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The Yale expositor., 1901-06-07

To detect dampness in bed, warm
It and then place a hand mirror under
the covering. If a mist is observable
on the mirror and the vapor is con-
densed into drops, 1t is a sure sign OF
the presence Of moisture.
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-07

Asparagus Soup.-Boil the tips and
stalks separately, and when the stalks
are soft, mash and rub them through
a sieve. Boil and season with butter,
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-07
LARGEST PHOTO CAMERA.

A camera capable of making a pho
tograph eight by ten feet in area is
owned by the Chicago & Alton Rail-
way Company, and was constructed to
take a picture for the Paris Exhibition
of one OF the company's express trains.
The camera weighs 900 pounds, and
the plate-holder, when loaded. 500
pounds, making 1.400 pounds in all.
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-07

Two sets of Zeiss lenses were made for
this camera, one being wide-angled
with an equivalent focus of five and
one-half feet, and the other a telesco-
pic rectilinear lens of ten feet equival-
ent focus.
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-07
BiddleCOnlb'S
Art Studio ! ! 1
MeiseI Block, PORT HURON

Having had years of experience in
The Photographic art, we are prepared
to do your work right and at reason
able prices. Ask any of our patrons
what kind of work we turn out; ask
EN- If we don't save them money.
They can tell as much as we can.
The've tried us and are our permanent
ustomers. You'd be too if you'll ask
m,
The Yale expositor., 1901-06-07
HuRNING FEET.

Many persons suffer from q peculiar
sersitiveness of the feet shown by dis
PRESSING burning, smarting or itching,
Or sometimes by increased perspira-
ton or throbbing, especially at night
after any unusual amount of standing
or walking. Toward evening the sui
ferer begins to be disagreeably or even
painfully conscious of his feet, which
feel hot and tired, and seem to nave
grown too large for the shoes. lnspec-
ton of the bare feet may reveal MOTH
ing particularly noticeable, beyond
perhaps a slight redness of the SKIN;
or it may show more or less general
eruption, either moist or dry and
scaly, resembling salt-rheum. But TINS
eruption is another affection altogeth-
er from the one now under considera-
ton; it is true eczema, and the DIS
tress caused by il is continuous ana
only moderately increased at night. In
the cases of which we are speaking the
sufferer is usually fairly comfortable
in the morning, and it is only as the
day wears on that his torment be-
Cause of the Trouble.
comes uncomfortable. The cause or the
trouble may be external or internal;
it may be found in lack of proper at
tention to the feet, or in the wearing
of unsuitable shoes, or it may be the
result of a constitutional trouble-the
so-called uric acid diathesis. When the
trouble is constitutional, appropriate
dietetic and hygienic measures must
be carefully followed; but usually re-
lief is to be sought in local measures.
To some persons with sensitive skin
dyed stockings are very irritating,
others are tormented by wooden socks.
In such cases the remedy is obvious
The shoes should be roomy and not
made of patent or enameled leather,
and rubbers should be worn as little
as possible and always removed in the
house, even if one stays there but five
minutes.
How to Get Relief.
In the evening the sufferer should
immerse his feet in cold water for a
few minutes, and then after drying
with soft towel without friction, pat
on clean stockings and a different pair
of shoes from those worn during the
day. This will always give more or
less relief, and usually will bring com
fort for the rest of the evening Chang
ing the shoes is better than putting on
slippers. and has the advantage of not
exposing one to catch cold when the
floor is drafty. There will be little
danger of that, however, after the daily
cold fcot-bath has become an estaD-
lished habit. for this will not only
relieve the local discomfort, but will
also tend to strengthen the entire sys-
tenn and render it more resistant 10
noxious influences of all kinds.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
CHINESE FEMALE SLAVES.
Tho United States Marshal Makes . Raid
In San FraDcisco and Arreits Many
ghrleklng Women.

