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Palace on Wheels

is somewhat hackneyed term as applied to
railroad trains, but it accurately describes
the Alton Limited, the newly equipped day
trains of the Chicago & Alton r. r. Co.
which were placed in daily service between
Chicago and st. Louis, November l6, 1899.
The equipment consists of standard Chicago
q Alton passenger locomotive; United
States postal car, sixty-six feet in length /;
combination passenger and baggage car,
combination parlor chair car and coach, Chi
cago 4 Alton parlor chair car; cafe and buf-
fet smoking car and Pullman parlor observa-
ton car, each of which is seventy-two feet
six inches in length. The framing of all
these cars is Pullman standard with Empire
decks, wide vestibules, standard steel plat
forms and anti-telescoping device. All OF
the cars are lighted with electric lights ex-
cept the mail car and combination passenger
coach and baggage car, which are lighted
with Pintsch gas. The windows throughout
the entire train are of uniform width, the
Gothic lights above being of the new Pull
man standard. The ornamentation is of spe-
cial design, the color scheme being maroon.
Great care has been used in the selection of
plushes and woods for the Interior and the
lamps, metal furnishings, ETC., are of special
design. 1t is claimed that there has never
been built in America a train which has re-
ceived as much attention as to constructive
details as has The Alton Limited. An ex-
animation of this superb train certainly
bears out this claim.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21
ARMY RULES ENDANGER LIFE.
Standing Up Under Fire Not the Only
Absurd Regulation in the
British Army.

The ''unwritten law in the British
army which forbids officers from seek
ing shelter when under fire is not the
most absurd regulation of the service.
There are other ''unwritten laws"
which are just as QuiXotic, and which
lead to just as great mortality among
the men who are most valuable to the
service One of them is illustrated by
a little known circumstance with re-
gard to the famous ''charge of the
light brigade" at Balaklava.
1t is rule, no less stringent be-
cause Unofficial, in the British cavalry
that when riding to attack only a GER
tain rate of progress is permissible.
The regular formation must be kept
up, even though greater speed would
minimize the chances of loss of life.
When the Seventeenth and Thir-
teenth hussars were nearing the Rus
sian artillery at Balalzlava in face of
fire which caused men to fall every
moment Capt. White, who was in the
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the end. That was my brush, and by
lying fiat on the ladder l managed to
do a very decent piece of work; at
least, you could read it like book
from below, and that was the thing
we wanted When the railroad people
found out what [ had done they were
as mad as blazes, especially the chief
engineer, who was an aesthetic sort
of a gent from Boston, and he tried
for nearly a month to get it off, let
ting down Cinnamon with scrubbing
brushes on poles, but they only made
it all the brighter. At last he got
some brown paint, about the color of
the rocks, and smeared it out, but it
took at least dozen coats and cost
a heap of money. If they had only let
that sign stand it would have been a
great addition to the canyon"
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by the celebrated teacher, Limos, he
was attracted by the sound of sweet
music, which seemed but the echo Of
his own glorious voice. He walked
along, singing, and the sound ap-
preached, as if to meet him, till finally
it rang at his very feet.
CHANGING down, he saw the shell OF
turtle, which had been cast high and
dry upon the beach and left there by
the receding waves. The little thing
had died and dried up so that only the
sinews, shriveled to strings, and the
shell remained. The dried up sinews
were tightly stretched across the hol-
low shell and the wind as it listed
touched the strings, causing them to
vibrate over the shell sounding board
and give forth the sweet, sad tones.
Enchanted, he bore his treasure home
and from it fashioned the viol shell.
with which he ever after accompanied
his voice, and the nymph, Eurydice, en-
chanted by its magic, became his bride.
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So-9~ -S9<- >e"S.S
The Undertaker's Lot
the Many Sorrows PecuIarfI
Q Occupation. VI
BY CHARLES B. LEWIS. Copyrighted
By CHARLES B. LEWIS.

