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what Cocaine la.

Cocaine IL an alkaloId OF small
shrub found In Peru and Bolivia The
oiilclnlname of the drug as used IN med
iclne Is cocaine sulphate, a salt derived
from the shrub treated with sulplurlc
acid. Cocaine is composed of carbon,
hydrogen and nitrosyl reduced to sui
phatc. Each element of the compound
has direct influence on the nervous
system, blood and lymphatlcs. Ii pos
sesses the singular property of killing
all sensation of pain In the parts where
1t Is locally applied while elevating the
mind of the patient to a pitch OF ex-
altation absolutely without parallel
Chicago Chronicle.
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A SPONGE IN HIS BODY.
Queer and Fatal Result OF n surutc

Operation.
DIR. Morestln, Russian surgeon.
who had been treating n woman for
recurring assesses, announced the
recovery of his patient the other day.
lie mad removed from her a pair Of
PHYSICIANS hemostatic forceps, four
inches long, which had been acclden-
tally sewcd up In her body four years
| before.
Said New York physician: "a short
time ago an up country doctor came to
the city to be operated upon for the re-
moNal OF the Nermlform appendix, al
though | understand he never had an
pendicitis. He did not improve after
the operation, and one night he died.
There was an autopsy, and 1t was
found that a sponge had been sewed
up In him. Yet | have known of many
forceps, clamps and other metal instru-
ments TO be forgotten and left In pa
tlents, and the latter get well.
Sponges are bad. From their very
nature they become collecting agents
and soon poison the body. The smooth
metal objects, on the other hand, are
apt to work their way into the all
mentary tract, and then they soon pass
away. You doubtless have heard of
needles which have staid In the hui
man body for years. gradually work.
Ing their way out of the system or
OF old soldiers who still carry the
bullets shot into them during the civil
war. The glass swallowers of the dime
museums really perform wonders In
the way Of resisting foreign substances
In the human body.
THE most wonderful case of all was
that of an insane man whom l saw In
an asylum in Lancaster ia. He took
To swallowing things In the carpenter
shop and before he was stopped he had
guiped down no nails of all sizes,
some buckles, piece of old iron. some
screws and lot of other things.
All of this hardware was extracted
and the man recovered. lie Is still liy.
Ing and stlll lunatie. San Francisco
Call
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companion from behind her fan. He
arose and responded profusely. The
last sweet strain of the trio was lost.
and as 1t died away it seemed TO be
absorbed by the moon illumlned en-.
Sign. The senior continued:
ION she went, Fastening toward the
monumental cross. \ mountain lion
snarled dismnlly in the distance. He
too, had been caught in the storm
Half paraly1rd with fear, CROPPING her
way In the darkNpSs, abe tell over an
pbstaelo washed into the path by the
ram. For n moment she lay where
she fell aud hreathed a prayer, Santa
Maria, protect my Leon aud forgive
me-torgise mo Something erawled
over her feet as she lay there. 1t was
snake disturbed by the torrents of
water. She jumped up screaming. and
as she did SO the lightning played
about the cross, Illuminating again and
again Its every pelnt, Lust above It
she thanAhI she saw dove lowering
ana heard It's dismal mourn piercing
the wildncss of the night. Still the
storm continued, venting its fury In
the wild mountains,
when lean had left Jesita's home.
he had passed the cross and FASTENED
over the mountain into the valley be.
low. Not finding the cattle aud SEQ
Ing the storm brewing, he started to
return, hut before he reached home
the storm broke forth with terrific
violence. At each burst of thunder
his heart was relieved The lightning
luieted his spirits, while the furious
winds breathed ballied relief In his
ear At last he reached the summit
or the mountain near the cross, when
fash of lightning illuminated the be
hlghted darkness, displaying 4 horrl.
bic sight to Icons view, rus there on
the stones ~ The foot of the cross was
lhe isnre OF woman lying. her hands
about the base OF the rough wooden
emblem, He rushed forward as fast
as ho could In the darkness. There
was sudden lull in the storm. the
quietude of which was oppressive. As
he advanced his heart beats resound.
cd In his e"re. Again the lightning
mado vivid the blnck clouds. His
blood wrlthed In his veins, for he stood
before the cross, There hy the pros
trate figure embracing the a,.}t rough
erucliiX It wv. Iest,h,
" Nv tNrita! he calculated. rushing
toward the detected girl. Violently
sobhlng she looked up. lie could see
her ashy face by the light of the
flashes.
- Leon oh, forgive me forgive me-
she sahhed, loosenmg one hand and
reaching toward him.
Let us go from here, Carita he
said sadly. Assisting her to her eect,
they started down the meuhtaln side
toward ~, sirl'a hame. The roll Of
thunder gradually distauced Itself
then grew less and less; the wind
sobbed less dismally, and the lightning
seemed but to furnish the two light
for their pathway
The rclator heSitaiWl Fhrn pointing
to the GrEss hu continued; leon and
JesiA Nere married by the good Ia
ther Moreuo under this same cross on
Il holy Sunday years ago and lived
happily and long in yon valley"
After moments silence ! asked
How do You know the stoyS R4 Nell,
scnori"
"IPaliA - mS mother," he answered,
"nhd Leon, my father. leads this
baud. - NJ, Louis Star.
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THE MAGICAL DANCE.