San Francisco, April 22.-The Chi
nese quarter of this city is very much
perturbed at an effort by the federal
authorities to suppress the traffic in
female Chinese slaves. United States
Marshal Shine, with squad of as
sistants, made sudden descent on
the brothels and arrested 81 terrified
and shrieking women. Sixteen who
produced certificates were released.
The remaining 1s are held in custody.
1t Is estimated that at least 80 in
mates of the houses on Baker street
and Sullivan alley escaped through al
leys and over roofs. The raid was the
immediate result Of an order from the
attorney general at Washington to the
district attorney directing him to do
all In his power to suppress the
traffic in female Chinese slaves.>
The women prisoners will be taken
before the federal courts to deter
mine whether they have a legal right
to remain in this country and if they
are held in bondage as the chattels
of masters. The power of the au-
thorities will stop at this point, but
the officials are confident that the de-
portation Of number Of slave girls
will dampen the ardor of the slave
dealers and especially the traffic
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
WITHDREW THE REWARD.
Father Mullen's Offer Causes Him to BE
Besieged by Horde Of Fskers
and Cranks,

New York, April 22.--The $4,000 re-
ward offered by Rev. Father Mullen,
Of the Church Of the Sacred Heart,
High Bridge, for the return of the
lost Willie Mccormick to his parents
and the arrest Of his kidnapers, was
withdrawn by the priest yesterday.
Father Mullen said he had been COM
PEELED to take this action to escape
horde Of mountebanks, clairvoyants,
takers of every sort and cranks Of all
degrees who have besieged him since
he posted the money. 81 have had no
time whatever for, the performance
of my sacred duties since l offered
the reward" said Father Mullen. II
have had letters from all over the
country and there have awaited me
daily scores of persons pretending to
know something Of the lost lad. I
have withdrawn the reward tempora
rily, as I have work that must be at.
tended to-"
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25

A REMARKABLE OPERATION.



St. Louis, April 2a.-Dr. H. L. Me
teri, superintendent Of the city hos.
pital, has just performed one Of the
most remarkable operations ever re-
corded in the annals of surgery. It
consisted Of taking three stitches in
the heart Of Philip Gum, an employe
OF the Shapleigh Hardware company,
who had been stabbed in a saloon
brawl. The point Of the knife blade
had entered the right ventricle and
had pierced to the cavity Of the heart.
Luckily, the knife had entered the
heart obliquely, and the result was
that the opening between the cavity
and the pericardium, or covering Of
the heart, was lip-shaped on both
sides. The wound acted as valve.
and at each pulsation of the blood
through the heart but small guam
tity went through the artificial open.
ing. The task of stitching this un.
usual wound was a very difficult one.
DR.. Nietert first removed section Of
the breast bone, exposing the peri.
cardium. The motion of the heart
cannot be repressed, and DR.. Nietert
was forced to make the stitches while
the organ was shifting about. 1t re.
quired three sutures to effectually
close the gap. This delicate operation
finished, the pericardium was sewed
together. The portion of the breast
bone removed could not be replaced
and the operation was concluded by
stitching together the skin and the
outer tissues which cover the chest,
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25

that China signs the Manchurlan con-
vention and grants further conces-
sions in connection with the Siberian
railway, are declared to be quite un-
founded. On the contrary, Russia
Is determined, II is asserted on high
authority, TO enter into no negotia-
tions with China in the present cir
cumstances.
Rebels Attack the Msnchurian Railway.
London, April 22.-"Chinese rebels
have again attacked the Manchurian
railway" says the st. Petersburg cor
respondent Of the Daily Telegraph.
"They have destroyed $50 versts Of the
line, removed the rails and broken
up the rolling stock. Moreover, they
have killed nearly a'whole detachment
Of railway guards. Troops have been
sent from Amur province to the scene
Of attack.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25

retire over the Shan 81 boundary,
then, according to international
agreement, the foreign troops should
not go beyond It. The ministers Of
the powers in Pekin earnestly hope
that this will prove to be the case.
They point out that the Chinese force
has not been aggressive and only
came few miles over the border,
arguing that II might just as well
have been allowed to remain where
II was.
Boxers Compel Troops to Retire.
Pekin. April 2e.--Brig. Gen. A. J. r.
Reid, commanding the Third brigade
of the India imperial service troops
In China, who is now at Shan Hal
Kwan, sent company Of Punjab in
fantry to disperse band Of robbers
In the neghborhood Of Flu Ming. A
force of boxers and robbers, more
than 1000 strong, attacked the In
dian troops, killing Maj. Browning
and one Sepoy and wounding others.
The company retreated to Flu Ming.
Reinforcements have been sent from
Shan Hal Kwang. The boxers are
apparently well armed with modern
rifles.
Statements Declared Unfounded.
st. Petersburg, April 22.-The state
ments that Russia has proposed TO
Japan an entente regarding the far
east and offered TO reduce her indem-
-isv alsim to Ri0.aOO.OOO on conditi~-
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
TO ATTACK GEN. LIU.
French and German Soldiers Will
Make Chinese General Retire.
BOXERS COMPEL TROOPS TO RETIRE.
AStatement That Russia Has offered to Re-
duce Her Indemnity on Condition That
Cbins signs the Manchurian Con-
venti0n Declared Unf0unded.

