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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

Russian paid $1,000 for the completed
pipe.
That pipe was made many years ago
and rival pipe maker, now at the
head OF the biggest meerschaum con-
Germ in the country, who heard of 1t.
had number of pipes made, each bear
ing the face of one Of the presidents of
the United States. He has a complete
list from Washington to Cleveland and
not one of the pipes has ever been
smoked, as the owner of the collection
is citizen of deep patriotism who
says that 1t would be nothing short of
sacrilege for any one to smoke one of
the pipes. All of the presidential per-
traits are very true, showing that
when meerschaum is deity handled
fine results can be had.
One of the first men to take hold of
the portrait pipe and give it a fashion
able halo was Fred. Gerhard, who u
couple OF years ago married the beau
| tiful Miss Morris, of Baltimore. Mr.
Gerhard is always on the watch for
some novelty, and when by accident he
saw the collection of presidential pipes
he determined to be the father of a new
fad He at once left an order for a
meerschaum with the bowl ornament
ed with the portrait of Mrs. Gerhard
Portraits of the lady were given the
workmen, also tiny statuette in mar
BILE, to insure a faithful reproduction.
AS money is not much of an object to
Mr.. Gerhard when he has pet fancy
in view, his order was not handicapped
in any way by price. The finest posi-
BILE workmanship was his only stipula-
ton. 1t took month to make the
pipe and the bill was $500. Many
pieces of meerschaum were found to be
slightly defective in formation after
they had been partially worked up and
it was only after many experiments
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

also considered prodigiously lucky, be-
cause he married some time ago the
handsome daughter of Pierre Lorillard.
Like her husband and her father,
young Mrs. Taller has great fondness
for the equine thoroughbred, and she
is interested in everything that her
husband undertakes.
The idea of portrait pipe appealed
strongly to her love of the unique, and
when the order was given she not only
gave the caryers all of her best photo
graphs, but she visited the workroom
every two or three days to correct any
little fault which she could find as the
work progressed. Mr.. Tailer's pipe is
about the same size as Mr. Gebhard's,
but the meerchaum ends at the lower
part OF the bowl A stem of deity
worked gold runs into the meer-
schaum, and sunk into the gold are
rows of tiny jewels, emeralds,
sapphires, rubies and diamonds. A
slender amber mouthpiece screws into
of the handsomest that the makers
nave ever turned out.
The jewels brought the cost up con-
siderably, the pipe complete costing
$1,lOO, but Mr.. Taller thinks he has
got a great bargain, the workmen and
their. employees are we'll satisfied and
Mrs. Taller is greatly pleased with her
portrait in meerscbaum.
1t remained for Mrs. Duncan Elliot,
who was the famed beauty, Sallie Har-
gous to give variety to the portrait
pipe. When her husband decided to
initiate Mr.. Taller and Mr.. Gerhard,
his wife inspected the pipes owned by
beth these gentlemen, and told them
they could have been made in more
artistic lines. They laughed, and she
said she would give them absolute
proof of the truth of her assertion.
She accompanied her husband to
the pipe makers and gave the chief
carver a portrait showing profile and
with the head tilted gracefully TO one
side The carver said that pipe
could not be male from that kind of a
portrait. Mrs. Elliot said that it must
be made, and reluctantly he undertook
the job. 1t took six weeks of incessant
work to fashion the bowl, but when it
was finished NJ" Elliott had one of
the daintest pipes in the country
There is no silver or gold on the stem,
merely the meersChaum and amber.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

with kindly consolation and is an angel
OF repose
Small wonder then that even the man
OF fashion has taken hold of the pipe
with vengeance. 1t is no recent fad
with him, but the pipe-smoking habit
in the walks of swelldom has, how
ever, created a fanCiful custom which
promises to expand to all grades OF
pipe-smokers 1t is simply this; A
young man gives an order to some
famous maker of meersChaum pipes
for pipe with the image Of his sweet
heart or wife carved in the bowl, An
order like this costs money, and big
money too, Sut that is regarded as
one OF its attractive features by the
young blood whose sole occupation is
to devise means for spending an in
come ranging from $4,000 to $500 goo a
year.
pipe of this kind cannot be called
al end OF the century product. for in
every pipe collection OF note there are
dozens of meersehaums and fancy
woods bearing the faces of various peo-
Pile In fact the first mcerschaums
ever carved III this country by an
American born workmau was made for
Russian general named EaffaIovitch
aad the bowl WAS eruamented by a
portrait Of The generals wife. This
was made by man named Kallcnberg
He worked four months OF il and the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16
CURIOSITIES ABOUT COINS.

Herodotus says that Croesus was the
first ruler to orde gold coins made In
the year 450 B. c. round copper coins
were first made. Each weighed twelve
ounces. The most valuable United
States cents are those of 1893, 1899,
1904, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1923 and 1927
The rarest and nest valuable United
States coin of what is called the reg
ular mint series is the silver dollar
OF 1904 A silver half-dime of the year
1902 is worth $50, if in good condition,
and from $40 to SIS if in only fair
shape. The only valuable nickel 5.
cent piece is that of the year 1877,
which the collectors purchase at 81
each. The little silver Scent piece
was first coined in 1851 1t was dis
continued in 1878. One of the first
date is worth dime, one OF the last 81.
The face on the silver dollar is that Of
a young lady residing in Philadelphia
Her name is Anna w. Williams, and
she is teacher OF kindergarten phil
osophy. The very oldest coin in the
British museum is an Aegian piece OF
the year 700 B. c. 1t Is not dated, OF
course, dating being a modern innova-
ton. extending back only 500 years.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16
NOTES OF THE DAY,

4 fabric made of pine and spruce
wood pulp is made into overcoats in
Leeds, England, 1t looks like frieze.
Over $50 ambulances are provided in
London for the transport of persons in
iured or suddenly taken i'll in the
streets.
lsleaoro. Me- has neither 4 doctor,
a lawyer. nor pauper within its limits,
according to the assessors returns.
Flour milling is an important in
dustry in Jerusalem. The wheat is OBJ
tanned from the Valley of the Jordan
and Samaria.
Telephone charges in France are to
be reduced to cents for a three minute
conversation within radius OF fifteen
miles
Pumpkins are just now worth So a
ton TO the Pennsylvania farmers, who
raise them In large quantities for the
canning factories.
According to Rhode Islands new Gen.
sus. there are only about 100 900 fewer
people in that state than there in Bos-
,on.
Perforated antirheumatc red cloth
ing Is now made Il Is claimed that the
perfomtions permit the escape OF the
yapors OF perspiratior and thus act as
n preventive.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

river shall be sawed, reducing the cut
of lumber to about 100000 and directly
affecting 10000 laboring men.
Samuel Weisemeyer, aged 20 years,
Is dead at Spenceryille, O., OF disease
that has bafIled the skill Of physicians
for the past eight years. Weisemeyer
was poisoned by coming In contact
with some kind Of vine while at work
in the woods, and from that time on at
varying intervals his body would be-
come covered with blotches that exuded
a peculiar watery substance. At MS
death his body was swollen to twice It's
natural size and covered with the Decu-
liar blotches.
Three months ago David, the 2-year-
old son Of Levi Shaffer OF Lee, Mich,
had his arm amputated below the ell
bow. The arm healed all right, but
few days ago he began to complain or
pricking sensation in the remaining
portion OF the member. Investigation
Is alleged to have shown that the bone
had grown since the amputation ana
was protrudIng through the stump. 1t
will be necessary to again amputate
part Of the little fellows arm.
A strange and fatal malady Is caus-
ing the death OF horses and mules In
the vicinity of Versailles, Ky. Five
valuable horses belonging 10 William
G. Rogers died recently and many
others are affected. The only symp-
tom shown by the diseased animals Is
an inability to swallow food. They die
within twelve or twenty-four hours
without a struggle or any manifesto
ton OF pain The disease battles med
lcal skill. DR.. ID. s. Mcfarland an
eminent veterinary Of Lexington AMI
Dr.. E Il. Woodward made a post-mo
TEN examination Of one of the diseased
animals and found every organ In
perfectly normal condition, which puz-
zles them more than ever.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

New York, April 5.-One often hears
about the wonderful cigars smoked by
the rich men of the metropolis, but a
good deal less is said about the pipes
which these same men smoke. Every
true worshiper at the shrine OF the
Goddess Nicotine has hidden away
somewhere pipe-a wonderful pipe
rich in the mellow flavor of the divine
weed, a pipe which opens the cookies
of the heart with benetiCent love for
all humanity, pipe which drives away
trouble and creates a fairy land of
peace and contentment, in fact, per-
feet paradise of pipe.
Cigars, even If they cost $1.20 apiece,
are magnificent in their way, and no
one is turning up his nose at them, but
then cigar is like good dinner it
is consumed in a short time and that
Is the end Of it. A pipe, however, is
the joy Of lifetime. Like fine vlo-
lin, it ripens and mellows with age, 1t
is a loyal companion that never fails
one at the critical moment it teens
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

that the right piece was at last found
The bowl of the pipe is three inches
in height and two and a half inches at
the widest part. Yet it required a
piece of meerschaum eight inches in
height, seven in width and twelve
inches in depth. Twenty-seven differ
ent workmen had some part in the
making of the pipe. The stem IS
curved and very handsome, being COM
posed of amber, gold and meerschaum.
There Is only about one inch of the
latter, then comes a heavy piece Of
chased gold an inch and a half In
length and then a carved piece of deli
cate amber.
Mr.. Gebhard only smokes the pipe in
the privacy of his own nome and Mrs
coloring process as her husband. Just
now the pipe is not as pretty as 1t will
be later on for the lower part of the
bowl from the nose down is a dark
brown while the upper part, except
around the rim just where the hair
waves prettily. is scarcely whit
darker than when it was first smoked.
1t was not long after Mr.. Gerhard $
pipe was finished that young T. Suffern
Taller heard OF 1t and decided az once
that he, TOO must have 4 portrait pipe
Mr. Taller IS famous in the gildad cir
Gle as the champion amateur four-in-
hand whip Of the country. and he i
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, April BY 1l9 to III
the house passed the bill to adopt the
French, or metric system of weights
and measures In all departments Of the
government after July l, 1896, and to
make it the only legal system after
Jan. /, 1901. A motion to recommit the
bill carried-130 to SO.
Mr. Lodge gave notice in The senate
that he would take up the immigra
ton bill on the 10th inst. A debate on
banking came up on the request of Mr..
Teller rep, Colo), that a bill requir-
ing national banks to keep their re-
serves in their own vaults be referred
to the committee on finance. The bill
went to the finance committee. Mr..
Turpie dem, Ind was then recog-
nized in support of the joint resolution
OF Mr.. Call dem, Fla.), for the sending
of United States fleet to Cuban
waters During the Chilean trouble
he said the fleet was sent to Chill and
exercised most salutary influence. Mr..
Mitchell dem, Wia.), secured the pass
age of the bill pensioning the widow of
Maj. Gen Charles S. Hamilton. of
Milwaukee, $50 per month. The bill
came from the house Monday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

just received, on General Weyler's rec
ommendation, the cross of San Fer
nando, crowned with laurel This is
the highest military decoration
awarded by Spain and is only given to
officers who lose at least one-third of
their men in deciding the issue OF
fight or in cutting their way through
the enemy.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

Socially, New York will be very much
more cosmopolitan, if not promiscuous.
this winter than ever Families from
every direction, with money to burn,
and ambition to satisfy, will have tenn
porary domciles here, and, as jenkins
says, will entertain layshly." They
know the battering ram and dynamite
power Of earthly treasure, and sheer
at the alleged influence of ancestry and
refinement in these latter days.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

