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torney for the southern district OF
New York and served two years. Dur
ing his long career as a lawyer Mr..
Root has been leading counsel in many
noted cases., notably for Tweed and In
gersoll on the exposure of the frauds
perpetrated upon the county of New
York by the Tweed ring, for Judge Hill
ton in the Stewart will case, for the
executors in the Hoyt and Havemeyer
will cases, and for the contestants in
the Hammersley will case. He is now
counse for and director in several
banks, Is attorney for several steam
railroads and the chief adviser of the
syndicate controlling the Broadway
railroad. He is also counsel for many
large private corporations. Mr..
Root was chairman of Governor Roos-
evelt's campaign committee last year.
, 1899-08-24
THE WAR SECRETARY
SHORT SKETCH OF ELIHU
ROOTS CAREER.
A Native of New York State-LargeIy
Interested In Legal business Up to
the Time of His Appointment-De-
Tended Tweed In a Celebrated Case.

Elihu Root, the new secretary of war,
was born at Clinton, Oneida county,
New York. Feb. 10, 1S45. His father
was Oren Root, for many years profess
o of mathematics in Hamilton
college. In his youth he taught
school and paid his way
through Hamilton, subsequently study
ing law there, and he completed his
course at the University Law school in
New York. He then entered the law Of
fee of Mann & Parsons. His first part
nership was formed with John H.
Strain, and the next with Willard
Bartlett, who became a judge of the
supreme court. Mr.. Root was connect
ed with the municipal reform move
ment in New York city in 1871. In 1879
he was the republican candidate for
judge of the court of common pleas,
but was defeated, though polling a
large vote. He was chairman of the
Republican county committee in 1886
and 1887, and for many years execu-
tive member of the Twenty-first as
sembly district. He was appointed by
President Arthur as United States at
, 1899-08-24

The Santa Fe Route has issued a
handsome six months calendar, July
TO December, 1899, which contains six
separate reproductions in color, Skill
inches, of Il. A. Burbank's celebrated
portraits of Pueblo Indians; one for
each month.
These are the same reproductions
used in Brush and Pencil" and can
not be obtained separately for less
than S1.50. In fact, some of them al
ready command a high premium. The
Aztec Calendar also has an engraved
containing IA reproduction of the
ancient Aztec Calendar stone.
Obtainable for 20 cents by applying
to ]. 7. Hall, General Agent A, II. & s.
+. Ry., Denver May be ordered by
mail.
, 1899-08-24
MISS HARRADEN's NEW NOVEL

Beatrice Harraden's latest novel has
been n of the greatest literary sue
cesses of the eason in England. and in
this country it has had a large sale.
Miss Harradan rather discounted her
early success in Ships That Pass in the
Night by writing several stories which
treated in a commonplace way are ex-
tremely disagreeable people. 1t was a
surprise therefore when her new novel
appeared recently to find that she had
made such great strides in literary
skill and had acquired so much COM
mand of her exceptional resources in
satirical humor. Upon her heroine
she has certainly lavished great pains,
yet the girl does not strike one as diff
fering from several other girls of the
same type in recent fiction. The vii
lain, however, is original. and his con-
tentment in establishing a malignant
mental supremacy over a young and
lmpressionable girl is satanic. The best
character of the book. Nurse Isabel, is
a purely original creation n it is well
worth reading the novel to make her
acquaintance. The story shows IA
, 1899-08-24
sLEorRlcA AL BARBER SHOPS.
Great Advances Made by Paris 'TonsoriaI
Artists"


