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, 1899-08-10
Worse Than n Dentist.

There is in Toledo a young grocery
clerk who would like to meet the in
ventor of the s~elf-coillng string-holder.
That nan is responsible, says the
Blade, for the grocery clerks undoing.
The clerk got into the habit, years ago.
of biting off the string instead of
breaking it. after tying bundles. Nat
urally his teeth protested against the
practice. At length they gave up and
wore out. He bought false teeth. Be
fore he fairly got acquainted with them,
so to speak, the patent s~tring-holder
was established in the store. Then,
as fate would have it, a young woman
whom he secretly admired came in to
buy five pounds of sugar. With the
activity of an anxious lover he made
up the package and tied 1t. Then. ac-
cording to his old custom, he bent for
ward and severed the string with his
teeth. But he forgot the holder. and
he did not realize that the end of the
core had wedged itself between two of
his new teeth-until, as the string
rolled up the slack, his plate" was
hoisted from his mouth and trium-
phantly waved aloft at the end Of the
string.
, 1899-08-10
NOTED WAR TROPHY.
REINA MERCEDES WHICH TRIED
TO DEFEND SANTIAGO.
How She Was stationed-spaniards
Tried the Same Trick Hobson Played
with tho Merrimac, but Were Not So
Successful.
Washington letter.

In all the literature of the Spanish
war there is nothing of greater inter-
est n value han the work entitled
Battles and Capitulation of Santiago
de Cuba" by Lieut.. Jose Muller y Tejei-
70, second in command of the naval for
ces Of the province of Santiago de Cuba,
a translation of which was published
some time ago by the Office of naval
intelligence of the United States navy.
To this work we are indebted for par
ticulars of the very important part
played by the Reina Mercedes in the
defense of Santiago, says the Scientific
American.
The Reina Mercedes is a protected
cruiser of 5000 tons displacement and
a speed of seventeen and one-half
knots an hour. She was built at Car
thagena in 1887. at a time when the
Spanish nav was being reconstructed,
largely under the direction and with
the professional assistance of Great
Britain. Her armament during the
operations of the late war consisted Of
six 6.2-inch Hontoria guns; two 1T
inch, three 2.2-inch, two 1.5-inch, and
six 1.4-inch rapid-fire guns, with two
machine guns. She carried the large
number of five torpedo tubes, all locat-
ed above the water line. Her coal sup
ply is 600 tons. At the time of her
construction she was comparable in
speed and powers of offense and de-
tense with the average cruiser of sim
liar displacement of other navies.
Lieut.. Tejeiro tells us that on ac-
rnrnf pf tho uaru hoI aNn1itio, 80 bar
boilers at the outbreak of the war it
was impossible for the Reina Mercedes
to proceed to Havana, as most of the
Spanish vessels cruising in that neigh
borhood did, and it was determined to
make what use of her was possible in
the defense of Santiago harbor. She
, 1899-08-10

"a Biblical student in this city"
says the Washington correspondent OF
the Chicago Record. declares hat if
the descriptions of Solomon's temple
are accurately given in the Bible and
by secular authorities. the total value
of that edifice and its contents must
have exceeded $50, 600, OOO, 900. In the
first place, the value of the materials
in the rough is estimated at S12, 500,
100000. and the labor at SO. 900. 900, 600.
According to the Villalpandis 10000
men were engaged in dressing cedar
lumber, 10000 were engaged in cutting
stone, and $1,000 in bearing burdens.
for a period Of seven years. who. in
addition to their wages. received fifty
cents a day for food. According to the
same authority. which is c~orroborated
by Josephus, the vessels OF gold were
valued at 100000 talents, which, re-
duced to American money. is equal to
s. .326. 4S1 OBS. The vessels of silver
are calculated at 1921, us, 900, the
vestments Of the priests and the robes
of the singers at $40, 050 900 and the
value of the trumpets Of gold was
s 1000. O00."
, 1899-08-10

