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indicates ill-heaIth, or some
serious arrangement of the
feminine organs.
A million women have been
helped by Mrs. Pinkham. Read
what two of them say.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-10

the body These organs must be healthy the mind is
not healthy
ow-sprted suffering may write to Mrs Pink
Lynn Mass and receive her advice free of charge
Get advice in time.
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Home CURE :.
FOR BLOODPO|SON.

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims OF
this loathsome disease would be much better
oil to-day If they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
blood poison.
10 rid
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DESPONDENT'
WOMEN

Mrs. LIZZIE COLEMAN, of Wayland, N r.. writes;
DEAR MRS PENKHAM-For years suffered with painful
enstruaton and falling of The bearingdown pains
in nv back and hips were dreadful could not stand for
when nenstruation began.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-10
Beware Of the Doctors
Patchwork; You Can
Cure Yourself at Home.

this vile poison and only attempt 90 heal up the the
and endeaor to keep shut with their constant doses o. potash
and the fight continued indefinitely the drugs doing the system
mored damage disease itself
Mr. / MNaIn St-Ne L.S
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-03-10

Dependency is a dis
ease. Nervousness and
snappishness come with
it. Will power won't
overcome it. The feni-
nine organs are con-
nected by nerves with
the brain and all parts
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09
Requisites of a Good Shepherd,


G. F. Curtiss: A flock of sheep can
iot be handled or fattened successfully
without a close observance Of their
habits and p~eculiarities. There are a
great many little things that enter into
the attention and management by a
successful shepherd hat may seem
trivial, yet they have much to do with
the comfort, thrift, and profit of the
dock. The axiom that THE eye of
the master fattens" is nowhere more
applicable than in the ~sheepfold. The
competent feeder acquires a traineI
eye, that detects at a glance any evil
dence of disorder that will be mani
TEST II a single animal is off of feed
or out of condition. To the unobsery-
Ing or inexperienced feeder sheep all
look alike, but when rightly studied 10
class OF stock presents more marked
individual peculiarities or so clearly
manlfests evidence of thrift and we'll
doing or the reverse. Attention to
these little details, accompanied by
regular habits and a quiet manner,
constitutes the keynote of successful
sheep feeding. Nothing contributes
more to good results than Contentment
and quiet surroundings. The feeder
VINO dlsturbs the quiet and comfort Of
the flock every time he gees about it
should quit the sheep business at once.
Rough manners and harsh treatment
absolutely dtsqualify any man for sue
cess IN this work. The natural timid-
1ty and nervous temperament of the
sheep necessitate gentle treatment.
Their dainty habits about eating and
drinking must also be INDUCED as
fully as practicable. No animal nat
urally selects a wider variety of feed,
particularly Of rough forage and veg
citation; but two essentials are always
sxacted, viz, cleanliness and palatabil-
lty. Never give a sheep any stale or
undesirable feed, nor expect it to eat
any feed left over from a previous
meal. The ration should be always
wholesome and tempting to the APP
petlte. The barn or stabljng quarters
should never be without a fresh, pure
atmosphere and an am ole supply of dry
bedding. Sheep rarely suffer from cold
II kept dry and protected from direct
drafts. The open air is better than a
poorly kept shed or barn.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09
Modern shoe Polisher.

With the popularity of the up-to-
date enamel, patent aud russell leather
and Kid shoes, the use of patented
preparations for cleaning and polish
ING them, the function of the old time
olacking brush is becoming less i'm
p~ortant in the boot polishing outfit,
It's place being largely usurped by a
piece of cloth. Lambs wool polishers
are excellent for this purpose, but I'M
fortunately they are rather expensive,
and when a nan has to do his W
polishing il requires considerable dex-
.erity on his part to manipulate a long
strip of cloth in the artistic manner
OF the professional. The s~hoe-polish-
ing device here shown. the invention
Of an inventor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
is offered as an aid to this mighty
army of u~nfOrtunates. Perhaps its
most essential feature is the cheapness
and simplicity of it's construction, be-
ing made out of a single piece of wire
bent and Topped as shown, with pro-
vision at II end to take a fold in the
polishing cloth, and at the other with
two "tangs' that hold the other end.
This arrangement forms a convenient
and easily manipulated holder for the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09

