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, 1900-05-03
CAPTAIN PEPPARD's LAND SHIP.
Journey Over the Plains of an Ancient
Prairie Schooner.

In these days of automobiles, oto
cycles and horseless vehicles, observes
the Kansas City Journal, it may not
be u~ninteresting to know that one of
the early inventions in his country to
do away with animal motive power
originated in Kansas City, Kan. Sam
uel Peppard was the genius who con-
structed a vehicle that carried him and
companions over the plains from Os-
kaloosa almost to Denver, and with
such rapidity. too, that he not only
passed all the white people journey
ing the same way, but easily distanced
Indian pursuers and won for his rig
the unstinted admiration of the red
men.
1t was during the time of the ex-
element following the discovery of
gold in Colorado. A great many peo-
pie had set out for this Eldorado and
long wagon trains were to be seen
every day moving across the plains.
Mr.. Peppard was anxious to go, but
there was n great difficulty in the
wayne didn't have the money to buy
horses and wagon. So he sat down and
thought it over, and then as a result
he gave out hal he was going to build
a wagon with a sail, which he thought
would make the trip in about as good
time as any prairie schooner that was
floating around over the wild and
woolly west.
When he first began to build the wa
ed at him for wasting his time on such
a craft. just as other wise men of
Noah's time scoffed at the good patri-
arch. Mr.. Peppard's advisers declar-
ed that if he attempted to navigate
such a craft he would certainly be kill
ed, and the people in general looked
the wagon over. shook their heads and
called it "Peppard's folly"
But Mr.. Peppard kept on saving
wood and turning it into wheels and
running gear and boards. At last it
l "a II wac many vi vi
lumber and shaped like a skiff. 1t was
eight feet long from prov to stern and
three feet across at amidship and two
feet deep. The bed was placed on a
running gear with axles six feet apart,
the wheels all the same size and about
as large as the front wheels of a bug
gy. A ten-foot mast was fastened to
the front axle and came through the
bottom of the wagon box, and to this
two sails were rugged, the larger elev-
en- by eight feet, the other seven by five
feet. They were both to be worked by
a o p through a pulley at the top OF
the mast.
If the wind was high the smaller
was to be used, and if it was low the
larger was to be employed. The wa
lgon had a brake and a rudder for steer.
ing. The hounds, instead of having 8
tongue attached, came up over the tor
of the bed and were welded together
A bar was fastened here and extended
backward three feet. There was a sea
PLACID at the bar for the captain, ant
he steered by pushing the bar to the
right or left. The craft rugged gu
weighed $50 pounds, carried a crew o
four men, a cargo of 500 pounds, the
camping outfit n provisions serving
as ballast.
Before Mr.. Peppard started on hi
overland voyage he made a trial one
mile south of Oskaloosa, on the presen
site of the Jefferson county fail
grounds. There is a level stretch o.
several miles and a good stiff breezt
was on. When it struck the large sal
the craft stuck its nose dowr
, 1900-05-03

Although we have very few rich
men, Wyoming should be moving in
the matter of passing a law providing
for an inheritance tax. There is no
reason why the state should not profit
tc a certain extent from the accumula-
lions of property within its borders.
England derives large sums annually
from the inheritance tax and 1t is work
ing very successfully in several of the
tates of the union.
, 1900-05-03

Mr.. Clifford Pinchot, Forester Of the
department of agriculture, and Mr.. F.
V. Coville, Botanist OF the same depart
ment, will leave Washington for the
west about May 15, to make a person.
al investigation Of the problem Of graz
ing in the forest reserves. The restric-
ton Of sheep grazing in these areas
has raised a storm Of protest from wool
growers, and public feeling in the west
has become divided and intense. A
plan for an exhaustive investigation
by the government was published a
few weeks ago; but the tour of these
officials will be the first actual work
in the field. They will be met at Hol-
brook, Arizona. by a committee con-
sisting Of A. E. Potter. Of that city,
who is secretary Of the Arizona Wool
Growers association, and j. E. Bark,
OF Phoenix, who represents the cattle
and irrigation interests. They will
spend three weeks in the Black, Mesa
reserve and then visit others in Arizo-
ma. The examination will be extended
to other western reserves later in the
summer. a
, 1900-05-03

