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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-07-01

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could cure her, but
he filled her with
arsenic and potash
which almost ruined
her constitution. She
then took nearly
every so-cal1ed blood
medicine and drank
them by the wholesale
but they did not reach
,Ger trouble. Some
one advised her to try
8 g g. and she very
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soon found that she had real blood
remedy at last. She says CATER tax
ing ole dozen bottles of SIS. am
perfectly we'll, my skin is clear
and healthy and I would not be in
my former condition for two thousand
dollars. Instead of drying upthep poison
in my system, like the potash and
arsenic, SIS. drove the disease out
through the skin, and I was perma-
v.av.41ry esG ~ 81
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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

equally interesting. The huge steel
cylinders arc raised above the floor and
rest on square steel columns Their
lower ends are bowl-Hhaped with q
valve at the lowest point 70 that hy
simply moving a lever the grain viii
run out and can DO conveyed by steel
tubes TO cars or boats without the use
Of hosting machinery, Every BIT Of
machinery In the new elevators will
be Ten by electricity from Niagara
Falls. and 1000 horsepower dynamos
are now being built for the purpose.
The silent ease and reslsllesg power
with which these tons upon tens Of
grain are to be moved by Niagara's
mighty arms. when compared with the
old cumbersome methods Of lifting aud
shovellng. AFFORD a striking testimonial
TO the wonders OF modern industrial
development.
From Buffalo the wheat travels cast
ward again by canal and rail- The rail-
way rate between Buffalo and New
New York Is 1--WE cents per bushcl. and
Is held steadily at that price by the
joint traffic association. For several
years there has been fierce rivalry
between the canal and the railways,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

In the Strand Magazine there Is on
Article concerning the origin Of the
typewriter, In which many interesting
facts are stated. The writer says.
There have been mary clr.ous and
beautiful machine constructed from
time 10 time 10 The order OF various
people. or for presentg.l1n Perhaps
the most elaborate typewriter ever
produced was that made Too the Car.
ina Of Russia an parts OF the machine
ordinarily black were enameled blue.
and those portions OF the frame work
usually outlined In gold were inlald
with mothcr-of-peafl TIE keys were Of
African ivory and the bright parts u
Iolld gold A similar machine was
presented on her wedding Gay 70 The
Duchess OF York. and another was re-
gently made 10 order for tho Khedlyo
Of Egypt The Queen also POSSESSES
an extremely elaborate typewriter Il
d a "bar-lock." ivory-keyed. gold
plated throughout. and very beautifully
engraved
An extraordinarily curious machine
was that made for III Hung Chang. Il
was fitted with twenty sets Of eharact-
ers-eighieen hundred in all-each OF
which. az no dies were available. had
10 be engraved by hand. Apropos OF
this remarkable hachlne. its introduce
ton into Pckin was promptly followed
by the appearance In London % an en-
lerprislng Celestial bent upon forming
company Tor placing typewrItors on
the Chinese market According 20 this
gentleman. Il Is quite possible 20 write
the Chinese language. or. az an events.
sort Of modified Photographic ver-
sion OF 10. with as few a. $50 charac.
tiers. The machifes he proposed to
manufacture. and Tor which he ASSERT
ed there would be a ready sale In the
Flowcry Kingdom. were 10 have been
about five times the width Of an ordi-
nary typewriter. and the sale price
was to have been one thousand pounds
lplece The English capitalists. how
ever. failed TO bite" and China stlu
does Is writing 10 the old-iashioned
way.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

