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Uncle Sam Don't Wear

rrus, but be carries the Al.
S1 Cushion Truss ali ever the United
StateA Men, women. and children
wear and like them The Air Cushion Pad holds
With comfort; nothing else will Consultation
and two weeks trial free Lady IN attendance for
L2ciel once. parlors. waiting, and consultation
rooms on the same eoor. Catalogue tree THE
RoRICK AIR CUSHION TRUSS COMPANY, I2ss
v gt NV. 70 nooS mhI0-d EN-
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washington Stock E.chnpre.

Leather. common stock. and Pacific Mail
were weak all day.
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The bank statement was a fairly good
one. The cash increased somewhat,
though not as much as in any recent
statement The loans increased 81, ,OO0,-
OOO and caused a decrease in the surplus
reserve Of $I.7OO, 600. The statement had
little, II any. effect on the market. 1t is
probable that there Lay De a rally next
week, owing TO general conditions, and the
fact that the present slump has been
manipulated affair almost entirely, which
viii naturally be followed by a reaction,
as the advances have been recently. The
market is still professional, almost entire
ly, but the holders Of securities refuse to
sell.
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The steel securities generally were dull
and fairly strong. but Tennessee Coal
and Iron and Colorado Fuel both tum-
bled- The alleged reason for the break
was talk of weakness in the SoutScrn iron
market in sympathy with the drop in the
North. As a matter of fact there vas a
bear attack simply. 1t cannot be learned
th2t any inside stock is being disposed Of
The advice of careful market people is
still to buy the steel and iron securi-
ties on the breaks.
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FREE BOOK TOMEN

send tor NY little book
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written 70 encourage men
who lack vigor, having
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FaIicocele, etc II de-
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est home self-treatment fer
all results Of youthful
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cures while you sleep. Over
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The grangers and the Pacifcs were
the weak features. The wheat
story is that the drought recent
ly prevailing in the Northwest has
ruined the crop in that section. Wheat
had great squirt of activity and strength
yesterday, advancing fu,l cents to u "a
and closing at the top price. 1t was nat
ural that this should have bad effect on
the securities of the grain carrying lines.
This kind of thing usually oc-
ours at this time of year. 1t
is unpleasant for people speculaung on
slim margins, but should not greatly dis
compose anyone else. There is certain to
be good buying of Northern Pacific COM
mon on the decline in view of the heavy
earnings and very nearly certain bigger
dividend TO be declared next week. An
other thing that should help these securi-
ties generally is the apparently successful
efforts of the railway men of the West to
get together on a solution of the rate
problem. 1t may be mentioned also re-
garding the grangers that the annual re-
port of the Rock Island company for the
year is attracting much attention, and
more as it is studied more.
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Briefly put, the Rock Island state
ment shows income applicable to dividends
for the year OF S.92 per cent as compared
with 7.55 last year To this il should be
added that the company expended for
maintenance and betterments consider
ably more than the usual ratio per mile
and per locomotive. If the normal ratio
OF expenditures in this line be substituted
for the actual figures it will be seen that
the company in reality showed an earning
power during the year of II 3-S per cent.
The Northern Pacific gross earnings re-
port is as follows: Fourth week increase.
S197, 7,404; month increase, SAP, ,507; from
July increase So, COS, ,15S
The only securities to show any strength
were the anthracite coalers. which
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LoST-Gold charm or hre2s;pin. with large Gia-
mcnd centre. June ;; initials A : " On
hack; liberal reward, no questions asked SI3
Sd 81. nw. fe9-st eru
LOST-Lady's small pocketbook last evening
description in Washington Post under lost
Return 20 80. 22d 81 nW-, and receive reward. il
L0ST-Friday afternoon On the B,nning Division
of the COLUMBIA Railway, pcckcthOok Find-
er Viii Be rewarded b. leaving A. 1924 1Ith ST. Nv.
It
DoST-Purse containing sum OF money. doctors
receipt and card Of owner Return 10 Mss
MARY MCNAMARA, Ioll Il ST nw; reward
je9-S;
LOST-A large gold link watch chain with skeIe-
ten head charm, Thursday evening Liberal
reward if returned 10 472 o 81. Nv. jes-St
LOST-Boys bicycle; 2O-inch wheel; Crescent
from is29 Corcorln St Monday night. reas-
enable reward Cor is return Ie7-st EN-
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TA Ii. X. FULTON'S
NJ NE. THEO,

Meoiurn and larl ke1cer- WashlrEtcns most "a
nous Cairvcyaut and Palmist- Consult her On
business, love, an family s1airs5 reuEitss tia
separated. removes spells; causes speedy mar
RACES. ard gives luck Open daily German
spoken 25c and Soc g29 II 81 NV. ieS-7t
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CLAIRNOYAMCE.

