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Tho Toothpick Industry

Philadelphia Record: The toothpick
Industry in this country is quite an ex-
tensive one, despite the somewhat I'M
certain social standing of these little
articles, and is conducted almost entire
ly in the state of Maine, although there
are a few factories in Pennsylvania.
Massachusetts and New York. Frank
lin county, Maine, Is the chief center
primarily on account OF its forests OF
white birch, the standard wood for the
manufacture of toothpicks. maple and
poplar being the only other woods em-
ployed for their manufacture in his
country The method Of manufacture,
after the logs reach the factories, is to
strip off the bark n feed the logs into
automatic machines by which they are
cut up into rencers or strips about as
thick as blotting paper. The Veneers are
then fed into a machine composed OF
peculiarly shaped and rapidly revolving
kni-. es, which turns out the finished
product, sharpened at both ends, at the
rate of tens of thousands per hour.
These factories. in the course o. a month
or two, turn out a supply sufficient to
meet the demand of a whole year, after
which they are shut down. i.
The best t%oothpicks made anywhere
in the world ON from Portugal. They
are Whitfield by hand from orange wood
spllnts ty peasant girls, the only tool
used being an ordinary jackknife. These
picks are smooth as ivory and VIII not
break into splinters. and some of the
higher priced ones are ornamented with
hand carving. These are imported for
use at formal banquets and k occa-
sions. 1t is sal that the girls who make
them only earn 10 cents a day. Fine
toothpicks are also imported from
Japan. and these. too, are made by
hand. but from reeds.
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BIENNIAL CONVENTION W. C. T. U
Opened Today in the horticultural
Gardens in Toronto.
Cnnndn.

Toronto, Oct. 23.-The biennial CON
vention of the Worlds Woman's Chris.
tan Temperance union opened today
in Horticultural Gardens. The build
ing was %thronged when the convention
was called to order by Miss Frances l..
Willard. The platform was filled with
the executive and other officials work
ers, among whom were Miss Agnes
Slack of England, Miss Kirk Of Austria
liza, Miss Johnnnsdottir Of Iceland.
The speakers We're received with great
applause and waving of handker-
chiefs. On the main floor, girl pages
dressed in white, fitted here and there
at the call of the members. The first
fifteen minutes were devoted to relig-
ious exercises.
The report of the executive commit
tee was read by Miss Agnes 4. Slack.
a motion to amend the qualifications
to membership by adding the words
without distinction, race and color"
was received with tu%multuous APP
plause. Miss Willard then presented
her annual address. After an hour of
devotional services Secretary Black
read her official report. 1t was an eX-
haustivc analysis Of the work through
out the world. The banner offered by
Miss Willard TO the colony reporting
the greatest increase was won by
Queensland. Miss Willard was inter-
rupted in the reading of her report to
say that during this convention the
question of ONE having a hand in
law making would be discussed. The
executive committee has authorized n
celebration Of Neal Dow's birthday
March 20, rs national Temperance day
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FORMING A GREAT COMBINE.
Sewer Pipe and Terra Gotta Ware
Manufacturers Said To BE
Organizing.

Hittshurg. Pa. Oct. 27.-Preliminary
steps nav been taken to forE, a colossal
combine Of sewer pipe and terra. Gotta
ware manufacturers of the United
states, with a capital of *l1 900, 900. The
proposed combine viii be controlled by
eastern capitalists.
A secret meeting was held in this city
last week and many Of the preliminary
arrangements were completed. Nine
teen manufacturers signed the agrea-
ment and it is expected that thirty-one
others in the country will also sign.
1t is proposed. ii all the manufactur-
rs sign, to appoint appraisers, who viii
appraise each plant In the country. II
the appraisement is accepted. each
manufacturer is ~ receive % per cent
OF the value OF his plant in cash and the
balance in preferred and onmon stock
of the new company.
Another meeting is to b. held shortly
in a western city. and at that time it
will probably be definitely known
whether or not all the manufacturers
will sign the agreement. If they do not
all sign 1t is said the new company will
not be formed.
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LOVE LAUGHS AT LOCKS
AND OLD GENTLEMAN
A Marriage Which May Bring a
Sensational Sequel ifthe
Nerve Lasts.
BURGLARS WORK AT DELL RAPIDS
They sccnrc 500 BY Breaking inc
Safe--lndian Admits His Guilt
and Goes to the pen-
itentinry.

