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coppER.LINED sT0MAcHS
nemarkable GastPonsmicai Feats
Of an Englishman and an
American.

John Collins, who has lately distin-
guished Mmself by swallowing 81 peb-
bles and has come out Of Peterbor.
ough infrmary, where he has been in
confinement al the consequence Of this
feat, no doubt thinks he has beaten the
record. He II mistaken. however. A
much more remarkable feat is recorded
in the museum Of Guys hospital. where
they have some scraps Of pocket knives
that have been swallowed by one John
Cummings, an American sailor. He
and his mates went to fair and saw
. mountebank doing some wonderful
things In the way Of swallowing knives.
Most Of them were greatly impressed
by thu" performance. but Cummings
made light of it, and declared he could
do the same II he liked. On being
dared to do It, he took out his own
pocketknite and bolted It. His ship
mates were naturally delighted. They
piled him with grog aud affectionately
encouraged him to still further achieve
ments. Cummings boldly declared his
readiness to swallow all the pocket
knives on shipboard. Three were in
stantly offered him. and he actually
swallowed them all One of the four
he seemed to have permanently appro-
priated, and for six years he expert
mented no more in this way. Even
tually, however, he tried few more
of these somewhat indigestible articles
of diet, and, 1t was said, would swal-
low O knife with the utmost indiffer-
ence.
When Cummings told his story to the
doctors, as, Of course, he had to do In
the end, they thought him mono
maniac and were inclined to pay no at
tention to It. External examination,
however, showed that q metal point
had perforated the wall of the stom-
ach and induced the hospital author
1ties to administer powerful solvents In
order, If possible, to get rid of the OBJ
structive fragments Of this singular
dietary. Perhaps the stomach which
had held out against pocketknives gave
in to the doctors strong medicine. At
ell events, the man died. and they have
on show at Guys some 70 or so scraps
of metal blades and bits Of handles and
other component parts Of pocketknives
oil testifying to the truth Of the story
the man had told and proving indis-
putably that he had long been in the
habit of amusing himself or astonish-
ing his friends or perhaps turning an
honest penny occasionally in this orig
inal way. Collins certainly has beaten
him by coming out OF the infirmary
alive.-London News.
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A Diamond for a Dollar.
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A $4,000 Bicycle Given
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Remove the outer skin Of some green
peppers by means Of hot fat, clean out
the seeds by cutting of the stalks.
Make garnishing Of onions, green pep
pers, mushrooms and fresh tomatoes,
sliced and fried in oil. Put portion ot
the garnishing in the bottom Of the
green peppers, place one raw egg on
top, season well, bake to color in
oven and serve hot.-Albany Argus.
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PLANTED A GRAVEYARD
TAs Novel scheme 81 IN Ice Company
- Head or NeFthera laAt.
aaa Railroad.

A fact leaked out~recently which in
dicates the bearing some Of the seem
ingly harmless bills passed by Q gen.
eral assembly have on large interests.
One Of these bills, which passed at the
last session without any discussion.
prohibited the building of any railway
lines through any graveyard. Little
was known Of its purposes, but at that
time OF the session bills for the pension
ing of civil war veterans and their wild
ows and such other benevolent meas
ures were being passed moro or less
regularly along with patriotic resolu-
tions, and what little was said about the
bill was thrown out in such way as to
appeal to the sentiment of the soions.
In an effort TO prevent the dissertation
of graves, however, the legislators took
step, the Importance of which they
never realized. and the facts alleged
in the case follow: Ever since the
Chicago & West Michigan railway was
built, its western terminal was at New
Buffalo, where 1t formed o junction
with the Michigan Central, over the
tracks of which 1t entered Chicago. A
the business Of the road developed. It
was found that the trackage charges
made inroads into the income Of the
company 10 the point where 1t was
deemed desirable to do away with them.
Accordingly the heads Of the road de-
cided to build their own line into Chi
cago, and accordingly, through their
agents, began to purchase rights Of
way wherever desired. Most OF the
proposed route ran through the sand
dunes along the upper end OF Lake
and Porter counties, and here the
Knickerbocker Ice company. Of Chi
cago, owns vast tracts Of land from
which 1t takes sand for It's ice houses
and for building purposes in Chicago.
The new route Of the railway will cut
through their most valuable sand de-
posits, and the Knickerbocker company
steadfastly refused to sell
Only @ few weeks before the open
ing Of the legislature the railway COM
pany announced that 1t proposed TO
bring condemnation proceedings to Sc
cure possession of the land. and then
was Matched the bill which has rem
dered it impossible for the railway to
complete Its line. First OF all. the COM
pany secured collection Of what is
known In medical colleges as "stfis,
10 the number Of 20 or 50. and these
were buried at intervals, properly
marked, all over the tract The next
step taken was TO prepare the grave
yard bill, which was introduced by Rep
resentative Patterson, who was inno-
cont of the motives back OF It and
passed without discussion by both
branches Of the general assembly, un-
der the supposition on part of the men,
bers that 1t vas designed TO thwart the
attempt Of some cold-blooded railway
corporation to desecrate some old-es-
tablished burying ground around which
clustered historical associations. The
graveyard is still there, and tho peo-
pie In the northern part Of tho state
arc wondering what move the Chicago
& West Michigan will next take in its
endeavor to reach Chicago.-Indianap-
oils Journal
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Asking Too Much.