WANTED-Centlsman- age S2: COod moral habits,
permanently employed wishes 20 foun ac-
Guaintance Of LADY of good character. object
matrimony- Address Box 45I. this once. Item
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MISS NETTIE ODER.

the fires OF patriotism, he quit his po-
sition with the railroad, which was
paying him 500 a month, and enlisted
as a private at $3.50 per month and
the chance Of stopping some Mauser
bullet. He had received a little mill
tary training. and while the regiment
was encamped at Topeka waiting 10
be modified Hardy wsn TO work with
a will to perfect himself in tactics. and
so great was his proficiency that he
was made first sergeant Of his COM
pany. II was over Hardy that Cen
then Col.-Funston and Lieut.-CoL Lit
tie had their falling out. II happened
at San Francisco, a few weeks before
the regiment vas ordered 70 Manila
Funston recommended the advance
ment OF Sergeant-Aaior Dodge TO a
second lieutenancy. while Little rec
commended Hardy for the same place
Gov. Leedy had already promised Har-
dy's friends 10 promote him, so he
followed the accommodation Of Lit
tie, and the break between the two
officers followed Capt. Hardy made one
of the famous "swims" for which the
Twentieth Kansas has been noted, but
he has received little credit for 1t
through the dispatches from Manila
1t was at the Malolos river, where the
insurgents we're lying in a ditch on the
further side. Hardy and a private in a
Pennsylvania regiment swam the
river, secured a raft and toEed il
back for Funston and some Of his
men to cross on. For this act Funston,
recommended his promotion 20 a hrss
lieutenancy. a recommendation that
was promptly followed by Gov. Stan
ley.
When President Mckinley recently
selected several officers for the new
Thirty-sixth volt nteer infantry, Capt.
Orwig OF company D among the rest.
Col. Metcalf, who is now in command
OF the Kansas troops, recommended
that Hardy be again advanced TO sue
coed Capt Orwig. and again the rec
ommendation was promptly acted On.
The romance in connection with
Capt. Hardy is as interesting as his
war record. Several months before
there was a cell for trOOps-in fact, be-
fore a war with Spain was seriously
thought of-Hardy was secretly mar
ried to Miss Nettie Ober. a pretty and
accomplished society girl OF Salina. and
the daughter Of one OF the leading
merchants of that city. For some rea-
son the young couple preferred to keep
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world. But when the order cana that
was to place the great Pacific between
the soldier and his bride, and perhaps
separate them forever, they could no
longer keep silent. Just before the
regiment started, Mrs. Hardy. accom-
panied by her uncle. went to San
Francisco and took a last farewell OF
her soldier husband and announced
their marriage to the world Company
NJ, in which Capt. Hardy first enlisted.
has made a record for itself in the way
OF advancement. It's captain, W. H.
Bishop. although commanding the last
company in the regiment. was ad-
yanced over all other captains and
made major when Major Metcalf sue
ceeded Col. Funston In command Of the
regiment, and he has recently been
appointed by President Mckinley as
senior major OF the new T~hirty-sixth
volunteer infantry; Lieuts. Glasgow
and Agnew, also CT company III, have
recently been made captains in the
Eleventh cavalry: z. j. Hardy and
Clad Hamilton. both Of whom vent out
as ~privates, are now captains in the
Twentieth Kansas. and the company
has furnished a half dozen lieutenants
for different companies. The company
is made up largely Of college students
from the Kansas Wesleyan university
and other colleges located al Salina-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