]. Q. Hood. Justice of the peace.
Crosby. Miss, makes the following
statement: II can certify that One
Minute Cough Cure will do all that is
claimed for it. My wife could not get
her breath and the first dose Of it re-
lieved her. It has also benefited my
whole family" 1t acts Immediately
and cures coughs. colds. Group, grippe.
bronchitis. asthma and all throat and
lung troubles.-A. H. Cordiner, Drug
gist.
, 1900-05-03
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

The treasury department has ordered
a special agent to proceed to the Pacific
coast to investigate the matter of the
large influx Of Japanese coolies to this
country within the last few months.
The question is still troubling the i'm
migration officials. Until two or three
months ago the immigration Of Japan
ese to the United States was small. 1t
has increased so as to excite suspicion
that the men are coming here as on
tract laborers. The treasury has also
requested the state department to ask
American consuls to investigate the
matter and make reports.
, 1900-05-03

Gold is being exported in small guam
titles. but it is not likely that the
movement will long continue, for the
reason that the balance of trade is
enormously in our favor and for the
further reason that American securi-
ties are being sold in Europe instead OF
being unloaded upon the American
market. The export movement of gold
simply means that We have an enor-
nous quantity of it and are willing to
lend it for the price the foreign nations
are willing to pay. 1t will come back
with interest. Uncle Sam is beginning
to develop into quite a Shylock.
, 1900-05-03

w. S. Musser. Millheim, Pa, saved
the life of his little girl by giving her
One Minute Cough Cure when she was
dying from Group. 1t is the only harm
remedy that gives immediate re-
1t quickly cures coughs, colds,
bronchitis, grippe, asthma and all
throat and lung troubles.-A. H. Cor
diner, Druggist.
, 1900-05-03

Miss Florence Newman, who has been
a great sufferer from muscular rheu-
matism. says Chamberlain's Pain Balm
is the only remedy that affords her re-
lief. Miss Newman is a much respect
ed resident of the village of Gray, N.
Y. and makes this statement for the
benefit of others similarly afflicted.
This liniment is for sale by F. H. Egg
gleston.
, 1900-05-03

Destructive forest fires are raging in
Michigan, floods are devastating the
valleys of Texas, and Canada towns are
heavy losers by fire, but Wyoming
moves ~serenely on, only looking for
ward to the time when she shall market
her wool and beef and mutton. Wyo-
mini Is in II.
, 1900-05-03

Tree planting for ar unusual purpose
has been recommended to residents of
the western irrigation districts by w.
L. Hall, assistant superintendent of
tree planting of the division of forest
ry, who has recently been in New Mex
leo on an investigation. Agriculture
in that region depends largely on irri-
cation, and the streams and reservoirs
are much depleted by evaporation due
to the heat and dry winds. Mr.. Hall
recommends that belts Of trees be
planted along every ditch and reser-
voir, not only to shade them, but to
shelter them from wind. The problem
of preventing evaporation is very i'm
p%ortant, not only on account Of the
loss OF water, but because the per-
centage Of alkali in the quantity re-
naming becomes excessive.
, 1900-05-03

1t is quite probable that in thirty
years more the democrats will canon-
ize William Mckinley. One thing is
true at any rate. He is not receiving
half the abuse from that party that
Abraham Lincoln did, and he is now
their patron saint, let them tell it.
, 1900-05-03
Your Money Along

Take Your Money Along
Persons coming to Guernsey to To-
cate should bring with them sufficient
means to buy real estate and build Oh
it. OF course there are none, ,or not
many, buildings for rent, and there will
not be. which is a very desirable con-
dition of affairs in any town. In a town
where every one has their own resi-
dences and business property there is
a solidity which is not found where the
inhabitants are simply tenants.-Iron
Gazette.
, 1900-05-03
F. H. EGGLEsToN, DRUGGIST.


Racial Longevity and Disease Liability
The eolored rae is shorter lived
than the white, and has a very high
infantile ~deathrate: it is especially liza
Bile to tuberculosis and pneumonia, and
less liable than the white race to ma
laria, yellow fever and cancer. The
Irish race has a rather low deathrate
among its young children. but a very
high II among adults, due, to a on
siderable extent, to the effects of tu-
berculosis and pneumonia. The Ger
mans appear to be particularly liable
to disorders of the digestive organs
and to cancer. The Jews have a low
death rate and a nor than average
longevity; they are less affected than
other races by consumption, pneumo-
mia and alcoholism, but are especially
liable to diabetes. locomotor ataxy and
certain other diseases of the nervous
cvstam
, 1900-05-03
ON d BoTrL.

