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The indicator., 1897-09-11
AN EASY MARK.

The Gentleman from the Country Wa.
Systematically Visited by Collector
81 weigh 200 pounds" said the man
who had lived in the city year, de-
clares the Detroit Free Press. NV
mustache grows long and strong. I'm
active, know how to make a living
and have always had an idea that |
knew how to take care of myself. but
| guess | must have borne a striking
resemblance to an easy mark when /
elmc here.
"Of course some allowance must be
made for the fact that was very busy
in getting my family settled. There
were trunkmen, carpet layers and
scrub women to look after and was
the general supervisor of the whole
business. While | was straining every
nerve and sweating at every pore to
make llx14 carpet cover lexis
room. n big man with tin badge on
his chest walked in as one of authority
and politely said: 1 see that you have
three bicycles. Being a stranger in
town you are probably unaware that
you must pay an additional license of
So on each wheel. 1t. is my duty to
collect. was just mad enough to well
come anything that appeared like an
additional hardship, for l was be-
slowing good deal of pity on myself
at the time, and promptly settled.
"While | was holding up one end Of
Il refrigerator that is warranted to
weigh 500 pounds. along came another
man with a badge who asked how
many cows | kept. told him one, and
he said | must pay the city 81 for the
privilege. That made me feel all the
more like martyr and | reached for
the money so willingly that he inter
rupted to ask what kind of COW she
was. When | said with some pride
that she was Jersey, he taxed me
49, Then followed man who tied Il
brass check to my lawn mower, and
charged me 81. and another that want.
ed so because | had both electric light
and gas. By that time my mind was
working again, and so was my boot
zoe. but / was out $40 and felt like q
oross-road 'Rube."
The indicator., 1897-09-11
Yorkshire Was All Right.

In the market town smokeroom
some farmers we're having their even
ing glass. Among them was York
shireman. known to be terribly keen
hand at driving a bargain. As the
evening wore on he got bit warped, -
and one of the company took advant-
age of this to make an exchange of
horses with him. which was, however,
only effected after lot OF haggling
the horses to be taken over exactly
as they are-with all faults" As soon
as the deal had been ratified by shak-
ing hands. and each man standing
drinks around. and the company Joined
heartily in the laugh against the
"tyke." when the other man said:
Sam. I've done you this time. My
horse is dead 'un-died this morn
ing!'
"oh, no, you haven't" replied the
Yorkshireman, with knowing look
Il lsnaw all about that. My horse died
this afternoon. and. what's more, I've
taken off his shoes!"-Answers.
The indicator., 1897-09-11

Vi sGHN Sluuyi tile
causes of Great Britain's greatness
She has now returned to Paris. and has
given curious account OF her expert
erces in England.
The average English hand" she
says, clearly denotes happiness All
these fingers are firm and slightly red
the fingers are square, which is a to
ken of punctuality, good sense. energy
ana activity. Honesty is also denoted
ana this will not surprise those who
know how upright Englighmen are.
The English women have long thumbs,
which is a sign of strong will unless
contrary lines in the hand modify this
tendency. Now, all these qualities
which | have mentioned are good, AM
those who possess them are naturally
happy and fortunate.
Furthermore. | examined nearly Il
thousand hands among all classes of
society-courtiers, as well as working
people-and i'll all | found one very
Characteristic sign namely. the senti-
ment of unity of the Anglo-Saxon rae.
This sign is not to be found in French
hands. According to "A persons rank
and social position in France will his
or her hand be. BY means Of the hand
can always, in France, distinguish
the arstocrat from the plebeian
In English hands there are no
traces of organic diseases. In the
thousands which | examined found
only one case OF typhoid fever, and in
this instance the disease was contract
ed abroad. No one who knows the
progress of hygiene in England can be
surprised at this absence of disease.
Neither did find in the hands of mem
bers of the English court any presages
of accidents, such as | have found in
French hands, nor of revolution, such
as have found at the court of Italy.
In what respects the English hands
differ from the French and Italian
hands 1 cannot yet say. but / intend
to return to England and Italy, and to
study the subject thoroughly. l will
also go to Germany and to Russia, and
l expect to make some curious discoy-
cries.
THE usefulness of such work is
manifest, though at the same time it is
certain that many of the casualties
foreshadowed by the hands cannot, as
rule. be avoided. A person who is
threatened with violent blow on the
head will find it very difficult to escape
1t. Still, by the use of will power and
by taking all necessary precautions, it
may be avoided l have seen in the
hands OF young women unquestionable
indications of injury through some
iron instrument, and as all of them
rode bicycles l unhesitatingly advised
them to give up this amusement"
The indicator., 1897-09-11
NEW INVENTIONS.

