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The herald., 1897-12-05
HAVE FAITH IN FETISHES
Many Colored People Believe That
Snake Skin Will Ward Off Evil

Belief in the efficacy of fetishes Is still
prevelant among a certain class of col
ored people in this city, and probably no
one has the superstition brought so
forcibly to his attention as Head Keeper
Manley of the zoo. Constant applica-
tions are made to him for materials for
love charms by both sexes. Most often
the request is for little piece Of snake
skin. which, when powdered by witch
doctor and put in locket, to be sus-
pended from the possessors neck, is
considered to be sure winner Of affec-
tions To supply the demand a number
of skins taken from the reptiles that die
in captivity are always kept on hand.
The soft breast feathers from the Afri-
can gray parrots are saved for other
wooers, who prize them just as highly.
Keeper Manley is called upon to supply
fetishes to insure success in combat as
we'll as in love. Several negro prize
fighters we'll known in the local ring
carry little bunch of hair clipped from
the tuft on the end Of the old lions tail.
These bristles are thought to give the
wearer unbounded courage and strength.
Philadelphia Record.
The herald., 1897-12-05

Free Holiday Gift Until Dec. 25th
With each SOC sale, enamelled stick pin.
With each Sl00 sale, silver hat pin.
With each $3.50 sale, silver toilet article.
With each $500 sale, silver souv'r spoon.
S. B. Bailey, jeweler and optician, 3o1
South Broadway.
The herald., 1897-12-05

Baggage Notice
Brght's Special Delivery checks bag
gage to all parts of the world. 404 S.
Broadway. chamber Of commerce bldg
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FOR SALE-ONE MATHUSHEK Or
chestral Grand Piano: cost $3.50; must be
sold. See w. II. SHERBURN, S23 X ST.
dI0-1w
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The Devil Did 1t All.

| To the Editor of the HERALD: ! am
led to write you a letter in correction
of the many absurd rumors published
in the newspapers, especially since my
own name occurs quite prominently in
| them.
The Lord has in the last year. been
teaching me many things from the
Scriptures concerning His gospel and
concerning the time of His second ad-
vent, and He has shown ME from the
Scriptures a fair outline of the history
of the next nine years.
] / was believing that God had opened
way for me to go out and preach in
public the teaching that He had given
me, and had gone to Hope Valley, r. l.
! to assist Rev. c. B. Bromley in a re-
vival that he was having in that place
But l could get no liberty of spirit as
to the fact that in my special work
| there was any opening for me, and
on the evening of October 9th l deter
mined to wait upon God in prayer. that
| He might reveal to me what He wished
| me to do.
| 1t is enough to say here that l got
the answer l wished for. The Lord
distinctly showed me my mission. and
| deliberately, for a testing. turned me
over to Satan.
| Satan entered into and took complete
possession of my body (but not my
mind, and from Saturday night to
| Tuesday morning, October 18th. my
body was as completely in his possess
| sion as if, just as related in the old
witchcraft stories, a corpse had been
animated by a spirit of the other world.
But my mind was my own all the
time and | was closely watching to
see if anything wrong should be done
with me, for if this was the case If
would show that the spirit possessing
me was that of Satan, and not of God,
as l supposed.
Satan, however, was far too cunning
to give himself away in that manner.
But he was permitted to use my own
| lips to open communication with me.
as for two days l was in constant COM
munication with him, and the things
done in Lyme We're done by him and
under his direction
w. L. ANDERSON.
Old Lyme, Conn, Oct. %, 1897.
New York Herald
nj
The record-union., 1897-12-16

RESTAURANT BUSINESS FOR SALE
Good location and good run OF business.
Address No. SO. this office
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just at that particular moment and that
he had better retrace his steps to the
shore. He did SO and is still to be
seen daily on the streets of Lyme
Another instance of the peculiar re-
ligious views entertained by the Holy
Ghosters is that reported about one of
the members. He stated in public that
''he did not see why he was not just
as good as Jesus Christ. Like our
Savior, he could do nothing wrong"
The record-union., 1897-12-16
PACIFIC CASH STORE.