OF Shiloh's Consumption Cure Is this
guarantee: "All We ask Of you 10 to
use two-thirds Of the contents Of this
bottle faithfully, then II you 4 say
you are not benefited return the bottls
to your druggist and hs mayrsfund the
price paid" Price Is cents. 80 eeats and
sl-Oo. F. H, E~sslestsn. drugEist
, 1900-05-03
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES,

Allen ~Foot-E Ease, a powder or the feet. 1t
cures painful. swollen. smarting. nervous
feet, and Instantly takes the sting out of
corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery. Of the age. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes tight or nc y shoes feel easy. 1t Is a
certain cure for sweating. ~callous and hot, tir-
ed, aching feet. Try 1t today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores BY mail org cts.
Allen s. Olmsted. lie ROv NY
, 1900-05-03

After suffering from severe dyspep-
sia over twelve years and using many
remedies without permanent good I
finally took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t
did me 20 mich good l recommended It
to everyone" writes J.. e. Watkins,
clerk and recorder, Chilhcothe, Mo. It
disssts what you eat.-A. H. Cordiner,
, 1900-05-03
STATE PRESS

Looking at Editor Crawford
Any person who catches more than
thirty brook trout per day in Connec-
ticut is liable to a fine and imprison-
An amendment to Wyoming's
fish laws embodying something of this
kind would not be far out Of the way
Sundance Monitor.
, 1900-05-03

The New York swindler who agreed
to pay depositors $50 per cen per
tiary with a ten-year sentence. He will
have plenty of time to reflect on the
hardness of the ways of the transgres-
scr
, 1900-05-03
Drying organizations simply devel.

I7TyIHE prepHfutIOHS SIMPLY ueveI-
op dry ca.arrh; they dry up the seoretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom.
pose, causing n far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalnnts, fumes, smokes and snufs
and use that which ~cleanses, soothes and
heals. .Ely's Cream Balm is such n remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
SOC. size. ElyBrothers. SO Warren St., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev-
ing Immediately the painful Inflammation.
With Ely,s Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catsrrh and Hay Fever.
, 1900-05-03
DOES THIS STRIKE YOU,

Muddy cnmrexiols, nauseating
breath come from chronic constipation.
karl's Glover Root Tea is an absolute
cure and has been sold for fifty years
IN an absolute guarantee. Price 20
cents and so cents. Eggleston. the
druggist.
, 1900-05-03

81 had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope of being cured till I
began to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t
has done me SO much good I call it
the savior of my life" writes W. r.
Wilkinson, Albany, Tenn. 1t digests
what you eat.-A. H. Cordiner. Drug
gist.
, 1900-05-03
THURSDAY, MAY 3. 1900.

Coin Harvey's new book is not meet
ing with success. Bank books are
more popular this year.
, 1900-05-03

"DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
the finest pills l w used."-D. ].
Moore, M%illbrook. Ala. They quickly
cure all liver and bowel troubles. A.
H. Cordiner. Druggist.
, 1900-05-03

The man will be a public benefactoI
who brings forward a plan whereby
taxation can be made equal.
, 1900-05-03
Rand, McNally & Co.
Expansion Atlas
Sd" ~ Containing descriptive Matter pertaining to the
THE PHILIPPINES, HAWAII, PUERTO RIGA, CUBA MANILA AKD VICINITY.
And chronology Of All Importantly vens of the sp.nihAmede.nw war
and Index Taps of
Cuba, Philippine Islands, West Indies,
North America, Hawaii, South America, Europe.
World, Asia, 0ceana Africa, China, SPAIN and Portugal,
AND.
CHARTS OF. ALL The PRINCIPAL. HARB0RS
EXPLANATION OF MARGINAL rNDEx