Sioux Falls. Oct. 2G.-Wilhnm II.
stafford and Miss Merry Dalleay, both
of Lennon, We're married here Satur-
day and immediately after the cere-
monS Nh. Stafford left for L.ennoN,
the bride remaining in Sioux Falls.
Back of the ceremony is II story. 81
mon Swim of Lennon had been pny-
ing decided attentions TO Miss Dnlieay
and was apparently getting On Ia
moasly when Stafford appeared as u
competitor. Stafford succeeded So
well in making himself agreeable that
Swim grew desperate. and. visiting
the girls house, threatened 10 shoot
her if she did not marry him. The
girl refused. but escaped from him
and notified Stafford. Swim was arr
rested and there WIS some talk in the
community of snbiecting him TO bodily
harm for his ungaliant treatment of
the young lady. Meanwhile the father
becoming Disguised at the notoriety
his daughter was securing, took he:
away from Lennon and sccreted her in
the country. Blu, Statford's love y a
of the sort thut laughs at locks1niths.
lie found the girl, brought her to Sioux
Falls, married her, and then returned
10 l-ennoN TO square everything with
father and rejected lover before taking
his Wife back.
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HISTORY THAT WON'T SERVE.
Gen. EIeeley Exposes a Costly Blum
der In n Big Undertaking
nf (lnuuvao

Washington, Oct. 2G.-General A. w.
Greeley, chief of the United States sig
nal service corps, is just finishing a
paper for the American Historical So
ciety which will hare the effect of Il
bombshell in certain quarters.
AS a result of its publication it will
probably be necessary for congress to
order destroyed the first volume oil a
handsome set of historical works be-
gun by its direction two years ago,
and being still carried on by Congress-
mar Richardson of Tennessee.
General Greeley has discovered that
the volume which purports to contain
all the messages of the presidents up
to 1917, is shy nearly sixty messages.
Some of these are very important
ones, one being an oral message of
George Washington, and another be-.
ing a communication relative to Rhode
Island, when that state was treated as
a foreign nation and was treating for
admission into the union.
The work was prepared at very great
cost to congress and has progressed
up to the sixth volume.
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MISS WILLARD ON PROHIBITION
Says Canada Leads the World
Japan and Norway Are
Making n Eioht.

Tornnto, Ont, Oct. 23.-ln her annu-
al address to the Worlds w. c. L. u.
convention. President Frances i. vii.
lard said that Canada, owing to her
homogeneous population was leading
the world in the great prohibition
struggle with prospects of decreasing
it by popular vote.
Japanese women this year have held
their first national convention, mark
ing a significant temperance epoch.
Norway has called in the aid of the
III to solve the drink problem. al
lowing all Over 25 years of age to vote
on the temperance question, with a
prospect of prohibition being adopted.
She reviewed the work in other for
eign fields.
Concerning the purity question she
said: I'VE hold there is but one stand
ard for men and women: that they
are equally capable of living up to it.
We steadfastly believe that all law
should set forth the ideals: should
beckon men to the summit rather
than provide for them under no mat
ter what restrictions, those i%ndulgen-
cies in alcoholic liquors. opium and
vice whereby they live upon sensual
pleasure"
AT Il meeting of the executive board
of the Worlds w. G. r. u. the present
officers We're all reelected.
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MAS KILLED OVER A DICE GAME
Alleged Indian Doctor Lightfuot
shoots \. McNahon ut ITALIA

Tallahassee, Fla, Oct. 21.--"Dr." NJ.
Lightfoot. alias Max Scha1fcr. former
ly with yellowstone Kid" had a quar-
rel with a. Mcmahon, sergeant of the
governors guard, over dice throwing.
Mcmahon knocked the doctor down
The latter then rushed secured u
pistol and returning shot Mcmahon
in The temple. firing again after his
victim had fallen to the floor dead.
lighfoot was instantly surrounded
by other members of the company and
for the interference of the sheriff
would have been roughly handled, if
lynched. The sheriff took him to
Jail and at midnight secretly removed
him to Jacksonville to avoid IL lynch
ing, as the guards We're highly
wrought mp and vowed rcvenge for
McMahon's murder.
Lightfoot came here Oct. l from San
Francisco. He claimed to be n Chero-
kee Indian and Il doctor. Mcmahon
was prominently connected and his
murder created u great sensation.
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SHE USES A RAWHIDe ON HIM
folng Woman Attacks a Banker
for an Alleged ln-