Lovers of the eXhilarating cocktail,
which cheers and makes a difference IN
the morning, ought to be interested in
the experiments which are being made
in this country to produce a good Ver-
muth. I'VE have succeeded in making
a passably good quality of Vermuth,'
said a liquor man, but am afraid it
will be a long time before we a equal
the foreign article. The best Vermuth
comes from Turin, Italy, and the next
in quality is made in Marseilles. III
fact, about all the Vermuth sold is
made in these two cities. The latter
named city produces practically all
that m from France. 1t is not
easy to arrive at the quantity of Ver-
muth imported to the United States for
the reason that it comes classified as
wine. The secret of its manufacture is
closely guarded in both France and
Italy, and it would not surprise me if
we were making a first-class quality Of
champagne in the United States before
We can make a prime quality of Ver-
muth.'-New York Commercial.
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TWO LITTLE KINGS.
Brought From the Antarctic Ocean to
New York.

Brought From the Antarctic Ocean to
New York.
Some time ago now, from the far-off
south, two baby kings" were brought
to New York from their island home.
That home is the volcanic islet named
after Governor McQuarie, and lying
hundreds of miles south of Tasmania.
Now I must tell you that they we're
not boy kings, but bird kings, and
their proper name is King Penguins.
They were SO young as to be real
babies when they left the island. Their
parents were with them, but both Of
them died on the voyage, SO the little
King Penguins were orphans when
they arrived in New York and were
taken to the Zoo in Central Park.
If you had never seen a penguin you
would scarcely believe at first sight
that it is a bird, as they always sit in
an upright position. When we looked
at them from behind they were more
like little woolly bears than birds.
They are not able to fly, either. like
other birds, as their wings are more
like paddles than wings, though they
assist them greatly in swimming and
diving, which they do splendidly.
It was a most touching sight to see
those awkward looking little birds in
their first house at the Zoo, sitting
huddled together, and constantly cry
ing for more fish. So young and help
less were they, they could not even
help themselves from the bucketful set
beside them, but went on crying and
waving their long, slender bills in the
air. They often tried, too, to feed
themselves from each others beaks. in
memory of the way in which their
mother used to feed them.
The penguins are a very peculiar
class, and the king Penguins'' are the
largest members of it. They are all
antarctic birds, coming from the very
far south.
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Proportions of Straw aud Grain.

There is no fixed relation between
the proportions of straw and grain in
the cereals. In some years the pro-
portion of straw is greater thar others;
the weather has something to do with
this condition. In wet years and with
not enough sunshine to fully ripen the
grain early, or, rather, to stop the de-
velopment Of the straw, the proportion
of the latter is great. Various efforts
have been made to ascertain what eff
feet different kinds Of manure and
fertilizers would have on the proper
tons of straw and grain. The results
have not been definite enough to make
1t advisable to attempt to control the
proportions by different methods OF
enriching the soil. heterogeneous ma
velopment, but not excessively. The
largest yields of grain are generally
accompanied by large yields of straw.
1t is probably impossible to get a good
grain without Il good stalk. In the
years when grain heads out low" the
yield of grain is generally short.
The aim should be to develop both
grain and straw in the same proper
ton. This is done the most certainly
by following a rotation. The grain
should come after corn, or roots or
potatoes, and these crops should re-
ceive the fertilizers rather than the
cereals.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09