Dance me the dance that you danced, Clarisse,
That day, with your mystical art,
When joy had fed
And love was dead,
And you danced DER a dead mans hearth
Never curve or a swerye amiss-
Dance as you danced that day. Clarissel
DaGee me the dance that you danced. Clarisse,
From the beautiful dancers apart,
For I'm weary tonight,
And I'm lost to the light,
And haven't the ghost OF hearti
lance me dance for womaA's lost kiss,
IN rainbow 81 lihbon, clarisse, elarlssel
Dance the dance that you danced. Clarisse,
That day, with your wonderful art
Dance down the sorrow
" now and tomarIow,
And daAea down tbs love in my heart
For I'm weary at heart OF world like this;
Here! ! toss you bracelet. Now dance, Clarisse
Atlanta Constitution.
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A Lively Gnne

Get large sheet or tablccloth and a
small feather. Have the company take
hold Of the edges OF the sheet and form
ring Then some one blows the
feather into the air and all must do
their part 10 keep II in the air and not
let II touch any one. and so IL Is blown
from one side 10 another. while the eff
Forts made 10 Keep 1t hoating are very,
funny Sometimes. in the excitement
or keeping the feather up, some one
VIII forget all about holding the sheet
up, and then more excitement and fun
follow
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The Food We Need.

DIR. Payy, one of the most eminent
authorities upon diet, says that the
average man in state of absolute rest
can live on 10 ounces of food day, a
man doing ordinary light work can live
OH % ounces and n man doing laborl-
Gus work needs from &c to 30 ounces.
This Is food absolutely free from wa
ter, and II must he remembered that
everything we eat contains more or
less water, so that from 4S to 60 ounces
OF ordinary food are necessary accord
Ing to the work In which man Is en-
gagged
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WY She Enjoyed II.

On Sunday. as n certain Scottish min
lister was returning homewards, he was
accostcd by an old woman, who said
ooh, sir, well do | like the day when
you preach"
Ihe aiinister was aware that he was
not very popular and answered;
my good woman, | am glad TO hear
II. There are too few like you. And
why do yol like II when preachY
"Oh. sir" she replied "when you
preach ! always get n good seatp
Scottish Nights
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TIE POETS vs.

She brings her pretty IN a /. LESS her,
Or mystic threads for Watus laees
That by and by will serve dress her
IN new and no doubt charming grace2
She sits and rocks. her rocker Ginning.
IN measufcd cadence to N, lhyming.
Sometimes with eye that proudly glstepl
read sonnet have written:
She counts her stitches while she listens
Or pulls thread TO make II III in,
And. with her gaze intent upon il,
ASKS. What they pay me for sonuetf"
She little knows of rhyme meter
And cares still less but asks me whethe9
Chiffon and roses would loek swecter
10 trim her hat than Jet aud feather,
And ahila I'm "iraming odes To Cupid
She tells me, "paepy Is stuHdls
But, oh. her eyes-her sl.Len lashes -
Her hairs sweet mutincs the dimple
In check and chin the outward flashes
OF inward smiles her tranquil simple.
Enhancing sir bid she but know it
She is the reason I'm paet
kadelgo u. Bdigra in Ladies' Home Journal.
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dewey ma No grievance,