Siloam Springs, Ark, Oct. 27.-Mrs.
Benjamin Sapp, the Young wife of
Shoemaker Sapp. created a sensation
aere by severely flashing Cashier II. S.
Norris of the Bank of Sloan with 4
.owhide.
The shoe shop adjoining the bank,
Nas the scene of the episode. Morris
rad been invited there by the woman's
husband, supposedly on business, and
aad scarcely entered when Mrs. Sapp
iarted at him, repeatedly wrapping
4 rawhide. which She held concealed
~ her side. around the bankers neck
and shoulders. She was excited and
struck wildly, hitting an innocent by
:tandcr n couple of hard raps. Morris
S married and wealthy.
Mrs. Sapp claimed Morris insui,ed
aer. but this is denied. 1t is under
stood that Mrs. Sapp signed n state
ment completely generating Cashier
Morris Of amy act of ind%iscretion
whatever. outside of a few harsh words
II a business way.
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IT PREVENTS DRUNKENNESS,
fnocnlntion for Inebriety at San
Observation-Disclosures Snid
10 BE SucecsSful.

to BE Successful.
San Francisco. Oct. 27.-For the past
:hree weeks Dir. d'Evelyn, at the sug-
g~estion OF Frank J. Kane of the Pa
.ific Society for the Prevention of
.-rnelty to Children and Animals, has
oecn inoculating boys with the "cquis-
me-" which he claims will eradicate
he desire for intoxicants from the hui
nan system. Many boys ranging from
J 10 II years OF age have been taken
rom the Youths Directory, us well as
,ther similar institutions. to the office
If Kane and there i%nocnlated with the
preventive.
The boys chosen were the sons of
men who are known to be the victims
ii alcoholic beverages. The children
Will be submitted TO the operation but
,ncc, and ii is hoped the desire for
;tinulants win be forever eradicatel
rom their systems.
The claim has been made that
drunkenness is hereditary and not ac-
lnired by habit, but it is also acknowl-
dyed that the company i'll which the
5onng may mingle will load them
.ither to a life of sobriety or vice. The
aoys who are treated seem willing
hat the desire to drink shall be done
away with, if any exists. and seem
themselves anxious that the results
iha,l be satisfactory to all.
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DROWNED ON THE WAY TO MINES
Stlas H. Hamilton of Semitic, Form
erly of Iowa, Drowned in
SuIntG Lake.

Skaguny. Alaska. Oct. o. Nil
Steamer Faralon.-Silns II. Hamilton
Of Semitic, was drowned Friday morn
ing at the foot of Summit Lake, on the
Skaguny trail. Hamilton, Wesley
Young and II. N. Redfield, also Of s.
attic were going down the lake in n
small boat heavily laden. The morn
ing was very foggy, making naviga-
ton difficult and dangerous. a l,env,
squali,sprung up driving the boat into
the breakers along the edge Of a small
inlet where 1t +capsizcd. The .o.cu-
pants We're thrown into the water and
Hamilton sunk like Il stone. Young
and Rcdficld swan toward the shorr
and were rescued by a passenger b3as
Namiiton's body Inns not been re.os
esd. His parents reside in lava.
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ELEVATED ROAD FOR ST. LOUIS
Eastern Capital Interested In q FRO.
jected Rapid Transit
System.

ST. Louis, Oct. 23.-According to one
of the best informed fnanciers in the
city eastern capitalists have been here
quietly obtaining information and es-
gtimntes and arranging the preliminar-
les for q rapid transit system for st.
Louis. One of the interested persons
said yesterday that matters would in
all probability nssume definite shape
before the middle Of November .
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The Case is Hcard.l

Des Moines, Ooct. 23.-The populist
Certiorari ease was argued before the
Iowa supreme court and taken under.
AMUSEMENT. Attorney General Rem
ley and Chairman Weeks, the middle
of the road populist state central COM
Cole, a former member Of the supreme
besch represented the fusionists
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REPUBLICANS WANT SHOWING
They Regret That IN Exhaustive
Search Is Not Made.