A newly designed writing pen is piv-
oted in its center with clamp at the
upper end, so it can be moved laterally
to any desired angle with the holder.
A new shoe lace which will not wear
out quickly is woven very heavy
throughout nearly its entire length
leaving only the ends small, so they
can be tied easily.
Bicycle bells for attachment to the
pedals are being placed on the market,
side turn of the foot throwing out a
lever to engage the clapper on the
crank and ring the bell.
recent Improvement in the manu-
facture of ice-boxes is a metallic shelf
which has removable Stats, so that the
width of shelf needed may be used and
the other Stats removed to make room
for the ice
The indicator., 1897-09-11

multiplied of Russa's definite purpose
to take a leading part in Pacific affairs.
Since the strong military and naval oc-
cupation of Nladivostok that policy
has been yearly growing more mani
fest. 1t has been greatly emphasized
by the recent energetic progress of the
Siberian railway. That road has
already become the highway of a vast
current of Russian immigration into
the fertile regions of Central Siberia.
OF greater immediate Importance TO
Russa's aims on the Pacific will be the
provision, by means OF the great rail-
way Of rapid transportation for military
forces aud supplies over an interior
route absolutely removed from hostile
interruption. Her great fortress, Nla-
dlvostok, and the other fortresscs
which she will create on the Pacific,
will lie placed within rapid communi-
cation In time Russia will create in
the Armoor and other back country
near the Pacific all the sources of such
supply that she will need, not only of
provisions aud men. but of munitions
of war At the forts will be built the
needed warships and the Pacific arse
nnls will manufacture the armor and
the guns. AT present her communica-
tion with Vladivostoli is remote and
tedious, as well as costly. The new
railway will remove this difficulty.
One of Russin's first and most n-
portant steps towards the proper es-
tablishment of her maritime power on
the Pacific is to secure better seaports
than she now has in Vladivostok. The
chief ports available to her use for
that purpose arc those of the rehin-
sula OF Core,. With Russia's other
wise magnificent and unique cppor-
tunity of becoming flrst-ciass COM
mercial power on the Pacific, 1t is not
to be expected that she should foreso
any opportunity to take possession of
The indicator., 1897-09-11

there Is next to certainty that the
5000 900 900 mark will be passed before
the work is done. The original esti-
mate was $l75 100000, and it has long
been evident that this was going to be
far from adequate. And yet s115.ooo,-
900 is not such bagatelle. If it were
in American silver dollars and the dol
lars were placed side by side and
touching each other. the line would
stretch along the entire length of the
Siberian railway from start to finish
and still leave dollars enough to make
silver streak ninetytwo miles in
length.
The completion of this remarkable
line means nothing more nor less than
an entire revolution in the freight and
passenger business between Ed
rope end the far East. That
1t mans revolution in a
great many other things is equally cvi-
dent, while the momertous possibil-
tiles that 1t dimly foreshadows for the
near future are truly portentous. hut
Its effect upon traffic 10 sufficient for
present consideration.
u be6lH WIN, II Is pSIletti! '"i' ~
say that fully 90 per cent Of the trav-
elers who now go to Europe by the
overseas Nwenty-eight to thirty day
route) will much prefer to make the
journey in ten or twelve days at very
much less cost. This sounds very
much like the death-knell to the
steamship passenger-carryiDg trade
between Europe and China and Japan.
Millions of dollars that now 60 to
steamships. in other words, will then
go to railroads. Doubtless certain
Kinds Of freight will still continue to
take the water routes between tho
orient and western Europe, but even
oil the through freight an enormous
quantity viii go by the trans-Siberian
route
The indicator., 1897-09-11
A SACACIOUS MULE.
He Was willing to Work Fall Hours but
NO Overtime.

