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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-03

AHE many cases Of spasms. 81. vitus
dance and epilepsy that DIR. Miles,
Restorative Nervine has cured, would
alone give this great remedy wide rcputa-
ton. Mrs. Walter A. Steward, 773 Broadway,
Kingston, N. Y says March 3, 1896: I'm 1898,
while on a visit to friends CIR little girl was
taken with spasms. We fastened home to
our family physician. He did all he could
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-11-03
FUSION TRIUMPHs IN NEBRASKA.
Bryan Men Claim the State, Though r
publicans Do Not Give It Up.

Bryan Men Claim the State, Though Re.
publicans DO Not Give It Up.
Lincoln. Nov: 8. - Nebraska yester.
Day renewed her allegiance to fusion ny
electing the three candidates on that
ticket by pduralities ranging from TO-
600 to $4,000. Nothing like complete re-
turns have been received. but enough
are In to measure the result and indi-
'cateJa greater fusion victory than in
the presidential year.
From fusion headquarters the follow
ing was given out: I'VE have carried
Nebraska for the fusion ticket by a plu-
rality OF from 10000 to 25.CO0. Together
with the magnificent victory for the
state ticket We have carried a majority
OF the county tickets. The causes lead
ing to the result is a determination or
the part OF the people of Nebraska to
'Nmand more and better money through
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
JOCKO'S SUNDAY OUT.
Monkey Has Good Time In a
Boston Bird Store.
no Released the Parrots and Other Crea.
lures and Dined on Dainty Gold
fish-His Tragic Capture by
Two Policemen.

A sad-faced monkey with fringe Of
agricultural chin whiskers got out oil
his cage in bird store on Broomfield
street, says the Boston Evening Trans
cript, and, owing to the absence OF
everyone from the store, he was not put
back in it again until about 10 o'clock at
night. When he did go it was at the
instance of two policemen armed with
long poles, who had broken through
the door in order to stop the devasta
ton which he was causing in the in
terror, and he returned to imprison'
ment with the proud consciousness that
he had done everything which mon
key could do to make it interesting fol
the other occupants Of the store.
His first act on escaping from the
cage appears to have been to let out the
parrots. There are many brilliant
hued African parrots in the store, and
the color scene created by their re-
lease seemed to please the monkey i'm
mensely, for he attempted closer ac'
quaintance with them. The parrots
uoWSNSlS "CiC wy oAa oOut 49, phS
cages at the top of the store, so that the
monkey was only able to pull out the
tail of one OF them. After this, the ar
tistically arranged cages in the window
caught his eye, and for awhile he
emused himself by piling these up in q
heap on the floor, but soon he longed
again for the pleasures of the chase
There were several rabbits in the store
which he let out and chased round and
round, finally choking them to death
About this time he began to gethungry
and his eye CHANGING to light on the
goldfish which were swimming about
in glass globes in the center of the
store, he thought they would do for a
meal. He first tried to snatch them
out, but this process was too slow, AM
he pushed one of the globes over
smashing it, and scattering the fish
about on the floor.
The monkey picked them up and att
them, and then pushed over another
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
JocKo's FISH SUPPER.

globe. perhaps just to see if it would
make as pretty noise as the other.
Then he chased the parrots some more.
and pushed over more globes until
there were none left. After this he
seems to have discovered the supplies
of different kinds of bird food at the
back of the shop. and began pulling
these packages to pieces and throwing
them at the parrots.
It was this performance which at
tracted the attention of two policemen
Looking through the window they saw
what was wrong inside, and, as the door
was locked, and there was no time to go
for the owner, they broke the glass in
the door and gained an entrance in that
way. 1t hardly seemed credible that a
man of ordinary girth, to say nothing
of policeman, could get through the
narrow place, but it is on record that
the two policemen did actually GO in
this way, for they chased the monkey
at least an hour before they succeeded
In getting him back in his cage. He
showed marked agility in avoiding
them. bounding from the floor to the
cages at the side of the room, and from
one side to the other, until their eyes
stuck out of their heads in the at
tempts to follow his movements. FL
nally they determined that the monkey
was better at the game than they were,
and, hunting around, they found two
sticks about six or eight feet long.
With these they stirred up the monkey
when he got upon the cages at the side,
but the trouble was that at the same
time they stirred up the parrots, and
when they had done this the noise and
'onfusion were SO great that they could
hardly tell which was monkey. which
we're parrots and which were police
uen.
Finally the monkey was cornered
nd then driven along the wall and into
IS cage, and the policemen crawled out
gain through the hole in the glass.
he store looked like moving day, but
he cause of it all was wholly unin
lred, and in as good condition as ever,
Xcept that he was drinking a good
deal of water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
snae my hat against a tree limb and