life with sadness. A pathetic re1ec.
ton of her characteristic mood is q
letter written to Mr.. W. D. Gallagher.
which Mr.. W. H. Venable published in
his beginnings of Literary Culture in
the Ohio Valley" This spirit was
with her to the end, and, when. in 1870,
cancer, paralysis-terrible ministers
of death, dragged the brave woman out
of the world, she felt. if one may judge
from the evidence, hat her half CEN
tury's sojourn here had been quite long
enough. In a little less than a year
and a half Phoebe followed her, and so
passed away these two sisters whose
kinship of spirit, as Mr.. Venable. their
best biographer, has said, sis memora-
BILE in the annals of human tenderness
and fidelity In beautiful Greenwood
cemetery, Brooklyn, not far from the
Fifth avenue entrance, the two and a
n sister, Elmina, lie in one in
closure, their resting place marked by a
massive granite monument some six
feet high, on the base of which is the
name Cary, and on three faces the three
given names with dates of birth and
death. GEORGE S. COTTMAN.
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them do part" but if that first chance
be lost and the two meet in fair fight,
after fair warning, the fangs of the
RATHER are pretty sure to gain him the
victory.
In this instance no such misfortune
was the blacky's. He made his spring
and got his grip of the throat, and
there he held on like grim death"
With a fury that was sometimes awful
the rattler wriggled and shook and
rolled and writhed. He leaped into
the air, twisted and tossed himself.
banged his assailant down on the
ground, rolled on him and over him.
but all in vain. Blacky simply stuck.
Nothing could move him. nothing
tempt him or compel him to relax his
hold for a single moment. To have
done so would have been almost GER
tain death to himself. but through all
the r~earings, leapings. tossings, with
ings and hissings of his victim he held
on with a relentless tenaeity that was
equal only to his love of his own life
and his hate OF his foes.
Thus for more than an hour and a
half the life and death game was kept
nm without a minutes intermission and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
Deadly

Chambersburg PENN special Balti-
more American: DR.. John ]. Smith died
recently of anthrax, after hard suffer
ing. He was a veterinary surgeon,
graduate of the university of Pennsyl-
vania. and had been called to invesu-
gate the deaths of live stock on Ber-
Inns farm, near town. On Aag. 20 ne
performed an autopsy on some Of the
animals. and sen portions OF their
bodies to State Veterinary Pearson,
VINO afterwards pronounced the disease
anthrax. Smith attended other live
stock. and took sanitary precautions,
fully aware of the horrible nature or
the malady to man and beast. An
eruption appeared on his hands, and
he said at once it was anthrax, and
that he feared death. Physicians OPP
Grated and gave careful attention. His
body became badly swollen, n ne
grew worse. unconscious and died.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
BATTLE OF SNAKES.
TERRIFIC COMBAT WITNESSED
IN MISSOURI.
Biack Champion Bests Ratfier-struxgIe
Lasted Over Two Hours. and at Its
Conclusion the Victor Swallowed uis
Big Opponent.

1t was in a wild part OF Missouri.
Ny friend n / were returning from a
tour which had carried us far into the
brush, as the forests Of gum trees and
scrub are there called. We were walk
Ing through a clearing. when the un-
mistakable rattle Of a snake arrested
US, and in a few minutes We saw the
beginning Of a fierce encounter be-
tween two deadly enemies-a black
snake and d RATHER. These two
branches of the snake family are
hereditary and ~implacable foes. The
blacksnake Is much smaller than the
r~attler, but he is a terribly formidable
foe, and, as science is superior to mere
size or strength, he generally comes
out Of the fray victorious. He gives
himself no rest until he gains a point
Of vantage from which he can make a
sudden swoop upon the noisy foe. On
this occasion we did not see the black
snake until he leaped on the rattler's
throat, nor could we sfterward make
out how ne had got so near without
being seen. That power of silent,
black fellow an immense advantage
over the rafting enemy. 1t is that.
indeed, on which mis- hope of victory
mainly depends. Let the blacky by
a sudden leap grasp the throat of the
unwary RATHER and the chances are he
will never let go again until death
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30