Paotingfu, April 22.-This city has
been for the last few days big mill
tary camp Of French and German
soldiers on the way to the front. 1t
is now estimated that 5000 French
troops and 5000 Germans will form
the entire force when all the rein
forcements have arrived. There is no
truth in the current reports regard
ing severe fighting between the out
posts and the Chinese. Three men
left under escort to convey Emperor
Kwang Su's first order to Gen. Liu
to retire Immediately to the province
Of Shan 81. Prince Ching and other
Chinese officials say the Chinese gen.
eral has already retired, but their
confrmations or denials are consid'
cred verv unreliable. II the Chinese
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25

damage to the building estimated
at $4,000. With two exceptions the
injured were pedestrians on the street
who had not time TO make their e.
cape. Had the accident happened on
any other day but Sunday many lives
would undoubtedly have been lost, as
the building was occupied by several
firms employing n large number Of
people. The tank was rs feet long
and six feet in diameter and con-
tained 10000 gallons Of water. In
falling II made hole about 40 feet
square through the building.
Five Persons Drowned.
Marietta, o., April 23.-Three per.
sons were drowned here yesterday
afternoon. A boat containing nine
men was carried under the wharf by
the swift current in the river and
Joseph Everett, glass worker, was
drowned. The others were rescued.
Later two boys named Hanley, aged
IA and seven, were drowned in the
a mn plaoo
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
ACCIDENT CAUSED BY WIND,
A Huge Water Tank, Loosened from Its
Fastsnings, Crashes Through Build
ing-Flve Persons Injured.

Chicago, April ga high wind
which struck Chicago yesterday loos-
ened huge iron water tank from It's
fastenings on the roof Of the Gal
braith building, Madison and Frank
lin streets, causing 1t to crash
through the six floors to the ground,
ininrin0 Aya persons and resplfing IN
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
NEW BANK AT WOODBINE.
Herman Mitch, a Wealthy Farmer, At
Its Head.

Herman Mitch, one Of the wealthy
farmers in the vicinity Of Woodbtne,
has purchased the Gillett bank build.
ing at Wocdbine and will open q new
bank soon. 1t is reported that G. D.
Keimold, now city clerk Of Enterprise
and employed in the bank there, will
be cashier. He Is capable and popu-
and will make success.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
READY FOR TENNIS.
Club Reorganizes and Elects Officers
Another Court Proposed.

The Tennis club met in the office Of
Hurd & hurd last night and elected
officers for the year: Paul Hurd,
president; G. A. Snider, vice presi-
dent; H. B. Jacobs, secretary and
treasurer. The grounds will be put
in shape and play will soon COM
mence.
4. There ia talk OF Q west side tennis
grounds to be located on the water
works block under the trees.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25

Pittsburg, Pa, April 22.-As a re-
suit ofthe explosion Of water heater
in the Hotel Anderson yesterday John
Brown, the engineer, was killed and
Abner Moore, machinist, was so
badly scalded that he will probably
die.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
slx Men Lose Their Llvea,

St. Marys, W. Va, April sa.-six
men lost their lives at the CONNER
cial hotel by fire caused by the ex'
plosion Of natural gas in a stove.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25

In q fight in London between Jack
Roberts, of England, and Billy"
Smith, the American, the latter was
knocked out in the eighth round, be-
ipe probably fatally injured. !
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
TURNED IT down..
Drstch Bros Wholesale Grocery Prop
osition Too Steep.

