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The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
PAGO PAGO
 WILL HAVE
 ITS STATION Commander I TannerIs Here to Rush 1t. CONTRACT 4 WAR MEASURE SPECIFICATIONS NOT ADVER- TIsED, NO CHANGE TO BID. Local Contractors Indignant-Every One Claims a Chance to Bid
 for the Big
 Job.
CONTRACT 4 WAR MEASURE
SPECIFICATIONS NOT ADvER-
 TIsED, NO CHANGE TO BID.

Commander 2. L. Tanner of the United States navy Is gentleman much in de- mand just now. He rarely emerges from the seclusion of his bedroom at the Oc- cidental for dozen hungry contractors are sure to be at his heels, clamoring for plans and specifications. They all want a slice of the Pago Pago pudding, and, as Commander Tanner says, there Is not enough to go round.
 The whole trouble arises from the fact that the Naval Department has decided to deal with the Pago Pago coaling station on a purely war basis. The contract for a wharf and coaling sheds at this Sa- moan island is not to be let on the ordi- nary commercial lines. Tenders will not be called for, nor will the specifications be advertised. Commander Tanner has absolute authority to give the work to any one he chooses to select.
 My instructions" he remarked yester- day, were to get bids from a couple of leading firms here and then to start op- erations as speedily as possible. Aeuten-
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cine, and have certainly been greatly benefited by it's use.
 Lydia E. Pinkhan's Vegetable Com pound has indeed been a friend to me.
 ''I am now able to do my own work, thanks to your wonderful medicine. was as near death believe as could be, so weak that my pulse scarcely beat and my heart had almost given out. could not have stood it one week more, I am sure. I never thought would be so grateful to any medicine.
 "I shall use my influence with any one suffering as I did, to have them use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound"
 Every woman that is puzzled about her condition should secure the sympa- thetic advice of a woman who under stands. Write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. and tell her your ills. D
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flying Pago Pago harbor. The United States has no right to do that in any case. All that we propose to do Is to pro vide coaling facilities for our ships-to erect a wharf and coaling sheds.
 The wharf will run out over the reef into deep water for a distance of about 250 feet. This will give plenty of water alongside the dock fifteen fathoms or so, and there will be no difficulty in coal ing. On shore we propose to have steel sheds for the coal with a tramWay and all other suitable appliances.
 The commander declines to say any thing about the cost of the work. That depends upon the contractors. and until bids are received he cannot give an esti- mate.
 ''The papers are coming from Washing ton, Is all he will say.
 Meanwhile there are dozen or more firms here clamoring for this very juicy contract which may run up to couple of hundred thousand dollars. or so. And they want to know why tenders have not been called for and specifications adver- tised, in the usual course.
 Tt Is war measure," says Commander Tanner. But. then, the war Is over and there Is no particular necessity for haste with regard to Pago Pago. Uncle Sam has neglected the place for a dozen years or so and a month, 1t Is thought, might well be spared now.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
ELIZABETH COOKS ESTATE.
W. G. Tripp Will Have to Deliver It
 Over to the Administrator.

The Supreme Court has decided that the property belonging to the estate of Elizabeth L. Cook, deceased, of Alameda. must be handed over to Administrator Knight. The case has some peculiar fea- lures In the early part of 1895 Mrs. Cook, who was well along in years. found that it would be necessary to undergo q surgical operation, with the hope of saw ing her life. She called in her friend. named w G. Tripp, to whom she gave all of her property in trust. in case the operation should not be a success. The transfer if such it could be called was directed that he dispose of the property according to her wishes, and he kent 2
 memorandum of the disposition to ba
 made of the estate. The woman died a
 few days after the operation, and Tripn
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INTERESTING EXPERIENCE
Of an Iowa Lady Who Was Cured of Dyspepsia After Suffering for
 Twenty-Five Years.

