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NOT DEAD.
Experience
of John Turk, a Pho
neer of Helena.
80 Doses Taken at Once Did
Not Kill, but Succeeded
: in Curing Him.

John Turk, Cascade, Montana, look 80
doses of a so-called "San Francisco Quack's
Medicine" at once, and was not killed,
as promised by rival doctors. In Septem-
Dor, 1883, he called on DR.. A. G.. Stoddart,
visiting physician for DR.. Liebig Il Co..
and Butte City, who had offices for two
weeks at the Merchants Hotel, Helena.
Mr.. Turk had suffered for years with
Rheumatism, Impurity of Blood and effects
Of merourial Salvation. He had four OF
the best physicians in Montana attend him,
dart examined him, sent his prescriptions
to Liebig Dispensary, San Francisco. to be
prepared. Alter DR.. Stoddart left, Mr..
Turk met the local doctors and told them
what he had done They laughed at him,
ana said that San Francisco qq9aek would
kill him. He was SO frightened that when
the medicine from San Francisco came he
put the bottle pom a shelf at his house,
7O7 Park st eet, Helena, and it stood neg
lected until December (nearly three
monshs) while Mr.. Turk suffered day and
night, had not slept half an hour at a time
in years. Being in great agony late IN
December, at midnight, his eye caught
sight of the so-called "Quack's2" medi-
cine; (THE QUACK HAPPENS TO HAVE THE
MONTANA MEDICAL. LICENSE: AND IS A DULY
QUALIFIED PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON FOR MON
TANA.) He, i'll desperation decided to kill
himself with the 'Quack's" medicine, as
he was told by former attending doctors it
would kill him, so he swallowed half q
months medicine at once-@ doses-and
fell asleep, slept until noon next day, and
never has had a pain or ache since.
The above reads like fiction, but truth is
stran ger, and to prove that the above IS
true. write to John Turk, Cascade, Mon
tana, or call on Mrs. Il. Verley, or Mrs. A.
Fl. Dunbar, TOT Park avenue, Helena, Mont.
Drs. Stoddart, Liebig u Co. will have
Offices III Helena at Merchants Hotel, LIST to
4th of each month. Montana Offices s East
Broadway, Butte. Call or write.
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ting or running clocks or other machines and
taking its first power from another source of
energy, transmitting it then to the operating
mechanism. The object of my invention is
to obtain, under the unwindinR of a spiral
spring, an increased number of revolutions
of the spring axle or shaft. These revolu-
tions are from ten to a hundred times the
number OF rotations performed in the first
winding. Ihe invention comprises in a
mechanical movement a prime moving
wheel adapted to be actuated by the spring,
another wheel fast to the spring arbor or
shaft and of different diameter, either
larger or smaller than the prime moving
wheel, and q compound wheel or trans
hitting device operating in connection with
the prime moving wheel and the fast wheel,
SO that the power of the spring is trans
mitted through the prime moving wheel
and the compound wheel to the fast wheel
and axle.
in adapting the spring motor to the pro-
pulsion of machinery there is q tendency
for the spring 70 uncoil rapidly and break.
| overcome this objection by combining an
automatically operating clutch with a loose
wheel forming a part of the diiferential
gear between the spring axle or shaft aud a
counter-shaft. In my first invention EN-
ployed a single primary axle, a coiled
spring, a drum which contained the spring
and in which it was loosely MOUNTED on the
axle, n shaft parallel with the axle, differ
hSa III VA ~ oAibtb Nm ~ jul
shaft with two primary wheels loose on the
axle. One of these primary wheels is rigid
with the drum. and an automatic clutch
mechanism operating in connection with
! the gearing to free the axle from the inHu-
ence of the spring when the drum has Mt
tanned its maximum of speed enables me
to secure an increased number of rotations
of the axle and shaft on the uncoiling of
the spring.
In the invention just granted | aim to
secure the multiplied number of rotations
of the axle and power shaft as the springs
unooil to a still greater degree. A still
further object is to partially rewind each
spring of a series of springs ut each turn of
the owe shaft by temporarily nrresting
the uncoilino of each sp,ing and utilizing
the power of the acting springs of the
series to partially rewind the spring so ar
rested. thus insuring a longer operation of
the II ovement.
with these ends in view tho invention
consists III the combination, with a series
OF axles 1.-TWO or more), each having n
spring and q drum. . single power shaft
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some F0UR-yEAR CLOCKS
The Kelley Motor Must Take a
Back Seat From This
Time On.
A Spring Motor That Almost
Solves the Problem Of Per-
petual Motion.
Patent Secured by a New York Merchant,
Who Worked on the Idea
Twenty Years.