II wish men were like pianos"
"Why?"
because pianos are either grand. up
right or square"
"Well. most men are great deal like
pianos"
"How?"
you can buy them ut big discount
from their list rice."-Chicago Trib-
une.
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Could Not Resist Il

Could Not Resist Il
ecene-Hospital ward.
Doctor. administering dose Of
brandy to male patient, passes tho re-
mark: "Ah. Sandy, do you know every
drop Of this stuff"--looking at the bot
tle-"you take is nail In your coffin? p
Sandy. eyeing tho bottle wistfully,
exclalms:
"Weel, Doctor, a. lang as ye hne the
hammer In yer hand. ye might lst
knock In anither ane!"
Collapse of doctor.-Answera
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Revised VersiOn.

Palmer Coyne-Put not your trust in
riches.
Byrne Coyne-No; put your riches in
trusts.-Philadelph Press.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-17

Mlsun AePstaA Ain4.
"How did you slsep last nightf" In
quired the hostess.
"Not very we'll" responded the guest.
II was kept awake all the latter part Of
the night by somebody running lawn
mower"
THAT wasn't q lawn mower. That
was my husband snoring."-Chicago
Tribune
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-17
A Clean Record.

In pleading for the relense Of her
son. who had been taken In the tolls OF
the law, a Georgia mother said:
i''Thar's never been nuthin' agin'
him, yer honor; he's allus shrunk from
the public gaze. He never has run fer
congress. he never wuz In the legisla.
tur' an has allus worked fer his livin'l'
ATLANTA Constitution.
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A Rapid Method.

"It seems TO me that you have been a
long time writing that short note, said
Mrs. Winebiddle. who had been waiting
for her husband.
"Yes, my dear. wrote 1t ON my new
typewriter" Free Press.
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Fraternity's Fling.

Claude-They say that Miss Justine
is going into a convent.
Jack-Yes; she has promised 70 be q
sister to so many Of US that she Is go
ing to adopt it as profession.-Gncin-
natl Enquirer.
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A Sure Sign.

Hotel Manager-I see you have given
our finest suite of rooms to o man
named Billdns. Are you sure he can
pay the charges?
Clerk-Yes; he's rich enough
"How do you know?"
He il old and ugly, and his wife ID
young and pretty."-Tit-Bits.
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Perkins (facetiously)-That is pic
ture of my wife's first husband.
Smith-Heavens! what brainless-
looking ASST But l didn't know your
wife was married before she met you.
Perkins (dryly)-she wasn't That
is picture Of myself at the age of 2o.-
Judge
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she'll Say the Rest

ats awfully late" l remarked 70 my
friend, after long whist bout at the
club. "What will you say TO your
wife?"
'Oh. I shan't say much. you know"
was the reply. "'Good morning. dear,
or something Of that sort. She'll say
the rest, ,"-Roxbury Gazette.
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where the Fault Wa.

Landlady-Is there any foult with my
beefsteak, Mr.. Grimsby?
Grimsby-Oh, no; the fault Is with
my teeth. They are too dull to go
through anything much stronger than
lsather.-Boston Transcript
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1899-08-17
The Way She Heard It.

He-Did the minister talk politics rs
usual to-day?
She-A guess he did; he took his text
from the Epistle to the Philippines
Town Topics.
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A Delicate Subject.

Bggs-There is one branch Of Snob-
ley's family tree to which he never al
ludes-
Boggs-I presume You mean the one
from which his great-grandfather was
hanged.-N. Y. Journal.
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A Real Financier.

'Slimpurse is great financier."
"Financiery'
"Yes. He can make two silver quar-
ters rattle in his pocket so you will
think he has five or six dollars.
lumbus State Journal.
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"Winkle grows smaller every day."
IT should think he would. His wife
sits on him so often."-Detroit Free
Press.
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ExDltcit.