looked BoneIeSS Ham. 1215c: Fine Old
@ Iort Vine per gal; Claret Wine. 51c
roll; Dried Pears, SC per 10. Tenth and =
The record-union., 1897-12-16

Since the days when witches were
hanged in Salem no more atrocious
form of religious fanaticism has shock
ed a civilized community than that
which was flashed over the wires from
the little Connecticut town of Old Lyme
last week A group of men and wo-
men. self-styled the Holy Ghost Band,
tortured a crippled old woman named
Albino Mather, and nearly caused her
death. They were trying to relieve her
of an evil spirit
''I never seen Sech COINS on in this
here village afore, an I've lived here,
man an boy, for nigh onto sixty-six
year." exclaimed a typical old Connect
icut farmer the other day, when l
asked him about the Holy Ghosters.
The old man was sitting on the settee
in the office of the Bacon House, pulling
on corncob pipe which looked as old
as he did.
Ever since Miss Liz beth Sisson
come here an started her revival SER
vices in the Methods meetin' house at
Black Hail." he continued. "the hull
population from the Postmaster down
pears to be struck with religious tom
foolery. But there amt no more re-
ligion in 'em than there is in thet old
ferryboat Lady Finwick jist comm
'crost the Connecticut"
/ discovered that the religious excite
ment which eliminated so shaemfully
two weeks ago last Monday night real
ly was attributable to the advent OF
Miss Elizabeth Sisson. She is resi-
dent of New London, was a one time
a teacher in the public schools, and
subsequently sailed to India as a mis-
sionary. On her return she was ac-
companied by little 5-year-old Hindoo
girl named Nadyia, whom she had
adopted.
Miss Sisson began her evangelistic
services at Black Hall under very ia
vorable circumstances. The Rev. c. B..
Bromley was pastor of the Methodist
Church at the time, and the New Lon
don woman succeeded in arousing a
deep religious feeling in the flock.
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"HOLY GHOSTERS," {"
DOINGS OF RELIGION CRAZED
FANATICS IN CONNECTICUT.
Their Brutal Attempts to Work
Miracles With Barbarous
Rites.

period nor race One need not go TO
the plateaus of far away Thlpet nor
venture among the Zuni Indians OIL the
southwest to find instances OF II. Ii Is
at our very doors. 1t is almost peyohu
belief but it is nevertheless fact, tha1
the leader of the band of Connecticut
fanatics now prominent is man ol
education and graduate of both Wes-
leyan and Yale!
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BuEgy Tops. So: Storm Aprons, 81 80 All
work first class and guaranteed WM. T.
BOWMAN. il09 ST. Cap. Phone S29.
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CITY REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-RARE CHANCE FOR GOOD
investment Choice lot on Sutter Ter
race. 2lst ST, S0xl60 can be profitably d.
vided into good lots.
1922 NJ, cosy home, rooms and lot: sold to
close an estate
Attractive building site S0xS0. S f. cor
18th and n, opposite Capitol Park; street
improvements paid for; make an offer.
Choice. corner lot in Oak Grove, near the
Baptist Church.
Orange avenue, Oak Park 8 lots near cleo
trio cars: buy now at moderate price.
MILLS-GALVIN COMPANY. 3Ol ] street
Real Estate and Loans. Insurance, No
taries. Best Bonds, San Francisco Ex
change, sold.
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PERSONALS.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN-UsING
for the last seventeen years an assumed
no other-and believing this not now
needed, | will hereafter use the name OF
my husband Edward Bowes Scott Mrs
Mrs B. s. Edwards. di5-7t
LADIES - CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
Pennyroyal Pills diamond Brandt are
Send &c. stamps, for particulars, Relief
for Ladies'. IN letter by return mail at
Druggists. Chichester Chemical Com
pany, Philadelphia, Pa. Tu-Th-Sun
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OPTICIAN.

WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF.
optical goods: eyes tested free by a
competent graduated optici3n. kLUNE,
4 F'LOBEkG. dealers in jewelry and
rrecieus stones.
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LosT-FoUND.

LOST-TUESDAY EVENING, DECFM-
Der 14th, between Fourteenth and II and
ana Ninth and j, a purse containing
gold pin, an enameled locket and a small
sum OF money Return to Pacific Grove
Bakery, S23 j, and be rewarded d15-3t
$40 REWARD-LOST. A WHITE AND
liver pointer dog, Jake; collar reads
ia Fifteenth street. j. T. CLARK. d10-7t*
LoST-A GARMENT BECAUSE NOT
sent to right address. Go TO S23 L street
for French dyeing and cleaning.
The record-union., 1897-12-16
CARPET CLEANING RIy,

does the best work at the lowest prices
Steam carpet-beating Sc per yard: is an
equipped with most modern machinery
and facilities for carpet renoysting. Teie-
phone 292 Southwest corner Twelfth add
q streets.
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YOUNG MAN WANTS SITUATION AS
clerk in store or almost any kind of work;
has had considerable experience best of
fee. dl4-3t*
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BUSINESS CARDS,

ROOT. NELSON & CO, UNION
Foundry: iron and brass founders and
machinists, Front street, between y
and o. Castings and machinery OF all
kinds made to order. H L. ROOT,
AI,E%. NELSON. ]. DRISCOLL.
CURTAINS DONE UP. Go CENTS A
Without injury to the garment. French
Laundry, 9l2 l.. Tel. Sunset, 90 black.
FOR ROOFING. TIN AND SHEET
from work w. d. Bessey can't be beat
en- $50 l street. Sunset Tel. No. 713.
The record-union., 1897-12-16

MAYS CY-COLLECTIONS. Outcl,
returns; we are the collectors who never
let go, all classes of collections; prompt
retIIrns 401 j street
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CHIEF MOHAWK UNDIAN DOCTOR
902 Sixth, guarantees to cure all cases OF
catarrh and similar diseases by botan-
icai treatment. or no pay: no drugs
used. Teeth extracted without pain.
The record-union., 1897-12-16

WANTED-A NEAT LADY, WITH EX-
perience in coffee and cake saloon busl-
ness: state references. Address No. 70
Record Union" office.
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VETERINARY SURGEONS.

DIR. II. +. FOx-O.siee and Hospital. III:
10TH Residence, SIS lltR. Cap phone. aai
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FOLSOn SLAB WOOD.

only place to get 1t, Studarus & Gruhler,
Flfteenth and K, 4-foot and stove lengths
at - 90 and 81 cord; live and white oak
Phone Coz.
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GENERAL NOTICES.
CARD OE THANKS

POUNDKEEPER'S SALE-I WILL SELL
at public auction in front of Courthouse
Saturday, December 18th, at II a. m, one
bay horse: star In forehead, left hind foot
white. w. d. COOKSLEY, Pound
keeper. d16-3t
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DR.. c. l.. MCGOWAN, VETERINARY
Surgeon and Dentist IsocNhart Stables
1el5 18th st. Cap. 54l: Sunset. blk 39l
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GLYCEROLE OF TAR.

For CoVghs and Colds; contains no opi-
ates. For adults and children a certain
ana speedy cure. HAMMERS DRUG
STORE. Fourth and X
The record-union., 1897-12-16

CHEAPEST AND BEST HAY IN THE
city at c. f. ADAMS, 1106 j.
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EXPERT HORSECLIPPING, PRICE So
Bert Auten, 924 Eleventh street
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BooKBINDERs.