TO ONE WOULD TAKE MR.. SIGIS-
IoI mund b. Workman for a great in
TX ventor. and yet for twenty years this
y we'll known New York merchant has
been laboring assiduously and unremit-
tingly in perfecting an idea which now
promises to rival the most wonderful ad-
vances made in electrical engineering. I
visited him at his laboratory in his mag
nifcent Seventy-ninth street mansion and
found in him anything but the typical in
ventor.
.'This work. said he, has been my rec
~reation, and now that the final patents have
been granted | believe | can talk with free
dom on the subject. You know that for
centuries the minds of mechanical engi-
neers have been busted solving the amount
OF owe that could be conserved in q steel
spring. They have made innumerable esti-
mates and tests, but the difficulty seemed
always to have been that only sufficient
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common to all the spring axles. and diff
ferentlRl gearing between the power shaft
and each spring axle. Of mechanism which
temporarily arrests in succession each one
of the spring axles during a complete turn
of the owe shaft and which permits the
acting springs to partially rewind the
spring on the axle so arrested"
In his studies on spring motors Mr.. Wort
mann has come across some very queer
ideas. He was telling me incidentally of
the proposition of q Paris engineer who had
an idea that he could prevent railway dis
posed to construct q steel spring which,
when placed in front of an engine, would
take upon itself all the momentum of a
colllding engine and leave the trains abso-
lutely intact. When it came to estimating
as to the amount of steel to be used for the
purpose it was found that several million
tons would hardly be enough to effectually
resist the tremendous energy of q moving
giant engine.
My invention as now perfected when ap-
piled to clocks will enable them to run for
several years. On >heavier machinery my
idea IS simply to increase the number of
springs, adjusting all of them with these
clutches and cams as they are arranged in
the final patent granted me. Elevators
could be run for DAYS BY means of this con-
served energy and there is no question in nv
mlnd but that the power can now be sue
cesstully applied to street cars and to the
heaviest kind OF machinery. 1t took me
to break. In fact, that was my main diffas
Guilty, and it was not until I applied what
You might call the brake of the machine,
the clutches, that l succeeded, and now YOU
see there IS absolutely no danger of a break
in any of the springs l have used"
With this Mr.. Workman began a test of
the four spring machine, and its power of
CONSERVING en6rUV HAaIna1 ir1afn;to D.
the application of the brakes he m8de the
spring coil as he pleased, giving it renewed
energy each time and stopped it Just when
he pleased, then again renewing it, when it
would have gone on indefinitely until the
element of friction would have made fnr-
ther conservation impossible. 1t certainly
IS a marvellous machine and Mr.. .Wortmann
deserves to rank among the leading in
ventors of the age.
lie himself is a man of medium beioht
with exceedingly intellectual features n
stockllJ built frame, and still Young enonoh
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to improve vastly on his great idsn. He
has in his workshop several machines which
he seems to run with ease through LIs new
motor. One OF these is an Edison nhono-
graph, and he demonstrated to mo TINT. ma
far as applied motive power was concerned.
the spring motor was certainly superior in
TINS instance to electricity. But one thing
Workman fof-noW that his great Drincinla
IS to be applied-and that is that clocks
wall no longer have to be wound IN except
on January | every leap year.
DAVID MEcnsIEp.
Copyright.
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Copyright.

Bny tels y Co.'S Transparent g!,corino soap.
Bee Hive. - :" ~ Nv
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power could be gained for use in watch,
clock and other light movements, and even
in these instances the expenditure of the
power they found they were able to get ont
of a spring WAS of comparatively small
duration.
For instance, when an effort was made
in Philadelphia to apply q sprin. motto. to
& street car system there the engineers soon
found that their power was not sufficient
at any time to get a car up more than
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BOOKS NEATLY RULED AND PRINTED.