Lawyer-Where did he kiss you?
Pretty Plaintiff-On the mouth, sir.
Lawyer-No, no! you don't under
stand. mean where were you?
Plaintiff (blushing)-In his arms,
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How He Manages Hey.

"How is II that your wife Is 30 tract
able?"
"Why, I told her when we were mar
ried that she could do exactly as she
pleased, and so, of course, she finds no
pleasure In doing it."-Chicago Post.
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A l.ossOn in EtiquettS.

NrA Black ION her return homc)-
Use ashamed OBJ yo', Sammy.
Sammy-What TO, nanny?
Mrs. Blask-When yo 60 to dinnah ut
q pusson's house yo' mus nebbah Ak
whar dey done stole dc chicking.-N. Y.
World.
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They Must Have IT,
Men may live and be happy,
'Tis claimed. without books
And some day Gair science
May banish the cooks:
But never while people
s,ill labor and hope
V':ll men agree to
Dispense with soft soap.
Chicago Times Herald.
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Miss Keene-Do you know, Mr..
Tubbs, that vawze always reminds me
Of you?
Mr.. Tubbs-Of me? How's that?
Miss Keene-Oh, it's so large and
shapely, and
Mr.. Tubbs-Aheml Yes?
Miss Keene-And there's never any
thing in it. you knowI-Jeweler's
Weekly.
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Bill-Gill says he's doing the work OF
q mule.
Jill-Then he must be doing his own
work, now.-Yonkers Statesman.
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Filling a Deficiency.

THE literary life is not path OF
roses"
II don't know; lots OF authors are
eternally throwing bouquets at them
selves."-Chicago Daily News.
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The Simmer Girl

Her papa notes how fast his moneys going:
She costs him moro and more each year
for dress.
Despite the fact her bathiny-suit Is grow
ing
Small by degrees and beautifully less.
Judge.
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so your boy L. IN the house OF correo-
tion?"
Eyes, I'm sorry to soy! He was nl-
ways 20 honest and when he stole any
thing he always brought It home. and
that's how he got caughtl Heitere
Well
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Small hoy SpcSks.
Idon't want TO be an angel,
And with the angels stand:
T1 rather be O drum-najor.
And lead the village band
Chicago Daily News.
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- w. WoOD. Sehl ThSs hRcht
J. b. HUTCHINSON 9onl Mansxer.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
His Mothers Son.

my niece Mary was always we'll
meaning girl, but she would say the
wrong thing almost every time,' said
one old gentleman to another; land
she's got a boy that's going to be her
very counterpart
The old gentleman's eyes twinkled,
and his ugly, good-natured face was
puckered with enjoyment as he drew
from his pocket-book a small sheet of
note-paper.
II sent Hal toy monkey that plays
all kinds of pranks when it's wound
up" said he, chuckling. "Sent it to him
for Christmas. Now you listen to THIS
letter of thanks l got from him to-day.
He's just eight years old:
"'Dear Uncle Ned-I am delited with
the munkey, thank you. He makes me
think of you very often. And whenever
mamma winds him up, and he begins
to jump, mamma and / feel as if we
were back at your house where all
those toys are, and mamma will look at
the munkey and say, That's your
Uncle Ned all over.'
Good-by from your grateful Hal -
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Gnaf,m Milk.

Modern Medicine says that goats
milk, contrary to the general impress
sion, differs from cows milk not in be-
ing more digestible, but in being less
digestible and less nutritious, although
1t contains larger amount of solid
matter than cows milk. 1t is, indeed,
the most indigestible of all milk. 1t
has peculiar and unpleasant odor and
flavor, due to hircic acid, or bircine. 1t
contains an excess of fat. and is there
fore altogether too rich for an infants
diet.
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An Opinion from st. Louis.

The st. Louis Republic says that Ala
Dastlne bids fair to give Grand Rapids,
Mlch., even more fame than her huge
furniture factories. This is covering
Tor walls and ceilings, and takes the
place OF kalsomines, which are very
Objectionable and even dangerous on
account OF the constantly decaying ami
mai and vegetable matter which they
contain. Alabastine makes pure and
permanent covering, that can be re-
coated. 1t sets on the wall, growing
hard with age.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
KANSAS CATTLE.
How the Sunflower State Farmer
Turns His Corn to Profit.

