY A LION.
The Keeper Nearly Lost His Life in
the Combat.
St. I/ouIh. Jan. 30.—During an exhi
bition Friday night, at the Zoological
garden, a lion known as Caesar at
tacked Keeper Steve l^awrenre. The
Hon had only recently been received
and Keeper I«awrenco had entered the
rage to make 1t perform sonw tricks,
f acynr sprang at. Lawrence and al
most denuded him of clothing. He was
fig iting for his life when a policeman
rushed In and shot the lion to death
Coal Employes Strike.
Springfield. 111., Jan 30.—Two hun
dred employes of the Victor Coal Co.,
at Pawnee, struck because Hugh Mor
gan was discharged for exceeding a
two day’s leave of absence. Hugh
White, president of the companv, and
Commissioner Herman Justi, of the
Illinois Operators’ association. hnv«
requested the men to return to work
pending investigation
Ex-Mayor Ames Wins.
Minmapolis, Minn . Jan. 30.—The su
preme court knocked out the Indict
ment ujK»n which e*.Mayor Ames was
convicted and sentenced to prison for
malfeasance in office. He was con
victed of accepting bribes from Im
moral women for protection.
The Prosecution Abandoned.
Chicago, Jan. 30.—ftatlsfled with the
finding of t.ho coroner’s Jury that in
vostlgnted the Iroquois theater fire,
the Independent prosecution started hy
Arthur 71. Hull was Friday forror Uy
ahandimod In court.
WAR IS THREATENED.
The Colombian Government is
Helpless to Prevent It.
In an Interview Sunday Gen. Reye3
Said: “If Colombia Is Thinking
of Going to War, I Know
Nothing About It.”
Now York. Ffeb. 1.—This cable dis
patch was received here from an offi
cial source in Bogota:
Government is helpless in effort to
prevont war. In less than a month
from now 10.000 men will be on the
Isthmus. This information, confirming
rumors cabled from Panama yester
day that Colombia intends organizing
and sending an expedition against
Panama, cornea as a surprise, in view
of the c hanged attitude of the Colom
bians, who had apparently accepted
the inevitable and depended on Gen.
Raphael Keyes, their special envoy to
Washington, to savo what he eould
from the wreck. Gen. Reyes was to
have sailed Saturday for Barranquilla
on the steamer Valencia, but for the
second time he deferred his departure.
Gen. Pedro Nellsphina and Do Lucas
Caballero, colic-agues of Gen. Reyes on
the Colombian commission, sailed on
the Valencia.
The story continues on seemingly
good authority, it is stated, that Gen.
Reyes remains here because his nego
tiations with the state department at
Washington have bc»en completely
broken off and that lie has a tentative
promise from this government that Co
lombia will bo taken care of with a
pecuniary balm for her injured feel
ings.
Gen. Rafael Reyes, special envoy
from Colombia, said Sunday regarding
the report that his country was about
to send an army to Panama:
“If Colombia is thinking of going to
war I know nothing about It and have
nothing to do with it.”
Gen. Reyes expects to leave for
home In a few days. He said that so
far as he was concerned his negotia
tions with tho state department, at
Washington ended with his note of
January 13, delivered to Secretary
Hay. “Negotiations terminated then,”
ho added, “unless tho state depart
ment reopens them. I have nothing
further to add to that note.”
MRS. FLORENCE MAYBRICK.
She Has Been Removed From Prison
to a Private Asylum.
London, Feb. 1.—Mrs. Florence May
brick, who is serving a life sentence
for tho murder of her husband, has
not been released, but was removed
from Aylesbury prison January 25.
presumably to a private institution for
the purpose of recuperation. She is
still undergoing sentence under guard,
and though apparently not an inmate
of any prison, she still remains as
much a prisoner in tho eye of the law
as when she was at Aylesbury.
On the authority of the United
States embassy here a press repre
sentative is authorized to definitely
deny that Mrs. Maybrick lias been par
doned.
i he Daily Mail Monday morning
says that Mrs. Maybrick is now in
Liverpool and that the following con
ditions attach io her release from pris
on:
That she will not appear on the pub
lic stage or write a book of her experi
ences and shall in no way endeavor to
attract public attention »o herself.