badness, and the doctors who's pa
tients complain of headaches and neu-
ralgia and all the other ills that heads
are heir to say that fewer hats and
more sun and air are a splendid sum-
mer prescription. In the suburbs the
hatless brigade that comes to meet the
evening trains from town presents a
curious sight to the unsophisticated
spectator. Girls on bicycles, smartly
clad, from their broad-toed boots to
their correct high collars-to say moth
ing Of their perfectly cut skirts, i'm
maculate cravats and smart shirt
waists-come to meet their brothers or
sweethearts from town. The brothers
and sweethearts wear straw hats, be-
cause city conventions have not yet
cast aside the prejudice in their favor.
But the girls yea no hats at all. and
they seem so absolutely unconscious of
the fact that the occasional girl whose
tresses are hidden by a crown of straw
is looked upon with suspicion, not to
say distrust. The hatless bicycle riders
wear their hair in the conventional
way-puffed or parted n bandeaued
on either side, and, strange to say it
does not seem to fly about any more
than do the locks of the girl who wears
n hat and a veil. The carriage folk
who drive housekeeping ponies, have
discarded hats. co.. They carry sun
shades of gorgeous hue, and their
heads look like hair-dressers models,
but few hats appear beneath the gay
parasols that hover like brilliant but-
t~erfiies around the station when sthe
afternoon express from town is due at
Watercrest or Willowmere.
, 1899-08-10

was anchored lear the Socapa battery,
which is located on the hills west of
the entrance to Santiago harbor. Her
yards and topmasts were sent down
and her starboard side (the n she
presented to the mouth of the harbor)
was protected by covering it with light
cables, with the object of keeping the
enemy's shells from entering the tor
pedo magazine. Her boats assisted in
laying the lines of torpedoes which
guarded the entrance channel. Four
of her 6.2-inch Hontoria guns were
dismounted, leaving the two forward
guns, which are carried on the main
deck in Sponsors, to protect the mine
fields.
Two of the dismounted guns were
dragged up the hill to the Socapa Dat
terry, and mounted there, and two
others were taken cross the channel
and mounted in the battery at Punta
Gorda, further up the entrance. These
four guns" says the lieutenant, were
mounted for the purpose of directly at
lacking the hostile fleet" and it was a
shell from one of the Socapa guns that
entered the forward rapid-fire battery
Of the Texas, putting it temporarily
out Of action.
The crew Of the Reina Mercedes, in
addition to defending the torpedo lines
from the attack of small craft that
might attempt to countermine them,
mounted at the lower battery of So
capa one 81 millimeter Nordenfeldt gun
and tour 81 millimeter Hotchkiss re-
volving guns, all of which were taken
from the Mercedes. All of the artil-
lery that had been removed from this
ship vas served by the Mercedes men.
During the long series of engagements
, 1899-08-10
Dewey Bought a Ticket.

When Commodore Dewey left Wash
ington in November, 1897. to take COM
mand of the fleet in the Pacific ocean
he did not ride on a pass Or a half
rate ticket. Being a personal friend of
S. B. Hege, General Agent of the Bal
timore & Ohio passenger department
in Washington, the now famous sea
fighter, bought two first-class tickets
from Washington to San Francisco via
the B. and o., Chicago and North
Western. Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific lines. Lieut.. Brumby accom-
panied the admiral and they departed
on November 81. Some time ago, Man
ager of Passenger Traffic d. B. Mar
tin of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
set out to collect the coupons of the
ticket and only recently secured all
of them. He has had the ticket, On
tanning Dewey's signature, Autograph
ed, and is issuing fac SMILES as SOU
venirs.
, 1899-08-10

jico, which had been converted into n
hospital and had hoisted the flag of
the Red Cross.
Important papers had been saved,
memoranda, portable arms, ETC., were
taken off the Mercedes. and at s o'clock
p. m, with her commander, Ensign
Nardiz, a few engineers and the neces-
sary sailors and pilots, she started to-
ward the entrance with her bow an
Choir and stern spring On the cable
ready. At 11:30 o'clock the enemy
opened a continuous fire on the ship.
"She was sunk at h intended place.
but, unfortunately, she did not come
to lie across the channel, because it
seems a projectile cut the spring from
the cable" During their work with
the batteries on shore, and while serv-
ing upon the ship herself, the person.
mel suffered the following casualties:
The commander, Emilio Acosta, and
five Others were killed, eleven others
of the crew were seriously wounded,
and sixteen were wounded more
slightly.
Although the Spaniards looked upon
the Mercedes as beyond salvage, h
was subsequently raised and will now
undergo reconstruction at the Norfolk
navy yard. She will be reboilered and
thoroughly overhauled, besides ~receiv-
ing a new battery of six s~ixteen-inch
long caliber rapid-fire guns, firing
smokeless powder and a new battery
OF smaller rapid-fire guns of standard
pattern. In size and armament, speed
n coal capacity she will be practical
ly a sister ship tc the six new protected
cruisers which were authorized by the
last congress. She will. therefore,
prove a timely and serviceable addi-
ton to our fleet as well as a notable
trophy of the Spanish-American war.
, 1899-08-10