Mrs. Sarah 4. Skeels, an estimabe lady residing at Lynnville, Jasper County. Iowa, was for twenty-five years sufferer from Dyspepsia. and her complete restor ation to health Is so remarkable that we present the facts in the case for the bene- fit of our readers, many of whom have doubtless suffered In the same manner and will, therefore, be interested in learn ing how all stomach troubles may be avoided and cured. Mrs. Skees says: pepsia Tablets and I received such great and unexpected benefit that I wish to ex- press my sincere gratitude. In fact, 1t has been six months since I took the medi- distress or difficulty since. And all this in the face of the fact that the best doctors able. as I had suffered for twenty-five years. l want half dozen packages to distribute among my friends here who are very anxious 10 try this remedy Yours truly. MRS. SARAH A. SKEELS.
 The reason why Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are so successful In curing indi- gestion and stomach troubles and the req son why fl never disappoints those who claimed for 1t except what it will actu- ally perform. It Is not cure-all, and no such claims are made for 1t. It Is pre- pared for the sole purpose of curing Dyspepsia and the various forms of indi- gestion.
 There Is scarcely, patent medicine made but what Is claimed to cure dyspep- sia as well as hundred other troubles. When. as a matter of fact. a remedy to cure Dyspepsia must be prepared especi- ally for that and nothing else: and among all the remedies, patent nostrums, bitters. etc, so extensively advertised you will find that Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is the only one advertised as cure for dys- pepsa and nothing else. The remedy is prepared by the Stuart Co. of Marshall. Mich, and for sale by all druggists at 50 cents per package, and if you suffer from any form of stomach Arrangement or indigestion, trial will not disappoint you.
 A little book on stomach troubles mailed free. Address Stuart Co.,, Mar shall, Mich.
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dressed a. long letter to Manager B. P. Vining of the Market Street Railway Company in reference to running cleo tric cars on Montgomery and Sansome streets, doing away with the old horse cars that now rumble along those thor Post street line be changed from a cable to an electric line, and that it's cars, in- stead of stopping at Montgomery street, run along to Bush street, down Bush to Sansome and along Sansome to Jackson and back on Montgomery to Post. The association further wishes to have the Sixth street line changed to electric pow CT, and it's cars run up Taylor street to Post. where it will become a part of the Post street system. By making these changes people could go from the new Postoffice and City Hall to the Custom house direct.
 Inquiry has been made by the officers of the association who have found that a great majority of the merchants in tn, downtown district wish the changes sug- geSted made.
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was called upon to deliver the property to the administrator.
 This he refused to do, setting up that nosed of according to the wishes of the deceased. The lower court decided in favor of the administrator, but little later it granted a motion for new trial of this case From this Knight took an appeal to the Supreme Court, and that tribunal decided that no new trial should be had. The Justices took the position that the woman had no intention to make Tripp a present of the estate, and the bill of sale did not count.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
A Dramatic Recital.

Mrs Hattie Valthau. the dramatic reader, will give a recital at the Hotel Rafael this evening. The affair will De under the patronage of Mrs. Louis Sloss, Mrs. J. R. Deane, Mrs. R. H. warfeid and Mrs, H. Schmiedell The programme will be a varied one, consisting of com edy, tragedy and dialect.
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ant Chambers of the Civil Engineering Department of the navy will go to Tu- tuila to supervise the work. My business Is to fix the contract"
 Commander Tanner Is not without Sa- moan experience. In 1872 he was in Pago Pago harbor as navigating lieutenant of the Narragansett anu 1t was then that he made the trial surveys which led to the establishment of a coaling station for the United States navy in this harbor. Also the commander has fine war record. He
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joined the navy in 1862 and served with distinction under Admiral Porter at the capture of Fort Fisher, continuing in blockade service until the close of the war. In December last, having passed the age of 50 years, he was retired with the rank of commander. and the Presi- dent has shown his confidence in his abil- ity by selecting him for his present re- sponsible service.
 This is purely a war measure." he said land there Is no question of forti-
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
WILL SOON
 FLY OLD GLORY American Flags Over Two Rebuilt Ships. WRECKED ON THIS COAST CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS FOR EN-
 GLISH MARKETS A Cargo Valued at Nearly Two Hun dred Thousand Dollars Taken
 Away in the Bark J. G.
 Glade.
WRECKED ON THIS COAST
PRODUCTS FOR EN-
 GLISH MARKETS.