THOSE MAGAZINES, THAT MUSIC,
gather 1t up and have 1t bound at e. w.
Breunings S1s street. Sacramento.
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WANTED - AN ELDERLY WOMAN
mot over 50 as companion to an elderly
woman with a good home. Apply TO l..
w. w, this office dl6-2t*
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WANTED-FIRST-CL WAITER and
girls for city and country. Employment
office, 921 Sixth street. Sunset Phone,
541 Red.
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FOR SALE.

ENTIRE FIXTURES OF THE LEON
ard cigar store, 4th and X, for sale. Call
at room %, Old Postoffice. dl6-3t-
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EXTRA HONE MADE

Mince pies, pumpkin, lemon, etc: also No
/ fruit and pound cake for Christmas. The
Ann Arbor Bakery, 1912 ] street.
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SEND THE WEEKLY UNION TO YOUR
friends ~ the East.
The record-union., 1897-12-16

Try McMorry's Blend Coffee. 35c.
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EGGS FRESH RANCH EG
FAIR OAKS WOOD LILY E

white oak in four foot and stove lengths
The best wood and the lowest prices i'm Sac
ramento. Yards Tenth and O. Telephones
nj T,rSSIunset Red pa: Capital 547. ii. NOT
TlNGHAM, Manager
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TURKEY TArIALES FRESH

day. All Spanish dishes served Canned
tamales and oysters put up by the Capl-
tola Canning Company. 500 l. street
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WANTED.

WANTED BY A MIDDLE-AGED WO-
mana situation to do general house
work. city or country; good cook washer
and ironer; not afraid of work; city ref
erences. Apply room 16, City Hotel Its
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SELECT SCHOOLS.

PRIVATE KINDERGARTEN AT 1922 M
street MRS. L. f. HILLS.
HowE,S ACADEMY HAS OPENED
II ght school at 1913 ! street; shorthand.
bookkeeping. grammar, normal and
high school studies, individual instruc-
ton.
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PACIFIC GROVE BAKERY.

we make specially of strictly home
can't be beat. Rice Bros. S23 j.
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a21 10TH ST.-5-RooM HOUSE, RENT SO.
Inquire RILEY'S S Grocery, Tenth and e
streets
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ASK YOUR GROCER FOR OPALINE.
cleans glass, hats, removes paint and ali
stains dries at once. Prepared by NJ .
Deshayes at the Franco-American Dye
Works, l00S Eighth street; pint bottle
25c.
The record-union., 1897-12-16

UMBRELLA PLANTS. ASPARAGUS
ferns, ETC. MRS. j. w. NEFF, 2S05 Fl.
The record-union., 1897-12-16
COAL AND WOOD DEP OF

51S L street, between Fifth and Sixth-Al
kinds of wood, COAL coke, charcoal and
kindling at the lowest prices; weights and
measures guaranteed. Cap. telephone No.
6SS. JAMES McCAW, Proprietor.
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400 X STREET (Upstairs)-Nicely Fur
nished rooms, everything new. dle-3ts
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TO LET OR RENT.

5Og15 1 STREET-NICELY FURNISHED
housekeeping rooms; also suitsand single.
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FOR SALE-5,0O0 FEET OF 2 AND s.
men pipe at a low figure. Inquire Sac
ramento Pipe Works, S15 Second street.
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CRYSTAL PALACE. 9Os ] STREET
The choicest of wines, liquors and cigars
Call and be convinced. SCHNEIDER <
FREYGANG, Proprietors
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WITHOUT WIND. The Ideal

mills will do the work almost without anv
wind. Don't buy any until Won examinSs
them at CARLOW & MILLER'S, I2S0 j,
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s. F. DYEWORKS REMOVED TO 2511
] street. Work on short notice.
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vIAvI co.'s OFFICE REMOVED TO
the Eclipse Building, Se6 street
Rooms / and 2. Hours 1 to D. m.
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FIRST-CLASS OAK TANNED SOLES
Gents soc, ladies 35c. 500 X street.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
roo SLOW. BY FAR.

