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The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-28

back of the head"
"The spinal cord is long row Of
bones that lead down the back"
'The spinal cord is gristle string to
brace up the neck"
A boy opines that "a man thinks with
the upper part Of the skeleton where
the braue is.' Another states that in
order 10 keep the brain and nerves
healthy I'VE must not think too hard.'
Judging from these papers am forced
to conclude that he and some others live
up to the theory. I cannot otherwise
find the statement that "There are two
kinds Of senses, the large and the small"
and "The principal parts OF the skele.
ton are the brain. heart. ears and legs.
A sixth grade teacher who is careful
to teach current events, asked her school
"Whst was the peace protocol?"
Here are some Of the statements made
by our future historians.
"The peace protocol is a paper that
was signed before the war. A French
minister named Jules Cambon, came
over here to sign it,"
1.-THE peace protocol is paper signed
telling what each country gets, and it Is
signed to stop the war;"
"The protocol is paper that the sign.
ing Of peace with Spain 10 put on"
1.-THE peace protocol was held in the
White House, It saws thew will MT
fight till they and out what they're
going to do"
"Thel protocol is paper where all
peace commissioners sign"
"The protocols There we're some men
signing paper. and when they had
signed the paper they would know that
the war had stopped"
Monsieur Csmbon was variously de.
fined. Sometimes he was the "repesen-
tive" Of Spain, sometimes "the man
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-28
IN THE SCHOOL ROOM.
martha PIERCE.l

Examinations have always been a
prolific source Of amusing plumbers.
Some Of these arouse in the teacher
mixed feelings not all plessurable. The
teacher Of the little girl who asserted in
q recent history paper that "a great man
OF the period following the Mexican war
was Wilmot Proviso' is in some doubt
az to who lie most responsible, the author
of the text book. her predecessors who
tried to teach the child to read, or her
self.
Here is encouragement for those who
would have the teacher seek to impart
the elusive knowledge, requisite for get.
ting through lie gracefully.
A teacher had with care and what she
considered ample calculation, taught the
conventional form for declining an invita-.
ton on the plea Of previous engage
ment. Results 60 to prove tnat she
omitted very important explanation.
Judge her surprise upon reading-"Miss
B. regrets that she lie forced to decline
Mrs. As kind invitation on account OF a
previous marriage The writer was
Of the feminine persuasion.)
It may not have occurred to all that
physiology is really very difficult and
intricate study. Probably no other
furnishes 90 many luticrous mistake
made by the immature mind in it's at.
tempts to grasp its fundamental facts
In the examination OF number OF
papers written by children In the sixth
grade, the folio wing extraordinary ideas
are discovered to obtain:
1.-THE spinal cord 10 sensitive bone
which runs from the brane on down. 1t
is tho back part Of the back"
1.-THE spinal cord is lump on the
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-28
THE EMINENT LYRIC II

Spain hired to take her part" once. "the
Frenchman who watched the men sign
the peace protocol to see that they did
1t right" and once, "the French presi.
dent"
On the whole. the. teacher felt that
the idea that the peace protocol was q
paper, wac firmly established in the
minds she was moulding
Teachers who have from the begin.
ming used the suggestive question, will
profit by the experience Of q primary
teacher who was engaged in the occupa.
ton OF Inducing some i've year olds ito
make statements."
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-01-28

A number Of articles we're scattered on
the desk, and each child held one 10 his
hand for an instant while he made his
statement.
II have doll" said Susie gsyly.
"Now Willie" said the person to
whom Willie hsbitually refers % ''She."
putting top In bis hand.
Willie looked at 1t fully and
remained dumb.
II have" she suggested cheerfully,
smiling at Willie.
IL have" said Willie ob ,diently.
II have whstf" said She.
And the trusting Willie solemnly re-.
peated, II have q what"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
BREvITIEs OF FUN.