myriads OF great insects which we
reused and dislodged was d~eafening:
while the black clouds or gad-tiies and
c-ockroaches were very bewllder1ng,
and, to say the least, annoying.
We foundered and fell as we waded
through this sea of leaves and verdi
ure; but rose and scrambled on again,
pausing ever and anon, breathless and
exhausted, to sit and fan ourselves, or
to aid in pulling each other out of this
jungly network, for it resembled that
which sprang by magic spell arc,lnd
the palace of the sleeping beauty In
the old fairy tale to battle all intrud-
ers for a hundred years.
Hislop, who had not yet recovered
his strength, was among the first to
give in, and declare, when half way I'D.
that che could climb no further!
Two or three took advantage of this
admission to remain with him for a
time; but l, refreshed by a ripe ba-
mana which had fallen from the trees
at the top, and which l found lust
at hand, pushed on, and being lighter
than any of my companions, got ahead
OF them all.
After half an hours severe toll, dur
ing which my hands and knees were
iacerated and torn by sharp blades Of
glgantl grass, and by the gummy
creepers to which ones very flesh ad-
hered at times, l reached at last the
banana trees, the foliage of which
waved like a gigantic plume on the
summit of this isolated rock.
The banana rises with a stem which
is about six or seven inches in diam
eter at the root, and from thence
tapers upward to the height Of eighteen
or twenty feet, to where the leaves
spring like a bright green tuft, broad.
wavy, feathery, and dropping, as those
of the palm do.
l uttered a shout-an go poeanr'-
to my companions, announcing that I
had gained the summit before them,
n armed with my only weapon, the
lakewood spear, pushed my way for
ward between the smooth stems of the
bananas, till I reached the abrupt
brow Of the cliff, from the verge of
which l saw, far down below. the
bright blue stream that rose on the
slopes of the great mountain, running
through the heart of the isle and gilt
tering in the setting sun among groves
and ravines, to where it poured in
foam upon the white sandy beach, and
mingled with the mighty Southern sea.
I saw also the figures of Chute and
Carlton, as they stood near the rock
which bore the inscription, but they
could neither distinguish me nor hear
my shout, which gave fresh ardor to
those whom I had left halfway down.
and who now resumed their ascent.
Ito be continued.)
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CHAPTER XXXII.
The Mystery Solved


All day the air had been unusually
sultry and b~reathlessly hot, even for
the tropics at hat season; but when
the sun sank westward, when the air
became cooler, and the shadows of the
island, with its wooded bluff and tow
ering blue mountain, across the slope
of which the light gossamer clouds
lay floating, halfway up, were thrown
far eastward over that lonely sea
which no keel seemed ever to furrow,
we prepared for a further exploration,
or, as Hugh Chute said, ito overhaul
that ere cliff from truck to keelson."
Chute and Carlson were dispatched
to it's base by the way of the river
bank, and to where the cascade pour-
ed over the rocks, waking the solemn
echoes of the otherwise silent ravine.
Their instructions were to station
themselves near the rocks which bore
the Spanish legend-to keep a sharp
lookout on the face of the cliff and all
the way up to the grove of banana
trees that grew on its summit.
Billy the cabin boy vas left in charge
of the hut and boat, while Hislop,
with the rest of us advanced toward
the cliff, up the sloping bank of which
its only accessible point-we pro-
ceeded to climb.
1t was, or Is twelve months can
make no change) a hundred and fifty
feet in height, as 1 have stated, ris-
ing sharply up from the side Of the
great mountain, and is covered by a
jungle of wild shrubs that must have
been growing there since the days OF
the deluge.
The creepers with gummy branches,
the sharp serrated grass, the yellow
gourd vines, the wild tendrils and
plants of which we knew neither the
names nor the nature, were there in
terwoven as closely as a herring net,
to the depth of seven or eight feet
from their roots.
Amid this Jungle the hum Of the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09
A ANCHOR.
hat of the Cumberland Now on tI
W. n. Macy.

1uhb oI tIc CuulDeFianu NOW on the
w. "a. Macy.
II the port anchor of the American
ship w. H. Macy, now lying at Green
street wharf, could talk it might un-
fold some wonderful yarns. The big
but ungraceful mud hook swinging
over the ships bow was once suspend
ed through the hawse pipe of the Unit
ed States frigate Cumberland. When
it was made nobody now seems to
know, but it is more than likely that
it began its career of usefulness with
the launching of the Cumberland. 1t
was on the Cumberland in 1861 when
the war broke out and probably when
the frigate disappeared under the wat
ers of Hampton Roads. Between that
day and the time that the Macy was
launched, which occurred about fifteen
years ago, the history of the Cumber-
lands anchor is unknown. "Old Cum
berland," as the sailors call the big
anchor, weighs about five tons. which
is nearly twice as much as the average
anchor used by sailing craft. The
stock is sixteen feet long and of solid
oak, which is as sound today as when it
rested on the deck of the Cumberland.
The ring, through which the cable
passes, is large enough to admit the
passage Of the body Of a full-grown
man, and the flukes are just three and
a half feet wide. The only signs of the
anchors past now visible is the name
TT 9 G Cumharland stamDed into tho
iron. Some of the letters are almost
obliterated, but there is enough left
to identify the anchor.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09
Magnetism in Islands.