RACE TROUBLES.
A Party of Negroes Fired Upon White
Men, Wounding Two.
Webster, Pa., Feb. 1.—One of a par
ty of five Negroes fired upon a party
ol white* men who had been making
fun of them. Two of the white men
were wounded, fine of them fatally. In
trying to get away from the infuriated
companions of the injured men, one
of the Negroes was drowned in tho
Monongahela river. For some time a
bitter feeling has existed here among
a number of whlto men headed by
Robert Wilson, who was fatally in
jur<*d, and the Negroes of the vicinity.
WITH NON-UNION MEN.
Effort to Be Made to Start a Steel Mill
In the Pittsburg District.
Pittsburg. Pa., Feb. 1.—Fires in tho
Spang Chalfant Co.’s mills in Etna,
where a strike has been on for several
weeks, were lighted Sunday night nnrl
an effort will he made to start tho
plant In full Monday morning under a
guard or coal and iron jHdire. Tho
strikers now number 200 and they
claim an effort is being made to intro
duce Negro labor into the plant.
The Morales Provisional Government.
Washington. Feb. 1.—According to
Information received at the state de
partment all the ports of San Domingo
are now In the possession of the Mo
rales provisional government, which
succeeded the government of Gen. Wos
Y OH.
Battleships Iowa and Maine Sail.
New York, Feb. 1.—The United
States battleships Iowa and Maine left
tho Brooklyn navy yard Sunday. Tho
Prwa goes direct to Culobra to Join
the North Atlantic squadron Tho
Iowa will become Adm Barker’s flag
ship.
Fourteen Men Killed In a Shaft.
Monterey, Me*., Feb I.—'Word »'a*
reached this city from Victoria, capi
tal of the state of Tamullpas, stating
that 14 men were killed in a mine acci
dent near that city. They Wero boing
hoisted out of the mJne in a huge lift.
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CONSUL SKINNER’S PARTY.
Details of the United States Mission
to King Menelik.
Marseilles, Feb. 1.—The following
details of the governmental mission to
King Menelik. of Abyssinia, which was
led by United States Consul Robert P.
Skinner, have been obtained. Mr.
Skinner's party arrived here Saturday
on board the steamer Victoria.
The American marines and blue
Jackets who accompanied the expedi
tion were left at Aden and went on to
J°ln the American gunboat Machias.
Consul Skinner and the other mem
bers of the party are in good health,
and they speak enthusiastically of the
reception accorded them by King Men
elik. On the way to the roast the par
ty saw one elephant and heard a num
ber of lions, but experienced no ex
citing adventures. In the course of
an Interview Mr. Skinner said:
President Roosevelt selected a most
opportune time for establishing rela
tions with Ethiopa, as Americans here
tofore have been too indifferent to the
remarkable development which is now
going on in Abyssinia. Our cotton
goods pass through many hands before
being sold at high prices in Abyssinia,
hut now Americans have an opportu
nity to conduct their own trade. King
Menelik will send some of the pro
ducts of his country to the St. Ixniis
exposition, as well as a commission
com|K)8ed of able men. to show the
Americans commercial opportunities
in Abyssinia. The king is a broad
minded statesmen who will welcome
Americans.”
During the visit of the Skinner par
ty at the capital. King Menelik receiv
ed them surrounded by an imposing
assemblage of 2.000 functionaries. The
escort of American marines establish
ed a camp called "Camp Roosevelt.”
which attracted a great deal of interest.
Tho king made a personal inspection
of tho camp, which lasted for three
hours, and after having witnessed the
maneuvers of the marines, he asked
one of the men for his gun and loaded
and fired it. This act on the part of
the king pleased the visitors greatly.
The Americans were Impressed with
the assimilative ability of the Abyssi
nians. Consul Skinner saying that the
country is being rapidly modernized,
and that new roads, bridges, water
supplies, telephones and telegraph
lines are being constructed. He con
siders the Ahyssinlans to he the "Jap
anese" of Africa. He points out. how
ever, that the postal and banking sys
tems are defective and unsatisfactory.