once spent month on cotton pluntn-
tlon down ii. Mississippi, says writer Ia
Forrest aud stream. Fastened to the top OF
he gin house was large bell. II had Gceu
The custom on ibis plantation, even before
the war and up to the present time. for all
hands To go To work and quiz by the sound
of this bell The bell rang at 6 Il. M. IL m,
/ y. IN. and o p NJ. There was "n the plan
tatlon mule which had constituted him
self n self-orlained and Independent ''lnbur
organization" This mule would not go 70
work until the bell rang. At i. o'clock he
would quit work At the iirst stroke Of the
bell, would not go to work again until the
boil rang. and would quit in the afternoon
the moment the bell sounded. This may
seem strange, but 1t Is us true as gospel.
The mule would not tighten his traces after
the bell sounded at noon No matter II he
were in the middle OF cotton row In the
ment ii tha ip bei pcaSi %s@ A III the n whppns am and
abuse you could heap upon him only made
bin more determined. He would stand and
bray and Kick at you as fast as his hind
feet could ny, and hngliy wind up by kick
Ing himself out of the harness.
one day his regular driver was sick and
Tie owner of the plantation put Uncle sam,
q new hand, who had only gone to work on
this place the day before, to drive this team
and haul seed cotton ont of the field to the
GIN hols". At noon the bell rang and Pet"
started for grub. as usual, half way between
the held and the GIN house. Uncle Sam
wanted 10 come on to the gin house with
the load before he unhnrnesscd for dinner,
hut Pete differed with him on this point
The old negro aud the mule took up the
whole noon hour trying TO see which would
have his way, and hnnlly the mule came
out victor. Tncl" Sam had to give in, and
unharn"ssed ont In the Held and came lead
ing the mule to the house. The owner Of
whole show and Were enjoying it hugely.
Uncle Sam led the mule up to where we
dis ere reCtit"d mule dun struck fer higher
wages" The owner said: sam. that mule
Las been striking for higher wages for the
last twenty years but he has never got an
advance
The indicator., 1897-09-11

A pneumatic tire which cannot be
punctGred has the air tube about one
third as large as the shoe and placed
close to the wheel rim, the space be-
tween the two tubes being filed with
sawdust or cork.
A new nower-pot which makes it
easy to remove plant without iniur-
ing the roofs is in two parts, with pre-
jections on opposite sides to receive
two pins. which lock the two halves
of the pot together.
Tongueless buckles are being placed
on the market, which are formed of n
Hanged metal plate, with bent key
sliding in it TO clamp belt or strap
as it slides through. the reverse action
loosenlng the clanr
Vessels which - ise in winter can
be fitted with new device to clear tho
ice in their track, consisting of sharp
steel nose. with shield to cover the
front end of the boat. so it can cut its
way through the ice fields
lnsulators for telegraph and electric
wires are now being made to hold the
wire between two insulated jaws fast
ened by thumb-screw instead of bind
ing 1t on. the glass insulators now in
use by short pieces of wire.
new automatic machine is designed
to thke the place of the glass-bower. 6
series OF rods being run by the machi7,
to gather the glass on their points by
revolution. and then enter molds to
blow the glass to the required shape.
To prevent children from pulling the
clothes off the bed in their sleep set
of clamps for each side run the whole
length of the bed. with thumb-screws
at intervals to tighten them. SO the
clothes cannot get loose at any place.
The indicator., 1897-09-11
Count Iyoinn,, the r,l,cem,n.

The Russian papers are chuckling over the
following Incident which happened during
Count Tostoi's recent stay at Moscow. Toll
stoi noticed Il policeman taking a drunken
man In Il somewhat f0rcihle manner to the
police station. stopped tho police constable
and asked him:
"Cnn YOU read
''IcS." was the reply.
'.And have you read the gospelt
'.Ycs, sir"
Then you ought tn know that we shonld
not offend our neiEhbnr'
The constable looked the count up and
dnwn. noticing his shabby appearance and
asked:
"Cnn you read"
'.YcS." said IOlstol.
''And have yuu read the instructions to
the policc?"
NO"
''Ncry well. lhrH. 20 and read them first.
and then come back Iud talk to me again.
We can quite imngi that the great rcfOr.
Iuer. with his sense for the blunt humpr of
much as guybIhy. Westminster Gazette.
The indicator., 1897-09-11

those Corcan ports or CT the whole
peninsula to which they belong. Such
occupation is manifest destiny. IA
those harbors Russia will find all that
she requires to open the road for her
un!mpeded development as FIRST -class
laval and commercial power on the
mlghtiest of oceans. She can
lheh enter upon equal terms
INTO competition with the three
OTHER great powers whose territories
border on the north Pacific-England
The United States, and Japan. Such a
mighty quartet of naval powers ought,
half century hence, to max, the
Pacific busy scene of commerce.
The indicator., 1897-09-11
500 To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
or Weakness In Men They Treat and