q. g to-day the largest in the, state OF
Indiana. Another, and another. and
another, was added, until at present.
there is a total of twenty-six OF these
plants. All have adopted exactly the
same plan as drafted and developed BY
the pioneer company. Not a failure
marks the long list. There has not yet
been a financial weakening, every one
of them has been cleared from all OF
the original obligations and all Other
debts have been l%iquidated. The work
men who have set their own wages
have received 10 and many times 20
per cent higher wages than paid to the
workmen in the plants over the
try which come into contact with them.
Besides this weekly advanced wage, at
the end Of the year there have been
large earnings to be divided among
them and at times these have run as
high as several thousand dollars to
the man. Last year there were EN-
ployed in these twenty-six Tell City
plants 541 workmen. Their wages n
the earnings distributed among them
at the last of the year amounted to
1868 900. Besides the men employed IN
the factories, among whom this money
was divided, over 1875 men and women
were given employment at their homes
, 1899-08-10
EGi.s. johnson
Saved from
MSaEhy by
Ms.S. Pinkkam

menced to have spells with my spine.
Every month / grew worse and at last
became 70 bad that / found I was
gradually losing my mind.
The doctors treated me for female
troubles, but I got no better. One
doctor told me hat I would be insane.
l was advised by n friend to give Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound n
trial, and before l had taken all of the
first bottle my neighbors noticed the
change in me.
81 have now taken five bottles and
cannot find words sufficient to praise it.
l advise every woman who is suffering
from any female weakness TO give it a
fair trial. 1 thank you for your good
medicine. Mrs. GERTRUDE NJ. JOHN
son, JoNEsBoRo, TEXAS.
, 1899-08-10

a. P. FEM, MAYOR OF TELL CITY.
Gaming chairs. What their earnings
were is not known Tell City is to-uay
by long odds the greatest chair manu-
featuring point in the nation. OF the
factories included in the list, six are
furniture manufactures, and most of
the others are wood working establish
ments. The principal products are
house furniture, chairs, desks, wood
mantels, wagons, hub blocks. spokes,
brooms. baskets. shingles, railroad ties,
fiour and meal, names, slaves, barrels,
toys, wooden goods, wooden goods.
sash, doors, blinds, brick, rough and
dressed lumber, brandy, whiskey, beer
and wine. Tell City. in every sense Of
the word, is an industrial city. The
homes are no less human bee-hives of
activity than are the factories. The
children. women and old men work in
cessantly. They are all expert basket
weavers, chair Gamers, or toy makers.
There is no way of getting hold of the
value of their output, but the statement
Is a safe one that 1t is as large as the
total manufacturing interests of the
average town of 5000 inhabitants.
The children are raised on the town
motto-'Let there be no drones." They
are from the first i~nculcated with the
doctrine that by their labors and hon
esty, and by those things alone, they
may aspire to become m of the COM
munity. Luckily they came from hardy
parents and are healthy.
, 1899-08-10

"A few years ago hard times made
the Western farmer deny himself
everything save the barest necessities
of life. Then came the great crop
year of 1897 and with it a story. A
Nebraska farmer carried a mortgage
of $4,000 on his property and it was
a burden hard to contend with. The
wheat crop in 81 was enormous and
prices were high. He appeared at the
bank shortly after harvest, pulled out
enable him to cancel the mortgage
note. The banker, who held the note,
urged him not to bother about it, but
go and buy cattle with his 81 900, feed
his corn crop and in that way get the
maximum for his product. mo. sir"
replied the farmer, II want to pay
that note now. Then when l harvest
the corn crop I'm goin' to pay you back
that 5000 l just borrowed, and then
do you know what I'm going to do?'
and his honest face beamed all e
with pleasure. Tn going to buy a
buggyr" This little incident tells the
story of thousands of Others out in
Nebraska, and the fact that during the
past six months one concern (The
Slower Carriage Company of Chicago)
nave shipped to one firm in Omaha
alone one hundred and thirty carloads
of buggies and carriages, averaging
about % to the car, makes it very evil
dent that prosperity is with Nebraska.
1t is a wonderful state with great re-
sources. and the crops of the past few
years have put Nebraska farmers in
an enviable position.
, 1899-08-10