Ahce welded by far the more nroIia,
pen. Then, as now, prose was mors
lucrative than verge. and her first work
was TO collect a number OF stories and
sketches into a volume, which she
caiied 'Clovernook; or, RecolIections
Oh Our Home in the West" This was
published in 1851, and proved = pro-
hounced success. Ii was industr,onslv
followed by ~others-frgt. a novel. IA
gar a Story Of To-day" then another
series Of "Cloyernook' stories. after
which. with a volume Of verses sand
Wlched between. came "Cloyernook
children" a juvenile book. In 1855 a
collection Of her poems, complete ND to
that time. was issued; then another
novel. Married, Not Mated" followed
In turn by more poems; then "A Low
er,s Diary" Snow Berries" n still a
third novel, The Bishops Son." max
ing in all a collection of considerable
bulk, which, as it circulate@ widely in
It's day, made the name Of Aiice Cary
familiar, not only throughout reading
America, but in England, also.
During these years Phoebe was not
Idle, but contributed extensively to the
periodicals verses Of many kinds, these
In the collected form numbering some
thing over two hundred. Of the quail
ity OF the work done by them little need
be said here. The more critical taste
Of to-day would not rate it as it was
once rated, but it met the needs Of a
prevailing taste. served its purpose,
4 was well worth living for. Con-
sidered as part of the literary move
ment in America, it has a permanent
historic interest, and the achievements
OF the two unaided country girls must
have an interest as abiding as that in
the triumphs Of the human will and
soul.
In New York city the sisters got the
social life they craved. Their home
at No. SO East Twentieth street, which
has been described as delightfully."- ar
tistic and literary, was a kind of salon
where they held Sunday evening re-
%ceptions, and brought together the dis
tinguished literary people of the day.
But. though all this was charming,
Alice, especially, was not content, and
yearned back for the old, simple coun-
try life with a inconsistencies that grew
through years Of sickness and suffer
ing. Melancholy by nature. the strug-
giles of her early life, the loss of those
she loved. and, perhaps, an unhappy
affair Of the heart, tinctured her whole
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
MIsFIT.
Freak of Pate PGrsues a Man Who Has
a GenIns for the Inopportune-

a OF rare 1GEs4E+ = nan GO Las
a GenIus for the -Inopportune-
From the New Orleans Times-Demo-
erat: There goes a man" said a Ca
nal street philosopher. who has made
a failure OF life in spite Of exceptional
equipment for success. He Is honest.
afabie, highly educated and industTi-
GUS as a beaver. He has no bad habits.
and I couldn't name a man in New Or
leans who possesses a kindIier dispo-
sition: yet he is continually out Of a
job and is studiougly avoided by every
body who knows him. The mysIeri-
Gus part Of It is that nobody a tell
you jast Why, and the poor fellow
doesn~ understand it himself. He IS
beginning to think that somebody has
worked a rabbits foot on him, but the
secret Is really this: He has a genius
for the inopportune. By some malign
freak OF fate he always says and does
the wrong thing al the wrong time II
Is not lack OF tact; it is destiny For
example, / like him, but he never
called on me in his life that his visit
wasn't highly unEslcome. He is NOR
ally certain TO drop in just in time to
catch one doing something foolish or
discTeditable, and you know how we
hate the innocent chance witness OF
our foIlies. He made a mortal enemy
OF Col. - because ne happened to
walk into his Office while the old man
was dyeing his mustaehe- He CHANGED
on a certain prominent lawyer smirk-
ing before a mirror, rehearsing an i'm
promptu after-dinner speech. and the
prominent lawyer got even by knock
ing him out OF a valuable contract.
Those are two cases out Of dozens
He never gossips or t~attles. but the
mere fact that he has seen things he
oughtn't TO see and heard things he
| oughtn't TO hear makes his very pres
ence embarrassing to the other fell
lows. If he were introduced TO q man
whose grandfather had been hanged
he'd be absolutely certain to begin
talking about rope inside Of two min
utes. As said before, he has a genius
for the i~nopportune. Ny wife loathes
him because her false frizzes blew on
on the street one day and landed on
TOP of his umbrella. He had nothing
whatever 10 do with either the frizes
or the elements, but o I can't ask
him to my house. Terrible TO be an
der such a curse, isn't it?'
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Then blacky shook himself and, haY-
ing done so, took up his position az
the head Of his victim and calmly gsz-
ed upon him with the first CLEAN of
satisfaction in his bright little eye.
We were still full Of wonder and on
lecture as TO his purpose, interment of
some kind being the only thing we yet
thought of. But then we saw him
calmly open his mouth to its utmost
capacity and take into it the entire
head of the defunct rather; then he
gulped and swallowed; then rested;
then another gulp and another swat
low. and so on, until he had tucked into
him the whole body. and then he
dragged himself into the scrub, and
thence probably into a gully, there 10
spend a month OF 0 digesting his
ponderous meal and fighting the bat
tie DER again in blissful dreams.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
Morld,s Largest Grapevine.