An Omaha Company places for the first
time before the public MAGICAL TREAT
nrNI for the cure of Lost Vitality Nervous
and Sexual Weakness, and Restoration of
Life Force in old and young men No
worn-out French remedy contains no
Phosphorous or other harmful drugs II is
O WONDERFUL TREArMENT-ma ii its
eiects-positive in its cure All reaC ers,
who nre suffering from weakness t1at
blights their life, causing that mental nd
physical suffering peculiar to Lost Man
hood, should write to the STATE MEDICAL
COMPANY, Omaha, Neb., and they will
send you absolutely FREE, valuable
paper on these diseases, and positive proofs
of their truly MAGICAL TREATMENT. Thous-
ands of men, who have lost all hope of q
cure, are being restored by them to a per-
feet condition.
This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
at home under their directions, or they will
pay railroad fare and hotel bills to all who
prefer to go thore for treatment, If they
fail to cure. They nre perfectly reliable !;
have no Free Prescriptions, Free Cure,
Free Sample, or C. o. u. fake. They have
t2500OO cnptal and guarantee to cure
every cass they treat or refund every dol
lar; or their charges may be deposited in
bank to be paid TO them when a cure is
effected. Write them today
The indicator., 1897-09-11
.Iohnny l. Go.ng to klnndxlsr.

Johnny Is Going TO Klonlykc-
Hes sortin an packiu' his things;
He's goin' to dress me in satin
My fingers will glitter with rings!
An nothin' forever III lack:
He's kissed me good bye, but tears in my
eye.
Fer Johnny may never come back!
Johnny is goln' to KlOndyke-
To face the wild snow an the sleet:
An all o the gold that his dear arms can
hold
He'll scatter some day at my feet;
But with all q cartli's gems an its jewels
There's sOmcthin my sad heart would lncl;
If he left me To Sigh when he kissed me
good bye
If johnny should never come back!
Johnny is gOn' to klondyke-
Far from my kisses he'll roam:
But what is the gold of the mountains
To the love that hes leayin' at home?
A simple poor lass with her lover,
The robes of II lady may lack,
But no tears in her eye Till he kisses good
bye
An Johnny may never come back.
Chicago Iimcs-Herald.
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Itry on,l Him.

They tell Il good story about local firm
which received Il letter from a barkwOOds
man who wanted small locomotive to haul
logs The lutlrr read nS follows:
''Dccr SurS | own Il logging road with
kars That run on wheels with gruvcs iX
them. We have mules to pull the knrs. hut
ahead easily. SO I Thought an engine. witt
steam power attached, would do better.
Please write me and give me your lowest
price on an engine,
The firm happened 10 have an old narrow
gauge locomotive aud agreed to sell it for
$1,000.
The backwoodsmnn wrote back after re-
ce.ring the letter and said: 81 have been IN
the lnggiu business for live years and have
cleared $3.50. What IN the hieik wud | want
an cugluc for ii had S3,poot"-rittsburs
l'ust.
The indicator., 1897-09-11
Ihr ONLY ID Alnr nnr

The only diving dog in the world, so far
as knnwn, is dead. lie was Dash, or '.Dash
the Diver" Us all Detroit, where he lived.
knew him. Ills master was 5 IL Ives, who
taught the dog To dive by cuuN King him grad
ually to go after stones Hung in tho water
at increasing depths. II is recorded Of Dash
thnt he once fetched mp stone that had
which is pretty good work for any diver.
two or -four legged. Dash was seven years
old. cocker spaniel and his death was due
to diving, the pressure of the water prov
ing too much for him. He had two doctors
ia his last illness.--pctrnlt Journal.
The indicator., 1897-09-11
OhtnimIng LNrge Crystnls.

MUCH dlfllcuIty has been eNperlencen
in obtaining large-sized crystals. 1t is
said that large crystals may be Sc
cured in the following manner: The
small crystal is so mounted that while
in saturated solution 1t can be con-
tinuously rotated on itself with speed
of several rotations to the second.
Potassiums and Ammonium alums. cop
per sulphide and sodium chlorate are
said to give particularly fine results.
The indicator., 1897-09-11
u, wv Nod II,lc Mu.cl...

I.y no means. Persons Of hcrculcan build
frequently pnsScs- a minimum "f genuine
vigor. and eNliihit less cndurInr. than very
small people Real vignr means the ability
to digest aud sleep well. and to perform u
reasonable amount of daily ply steal and
mental labor without unnatural fatigue. u
Is because q course uf IluSirttcr'- Stumlt
BittcrS enables the cnfeehlud dy~pcptic !
resume the allotted activity Of every day
life. MS well as to participate without dis,
comfort in It's cnioymunts. that IL Is such i
pre- -riulucutly useful medicine
The indicator., 1897-09-11
rrNsprCtnrs' Mln Of UNI.