The French are following up their
active crusade against the infection
carrying practices of the ordinary bar
ber's shop by the equipment of shay
ing and hair-cutting saloons with "A
complete set of electrical appliances.
In Paris the brush inc comb Inc the
shaving brush are disinfected or dip
ped into an %antiseptic solution every
time they are used, and for each Gus
toner they are practically clean. This
enactment has greatly reduced the
amount of skin diseases-some of them
loathsome and dangerous-which were
formerly caught in the BARRIERS chair.
The Parisians, having improved the
hygiene of their BARRIERS shops, are
now increasing their comfort by run
ming them electrically. In a shop re-
Gently fitted out hot water is obtained
by passing the tream of a hydrant
through a German silver tube in a
soapstone case. The tubing is electric
ally heated, so that the water is nearly
boiling when 1t passes out of the spig-
OF. The old heating irons, which often
burned the hair, are no longer used for
curling. The electric curling irons,
which have taken their place, are safe
and sure, as they can be brought to
any temperature, which they will re-
tain indefinitely. Scissors are out of
date, and the cutting of hair is now
Edone by clipping machines, the speed
of which can be regulated to n nicely
by the operator. Where it is desired
TO SINCE the hair the clipping machine
gives place to the electrically heated
platinum wire, which passes across the
teeth of a metallic comb. The comb
takes up a certain quantity of the hair.
holding 1t for an instant; the BARRIERS
man presses a tiny button at the end
of h comb, and there is an influx Of
current which heats the wire. As the
wire approaches red heat the hair is
burned off neatly and smoothly and its
ends are sealed up in most approved
fashion.
, 1899-08-24
FoRoERS NOT DETECTED.
Torments Suffered by Honest Men Who
Yield to Temptation.

Yield to Temptation.
AT least one-half of the forgeries
committed in any great city are never
detected" said an old bank clerk to a
New Orleans Times-Democrat man Il
base that statement upon the observa-
tions of years. 1t happens now and
then that some man finds himself in
desperate need of money, yields to the
temptation and discounts a note bear
ing a forged Endorsement. The cash
tides him over the crises and by the
time the paper natures he is able to
take 1t up and put it in the fire. That
wipes out the material evidence and
h secret remains locked in his heart.
Occasionally he fails to raise the
none in time and then, of course, the
affair comes out and he is ruined; but
I am convinced that the proportion of
discovery is small. The feeling OF a
man who has been honest before and
who permits himself to take any such
desperate chances must be terrible. A
prosperous merchant confessed a
transaction of hat kind to me once.
and l have never forgotten his story.
1t was shortly after he started in busi-
ness and in a moment of frightful
pressure he cashed a forged note for
s1.10O. The paper had ninety days to
run n he felt certain he would be
able to collect enough outstanding ac-
counts to pay it before the time
elapsed. But once the deed was don
he became a prey to all n of hor-
rible app~rehensions. Risks and pos
sibilities he had never dreamed of sud
denly doomed like mountains. He
heard accidentally that the bank cash
Ter and the man whose name he had
forged belonged to the same club.
What If the note was mentioned by
chance in conversation! The thought
went through him like a bullet and he
nearly swooned. For two months. he
said, he kept a loaded revolver in the
top drawer of his desk, fully deter
mined to blow out his brains on the
instant of discovery. Eventually he
paid the note and the reaction sent
him to a sick bed for a week. He as
sured me that the memory of that
transaction had kept him on the
straight path of honor ever since"
, 1899-08-24
PUNCHBOWL
Was a Pronounced Success, but IA hin
of Deceit Nevertheless.

Was a Pronounced Success, but IA Thing
of Deceit Nevertheless.
The bachelor girl had a house cool
ing the other night. The house warm
ing is so effete that she disdains it, and
instead gives frequent and merry house
coolings. The house cooling takes
place whenever she moves, and as she
moves whenever she gets tired of the
wall decorations her parties are one of
the standbys of the season. The last
n before her summer fight took
place the other evening in the literary
colony. which still fiourishes over in
Greenwich village. 1t did not differ
from the ordinary. except that a huge
punchbowl, surrounded by a Baccha-
nalian wreath of ~grapevines, completed
the artistic beauty of her dining table.
Whether the claret cup was better than
usual or whether it only seemed so,
who can tell? At any rate, the house
cooling was a success, so much SO hat
the next fiat neighbor stayed after the
last guest had fiuttered away. and when
the next fiat neighbor stopped to dis
cuss. matters it was a sure sign hat
the evening was a red letter one. Tell
me" said the hostess. after the portiere
had gathered its Bagdad folds together.
was it all right? Could you detect?"
The next fiat neighbor demanded fur
Their explanations. why, the punch
bowl" whispered the bachelor girl. IF
the lynx eyes of my dearest friend did
not discover it l could trust my enemy.
That punchbowl, with its Bacchanalian
wreath of grapevine, is only an old
washbowl which I borrowed for the
OCCASION"
, 1899-08-24