II is estimated that the wheat crop
or the United states for the present
year will be almost 100000. 900 bush
els, snd that 200 600 900 bushels OF this
VIII be demanded by Europe and Asia
TO supply the loss caused By crop
shortages on those continents. One
New York bank shipped west over a
million dollars the other day TO be
used In moving wheat, and similar
shipments will probably occur from
day to day throughout the season.
II Is a generally accepted fact that
a good wheat crop and good times 10
together, but few persons even Of those
most directly affected understand Just
now Il Is that the two facts are re-
lated or what an enormous power for
good Is In the graat food OF yellow
grain that il sweeping eastward over
the country a few figures will tell
the story more eloquently than any
words can.
An ordinary freight car viii hold
1000 bushels Of wheat. Il will require
100000 cars 10 move the present crop:
coupled together In o single train they
would reach from New York almost TO
San Francisco, a leet Of 1900 ordl-
nary grain carrying vessels win be
hardly enough 90 transport 10 Europe
The part ri the crop that win be- exc
ported. II the Erie canal gets only lts
usual share OF tho grain carrying BUSH
ness 10000 canal boats will De allcd
with wheat enough 20 make a tow
half as long as the canal itself
n we put the figures IN the form OF
dollars and cents the array is even
more striking. Half a billion bushels
Of wheat az sixty cents per hushel-
the average price that the farmer Is
receiving means S3OO.0O0.00o Three
hundred millions 20 be expended In
lifting mortgages. paying labor buy
INK food and clothing and agricultural
implements Is itself a powerful spur
% prosperity but this Is not all To
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

In a mining country d Is more than
usually unsafe 10 Judge OF man.
financial condition by bis outward am.
pearance. Here b. an Instance. A
miner from the northern par, Of bo
state, having sold bis claim FOR A.,
round sum. came down TO Spokane for
a kind o. celebration Ia appearance
he was rather rusty. and when he
went Into an uptown restaurant An.
single waiter was In no haste 10 serve
him. To and fro he went In an NJ
hcious manner waiting upon a Marty
at the next table. but quite lenorIng
the presence Of the new conner
"sec here, kldl" called that uor,h,
when his patience gave out IN !
eat3" ~ I
sorry cant walt on you now 30
was the answer but the ren,io,n,.
there has just ordered a $50 dlnpo, "
"Fiity-dollar dlnner be bnnrsd,.
said the miner Bring me a HUNDRED
dollars worth Of ham and ergs a.S
be quick about a." ''
And he was waited upon prom,,,,
Spokane Review. W.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

convey the grain from the fields 20 the
Atlantic seahoard costs about twenty
cents per bushel On the portion OF
the crop which must be moved half
across the continent this will mean
tens Of millions Of dollars for the rail-
ways and elevators. lake vessels and
canal boai1. Tor the commission man
and the laborer. Europe must pay well
Tor all she takes. and that means $780,
100000 or more coming across the At
lantlc 20 pay for American wheat. And
not TO carry the enumeration TO wearl-
some length. Il vii suflce merely to
refer TO the share OF this golden har-
vest which viii be reaped by the mill
Ter. the manufacturer o. machinery
and others more or less affected
This rich bounty. 20 great and 30
widespread. is not won without a vast
expenditure Of human effort The way
IN which this food OF yellow grain ls
moved controlled and directed Is high
by interesting as an object lesson In
modern Industrial development Il g.
interesting, too. 10 note that n the
present crop Is the largest OF recent
years the facilities Tor handling Il are
also the most perfect. This year. 1897.
has seen the largest harvesting ma
chine. the biggest grain carrying boats
and the most gigantic elevator ever
built.
Out In Redlands. Cal. they have
been cutting grain this season with a
harvester that IL truly a mammoth Of
It's kind. Il has a cutting bar over
ffty feet In width. cuts the grain
thrashos Il. ties Il up In sacks and
turns on, hundreds Of these sacks per
hour. In going a mile this machine
reaps nearly ten acres. and does more
work than our grandslrc. with his
cradle scylhe and fail could In a
whole season.
This IL the starting point Of the
wheat on its journey marketward. The
sacks that are thrown out by the great
haryesters are gathered up In wagons
and driven on TO the nearest railway
station, where they are dumped into
grain cars or small storage warehouses.
A grain car is an ordinary box car
fitted with an inside partition and an
extra door Of planking that can be let
down. making the car perfectly tight.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