The passenger department ut the Ria
Giaudc Western railway has just issued nlI
up-to-dntc map showing all mining districts
of record. together with an outline sketch
of the older districts. Hul calling special at,
tcntiou to several partially developed re.
Eions which recently have shown Important
uncovcringS Of gold and copper. now attnct,
ing MOTTO" ur prusp"clor-- Investors aud
others.
For copies If this valuable map address r..
\. Wadlcigh, u. +. n. Salt Lake city.
The indicator., 1897-09-11

ii Il II IL $ Sian
!. / ! . !. !: . ! !. !: !. . !" !.
@1KR Trans Siberian,
IN the greatest rail-
EM1I N road in the world
{ENSA&AS and the only one
NMH1AENSV that has an en-
.AWxsRAS peror for presi-
$oUpN dent is fast near
MF~NFM ing com p letion.
%sM'\ When 1t is run
~ ming. which will be
in about three
years, 1t will be easily possible to
make the trip around the world in
thirty-five days. Probably after a
time. when things get to running
smoothly, four or fire days will be
knocked off even this record. Then
you Will be able to put girdle around
The globe within the month.
Jules Verne doubtless thought that
he had cut to the lowest limit the time
necessary for trip around the world
when he sent Phineas Fogg on the
Journey In eighty days. Nellie BLY, the
WORLDS special courier. proved that
the trip could be made in seventy-two
days. But soon one will be able to 20
twice around the world and beat Phi
meas Fogg by ten days and Miss BLY,
ny forty-eight hours in their trims
once around.
ihe Trans-Siberian railway divides
into Two prongs out towards the cast
ern end of the line. One prong goos
straight on to the Russian Pacific port
OF NluuiVDgtply n,h ats i.
through Chinese Manchuria in a south
easterly direction to Peking-a shorter
cut TO the sea by 33l miles than the
Nladlvostok line. and Terminating.
moreover, In port which is open all
the year round. Vladivostok is tight
ly covered up with ice during the win
Ter. But the Vladivostok line is much
nearer completion and will soon be
open by this coming fall 1t is ey-
pected that trains will run to the
Amoor river. then by fast steamer pas
sengers, mail and freight are tn hc
pushed on to Kharabovlsa: thence in
eighteen hours, over the Ussuri section.
10 NiauiVostok, making the distance
from London to the most important
harbor ON the japanese sea in seven
teen and half days
1t Is estimated that when the road is
repaired after the first few years of
traffic and the contemplated branch In
Pekin is completed. train travelling \.
the rate or the Pullman service be-
tween New York and Chicago will he
able to make the journey between 81
petersburg and Peking in five davs
1t is now possible by the "Nord Ev.
press" to go from London tn s,
Petersburg in two days and four hours
1t will, therefore, be possible to rencb
Peklng from London in seven or eight
days. But even with the low speed or
twenty-three miles an hour which ia,
pretty sure to be averaged while Tho
road is new and stiff, it will be possible
to reach Japan in sixteen DAYS and
China in seventeen days. The Journey
by the shortest cut at present-that is
across the Atlantic, across Americ,
and across the PaciHc-takes from
thirty to thirty-ive days, even with
the best of luck.
The total length of the Siberian road
proper is 4,741 miles. and of this near
ly 5000 miles already have been built
and equipped with stations and water
tanks. Russia already has appropri-
ated Sl5l 100000 for the work, and
The indicator., 1897-09-11
The ISpreix-.r

The hotel" explained the clerk, "is
In the hands of receiver" Where
can find him?' We'll, an hour ago
ne was receiving breakfast; shortly
afterwards he received three cocktails,
and in about ten minutes he'll be here
to receive his salary. Take CHAIR
The indicator., 1897-09-11
Ioa,! TsLat,e sril and snegs Your ID. lrn,.

70 quit tobacco easily and forever. he mag
netic. full Of life. nerve and slyOr, take No
to-Bnc. the worker, that makcs
weak ucn strong, An druggists. Doe or 81
Cure guaranteed. l;uuklct aud sample free
Address Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or
New York
The indicator., 1897-09-11
For pr,-p,c,,r. ,ni Miners

\ cabinet containing n complete outfit for
testing for gold aud silver lualitatively: 1t
Is very simple: amy one can make the test
ly following the directions. Ii will he sent
Icy express upon receipt of five dollars.
charges e. q. u, Address c. Il. DE Forest.
16iS champa street, Denver. Colorado. L. o.
box No. l5:,l
The indicator., 1897-09-11
Read the Advertisements.

You will cnlpy this publication much bet
ter II YOU WIFI get int the habit OF reading
III" advertisements. they will afford most
Interesting study and Will put you In the
way % getting some excellent bargains. OuF
advertisers are reliable, they send whut they
glyprtiEp
The indicator., 1897-09-11
t'rIi,'l

IL should think began the back.
ward Mr.. thappy,
"les" interrupted tie cruel young wo.
mgu. "hut YOU don't"
And Mr.. chuppy made up his mind right
then and there not 20 propose to her, ever
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune