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, 1897-10-28
POPULAR TRADITION.
A Missionary Who Was Sorry i.c Didn'
Give 1t C%rcdcuce.

A Missionary Who Was Sorry 70 Didn't
Give 1t Crcticnce.
There was once an energetic and strong
minded missionary in the south sens who
took II great deal of interest in the folklore
Of the island where he dwclt. After years
of study he made up his mind for good
and all that there was not n particle Of
fact in the legends protesting to be his.
toric which he had la~huriously gathered.
In distrust At his W crodulity, unwilling
to lot people know what a fool ho had
been, he tossed his whole collection into
the fire. Some days aftcrward there was
II terrific hurricane. Tho islanders had
told him that once upon Il time ling ago II
certain fnmous chieftain used To sit on n
stone bench beneath n tree which grew
close to the mission house. That bench
had disappeared, no ono knew when or
how, but In the days of henthcndom they
used to place offerings to the spirit of the
old chief n;ar the spot where it had stood
When tho missionary sailed out on tho
morning after the storm, tho first object
he noticed was this tree overthrow n. and
in the midst Of its upturned roots hung n
stone bench! The reverend gentleman
Whiting wnS his name, il we remember
right--stood in II maze. Thu legend was
true, then! Examination proved luyond u
doubt that tho bench had rested against
the bole of tho tree In some distant age,
for there was no trace Of an incision. The
wood had grown smoothly round and over
1t. So far as he could roughly compute,
four centuries must have passed since 1t
stood outside tho trunk. For that time
the islanders had preserved tho memory of
u circumstance So trifling, for to question
that this was the bench they assigned to
their mythic hero would have hcCn silly.
And then the good man mournod his
haste. He had destroyed the patient labor
of years because he would not credit the
accounts of grave events given In all So
robustness by members of his flock. and it
proved that they were trustworthy oven
on such II detail as the personal habits OF
a MAI who died 100 years ago!-London
Standard
, 1897-10-28
A BOOK.

Mr.. o. p. Austin, the literary, statis-
teal and political genius, has written a
otory which Will be OF immense value as
an educator to uhe youth OF the nation.
"Unc.e Sans Secrets" is the title OF the
work, and upon a thread OF fiction Mr..
Austin has strung a vast amount Of in
formation concerning national affairs of
interest to the rising generation. From
- neld by the charming narrative and
the statistics are presented to the mind
In = SO direct and entertaining
that they are bound to leave an impress
ston which will last through life. There
u OF course a hero and a heroine, a vii
lain, etc., and the officers OF the law
have to deal with counterfeiters and
disreputable characters, leading the
reader right into the secrets
OF the government. In passing a full
explanation Is given in a style that is
racy and beautiful. In the preparation
of the work Mr.. Austin has verified the
important statements by official docu-
ments and frequently by consultation
with high officials OK the government.
The large number OF important facts 1t
presenss are made especially valuable
by an elaborate index by which it be-
comes a valuable book Of reference Of
latest date, as well as an instructive mar.
ratfVe and entertaining story which no.
body need hesitate to place in the hands
OF any member Of the household. ID.
Appleton & Co., 72 Fifth Avenue, New
York, are the publishers.
, 1897-10-28

In several rlaccs in Cape Colony md toe
Orange Free state of South Africa cave
have been discovered which yielded hun
dreds of mummified reInains of n queer
species of six fingered monkeys. All OF
the full grown specimens of this remarka
BILE race have the tail situated high mp on
the back iron three to five inches further
up than On the modern monkey-and other
distinguishing marks, such as two sets uf
canine teeth, boards on the males, etc.
, 1897-10-28
JEWEL.