The Germsn government provides a
iystem OF compulsory insurance Tor
working men. Urder this system
workman 20 years Of age pas an
equivalent Of ~ cents a week for three
years. and at the age Of 50 he To-
ceiyes the sum Of t7i. In the meantime
having had an insurance against ac-
cideuts. The annual premium ls d.
vidod into three parts. one OF which
is paid by the workman another hy
bis employer and the third by the
state The report for 1896 shows that
iS.gS9 600 persons were insured under
the law. OF whom 100000 were en-
ployes In shops and factories. ~ .29O.-
600 were employed In agriculture and
coo 600 were In the employ OF the
state. In that year the number OF ac-
cidonts was Ti.Sg7. OF which C.iiS tor
minated fatally. The total expense OF
the system Tor the year was Si2 400. 600.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

and 10 1895 when ,at project 90 Dee
voting 100000 t1 the Improvement
Of the canal was before ths voters of
New York the trl2c association zoo
down the price OF transportation tRo
and a hali cents per busac, lu crlC. OBJ
show the usclcssness ~ the estate
ditch. as IL % .rreyerCnuy called Orb
that year the canal carried only 49,
600 600 bushels. while the railways
transported 100000 bushels % New
York The canal men hope that with
the improvements nov being made ou
their highway and the possibility o.
bringing grain all the way down the
lakes 10 steel canal boats they may re-
gain some Of their former prestige.
Al the soaboard the grain De-
weighed. inspected and graded. and
takes lts final transfer 20 the ocean
vessels In New York harbor this
transfer does not take place directly.
but Is made By means 90 hargos The
cars containing the grain are run into
the elevators. again the leg o. Ions
chute Is lci down into the car aud the
iron cups carry the grain 90 steady
stream 90. 60 or go feet Co The top Ci
the building whore O. passes under ihe
eyes % the wclgheu and inspectors
Wheat g. graded according 20 its
weight per Winchester hushol The
hopper bins have a certain capacity in
bushels The welghcr sets bis scales
az the mark required OF No. or 40.
2. according 20 the grade 90 which the
wheat Is supposed 10 belong. and when
the bar lif,s he moves a lever and lets
the grain run out into the bin pre-
pared Tor that particular grade
From the bottoms OF these same
bins streams OF wheat run into another
set Of Weighing bins. and thence Into
the barges that ne alongside the clc-
vator. These barges are then iowed
alongside the ocean steamers which
are 20 carry the grain 10 he destlua-
ton. Here another elevator. this time
a floating one. picks up the grain.
passes Il along 20 another set Cf
Weighing scales and thence into the
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09
THE AMRRIcAN oIaL an FICTION
e. = sisrsszs shs y -aart. ana De
Iiehia In Managing Men.

e. = ssersizs shs y -aaTt. aaa De-
lights IN Managing Men.
Sometimes the characteristic type
Of the American heroine OF fiction Is
vulgar. sometimes cold-hearted. or I'M
kind, or willful. or indlscreei. but she
Is never stupid" wrltes "Droch" In he
Ladies' Home Journal. THAT Is the
verdict Of contemporary observers on
The American girl Whatever she may
be or do she always has her wits about
her; she Is smart While hef father
delights In managing factories, stock
operations. or railroads. she delights IN
managing men. And In every kind OF
fiction which she dominates the men
seem to be uniformly glad TO be man
aged by her. Often In fiction she has
been lacking In certain chiefly
the supreme grace OF tact But there
are signs that our noveusts have dis
covered that the American girl pos
sesses this grace Also. and so Il hap
pens that today she trails through fc-
ton not only with hRc clothes. and a
beautiful face, and sesetols deeds. and
witty. II impertinent. remarks but
there Is developing around her a gra-
eious mansey, an unconscious simple
ny that shows itself In consideration
Tor the weaknesses OF others-in adj
dillon TO that keen knowledge OF tholI
ioibles which was always hers. What
we have yet TO hope for &, tat her
wealth or her povegly may 10 mad,
less obtrualye and los significant
part Of her always attractive person
atty"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

A pretty woman must lrat OF all
have clearly-cut. regular features. She
must have full. clear eyes She must
have a skin that Is above roproach
untouched by rouge or powder. She
must have glossy hair that has never
known the touch OF bleach or dye She
must have a good figure. plump enough
yet slender enough. though never sug.
gesilve Of an angle. She must have a
white. expressive hand. preferably o
small one. but not OF necessity. u u o.
well kept and white. She must have
small ears and a throat that Is like
a marble column for her head. She
must know how 10 put on her clothes
or shc loses half her beauty. She must
fully understand what best suits her IN
the way OF halF dressing. and cling
closely 10 that
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

