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AN ANCIENT SLOT MACHINE.
1t Dispensed Liquid for Sacrlhcial Pu :
poses o OO Years Ago.
1T was well done"

1t Dispensed Liquid for Sacrlicial Pu :
poses 1000 Years Ago.
The mechanical devices of Hero OF
Alexandria furnish examples of the
germs of modern inventions, from the
steam engine down, so much so that
they seem to be a never-failing source
of wonder to those in search Of me-
chanical curiosities. The latest mod
ern device to be unearthed from among
them is the slot machine. The Daily
Mail, London, gives a sketch Of
what certainly embodies the principle
Of the modern "nickel-in-the-slot"
weighing or vending machines, al.
though it is 1000 years old. Merck's
Report speaks of it as follows. "If n
that oft quoted dictum of King Solo
mon to the effect that there is nothing
new under the sun, he would probably
feel bound to make an exception in the
case OF the penny-in-the-slot machine.
There is good evidence, however, that
a coin-actuated machine was invented
If not actually in use, more than 2,00C
years ago. The machine is described
as a sacrificial vessel which flows only
when money is introduced and the
name in which this result is brought
about can be readily understood by ref.
erence to the drawing. A coin dropped
into the slot at the top of the vase de-
presses a lever, which has at it's end q
broad plate upon which the coin mo.
mentarily rests. At the other end this
lever raises a plug from the mouth OF
a pipe, causing any liquid which the
vase may be charged to flow out at the
side. Whether the vase was filled with
holy water or what part it took in the
religious ceremonial of the time can
not be gathered from Hero's book
There is simply the drawing and de.
scription of the apparatus, which, as
will be seen, is a penny-in-the-slot
device pure and simple. And, curious.
ly enough, the dispensing of liquids by
slot machines is one of the very latest
adaptations of the invention"
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DO not try to deceive me. I feel

DO not try to deceive me. / feel
the approach Of death. am dying"
Those are the thoughts of fever.
Pay no attention to them"
Il am afraid. Oh, l do not want to
die" In her terror she had half raised
herself in bed. Marguerite took her
band and said soothingly:
mo; calm yourself. 1t is nothing
but your Imagination"
you are speaking just as the doc
tor does. Everyone is afraid to tell
me the truth and l want to know it,"
After a seconds hesitation she con-
tinued: You must speak tr%uthfully;
your whole future depends on it. Lis
ten"
DO not tire yourself"
Il have not yet made a will. If death
takes me now, you will have nothing.
Should make it now or can l waltz"
She looked at the young woman as
though she could read her soul. Her
eyes were SO imploring in her desire to
be treasured that there was really no
immediate danger that the niece was
moved by a great pity. Paler than the
invalid, but in a steady voice, she pro-
nounced the sentence of misery for her
self and comfort for the other.
But do you understand that you
Will have nothing?" insisted the sick
woman. would it not be more pru-
dent. perhaps"-and with agonized
eyes and trembling lips she added
you would be rich, richer than you
think"
Marguerite listened and trembled. In
a flash she saw a vision of a life Of pow
erty stretching out before her and her
husbands anger at her weakness. But
before the craving, supplicating face,
she sacrificed herself and answered:
you will recover, l am sure, and
then you can make your will"
The sick woman sank back and muir
INJURED softly:
Thank Godi"
Moment followed moment and still
the aunt made no movement. At last
Marguerite, alarmed, bent over her and
discovered that in the very instant Of
her joy at the hope of living the un-
fortunate woman had been seized by
death.
And the young woman kneeling be-
side her, knew in her heart she had
been right, and in spite of the future
she murmured:
1T was well DONE
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A Good Dictionary for Two Cents.