The Danish island Of Bornholm. in
the Baltic sea, is so magnetic as to be
a danger to navigation. The island,
which measures about twenty miles in
length by fourteen in breadth, and is
distant about tWenty-four miles east
by south from the nearest point of
Sweden, is famous for it's geological
peculiaritles. IL n ists almost en-
tirely of magnetic. Bornholm's mag
netic influence is not only known to
the n~avigators o. those waters, but is
much feared by them on account of it's
influence on the magnetic needle. which
makes the correct steering of a ship a
matter of much difficulty. This infiu-
ence is felt at a dia lance Of ten miles,
and so palpably that, on the island
being sighted, mariners on the Baltic
at once discontinue steering their
course by the needle and turn instead
to the well-knOwn lighthouses and
other cigns by which to direct their
craft. There are several magnetic is
lands and points along the Atlantic
coast of South America. Near the
mouth OF the Rio de la Plata is a ia
nous magnetic point-the western
side of the headland known as the
Pnnta N~egra-and navigators of YES
sells bound for Buenos Ayres of Monte
yideo have to be very careful not to go
too near it. Trinidad is another place
of the same description, and one rea-
son for its abandonment to Brazil was
its utter u~ntitaess for a telegraphic
station, owing l.: its strong magnetic
character.-Memphis Scimetar.
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CHAPTER XXX.-(Continued.

CHAPTER XXX.-(Continued.)
Whoever among US had done this
was guilty of wanton malice and trea-
son to the rest of his friends-for
friends we hoped we were, as well as
brothers in misfortune.
We also examined the mutilated
bread bag. In the side thereof was a
clean slash a foot in length, made by
some sharp instrument, and by this
aperture the biscuits had been abb
stracted By some one who had inserted
ais hands through the fragile wall OF
our hut, which, as l have stated, was
composed only of turf and branches.
The theft had been committed in
the night, but by whom?
Was the thief one of ourselves? The
eyes of each seemed to ask the hate
full question of the others, and to repel
their inquiring glances; but soon after
three Of our missing biscuits were
discovered by Tom ~Lambourne, lying
q few yards apart among the long
grass. as If the abstracter had dropped
tuSUu ou1lh6 q hdoby D
woods or the DEVILS Mountain.
SIN addition to ourselves there is
some one else on this island" exclaim-
ed Hislop, emphatically; "and this &C
counts for the loss of the studding-sall
boom; and without delay, this some
one else must be discovered"
We dreaded lest savages might be
concealed in some Of the caverns or
woods, and that they might come upon
us in the night and STAY all, or that
they might make off with or destroy
the long boat, our most valuable pos
session.
1t was at once resolved hat one Of
our number Ito be regularly relieved)
should remain in 1t day and night,
armed with the Ratchet, our only
weapon, and that he should be well
fogged IL he slept or neglected the
double duty Of watching the hut and
boat, which were close by each other.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09