should get out dodgers reading: Here
you are-prices cut in two-goods can t
be beat-come with the rush. the po-
lice would have to keep off the mob. a
grocer can advertise: Shell out-Long
Island eggs fresh every day-hens up
to biz,' but L must sit with folded
nands and wait for customers.
| didn't know what to say to comfort
him, and therefore kept silent, and it
was a long minute before he said:
Il never pick up newspaper with
out seeing a puff for Brown or Jones
or Green. They have just received a
fresh stock and are going in with a
bang TO whoop up trade and whoop
down prices. They are spoken of as
enterprising, wide-awake, hustling fell
lows who are d credit to the town, and
everybody is advised to get in early
and have first pick of the bragains. Did
you ever see puff for an undertaken,
sir? Of course not. He can't be puffed.
No newspaper can call him a hustler
and pat him on the back for his cute
ness. II is forbidden him to hustle. He
never attends bankrupt sales, and
never has bargains. Now and then
there is brief paragraph that some
undertaken has bought new hearse,
but the fact is never enlarged upon. 1t
can't be. No newspaper can indulge in
the hope that the new purchase will
frequently be seen in the street, or OBJ
serve that all who are fortunate
enough to get ride in it will find it
up to date in all its appointments. It's
sad, sir-very sad.'
| was mentally sympathizing with
him when he turned to inquire:
''And office, sir-do they ever elect an
undertaken to office? Do you ever hear
of an undertaken making an after-din-
ner speech? Is he ever appointed mar
shall of the Fourth of July parade, or
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21
Mrs. Pinkham's Medicine Made
a New Woman of Mrs. Kuhn
ILErrER TO MRS. p1NkHAM NO. 64,49z]

LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM NO. o4,4ozJ
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM-I think it is
my duty to write to you expressing
my sincere gratitude for the wonder
full relief l have experienced by the use
of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. L tried different doctors, also
different kinds of medicine. / would
feel better at times, then would be
as bad as ever.
For eight years / was great suf.
ferer. 1 had falling of the womb and
was in such misery at my monthly
periods I could not work but little
before would have to lie down. Your
medicine has made a new woman of me.
can now work all day and not get
tired. thank you for what you have
done for me. 1 shall always praise
your medicine to all suffering women"
Mrs. E. E. KUHN, GERMANo, OHIO.
have taken eight bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and used two packages of your Sana-
tive Wash, also some of the Liver Pills,
and can say that your remedies will
do all that you claim for them. Before
taking your remedies was very bad
with womb trouble, was nervous, had
no ambition, could not sleep, and my
food seemed to do me no good. Now I
am well, and your medicine has cured
me. Twill gladly yrecommendy your med
icine to every one wherever 1 go."-
Mrs. M. L. SHEARS, GUN MARSH, MICH.
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'You see, now,'' began the under
taker in a plaintiye voice, as he ex-
tended his hand, IF / was in the hard
ware business I'd probably have some
thing new and novel in rat-traps or
potato-mashers to show you, and if l
was grocer l could call your atten-
ton to fresh eggs, new teas and vari-
Gus sorts of jam. Even as tailor or
4 cobbler it might prove interesting to
interview me, but as an undertaken"
But the business has its lights and
Shadows" | protested.
"All shadows, sir-all Shadows" he
mournfully replied. LET us begin at
the beginning. As a youth was effer-
vescent. l was always bubbling-al-
ways laughing-always given to mirth.
i was always thinking of riddles and
jokes and cOnundrums, and had the
reputation of being a wit. | am the
person, sir, who got off that conun-
drum: why is an elephant like a
brick?' and | was only II years old at
the time. 1t was>over year before any
one guessed the answer: Because he
can't climb tree And it was l, sir
who first asked: What ails Hanna p
And it was l again who first wrung in
that query about Tom Collins and first
exclaimed: 'Ahl there!'"
The man shook his head in a mourn
full way and sighed heavily, and L had
begun to feel sorry for him when he
continues:
I'D have been a comedian of the first
water, or second Artemas Ward.
was developing that way, and a fine
and funny career was opening to me,
when my father steered me into the
undertaking business and changed the
tenor of my life. Look at the irony of
fate, sir. L am the man who originated
the expression: L don't have to-, and
yet | had to, sir-had to go into the
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pointed out to strangers as a hero or
philosopher? lie never delivers an adj
dress of welcome-never shoyes in his
oar at Il banquet-never is asked to
sign his name to a petition to the COM
mon council. He's not in the business,
sir-he's in some other business. Got
TO go? I'm glad you dropped in. In
your going | should like to observe that
when you need anything extra nice in
my line call around and I'll give you
bedrock figures, but you see, sir-you
realize how it would strike you.
can't even ask you to drop good word
for me among your friends, nor hope
you will call often. | am sorrowful, sir.
1t is my business to be sorrowful, and
the nearest approach to levity dare
attempt is to observe that the winter
boom seems to have set in and things
are coming my way"
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second line, spurred his horse with the
idea of reaching the enemy as quickly
as possible. This brought him to a
level with Lord Cardigan, who was in
the first line. Lord Cardigan, although
he believed that certain destruction
awaited the whole brigade, laid bis
sword across Capt. Whites breast,
peremptorily forbidding him to ride
any faster than the others. White
apologized and obeyed, checking his
horse at once. Had the hussars been
allowed to ride at full speed it is prob
able that the casualties among them
in the course of the charge would
have been decreased by so per cent.
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business and become what l am.
didn't feel so bad at first. / thought
one could be an undertaken and yet
crack Jokes, invent riddles and spring
conundrums on the Unsuspecting pub
lie. 1t seemed to me that the situation
offered even better advantages, but
album, sir-ah-umi / hadn't been in the
business an hour when [ discovered
that there wasn't smile from roof to
cellar. The last catch-word L got off
was just as l entered the doors: Pull
had pulled my own down, and it has
never worked up since. Perhaps as an
actor or a humorist / might have COM
mitted murder and been hung by the
neck, but l lock back with longing and
regret. There are times, sir, when /
positively ache to ask customer why
clam up tree is like hen in a well,
from remarking: Smother eve,' or
Hardly ever can't make you under
stand the feeling, sir"
But there must be times-must be
intervals-whe you are alone-when
you are out of the store-that you can
indulge yourself?"
Never = never a time, sir!" he
groaned. "once you get your voice at
tuned and your face set there must be
no change. Your expression and
speech are part of the business. There
must be no trifiing. Even when L wake
up at midnight in my own bed and
know that nobody can see or hear me
/ dare not trife with myself enough
to softly whisper: OH Cheese it. No
sir. it would never do. If / was in the
dry goods business | could sing out to
YOU as YOU came in the door: -Ah!
there, Chollyl' but just imagine my
greeting anybody that way in this
businessI | smile. sir, but | never
never laugh. Other folks may laugh as
4 fat man strikes an icy corner and
claws around for fence-rails and goes
down with n whoop, but it is not for
me. sir--not for me. 1t is not against
the ethics 10 attend minstrel show
Int when | do attend, sir, it isn't over
Is minutes before the usher comes
down with my money and whispers:
Get out, old man-you are freezing uT
the show!' l am permitted TO smile
now and then. but it must not be {
smile CT -exlnIara ton and good nature
No. sir. 1t must be a sad and sorrow
full something 10 make you
think of a shaft with a lamb on toI
Of it. even if you didn't know my line
of business. Let me Illustrate
He smiled, and tears sprang to my
ewes and my heart began TO ache. lie
would have had me weeping in tive
minutes if he hadn't put the smile
away TO go on:
And you see how it is when Gus
toner comes in. L can't put on CHEEKY
look and talk about great bargain
.~aIes. fresh stocks, newest designs and
all thae. And when they are ready tC
go l can't s--,ile and bow and ask II
there is anythins, more to-day ano
hone they will call again. feel that
could write a drawing advertisement il
was a butcher or a grocer Or kept g
hoe store or was a knight of the ward
stick. but what opportunity does this
husiness furnish? Can | send out pos
tails asking people to give my goods q
trial. and giving a warranty that they
will rever go elsewhere after one pun
chase? Can say that 1 am in business
to give fits. and that prices are no OBJ
jeot If customers are pleased3 It
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500 Reward 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
disease that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. HalPs
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21
MONUMENT TOFAMOUS WOMAN
turtles Is RecaIIed-StOIen by In
dians When n Babe.

