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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-29
Blue Rock Record.

Sunday was rainy day and only a
few of the boys went out. Shooting in
the rain is not nearly as pleasing as
chicken shooting is under the same cir
cumstances. The scores were small as
the following table shows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-29
CENTRALLY.

L. NJ. Nash is at the head of the list
this week III Centralia, which is pleas
ing to his many friends. For some time
he has been unable to find them, but at
the last shoot he walked right up to the
top. The score follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-29

Z. c. Ketchum, only reliable ice dealer
in the twin cities. Prompt delivery
Telephone 81 If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
Mortons Are Pleasantly Located on
the Field at San Antonio.
Do NOT LIKE ROUTINE DUTY
Some Of the Means Adapted to
Evade Unpleasant Orders.
PRIZES TO BE AWARDED


Star Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. July ., 1897.
The Morton Cadets are very pleasantly
located at Camp Culberson with the other
companies Of what is known az the inter
state battalion. This consists Of the Nor.
tons, Thurston Rifles. Company D of St.
Paul and the Medley Zouaves. The quar-
tiers are on the extreme right Of the camp,
directly opposite the grand stand. in a
shady grove, near the San Antonio river.
The first row Of tents Is occupied by the
Minnesota men, the next by the Mortons,
the third by the Neeleys and the fourth by
the Thurston Rifles. Accompanying the
Neeleys is a party Of seventeen ladies.
They have a piano. and Jollity reigns at all
times. Company D will unquestionably be
awarded the prize of SIS for best-kept quar-
tiers. for their temporary home is a model
of neatness
As Is we'll known, the Mortons and Nee
leys are old and stanch friends. and they
mingle at camp as though members Of one
organization. The company from St. Paul
consists of mfddle-aged men, and their in
tercourse with the Mortons is marked by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
A WELL-kNOWN
BUSINESS MAN
TELLS OF HIS
RESTORED HEARING
Charles Armstrong, 1887 1-2 nth ,

Charles ARMSTRONG, 1887 1-2 11th st.
NV. Mr.. Armstrong has for years been engaged
in the grocery business at the above address. and
is well known and highly respected in the north
west:
My right was deaf
With it could not hear sound never mind
how loud.
My left quite deaf
after being ur1ier treatment some time my
hearing returned To suddenly.
Last Sunday / heard with my right ear-the ear
that had been stone deaf-the ticking of my watch,
and that ear Is now more acute than the left.
My deafness began in my left years
ago. and, growing Worse gradually. in time 1t ex-
TENDED To the right My right became deaf
very rapidly. and in short while stopped up en-
t!rely and lost all of sound.
My deafness was constant of annoyance
10 NE. both in business and social matters 1t was
difficult frr nIe 10 wait upon customers and EN-
barras>cd me in trying To with my friends
II was very hard To understand when spoken to.
anil was always asking people TO repeat and
TIM To add 10 my discomfort there was a rumb-
ling npiS. in my head that at times almost drove
u. Wild.
The unnatural Noise in my head has been stopped
and hear again distinctly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
ANOTHER CONVERT.
Electricity Adopted by Chicago
Suburban Road.

Electricity Adopted by u Chicago
Suburban Road.
From the Electrical World.
The latest convert to the ranks of electric
power from the old faith Of steam traction
is reported from Chicago, where electric
cars have taken the place of steam trains
On part of the suburban railroad which
runs through the towns Of Cicero. River
side. Lagrange and other western suburbs.
1t Is stated that within thirty days the
steam locomotives will be entirely SUPER
seeded and the electric cars will come into
the business center Of Chicago over the
Metropolitan elevated railroad tracks. This
is the first steam railroad in and around
Chicago which has been equipped with cleo
trio power for the propulsion of trains.
The company Is operating twenty-five
miles Of track by steam OF this two and
one-Quarter miles will be operated Jointly
by steam and electricity. The balance Of
the twenty miles will be operated In O
short time exclusively by electricity. The
motor cars used on this road have double
trucks aid are ~ feet @ inches over all I'm
length. They are equipped with two nifty
horsepower motors, air brakes and two
trolley wires. They are vestibuled at each
end. and each has a seating capacity OF
ferty-eight passengers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
DANGER IN GETTING SHAVED.
Barbers Ought to Wash Their Hands
and Their Implements.