St. Louis papers are claiming that by the development of the Gulf ports that city will become the greatest exporting city on the continent. or "what Paris is to Hayrc, and what, in a large meas ure, London is to Liverpool ; They propose to reach this desired condition of affairs by the inn provement of the Mississippi river and the building and operation of Q fleet of whale-back vessels.
 It appears that St. Louis is try ing to wake up and do something, no matter how impractical, to try and protect her commercial inter ests in tho great west. She secs that the completion of the great Port Arthur route from Kansas City to the Gulf is cutting off d vast and rich territory heretofore considered all her own, and is making Kansas City, not St.Louis, the great exporting metropolis.
 With practically an air line road from Kansas City to the Gulf ports, passing directly through the center of the most productive section of country in all the great west, and many miles shorter than any other route it will take something more than a
 fleet of whale backs run on the crooked and treacherous Missis- sippi river to enable St. Louis to even hold the prestage she now has as an exporting city. And when the K. C., P & c. railroad is extended north to St. Paul and Duluth, Chicago as well as St. Louis will be shorn of much pro ductive territory and no little glory as exporting cites.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
rscR 4 MI srAvE.

Euf Before fhe sSow York Eegisatura to
 Create One Out Of thc Srcatcr Sew
 York.
 ALBANY. N. Y. March 90.-The pro- posal to establish tho state of Manhat- tan. including within its boundaries the territory now inclnded in the greater city of New York, is before the legislature. Assembly1nan Trainor last week introduced two bills with that end in view The bills are the consequence of threats made by demo- crats and republicans alike who have represented for the last ten years the city of New York, that unless the city was relieved from paying T5 per cent. Of the entire taxation of the state made an individual body.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
ron \ PEACE MONUMENT.

Senator Cullom Would Have Oae Erected
 at Appomattox to Commemorate the
 Wars Close.
 WASHINGTON, March 30. Senator Cullom has prepared q bill to appropri- ate $50, 900 for the purchase of site and the erection of q peace monument at Appomattox, Va, to commemorate the close of the war between the states and the restoration of peace. Itis pro yided that the site so selected shall be the spot where Gen. Grant and Cen. Lee met on the Mclean farm at Appo- mattox April 9, 1865, and agreed upon the terms Of eapitulatioa.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
TnrY IIAyn A rI.AN.

Western Railroads VIII Establish Ilureaus
 of TnfOrnlation and Statistics.
 KANSAS CIrY, Mo. March 30.-West- ern railroad managers decided yester- day to wind up the affairs of both the Western Freight and Western Passen- ger associations In their place bu- reaus Of information and statistics will be organized for both freight and passen ger business. Acting under the advice of their attorneys, the managers decided to cease their connection with the Western Freight and Passenger associations and all similar organizations.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
MgssoUnI wMEAr PRosPEcrs.

It Has Suffered Marked Damage in Many
 Sections from UnfavcrabIe Weather.
 COLUMBIA, Mo. March S0.-Reports received during the past week do not indicate any improvement from the condition of wheat reported last week by the state beard of agriculture. ri Vst iisiss- tfccztng and tiiawing nave injured the crop immeasurably in nearly every part of the state, so that the yield will be very light, probably not to exceed 60 per cent of an average crop, and perhaps not reaching so much as that.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
stuart Tlal..iss They VIII Fight Agaln.

DALLAS, Tex, March a1. The friends of Corbett still believe that Jim can whip Fitzsimmons, and it is said to be not at all unlikely that the two may face each other once more in the ring. This is the opinion of Dan Stuart, who says the probabilities are that they will meet in the near future The fight, if it takes place. will be for a side purse of s20,o00 or more, and the prospects are good that the money will be posted
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
nnhlonn for NTr. Flrnn-

WAsHISGTes, March SO The nom nation of the three Oklahoma land office officials undoubtedly indicates an anti-Flynn victory, and was worked by combination in which Cy Leland, of Kansas, and Powell Clayton, of Ar kansas, were the main factors Clay ton has expressed himself with the ut most confidence of his ability to name the goyesnor. and of course will desig- nate c. M. Barnes.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
\ Cyclone sn Ferns.