A dictionary containing the definitions Of
10, 600 of the most useful and important
words in the English language, is publish
cd by the DIR. Williams Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y. While it contains
tome advertising, it is a complete diction-
airy, concise and correct.
In compiling this book care has been
taken to omit none of those common words
whose spelling or exact use occasions at
times a m~omentary difficulty, even to well
educated people. The main aim has been
to give as much useful information as pos
sible in a limited space. With this in view,
where noun, adjective and verb are all
obviously connected in meaning, usually
one only has been inserted. The volume
will thus be found to contain the meaning
of very many more words than it processes
to explain.
To those who already have a dictionary,
this book will commend itself because it is
compact, light and convenient; to those
who have NO DICTIONARY WHATEVER, it will
be invaluable. One may be secured by
writing to the above concern, mentioning
this paper, and enclosing a two-cent stamp.
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1T Wasn't Safe.

Old Abe Drake was one Of the "odd
sticks" who fourished in a Vermont
rural neighborhood a good many yeare
ago. His wife was a meek, obedient,
spiritless m over whom Abe tyr
anized for fifty years, when she quiet
ly slipped out of this world. Old Abe's
p~anegyrios on his dead wife's virtues
were loud and long. Before the funer-
al he said to one of his neighbours:
"She was the best woman on top of
this earth. l jess thought the world
and all of her, yes 1 did! 1 always
thought it and hanged If there want
times when 1 come mighty nigh telling
her so! Yes, sir! An 1 would of told
her so only I've always held, and
still hold, that it amt safe to praise
anything that wars petticoats! 'Cept-
in for that I would of told Lily Ellen
what 1 thought Of her many a time,
yes I would"
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LETTERS FROM THE RESTORED.
Many Wonderful Cures Recorded, Hop

Many Wonderful Cures Recorded, Hop
ing that Others May BE Benefited.
The manufacturers of the remedy
called IS Drops" which is guaran-
teed to cure rheumatism, neuralgia,
asthma, and kindred ailments, have re-
seived thousands of letters regarding
their medicine, many of which have
been published. The following is a
sample of these letters:
Oct. 10, 1897, $50 Main St.,
Springfield, Mass.
Dear Sirs-I can not express my
gratitude to God, also to you, for the
benefit / am receiving from "5 drops"
I walk around my room without a
crutch, which | have had to use a long
time. l firmly believe that with faith,
patience and perseverance, IS drops"
will get the better of all diseases. My
doctor says it is indigestion has made
me bloat so. but his medicine does not
seem to reach my case. Respectfully
yours, Mrs. A. Spring.
The producers of 80 Drops" who are
The Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 1877
169 Dearborn street, Chicago, have de-
cided to continue for another 80 days
an offer which they made some weeks
ago, namely. to send a sample bottle
Of so Drops" prepaid. for 25 cents.
They state that this is done as they
know wen a sample bottle will con-
vince n of the value of their remedy.
Also. large bottle. 900 doses, for $1.0O,
and for the next thirty days, three bot
ties for $3.50.
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FAST TIME TO CHICAGO
Via Rio Grande Western Railway.

Commencing February 5, the new time
card of the Rio Grande Western goes into
effect. The Atlantic Express leaves Salt
Lake City at 8 a. M, arriving at Denver
at $50 a. m. the following morning and
Chicago at 2ii5 p. m. the third day max
ing connections with limited trains from
Chicago to New York. The evening train
leaves at IA p. m, arrives at Denver at
9:15 p. m. the following night and Chicago
at 8 a. m. the third day, making close CON
nections with the fast morning trains for
New York and Boston. Both Of these
through trains are splendidly equipped
with all latest appliances and c~onveniences
and carry Pullman Palace and Pullman
Tourist sleeping cars as we'll as free Re-
clining Chair Cars. Ticket ofics, no. 100
West Second South street. .Postofict
eerner.)
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A BEAUTIFUL GIRLS AFFLIc.
O

From the Republican, Versailles, Ind.
fond parents, are completely wrapped up in
their children. Their daughter, Lucy in
particular, has given them much concern.
She is fifteen and from a strong, healthy
girl, three years ago, had become weak and
kept falling off in flesh, until she became a
mere skeleton. She seemed to rave no life
at all. Her blood became impure and fin
ally she becam me the victim of nervous pros
trstion. Doctors did not help her. Most
Of the time she was confined to bed, was
very nervous and irritable, and seemed on
the verge of st. Vitus' dance.
Zone morning said MIS-. Tucker, "the
doctor told us to give her DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People, which he brought with
him. He said he was treating d similar case
with these pills and they were curing the pa
tient. We began giving the pills and the
next day could see a change for the better.
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Mountain Torrents in the Rockies.