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF TUE FIRST
j judicial district Of the state OF Montana, III
md Tor tho county OF 1 owls and Clarke.
IN tho matter OF tho q "st. r"b. 3, y W. miii n'
Tnrsasnt to an order Of said court, made ON
tho 9th day OF February. 1892, notice ia hereby
given. that Saturday. the 18th day q March, lss.,
~ aid court, at the court house in the county or
i swis and Clarke. has. been appointed ~ re
time and place for proving the VIII Of sAid WI.
annlication Of Margaret Nicholas for tho issuance
~ her for letters testamentary, when and where
IL T. y JOHN BEAN, Clerk.
- BY II. j. CASSIDY.
D.. 8. WADE. Attorney.
Dated Feb. ~. 1857
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

According to the new plan or theory Of dis
infection for diseases like cholera, steam
under pressure in relied upon Is the best ger
micide. Chemicals may be adulterated but not
steam. 1t Is suggested very properly that the
new system may be as efficient in the United
States - in Europe. 1t was successfully en-
pioyed BY the French on the Pyrenees during
the last cholera epidemic in spsin, and France
therefore brought the matter before the recent
Vienna conference, which adopted 1t with prao-
tical unanimity. This system, 1t Is claimed,
proraises greater certainty Of stopping the
spresd q cholera than the old one, and also
relieves travellers and shipping interests from
vsxatious delays After q protracted voyage If
the disease has not developed the vessel is al
lowed TO proceed. Those which have had
cholera cases during the voyage, but not within
ssven days before arrival, pass the Sues canal in
Quarantine and presumably any other place
Under similar circumstances, provided there IL
On board . medical officer and . disinfecting
stove. Other infected ships are detained, their
nick diaembsrked and isolsted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

The bill to provide free library for Wash
ing.on claims the attention Of the Senate Dis
trict committee today. The general provisions
are those that TnE STAR has advanced and adj
vocated from the beginning. and if the bill were
10 pass in Substantially the shape in which the
committee finds it, there lie every reason to be-
Eeve il would give general satisfaction. To-
cation in the new post Office building would be
easy Of access not only to the department en-
ployes, but TO the public at large. The depart
ments that have accumulated collections OF
their own cannot reasonably object to giving
them over to the new Institution, as it would
be in the nature of an exchange Of familiar
literature for new. 1t would be the sacrifice OF
q limited store to obtain one that il practi-
caIly inexhaustible. The impracticability
OF the Congressional Library as a means Of sup
plying the needs Of the general reading public
has been completely and empatically demon
etrated Not only should the people be pro-
vided with better facilities, but the Congress
ional Library should be relieved Of the extra
pressure. The immediate requirements in the
way Of accommodations are by no means magnif-
cent But it will be in the course Of time one
of the worlds greatest book collections. Tho
transfer Of duplicate books from the Congress
ioral Library, while not of itself sufficient to in
sure On adequately comprehensive collection,
means a steady and substantial increase. With
judicious pruning as well as encouragement its
rapid growth is certain to make It an institution
that will reflect credit not merely on the city,
but on the nation.
The total collection will be very full popu-
lar library, to all intents and purposes sufi-
Gent with such improvements as may become
necessary from time to time. 1t will afford
facilities for ready reference for all at all
hours in which such reference Is desirable or
needful, and also place where persons making
special researches may do so without hindrance.
Not only so. The people, virtually everybody,
may 20 there to read during the day and in the
evening, the Library being open until reason
able hour for closing. At present only q por-
ton Of the books may be on certain conditions
removed from the library. The new library
would extend the facilities for such removal,
giving an opportunity to many persons who
could not otherwise avail themselves of the
benefits of the collection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

In addition to the curious facts already
given in The STAR from the United States
census, there are Others no less interesting. An
actual decrease for the ten years is shown in
foreign-born population in the Carolinas. II,
those states and in Georgia and Florida TIA
total increase Of foreign-born population dy r
ing forty years was only "a, 496, or 1923 Iper
cent. Ii Is wen known that these states, ar.
notwithstanding the progress in some of them
gaining very slowly in foreign-born popr ,lation
but the figures are, nevertheless, revs alton to
most persons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