Grow ODD Quickly, but Keep Their Clio
rlous Eyes to the Last.

Eious Eyes " aht -
As a rule, the Cuban woman is round
in figure and pretty in feature. Her
face is seldom vivacious-one looks in
vain for the beauty of expression. Her
hair is often a glory to her. and Is
sometimes of that black-blue shade
only possible with the daughters Of
southern Europe and their descend
ants, though occasionally the Cuban
girl varies the programme by being
blonde, and. to be plain, rather fat.
This lady is often a at -, and
the mother of a large family at 10 or
20. So pretty in her youth, in age she
becomes either lean and dried or fat
and unwieldy. She fades early, and,
for want of strength of character, Is
apt to lose control OF her husband,
who, nevertheless, still continues to
need such control as badly as any man
of his times, But, whatever she may
grow to seem, her eyes never fade. To
the last, through all vicissitudes. they
are big and black.
, 1899-08-24

Remember that cholera morbus,
cholera infantum. summer COM
plant, bilious collie, diarrhoea and
dysentery are each and all catarrh
of the bowels. Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections.
Pe-ru-na is an absolute specific for
these ailments. which are so com
mon in summer. DIR. Hartman, in
a practice of over forty years, never
lost a single EAST of cholera infan-
tum. dysentary, diarrhoea. or chol-
era morbus, and his only remedy
was P%e-ru-na. Those desiring fur
Their particulars should send for a
free copy of Summer Catarrh."
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, o.
, 1899-08-24

When it ONE to making improve
emit in all branches of railroad serv-
ice, the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
does not have to retire from the front
rank. AS nothing is too good for the
Irish," SO nothing is too good for Bal
timore and Ohio railroad patrons. and
a progressive step in dining car serv-
ice is being taken. The Royal Blue
Line dining cars are being shipped a.
rapidly as possible to change the in
teriors SO that each car will have ?
table d'hote compartment and a cafe.
where the service will be a la carte.
This part of the car will have easy
chairs, tables and other conveniences
of a first-class cafe, where gentlemen
can smoke and eat without interfering
with those who prefer a different state
OF things.
, 1899-08-24
A Mountain OF Manganese.

The u%ncovering of a solid mountain
of native ferro-nickel manganese at
Durango iron mountain, Mexico, has
created great excitement throughout
the republic. Tradition has 1t that this
enormous mass of native metal is an
aerolite that fell from the sky centuries
ago. 1t is more han 300 feet high, half
n mile wide and more than n mile in
length, and is estimated to contain
more than 500, 100000 tons above
ground. 1t is worth $4S5 a ton. A roll
ing mill with two large blast furnaces
is now nearly completed to work ON
this mass of native metal, and already
five cars of ferro-nickel manganese are
being shipped daily from Durango to
the United States and Europe.
, 1899-08-24

Rockford, Aug. 1.-Two hundred
people were poisoned at Oregon, iii
nois, to-day by lemonade which they
drank ut II picnic. AS yet no fatalities
have been reported.
In the office of one physician eighty
persons were stretched upon the floor
at one time. Many were tnken III
while driving 10 their homes and lay
helpless along the roadside.
, 1899-08-24

Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 1T.-Governor
Poynter has made ii proposition 10
railroads OF Nebraska with san Fran
cisco connections. TO transport the
First Nebraska regiment home at state
expense, the railroads to wait for the
bulk of the pay until the next Legls.
lature makes an appropriation which
he will recommend. II viii require
nearly $4,000.
, 1899-08-24

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, n powder for the feet, 1t makes
tight or new shoes easy. Cures swol-
len, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrow-
ing nails, corns and bunions. At all
druggists and shoe stores, IS cts. Trial
package FREE by mail. AddIe IS Allen
S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
, 1899-08-24

The Union Pacific has added new. mod
ern equipment to its service both east
and west from Denver. and gives even
better satisfaction to Its patrons than in
the past. 1t stands without "A rival as the
quickest and most elegant route. With
ccommodations to accommodate all
classes of passengers. Only one night TO
Chicago, ST. Louis and st. Paul. and over
ten hours saved between Denver and the
Pacific coast. Ticket office 81 18th street.
, 1899-08-24
HANDSOME Admission.

England is the country which holds
the record for the consumption of al
cohol. Englishmen, and even Eng
lishwomen, drink enormous quantities
of alcohol, and the vice Is even more
prevalent in Ireland. where 1t has as
sumed %unheard-of proportions. But
we must not latter ourselves that we
are much better In France. Unhappily
alcoholism Is increasing alarmingly 10
our country.-Bordeaux La France.
, 1899-08-24

Robert Downing. the Tragedian.
IT find It a preventive against all
sudden summer ills that swoop upon
one in changing climates and water.
TT is the finest travelling companion
and safeguard against malarial in
fiuences.-
ITO sum 1t up, Pe-ru-na has done me
good than any tonic I have ever
taken"
Healthy mucous membranes protect
the body against the heat OF summer
and the cold of winter. Pe-ru-na is
sure to bring health to the mucous
membranes of the whole body.
Write for a copy of DR.. Hartman's
latest book entitled Summer Catarrh.'
Address DR.. Hartman. Columbus, o.
, 1899-08-24
Beware of ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smee and completely derange the whole system
when entering IL through the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is tenfold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by j.. j. Cheney & Co,
Toledo, o., contains no mercury. and Is taken
internally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine
IL Is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio.
by +. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free. Sold
by Druggists, price 7bc per bottle.
Halls Family pills are tho best
, 1899-08-24
ROBERT DOWNING
Tells the Secret Of His Great En-
durance,

Robert Downing was recently inter
viewed by the press on the subject OF
his splendid health. Mr.. Downing
promptly and emphstieally gave the
whole credit of mis- splendid physical
condition to Pe-ru-na. saying:
, 1899-08-24

Never fall In love with a girl who is
absent minded and devoted TO clubs.
Why not &c! proposed 70 such a girl
once. She called in the whole family and
moved me a vote OF hanks"
, 1899-08-24

Should always be dried before starching.
Apply "Faultless Starch freely TO both
sides, roll up tight with bosom inside and
lay aside twenty minutes before ironing.
All grocers sell "Faultless Starch - lOc.
, 1899-08-24

First Horse-Used up all those lacks?
some left.
First ~Horse-Scatter a few close to the
curb; here comes an automobile.-Ohio
State journal.
, 1899-08-24

How did you make your ~fortune-be-
gan at the bottom and worked up?"
LOIS you know about mining. / began
al INC TOP and worked Town.
, 1899-08-24

Does your husband look after things
while you are away, Mrs. Dwiggs?" He
takes care of The chickens and children,
but 1 always send my house plants over
to mothers"
, 1899-08-24

"A woman. | notice, always lowers her
voice TO ask a favor" Yes. and raises
her voice II she doesn't get it,"
, 1899-08-24

1t is 4 poor preacher indeed who
can't tell psople more than they can
prs -sfss.
, 1899-08-24

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
n God-send to me.-Wm. b. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. II, 1895.
, 1899-08-24

Cousin Emellne had her picture taken
with. Niagara for a background" THAT
all right; they're both very noisy
, 1899-08-24

She has a iath-like ngure.' Yes. and
"A plaster complexion"
, 1899-08-24

A good cure for a wife's insomnia is
tar ker husband TO come bops earl,sr
, 1899-08-24
The jill. Montgomery
Machinery Company.