On May 20 of next year the memorial
monument TO Frances Slocum, ''the last
sister of Wyoming" will be unveiled in
the Indian cemetery, - miles from Wa
bash, Ind, in which rest the remains of
the woman whose romantic story never
grows tiresome, although told thou
sand times.
In 1776, three years after the Wyom-
ing massacre in Pennsylvania, Frances
Slocum, then four years old, was car
! ried away by the Indians. No trace was
had of the little one until 1850, and it
was not until 1856 that an attempt was
made to find her.
In 1907 Mrs. Slocum, mother of
Frances, died. The five sons and broth
ers never wearied in the search for their
sister. After 30 years of untiring effort
they were rewarded, and then the dis
covery was made by pure accident.
George w. Ewing, an Indian trader.
found the lost one in the valley of the
Wabash. She was, of course, an old
woman, and had become so welded to
the ways of the red man that she showed
no emotion whatever at being united
with her family once more. She had
married an Indian, and her daughters
| had married Indians and half breeds.
In 1910 when the Miamis were forced
| 10 go west, the government made an ex-
ceptlon In the case of Frances, who,
with her relatives. was permitted to re-
! man. She could not bear separation
from her tribe. however, and died in
1916 after few years of listlessness
and lassitude. Her descendants are
numerous in Indiana and PENNSYLVANIA.
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Professional Curiosity.

Yer honor" said the prisoner to the
judge, i should like to have my case post
poned;;. My lawyer is sick and can't come to
court"
The judge took two or three minutes to
consider. The case may be postponed" he
said, at last, eff you desire it. But see here
that you were taken in the act What can
your counsel have to say on your behalf?"
That's just what l want to know, yer
honor, said the prisoner-Collier's Weekly.
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ORIGIN OF THE VIOLIN.
The Psychological Story of the In
strument Told by Mag
nxine Writer.

In the National Magazine is an in
teresting article regarding the history
of the violin. The writer says: An
ancient legend tells us that one day
as Orpheus, son of Apollo and the Muss
Kalliope. was walking by the sea, trill-
ing in soft cadence song taught him
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stin More Counterfeitine.

The Secret Service has just unearthed an.
other band of counterfeiters and secured a
large quantity of bogus bills, which are so
cleYerly executed that the average person
would never suspect them of being spurious.
Things of great value are always selected for
imitation, notably Hostetter's Stomach Bit.
ters, which has many imitators but no EQUALS
for disorders like indigestion, dyspepsia, con-
stipation, nervousness and general debility.
See, that private Revenue Stamp covers the
neck of the bottle.
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How 1t Hapnencd.

White Man-Nearly hundred years
old, Ell? To what do you attribute
your longevity, uncle?
Uncle Shinpaugh-Sah? Watts dat
yo' specifies bout de distribution oh
my longitude, sab?
White Man-Why, L asked you how
it is that you have lived so long?
Cncle Shinpaugh-Uh, dat's it? /
specks, sab, it's b'kaze L neber died.
,lnd0P
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Many People Cannot Drink

coffee at night 1t spoils their sleep. You
can drink Grain-O when you please and sleep
like a top. For Grain-O does not stimulate
it nourishes, cheers and feeds Yet it looks
and tastes like the best coffee. For nervous
persons, young people and children Grain-O
is the perfect drink. Made from pure grains
Get package from your grocer to-day Try
it in place of coffee Is ands25c.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

hard for you, father, not to send me any
money when | was so much in need of it. .
The Thoughtful Father.-''It was my desire
to send you ample means Immediately; but
it was such pleasure to read your letters
asking for remittances-so finely worded,
you know-that ] could not deny myself the
satisfaction of having more and more of
them. boston Transcript.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21
Sad Catnstrophe.

Mrs. Golde Nugget cannot see any call
ers to-day, Nanette.
Nanette five minutes later to caller)-
Monsieur, l haf ze plaisure to inform you zat
madame is blind to-day. : Philadelphia
North American.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

Perhaps the most trying experience in the
career of maiden who has passed the first
blush of romantic girlhood is when she
braces herself to meet the shock of pro-
posal of marriage from some man, and the
shock doesn't come.-Chicago Journal.
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Almost a Suicide.