lncy regret lHat an
Search Is Not Made.
Huron. Oct. 27.--Buyers of young cat
tie say there is a scarcity Of such stock
in this part of the state. Those who
have them are not inclined to sell even
at the best prices. A day or two since
Van l.. Ross of this city sold to Charles
Miner. a prosperous farmer a hort dis
lance southeast of the city, 100 head Of
2~-year-olds, for the snug little sum of
3 $500.
Prominent politicians, state officers,
etc, have been frequent visitors to HUI
ron within the past few days. Without
q single exception they express regret
that the commission named by Governor
Lee to examine the books and records
of the different state offices has not the
legal right to proceed with its work.
One gentleman said: ut may seem a
little dark just now. but unless there is
a complete o%verhauling and the exact
status of the condition of the affairs OF
every department of state service, and
the true inwardness OF every office made
known, it will be much darker before
another election comes around. 1t is a
misfortune that the commission has not
the authority to proceed with it's work,
fer the men named to do this business
are competent and trustworthy; they
Will do the work well and the people are
willing to accept their findings as true.
The public examiner has done we'll, but
his time as we'll as his authority is lin
tied, and, like the commission. he has
no legal right to perform the work as
| thoroughly as the conditions demand.
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Valuable Experience

Washington Star: II have the man
whom l awe been looking for, said the
publisher.
Il didn't know you needed anyone In
particular replied the editor.
Yes. We been keeping an eye oren
for some time. Write a letter to the rnl.,l
who draws these weather maps.
i don't quite see how he car serve u.s.
Haven't you observed how he has 20
get him to run a department keeping the
public posted on the whereabouts OF Eng
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MANY LOOKING FOR THE LAND
Old Fort Randall Reservation Open
ct for Intending Homestead

Chamberlain, S. d., Oct. 25.-The old
Fort Randall military reservation was
openedrto settlement today. For two
days intending homesteaders have
been arriving by trains and teams,
and many of these were in line this
morning. Squntters on the claims for
sey~eralayeaTs have extensive improve
ments. The preservation contains over
100.Oos acres, q part in South Dakota
and Raft In Nebraska.
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lAnn.ns City

Kansas City. Oct. 2G.-Cattle-Reoei pts,
1000. Market for best steady: Others weak.
Quotations.: Texas steers, 81 .S5d3. IS: ma
live steers, 50 .aCa5 10; stockers and feed
els. s.. 60H4. 40.
oVUo. Marker weak 70
80; packers, 3.3563 Az; lights, 81. 0 80.
Sheep-Receipts. 1000. Market steady.
Quotations: Lambs, So. 10m5 %; muttons,
81. 00T3 SO.
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TANNER WANTS AN INVESTIGATION
He Wants to Know II Iowa Militia.
men Took Part in the
Fulton Riots.

Springfield, Ill, Oct. Ex-Governor
Tanner has asked Governor Drake of
Iowa to investigate the charges of the
citizens of Rock Island that Iowa mi
litiamen participated in the riots at
Fulton on occasion of the removal of
the Modern Woodmen of America
headquarters.
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Philadelphia is talking about a ma
tional exposition of raw materials and
manufactured products. to be held
there next fall under the joint man
agement of the Philadelphia CONNER
cial museums and Franklin institute.
and to have the financial backing of a
stock company with a capital of at
least $3.50, 900.
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South Omaha.

South Omaha, Oct. 26.-1Iogs-Receipts.
800: official yesterday. 1854; shipments.
none. Market weak: &c lower. Quota
ions Heavy, s. S51S. 80; mixed and light,
50. s..
Cattle-Receipts. 5000; official yesterday,
1861; shipments, 1904. Market steady.
Sheep-Receipts, $500: official yesterday,
| ,oDi; shipments. AGO. Market steady.
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INDIAN GOES TO pENlrENrlAny
He Admitted That lie Was Guilty
as Charged.

Sioux Falls. Oct. 26.-in the Unite;i
States court the Indian Bull-That-
Talhs-WheE-He Walks was indicted for
rape. He pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to one year and one day in the
~penitentiary. In spite of his name Bull
does not talk, as he is deaf and dumb.
A. X. Barker of %lroquols was indicted
for selling liqucr without a government
license. Truman Wilson was indicted
for fencing government land and was
admitted TO bail in the sum of $500. Will
lam Roberts was also indicted for VII
latins the internal revenue laws.
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The proof of the pudding is in The
eating, and the Santa Barbara ven
dor of patent cook stoves showed a
great head for both logic and law when
he carried the adage far enough to
,rove that the proof of the stove is in
.he cooking. The court got Il free
lunch of roast beef and beans. and the
a won his case,
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A BUSY DAY AT CHAMBERLAIN
There Was IL Great Rush for the
land