A new method of making a durable
artificial stone for paving purposes has
been successfully introduced in Ger
many, and is likely TO find employment
in many countries. The basis of the
pavement is, like that of many other
systems, coal tar. This is mixed with
sulphur and heated, and to the plastic
mass is added a preparation of lime.
When cold, the compound is broken
into fragments and mixed with glass
or blast furnace glass Stag. Subjected
to heavy pressure, the powder is mold
ed to any form required; and it is
found that its resistance to wear and
tear is fully half as great as that OF
Swedish granite. The other advantages
claimed for the paving is that its
roughened surface gives a good foot
hold, that it resists changes of temper
allure, is not noisy, and is easily kept
clean.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09

birthstone and nitre-the nitre Supply
Ing the oxygen. These three things
made up the powder Of the ancient
Chinese, as well as that used in the
rude annon of the battle OF Cressy.
in 1346. But during the last few years
artillery has been so developed that
gunpowder could not properly fire the
huge shot fired by the 110-ton gun.
What was wanted was something that
would burn slowly at first, apply it's
power as the shot moved up the gun,
and have expended itself by the time
the muzzle was reached. So that we
got gun-cotton, and later cordite. The
making of cordite was explained fully.
It's constituents are nitro-glycerine
and %gun-cotton dissolved in a mutual
solvent, and vaseline added as a lubri-
cant.
Lyddite, he explained, was carbolic
acid in combination with sulphuric
and nitric acids, forming picric acid,
The only way of exploding it was by
means Of a powerful detonator. When
the shell has been filled with the melt
ed yellow lyddite, a "picric detona-
tor" is placed at the top; and above
this a illuminate of mercury d%etonator.
When the shell strikes an object the
illuminate explodes, flashing the second
%detonator, which in it's turn explodes
the lyddite. The only disadvantage
of lyddite was that there was less GER
tainty Of decorating picTic acid than
Of firing powder. Melinite was sup
posed to be a gelatinised compound OF
picric acid. Among several interesting
experiments was one in which a little
white flag was treated with nitric acid,
and thereby converted into gun-cotton.
At a touch of the gas flame it vanished
in an instant.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-06-09

England's famous natural fortifics-
ton is situated at the southern ex-
tremity of Spain, in Andalusia. At
Various times great sums of money
have been expended to add to- it's i'm
pregnability, until now it is regarded
as an almost indestructible stronghold,
The chief points of defense are on its
western side. Several miles of cav
erns and galleries penetrate the rock,
which presents a solid and formidable
front on the land side; on the other
great cannon frown upon the Bay Of
Gibraltar. The fortress is fairly hon
eycombed with b~ombshells and can
non balls. 1t was taken from the
original owners over $50 years ago.
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tana in 1880, as the representative OF
member, to develop some property
there. DAILY was given a working in
terest. This was the foundation OF
his fortune. He took hold of the An
aconda copper properties of his princi-
pals II developed them to such an eX-
tent that his interests have amounted
in twenty years to $40, 600, 900. The
Anaconda, with it's mines at Butte, it's
smelters at Anaconda, its sawmills in
the western part of the state and it's
coal in the eastern AMI northern por-
tions, is the largest employer OF labor
in the state, employing 10000 people
out Of a total population of $50, 900. 1t
reduces 1000 tons of ore every day and
during 1898 cut more lumber than any
other establishment in the United
States.
DAILY is not a remarkable man except
as a money-maker, nor has his career
been eventful. His diversion is the
breeding of horses and raising fruits.
re has the second largest apple or
chard in the country and his horses
have won fame on the ace track.
Probably the happiest days of his busy
life are spent on his Bitter Root ranch.
Each summer he is there with his fam
lily. He always has friends there. They
are not, as a rule, people who have
fine places of their own. Boys and
girls of the age of his own children
are the principal visitors, and to see
Daily with the youngsters one would
not suppose he was carrying the bur-
deus of n of the biggest enterprises
in tie northwest.
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COPPER KING DAILY.
THE MAN WHO OPPOSES SEM
ATOR CLARK.
Attracted Attention bv His Fight Against
the Montana Contestant for a Seat In
Upper House of Congress How He
Made His Millions.

Marcus A. Daily, the Montana copper
king, has attracted attention by his
fight against Senator William A.
and since Clark's arrival at Washing
ton. He is worth 500, 900, O00-all ac-
quired within twenty years. Born in
New York, of Irish p~arentage, he
drifted west at an early age and
worked in the mines. One of his I'm
R.. Hearst, who recognized Days
shrewdness and his magnetic influence
owe other men and sent him to Mon