Biggs-I nearly killed my barber this
morning.
buggs-Judging from the appearance
of your face I should say he nearly
killed you.
Biggs--It amounts TO the same thing
! shave myself.-N, 7. Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

"What is Spendy in mourning for%
"Rosenstein, the pawnbroker, is dead. Il
didn't know they were related" "0h, yes.
He was Spendy's uncle" = Philadelphia
North American.
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Nothing makes me so mad" said Church
White to-day, "as to invite a neighbor to
ride home with me in the evening and theo
have him stop to buy meat, and make me
wait out in the cold half an hour. ."-Atchi-
son Globe
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cha! hal ha! Hair cut while you wait !"
That signs absurd! Ha! ha" Il don't
know about that" remarked the barber, re
Aectively; chose fellows waiting while I'm
cutting yours won't see anything absurf
about it''-London Answers.
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The Butler-"I 'aven't been ere long, but
I can see there's something op the mahs-
ter's mind" The Maid-"Suse! He's try
ing to lool; as dignifed as yea, and he can't
do it!''-Events.
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Sagebrush Sam-"That there dude bar
didn't he? What wuz the trouble?'' Cac-
tus Charlie-"He sot out glass O. watec
with Dryki!n Dawes whisky"-St. Louis
Panuhlic
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Left Behind.

Stubb-The Shamrock has three leaves,
hasn't it?
Pennies. 1t left England, it left Amer
lea and left the cup.-Chicago Evening
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SPANISH NEWSPAPERS.
LIN EpOca, a Highly Conservative
journal, Is Edited and in Part
Owned by NObleman.

Madrid, the Spanish capital, has one
or two papers which have fair circula-
tion, but they cannot compare in i'm
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Increase In Coal Exports.

Exports of coal from the United
States have increased from 227,91s
tons in 1870 to over 100000 tons dur
ing the past year,
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

No matter how proud man feels of a
woman's cleverness, he likes to feel that she
considers him even more clever than she is
Observation-Disclosures Times
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

"These trusts give me a pain" remarked
the observant boarder. ''The window glass
trust charges for panes,' added the cross
eyed boarder.-Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-
graph
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

The proper place to show the rising quail
ties of a man is in the street car; that is
where the sex will gladly admire his self
denial, even while they take his place.
Hardware
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All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADE.
LESS DYES, as they color all fbers at one
boiling. Sold by all druggists.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

A successful man is one who attracts so
much attention in the world that people
consent to abuse tim.-Atchison Globe.
The Winslow mail., 1899-12-21

He who builds according to every mans
advice will have queer tructure.-Chicago
Daily News.
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For real genuine sarcastic comment, you
are referred to the tombstones in the ceme-
tery-Atchison Globe.
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Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and
Lung trouble of three years standing.-E.
Cady, Huntington, Ind, Nov. r. 1884,
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Dropsy treated free by DIR. H. II. Green's
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatest dropsy
specialists IN the world. Read their adver.
Sisement IN another column of this paper.
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"He's a vegetarian, is he?" "Ohl the
strictest kind. He won't even eat oyster
plant. ."-Philadelphia Record.
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To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
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The Best Prescription for Chill.

CHILL Tonic. tits simply iron and quinine in
atasteless form. No cure no pay Price, SOC.
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= ~ ~ found the and original
invention Red
Endless Chain Starch
of Red starch
beautiful
af out Ask
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-12
NETWORK SUPREME COURT, COUNT,

OF New-York.-Andrew Mills, plaintiff against
ence Herman others. defendants
In pursuance Of judgment Of foreclosure and sale
duly made entered In the above entitled action bear
ing date tweny-eighth OF April 1899 l. the under
signed the Referee said judgment named will
Auction the New York Real Estate Sales Room.
so III broadway, Borough OF Manhattan City
Of York the twentyhfth day OF May 1899. IL
o'clock noon that day by Peter F. Meyer Auctoneer.
the premises directed by said Judgment be sold.
therein described follows:
All that piece parcel Of land with the
buildings thereon erected situate lying and being in the
City OF New York. in Block 900 and Section on the
Land Map OF the City OF New York. and bounded and
described follows. viz. BEGINNING at poisS.
Southery side distant PRED
and fifteen and inches Westerly from
the southweserly OF Fotieth Street Second
Avenue; running Southerly parallel
feet three inches thence Westerly
and parallel with Fortieth Street twenty and three
quarters inch thence Northerly parallel with Sec
ond and part Of the distance through party
seVenty-two feet three s-hes Street
and thence Easerly along Forte>~ Street twenty
and three quarters OF inch the point place OF