-HWhat immense ears Mr.. Bullinger
has. Make him look quite unnatural,
don'tthey?" eyes, kind O. eerier--
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Unjust Observation-Disclosures lroon
"Shure, Casey, an phwat hov Oh
done thot yez won't fight wild e?"--
Kansas City Independent.
Young Wife-"You were intoxi-
Gated when you came in last night"
Young Husband-"Only at the sight
OF your auty.'--Syracuse Herald.
Jenks-"That baby of yours ought
to be good tennis player later on"
Jones-"What makes you think SOP"
Jenks-"0h, the way he keeps up his
racket" Boston Courier.
"Say, l wouldn't be as supersti-
tious as you fer 40 dollars" "Who's
superstitious?" "W'y, you. Carry
in horseshoe to de ball game:"
saw, go ON. OATS to soak de empire
wit."-Indianapolis Journal.
Preempted. -"Foundw cried the
explorer as the north pole hove in
sight. 81 annex this district in the
name of my gracious sovereign"
'Too late" murmured the native, la
conically. Cali this district is under
the control of the Ice Trust. "-Phila-
delphia North American.
A Rare Instance. Sufferer (angri-
ly)-"You advertised to pull teeth
without pain" Dentist-"Well, |
do" Sufferer with increased vehem-
ence)-"1t's falsep Dentist (calm-
ly surveying the extracted member)
-"IAit, really? Well, well; it's the
only instance I ever knew of false
tooth decaying."-0hio State Jour
nal.
A Deserved Fate.-First Newspa-
per Man-"Ah, Bobl What's the lat
est?" Second Ditto-"The latest is
that I've been fired" "You don't
,mean it! What for?" ooh, I de-
Served it all right. I wrote story
ABOUT woman who shot a fellow, and
iMgot to say she was pretty, win
some thing. / can't think how hap
lpened to leave it out."-Boston
Manuscript.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
THE CHEERFUL CHIGGER,
Peculiar Disease the Bombay Authorities
-, Are Fighting.

49, Are rlgntlng.
The government Of Bomaby has
lately published resolution approx
ingof measures to betaken for the pre-
vention of the introduction from
British East Africa by returning
troops, coolies and others of the dis
ease known as chigger. As append
ices to the resolution are two reports
on the disease, one from the surgeon
general Of Bombay, the other from
Surgeon Captain Kilkelly, lately in
charge Of the Indian troops in East
Africa. The disease is produced by
parasite called chigger and is known
to science as Pulex penetrans. 1t
usually attacks the feet, the female
burrowing under the skin, where it
gradually enlarges to the size of a
pea. In the earlier stages detection
is almost impossible, the very min
ute black spot denoting the presence
of the insect being easily overlooked.
Later on, as the enlargement, due to
the development of numerous eggs,
increases, slight itching or pain is
felt, and the skin is seen to be discol-
ores When fully developed, the sac
containing the eggs ruptures, the
eggs escape and develop into the ma
ture insect. The sac can be wholly
removed, but the operation is a'diffi-'
cult and delicate one. When the sac
is ruptured a very serious inflamma-
ton, proceeding to disease of the
bone, is sometimes set up.
DR.. Kilkelly saw three cases of this
among British officers in the protect
crate, and in one case toe had to be
removed. The chigger seems to have
been introduced to West Africa in the
course of trade from the West Indies.
1t crossed the continent through the
Congo State and Uganda, and in
March, 1898, appeared at Mombasa,
attacking many of the Indian coolies,
and the danger of the time-expired
men bringing the disease of India is
therefore very great. at appears
probable" says DR.. Kilkepy, Chat if
untreated cases be allowed to land'in
India, the eggs on being expelled will
find themselves under conditions not
very dissimilar to those in Africa, and
will rapidly develop and multiply"
The surgeon general mentions that
many cases were found among men
returning to Bombay from the pro-
tectorate, and proposes careful in
spection and treatment in Africa, ON
the return voyage, and in the Indian
ports of arrival. He also advises de-
tention for treatment in all cases in
which the disease is found. Fourteen
to "a days is said to be the time nee
essary for complete development aft
er the skin is penetrated. The gov
eminent approves of these measures.
1t is stated that the British minister
to Brazil in 1916 died through the
careless removal of a chigger The
ill-effects of removal of the sac can,
it is said, be prevented by the free
use of strong antiseptics.-London
TEp,oc
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
THE FIRST TYPEWRITER.
Hidden Away in Dark Corner of the
Patent Office.