IS "a cents per bushel during the busy
season. and. a. the newer grain ships
have a carrying capacity Of 10000
bushels. the business Is a profitable
one Tor them.
Al present there are nearly 700 yes-
sells engaged. for a part Of the season
AZ least. In carrying wheat on the
lakes. This Is more than are employed
IN moving the export crop across the
Atlantic and. what may seem more
surprising the largest lake vessels are
considerably larger than the ordinary
ocean craft engaged IN the same line
Of work. The new craft OF modern
steel construction which have been put
up on the Great Northern Co. are
among the finest models OF American
built merchant vessels.
Al Buffalo the grain that IL brought
down the lakes again passes through
the elevators for reshipmont TO New
York and Boston lts fortunate POSI-
ton has made Buffalo one u the great
est grain ports In the world. Two new
elevators. which are now In process %.
completion there are the largest In
the world. and ombody some new and
interesting arrangements for the han
ding and storage Of grain. The larger
Of these Is the Great Northern elevator.
which will have a capacity when COM
pleted OF 100000 bushels. The other
will be known as the electric elevator
and Is being built for a capacity OF
100000 bushels. with the probability
Of enlargement to 1000. 600.
The unique feature OF these new ele-
vaiors Is tina, In them the old-fash-
Toned wooden bins have been aband.
oned. Their place has been taken hy
a series OF gigantic cylindrical steel
tanks. In the Great Northern elevator
there will be three rows OF these. with
ten tanks In each row. each With a
capacity OF iO0,O0 bushels. The steel
bins will be eighty-four feet high. ana
will be 50 arranged that they can be
hermetlcally sealed In order to pro-
tect the grain from moisture De-
tween the rows OF lofty steel bins will
be smaller storage bins, into which the
grain will FIRST be moved from the
vessels and afiorward elevated To the
larger bins by the usual cup method.
The method OF discharglng the grain Is
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

A correspondent OF Rams Horn mar.
rates a pulling match between a sea
lion and a farmer; Near Tlllamook.
Ore. an old German farmer CHANGED TO
be driving along the beach. when hls
watchful gaze was greeted by the sight
Of large sea lion some distance out
on the sand, fas, asleep. Il was the
work Of a moment for Jacob 20 make
a lasso Of a stout rope he had In his
wagon. fasien the end Of Il TO the hind
axle. and adjust the moose over the sea
lions head Then Jacob jumped into
the wagon and started homeward with
bis prize. The sea lion dld the same.
aud as his team was the stronger Of the
two. Jacob started seawad az a good
pace. and only saved himself and his
-outft" by sprlnging Quickly TO the
ground. grasrlng his Jack inife aud
cutting the rope.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

The cars from the various branch
lines are hurried on az soon as loaded
TO one OF the great transfer stations.
OF which Kansas City and Duluth are
perhaps the largest. There Il Is turned
over TO the biz trunk lines or lake yes-
sells for the next stage Of the journey
The extraordinary demand for wheat
In the eastern markets has led 10 an
unusual state Of affairs In Kansas City
and other western shipping points dur
ing the past few weeks. The grain has
been required for shipment as fast as
Il came In. 80 that Il has not been al
lowed 20 lle In the elevators at all II
has been found. however. that the cas-
lest way TO transfer II Is 10 run Il
through the elevators. Accordingly
the cars from local points are run In
on one side OF the elevator. and cars.
or IN Duluth the boats. for the east on
the other One lex Of the telescope
chute with its endless belt Of cups o.
let down on the receiving side. and the
gram ~ NNlNAfA VIZ ~ hNf ANihf ANNA Na
the elevator. and rushes down on the
opposite side without pausing q mo-
mont IN the transfer. The elevator men
have thus been able silll 20 collect their
toll of ong-haf cent per hushcl Tor
transferring the grain.
There are Two great wheat routes
from the west 90 thc Atlantic fca-
board. one is o water route via the
great lakes and the Erie canal, and
the other De- q land route via The four
great grain carrying lines The form-
or Is the cheaper and the later is the
more expeditions. and the competition
between the two prevents the prices Of
transportation from rising 90 an eXor-
hitant height The larger part Of the
grain moved between Duluth and New
York city travels by a combination
water and land route, IN big steel
freight boats down the lakes 20 Bui-
falo. and thence by rail TO New York
The lake rate from Duluth 20 Buffalo
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09
on THE ERIE CANAL.