"Where do you take command OF the
neet?" lady friend asked Dewey Just
before he left for Manila.
AT lIongkong," he replied.
After silence the lady said:
Aren't you AggrieyeA, IA view Of our
posSiple trouble with Spain, over being
ordered TO the remote Asiatlc station,
which can hardly be IN the picture In
ease OF wary
Sailors luck" replied Dewey.
Moreover. haven't entertained grley
ances for years"
And then he added, evidently as an
after thought. BESIDES, you know.
spaln owns The philippines."- Ladies'
ilqWe Journal.
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happiness have found il blight to the
body a martyrdom TO the mind. The irreg-
ular and painful periods of maidenhood
were looked upon as a part of the common
lot of woman and SO, neglected. Wife
hood brought with it facilitating drains,
and the trial of motherhood left an nflamed
and liberated condition of the womanly
organs. Then followed the slow decay OF
body and mind the one tormented with
pain; the other irritable, or Respondent
Science which cannot forbid the banns of
marriage, can undo these sad consequences.
II is the hand of science which offers at
fiicted women that marvellous medicine.
DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t pos
itively cures Irregularities female weakness
and disagfeeable drains on the system. 1t
allays Inflammation and heals liberation.
1t makes the trial OF motherhood easy and
brief II brings back lost health and
beauty /" Favorite Prescription /" contains
no alcohol whisky or other stiinulant
Nothing is just as good for women as
the Prescription" Accept no substitute.
Women single or married will find inval-
liable advice in DR. Pierces Common Sense
Medical Adviser, Sent free on receipt of
stamps to defray cost of mailing onLy.
Send Fl cent stamps for paper edition.
For cloth edition 81 stamps. Address Dr.
r. v Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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In some parts of Holland n birth Ia
announced by fastening a silk pin
cushion on the doorknob. IL the pin
cushion is red, the baby is boy, and
II white II girl.
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Money ia America Is as important
rs quinlne In the African jungle. Don't
squander your quinine. A few grains
saved up are better than none.-New
York Evening Journal
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:" If any one present knows of any just
cause or impeachment why these two per-
SONS should not be joined together in holy
matrimony, let him now speak
Tint is the CHALLENGE of the old marriage
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A landlord can always raise the rent.
chat Is more than many of his ten
pnts can do Philadelphia Times.
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service. 1t is
the challenge
of church and
S t tate, aud
rarely is an
swered. But
If that chal
lenge w ere
o # e re d to
Science how
often would
SHt ioiDiu tHc
banns, in the
interest of
wofiian's
h c alth and
happiness.
Thousands
of h a ppy
inaidens who
have looked
TO marriage as
the consuin-
III att on of
their earthly
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ADVERTISING RATES.

/ Square about II inchesl, time, 10
| =" - 80 Z" times, I.25
A diminished ratio for large advertisements
Nnd for those running for long periods.
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GERMANS AT MANILA
Continued from FIRST Page


of the late Prince Bismarck's recommen-
dation of a German. British and italian
alliance. The Kreuz Zeitung gives the
subject equal prominence, but takes ex-
ception to the recommendation, saying
that before such an alliance can be
thought of Samoa and other trouble
some points must be out of the way
The Kreuz Zeitung. commenting upon
the war In the Philippines says: cit be-
comes more evident that the United
States cannot solve the task which 1t
has taken upon itself there with voiun-
tecr regiments
England's unfriendly attitude Is likely
to have considerable influence upon the
AngloGerman Delagoa bay agreement
Some curios events preceding this agree
ment have now been made public The
agreement only goes into force If Portu-
gal voluntarily reinquishes Delagoa,
which has not yet been done, although
English and Portuguese financiers are
working to that end. The moving spirit
in the matter was Cecil Rhodes. who
managed to make the king of Portugal
believe that he could secure his throne
against the attacks of republicans by
English arms. il he relinquished African
possessions TO England. Germany had
nothing to do with these Vaccinations,
but only tried TO safeguard her interests.
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CREDIT is FREE here.
a DOLLAR
a DAY
FURNISHES A
PALACE.