Hidden away in dark corner of
: the model room in the patent office at
Washington. with the dust of years
giving its brown surface a coat Of
I gray, is an apparently worthless block
of wood cut in the shape of stair
case, with small blocks of wood
mounted on wires on each side of the
stairs.
When / happened to see this OBJ
ject while looking through the AGO.
600 models the other day / thought
it must be some sort of child's play
E thing. On closer examination my
curiosity was aroused, so that. / in
duced one of the busy attendants to
look up the matter for me> 1t was
discovered to be the first typewriter
ever made in the United States-per-
haps in the world.
If placed by the side of one of our
1899 model typewriters, the first
typewriter could not fail to provoke
a smile from the spectator. Instead
of dainty black and nickel letter keys,
with an open framework showing the
easy working of the intricate ma
chinery of the inside, as is usual in
the sypewriters of to-day, this first
typewriter consists of "a closed wooden
box with blocks of wood half an inch
tare for its letter keys. The paper
cmkiage of the first typewriter is also
of wood, and instead Of the operator
turning the paper carriage by mere
touch Of an extension rod, as is done
with all typewriters now in use, when
one line was finished on the first type
writer the operator had to use beth
blinds to turn the paper carriage -one
Nand tolifta catch from the cogwheel,
and the other hand to push the paper
around as far as desired.
t/Ayeyer, much as the first type
&ril$r differs from its grandchildren,
close examination shows that it has
all the essentials Of typewriters as we
know them to-day. The inventor Of
the typewriter was r. I. P. Allen, of
Fsrmdale, Ky, who secured his pat
ent in 1876. There were other So
called typewriters invented before
this date, but the Allen invention is
the first machine that bore fruit, and
it is that machine which may be
looked upon as the parent Of the
100000 or more typewriters in use
in the United States to-day Cleve-
land Leader,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old, had an
attack Of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. | gave it such remedies AS
are usually gwen in such cases, but
as no. giving the relief, we sent for a
physician and it was under his care
for week. At this time the child
had been sick for about ten days and
was having about twenty give opera
tious ofthe bowels every twelve hours,
and we were shOu convinced that I'M
less it soon obtained relief it would
notl Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Dianhoea Remedy was recon
nended. and / decided to try it. ]
soon noticed a change for the better;
by it's continued use complete cure
was brought about and it is now per-
fectly healthy.-C G. L. Boees. Stump
town, Gilmer Co.. w Va. For sale
by R. G. HARDwIcK, Druggist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

The Rev. W. B. Costley, Of Stock
bridge, Ca, while attending to his
pastoral duties at Fleetwood, that
state was attacked by cholera NOR
hus. He says: "By chance | hap
pened to get hold of bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy, and think it was the means
of saving my life. 1t relieved me at
once" For sale by f. c. HARDwIcK,
DIussist.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

Poultry and pigeons are part OF
the big show at Lexington August
g to II. Classes too numerous to
mention are noted in the catalogue
and everybody that has fowl of
almost any description will find a
class provided for it. 1t is intended
to make this one of the biggest
shows ever given in the South in
this line and the liberality of the
management deserves big entry
list.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
Beauty is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean. skin.
No beauty without it. Cascarets
Candy Cathartic clean your blood
and keep it clean. by stirring up the
lazy liver and driving all impurities
from the body. Begin o.day to ban
ish pimples, boils, blotches. black
heads, and that sickly bilious COM
plexion BY taking Cascarets beauty
for Tn cenfa. All drno0iefe. eatia:
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

What seems foolish and absurd
has been reduced to feat of skill
and science. We refer to the high
wheel dive at the Lexington Horse
Show, Fair and Carnival, August s
to II. 1t is performed from tower
~ feet high, the leap being made
into pool but ten feet deep. While
hazardous, the diver has made
many successful leaps before thous-
ands of wondering audiences. It is
thrilling in the extreme.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

whats in a name?" The word
"bitters" does not always indicate
something harsh and disagreeable
PRIcKLY ASH BITTERs is proof of this
1t cleanses, strengthens and regulates
the system thoroughly, yet it is SO
pleasant the most delicate stomach
will not object to it.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
There Are Others.