snAg my hat against tree limb and
prod a small round hole In
the crown, and fearing that
would completely ruin it l placed
II on tree stump and continued
my Investigations with a handkerchief
tied over my hair. guess must have
been out in the field for about three
hours, and when went to get my hat l
saw bee go into the hole in the top.
This kinder surprised me, and halted.
Then another bee went in and one came
out, and while looked I'll be hanged if
there wasn't continual stream of bees
going in and coming out OF the hc, p
Well, didn't like to pick up the hat aln
risk being stung to death, so / con
cluded to get a stick and scare them off.
Nary scare, though, for the bees kept
coming and going in steady stream.
Finally called one Of my men and ex-
planned the situation He went off and
shortly returned with a wad of cotton
batting, which he fastened ON the end
of stick. This he set fire to and soon
smoked the bees out of the country.
Then went for my hat.
"Well sir, you may believe me or not,
as you wish, but those COMPOUNDED bees
had actually opened a hive inside Of the
beaver, and the thing was half filled
with honey. I knew California was
strong on bees, but that just beat my
time, and say again If you want to see
haas f,,,,a fr1 Colifornia -
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
PAIR OF CLEVER COONS.
How They Fooled a Party of Hunt
ers Down in Maine.
One Took Safe Refuge in = Ledge and
the Other Escaped Through Mill
Flume After Having Had
Lots OF Fun.

The Bucksport Coon club, of Dedham,
Me-, held its last hunt for the season in
the woods back of Blocks mountain,
md while the two coons which the dogs
started escaped from the hunters, aud
all the sportsmen got wet and stayed
wet for hours, the members learned
several interesting facts about natural
history, and are better informed about
the ways of coons than they were before
they took their long tramp. The first
coon was freed in a hollow hemlock
stub after half hours brisk chase by
the dogs. AS the man who assembled the
tree with climbers found the coon was
lodged in hollow near the top, the
services of an axman were needed. No
sooner had the tree fallen than the coon
shot out of the top, like cannon ball,
and went off to hide himself in the
crevices of ledge, where ton of
powder could not dislodge him.
In tramping home three members of
the club passed through the orchard OF
"Shab"IIowimson and found big coon
up in tree making his supper on
frozen apples. Before man could think
of shooting, the coon had leaped from
the tree to the ground and was of
across lots with six of the best dogs in
Hancock county in close pursuit. The
hunters were highly elated, knowing
that an old coon will not take to tree
but will fight the dogs upon terra firma
until he or the dogs or both contending
parties are dead or disabled. 1t was q
slow, hard hunt from the start. The
coon, fully conscious of his own powers
struck out through a wide swamp al
the head of Long pond, leaping from
logs to tree roots when he could, ant
swimming cheerfully whenever he
could find nothing to stand upon. Al
the end of an hour, when the coor
emerged from the lowlands and strucl
out for a warming up run across the
hills of Stumblow, all but the best dogs
had lost the trail and given up the chas,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

into the cylinder. AS this falls it pulls
cord, to which is attached COM
pound lever, and the index pointer on
a dial at the back of the condemned
man is moved, giving warning TO the
spectators of the approach Of the end.
The mechanism can be set at any
time desired. AS the cord tightens
and is pulled downward by the plungei
it slowly opens the compound lever
which, at certain angle, perfectly ad
justed. pulls bolt, and the great dead
weight weighing twice as much a
the doomed man, is released. AS ths
big weight falls down grooved track
to the ground under the building, the
rope running over pulleys on cross
beam overhead jerks the condemned
man seven feet into the air. On the
drop there is rebound of the body.
and the victim hangs suspended. with
Lis feet about two feet above the floor.
The machinery is incosed in closel
in a corner of the execution chamber
TIE only part of the apparatus seen by
the condemned man is the rope and
the moore. He does not see the platform
which sets the machine to work by h :
own step upon it. The machine works
no;selessly, and the weight falls upon
soft dirt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