Inc hsmuty Of the device deserves special expanadon, for it is a patent system ofi.
hHeence. Inc induces of Zach mPa appear upn each maps border The information
mes IN a nutshell. These wonderful plates compiled by expersa md absolutely up to dat, are a
counterpart OF the worlds physical appearance as it exist at this moment The maps ARE
not I'm meeyp pictorial Charts; they arc also Biographies and gaeteos combined The ruled border
"e 10" SIDES OF very nap is divided into equ-dhtTts Spaces designated upon the side, b LET
""' at the top and bottom BY numerals. Ii lines we're projected IRON these marginal point, small
squares" Wd De formed by their intersection. O then margin Of zach page appeapa classified Lis,
OF all the principal divisions, Cities and towns inscribed upon that special man wb.- +hv -.
aphabekMyan md according to theirs ommecl impot.ncea and pondn.ne.. :. .r,.. :,
, 1900-05-03

State and national mining laws at
The Republican office; 40 cents per
copp.
, 1900-05-03

Old papers &c per hundred at The
Republican ONCE.
, 1900-05-03

Daily Republic N only toc : month.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
Mirrors In Lighthouses.

The use of mirrors for ref,ec,,r.
lighthouses in England is of reconf
date, and although the idea was not
like certain other great discoveries
suggested by the falling of an annie,
nor the dissection of frog, it owes its
origin to circumstance almost as triv-
lal, which is as follows: At a meatino
of the Society Of Mathematicians NJ
LiVerpooi, one of the members pro-
posed to lay a wager that he wonld
read a paragraph of a newsnaner at
ten yards distance with the light of a
farthing candle. The wager was laid.
and the proposer covered the inside Of
wooden dish with pieces of looking
glass fastened in with GLACIERS putty.
placed his reflector behind the candle.
and won the wager. One of the com
pany marked this experiment with a
philosophic eye. This was CAPTAIN
Hutchinson, the dockmaster. With him
originated those rejecting lighthouses
in Liverpool which were erected in
1853.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
Patriotic students Rebeiled.

"A certain college announced one
year that its students were no longer
to be granted Washington's birthday
as holiday" tells an alumnus in the
Ladies' Home Journal Outraged and
rebellious as the students were, the
edict was final.
1.-The morning of Washington's birth.
day the faculty came into the dining
room only to find it draped in flags
and tricolor bunting. AT the entrance
they We're obliged to pass by a bust
of the father of his country, with the
ignominious sign, Not Running hung
about his neck. A large portrait Of
the same sighted person, facing the
dining room door, received royal sa-
lutte from each student as she marched
in soberly to the strains of America
every girl went to her classes that
day in holiday attire--white gloves,
dressy gowns and feathered hats and
joined Justify in the patriotic choruses
which preceded every recitation, while
the entire senior class, impersOnating
Washington, wore placards explaining
to the apparently ignorant faculty who
that neglected gentleman was.
only once during the day was the
enthusiasm of patriotism checked.
That was when a quick-witted profess
sor required one of her classes to trans
late into Latin the declaration of indie
pendence.''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
A Boston Institution.

Among the unique institutions of this
city is the Peabody Medical Institute.
Bulfnch street, established nine years be-
fore the death of the great phlanthropist,
the late Mr.. George Peabody, from whom
it takes it's name. During the past thirty
years it has achieved wide and lasting
distinction, and to-day it is the best of its
kind in this country. The medical publ
cations of this institute have millions of
readers, and are as standard as gold.
Their last pamphlet, ninetyfour pages,
entitled Know Thyself," free by mail on
receipt of six cents for postage. Send
for it to-day.-Boston Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
A Poor Fireman

Mrs \. told her new man-seryant-a
colored youth from the country-to
make fire in the drawing-room.
Coming in soon after, she found him
hopelessly contemplating the andirons
tongs and so forth, with pile of logs
by his side large enough to warm a
regiment.
Have you never made a fire before,
William she asked somewhat sharp
~.
well, ma'am, I amt never made
what yo' call refined fire-no
ma'am" was the puzzled reply -Har-
per'S Bazaar.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
No Foreigner.

It is pleasant to believe that Ameri-
cans are becoming steadily more patri-
otto.
An Irishwoman entered Canal
street shoe store, leading by the hand
his mothers own boy.
my buy"
French kid, MADAME said the polite
clerk.
French kid? Nor replied the moth
er. MY own child; born in America. "
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
Earthenwara sleeners.