Down at Main and Spear-street wharves ,wo English hulls are being turned into American ships Both of them were on their maiden voyage when they met With disaster. so that when American mechan- ics are through with them, they should be welcome additions to the merchant ma rine of the United States.
 The vessels are the barks Blalrrnore ana 11Iu1scott The latter will not require the
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prompts me to write that Stuart's Dys- pepsia Tablets completely cured me of Nervous Dyspepsia, from which I had suf- fered for the last four years. I had tried
 many remedies without results, but am now cured and have gained in flesh. sleep
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ADVERTISEMENTS.
"IDO MY OWN WORK"
So Says Mrs. Mary Rochiette ot Linden, New Jersey, in this
 Letter to Mrs. Pinkham-

CT was bothered with flow which would be quite annoying at times, and at others would almost stop.
 CT used prescriptions given me by my
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Sues for His Salary.

H. c. Cupples has sued the Stockton and Tuolumne Railroad Company to re- cover s393 30 alleged to be due him for services rendered in the capacity of a civil engineer
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physician. br same state of affairs
 continued.
 !" After a time l was taken with | a flooding, that I was obliged to keep pmy bed. Finally. in despair, l gave up my to-, and be toEiDuuOurm
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
Held for Deportation.

Rheumatism, kidney liver diseases cured Dr. sordin, Sanitarium, 514 Pine. nr. Kearny, S F. Cal
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
Lurline Salt Water Bcths.

Bush Larhin sts. swimming. Russian. hot and cold tub baths; salt water direct from ocean.
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-24
FACTS WITH POINTS.

Every One of These Statements Alb
 solutely True.
 MT. A. W. Sharper, 61 Prospect street, Indianapolis, Ind, says: Gratitude
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03

of an ordinary gas flame. The cane
should be moved backward and forward
in the flame, pressure being slowly
brought to bear upon it until the cane
is bent to the required angle. 1t should
then be rubbed with wet cloth until
cool, when it viii retain tie bent shape
Cane can also be bent without heat
by first soaking it in water for some
hours, and then gradually bending it
to the required shape.
Nos, 3, 5, and required no descrip-
ton. Nos. 4 and 10 are corner brackets.
In making Nos. Z, 9, II great care should
be taken not to hurry the bending.
Bend partly, then cool with a wet cloth,
bend again and cool until the proper
shape is obtained. BY bending too
quickly in fame the cane is likely to
be burnt.
For the yellow canes. suggest thata
full-sized drawing be made Of the bent
shapes. and the cane in process Of bend
ing be put on to the pattern This is
much easier than bending by guess
work. Tie brackets look very pretty
enameled or bronzed. and another
pretty idea is 10 drape them with pom
gee silk. ribbon or colored ssaweed.-
Golden DAYS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
Khenmntlsm Cnred ina nny

'.Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in one to
three days. Its action upon the sys-
tenn is remarkable and mysterious.
1t removes at once the cause aud the
disease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. IS cents.
Sold by J 7. Bennett aud Stone &
Hassel, druggists, Lancaster, Wis.
I. +. Anthony, EN-postmaster of
Promise City, la, says, II bought one
bottle Of Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
tism and two doses of it did me more
good than any medicine ever took Z
Sold by JOS. Bennett and Stone Il Has
sell, druggists, Lancaster. 46mSt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
BAN BOO BRACKETS.
Boys Can Produce quite n Variety at
Small Expeuae.

The bar 700 brackets herewith illus
trated fo1 a novel, yet attractive, dec
Grafton for a room. and can be pro-
duced at very little cost. The canes used
are the ordinary yellow garden canes,
three feet nine inches in length, or
thick rattan canes.
Suitable dimensions for No. l are:
extreme height. - inches; extreme
width. ten inches. The canes should be
neatly halved TO form the corners, and
the three cross pieces prepared for fit
ting in. with a half-inch bamboo rasp
(Which is the only special tool re-
quired). The shelf should be about
three inches wide and ten inches long.
Ne. .: From the triangle, lengths
suggested, IA inches Two pieces should
then be bent. The bending can be done
by putting a piece of cane in the flame
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
LINCOLN AND The DANDY.
a Humorous "Reminiscences of the
Famous President.