She drove all her feathered companions
from her presence save one, a black
nd-white specified hen, which seemed
to have found favor in her sight.
To this hen the monkey devoted
much attention. Whatever she receives
for food she shares with her compan-
ion, but drives away all intruders with
sticks and stones. The hen has learned
to eat from the monkeys hands. When
the latter receives an ear of corn she
picks the kernels from the cob one
by one and feeds them to her protege.
Down by the rock upon which Vic de-
lights to sun herself is hole where
she hides tidbits which she brings
forth only when her pet hen comes
around. Attempt to take the piece OF
candy from Victoria and she bites,
chattering savagely. Try to chase her
pet hen and she runs to the full length
of her chain, swapping and soaring the
boldest. Dogs that are known to Vic
can approach her pet hen, but strange
dogs are fiercely driven off, and Vic
has proved her tenacity by fighting
full-blooded prize English bulldog,
when he stood too near the favored
hen. When she has choice bit she
calls her feathered friend and the fowl
seems to know the call and approaches
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

JENNlE'S LITTLE SMOKE.
Chicago Woman Fined for Smoking Gig
arettes on the Street.

Chicago woman Flnou Tor smoking zig
arettes on the Street.
Equal suffragists and the smoke bu-
reau of the city hall were not repre-
scented in Justice Richardson's court
at Chicago recently, and as result
the beak was somewhat timid when It
came to the disposition Of charge
against young person who hadsbeen
dragged before the bar by Officers
Woodbridge and Schubert.
"Who is this person." the magis-
trate inquired, glazing from under
spcctacles and shaggy eyebrows.
This person is Jennie Ward, your
honor" answered Woodbridge.
"Ahem! quite a young girl" the court
observed, as he inclined his judicial
head and critically regarded the pris-
oner.
"Quite young" Woodbridge replied.
"But 'beaut,' though" chimed in
Schubert. who stood beside the dazzling
fairy.
"Jst see how she's dressed. Yuh kin
hear her clothes in Europe-they're
act'ally disorderly, fer fact. Its
really deefenin' the noise they make
'There's nothing disorderly in those
accusations and the clatter of her raj
ment does not substantiate your allie
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
4 Maori Girl,s Plucky Feat.

The Dunedin correspondent OF the
Melbourne Argus tells the story Of q
plucky rescue by Maori girl aged 16.
She was crossing Lake Tampa in q
canoe with three children, aged two,
three and twelve years. When fully
half a mile from shore squall capsized
the canoe, and the girl and the three
children were soon struggling in the
water. The girl did not lose her head,
but picked up the children one by one
and placed them on the bottom of the
canoe She then Invested herself of her
wet skirts, and, taking a rope attached
to the bow Of the canoe in her teeth,
lowed the canoe and children safely to
the shore in the face of the flying surf.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
IN LLOSE PURSUIT.

in disgust SO that out of % dogs that
had started only nine had threaded
their way across the boys. These came
trailing along through the underbrush,
led by Carlo, brindle hound, owned by
an Orland man, who was highly elated
to know that his dog led the pack.
Instead of quickening his pace on
gaining hard ground, the coon con-
tinucd at jog trot, SO that Carlo soon
overlook him. The hunters coming up
the gully heard Carlo give sharp, ugly
bark, followed by wild, prolonged
xxi vi" which told of Carlos defeat
While Carlo was scooting through the
brush and telling his woes to two
counties, and Carlos owner was frantic
with chargin and grief because Of his
dogs defeat, another hound tackled the
coon and confessed he was sorry for
it in agonizing yells. The other dogs
coming up soon after this, the coon
broke into run, and, doubling on his
tracks, went down to Long pond stream
and swan down toward the milldam.
The keen-scented dogs, skirtinG IT,"
shore, had no trouble in following t
coon until it reached the sawmill. The
water having been drained off for
winter enabled the dogs to go down
on the bank to the entrance to the
fume. where they stood yelling until
the men arrived. The dogs saw the
coon had gone into the upper end Of the
.fume. As the box was too small to
allow dog to go in, pole was cut and
pushed through the fume several
times. Finding the fume empty of
icoons the men led the dogs about the
dam and mill for an hour or more, hop
ing to pick up the lost track. The dogs
worked faithfully, but gave no sign of
having suspicion about the coon, SO
the hunters were compelled to give up
the chase, Harvesting up, and starting
for home about three o'clock in the
morning.
Four hours after all the hunters had
left, Fred Smith, who saws shingles In
the mill, ran down to the store for a
gun, saying there was a loup cervier
hiding on the top of the frame of the
mulay saw. When the animal had
been shot and brought down, it proved
to be fat old coon that weighed AZ
pounds on the store scales. It had
passed clear through the flume and
climbed the dripping shaft Of the wa.
terwheel until it reached the roof of the
mill. There were scratches and hairs
all along the shaft to show how the coon
4 4 - l.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
WHERE BEES HUSTLE.
A Man from California Pays Tribute I
the Insects of His State.