From the Medical Record
The proposition to make a more careful
nan of the tonsorial artist, in so far as re-
lates TO the transmission of disease from
his infected to his we'll clients is not a new
one. The subject has been written upon by
several earnest men before Heinrich Ber-
ger, whose Hygiene in den Barber
stuben" recently appeared in Leipzig. No
writer has. however, seemed to go so deep
ly into the question and lay down such
strict rules for the knight of the shaving
knife We are told that he must be a per
son free from epilepsy and all manner of
seizures, drunkenness and infectious dis
eases.
Being free from these affections himself
he may give professional attention to all
persons, including those under the influ-
ence. or those likely to have a At in the
chair, provided they are free from skin.
hair and sexual diseases of an infectious
nature. Otherwise they are to be treated
at home, with their own indictments The
author gives a number of other rules which
are in themselves. and. so far as they go,
sood-if BARRIERS could be prevailed upon to
follow them-but he does not sufficiently
insist upon the necessity of boiling to the
point of sterilization his Instruments
towels, sponges and especially his own
hands
mere are many things besides the So
called BARRIERS itch which may be trans
rnitted In uncleanly shaving and hair dress
Ing. and of which the public knows little
or nothing Favus is decidedly on the in
crease in this country. and the number Of
{ children turned away from the cities
schools for this cause since the inspection
Innovation went into effect would greatly
surprise those who think of favus as a
European or foreign affection.
Attention has recently been called by a
member of the New York Chronological
Society TO the danger of the epilating
tweezers used in barber shops. In-growing
hairs ard those attended by suppurative
Inflammation. as in sycocis. are extracted.
AID the next conner is operated upon with
out adequate and usually without any
cleansing at all of the instrument. Certain
rules should be adopted, if possible, by
BARRIERS in general to protect their patrons
from dangers which more real than
Imaginary. Above all. they should remem-
Der that scrupulous cleanliness of imple-
rnents and hands is the first requisite. and
the advice now being given to surgeons to
boil their hands applies almost equally
10 them. At the least they could give a
little wash between each next for the
mere sake of appearances and in the in
terest OF business. il for nothing else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
would probably deny X. Here Is the proof:

Then he showed a htmbgof letters and
postal cards absolutely without an address,
The address part was JUST as blank as a
field of snow, and the. reporter was told
In the case Of postal cara, If the name
OF the sender Is on the batk 1t Is returned
the re-, letters go to the jIfsaaeietter office.
averages about twenty Without any 0 sort
of stamp at all. The public does not un-
derstand the stamp rules Of the Post Office
Department fully. Mr.. hiBergman says
postage be eoiiectedl from 80 the ana ners sne
to whom sent. ThisJ' is q mistake. If
a two-cent stamp y. aH1xed to first
there is due on It, 1t viii be delivered
and the amount due collected: but nothing
less than two-cent stamp will do the
Trick III OK This Is Is, one Of the laws Of the de-
chandtse must be absolutely prepaid In
full or 1t will be kept at the Office where
mailed No exception Is made to this rule.
me assistant superintendent showed the
reporter piles of papers detair ed at the Of
hce from this negligence. The papers had
been mailed with but oae or two cents most
age: whereas they needed it In full.
~. mere Is custom now which causes
bergman. Many women send an ordar
70 the office to have the mail of y smith,
1or instance, sent to another address We
e. CANT tell whether the mail for that person
Is MI. Miss or Mrs. unless SO told. We
must have the title and full name in ort,er
Tor mail to be delivered correctly. IT Is the
habit OF many women school teachers to do
this. ~ W
1t Is little early yet" said Mr., Berg
m an. but please impress upon The Star
readers that when they return to the city
they should notify us of the fact. and their
mail will not be sent to the places where
they have been visiting
He then expressed the opinion that n
many OF the other rules of the department
were followed as they should be the most
office officials would have comparatiyeIv
easy time of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
Choosing "a Titled Name.
ON the Chicago Record