The money is on a silver basis. Con
sul Skinner believes that Americans
will find a large field for activity in
the gold. coal. i>otrolenni and asphalt
possibilities of Abyssinia.
An official report of the result cf the
mission has been forwarded to Wash
ington.
PERISHED FROM THIRST.
Bodies of Between 20 and 30 Men
Found in the Desert.
Salt l ake, Utah. Feb. 1.—The bodies
of between 20 and 30 men. who per
ished from thirst while attempting to
cross tho desert between Moaha and
Los Vegas, Nev.. have been found
within a few weeks, according to ad
vices received from tho latter plare.
The men, it is believed, were mostly
tramps, who attempted to make the
long journey on foot without sufficient
supplies of food or water to carry
them across. Many of the bodies
found were without clothing and it is
believed that tho victims had gone in
sane from thirst and had wandered
about in a nude condition In search of
water. Some of the victims are sup
posed to have drank water from "Dead
Man’s well," which is located almost
in the center of the desert. The wa
ter from this well, while temporarily
alleviating thirst, is sure death to
those who drink It.
FIVE MINERS KILLED.
Powder In the Cage in Which They
Were Being Hoisted Exploded.
Mahanoy City, Pa., Feb. 1.—Five
men were instantly killed In the Maple
Hill colliery of the Philadelphia &
Heading Coal and Iron Co. The vic
time were rock men.
I he? men were killed by an explosion
of powder in a steel cage in which
they were being hoisted. The explo
sion ripped tho rago apart and the
jnangled forms of tho rock men fell
300 feet to the bottom of the shaft.
The head of one of the men was blown
off The Maple Hill Is one of the col
lieries visited by the anthracite strike
commission and it is one of the best
equipped in tho hard coal regions.
Are Seeking Statehood.
Kansas City, Mo., Fob. 1.—A dele
gation of 17 business and professional
men of Oklahoma and Indian territo
ries passed through Kansas City Sun
day en route to Washington to join in
tho campaign for statehood.
Every House But Two Burned.
Memphis. Tenn.. Feb. 1—-A special
from Greenville, Miss., says: Fire at
Hollnndale Saturday destroyed every
building in the town except two dwell
ings and caused a loss estimated at
from $150,000 to $200,000.
Segregating the Sexet.
Chicago, Feb. 1.—According to a re
port submitted by Dean George B
Vincent to President Harper, of the
University of Chicago, the experiment
of segregating the sexes In the Junior
college work during the past year has
been a success.
The Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
Gibraltar. Feb. 1.—The United States
torpedo boat flotilla, escorted by the
auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, left here
Sunday for Algiers, on its way to Ma
nila. and will probably reach Algiers
Monday afternoon.
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Beat la tka World.
Estherville. Ia., Feb. lat.—Mr. George
J. BuH»er, of this place, says: —
“Dodd's Kiduey Pills arc the bet!
mediciue in the world. There is noth
ing as good. 1 had been sick for ovei
16 years with Kidney Disease, which
finally turned into Bright’s Disease. I
was treated by Doctors in Chicago, but
they didn't do me any good. The best
Doctor in Estherville treated me for live
years with no better success. 1 heard of
Dodd's Kiduey Pills, and made up my
mind to give them a trial.
"1 ain very thankful to l»e able to sav
that they cured me completely, and 1'
think they are the best medicine in tht
world.”
The honest, earnest, straightforward
experiences of real living men and
women are the onlv material used in
advertising Dodd’s Kidney 1'ills. One
such testimony is worth more than a
thousand unsupported claims. The neo
pie who have used Dodd’s Kidnev Pills
are those whose evidence is worth con
sideration, and surely nothing can be
more convincing than a statement like
Mr. Barber's. There are thousands of
others just as strong.
Easy One.
The sporting editor of the Daily Bread
was acting temporarily as answers to-cor
respondents man.
A note from “Constant Reader,” con
tained the query: “What do the letters
*D. I).’ mean?” was handed to him.
"Dollars to Doughnuts,” he wrote in
reply, without a moment’s limitation.—
Chicago Tribune.
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FHAt'DS M A ItAI.R OF FIAT.
Frsuili In Wntrli Canes.