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~SSTSA~ l2sOis3O Curtis street.
,Al@xkSS A3,OOO bargains in ma
LaaXt3 EX$fM Achinery, thoroughly re-
JG4EX3t& gifted and rendy for inn
Hmediatc dellvery.A par
lXEXAN tial list Is given below.
EAFErz1S@ef11S,Send for catalogue. We
lean saye you from so to
/ l25 II. z. steam plant, consisting OF .
boilers and an automatic engine, now set
up where II can be seen.
/ direct-actlng double engine holster.
cylinders f5N30 inches.
/ large coal hoist, double drums. all
i ID ii. p. center crank gin new.
l 100 II. L. slide valve engine.
l Sxl0 modern horizontal engine. new.
l 10 IL. Il. portable engine.
2 II. p. HORIZONTAL steam engines.
nStp'i u. III Sasvlthf ehElle-
50 ii. p. horizontal tubular boilers,
/ 10 i. p. horizontal tubular boiler,
halS,@Tch front, eomplets; por
l GO II. P. locomotive type boiler. nearly
new.
feed water heaters.
Vertical boilers all sizes.
l 6N33X6 W~orthington outside packed
16x7xl5 Smith Vale mine station pump.
! lSl2Xl0Nl2 Worthingtun pump.
/ l2-inch steam and S-inch water emu by
lO-inch stroke Duplex mine pump.
deep well pump engine.
| IN1l Blake crusher.
! iNiO Blake cruSher.
} large capacity ore buckets, good as
new.
/ 2O-inch Lcrell water wheel. in case.
new.
. latest improved patent smoke con-
sumers, cheap.
i 5-foot Rowland pulverizer. new.
4 air drills. different makes.
! Frue Nanner.
! hydraulic claSsitier.
l automatic sample splitter.
1 triple-geared winch FOR derrick.
4 winches, suitable for raising sinking
pumps.
1 Gypsum mill IKeisuer & Co. ChicagoD
| 3-drum holster, suitable for derrick.
! lotion Fairbanks wagon scales.
/ 32-fOot railroad Fairbanks track scale.
new.
l lO-foot railroad track scale.
1000 feet i-inch wen casing.
Il furnace doors.
/ lot Of brick machinery and tools; will
sell or trade for brick, good chance to
start in the business.
| complete laundry plant, cheap as dirt.
l assay Outht, complete, with balances
and small crusher.
Skating, pulleys, boxes, collar coup-
linss; also globe valves and black pipe.
all sizes.
2 large drive belts and numerous small
ones.
DON'T FAIL TO CALL AND SEE OUR
LINE. WE PAY CASH FOR ALL KINDS
OF GOOD SECONDHAND MA
CHINERY AND SUPPLIES.
, 1899-08-24

For children teething. softens the gums, reduces ir
Elimination, allays pain. cures wind cole. &c a bottl,
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-10
War Claims Allowed.

The following claims of
Hardeman County people
against the government have
been allowed. The omnibus
bill, carrying the appropria-
tions, was signed by the
President last Saturday.
James Y. Reed, $3.50.
John Warren, administrator of
James Pankey, $l,73o.
G. NJ. Hunt, administrators of
John w. Hunt, deceased, 81, 200.
Howell L. Moore, administrator
of William Moore, deceased, 1915.
w. L. Smith, administrator of
Willis Robinson, deceased, 1925.
J. c. Jenkins, administrator of
B. NJ. Parham, deceased, $232.75.
Fredonia knight, Administrative
of Joseph 7. knight, deceased, $3.50.
Wright A. Moore, administrator
of Wright A. Moore, deceased, SAG.
J. NJ. Fawcett, administrator of
). 3. Fawcett and Joseph Watson,
deceased, SIG. One-half of the al
lowauce herein, to-wit, the sum of
S35S, is made to claimant as admin
iStrator of each Of said decedents.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-10
Pointed Paragraphs.