A Man from California Pays Tribute te
the Insects of His State.
Talk about honey" said the man
from California to New Orleans
Times-Dcmocrat man, why, you poo
pie in Louisiana don't know what honey
is. Out in my state we go out and plug
a dead tree and the honey flows like wa
ter from barrel. All man needs to
start hive is to go out and play the ac-
Gordon and he'll have ten swarms buzz
ing about him in less than a minute.
"a funny thing happened to me last
spring when / went down on my or
chard near Pasadena was wearing a
fine silk hat at the time, and one day
when the sun was shining brightly and
the birds were singing and the air was
filled with the hum of Insects I went in.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

cation that Miss Ward was not peace
full last evening"" the court said, with
a frown black as Herodic heart and
as threatening as cold tip from the
weather mans map.
But, your honor, we saw her coming
down Wabash avenue Sunday smoking
cigarettes like college dude. She
spotted us and 'doused the glim, but we
pinches her."
This was surely enough to satisfy
TIL, court. He fined Jennie one dollar,
remarking as he entered up the assess
ment: 81 don't know what the quack
suffragists will think, but as the thing
being smoked was cigarette l guess
they won't make disturbance. Now,
if it had been pipe-but then"
The court did not muse further, and
Jennie paid the tax.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

Chicora, Pa, "Hcrald:" Richard Ven
sci reports One Minute Cough Cure the
greatest success of medical science. lie
told US tina. it cured his whole family oil
terrible coughs and colds, after all Other
50 called cures had failed entirely. Mr..
Vensel said it assisted his children
through avery bad siege of meas s One
Minute Cough Cure makes exp ciola tlon
very easy and rapid.
C. E. Bacon, ond I'd r>y. F. f.
Smith, Jamaica and .on y Hill Bond
vile, G G. Smith, 20. Londonderry and
F. B. Pier, Raw> onville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
HE HANGED HIMSELF.
How Connecticut's Automatic Gallows
Operates Itself.

How Connecticut's Automatic Gallows
Operates Itself.
While Ohio is experimenting with the
electric chair Connecticut recently
hanged criminal with her automatic
gallows. By it the victim is jerked into
the air at the end of rope, and then
drops. There are thus two chances that
the neck will be broken and death made
sure. The condemned man steps upon
a platform, raised an eighth of an inch
from the floor. Instantly the platform
begins to SETTLE, and sets in motion a
lever, which releases sliding valve
1T the bottom of cylinder containing
so pounds of shot.
Like the sands in an hour glass the
shot runs out of am opening in the
cylinder. This allows a plunger to drop
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
STRANGE FRIENDSHIP.
Monkey and Hen Share Each Others joys
and Sorrows.

and Sorrows.
People living at Hague, on LaEc
Geneva, New York state, have been
much interested during the past sum
mer by watching novel friendship
that has sprung up between mon
key and hen. Both belong to b. a.
Clifton, the proprietor of a hotel at
the lake, the monkey having been given
to him a year ago by a. Mrs. Caldwell,
of Brooklyn. The monkey was natural
ly quite an attraction to the neighbors,
both old and young, and they bestowed
upon her liberal supplies OF delicacies
of all kinds. The chickens about the
place were watchful of the fayors Vic
toria, the monkey, received, and ire-
quently, by being more agile than she,
left the simian but little to eat. This
situation at last became intolemble
and Victoria took summary action
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
E,cIuded from the M.il..