"It's a little venturesome to announce
that l have something new in the way
OF a servant girl" laughed the young
matron, but l rather think l can jusu-
fy the statement by the facts"
docs it come up to the lost ideal?'
mo. it's not that, but it's worth her
salary to enjoy her originality and her
delightful verdancy. The first night she
came to us l put an alarm clock in her
room, and at an unearthly hour in the
morning she was rushing over the house
shouting that there was some one ring
ing the telephone, OF which l had made
and fleshy friend Of mine. In moving
about she dropped her belt without no.
tfcing it. Here, Missus,' said Jane on
picking up the lost article, 1 guess yous
dropped your trunk strap The other
day I told her to boil the eggs just three
minutes, but when they were served
they were as hard as bullets. When /
took her to task she insisted that she
had obeyed my orders, and then tried
to let me down lightly by saying: I
suppose yous furgot mum, that the
clocks 20 minutes ahind time
"She's 20 modest that when the coach,
a eats in the kitchen she retires to
the cellar and refuses to near a sum-.
~srtill he is gone. My husband lie,
out . yell at her the other night when
he found her trying to grind the cary.
Ing knife on a wheel OF his bicycle, and
b was so startled that she cut the tire
almost in two. She's not a good cook
and not tidy"
Why in the world doy you keep her,
them" , ~
swell, she has never asked me to
have the kitchen rebuilt allows me to
have such evenings out as I want and
does not condemn me for having chill
drsn." 3. rIuvuu
"oh, the precious jewelw-Detroit
Free Press.
, 1897-10-28

Nov, my little man" aid Tie school
inspector, ,ndpGvo-ing to instili confidence
intuthe boys iy smiling henienlY on their
81 want to see if you understand SON .
thing about grammar. | want You to dc,
scribe ne, using II noun and an adjectiv,
Now, what am Ign
The Logs made short work Of that ques,
ton.
"a big man was the reply of two o.
three ut once, and the whole class looked
ut erch ether. and then, with some ap.
pearanco Of contempt, at the inspector, rs
il to say that it would take n lot of that
sort of thing to tluor them.
Every COED, " said the inspector, pleased
at the ready answer. but what else
There is something more. Another udjec.
tive"
This was n poser, but after some think,
ing II very small boy jumped up in redhot
haste in order to 10 first with the correct
reply.
"Please, sir, l know" he exclaimed.
"Y on arc II ! ig, ugly man."
The inspector changed tho style of ex.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Weekly.
, 1897-10-28
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2S. 1897.

Under a republican administration
railroad property is worth considerably
more han under democratic rue. and
that Is probably the reason why the re,
organization committee was willing to
pay the full amount of the governments
claim. With good times railroads can
make money and share in The general
prosperity.
, 1897-10-28
Vicariously.

Hicks-I thought you told me that Bun.
ming was tronblsd awfuily with rheuma'
tism. The man goes everywhere and in
dulges in nll sorts of rCcreations.
Wicks-Oh. it never troubles him ex
cept when he's at home. It's his wife who
has the rheumatism. boston Transcript.
, 1897-10-28

Queen Elizabeth had red hair, Mary
Stuart had fair hair. Lucretia Borgia.
Lady Macbeth, Catherine de- Medici, Marie
Antoinette, Anne of Austrin and the Prih-
cess de LamCalle were all blends.
, 1897-10-28

Whisper It to your nstshbors that ths
Republican 10 the best papsr h IL
seats. and tAst Il can - had Or q
e0AD ~ RaaAA
, 1897-10-28
OMAHA-CHICACO SHORT LINE

The Roman emperor Culignla spent IL
less than 1a months Slla, 600, 600.
, 1897-10-28

OMAHA-CHICAGO SHORT Line.
The magnificent Limited" train OF the
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rail.
way leaves the Union Pacific depot at
Omaha daily at 5:45 p. NJ, arriving In
Chicago at Sis the next morning. En-
tire train lighted by electricity and
heated by steam. Ask for ticket via the
Milwaukee Route"
F. A. NASH,
General Western Agent,
1904 Farnam ct, Onah,.
nnr1v R-As>~
, 1897-10-28

pr,,v Republican Soc per month.
The Press., 1897-05-27

May 24, 1887.
 Col. Lay is building a new tenement house at the Hollow.
 Dr. H. Smith will remove his dental rooms to Converse block, June 1.
 Fourteen new members were initiated in the Victory lodge of Good Templars at the Hollow, last Thursday evening.
 A staging about the new Catholic church in this village gave away last Tuesday, letting Patrick Crymes, one of the work men employed on the building, down rather unceremoniously. A large stone lying on the scaffold took a downward tendency soon after Patrick, and bid fair to demol- ish him, but the man somewhat delayed his arrival at terra fs'nsG by grasping & staging pole, and as the stone kept on, it reached the ground first. The staging was about eleven feet high, and by his presence of mind the man probably escaped with comparatively small injuries to his arm and hand.
 BIRTHs-Stafford Springs, May Doth, 1867, son to Ira Hall
 Stafford, May F, 1867, daughter to Milton Leonard
 Orcutville, May g, 1867, son to Frank McIntire.
 MARRIED-Williman May 18th, 1867, LeRoy Squier of Wales, and Mary I. Chap man of Eastford.
The Press., 1897-05-27
London Morning Papers.