1t IS one thing to receive a peerage and
quite another thing 10 select a suitable
title. This Sir Donald Smith of Canada,
one of the jubilee peers, has found to his
cost. \ self-mlde man. he started life as
errand boy in village store in County
Moray. Scotland. emigrating at the age of
seventeen TO Canada where he entered the
service of the Hudson Bay Company. max
Ing an enormous fortune and receiving a
handle TO his name for his services in con-
rection with TN" construction of the Cana
clan Pacific railroad. He purchased the
estate of Glencoe in Scotland. and now is
building a magnificent country seat there.
On being created peer he naturally
wished 10 assume the title of Lord Glencoe.
The whole of Scotland. however. is up in
arms at the bare idea of self-made man
nd a parvenu adopting for his title name
that figures in such particularly thrilling
and tragic manner in the history of Scot
land. and especially in the annals Of the
grand old Clan Macdonald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
Without Tires or Handle Bars.

Joe Henley, the Kansas City wheel
man who has performed some daring cy-
cling feats on the high bridge of the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and st. Paul railway over
the Missouri river. set all his former ef-
forts at naught Sunday afternoon. He
roGe the eastern outer edge of the struc-
ture on racing wheel which had been
stripped of its tires and handle bars. AS
an appetizer for this perilous feat he rode
the lofty bridge and trestle without pedals
n Davis. II. d. Speliman, Martin
Brotherson. James Cummings, C. f. Nor
rfson and c. F. Starr were with Henley
ard are ready to make affidavit to the
performance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
TO DOUBLING THoMASES
Doctor Mccoy Has a Word to
Say.
There Are Those Who Will Never Believe Without
Personal Experimentation the Time When That
Personal Experience Can Be Had at Nominal
Cost-$3 a Month During the Summer.

There always have been doubling Thomases. and
there always will be doubling Thomases. There
doubtinS Thomases in Washington, plenty of
them, As there are In every other city and every
town throughout the whole world.
When Doctor Mccoy announced his discovery for
the cure of deafness he expected doubt. He knew
that IL was necessary for him to give proof
proof-to cure. not in Of only but in
hun.are'is and thousands of cases-before these
doubling Thomases would be convinced
The whole world. broadly speaking. has acknowi-
edged his mastery skill and has accepted. because
of the tremendous weight of evidence the fact
that his treatment does rstore the lost hearing
But there are those-and there are many here
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

in Washington-who are never convinced. except
by thing that happens to themselves Individually
1t is to these people-to these doubters. to these
sick and hopeless ones, to these who have gone
from physician to physician and who have spent
hundreds and hundreds Of dollars without relief-hat
Doctor Mccoy has this word to shy: During these
summer months, while he maintains the nominal fee
Of s. month"; there Is given opportunity to test
the value Of his skill and to prove for all
whether you who have long sought and have 30
many times failed to ind relief for your a1iction
whether that affection be the loss Of hearing or
Of those many chronic complaints which
caIse such q world Of sunsr1ng-he can bring .
cure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
Oxygen Ga. nj. a Healer.
from the Kansas City Journal.