How the Sunfiower State Farmer
Turns His Corn to Profit.
There are about 2,75O,OOO cattle in
Kansas. OF these about 100000 are
mich cows, a similar number are work
ing oxen, and the remainder, about
100000 are being fattened for food,
and at the proper season will be ship
ped to Kansas City, st. Joseph OF Chi
cago to be slaughtered. Like every
Otherhuman occupation, the cattle trade
is undergoing evolution. Experience
is teaching new methods by which the
greatest profit can be secured by the
least outlay of labor and cost. The
breeding and fattening of live stock
has been reduced to an exact science.
There are three kinds of cattle, COM
mercially speaking. The wild or range
cattle, mixed cows and steers two
years old, are bred In Texas and In
dian Territory mostly, and shipped
from Elgin and other points of lesser
Importance to the stock yards of Kan
sas City. There they are divided into
Gamers, stockers and feeders. Stock
sold and sent back to the farms of Kan
sas to multiply and replenish the barn
yards. Feeders are steers that will be
likely to take on flesh # well fed, and
are sent to the fattening farms,
where for short year they revel in
luxury, and then pay the penalty at the
butchers block. 1t has been found that
$50 bushels of corn, more or less, will
add 500 pounds of beef to the weight
of the steer and increase his value
from SIS or 500 to $40 or $50. When a
steer is fattened he is usually sold by
the pound according to the rates pre-
vailing in the Kansas City and Chicago
markets, somewhere between five and
six cents pound. The difference be-
tween the value Of the raw material and
thatof the finished product, less the cost
of $50 bushels of corn, is the profit Of
the farmer. Gamers are a low grade
that are hard to fatten, and are not con-
sidered worthy of the honor of assist
ing to perpetuate their species. 1t is a
case of the survival of the fittest, and
they are sent to the eXecutioner with
out further ceremony. The beef they
have carried around on their bones
goes to the factories to be canned, pic
killed., sailed, smoked and canned in va
rious forms and by various processes.
Chicago Record.
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W. II. 3. Williams, publisher of The
Farmers Industrial Union, in a recent
letter to DR.. Hartman says: Il have used
Pe-runa as family medicine for several
years. l find it of especial use for my
self. | have had several tedious spells
with systemic catarrh and before using
Pe-ru-na ] had tried several other rem
edies with little or no success. But in
Pc runa | found prompt and sure cure.
always keep the remedy which
promptly relieves any attack of the same
malady.
my wife also uses Peru-na. She finds
it of especial use for severe spells, to
which she is subject. We always keep
1t in the house as family medicine. We
think it an excellent remedy for the vari-
GUS ills to which children are subject, es-
pecially climatic Diseases" Address DR..
Hartman, Columbus Ohio, for free book
on family medicine
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Summer Tours.

The Grand Trunk Railway is the ideal
route for summer travel, reaching with it's
own lines or direct connections all the pop
ular resorts of Northern Michigan, St.
Clair, the Muskoka Lakes, Lake Of Bays
Highlands of Ontario), Niagara Falls,
ST. Lawrence River, White Mountains
and the seacoast resorts of the North At
lantic. Also Watkins Glen, Glen Summit,
Atlantic City, Asbury Park and many
other popular resorts on and reached by
the I.ehigh Valley r. r.
Nestibule Train Service
For copies of illustrated tourist litera-
ture, rates and full information apply to
J. HI. Burgis, 249 Clark street, corner
Jackson boulevard, Chicago.
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Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness. and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets fnfamed
you have q rumblng sound or imperfect hear
Ing and when it is entirely closed Deafness is
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1amed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
cularS, free.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
MESold by Druggists, 75c.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
Carrying 1t to an Extreme.

Mrs. Beasley is always thinking of
her husband. She never does anything
without considering him."
''Well, that's nice of her,
Eyes, but it seems to me she Overdoes
it sometimes. When the men came to
paint their house yesterday she
wouldn't let them go ahead until she
had selected colors that would har-
monize with her husbands new striped
shirts"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25
White Tiger.

A white tiger was shot lately in the
Dibrugarh district of Assam, accord
ing to the Calcutta Englishman. He
was nine feet long and in the prime of
life. The Calcutta taxidermist who
prepared the skin states that in eigh-
heard of such thing as white tiger
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1899-05-25

Returning soldiers who have served
eign service stripes proudly. This
stripe, as new to our army as foreign
service is to our history, is narrow
bar of red worn low down on each
c1nnun
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Partisan Tin Soldiers.

In Paris the thousands of sardine and
other tin boxes that are thrown away
every day form the basis for an indus
try which has reached vast proper
TONS These refuse cans are stamped
by machinery into tin soldiers and sold
so cheaply that the poorest children
can possess them, yet the manufacturer
makes fair profit, which he could not
do if he used new material.