The post Office department has given
orders excluding from the mail all let
tiers in black envelopes-a. device
adopted by certain creditors for the col
lection of bad bills. If they wish to
blacklist beat they must do it some
other way than with Uncle Sans help.
The mailing Of postal cards containing
duns was prohibited by the department
some years ago.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
How Money Has to Work.

While the late Enoch Pratt, of Balti-
Iiore, was most generous, he had a
habit of walking between his home and
the bank, and when some one suggest
ed that he ought to use the street car,
as the fare was only five cents, he re-
Joined: "Only five cents! Don't you
know, sir, that $500 will have to work
nearly whole week to earn that five
cnI,ts?"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
That Should be of Great Interest
TO American Women.
RESULT OF A PROMPT REPLY.
Mrs. Parker Considers Her Cure So Wonderful
That She Desires Mrs. Pinkham to Still Pub
fish the Facts, Feeling That Other Women
Should be Influenced by Her Experience.

my limbs and lower part of my back,
attended by headache and pains in the
back of the neck and ears. The doctors
have given me opiates to quiet the pain.
have very high fever near all the
time. am nervous and cannot stand.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

gone by since she recovered her health
she never forgets to write to Mrs.
Pinkham periodically expressing her
gratitude and wishing to do all she
can to spread the good news among
other suffering women.
May she wrote the following letter
to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 am suffering and need your aid.
have terrible pains in both sides of
my womb, extending down the front OF
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

It is quite unusual for Mrs. Pinkham
to publish testimonial from any one
person more than two or three times,
largely on account of respect for the
woman who gives the testimonial, as
well as for the reason that she wishes
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
History Of tho Japanese.

The japanese claim that their nation
was founded B. C. $50, by Jimmu, the
dynasty of this monarch being still
ON the Throne. The first literary ac-
count Of the Japanese was from the
pen of Marco Polo, who visited the
country in the thirteenth century.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22

up by facts.
Mr.. F. C. Platt of 43 Austin street has
been resident of Worcester for 40 years.
He served in the U. S. navy, and has also
been a boss painter in the Bradley ca:
shops. He recently made the following
statement:
For nine months past have suffered
with what doctors call a low grade of IN
Illumination of the bowels. 1t commenced
in my stomach. and for more than SIN
weeks I passed quantities of blood. III
caught cold or ate anything that did not
agree with me, was forced to leave my
work, completely knocked out. 1would
go home and to bed and could not get
warm, no matter how many clothes were
piled on me. L ran down from 1l5 to 15S
pounds. Doctors afforded me no relief
whatever. At last, my wife, noticing the
Puritana advertisements in the papers,
consulted friends and was advised to try
it. 1 began using it and can truthfully
say it is the only thing that ever touched
my case. From the start, almost, be-
gan to feel relief, and said to my wife:
We have good thing here' l cheer
fully give my testimony in the hope that
others may benefit from the use of this
wonderful discovery"
(Signed) F. c. PLAIT.
Worcester, Mass.
Puritana makes the health right be-
cause 1t makes the stomach right.
1t cures from head to foot.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-01-22
Nervous
Debility
Shattered Nerves, Gloomy Depression of Mind,
Loss of Nerve Power and Physical Strength.
How to Regain Strong Nerves and
Vigorous Bodies.

M ANY formerly powerful physique and
lVl ondrs feeling exhanson siude and
Where before
feeling strong
0 weakness, dulness and exhaustion
Business clerks whose depends their ceanessof
their mental strength IMPAIRED and their endurance and
Professional students and
ogM aeeased where formerly
consecutive hours of close application the mind they
find INABILITY TO fix the mind for
length extremely and
often accompanied by dsagreeabe
feelings in the head and eyes.
there usually arrangement digestive
gradual
noticeable bad the mouth
tie IMPAIRED and there frequent
affected often aesoafnt and suffer from gloom
of weakened after
trembling
attended by or less balbffakon Of tie heart
symptoms and Jeengs portion Of hen
t,lu caused enasshd condition
~ but sabbng life and
ABSOLUTELY necessary woad revenf INSANITY fetal
nervou b,otrahon,