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The total tonnage passing through
the Sault Ste Marie Canal during the
season was valued at S143, 900, 900.
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Hairs From Mohammed,s Beard.

The treasures of treasures in the new
mosque at Tripoli, Syria, is magnifi-
cent gold casket in which are placed
three hairs from the Prophet Moham-
med's beard
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

A new railroad uniting the Atlantic
and Pacific is nearly completed. 1t
crosses the Andes and brings Buenos
Ayres within forty hours travel of Val.
paraiSO
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IF the Baby is Cutting Teeth
Be and that old and well-tried remedy, MRS.
wISsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
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The Berlin Street Car Company paid
$3.50, 600 into the treasury of the city
for the privilege of crossing the princi-
pal avenue, Under den Linden, at one
point.
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March Op'nd HIT Lost Mar Mar
Rye and FIaxseed.

CHICAGO March 9-Rye-No cash, 81 &c
May SIC Flaxseed-No cash, Northwest
ern, $L41 May, S1.I1
ST LOUIS, March. 8. -Rye-Cash.5ic Castor
beans al % Flaxseed. nominally 81 SO
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Sandpaper is made of powdered
glass.
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CHICAGO March = The followin, taSls
shows the range of prices for active futucsI
on the board OF trade to-day:
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Germany's salt tax yields 81, 900, 900
yearly.
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HOODS
SARSAPARILLA

Dn before we We're half through, ORR ADVERTISEMENTS
DlSAPPEAhBD. Why2 Because WE WERE OVERWHELMED
WITH BUSINESS. There but thing do: Withdraw
the advertising and every energy filing the orders
with which flooded This did and handled with
reasonable Pomtness most unprecedented business
WITH ENLARGED FAC TORIES, INCREASED FACILITIES,
AND TWENTY BRANCH HOUSES FROM WHICH TO DIS.
TRIBUTE OUR GOODS WE CAN NOW CARE FOR ALL WHO
COME Last could reduce prices because
compelled in limit the demand for goods
We would have been satisfied with lower prices why
demand which could not supply7 We have made the
heaviest purchases Of steel and material bought
and at Unprecedented prices and have to
dealers which enable them make Unprecedented prices
In quality character variety nish accessibility to
iul stock OF goods and REPAIRS without competitors
IN cur plan OF advertising last year. proposed 10 furnish
iced cutter under conditions
above did not the ADVERTISING
ter was not put We propose make amends in
the following manner We viii announce in this
NEM ALLrSTEEI VERY SIPERInR CTTTRn n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

Prince of Wales cigars cost $3.50
each.
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New York contains $4,000 Russians
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Germany ha. %. ss7 physicians.
BOston boasts chinese druggists.

France leads in wine production.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

California has &c, 900, 600 fruit trees.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

Jacksonville. Fla. has more negroes
than whites.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

The worlds railways employ 394, 200
people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-13

NJ. GRANDEAU, French writer, once
said During centuries past expert
ence in the scientific sense of the term
of agricultural art is unfortunately
large accumulation of observations
that remains stationary. The wealth
of tie agriculture of a country is tho
most solid pivot of public and private
fortune. There is no question more
important to the material prosperity
of the nation than that treating of ag.
rlculture nor one in which the inter
vention OF the government is more i'm
posed. To the government belongs
the duty of instructing by every means
possible the general eultivators and
furnishing at the most useful times all
information relative to commerce, tc
the markets and the latest agricult.
ural importations, all the departments
and agricultural associations, assisting
by their efforts in the propagation OF
the best methods and the experimental
demonstration of the results acquired
in the schools and stations
A TENNESSEE breeder assures Fanci.
er's Review that asafetida will cure
timber neck. Give the afflicted bird
pill of asaf9tida as large as a pea
and repeat the dose in twenty-four
hours if the bird is no better. Timber
neck resembles ST. Vitus dance in the
human family. The fowl staggers
about as if drunk, its neck twists all
about: it falls down and reels around,
but at times it seems all right, with
hardly trace of the affection visible.
Its appetite is good, and it does not
have any symptoms of other Affections,
such as diarrbea, or roup symptoms.
Cause unknown. We had two cases in
our yards in Georgia. Both died In a
week. We used no drugs, as we did
not know anything about the malady,
and never saw a case OF it until then.
We afterward advertised for remedy
for Timber neck, and the asafetida
cure was sent to us. Try it, and re-
port if you have cause to use it.
Two more OF the Chinese ironclads
have been sent to the bottom by the
japanese feet. They were the two
best ships of the "Celestials,' the
Chen Yuen and the Ting Tuen. These
two ships with two smaller ones brave
ly attacked the Japanese fleet at Wei
Hai-Wei and fought till the two large
ones went down. There seems to lie a
marked improvement in the fighting
of the Chinese, and if the war be con-
tinued for long time China may give
a better account of herself
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It. LnniS