La Para Grande, the biggest grape
vine in the world, has reached the end
of its long outdoor life, and will soon
be cut down. Seventy-fve years II
has been growing on a ranch in the
Montecito valley, neal Santa Barbara,
Cal. but it has shown signs of dying,
and SO the owner, Albert Magee, the
Pittsburg stove manufacturer, has or
dered it removed. From the pride OF
the California vineyards the vine will
be turned into a museum curiosity.
The Santa Barbara chamber of COM
merce will preserve it as a specimen
of what the soil OF Santa Barbara conn
ty is able to produce. La Para Grande
has a trunk or main stem three feet
and a half in circumference, and The
~trellis. higher than a mans head, on
which the spreading branches Of the
vine are supported. measures nearly
six feet in each direction. In its prime
this single vine produced full four tons
of grapes in a single year Those
DAYS of it's glory are, however, long
passed.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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the nercsiese foe; but all In vain. Then
we began to see in the victim renewed
signs Of failing strength. but. notwith-
standing increasing weakness, he
struggled for a time continuously, then
Internationally, until, more than two
hours and a half after the first attack,
the RATHER gave up the contest and lay
down to die. This time it was no ruse.
But even then blacky still stuck. and
It was not until the corpse began to
stinen that he left go mis- hold.
On the part Of the victor there was
no sign Of triumph, no dancing around
the PROSTATE enemy; but, with all pos
sible staidness and straightforward
ness the hero prepared for the celebra-
ton Of his victory. He began by
stretching and strengthening out the
l~ifeless body, smoothing put every
crease and every wrinkle on it's sealy
surface, with what intent we could not
even guess. He seemed to have as
sumed the role Of undertaken and to
be preparing the corps for decent
burial, magnanimous toward a brave
though defeated foe. Not a twist or
wrinkle was left upon the carcass from
tip to toe, from los to outstretched
tail. Then, to our greater beWilder-
ment, we saw that he was licking the
body from end TO end, making straight
parallel lines OF saliva along its entire
length, which, with the rays OF the set
ting sun falling on 1t, exhibited all its
varied hues and made US long for its
possession that we might carry it away
with us. But the darky had some
thing better TO do than indulge a
benevolent sentiment for our grstifca-
ton. For ten minutes or more he con-
tinued his preparations, until he made
four CT five streaks of saliva, which
shone like satin ribbons, laid horizon
tally on the dead body from end to
end.
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SOLDIERS ROMANCE
CAPT. HARDY OF THE TWEEN
TIETH KANSAS
Loved a Pretty Girl and They Were
Secretly Married-His Brave Deeds
with Gen Funston's Brigade In the
Philippines.

No soldier who has gone TO the
Philippines has made greater advance
ment than has Capt. z. ]. Hardy, who
enlisted as a private in company NJ
Of the now famous Twentieth Kansas.
and who has recently been promoted
on account OF bravery to be captain Of
company d Of the same regiment. He
has risen step by step until he IS now
credited with being n Of the best
officers Of the famous Twentieth Kan
sas. Romance and adventure are in
terwoven in the history Of Capt Hardy.
He is the son Of D. Hardy, division
superintendent on the Iron Mountain
road. Although still quite young. he
left the parental roof several years ago
to make his own way in the world. He
learned telegraphy. became an expert,
and at the breaking out Of the war
with Spain he was operator for the
Missouri Pacific at Salina, Kan When
the call for troops came. urged Oh By
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-30
STOPPING A DETECTIVE.
How a Pickpocket Had to Cause Him
TO Grow Blind.

Four or FIVE noted pickpockets were
telling stories over their beer one
night. when the name of a celebrated
government detective vas mentioned
That galoot?' said n OF the crew.
s%neeringly. LIE me tell you. They
drove me hard for awhile, and finally
landed me in Philadelphia. and just as
l was entering the Broad street station
to make a graft Mr.. Detective lays his
hand on my collar and says, says he.
Keep out o here, see?' I got him in
a corner and slipped a $50 bill and a
$40 gold piece over each eye. an says,
says 1, Do you see anythingf He
says, says he. No, I'm totally blind
With that he walked away and /
went on in the station TO finish my job.
No sooner had l reached the main door
thar he runs up and lays his hand on
me again. What's the matter now?
says 1; thought you couldn't see !
can't says he. but put another 4 o
them in my mouth so I can't talk 1t
cost me another forty TO get rid OF
him"