to-day Tell City furniture is referred
to as the standard of excellent in con-
struction. This has, much to do with
the success of the pioneer and all other
cooperative plants, as all worked on
the same line. Not only was the faith
err who worked at the bench interested
in the plant, hut eve wife, mother
and child had her heart in its success.
When the son was old enough he was
put at the apprentice bench and from
that he gradually worked himself to
the bench and worked by the side of
his father. The apprentices are the
master woTkmen now. AS he progress
ell he acquired IN interest in the plant
until when he reached the bench beside
his father he generally had as great
financial interest in the plant as his
ancestor. The wonderful success which
marked the starting of the first plant
urged the Colonization Society on and
another cooperative company was
formed and advanced money. They
also erected a furniture making estab-
lishment and in its line OF manufacture
, 1899-08-10
CEDEs

between our ships and the battery the
Mercedes was frequently struck and
several fatalities occurred among the
men. After the final sortie of Admiral
Cervera's feet 1t was decided to sink
the vessel in the harbor channel in
the endeavor to prevent our feet from
coming in, as Hobson had attempted
with the Merrimac to prevent the
Spanish feet from coming out. In the
words of Lieut.. Tejeiro: "As the in
terror of the harbor did no longer have
the safeguard of the fleet. as the Bus
tamente torpedoes had been taken up
so that the fleet could go out and had
not yet been replaced. and as, finally.
the first line Of mines no longer ex-
listed. the commander of marine de-
clded (Gen. Toral being also Of his
opinion) to sink the Mercedes in the
narrow part Of the channel. Hur-
riedly-for time was p~ressing-the
wounded and sick from the lost feet
! were transferred to the steamer Me-
, 1899-08-10
Remember that cholera morbus

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. DR.. Hartman, in
a practice of over forty years, never
ost a single case, of cholera infan-
tum, dysentary. diarrhoea. or chol-
era morbus, and his only remedy
was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring fur
Their particulars should send for a
free coy of Summer Catarrh."
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus. o.
, 1899-08-10
1T COSTS ss MILLIONS.
An Enormous Sum Spent In Rebuilding

An Enormous Sum Spent In R~ebuiIdfng
and R~e-equippIng the b. q o. r. r..
The receivership of the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, which hi just come
to a close, was remarkable in many
ways. Messrs. Cowen and Murray did
mo- follow precedent, but went ahead
and placed the property in first-class
shape. instead of attempting to main
tain 1t in the condition that they found
it. OF course the receivers were up
held by a majority of the security hold
ers and h court, but the Baltimore
and Ohio ~receivership marked an epoch
In such affairs that will be historical.
The vast sums expended were put out
in SO and '97. when trade was at a low
ebb ani money scarce. During their
administration the receivers purchased
1880 box cars, 6,751 wooden gondola
cars, 5000 pressed steel cars, $40 mis-
cellaneous freight cars. postal, express
and dining a equipment, at a total
cost of ST.. 600. 900. The ZIG locomotives
cost nearly two and one-half millions.
The steel rail purchased amounted to
123 ,010 tons, costing $2,142, 152, and
there were bought over 5000, 900 cross
ties, costing 81, 200, 00e, and $50, 900
cubic yards of ballast amounting to
s525 900. The new steel bridges aggre-
gate in value $3.50, 900, and fully as
much more was spent In improving the
several terminals. erecting lev build
ings, reducing grades and changing the
alignment. The maintenance of way
payrolls, or the amount paid directly
to men employed in making improve
ments on the tracks, etc, in three
years was nearly twelve millions of
dollars. The total amounts to about
. S35, 600, 900, of which about SIS, 200, 600
were secured by the issuance of receiv-
ers' certificates and the balance
through car trusts, earnings from the
property and from the reorganization
managers. Most of the purchases of
equipment and rail were made when
material was low in price and manu-
featuring concerns were In great need
of orders to keep their plants in OPP
Grafton. Steel rails are worth now from
Sc to SO a ton more than when the re-
ceivers made their purchases, and To-
comotives have advanced from 50, 900
to $50, 900 in price. The equipment
alone, If purchased today, would cost
IS, 900, 900 more and the other improve
ments $1,000, 600 more. President Cow
en- is authority for the statement that
the new company intends spending
$40, 600, 900 more in improvements in
the next year or two.
, 1899-08-10

find relief in P~e-ru-na. This has been
my experience. "A friend in need is q
friend indeed. and every bottle of Pc
ru-na l ever bought proved a good
friend to me.'-Susan Wymar.
Mrs. Margaretha Dauhen, 1914 North
Superior St, Racine City. Wis.
writes: Il feel so well and good and
happy now that pen cannot describe it.
Pe-ru-na is everything to me. / have
taken several bottles of Pe-ru-na for
female complaint. l am in h change
OF life and it Ices me good" Pe-ru-na
has no equal in all of the Irregularities
and emergencies peculiar to women
caused by pelvic catarrh.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O.,
for a free book for women only.
, 1899-08-10
The completion of tie million and