In some gossip from the national
capitol Henry L. Stoddard says:
Among the applicants for foreign
missions in Washington recently was
a New England man attired so fault
lessly that he might have served for
a fashion plate. He reminded the vet
eran Tom Donaldson of a story told of
an Ohio dandy whom President Lin
coin appointed as consul to a South
American country. A wag met the
new appointee on his way to the white
house to thank the president. lie was
dressed in the most extrayagant style
The wag Mortified him by telling him
that the country to which he was as
signed was noted chiefly for the bugs
that abounded there and made life UNI
bearable. They'll bore hole clean
through you before week has
passed, was the comforting assur-
rance of the wag as they parted at the
white house steps. The new consul
approached Lincoln with disappoint-
ment clearly written all over his face
Instead of joyously thanking the pres
ident, he told him the ways story Of
the bugs. 4 am informed, Mr. Presi-
dent he said, that the place is full Of
vermin and that they'll eat me mp in $
weeks time. Well, young man re-
piled Lincoln, if that's true all I've got
10 say is that they will leave a might.
good suit of clothes behind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
THIs PARRoT HAs A BANK AccoUNT.


Mcdonald. a sister of the Mrs Bradford
with whom he finally lived, and whose
heir he now is.
In the Bradford family he became a
very great pet. He was especially the
favorite of Mr.. Bradford, upon whose
shoulder he would sit for hours in deep
thought. His conversation was never
of the fippant, ehattering sort. He
would always speak when spoken to or
when occasion seemed to make it neces-
sary, but he never talked, as most par
rots do, simply to hear his own voice.
He seemed very fond of Mr.. Bradford,
and for weeks after that gentleman's
death he mourned.
But after awhile he came to look upon
his sorrow philosophically and began
to show as much attention to Mrs. Brad
ford as he had TO her husband.
That Mrs. Bradford was extremely
fond of Polly is shown by the provision
she made for him in her will The $4,000
is to be invested in mortgages by Mr..
George H. Pierce, who is made trustee
by the will. He is to support the parrot
through the rest of his life. He is
groomed. fed and bathed with all the
care of the most priced pet in the world.
He has all the palatable viar6s in the
market, such as polls eat. For instance.
he has select assortment of crackers.
we'll picked nuts. seedless rasins and
cake-N Y. World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
failed to cure me.

failed to cure me. gave up all hope
Of recovery. Finally DR. Hartman's
treatment was recommended to me by
my teacher, who also lent me the
money to get the medicine which DR..
Hartman prescribed | took the
treatment and it cured me. | am now
a healthy woman weighing 1874 pounds
and owe it all to DR. Hartman's
treatment, | am sure ! would not be
living now if it had not been for his
treatment. Icannot helprecommend-
ing il to all sufferers and will answer
all inquiring letters.
Any woman wishing to apply for
DR.. Hartman's free home treatment
has only to send age, symptoms, du-
ration of disease, when the doctor will
prescribe the proper treatment The
medicine can be obtained by each pa
tient at the nearest drug store Each
woman should have a copy Of Dr..
Hartman's latest book on theCdiseases
peculiar to women called Health and
Beauty. Sent free to any woman by
the Pe-ru-na drug Manufacturing Co,
Columbus, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
THE BRowN-TAlL MOTH.
A Poisonous Pest of Massachusetts
Towns

Towns.
Many residents of Somerville have
been afflicted recently with a strange
disease, which baffled the physicians,
and for which no one could offer an en-
PLANTATION. says the Boston Transcript.
They seemed TO have been victims of
ivy poisoning, the hands and arms red
dening and swelling, but they had not
touched any ivy. 1t is now definitely
known that the trouble all came from
the presence of that new pest, the
brown-tail moth.
This discovery was made by the en-
ployes of the gypsy moth committee,
who, to their sorrow, have found that to
touch a brown tail moth is equiva-
lent to taking dose of poison. When
the employees of the committee began
their annual work of turning burlaps
to see how many pupa had Sc
GREETED themselves Hereunder, they
found in the places contiguous
to Somerville a number of pupa
of the browntailed moth. Grown
careless by the innocent nature of the
ocneria dispar, they plucked them off
and destroyed them. Then the trouble
began, and loud are the complaints of
the men with poisoned hands and arms.
The moths are now handled gingcrlv
lence has moved from the Malden-Afetl-
ford district. where it originally devel-
oped, to the Saugus woods. 1t is esti-
mated that the committee men are
slaughtering 100000 daily.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
SIXTY YEARS LETTER-cARRlER.
Hannah Brewer Equals the Queen in
YenrN of Service.