ST LOUIS, Mo- March 9-'Vheat- Cash,
sac May, 531sc July, sac Corn Cash,
ad.sc May, 42c; July. 42Hc. Oats - Cash,
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n mY1pYn1N Thomas j. Simpson, Washington
RAIkH1E DC. No atty fee until Patent Oh
a LIN ~ tanned. Write for Inventor Guide
RSIuEURI Rods for locating gold or silver ore
Ht4EnRI lost hidden treasures. For particus
iers address, NJ D. Fowler, Box S57 Southington. CT
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w. ". u, Wichfta.-Vol. 8, No. IL.
When Answering Advertisement
KfndlY Mention this Paper.
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$40 at $1O

cash with order b. Chicago Only person. to
furnish addresses Of ten nehbor who ought have
thing IN line Cut description and full information TO-
uard nj twill
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The Christmas Giri.-

She was born on Christmas morning, ex.
actly tweetss 3~ars ago;
OF course st. Nicholas kissed hef-the old
Saint is never slow;
And on every bfrth-morn since then, Just
CIR asHf1idf as MS found;
Somewhere on this dainty maiden, the
Old Chaps gift is fcuEd.
First twas teeth, then twas dimples,
then twas gfbbcrish and talk;
Then p w0bbIy.toddly sort Of creep and
very straddle walk;
Then hlushf.s came, and beauty, with a
wealth of wavy hair;
Then sy,ear that trapped q fellows heart,
and lips that said Beware
e1T ot:c Jiot-Gw VI
Asxeaz aSsa the hOla Saint left a bundle
labeled Love"
IT Swas. tea aro&ni with hcart-strings,
and its seal looked like dove.
She opened it and rested it. We Joined
in merry laugh;
BGf while she was ffot looking, II ate
s.a thes otaer. ha}f 49,
Ever since that Happy morning, we have
had a lovely time:
She begs my half, while beg hers It's
really quite sublime.
But it's settled. that this Christmas,
shah talesbss Gift and al;
And st. Nfck's TO give me to her. I'll be
ready ut hisscall:
CHARLES McILvANE.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23
TO SERVE WITH GAME.
Suggestions as to Sweets for tn
Christ mas Dinner Table.

Suggestions as to Sweets for the
Christ mas Dinner Table.
G,URRANT or plum jelly or spiced pluns
~ should tie served with all kinds OF
feathcred game, except turkey, which like
its civilized cousin, takes kindly 10 cram
berry jelly.
Celery il alwa VS. in order with any kind OF
game and celery sauce is preferred to n
bread sauce by many.
OF that useful and appetiZlng sweet, mock
pineapple salad, the London Caterer says
the texture of united orange and apple Is to
the taste like real pineapple. Imagination
of course greatly helps in the deiusion.
The ingretiients are three OF four fine large
apples, five or six. good oranges, one wine
glass of sherry, If you use 1t; sifted sugar
to taste Core and peel the apples. Slice
them rather thin and against the grain of
the fruit Peel the oranges and remove I'll
the outside white pulp. Slice them thicker
than the apples, and, like them, crosswise.
Lay o slice of orange upon a slice of apple
of as near possible the same size. Save
every drop Oforauge Juice for the syrup.
Place the double slices in a circle In a
glass dish. Pour the juice you have col
lected over the fruit, and the wine, too, il
used.
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DIED.

p ATKINSON-Monday morning, December
%, 1885, of typhoid fever, John B. Atkfn-
son, fifteen years of age, son OF Mile A
and the late W B. Atkinson.
Funeral from the late residence. $40
street northwest. Tuesday, at D. m.
RICE-December %, Mrs Fannie Rice.
wife of Fred Rice, aged forty-seven.
Funeral from Lees undertaking estab-
lishnient, Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock,
December "a Grand Army comrades OF
Post 1 are invited TO attend.
WAGNER-On Saturday, December 81.
1895, at S O'Clock p m, after a short ILL
ness Julius, beloved husband OF Annie
Wagner, aged thirty-six years.
Funeral from his brothers residence. Mr.
Emil Wagner, No. 4l4 IL street northwest.
on Tuesday, December "a, at O'Clock a.
m. Requiem mass al ST. Mary's Church at
$50. Relatives and friends are respect
fully invited to attend. 1t
LAwLER-On Saturday. December 81.
1895. John T. son OF Michael'and Honora,
and husband of Johanna LAWYER, aged
twenty-seven years
The friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral. on Monday.
December %, IS95, ats O'Clock y. H.,
from his late residence, 1898 N street,
Georgetown, ID. c.
RICE-December ID, Mrs Fannie Rice,
Wife of Fred Rice, aged forty-seven.
Funeral from Lees undertaking estab-
Ishment Tuesday afternoon, December "a.
\ Grand Army comrades of Post are Invited
to attend.
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THUS FAR -
WOMEN HAVE
UTTERLY FAILED TO
Make head or tail of a time table.

cad O tail of a table
jolly and appreciate the best time going she knows her
of curl 50
it's question between Cupid and herself help saying
mo" when she means YES and vice versa. ~
the daring of her scratch the sole
of boot-at least in unconcerned manner II
Wrap parcel without spearng through and through with
pins besides the cord that to hold TIN place
Help gauging by her coes though experience
beggars sometimes ride fine coaches
hand attempt hanging with
baerng walls and her thumbs into ptifu condition.
Pay simple little vpee bonbons
of struggle with herself enqu the
forfeit
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TRIMMING THE TREE.
Do 1t Properly and You VIII Not Re-
greet the Money Expend ed.

Do 1t Properly and You w i'll Not Re-
greet the Money Expended
OF ALL things for Christmas Christ
" mas tree is Indispensable in house
where there are children
1t matters not how small the tree, If ii be
prettiIy decorated. In this IL Is chiefly
the first cost which counts The same urna-
ments with very few addit ions, will do year
after year
Strings OF silver aud gilt balls and balls
OF raw cotton mi Ike pretty and effective dec
orations. Shreds "f raw cotton may also be
sprinkled over the tree. THIS does very nicely
to represent snow. English wainuts. either
natural or gilded, may be tied with ribbon
and added to the other materials You car
not have too much. Quantity rather than
quality makes a tree beautiful. dozen
or more dolls, made of bright colored tissue
paper, should BIZ added IL there are any
little girls in the house. Candy canes and
sugar animals OF every conceivable kind a e
always appreciated by the youngsters. 80
Little pasteboard boxes may be had at
any drug store, and when touched up with
gilt paint, filled with candy and tied with
ribbon make very pretty ornaments. Last
OF all, the candies, if it is intended that
the tree be lighted. See that these are very
securely fixed in their sockets, SO tina there
can be no possibility Of their falling.
All these articles should be spread out
around the tree before the work OF deco
rating begins. So that glance will show
Just what material there is TO work with.
Then commence at the top and festoon the
popcorn and strings of glass balls in grace
full loops. selecting the most prominent
branches for fastenings, AMI covering up IS
much as pOssihl. any bare spots. The cot
ton balls. walnttS. candy boxes and figures
come next. Tie the lighter articles at the
tips of the branches and the heavier further
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rabbit scar. 1t caused instantaneous death.
whereas u similar dose OF common whisky
was not attended by Immediately fatal
effects.
The result of the experiments showed
that, while both beverages are hurtful,
if not Poisonous. the higher priced cognac
brandics are much more injurious than or
binary liquors. Chemical analysis shows
that what Il re generally regarded as the best
brands. contain a far larger proportion of
'.furfuror' and ''amylic alcohol than do
the cheaper spirits distilled from corn. The
furfurol and amylic alcohol are the in
furious ingredients.
Brandy has. more than any other form
of alcoholic stimulants, a peculiarly evil
effect on the system when taken regJ-
larry, even in small doses. Ope physi-
clan, who has studied the matter ca refully.
says that when the best cognac is mis-
usesl it becomes worthless What should be
avoided is the habitual consumption of
brandy. the little glass after each repast.
even though it should he Of the finest
quality. Little glasses soon accumulate
in the organism; the hardest stone yields
TO the constant drop"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23
u.IRDREssERS' MODELS.
The Beautiful Wax Figures Are MAUI
From Humble Beauties.

JSEW people who look at the wax figures
Il displa wing the latest coiifures IN hair-
drcsser's window know that the modeis
that pose for Them make pIoi'tapie ousi-
ness out of il The making OF wax heaos
that arr. al all excellent has only lately De
come an American industry. vienna having
s.Spor,ed them in great quantities to Lon
dan. Parjsand New York Americaisequ
ing therl now however. and New York turns
out for 500 or 81 so figures that are reaii!
beautiful.
The models are orienest Italians or poor
mndels. II is strange, but there perfectly
regular, ct,cn fauliess. features are round
Dirt ana bad cumpiexionsaren no ORA wOacKs
for work where the pink and white Is the
mink and white of the makeup box ana not
nf nature. and their lack of-inicilectuei'
ity which makes the faces OF the hieher
classes less statuesque is help To the wax
figure modeler.
Every hair of the head. as well as al me
brow e4ris iasstes. is inserted in the wax
separately with the aid of hot needle,
So that il can be washed. combed and ar
ranged in every sort of a coiffure-even curl
ed ON hot iruns-with no danger OF It's CON-
ing out. sr-.
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STEMS ARE UP-To-DATE GIFTS.
II the Man Does Not Drink They Are
Used to Decorate.

g TENS or all sorts are in high favor, and,
~ whether or not man drinks beer, are
so decorative a S to ma Ike delightful additions
to his room. The price is only a question OF
what you VIII pay. Two styles, however.
share the honors or the day-a blue ware.
rich and warm in tone on which football
players disport themselves, and genuine
delft. The latter can be bought for some
thing,less than So, while the former. silver
mounted, cost SO. Both are delightful in
color, but the higher price OF the football
pla yers goes to show how much more costly
is a fad than true art.
A really striking German ware, known as
the Mctilach, brings only $3.50, and many
good things can be found for about that
price, things OF truly artistic design and of
pottery suited to Just such a use.
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CUSHIONS IN AMERICA.
Z 5, 900 900 or at Least Two for Every
Perron in the Country

75,OOO,OOO or at Least Two for Every
Person in the Country
'IHE sofa cushion craze goes on unaba ted
4 until IL is now estimated by an uphol-
stery man that there are now $4,000, 900
OF these things at the least calculation lying
around the American homes.
Says he: There are GO, 600, 900 people
IN this country. and on an average of five
people in a family, over l 8, 200 900 fami-
lies II is fair to presume that the average
family has got at least five sofa cushions.
Understand, We are not figuring on pillows
for the bed. SO we get back to 5000 900
cushions in the country. In the colleges
there is not a boy from Ann Arbor to Harvard
who has not all the way from one to two
dozen cushions in his bachelor quarters
Some of these youngsters have twenty or
-isore and their best girls are always making
them.
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DECORATING THE HOUSE.
Su questions for the Woman Who
Wishes to Celebrate Fitttngfy.

SuRktSttOuS loE tuc w ohHn w 1O
Wishes to Celebrate Fitttngiy.
THE women who decorate their homes
Mt Christmas do more to keep alive the
true Christmas spirit than the poets who
write Christmas carols and the preachers
who preach Christmas sermons. In fact.
every widow with wreath of holly leaves
and berries looking on TO the street is a
Christmas sermon on the beauty of sharing
ones good things with the world, and every
wall hung with ropes of ground pine or
laurel is a Christmas poem. 1t, therefore.
becomes every woman to see to it that her
house is put in festival trim for the great
festival day.
The beginning OF household decoration is
country ue1ghbOrs call "appie pie order
from turret to foundation stone before the
work of ornanienting is undertaken There
must no cObwebs to dispute supremacy
with garlands OF green; holly berries must
shine through unclouded windows; nisxietOe
must gleam beneath Justices chandeliers.
The first steps, then, toward Christmas
decorations arr made with brooms. mOps.
pals. SOAP warm water. floor cloths, silver
polish and the Ike.
When the house is in order from attic to
cellar. buy ropes Of laurel leaves and OF
ground pine, wreathes and punches of holly
and mistletOe rs long as your insiina ton and
purse hold out. II tough old English ivy is
proeHrabie buy some Of that also. Wrea the
pictures with the ivy or the laurel, forming
''bow knots at the top, and set spriGs of
reti-berriet' holly in the bow knOts. Irvine
ground pine about the chandeliers. Cover
the picture moulding with slender rope of
round pine. Let a bunch of mistletoe dan
gle from the chandelier. In each of the
lower panes of the windows hang wreathso or
stars Of holly leaves and berries
Ia f,.V. R-s-
Christmas effect may he increased by the use
of small branches of pine II rid henllock. A
waste paper basket filled with spreading
branches OF evergreen and placed in CHIN
ney corner Is a refreshing sight. Palms and
ferns. too, though rot SO characteristic of
the season, arc worthy to occupy tace
among the Christmas decorations.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23
! RANDOM GOSSIP.

THE marriage rate in England Is increas-
ingbyleaps and bounds. Thebuildersof
suburban villas declare they can scarcely
meet the demand for these smart 'eligibie
residences" and the returns from Somerset
House for the last quarter show that the
number of couples married exceeded the
average OF the past ten years. Reduced to
plain figures, the matrimonial market list
tells us that no less than sixteen out OF
every thousand of the population are mar
rying. Girls, what say you? Let us mi
CRATE.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23

DEFINITIONS OF "BABY.'
Loving and Facetious Descriptions That Came Out
of the West

AWesern paper has awarded $50 prize for the best
definition of baby The lady who the prize sent in
j this answer:
i "a tiny feather from the wing of love- dropped into
I the sacred lap of Motherhood"
The following of the best definitions given.
The bachelors horror the mothers treasure and the
/ despotic tyrant of the most republican household
The mptrng caller, MONDAY crawler and midnight
brawler. &c 80
The only precious possession that exctes envy
The latest edition of humanity of which every couple
/ think they possess the finest copy.
native OF all countries who speaks the language of
none.
| About Twenty-Five inches of COO and wiggle, writhe
filled with suction and testing apparatus for
milk and automatic alarm to regulate supply.
thing expected to kiss and look as if we
enjoyed it.
A little stranger with free pass to the hearts best
affections.
That which makes home happier, love stronger pa
thence greater hands buser nights longer days shorter
purses lighter clothes shabber the past forgotten the
future brighter.
o o o o oS
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23
Delicate Mocha nlcal Feat.

An expert tool 1uggler in one of the great
English needle factories in a recent test
of skill performed one of the most delicate
mechanical feats imaginable. He took q
common sewing needle OF medium size
aeagth one and !one-fifth inches) and
drilled q hole through lis entire length from
eye to point. the opening being just large
enough To admit OF the passage Of a very
fine hair. .-5.7s - 49,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23

THE latest make of evening cloak recalls
the domino style, well plaitedfn at the
back, SO that the base is wide and ample.
These plaits have to he diminished and ar
ranged in n most clever way on the lining
that supports them to prevent the back look
ing clumsy. Immense hanging sleeves, wide
enough to take in any other kind of sleeve.
add 10 the roluminous appearance OF the
garment. An elegant one worn by mar
Quise at the fetes given to the king OF Por
tugal was of yellow lampas brOche with
silver lined with ermine, and revers of the
same fur. showing in front a long white
satin gilet covered with point d Angleterre.
The same lace was quilted inside the erInine
lined sleeves, falling on the arms in a most
becoming way.
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Absurd Suggestion.

First Messenger Boy (suspiciouslyD-Say,
how'd you get SO out OF breath? You amt
been runnin', have you?
second Messenger Boy-Naw! Whatdyer
take me for? TOoka MESA ge 10 an old maid
just now, an she gave iIfea quarter extra for
hurryin'. That's what took my breath
away.-Somerville Journal.