There are other chill tonics than
"Dr. Mendenhall's Chill ana Fever
Cure" but if you purchase bottle OF
this remedy and are not convinced
that it is the best chill tonic you have
ever used your money will be refund
ed by r. G. Harlwick, druggist.
Price so cents.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

If you have headache, pain in the
back, dizziness with spots floating be-
fore the vision, it indicates serious
disease Of the kidneys. DR.. j. II.
McLean's Liver and Kidney Balm re.
moves these symptoms and cures the
disease. For sale by G, X. WHY.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
Dublin a Dirty City.

Dublin, thougha fine and spacious
city, is very dirty, and it is owing to
this fact that its mortality is 80 per
thousand, while Edinburgh's is 21.2,
and London's only 1913.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
a TIM ELY HINTs

You should be wise and see that your blood is
rich and pure and your whole system put in a
perfectly healthy condition by the use of DIR.
Caristedt's German Liver Powder. Then You
will be free from malaria, typhoid fever, colds
and the grip. DIR. Carlstedt's German Liver
Powder is the best medicine money can buy.
For your Cold try Or. Otto's Spruce
Gum 6aIsam. Price Csc ard SOC
q Bottle.
For sale by
Anderson e. Fowler
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

The man who has a sad, far
away look in his eyes is usually
wondering whether he mailed that
letter or whether he didn't.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

When a girl refuses common
place man he often goes away and
gets to be somebody just for spite.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

When Fortune knocks at a man S
door she sometimes holds it open
and let the flies get in.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
Bounty on Snake Heads.

The government of the Tyrol pays
a bounty on the heads of poisonous
snakes. Last year the number sent in
was S11.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
Anderson e. Fowler.

Sometimes an optimist is pessi-
mist who doesn't want other people
to catch his disease.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

A genius is person who can
make lemonade just sweet enough
4 nd lust sour enough for everybody
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

The doorstep originated the
stamp-collecting fad.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

The reason people don't value
our advice is because we are SO
willing to give it away.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04

Lots of men who have an ann in
life lack ammunition.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-08-04
With what stationery We write We
shall be written unto.
DIGEST YOUR FOOD

A stropg-minded woman never
has to borrow a penknife from a
man.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
HOPKINS PLEADS GUILTY.

Guthrie, o. T., April 1-Territorial Auditor S. N. Hopkins, through his at torney, s. L. Longstreet, this afternoon pleaded guilty to contempt in failing to produce. his records before the terrl- torial council, and was fined by Judge Buford $5 and costs, the whole amount ing to about $14. Hopkins had besn arrested on two contempt charges, he having refused also to answer the summons of the legislative investi gating committee. This charge against him, however, was dismissed, through an agreement between the council and the county authorities. The council and the committee desired to examine the auditors military vouchers in order to investigate the alleged irregularities in former Quartermaster-Cene eral Rosen- baum's accounts. They will be taken up by the grand jury next week.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
Cables From Newcastle of Fight
 ing in Samoa.
WORK OF GERMAN CONSUL
Issued an InCendisrV ProCIsma lion Setting af Defiance inc Joint One Issued by inc British and AmeriCanS-One American and Three British Marines Killed.
 Rebels SheIIed by inc WarshipS.

Washington, April 1.-The following was given out at the state department this evening. The secretary of state has received from the secretary of the navy a telegram addressed to him by Rear-Admiral Kautz, relative to Sa- moan matters. It is dated at New castle, N S. w, March 30, and reads as follows:
 "Mataafa and his people cibeyed the orders to leave the government reser- Yations. Since then they have become aggressive, killing Private Holloway and three British sailors. Our man killed was guarding the American con- su.ate. The German consul-general issued an incendiary proclamation, saying that our proclamation was un- true and that he shculd uphold Ma taafa's provisional government. The British forces are acting in concert with the United States in shelling the rebels wherever they can be reached"
 A copy of the dispatch was sent tc the German ambassador.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
ONE TOPIC ABROAD
EurODe'S Attention Drawn 10
 Samoan Difficulty.
The Krcuz Zeifuna Thinks Germany Has Yielded OVeTmuCh 10 inc Unifed SfateS-DiViSiOn of inc Group is Again Urged.

Berlin, April 1.-The latest develop ments in the Samoan muddle have claimed the larger part of public at tention this week. The government is most reticent to the great dissatisfac- tion of the press. and in the absence of clear information from headquarters regarding the attitude of the govern ment, editorial comment is varied and contradictory. The agrarian organs attack the minister of foreign affairs, Won Buelow, and the government for yielding overmu"h to the United States ambassador, Andrew D. White, and to the authorities at Washington.
 The Kreuz zeitung says there is abundant confirmation at hand shcw- ing it is not so much the United States as Great Britain that has imposed diff faculties in front of every step Ger many has taken or wished to take ill Samoa, and expresses amazement that "while Great Britain hIs attempted to make Germany believe she was friendly, the British policy of envy continues" \
 The Kreuz Zeitung adds: Eng lands calculation seem to be that Ger many will net fisk conflict over such a trifle as Samoa. The error of this calculation is that our prestige in the world depends on tLe maintenance of our acquired rights. We are ready to agree to a fair compromise, inclIding the abolition of the ca-dominion Be- yond that we cannot go.'
 The government sen-i-official press, however, remains calm and dignifcd and insists that all mooted points be- tween the two nations will be amicably adjusted. MT. White upon several oc- casiCns this week has expressed a like opinion to the correspondent of the Associated Press. He repeated that neither the German nor United States governments attached much import ance to the Samoan imbrogEo
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02

While it is matter of surprise that a man can be so disabled as to draw pension and yet pass the physician examination for enlistment as physic- ially sound, the pension bureau sees nothing humorous about it. The fact that the physicians Of the army board have declared a man sound has no weight with the bureau. The law pro vides that the pensioner must make affidavit when drawing his money that he is not engaged in either the army or navy of the United States. This stat ute caused all pensioners entering the army to be dropped from the rolls. They can apply for reinstatement, and on examination by d medical board, which reports them entitled to go back on the rolls, they will be rein stated
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
SANTA CLARA PROVINCE
The Census of 1887 Showed a pOp.
 uIafion Of J3I,I46.

Washingon, April 1.-Assistant Sec retary of War Meiklejohn has received from General Brooke additional sta tistics in relation to the province of Santa Clara, Cuba.
 According to the report, the province of Santa Clara is divided into six jul dicial districts. Santa Clara, Cienfue- EOS, Sagua la Grande, Remedies, Sancti Spiritus and Trinidad. The province has an area of 15,O791a square miles, with innumerable keys adjacent to the coast, the size and extent of which are unknown at present.
 The census of 1897 showed a popula- tion of 331 ,146 inhabitants These are divided as follows: White, 3,725; black. 52.140; half-breeds. 39.271; for eigners (Caucasians), 973; Chinese, 5,O37.
 The province contains PIT nunici- pal schools, with an attendance Of 4.677 male and 3,311 female children Of private schools there are 104. with an attendance of 3,585 boys and girls.
 Santa Clara district has forty-two cities and towns; Cienfuegos, 35; Sagua la Grande 32: Remedies, 30; Sancti Spiritus, 24; Trinidad, 12. The bulk of the Chinese is in Cienfuegos and Sagua la Grande.
 The police organization of Santa Clara embraces 1,001 officers and pri- vates of whom 600 are mounted and 300 unmouuted privates. The total po- lice force is supported at a cost of $961 200 per annum The urban police must be single. the rural police mar ried or single; they must be between the ages of twenty-five and forty, and over , feet, inches in height and sound.
Arizona republican., 1899-04-02
RESCUE STEAMER WRECKED
Remarkable Series of Disasters in
 inc English Channel.

Southampton, April 1.-The London and Southwestern company's steamer Southwestern, which was sent to search for the bodies of the victims of the wrecked steamer Stella, which sank after running onto Casquet Rocks on Thursday afternoon, Went ashore last night. The news of the dis aster was received in dispatch from the signal office at Cape LaHague, or the coast of Normandy, in the same district as the Casquet Rocks. The message said the Southwestern was ashore with her hull stove in. The crew remained on board.