F. R. Spearman, in February st. Mich
olas, writes of "Queer American Rivers"
Mr.. Spearmau'says:
Scattered among the foothills of the
Rockies are rivers still more wilful in their
habits. Instead of kee ping to their duties
in a metho1ical way, they rush their an
nual work through in d month or two;
then they take long vacations. For months
together they carry no water at all; and
one may plant AMI build and live and sleep
in their deserted beds-but bewarel With
out warning they resume active business.
Maybe or a Sunday, or in the middle of
the night, a stormlike cloud visits the
mountains. There is a roar, a tearing, a
crashing, and down comes a terrible wall
Of water sweeping away houses, and barns,
and people. No fishing, no boating, no
swimming. no skating on these rivers
only surprise and shock and disaster!
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No doubt Nero knew just enough abou
the violin to add to the peoples torture.
The February Atlantic.

A noteworthy article upon The Cap
ture of Government by Commercialism,"
by John Jay Chapman, opens the February
Atlantic. Mr.. Chapman believes that the
recent disagreement in the United States
is but chapter in the history of commerce..
He shows how since the war of 1851 the
salient fact is the growth and concentra-
ton of capital how capital has contributed
to and supported both political parties
alike, for its W purpose, and has thereby
caused and stimulated the rise and growth
Of political BOSSES"
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DIPHTHERIA IN WINNEcONNE.

How 1t Was Stamped Out, After the
Modern Treatment Had Failed.
Thirty-three cases OF diphtheria were
reported at Winneconne, Wisconsin,
and the schools were closed.
OF the thirty-three cases twelve were
subjected to so-called modern treat
ment; four of the twelve thus treated
died, a death rate of 33 1-3 per cent.
Mr.. ]. Ulrich, a resident of Winnie
come, had observed the marvellous
success Muco-Solvent had met with and
in his enthusiastic way induced many
mothers to use 1t. His own family was
of the first infected, Muco-Solvent
being used to the exclusion OF every
thing else with splendid results.
Compared with other treatments, Its
success was SO very pronounced, that
Muco-Solvent vas generally adopted,
with the result that by its use alone
the other twenty-five cases recovered,
not one proving fatal where Muco-Sol-
vent was depended on.
We recommend It's presence in every
home, for all throat troubles. In avert
ing developments of d%iphtheria, scarlet
fever and Group, 1t is unequalled.
Upon receipt Of the price, 81 per
bottle, the Muco-Solvent Company, 1856
Dearborn street, Chicago, will express
1t, charges paid. This makes a SPLEEN
did article for agents to introduce in
their locality, as it is backed by over
whelming and convincing testimony.
Forty-page book free.-Chicago Opin-
ion.
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Merry Irish Girls in the steerage.

H. Phelps Whitmarsh contributes to the
February Century an article ons'The Steer
age of Today Mr.. Whitmarsh says:
Next morning at 4 o'clock we called at
Queenstown, where we took aboard the
mails and some seventy more steerage pas
sengers. The newcomers were principally
fresh-looking Irish girls, who, in spite OF
the early hour, began to dance reels and to
sing to the accompaniment of an accordion.
This walked up the other musicians aboard
and before long we had a flute, a tin whis'
tic, and the accordion in full swing. Each
instrument had a separate audience, who
iigged, sang, or listened, according to the
will of the performer.
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The B. and o. aud Greater New York.

The b. and O. aud Greater New York.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
now runs its freight trains over its
W tracks into New York city, Years
ago a line was built from Crawford
Junction on the Jersey Central rail-
road to st. Georges, Staten Island,
crossing the Kill Won Kull on a loag
bridge and trestle work, and all B. q
o. freight, either inbound or outbound,
was handled from that point. The re-
cent extension of the limits Of New
York city has made Staten Island a
part of Greater New York. and the B. 6
o. now enjoys the distinction of being
the only line from the west, except
one, which has its own rails into the
city of New York.
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S|OO To Any Man.
WILL PAY 500 FOR ANY CASE
OF Weakness in Men They Treat ana
Fail to Cure.