a hospital has been opened in London for
the treatment of wounds. ulcers and kin
ored ailments by oxygen gas. The new
method OF treatment was suggested by the
zulus. When they are wounded they climb
an eminence and expose their wounds to
the pure air Of the mountain tops. After
the co-Russian war 1t was noticed also
limbs bare on the deck. Scientifically de-
veloped. and with the addition of oxygen
one part OF oxygen TO one part of purified
air-that Is the principle now adopted at
the oxygen home :; - =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
TRY ALlEN's F00T-EAsE

powder to be shaken into the shoes At dis
season your feet feel swollen and hot. and gst
tired easily. n you have smarting feet or TIN.
shoes try Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures and prevents swoliea
and sweating feet, blsterx and caIlous spofs = r.
lieves and bunions OF all pain and giEes reSt
and comfort Try II today. Sold by all Druggists
and shoe stores for &c Trial package FRER
my22-3m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

ceIlent organizations as the Sealy Rifles,
the Belknap Rifles. and the Governors
Guard are to be excepted. but what are
known as the .two-four" companies from
Wakegan cross roads. and other back
woods settlements, whose members cir
culate about camp with a know 1t ALL
air. are the ones that tickle the risib.lities,
especially when they volunteer to criticise
the drill of the Mortons. who have under
gone the comment Of the officer who COM
piled the drill regulations from a tactical
standpoint.
All of these companies are handsomely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

II matters little what IL is that you want
-gshether situation or a servant-a
want" ad- in The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

written orders. In something less than an
hour, q portion of the battalion appears.
Capt. Deffrey still sleeps. Capt. Bean
marches battalion to shady portion of drill
grounds.
Capt. Bean-"Fours left, march; battalion,
halt; rest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
See Some Funny Incidents.

But with all the pomp and dignity that
Is prevalent, the Morton Cadets witness
some very, very funny incidents. and are
highly amused by the ridiculous daily oc-
currenees. In the first place the Texas
Volunteer Guard is noticeably raw, both
officers and MEN being sadly wanting in
tactical instructions OF course such ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
CONSULTATION FREE.
Mccoy System of Medicine

PERMANENT OFFICES
DIR. McCOI's NATIONAL PRACTICE,
us 18th Street Northwest.
Office Hours, o to II a m, to p,m.. q
to DIN. daily. Sunday 10 Am. to DIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
So A MONTH
FOR THE SUMMER,

TUX he SUMMEK.
During the Vacation Season, that is,
until September LIST, Doctors Mccoy
and COwden will treat all diseases at
the uniform rate of 81 u month until
cured. This includes Deafness and all
diseases of whatever nature.
FATHER CURED OF CATARRH,
SON OF DEAFNESS.
Robert Ammann. 1901 F st. n.e
Mr.. Amman for many years had charge of the
Gale School. and is very well known the north
east: Doctors Mccoy and Cowden have restored
the hearing of my son, whose right was totally
deaf: and have also cured me Of very serious
Catarrh of the Throat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24

Raymond Dickson, aged 10
years, BrfghtwOOd Wan View
NV. DC. was so deaf that he
was taken from school. Hear
Ing perfectly restored.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-13

King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany.
majesty, and 1 know 1 have the sup
port of my whole people in doing SO,
that 1 stand by your majesty's side
with my whole strength in this great
work of preserving the peace of the
nations, and | will give your majesty
my strongest support against anyone
who may attempt to disturb or break
this peace. l drink to the welfare of
your majesties."
The sentence in which Emperor Will
liam pledged Emperor Nicholas his
support against any attempt to break
the peace of the nations was spoken in
Russian.
The whole city and the ships lying
in the Neva have been splendidly deco
rated with flags aud flowers, and the
streets were crowded, although the
sky was overcast.
Emperor William and the empress
arrived at the landing stage at II a. M, (,
where the municipal authorities pre-
sented them with bread and salt on
specially constructed dishes, as tokens
of the hospitality OF. the city. With
the Peterowski regiment as guard of
honor, they visited the fortress of st.
Peter and st. Paul and placed wreath
upon the tomb of Alexander III. Ev-
erywhere they were greeted with tre-
mendous cheers.
Subsequently they opened the new
wing of the German Alexander hospi-
tai, from which they proceeded to the
Winter palace.
During the afternoon Emperor Will
liam received visits from the ambassa-
dors and returned them.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-13