The total cost of the recent election
in CuyaAosa county (CleyelandJ was
almost $4,000 $4,000 Of which was for
the registration OF voters.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16

Washington, April TO-. In the senate
Mr. Mantcl (rep. Mt), spoke on the
resolution recommitting the tariff bill
to the senate finance committee. 4
lively Narif coIloquy followed Mr.. Man
tel - speech Messrs Hawley rep,
Como, IIoar rep, Mass), and Mitchcn
diacu sed the wool situation. After
the furry Mr.. Butler pop, N. Co, was
recognized for a speech in support Of
the postal telegraph system. Senator
Galinger rep, N H., introduced a
resolution looking to international aC-
ton for the correction of the situation
in the Ottoman empire.
The house after some debate de-
feated the bill to abolish compulsory
pilotage on sailing vessels engaged in
coastwise trade, 81 to III. The
ar ended District of Columbia appro-
priation bill passed on a rising vote,
1874 to q. The senate amendments to
the postofIice appropriation bill were
non -concurred In and conference
agreed to. The house then went into
committee of the whole to consider the
"hled cheese" bill. Mr.. Cook rep,
Wis.,, the author of the original bill,
took the floor in support of it, The
resolution was adopted calling on Sec
rotary Olney for information relating
to Mrs. Maybrick. now confined in an
English prison under life sentence for
,oI,ppipu fEhn mi inrIitOr-
les voted in favor of reporting the bill
for the admittancc of New Mexico. Tho
senate committee on finance reported
the national banking bill. The com.
mittce on naval affairs reported the
amended naval appropriation bill.
Washington, April 10. The house
committee on appropriations reported
the bill for works Of defense and for
heavy ordnance. The bill recon-
mcnds total authorized expenditure
of SIT 1854 900. The bill for an electric
railway through Yellowstone park was
reported adversely.
The house spent the entire day In
general debate on the filled cheese"
bill The principal objection was to
tax features of the bill. Among those
who spoke In favor Of the bill are ed
ward Sauerherring and Samuel Bar
ncy. republican representatives from
Wisconsin, Mr. Cook rep, Wis., in
trCduccd bill correcting the military
record OF William Spielgelberg first
Wisconsin volunteers, and directing
the payment of allowance for addi-
tional time.
President Pro TCmpore Frye was IN
the chair of the senate MIR. call
(drm., FaD introduced a resolution
requesting the president to make an
effort to secure Mrs. Maybrick's re-
lease. Senator sherman insisted that
the subject should not be brought into
the senate. Tho resolution went to
the committee on judiciary The com
mitlrc on territories decided to report
favorably on the bill providing for a
delegate to congress from Alaska.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-04-16
PORTRAITS ON PIPES
YOUR BELOVED'S FACE CARVED
ON MEERSCHAUM.
IT'S A HlGH-PRiCEC FAD

When the Pipe Is Jeweled the Cost Is
$1,000, but the Carving Can Be
Done for S100-Artists Work on a
Piece of Meerschaum for Weeks Be-
fore 1t Becomes Thing of Beauty.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-11-13
GEORGE REYNOLDS,
FALLST0N, MD.
Notice to the Farmers
OF HARTFORD COUNTY.

We take this method of informing you that
We are prepared TO furnish any kind of II hLP
that you may need on tie farm from Single
Men 10 Families % almost any size you wish.
It Yen want q large hoy to make himself
generally useful, we have GIIu.
Il Xou Want Lahorcrs, white or colored,
by the day, week or month. we have them in
any number you want, aud are prepared to
furnish then whenever needed.
II You Want Il capable, reliable and eX
perienccd manager for your place, we have
him for you.
II YOwr wife Wants a good girl servant,
we have plenty OF them, white and colored,
who are willing to work.
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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-11-13
Record Breaking Spiders.

1t takes an American longer to get used
to the Venomous spiders of the South
American countries than to any of the 9TH
er discomforts and dangers Of the tropics.
To be always on the alert for pest which
at homo is disliked only for its untidy
web is a nuisance. The immense hairy
spider of the South American pampas is
especially feared. Its jaws arc black and
hooked, ana whom it bites it bites to good
purpose. It's poison acts rapidly, and she
effects Of its bite are felt for years.
On the same pampas is found another Of
the areachnidp, whose viIlainous bad tenn
per distinguishes him among his fellows.
1t is not necessary to stir him up with a
stick to arouse his evil qualities. Looking
at him over a hedge is enough. This
liking of spiders" has been known to pur-
sue horseman for 100 feet and keep up
with running horse at that.-Chicago
Record.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-11-13
THE FINNEY MONUMENT.

Addresses oG Rev. Ioirm II. Paxton.
Rev. y. &. WATSON and Rev. Calvin D.
Wilson, and Communication OF DIR.
Corr,ar Gsn,n Iv7-- - ES0G
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-11-13

He deserved honor and he has IL;
he earned love, and lie has it: he
never forgot his friends, and his friends
do not forget him. The earthly tab
ernacle has been dissolved, but the
good deeds remain in their results and
their influence.
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MEDICINES. TOILET = sEEICLES, PER
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TIE EGLSAND INTEILIGENCER.
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Transient l4drerfisennrI,tS.-O Square, 3
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Obituaries and Personal Communications
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Fishing, Grabbing, Rowing aid
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-Ns~ye. Having orcrhauicd all OF my
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The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-06-12

Seems as ii CONS umption al Wa
picks out the brightest and best.
Fully one-sixth of all the deaths
that occur in the world are caused
by consumption, Many things were
once considered impossible. It
would be strange if medical science
did not make some progress. The
telegraph and telephone, the phon-
ograph, the electric Tght-all were
once impossible, and once it was i'm
possible to cure consumption. That
was before the time of DR.. Pierce S
Golden Medical Discovery. Taken
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all cases of consumption. Con
sumption is caused and fostered by
impurity in the blood. 1t is cured
by purity and richness in the blood
surely, certainly cured by the
"Medical Discovery" 1t builds up
solid, healthy flesh and vigorous
strength.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medi-
cal Adviser, a 1908 page medical
work, profusely Illustrated, will be
sent free on receipt of 81 one cent
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dress Worlds Dispensary Medical
Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-06-12
A BRANCH ROAD
Hot Springs Accept the Pro-
position of the Gulf Road
Officials.
Rights of Way and Terminal Faoili
ties Granted and Work on the
Line Nav Begin In Thirty
Days.

Hot Springs, June 1O.-"Resolved,
That we, a representative body of
the citizens of Hot Springs, Ark,
hereby tender the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Com
pany the right of way from the
Montgomery county line through
Garland county, to the city OF Hot
Springs, and including reasonable
terminal facilities, such as Indicated
by the officers of said railroad to
the committee of citizens of Hot
Springs, who recently visited said
officials"
The above resolution was tonight
adopted at a mass meeting of citi-
zens who assembled to hear the
report of the railroad committee
sent 10 Kansas City to confer with
the officials of the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Com
pany, with view of constructing
a branch into this city. The reso-
luton was telegraphed tonight to
the railroad company at Kansas
City, and operations for building
the branch road will, it is believed,
begin within thirty days.
Now let the Gulf road, still build
on to Little Rock, buy the Memphis
and Little Rock road and it will
have a system that no combination
of roads can buck against or cut off
from business. 1t will be in position
to dictate to other roads and not be
dictated to. We say hurrah for the
Port Arthur Route.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-06-12
For Over Fiftv Yoare

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrul
has been used for over fifty years
by millions of mothers for theil
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softens the gums, allays all pain
cures wind colo and is the best
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calculable. BE sure and ask fol
Mrs, Winslow's Soothing Syrup, ant
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