Earthenware sleepers, the invention
of Japanese, were recently expert
mented on in Japan. Fairly good re-
suits were obtained. 1t is claimed that
the increased cost of earthenware
sleepers is amply compensated by their
freedom from decay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
Tosti's Recreation.

hard days work, either teaching or
composing, seeks recreation in his IA
vorite amusement of upholstering. The
greater part of the chairs, and the
whole of his wife's boudoir, have been
upholstered by him. His work is really
we'll done.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

governor of the Cape is a remarkably
able man in a variety Of ways. He was
educated in Germany and Oxford and
was once pronounced by the dean of st.
Paul's to be .'the finest flower of human
culture which had been reared in the
university in this generation At A
ahe is now but 40 he had risen to high
eminence in British politics.
80
Mrs Lille Devereux Blake is about to
organize a second womans suffrage asso-
citation. Mrs. Blake was the defeated
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

Fair Managers in 1893 her name has be
come we'll known all over the country.
Last year she took up summer residence
at Newport and her villa was the most
popular at this famous resort. She is
generally credited with having made the
match between her niece, Miss Julia Dent
Grant, and Count Cantacuzene, the rich
young Russian nobleman, and it was at
her Newport mansion that the brilliant
wedding took place.
-:-:-
Julian D. Fairchild is one of the few
men Of Brooklyn who have had the pleas
ure Of declining 5000 year salary,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

When President Mckinley selected
Mrs. Potter Palmer to act as representa-
tive of American women at the Paris ex-
position he conferred an honor upon the
woman who is generally conceded to be
best fitted for it. Mrs. Palmer is an ideal
type Of the American woman. She is
handsome, graceful, tactful-a born lead
er. For years her word has been law in
Chicago society and since acting as pres
ident Of the Woman.s Board Of Worlds
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

d. De FAIhNHII'D' S-O,UUU q yVHT. 11t
has declined. Mr.. Fairchild was presi-
dent of the E. Frank Coe Company of
Manhattan when, in May, 1893, he was
elected president of the Kings County
Trust Company, to succeed Joseph q.
Hendrix Mr.. Fairchild's salary then
was fixed at $4,000. 1t has since been
raised to $4,000.
-
Sir Alfred Miner, governor CT Cape
Colony and the Queens high commi ssion-
err for South Africa, has occupied these
two positions for only three years, yet
he has endowed them-prominent as they
have always been-with an Importance
which they have never had before. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

A million Of dollars is spent every year
for baseball, but large as this is, it can
not equal the amount spent in search of
health. We urge those who have spent
much and lost hope to try Hostetter's
otomach Bltters. 1t strengthens the
stomach. makes digestion easy. and cures
dyspepsia, constipation, biliousness and
weak Kidneys.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
Try Grain.o: Try Grain-o.

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try it like it.
GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown Of
grains, and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives it without distress. IA the price Of
coffee. 15c and 25c per package. Sold
by all grOcerS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

candidate for the
presidency of the
National Suffrage
Association a f t e r
the abdication Of
Susan b. Anthony.
When Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait sue
ceeded to that office
Mrs. Blake's friends
openly threatened a
second organiza :
ton, holding that
L. 49, y,nncnt, nf
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26
~ CondoIence TO Offer.

Don't you feel sorry for Cousin
Sara? Her eyes have got SO she can't
see to read or sew
mo, l don't! She has just as good
a right to wear spectacles as any OF
s.'-Indianapolis Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an In
falible medicine for coughs and colds
\. w. Samuel, Ocean Grove. n. j., Feb.
II 1900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

In San Francisco the Board of Health
has created the position of assistant city
physician. with a salary of 500 month,
and put it in the hands of DR.. Beatrice
Hinkle Her duties will be the care OF
sick women AVID children i'll the public
institutions.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

Coughing Leads to Consumption.
Kemps Balsam will stop the cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get
a sample bottle free. Sold in 20 and 5o
cent bottles. Go at once: delays are dan
gerouS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

The French have the exclusive right
to carry on researches in Persia, but half
of the finds are to belong to that country.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

An admiral might be expected to lead
a fast life, being largely interested in
feet movements.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-04-26

says the New York
Herald. Mr.. Fair
child was offered
the presidency Of
the Brooklyn Trust
Company a few
days ago and was
told that if he ac-
cepted the salary
would be made
Coz 900 liz