AUSTIN, Tex. March 30.-This city and the surrounding country was vis- ited by . terrific cyclone on sunday that did a great amount of damage to property, many buildings being nn- rooted and twisted from their founaa- tions. Several persons at different places were reported killed or fatally injured. Railroads in the state were also badly damaged by the heavy rains which followed
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31

The supreme Court of Arkansas ha decided to be valid the law re- quiring tho Board of Commissions CTS to assess aud collect certain corporation taxes. The Wells Fargo Express Co. brought suit to avoid this taxation, and has lost it's case. It would be strange if state were not to have the right to tax corporation property as wall as that of individuals. Post Dispatch.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
A Chicago Correspondent Killed.

WASHINGTON, March 30. The follow ing dispatch was received from Consul General Lee, dated Havana. 'sC. E. Crosby, Of New York. the representa- tive of the Chicago Record, is reported killed while watching with field glasses a combat between the Spanish and insurgent forces near Arroya Blanco, close to the boundary of Puerto Principe and Santa Clara
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
Eradford May t,e InrestIratea.

TOPEKA, Kan, March 30.-The off cial conduct of S 5. Bradford, of this city, eS-clerk of the appellate court of this division, may be investigated. It is said that during his 9 months in office, Mr. Bradford kept neither cash book nor ledger, and that the only record of the transactions of the court is found in the appearance docket.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
Tnrmer. Arc Tbeir yIct.,,,a-

SEDALIA, Mo, March BOA number of farmers in Johnson and Pettis coun- ties have been victimized recently by showers of the queer, who have had no difficulty in passing S1 bills, which have been cleverly raised to s notes. The counterfeiters, two in number. travel in a buggy, and offer counterfeit bills in exchange for a dozen eggs or horsefeed
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE
 NEAR.

The Philadelphia Press fore shadows the coming of the mil lenium as follows:
 Flying is solved. The princi- pie is known. A mechanical ex pedient is all that is now needed to make it successful. Practical flight is to-day not more than five or ten years of.
 A glow worm makes light with not more than one three hun drcdth part of the force used in ordinary artificial light. When laen know how to make light as cneap, streets and homes will be as light as day for mere fraction of what light now costs. This is near. Vacuum illumination with out incandcsccnse is already in full operation, and in year or two should cut down the price of light to a sixth of it's current cost, and in five or ten years light may be, like water, turned on in every house at will
 Compressed air has long been known to be the best way, theo- retically, to store force for use in transportation There is no waste and no deterioration. The need Is a cheap and efficient motor to apply compressed air to city trans. portation- If this can be done. first the trolley poles and wires will come down, next the horse less, compressed air motor car riage will dc all the work of city delivery.
 When these como the only use for gas will be for cooking-if this is not done by electricity. Factories, also, before many years, will be run by transmitted electric power. This has begun to be done and in five or ten years will be completed, and the factory fire and boiler will be thing of the past.
 The city of the future, and 10 very distant future, will have no trolley poles or wires and no horses. All movements will be on rail by silent air motors or by horseless carriages equally silent. All pavements will be asphalt. Unlimited light will be as cheap as unlimited water is today. No coal will be delivered at pri- vate houses and no ashes taken from them. With no horses, no coal and no ashes, street dust and dirt will be reduced to a min imum. With no factory fires and no kitchen or furnace fires, the air will be as pure in the city as in the country. Trees will have chance; houses be warmed and lighted as easily and cheaply as they are now supplied with water.
 A city will be pretty nice place to live in when the first twenty years of the twentieth cen tury are passed.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-03-31
Much LltjgatIon Exnected.

TOPEKA, Kan. March 30 State Su- perintendent of Schools stryker ex- poets much litigation on account of the enforcement of the new state text book law, and he now has the attorney- general at work grinding out opinions on various sections of the act that are likely to be attacked.