In the Idaho mining trouble new phsse Of
the labor question arises. It is the ntervp ntion
without the request Of he state authorities and
wholly independent of their action and appar-
emily outside the sphere of the states influence,
OF the United States government. The aid of
the government is not sought directly from the
executive, but the striking miners are enjoined'
by the United States court in Idaho and resist
ance to its mandates is to be put down by the
power vested in the President This is amin
teresting chapter in the history of the conflict
between capital and Organized labor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

Hys'tsville persists in objecting too Henry
George experiments. She doesn't care~to have
single tax glory thrust upon her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

Mr. Carnegie probably fai,s to appreciate the
irnmense advertisements Tor his book which the
Homestead trouble carries with IL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

The prospective smalluess Of the liberal MAJ
3odty IN the British parliament brings up points
Of interest connected with the organization Of
the house Of commons, the complexion Of the
new cabinet and the program Of the party.
Some liberals accuse Sir Robert Peel, the
speaker, Of partially, and declare they win not
support him for reelection. The British GUS
tom Is to keep the same speaker for many par
isments, without regard to politics, II he be an
acceptable officer. The liberal leaders may sue
coed in quoting the discomfort. Another and
more serious matter is the queens displeasure
at Labouchere, whom it Ia understood Mr. Glad
stone wishes to have in the government. Mr. La
bouchere, as member of the commons and editor
Of liberal paper, has been quite free in his
criticisms of the royal family and expenditures,
and is therefore personally offensive to her
majesty. Supposing both Of these matters
adjusted satisfactorily, greater difficulty
presents itself at the threshold Of the session,
what sort of home rule bill can be framed
with hope OF passage by a parliament in which
the commons are held by slender majority,
and the lords are wholly in the hands Of the
Philistines except in so far as they may be re-
strained bys public sentiment not Enthusiastically
declared on this question? Threats made that
the house Of lords will be swamped by new
peers created BY patent, and whose life tenure
will for the time being change the
Hereditary character Of the English senate
are promptly met, it seems, by talk of the
queens veto. Not since William III has an
English sovereign exercised the veto power, and
its use on any occasion would shake the tight
little isle from center to circumference II any
thing would seem to justify such a proceeding
IL could find its pretext in a division Of the
public sentiment close that hundred
thousand or SO would mark the difference
between the parties, and yet not clearly affirm
the preponderance of the home rulers. Tia
kind OF measure brought in by the government
viii decide probably whether the royal veto
shall be forthcoming and what its result wily'be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

Democrats who were sntayonistic to Hill first
blamed him because he talked too much Now
they say he doesn't talk enough.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

As leader Of tho Marine Band Pref sousa has
bssn great success. Success TO shis successor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

The epidemic scare has already given faint
manifestations and the sEuamer is still young.
The health department. should not pause in its
crusade against the microbes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-15

II Ia possible that Jay Gould V i'll consider
Senator Sanders expressed aver ion TO water.
ing stock as something of aIS,ersonal reeec.
ton.
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CoxrrSuArrox Or Usprnwr.n SALE

stesdy stream Of buyers have daily
throns~d our Underwear Department.
This last purchase Of underwear gave us
the best values We have ever offered in
the history Of our business. 1nssmuch
IS number Of the popular priced gar
ments are being rapidly closed out IL
behooves all VINO intend TO take advant-
see Of this opportunity 10 call ct their
earliest convenience.
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C1os1Ne Our SALE Or SH.wrs.

We will shatser the Shawl stock to-
morrow by naming ridiculously low
prices.
Cashmere Shawls. in pink. tans. gar
net and cardinal. Reduced from q. 10,
&l. % and q. AZ to 49c. each.
3Garnet Cashmere Shawls. Reduced
from 81. so to 75c.
Cream Cashmere Shawls. frinred all
around. Reduced from 50. % 10 81. IS.
3 Imported Shetland shswls, light
blue and black. Reduced from o. TO
el9S
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Dors Youn FIoun Sur You,