maintenance of the general peace,
which forms the object of our most
fervent wishes. | drink to the health
of Emperor-King William and EN-
press-Queen Augusta Victoria, and to
august family"
Emperor William shortly afterward
raised his glass to his host and said:
Il thank your majesties with warm
heart, speaking also in the name of the
empress, for the cordial and magnifi-
cent reception you have accorded us,
and for the gracious words with which
your majesty has so affectionately well
coined us. l especially desire. to
lay at the feet of your mai
esty my most sincere and most
grateful thanks for the renewed
mark of distinction which comes
as such a surprise to me. l mean the
enrolment of myself in your majesty's
glorious navy. This is an especial
honor which | am able to appreciate to
its full extent, and an honor which. at
the same time, confers a particular
distinction upon my own navy. 1t is a
fresh proof of the continuance of our.
traditional intimate relations. Found
ed upon the unsnakable basis of your
majesty's unalterable resolution to
keep your people in peace in the
future, as in the past, it
finds in me also the gladdest
echo. Thus we will pursue the same,
paths and strive unitedly, under the
blessing of peace, to guide the intellec-
tual development of our peoples. l
can, with full confidence. lay this
promise anew in the hands of your
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-13
Andy Lucas in G Tight.

L
But did you ever hear tell how Andy
Lucas got himself into a most hella-
tious'' tight place, and the easy way in
which he got out?
Well, you must recollect that Andy
was the mill boy for the family, and
every Saturday the good Lord sent
he had to take a turn of corn on the
old gray mare and go to mill. One
Saturday the old man started Andy
off down to Stringers' mill, and a
felonious big rain caught him on the
road. Andy's breeches was cut pow
erful big and loose and roomy like, and
he spread himself out over the meal
bag as best he could tryin to keep the
corn dry But when he got to the mill
he was wet, and the meal bag was wet,
and the corn was wet-everything was
wet. III seems like the women folks
had forgot TO beat the meal outen the
bag as usual that mornin, and when
Andy dismounted there was somethin
like a peck of bread dough stickin to
the seat of his breeehes.
Now it likewise also come to pass
that old man Stringer had a whole pas
sic of likely loolzin girls at his house
which the same Andy he had been
cuttin the pigeon wing around there at
a right frequent and lively lick. But
he was in such a bad fix with his
clothes that day till he wouldn't go in
to the house. He stood out in the
yard backed up agin the palms and
talked to the girls from long taw, as it
were. The girls they wanted him to
come in and take seat and tell the
news, but the poor boy wouldn't
bulge marry inch. He took notice
presently that the girls kept up a
monstrous gigglin and goin on amongst
themselves like as if somethin had
ticlIed themmost to death, and when at
last he come to his senses, bless gra-
cious, a blame little wobbledy-iegged
calf, which had been runnin loose in the
yard, had slipped up behind and
chawed about three-quarter sections
out of the seat of his breeches.
Andy was tellin gang of US boys
about it the next Saturday, when Bunk
Wetherford put in and wanted to know
how. he managed to git out of that
''orful scrape."
How did 1 git out9" says Andy.
''Well, by gollys, I jist naturally
backed cut"
RUFUS SANDERS.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1897-08-13
Negro Fonndrrmen.

Five negroes of Chattanooga have ap.
piled to the State for a charter for the
Pioneer Negroes Iron Foundry. They
have some means, and several local gen.
tlemen interested in the question as to
whether the negro can of himself sue
cessfully conduct business of this
kind, have assisted them. They have
secured a suitable site and have bought
machinery sufficient to start their plant
on small scale. They are all molders,
and have worked in several of the shops
of the city. They say they already
have orders ahead, and that by reason
of the fact that they can turn out work
cheaper than other foundrymen, es-
pecially in the cheaper grades, they ex-
pect to do we'll.