There Was II Great Rush for the
Land.
Chamberlain, Oct. 27.--Iesterlay
sys one of the liveliest days ut the
| United States land Office here since
he opening 10 settlement of the great
| Sioux reservation, seven years ago, the
occasion being the opening to home
steaaers of the abandoned Fort Ran
lall military reservation. Settlers had
,cen gathering in town since Friday,
nany having driven hundreds of miles
o reach hero. Shortly after Il o'clock
N the morning they gathered ut the
and office doors and patiently await
ID the opening of the office at "
o'clock. When the doors We're opened
| here was II mad rush to get in, and
| he crowd was only controlled by the
caution of the land officers that only
,ne person would be permitted in the
,ttice at the time unless they ceased
making the matter Il test Of physical
strength.
One SQ.lattetr who undertook a jour
ney IF about 200 miles 10 be present
10 make entry before another man
claiming the same quarter section
could do so, thinking he could better
his chances by u little shrewd work,
went to the residence of the register
of the land Office yesterday during his
absence and left his entry papers with
The family. An effort was made TO
find him and return the papers, but
without success. In the morning. af-
ter the land Office had opened, the
%squatter again called at the residence
of the register, and when told he was
at the Office replied that he had stood
in front of the Office all morning and
there was no one there. 1t was after
wards ascertained that the squatter
lad mistaken the abandoned law Office
OF Register Rowe for the land once
ard had patiently stood there for
hours waiting for it to open SO he
could tender his homestead filing.
when he finally learned of his mistake
and succeeded in reaching the proper
place he found that his rival had al
ready secured entry on 120 acres of
tee quarter section he claimed. Al
though he had resided on the tract for
two years his disappointment was in
n measure alleviated by permitting
him to make entry ON other land in the
vicinity instead of being one of the
first to tender his entry, as he had for
months fondly dreamed, his substi-
tuted entry was the fortieth placed on
record in the land office.
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After having been twice shot with
tnt being hurt in the very act of steal
Ing chickens, Il Maltese cat of Pixies
Vile, Baltimore county, Maryland, was
finally dispatched by n citizen who had
lain in wait all night for it in the hen
house. According TO the neighbors'
records the cat had carried off 100
chickens in a few weeks and the own
ers of the chickens were under the i'm
preston that a gang of thieves was ut
work in the neighborhood.
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MinHennnlis

MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. Enclosing prices on
wheat In store:
No. ] hard. new. October, 91Iac.
Old. October, 92kc.
No. northern, new. October, solsc.
December. S9IS9isc.
May. S9isc.
Old, October. 91Isc.
No. 2 northern. new. October. s97sc,
Old, October. g1sc.
Wheat on Track-Prices We're as fol-
No. l hard. 923sc.
MOI northern, 9ONc.
No. 2 northern, SGMc.
Flax-Sl .G!A.
Oats-No. 3 white, 19c.
rorn-No. 8 yellow. 24Lc.
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There was 4 collision on the Danish
state railroad near Copenhagen some
time ago in which forty persons were
killed and seventy wounded. The rail-
road at once admitted that il was to
blame, and, instead of fighting claims
for damages, has appointed a commits
tee to settle with The claimants what
will be fair compensation, SO as to
avoid having the claims brought into
%l,a oo,,r4e #-rH ..-
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A new industry has arisen in Michi-
gan, namely, the conversion of pine
stnmps into shingles. 1t is stated that
stumps of trees which were cut TWEEN.
ty and twenty-five years ago remain
enduring and obdurate distractions to
the cultivation of the soil. They are
still sound and turn III excellent
shingles when so utilized.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-30

The nickel in the slot idea is utilized
for restaurant purposes i'll the Rrns-
sells exhibition. BY placing n franc in
the slot a chop or steak, with potatoes,
can be procured, hot and well cooked;
another franc will produce Il half bot
tie of wine; half q franc will supply a
plate OF cold meat, with salad and roll,
and Il nickel of ten centimes will eN-
tract a piece of bread and butter and
cheese, or II "brioche." Besides all
this IL nickel will draw an excellent
rloSS nf bc.l.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-30

An envelope for carrying merchan-
disc through the mails is SO construct
ed with reversible flaps and n %stiffen-
ing strip attached to the closing flap
that the inside of the envelope may
become the outside, and the same en-
velope used to return merchandise in
the same manner in which it was for
Marded.