A sweet disposition does more for homely face than art or cosmetics.
The Press., 1897-05-27

the dove; and found a leaf floating on the water and put it into her mouth.
 Boats went by and around us by the dozens and I had to go to the door to warn them to keep off the grass. The shed was half full of water, and oh, if you could have seen the things that foated around out houses-barrels, boxes, etc.. |, etc.
 We had just little water in the tank and during the day it rained, put out the tubs and caught two full ,and that had to serve us for drinking water until the water man could get to us again, which was two weeks. We had to dip up water from outside and boil it for all other pur- poses. Our neighbors on the right and across the streets, up to the corner all left their homes-one by one. All the people on 9th avenue were obliged to flee.
 The Hatchaways did not leave theil home until the water was considerably over the first floor, then they had 10 get out of the upper windows into boat.
 On our street the water went to the COLACIs dIu U1oIO uuOb Luo WdbOI IhO park, so we could go from either porch to Front street, by way of Fourth street.
 When the water was at its highest point in this part of the city, the water backed down from the slaugh onto the west side, and came upon them so sud- denly they had no time to take their car pets up. It poured over Sth street in a torrent into the water around the park. The paving on Sth street all foated away, and is now piled up on either side of the street, waiting to be relaid. The D's and Ks had some inches of water on their first floors and were obliged to move up stairs.
 The engine house on top of the hill was lower engines; but in few days the water reached them and then the water supply was cut off.
 Down town the sewerage backed into the basements, and there was not hotel in the city, but the Elliott, that had any heat except as they could get it from lamps and oil stoves.
 The water was in the basement of the college (Fargo college), over the dining tables.
 The Boyd house fioated from its foun- dation and landed against the Keeley h. stitute. We leave to go to town by way of Sth street, or go across in boat. We think we were no worse off here than in other parts, for we had sufficient warning; because the water came steadily and we could gage it and be prepared.
 Our church basement was more than half full, and a week ago last night (April 2), we went from the square house at the corner over. to the back of tfle church Tn boat. Dr. D. laughed heartily at the idea of our going to meet ing in a boat. The lecture room was filled with all manner of things.
 Fargo is one of the largest, if not the largest, towns in the state. It has inn proved greatly since the fire. It had a very clean and pleasant look when we were in it last fall. It laid a great deal of pavement last year, but the flood de- stroyed it; and, also, about twenty miles of sidewalk.
 All this is discouraging.
 There is much emigration into the state this year. The harvest outlook now is good. What it will be in the Red River valley do not know, as the water has been very slow to recede.
 0. P. CHAMPLIN.
The Press., 1897-05-27
WIDE TIRES.

The fact that the same power will draw heavier load on wide than on narrow wheels has been established by recent tests at the agricultural experiment station at Columbia, Mo. The same tests showed conclusively the improvement of the road bed when wide tires were used, but this is of less consequence as there had been little serious dispute over this point There are conditions under which the narrow tire gives lighter draft, but these are the exception, as appears from inspection of the record.
 Briefly, it was found that on macadam street the power required to draw one ton on narrow tires drew ton and quarter on wide tires. On gravel roads the advan- tage of the wide tire was little greater, showing gain of a trife over 30 per cent. On dry, hard dirt roads, free from ruts, the advantage ofthe wide tire was B per cent; and on mud roads, spongy on the surface and soft underneath, the advantage was about 50 per cent. On meadows and pastures, the advantage of the broad tires was conspicuous, being from 50 to 100 per cent, when the meadows were soft. The only conditions under which narrow tires showed an advantage were when a dirt road was firm underneath and soft at the surface, and when the same road had been wet to a great depth by continued rains and the mud had become stiff and sticky, so as to gather on wheels. In each of these cases the narrow tire showed an advantage. The other conditions, how ever, are far more frequent.
 The tests as to the action of wide tires in improving the road were made on a clay road which had been badly cut into ruts by the action of narrow-tired wheels. As to these experiments it is said
 A number of tests of the draft of the narrow tire were made in these open ruts, and immediately followed by the broad tires running in the same ruts. The first run of the broad tire over the narrow-tire ruts was accompanied by an increased draft; the second by draft materially less than the original narrow tire; the fourth trip the rut was practically obliter- ated and filled, thus demonstrating that Ii even half the wagons had broad tires the results would be beneficial to all in de- creased draft and better roads.
 These facts are especially worthy of con- sideration now in Connecticut, because we have law requiring wide tires. This law provides that beginning July 1, 1896, all vehicles used upon the highways of the State in the transportation of merchandise except such as are already in the use at that time) shall be provided with tires of specified widths (according to carrying capacity, as determined by the size and strength of the axle) these widths being from to g inches. The law is said to have been disregarded, but the experi- ments above described show that it is worth enforcing. Timses.
The Press., 1897-05-27
AYERS Pills Save Doctors Bills.
nHE WATCH-WORD OF THE
 ! CHICAGO GROCERY