An Omaha Company places for the first
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This MAGICAL TREATMENT may be taken
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lar; or their charges may be deposited in
4 bank to be paid to them when a cure is
Effected. Write them today.
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l AM DYING.

lOOllSn queSLiou VI neHtiLueut StdHu III
our way"
"You are cruel to ask it,"
SIT is not l who I'M cruel, but cir
cumstances which compel me to ask
this of you. You will do it, will you
not?" and kissing her lightly on the
forehead. he left the room.
An hour later the young woman,
dressed in a faded black merino, and
badly sheltered from the steadily in
creasing rain by an umbrella pierced
with holes, passed along the street
from her lodging house. Her mind
was so full Of her husband and her
aunt, and the unpleasant duty before
her, that she scarcely noticed where
she was going. Instinct led her to
the house where her aunt lay sick.
In a voice trembling with suppressed
emotion she asked of the maid who
opened the door. How is she?"
With a shake of the head, the girl
replied:
"She is failing rapidly"
Softly she opened the door Of the
sick room and entered.
On a large old fashioned bed, under
its coverings of immaculate wilderness,
lay Marguerite's aunt, Amelia. Her
face, with It's closed eyes, looked very
thin and yellow, and the arms, extend
ed inertly with their long hands, look
ed wasted and yellow, too. At the
sound of the opening door, with an eff
fort she turned her head and recog-
nizing her visitor, said:
81 have been waiting for you. Come
nearer to me. 1t tires me to speak
loudly"
Marguerite approached. The whole
DON seemed closed in by a great ST.
lence, the silence of death. broken on
ly by the noises from the street. AT
the end Of a moment the eyelids Of the
sick woman opened again and, look
ing fixedly at her niece, she asked,
with feeble anxiety:
do you find me much changed?"
"a little thinner" began Marguer-
lite; then, seeing the look of anguish
on the woman's face, she added, but
you look better, nevertheless. In
little while you will be we'll"
81 shall never get WELL"
THAT is just an idea."
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Paragraphs.

Cuba, Hawaii and China furnish the
principal topics discussed editorially in the
American Monthly Review of Reviews for
February. There are also a few para
graphs of pointed comment on current do
nestle politics-the fractional differences
among the Ohio Republicans and the
swelling tide of Crokerism in the Demo-
cratic party. The editor gives his views
on Tammany's attitude toward the New
York rapid transit problem and on the
reckless expenditure of canal-improve-
ment funds by the Republican bosses of
the state.
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in trouble, come to u.s. Well, l have
seen them, and they have re-
fused. That, my dear, is friend
ship" And he began walking rest
lessly up and down the room, as though
the nervous pressure of his mind com
PEELED bodily activity.
What shall we do?" she sighed.
THAT is just what l ask myself. IL
in eight days l have not raised 2,Ooo
francs, l will have to give up the whole
affair, which will mean that l Will be
once more without employment. 1t
will be complete ruin for u.s."
1.-TWO thousand francs is an enorm-
Gus sum-"
do you want to know what | regard
as absolutely our n and only
CHANGER" With his arms crossed and
an expression of determination on his
face, he stopped before his wife. ut
is the death of your Aunt Amelia!"
"Edouard," she protested, "how "a
you speak so?"
"She is dying, is she not? The doc
tors have told you there is no hope.
The only thing Is, will she die IN time
to let her fortune help me?"
But perhaps l will not inherit her
fortune"
"You, whom she has brought up, and
who have taken care of her in her old
age? You not become her heiress?
Why?"
Because, to leave me her money she
would have to make a will, and the
terror Of death is so strong in her that
she car not bear the thought of 1t. The
idea of making a will is fearful to her
superstitious mind. ! do not think she
has done it,"
Edouard struck the table with his
fist. THAT would be a nice state Of
things" he cried. can old fool with
money who is afraid to make her will.
If l had known that -"
"Edouard, you do not know what you
are saying"
The young man passed his hand
across his heated forehead. Eyes, l
think I am going crazy" he said.
Walking to the window he looked out
on the cheerless street, lit by the pale
autumn daylight, bordered by its mis-
cradle houses.
"One." sounded gravely from a neigh
boring clock.
Suddenly the man turned again to-
ward his wife, who was still sitting
quietly in her chair, thinking Of the
first years of her married life, of the
love she had enjoyed and the dreams
she had INDUCED in.
"Marguerite!"
She looked UP eyes, dear?"
II must go back to the Office. You
shall go to your aunt's. Make her un-
derstand, as gently as possible, of
course, hat If her affairs are not in
order, you, the child whom she has
loved and cherished, will be left utter
ly penniless, and that her fortune will
go to. others for whom she has less
affection"
mo, l can not do that. I dare
not"
You must" replied her husband
authoritatively. "We will have {
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M OPEN LETTER TO morHERs,