The completion of tie million and a
half dollar terminals of the Burlington
Railroad at Quincy. ILL.,, marks an inn
poTtant stage in the development OF
that system. 1t was only five years
ago that the road built into st. Louis,
and established there an enormous
freight yard, with a capacity of 5000
cars. Elsewhere, at Chicago, st. Pau,
Kansas City and Denver. the Burling.
ton has facilities for handling freight
and passengers that are unexcelled.
, 1899-08-10

"A novel way of pairing guests at
stylish dinners has come into vogue in
New York, The guests are masked
and each gentleman chooses a lady and
escorts her to the dining-room. When
the soup is served the guests I'M
mask.
, 1899-08-10

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. II 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, - cts. Trial
package FREE by mail. Adde'S Allen
S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
, 1899-08-10
Mrs. Perkins Letter.

81 had female trouble of all kinds,
had three doctors, but only grew worse.
1 began taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills
and used the Sanative Wash, and can
not praise your remedies enough."-
Mrs. EFFIE PERKINS, PEARL, LA.
, 1899-08-10

use " Faultless Starch" No sticking, Bills
tering or breaking. 1t leaves "A beautiful
finish and does not iniure the most delicate
fabrics. All grocers sell ii, lOc IA package.
, 1899-08-10
NO REMEDY EQUALS PERUNA,
SO HE WOMEN ALL SAY.

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the
Richmond school, Chicago, ILL.,. writes
the following letter to DR.. Hartman re-
garding Pe-ru-na. She says: only
those who have suffered MS 1 have car
know what a blessing 1t is to be able to
, 1899-08-10

tLE1TER TO MRS. PISKHAM NO. oJ,ss4J
DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-For some
time I have thought of writing to you
t o let you know of the great benefit I
, 1899-08-10

have received
from the use of
Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
Soon after the
birth ofmyf first
child. I conn
, 1899-08-10

"You're for expansion. uren't YOU. Eme-
linc2' Il don't know. Have the Phil
ippincs any literature we shall be Expect
ed to keep up within
, 1899-08-10

Politeness is a kind Of anesthetic
which envelopes the asperIttes of our
character. so that other people be not
wounded by them. We should eve be
without it. even when we contend with
the rude.-Joubert.
, 1899-08-10

Jonas Hopkins braEs more about his
baby than about his other two.
Yes; he has been told that 1T looks like
him.
, 1899-08-10

Aunt Julia, do you think is 1t a dis
grace to die poor?'
mo. David; hut It is an awfully mean
trick to play on Your relatlNes.
, 1899-08-10

Piso's Cure for Consumption is the best
of all cough cures.-George W.. Lott,
Fabucher, La, August 20, 1898.
, 1899-08-10

The pima cloth Of the Philippines IS
made from the fiber of the pineapple
leaf. The cloth Is very expensive.
, 1899-08-10

Dewey can put n great deal
in "A few words" Yes, the Spanish knew
what he meant when his FIRST CUR said
'BungH"
, 1899-08-10

rs your bedroom pleasant. Billy?"
well. it's "a trife warm now. but last
winter it was the coolest room in Chi
Cago.'
, 1899-08-10
GO HATS.
Quite a Fad with the Suburban summer
Girls.

Girls.
The custom of going bareheaded is
finding greater favor every day. Last
year men rode horseback without hats
at Newport. and the penny press was
c~onvulsed with awe and amusement at
the new fad, says the New York Com
mercial Advertiser. The hair-dressers
advocate the hatless habit for those
who have reason to fear premature
, 1899-08-10

What is n cosmopolitan
Hes a man who can go all around tn
world without buying a souvenir spoon"
, 1899-08-10

That girl next door lost her pet dog. I
feel sorry for her
We'll, 1 can't feel any real grief: she
hasn't touched her piano since the dog
died"
, 1899-08-10

He-So you give me the mItten2 She
Yes. He-And this is all? She-I might
throw In a few moth balls.