the consumer will be further reduced owing to
essened cost Of production transport but mainly
to the process Of consolidation now going on Long b
fore the fifty years will have by will come to see
that this movement is logical development prior
groWths and from attempting prevent It, will have
adopted democratic methods Of regulation that will de-
pr1ye the consolidated industries present power II
hurt and leave them only their present capacity for use
Iuiness ana benefit There remains the greater oppor
tuny for improvement In the last step process OF
distribution the movement commodities from the re-
taller to the At present crude are our
methods the cost of this step is equal exceeds the
cost of making and Of rail distribution The department
store Is tentatively moving towards ultimate solution
OF this part of the great problem Of Is
the things that have come to stay and grow until
the cost of getting commodities the store to the
home will be proportionate that production and
transportation from the factory the Fifty
years hence those who after be better fed
better clothed and better sheltered than
incur. The edct of the Garden Eden then
have been reversed and will get the
necessarfes and comforts of life with minimum of
effort. p J. Snlaley
Secretary of the Minnesota Dairy Food Commission
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ions and a frank and fearless style Of
expressing them. whether popular or not.
His numerous business lines have always
been managed with absolute integrity
with policy marked out broad and lib
eral on political questions. but unyielding
where principle was involved. His theo-
ry Of editing a paper Is distinct and char
favorable or otherwise to our party, and
give 1T in brief perspicuous language"
was the instruction given to the G. b e
during the campaign. To make the pa
per attractive in matter, manner of pre-
senting that matter and typographical
appearance was fundamental rule. Ca
ter to distinct constituency. the masses
cliques and rings. Make a paper that
people will want and one they will buy
whether at home, on railway trains or at
newstands. and one which will not re-
Quire bOlStering up by pernicious puffs
or other fakes, but which people will buy
and read for its merit
AS a public man he has been fore
most in promoting enterprises and has
to surround himself with young men and
entrusting his business to their charge
under his direction. Develop whatever
of good there is in them and bring them
to the front. In politics, as In the edi-
torial chair. he always has been hard
hitter, and never complained when the
blows were returned with precision.
for corrupt purposes, and on various oc-
casions was the recipient of compliments
In the shape of eleven bullets from would
be assasins, as we'll as libel suits for tell
ing the truth in vigorous and unvarnished
language.
In the use Of the latter he is an adept,
at speaking as we'll as writing. but his
speech as well as the product Of his pen
was distinguished for the terseness,
FORCE AND STRENGTH
of the language and not for rhetorical
flights or mellow rounded periods. His
editorial utterances, particularly, came
only when occasion demanded and then
went by the most direct route TO the work
without time or words lost In hourishes or
figures.
1t would be an imperfect idea Of Mr.
Bakers life, one could obtain without a
glance into the domestic circle of which
he is the head. In his family relations he
has been most happy. and during career
that at one time was crowned by more
shadows than sunbeams there awaited
him at home at the Threshold of which
the shadows were excluded and the sun
beams concentrated. There he has been
surrounded by family of healthy chill
dren each of whom 1t has been the am
bition of both parents to equip for life 8
struggle better than themselves were
equipped. If he. who makes two blades
of grass grow where but one grew before,
Is benefactor how much more 80 is the
happily mated couple who present to the
world four fold their number of valuable
citizens.
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COVERED BUTTONS

Harper's Bazaar
The first maker OF covered buttons was
MT Mrs' Sanuel Wfliiston. of East Hampton,
massachusetts,. In early life her bua-
pand prepared for the ministry, but. his
eyesisht falling. he was compelled to
give up all study and support himself. He
opened general country store, and hIs
Vile gave great deal of attention to a
notion counter. One winter day, in 1926.
she was sorting her stock. when 1t sud
denly occurred to her to cover some of
the woolen buttons. then In general use.
with cloth. They attracted much atten
ton among the customers of the little
shop. and were finally known to all the
neighboring towns, and became very pop
ular. Wflliston and his wife contrlved
machinery to do the work, the first ever
employed In America. An imense manu-
factory sprang up. and made half the
covered buttons of the world and VIII
liston died worth several millions. And
the source OF all this walth originated
with bright New England woman.
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a Dine a
Day
FURNlsAEsA A
cottage.
HALF WAY DOWN COMING CENTURY
Continued from Fifth Page.