Too often we mistake companions
for friends.
The all round proverb is a sort
of circular saw.
The apple of mans eye is too
often but the fruit of egotism.
The cipher might be cited as an
example of something for nothing.
The itinerant knife-grinders say
business is best when things are dull.
The lawyer earns his feed by words,
but frequently takes it out in deeds.
Some actors start out to elevate
the stage and end by depressing the
public.
If sleep is conducive to beauty
some people must suffer from chron-
ic insomnia.
Satan would be unable to run his
business if men didn't furnish him
so much free help.
It's mean man who will rejoice
at finding button off his coat when
his wife hasn't time to sew ii on.
When New York's junior Senator
takes his seat his colleagues will
probably greet him with "Hello,
Central ~
A Western judge has decided
that the term ''home" in merely a
shelter and not a support. Thus
the umbrella sees the lamp-post and
goes it one better.-Chicago News.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-10
His Life Was Saved.

Mr.. J. E. Lilly, prominent cit.
izen of Hannibal, Mo-, lately had a
wonderful deliverance from fright
full death. In telling of 1t he says:
Il was taken with typhoid fever,
that ran into pneumonia. My lungs
became hardened. / was so weak
| couldn't even sit up in bed. Moth
ing helped me. l expected soon to
die of Consumption, when L heard
of DR.. Kings New Discovery. One
bottle gave great relief. continued
TO use it, and now am well and
strong. l can't say too much in its
praise" This marvellous medicine
is the surest and quickest cure in
the world for all throat and lung
trouble. Regular sizes so cents and
$IOO. Trial bottles free at w. J.
Cox's drug store; every bottle guar
anteed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-10
State Finances.

Nashville, March THE
receipts of the state treasury
since January l have been
larger than ever before in the
same period. The receipts
during January andFebruary
are always larger than any
other two months, bat this
year they have passed the
record, amounting to 1926
614,06 in January, S426, 323.11
in February, $I25,O24.51 for
first 4 days in March Il total
of SS46, 961.6S, or an amount
equal to over two-thirds of
the entire Legitimate rev.
enUes of last year.
There are several reasons
for the increased receipts.
One reason is that money is
more plentiful but another
and more potent reason is
that the comptroller has been
nudging revenue officials all
over the state and made them
hustle their money in. Then
the revenue agents last year
struck some trustees who
were delinquent for some
rather large penalties, and
this has had the effect of
causing them to remit more
promptly.
Comptroller Harris issued
a warrant in favor of Latham,
Alexander & Co, for 1925, 900
to take up a note for that
amount. This will leave a
balance in the treasury of app
proximately S275,0 900, the
cash balance Saturday night |
being S5O1,757.40. Another
borrow, however, will have to
be ma, e in order to meet the
July interest, unless the gen
eral assembly sees fit to fund
the outstanding floating in
Elk.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1899-03-10

Gov. NTCMLLIN has APP
pointed Messrs. j. \. Man
son, of Salisbury, and John
II. Bills, of Bolivar, trustees
of the Western Hospital for
the Insane. These gentle
men succeed Messrs. ID. Il.
Durrett and 4. j. Coates.
Mr.. Durrett was appointed
by Gov. Turney in 1898 and
Mr.. Coates was appointed by
Gov. Taylor in 1897 to fill
out the uneXpired term of
the late John w. Wilkes.
Both of these gentlemen
have proven faithful officials.
They have guarded zealously
the trust committed to their
care. They have discharged
their duties hOhorably and
well. Their record is clean,
clear and creditable.