NV OTGFH " III - Vt
We arc asserting In the courts our right to the
exclusive use OF the word and
"PITCHER'S CASTORIA." as our Trade Mark.
1, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, Of Hyannis, Massachu-
sets, was the originator of PITCHERS CAS-
TORIA," the same that has borne and does now
bear the fac-simile signature of CHAS. IL.
FLETCHER on every wrapper. This is the
original PITCHERS CASTORIA" which has
been used in the homes of the mothers OF
America for over thirty years. Look carefully
at the wrapper and see that it is 1.-The kind you
have always bought - and has the signature OF
CHAS. Fl. FLETCHER on the Wrapper. No
one has authority from me to use my name
except The Centaur Company of which Chas.
II. Fletcher is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, M. D.
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hair, and gives an abundant and glossy
growth. Those who are threatened with
approaching baldness will be interested
in the following voluntary statement,
made by Alderman S. J. Green, of Spencer,
Iowa. He writes:
"About four months ago, my hair COM.
menced falling out so rapidly that I
became alarmed, and being recommended
DR.. Ayers Hair vigor by a druggist, I
resolved to try this preparation. l have
been now using it for three months, and
am much gratified to find that my hair has
ceased falling out and also that hair which
had been turning gray for the past five
years has been restored to its original
color, dark brown. 1t gives me much
pleasure to recommend this d~ressing."-
GREEN, Alderman, Spencer, Iowa.
Those who are interested in preserving
and identifying the hair will do well to
send for DR.. Ayers ~Curebook, A story of
cures told by the cured. This book of 100
pages is sent free, on request, by the ]. c.
Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
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PRES. M'K1NLEY VS.. FREE SILVER,

PRES. M'KINLEY VS.. FREE SILVER.
A battle of giants is going to take
place this summer on 80, 1000 farms in
America, not in talk or votes, but In
yields. Salzer's two new potato mar
wells are named as above, and he Of
fers a price for the biggest potato yield,
also $500 in gold for suitable m for
his corn (17 inches long) and oat pro-
digies. Only seedsmen in America grow
ing grasses, clovers and farm seeds
n selling potatoes at $3.50 a barrel.
The editor urges you to try Salzer's
Northern Grown Seeds, and to
Send This Notice with 10 Cts. In Stamps
to John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, for II new farm seed samples,
worth $1,000, to get a start, and their
big catalogue. w.n.m.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars re4vard
for ANY case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Z. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F.
J. Cheney for the last L. years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
Transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, o.; Walding, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Testimo-
malls sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold
by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are she best.
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Everybody Satisfied.

II want to get a couple of books for
two young men," said the girl in the
book store, land l don't know what
to choose" "Er-what sort of young
men are they?" asked the really in
telligent clerk. Zone teaches in ouf
Sunday school and the other-weli, he
is not that kind of a young mar at, all,
you know" "Ah! | think l know what
you want" And he handed her two
copies of "Quo adis."-Indianapolis
Journal.