We naturally ask you this question because
many folks -four don't suit them. II your
hour does not suit you Ceres" -four VII
Ceres" IL an old standard -four. Not new
BY any means 10 washingtonians.
All housekeepen who use II say that
Ceres" Is the best -four and makes ''nors''
bread. Fighter" bread. ''wAttsv" hread snd
oetfer" bread than any other.
Becareful Of the limitations Inferior Aour
tsbagged to look like Ceres" Get the genu-
inc 'Ceres"-every sack and barrel ofkwhicA
contains circular. bearing the imprint q two
gold medals and the autograph asnssus cf
VIM. n. Gait Co. Loek rw Il.
All "sD-to-tAs -ttssss" eroosss ssll 's,ssssLs
We only cell q 70 gyoesvs.
VIZ M. Gnr & Co.
''TAsisssas Sss, ssa ~ Bssssvs.s
Cor. Ii snd LA svs. n Y. n
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When we 30 into the stock to cut prices
We don't ''mince matters. We cut for .
purpose-and we cut effectually-once for
an Both the BOYS LONG PANTS and
the CHILDREN's SHORT PANTS are in
eludsd- Figure On the best proofs.
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INTERESTING To Men AND BoYs
ceo-A-wAys" OR "sTAY-AT-HoMEs~
Is TINS IMPORTANT REPORT

Is L HIS IMPORTANT IMPORT
FROM MEMS DEPARTMENT
REDUCTIONS EXTRAORDINARY.
All Men. and Boys Bathing Suits that were 81.
s15O and 81. IS are no1 ................-....b0 Doc
All that were 81 and %. 25 now...........7Jc.
All the Best Quality Two-piece Jersey Suits (all
sizes) that were 90 80 are ow.................S1
Better select at once; they 'front.' be here long.
ALL MEMS NEGLIGE SHIRTS
(sizes II to 171O
That we're SOC. nor .....................39c .
OUR ENTIRE LINE OF
Mems Colored Balbrirgan Shirts and Drawers.
(All sizes)
That were Soc. are non. or for 81
ALL COTTON BICYCLE HOSE.
Brown and gray in sizes 81 to IL. nou Csc. or
pairs for 81.
DIST floor. LIST annex.)
WADE & BurcHrR,s RAzoRs. sle5
Everybody knows their reputation. E,cellen.
for private use-a bargain at
S1.65.
Rodgers and wostenbolm's Pocket Knives in
great variety.
Cutlery Department.
Qst f0or........ .1Ih st. bldg. right Of entrance
INTERESTING REpucrroxs
In
LADIES SHIRT WA1srs.
zoc. BEST PERCALE wAIsTs-50c.
e1.5O IRISH LAWN wAISTS-S1.25.
Jsbot fronts. rolling collars and cuffs.
e225 ENGLISH MADRAS wAIsTs-sL5 So
"a. 70 WASH SILK wAISTS-S3 "a
AL white grounds. dainty patterns.
Third floor. 10th st. buidng.)
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II not. you ought to have one. especially II you're
going away" because ali the other girls will have
'em. We've marked them regardless Of cost
Former HERE'S WHAT THEY ARE Present
Prices Prices
g. so Silk Coaching Parasos. slightly soiled.
% Changeable Silk and Surah Psrasols 81 90
90 Ecru Lace Parasois now..................... a2
e5 Changeable Silk Parasols with rufHs So so
% Silk Parasols. with lace trimming So rs
ALL UMBRELLAS AT COST PRICES
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These Clocks are beauties and nns mautel piece.
We have Just IL. received last Thursday from the
factory. We bought them ct Q reduction Of S3f Per
cent. Of which We give you the benefit
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WOODWARD !. noruaor.
wAsazxoron. DO
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lro BE ooNT1NUE':DL'.l !

Cathollcity is apparently regain 81 ~ 3
former influence ID the Seardd l1hYlan
peninsula, where Bishop Bitter 49, 1e-
Gently installed as tile first ~
tion prelate of Sweden, and Whe. 49,
agnor Won Euch, apos.olic vicar ii,
mark. has just iesued his frE la,ss.s,.s ~
Perhaps ID time Cath olicH $3.50 I'D aasss
again, as IL once did 81 tend fri Nv.
|dinayia to Greenl aud md q ysasl
lead Ia tho appoii ~
to the Catholic ho
held sway il Those
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"SasppOse tDas to giUe a tea partyf''
Ann Basket remarked to Miss May
hew that Sister Martha had gone off
turribly in her looks, and was as yaner
Completed as lemon. s ii
I Mrs. Whitcumb intimated that her
nights were bad. She was suffering
from new tangled disease called tin-
sonny. The Bath farm was lonely
place, with no very near neighbors, and
she had come away for change Of scene
and to zee something Of life. s