ears of service.
Hannah Brewer, the old Bitton post
mistress. who has just joined the ranks
Of the superannuated, has recently told
a representative of the London Daily
Mail that she has been delivering let
ters without intermfssion during the
whole 60 years of the queens reign.
She began when a child Of IL, and dur
ing her many years Of service had
walked 100000 miles. Her father was
subpostmaster Of the village, and the
district she covered consisted of the
scattered hmlets lying between Wick
and Bitton, on the borders of Glouces-
ter. Her daily round was II miles in
all weathers, and included many steep
hills. Although the district is sparse
" populated, the old lady said she had
never been robbed, stopped or molested
III any way. Her travels, apart from
her daily visitations, have never extend
ed beyond Bath or Bristol, and since
1892 she has lived alone, those related
to her being too poor to render her
any assistance. Notwithstanding the
hardshiJH she has undergone, old Ham
nah Brewer has enjoyed good health
during her term Of Office. Her alb
sences from duty, she SAID, had been
very few indeed, and now, at the adj
vanced age of 70 years, she has retired
from the service Of the postmaster-gen
eral on a small but well-deserved pen
sion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
AN ALIsl OFFICE
A Curious Institution Opened TIP in
Paris.


Novel ideas are being put into prac~
tice every day, and if rumor is to be be-
heved the latest thing in original con-
ceptions has assumed the form Of an
alibi Office. What is an alibi office? the
bewildereG reader may be inclined TO
ask, says a Paris correspondent of the
London Telegraph. Well. in this par
ticular case it is an establishment
which undertakes to post letters from
any and every corner of the world. 1t
is, in fact, a sort of philanthropie insti-
tuition, devised for the benefit of per-
sons who, while remaining quietly at
home in sort of incognito condition,
can make believe that they are on
long tour. Thus is human vanity salts
fed, and thus are the expenses of n
regular journey saved. A man takes
leave of his friends at the close of the
season, with the announcement that his
recreation will assume the form, for in
stance, of a run through Spain and
Portugal; and at regular intervals fol-
low letters from Madrid, Seville, Lis
bon, Oporto, and so on, duly stamped
and postmarked. The alleged promot-
ers of the enterprise are represented as
arguing that after all this pleases some
people who do not care for the trouble
and fatigue of travelling, but are eager
to enjoy the prestige with which a
grand tour will, as they fancy, invest
them in the eyes of their friends. After
all, this may be mere report. for the
Office is described as being very dis
Greet institution, having no outward
and visible sign of existence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
A HEALTHY WIFE
Writes of Or Hartman's Free Home Treat
mcnt.

Mrs. I. NJ Badgett, $40 New street,
Knoxville, Tenn, writes a lettle for
publication, which she desires all her
suffering sisters to read She writes:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
spear Points.

1t is only the cross we carry that
turns TO gold.
The faults We rail at in others are
usually the ones we possess ourselves.
The mind like the lens, may be con-
cave and scatter brain power or con-
vex and concentrate il.
The man who denounces the existing
order Of things should speedily suggest
some means Of improvement.
St. John saw in Heaven "a great
multitude which no man could num-
Der" Of what on earth are called fools"
Rams Horn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
PARRCT cAPITALiaI.
This bird Has -Four Thousand DOss
lars ia "A Boston Bank.

\ poll parrot With bauk account OF
$4,000 lives in luxury al the Hotel Glad
stone. RoNbury, Boston. The $1,000 is a
legacy left him by Mrs. Mary ID. Brad
ford. his late mistress. The income is
to give him all the health, comfort and
delicacies a pretty poll mi ght wish.
He is very interesting bird. with all
the education ard refinement that a
long life in Boston can give. lie came
from Brazil some % years ago, an ig-
norant. though beautiful. fellow. and
since then he has never been outside of
the Hub. His first home was with Mrs.