piances Of the forces and nature We live
better better fed clothed and sheltered less
cost than fathers because products have
been found, products used and cost of
production and distribution reduced Movement along
these lines will undoubtedly Electricity Will be-
come the universal motor and it will be produced either
by discovering to tapping It's source SUM-
producing by storing and utilizing as motive power the
surplus heat Of the 1t will be the common
heat supply for cooking and and be sup
piled at nominal natural gas In Its locall
ties before the combinations trusted" It, The expansion
OF commerce will increase the food supply while
cation in hygenic cookery given schools will insure
greater economy with better Progress In medical sci
ence and more in general knowledge observance
of health laws will have greatly advanced toward the ut
mate elimination Of death any cause except accden,
and old age
Ihe present elements of cost the making, the rail trans
portaon and the distribution intermediate the maker ana
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er wanted his army 10 leave the intrench-
ments before Santiago
The successful fcrding of the Rio
Grande river, after two failures. and tho
brilliant conduct of the volunteers un-
der Col. Funston, had a great deal to do
with forcing the rebels to sue for peace
The dispatches from Gen. Otis, in which
ne commends Col. Funston. have already
set the politicians to talking, and some of
those who arc still here say they would
not De surprised IL Funston should be
honored by being nominated for the gov
ernorship OF Kansas 1t is predicted he
VIII follow the career of Roosevelt. of
New York. Funston is a Republican.
and 1t Is believed Il nomination would be
equivalent to an election, as he is now
one or the most popular men In Kansas
ana that state returned to the Repub-
Hcan column at the last election.
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CoPPER-L1NED.
Remarkable Gastron tcnI Tests of
an English snsn and an American.


London News.
John Collins, who has lately distin-
Gulshed himself by swallowing ninety
one pebbles aud has Just come out of
Peterborough infirmary. where he has
been In retirement as the consequence
of his feat, no doubt thinks he has
beaten the record. He Is mistaken, how
ever. A much more remarka BILE feat is
recorded In the museum OF Guys hospi-
tal where they have some scraps of pock-
etknives that have been swallowed by one
John Cummings. an American sailor. He
and his mates went 10 a fair and saw q
mountebank doing some wonderful
things In the way of swallowing knives
Most of thsm were greatly impressed by
the performance. but Cummings made
light of 1T and declared be could do the
same II he liked On being dared to do 1t
he took out his own pocket knife and
bolted 1t. His shipmates were naturally
delighted. They piled him with grog and
affectfonately encouraged him to still
further achievements, Cummings boldly
declared his readiness to swallow all the
pocket knives on shipboard Three were
Instantly offered him and he actually
swallowed them all One Of the four he
seemed to have permanently appropriated
and for six years he experimental no
more in this way. Eventually. however
he tried few more Of these somewhat
indigestible articles OF diet. and, 1t is
said. would swallow knife with the ut
most Indifference
When Cummings told his story to the
doctors. AS Of course he had to do In the
end, they thought him monomaniac and
were Inclined to pay no attention to it.
External examination, however, showed
that metal point had perforated the
wall of the stomach and induced the
hospital authorities to administer power
full solvents In order II possible to get
rid of the obstructive fragments of this
singular dietary. Perhaps the stomach,
which had held out against pocket knives,
gave In to the Doctors strong medicine
At all events the man died. and they have
on show at Guys some forty or fifty
scraps Of component parts of pocket
knives. all testifying to the truth of. the
story the man had told and proving in
disputably that he had long been In the
habit Of amusing himself or astonishing
his friends or perhaps turning an honest
penny occasionally In this original way.
Collins certainly has beaten him by com
Ing out of the infirmary alive.
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upon which he desired the inquiry should
be made are covered. Accordingly the
court finds that the meat was mot doc
tored;' that 1t was the beef of COM
merce; that there was more neg
lect than was incident 10 the hurried
preparation for the war: that the In
sIection. while generally according to
regulations. was not always up to the
requirements, and that he sickness Of
the troops was ont to any great de-
gree occasioned by the use Of either the
canned or the refrigerated beef.
On the other hand 1t is found that
Gen. Miles himself did not report dur
ing the war THAI the beef either, re-
frigerated or canned. was unfit as a
ration. Other officers who gave their
testimony before the court were found
also to have neglected what the court
conceives to have been their duty in
this respect. and all are blamed for this
failure. But the court does not think
further proceedings necessary.