ships hold. The numerous wolghlngs
to which the grain is subjected acts
as a safeguard for the different COM
panlos an any discrepancy greater
than per cent lost In dust and In the
process OF handling would require an
explanation. and would indicate that
somebody had made mistake.
when the wheat passes out Of New
York harbor Il ctases to pay tribute
10 America but In the course OF &C.
travels from the plains Of the Dakoias
to the Atlantic tides Il gives employ
ment to thousands Of Americans and
seatters its golden increment broad
cast over the land.--New York Jour
nal
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

Some facts az TO the conduc, Of the
MANAGEMENT OF public bathhjuses IN
Europe are given In the current month.
y bulletin Of the department q labor.
Il shows that the movement TO provide
bath and washhouso facilities. which
originated In England In 1872. has
spread widely In Great Britain and on
the continent, and has not yet spent
lts force. Il notes that the establish.
ment Of public washhouses In connec.
ton with lighthouses OF the combined
swimming and cleanliness type Is not
30 common az In the early years OF the
movement The success OF the move.
ment In Germany In establishing
workmens baths Of the shower bath
type "a cited a. evidence that the Sim.
pier and less expensive forms can BE-
most probably introduced by Amerl.
can cities In their FIRST attempts TO pro.
vide working classes with adequate
baths for cleansing and refrcshment
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

Gee evidence Of the soundnesa OF the
English language appears In the ease
with which Il casts on colloQulal adj.
ditlons when the need for them passes
away. Already the Klondlke gold craze
has giyrn us the tolloQulal klondiker.
or one who 10 mining there. Other
words Of the sort will be sure 10 follow.
We may read Of a klondikess. who has
gone TO join her husband In that re-
zion; Of klondikal wealth; Of a person
who has the craze fully developed as
klondiklzed When the mines are ex-
hausted the words will die out. and
the English tongue will be o. pure az
ever.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

a man weighlng two hundred pound,
would weigh nearly three tons AN ~
SUM- and his own weight would nroh
ably aatten and KIN him. the for 49, =,
sraviiy being twenty-elght times rr,,,'
er AZ the suns surface than ON ,ha
earth. y" 'u'
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

Many Ignorant people. and some not
20 Ignorant, have supposed that usury
was not regarded with disfayor by the
Jewish religion. And yet Isaac Cor
don, the famous English money lender
has been expelled from the synagogue
for usury. and Hebrew religious or
charitable institutions have been
warned to accept no money from one
whose dealing ofonds against Jewish
morality, and brings ill-fame upon the
Houfe Of Israel"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

An expert In the matters Of inks and
papers says that the books Of the pres
ent period are printed with such poor
Ink on such perlshable paper that fu.
ture generations VIII not have an op.
poriunlty Of reading them. No doubt
IN the case OF some contemporary
books our grandchildren viii thus SUI.
fer a loss; but the total disappearance
OF much that passes Tor Journalism in
these Gays will be 20 great q gain that
II may well be held that the balance
"a on the right side.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

The Indian side OF the Indian ques-
ton has been said 10 be the under side.
But We are changing an that The
persecutlng plumber side Is now the
under side. while killers OF Indians are
almost exclusively In dime museums.
and use Imagination for ammunition.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09
YOU WILL NEVER BE SORRY.

For living a pure life.
For doing your level best
FOR belug Kind 10 the poor
For looking before loaplng.
For hearing before judging.
For thinking before speaking.
For haTboring clean thoughts
For standing by your principles.
For stopping your ears to gossip.
For being as courteous as duke.
For asking pardon when In error.
For being generous TO an enemy
For being square In business deal
ings
For giving an unfortunate person a
llft
For promptness In keeping your
promises.
For putting the best construction on
the acts OF others.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

The last bomb fxed for Fauro re-
minds one Of the gun that always
hung Ere" Its owner pulled the trlg-
ger Just before going to bed. and II
went on just IN time 10 shoot him
awake In the morning.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-10-09

The Atchlson Globe remarks that
Professor Kuerr viii deliver a lecture
IA che Lutheran church tomorrow night
and Miss Ellison win slng. Admission
IS cents straight; two for a quarter"
4 this for domestic or imported
9oodai