The Commercial club met las
night with a dozen members present
President j. Johntz presided. Th'
committee on wholesale grocery re
ported as follows:
Your committee appointed to visit
Bretch Bros. OF Newton, Kas., beg
leave to submit the following report
On April 10th We called on Rretch
Bros, looked through their establish
ment. Their room, fifty feet by one
hundred and twenty feet, Is well fill.
cd, they claim that their stock will
invoice ga, 1000. 90 to $50, 100000. Last
month their business was $12,0OO.00.
They started the Wholesale business
about one year ago and had taken no
invoice since, so could not ascertain
the amount Of last years business.
We made inquiry Of banks ana others
relative to their standing, they have
first-class reputation and are doing
q very nice business.
They make proposition as follows;
They will put in 100000 and want
Abilene to take 10000 in stock and
give them bonus Of 5000. They will
bind themselves to stay five years or
II they do not stay that long they will
refund $1,000 for every year less than
five that they are in business.
We asked u there was not some
other proposition they would enter
tain; their answer was, THAT Is the
only proposition that we can make. "
GEORGE c. STERL,
ARTHUR EDs0N,
Committee.
The club decided that this PROPOSE
tion was too steep for Abilene and in
structed the secretary to write Bretch
Bros. asking them II they would en-
tain proposition to come here II the
town will furnish a building rent free
for five years and at the end il the es.
tablishment succeeds give them q
deed to the property.
A committee on arrangements for
the Democratic editorial association
was appointed, B. l.. Strother, G. M.
Harger, s. H. Haffa, J. T. Prender-
gast, P. H. Halleck, g. c. Sterl. On
finance for same, W. A. Matteson, |.
S. Hallanl, S. Shearer.
The expenses OF the committee to
Newton, $l4.67 were allowed. Ad-
iourned.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1901-04-25
G. 4. B. DISCUSSED IT.
Hope for Longer Time From tho Pres
ident at Encampment.

Abilene post G. A. R. had a large
attendance last night and the matter
Of asking longer stop at junction
City by President Mckinley was dis.
cussed at length. The sentiment is
strong that there should be at least
three hours instead Of 45 minutes. 1t
will be urged through the department
commander.
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
mercial.

The consumption of sugar last year
in the United States averaged about
81 pounds for each inhabitant, which
at 512 cents a pound would cost $3.42
apiece, or $16-10 for family of five
persons II the duty were removed and
the Sugar Trust allowed the people to
get the benefit thereof the saving would
be $1.14 for each person, or $50 for
family Of five, for whole year There
is neither certainty nor proba bility that
the saving would be great that,
but there is almost a certainty that
whatever reduction should be allowed
would be made for the purpose of
breaking down the domestic beet su-
gar industry, which is now the source
wages and income to 10000 per-
sons.
Would the saving secured by remov-
ing the duty on raw sugar pay for en-
dangering the life of so important an
American industry and one which in a
few years promises to supply all the
sugar needed and at lower prices than
ever before known? What intelligent
man would consent to be bribed with
$50 to bring about possible disaster
to so useful and beneficial business :?
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
THE CHAMPION WING SHOT.

ence but Comes Out Unhurt.
Ferris Wheel Park, Chicago. Nov
4th.-Capt A. H. Bogardus, the cham
pton wing shot of the world, has spent
the summer here. His shooting school
has been one Of the features of the
Park during the season He has Civ
en- many exhibitions and his skill with
the rifle is superb.
The Captain tells of a very close
call he once had when living at Elk
hart, Ill. He had been a sufferer from
Kidney disease for several years and
1t rapidly developed into Bright's Dis
ease. All his friends told him that
this was incurable and that he would
never get better.
To say that he was alarmed is to
put it very mildly. This plucky man
had faced many dangers and it made
him sick at heart to think that at
last he was to be conquered by such
a cruel foe.
At last he heard of a medicine that
had cured many such cases-Dodd'S
Kidney Pills. He used them and was
completely restored to good health
He says: 81 attribute my present
good health to Dodd's Kidney Pills
and to nothing else
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
Mischief for Idle Hands.

serious work to do they don't potter
with trifles- 1t is the idle who make
mountains of mo1ehi1lS. If the Demo-
cratic party had any great or true aim
for the real good of the country it
would not bother itself and haraSS the
voters over such a petty and utterly
useless issue the repeal of duties
which, it claims, are outgrown and
therefore imperative Its patron saint
for such enterprises is Don Quixote.
The party can only make itself re-
spectacle by tack1ing the main ques-
its merits In doing so it may ex-
pose it's blindness to thousand obvi-
Gus facts and it's obtuseness to sound
reason, but it does thereby escape con-
tempt.
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07

All the commercial barriers that
could be raised against other lands
would not enable Germany to raise all
her breadstuffs- During the year end
ing June 80, 1899, Germany imported
from the United States 290 710,196
pounds of hog products alone. much
greater than we sold to any other ma
ton except the United Kingdom 1t is
a safe assumption, therefore, that the
tariff law that is now before the fed
eral council and which will be passed
for the agrarians is not the same
schedule of impost duties that will go
go into effect on January L. I9O4-Chi-
cago Record-Herald-
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
WAGES AND LIVING
Foreign Work People Cannot Live More
Cheap1y Than Americans