Is always the Best and Choicest Groce- ries at the lowest prices, as the following list will prove. Until further notice we offer
 20 lbs. Fine Granulated Sugar, $1.OO 1 bbl. Best Haxall Flour, 500 1 bbl. Best St. Louis Flour, 500 can California Bartlett Pears, 2Oc can Prime Sweet Corn, 7c 1 can Cold Packed Tomatoes, Sc 1 bushel Fine Potatoes, soc 10 lbs. Rolled Oats, 25c 6 ats. hand-picked N Y. Beans, 25c package Gold Dust, 19c 8 cans Best Little-Neck Clans, 25c 3 cans Burnhams Clam Chowder soc 444 lbs. Fine Carolina Rice, 25c lbs. N. Y. Evaporated Apples, 25c 1 gal. Prime Porto Rico Molasses, 35c 1 gal. Best Porto Rico Molasses, 4Oc gal. Maple Syrup, weighs Il lbs, s5c 10 lbs. Pure Lard, 75c i lb. Best Boneless Corned Beef, Sc 1 lb. Cow Brand Saleratus, 7c 1 qt. Hinze English Chow-Chow, 1Sc at Best Prepared Mustard, 15c cans Fine Red Salmon, 25c
 SWe have just received a large line of
The Press., 1897-05-27
HOwss Thfei

HOW'@ Thf@I We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Props. Toledo, o. We, the undersigned, have known E. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all his business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by their firm.
 WEST & TRAUx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. WALDING, KINNAN q MARVIN. Wholesale Drug
 gists, Toledo, O.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The Press., 1897-05-27

If you eat what you like, and digest it, you will surely be strong and healthy.
 But if you don't digest it, you might al most as well not eat, what good can your food do you if it doesn't nourish you2
 If you find that you can't digest it, there is & simple help for your stomach.
 It is Shaker Digestive Cordial, made by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon. It has never failed to cure the worst case of in digestion.
 Strength and health come from the food you eat, after it has been digested and has gone into the blood.
 The best tonic is digested food. The Cordial.
 When you have acid eructations, nausea, headache, wind, dizziness, offensive breath or any other symptoms of dyspepsia, Shaker Digestive Cordial will cure you.
 At druggists. Trial bottle 10 cents.
The Press., 1897-05-27

FREE PILLs.-Send your address to H.. E. Bucklen & Co.,, Chicago, and get free sample box of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. A trial will convince you of their merits. These pills are easy in action and partic- ularly effective in the cure of Constipa- tion and Sick Headache. For Malaria and Liver troubles they have been proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every deleterious sub stance and to be purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giv- ing tone to stomach and bowels greatly invigorate the system. Regular size, 25c. per box. Sold by E.. K. Taft, druggist.
 "Young gentlemen" said the lecturer in chemistry, "coal exposed to the ele- ments loses 10 per cent of it's weight and heating power. This is due to the action of the alkali constituents of''-
 "But what if there is dog sleeping near the coal, professor?"
 ''None of your levity, young man. This is a serious matter.
 "That's what father thought when 72 per cent of his coal pile disappeared during three nights of exposure. Then he asked my advice as student of chemistry, and told him to buy dog. He bought dog with bay window teeth and the stringhalt in his upper lip, and now we don't lose 1 per cent of our coal a month. That's the kind of practical chemist am. Now go on with your theory. ''-Exchange.
 A Coop INvRsTMENT.-On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, generous sample will be mailed of the mostpOpular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demonstrate it's great merit. Full size soc.
 ELY BROTHERS,
 56 Warren St., New York City.
 I suffered from Catarrh three years; it got so bad could not work used two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm and am en- tirely well; l would not be without it. A. c. Clarke, 341 Shawmut Ave-, Boston.
 A brief description appears in Nature of Pauling's new and novel method of drawing relief maps, which is pro- nounced a great advance on any system now ill use, both in respect of accuracy and ease of execution. The map is said to be in effect a closely contoured map, printed on silver gray paper, the con- tour lines being white where illuminat- ed by source of light supposed to be 45 degrees above the western horizon and black elsewhere. Level plateaus and slightly sloping areas are thus rep resented by the natural gray color of the paper, steep decliyities toward the west being frightened by the closely drawn white lines and toward the east correspondingly darkened by the black lines, the departure from the normal gray showing more the closer lines that is, the sleeper the slope. Thus the Pauling method has the merit of giving clear idea of the steepness derived from the contour lines themselves. and the additional advantage is presented of avoiding the confusion produced by the shadows in some modern maps, where the illumination is supposed to come from the horizon.
The Press., 1897-05-27
ITEMS FROM THE STAFFORD
 NEWS LETTER.