According to an article in the Cincin
nati < 'omnierciul, a fifty-one pound stone
was recently found in that city secreted
in a bale of hay of eighty pounds.
'i Ins is not as bad a- finding a lump of
lead of nearly one half the weight of the
solid gold watch case secreted in the cen
ter of the case.
Gobi watch cases are sold by weight,
and no one can see where this lead is
accreted until the springs of the case are
taken out and the lead will be found se
creted behind them.
These coses are made by companies who
profess to be honest but furnish the
means to the dishonest to rob the pub
lic. It is not pleasant for anyone to find
that he has lugged a lump o( leud in his
watch case.
Another trick the makers of spurious
solid gold watch cases ih to stamp the
case *‘U. S. Assay.” The United States
does not stamp any article made out of
gold and silver except coin, and the fakir,
ky “8,u{t this stamp, wants to make the
public believe that the government had
something to do with the stamping or
guaranteeing the fineness of watch cases.
Another trick of the watch fakir is to
advertise a watch described as a solid
gold tilled watch with a twenty or twenty*
fivc-year guarantee. These watches are
generally sent C. 0. 1)., and if the pur
chaser has paid for the watch, he finds
that the Company which guaranteed the
watch to wear is not in existence.
The Dueber-IIampden Watch Company
of Canton, Ohio, who are constantly ex
posing these frauds, will furnish * the
names of the manufacturers who aie m
this questionable business.
I*I*1 the Heat They Conlil.
She—I wonder why they hung that pic
ture?
He—Perhaps they couldn’t catch the
artist.—Stray Stories.
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Snlcer’a Earliest Cane.
Another new thing. Can he cut six times
during a season and sprouts again with
lightning rapidity. Next to Salzer’s Teo
sinte it will make more green fodder than
oii> tiling else, cheap as dirt and crows
everywhere.
. Of Salzer’s Renovator Grass Mixture
just the thing for pastures and mead
ows, Mr E. Rapnold, East Park, Ga.,
writes, "I sowed Salzer's Grass Mixture on
soil ‘so poor two men could not raise a fuss
on it, and in forty-one days after sowing I
had the grandest stand of grass in the
bounty. Sal/er s Grass Mixtures sprout
quickly and produce enormously.” 100 000
barrels choice Seed Potatoes.
8 AI.ZKIt’S NEW NATIONAL OATS.
Here is a winner, a prodigv, a marvel
enormously prolific, strong, healthy, vigor
?U8«iJ?,?x,,,c'nft in thirty States from 150
to 300 bu. ner acre. You had best sow a
r ii° « •* Mr. Farmer, in 11)04, and in the
tall sell it to your neighbors at £1 a bu.
for seed.
•JUST SEND 10c IN STAMPS
to the John A. Falzer Seed Co., La Crosse
” is., and receive in return their big oata
[fj? “V*! ^®ts of farm seed samples free.
[K. L.J
Nell—“So lie really said he considered
me very witty?” Belle “Not exactly,
Icur. Me said he had to laugh every time
he saw you. —Philadelphia Ledger.
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Are You (inline to I lorlilnf
Winter .Tourist Tickets are now on sale
vm. Oueen & Crescent Route, Southern
Railway, and connecting lines to points.
South, Southeast and Southwest, good re
turning until May 31, 1!M.
Tickets can lie purchased going to Flor
ida via Lookout Mountain and Atlanta,and
returning via Asheville and the Land of the
•sky, Paving a variable route. For intoirna
tion address. W. C. Rincarsao. C. 1*, A.,
Cincinnati, 0.
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Daily Guide to Flattery.- If you meet
a woman who strongly suspects that she
is a beauty, ask her earnestly if all her
family are beautiful. — Bultunorc Amer
ican.
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‘‘The Tnsidp Inn” is the name of the only
hotel in the World’s Fair Ground*—Amer
ican and European plan at reasonable
rates. See advertisement in another column
and write for folder to “Inside Inn.” Ad
ministration Bldg , Room 110, St. Louis, Mo.
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A man’s life is worth what it cost#
hnn.— Ham a Horn.
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all follow In the train of not using
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For Rheumatism, |
Neuralgia, Lumbago, *
Sciatica, Sprains
It has cured thousands. Will X
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