CheapIy Than Americans.
The old stock argument of the free
traders used to be when in spite OF
their squirming,~ they were brought
face to face with. the fact that wages
We're higher in this country than
abroad, that, although wages We're
higher, the cost of living was higher.
too. and that, therefore, workmen in
this country were at no advantage. and
that free trade, while it would lower
wages. would at the same time lower
the cost of living. This argument has
fallen somewhat into t.innocuous
deseutude', of late, yet occasionally it
stalks abroad, like Banquo's ghost 1t
is interesting, therefore, to note that
Mr. Jacob Weidmann prominent silk
dyer of Paterson. N J.. states that
while the wages of the workmen en-
p1oyed in b mill at Paterson are from
two to four times as large the wages
paid to similar labor in Switzerland
which is Mr. Weidmann's native eoun-
try, the cost of living Is less In Swift
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
Cigarette Legally a Pipe.

A shifter employed by the Lambton
collferies was charged with a breach
of the co11iery rules. which prohibits
taking OF tobacco pipe into the mine.
It was admitted that defendant had
a partly smoked cigarette in his pock-
ct. and on behalf OF the prosecution it
was contended that a paper charged
with tobacco a pipe within the
meaning of the rule. The magistrates
upheld this view, and fined defendant
twenty shillings and costs
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
savaEe soc,., Mode..

foot square are in vogue. The savages
of Dahomey announce their visits to
each other by sending In advance a
wooden board or the branch of a tree
artistical1y carved When the visit
is paid the card returns to the pos
session OF its owner, who probably
uses it for many years. The natives
OF Sumatra use for a visiting card a
piece Of wood about foot long, dec
GRATED with bunch of straw and q
knife.
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
Few visits to Denmark.

King Edward is the first King or
Great Britain to visit Denmark since
the time when England. Denmark and
Norway had the same ruler in the per-
son of Canute (Knud), who died 1925,
and is buried in Winchester James
VI. of Scotland visited Denmark in
1880, but he was then not yet King
of Eng1and.-New York Post.
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07

zerIand a good silk dyer is paid 81 a
week: in this country the poorest dyers
get SO per week The best dyers in
Swftzer- and a. paid from IS to IS per
week, while in this country the best
dyers earn from SIS to $50 per week
These are actual figures, given by a
man who knows There is guess
wo3k about them. nsither is there am
gueSswOrk about Mr.. Weidmann-
statement concerning the comparative
cost of living, for, as he states. some
of the men employed in his mills who
have come to this country from
abroad have kept records. and have
found that they can live more cheaply
in this country When free trade is
forced to meet facts it always gets the
worst of things.
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07

BIowD~
and the constantly increasing demand
for and steady growth in popularity
OF St Jacobs OIL among all classes OK
people In every part OF the civ1i1zeo
world, show conclusive1y what remedy
the people use for their Rheumatism
and bodily aches and pains Facts
speak louder than words, and the fact
remains undisputed that the sale of St
Jacobs OIL is greater than all other
remedies for outward application com
bined. Il acts like magic. cures where
everything else fails, conquers pain
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07

Big Salmon Catch the West
The salmon catchers on the North
Pacific coast sometimes catch over
5000 fish at one haul and are compeu-
ed TO throw thousands back for want
of seine room CannerieS are running
at breakneck speed Labor is very
scarce and small girls employed as
helpers are making So a day
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
"yaccinat,on Conc.rtz-

There is smallpox scare in Eng
land and an ingenious vicar in Kent
has devised vaccination concerts for
the hop gatherers. A band plays in a
big tent, and in a smaller tent are vac
cination officers, while the vicar and
his assistants go through the audience
Urging the desirability of vaccination
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07

The Argentine Republic has been
Obliged to put the telegraph line be-
tween Rosario and Buenos Ayres IN
der ground. because on wet days the
electric current was dissi pated through
the numerous spider webs attached to
the wires.
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07
Proancers ana Consumers.

Like othsr theorists free traders
have ever tried to separate producers
and consumers into distinct classes.
with contrary interests How futile.
In our day and country the producers
are the consumers ard the more they
produce the more they coasume-
The Globe-republican., 1901-11-07

Present OF Philippine Products
President Roosevelt was recently
presented handsome cane and several
pieces of cloth manufactured in the
Philippine islands by A. Abren. a Fill
ipino merchant travelling in this coun-
try to get a knowledg of American
mercantile methods.