Tt is our intention to print under this head from week to week, items of interest from the old Stafford News Letter.
The Press., 1897-05-27

Proportionately there is no great town in the civilized world that has SO few morning papers as London. This is due to the large expenditure involved in starting paper there. Any one con- templating this must be prepared to lose from $150. 900 to $20O, 900 a year for two or three years and then perhaps to fail
The Press., 1897-05-27
Miaundersfood.

"Now," said the customer, "I want this ring by the 10th. Gan have it on timer"
 ''No, sir. More than that, the fact that you want time compels me to ask for deposit before we make the ring. n Detroit Free Press.
The Press., 1897-05-27
Mighty Mice.

The Hindoos have proverb to the effect that women fear mice, mice feaf mem, and man fear women.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-08-14

you viii be a prosperous, happy woman
Your conduct in this matter has repaid me
for all | have DONE
at il very sweet TO hear you say So"
said Mona, gently.
Tell me, " resumed Mrs. Newburgh, ''is
Mr.. Waring anxious that his marriage
should take place soonf"
He Is; he begged me to say so when
speaking to you. He left me to see Sir
Robert Eyerard, and consult with him"
That is well. lie is our nearest OF kin
In town. DO not oppose this excellent
young mans desire for a speedy union,
Mona. There's many a slip 'twixt cup
and lip"
"Youngv" repeated Mona, dreamily. HE
is almost too young for me.'
Nonsense" cried Mrs. Newburgh. with
something of her former ~briskness. He
must be seven or eight years older than
you are. What more would you wanty"
He seems a kind of overgrown school
boy-so unfinished and undecided. / feel
quite an old woman Of the world near him"
so much the better. The superior ripe
ness Of your nature will give you influence
over him. But | do not think he is so
much a boy as you fancy. know he is a
favorite among men, and that always is a
good sign"
And 80 on for half an hour and more.
Mrs. Newburgh was quite laxative; she
arranged her granddaughter's future
household, greatly to her W satisfac-
ton, and settled the amount Of pin money
she ought TO have.
At last Mona was set free to
with her own heart in her chamber, where
che sat very still, reviewing her brief past,
and trying TO sketch the probable future.
CONTINUED next week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-08-14

@Did you ever notice" said a young
roma Of observation, that no matter
how heavy any of my obese sisters may
grow to be they can always move light
~? The ARREST dancer that | ever
knew was a woman who weighed over
200 pounds; and the boys used TO tell
me that IL was positively 4 comfort TO
waltz with her, for she seemed TO Goat
about like 4 balloon. OF colrse, there
are plenty of stout women who come
down like a falling keg every time
they stir a step but that Is because they
hold their shoulders bowed back and
look in profile like a bow window.
They have thrown themselves off in the
center of gravity and prance about with
all the grace Of a walking beam.
But the stout woman who knows
how Il hold herself, how to poise her
self l should rather gay. can move as
lightly as a sylph, as every body can
testify who keeps his eyes and ears
open. repeat, too. that she a nov
much more lightly than a man of cor
responding bulk can. l don't know
why il is but it's certainly 50. / sup
pose that il a close series of exrSrt-
ments were made. something In the
nature OF comparative measurements. it
would be found that in the woman's
case there is a more equal distribution Of
avoirdupois than in the mans case. /
offer the suggestion TO DIR. Sargent as
opening up a new field OF interesting
uuuiry."-N y. Sun.